PENTAIR plc — Remuneration Information 2016

Mar 25, 2016

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 10, 2016.

PENTAIR PLC
Meeting Type:	Annual General Meeting
For holders as of:	March 7, 2016
Date: May 10, 2016	Time: 8:00 AM Local Time
Location: Four Seasons Hotel
Hamilton Place, Park Lane
London, England W1J7DR

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	Voting Items
	The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR the following director nominees.
	1. Election of Directors	The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3, 4, 5, 6A and 6B. Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 5 are ordinary resolutions. Proposals 4, 6A and 6B are special resolutions.
	1a. Glynis A. Bryan
	1b. Jerry W. Burris	2. To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the named executive
officers.
	1c. Carol Anthony (John) Davidson	3. To ratify, by non-binding advisory vote, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as
the independent auditors of Pentair plc and to authorize, by binding vote, the Audit and Finance Committee to set the auditors’ remuneration.
	1d. Jacques Esculier
	1e. T. Michael Glenn	4. To authorize the price range at which Pentair plc can re-allot shares it holds as treasury shares
under Irish law.
	1f. David H.Y. Ho	5. To amend Pentair plc’s Articles of Association to increase the maximum number of directors from
eleven to twelve.
	1g. Randall J. Hogan	6A. To amend Pentair plc’s Articles of Association to make certain administrative amendments.
	1h. David A. Jones	6B. To amend Pentair plc’s Memorandum of Association to make certain administrative amendments.
	1i. Ronald L. Merriman
	1j. William T. Monahan
●	1k. Billie Ida Williamson