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Notice of Annual General
Meeting and Proxy Statement

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Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This proxy statement contains statements that we believe to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact are forward looking statements. Without limitation, any statements preceded or followed by or that include the words “targets,” “plans,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “will,” “likely,” “may,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “should,” “would,” “positioned,” “strategy,” “future,” “are confident,” or words, phrases or terms of similar substance or the negative thereof, are forward-looking statements. All projections in this proxy statement are also forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include adverse effects on our business operations or financial results, including due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and potential impairment of goodwill and trade names; overall global economic and business conditions impacting our business; the ability to achieve the benefits of our restructuring plans; the ability to successfully identify, finance, complete and integrate acquisitions; competition and pricing pressures in the markets we serve, including the impacts of tariffs; the strength of housing and related markets; volatility in currency exchange rates and commodity prices; inability to generate savings from excellence in operations initiatives consisting of lean enterprise, supply management and cash flow practices; inability to mitigate material and other cost inflation; risks related to the availability of, and cost inflation in, supply chain inputs, including labor, raw materials, commodities, packaging and transportation; increased risks associated with operating foreign businesses; the ability to deliver backlog and win future project work; failure of markets to accept new product introductions and enhancements; the impact of changes in laws and regulations, including those that limit U.S. tax benefits; the outcome of litigation and governmental proceedings; and the ability to achieve our long-term strategic operating and ESG goals. Additional information concerning these and other factors is contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this proxy statement. nVent assumes no obligation, and disclaims any obligation, to update the information contained in this proxy statement.

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Letter to Shareholders

March 31, 2020April 1, 2022 Dear Fellow Shareholders: I am proud 2021 was an outstanding year for nVent. We delivered exceptionally strong financial results and executed well on our strategy, and our growth initiatives. We launched 58 new products and accelerated our digital transformation. We completed two acquisitions – Vynckier and CIS Global – to further strengthen our portfolio and expand our offerings in high-growth verticals. And we made significant progress on our environmental, social and governance, or ESG, priorities. The safety and well-being of all that we accomplished in 2019, our first full year as nVent. A $2.2 billion public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NVT), nVent has more than 9,500 global employees dedicated toremained our mission of connectiontop priority, and protection in a world that’s becoming more electric and digital. In 2019, we continued to executeexpand our efforts on making nVent a great place to work. I could not be more proud of our nVent team and what we accomplished.

Beth A. Wozniak Chief Executive Officer

Our sales grew 23% to a record $2.5 billion, demonstrating impressive growth and execution. We overcame supply chain challenges to deliver for our customers and managed unprecedented inflation. We delivered record earnings per share and generated another year of strong cash flow. nVent delivered top tier total shareholder returns of 67% in 2021 and performed 95^th percentile of the S&P 400 Industrials. We had a goal to emerge stronger, and our results demonstrate we have.

We have changed the growth trajectory of nVent with our focus on high-growth verticals, new product innovation and global growth. Since becoming a new company, we have added more than $200 million of annualized sales via acquisitions, focused on data solutions and global growth. We have scaled our capabilities working as One nVent, from digital platforms to commercial excellence to our focus on people. Our Spark Management System is how we operate and helps drive our success. Spark supports the high performance culture we have at nVent and includes five elements: People, Growth, Lean, Digital and Velocity. At nVent, we believe our culture and our people are a differentiator.

Our ESG goals are an integral part of nVent’s strategy. We focus on three pillars: People, Products and Planet. Within people, our focus on inclusion and diversity helps make nVent a great place to work. I am proud of our increased representation of women and racially diverse employees. We were named to the 2022 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, making us one of only 418 companies to be included. Within products, we integrated ESG into our new product introduction process and developed baseline metrics and goals. And within planet, we took meaningful steps toward reducing our CO2 emissions. We received a silver medal for social responsibility from EcoVadis, ranking nVent in the top 13% of companies reviewed in the same industry.

The electrification of everything positions us to grow with our mission to connect and protect. Trends like industrial automation, renewable energy, grid modernization, 5G expansion, growth in data centers and increases in electric vehicles are driving the need for more of our products and solutions. We are winning with our innovative solutions to protect critical electronics and electrical equipment, including cooling and power management. Our innovative cable solutions help manage power and data infrastructure, and our electrical connection and surge protection products provide resiliency in electrical systems around the world. Our connected control and electric heat tracing solutions help manage temperature in critical processes and applications.

I am proud of our nVent team and the results we delivered in 2021. We enter this year with momentum and are well positioned to grow with the secular trends of electrification and digitization. We believe 2022 will be another year of strong growth and value creation. We have emerged stronger, and our future is bright at nVent.

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Environmental, Social and Governance

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We believe that safer systems ensure a more secure world. With this at the center of our mission, we embrace the opportunity and the responsibility in our role as an engaged corporate citizen. We continue to monitor evolving trends and regulations, and are committed to continuously improving our environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts and communicating with our stakeholders on our progress. We live ESG every day through our employees, our operations and our communities, and it is an integrated part of our strategy. We believe our commitment to ESG and continuous improvement will guide us toward a more sustainable future.

We conducted our first ESG materiality assessment in 2019, and the key insights we received from both internal and external stakeholders helped us focus on how we can make a meaningful impact in our world. Our first ESG report was published in 2020 and highlighted our three ESG focus areas: People, Products and Planet. In July 2021 we published our second ESG report covering the 2020 calendar year. In the report we shared our first-ever external goals and examples of the strides we made in our focus areas. We believe these goals illustrate our commitment to ESG. We are driving a culture focused on inclusion, diversity, employee engagement, safety, and integrity. We are developing innovative solutions that deliver efficiency, safety and reduced resource consumption, creating a more sustainable future. We are operating with responsible energy, waste, and water management practices to help protect natural resources.

People		Products		Planet
A culture focused on inclusion, diversity, employee engagement, safety and integrity		Innovative solutions that deliver efficiency, safety and reduced resource consumption, creating a more sustainable future		Responsible energy, waste and water management to help protect our natural resources
2025 People Goals •   Increase representation of women in management globally by 20% •   Increase representation of racially diverse U.S. professional employees by 25% •   Reach an employee safety total recordable incident rate of ≤0.50		2021 Products Goals •   Establish New Product Introduction guidelines to help deliver socially responsible products and end user solutions •   Develop baseline metrics and long-term goals		2030 Planet Goals •   Achieve 25% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions •   Reach 20% renewable energy consumption

Our 2020 ESG report is available on our website at https://www.nvent.com/about-nvent/social-responsibility. In our 2021 ESG report, which we expect to release in the summer of 2022, we plan to provide additional information regarding our progress during 2021 and to build on our continued commitment to transparency by sharing an update on our external goals and releasing our long-term goals for our Products pillar.

Our Executive Leadership Team has the responsibility, with oversight from our Board and its respective committees, to manage our ESG strategy, initiatives and risk-management processes. The charter of our Board’s Governance and Social Responsibility Committee was updated in 2021 to describe its role in overseeing our environmental, social and governance matters. The charter of our Compensation and Human Capital Committee was also updated to define its role in overseeing our human resources and compensation strategies and goals, including those related to company culture, inclusion and diversity.

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Environmental, Social and Governance

People Our employees are at the core of our business. Promoting a culture of inclusion is a cornerstone of our strategy and is woven throughout our organization. As a global company, we understand that diverse perspectives are key to our company’s ability to grow and innovate for our customers. We value all dimensions of diversity and work hard to make sure all voices are heard, respected and represented.  Whether working remotely or in person, we remain focused on our strategy, growingintentional culture-shaping activities and accelerated our efforts to make sure all employees feel heard, engaged and included. Through the nVent Foundation and our nVent in key verticals, launching new products and driving a focus as One nVentAction programs, we empower our employees to scale our capability and grow.give to the causes they care about. We completed our first acquisition, Eldon, that positions us to have one of the broadest portfolios of enclosures in the world. We generated more than $300 million in operating income and free cash flow and returned more than $350 million back to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. nVENT TODAY At nVent we believe that safer systems ensure a more secure world. We connect with communities and protect our customersfuture by supporting quality education programs for youth and charitable causes championed by our employees. nVent employees around the world take action to help make their communities stronger by sharing their time, talents and resources with inventive electrical solutions.those in need. We are committed to maintaining a positive, healthy work environment for our employees and preventing workplace injuries. We use a safety model based on three pillars to help ensure our business practices promote a healthy and safe workplace: management commitment, controlled hazards and employee engagement. Around the world, our safety leaders work with other employees to reduce risks and injuries. We are diligent about selecting our suppliers. Our diversified portfolioSupplier Code of industry-leading brands – nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, RAYCHEM, SCHROFFConduct prescribes expectations for providing safe and TRACER –healthy working conditions, upholding high ethical standards and engaging in environmental responsibility. We expect our suppliers, contractors and others in our supply chain to share our commitment to human rights and to provide assurances that their businesses are knownfree from practices associated with human rights violations. Additionally, through our supplier diversity program, we help ensure our competitive supplier selection processes include diverse suppliers.

Highlights ·   We implemented a new ESG scorecard, which we call the People & Culture Scorecard, into our 2021 annual incentive plan. The scorecard is directly tied to our 2025 People Goals. Additional details can be found on page 40. ·   We increased our representation of women in management globally, and our representation of racially diverse U.S. professional employees. ·   We launched Electrify, our new digital employee recognition platform, to increase engagement globally. ·   We were included in RippleMatch’s 2021 list of top workplaces for quality, reliabilityGeneration Z: The Next Gen 100. RippleMatch is a third party that recognizes organizations that are building standout workplaces for the next generation of talent. ·   We were named in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for our commitment to transparency in gender-data reporting. ·   We prioritized employee safety and innovation. Withwell-being during the pandemic. We aligned our actions with the guidance of the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities. We quickly established global teams as needed to assist with implementing safety protocols.

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Environmental, Social and Governance

Products Our mission to connect and protect with inventive electrical solutions is important as the Electrification of Everything changes the world and creates opportunities for a more sustainable future. Our products connect and protect systems that touch the lives of millions of people every day through the world’s infrastructure, energy, data and communication systems. Our solutions protect infrastructure, provide resiliency and help ensure ongoing connectivity. As the world changes and becomes more electrified, we expect investments in new infrastructure and technologies will be vital. We will continue to focus on developing highly differentiated solutions that deliver efficiency, safety and reduced resource consumption, creating a more sustainable future.	Highlights ·   We integrated ESG into our new product introduction guidelines. ·   We established a baseline in 2021 for future reporting and goal setting in three key categories: Use of Eco-Friendly Designs, Eco-Friendly Materials and End-User Safety. We plan to increase awareness and institute guidelines for these categories in our New Product Introduction process to help ensure advancement in delivering socially responsible products and end-user solutions.
Planet Being a good steward of the environment is integral to how we operate. Innovation, adaptability and our continuous improvement approach allow us to protect natural resources and provide value to our customers and the communities where we live and work. From setting strategic business goals to our Grass Roots Employee Resource Group focused on sustainability, working to improve our environmental impact is a priority at all levels of our organization. Employee-led “environmental treasure hunts” occur globally across our facilities to identify and implement improvement ideas. We are committed to responsible energy use, greenhouse gas reduction and waste and water management. Reducing our carbon emissions and using more green energy are important steps we are excited abouttaking to reduce our impact on natural resources.	Highlights ·   We continued to decrease greenhouse gas emissions through investments in renewable energy and operational efficiency. ·   We updated our Environmental Policy in 2021, and will continue to invest in environmental improvements, assess the global macro trends that position us well for long-term growth.Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework, and evaluate carbon neutrality. ·   We see the electrification of everything, an increasereceived a silver medal from EcoVadis in safety and security standards globally, and a shortage of skilled labor as trends that increase the demand2021 for our products.strong sustainability performance. EcoVadis is a third-party entity that evaluates suppliers on a complex scale of sustainability and ESG factors.		Beth A. Wozniak ·Chief Executive Officer   We are adding an environmental metric to our 2022 ESG Scorecard in our annual incentive plan. Additional details can be found on page 47.

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Shareholder Engagement

Understanding the issues our Enclosures segment, we see our role as providing protection for electronics and data everywhere.shareholders care about is critical to good governance. We have one of the broadest enclosure portfolios,worked to establish a robust engagement program so that we continuously receive shareholder input regarding our financial performance, strategy, capital allocation, executive compensation, environmental, social and can design, manufacturegovernance matters, and distribute solutions around the globe. Our Thermal Management segment optimizes total cost of ownership and delivers connected solutionsother topics that are trusted to protect infrastructure in demanding environments. We have the largest installed base in the world that provides us with aftermarket opportunities. Our Electrical & Fastening Solutions segment connects and protects with innovative solutions that are cost efficient and provide labor savings. We continue to accelerate our new product development effort, and expand in areas like seismic and prefab to expand our innovative portfolio even further.

Across nVent, we are focused on creating valuefront-of-mind for our customers. We have compelling opportunities for long-term growth, attractive margins and strong cash flow generation.shareholders.

STRATEGY
In the pastAll year, we made significant progressparticipate in investor conferences and events, and regularly engage with shareholders to understand their perspectives and areas of focus.

*	nVent outstanding shares calculated as of December 31, 2021. Ownership based on publicly disclosed ownership at the time of Fall outreach.

In response to input we received during our fall 2021 shareholder engagement sessions, we decided to begin publishing the overview of our EEO-1 reports on our One nVent strategy which centers on growth. We had strong growth in key verticals like Data Center and Networking Solutions, and Commercial. We strengthened our channel partner relationships and expanded our coverage across the globe. We invested more in R&D and this year expect to launch 50 new products, continuing to increase our new product vitality. We continue to expand our capabilities across the enterprise from digital to commercial excellence to drive growth and efficiency. Our investments in digital were focused on improving the customer experience, with faster service and delivery through programs like Hoffman Express and Hoffman on Demand. A key elementwebsite. The overview of our strategy2020 report is to drive productivity and velocity. We made significant operational improvements across nVent resulting in improved product availability and better customer delivery. Lastly, our strategy includes bolt-on acquisitions such as Eldon and WBT, great additions that help us expand our connect and protect portfolio.

SPARK
Our Spark management system defines how we operate. The five elements of Spark are People; Growth; Lean Enterprise; Digital; and Velocity. People are listed first because they arecurrently available at the core of Spark. We’re focused on building a strong culture at nVent; a respectful workplace that celebrates inclusion and diversity – a place where people want to grow their careers. We took several steps last year to add to our strong culture: establishing employee resource groups, launching the nVent Foundation and encouraging community involvement through our nVent in Action employee volunteer program. We’ll build upon those efforts in 2020, launching a Social Responsibility program and conducting our second employee engagement survey. We believe a strong culture makes us more competitive in retaining and recruiting talented employees, which is key to our success.https://www.nvent.com/inclusion-diversity.

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Across nVent, we are building growth capabilities. We have added key leaders to our team, including a Chief Growth Officer and Chief Technology Officer, to drive our growth agenda through commercial excellence, new product development and digital. Our digital transformation will accelerate with a greater focus on improving customer and employee experiences. We will continue to build digital capabilities to improve our products and services. Our new Elexant connected controller family that we launched in 2019 is a great example of this.

Our Lean Enterprise efforts helped us achieve operational performance in productivity and product delivery. Our end-to-end approach is key to our working capital improvement plan. Velocity is tied to our lean and digital efforts, and we talk about it in everything we do, whether it is accelerating innovation or building a responsive, flexible organization.

Spark is how we work and will help us succeed as a high-performance growth company.

OUR FUTURE
Our top priority for nVent is growth. The investments we are making in R&D, digital, manufacturing capability and, most importantly, people are key for our future. When we combine this with new opportunities like Eldon, WBT and other bolt-on acquisitions in the highly fragmented space where we play, we believe we can strengthen our connect and protect portfolio.

Our strategy is working, and we will continue to execute on it. While the early months of 2020 have presented challenges and uncertainty tied to COVID-19, we remain steadfast, focused on the health and safety of our employees and our communities. We are committed to serve our customers and work with authorities around the world to ensure we can deliver essential products and solutions to support critical infrastructure to fight the pandemic. While there will be challenges in the short-term, long-term, I’m confident in our ability to create value for our customers, employees and shareholders. Thank you for your support and trust. We are committed to making nVent a high-performance growth company and to do our part to serve our communities.

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Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

To Be Held May 15, 202013, 2022

Our Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the offices of Arthur Cox, 12 Gough Square,Four Seasons Hotel, Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London, EC4A 3DW, United Kingdom,England, W1J7DR, on Friday, May 15, 2020,13, 2022, at 2:8:00 p.m. local time,a.m. British Summer Time, to consider and vote upon the following proposals; provided that if we are unable to hold the meeting at this location, date and/or time, it will be held at an alternative location, date and/or time that we will publicly announce:

Voting Matters			Board Recommendation		Vote Required		Page Reference
1.	By Separate Resolutions, Election of Director Nominees: ●Brian M. Baldwin ●Jerry W. Burris ●Susan M. Cameron ●Michael L. Ducker ●Randall J. Hogan ●Ronald L. Merriman ●Nicola T. Palmer ●Herbert K. Parker ●Beth A. Wozniak ●Jacqueline Wright		FOR each nominee		Majority of votes cast		10
2.	Approve, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers		FOR		Majority of votes cast		24
3.	Approve an Amendment to the nVent Electric plc 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan		FOR		Majority of votes cast		54
4.	Ratify, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Independent Auditor and Authorize, by Binding Vote, the Audit and Finance Committee to Set the Auditor’s Remuneration		FOR		Majority of votes cast		68
5.	Authorize the Price Range at which nVent Electric plc can Re-Allot Treasury Shares		FOR		75% of votes cast		71

1.		By Separate Resolutions, Election of the Following Director Nominees:
		i.   Jerry W. Burris ii.  Susan M. Cameron iii. Michael L. Ducker iv. Randall J. Hogan v.  Danita K. Ostling	vi.  Nicola Palmer vii. Herbert K. Parker viii.Greg Scheu ix.  Beth A. Wozniak x.   Jacqueline Wright
2.		Approve, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers
3.		Ratify, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Independent Auditor and Authorize, by Binding Vote, the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors to Set the Auditor’s Remuneration
4.		Authorize the Board of Directors to Allot and Issue New Shares under Irish Law
5.		Authorize the Board of Directors to Opt Out of Statutory Preemption Rights under Irish Law
6.		Authorize the Price Range at which nVent Electric plc Can Re-allot Shares it Holds as Treasury Shares under Irish Law

To consider and act on such other business as may properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment.

Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4 are ordinary resolutions, requiring the approval of a simple majority of the votes cast at the meeting. ProposalProposals 5 is aand 6 are special resolution,resolutions, requiring the approval of not less than 75% of the votes cast.cast at the meeting.

Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 20, 202018, 2022 are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual General Meeting.

If you are a shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, you are entitled to appoint a proxy or proxies to attend, speak and vote on your behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder. If you wish to appoint as proxy any person other than the individuals specified on the proxy card, please contact our Corporate Secretary at our registered office.office or deliver to the Corporate Secretary at our registered office a proxy card in the form set out in section 184 of the Irish Companies Act 2014; please also note that your nominated proxy must attend the Annual General Meeting in person in order for your vote to be cast.

At the Annual General Meeting, management will review nVent Electric plc’s affairs and will also present nVent Electric plc’s Irish statutory financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and the reports of the directors and the statutory auditors thereon.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Jon Lammers

Corporate Secretary
March 31, 2020April 1, 2022

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 15, 2020.13, 2022. The Annual Report, Notice of Annual General Meeting, Proxy Statement and Irish Statutory Financial Statements and Related Reports are available by Internet atwww.proxyvote.com.

Shareholders in Ireland may participate in the Annual General Meeting by audio link at the offices of Arthur Cox, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland, at 2:8:00 p.m. local time.a.m. Irish Standard Time. See “Questions and Answers About the Annual General Meeting and Voting” for further information on participating in the Annual General Meeting in Ireland.**

	Where Four Seasons Hotel, Arthur Cox, 12 Gough Square,Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London, EC4A 3DW United Kingdom*England, W1J 7DR*
	When Friday, May 15, 2020,13, 2022, 2:8:00 p.m. local timea.m. British Summer Time

Whether or not you plan to attend, we encourage you to vote your shares by submitting a proxy as soon as possible, AND IN ANY EVENT AT LEAST 48 HOURS BEFORE THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. IF YOU PLAN TO SUBMIT A PROXY, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PROXY BY INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, OR YOUR PRINTED PROXY CARD MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE ADDRESS STATED ON THE CARD, BY NO LATER THAN 2:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME (9:00 A.M. EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME) ON MAY 13, 2020.

Whether or not you plan to attend, we encourage you to vote your shares by submitting a proxy as soon as possible. IF YOU PLAN TO SUBMIT A PROXY, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PROXY BY INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, OR YOUR PRINTED PROXY CARD MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE ADDRESS STATED ON THE CARD, BY NO LATER THAN 11:59 P.M. EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME ON MAY 12, 2022 OR, IF YOU ARE A BENEFICIAL OWNER, SUCH EARLIER TIME AS YOUR BANK, BROKER-DEALER, BROKERAGE FIRM, OR NOMINEE MAY REQUIRE.
	By Internet You can vote over the internet atwww.proxyvote.comwww.proxyvote.com..
	By Telephone You can vote by telephone from the United States or Canada by calling the telephone number on the proxy card.
	By Mail You can vote by mail by marking, signing and dating your proxy card or voting instruction form and returning it in the postage-paid envelope, which will then be forwarded to nVent Electric plc’s registered address electronically.
	Vote in Person If you plan to attend the Annual General Meeting and wish to vote your ordinary shares in person, we will give you a ballot paper at the meeting.

*	If we are unable to hold the meeting at this location, date and/or time, it will be held at an alternative location, date and/or time that we will publicly announce.
**	If participation at the offices of Arthur Cox is not possible, we will publicly announce an alternative venue at which shareholders in Ireland may participate by audio link.

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Proxy Statement for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of nVent Electric plc to be held on Friday, May 15, 2020

Proxy Statement for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of nVent Electric plc to be held on Friday, May 13, 2022

Proxy Statement Summary

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider, and you should read the entire proxy statement before voting. Proxy materials are being made available on or about March 31, 2020April 1, 2022 to our shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting.

The SeparationVoting Matters and Recommendations

Proposal			Board Recommendation		Vote Required		Page Reference
1.	Election of Director Nominees		FOR each nominee		Majority of votes cast		14
2.	Approve, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers		FOR		Majority of votes cast		31
3.	Ratify, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Independent Auditor and Authorize, by Binding Vote, the Audit and Finance Committee to Set the Auditor’s Remuneration		FOR		Majority of votes cast		65
4.	Authorize the Board of Directors to Allot and Issue New Shares under Irish Law		FOR		Majority of votes cast		68
5.	Authorize the Board of Directors to Opt Out of Statutory Preemption Rights under Irish Law		FOR		75% of votes cast		69
6.	Authorize the Price Range at which nVent Electric plc Can Re-Allot Treasury Shares under Irish Law		FOR		75% of votes cast		71

On April 30, 2018, the separation of our company from Pentair plc (“Pentair”) into two publicly traded companies was completed (the “Separation”).

Proposal 1	Election of Director Nominees
		The Board recommends a vote FOR each Director nominee		Page 10

Board and Governance Highlights

Director Nominees

For the 2022 Annual General Meeting, our Board has recommended the following director nominees.

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Name, Age		Director Since		Independent		Audit and Finance		Compensation and Human Capital		Committee MembershipsGovernance and Social Responsibility
Name		Director Since		Independent		Audit and Finance		Compensation		Governance
Brian M. Baldwin,37		2018						●		●
Jerry W. Burris,56 58		2018						◉		●
Susan M. Cameron,61 63		2018				●
Michael L. Ducker,66 68		2018						●		◉*
Randall J. Hogan,64		2018	66
Ronald L. Merriman,75		2018
Nicola T. Palmer,52		—				◉
Herbert K. Parker,61		2018				●*
Beth A. Wozniak (CEO),55		2018				●
Jacqueline Wright,  60		2020						●		●

Committee Member:

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Committee Chair:

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*	Upon completion of the 2020 Annual General Meeting, Mr. Ducker will become Chair of the Governance Committee and Ms. Palmer will join the Audit and Finance Committee. Mr. Ducker currently serves as a member of the Governance Committee.

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Board Overview

Directors are chosen with a view to bringing to the Board a variety of rich financial and management experience and backgrounds and establishing a core of business advisers with financial and management expertise, as well as digital transformation experience.

Danita K. Ostling,<2 61two years tenure(1)	60%are diverse	8of10are independent directors–	50%have CEO experience			*
Nicola Palmer, 54		2020
Herbert K. Parker, 63		2018				*
Greg Scheu, 60		2021
Beth A. Wozniak (CEO), 57		2018
Jacqueline Wright, 62		2020

Committee Member:       Committee Chair: 

*	Upon completion of the 2022 Annual General Meeting, Mr. Parker will become the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee and Ms. Ostling will join the Audit and Finance Committee.

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Overview of the Board

Our Board considers a variety of factors described below under “Director Qualifications, Diversity and Tenure” when assessing the qualifications of Board nominees. Nine of our ten nominees are independent, and 50% have CEO experience.

(1)	Our director nominees’ average tenure is calculated by full years of completed service based on date of initial appointment or election to our Board.

Proposal 2	Approve, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers
		The Board recommends a vote FOR approval of the compensation of the Named Executive Officers		Page 24

Executive Compensation Highlights

These executive compensation highlights should be read in connection with the Executive Compensation section of this Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section (see page 26)33).

Our Compensation Philosophy

The Compensation and Human Capital Committee believes that the most effective executive compensation program aligns executive initiatives with shareholders’ economic interests. The Committee seeks to accomplish this by rewarding the achievement of specific annual and long-term and strategic goals that create lasting shareholder value. The Committee’s specific objectives include:

●	•	to motivate and reward executives for achieving annual and long-term financial objectives;
●	•	to align management and shareholder interests by encouraging employee stock ownership;
●	•	to provide rewards commensurate with individual and company performance;
●	•	to encourage growth and innovation; and
●	•	to attract and retain top-quality executives and key employees.

To balance these objectives, our executive compensation program uses the following direct compensation elements:

●	•	base salary, to provide fixed compensation competitive in the marketplace;
●	•	annual incentive compensation, to reward short-term performance against specific financial targets; and
●	•	long-term incentive compensation, to link management incentives to long-term value creation and shareholder return.

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The Compensation and Human Capital Committee reviews total compensation for executive officers and the relative levels of each of these forms of compensation against the Committee’s goals. The mix of total direct compensation (shown at target) for 20192021 for our Chief Executive Officer and the average of the other executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table below (our “Named Executive Officers”) is shown in the charts below.

2021 Target Direct Compensation Mix

CEO	Other Named Executive Officers

Proposal 3	Approve an Amendment to the nVent Electric plc 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan
		The Board recommends a voteFOR the approval of an amendment to the nVent Electric plc 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan		Page 54

Proposal 4	Ratify, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Appointment of the Independent Auditor and Authorize, by Binding Vote, the Audit and Finance Committee to Set the Auditor’s Remuneration
		The Board recommends a vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent auditor of nVent Electric plc and the authorization of the Audit and Finance Committee to set the auditor’s remuneration		Page 68

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Proposal 5	Authorize the Price Range at which nVent Electric plc can Re-allot Treasury Shares
		The Board recommends a voteFOR the authorization of the price range at which nVent Electric plc can re-allot shares it holds as treasury shares under Irish law		Page 71

At the Annual General Meeting, management will review nVent Electric plc’s affairs and will also present nVent Electric plc’s Irish statutory financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and the report of the statutory auditors thereon.

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Proposal 1	Elect Director Nominees
		The Board recommends a voteFOReach Director nominee

Our Board currently has eleventen members. On the recommendation of the Governance and Social Responsibility Committee, the Board has nominated each of the ten individuals named below for election for a one-year term expiring on completion of the 20212023 Annual General Meeting. Effective upon the completion of the 2020 Annual General Meeting, the Board has reduced its size to ten. If any of the nominees should become unable to accept election, the proxies named on the proxy card may vote for other persons selected by the Board. Management has no reason to believe that any of the nominees named below will be unable to serve his or her full term if elected.

Biographies of the director nominees follow. These biographies include for each director their ages (as of the date of the filing of this Proxy Statement); their business experience; thetheir publicly held directorships and somecertain other organizations of which they are, or have been within the past five years, directors; and a discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that each should serve as a director.

The resolutions in respect of this Proposal 1 are ordinary resolutions. The text of the resolutions in respect of Proposal 1 are as follows:

“IT IS RESOLVED, by separate ordinary resolutions, to elect the following ten director nominees for a term expiring on completion of the 20212023 Annual General Meeting: Brian M. Baldwin, Jerry W. Burris, Susan M. Cameron, Michael L. Ducker, Randall J. Hogan, Ronald L. Merriman,Danita K. Ostling, Nicola T. Palmer, Herbert K. Parker, Greg Scheu, Beth A. Wozniak, and Jacqueline Wright.”

Vote Requirement

Under our Articles of Association, the election of each director nominee requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at the Annual General Meeting. A nominee who does not receive a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election will not be elected to our Board. Your proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named in this Proxy Statement.

	The Board recommends a voteFORelection of each Director nominee.

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DirectorsDirector Nominees Standing for Election

Jerry W. Burris

Brian M. Baldwin
Director since2018 Age37 58 Independent Committees: CommitteesCompensation and Human Capital  Compensation(Chair)   Governance and Social Responsibility	Mr. Baldwinis a Partner and Senior Analyst of Trian Fund Management, L.P., a multi-billion dollar investment management firm, and he has served as a member of the investment team of Trian since August 2007. From 2015 until the Separation, Mr. Baldwin attended meetings of the board of directors of Pentair plc in an observer capacity. As a senior member of Trian’s investment team, he has worked with numerous public companies to implement operational, strategic, and corporate governance improvements. Prior to joining Trian, Mr. Baldwin was an analyst at Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity from 2005 to 2007. Qualifications:Mr. Baldwin brings expertise in the areas ofcorporate strategy development,investment in companies, finance, accounting,mergers & acquisitionsand thebroader industrial sector.

Jerry W. Burris
Director since2018 Age56 Independent Committees  Compensation(Chair)  Governance	Mr. Burrisis the President and Chief Executive Officer of Midwest Can Company, a manufacturer of portable fuel cans and specialty containers, a position he has held since May 2018. Mr. Burris served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Materials Group, Inc., a manufacturer of professionally installed exterior building products, from 2011 to 2014. Prior to that, he served as President, Precision Components of Barnes Group Inc., and was the President of Barnes Industrial, a global precision components business within Barnes Group. Prior to joining Barnes Group, Mr. Burris held a number of senior management positions at General Electric including President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Materials Quartz and Ceramics; General Manager of Global Services at GE Healthcare; head of global supply chain sourcing with GE Industrial Systems and Honeywell Integration. Mr. Burris has served as a director of Midwest Can Company since 2017 and Fifth Third Bancorp since 2016.in 2022 he joined the board of directors of Mohawk Industries, Inc., a global flooring manufacturer. During the past five years, Mr. Burris also previously served as a director of Fifth Third Bancorp and Pentair plc. Qualifications:Mr. Burris brings to our Board significantexecutive leadership experiencein management ofglobal manufacturing operationsand related processes, such assupply chain managementmanagemen,t, quality control and product development. Mr. Burris also provides our Board with insight intooperating best practicesand current developments in a variety of management contexts.

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Proposal 1Susan M. Cameron (Lead Director)

Susan M. Cameron (Lead Director upon completion of the 2020 Annual General Meeting)
Director since2018 Age61 63 Independent Committees  Audit Committees:   Compensation and Finance Human Capital   Governance and Social Responsibility	Ms. Cameronis the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Reynolds American Inc., a publicly-traded tobacco company, where she served as its Non-Executive Chairman from May 2017 to July 2017, its Executive Chairman from January 2017 to May 2017, and its Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2011 and as a member of its Board of Directors from 2006 to 2011. Prior to joining Reynolds American Inc., Ms. Cameron held various marketing, management and executive positions at Brown& Williamson Tobacco Corporation, a U.S. tobacco company. Ms. Cameron has served as a director of Aramark since 2019, as a director of Tupperware Brands Corporation since 2011 and the Non-Executive Chairman of Tupperware Brands Corporation since November 2019. During the past five years, Ms. Cameron also previously served as a director of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Qualifications:Ms. Cameron has considerable experience in the executive leadership and marketing functions of a public company. Ms. Cameron brings to our Board strong leadership skills,marketing and brand leadershipexpertise and essential insights and perspectives regarding the strategic andoperational opportunities and challenges of a global manufacturing business.

Proposal 1

Michael L. Ducker

Director since2018 Age66 68 Independent Committees: Committees Compensation and Human Capital  CompensationGovernance and Social Responsibility  Governance(Chair, upon completion of the 2020 Annual General Meeting)(Chair)

Mr. Duckeris the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Freight, a segment of FedEx Corporation, a global provider of supply chain, transportation, business and related information services, having served from 2015 to 2018. From 2009 to 2015 he held the positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and President of International for FedEx Express, a segment of FedEx Corporation, and prior to that he held various executive and management positions with FedEx Express.Express including serving as president of FedEx Express Asia Pacific in Hong Kong and leading the Southeast Asia and Middle East regions from Singapore, as well as Southern Europe from Milan, Italy. Mr. Ducker has served as a director of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. since 2014, and as a director of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. since 2020. He also serves as a director of Amway Corporation, a privately held direct selling business. Qualifications:Mr. Ducker’s significant seniorexecutive and international experiencecoupled with his extensive expertise incomplex global operations and logisticscomplements the strength of our Board. Mr. Ducker’s prior experience as Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Freight provides him with knowledge of a number of important areas, including leadership,risk assessmentand operational issues.

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Proposal 1Randall J. Hogan (Chairman)

Randall J. Hogan (Chairman)
Director since2018 Age6466 Independent Chairman since2018	Mr. Hoganserves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Prior to the Separation,separation of our company from Pentair plc in 2018, Mr. Hogan served as Pentair plc’s Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2018 and as its Chairman from 2002 to 2018. Prior to his role as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Hogan held various leadership roles at Pentair plc including President and Chief Operating Officer, and Executive Vice President and President of the Electrical and Electronic Enclosures Group. Mr. Hogan also held leadership roles with United Technologies Corporation as President of the Carrier Transicold Division; Pratt & Whitney Industrial Turbines as Vice President and General Manager; General Electric Company in executive positions in a variety of functions such as marketing, product management, and business development and planning; and McKinsey & Company as a consultant. Mr. Hogan has served as director of Medtronic plc since 2015. During the past five years, Mr. Hogan also previously served as a director of Pentair plc and Covidien plc. Qualifications:Mr. Hogan has significant leadership experience both with Pentair plc and predecessor employers demonstrating a wealth ofoperational management, strategic, organizational and business transformation acumen. His deep knowledge of business in general and our businesses, strengths and opportunities in particular, as well as his experience as a director in two othercomplex global public companiesallow him to make significant contributions to our Board.

Ronald L. Merriman
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Danita K. Ostling

Director sinceNominee2018 Age75 61 Independent Committees: Committees   Audit and Finance(Chair) Finance*

Mr. MerrimanMs. Ostling is a retired Vice Chairmanformer partner and partner of KPMGsenior leader at Ernst & Young LLP, a global accounting and consulting firm, where he heldor EY, having served in various leadership roles from 19671999 until her retirement in 2021. Ms. Ostling served a broad spectrum of publicly traded and privately held clients on complex issues in accounting, auditing, risk, regulatory and securities registrations. Ms. Ostling’s career with EY spanned 32 years and included serving as the Professional Practice Director for EY’s U.S. East Region from 2015-2021, and before that as Deputy Director Global Assurance Professional Practice – Accounting for eight years in London. In addition to 1997. At KPMG LLP, Mr. Merrimanher work at EY, Ms. Ostling also served as Vice Chairmanin leadership roles for Citigroup, Inc. and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB. In 2021, Ms. Ostling joined the board of directors of Circle Internet Financial LLC, a global financial technology firm, and in 2022 she joined the board of Varsity Brands, Inc., a privately held American apparel company. Ms. Ostling was recommended by a third party search firm to our Governance and Social Responsibility Committee of the Executive Management Committee. He also led KPMG’s Global Transportation & Logistics Practice and its Global Healthcare Practice and served as its U.S. Liaison PartnerBoard, which recommended to the Board to approve the nomination of Ms. Ostling to stand for Asia. More recently, Mr. Merriman founded Merriman Partners, a management advisory firm, in 2003 and served as its managing partner from 2004 to 2011. Prior to that, he served as managing director of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, a global law firm, as Executive Vice President of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, and a President of Ambassador Performance Group, Inc. Mr. Merriman has served as a director of Realty Income Corporation since 2005, and Aircastle Limited since 2006. Duringelection at the past five years, Mr. Merriman also previously served as a director of Pentair plc and Haemonetics Corporation.2022 Annual General Meeting. Qualifications:Mr. MerrimanMs. Ostling has extensive expertise infinancial managementaccounting and auditing, with significant experience consulting on complex accounting,enterprise risk management and operational controlsof multinational issues for large global companies. Throughout his professional career and public company audit committee experience, he has been exposedShe will also bring to issues involvingour board her subject matter expertise with respect to accounting and audit standards, business lawrisk management and corporate ethicscompliance.

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Proposal 1Nicola Palmer

Nicola T. Palmer
Director nomineesince 2020 Age52 54 Independent Committees   Committees: Audit and Finance* Finance	Ms. Palmeris the Chief Product Development OfficerTechnology Ambassador of Verizon Communications, Inc., a global provider of technology, communications, information and entertainment products and services, having served in that role since 2019.2022. Previously she served as Chief Product Development Officer from 2019 to 2022, as Chief Network Engineering Officer and Head of Wireless Networks from 2017-20182017 to 2018 and as Chief Technology Officer for Verizon Wireless from 2013-2017,2013 to 2017, after having served in technology roles of increasing responsibility for Verizon since 2000. Ms. Palmer was recommended by a third party search firm to our Governance Committee of the Board, which recommended to the Board to approve the nomination of Ms. Palmer to stand for election at the 2020 Annual General Meeting. Qualifications:With a career spanningtechnology, engineering, operations, service management, product development, and strategy/planning, Ms. Palmer has extensive expertise inbuilding, evolving and innovating technology products, platforms and services. She has significant experience in digital business transformation, cybersecurity, and evaluatingacquisitions and investments to drive innovation forward.

Proposal 1

Herbert K. Parker

Herbert K. ParkerMeeting)
Director since2018 Age61 Independent Committees  Audit and Finance	Mr. Parkerwas Executive Vice President of Operational Excellence for Harman International Industries, Inc., a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of audio products, lighting solutions and electronic systems, from 2015 to 2017, and was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Harman Industries, Inc. from 2008 to 2014. Previously, Mr. Parker served in various financial positions with ABB Ltd. including as Chief Financial Officer of the Americas region. Mr. Parker began his career as a staff accountant with C-E Systems. Mr. Parker has served as a director of each of Apogee Enterprises Inc. and American Axle & Manufacturing since 2018, and as a director of TriMas Corporation since 2015. Qualifications:Mr. Parker has extensive experience infinancial and asset management, accounting and audit,andSarbanes-Oxley compliancefor public companies. His experience serving as a financial executive with multiple public companies in many different countries has provided him with extensive leadership experience and subject matter expertise in enterpriserisk management, investor relations,operations and international business.

Greg Scheu

Beth A. Wozniak
Director since2018 2021 Age5560 Independent Committees:   Audit and Finance	Mr. Scheu is the retired President of the Americas region as well as Head of Group Service and Business Integration of ABB, Inc., a subsidiary of leading global technology company ABB Ltd., having served in those roles from 2015 until his retirement in October 2019. Mr. Scheu also served as a member of ABB Ltd.’s Executive Committee from 2012 until his retirement. From 2013 to 2014, he was ABB Inc.’s Head of Business Integration, Group Service and North America. From 2012 to 2013, he was its Head of Marketing and Customer Solutions. Mr. Scheu joined ABB in 2001 and was responsible for the integration of key acquisitions into ABB. After his retirement from ABB in 2019, Mr. Scheu founded StratPro Partners, a consulting and advisory practice, and is also a senior advisor at Lindsay Goldberg, a private equity firm. Qualifications: Mr. Scheu brings extensive industry and mergers and acquisitions experience. His service as an executive for the subsidiary of a leading global technology company has provided him with extensive leadership experience and subject matter expertise in enterprise operations and business integrations.

Proposal 1

Beth A. Wozniak

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Jacqueline Wright
Director since2020 Age 60 62 Independent Committees   Committees: Compensation   and Human Capital Governance and Social Responsibility	Ms. Wrightis the Chief Digital Officer, Microsoft US, of Microsoft Corporation, a multinational technology company, having served in that role since 2019. Previously, she served from 2017-20192017 - 2019 as Chief Digital & Information Officer for HM Revenue& Customs, the British government tax department, under a two-year secondment arrangement. Prior to that, she served from 2011-20172011 to 2017 as Vice President, IT Strategic Enterprise Services of Microsoft Corporation. Before that, Ms. Wright served in chief information officer roles for companies including BP plc and General Electric Company. In 2021 Ms. Wright was recommended byjoined the board of directors of each of Exelixis, Inc., an oncology-focused biotechnology company, and Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc., a third partyprivately held global leadership advisory and search firm to our Governance Committee of the Board, which recommended to the Board to approve the nomination of Ms. Wright to stand for election at the 2020 Annual General Meeting.firm. Qualifications:Ms. Wright possesses extensive digital transformationexperience, and contributes leadership in the areas of cybersecurity, technology advancementand the deployment of key customer experiences across multiple technology platforms.

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Director Independence

The Board, based on the recommendation of the Governance and Social Responsibility Committee, determines the independence of each director and director nominee based upon the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and the categorical standards of independence included in our Corporate Governance Principles, which can be found atinvestors.nvent.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents/default.aspx. Based on these standards, the Board has affirmatively determined that all of our non-employee directors and director nominees other than Mr. HoganMs. Wozniak (i.e., Mses. Cameron, Ostling, Palmer and Wright, David H. Y. Ho and William T. Monahan,Ronald L. Merriman and Messrs. Baldwin, Burris, Ducker, MerrimanHogan, Parker and Parker)Scheu) are independent and have no material relationship with us (including our directors and officers) that would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment. The Board has affirmatively determined that Randall J. Hogan (Chairman of the Board) and BethMs. Wozniak (Chief Executive Officer) areis not independent.

In determining independence, our Board and Governance and Social Responsibility Committee consider circumstances where a director or director nominee serves as an employee of another company that is a customer or supplier. The Board and Committee have reviewed each of these relationships, which are set forth below. In each case, the relationship involves sales to or purchases from the other company that, for each of 20172019 through 2019,2021, were (a) less than the greater of $1 million or 2% of that organization’s consolidated gross revenues during each of 2019, 20182021, 2020 and 2017;2019; and (b) not of an amount or nature that impeded the director’s exercise of independent judgment.

Director Qualifications;Qualifications, Diversity and Tenure

The Governance and Social Responsibility Committee and the Board recognize that the Board’s contributions and effectiveness depend on the character and abilities of each director individually as well as on their collective strengths. Accordingly, the Committee and the Board evaluate candidates based on severala number of criteria taking into account issues of judgment, diversity (including gender, racial and ethnic diversity), age, and skills, all in the context of an assessment of the perceived needs of the Board at that point in time. Directors are chosen with a view to bringing to the Board a diversity of experience and backgrounds and establishing a core of business advisers with financial and management expertise. The CommitteeWhen evaluating candidates for nomination as new directors, the Governance and Social Responsibility considers, and will ask any search firm that it engages to provide, a diverse set of candidates.

We believe that representation of gender, racial, ethnic, geographical, cultural and other diverse perspectives contributes to our Board’s understanding of the Board also consider candidates with substantial experience outside the business community, such as in the public, academic or scientific communities.perspectives of our customers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders. In addition, the Committee and the Board consider the tenure of incumbent directors, with the goal of having a mix of shorter-tenured directors who provide fresh perspectives and longer-tenured directors who provide experience regarding our company and its business.

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Proposal 1

When considering candidates for election as directors, the Committee and the Board are guided by the following principles, found in our Corporate Governance Principles:

Our policies on director qualifications emphasize our commitment to diversity at the Board level – diversity not only of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion or national origin but also diversity of experience, expertise and training. The Governance and Social Responsibility Committee in the first instance is charged with observing these policies, and strives in reviewing each candidate to assess the fit of his or her qualifications with the needs of the Board and our company at that time, given the then current mix of directors’ attributes. Board composition, effectiveness and processes are all subject areas of our annual Board self-assessment, which is described in more detail below under “Board and Committee Self-Assessments.”

Consistent withListed below are the skills and experience that we consider to be important for our Corporate Governance Principles, Mr. Merriman previously submitted todirector nominees in light of our current business strategy and culture. The lack of a bullet does not mean the director does not possess that item. Rather, a bullet indicates a specific area of focus or expertise of a director on which the Board currently relies. Please see our director nominees’ biographies, which describe their respective experience, qualifications, attributes and skills relative to consider an offer to tender his resignation from the Board effective asthis list.

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Shareholder Recommendations, Nominations and Proxy Access

Our Corporate Governance Principles provide that the Governance and Social Responsibility Committee will consider persons properly recommended by shareholders to become nominees for election as directors in accordance with the criteria described above under “Directors Qualifications;Qualifications, Diversity and Tenure.” Recommendations for consideration by the Governance and Social Responsibility Committee, together with appropriate biographical information concerning each proposed nominee, should be sent in writing to c/o Corporate Secretary, nVent Electric plc, The Mille, 1000 Great West Road, 8th Floor (East), London, TW8 9DW United Kingdom.

Our Articles of Association set forth procedures to be followed by shareholders who wish to nominate candidates for election as directors in connection with an Annual General Meeting. All such nominations must be accompanied by certain background and other information specified in the Articles of Association and submitted within the timing requirements set forth in the Articles of Association. See “Shareholder Proposals and Nominations for the 20212023 Annual General Meeting” below for more information.

In addition, eligible shareholders may under certain circumstances be able to nominate and include in our proxy materials a specified number of candidates for election as directors under the proxy access provisions in our Articles of Association. All such nominations must be accompanied by certain background and other information specified in our Articles of Association and submitted within the timing requirements set forth in our Articles of Association. See “Shareholder Proposals and Nominations for the 20212023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders” below for more information.

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Including Risk Oversight

Risk Oversight

At the direction of our Board, we have instituted an enterprise-wide risk management system to assess, monitor and mitigate risks that arise in the course of our business. The Board has determined that the Board as a whole, and not a separate committee, will oversee our risk management process. Our Board’s oversight includes those risks relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Board has reviewed and overseen and continues to monitor the risks we face related to COVID-19 as well as our management’s response and our strategies to address and help mitigate the risks we identify.

Each of our Board Committees focuses on specific risks within its respective area of responsibility, butresponsibility. For example:

However, our Board believes that the overall enterprise risk management process is more properly overseen by the full Board. Our Chief Financial Officer has the primary responsibility to the Board in the planning, assessment and reporting of our risk profile. The Board reviews an assessment of, and a report on, our risk profile, including a report from our Chief Technology Officer regarding risks relating to information security and cybersecurity matters, on a regular basis.

Oversight in Company Strategy

At least once per year, the Board and senior management engage in an in-depth strategic review of the Company’sour outlook and strategies which is designed to create long-term shareholder value and serves as the foundation upon which goals are established. Throughout the year, the Board then monitors management’s progress against such goals.

Oversight in Succession Planning

The Board views its role in succession planning and talent development as a key responsibility. At least once annually, usually as part of the annual talent review process, the Board discusses and reviews the succession plans for the Chief Executive Officer position and other executive officers and key contributors. The Directorsdirectors become familiar with potential successors for key management positions through various means, including annual talent reviews, presentations to the Board, and communications outside of meetings. Our succession planning process is an organization-wide practice designed to proactively identify, develop and retain the leadership talent that is critical for our future business success.

Communicating with Shareholders and Other Stakeholders

We believe that maintaining an active dialogue with our shareholders is important to our long-term success. We value the opinions of our shareholders and other stakeholders and welcome their views throughout the year on key issues. See “Shareholder Engagement” above for more detail on our engagement initiatives, including participation by our directors.

If you wish to communicate with the Board, non-management directors as a group or any individual director, including the Lead Director, you may send a letter addressed to the relevant party, nVent Electric plc, c/o Corporate Secretary, The Mille, 1000 Great West Road, 8th Floor (East), London, TW8 9DW United Kingdom. Any such communications will be forwarded directly to the relevant addressee(s).

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Policies and Procedures Regarding Related Person Transactions

Our Board has adopted written policies and procedures regarding related person transactions. For purposes of these policies and procedures:

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Potential related person transactions must be disclosed in the manner required in our Articles of Association and be brought to the attention of the Governance and Social Responsibility Committee directly or to the General Counsel for transmission to the Committee. Disclosure to the Committee should occur before, if possible, or as soon as practical after the related person transaction is effected, but in any event as soon as practical after the executive officer or director becomes aware of the related person transaction. The Committee’s decision whether to approve or ratify a related person transaction is to be made in light of a number of factors, including the following:

We had no related person transactions during 2019.2021. To our knowledge, no related person transactions are currently proposed.

Board Structure and Processes

We and our Board are committed to the highest standards of corporate governance and ethics. As part of this commitment, the Board has adopted a set of Corporate Governance Principles that sets out our policies on:

The Board regularly reviews and, if appropriate, revises the Corporate Governance Principles and other governance instruments, including the charters of its Audit and Finance, Compensation and Human Capital and Governance and Social Responsibility Committees, in accordance with rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, the NYSE and the NYSE.Irish law. The Board has also adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and has designated it as the code of ethics for our Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers.

Copies of these documents are available, free of charge, on our website athttps://investors.nvent.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents/default.aspx.

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Board Leadership Structure

We do not have a policy requiring the positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer to be held by different persons. Rather, the Board has the discretion to determine whether the positions should be combined or separated. TheAt the time of the separation of our company from Pentair plc in 2018, the Board determined in connection with the Separation, that it iswas in the Company’sour best interests to separate the positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Wozniak currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Hogan currently serves as our Chairman of the Board.

In addition, the Board will annually select an independent Lead Director whenever the Chairman is not an independent director. Our current Lead Director is Mr. Monahan, and Ms. Cameron will assumeCameron. While our Chairman is now an independent director, the role ofBoard has elected to continue to select an independent Lead Director upon completion of the 2020 Annual General Meeting.Director. The Lead Director shall havehas the responsibilities set forth in the Corporate Governance Principles or as requested by the Board, including:

Board and Committee Self-Assessments

The Board annually conducts a self-assessment of the Board and each Committee. The assessment process consists of a written evaluation comprising both quantitative scoring and narrative comments on a range of topics, including the composition and structure of the Board, the type and frequency of communications and information provided to the Board and the Committees, the Board’s effectiveness in carrying out its functions and responsibilities, the effectiveness of the Committee structure, directors’ preparation and participation in the meetings and the values and culture displayed by the Board members. The evaluation responses are compiled by a third party and shared with the Chairman, Lead Director and Governance and Social Responsibility Committee Chair who leadled a discussion of the assessment results at the following Board meeting.

In addition, a verbal assessment is conducted at the end of every Board meeting and every Committee meeting, other than those Committee meetings scheduled for the purpose of reviewing quarterly earnings materials.

Board Education

Board education is an ongoing, year-round process, which begins when a director joins our Board. Upon joining our Board, new directors are provided with a comprehensive orientation to our company, including our business, strategy and governance. For example, new directors typically participate in introductory meetings with our senior business and functional leaders. On an ongoing basis, directors receive presentations on a variety of topics related to their work on the Board and within the industry, both from senior management and from experts outside of the company. Directors may also enroll in continuing education programs sponsored by third parties at our expense.

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We encourage our directors to limit the number of other boards (excluding non-profits) on which they serve, taking into account potential board attendance, participation and effectiveness on these boards. Our Corporate Governance Principles provide that no director should serve on more than four other public company boards, and directors are required to advise our Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Chair of our Governance and Social Responsibility Committee before accepting an invitation to serve on another board or on the audit committee of another board. If the position is on the board or the audit committee of a public company, the related director is also required to confirm that he or she has the time and capability, notwithstanding the new position, to fulfill his or her responsibilities as a director of the company. Before our Governance and Social Responsibility Chair confirms any request, we review any potential conflicts of interest or other matters that may affect the director’s independence.

All of our directors are currently in compliance with the provisions of our Corporate Governance Principles relating to director commitments.

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Committees of the Board

The Board has three standing committees comprised solely of independent directors: the Audit and Finance Committee, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Governance and Social Responsibility Committee. The committee members generally also meet in executive session without management present at each meeting. The number of meetings of the Board and each committee held during 2021 is presented below.

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Attendance at Meetings

The Board held five meetings in 2019.2021. Members of the Board are expected to attend all scheduled meetings of the Board and the Committees on which they serve and all Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings. In each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the non-employee directors met in executive session, without the Chief Executive Officer or other members of management present. TheIt has been our practice for the independent directors generallyto also meet in executive session, chaired by the Lead Director, and did so at each regular scheduled Board meeting in 2019.least once per year. All directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate of all

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meetings of the Board and all meetings of the Committees on which they served during the period for which such persons served as directors in 2019,2021, with an average attendance of over 98%. All of the directors then servingMs. Wozniak and Mr. Hogan attended the 20192021 Annual General Meeting in person, exceptperson. All other directors nominated for Messrs. Baldwinelection at the 2021 Annual General Meeting joined by telephone due to health and Parker, who attended by telephone.safety considerations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director Compensation

Director compensation is recommended by the GovernanceCompensation and Human Capital Committee and approved by the Board. We use a combination of cash and equity-based incentive compensation to attract and retain qualified directors. Compensation of our directors reflects our belief that a significant portion of directors’ compensation should be tied to long-term growth in shareholder value. Ms. Wozniak, our Chief Executive Officer, is our only employee director; she receives no separate compensation for her Board service. Directors do not receive fees for meeting attendance.

2021 Director Retainers

The annual retainers for non-employee directors’ service on the Board and Board committees in 2021, which were paid on quarterly basis, were as follows:

In 2019December 2021, Willis Towers Watson reviewed our director compensation with the GovernanceCompensation and Human Capital Committee based on the director compensation practices of our executive compensation peer group (described on page 30)39). No changes to the annual retainers were recommended at this time and no changes wereor made.

Director Retainers

The annual retainers for non-employee directors’ service on the Board and Board Committees in 2019 were as follows:

2021 Equity Awards

Non-employee directors also receive an annual grant, with a value of $130,000. Grants are made in the form of restricted stock units, which generally vest one year after the grant date. Share withholding is allowed to cover the taxes on restricted stock unit vesting. The amount of the annual grant was set at $130,000 in 2018. In December 2020, the Governance and Social Responsibility Committee, which was at that time responsible for reviewing and recommending director compensation, determined that, beginning in 2021, we would make the annual grants closer to our annual general meeting rather than on the first trading day in January of each year, which was our prior practice. As a result, we did not make a grant in January 2021 and instead director grants were made in conjunction with our 2021 annual general meeting in May 2021. Accordingly, director grants in 2021 were pro-rated on a one-time to account for the shift in timing.

During its December 2021 review of director compensation with Willis Towers Watson, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee recommended that the Board increase the amount of the annual grant from $130,000 to $140,000. The Board approved this increase in February 2022, acknowledging that 2022 grants will be made in conjunction with the 2022 Annual General Meeting.

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Stock Ownership Guidelines for Non-Employee Directors

Directors are restricted from selling nVent ordinary shares until they meet the stock ownership guideline of five times the annual board retainer within five years. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one of our ordinary shares upon vesting and includes one dividend equivalent unit, which entitles the holder to all cash dividends declared on one of our ordinary shares from and after the date of grant. Dividend equivalent units are accrued during the vesting period, and paid to directors in cash at the same time the related restricted stock units vest.

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Director Compensation Table

The table below summarizes the compensation that we paid to non-employee directors for 2019.2021.

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Name		Outstanding Stock Options
Brian Baldwin30		—
Jerry W. BurrisnVent Electric plc		32,549
Susan Cameron		—
Michael Ducker		—
David H. Y. Ho		22,017
Randall Hogan		1,411,163
Ronald L. Merriman		38,665
William T. Monahan		32,549
Herbert Parker		—

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Executive Compensation

Proposal 2	Approve, by Non-Binding Advisory Vote, the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers
		The Board recommends a voteFOR approval of the compensation of the Named Executive Officers

In accordance with Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Board is asking the shareholders to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers disclosed in the sections below titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation Tables.” We currently hold these votes annually and expect to hold the next such vote at our 20212023 Annual General Meeting.

Executive compensation is an important matter to the Board and the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and to our shareholders. We have designed our executive compensation programs to align executive and shareholder interests by rewarding the achievement of specific annual and long-term goals that create long-term shareholder value. We believe that our executive compensation programs provide competitive compensation that will motivate and reward executives for achieving annual and long-term financial and strategic objectives, provide rewards commensurate with performance to incentivize the Named Executive Officers to perform at their highest levels, encourage growth and innovation, attract and retain the Named Executive Officers and other key executives and align our executive compensation with shareholders’ interests through the use of equity-based incentive awards.

The Compensation and Human Capital Committee has overseen the development and implementation of our executive compensation programs in line with these compensation objectives. The Compensation and Human Capital Committee also continuously reviews, evaluates and updates our executive compensation programs to ensure that we provide competitive compensation that motivates the Named Executive Officers to perform at their highest levels while increasing long-term value to our shareholders.

With these compensation objectives in mind, the Compensation Committee has taken a number of compensation actions to align with our shareholders’ interests, including the following:

●With these compensation objectives in mind, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee has taken a number of compensation actions to align with our shareholders’ interests, including the following:
•	Annual cash incentives for the Named Executive Officers are based on performance goals that correlate strongly with two primary objectives: profitable growth and consistent, strong cash flow.
●•	A significant portion of total compensation is “at risk” if certain performance goals are not satisfied or otherwise subject to our future performance.
●•	Executive officers must comply with rigorous stock ownership guidelines.

These and other actions demonstrate our continued commitment to align executive compensation with shareholders’ interests while providing competitive compensation to attract, motivate and retain the Named Executive Officers and other key executives. We will continue to review and adjust our executive compensation programs with these goals in mind to ensure the long-term success of our company and generate increased long-term value to our shareholders.

This non-binding advisory vote gives you an opportunity to express your views about our executive compensation programs. As we further align our executive compensation programs with the interests of our shareholders while continuing to retain key talented executives that drive our company’s success, we ask that you approve the compensation of the Named Executive Officers.

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The resolution in respect of this Proposal 2 is an ordinary resolution. The text of the resolution in respect of Proposal 2 is as follows:

“IT IS RESOLVED, that, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of nVent Electric plc’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the accompanying compensation tables and the related disclosures contained in nVent Electric plc’s proxy statement is hereby approved.”

Vote Requirement

Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Named Executive Officers requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at the Annual General Meeting.

	Each of the Board and the Compensation and Human Capital Committee recommends a voteFORthe approval of the compensation of the Named Executive Officers.

Compensation and Human Capital Committee Report

The Compensation and Human Capital Committee has reviewed and discussed the following Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management and, based on such review and discussions, the Committee has recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.2021.

THE COMPENSATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL COMMITTEE

Jerry W. Burris,Chair

BrianSusan M. Baldwin
David H.Y. HoCameron
Michael L. Ducker

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Our Named Executive Officers

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the compensation programs and decisions made by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee in regard to the compensation of the following named executive officers (“Named Executive Officers”) for 2019:2021:

2019Key Business Results and Goals^*

nVent is a $2.2$2.5 billion in sales, high-performance electrical company with a dedicated team of approximately 9,5009,900 people and trusted brands such as nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, RAYCHEM, SCHROFF and TRACER. We design, manufacture, market, install, and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world’s most sensitive equipment, buildings, and critical processes in the industrial, commercial & residential, energy and infrastructure verticals. We offer a comprehensive range of enclosures, electrical connections and fastening, and thermal management solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. From heat trace cables to critical equipment enclosures to labor-efficient fastening systems, we enable customers to improve performance, lower costs and reduce downtime.

With a culture rooted in continuous improvement, the core of our operating model is Spark our management system. Spark has five elements: People, Growth, Lean, Digital and Velocity.system defines how we operate. Together, they provide the mindset and operating system to propel the success of our new company. Spark supports the high performance culture we are buildingfostering at nVent. Spark hasnVent, and the five elements: People Growth, Lean, Digital and Velocity:elements are described as: