July 8-K Document


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): July 20, 2015

Emerson Electric Co.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 
 
 
 
Missouri
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-278
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(Commission
File Number)
43-0259330
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 
 
 
 
8000 West Florissant Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
63136
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(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(314) 553-2000
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Frank L. Steeves has submitted his resignation to Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”) as Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, each effective July 20, 2015. Mr. Steeves will remain as an employee of the Company until September 30, 2015 (the end of the Company's fiscal year) to be available to assist with the orderly transition of key legal items and community activities to other Emerson executives.




SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date:
July 23, 2015
By:
/s/ John G. Shively
 
 
 
John G. Shively
Vice President and
Assistant Secretary