8-K

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 --------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 1-278 ------------------- (Commission File Number) 43-0259330 --------------------------- (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

8000 West Florissant Avenue St. Louis, Missouri ------------------------------------------------ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) 63136 ------------------- (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 NumberDescription 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

EX-99.1

EMERSON ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS

ST. LOUIS, January 9, 2015 - Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced the following senior management appointments and changes, effective after Emerson’s February 3, 2015 board of directors meeting:

• Edgar M. (Ed) Purvis has been appointed the chief operating officer for Emerson. He will report to Chairman and CEO David N. Farr and will be a member of Emerson’s Office of the Chief Executive. Purvis has served as executive vice president and business leader for Emerson Climate Technologies since 2008. He began his Emerson career in 1983 at the Copeland business unit and has held positions of increasing responsibility at Copeland and Emerson Climate Technologies Refrigeration.

• Edward L. (Ed) Monser will remain president of Emerson and continue to manage the company’s international business development and growth strategies and global shared service organizations. International sales represented 58 percent of the company’s fiscal 2014 revenue. Monser has been with the company for 33 years and has served as Emerson’s chief operating officer since 2001 and president since 2010.

• Robert T. (Bob) Sharp has been appointed executive vice president and business leader for Emerson Climate Technologies. Sharp has been serving as vice president of profit planning for Emerson and most recently led the development and implementation of the company’s Perfect Execution strategy. Sharp joined Emerson in 1996 and has held positions of increasing responsibility at Emerson corporate and Emerson Process Management.

• Frank L. Steeves, executive vice president, secretary and general counsel for Emerson, will also become a member of the company’s Office of Chief Executive. Steeves has been Emerson’s chief legal officer since 2007. Prior to joining Emerson, Steeves represented the company and many of its businesses as an outside attorney for nearly 20 years. Before going into private practice, he served as a staff attorney for the Wisconsin State Public Defender and in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2014 were $24.5 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.

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