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): June 9, 2006

 

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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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

(d) Effective June 9, 2006, the Board of Directors of Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”) appointed Randall L. Stephenson, Chief Operating Officer and a director of AT&T Inc., as a director of the Company to serve in the class of 2007. Mr. Stephenson was also appointed to serve as a member of the Compensation Committee.

 

A copy of the June 13, 2006 press release announcing Mr. Stephenson’s appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  

Exhibits

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibits

 

99.1

Press Release dated June 13, 2006.

 

 

 



 

 

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:  June 13, 2006

By:

/s/Timothy G. Westman

 

 

Timothy G. Westman
Associate General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 



 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibits

 

99.1

Press Release dated June 13, 2006.