Ingersoll-Rand plc’s net asbestos-related liabilities amounted to
US$649.9 million as of June 30, 2011, compared with US$674.3
million as of Dec. 31, 2010, according to the Company’s quarterly
report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 28, 2011.
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