Ingersoll-Rand's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Ingersoll-Rand Plc (IR)

Q4 2011 Earnings Conference Call

February 8, 2012 10:00 ET

Executives

Janet Pfeffer – Vice President, Business Development and Investor Relations

Mike Lamach – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Steve Shawley – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

Steve Tusa – JPMorgan

Nigel Coe – Morgan Stanley

Andrew Obin – Bank of America

Terry Darling – Goldman Sachs

Shannon O'Callaghan – Nomura

Julian Mitchell – Credit Suisse

Steven Winoker – Sanford Bernstein

Presentation

Operator

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Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Ingersoll-Rand Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. (Operator Instructions) As a remainder, this conference is being recorded.

I would now like to introduce our host for today Ms. Janet Pfeffer, Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations. Ma'am, please go ahead.

Janet Pfeffer – Vice President, Business Development and Investor Relations

Thank you, Karen good morning everyone, welcome to Ingersoll-Rand's fourth quarter 2011 conference call. We released earnings at 7:00 a.m. this morning and the release is posted on our website. We'll be broadcasting in addition to this phone call through our website at ingersollrand.com where you will find a slide presentation that we will be using this morning.

This call will be recorded and archived on our website and will be available tomorrow morning. If you would, please go to slide 2. Statements made in today's call that are not historical facts are considered forward-looking and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of Federal Securities law. Please see our SEC filings for a description of some of the factors that may cause results to vary materially from anticipated.