Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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): June 4, 2019

Emerson Electric Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Missouri

1-278

43-0259330

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

8000 West Florissant Avenue

St. Louis, Missouri

63136

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(314) 553-2000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.50 par value per share	EMR	New York Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange
1.250% Notes due 2025	EMR 25A	New York Stock Exchange
2.000% Notes due 2029	EMR 29	New York Stock Exchange
0.375% Notes due 2024	EMR 24	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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

(d) On June 4, 2019, the Board of Directors of Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”) elected Martin S. Craighead, former Vice Chairman of Baker Hughes, a GE Company, as a Director of the Company. Mr. Craighead was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Baker Hughes from 2013 to 2017. He will stand for election at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Craighead was also appointed to serve as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

Mr. Craighead will receive an award of restricted stock, representing a $100,000 pro rata award of the $150,000 restricted stock portion of the annual retainer previously paid to all non-management directors. Going forward, Mr. Craighead will be compensated on the same basis as all other non-management Directors of the Company. Compensation for non-management directors is described each year in the Company’s Proxy Statement under “Director Compensation”.

A copy of the June 4, 2019 press release announcing Mr. Craighead’s election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibits

99.1		Press Release dated June 4, 2019

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.