UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 29, 2003
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Bermuda 1-985
75-2993910
(State
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (441) 295-2838
Item 5. Other Events
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on May 29, 2003, the shareholders, in addition to electing directors, appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2003, and acted upon a shareholder proposal regarding the Company's reincorporation in Bermuda. The shareholders voted as follows on the following matters:
1. The voting result for the election of directors was as follows:
Name Term Votes For Votes Withheld
George W. Buckley 3 years 134,701,051 6,883,979
Theodore E. Martin 3 years 138,624,986 2,960,044
Patricia Nachtigal 3 years 138,913,873 2,671,157
Richard J. Swift 3 years 134,739,890 6,845,140
Peter C. Godsoe, Constance
J. Horner, Orin R. Smith, Ann C. Berzin, Herbert L. Henkel, H. William Lichtenberger, and Tony L. White
all
continue as Directors of the Company.
2. The
appointment of the Company's independent auditors and authorization of the
Board of Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration was
approved by a vote of
129,661,650 votes for, 10,738,225 votes against, and 1,185,155 votes
abstaining.
3. The
shareholder proposal involving a nonbinding vote seeking the Company's
reincorporation as a U.S.-based company was rejected by a vote
of 51,672,268
votes for, 72,976,281 votes against, 2,314,851 votes abstaining and 14,621,630
broker non-votes.
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
Attached
hereto as an exhibit, which is incorporated herein by reference is the
registrant's press release announcing results of voting from the Company's
Annual General Meeting.
The information in this Item 9 is not "filed" pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and is not incorporated by reference into any registrations under
the Securities Act of 1933. Additionally, the inclusion of such
information is not an admission as to the materiality of any information in the
report that is required to be disclosed solely by regulation FD.
Exhibit Number Description
99 Press
release of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited dated May 29, 2003
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY LIMITED
(Registrant)
May 30, 2003 /s/ Patricia Nachtigal
Patricia Nachtigal
Senior Vice President and General
Counsel