Cooper Notification Wins Top Mass Notification Provider Award

GSN: Government Security News magazine has awarded Cooper Notification, a platform of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE:CBE), the "Best Mass Notification System” honor in its inaugural Homeland Security competition. Cooper Notification was presented the award last week at a gala dinner hosted by GSN at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan. The event preceded the opening of two security expos in New York City; Public Security & Safety and ISC East.

Selected by a panel of objective and independent judges, Cooper Notification was chosen as the winner based on its significant role as the interoperable mass notification system at President Barack Obama’s January 2009 Inauguration – the largest security and safety operation for a presidential inauguration in the nation’s history. Throughout the inaugural festivities, the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) and its regional counterparts used Cooper Notification’s patented Roam Secure Alert Network™ (RSAN™) to efficiently coordinate security and emergency efforts among 58 different law enforcement agencies, as well as communicate to the public through its Alert DC emergency communications system. Approximately 1.2 million messages were successfully sent through RSAN in a 12-hour period during the inauguration.

"We recognize the importance of this honor and are proud of GSN's recognition of Cooper Notification as a global leader,” said Kris Beyen, President Cooper Safety. "We will continue our efforts to provide our customers with innovative safety and security technologies that help protect the well being of people and property around the world.”

Cooper Notification: Delivering Critical Alerts when it Matters Most

Cooper Notification, the industry’s most comprehensive, multi-layered Mass Notification System (MNS) provider, provides critical, emergency communications for cities and counties across the U.S. With 500 MNS systems around the globe, other installations include U.S. military sites; university and college campuses; state and federal agencies; airports; and hospitals. Integrated with one simple-to-use interface, Cooper Notification’s reliable and effective MNS solutions allow emergency officials to send event-specific instructions to multiple communication channels, including voice-sirens, indoor and outdoor speakers, digital signage, text messaging/SMS alerting, automated dialing systems, desktop alerts, and email notifications. These systems play an important role in emergency alerting and information sharing among government leadership, first responders, critical infrastructure providers, businesses and citizens.

Editor’s Note: For additional information regarding Cooper Industries’ commitment to Safety and Notification solutions, contact Mark Doheny at (713) 209-8484 or mark.doheny@cooperindustries.com.

About Cooper Notification

Cooper Notification, a solution platform of The Cooper Safety Division, is comprised of several businesses with decades of experience and innovation in the development of high quality products and solutions. With the ever present need to protect, alert and inform, Cooper Notification is focused on meeting the growing demand for personnel and property safety. We are the source for notification solutions supporting Fire, Security, Hazardous area, Mass Notification, Voice evacuation and Industrial Signaling applications and operating under the powerful global brands of Fulleon, MEDC, Roam Secure, SAFEPATH, WAVES and Wheelock. For more information, visit the web site at www.coopernotification.com.

About Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries plc (NYSE:CBE) is a global manufacturer with 2008 revenues of $6.5 billion, approximately 88% of which are from electrical products. Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained level of success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation, evolving business practices while maintaining the highest ethical standards, and meeting customer needs. The Company has eight operating divisions with leading market share positions and world-class products and brands including: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2008, sixty-one percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and thirty-seven percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2008. For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.