AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 15, 2002 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-52658 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------------ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------------------- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) MISSOURI 43-0259330 (State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 8000 WEST FLORISSANT AVENUE, STATION 2431, P.O. BOX 4100 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63136 (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number including area code: (314) 533-2000 HARLEY M. SMITH, ESQ. Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Emerson Electric Co. 8000 West Florissant Avenue, Station 2431, P.O. Box 4100 St. Louis, Missouri 63136 (314) 553-2431 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 462(d). ================================================================================ 1 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 16. EXHIBITS. Reference is made to the Exhibit Index. II-1 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on October 15, 2002. EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. By: * W. J. Galvin ----------------------------------- W.J. Galvin Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment has been signed below on October 15, 2002 by the following persons in the capacities indicated: SIGNATURE TITLE * D. N. Farr ---------------------------------- (D. N. Farr) Chief Executive Officer and Director * C. F. Knight Chairman of the Board and Director ---------------------------------- (C. F. Knight) Executive Vice President and Chief * W. J. Galvin Financial Officer and Director ---------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) (W. J. Galvin) * J. G. Berges Director ---------------------------------- (J. G. Berges) * L. L. Browning, Jr. Director ---------------------------------- (L. L. Browning, Jr.) * A. A. Busch III Director ---------------------------------- (A. A. Busch III) * D. C. Farrell Director ---------------------------------- (D. C. Farrell) II-2 Director ---------------------------------- (C. Fernandez G.) * J. A. Frates Director ---------------------------------- (J. A. Frates) * A. F. Golden Director ---------------------------------- (A. F. Golden) * R. B. Horton Director ---------------------------------- (R. B. Horton) * G. A. Lodge Director ---------------------------------- (G. A. Lodge) * V. R. Loucks, Jr. Director ---------------------------------- (V. R. Loucks, Jr.) * R. B. Loynd Director ---------------------------------- (R. B. Loynd) Director ---------------------------------- (J. R. Menzer) * C. A. Peters Director ---------------------------------- (C. A. Peters) Director ---------------------------------- (J. W. Prueher) * R. L. Ridgway Director ---------------------------------- (R. L. Ridgway) * W. M. Van Cleve Director ---------------------------------- (W. M. Van Cleve) II-3 * E. E. Whitacre, Jr. Director ---------------------------------- (E. E. Whitacre, Jr.) * By: /s/ H. M. Smith ---------------------------------- (H. M. Smith) Attorney-in-Fact II-4 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT ------ ---------------------- 1.4 - Form of Amendment to U.S. Distribution Agreement 4.3 - Form of Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note 4.4 - Form of Floating Rate Medium-Term Note II-5