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TRANE INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: TRANE INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 6/12/2008
Industry: Misc. Capital Goods     Sector: Capital Goods

TRANE INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: ingersoll-rand company limited
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Exhibit 4.5

TRANE INC.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated as of June 5, 2008, except where otherwise stated)

This document constitutes part of a Prospectus covering securities that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1993.

Section 1. Purpose

The purpose of this Trane Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), as amended as of June 5, 2008, is to provide a select group of management or highly compensated employees of Trane Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries with the opportunity to defer receipt of certain compensation, and for the Company to defer payment of certain compensation to such individuals, into future years. The Plan covers employees of the Company and subsidiaries of the Company which, with the consent of the Company, elect to participate in the Plan (the “Employer”). The Plan has been amended as of January 1, 2005 to conform to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”) for all amounts deferred on or after January 1, 2005 as defined in Section 409A and applicable regulations (such amounts hereinafter referred to as “Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals”). All amounts deferred hereunder which are not subject to Section 409A shall be referred to herein as “Pre-2005 Deferrals”. The provisions in the Plan with respect to Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals are subject to the transition rules set forth in guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), including, without limitation, Notice 2005-1 and subsequent notices issued by the IRS providing for transitional relief with respect to Section 409A. The Company reserves the right to allow Participants to take advantage of any such transitional relief with respect to their Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals.

Section 2 . Eligibility

Each employee of the Employer who is a U.S. taxpayer and who either (i) participates in the Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company or any equivalent plan of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (“Ingersoll Rand”)or (ii) is a district sales manager for the Trane Commercial Sales business is eligible to participate in the Plan, or (iii) effective July 7, 2006 is a territory sales manager for the Trane Commercial Sales Business. All those

 


who are eligible to participate in the Plan are considered to be Participants. The Plan Administrator shall provide a copy of the Plan to each Participant together with a form of letter which the Participant may use to notify the Company of his or her election to defer compensation under the Plan.

Section 3. Participation

a. Deferral Election . On or before the date chosen from time to time by the Plan Administrator, a Participant may elect to defer receipt of certain forms of compensation which, but for such election, would have been paid to him or her, and to have such amounts credited, in whole or in part, to a memorandum account credited with a fixed annual return (the “Interest Account”) and/or a memorandum account deemed to be invested in notional Common Shares of Ingersoll Rand (the “Stock Account”). A Participant may elect to defer up to (i) 50% of base pay, (ii) 100% of payments under the Company’s Annual Incentive Program or an equivalent Ingersoll Rand program, (iii) 100% of payments under the Company’s Long Term Incentive Compensation Program or an equivalent Ingersoll Rand program, and (iv) 100% of such other sources as are determined from time to time by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that the total amount deferred by a Participant shall be limited in any calendar year, if necessary, to satisfy Social Security Tax (including Medicare), income tax and employee benefit plan withholding requirements as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Plan Administrator.

b. Form and Duration of Deferral Election . A deferral election shall be made by a Participant in the form of a written notice filed on a designated form with the Plan Administrator (the “Deferral Election”). The Deferral Election shall specify the amount being deferred under that election and how much, if any, of the deferral amount is going to each of the Interest Account and the Stock Account. The minimum amount that each Participant may defer under the Plan for each year shall be $5,000 (or such other amount as the Plan Administrator shall determine from time to time). For Pre-2005 Deferrals, any such election shall be effective solely with respect to payments that would otherwise be made in the calendar year following the year in which such election is filed, except that with respect to individuals who first become Participants during a calendar year, such election shall apply to compensation to be earned

 

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and paid in that calendar year. For Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals that are not deferrals of performance based compensation based on services provided over a period of at least twelve (12) months within the meaning of Section 409A (hereinafter, “Performance Based Compensation”), any deferral election with respect to compensation for services to be performed during a taxable year must be made not later than the close of the preceding taxable year or at such other times as provided under the regulations governing Section 409A. For Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals of Performance Based Compensation, such deferral election may be made no later than six (6) months before the end of the performance period to which the Performance Based Compensation applies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals by individuals who first become Participants during a calendar year, elections to defer shall be made with respect to compensation for services to be performed subsequent to the election within thirty (30) days after the date such individual becomes a Participant. All deferral elections shall remain in effect for future years until it is modified or revoked . Any revocation or modification of a Deferral Election shall become effective only with respect to compensation payable in the calendar year following receipt of such revocation or modification by the Plan Administrator.

c. Renewal . A Participant who has revoked an election to participate in the Plan may file a new election to defer compensation payable in the calendar year following the year in which such election is filed, if the Participant continues to meet the Plan’s eligibility criteria as are then in effect.

d. Discretionary Company Contributions; Change of Control . The Employer may from time to time elect to make fully discretionary contributions (“Discretionary Company Contributions”) to the Interest Accounts of some or all Participants, in such amounts as it, in its sole discretion, elects. Such Discretionary Company Contributions may be subject to a vesting schedule, as determined by the Plan Administrator. Notwithstanding the vesting schedule, such amounts will become fully vested upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, or upon the death or disability (as defined below) of the Participant (while actively employed by the Employer as an employee). “Change of Control” shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited 2007 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended, or any successor plan thereto.

 

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e. Matching Contributions . The Employer may from time to time elect to make fully discretionary matching contributions (“Matching Contributions”) to the Interest Accounts of some or all Participants, in such amounts as it, in its sole discretion, elects. Such Matching Contributions shall be fully vested at all times.

Section 4 . Participant’s Accounts

a. Establishment of Account . The Company shall maintain an Interest Account and a Stock Account for each Participant, and shall make additions to and subtractions from such Accounts as provided in this Plan. For each amount credited to the Interest Account, such Account shall note the date the amount was credited to the Account, any interest accrued pursuant to this Section 4, as well as the date that distribution is to commence. For each amount credited to the Stock Account, the Account shall note the date the amount was credited to the Account, the number of notional shares credited on such date, the Market Value per Share used to determine the notional shares credited, as well as the date distribution is to commence.

b. Interest Account . Compensation allocated to the Interest Account pursuant to this Section 4 shall be credited to such Account as of the date such compensation would otherwise have been paid to the Participant, and for Matching Contributions and Discretionary Company Contributions, as of the date on which such amounts are credited to the Interest Account. Any amounts credited to the Interest Account shall earn interest on an annual basis at the Applicable Interest Rate in effect for each calendar year, as defined below, which interest shall be credited on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Applicable Interest Rate for amounts credited prior to January 1, 2002, shall mean the percentage equal to the prime rate of interest in effect at Chase Manhattan Bank (or any successor thereto) on the last business day of the previous calendar year, plus one percent.

For amounts credited to the Interest Account after December 31, 2001, Applicable Interest Rate shall mean the rate of interest to be determined by the Plan Administrator from time to time.

c. Stock Account . Any compensation allocated to the Stock Account pursuant to this Section 4 shall be deemed to be invested in a number of notional Common Shares (including fractional shares) of Ingersoll Rand (the “Shares”) equal to the quotient of (i) the dollar amount

 

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of such compensation divided by (ii) the Market Value Per Share (as defined below) on the date the compensation being allocated to the Stock Account would otherwise have been payable to the Participant. The Market Value Per Share on any date shall mean the closing price per share for a Class A common share of Ingersoll Rand (“Common Share”) as reported on the Consolidated Tape of the New York Stock Exchange on such date. If such date is not a business day or if no sale occurs on such date, Market Value Per Share shall be determined, in the manner described above, as of the first preceding business day on which a sale occurs.

Whenever a dividend other than a dividend payable in the form of Ingersoll Rand’s Common Shares is declared with respect to Ingersoll Rand’s Common Shares, the number of Shares in the Participant’s Stock Account shall be increased by the number of Shares determined by dividing (i) the product of (A) the number of Shares in the Participant’s Stock Account on the related dividend record date and (B) the amount of any cash dividend declared by Ingersoll Rand on a Common Share (or, in the case of any dividend distributable in property other than Common Shares, the per share value of such dividend, as determined by Ingersoll Rand for purposes of income tax reporting) by (ii) the Market Value Per Share on the related dividend payment date. In the case of any dividend declared on Ingersoll Rand’s Common Shares which is payable in Common Shares, the Participant’s Stock Account shall be increased by the number of Shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Shares credited to the Participant’s Stock Account on the related dividend record date and (ii) the number of shares of Common Shares (including any fraction thereof) distributable as a dividend on a Common Share.

In the event of any change in the number or kind of outstanding Common Shares by reason of any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, stock split or any similar change affecting the Common Shares, other than a stock dividend as provided above, the Administrator shall make an appropriate adjustment in the number of Shares credited to each Participant’s Stock Account and, to the extent such adjustment results in a cash credit to such Stock Account, may cause such cash credit to be deemed reinvested in Shares or may effect a transfer of such cash credit to the Participant’s Interest Account. Solely for purposes of determining the amount of any interest to be credited thereon, any amount transferred to a Participant’s Interest Account pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be treated in the same manner as though such transfer were a deferral, at the election of the Participant, of compensation otherwise payable as of the effective date of the corresponding adjustment to the Participant’s Stock Account.

 

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(d) Investment Elections for Deferrals and Other Contributions . At the time a Participant elects to defer compensation pursuant to Section 3(a), the Participant shall designate in writing the portion of such compensation, stated as a whole percentage, to be credited to the Interest Account and the portion to be credited to the Stock Account. Any compensation to be credited to either Account shall be rounded to the nearest whole cent. If a Participant fails to designate how the deferrals and/or other contributions are to be allocated between the two Accounts, 100% of such amounts shall be credited to the Interest Account. Participants may not elect to transfer from the Interest Account to the Stock Account, or vice versa . In addition, any Discretionary or Matching Company Contributions shall be invested in the Interest Account.

Section 5. Distributions from the Accounts

a. Distribution Elections for Pre-2005 Deferrals . This Section 5.a applies to Pre-2005 Deferrals only. At the time a Participant makes a Deferral Election with respect to a particular calendar year, such Participant shall also file with the Plan Administrator a written election (a “Distribution Election”) with respect to the timing and manner of distribution of the aggregate amount, if any, credited to the Interest Account and/or the Stock Account for that year’s deferrals and matching contributions. In all cases, the Plan Administrator will determine the time and form of distributions with respect to Discretionary Company Contributions, if any. A Distribution Election shall specify that a distribution for that year’s deferrals and Matching Contributions shall be made in one of the following manners:

 

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Distributions to be made upon termination of employment (as an employee of the Employer or as a member of the then existing Company board) or disability. Disability, for this purpose, shall mean the Participant’s permanent inability to perform each and every duty of his or her occupation or position of employment due to illness or injury as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Plan Administrator. The normal form of distribution under this method will be installments paid over 10 years, but the Participant may elect instead to be paid in

 

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annual installments over a period of less than 10 years, or in the form of a lump sum. Distributions under this methodology will commence the month immediately following the month in which the Participant terminates employment or becomes disabled; or

 

  (2) Distributions commence either one, two, or three years following termination of employment (as an employee of the Employer or

 
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