Ingersoll Rand Schedules Conference Call and Webcast to Announce Its Third-Quarter Financial Results

Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE:IR), a leading diversified industrial company, today announced that it will release its 2009 third-quarter financial results on Friday, October 23, 2009, at 7:00 a.m. EDT.

On the same day, Herbert L. Henkel, Ingersoll Rand chairman and chief executive officer, Michael W. Lamach, president and chief operating officer, and Steven R. Shawley, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will host a conference call for analysts and investors, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EDT, to review the company's results.

A real-time, listen-only webcast of the conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet. Individuals wishing to listen can access the call through the company's website at ingersollrand.com.

For those unable to listen to the live event, a replay will be available at approximately 1:00 p.m. EDT, October 23, 2009, on the company's website or by telephone by dialing 888-203-1112 (domestic) or 719-457-0820 (international), passcode 3037403. The replay by telephone will be available through midnight, November 6, 2009.

Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial firm providing products, services and solutions to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings, transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and enhance industrial productivity and efficiency. Driven by a 100-year-old tradition of technological innovation, we enable companies and their customers to create progress. For more information, visit www.ingersollrand.com.