Form 8-K Amendment No. 1

EATON CORPORATION

/s/ R. H. Fearon

Date: September 27, 2011

R. H. Fearon

Vice Chairman and

Chief Financial and Planning Officer

0001193125-11-256947.txt : 20110927 0001193125-11-256947.hdr.sgml : 20110927 20110927095714 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-256947 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110427 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110927 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110927 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EATON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000031277 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISC INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3590] IRS NUMBER: 340196300 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01396 FILM NUMBER: 111108718 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: EATON CTR STREET 2: 1111 SUPERIOR AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-2584 BUSINESS PHONE: 2165235000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 SUPERIOR AVENUE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EATON YALE & TOWNE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710822 8-K/A 1 d235944d8ka.htm FORM 8-K AMENDMENT NO. 1 Form 8-K Amendment No. 1

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 27, 2011

EATON CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ohio	1-1396	34-0196300
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Eaton Center Cleveland, Ohio		44114
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(216) 523-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Explanatory Note

Eaton Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on May 2, 2011 (the “Initial Filing”), to disclose that at its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 27, 2011, the Company’s shareholders indicated their preference for the advisory vote on executive compensation to be held annually, which was also the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company hereby amends its Initial Filing to disclose its decision to implement annual frequency as a result of such shareholder vote. No other changes have been made to the Initial Filing.

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

The Company has determined that it will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of such advisory votes, or until the Board of Directors otherwise determines that a different frequency for such votes is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders.

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.