PENTAIR plc — Remuneration Information 2018

Mar 23, 2018

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PENTAIR PLC

PENTAIR PLC C/O BROADRIDGE 51 MERCEDES WAY EDGEWOOD, NY 11717

Meeting Information

Meeting Type:	Annual General Meeting
For holders as of: March 5, 2018
Date: May 8, 2018	Time: 8:00 AM Local Time

Location: Claridge's Brook Street, Mayfair,London United Kingdom, W1K 4HR

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Voting Items

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following director nominees: — 1.	If the Separation (as defined in the proxy statement) has occurred:
	1a.	Glynis A. Bryan
	1b.	Jacques Esculier
	1c.	T. Michael Glenn
	1d.	Theodore L. Harris
	1e.	David A. Jones
	1f.	Matthew H. Peltz
	1g.	Michael T. Speetzen
	1h.	John L. Stauch
	1i.	Billie Ida Williamson
2.	If the Separation (as defined in the proxy statement) has not occurred:
	2a.	Glynis A. Bryan
	2b.	Jerry W. Burris
	2c.	Jacques Esculier
	2d.	Edward P. Garden
	2e.	T. Michael Glenn

	2f.	David H. Y. Ho
	2g.	Randall J. Hogan
	2h.	David A. Jones
	2i.	Ronald L. Merriman
	2j.	William T. Monahan
	2k.	Billie Ida Williamson
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 3, 4, 5 and 6.
3.	To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the named executive officers.
4.	To ratify, by non-binding advisory vote, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent auditor of Pentair plc and to authorize, by binding vote, the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors to set the auditor's remuneration.
5.	To authorize the price range at which Pentair plc can re-allot shares it holds as treasury shares under Irish law. (Special Resolution)
6.	To approve the reduction of the minimum number of directors from nine to seven and the maximum number of directors from twelve to eleven.
7.	To consider and act on such other business as may properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment.