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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 1995.
Registration No. 33-_______
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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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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MISSOURI 43-0259330
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(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
8000 West Florissant Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63136
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(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
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(Full title of the plan)
Harley M. Smith, Esq.
Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
Emerson Electric Co.
8000 West Florissant Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63136
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(314) 553-2431
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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<CAPTION>
Title of securities Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
to be registered registered offering price aggregate offering registration
per share <F1> price <F1><F2> fee
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<C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock $1.00 par value 100,000 shares<F3> $68.625 $6,862,500 $2,367
Preferred Share Purchase Rights 100,000 N/A N/A N/A
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<FN>
<F1> Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices for shares of Common Stock reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on June 2, 1995.
<F2> Each share of Common Stock issued also currently represents one Preferred Share Purchase Right.
Preferred Share Purchase Rights cannot currently trade separately from the underlying Common Stock
and therefore do not carry a separate price or necessitate an additional registration fee.
<F3> Plus such additional shares as may be issued pursuant to anti-dilution provisions.
</TABLE>
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the
same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this
form relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. Consequently,
pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed by Emerson Electric Co. and the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, Registration No. 33-32576, are incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement.
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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 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 County of St. Louis, State of Missouri on June 5, 1995.
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
By: /s/ H. M. Smith
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Assistant Secretary and
Assistant 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 indicated on June 5, 1995.
Signature Title
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* Director
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(L. L. Browning, Jr.)
* Director
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(A. A. Busch III)
* Director
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(D. C. Farrell)
* Director
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(J. A. Frates)
* Director
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(R. B. Horton)
* Chairman, Chief Executive
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(C. F. Knight)
* Director
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(G. A. Lodge)
* Director
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(V. R. Loucks, Jr.)
* Director
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(R. B. Loynd)
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* Director
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(R. L. Ridgway)
* Director
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(R. W. Staley)
* Director
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(A. E. Suter)
* Director
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(W. M. Van Cleve)
* Director
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(E. E. Whitacre, Jr.)
* Director
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(E. F. Williams, Jr.)
* Director
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(F. T. Wilson)
/s/ W. J. Galvin Senior Vice President-
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(W. J. Galvin) Financial Officer
(principal accounting officer)
*By /s/ H. M. Smith
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(Harley M. Smith)
Attorney-In-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
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5 Opinion of Harley M. Smith.
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.2 Consent of Harley M. Smith.
(contained in Exhibit 5)
24.1 Power of Attorney (October 4, 1994)
24.2 Power of Attorney (April 4, 1995)
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EXHIBIT 5
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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
8000 W. FLORISSANT
P. O. BOX 4100
ST. LOUIS, MO 63136
HARLEY M. SMITH
ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
(314) 553-2431 June 5, 1995
Emerson Electric Co.
8000 West Florissant Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63136
Gentlemen:
I am Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of
Emerson Electric Co. (the "Company"), and in such capacity I am familiar with
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to which this opinion is filed as an
exhibit (the "Registration Statement") which registers under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, 100,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the
"Shares") which may be purchased pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
of Emerson Electric Co. (the "Plan"), including 100,000 Preferred Share
Purchase Rights.
I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise
identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records,
certificates of public officials and other instruments as I deemed necessary
for the purposes of the opinion expressed herein.
On the basis of the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the
Shares (including the Preferred Share Purchase Rights) to which the
Registration Statement relates, when sold in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Yours truly,
/S/ HARLEY M. SMITH
Harley M. Smith
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EXHIBIT 23.1
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
Emerson Electric Co.:
We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by reference. Our
report on the consolidated financial statements of Emerson Electric Co. as of
September 30, 1994 and for the year then ended refers to a change in its method
of accounting for post-retirement benefits other than pensions.
/S/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
June 5, 1995
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EXHIBIT 24.1
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors of Emerson Electric Co. (the
"Company") hereby constitutes and appoints R. W. Staley, W. J. Galvin, W. W.
Withers, C. W. Groennert and H. M. Smith, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all registration statements on Form S-8 registering
shares of the Company's Common Stock (including Preferred Share Purchase
Rights) which may be offered pursuant to any employee benefit plan of the
Company ("Plan") and interests in the Plan with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and hereby grants power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated and effective as of the 4th day of October, 1994.
/s/ C. F. Knight /s/ G. A. Lodge
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C. F. Knight G. A. Lodge
/s/ J. J. Adorjan /s/ R. B. Loynd
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J. J. Adorjan R. B. Loynd
/s/ L. L. Browning, Jr. /s/ B. A. Schriever
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L. L. Browning, Jr. B. A. Schriever
/s/ A. A. Busch, III /s/ R. W. Staley
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A. A. Busch, III R. W. Staley
/s/ D. C. Farrell /s/ A. E. Suter
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D. C. Farrell A. E. Suter
/s/ J. A. Frates /s/ W. M. Van Cleve
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J. A. Frates W. M. Van Cleve
/s/ R. B. Horton /s/ E. F. Williams, Jr.
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R. B. Horton E. F. Williams, Jr.
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EXHIBIT 24.2
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors of Emerson Electric Co. (the
"Company") hereby constitutes and appoints W. J. Galvin, W. W. Withers, C. W.
Groennert and H. M. Smith, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all registration statements on Form S-8 registering shares of the Company's
Common Stock (including Preferred Share Purchase Rights) which may be offered
pursuant to any employee benefit plan of the Company ("Plan") and interests in
the Plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Commission, and hereby grants power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Dated and effective as of the 4th day of April, 1995.
/s/ Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. /s/ E. E. Whitacre, Jr.
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V. R. Loucks, Jr. E. E. Whitacre, Jr.
/s/ Rozanne L. Ridgway /s/ F. T. Wilson
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R. L. Ridgway F. T. Wilson
