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Honeywell International Inc.

Music Piracy Network at British Office

Date: 07/02/2007 (Date of Investigation - approx.)

Misconduct Type: Intellectual Property

Enforcement Agency: International

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Criminal

Amount: $0

Disposition: Pending

Synopsis: According to media reports, Honeywell is being investigated by the police for an alleged illegal music filesharing network operating out of a British office. Strathclyde Police, together with the UK record labels’ trade association, served a warrant on the company’s Motherwell premises in July 2007. It is alleged that thousands of music files were illegally shared on the company’s servers.