Ingersoll Rand Announces Proposed Public Offering of Senior Notes

Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR) (the “Company”), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, today announced that it expects its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance S.A., to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior notes in a registered public offering.

We expect that the notes will be guaranteed by the Company and by Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Company Limited, Ingersoll-Rand Lux International Holding Company S.à r.l., Ingersoll-Rand Irish Holdings Unlimited Company and Ingersoll-Rand Company, each of which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

We intend to use the net proceeds from the offering to finance the proposed acquisition of Precision Flow Systems, to pay expenses related to the offering and for general corporate purposes. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are acting as representatives of the underwriters.

We have filed an effective registration statement (including a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the effective registration statement (including the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus) for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York, 11717, Telephone: [phone], [e-mail]; or from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: [phone], facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing [e-mail]; or from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at the following address: 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor or by calling 212-834-4533 or from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department or by calling 1-800-294-1322.