Registration No. 33-60055
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
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 (IRS 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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The Registrant registered 100,000 shares of Common Stock and related
Preferred Share Purchase Rights which were offered to eligible employees of the
Registrant pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Emerson Electric Co.
The Plan has been discontinued, and, therefore, the Registrant removes from
registration all shares of Common Stock and related Preferred Share Purchase
Rights not sold pursuant to the Plan.
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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
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of St.
Louis, State of Missouri on July 21, 1999.
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
By: /s/ H. M. Smith
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Assistant Secretary and
Assistant General Counsel
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