POS AM: Post-effective amendment to a registration statement that is not immediately effective upon filing

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1999
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-84673
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-66865
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Post-effective Amendment No. 1

to
FORM S-3
Registration Statement
Under the
Securities Act Of 1933

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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).


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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.

Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.







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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 September 23, 1999.


EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.


By: * W. J. Galvin
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W.J. Galvin
Senior Vice-President-Finance and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
post-effective amendment, which also constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to Registration Statement No. 333-66865, has been signed below on September 23,
1999 by the following persons in the capacities indicated: