PENTAIR plc — Director's Dealing 2009

Mar 6, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PENTAIR INC (PNR)
CIK: 0000077360
Period of Report: 2009-03-03

Reporting Person: AINSWORTH LOUIS L (Sr. Vice President, Secretary)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-03-03	Common Stock	A	2983	$0.00	Acquired	147145.586	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3841.409	Indirect
Common Stock - ESOP	1866.8722	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock granted pursuant to the Pentair, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended. Shares remain subject to a vesting condition under the stock incentive plan.

F2: End-of-period holdings include shares acquired under a dividend reinvestment plan in exempt transaction not required to be reported pursuant to Section 16(a).