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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): January 9, 2015

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.
On January 9, 2015, Emerson Electric Co. announced that Edgar M. Purvis, Jr. would be appointed as its new Chief Operating Officer, effective February 3, 2015. Mr. Purvis, 57, has been with Emerson for 31 years and has served as Executive Vice President and Business Leader for Emerson Climate Technologies since 2008. Edward L. Monser, 64, has held the title of Chief Operating Officer since 2001, and will continue to serve as President of Emerson, a position he has held since 2010.

A copy of the January 9, 2015 press release announcing Mr. Purvis’s appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibits
99.1            Press Release dated January 9, 2015






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:  January 12, 2015
By:
  /s/ John G. Shively
 
 
   John G. Shively
   Vice President
   and Assistant Secretary