Emerson Electric Co. Form 8K - September 17, 2004



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


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): September 17, 2004

Emerson Electric Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Missouri   1-278   43-0259330



(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Indentification Number)


8000 West Florissant Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
  63136  

 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)  


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(314) 553-2000


        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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Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

        (b)           On September 17, 2004, Charles F. Knight announced his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors and all committees of the Board of which he was a member, as Chairman of the Board, as an officer and as an employee of Emerson Electric Co. David Farr, Emerson's chief executive officer, has been elected to the additional position of chairman of the board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Knight's resignation.



SIGNATURES

         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.


Date:   September 17, 2004 By:    /s/ H.M. Smith
       H. M. Smith
   Assistant General Counsel and Assistant
     Secretary