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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): February 1, 2011

 

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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      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:

 

      o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

      o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

      o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

      o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

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

 

Departures from Board of Directors

 

            R. B. Horton and V. R. Loucks, Jr. retired from the Board of Directors of Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”), effective as of the election of Directors at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on February 1, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”).

 

2011 Stock Option Plan

 

            At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”). The text of the Plan, and the description of the Plan on pages 44-48 of the Company’s Proxy Statement dated December 10, 2010 (the “Proxy Statement”), which are listed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 hereto, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

            The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1:   The five Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Nominee

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

D. N. Farr

563,905,514

17,820,125

79,408,829

H. Green         

558,848,599

22,877,040

79,408,829

C. A. Peters

574,435,271

  7,290,368

79,408,829

J. W. Prueher

551,834,850

29,890,789

79,408,829

R. L. Ridgway

570,550,164

11,175,475

79,408,829

 

Proposal 2:   The performance measures under the Emerson Electric Co. 2006 Incentive Shares Plan were re-approved by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

 

       For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

553,168,603

24,534,119

4,022,917

79,408,829

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Proposal 3:   The Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Stock Option Plan was approved by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

   545,673,903

32,102,542

3,949,194

79,408,829

 

 

Proposal 4:   The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011 was ratified by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

Against

Abstain

654,294,944

5,095,110

1,744,414

 

 

Proposal 5:   The Emerson Electric Co. executive compensation as described in the Proxy Statement was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the stockholders set forth in the table below:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

   534,032,241

23,137,390

24,556,008

79,408,829

 

 

Proposal 6:   The frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation (every one, two or three years) received the non-binding advisory votes of the stockholders set forth in the table below:

 

3 Years

2 Years

1 Year

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

237,668,933

9,750,492

325,576,021

8,730,193

79,408,829

 

            Based upon these results, the Board of Directors determined to hold an annual advisory vote on executive compensation.

 

 

Proposal 7:   The stockholder proposal requesting the issuance of a sustainability report as described in the Proxy Statement was not approved by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

176,190,640

346,453,987

59,081,012

79,408,829

 

 

 


 

 

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.       Description

 

10.1                   Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Proxy Statement dated December 10, 2010, Appendix B.

 

10.2                   Description of the Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to pages 44-48 of the Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Proxy Statement dated December 10, 2010.

 


 

 

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:   February 4, 2011

By:

  /s/ Timothy G. Westman

 

 

   Timothy G. Westman

   Vice President, Associate General Counsel  

    and Assistant Secretary




 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

10.1

 

Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Proxy Statement dated December 10, 2010, Appendix B.

 

 

10.2

 

Description of the Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to pages 44-48 of the Emerson Electric Co. 2011 Proxy Statement dated December 10, 2010.