PENTAIR plc — Director's Dealing 2015

Sep 30, 2015

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PENTAIR plc (PNR)
CIK: 0000077360
Period of Report: 2015-09-21

Reporting Person: GARDEN EDWARD P (Please see remarks below)
Reporting Person: TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. (Please see remarks below)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Ordinary Shares	13005377	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Trian Fund Management, L.P ("Trian Management") serves as the management company for Trian Partners, L.P., Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P., Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P., Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund II, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-N, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-D, L.P., Trian Partners Fund (Sub)-G, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G II, L.P. and Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G III, L.P. (collectively, the "Trian Entities")

F2: (FN 1, contd.) and as such determines the investment and voting decisions of the Trian Entities with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by them. Mr. Garden is a member of Trian Fund Management GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Trian Management, and therefore is in a position to determine the investment and voting decisions made by Trian Management on behalf of the Trian Entities. Accordingly, Mr. Garden and Trian Management may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) the shares beneficially owned by the Trian Entities. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.