PENTAIR plc — Director's Dealing 2006

Jan 18, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PENTAIR INC (PNR)
CIK: 0000077360
Period of Report: 2006-01-12

Reporting Person: DURANT KAREN A (Sr. VP, Finance/Analysis)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-01-12	Common Stock - ESPP	A	25.087	$37.3706	Acquired	3239.169	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Purchase of shares under the Pentair, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan in exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c).

F2: Shares acquired under this Plan are purchased over a three-day trading period. The price shown is the average purchase price over the trading period.