As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2018.
Registration No. 333-24685
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
To
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 25-1797617 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| 1201 South 2nd Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
53204 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(Zip Code) |
REBECCA W. HOUSE
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
1201 South 2nd Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
(Name and address of agent for service)
(414) 382-2000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
KESSAR NASHAT
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 408-5100
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
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WITHDRAWAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION
Rockwell Automation, Inc. by this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-24685), which was filed in 1997 for resales of shares acquired upon exercise of options by certain affiliates, withdraws and removes from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, any shares of its common stock, par value $1 per share, remaining unsold pursuant thereto and terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8: Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on the 29th day of June, 2018.
| ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Rebecca W. House | |
| Name: | (Rebecca W. House, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary) | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed on the 29th day of June, 2018 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
| Signature |
Title | |
| BLAKE D. MORET* | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | |
| BETTY C. ALEWINE* | Director | |
| J. PHILLIP HOLLOMAN* | Director | |
| STEVEN R. KALMANSON* | Director | |
| JAMES P. KEANE* | Director | |
| LAWRENCE D. KINGSLEY* | Director | |
| WILLIAM T. MCCORMICK, JR.* | Director | |
| KEITH D. NOSBUSCH* | Director | |
| DONALD R. PARFET* | Director | |
| LISA A. PAYNE* | Director | |
| THOMAS W. ROSAMILIA* | Director | |
| PATRICIA A. WATSON* | Director | |
| PATRICK P. GORIS* | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) | |
| DAVID M. DORGAN* | Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer) | |
| * By: | /s/ Rebecca W. House | |
| (Rebecca W. House, Attorney-in-fact) ** | ||
** By authority of the powers of attorney filed as Exhibit 24 hereto.
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