UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): | April 5, 2011 |
Cooper Industries plc
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Ireland | 1-31330 | 98-0632292 |
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| 5 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, Ireland | 2 | |
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| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 713-209-8400 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Terry A. Klebe, Vice Chairman of Cooper Industries plc, retired from the Company on April 5, 2011. Mr. Klebe was a participant in Cooper’s Stock Incentive Plan, which provides for granting equity awards including stock options and performance-based share awards to executives and other key employees. In connection with Mr. Klebe’s retirement, he will receive 42,000 performance-based share awards that were granted under the 2009-2011 and 2010-2012 performance cycles and his outstanding stock option awards previously received also vested upon his retirement date. The earlier grants of equity awards described above were made in the usual course and do not reflect any additional awards in connection with Mr. Klebe’s retirement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| April 11, 2011 | By: |
/s/ Terrance V. Helz
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| Name: Terrance V. Helz | ||||
| Title: Associate General Counsel and Secretary | ||||