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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Title of each class
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Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Exhibit Description
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Indenture, dated as of May 9, 2025, among Eaton Capital, Eaton Corp, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to Eaton Corporation plc’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 333-54863), filed on May 9, 2025).
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Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 6, 2026, among Eaton Capital, Eaton Corp, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee.
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Fourth Supplement Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2026, among Eaton Capital, Eaton Corp, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee.
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Form of the U.S. Notes, including the Guarantees (included as part of Exhibit 4.2).
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Form of the Euro Notes, including the Guarantees (included as part of Exhibit 4.3).
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Opinion of Lisa Sutton, Eaton Corp’s Vice President and Assistant Secretary, as to the validity of the U.S. Notes.
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Opinion of Lisa Sutton, Eaton Corp’s Vice President and Assistant Secretary, as to the validity of the Euro Notes.
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Opinion of McCann FitzGerald LLP, Irish counsel, as to the validity of the U.S. Notes.
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Opinion of McCann FitzGerald LLP, Irish counsel, as to the validity of the Euro Notes.
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Opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, Dutch counsel, as to the validity of the U.S. Notes.
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| 5.6 |
Opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, Dutch counsel, as to the validity of the Euro Notes. |
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Opinion of White & Case S.à r.l., Luxembourg Counsel, as to the validity of the U.S. Notes.
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Opinion of White & Case S.à r.l., Luxembourg Counsel, as to the validity of the Euro Notes.
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Opinion of White & Case LLP, New York counsel, as to the validity of the U.S. Notes.
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Opinion of White & Case LLP, New York counsel, as to the validity of the Euro Notes.
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Consent of Lisa Sutton (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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Consent of Lisa Sutton (included in Exhibit 5.2).
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Consent of McCann FitzGerald LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3).
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Consent of McCann FitzGerald LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4).
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Consent of Clifford Chance LLP (included in Exhibit 5.5).
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Consent of Clifford Chance LLP (included in Exhibit 5.6).
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Consent of White & Case S.à r.l. (included in Exhibit 5.7).
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Consent of White & Case S.à r.l. (included in Exhibit 5.8).
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Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5.9).
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Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5.10).
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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Eaton Corporation plc
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Date: March 10, 2026
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By:
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/s/ Adam Wadecki
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Adam Wadecki
Senior Vice President and Controller
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| Page | ||
| ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.1
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Generally
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1
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SECTION 1.2
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Definition of Certain Terms
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1
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| ARTICLE II | ||
| GENERAL TERMS OF THE NOTES | ||
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SECTION 2.1
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Form
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5
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SECTION 2.2
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Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest.
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5
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SECTION 2.3
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Denominations
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6
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SECTION 2.4
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Global Securities
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6
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SECTION 2.5
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Payment, Transfer and Exchange
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6
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SECTION 2.6
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Security Registrar and Paying Agent
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6
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SECTION 2.7
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Ranking
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6
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SECTION 2.8
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Trustee’s Right to Refuse Directions in Certain Circumstances
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6
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SECTION 2.9
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Additional Amounts.
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7 |
| ARTICLE III | ||
| REDEMPTION | ||
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SECTION 3.1
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Redemption
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8
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SECTION 3.2
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Redemption Procedures
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12
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SECTION 3.3
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Notice of Redemption
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12
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| ARTICLE IV | ||
| CHANGE OF CONTROL | ||
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SECTION 4.1
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Change of Control
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12
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| ARTICLE V | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||
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SECTION 5.1
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Ratification of Base Indenture
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15
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SECTION 5.2
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Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals
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15
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SECTION 5.3
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Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
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15
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SECTION 5.4
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Counterpart Originals
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16
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SECTION 5.5
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Governing Law
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16
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of 2028 Note
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A-1
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EXHIBIT B
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Form of 2029 Note
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B-1
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EXHIBIT C
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Form of 2031 Note
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C-1
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EXHIBIT D
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Form of 2033 Note
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D-1
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EXHIBIT E
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Form of 2036 Note
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E-1
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EXHIBIT F
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Form of 2056 Note
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F-1
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b)
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any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, use, excise, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed with respect to a Note;
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c)
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any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed because the holder, beneficial owner, or any other person fails to comply with any certification,
identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Relevant Jurisdiction of the holder or any beneficial owner of a Note, if compliance is
required by statute, rule, regulation or by the published official interpretation of applicable tax law by the taxing authorities of the Relevant Jurisdiction or by an applicable income tax treaty, which is in effect and to which the
applicable jurisdiction is a party, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the tax, assessment or other governmental charge and the Company or the relevant Guarantor has given the holders or beneficial owners of
the Notes at least 30 calendar days’ notice that such information and identification is required to be provided;
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d)
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e)
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any payment on a Note to a holder that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment, to the extent that payment would be
required by the Relevant Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a partner or member of such partnership, an interest holder in such limited liability company
or the beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had the beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of a Note;
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f)
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any taxes imposed on overall net income or any branch profits tax;
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g)
|
any taxes imposed as a result of a Note being presented for payment (where presentation is required) in the Relevant Jurisdiction, unless such Note could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;
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h)
|
in respect of a Note surrendered or presented for payment (if surrender or presentment is required) more than thirty (30) calendar days after the date on which such payment first becomes due except to the
extent that payments under such Note would have been subject to withholding and the holder of such Note would have been entitled to such additional amounts on surrender of such Note for payment on the last day of such period of thirty (30)
calendar days;
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i)
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in respect of any combination of (a) through (h) above;
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j)
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any withholding or deduction imposed on or in respect of any Note pursuant to Sections 1471 to 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) (and any current and future regulations or
official interpretations thereof) (“FATCA”), the laws of, or any intergovernmental agreement entered into by, any Relevant Jurisdiction implementing FATCA or any agreement between the Company or a Guarantor and any taxing or
governmental authority entered into for FATCA purposes, notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Section 2.9.
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EATON CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Kirsten M. Park
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Name: Kirsten M. Park
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Title: Senior Vice President - Treasury
|
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By:
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/s/ Lisa Sutton
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Name: Lisa Sutton
|
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Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary
|
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COOPER B-LINE, INC.
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COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
|
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COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
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COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
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COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
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EATON AEROQUIP LLC
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EATON AEROSPACE LLC
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EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
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EATON FILTRATION LLC
|
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EATON LEASING CORPORATION
|
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WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
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By:
|
/s/ Lisa Sutton
|
||
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Name: Lisa Sutton
|
|||
|
Title: Vice President and Secretary
|
|||
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EATON CORPORATION PLC
|
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By:
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/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
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Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
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Title: Secretary
|
|||
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By:
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/s/ Kirsten M. Park
|
||
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Name: Kirsten M. Park
|
|||
|
Title: Authorized Signatory
|
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COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
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EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
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EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
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By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Director
|
|||
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TURLOCK B.V.
|
|||
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By:
|
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
||
|
Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
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By:
|
/s/ Robert Zweerus
|
||
|
Name: Robert Zweerus
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
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|
a société à responsabilité limitée, having its registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered
with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B9145
|
|||
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
a société à responsabilité limitée, having its registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered
with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B172818
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Sabine Huber
|
||
|
Name: Sabine Huber
|
|||
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Title: Manager
|
|||
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
|
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TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
|
|||
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By:
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/s/ Terence Rawlins
|
||
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Name: Terence Rawlins
|
|||
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Title: Vice President
|
|||
| No. [__] | CUSIP No. 278058DV1 |
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Dated: [____]
|
|||
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EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
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By:
|
|||
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Name:
|
||
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Title:
|
||
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Attest:
|
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By:
|
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Name:
|
||
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Title:
|
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
|
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MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
|
|||
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as Trustee
|
|||
|
Dated: [_____]
|
By
|
||
|
|
Authorized Signatory
|
||
|
(1)
|
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
|
|
(2)
|
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
|
|||
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COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
|
|||
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COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
|
|||
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COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
|
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EATON AEROQUIP LLC
|
|||
|
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
|
|||
|
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
|
|||
|
EATON FILTRATION LLC
|
|||
|
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
|
|||
|
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Lisa Sutton
|
||
|
Name: Lisa Sutton
|
|||
|
Title: Vice President and Secretary
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION PLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Secretary
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirsten M. Park
|
||
|
Name: Kirsten M. Park
|
|||
|
Title: Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Director
|
|||
|
TURLOCK B.V.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
||
|
Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Robert Zweerus
|
||
|
Name: Robert Zweerus
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Sabine Huber
|
||
|
Name: Sabine Huber
|
|||
|
Title: Manager
|
|||
|
Date:
|
Your Signature:
|
|||
|
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
|
||||
|
Signature Guarantee:
|
||
|
|
(Signature must be guaranteed)
|
| No. [__] | CUSIP No. 278058DW9 |
|
Dated: [____]
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
|
By:
|
|||
|
|
Name:
|
||
|
|
Title:
|
||
|
Attest:
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
||
| Title: |
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
|
|||
|
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
|
|||
|
as Trustee
|
|||
|
Dated: [_____]
|
By
|
||
|
Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
(1)
|
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the 2029 Par Call Date) on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
|
|
(2)
|
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
|
|||
|
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
|
|||
|
EATON AEROQUIP LLC
|
|||
|
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
|
|||
|
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
|
|||
|
EATON FILTRATION LLC
|
|||
|
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
|
|||
|
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Lisa Sutton
|
||
|
Name: Lisa Sutton
|
|||
| Title: Vice President and Secretary | |||
|
EATON CORPORATION PLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
| Title: Secretary | |||
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirsten M. Park
|
||
|
Name: Kirsten M. Park
|
|||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | |||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
| Title: Director | |||
|
TURLOCK B.V.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
||
|
Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
|||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
|
By:
|
/s/ Robert Zweerus
|
||
|
Name: Robert Zweerus
|
|||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Sabine Huber
|
||
|
Name: Sabine Huber
|
|||
| Title: Manager | |||
| Date: | Your Signature: | |||
| (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note) | ||||
| Signature Guarantee: | ||
| (Signature must be guaranteed) |
| No. [__] | CUSIP No. 278058DX7 |
|
Dated: [____]
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
|
By:
|
|||
|
|
Name:
|
||
|
Title:
|
|||
|
Attest:
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
||
|
Title:
|
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
|
|||
|
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
|
|||
|
as Trustee
|
|||
|
Dated: [_____]
|
By
|
||
|
|
Authorized Signatory | ||
|
(1)
|
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the 2031 Par Call Date) on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
|
|
(2)
|
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
|
|||
|
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
|
|||
|
EATON AEROQUIP LLC
|
|||
|
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
|
|||
|
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
|
|||
|
EATON FILTRATION LLC
|
|||
|
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
|
|||
|
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Lisa Sutton
|
||
|
Name: Lisa Sutton
|
|||
|
Title: Vice President and Secretary
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION PLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Secretary
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirsten M. Park
|
||
|
Name: Kirsten M. Park
|
|||
|
Title: Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Director
|
|||
|
TURLOCK B.V.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
||
|
Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Robert Zweerus
|
||
|
Name: Robert Zweerus
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Sabine Huber
|
||
|
Name: Sabine Huber
|
|||
|
Title: Manager
|
|||
| Date: | Your Signature: | |||
|
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
|
||||
| Signature Guarantee: | ||
|
(Signature must be guaranteed)
|
| No. [__] |
CUSIP No. 278058DY5
|
|
Dated: [____]
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
|
By:
|
|||
|
Name:
|
|||
|
Title:
|
|||
|
Attest:
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
|
|||
|
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
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as Trustee
|
|||
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Dated: [_____]
|
By
|
||
|
Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
(1)
|
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the 2033 Par Call Date) on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
|
|
(2)
|
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
|
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|
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
|
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COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
|
|||
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COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
|
|||
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EATON AEROQUIP LLC
|
|||
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EATON AEROSPACE LLC
|
|||
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EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
|
|||
|
EATON FILTRATION LLC
|
|||
|
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
|
|||
|
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Lisa Sutton
|
||
|
Name: Lisa Sutton
|
|||
|
Title: Vice President and Secretary
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION PLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Secretary
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirsten M. Park
|
||
|
Name: Kirsten M. Park
|
|||
|
Title: Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Director
|
|||
|
TURLOCK B.V.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
||
|
Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Robert Zweerus
|
||
|
Name: Robert Zweerus
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Sabine Huber
|
||
|
Name: Sabine Huber
|
|||
|
Title: Manager
|
|||
| Date: | Your Signature: | |||
|
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
|
||||
| Signature Guarantee: | ||
|
(Signature must be guaranteed)
|
| No. [__] | CUSIP No. 278058DZ2 |
|
Dated: [____]
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
|
By:
|
|||
|
Name:
|
|||
|
Title:
|
|||
|
Attest:
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
|
|||
|
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
|
|||
|
as Trustee
|
|||
|
Dated: [_____]
|
By
|
||
|
Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
(1)
|
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the 2036 Par Call Date) on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
|
|
(2)
|
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
|
|||
|
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
|
|||
|
EATON AEROQUIP LLC
|
|||
|
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
|
|||
|
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
|
|||
|
EATON FILTRATION LLC
|
|||
|
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
|
|||
|
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Lisa Sutton
|
||
|
Name: Lisa Sutton
|
|||
|
Title: Vice President and Secretary
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION PLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Secretary
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirsten M. Park
|
||
|
Name: Kirsten M. Park
|
|||
|
Title: Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Director
|
|||
|
TURLOCK B.V.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
||
|
Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Robert Zweerus
|
||
|
Name: Robert Zweerus
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Sabine Huber
|
||
|
Name: Sabine Huber
|
|||
|
Title: Manager
|
|||
| Date: | Your Signature: | |||
|
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
|
||||
| Signature Guarantee: | ||
|
(Signature must be guaranteed)
|
| No. [__] | CUSIP No. 278058EA6 |
|
Dated: [____]
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
|
By:
|
|||
|
Name:
|
|||
|
Title:
|
|||
|
Attest:
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
||
|
Title:
|
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
|
|||
|
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
|
|||
|
as Trustee
|
|||
|
Dated: [_____]
|
By
|
||
|
|
Authorized Signatory | ||
|
(1)
|
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the 2056 Par Call Date) on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
|
|
(2)
|
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
|
|||
|
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
|
|||
|
COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
|
|||
|
EATON AEROQUIP LLC
|
|||
|
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
|
|||
|
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
|
|||
|
EATON FILTRATION LLC
|
|||
|
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
|
|||
|
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Lisa Sutton
|
||
|
Name: Lisa Sutton
|
|||
|
Title: Vice President and Secretary
|
|||
|
EATON CORPORATION PLC
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Secretary
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirsten M. Park
|
||
|
Name: Kirsten M. Park
|
|||
|
Title: Authorized Signatory
|
|||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Nigel Crawford
|
||
|
Name: Nigel Crawford
|
|||
|
Title: Director
|
|||
|
TURLOCK B.V.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
||
|
Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Robert Zweerus
|
||
|
Name: Robert Zweerus
|
|||
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Sabine Huber
|
||
|
Name: Sabine Huber
|
|||
|
Title: Manager
|
|||
| Date: | Your Signature: | |||
|
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
|
||||
| Signature Guarantee: | ||
|
(Signature must be guaranteed)
|
|
Page
|
||
|
ARTICLE I
|
||
|
DEFINITIONS
|
||
|
SECTION 1.1
|
Generally
|
1
|
|
SECTION 1.2
|
Definition of Certain Terms
|
1
|
|
ARTICLE II
|
||
|
GENERAL TERMS OF THE NOTES
|
||
|
SECTION 2.1
|
Form
|
4
|
|
SECTION 2.2
|
Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest.
|
5 |
|
SECTION 2.3
|
Denominations
|
5
|
|
SECTION 2.4
|
Global Securities
|
5
|
|
SECTION 2.5
|
Payment, Transfer and Exchange
|
5
|
|
SECTION 2.6
|
Security Registrar and Paying Agent
|
6
|
|
SECTION 2.7
|
Ranking
|
6
|
|
SECTION 2.8
|
Trustee’s Right to Refuse Directions in Certain Circumstances
|
6
|
|
SECTION 2.9
|
Additional Amounts.
|
6
|
|
SECTION 2.10
|
New Safekeeping Structure
|
8
|
|
SECTION 2.11
|
Election of Common Safekeeper
|
8
|
|
SECTION 2.12
|
Authority to Authenticate and Effectuate
|
8
|
|
ARTICLE III
|
||
|
REDEMPTION
|
||
|
SECTION 3.1
|
Redemption
|
9
|
|
SECTION 3.2
|
Redemption Procedures
|
10
|
|
SECTION 3.3
|
Notice of Redemption
|
10
|
|
ARTICLE IV
|
||
|
CHANGE OF CONTROL
|
||
|
SECTION 4.1
|
Change of Control
|
11
|
|
ARTICLE V
|
||
|
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
|
||
|
SECTION 5.1
|
Ratification of Base Indenture
|
14
|
|
SECTION 5.2
|
Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals
|
14
|
|
SECTION 5.3
|
Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
|
14
|
|
SECTION 5.4
|
Counterpart Originals
|
14
|
|
SECTION 5.5
|
Governing Law
|
14
|
|
EXHIBIT A
|
Form of 2034 Note
|
A-1
|
|
EXHIBIT B
|
Form of 2038 Note
|
B-1
|
|
EXHIBIT C
|
New Safekeeping Structure Duties
|
C-1
|
| a) |
any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed solely because at any time there is or was a connection between the holder or
beneficial holder of a Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of or possessor of power over the relevant holder or beneficial owner, if such holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a nominee, a trust, a
partnership, a limited liability company or a corporation) and the Relevant Jurisdiction, including such holder or beneficial owner (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor of power) (a) being or having
been a citizen or resident or national or domiciliary thereof, (b) maintaining or having maintained an office, permanent establishment, or branch subject to taxation therein or (c) being or having been present or engaged in a trade or
business therein (other than the mere receipt of a payment on or holding of, or the enforcement of rights or remedies under, the Notes or the Guarantee);
|
| b) |
any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, use, excise, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed with respect to a Note;
|
| c) |
any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed because the holder, beneficial owner, or any other person fails to comply with any
certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Relevant Jurisdiction of the holder or any beneficial owner of a Note, if
compliance is required by statute, rule, regulation or by the published official interpretation of applicable tax law by the taxing authorities of the Relevant Jurisdiction or by an applicable income tax treaty, which is in effect and to
which the applicable jurisdiction is a party, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the tax, assessment or other governmental charge and the Company or the relevant Guarantor has given the holders or beneficial
owners of the Notes at least 30 calendar days’ notice that such information and identification is required to be provided;
|
| d) |
any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge not payable by way of deduction or withholding from payments on or with respect to a Note;
|
| e) |
any payment on a Note to a holder that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment, to the extent that payment
would be required by the Relevant Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a partner or member of such partnership, an interest holder in such limited liability
company or the beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had the beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of a Note;
|
| f) |
any taxes imposed on overall net income or any branch profits tax;
|
| g) |
any taxes imposed as a result of a Note being presented for payment (where presentation is required) in the Relevant Jurisdiction, unless such Note could not have been presented for payment
elsewhere;
|
| h) |
in respect of a Note surrendered or presented for payment (if surrender or presentment is required) more than thirty (30) calendar days after the date on which such payment first becomes due except
to the extent that payments under such Note would have been subject to withholding and the holder of such Note would have been entitled to such additional amounts on surrender of such Note for payment on the last day of such period of
thirty (30) calendar days;
|
| i) |
in respect of any combination of (a) through (h) above;
|
| j) |
any withholding or deduction imposed on or in respect of any Note pursuant to Sections 1471 to 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)
(and any current and future regulations or official interpretations thereof) (“FATCA”), the laws of, or any intergovernmental agreement entered into by, any Relevant Jurisdiction
implementing FATCA or any agreement between the Company or a Guarantor and any taxing or governmental authority entered into for FATCA purposes, notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Section 2.9.
|
| EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY | |||
| By: |
/s/ Nigel Crawford | ||
| Name: Nigel Crawford | |||
| Title: Director | |||
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
EATON AEROQUIP LLC
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
EATON FILTRATION LLC
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
| By: | /s/ Lisa Sutton | ||
| Name: Lisa Sutton | |||
| Title: Vice President and Secretary |
| EATON CORPORATION | |||
| By: |
/s/ Kirsten M. Park | ||
| Name: Kirsten M. Park | |||
| Title: Senior Vice President - Treasury | |||
| By: |
/s/ Lisa Sutton | ||
| Name: Lisa Sutton | |||
| Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |||
| EATON CORPORATION PLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Nigel Crawford | ||
| Name: Nigel Crawford | |||
| Title: Secretary | |||
| By: | /s/ Kirsten M. Park | ||
| Name: Kirsten M. Park | |||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | |||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
| By: |
/s/ Nigel Crawford | ||
| Name: Nigel Crawford | |||
| Title: Director | |||
| TURLOCK B.V. | |||
| By: |
/s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek | ||
| Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek | |||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert Zweerus | ||
| Name: Robert Zweerus | |||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|
|
a société à responsabilité limitée, having its
registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B9145
|
|
|
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|
|
a société à responsabilité limitée, having its
registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B172818
|
| By: | /s/ Sabine Huber | ||
| Name: Sabine Huber | |||
| Title: Manager | |||
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
|
|||
| By: |
/s/ Terence Rawlins
|
||
| Name: Terence Rawlins | |||
| Title: Vice President | |||
| EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
| Attest: | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
| |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
|
||||
| |
|||||
| Dated: [_____] | By | ||||
| |
Authorized Signatory
|
||||
| |
|||||
|
EFFECTUATED for and on behalf of
|
|||||
|
Euroclear Bank, SA/NV as common safekeeper
without recourse, warranty or liability
|
|||||
| |
|||||
| By: |
|||||
| (duly authorized) | |||||
| (1) |
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the 2034 Par Call Date) on
an annual basis (assuming an Actual/Actual (ICMA) day count fraction) at the Comparable Government Bond Rate, plus 15 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the
date of redemption, and
|
| (2) |
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
EATON AEROQUIP LLC
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
EATON FILTRATION LLC
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
| By: |
/s/ Lisa Sutton | ||
| Name: Lisa Sutton | |||
| Title: Vice President and Secretary | |||
|
EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
| By: | /s/ Kirsten M. Park | ||
| Name: Kirsten M. Park | |||
| Title: Senior Vice President - Treasury | |||
| By: | /s/ Lisa Sutton | ||
| Name: Lisa Sutton | |||
| Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |||
| EATON CORPORATION PLC | |||
| By: |
/s/ Nigel Crawford | ||
| Name: Nigel Crawford | |||
| Title: Secretary | |||
| By: | /s/ Kirsten M. Park | ||
| Name: Kirsten M. Park | |||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | |||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
| By: |
/s/ Nigel Crawford | ||
| Name: Nigel Crawford | |||
| Title: Director | |||
| TURLOCK B.V. | |||
| By: | /s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek | ||
| Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek | |||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert Zweerus | ||
| Name: Robert Zweerus | |||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
|
EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
|
|||
| By: | /s/ Sabine Huber | ||
| Name: Sabine Huber | |||
| Title: Manager | |||
|
Date:
|
Your Signature: | |||
|
|
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note) | |||
| Signature Guarantee: | ||
| (Signature must be guaranteed) |
| EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
| Attest: | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
| |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
|
||||
| |
|||||
| Dated: [_____] | By | ||||
| |
Authorized Signatory
|
||||
| |
|||||
|
EFFECTUATED for and on behalf of
|
|||||
|
Euroclear Bank, SA/NV as common safekeeper
without recourse, warranty or liability
|
|||||
| |
|||||
| By: |
|||||
| (duly authorized) | |||||
| (1) |
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the 2038 Par Call Date) on
an annual basis (assuming an Actual/Actual (ICMA) day count fraction) at the Comparable Government Bond Rate, plus 20 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the
date of redemption, and
|
| (2) |
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
|
|
COOPER B-LINE, INC.
COOPER BUSSMANN, LLC
COOPER CROUSE-HINDS, LLC
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
COOPER WIRING DEVICES, INC.
EATON AEROQUIP LLC
EATON AEROSPACE LLC
EATON ELECTRIC HOLDINGS LLC
EATON FILTRATION LLC
EATON LEASING CORPORATION
WRIGHT LINE LLC
|
|||
| By: |
/s/ Lisa Sutton | ||
| Name: Lisa Sutton | |||
| Title: Vice President and Secretary | |||
|
EATON CORPORATION
|
|||
| By: | /s/ Kirsten M. Park | ||
| Name: Kirsten M. Park | |||
| Title: Senior Vice President - Treasury | |||
| By: | /s/ Lisa Sutton | ||
| Name: Lisa Sutton | |||
| Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |||
| EATON CORPORATION PLC | |||
| By: |
/s/ Nigel Crawford | ||
| Name: Nigel Crawford | |||
| Title: Secretary | |||
| By: | /s/ Kirsten M. Park | ||
| Name: Kirsten M. Park | |||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | |||
|
COOPER INDUSTRIES UNLIMITED COMPANY
EATON DOMHANDA UNLIMITED COMPANY
|
|||
| By: |
/s/ Nigel Crawford | ||
| Name: Nigel Crawford | |||
| Title: Director | |||
| TURLOCK B.V. | |||
| By: | /s/ Albert Coenraad van Beek | ||
| Name: Albert Coenraad van Beek | |||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert Zweerus | ||
| Name: Robert Zweerus | |||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
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EATON CONTROLS (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
EATON TECHNOLOGIES (LUXEMBOURG) S.À R.L.
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| By: | /s/ Sabine Huber | ||
| Name: Sabine Huber | |||
| Title: Manager | |||
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Date:
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Your Signature: | |||
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note) | |||
| Signature Guarantee: | ||
| (Signature must be guaranteed) |
| 1. |
Initial issue outstanding amount: The Security Registrar
will inform each of the Clearing Agencies, through the common service provider appointed by the Clearing Agencies to service the Notes (the “Common Service Provider”),
of the initial issue outstanding amount (the “IOA”) for the Notes on or prior to the relevant issue date.
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| 2. |
Mark up or mark down: If any event occurs that requires a
mark up or mark down of the records which a Clearing Agency holds for its customers to reflect such customers’ interest in the Notes, the Security Registrar will (to the extent known to it) promptly provide details of the amount of such
mark up or mark down, together with a description of the event that requires it, to the Clearing Agencies (through the Common Service Provider) to ensure that the IOA of the Notes, as reflected in the records of Euroclear and Clearstream
remains at all times accurate.
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| 3. |
Reconciliation of records: The Security Registrar will at
least once every month reconcile its record of the IOA of the Notes with information received from the Clearing Agencies (through the Common Service Provider) with respect to the IOA maintained by the Clearing Agencies for the Notes and
will promptly inform the Clearing Agencies (through the Common Service Provider) of any discrepancies.
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| 4. |
Resolution of discrepancies: The Security Registrar will
promptly assist the Clearing Agencies (through the Common Service Provider) in resolving any discrepancy identified in the records reflecting the IOA of the Notes.
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| 5. |
Details of payments: The Security Registrar will promptly
provide the Clearing Agencies (through the Common Service Provider) details of all amounts paid by the Paying Agent under the Notes (or, where the Notes provide for delivery of assets other than cash, of the assets so delivered).
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| 6. |
Notices to Holders: The Trustee will (to the extent known
to it) promptly provide to the Clearing Agencies (through the Common Service Provider) copies of all information that is given to the holders of the Notes.
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| 7. |
Communications from Clearing Agencies: The Security
Registrar will promptly pass on to the Company all communications it receives from the Clearing Agencies directly or through the Common Service Provider relating to the Notes.
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| 8. |
Default: The Trustee will (to the extent known to it, as
determined in accordance with the Indenture) promptly notify the Clearing Agencies (through the Common Service Provider) of any failure by the Company to make any payment or delivery due under the Notes when due.
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| 1. |
Each Opinion Party is a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Ohio and has all requisite corporate or limited
liability company power, as applicable, to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) to which
it is a party.
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| 2. |
The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Opinion Party.
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| 3. |
The Guarantees have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Opinion Party.
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| 1. |
Each Opinion Party is a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Ohio and has all requisite corporate or limited
liability company power, as applicable, to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) to which
it is a party.
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| 2. |
The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Opinion Party.
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| 3. |
The Guarantees have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Opinion Party.
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6 March 2026
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| 1. |
Introduction
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| 1.1 |
We have acted as special legal counsel in Ireland to the Companies in connection with certain Irish law matters relating to the entry into of the Documents by the Companies.
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| 1.2 |
We are qualified to give this legal opinion under Irish law on the bases, under the assumptions, and subject to the reservations and qualifications set out below.
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| 2. |
Bases of Opinion
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| 2.1 |
This Opinion speaks only as of its date. We assume no obligation to update this Opinion at any time in the future or to advise you or any person of any change in law, change in regulation, change in interpretation of law or regulation or
change in the practices of the Irish Revenue Commissioners which may occur after the date of this Opinion.
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| 2.2 |
For the purposes of giving this Opinion we have examined original, facsimile or electronic copies of:
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| (a) |
the executed Documents;
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| (b) |
a certificate of an authorised officer of each Company dated 4 March 2026 (the “Certificates”), attaching (as applicable):
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| (i) |
copies of the certificate of incorporation, certificates of incorporation on change of name and/or re-registration and the constitution of each Company (as applicable);
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| (ii) |
copies of the written resolutions of the board of directors of:
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| (A) |
the Parent, passed on 29 January 2026;
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| (B) |
Eaton Capital, passed on 11 July 2024 and 5 February 2026;
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| (C) |
Cooper Industries, passed on 11 July 2024 and 5 February 2026; and
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| (D) |
Eaton Domhanda, passed on 11 July 2024 and 5 February 2026,
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| (c) |
results of searches made by independent law searchers on our behalf against the Companies on 5 March 2026 in:
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| (i) |
the Companies Registration Office;
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| (ii) |
the Petitions Section of the Central Office of the High Court of Ireland; and
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| (iii) |
the Judgments Office of the Central Office of the High Court of Ireland,
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| (d) |
all other relevant corporate documents of each Company and such further documents and matters of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the preparation of this Opinion.
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| 2.3 |
In this Opinion:
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| 2.4 |
Initially capitalised terms used in this Opinion but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Documents.
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| 2.5 |
This Opinion is governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, Irish law.
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| 2.6 |
This Opinion is limited to the matters expressly stated in this letter only. In particular:
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| (a) |
save as expressly stated herein, we express no advice on the effect, validity, or enforceability of or the creation or effectiveness of any document;
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| (b) |
we express no advice on the contractual terms of any document other than by reference to the legal character thereof under the laws of Ireland;
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| (c) |
we have made no investigation of, and express no advice on, the laws, or the effect on the Documents and the Transactions of the laws, of any country or jurisdiction other than Ireland, and this Opinion is strictly limited to the laws of
Ireland as in force on the date hereof and as currently applied by the courts (excluding any foreign law to which reference may be made under the rules of Irish private international law). We have assumed without investigation that, insofar
as the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ireland are relevant, such laws do not prohibit and are not inconsistent with any of the obligations or rights expressed in the Documents or the Transactions; and
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| (d) |
save as expressly stated herein, we express no views or opinion on matters of fact or tax.
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| 2.7 |
For the purposes of this Opinion, we have not examined any documents relating to the Transactions other than those documents set out in paragraph 2.2. Furthermore, we have not examined any other drafts and/or copies of contracts,
documents or other instruments affecting any Company or any other person and any other corporate or other records of any Company or any other person, other than as stated in this Opinion.
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| 2.8 |
In giving this Opinion, we have relied upon:
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| (a) |
the Certificates and the statements made therein, together with the attachments thereto, and this Opinion is expressly given upon the terms that the information disclosed thereby has not changed since the date thereof and that no further
investigation or diligence whatsoever in respect of any matter referred to, or the statements made, in a Certificate (or in the attachments thereto) is required of us by you; and
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| (b) |
the results of the Searches.
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| 2.9 |
It should be noted that the Documents contain express references to provisions of statutes and the law of jurisdictions other than Ireland and we express no opinion on any such provision or its application to the Documents or to any
Company. We have proceeded on the basis that words and phrases used in the Documents to describe the laws and practices of such other jurisdictions have the same meaning and effect as if they were governed by Irish law. Accordingly, our
opinion must be regarded as being qualified to the extent that, if this basis is incorrect, we would have found it necessary or appropriate to include further assumptions and/or qualifications.
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| 2.10 |
We consent to the filing of this Opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm contained under the heading “Legal
Opinions” in the Prospectus included therein. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, or the rules and
regulations of the SEC.
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| 3. |
Opinion
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| (a) |
the bases of opinion set out in paragraph 2 above;
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| (b) |
| (c) |
any matters or documents not disclosed to us,
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| 3.1 |
Corporate Status
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| 3.2 |
Capacity and Authority of the Companies
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| 3.3 |
Due execution
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| 3.4 |
Documents: No breach of constitutional documents/laws
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| 3.5 |
Registrations/filings
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| 3.6 |
Official Authorisations
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| 3.7 |
Governing law
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| 3.8 |
Submission to jurisdiction
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| 3.9 |
Enforcement of judgments
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| (a) |
the judgment has not been obtained or alleged to have been obtained by fraud or a trick;
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| (b) |
the decision of the New York court and the enforcement thereof was not and would not be contrary to natural or constitutional justice under Irish law;
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| (c) |
the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to public policy as understood by the courts or constitute the enforcement of a judgment of a penal or revenue nature or be inconsistent with a judgment of the courts in respect of the
same matter;
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| (d) |
the judgment is final and conclusive and is for a debt or definite sum of money;
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| (e) |
the procedural rules of the New York court and the courts have been observed; and
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| (f) |
the jurisdiction of the New York courts had been exercised in circumstances which, as a matter of Irish law, an Irish court will recognise as justifying enforcement of the judgment.
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| 4. |
Assumptions
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| (a) |
the genuineness of any signatures and seals upon all original documents of any kind examined by us;
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| (b) |
the authenticity of all documents sent to us as originals;
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| (c) |
that all documents requiring to be delivered pursuant to any applicable law have been delivered;
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| (d) |
the completeness and conformity to the originals of all copy documents of any kind furnished to us;
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| (e) |
that, where incomplete documents have been submitted to us or signature pages only have been supplied to us for the purposes of issuing this Opinion, the originals of such documents correspond in all respects with the last draft of the
complete document submitted to us;
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| (f) |
that none of the Documents has been amended, modified or terminated in any way since the date that it was executed by the parties thereto;
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| (g) |
that:
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| (i) |
the copies produced to us of written resolutions are true copies and correctly record the subject matter which they purport to record;
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| (ii) |
any meetings referred to in such copies were duly convened and held;
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| (iii) |
at all times during such meetings there were sufficient members present to ensure a quorum;
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| (iv) |
those present at any such meetings acted bona fide throughout;
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| (v) |
all resolutions set out in such copies were duly passed; and
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| (vi) |
no further resolutions have been passed, or corporate or other action taken which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof;
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| (h) |
that the Documents and the Transactions have been entered into for bona fide commercial purposes, on arm’s length terms, without any intention to prefer any creditor over any other creditor, without any fraudulent purpose and for the
benefit of each Party thereto and are in those Parties’ respective commercial interest and for their respective corporate benefit;
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| (i) |
the business which a Company actually carries on is within the terms of its Constitution;
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| (j) |
that each Company is entering into the Documents in furtherance of its principal objects;
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| (k) |
that the Certificate of Incorporation, any Certificates of Incorporation on a Change of Name and Re-registration and the Constitution of each Company examined by us for the purposes of this Opinion are correct and up-to-date;
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| (l) |
the accuracy and completeness of the results of the Searches, that the information disclosed by the Searches was up-to-date and that the information contained in the Searches has not, since the date and time the Searches were made, been
altered and that there was no information which had been delivered for registration or filing that did not appear in the relevant records or files at the time the Searches were made;
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| (m) |
the accuracy and completeness of the statements contained in the Certificates and of the documents attached to the Certificates as at the date of the Certificates and on the date of this Opinion;
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| (n) |
as a matter of all relevant laws (other than, insofar as such laws apply to the matters expressly covered by this Opinion, the laws of Ireland):
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| (i) |
all obligations under the Documents will, upon execution and, where executed as a deed, delivery thereof, be valid, legally binding upon, and enforceable against, the Parties thereto;
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| (ii) |
words and phrases used therein have the same meaning and effect as they would if the Documents were governed by Irish law;
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| (iii) |
the choice of governing law(s) is bona fide and valid;
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| (iv) |
all consents, approvals, notices, filings, recordations, publications, registrations and other steps necessary or desirable in order to permit the execution, delivery (where relevant) or performance of the Documents or to perfect, protect
or preserve any of the interests created by the Documents, have been obtained, made or done, or will be obtained, made or done, within any relevant permitted period(s); and
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| (v) |
the legal effect of the Documents, and the matters expressed to be effected thereby, as set out in the Documents, and the creation of any security or other interest in any assets the subject thereof, will, upon execution and, where
relevant, delivery of the Documents, be effective.
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| (A) |
laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Party and each jurisdiction through which each Party acts for the purposes of the Documents;
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| (B) |
the governing law of the Documents where such governing law is not Irish law; and
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| (C) |
the lex situs and, if different, the law governing the creation of the assets which are, or purport to be, dealt with under the Documents;
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| (o) |
that there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Ireland which are or will be applicable to the Documents which would be contravened by, or are inconsistent with, the execution, performance or delivery of the Documents
and that none of the opinions expressed above will be affected by the laws (including the public policy) of any jurisdiction outside Ireland;
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| (p) |
insofar as any obligation or right of a Party pursuant to the Documents falls or will fall to be performed or, as the case may be, exercised in any jurisdiction outside Ireland, that its performance or, as the case may be, exercise will
not be illegal or ineffective by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction;
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| (q) |
that:
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| (i) |
each Party to the Documents (other than the Companies):
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| (A) |
has been duly incorporated;
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| (B) |
is validly existing;
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| (C) |
has the necessary power, authority and capacity to take the benefit of the Documents expressed or intended to be for that Party’s benefit, and to perform its obligations under the Documents,
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| (ii) |
each Party has complied with and will comply with all the laws and regulations applicable to the Transactions in any jurisdiction (other than Ireland insofar as such laws and regulations apply to the matters expressly covered in this
Opinion) and has obtained all governmental and other consents, licences and approvals required for the execution, delivery and performance thereof by the laws of the jurisdiction (other than Ireland insofar as such consents, licences and
approvals apply to the matters expressly covered by this Opinion) under which the same is to be performed (including such filing, registration, recording or enrolling of the Documents in any such jurisdiction as may be required to ensure the
legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence thereof);
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| (r) |
all necessary corporate and shareholder action has been duly and correctly taken by each Party (other than the Companies) to authorise its entry into, delivery and execution of each of the Documents and to perform its obligations
thereunder;
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| (s) |
that the Documents have been or (as the case may be) will be duly executed by a person or persons duly authorised to do so and so delivered by each of the Parties thereto in accordance with its constitutional documents and the laws of the
jurisdiction under which it is constituted;
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| (t) |
other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, each Party acts and shall act as principal and not as agent or in any other capacity whatsoever, fiduciary or otherwise and shall be personally liable as regards the
obligations expressed to be owing by it and shall be the beneficial owner of obligations expressed in the Documents to be owed to it;
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| (u) |
there are no contractual or similar restrictions binding on any of the Parties which would affect the conclusions in this Opinion;
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| (v) |
no Party has or will have notice of any prohibition or restriction on the creation, execution or performance of the Documents;
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| (w) |
any calculation (including, without limitation, for the purposes of currency conversion) made under each of the Documents will be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner;
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| (x) |
that no person who has been appointed or acts in any way, whether directly or indirectly, as a director or secretary of, who has been concerned in or taken part in the promotion of, a Company has been the subject of a declaration under
Section 819 (Restriction) or Section 839 (Disqualification of certain persons from acting as directors or auditors of or managing companies) of the Act;
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| (y) |
that the Documents and the Transaction are not and will not be affected by:
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| (i) |
any financial restrictions arising from orders made by the Minister for Finance under the Financial Transfers Act 1992, the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 and 2015 or the European Communities Acts 1972 to 2012 or European
Communities Regulations having direct effect in Ireland. Regulations and orders which have been made under those Acts and Regulations that are in effect at the date of this Opinion impose restrictions on financial transfers involving
residents of certain countries, certain persons and certain entities arising from the implementation in Ireland of United Nations and EU sanctions; or
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| (ii) |
any directions or orders made under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2021;
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| (z) |
that none of Section 604 (Unfair Preference) or Section 443 (Power of court to order the return of assets improperly transferred) of the Act applies to any
of the Transactions;
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| (aa) |
that Section 238 (Substantial transactions in respect of non-cash assets and involving directors etc.) and Section 239 (Prohibition of loans, etc. to directors and
connected persons) have no application to the Documents or the Transactions;
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| (bb) |
that the Companies do not carry on any business of insurance, that the guarantees given by the Companies pursuant to the Documents would not be characterised as a contract of insurance under the governing law thereof (New York law), that
none of the Companies has received or will receive any fee or other remuneration for providing any such guarantee, that such guarantee is given by the Companies at the request of the Group for the purposes of facilitating the financing of the
business carried on by the Group (through the issue of the Notes by Eaton Corporation), and that each of the Companies are members of the Group;
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| (cc) |
that no security interests of any nature have been or will be created pursuant to or under the terms of the Documents;
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| (dd) |
that the terms of the Documents will be observed and performed by the Parties;
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| (ee) |
the truth, accuracy and completeness of any representations, certificates and information given to us by or on behalf of any Party (including, without limitation, each Company) in reply to any queries which we have considered necessary for
the purpose of giving this opinion;
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| (ff) |
the completeness and accuracy of all representations in the Documents as to matters of fact;
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| (gg) |
the entry by the Parties into the Documents and the performance by them of the Transactions will not infringe the terms of, or constitute a default under, any trust deed, debenture, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which any
Party is party or by which any of any Party’s property, undertaking, assets or revenues are bound;
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| (hh) |
that there are no escrow arrangements or other agreements of a similar type in place in relation to the Documents;
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| (ii) |
section 82 (Financial assistance for acquisition of shares) of the Act has no application to the Documents, the Notes or the Transactions; and
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| (jj) |
that any electronic signature inserted on the Documents or the Notes was inserted by or on behalf of and with the consent of the relevant signatory for the purpose of signing and authenticating the Documents or the Notes.
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| 5. |
Reservations and Qualifications
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| 5.1 |
Notwithstanding any provision in the Documents to the contrary, the Documents may be capable of being amended by oral agreement or conduct of the Parties.
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| 5.2 |
Provisions in the Documents imposing additional obligations in the event of breach or default, or of payment or repayment being made other than on an agreed date, may be unenforceable to the extent that they are subsequently adjudicated to
be penal in nature. The fact that any payment is held to be penal in nature would not, of itself, prejudice the legality or validity of any other provision contained in the Documents which does not provide for the making of such payment.
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| 5.3 |
Provisions in the Documents that calculations or certifications or acknowledgements are to be conclusive and binding will not necessarily prevent judicial enquiry by the courts into the merits of any claim by a party claiming to be
aggrieved by such calculations, certifications or acknowledgements; nor do such provisions exclude the possibility of such calculations, certifications or acknowledgements being amended by order of the courts.
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| 5.4 |
To the extent that the Documents vest a discretion in any party, or provide for any party determining any matter in its opinion, the exercise of such discretion and the manner in which such opinion is formed and the grounds on which it is
based may be the subject of a judicial enquiry and review by the courts.
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| 5.5 |
Provisions of the Documents providing for severance of provisions due to illegality, invalidity or unenforceability thereof may not be effective, depending on the nature of the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability in question.
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| 5.6 |
The effectiveness of terms of documents exculpating a party from a liability, obligation or duty otherwise owed is limited by law.
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| 5.7 |
The description of obligations as “enforceable” or “binding” refers to the legal character of the obligations in question. It implies no more than that they are of a character which Irish law recognises and enforces. It does not mean
that the Documents will be binding or enforced in all circumstances or that any particular remedy will be available. Equitable remedies, such as specific performance and injunctive relief, are at the discretion of the courts and may not be
available to persons seeking to enforce provisions of the Documents. Furthermore, the courts may not allow acceleration of amounts payable under the Documents where an event of default occurs that is considered immaterial. More generally,
in any proceedings to enforce the Documents, the courts may require that the Party seeking enforcement acts with reasonableness and good faith. Enforcement of the Documents may also be limited as a result of (a) the provisions of Irish law
applicable to contracts held to have become frustrated by events happening after their execution; and (b) any breach of the terms of the Documents by the Party seeking to enforce the same.
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| 5.8 |
The obligations of each Party under the Documents are subject to all laws relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganisation, moratorium, examinership, trust schemes, preferential creditors, fraudulent transfer and other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
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| 5.9 |
Where an obligation is to be performed outside Ireland under the Documents, it may not be enforceable in Ireland to the extent that performance would be illegal or contrary to public policy under the laws of that jurisdiction.
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| 5.10 |
Any judgment of the courts for moneys due under the Documents may be expressed in a currency other than euro but the order may issue out of the Central Office of the High Court expressed in euro by reference to the official rate of
exchange prevailing on the date of issue. In addition, in a winding-up in Ireland of an Irish incorporated company, all foreign currency claims must be converted into an Irish currency for the purposes of proof. The rate of exchange to be
used to convert foreign currency debts into euro for the purposes of proof in a winding-up is the spot rate as of, in the case of a compulsory winding-up, either the date of commencement of the winding-up (presentation of the petition for
winding-up or earlier resolution for winding-up) or of the winding-up order and, in the case of a voluntary winding-up, on the date of the relevant winding-up resolution.
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| 5.11 |
A court may refuse to give effect to a purported contractual obligation to pay costs arising from unsuccessful litigation brought against a party and may not award by way of costs all of the expenditure incurred by a successful litigator
in proceedings before that court.
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| 5.12 |
Claims against any Party may be or become the subject of set-off or counterclaim and any waiver of those or other defences available to each Party may not be enforceable in all circumstances.
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| 5.13 |
Currency indemnities contained in the Documents may not be enforceable in all circumstances.
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| 5.14 |
We express no opinion on how courts outside Ireland would apply the laws of Ireland in relation to any aspect of the Documents.
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| 5.15 |
The courts will not decline any mandatory jurisdiction arising pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters.
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| 5.16 |
Claims against any Party may become barred under relevant statutes of limitation if not pursued within the time limited by such statutes.
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| 5.17 |
We have not been responsible for investigating or verifying the accuracy of the facts, including statements of law, or the reasonableness of any statement of opinion contained in the Prospectus or that no material information has been
omitted therefrom.
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| 5.18 |
The failure of the Searches to reveal evidence that any Company has passed a voluntary winding-up resolution, that a petition has been presented or order made by a court for the winding-up of, or appointment of an examiner to any Company
or that a receiver or similar officer has been appointed in relation to any of its assets or revenues is not conclusive proof that no such event has occurred, in particular:
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| (a) |
the Searches may not have revealed whether a petition for winding-up or the appointment of any examiner had been presented;
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| (b) |
notice of a resolution passed, a winding-up order made or the appointment of a receiver or examiner may not have been filed at the Companies Registration Office, Dublin immediately;
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| (c) |
searches have not been undertaken in any Office of the Circuit Court, notwithstanding that the Circuit Court has jurisdiction with respect to the examinership of certain companies; and
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| (d) |
the position may have changed since the time the Searches were made.
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| 2. |
Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), attached to and incorporated therein to the Terms Agreement (together with the Underwriting Agreement, the “Terms
Agreement”) dated 4 March 2026 and entered into between, amongst others, the Issuer, the Guarantors (including the Companies) and the representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
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10 March 2026
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Eaton Corporation plc
Eaton Capital Unlimited Company
Cooper Industries Unlimited Company
Eaton Domhanda Unlimited Company
Eaton House, 30 Pembroke Road
Dublin 4
Ireland
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Eaton Capital Unlimited Company (registered number 499912) (“Eaton Capital”)
Cooper Industries Unlimited Company (registered number 471594) (“Cooper Industries”)
Eaton Domhanda Unlimited Company (registered number 650031) (“Eaton Domhanda”)
(together, the “Companies” and each a “Company”)
€600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.550% notes due 2034 and €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.000% notes due 2038 issued by Eaton Capital (the “Notes”)
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| 1. |
Introduction
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| 1.1 |
We have acted as special legal counsel in Ireland to the Companies in connection with certain Irish law matters relating to the entry into of the Documents by the Companies.
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| 1.2 |
We are qualified to give this legal opinion under Irish law on the bases, under the assumptions, and subject to the reservations and qualifications set out below.
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| 2. |
Bases of Opinion
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| 2.1 |
This Opinion speaks only as of its date. We assume no obligation to update this Opinion at any time in the future or to advise you or any person of any change in law, change in regulation, change in interpretation of law or regulation or
change in the practices of the Irish Revenue Commissioners which may occur after the date of this Opinion.
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| 2.2 |
For the purposes of giving this Opinion we have examined original, facsimile or electronic copies of:
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| (a) |
the executed Documents;
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| (b) |
a certificate of an authorised officer of each Company dated 10 March 2026 (the “Certificates”), attaching (as applicable):
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| (i) |
copies of the certificate of incorporation, certificates of incorporation on change of name and/or re-registration and the constitution of each Company (as applicable);
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| (ii) |
copies of the written resolutions of the board of directors of:
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| (A) |
the Parent, passed on 29 January 2026;
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| (B) |
Eaton Capital, passed on 11 July 2024, 5 February 2026 and 2 March 2026;
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| (C) |
Cooper Industries, passed on 11 July 2024 and 5 February 2026; and
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| (D) |
Eaton Domhanda, passed on 11 July 2024 and 5 February 2026,
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| (iii) |
a copy of the power of attorney of Eaton Capital dated 2 March 2026;
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| (c) |
results of searches made by independent law searchers on our behalf against the Companies on 9 March 2026 in:
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| (i) |
the Companies Registration Office;
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| (ii) |
the Petitions Section of the Central Office of the High Court of Ireland; and
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| (iii) |
the Judgments Office of the Central Office of the High Court of Ireland,
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| (d) |
all other relevant corporate documents of each Company and such further documents and matters of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the preparation of this Opinion.
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| 2.3 |
In this Opinion:
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| 2.4 |
Initially capitalised terms used in this Opinion but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Documents.
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| 2.5 |
This Opinion is governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, Irish law.
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| 2.6 |
This Opinion is limited to the matters expressly stated in this letter only. In particular:
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| (a) |
save as expressly stated herein, we express no advice on the effect, validity, or enforceability of or the creation or effectiveness of any document;
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| (b) |
we express no advice on the contractual terms of any document other than by reference to the legal character thereof under the laws of Ireland;
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| (c) |
we have made no investigation of, and express no advice on, the laws, or the effect on the Documents and the Transactions of the laws, of any country or jurisdiction other than Ireland, and this Opinion is strictly limited to the laws of
Ireland as in force on the date hereof and as currently applied by the courts (excluding any foreign law to which reference may be made under the rules of Irish private international law). We have assumed without investigation that,
insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ireland are relevant, such laws do not prohibit and are not inconsistent with any of the obligations or rights expressed in the Documents or the Transactions; and
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| (d) |
save as expressly stated herein, we express no views or opinion on matters of fact or tax.
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| 2.7 |
For the purposes of this Opinion, we have not examined any documents relating to the Transactions other than those documents set out in paragraph 2.2. Furthermore, we have not examined any other drafts and/or copies of contracts,
documents or other instruments affecting any Company or any other person and any other corporate or other records of any Company or any other person, other than as stated in this Opinion.
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| 2.8 |
In giving this Opinion, we have relied upon:
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| (a) |
the Certificates and the statements made therein, together with the attachments thereto, and this Opinion is expressly given upon the terms that the information disclosed thereby has not changed since the date thereof and that no further
investigation or diligence whatsoever in respect of any matter referred to, or the statements made, in a Certificate (or in the attachments thereto) is required of us by you; and
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| (b) |
the results of the Searches.
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| 2.9 |
It should be noted that the Documents contain express references to provisions of statutes and the law of jurisdictions other than Ireland and we express no opinion on any such provision or its application to the Documents or to any
Company. We have proceeded on the basis that words and phrases used in the Documents to describe the laws and practices of such other jurisdictions have the same meaning and effect as if they were governed by Irish law. Accordingly, our
opinion must be regarded as being qualified to the extent that, if this basis is incorrect, we would have found it necessary or appropriate to include further assumptions and/or qualifications.
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| 2.10 |
We consent to the filing of this Opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm contained under the heading “Legal
Opinions” in the Prospectus included therein. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, or the rules and
regulations of the SEC.
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| 3. |
Opinion
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| (a) |
the bases of opinion set out in paragraph 2 above;
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| (b) |
the assumptions and reservations set out in paragraphs 4 and 5, respectively, below; and
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| (c) |
any matters or documents not disclosed to us,
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| 3.1 |
Corporate Status
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| 3.2 |
Capacity and Authority of the Companies
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| 3.3 |
Due execution
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| 3.4 |
Documents: No breach of constitutional documents/laws
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| 3.5 |
Registrations/filings
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| 3.6 |
Official Authorisations
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| 3.7 |
Governing law
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| 3.8 |
Submission to jurisdiction
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| 3.9 |
Enforcement of judgments
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| (a) |
the judgment has not been obtained or alleged to have been obtained by fraud or a trick;
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| (b) |
the decision of the New York court and the enforcement thereof was not and would not be contrary to natural or constitutional justice under Irish law;
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| (c) |
the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to public policy as understood by the courts or constitute the enforcement of a judgment of a penal or revenue nature or be inconsistent with a judgment of the courts in respect of
the same matter;
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| (d) |
the judgment is final and conclusive and is for a debt or definite sum of money;
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| (e) |
the procedural rules of the New York court and the courts have been observed; and
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| (f) |
the jurisdiction of the New York courts had been exercised in circumstances which, as a matter of Irish law, an Irish court will recognise as justifying enforcement of the judgment.
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| 4. |
Assumptions
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| (a) |
the genuineness of any signatures and seals upon all original documents of any kind examined by us;
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| (b) |
the authenticity of all documents sent to us as originals;
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| (c) |
that all documents requiring to be delivered pursuant to any applicable law have been delivered;
|
| (d) |
the completeness and conformity to the originals of all copy documents of any kind furnished to us;
|
| (e) |
that, where incomplete documents have been submitted to us or signature pages only have been supplied to us for the purposes of issuing this Opinion, the originals of such documents correspond in all respects with the last draft of the
complete document submitted to us;
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| (f) |
that none of the Documents has been amended, modified or terminated in any way since the date that it was executed by the parties thereto;
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| (g) |
that:
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| (i) |
the copies produced to us of written resolutions are true copies and correctly record the subject matter which they purport to record;
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| (ii) |
any meetings referred to in such copies were duly convened and held;
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| (iii) |
at all times during such meetings there were sufficient members present to ensure a quorum;
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| (iv) |
those present at any such meetings acted bona fide throughout;
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| (v) |
all resolutions set out in such copies were duly passed; and
|
| (vi) |
no further resolutions have been passed, or corporate or other action taken which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof;
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| (h) |
that the Documents and the Transactions have been entered into for bona fide commercial purposes, on arm’s length terms, without any intention to prefer any creditor over any other creditor, without any fraudulent purpose and for the
benefit of each Party thereto and are in those Parties’ respective commercial interest and for their respective corporate benefit;
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| (i) |
the business which a Company actually carries on is within the terms of its Constitution;
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| (j) |
that each Company is entering into the Documents in furtherance of its principal objects;
|
| (k) |
that the Certificate of Incorporation, any Certificates of Incorporation on a Change of Name and Re-registration and the Constitution of each Company examined by us for the purposes of this Opinion are correct and up-to-date;
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| (l) |
the accuracy and completeness of the results of the Searches, that the information disclosed by the Searches was up-to-date and that the information contained in the Searches has not, since the date and time the Searches were made, been
altered and that there was no information which had been delivered for registration or filing that did not appear in the relevant records or files at the time the Searches were made;
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| (m) |
the accuracy and completeness of the statements contained in the Certificates and of the documents attached to the Certificates as at the date of the Certificates and on the date of this Opinion;
|
| (n) |
as a matter of all relevant laws (other than, insofar as such laws apply to the matters expressly covered by this Opinion, the laws of Ireland):
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| (i) |
all obligations under the Documents will, upon execution and, where executed as a deed, delivery thereof, be valid, legally binding upon, and enforceable against, the Parties thereto;
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| (ii) |
words and phrases used therein have the same meaning and effect as they would if the Documents were governed by Irish law;
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| (iii) |
the choice of governing law(s) is bona fide and valid;
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| (iv) |
all consents, approvals, notices, filings, recordations, publications, registrations and other steps necessary or desirable in order to permit the execution, delivery (where relevant) or performance of the Documents or to perfect,
protect or preserve any of the interests created by the Documents, have been obtained, made or done, or will be obtained, made or done, within any relevant permitted period(s); and
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| (v) |
the legal effect of the Documents, and the matters expressed to be effected thereby, as set out in the Documents, and the creation of any security or other interest in any assets the subject thereof, will, upon execution and, where
relevant, delivery of the Documents, be effective.
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| (A) |
laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Party and each jurisdiction through which each Party acts for the purposes of the Documents;
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| (B) |
the governing law of the Documents where such governing law is not Irish law; and
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| (C) |
the lex situs and, if different, the law governing the creation of the assets which are, or purport to be, dealt with under the Documents;
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| (o) |
that there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Ireland which are or will be applicable to the Documents which would be contravened by, or are inconsistent with, the execution, performance or delivery of the
Documents and that none of the opinions expressed above will be affected by the laws (including the public policy) of any jurisdiction outside Ireland;
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| (p) |
insofar as any obligation or right of a Party pursuant to the Documents falls or will fall to be performed or, as the case may be, exercised in any jurisdiction outside Ireland, that its performance or, as the case may be, exercise will
not be illegal or ineffective by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction;
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| (q) |
that:
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| (i) |
each Party to the Documents (other than the Companies):
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| (A) |
has been duly incorporated;
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| (B) |
is validly existing;
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| (C) |
has the necessary power, authority and capacity to take the benefit of the Documents expressed or intended to be for that Party’s benefit, and to perform its obligations under the Documents,
|
| (ii) |
each Party has complied with and will comply with all the laws and regulations applicable to the Transactions in any jurisdiction (other than Ireland insofar as such laws and regulations apply to the matters expressly covered in this
Opinion) and has obtained all governmental and other consents, licences and approvals required for the execution, delivery and performance thereof by the laws of the jurisdiction (other than Ireland insofar as such consents, licences and
approvals apply to the matters expressly covered by this Opinion) under which the same is to be performed (including such filing, registration, recording or enrolling of the Documents in any such jurisdiction as may be required to ensure
the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence thereof);
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| (r) |
all necessary corporate and shareholder action has been duly and correctly taken by each Party (other than the Companies) to authorise its entry into, delivery and execution of each of the Documents and to perform its obligations
thereunder;
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| (s) |
that the Documents have been or (as the case may be) will be duly executed by a person or persons duly authorised to do so and so delivered by each of the Parties thereto in accordance with its constitutional documents and the laws of
the jurisdiction under which it is constituted;
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| (t) |
other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, each Party acts and shall act as principal and not as agent or in any other capacity whatsoever, fiduciary or otherwise and shall be personally liable as regards the
obligations expressed to be owing by it and shall be the beneficial owner of obligations expressed in the Documents to be owed to it;
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| (u) |
there are no contractual or similar restrictions binding on any of the Parties which would affect the conclusions in this Opinion;
|
| (v) |
no Party has or will have notice of any prohibition or restriction on the creation, execution or performance of the Documents;
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| (w) |
any calculation (including, without limitation, for the purposes of currency conversion) made under each of the Documents will be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner;
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| (x) |
that no person who has been appointed or acts in any way, whether directly or indirectly, as a director or secretary of, who has been concerned in or taken part in the promotion of, a Company has been the subject of a declaration under
Section 819 (Restriction) or Section 839 (Disqualification of certain persons from acting as directors or auditors of or managing companies) of the Act;
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| (y) |
that the Documents and the Transaction are not and will not be affected by:
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| (i) |
any financial restrictions arising from orders made by the Minister for Finance under the Financial Transfers Act 1992, the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 and 2015 or the European Communities Acts 1972 to 2012 or European
Communities Regulations having direct effect in Ireland. Regulations and orders which have been made under those Acts and Regulations that are in effect at the date of this Opinion impose restrictions on financial transfers involving
residents of certain countries, certain persons and certain entities arising from the implementation in Ireland of United Nations and EU sanctions; or
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| (ii) |
any directions or orders made under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2021;
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| (z) |
that none of Section 604 (Unfair Preference) or Section 443 (Power of court to order the return of assets improperly transferred) of the Act applies to any
of the Transactions;
|
| (aa) |
that Section 238 (Substantial transactions in respect of non-cash assets and involving directors etc.) and Section 239 (Prohibition of loans, etc. to directors
and connected persons) have no application to the Documents or the Transactions;
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| (bb) |
that the Companies do not carry on any business of insurance, that the guarantees given by the Companies pursuant to the Documents would not be characterised as a contract of insurance under the governing law thereof (New York law), that
none of the Companies has received or will receive any fee or other remuneration for providing any such guarantee, that such guarantee is given by the Companies at the request of the Group for the purposes of facilitating the financing of
the business carried on by the Group (through the issue of the Notes by Eaton Capital), and that each of the Companies are members of the Group;
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| (cc) |
that the Underwriters have complied with and adhered to, and will comply with and adhere to, all the selling restrictions set out in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Notice to Prospective Investors” at all times;
|
| (dd) |
that no security interests of any nature have been or will be created pursuant to or under the terms of the Documents;
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| (ee) |
that the Notes:
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| (i) |
do not carry a right of conversion into stocks or marketable securities of a company having a register in Ireland or into loan capital having such a right;
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| (ii) |
do not carry rights of the same kind as shares in the capital of a company, including rights such as voting rights, a share in the profits or a share in the surplus on liquidation;
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| (iii) |
are not issued for a price which is less than 90 per cent. of their nominal value; and
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| (iv) |
do not carry a right to a sum in respect of repayment or interest which is related to certain movements in an index or indices (based wholly or partly and directly or indirectly on stocks or marketable securities) specified in any
interest or other document relating to the loan capital;
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| (ff) |
that the terms of the Documents will be observed and performed by the Parties;
|
| (gg) |
the truth, accuracy and completeness of any representations, certificates and information given to us by or on behalf of any Party (including, without limitation, each Company) in reply to any queries which we have considered necessary
for the purpose of giving this opinion;
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| (hh) |
the completeness and accuracy of all representations in the Documents as to matters of fact;
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| (ii) |
the entry by the Parties into the Documents and the performance by them of the Transactions will not infringe the terms of, or constitute a default under, any trust deed, debenture, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which
any Party is party or by which any of any Party’s property, undertaking, assets or revenues are bound;
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| (jj) |
that there are no escrow arrangements or other agreements of a similar type in place in relation to the Documents;
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| (kk) |
section 82 (Financial assistance for acquisition of shares) of the Act has no application to the Documents, the Notes or the Transactions; and
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| (ll) |
that any electronic signature inserted on the Documents or the Notes was inserted by or on behalf of and with the consent of the relevant signatory for the purpose of signing and authenticating the Documents or the Notes.
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| 5. |
Reservations and Qualifications
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| 5.1 |
Notwithstanding any provision in the Documents to the contrary, the Documents may be capable of being amended by oral agreement or conduct of the Parties.
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| 5.2 |
Provisions in the Documents imposing additional obligations in the event of breach or default, or of payment or repayment being made other than on an agreed date, may be unenforceable to the extent that they are subsequently adjudicated
to be penal in nature. The fact that any payment is held to be penal in nature would not, of itself, prejudice the legality or validity of any other provision contained in the Documents which does not provide for the making of such
payment.
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| 5.3 |
Provisions in the Documents that calculations or certifications or acknowledgements are to be conclusive and binding will not necessarily prevent judicial enquiry by the courts into the merits of any claim by a party claiming to be
aggrieved by such calculations, certifications or acknowledgements; nor do such provisions exclude the possibility of such calculations, certifications or acknowledgements being amended by order of the courts.
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| 5.4 |
To the extent that the Documents vest a discretion in any party, or provide for any party determining any matter in its opinion, the exercise of such discretion and the manner in which such opinion is formed and the grounds on which it
is based may be the subject of a judicial enquiry and review by the courts.
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| 5.5 |
Provisions of the Documents providing for severance of provisions due to illegality, invalidity or unenforceability thereof may not be effective, depending on the nature of the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability in question.
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| 5.6 |
The effectiveness of terms of documents exculpating a party from a liability, obligation or duty otherwise owed is limited by law.
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| 5.7 |
The description of obligations as “enforceable” or “binding” refers to the legal character of the obligations in question. It implies no more than that they are of a character which Irish law recognises and enforces. It does not mean
that the Documents will be binding or enforced in all circumstances or that any particular remedy will be available. Equitable remedies, such as specific performance and injunctive relief, are at the discretion of the courts and may not be
available to persons seeking to enforce provisions of the Documents. Furthermore, the courts may not allow acceleration of amounts payable under the Documents where an event of default occurs that is considered immaterial. More generally,
in any proceedings to enforce the Documents, the courts may require that the Party seeking enforcement acts with reasonableness and good faith. Enforcement of the Documents may also be limited as a result of (a) the provisions of Irish law
applicable to contracts held to have become frustrated by events happening after their execution; and (b) any breach of the terms of the Documents by the Party seeking to enforce the same.
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| 5.8 |
The obligations of each Party under the Documents are subject to all laws relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganisation, moratorium, examinership, trust schemes, preferential creditors, fraudulent transfer and other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
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| 5.9 |
Where an obligation is to be performed outside Ireland under the Documents, it may not be enforceable in Ireland to the extent that performance would be illegal or contrary to public policy under the laws of that jurisdiction.
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| 5.10 |
Any judgment of the courts for moneys due under the Documents may be expressed in a currency other than euro but the order may issue out of the Central Office of the High Court expressed in euro by reference to the official rate of
exchange prevailing on the date of issue. In addition, in a winding-up in Ireland of an Irish incorporated company, all foreign currency claims must be converted into an Irish currency for the purposes of proof. The rate of exchange to be
used to convert foreign currency debts into euro for the purposes of proof in a winding-up is the spot rate as of, in the case of a compulsory winding-up, either the date of commencement of the winding-up (presentation of the petition for
winding-up or earlier resolution for winding-up) or of the winding-up order and, in the case of a voluntary winding-up, on the date of the relevant winding-up resolution.
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| 5.11 |
A court may refuse to give effect to a purported contractual obligation to pay costs arising from unsuccessful litigation brought against a party and may not award by way of costs all of the expenditure incurred by a successful litigator
in proceedings before that court.
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| 5.12 |
Claims against any Party may be or become the subject of set-off or counterclaim and any waiver of those or other defences available to each Party may not be enforceable in all circumstances.
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| 5.13 |
Currency indemnities contained in the Documents may not be enforceable in all circumstances.
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| 5.14 |
We express no opinion on how courts outside Ireland would apply the laws of Ireland in relation to any aspect of the Documents.
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| 5.15 |
The courts will not decline any mandatory jurisdiction arising pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters.
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| 5.16 |
Claims against any Party may become barred under relevant statutes of limitation if not pursued within the time limited by such statutes.
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| 5.17 |
We have not been responsible for investigating or verifying the accuracy of the facts, including statements of law, or the reasonableness of any statement of opinion contained in the Prospectus or that no material information has been
omitted therefrom.
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| 5.18 |
The failure of the Searches to reveal evidence that any Company has passed a voluntary winding-up resolution, that a petition has been presented or order made by a court for the winding-up of, or appointment of an examiner to any Company
or that a receiver or similar officer has been appointed in relation to any of its assets or revenues is not conclusive proof that no such event has occurred, in particular:
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| (a) |
the Searches may not have revealed whether a petition for winding-up or the appointment of any examiner had been presented;
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| (b) |
notice of a resolution passed, a winding-up order made or the appointment of a receiver or examiner may not have been filed at the Companies Registration Office, Dublin immediately;
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| (c) |
searches have not been undertaken in any Office of the Circuit Court, notwithstanding that the Circuit Court has jurisdiction with respect to the examinership of certain companies; and
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| (d) |
the position may have changed since the time the Searches were made.
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| 2. |
Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), attached to and incorporated therein to the Terms Agreement (together with the Underwriting Agreement, the “Terms
Agreement”) dated 5 March 2026 and entered into between, amongst others, the Issuer, the Guarantors (including the Companies) and the representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
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CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
ADVOCATEN SOLICITORS NOTARIS
BELASTINGADVISEURS
DROOGBAK 1A
1013 GE AMSTERDAM
PO BOX 251
1000 AG AMSTERDAM
TEL +31 20 7119 000
FAX +31 20 7119 999
www.cliffordchance.com
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Turlock B.V. Europalaan 202
7559 SC Hengelo The Netherlands (the “Company”)
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Our ref: 80-441106765
Direct Dial: +31 (0)20 7119 340
E-mail: jurgen.vandermeer @cliffordchance.com
6 March 2026
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| 1. |
DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION / SCOPE OF OUR ROLE
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| 1.1 |
We have acted as legal advisers (advocaten) in The Netherlands to Turlock B.V. of Europalaan 210, 7559 SC Hengelo, The Netherlands (the “Company”), in
relation to an issue by Eaton Corporation (the “Issuer”) of $1,500,000,000 3.850% Notes due 2028, $1,500,000,000 3.950% Notes due 2029, $1,500,000,000 4.200%
Notes due 2031, $1,000,000,000 4.500% Notes due 2033, $2,000,000,000 4.800% Notes due 2036, $1,000,000,000 5.450% Notes due 2056 (together, the “Notes”) and guaranteed by Eaton Corporation plc (the “Parent”) and certain subsidiaries of the Parent, including the Company (together with the Parent, the “Guarantors”). The Issuer intends to list the Notes on the New
York Stock Exchange and in connection with the issue of the Notes a preliminary prospectus supplement dated 4 March 2026 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and a prospectus supplement dated 4
March 2026 (the “Prospectus Supplement”, together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectuses”) have been prepared.
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CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP IS A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES UNDER NUMBER 0C323571. THE FIRM’S REGISTERED OFFICE AND PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS AT 10 UPPER BANK
STREET, LONDON, E14 5JJ. THE FIRM USES THE WORD “PARTNER” TO REFER TO A MEMBER OF CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP OR AN EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT WITH EQUIVALENT STANDING AND QUALIFICATIONS. CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP IS REGISTERED IN THE NETHERLANDS WITH THE
COMMERCIAL REGISTER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UNDER NUMBER 34360401.
FOR OUR (NOTARIAL) THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT DETAILS, PLEASE SEE WWW.CLIFFORDCHANCE.COM/NLREGULATORY
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CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
ADVOCATEN SOLICITORS NOTARIS
BELASTINGADVISEURS
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| 1.2 |
In connection with the issue of the Notes it is proposed that the Company as guarantor enters into the Indenture (as defined in the Schedule hereto).
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| 1.3 |
We have not been involved in structuring, drafting or negotiating the Indenture, the Prospectuses or the Notes except to suggest amendments to the extent necessary for the purpose of this opinion. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility
for the adequacy of the Indenture, the Prospectuses or the Notes or for the appropriateness of any disclosures made in the Prospectuses (except to the extent expressly stated otherwise in this opinion letter).
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| 1.4 |
This opinion letter is delivered to you as an exhibit to a Form 8-K filed on the date hereof in respect of the offer and sale of the Notes pursuant the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-281174-18), as amended from
time to time (the “Registration Statement”), which the Parent initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on 1 August 2024 (the “Registration”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Securities Act”). In this opinion letter capitalised
terms used without definition shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule and Indenture. Headings in this opinion are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation hereof and references to paragraphs or schedules are references to the relevant paragraph of or Schedule to this Opinion Letter, unless a contrary indication appears.
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| 1.5 |
For the purpose of this opinion, where reference is made to the laws of The Netherlands or to The Netherlands in a geographical sense this should be read as a reference to:
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| (a) |
the laws as in effect in that part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) that is located in Europe (Europees gedeelte van Nederland);
and
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| (b) |
the geographical part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that is located in Europe, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any overseas nations forming part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (such as Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten) and
any overseas special public bodies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (such as Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire) and their respective laws and regulations.
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CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
ADVOCATEN SOLICITORS NOTARIS
BELASTINGADVISEURS
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| 2. |
DOCUMENTS EXAMINED/RELIANCE
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| 3. |
ASSUMPTIONS
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| 3.1 |
The genuineness of all signatures (including any electronic signatures) on all documents or on the originals thereof, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted as originals and the conformity of conformed, (photo)copy,
faxed, in portable document format (PDF) or other electronic form or specimen documents to the originals thereof;
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| 3.2 |
that the Resolution and the Power of Attorney remain in full force and effect and unaltered and all matters stated in the Resolution and the Power of Attorney are true and accurate;
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| 3.3 |
that entering into the Indenture and the performance of its obligations thereunder will sufficiently benefit the Company and are in its best corporate interest;
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| 3.4 |
that there is no works council (ondernemingsraad), Dutch central works council (centrale ondernemingsraad) or European Works Council (Europese ondernemingsraad) with jurisdiction (and the authority to render advice) over the transactions as envisaged by the Indenture;
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| 3.5 |
that there are no supplemental terms and conditions agreed between the parties to the Indenture that could affect or qualify our opinion as set out herein; and
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| 3.6 |
that the respective managing directors of the Company do not have a conflict of interest with the Company in respect of the entering into, execution, delivery or performance of the Indenture.
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| 4. |
SCOPE OF OUR REVIEW/MATTERS EXCLUDED
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The Indenture is expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York. As Dutch lawyers we are not qualified to assess the meaning and consequences of the terms of the Indenture under its governing law and we have made no
investigation into such laws as a basis for the opinion expressed hereafter and do not express or imply any opinion thereon. Accordingly, our review of the Indenture has been limited to the terms of such documents as they appear on the face
thereof without reference to New York State law.
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BELASTINGADVISEURS
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We express no opinion:
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| 4.2.1 |
as to any law other than the laws of The Netherlands in force as at the date hereof as applied and interpreted according to present published case law of The Netherlands courts, administrative rulings, the published policy guidelines of
and written and oral communications with The Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.; “DNB”), the Netherlands Ministry of Finance (Ministerie van Financiën) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten; “AFM”)
and authoritative literature;
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with regard to the effect of any systems of law (other than the laws of The Netherlands) even in cases where, under Netherlands law, any foreign law is applicable and we assume that any applicable law (other than Netherlands law) would
not affect or qualify our opinion as set out below;
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on the tax laws of The Netherlands;
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save as expressly stated below, on international law, including (without limitation) the rules of or promulgated under or by any bi- or multilateral treaty or treaty organisation (unless implemented in the laws of or directly applicable
in The Netherlands) or on any competition, anti-trust, state aid, anti-money laundering, data protection, market abuse or public procurement laws;
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on any commercial, accounting, capital adequacy or other non-legal matter or on the ability of the Company to meet its respective financial or other obligations under the Indenture and this opinion letter does not discuss or confirm the
financial merits or the practical feasibility of the obligations envisaged in the Indenture; and
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on the validity and enforceability of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture.
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We assume no responsibility for and have not investigated or verified: (i) any statements of fact or the reasonableness of any statements of opinion contained in the Prospectuses or (ii) the appropriateness or accuracy of any disclosures
made in the Prospectuses or the accuracy of any facts, representations or warranties set out in any of the Indenture and the Prospectuses (with the exception of those matters on which we have specifically and expressly given our opinion).
To the extent that the accuracy of such facts, representations and warranties not so investigated or verified and of any facts stated in any of the documents listed herein (or orally confirmed) is relevant to the contents of this opinion,
we have assumed, with your permission, that such facts, representations and warranties were true and accurate and remain true and accurate.
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BELASTINGADVISEURS
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For the purpose of this opinion, other than to review the Indenture, we have not examined any contracts, instruments or other documents entered into by or affecting the Company or any corporate records of the Company and, although we
have made the enquiries stated in the Schedule hereto and in paragraph 5.1 below, we have not undertaken any factual investigations or made any other enquiries or searches concerning the Company and we have otherwise assumed that:
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none of the managing directors of the Company has been disqualified to act as a managing director pursuant to article 106a of the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) or within the meaning of
articles 2:19c or 2:20a of the Dutch Civil Code;
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none of the competent internal bodies of the Company have passed a resolution approving a voluntary winding-up of the Company (vereffening) or a merger (fusie) (as disappearing entity) or a de-merger (splitsing) (as disappearing entity);
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the Company has not registered a declaration pursuant to article 370 Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) and there is no court order imposing a stay period (afkoelingsperiode)
pursuant to article 376 Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) or ratifying a public scheme of arrangement (homologatie van een onderhands openbaar akkoord)
pursuant to the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet);
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no petition has been presented to a court for the bankruptcy (faillissement), dissolution (ontbinding en vereffening) or moratorium of payments (surseance van betaling) of the Company;
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no trustee, receiver, administrator (bewindvoerder) or other similar officer has been appointed in respect of the Company or any of its assets; and
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none of the insolvency procedures listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No. 2015/848 of the Council on Insolvency Proceedings (as may be amended) (“EU Insolvency Procedures”) has been declared
applicable to the Company by a court in one of the member states of the EU (with the exception of Denmark), other than The Netherlands (although not constituting conclusive evidence, this is confirmed by the search referred to in paragraph
5.1 below).
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BELASTINGADVISEURS
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| 4.5 |
Where an assumption is stated to be made in this opinion, we have not made any investigation with respect to the matters that are the subject of such assumption and we express no views as to such matters.
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OPINION
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Corporate Status, Power and Capacity of the Company
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The Company is registered as: (a) a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid); (b) incorporated on 9 January 2008; and (c) validly existing
under the laws of The Netherlands.
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The Company has:
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the corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver the Indenture and Dutch Guarantee and to undertake and to perform the obligations (and exercise its rights) expressed to be assumed by it therein; and
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taken all internal corporate action required by its Articles of Association and by Dutch corporate law to approve and to authorise the execution and delivery of the Dutch Guarantee and the performance of its obligations under such Dutch
Guarantee.
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An online search performed with the Central Insolvency Register (Centraal Insolventieregister) and the EU Insolvency Register (EU Insolventieregister)
referred to in articles 19a, 19b and 222b and 370 paragraph 4 of the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) has shown that the Company has not been declared bankrupt (failliet) or granted a moratorium of payments (surseance van betaling) prior to (but not including) the date hereof and that no EU Insolvency Procedures have been registered in
respect of the Company.
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BELASTINGADVISEURS
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The Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, the “Chamber”) has confirmed to us by telephone that:
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the Company has not registered a voluntary winding-up resolution;
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the Chamber is not itself taking any steps to have the Company dissolved;
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it has not registered an order placing any assets of the Company under administration (onderbewindstelling); and
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there is no registration of any order by the Court of first instance (Rechtbank) of Amsterdam for the dissolution (ontbinding en vereffening) of the
Company.
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The searches and enquiries referred to above do not determine conclusively whether or not the matters or events enquired after have occurred or not.
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QUALIFICATIONS
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Netherlands substantive law does not have a concept or doctrine identical to the Anglo-American concept of “trust”; nevertheless any trust validly created under its governing law by the Indenture will be recognised by the courts of The
Netherlands in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, the rules of The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition;
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in issuing this opinion we do not assume any obligation to notify or inform you of any developments subsequent to its date that might render its content untrue or inaccurate in whole or in part at such time; and
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no part of this opinion is to be read as a statement that all the procedures of the courts of the State of New York (such as discovery of documents or the compulsion of witnesses by subpoena) will be available against the Company.
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RELIANCE
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expresses and describes Netherlands legal concepts in English and not in their original Dutch terms; therefore, this opinion is issued and may only be relied upon on the express condition that it shall be governed by, and that all words
and expressions used herein shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of The Netherlands;
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ADVOCATEN SOLICITORS NOTARIS
BELASTINGADVISEURS
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speaks as of 09.00 a.m. Amsterdam time on the date stated above;
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| 7.1.3 |
is strictly limited to the matters set forth herein and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated;
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| 7.1.4 |
is an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and may be relied upon for the purpose of the Registration.
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| 7.1.6 |
may be filed by the Company as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the caption ‘‘Legal Matters’’ in the
prospectuses supplement which is a part of the Registration Statement. The previous sentence is no admittance from us or Clifford Chance LLP that we are or Clifford Chance LLP is in the category of persons whose consent for the filing and
reference in that paragraph is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or any rules or regulations of the SEC promulgated under it.
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ADVOCATEN SOLICITORS NOTARIS
BELASTINGADVISEURS
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Corporate Documents
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an extract (uittreksel) dated 25 February 2026 from the Commercial Register of the Chamber under number 08169375 relating to the Company, confirmed to us by the Chamber by telephone on the time
and date hereof to have remained unaltered since that date in all respects material for the purpose of this opinion (the “Extract”); and
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the articles of association (statuten) of the Company dated 11 January 2018, which are the currently effective articles of association according to the extract referred to in 1.1 above (the “Articles of Association”).
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Corporate Resolution and Power of Attorney
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Documents
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a fourth supplemental indenture in relation to the Notes dated 6 March 2026 and entered into between, amongst others, the Issuer, each of the guarantors thereto (including the Company) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
as the trustee (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”); and
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a base indenture dated 9 May 2025 and entered into between, amongst others, the Issuer, each of the guarantors thereto (including the Company) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as the trustee (the “Base Indenture” and together with the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the ‘‘Indenture’’)
including, inter alia, the guarantee of the Notes (to the extent applicable to (granted by) the Company (the “Dutch Guarantee”).
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BELASTINGADVISEURS
DROOGBAK 1A
1013 GE AMSTERDAM
PO BOX 251
1000 AG AMSTERDAM
TEL +31 20 7119 000
FAX +31 20 7119 999
www.cliffordchance.com
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Turlock B.V. Europalaan 202
7559 SC Hengelo The Netherlands (the “Company”)
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Our ref: 80-441106765
Direct Dial: +31 (0)20 7119 340
E-mail: jurgen.vandermeer @cliffordchance.com
10 March 2026
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DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION / SCOPE OF OUR ROLE
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We have acted as legal advisers (advocaten) in The Netherlands to Turlock B.V.
of Europalaan 210, 7559 SC Hengelo, The Netherlands (the “Company”), in relation to an issue by Eaton Capital Unlimited Company (the “Issuer”) of €600,000,000 3.550% Guaranteed Notes due 2034 and €600,000,000 4.000% Guaranteed Notes due 2038 (together, the “Notes”) and guaranteed by Eaton Corporation plc (the “Parent”) and certain subsidiaries of the Parent, including
the Company (together with the Parent, the “Guarantors”). The Issuer intends to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange and in connection with the
issue of the Notes a preliminary prospectus supplement dated 5 March 2026 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and a prospectus supplement dated 5
March 2026 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the base prospectus dated 1 August 2024 (the “Base Prospectus” and, together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectuses”)
have been prepared.
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In connection with the issue of the Notes it is proposed that the Company as guarantor enters into the Indenture (as defined in the Schedule hereto).
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We have not been involved in structuring, drafting or negotiating the Indenture, the Prospectuses or the Notes except to suggest amendments to the extent
necessary for the purpose of this opinion. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility for the adequacy of the Indenture, the Prospectuses or the Notes or for the appropriateness of any disclosures made in the Prospectuses (except to the
extent expressly stated otherwise in this opinion letter).
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This opinion letter is delivered to you as an exhibit to a Form 8-K filed on the date hereof in respect of the offer and sale of the Notes pursuant the
registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-281174-18), as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), which the Parent
initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on 1 August 2024 (the “Registration”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Securities Act”).
In this opinion letter capitalised terms used without definition shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule and Indenture. Headings in this opinion are for ease of reference
only and shall not affect the interpretation hereof and references to paragraphs or schedules are references to the relevant paragraph of or Schedule to this Opinion Letter, unless a contrary indication appears.
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For the purpose of this opinion, where reference is made to the laws of The Netherlands or to The Netherlands in a geographical sense this should be read as a
reference to:
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the laws as in effect in that part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) that
is located in Europe (Europees gedeelte van Nederland); and
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the geographical part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that is located in Europe, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any overseas nations forming part of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands (such as Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten) and any overseas special public bodies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (such as Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire) and their respective laws and regulations.
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CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP IS A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES UNDER NUMBER 0C323571. THE FIRM’S REGISTERED OFFICE AND PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS AT 10 UPPER
BANK STREET, LONDON, E14 5JJ. THE FIRM USES THE WORD “PARTNER” TO REFER TO A MEMBER OF CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP OR AN EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT WITH EQUIVALENT STANDING AND QUALIFICATIONS. CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP IS REGISTERED IN THE NETHERLANDS
WITH THE COMMERCIAL REGISTER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UNDER NUMBER 34360401.
FOR OUR (NOTARIAL) THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT DETAILS, PLEASE SEE WWW.CLIFFORDCHANCE.COM/NLREGULATORY
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ASSUMPTIONS
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The genuineness of all signatures (including any electronic signatures) on all documents or on the originals thereof, the authenticity and completeness of all
documents submitted as originals and the conformity of conformed, (photo)copy, faxed, in portable document format (PDF) or other electronic form or specimen documents to the originals thereof;
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that the Resolution and the Power of Attorney remain in full force and effect and unaltered and all matters stated in the Resolution and the Power of Attorney are
true and accurate;
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that entering into the Indenture and the performance of its obligations thereunder will sufficiently benefit the Company and are in its best corporate interest;
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that there is no works council (ondernemingsraad), Dutch central works council
(centrale ondernemingsraad) or European Works Council (Europese
ondernemingsraad) with jurisdiction (and the authority to render advice) over the transactions as envisaged by the Indenture;
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that there are no supplemental terms and conditions agreed between the parties to the Indenture that could affect or qualify our opinion as set out herein; and
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that the respective managing directors of the Company do not have a conflict of interest with the Company in respect of the entering into, execution, delivery or
performance of the Indenture.
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The Indenture is expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York. As Dutch lawyers we are not qualified to assess the meaning and consequences of
the terms of the Indenture under its governing law and we have made no investigation into such laws as a basis for the opinion expressed hereafter and do not express or imply any opinion thereon. Accordingly, our review of the Indenture
has been limited to the terms of such documents as they appear on the face thereof without reference to New York State law.
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We express no opinion:
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as to any law other than the laws of The Netherlands in force as at the date hereof as applied and interpreted according to present published case law of The
Netherlands courts, administrative rulings, the published policy guidelines of and written and oral communications with The Netherlands Central Bank (De
Nederlandsche Bank N.V.; “DNB”), the Netherlands Ministry of Finance (Ministerie
van Financiën) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten; “AFM”) and authoritative literature;
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with regard to the effect of any systems of law (other than the laws of The Netherlands) even in cases where, under Netherlands law, any foreign law is applicable
and we assume that any applicable law (other than Netherlands law) would not affect or qualify our opinion as set out below;
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on the tax laws of The Netherlands;
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4.2.4
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save as expressly stated below, on international law, including (without limitation) the rules of or promulgated under or by any bi- or multilateral treaty or
treaty organisation (unless implemented in the laws of or directly applicable in The Netherlands) or on any competition, anti-trust, state aid, anti-money laundering, data protection, market abuse or public procurement laws;
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on any commercial, accounting, capital adequacy or other non-legal matter or on the ability of the Company to meet its respective financial or other obligations
under the Indenture and this opinion letter does not discuss or confirm the financial merits or the practical feasibility of the obligations envisaged in the Indenture; and
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4.2.6
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on the validity and enforceability of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture.
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We assume no responsibility for and have not investigated or verified: (i) any statements of fact or the reasonableness of any statements of opinion contained in
the Prospectuses or (ii) the appropriateness or accuracy of any disclosures made in the Prospectuses or the accuracy of any facts, representations or warranties set out in any of the Indenture and the Prospectuses (with the exception of
those matters on which we have specifically and expressly given our opinion). To the extent that the accuracy of such facts, representations and warranties not so investigated or verified and of any facts stated in any of the documents
listed herein (or orally confirmed) is relevant to the contents of this opinion, we have assumed, with your permission, that such facts, representations and warranties were true and accurate and remain true and accurate.
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For the purpose of this opinion, other than to review the Indenture, we have not examined any contracts, instruments or other documents entered into by or affecting the
Company or any corporate records of the Company and, although we have made the enquiries stated in the Schedule hereto and in paragraph 5.1 below, we have not undertaken any factual investigations or made any other enquiries or
searches concerning the Company and we have otherwise assumed that:
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none of the managing directors of the Company has been disqualified to act as a managing director pursuant to article 106a of the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) or within the meaning of articles 2:19c or 2:20a of the Dutch Civil Code;
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none of the competent internal bodies of the Company have passed a resolution approving a voluntary winding-up of the Company (vereffening) or a merger (fusie) (as disappearing entity) or a de-merger (splitsing) (as disappearing entity);
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the Company has not registered a declaration pursuant to article 370 Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) and there is no court order imposing a stay period (afkoelingsperiode) pursuant to article 376 Dutch Bankruptcy Act
(Faillissementswet) or ratifying a public scheme of arrangement (homologatie
van een onderhands openbaar akkoord) pursuant to the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet);
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no petition has been presented to a court for the bankruptcy (faillissement),
dissolution (ontbinding en vereffening) or moratorium of payments (surseance
van betaling) of the Company;
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no trustee, receiver, administrator (bewindvoerder) or other similar officer
has been appointed in respect of the Company or any of its assets; and
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none of the insolvency procedures listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No. 2015/848 of the Council on Insolvency Proceedings (as may be amended) (“EU Insolvency Procedures”) has been declared applicable to the Company by a court in one of the member states of the EU (with the exception of Denmark), other
than The Netherlands (although not constituting conclusive evidence, this is confirmed by the search referred to in paragraph 5.1 below).
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Where an assumption is stated to be made in this opinion, we have not made any investigation with respect to the matters that are the subject of such assumption
and we express no views as to such matters.
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OPINION
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The Company is registered as: (a) a private company with limited liability (besloten
vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid); (b) incorporated on 9 January 2008; and (c) validly existing under the laws of The Netherlands.
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The Company has:
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the corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver the Indenture and Dutch Guarantee and to undertake and to perform the obligations (and exercise
its rights) expressed to be assumed by it therein; and
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taken all internal corporate action required by its Articles of Association and by Dutch corporate law to approve and to authorise the execution and delivery of
the Dutch Guarantee and the performance of its obligations under such Dutch Guarantee.
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An online search performed with the Central Insolvency Register (Centraal
Insolventieregister) and the EU Insolvency Register (EU Insolventieregister) referred to in articles 19a, 19b and 222b and 370 paragraph 4 of
the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) has shown that the Company has not been declared bankrupt (failliet) or granted a moratorium of payments (surseance van betaling) prior to (but not including) the date
hereof and that no EU Insolvency Procedures have been registered in respect of the Company.
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The Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, the “Chamber”) has confirmed to us by telephone that:
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the Company has not registered a voluntary winding-up resolution;
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the Chamber is not itself taking any steps to have the Company dissolved;
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it has not registered an order placing any assets of the Company under administration (onderbewindstelling);
and
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there is no registration of any order by the Court of first instance (Rechtbank)
of Amsterdam for the dissolution (ontbinding en vereffening) of the Company.
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The searches and enquiries referred to above do not determine conclusively whether or not the matters or events enquired after have occurred or not.
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QUALIFICATIONS
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6.1
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Netherlands substantive law does not have a concept or doctrine identical to the Anglo-American concept of “trust”; nevertheless any trust validly created under
its governing law by the Indenture will be recognised by the courts of The Netherlands in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, the rules of The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition;
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in issuing this opinion we do not assume any obligation to notify or inform you of any developments subsequent to its date that might render its content untrue or
inaccurate in whole or in part at such time; and
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no part of this opinion is to be read as a statement that all the procedures of the courts of the State of New York (such as discovery of documents or the
compulsion of witnesses by subpoena) will be available against the Company.
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RELIANCE
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7.1.1
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expresses and describes Netherlands legal concepts in English and not in their original Dutch terms; therefore, this opinion is issued and may only be relied upon
on the express condition that it shall be governed by, and that all words and expressions used herein shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of The Netherlands;
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7.1.2
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speaks as of 09.00 a.m. Amsterdam time on the date stated above;
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is strictly limited to the matters set forth herein and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated;
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7.1.4
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is an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and may be relied upon for the
purpose of the Registration.
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7.1.6
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may be filed by the Company as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and
to the reference to us under the caption ‘‘Legal Matters’’ in the prospectuses supplement which is a part of the Registration Statement. The previous sentence is no admittance from us or Clifford Chance LLP that we are or Clifford
Chance LLP is in the category of persons whose consent for the filing and reference in that paragraph is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or any rules or regulations of the SEC promulgated under it.
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Corporate Documents
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1.1
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an extract (uittreksel) dated 25 February 2026 from the Commercial Register of
the Chamber under number 08169375 relating to the Company, confirmed to us by the Chamber by telephone on the time and date hereof to have remained unaltered since that date in all respects material for the purpose of this opinion (the
“Extract”); and
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1.2
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the articles of association (statuten) of the Company dated 11 January 2018,
which are the currently effective articles of association according to the extract referred to in 1.1 above (the “Articles of Association”).
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Corporate Resolution and Power of Attorney
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3.
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Documents
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3.1
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a third supplemental indenture in relation to the Notes dated 10 March 2026 and entered into between, amongst others, the Issuer, each of the guarantors thereto
(including the Company) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as the trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”); and
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a base indenture dated 9 May 2025 and entered into between, amongst others, the Issuer, each of the guarantors thereto (including the Company) and The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as the trustee (the “Base Indenture” and
together with the Third Supplemental Indenture, the ‘‘Indenture’’)
including, inter alia, the guarantee of the Notes (to the extent applicable to (granted by) the Company (the “Dutch Guarantee”).
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We have acted as legal counsel in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”) to (i) Eaton Controls (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under
the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”), having its registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with the
Luxembourg trade and companies register (Registre de commerce et des sociétés, Luxembourg) (the “Register”)
under number B9145 (“Eaton Controls”) and (ii) Eaton Technologies (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a
private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert,
L-2453 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with the Register under number B172818 (“Eaton Technologies” and together with Eaton Controls, the “Companies” and each a “Company”) in connection with the offering (the “Offering”) of (a) $1,500,000,000 3.850% Notes due 2028, (b) $1,500,000,000 3.950% Notes due 2029, (c) $1,500,000,000 4.200% Notes due 2031, (d) $1,000,000,000 4.500% Notes due 2033, (e)
$2,000,000,000 4.800% Notes due 2036, and (f) $1,000,000,000 5.450% Notes due 2056(the “Notes”) by Eaton Corporation and the entry into the agreements listed in
paragraphs 2(g) through 2(i) below (the “Agreements”).
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For the purposes of this legal opinion, we have examined, to the exclusion of any other document, the following documents (the “Documents”):
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a copy of the consolidated articles of association (statuts coordonnés) of Eaton Controls as at 29 December 2023 (the “Eaton Controls Articles”);
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a copy of the consolidated articles of association (statuts coordonnés) of Eaton Technologies as at 9 February 2018 (the “Eaton Technologies Articles” and together with the Eaton Controls Articles, the “Articles”);
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an excerpt of the Register pertaining to each Company dated 5 March 2026;
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| (d) |
electronic copies of certificates of non-registration of a judicial decision or an administrative dissolution without liquidation (certificat
de non-inscription d’une décision judiciaire ou de dissolution administrative sans liquidation) issued by the Luxembourg Insolvency Register (Registre de
l’insolvabilité) (the “Insolvency Register”) pertaining to each Company dated 5 March 2026 (the “Negative Certificates”) confirming that on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the Negative Certificates, there were no records at the Insolvency Register of any court order regarding any Company, amongst
others, a (i) bankruptcy adjudication, (ii) reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), (iii) judicial reorganisation (réorganisation judiciaire), or (iv) administrative dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans liquidation);
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a PDF copy of the executed
written resolutions taken by the board of managers of Eaton Controls on 5 March 2026 (the “March 2026 Eaton Controls Resolutions”);
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a PDF copy of the executed written resolutions taken by the board of managers of Eaton Technologies on 5 March 2026 (the “March 2026 Eaton Technologies Resolutions” and together with the March
2026 Eaton Controls Resolutions, the “Resolutions”);
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an executed copy of a New York State law governed third supplemental indenture in relation to the Notes dated 6 March 2026 and entered into between, Eaton Corporation, certain other companies
(including the Companies) as guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”); and
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a PDF copy of the New York state law governed terms agreement containing the underwriting agreement and including the terms agreement in relation securities dated 4 March 2026 and entered into
between Eaton Corporation, certain other companies (including the Companies) as guarantors and the underwriters thereto (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
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This legal opinion speaks as of its date and is confined to and is given solely on the basis of the laws of Luxembourg as presently in force. We do not purport to be experts on, or generally
familiar with, any law other than the laws of Luxembourg. Accordingly, we express no opinion herein with regard to any system of law other than the laws of Luxembourg in force at the date hereof, as currently published, and as interpreted
and applied in published case law of Luxembourg courts.
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Based upon the assumptions set out in Schedule A and subject to the qualifications set out in Schedule B, and subject to any matters not disclosed to us, we are, as at the date hereof, of the following opinion:
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Each Company has been incorporated for an unlimited duration and legally exists as a private limited liability company (société à
responsabilité limitée) under the laws of Luxembourg.
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Each Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into the Agreements and to perform its obligations thereunder.
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| (c) |
Each Company has taken all necessary corporate actions to authorise the entry into the Agreements and the performance of its obligations thereunder.
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The Agreements have been duly executed on behalf of each Company.
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| (e) |
According to the Negative Certificates, on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the Negative Certificates, no court order or decision was recorded with the Insolvency Register
pursuant to which each Company had been adjudicated bankrupt (faillite) or become subject to, or benefited from, a reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), judicial liquidation, judicial appointment of a temporary administrator, or proceedings of administrative dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans liquidation).
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Neither the entry by the Companies into the Agreements, nor the performance by any Company of its obligations thereunder, conflict with any provision of the Articles or the Luxembourg act dated 10
August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “Luxembourg Companies Act”).
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We have given this legal opinion solely for the benefit of the Addressees in connection with the Registration Statement and the Agreements.
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| 6. |
Any Addressee who is entitled to, and does rely on this legal opinion agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law (and except in case of willful misconduct or fraud), there is no assumption
of personal duty of care, and such person will not bring any personal claim against any individual who is a representative of, proxyholder of, partner of, members of, manager of, employee or consultant of, White & Case LLP, White &
Case S.à r.l. or any other White & Case undertaking.
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This legal opinion is strictly limited to the matters stated herein and may not be read or construed as extending by implication to any matters not specifically referred to. The schedules to this
legal opinion form an integral part of this legal opinion.
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This legal opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with Luxembourg law, as at the date of this legal opinion, and any disputes relating to it shall be of the exclusive jurisdiction
of the competent courts of the city of Luxembourg. In particular, but without limitation, it may only be relied upon under the express condition that any issues of interpretation or liability arising hereunder will be governed by Luxembourg
law and be exclusively brought before the competent courts of the city of Luxembourg.
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the completeness and conformity to the originals of all documents purporting to be copies of originals, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as copies, received by us by telefax or
through electronic transmission or submitted to us as conformed, certified or photo static copies or photocopies and the authenticity of the originals thereof and the genuineness of all signatures (whether handwritten or electronic), seals
and stamps;
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that all documents submitted to us have been executed by the persons whose names are indicated thereon as being the names of the signatories (and that such persons had the general legal capacity to
execute these documents);
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that the Agreements have in fact been signed on behalf of each Company by the persons empowered in the relevant Resolutions;
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| 4. |
that the place of the central administration (siège de l’administration centrale), the principal place of business (principal établissement) and the centre of main interests (as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on
insolvency proceedings (recast) (the “EU Insolvency Regulation”)) of each Company are located at the place of its registered office (siège statutaire) in Luxembourg and none of the Companies has an establishment (as such term is defined in the EU Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg;
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that neither of the Companies does, or is deemed to carry out an activity in the financial sector on a professional basis as referred to in the Luxembourg act dated 5 April 1993 relating to the
financial sector, as amended or an activity requiring the holding of a business license under the Luxembourg act dated 2 September 2011 relating to the establishment of a certain business and business licence;
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| 6. |
that each Company complies with the provisions of the Luxembourg act dated 31 May 1999 concerning the domiciliation of companies, as amended;
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| 7. |
that the Articles have not been amended since the date referred to in paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b);
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| 8. |
that the Agreements and all other agreements referred to therein represent and contain the entirety of the transaction entered into by the parties thereto and the absence of any other arrangements
between any of the parties to the Agreements which modify or supersede any of the terms of the Agreements and, in particular, that there is no “side-letter” entered into by the parties regarding this transaction and which would be material
to this legal opinion;
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that each party to the Agreements (other than the Companies) is duly incorporated or organised and validly existing;
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| 10. |
that all parties have acted in good faith in connection with the Agreements, that there is no illicit cause (cause illicite)
in relation to the Agreements, that there is neither fraud (dol), duress (violence), mistake (erreur) or inadequacy (lésion) on the part of any of the parties to the Agreements, their
respective directors, employees, agents and advisers; that there has been no material mistake of fact or misunderstanding, duress or undue influence in connection with the negotiation, execution or delivery of the Agreements;
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| 11. |
the truth, accuracy and completeness at all relevant times of each of the statements and matters of fact, relied upon, assumed herein, or contained in the Agreements;
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that all agreed conditions to the effectiveness of the Agreements have been or will be satisfied;
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that all of the representations and warranties (except to the extent opined upon in this legal opinion) given by any of the parties to the Agreements are, and will be, when made or repeated or when
deemed made or repeated (as the case may be), and were at all relevant times, true and accurate and that any representation or warranty given by any of the parties to the Agreements that it is not aware of or has no notice of any act,
matter, thing or circumstance means that the same does not exist or has not occurred;
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the due compliance with all matters under any applicable law other than Luxembourg law (including, without limitation, the obtaining of the necessary consents, licenses, approvals and authority,
the making of the necessary filings, registrations and notifications, and the payment of stamp duties and other documentary taxes and charges), as may relate to the Agreements or the parties to the Agreements or other persons affected
thereby or for the performance or enforcement by or against the parties or such other persons of their obligations or rights as they are to be performed or enforced, as the case may be;
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| 15. |
that each party to the Agreements (other than the Companies) has the capacity, power and authority to enter into and to exercise its rights and to perform its obligations under the Agreements to
which it is a party;
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that each party to the Agreements (other than the Companies) has duly authorised, executed and delivered the Agreements to which it is a party;
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| 17. |
that the consent of any person (other than the Companies), authority, or governmental agency which is required under any applicable law other than Luxembourg law in relation to the execution and
delivery of the Agreements and the performance and observation of the terms thereof by the parties has been obtained on the date of this legal opinion and none of these transactions will infringe the terms of, or constitute a default under,
any rule of law (including any rule of public policy) of any jurisdiction (other than Luxembourg to the extent opined herein), any agreement or other instrument or obligation to which any party thereto is a party or by which any of its
property, undertaking, assets or reserves are bound;
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that none of the transactions contemplated under or further to any of the Agreements will constitute unlawful financial assistance under any applicable law;
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that the transactions contemplated by the Agreements are bona fide (bonne foi) transactions that have been entered into by
the parties thereto for legitimate commercial purposes, without any intention to deprive of any legal benefit any persons (including for the avoidance of doubt third parties) or to circumvent any applicable mandatory laws or regulations of
any jurisdiction (including without limitation any tax laws), are compatible with that parties profit purpose (but lucratif), are in the corporate interest (intérêt social) of each Company and serve the corporate purpose of each Company;
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that the entry by the Companies into the Agreements is not an abnormal transaction in the sense that those acting on behalf of the Companies know that, by doing so, it would prejudice its
creditors;
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that neither of the Companies is, is deemed to be, and, as a result of entering into and performing the Agreements, will be, over-indebted in light of the current practice of the Luxembourg tax
administration;
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that all managers of the relevant Company signed the relevant Resolutions, that the relevant Resolutions have not been amended, rescinded, revoked or declared void and that each member of the board
of managers of each Company has carefully considered the entry into and performance of the Agreements before signing the relevant Resolutions;
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that the board of managers of each Company has satisfied itself that the obligations undertaken by each Company under the Agreements meet its corporate interest, are not disproportionate to its
financial capacities and benefits, and the conclusions of the board in this respect are not unreasonable (under currently prevailing Luxembourg case law, this is primarily a question of fact for which the board of directors is solely
responsible and as to which we express no opinion);
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that none of the managers of each Company had a direct or indirect economic interest which conflicted with the decisions of or with the transactions approved by the board of managers when the
resolutions set out in the relevant Resolutions were adopted;
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that on the day of this legal opinion and on the date of any transaction contemplated in the Agreements, (A) no party to the Agreements (i) was or will be deemed to be in a situation of cessation
of payments within the meaning of Luxembourg or any other relevant bankruptcy legislation, (ii) will as a result of the Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereunder be unable to pay its debts, (iii) has resolved to enter into
voluntary liquidation, (iv) has filed an application for bankruptcy or judicial reorganization, for a moratorium or any other similar proceedings under any other laws, (v) has been adjudicated bankrupt or annulled as a legal entity, and (B)
no receiver, trustee, administrator (whether out of court or otherwise) or similar officer has been appointed in relation to any of the parties to the Agreements or any of their assets (although not constituting conclusive evidence, the
Negative Certificates do not contradict this assumption in respect of the Companies);
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that, in respect of the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, referred to therein, provided for or effected thereby each of the parties has entered into and will enter into the same
on arms’ length commercial terms;
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that the securities issued pursuant to the Indenture or the Registration Statement (the “Securities”) will not be the subject
of a public offering in any jurisdiction, including Luxembourg, for the purposes of the Luxembourg act dated 16 July 2019 on prospectuses for securities and implementing the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market (the “Prospectus Regulation”)
(the “Prospectus Act 2019”) or the Prospectus Regulation or any other applicable law and no form of invitation, offer, application, advertisement or other material
relating to the Securities is distributed or published in Luxembourg nor, except in such case in conformity with applicable laws and regulations, in any jurisdiction other than Luxembourg;
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that the Securities are not and will not be listed on a regulated market within the meaning of the Prospectus Act 2019 or the Prospectus Regulation or any other applicable laws or regulations and
are not and will not be listed or admitted to trading on any other market or trading venue in Luxembourg;
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that the requirements of any applicable law in respect of a listing on a multilateral trading facility in a European Economic Area Member State or any other jurisdiction of the Securities (if any)
on any such stock exchange have been or will be fulfilled;
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that none of the Companies will issue any Securities which are preference shares, ordinary shares, depositary shares, warrants or other forms of securities which are convertible into shares;
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that none of the opinions expressed above will be affected by the laws or by any document governed by the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg;
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that the Agreements constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the parties thereto and are enforceable in accordance with their terms under the relevant governing laws and any other
applicable law (other than Luxembourg law to the extent opined herein); and
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that the aggregate amount of guarantees to be granted for the debt obligations of any member of the Eaton Group (being in aggregate at any point in time USD 10 billion) is not exceeded for each of
the Companies respectively by the guarantee granted under the Agreements.
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Where any person is vested with discretion or may determine a matter in its opinion, Luxembourg law may require that such discretion is exercised in good faith.
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This legal opinion is subject to any limitations arising from bankruptcy (faillite), insolvency, liquidation, administrative
dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans liquidation), reprieve from payment (sursis
de paiement), judicial reorganization (réorganisation judiciaire), reorganization by amicable agreement (réorganisation par accord amiable), moratorium, reorganisation and other laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, as well as any health and safety laws and
regulations, any laws, regulations and policies relating to racketeering, criminal and civil forfeiture, emergencies, foreign asset or trading controls, corrupt practices, national security, terrorism or money laundering or governing
foreign investment in Luxembourg.
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We express no opinion on the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a purported revocation, or the consequences of such revocation by the principal of a power of attorney or agency (mandat) expressed to be irrevocable.
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| 4. |
We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Companies or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Agreements.
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| 5. |
We express no opinion as to whether the performance of the Agreements would cause any borrowing limits, debt/equity or other ratios possibly agreed with the tax authorities to be exceeded nor as to
the consequences thereof.
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A Luxembourg company may only encumber its assets or provide guarantees in accordance with its corporate objects and for its corporate benefit. There is no Luxembourg legislation governing group
companies which specifically regulates the establishment, organisation and liability of groups of companies. Consequently, the concept of group interest as opposed to the interest of the individual corporate entity is not expressly
recognised. A company may, in principle, not encumber its assets or provide guarantees in favour of group companies in general (at least as far as parent companies and fellow subsidiaries of its parent companies are concerned).
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they are part of an integrated group;
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it can be established that the company derives a benefit from granting such assistance or that at least, there is no disruption of the balance of interests in the group to the detriment of the
Luxembourg company; and
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the assistance is not in terms of the amounts involved disproportionate to the company’s financial means and the benefits derived from granting such assistance.
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If the assistance is deemed contrary to the interest of the company by the courts, its directors may be held liable for action taken in that context. Further, under certain circumstances, the
directors of the Luxembourg company might incur criminal penalties based on the concept of misappropriation of corporate assets (article 1500-11 of the Luxembourg act dated 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “Luxembourg Companies Act”)). Article 1500-11 of the Luxembourg Companies Act makes it a criminal offence for the directors and managers of a Luxembourg company, whether
having been officially appointed or being de facto directors or managers (which concept might include legal persons), if, acting in bad faith, they have made use of
corporate assets or of corporate credit for uses other than those required by the interests of such company and for their own personal benefit or for the benefit of companies or enterprises in which they have a direct or indirect interest.
It cannot be excluded ultimately that, if the relevant transaction were to be considered as a misappropriation of corporate assets by a Luxembourg court or if it could be evidenced that the other parties to the transaction were aware of the
fact that the transaction was not for the corporate benefit of the Luxembourg company, the transaction might be declared void or ineffective based on the concept of illegal cause (cause illicite). Also, depending on the factual circumstances, a liquidator, an insolvency receiver or creditors of the assisting company could seek the liability of the banks (e.g., where the guarantee trigger has caused
the insolvency of the assisting company and/or has caused a wider consequential loss to the creditors of such company).
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We express no opinion whatsoever on regulatory matters or matters of fact or on matters other than those expressly set forth in this legal opinion, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred
herefrom.
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The rights and obligations of the parties under the Agreements may be limited by the effects of criminal measures, including without limitation criminal freezing orders, public law sanctions or
restraining measures taken from time to time under applicable laws treaties or other instruments.
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Any national or international economic sanctions or other similar measures that may be applicable, directly or indirectly, to any party to the Documents, may result in the obligations of that party
or other parties to the Documents being unenforceable or void or otherwise affected.
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A search at the Insolvency Register is not capable of conclusively revealing whether a (and the Negative Certificates do not constitute conclusive evidence that no) winding-up resolution or
petition, or an order adjudicating or declaring a, or a petition or filing for, bankruptcy (faillite) or reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), judicial reorganization (réorganisation judiciaire), judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire), administrative dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans liquidation) or
similar action has been adopted or made.
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By application of article 1200-1 of the Luxembourg Companies Act, a company not respecting any provision of Luxembourg criminal law or which seriously contravenes any provision of the Luxembourg
commercial code or any other Luxembourg law applicable to commercial companies may be put into judicial dissolution and liquidation upon the application of the public prosecutor
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The corporate documents of, and relevant court orders affecting, a Luxembourg company (including, but not limited to, the notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a
receiver or similar officer) may not be held at the Register immediately and there is generally a delay in the relevant document appearing on the files regarding the company concerned. Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that the required
filing of documents has not occurred or that documents filed with the Register may have been mislaid or lost. In accordance with Luxembourg company law, changes or amendments to corporate documents to be filed at the Register will be
effective (opposable) vis-à-vis third parties only as of the day of their publication in the Official Gazette unless the company proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof.
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We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Companies or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Agreements.
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Actions in Luxembourg courts must, in principle, be brought in the name of the principal not in the name of an agent of the principal
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The Luxembourg Companies Act reserves the right and the power to decide on certain matters (such as the winding-up or the liquidation of a company, the merger, the increase of the share capital,
the distribution of dividends or the amendment of the articles of incorporation of the company) exclusively to the shareholders of the company.
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A receiver may be limited in the exercise of its rights and powers (i) pursuant to the Luxembourg Companies Act and (ii), in the case of insolvency of a Luxembourg company, by the rights and powers
of the insolvency receiver appointed by a Luxembourg court pursuant to Luxembourg insolvency laws. Further, the rights and powers of a receiver may not cover or extend to actions which, pursuant to the Luxembourg Companies Act or the
Articles, require a decision of the shareholders of a Luxembourg company rather than the Luxembourg company itself.
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We express no opinion on the legal validity and the enforceability of the Agreements or any obligation thereof.
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We have acted as legal counsel in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”) to (i) Eaton Controls (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under
the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”), having its registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with the
Luxembourg trade and companies register (Registre de commerce et des sociétés, Luxembourg) (the “Register”)
under number B9145 (“Eaton Controls”) and (ii) Eaton Technologies (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a
private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 12, rue Eugène Ruppert,
L-2453 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with the Register under number B172818 (“Eaton Technologies” and together with Eaton Controls, the “Companies” and each a “Company”) in connection with the offering (the “Offering”) of (a) €600,000,000 3.550% Notes due 2034 and (b) €600,000,000 4.000% Notes due 2038 (together, the “Notes”)
by Eaton Capital Unlimited Company and the entry into the agreements listed in paragraphs 2(g) and 2(h) below (the “Agreements”).
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For the purposes of this legal opinion, we have examined, to the exclusion of any other document, the following documents (the “Documents”):
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a copy of the consolidated articles of association (statuts coordonnés) of Eaton Controls as at 29 December 2023 (the “Eaton Controls Articles”);
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a copy of the consolidated articles of association (statuts coordonnés) of Eaton Technologies as at 9 February 2018 (the “Eaton Technologies Articles” and together with the Eaton Controls Articles, the “Articles”);
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an excerpt of the Register pertaining to each Company dated 9 March 2026;
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electronic copies of certificates of non-registration of a judicial decision or an administrative dissolution without liquidation (certificat
de non-inscription d’une décision judiciaire ou de dissolution administrative sans liquidation) issued by the Luxembourg Insolvency Register (Registre de
l’insolvabilité) (the “Insolvency Register”) pertaining to each Company dated 9 March 2026 (the “Negative Certificates”) confirming that on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the Negative Certificates, there were no records at the Insolvency Register of any court order regarding any Company, amongst
others, a (i) bankruptcy adjudication against any Company, (ii) reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), (iii) judicial reorganisation (réorganisation judiciaire), or (iv) administrative dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans
liquidation);
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a PDF copy of the executed
written resolutions taken by the board of managers of Eaton Controls on 5 March 2026 (the “March 2026 Eaton Controls Board Resolutions”);
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a PDF copy of the executed written resolutions taken by the board of managers of Eaton Technologies on 5 March 2026 (the “March 2026 Eaton Technologies Board Resolutions” and together with the March 2026 Eaton Controls Board Resolutions, the “Resolutions”);
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an executed copy of a New York State law governed fourth supplemental indenture in relation to the Notes dated 10 March 2026 and entered into between, Eaton Capital Unlimited Company, certain other
companies (including the Companies) as guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”); and
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a PDF copy of the New York state law governed terms agreement containing the underwriting agreement and including the terms agreement in relation securities dated 5 March 2026 and entered into
between Eaton Capital Unlimited Company, certain other companies (including the Companies) as guarantors and the underwriters thereto (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
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| 3. |
This legal opinion speaks as of its date and is confined to and is given solely on the basis of the laws of Luxembourg as presently in force. We do not purport to be experts on, or generally
familiar with, any law other than the laws of Luxembourg. Accordingly, we express no opinion herein with regard to any system of law other than the laws of Luxembourg in force at the date hereof, as currently published, and as interpreted
and applied in published case law of Luxembourg courts.
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Based upon the assumptions set out in Schedule A and subject to the qualifications set out in Schedule B, and subject to any matters not disclosed to us, we are, as at the date hereof, of the following opinion:
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| (a) |
Each Company has been incorporated for an unlimited duration and legally exists as a private limited liability company (société à
responsabilité limitée) under the laws of Luxembourg.
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| (b) |
Each Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into the Agreements and to perform its obligations thereunder.
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| (c) |
Each Company has taken all necessary corporate actions to authorise the entry into the Agreements and the performance of its obligations thereunder.
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| (d) |
The Agreements have been duly executed on behalf of each Company.
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| (e) |
According to the Negative Certificates, on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the Negative Certificates, no court order or decision was recorded with the Insolvency Register
pursuant to which each Company had been adjudicated bankrupt (faillite) or become subject to, or benefited from, a reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), judicial liquidation, judicial appointment of a temporary administrator, or proceedings of administrative dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans liquidation).
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Neither the entry by the Companies into the Agreements, nor the performance by any Company of its obligations thereunder, conflict with any provision of the Articles the Luxembourg act dated 10
August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “Luxembourg Companies Act”).
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We have given this legal opinion solely for the benefit of the Addressees in connection with the Registration Statement and the Agreements.
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| 6. |
Any Addressee who is entitled to, and does rely on this legal opinion agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law (and except in case of willful misconduct or fraud), there is no assumption
of personal duty of care, and such person will not bring any personal claim against any individual who is a representative of, proxyholder of, partner of, members of, manager of, employee or consultant of, White & Case LLP, White &
Case S.à r.l. or any other White & Case undertaking.
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This legal opinion is strictly limited to the matters stated herein and may not be read or construed as extending by implication to any matters not specifically referred to. The schedules to this
legal opinion form an integral part of the opinion.
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This legal opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with Luxembourg law, as at the date of this legal opinion, and any disputes relating to it shall be of the exclusive jurisdiction
of the competent courts of the city of Luxembourg. In particular, but without limitation, it may only be relied upon under the express condition that any issues of interpretation or liability arising hereunder will be governed by Luxembourg
law and be exclusively brought before the competent courts of the city of Luxembourg.
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the completeness and conformity to the originals of all documents purporting to be copies of originals, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as copies, received by us by telefax or
through electronic transmission or submitted to us as conformed, certified or photo static copies or photocopies and the authenticity of the originals thereof and the genuineness of all signatures (whether handwritten or electronic), seals
and stamps;
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that all documents submitted to us have been executed by the persons whose names are indicated thereon as being the names of the signatories (and that such persons had the general legal capacity to
execute these documents);
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that the Agreements have in fact been signed on behalf of each Company by the persons empowered in the relevant Resolutions;
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that the place of the central administration (siège de l’administration centrale), the principal place of business (principal établissement) and the centre of main interests (as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on
insolvency proceedings (recast) (the “EU Insolvency Regulation”)) of each Company are located at the place of its registered office (siège statutaire) in Luxembourg and none of the Companies has an establishment (as such term is defined in the EU Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg;
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that neither of the Companies does, or is deemed to carry out an activity in the financial sector on a professional basis as referred to in the Luxembourg act dated 5 April 1993 relating to the
financial sector, as amended or an activity requiring the holding of a business license under the Luxembourg act dated 2 September 2011 relating to the establishment of a certain business and business licence;
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| 6. |
that each Company complies with the provisions of the Luxembourg act dated 31 May 1999 concerning the domiciliation of companies, as amended;
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that the Articles have not been amended since the date referred to in paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b);
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| 8. |
that the Agreements and all other agreements referred to therein represent and contain the entirety of the transaction entered into by the parties thereto and the absence of any other arrangements
between any of the parties to the Agreements which modify or supersede any of the terms of the Agreements and, in particular, that there is no “side-letter” entered into by the parties regarding this transaction and which would be material
to this legal opinion;
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that each party to the Agreements (other than the Companies) is duly incorporated or organised and validly existing;
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| 10. |
that all parties have acted in good faith in connection with the Agreements, that there is no illicit cause (cause illicite)
in relation to the Agreements, that there is neither fraud (dol), duress (violence), mistake (erreur) or inadequacy (lésion) on the part of any of the parties to the Agreements, their
respective directors, employees, agents and advisers; that there has been no material mistake of fact or misunderstanding, duress or undue influence in connection with the negotiation, execution or delivery of the Agreements;
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| 11. |
the truth, accuracy and completeness at all relevant times of each of the statements and matters of fact, relied upon, assumed herein, or contained in the Agreements;
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that all agreed conditions to the effectiveness of the Agreements have been or will be satisfied;
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that all of the representations and warranties (except to the extent opined upon in this legal opinion) given by any of the parties to the Agreements are, and will be, when made or repeated or when
deemed made or repeated (as the case may be), and were at all relevant times, true and accurate and that any representation or warranty given by any of the parties to the Agreements that it is not aware of or has no notice of any act,
matter, thing or circumstance means that the same does not exist or has not occurred;
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the due compliance with all matters under any applicable law other than Luxembourg law (including, without limitation, the obtaining of the necessary consents, licenses, approvals and authority,
the making of the necessary filings, registrations and notifications, and the payment of stamp duties and other documentary taxes and charges), as may relate to the Agreements or the parties to the Agreements or other persons affected
thereby or for the performance or enforcement by or against the parties or such other persons of their obligations or rights as they are to be performed or enforced, as the case may be;
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| 15. |
that each party to the Agreements (other than the Companies) has the capacity, power and authority to enter into and to exercise its rights and to perform its obligations under the Agreements to
which it is a party;
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that each party to the Agreements (other than the Companies) has duly authorised, executed and delivered the Agreements to which it is a party;
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| 17. |
that the consent of any person (other than the Companies), authority, or governmental agency which is required under any applicable law other than Luxembourg law in relation to the execution and
delivery of the Agreements and the performance and observation of the terms thereof by the parties has been obtained on the date of this legal opinion and none of these transactions will infringe the terms of, or constitute a default under,
any rule of law (including any rule of public policy) of any jurisdiction (other than Luxembourg to the extent opined herein), any agreement or other instrument or obligation to which any party thereto is a party or by which any of its
property, undertaking, assets or reserves are bound;
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that none of the transactions contemplated under or further to any of the Agreements will constitute unlawful financial assistance under any applicable law;
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| 19. |
that the transactions contemplated by the Agreements are bona fide (bonne foi) transactions that have been entered into by
the parties thereto for legitimate commercial purposes, without any intention to deprive of any legal benefit any persons (including for the avoidance of doubt third parties) or to circumvent any applicable mandatory laws or regulations of
any jurisdiction (including without limitation any tax laws), are compatible with that parties profit purpose (but lucratif), are in the corporate interest (intérêt social) of each Company and serve the corporate purpose of each Company;
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that the entry by the Companies into the Agreements is not an abnormal transaction in the sense that those acting on behalf of the Companies know that, by doing so, it would prejudice its
creditors;
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| 21. |
that each Company is not, is not deemed to be, and, as a result of entering into and performing the Agreements, will not be, over-indebted in light of the current practice of the Luxembourg tax
administration;
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that all managers of the relevant Company signed the relevant Resolutions, that the relevant Resolutions have not been amended, rescinded, revoked or declared void and that each member of the board
of managers of each Company has carefully considered the entry into and performance of the Agreements before signing the relevant Resolutions;
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that the board of managers of each Company has satisfied itself that the obligations undertaken by each Company under the Agreements meet its corporate interest, are not disproportionate to its
financial capacities and benefits, and the conclusions of the board in this respect are not unreasonable (under currently prevailing Luxembourg case law, this is primarily a question of fact for which the board of directors is solely
responsible and as to which we express no opinion);
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that none of the managers of each Company had a direct or indirect economic interest which conflicted with the decisions of or with the transactions approved by the board of managers when the
resolutions set out in the relevant Resolutions were adopted;
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that on the day of this legal opinion and on the date of any transaction contemplated in the Agreements, (A) no party to the Agreements (i) was or will be deemed to be in a situation of cessation
of payments within the meaning of Luxembourg or any other relevant bankruptcy legislation, (ii) will as a result of the Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereunder be unable to pay its debts, (iii) has resolved to enter into
voluntary liquidation, (iv) has filed an application for bankruptcy or judicial reorganization, for a moratorium or any other similar proceedings under any other laws, (v) has been adjudicated bankrupt or annulled as a legal entity, and (B)
no receiver, trustee, administrator (whether out of court or otherwise) or similar officer has been appointed in relation to any of the parties to the Agreements or any of their assets (although not constituting conclusive evidence, the
Negative Certificates do not contradict this assumption in respect of the Companies);
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that, in respect of the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, referred to therein, provided for or effected thereby each of the parties has entered into and will enter into the same
on arms’ length commercial terms;
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| 27. |
that the securities issued pursuant to the Indenture or the Registration Statement (the “Securities”) will not be the subject
of a public offering in any jurisdiction, including Luxembourg, for the purposes of the Luxembourg act dated 16 July 2019 on prospectuses for securities and implementing the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market (the “Prospectus Regulation”)
(the “Prospectus Act 2019”) or the Prospectus Regulation or any other applicable law and no form of invitation, offer, application, advertisement or other material
relating to the Securities is distributed or published in Luxembourg nor, except in such case in conformity with applicable laws and regulations, in any jurisdiction other than Luxembourg;
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that the Securities are not and will not be listed on a regulated market within the meaning of the Prospectus Act 2019 or the Prospectus Regulation or any other applicable laws or regulations and
are not and will not be listed or admitted to trading on any other market or trading venue in Luxembourg;
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| 29. |
that the requirements of any applicable law in respect of a listing on a multilateral trading facility in a European Economic Area Member State or any other jurisdiction of the Securities (if any)
on any such stock exchange have been or will be fulfilled;
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that none of the Companies will issue any Securities which are preference shares, ordinary shares, depositary shares, warrants or other forms of securities which are convertible into shares;
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| 31. |
that none of the opinions expressed above will be affected by the laws or by any document governed by the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg;
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that the Agreements constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the parties thereto and are enforceable in accordance with their terms under the relevant governing laws and any other
applicable law (other than Luxembourg law to the extent opined herein); and
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that the aggregate amount of guarantees to be granted for the debt obligations of any member of the Eaton Group (being in aggregate at any point in time USD 10 billion) is not exceeded for each of
the Companies respectively by the guarantee granted under the Agreements.
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Where any person is vested with discretion or may determine a matter in its opinion, Luxembourg law may require that such discretion is exercised in good faith.
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| 2. |
This legal opinion is subject to any limitations arising from bankruptcy (faillite), insolvency, liquidation, administrative
dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans liquidation), reprieve from payment (sursis
de paiement), judicial reorganization (réorganisation judiciaire), reorganization by amicable agreement (réorganisation par accord amiable), moratorium, reorganisation and other laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, as well as any health and safety laws and
regulations, any laws, regulations and policies relating to racketeering, criminal and civil forfeiture, emergencies, foreign asset or trading controls, corrupt practices, national security, terrorism or money laundering or governing
foreign investment in Luxembourg.
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We express no opinion on the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a purported revocation, or the consequences of such revocation by the principal of a power of attorney or agency (mandat) expressed to be irrevocable.
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| 4. |
We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Companies or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Agreements.
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| 5. |
We express no opinion as to whether the performance of the Agreements would cause any borrowing limits, debt/equity or other ratios possibly agreed with the tax authorities to be exceeded nor as to
the consequences thereof.
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A Luxembourg company may only encumber its assets or provide guarantees in accordance with its corporate objects and for its corporate benefit. There is no Luxembourg legislation governing group
companies which specifically regulates the establishment, organisation and liability of groups of companies. Consequently, the concept of group interest as opposed to the interest of the individual corporate entity is not expressly
recognised. A company may, in principle, not encumber its assets or provide guarantees in favour of group companies in general (at least as far as parent companies and fellow subsidiaries of its parent companies are concerned).
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they are part of an integrated group;
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it can be established that the company derives a benefit from granting such assistance or that at least, there is no disruption of the balance of interests in the group to the detriment of the
Luxembourg company; and
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the assistance is not in terms of the amounts involved disproportionate to the company’s financial means and the benefits derived from granting such assistance.
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If the assistance is deemed contrary to the interest of the company by the courts, its directors may be held liable for action taken in that context. Further, under certain circumstances, the
directors of the Luxembourg company might incur criminal penalties based on the concept of misappropriation of corporate assets (article 1500-11 of the Luxembourg act dated 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “Luxembourg Companies Act”)). Article 1500-11 of the Luxembourg Companies Act makes it a criminal offence for the directors and managers of a Luxembourg company, whether
having been officially appointed or being de facto directors or managers (which concept might include legal persons), if, acting in bad faith, they have made use of
corporate assets or of corporate credit for uses other than those required by the interests of such company and for their own personal benefit or for the benefit of companies or enterprises in which they have a direct or indirect interest.
It cannot be excluded ultimately that, if the relevant transaction were to be considered as a misappropriation of corporate assets by a Luxembourg court or if it could be evidenced that the other parties to the transaction were aware of the
fact that the transaction was not for the corporate benefit of the Luxembourg company, the transaction might be declared void or ineffective based on the concept of illegal cause (cause illicite). Also, depending on the factual circumstances, a liquidator, an insolvency receiver or creditors of the assisting company could seek the liability of the banks (e.g., where the guarantee trigger has caused
the insolvency of the assisting company and/or has caused a wider consequential loss to the creditors of such company).
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We express no opinion whatsoever on regulatory matters or matters of fact or on matters other than those expressly set forth in this legal opinion, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred
herefrom.
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The rights and obligations of the parties under the Agreements may be limited by the effects of criminal measures, including without limitation criminal freezing orders, public law sanctions or
restraining measures taken from time to time under applicable laws treaties or other instruments.
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| 10. |
Any national or international economic sanctions or other similar measures that may be applicable, directly or indirectly, to any party to the Documents, may result in the obligations of that party
or other parties to the Documents being unenforceable or void or otherwise affected.
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| 11. |
A search at the Insolvency Register is not capable of conclusively revealing whether a (and the Negative Certificates do not constitute conclusive evidence that no) winding-up resolution or
petition, or an order adjudicating or declaring a, or a petition or filing for, bankruptcy (faillite) or reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), judicial reorganization (réorganisation judiciaire), judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire), administrative dissolution without liquidation (dissolution administrative sans liquidation) or
similar action has been adopted or made.
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By application of article 1200-1 of the Luxembourg Companies Act, a company not respecting any provision of Luxembourg criminal law or which seriously contravenes any provision of the Luxembourg
commercial code or any other Luxembourg law applicable to commercial companies may be put into judicial dissolution and liquidation upon the application of the public prosecutor
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| 13. |
The corporate documents of, and relevant court orders affecting, a Luxembourg company (including, but not limited to, the notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a
receiver or similar officer) may not be held at the Register immediately and there is generally a delay in the relevant document appearing on the files regarding the company concerned. Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that the required
filing of documents has not occurred or that documents filed with the Register may have been mislaid or lost. In accordance with Luxembourg company law, changes or amendments to corporate documents to be filed at the Register will be
effective (opposable) vis-à-vis third parties only as of the day of their publication in the Official Gazette unless the company proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof.
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| 14. |
We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Companies or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Agreements.
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| 15. |
Actions in Luxembourg courts must, in principle, be brought in the name of the principal not in the name of an agent of the principal
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The Luxembourg Companies Act reserves the right and the power to decide on certain matters (such as the winding-up or the liquidation of a company, the merger, the increase of the share capital,
the distribution of dividends or the amendment of the articles of incorporation of the company) exclusively to the shareholders of the company.
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A receiver may be limited in the exercise of its rights and powers (i) pursuant to the Luxembourg Companies Act and (ii), in the case of insolvency of a Luxembourg company, by the rights and powers
of the insolvency receiver appointed by a Luxembourg court pursuant to Luxembourg insolvency laws. Further, the rights and powers of a receiver may not cover or extend to actions which, pursuant to the Luxembourg Companies Act or the
Articles, require a decision of the shareholders of a Luxembourg company rather than the Luxembourg company itself.
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We express no opinion on the legal validity and the enforceability of the Agreements or any obligation thereof.
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March 6, 2026
1000 Eaton Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44122
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the Registration Statement;
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the Prospectus;
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the Indenture;
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the Notes;
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the Terms Agreement;
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certificates of good standing of the Covered Guarantors, as applicable; and
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(i) the certificates of incorporation (or equivalent documents) of the Covered Guarantors, (ii) the by-laws (or equivalent documents) of the Covered Guarantors and (iii) the resolutions or written consents, as applicable, of the Covered
Guarantors relating to the filing of the Registration Statement, the Indenture and the Notes.
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ White & Case LLP
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Delaware Guarantors:
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Delaware Corporation:
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Delaware LLCs:
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New York Guarantor:
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New York Corporation:
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Other Guarantors:
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Eaton Capital Unlimited Company
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Eaton Leasing Corporation
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Eaton Aeroquip LLC
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Eaton Controls (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
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Eaton Technologies (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
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Eaton Domhanda Unlimited Company
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Cooper Industries Unlimited Company
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Turlock B.V.
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Eaton Corporation plc
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| Eaton Capital Unlimited Company
Eaton House
30 Pembroke Road
Dublin, Ireland D04 Y0C2
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the Registration Statement;
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the Prospectus;
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the Indenture;
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the Notes;
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the Terms Agreement;
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certificates of good standing of the Covered Guarantors, as applicable; and
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(i) the certificates of incorporation (or equivalent documents) of the Covered Guarantors, (ii) the by-laws (or equivalent documents) of the Covered Guarantors and (iii) the resolutions or written consents, as applicable, of the Covered
Guarantors relating to the filing of the Registration Statement, the Indenture and the Notes.
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March 10, 2026
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ White & Case LLP
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| A. |
Delaware Guarantors:
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Delaware Corporation:
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Delaware LLCs:
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New York Guarantor:
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New York Corporation:
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Other Guarantors:
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Eaton Corporation
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Eaton Leasing Corporation
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Eaton Aeroquip LLC
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Eaton Controls (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
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Eaton Technologies (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
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Eaton Domhanda Unlimited Company
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Cooper Industries Unlimited Company
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Turlock B.V.
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Eaton Corporation plc
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