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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2000
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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EATON CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Ohio 34-0196300
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(State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
Eaton Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(Address of principal executive offices)
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EATON CORPORATION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
(Full Title of Plan)
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E. R. Franklin, Secretary
Eaton Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service: (216) 523-4103
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of Maximum Maximum
Securities Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
to be to be Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered Per Share Price(1) Fee
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Common Shares
with a par value
of $.50 each 500,000 N/A $36,281,250 $9,578.25
Plan Participations(2) Indeterminate N/A N/A N/A
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416(c), this Registration statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan referenced above.
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Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, the information contained in registration
Statement No. 333-28869 is hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement, except as set forth below under Item 8.
Item 8. Exhibits
See List of Exhibits at page 3.
SIGNATURES
THE REGISTRANT -- Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio,
on the 16th day of August, 2000.
EATON CORPORATION
By /s/ J. R. Horst
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J. R. Horst
Vice President
and General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Name Title Date
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* Chairman and Chief Executive August 16, 2000
---------------------- Officer; Principal Executive
Stephen R. Hardis Officer; Director
* President and Chief Operating
---------------------- Officer; Director
Alexander M. Cutler
* Executive Vice President - Chief
---------------------- Financial and Planning Officer;
Adrian T. Dillon Principal Financial Officer
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* Vice President and Controller;
----------------------- Principal Accounting Officer
Billie K. Rawot
* Director
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Michael J. Critelli
* Director
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Ernie Green
* Director
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Deborah L. McCoy
* Director
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John R. Miller
* Director
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Furman C. Moseley
* Director
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Victor A. Pelson
* Director
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A. William Reynolds
* Director
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Gary L. Tooker
*By /s/ DAVID M. O'LOUGHLIN
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David M. O'Loughlin, Attorney-in-Fact
for the Officers and Directors
signing in the capacities indicated
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
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23 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24 Power of Attorney.
