0001140361-12-042388.txt : 20121002 0001140361-12-042388.hdr.sgml : 20121002 20121002160451 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-12-042388 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120928 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121002 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121002 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRIMAN RONALD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001254762 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11625 FILM NUMBER: 121123434 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6175 NANCY RIDGE CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PENTAIR INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000077360 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY (NO METALWORKING MACHINERY) [3550] IRS NUMBER: 410907434 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5500 WAYZATA BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 800 CITY: GOLDEN VALLEY STATE: MN ZIP: 55416 BUSINESS PHONE: 763-545-1730 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5500 WAYZATA BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 800 CITY: GOLDEN VALLEY STATE: MN ZIP: 55416 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PENTAIR INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19790327 3 1 doc1.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2012-09-28 1 0000077360 PENTAIR INC PNR 0001254762 MERRIMAN RONALD 5500 WAYZATA BLVD., SUITE 800 GOLDEN VALLEY MN 55416 1 0 0 0 Issuer Name and Ticker Symbol: Pentair Ltd. [PNR] This Form 3 is being filed solely to reflect the reporting person becoming a director or officer of Pentair Ltd. ("the Issuer"), pursuant to the Merger Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2012, as amended, among Pentair, Inc., Tyco International Ltd., the Issuer, Panthro Acquisition Co. and Panthro Merger Sub, Inc. Upon closing of the merger, Pentair, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, and each share of Pentair, Inc. common stock was converted into one Issuer common share. The reporting person will file a Form 4 reflecting their acquisition of the Issuer's common shares and derivative securities relating to the Issuer's common shares as a result of the merger. /s/ John K. Wilson, Attorney-in-Fact for Ronald L. Merriman 2012-10-02 EX-24 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael G. Meyer, Angela D. Lageson, John K. Wilson and Carol A. Gunther, and any of their substitutes, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
 
(1)           execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (the “Exchange Act”)), in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Pentair Ltd., a corporation limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of Switzerland (the “Company”), any and all Forms 3, 4 and/or 5, and any amendments thereto, that are necessary or advisable for the undersigned to file under Section 16(a) (collectively, “Documents”);
 
(2)           do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Documents and timely file such Documents with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
 
(3)           take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
 
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact (or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes) shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes or the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with the Exchange Act.  The undersigned agrees to defend and hold harmless each attorney-in-fact (and such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes) from and against any and all loss, damage or liability that such attorney-in-fact may sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.
 
This Power of Attorney revokes any power of attorney previously executed by the undersigned with respect to the foregoing subject matter.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Documents with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of October, 2012.
 

/s/ Ronald L. Merriman
Ronald L. Merriman