8-K/A

Date: February 12, 2021

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.

/s/ John A. Sperino

John A. Sperino

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

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 27, 2021

Emerson Electric Co.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri

1-278

43-0259330

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

8000 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63136

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 553-2000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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
		NYSE Chicago
0.375% Notes due 2024	EMR 24	New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Notes due 2025	EMR 25A	New York Stock Exchange
2.000% Notes due 2029	EMR 29	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.

As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 1, 2021, as amended by a Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 5, 2021, Surendralal (Lal) L. Karsanbhai has become Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”), succeeding David N. Farr, effective February 5, 2021. Subsequent to those filings, on February 8, 2021, the Company granted to Mr. Karsanbhai an additional award of 50,000 shares of restricted stock in connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The restricted shares were issued under the Company’s 2015 Incentive Shares Plan and cliff vest 10 years from the date of grant.

For additional information on these compensation arrangements, please see “Executive Compensation” in the Company’s annual proxy statement.