Proposed Reverse Morris Trust Transaction (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Trust Transaction [Abstract]

Proposed Reverse Morris Trust Transaction [Text Block]

PROPOSED REVERSE MORRIS TRUST TRANSACTION

In April 2019, the Company and Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (GDI) announced that they entered into definitive agreements pursuant to which the Company will separate its Industrial segment businesses (IR Industrial) by way of spin-off to the Company’s shareholders and then combine with GDI to create a new company focused on flow creation and industrial technologies. This business is expected to be renamed Ingersoll-Rand Inc. The Company’s remaining HVAC and transport refrigeration businesses, reported under the Climate segment, will focus on climate control solutions for buildings, homes and transportation. The Company will rename its remaining business Trane Technologies plc at the time the transaction closes. The transaction is expected to close by early 2020, subject to approval by GDI’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

The transaction will be effected through a Reverse Morris Trust transaction, pursuant to which IR Industrial is expected to be spun-off to the Company’s shareholders and simultaneously merged with and surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GDI. At the time of close, Trane Technologies plc will receive $1.9 billion in cash from IR Industrial, funded by newly-issued debt expected to be deemed issued under an existing credit agreement of GDI upon consummation of the merger. Upon close of the transaction, existing shareholders of the Company will receive 50.1% of the shares of Ingersoll-Rand Inc. on a fully diluted basis. Existing GDI shareholders will own 49.9% of the shares of Ingersoll-Rand Inc. on a fully diluted basis. The transaction is expected to be tax-free to the Company’s respective shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.