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Environmental Savings*

The front portion of this report was printed on paper made from 100% post-consumer 

recycled fiber. The 10K was printed on 10% post-consumer recycled paper, because we 

believe in being part of the solution.

Using post-consumer recycled paper saves:

26,789 LBS OF WOOD, or the total  

of 86 TREES that supplies enough  

OXYGEN FOR 43 PEOPLE annually

39,119 GALLONS OF WATER,  

or enough water to take 2,274 

EIGHT-MINUTE SHOWERS

27 MLN BTUS ENERGY, or enough 

energy to power an average American 

household for 109 DAYS

8,122 LBS EMISSIONS, or carbon 

sequestered by 94 tree seedlings 

grown over 10 YEARS

2,375 LBS OF SOLID WASTE,  

or trash thrown away by  

516 PEOPLE in a single day

Producing the front portion with 100% renewable energy saves:

10,212 LBS CO 2, SO 2, AND   

NOX, or 666 HOURS OF TOTAL   

CONTINUOUS ELECTRICITY USED   

by a single-family home  

3,108 LBS OF WASTE   

RECYCLED instead of landfilled

*Sources: Environmental impact estimates for savings pertaining to the use of post consumer recycled fiber share the same common reference data as the Environmental Defense Fund 

paper calculator v2.0, which is based on research done by the Paper Task Force, a peer-reviewed study of the lifecycle environmental impacts of paper production and disposal. 

Environmental impact estimates for savings pertaining to the use of papers made with renewable energy are based on the U.S. EPA Power Profiler.

SERVING CRITICAL 

NEEDS 

CUSTOMER FIRST 
STRATEGY

EXPANDING GLOBALLY

IMPROVING EVERY DAY

OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

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ANNUAL REPORT 2010 

5500 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 800

Minneapolis, MN 55416–1261

763.545.1730

www.pentair.com

Our Vision

Investor Information

TO BE A DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL GROWTH COMPANY, GLOBAL ENTERPRISE AND RESPONSIBLE 

CITIzEN kNOWN FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, TOP TALENT AND GROWING BY 

SERVING CUSTOMERS WELL TO DELIVER SUPERIOR LONG-TERM SHAREHOLDER VALUE. 

2010 Sales

BY GEOG RAP HY

US 

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66% 

EMEA 

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18% 

APAC

ROW*

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8%

8%

*Rest of World

Pentair Water

2010 Sales

BY  DIVISION

technical products 

residential flow

pool

engineered flow

residential filtration

filtration solutions 

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33% 

21%

15%

12%

11%

8%

Pentair Technical Products

Stock Exchange Listing 

At $2 billion in sales, a global leader in providing 
innovative solutions used worldwide in the movement, 
storage, treatment and enjoyment of water. With a 
broad offering of water pumps, filters, systems and 
solutions, Pentair helps to efficiently provide clean, safe 
water in every aspect of the water cycle and serves a 
diverse group of end-markets, including residential, 
industrial, commercial, municipal and agriculture.

A global leader in the enclosures and thermal 
management systems designed to house and protect 
sensitive electronics and electrical components 
with $1 billion in sales. With a broad product portfolio 
and global scale, Pentair provides solutions to 
customers—how, where and when they need it—and 
serves a diverse group of end-markets, including 
industrial, communications and energy.

2010 Sales

BY MARKET
FOR WATER

2010 Sales

BY REGION 
WITHIN WATER

residential | 56%

industrial | 14%

commercial | 13%

municipal | 12%

agricultural |

5%

US | 66%

EMEA | 17%

APAC |

ROW |

9%

8%

2010 Sales

BY  MAR KET  FOR 
T EC H PR ODUC TS

2010 Sales

BY  R EGION WIT HIN 
T EC H PR ODUC TS

industrial | 34%

communications | 24%

energy | 10%

general electronics | 10%

commercial |

infrastructure |

security & defense |

medical |

7%

6%

6%

3%

US | 67%

EMEA | 18%

ROW |

APAC |

9%

6%

Annual Meeting 

The Annual Meeting of Pentair shareholders will take 

Independent Registered  

Public Accounting Firm 

place on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Central 

Deloitte & Touche LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota

in the auditorium of Thrivent Financial (625 Fourth 

Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota).

Caution Concerning  

Forward-Looking Statements 

Investor Information 

Any statements made about the Company’s anticipated 

Shareholders seeking more information about the 

financial results are forward-looking statements 

Company can access news releases describing significant 

subject to risks and uncertainties such as the magnitude, 

Company events and earnings results for each quarter 

timing and scope of recovery from the global economic 

and the fiscal year as well as Form 10-K and other 

downturn; the strength of housing and related markets; 

Securities and Exchange filings at www.pentair.com. 

the risk that expected benefits from our recent 

Information may also be obtained by request from the 

restructuring and other cost reduction plans may not 

Pentair Investor Relations Department, 5500 Wayzata 

be fully realized, or may take longer to realize than 

Boulevard, Suite 800, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416.

expected; foreign currency effects; material inflation 

outpacing our productivity and pricing actions; 

retail, commercial and industrial demand; product 

and the company’s ability to achieve its long-term 

strategic operating goals, as well as other risk factors 

New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PNR) 

introductions; pricing and other competitive pressures; 

Dividends 

Dividends are currently paid $0.20 per share quarterly, 

set forth in our SEC filings. Forward-looking statements 

in February, May, August and November. Pentair has 

included herein are made as of the date hereof, 

paid 140 consecutive quarterly dividends. 

and the company undertakes no obligation to update 

Dividend Reinvestment 

Pentair offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan which 

materially from anticipated results.

publicly such statements to reflect subsequent 

events or circumstances. Actual results could differ 

enables shareholders of record the opportunity to 

automatically reinvest Pentair dividends and to invest 

up to an additional $3,000 per calendar quarter in 

Pentair common stock, with any costs of purchasing 

the shares paid by the Company. Plan and enrollment 

information are available from the Company or 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Registrar, Stock Transfer and Paying Agent 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 

P.O. Box 64854 

St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0854 

Tel. 877-536-3554 

Website: www.wellsfargo.com/com/shareowner_services

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Letter to Our Shareholders:

2010 was a tremendous year for Pentair. Clear focus and execution on 
our growth initiatives drove robust top-line growth, and our lower cost 
structure, along with Lean Enterprise disciplines, enabled meaningful 
margin expansion. We continued to invest in innovation, fast growth 
markets and capabilities to build our sustainable future.

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Sales exceeded $3 billion in 
2010, up 13 percent on an 
organic basis as all businesses 
and geographies contributed. 
The investments we 
maintained through the 
global recession in new 
product development and 
fast growth regions, along 
with a strengthening global 
economy and a return in 
business spending, helped 
fuel top-line growth. Pentair Water sales grew 10 percent for 
the year, even though U.S. residential markets have yet to 
show a meaningful recovery. In Pentair Technical Products, 
sales increased 17 percent in 2010, reflecting broad-based 
strength across all the markets we serve.

Randall J. Hogan, 

Chairman & CEO

In 2009, we made tough but necessary decisions to reduce 
our cost structure while we remained committed to key 
growth investments to ensure we emerged stronger. We believe 
our performance in 2010 demonstrates this strength.

Our relentless focus on operational excellence using Lean 
Enterprise disciplines, along with a lower cost structure, 
drove total operating profits up over 30 percent. We achieved 
diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (EPS) 
of $2.00, up 71 percent when compared to 2009 EPS of 
$1.17. Adjusting 2009 to exclude restructuring and impairment 
items and the impact from the early redemption of bonds, 
2010 EPS increased 36 percent.

Pentair has a long history of generating strong cash 
flow—consistently converting greater than 100 percent of 
net income to free cash flow. We generated $211 million in 
free cash flow and effectively managed capital spending to 
$60 million, or approximately 2 percent of sales. This 
strong cash flow performance enables us to return cash to 
shareholders, as evidenced by our 35th consecutive year of 
dividend increases, resulting in an annual dividend of 
$0.80 in 2011. With our balance sheet flexibility we can pursue 
acquisitions to augment our organic growth strategy while 
maintaining our capital-to-shareholder-first approach.

More Global

Today, we are a stronger, more global company— expanding 
our presence in key growth markets. In 2010, we doubled 
our water manufacturing capacity in Suzhou, China; added 
localized innovation capabilities and design teams; and 
expanded distribution, including rolling out our residential 
filtration systems in over 100 retail stores in China. While 
sales were up 26 percent in China, we believe we are just 
beginning to see the benefits of these actions. We are also 
investing to expand our capabilities in Latin America, 
where sales grew 18 percent, and India, where sales nearly 
doubled. Fast growth regions remain a key priority for us, 
and I am confident we will continue to see strong sales in 
each of these regions.

In Water, we are focused on serving the growing need for 
access to clean, safe water supply across the globe with the 
utmost attention to water conservation and efficiency. We 
supplied a hospital in Yemen, for example, with containerized 
water treatment systems that now provide the water it needs 
each day, marking our first-ever sale of this new containerized 
solution. We also expanded in Brazil with the recent 
acquisition of Hidro Filtros, which strengthens our share of 
the residential filtration market and provides a platform for 
future growth through an expanded product portfolio and 
an established sales and distribution network. 

In Technical Products, we are leveraging our global 
manufacturing capabilities and strong brands to build our 
position in key growth markets and strengthen our global 
customer relationships. We have doubled our number of 
distributors in China, for example, helping to grow China 
sales in Technical Products over 45 percent in 2010. We also 
added key distributors in the Middle East, Turkey and Russia.

Today, our combined sales in fast growth regions are over 
$425 million and in position to grow strong double digits 
in 2011.

Rapid Growth

2010 was a breakthrough year in new product innovation. 
Most of our businesses doubled new product launches from 
2009. We introduced a wall-mounted point-of-use filtration 

 
 
 
 
 
With a stronger and differentiated product portfolio, we 
continue to expand our reach and post strong sales gains.

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system for India; expanded our agriculture portfolio to include 
a high efficiency irrigation pump; and launched a new cooling 
management system integrated with our industry-leading 
cabinets used in data 
centers—to name a few. We 
also rolled out over 15 new 
filtration system designs, 
building the foundation for 
our global systems business.

SALES EXCEEDED $3 BILLION IN 2010, 

UP 13% ON AN ORGANIC   

BASIS AS ALL BUSINESSES AND   

GEOGRAPHIES CONTRIBUTED. 

Core Belief

Around the world, our 
employees are driving a 
sustainable culture. It 
begins with the belief in 
‘improving every day’ 
through the application 
of our Pentair Integrated 

We have established stronger 
innovation capabilities, driven by the voice of the customer, 
to build further momentum. 

We’ve made a firm commitment to develop and offer 
environmentally responsible products. This commitment 
is part of our value system and it is what our customers want. 
We introduced a new rainwater reuse pump in Australia 
with an innovative remote monitoring device called  
H2O Informer that tracks the quantity of rainwater 
captured and percentage of water savings. Our Eco Select 
pool products — the “greenest” and most efficient in the 
marketplace — are another great example.

We continued to innovate in channel and distribution. 
In Technical Products, for example, we are leveraging our 
brand strength in enclosures to expand in high growth vertical 
markets including global data communications, railway 
infrastructure and parking stations for electric vehicles.

In 2010, we also completed delivery of some of the largest 
pumps in the world as we supplied the Gulf Intracoastal 
Water Way (GIWW) project in New Orleans, adding 
$56 million in sales. This demonstrates the type of massive 
infrastructure project that Pentair can support.

Management System (PIMS). PIMS drives performance 
improvement and accelerates growth through systematic 
processes, including Lean Enterprise. We continue to advance 
our already strong workplace safety levels and we remain 
committed to improving our customer service experiences 
around product quality and on-time delivery. With 
improvements in these areas as well as product cost and cash 
flow management—the hallmarks of Lean Enterprise—we 
will continue to serve our global customers better every day.

In 2010, we expanded these tools to include a new growth 
capability — the Rapid Growth Process. By developing a 
standard methodology to fuel product and market innovation, 
we are better positioned to rapidly test and implement growth 
programs. We are excited about the Rapid Growth Process 
and how it can provide a differentiated capability for Pentair.

Whether it’s Lean Enterprise or our Rapid Growth 
Process, everything we do begins with our “Win Right” 
culture. These two words embody both our drive for 
success and dedication to doing business with the highest 
ethical standards. We are committed to building success 
by following practices of candor, integrity, trust and 
respect embraced by every employee.

Net Sales

($  IN BI LLIO N S)

Diluted EPS from
Continuing Operations ($)

Free Cash Flow

($ IN MILLIONS)

Annual Dividend
($ PER SHARE)

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  2.59  1.17  2.00

  164  207  211

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Our Sustainable Future

The tremendous progress we’ve made in 2010 positions 
us for another strong year. 

And while it’s great to be back above $3 billion in sales 
and $2.00 of EPS, we are constructively dissatisfied. We 
rebounded nicely and our new cost structure and profitability 
provide confidence that new earnings records will be in 
our near future but we are not yet back to 2008 sales and 
EPS levels. We are rapidly moving forward in 2011—finding 
ways to improve in everything we do. We know there will be 
challenges. Material inflation is already proving to be a 
global issue, which is why we are driving pricing actions 
and accelerating productivity initiatives to ensure we maintain 
our growth and earnings momentum. We believe, by focusing 
on what we can control and driving our Lean Enterprise 
and Rapid Growth Processes, we can move with speed to 
create an even stronger sustainable company.

The organization is aligned with clear priorities and a focus 
on delivering sustainable, profitable growth today and in 
the future through:

·   Leveraging the investments in fast growth regions that 
we’ve seeded over the past several years, adding scale 
and accelerating growth.

·    Driving another robust new product launch calendar to 
build on the significant momentum from 2010 and 
aligning with the growing, global needs of our customers.

·   Expanding our systems capabilities and product 
offerings to accelerate growth through the broad 
reach that our global distributor channels provide.

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MAKING AN IMPACT

Every year we help thousands of people and organizations 
around the world with our commitment to charitable 

giving led by The Pentair Foundation. The Foundation 

is funded through our commitment to dedicate two 

percent of our annual pre-tax income to charitable efforts.

The Foundation acted quickly after the devastating 

earthquake in Haiti in 2010. With the critical need for 

clean, safe drinking water, the Foundation donated 

tanks, pressure pumps, pre-filters and submersible pumps 

for the production of solar-powered water purification 

systems , removing harmful elements from the water 

and providing 5,000 gallons of purified drinking 

water per day with each system.

Additionally, the Foundation donated portable water 

·   Serving the significant installed base in the U.S. 

treatment systems and related operating supplies to 

residential market, with roughly 100 million houses 
and over 8 million pools in the U.S.

We have a terrific foundation for growth. As a leader in both 
Water and Technical Products, our businesses are well 
positioned to serve the critical needs of our customers 
across the globe.

Our sustainable future is bright.

Thank you for your support and I look forward to 
reporting on our continued progress.

Randall J. Hogan 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Haiti through its charitable partner, Water Missions 

International. These Living WaterTM Treatment 

Systems (LWTS) provide clean, safe drinking water 

to approximately 100,000 people daily.

In 2010, the over 14,000 employees of Pentair were 

inspired to help make a direct impact in their communities 

through the Global Impact Fund. This fund is designed 

to encourage employees worldwide to act as “employee 

sponsors” of charitable efforts that address either 

sustainability issues related to water, workforce 

development or education programs.

Providing sustainable solutions to meet the world’s growing 
need for clean, safe water and a better environment is a 
high priority for Pentair and the Foundation.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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As the world population and developing economies grow, so 
does demand for a clean, safe and sustainable water supply.

The accelerated pace of change also requires new technology and greater productivity—all driving demand for 
our protective enclosures and thermal management solutions for electronics and electrical systems.

Our sales in fast growth regions grew double digits to greater than $425 million in 2010, but still only represent 
14 percent of our sales mix. The growth opportunity is significant. In China, for example, 35 percent 
of the water supply is polluted and not suitable for drinking due mainly to excessive 
industrial and residential pollution. Pentair Water’s suite of solutions — including 
filtration systems, pumps and valves—help provide energy efficient solutions for a 
clean, safe water supply.

The global growth opportunity is tremendous for Pentair’s Technical 
Products as well, particularly within the energy and infrastructure 
end-markets we serve. In Asia, for example, infrastructure railway 
investment is significant — resulting in strong demand for our 
protective undercarriage and control enclosures. As customers expand 
globally, we are one of the few companies that can support their 
broad needs anywhere in the world with production in Mexico, 
Eastern Europe, China, India and Brazil.

Pentair is poised to capture these global growth opportunities. Over the 
past several years we have invested over $40 million in fast growth 
markets by building cost-effective local operations with local engineering 
and local products to provide solutions that best fit each country’s needs. 
To capture the substantial growth opportunity in these markets, we are 
expanding our market coverage by adding distributors and retail outlets.

In Country, For Country.

Our new state-of-the-art research and product development lab in Suzhou, China provides 

the resources and capabilities to innovate for the local needs and better serve our 

customers. In addition to new NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) water testing 

capabilities, we are expanding into carbon filtration and membrane technologies. 

This investment provides the local resources, testing and in-house technology to differentiate 

ourselves in the marketplace. With a similar research and development center in Goa, 

India, we have doubled the number of new products launched specifically for China 

and India compared to 2009.

 
 
 
 
 
Providing Chinese Households  
a Clean Water Solution.

We are building the Pentair Water brand in countries around the world 

with a focus on growing our presence in fast growth regions. We have 

rolled out Pentair Water product displays in over 100 Gome stores in 

China and expect to expand to an additional 200 stores in 2011—with 

the goal of reaching the 300 million people in these markets with clean, 

safe drinking water solutions. 

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CHINA SALES GREW 

 IN 2010, AS WE ADDED 

DISTRIBUTORS, INCREASED PRESENCE IN THE RETAIL 

CHANNEL AND DEVELOPED PRODUCTS SPECIFICALLY 

TAILORED TO SERVE THE LOCAL NEEDS.

Global Solutions.

In order to provide standardized, scalable components benefitting 

global customers, Pentair’s Technical Products business gathered 

customer research and feedback from seven countries and four continents. 

The data was incorporated into the development of one of the most 

robust cooling solutions offered in the marketplace, SPECTRACOOL,™ 

with the ability to address a wide range of temperatures for indoor 

and outdoor environments. Notably, this cooling solution can yield 

up to 20 percent greater energy efficiency and uses earth-friendly 

refrigerants—all while standardizing the design and features to drive 

profitable growth. 

OF P ENTAIR  SALES  ARE  IN F AST G ROWTH 

REGIONS,  UP  FROM  ONLY 

 IN 2005, AS  WE 

ALLOCATE RESOURCES  AND  BUILD  CAPABILITIES  IN 

ATTRACTIVE  GROWTH  MARKETS  SUCH  AS C HINA, 

LATIN A MERICA  AND I NDIA.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Today, over 40 percent of our engineers are in India and China, 
globalizing our resources to support the growth and demand for 
our innovative and energy efficient solutions.

We are building a new innovation lab in India that includes development capabilities for NSF water testing, rapid 
prototyping, electronics and controls, as well as pump and system design. In China, we opened new customer 
application test centers in Shanghai for our food service and energy businesses. We also strengthened our 
local product development capabilities with a new design laboratory with NSF water testing capabilities 
located in our Suzhou manufacturing center. 

2010 was a breakthrough year in new product innovation with a drive towards ‘greener’ products, 
smarter solutions and greater efficiency. We are making a deliberate shift from components to solutions, 
systems and controls — providing more value to our customers around the world. To sustain this 
momentum, we have established stronger new product development capabilities beginning with a 
process we call 3D — Discover, Develop and Deploy. This process is driven by the voice of the 
customer and ensures that we are investing and filling the growth funnel with the best opportunities.

Rain     DRain     Clean        GReen

Sustainable Solutions

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Water Reuse Hits a Homerun

In 2010, Pentair designed, developed and installed a Rain Water Recycle System (RWRS) at Target 

Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins. The system is designed to capture, recycle 

and reuse rain water for irrigating the ball field and washing down the lower stadium decks, saving 

more than two million gallons of water annually. The system also helped Target Field achieve a LEED 

(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification, making it the second major 

league ballpark in the U.S. to attain that status. With water scarcity being a leading global environmental issue, 

Pentair has taken a significant role in addressing the issue, specifically in the professional sports arena. 

A Cup of Tea 

Bolstered by its experience serving the coffeehouse industry, Pentair’s Everpure filtration brand 

has tapped into a similar niche market—tearooms. In order to keep the taste consistent with 

each cup of tea, Everpure-filtered water is even more critical than in coffeehouses because flaws 

or inconsistencies in water quality are more noticeable in tea. While tearooms are largely a niche 

market in the U.S., with roughly 2,400 locations, mainstream retailers are moving fast to serve  

a growing consumer tea audience. Globally, tearooms represent a large opportunity, which 

Pentair’s Everpure is keen to address. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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“Green” Parking Stations

Pentair is among a leading consortium of companies 

developing a solution that helps ensure the mobility 

of tomorrow by making fundamental changes today. 

The project is EnergieParken, a new modular product 

platform designed to enhance environmentally-friendly 

mobility. It allows vehicles with electric drives to be 

recharged during parking, serving as both a charging 

station and parking meter in one central system while 

showing a serious commitment to “green” mobility. 

Pentair’s Technical Products business is responsible for 

the meter housing, or cabinet, and leading the integration 

of the system. EnergieParken will be initially rolled out in 

Germany and then throughout Europe, with opportunities 

for global expansion.

INCREASE IN RESEARCH AND  

NEW PRODUCT  DEVELOPMENT 

SPENDING  COMPARED  TO 2005, 

DRIVING  DIFFERENTIATION  IN 

T HE  MAR KETPLACE  THROUGH  INNOVATIVE   

AN D  ENER GY  EFFICIENT  SOLUTIONS  FOR  OUR 

C USTO MERS  AROUND  THE  WORLD.

Our “Greenest”

Our Eco Select brand identifies our “greenest” and most efficient pool equipment 

choices. These products save energy, conserve water, reduce noise and contribute 

to more environmentally responsible equipment solutions—and are helped by over 

25 utility rebate programs in the U.S. The IntelliFlo pump, for example, features 

an exclusive blend of technology innovations that enables you to slash pump-related 

utility costs, using exclusive, advanced motor technology with onboard intelligence 

and variable speed capability. The result of these combined innovations is a pump 

that often uses just a fraction of the horsepower of standard pumps, reducing 

energy use dramatically. This tremendous improvement in efficiency translates directly 

into impressive savings. Check out your potential savings at www.pentairpool.com.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Pentair Integrated Management System (PIMS) is not 
something we do—it’s the vehicle by which all things are 
done to deliver value to our customers every day.

PIMS drives performance improvement and accelerates growth through systematic processes and capabilities. 

Core to Pentair’s principles and PIMS is Lean Enterprise — where we eliminate waste from all processes to 

drive continuous improvement, greater efficiency and greater value for our customers. Our customer-first 

strategy is vital to every aspect of our business.

While we still have opportunity to expand and deepen Lean Enterprise across our global organization, we 

can leverage these capabilities to help fuel growth. Our new Rapid Growth Process helps us 

innovate, test, and implement winning initiatives to fuel more meaningful value creation and 

differentiated growth. 

We have made excellent progress in our operational initiatives, beginning with the 13 percent 

net reduction in square footage through 2009 and early 2010, with still ample capacity to grow. 

In fact, we have added capability where we see high growth in markets like China, India and 

Brazil. Today, our production in China is nearly five times more than 2005 levels. Also, we 

continue to implement sustainable practices in operations that are good for the environment, 

and also good for business. 

We are expanding PIMS every day, building and driving these systematic capabilities as we move forward.

Lean in Action

Our Lean Enterprise capabilities are global, as shown here in our Suzhou, 

China water manufacturing facility. As we expand our manufacturing 

footprint to serve the growing demand in fast growth markets, we are 

applying the Pentair Integrated Management System and Lean Enterprise 

capabilities we have established in our more developed markets. This creates 

more value for our customers and an advantage compared to our competitors. 

By every measure, we improved in 2010. We strengthened our already 

world class safety records by 3 percent and reduced warranty costs as 

a percentage of sales across Pentair. We made meaningful progress in 

boosting on-time and accurate customer deliveries and expanded gross 

margins greater than 100 basis points in 2010. Additionally, we reduced 

our inventory days on hand by 9 percent, using a 13 month rolling average. 

 
 
 
 
 
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A Sustainable Future

Sustainability is at the cornerstone of Pentair’s strategic vision, which is why we have 

been conscious of producing environmentally friendly products and importantly, seeking 

opportunities to limit our impact on the environment at our facilities.

Pentair has active programs and a track record of improving sustainability through the reduction 

of water, energy, waste and emissions. Programs that have been recently implemented 

include: creating bottled water free facilities across the company; becoming a “Zero Landfill” 

generating site at our largest plant in Anoka, Minnesota; producing virtually all of our energy 

consumed through a solar panel roof in our Pisa, Italy plant pictured above (by mid 2011); 

and installing wind energy generation equipment at our largest water plant, located in 

Reynosa, Mexico. Pentair’s goal is to have 50 percent of manufacturing capacity “landfill free” 

by the end of 2014.

OUR PENTAIR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT 

SYSTEM HELPED DRIVE OPERATING MARGIN 

EXPANSION THROUGH STRENGTHENED 

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, GREATER 

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND MEANINGFUL 

COST REDUCTIONS.

Rapid Growth

We believe that there is an abundance of global growth opportunities for Pentair, which makes 

prioritization key. We are putting in place a growth system—tools, processes and a way of 

thinking differently—that helps to ensure we flow resources to the best ideas. With the same 

rigor, passion and discipline as Lean Enterprise, we are working to institutionalize growth 

processes to deliver sustainable, profitable growth with the compounding effect of which we 

know we are capable. In 2010, the pan-business and cross-functional Growth Council was 

formed and over 300 of our global leaders have been trained in our new growth system. 

 
 
 
 
 
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Board Members

Ronald L. Merriman
Chair of the Audit Committee;  
Retired Vice Chair of KPMG;  
Director since 2004

William T. Monahan
Lead Director;  
Retired Chairman and CEO of Imation Corporation; 
Director since 2001

Jerry W. Burris
President of Precision Components 
of Barnes Group, Inc.; 
Director since 2007

Leslie Abi-Karam
Executive Vice President and 
President of Mailing Solutions 
Management of Pitney Bowes, Inc.;  
Director since 2008

David A. Jones
Chair of the International and 
Compensation Committees;  
Senior Advisor to Oak Hill Capital 
Partners; Director since 2003

Charles A. Haggerty
Chief Executive Officer  
of LeConte Associates, LLC;  
Director since 1994

Randall J. Hogan
Board Chairman and  
Chief Executive Officer;  
Director since 1999

T. Michael Glenn
Executive Vice President of  
Market Development and  
Corporate Communications of FedEx 
Corporation; Director since 2007

David H. Y. Ho
Chairman, Kiina Investment;  
Director since 2007

Glynis A. Bryan
Chair of the Governance  
Committee; Chief Financial  
Officer of Insight Enterprises, Inc.; 
Director since 2003

Management

Randall J. Hogan 
Chairman and  
Chief Executive Officer

Michael V. Schrock 
President and  
Chief Operating Officer

John L. Stauch 
Executive Vice President  
and Chief Financial Officer

Frederick S. Koury 
Senior Vice President,  
Human Resources

Angela D. Lageson 
Senior Vice President,  
General Counsel and Secretary

Mark C. Borin 
Corporate Controller and  
Chief Accounting Officer

Michael G. Meyer 
Vice President,  
Treasury and Tax

Karl R. Frykman 
President,  
Pool Equipment

Netha N. Johnson, Jr.
President,  
Filtration Solutions

Alok Maskara
President,  
Residential Filtration

Philip Pejovich
President,  
Technical Products

David B. Roland
President,  
Engineered Flow Technologies

Gary S. Witt 
President,  
Residential Flow Technologies

 
 
 
 
 
 
Our Vision

Investor Information

TO BE A DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL GROWTH COMPANY, GLOBAL ENTERPRISE AND RESPONSIBLE 

CITIzEN kNOWN FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, TOP TALENT AND GROWING BY 

SERVING CUSTOMERS WELL TO DELIVER SUPERIOR LONG-TERM SHAREHOLDER VALUE. 

2010 Sales

BY GEOGRAPHY

US 

| 

66% 

EMEA 

| 

18% 

APAC

ROW*

|

|

8%

8%

*Rest of World

Pentair Water

2010 Sales

B Y  DIVISIO N

technical products 

33% 

residential flow

pool

engineered flow

residential filtration

filtration solutions 

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21%

15%

12%

11%

8%

Pentair Technical Products

At $2 billion in sales, a global leader in providing 

A global leader in the enclosures and thermal 

innovative solutions used worldwide in the movement, 

management systems designed to house and protect 

storage, treatment and enjoyment of water. With a 

sensitive electronics and electrical components 

broad offering of water pumps, filters, systems and 

with $1 billion in sales. With a broad product portfolio 

solutions, Pentair helps to efficiently provide clean, safe 

and global scale, Pentair provides solutions to 

water in every aspect of the water cycle and serves a 

customers—how, where and when they need it—and 

diverse group of end-markets, including residential, 

serves a diverse group of end-markets, including 

industrial, commercial, municipal and agriculture.

industrial, communications and energy.

2010 Sales

BY MARK ET

FOR WAT ER

2010 Sales

BY  MA RKE T F OR 

T EC H P RO DUC TS

residential | 56%

industrial | 14%

commercial | 13%

municipal | 12%

agricultural |

5%

US | 66%

EMEA | 17%

APAC |

ROW |

9%

8%

industrial | 34%

communications | 24%

energy | 10%

general electronics | 10%

commercial |

infrastructure |

security & defense |

medical |

7%

6%

6%

3%

US | 67%

EMEA | 18%

ROW |

APAC |

9%

6%

2010 Sales

BY REGION 

WITHIN WAT ER

2010 Sales

BY  RE GIO N  WIT HIN 

T EC H P RO DUC TS

Independent Registered  
Public Accounting Firm 
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Caution Concerning  
Forward-Looking Statements 
Any statements made about the Company’s anticipated 
financial results are forward-looking statements 
subject to risks and uncertainties such as the magnitude, 
timing and scope of recovery from the global economic 
downturn; the strength of housing and related markets; 
the risk that expected benefits from our recent 
restructuring and other cost reduction plans may not 
be fully realized, or may take longer to realize than 
expected; foreign currency effects; material inflation 
outpacing our productivity and pricing actions; 
retail, commercial and industrial demand; product 
introductions; pricing and other competitive pressures; 
and the company’s ability to achieve its long-term 
strategic operating goals, as well as other risk factors 
set forth in our SEC filings. Forward-looking statements 
included herein are made as of the date hereof, 
and the company undertakes no obligation to update 
publicly such statements to reflect subsequent 
events or circumstances. Actual results could differ 
materially from anticipated results.

Annual Meeting 
The Annual Meeting of Pentair shareholders will take 
place on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Central 
in the auditorium of Thrivent Financial (625 Fourth 
Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota).

Investor Information 
Shareholders seeking more information about the 
Company can access news releases describing significant 
Company events and earnings results for each quarter 
and the fiscal year as well as Form 10-K and other 
Securities and Exchange filings at www.pentair.com. 
Information may also be obtained by request from the 
Pentair Investor Relations Department, 5500 Wayzata 
Boulevard, Suite 800, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416.

Stock Exchange Listing 
New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PNR) 

Dividends 
Dividends are currently paid $0.20 per share quarterly, 
in February, May, August and November. Pentair has 
paid 140 consecutive quarterly dividends. 

Dividend Reinvestment 
Pentair offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan which 
enables shareholders of record the opportunity to 
automatically reinvest Pentair dividends and to invest 
up to an additional $3,000 per calendar quarter in 
Pentair common stock, with any costs of purchasing 
the shares paid by the Company. Plan and enrollment 
information are available from the Company or 
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Registrar, Stock Transfer and Paying Agent 
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 
P.O. Box 64854 
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0854 
Tel. 877-536-3554 
Website: www.wellsfargo.com/com/shareowner_services

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Environmental Savings*
The front portion of this report was printed on paper made from 100% post-consumer 
recycled fiber. The 10K was printed on 10% post-consumer recycled paper, because we 
believe in being part of the solution.

Using post-consumer recycled paper saves:

26,789 LBS OF WOOD, or the total  
of 86 TREES that supplies enough  
OXYGEN FOR 43 PEOPLE annually

39,119 GALLONS OF WATER,  
or enough water to take 2,274 
EIGHT-MINUTE SHOWERS

27 MLN BTUS ENERGY, or enough 
energy to power an average American 
household for 109 DAYS

8,122 LBS EMISSIONS, or carbon 
sequestered by 94 tree seedlings 
grown over 10 YEARS

2,375 LBS OF SOLID WASTE,  
or trash thrown away by  
516 PEOPLE in a single day

Producing the front portion with 100% renewable energy saves:

10,212 LBS CO 2, SO 2, AND   
NOX, or 666 HOURS OF TOTAL   
CONTINUOUS ELECTRICITY USED   
by a single-family home  

3,108 LBS OF WASTE   
RECYCLED instead of landfilled

*Sources: Environmental impact estimates for savings pertaining to the use of post consumer recycled fiber share the same common reference data as the Environmental Defense Fund 
paper calculator v2.0, which is based on research done by the Paper Task Force, a peer-reviewed study of the lifecycle environmental impacts of paper production and disposal. 
Environmental impact estimates for savings pertaining to the use of papers made with renewable energy are based on the U.S. EPA Power Profiler.

SERVING CRITICAL 

NEEDS 

CUSTOMER FIRST 

STRATEGY

EXPANDING GLOBALLY

IMPROVING EVERY DAY

OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

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5500 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 800
Minneapolis, MN 55416–1261
763.545.1730
www.pentair.com

ANNUAL REPORT 2010