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 OCTOBER 15, 2002
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-52658
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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 October 15, 2002.


EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.


By: * W. J. Galvin
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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
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(D. N. Farr) Chief Executive Officer and Director




* C. F. Knight Chairman of the Board and Director
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(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
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(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)



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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
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(G. A. Lodge)


* V. R. Loucks, Jr. Director
- ----------------------------------
(V. R. Loucks, Jr.)


* R. B. Loynd Director
- ----------------------------------
(R. B. Loynd)



Director
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(J. R. Menzer)


* C. A. Peters Director
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(C. A. Peters)


Director
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(J. W. Prueher)


* R. L. Ridgway Director
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(R. L. Ridgway)


* W. M. Van Cleve Director
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(W. M. Van Cleve)



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* E. E. Whitacre, Jr. Director
- ----------------------------------
(E. E. Whitacre, Jr.)


* By: /s/ H. M. Smith
- ----------------------------------
(H. M. Smith)
Attorney-in-Fact


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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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








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