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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MCCOY DEBORAH L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EATON CORP [ETN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) EATON CENTER, 1111 SUPERIOR AVE. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/30/2012 (Street) CLEVELAND, OH 44114 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/30/2012   D   44,936 D (1) 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Shares	$ 0	11/30/2012		D			24,726.12	(2)	(2)	Common Shares	24,726.12	(3)	0	D
Stock Option	$ 0	11/30/2012		D			7,732	(4)	01/27/2014	Common Shares	7,732	(4)	0	D
Stock Option	$ 30.735	11/30/2012		D			7,408	(5)	01/25/2015	Common Shares	7,408	(5)	0	D
Stock Option	$ 33.015	11/30/2012		D			7,296	(6)	01/24/2016	Common Shares	7,296	(6)	0	D
Stock Option	$ 33.195	11/30/2012		D			6,504	(7)	01/23/2017	Common Shares	6,504	(7)	0	D
Stock Option	$ 37.505	11/30/2012		D			6,450	(8)	01/22/2018	Common Shares	6,450	(8)	0	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MCCOY DEBORAH L EATON CENTER 1111 SUPERIOR AVE. CLEVELAND, OH 44114	X

Signatures

/s/ Kathleen S. O'Connor, as Attorney-in-Fact		12/03/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares of Eaton Corporation ("Eaton") disposed of pursuant to merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Corporation plc ("New Eaton") with and into Eaton, with Eaton surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Eaton (the "Merger"), in exchange for ordinary shares of New Eaton, which was consummated simultaneous with and conditioned on New Eaton's acquisition of Cooper Industries plc by means of a "scheme of arrangement", an Irish statutory procedure under the Companies Act of 1963. At the effective time of the Merger, each Eaton common share was cancelled and converted into the right to receive one New Eaton ordinary share.
(2)	This field is not applicable.
(3)	These phantom share units were assumed by New Eaton in the Merger and replaced with 24,726.12 New Eaton phantom share units with the same terms and conditions as the original Eaton phantom share units.
(4)	This option, which was fully vested at the effective time of the Merger, was assumed by New Eaton in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 7,732 ordinary shares of New Eaton for $30.735 with the same terms and conditions as the original Eaton stock option.
(5)	This option, which was fully vested at the effective time of the Merger, was assumed by New Eaton in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 7,408 ordinary shares of New Eaton for $33.015 with the same terms and conditions as the original Eaton stock option.
(6)	This option, which was fully vested at the effective time of the Merger, was assumed by New Eaton in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 7,296 ordinary shares of New Eaton for $33.195 with the same terms and conditions as the original Eaton stock option.
(7)	This option, which was fully vested at the effective time of the Merger, was assumed by New Eaton in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 6,504 ordinary shares of New Eaton for $37.505 with the same terms and conditions as the original Eaton stock option.
(8)	This option, which was fully vested at the effective time of the Merger, was assumed by New Eaton in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 6,450 ordinary shares of New Eaton for $37.21 with the same terms and conditions as the original Eaton stock option.

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