Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SHAWLEY STEVEN R
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ingersoll-Rand plc [IR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President and CFO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/21/2009
(Street)

PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Ordinary Shares (EDCP II) (1) 12/21/2009   F   128.269 (2) D $ 0 31,149.6 (3) D  
Ordinary Shares 12/21/2009   J   286 (4) A $ 0 41,722 D  
Ordinary Shares (Performance Shares) (5)               7,728 D  
Ordinary Shares (Restricted Share Units) (6)               13,125 D  
2009 - 2010 Performance Share Units (7)               44,524 D  
2009 - 2011 Performance Share Units (8)               44,524 D  
Ordinary Shares (EDCP) (9)               30,292.83 D  
Ordinary Shares (10)               3,575.83 I By Plan Trustee

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SHAWLEY STEVEN R
C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY
ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE
PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855
      Senior Vice President and CFO  

Signatures

 By: /s/ Kenneth H. Yi - Attorney-in-Fact   12/22/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents units acquired under the IR Executive Deferred Compensation Plan II (the "EDCP II"), which are subject to the vesting provisions of the EDCP II. The units are to be converted on a one-for-one basis and settled in shares upon the reporting person's termination of employment with the issuer, or earlier or later upon certain elections.
(2) Represents shares forfeited pursuant to a net settlement procedure for shares distributed from the EDCP II.
(3) Amount reflects the reduction of the forfeited net settlement shares as well as the resulting net shares that are now directly held as ordinary shares by the Reporting Person.
(4) Represents shares acquired pursuant to a net settlement procedure for shares distributed from the EDCP II.
(5) These shares were granted under the Ingersoll-Rand Performance Share Program and vest one year from the date of grant.
(6) Restricted share units vest in three annual installments beginning on February 12, 2010.
(7) Represents target number of performance shares. The actual number of shares to be issued, which could range from 0 to two times the initial target amount, will depend upon, among other things, the issuer's financial performance during the relevant performance period relative to S&P 500 Industrial Index. The shares, if any, will be issued in February 2011.
(8) Represents target number of performance shares. The actual number of shares to be issued, which could range from 0 to two times the initial target amount, will depend upon, among other things, the issuer's financial performance during the relevant performance period relative to S&P 500 Industrial Index. The shares, if any, will be issued in February 2012.
(9) Represents units acquired under the IR Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the "EDCP"), which are subject to the vesting provisions of the EDCP. The units are to be converted on a one-for-one basis and settled in shares upon the reporting person's termination of employment with the issuer, or earlier or later upon certain elections.
(10) Latest available information provided by the trustee of the Ingersoll-Rand Employee Savings Plan.
 
Remarks:
This filing reflects an elected distribution from the IR Executive Deferred Compensation Plan II.  The distribution should have occurred in February 2009.  However, due to an oversight by the third-party administrator of the plan, the distribution did not occur as intended and the oversight was only recently identified and corrected.

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