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Contact: Mike Petrasek (412) 394-6611 michael.petrasek@bm.com Cooper B-Line, Inc. (U.S.) and Cooper B-Line Canada Recognized for Providing T rading Partners with Exceptional Marketing Support

Both Rank at Most Prestigious Level in IDEA's Bands of Excellence Program

HIGHLAND, IL, January 7, 2013 - Cooper B-Line, a global provider of innovative, labor-saving support systems and enclosure solutions for engineered facility subsystem applications, is proud to announce that both its U.S. and Canadian operations have reached IDEA's Platinum band, the most prestigious status of IDEA's Bands of Excellence Program. The program, which recognizes manufacturers for providing top-notch marketing support to trading partners, is overseen by IDEA, the official technology service provider of the electrical industry, and supported by its owners, the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).
As part of its ongoing efforts to populate the Industry Data Warehouse (IDW) with robust marketing content, IDEA introduced the Bands of Excellence rating system . The system promotes the progress of manufacturers who are providing exceptional value and marketing support to their trading partners.
"Cooper B-Line has taken a leadership role, and it is appropriate that they be recognized. They are working exceptionally hard to adapt to changing customer expectations, and I've been extremely impressed with the way they responded to this challenge," said Bob Gaylord, President and CEO, IDEA.
The Bands of Excellence Program measures each manufacturer's completion percentage for providing marketing content for active stock products to their trading partners through the IDW, including: specification documents, attributes, images, and descriptions. Both Cooper B-Line, Inc., (U.S.) and Cooper B-Line Canada reached the Platinum band, indicating their completion ranked in the 75 to 100 percent range.
"We are very proud of our efforts to provide exceptional value and marketing support to our trading partners in both the U.S. and Canada," said Daniel Castillo, President of Cooper B-Line. "Whether it's designing and manufacturing solutions, offering labor and material savings, or providing marketing content through the IDW, you can rely on Cooper B-Line."

Cooper B-Line's distributors can access their product information by logging into the IDW at https://idw.ideaservices.net/.

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To learn more about Cooper B-Line's Bands of Excellence rating, visit www.idea- esolutions.com.
To learn more about solutions offered by Cooper B-Line, visit www.cooperbline.com.

Cooper B-Line is part of the electrical business of Eaton [NYSE:ETN]. Eaton acquired Cooper Industries plc in late 2012. Cooper B-Line provides innovative solutions that deliver overall lower total installed cost. With numerous time-saving designs, our broad offering of support systems, seismic bracing, electrical and electronic enclosures provide customers with leading brands

such as FLEXTRAY™, GRIP STRUT™, ARISTA™, TOLCO™ and RUFF-IN. Customers in
government and commercial construction, oil and gas, mining, solar, communications, data centers, and HVACR markets have come to rely on our products to help protect, enclose and support their facility subsystem infrastructures. For more information, visit www.cooperbline.com. For information about Eaton, visit www.eaton.com.

About IDEA

The Industry Data Exchange Association, Inc. (IDEA) is the official technology service provider and eBusiness standards body of the electrical industry. The company helps thousands of electrical manufacturers and distributors find the most cost-effective methods for running day-to- day business. The IDW is an online application in which manufacturers can securely share product information with all their distributors simultaneously. Distributors can use the IDW to obtain the most up-to-date and complete product information from all their suppliers in one standard format. Cooper B-Line's distributors can access their product information by logging

into the IDW at https://idw.ideaservices.net/. To learn more about the IDW and sign up for an account, please visit http://www.idea-esolutions.com/solutions-services/service/idw.

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