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): February 7, 2012

 

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 2.02     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

Quarterly Results Press Release

On Tuesday, February 7, 2012, a press release was issued regarding the first quarter 2012 results of Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”). A copy of this press release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The press release contains non-GAAP financial measures as such term is defined in Regulation G under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating the Company, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies. The reasons management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information are set forth in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. References to orders in the press release refer to the Company’s trailing three-month average GAAP underlying orders versus the prior year as reported in our Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2012.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number                  Description of Exhibits

99.1Emerson’s February 7, 2012 Press Release announcing its first quarter 2012 results.


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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:  February 7, 2012 By:   /s/ Timothy G. Westman
   

   Timothy G. Westman

   Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number                  Description of Exhibits

   
99.1Emerson’s February 7, 2012 Press Release announcing its first quarter 2012 results.

 

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