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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): May 19, 2010

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 Identification 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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

During a previously announced presentation given on May 19, 2010 at the 2010 Electrical Products Group Conference in Longboat Key, Florida, David N. Farr, the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, provided an update to the Company’s previously issued outlook for fiscal year 2010.  Portions of the slide presentation relating to the Company’s outlook for 2010 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.  The presentation slides have been posted, and will be available for approximately one week, in the Investor Relations area of Emerson’s website at www.Emerson.com/financial.

The investor slide presentation contains non-GAAP financial measures as such term is defined in Regulation G under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating the Company, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies. The reasons why management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information are set forth in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Statements in the investor slide presentation that are not strictly historical may be “forward-looking” statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any such statements to reflect later developments. These risks and uncertainties include economic and currency conditions, market demand, pricing, and competitive and technological factors, among others, as set forth in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
 
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits.
 

Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibits

99.1
Portions of Investor Slide Presentation, posted May 19, 2010.
 
 
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:   May 19, 2010
By:
/s/ Timothy G. Westman  
    Timothy G. Westman  
    Vice President, Associate General Counsel     
    and Assistant Secretary  

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibits
 
99.1
Portions of Investor Slide Presentation, posted May 19, 2010.

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