Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
DAVIS DON H JR
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC [ROK] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1400		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/01/2006
(Street)

MILWAUKEE, WI 53202		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/01/2006   A(1)   500 A $ 0 83,288.1491 (2) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee stock option (right to buy) $ 27.75               (3) 10/06/2010 Common Stock 116,667   116,667 D  
Director stock option (right to buy) $ 58.54             02/02/2006(4) 02/02/2015 Common Stock 1,500   1,500 D  
Director stock option (right to buy) $ 65.35 02/01/2006   A   1,500   02/01/2007(4) 02/01/2016 Common Stock 1,500 $ 0 1,500 D  
Common Stock Share Equivalents (5)               (6)   (6) Common Stock 27,722.4754   27,722.4754 (5) I Nonqual. Savings Plan

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
DAVIS DON H JR
777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
SUITE 1400
MILWAUKEE, WI 53202		   X      

Signatures

 K. A. Balistreri, Attorney-in-Fact for Don H. Davis, Jr.   02/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Shares delivered as compensation for service as a director under the 2003 Directors Stock Plan.
(2) 815 shares are held by the Company to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met.
(3) The 116,667 shares become exercisable on 10/06/06.
(4) The option vests in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on the date exercisable.
(5) Share equivalents represented by Company stock fund units acquired under the Company's nonqualified savings plan based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 1/25/2006. The number of share equivalents represented by the balance of a participant's Company stock fund account may not exactly equal the number of share equivalents represented by a prior balance plus additions due to variances in the proportion of uninvested cash held in the reference fund used to determine unit values of the Company stock fund under the Plan.
(6) The share equivalents are payable in cash upon retirement or after termination of employment.

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