8-K Fernandez Resignation



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): August 6, 2013

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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) As previously reported, on April 2, 2013, recognizing that Mr. Carlos Fernandez would be engaged in time-sensitive and time-consuming matters related to his business interests in Grupo Modelo, the Board of Directors granted Mr. Fernandez a leave of absence from the Board from April 1, 2013 until the first meeting of the Board after September 30, 2013.
 
On August 6, 2013, Mr. Fernandez notified the Board of Directors of Emerson Electric Co. that, due to continuing personal business matters, he would be submitting his resignation as a member of the Board, effective September 30, 2013. Mr. Fernandez is currently a member of the Board's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.





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:   August 8, 2013
By:
  /s/ John G. Shively
 
 
   John G. Shively
   Assistant General Counsel
   and Assistant Secretary