UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS

UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission File Number		1-1396

 

EATON CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Eaton Center Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (216) 523-5000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Common Shares ($0.50 par value) Unissued securities registered under Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-179676)

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

 

N/A

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)		x
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)		¨
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)		x
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)		¨
Rule 15d-6		¨

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

Common Shares: 1

Unissued securities registered under Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-179676): none

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Eaton Corporation has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

				EATON CORPORATION
Date:		December 17, 2012		By:		/s/ R. H. Fearon
						Name:		R. H. Fearon
						Title:		Vice Chairman and Chief Financial and Planning Officer