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<div align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;17, 2005</DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>BRADY CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">WISCONSIN<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">39-0178960<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">6555 West Good Hope Road<BR>
P.O. Box 571<BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>BRADY CORPORATION</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>2004 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top">DAVID MATHIESON
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Brady Corporation<BR>
6555 West Good Hope Road<BR>
P.O. Box 571<BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0571
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">CONRAD G. GOODKIND, ESQ.<BR>
Quarles &#038; Brady LLP<BR>
411 East Wisconsin Avenue<BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(414)&nbsp;358-6600<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Class&nbsp;A Nonvoting
Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">40,761,075</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,797.58</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Brady Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) provides for the
issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Nonvoting Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(&#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Stock&#148;), taking into effect the two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100
percent stock dividend on the Class&nbsp;A Common Stock that occurred on December&nbsp;31, 2004. The
Plan provides for the further possible adjustment of the number, price and kind of shares
covered by options and other incentive awards granted or to be granted, and of the number and
kind of shares which may be awarded as restricted stock, in the event of stock splits, stock
dividends or other changes affecting the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock. This Registration
Statement therefore covers, in addition to the above stated 1,500,000 shares, an indeterminate
number of shares that may become subject to the Plan by means of any such adjustment.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
and taking into effect the December&nbsp;31, 2004 stock split, based upon: (i)&nbsp;the aggregate
exercise price ($4,701,327.50) for the 163,000 shares underlying options granted on November
18, 2004 at an exercise price of $28.8425 per share; (ii)&nbsp;the aggregate exercise price
($216,247.50) for the 7,000 shares underlying options granted on December&nbsp;13, 2004 at an
exercise price of $30.8925 per share; and (iii)&nbsp;as to the remaining 1,330,000 shares
registered hereby, for which options have not yet been granted, $26.95 per share, which is the
average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange on February&nbsp;11, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. &nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. &nbsp; Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. &nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. &nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. &nbsp; Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. &nbsp; Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. &nbsp; Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to Plan
participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B>&nbsp; <B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The following documents filed by Brady Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) (Commission File No.
0-12730) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), are incorporated herein
by reference:


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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed October&nbsp;26, 2004 and November&nbsp;24, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That portion of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A that
describes the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Nonvoting Common Stock in Item&nbsp;1 thereof, which
incorporates the description from the description of Registrant&#146;s Capital Stock
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
Statement No.&nbsp;333-0415), and including any future amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part hereof.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. See fourth bullet point in Item&nbsp;3 above.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the securities registered hereunder will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Quarles &#038; Brady LLP, the Registrant&#146;s legal counsel. Conrad G. Goodkind, the Secretary of the Registrant, is a Partner of Quarles &#038; Brady LLP and Peter J. Lettenberger, a Director of the Registrant, is a former Partner of Quarles &#038; Brady LLP.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B>&nbsp; <B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the &#147;WBCL&#148;). The
WBCL includes provisions for indemnification by a corporation of a director or officer against
certain liabilities and expenses incurred by him or her in any proceeding (whether threatened,
pending or


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">completed, and whether brought by the corporation or any other person) to which he or she was
a party because of being a director or officer. In general, under these provisions (1)&nbsp;a
corporation is required to indemnify a director or officer, to the extent he or she has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any such proceeding, for all reasonable
expenses incurred in the proceeding, and (2)&nbsp;in other cases, the corporation is required to
indemnify a director or officer against liabilities (including, among other things, judgments,
penalties, fines and reasonable expenses) incurred in any such proceeding unless liability was
incurred because he or she breached or failed to perform a duty to the corporation and the breach
or failure constitutes any of the following: (a)&nbsp;a willful failure to deal fairly with the
corporation or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which he or she has a material
conflict of interest; (b)&nbsp;a violation of criminal law, unless he or she had reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful; (c)&nbsp;a transaction from which he or she derived an improper personal profit; or (d)
willful misconduct. The provisions specify that the termination of a proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea, does not, by
itself, create a presumption that indemnification is not required. Also, the provisions permit a
corporation to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses as incurred if the director or officer affirms
his or her good faith belief that he or she has not breached or failed to perform his or her duties
to the corporation and undertakes to make repayment to the extent it is ultimately determined that
indemnification is not required. With specified exceptions, these provisions do not preclude
additional indemnification. The WBCL specifically provides that it is the public policy of the
State of Wisconsin to require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance, to
the extent required or permitted generally thereunder, for any liability incurred in connection
with a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer,
sale or purchase of securities.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The WBCL also provides that, with certain exceptions, a director is not liable to a
corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the corporation or its
shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities
arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status
as a director, unless the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform
constitutes any of the four exceptions to mandatory indemnification referred to above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws of the Registrant provide generally for mandatory indemnification of directors and
officers of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officers and directors of the Registrant may be covered by insurance policies purchased by the
Registrant, under which they are insured (subject to exceptions and limitations specified in the
policies) against expenses and liabilities arising out of actions, suits or proceedings to which
they are parties by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B>&nbsp; <B>Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index following the Signatures page in this Registration Statement, which Exhibit
Index is incorporated herein by reference.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B>&nbsp; <B>Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="15%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="15%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="15%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. . .


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Reference is made to the indemnification provisions described in Item&nbsp;6 of this
Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on February&nbsp;17, 2005.


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">BRADY CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  David Mathieson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David Mathieson,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Frank M. Jaehnert and Conrad G. Goodkind, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.*

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Frank M. Jaehnert
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Frank M. Jaehnert</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President and Chief Executive Officer;
Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  David Mathieson
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
David Mathieson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Richard A. Bemis
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Richard A. Bemis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Robert C. Buchanan
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Robert C. Buchanan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Mary K. Bush
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Mary K. Bush</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Frank W. Harris
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Frank W. Harris</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Frank R. Jarc
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Frank R. Jarc</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">S-1
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<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Peter J. Lettenberger
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Peter J. Lettenberger</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Gary E. Nei
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gary E. Nei</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Roger D. Peirce
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Roger D. Peirce</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/  Elizabeth P. Pungello
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Elizabeth P. Pungello</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>



<P>
<HR size="1" width="15%" align="left" noshade color="#000000">

<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">*Each of the above signatures is affixed as of February&nbsp;17, 2005.
</div>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>BRADY CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(the
&#147;Registrant&#148;)</B>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Commission File No.&nbsp;0-12730)</B></DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>TO</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


<DIV align="center">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Incorporated Herein</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Filed</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>by Reference To</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Herewith</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-center:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the
Registrant
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s
Registration
Statement No.
333-04155 on Form
S-3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-center:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant,
as amended
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Annual Report on
Registrant&#146;s Form
10-K for the year
ended July&nbsp;31, 1989</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-center:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Brady Corporation 2004<BR>
Omnibus Incentive Stock<BR>
Plan
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form
8-K filed November
24, 2004</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Nonqualified Stock
Option Agreement under 2004
Omnibus Incentive Stock
Plan
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form
8-K filed November
24, 2004</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Quarles &#038; Brady
LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">X</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TD>
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LLP
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Table of Contents
Registration No. 333-_______
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2005
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BRADY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
WISCONSIN
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
39-0178960
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6555 West Good Hope Road
P.O. Box 571
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
53201-0571
(Zip Code)
BRADY CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
DAVID MATHIESON
Copy to:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Brady Corporation
6555 West Good Hope Road
P.O. Box 571
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0571
CONRAD G. GOODKIND, ESQ.
Quarles & Brady LLP
411 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(414) 358-6600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Class A Nonvoting
Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share
1,500,000
(2)
$
40,761,075
(2)
$
4,797.58
(1)
The Brady Corporation 2004 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan") provides for the
issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of Class A Nonvoting Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
("Class A Common Stock"), taking into effect the two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100
percent stock dividend on the Class A Common Stock that occurred on December 31, 2004. The
Plan provides for the further possible adjustment of the number, price and kind of shares
covered by options and other incentive awards granted or to be granted, and of the number and
kind of shares which may be awarded as restricted stock, in the event of stock splits, stock
dividends or other changes affecting the Registrant's Class A Common Stock. This Registration
Statement therefore covers, in addition to the above stated 1,500,000 shares, an indeterminate
number of shares that may become subject to the Plan by means of any such adjustment.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h), estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
and taking into effect the December 31, 2004 stock split, based upon: (i) the aggregate
exercise price ($4,701,327.50) for the 163,000 shares underlying options granted on November
18, 2004 at an exercise price of $28.8425 per share; (ii) the aggregate exercise price
($216,247.50) for the 7,000 shares underlying options granted on December 13, 2004 at an
exercise price of $30.8925 per share; and (iii) as to the remaining 1,330,000 shares
registered hereby, for which options have not yet been granted, $26.95 per share, which is the
average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange on February 11, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4.   Description of Securities.
Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7.   Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8.   Exhibits.
Item 9.   Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Quarles & Brady LLP
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to Plan
participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Brady Corporation (the "Registrant") (Commission File No.
0-12730) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), are incorporated herein
by reference:
•
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2004.
•
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2004.
•
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed October 26, 2004 and November 24, 2004.
•
That portion of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A that
describes the Registrant's Class A Nonvoting Common Stock in Item 1 thereof, which
incorporates the description from the description of Registrant's Capital Stock
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
Statement No. 333-0415), and including any future amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part hereof.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable. See fourth bullet point in Item 3 above.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the securities registered hereunder will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Quarles & Brady LLP, the Registrant's legal counsel. Conrad G. Goodkind, the Secretary of the Registrant, is a Partner of Quarles & Brady LLP and Peter J. Lettenberger, a Director of the Registrant, is a former Partner of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the "WBCL"). The
WBCL includes provisions for indemnification by a corporation of a director or officer against
certain liabilities and expenses incurred by him or her in any proceeding (whether threatened,
pending or
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completed, and whether brought by the corporation or any other person) to which he or she was
a party because of being a director or officer. In general, under these provisions (1) a
corporation is required to indemnify a director or officer, to the extent he or she has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any such proceeding, for all reasonable
expenses incurred in the proceeding, and (2) in other cases, the corporation is required to
indemnify a director or officer against liabilities (including, among other things, judgments,
penalties, fines and reasonable expenses) incurred in any such proceeding unless liability was
incurred because he or she breached or failed to perform a duty to the corporation and the breach
or failure constitutes any of the following: (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the
corporation or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which he or she has a material
conflict of interest; (b) a violation of criminal law, unless he or she had reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful; (c) a transaction from which he or she derived an improper personal profit; or (d)
willful misconduct. The provisions specify that the termination of a proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea, does not, by
itself, create a presumption that indemnification is not required. Also, the provisions permit a
corporation to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses as incurred if the director or officer affirms
his or her good faith belief that he or she has not breached or failed to perform his or her duties
to the corporation and undertakes to make repayment to the extent it is ultimately determined that
indemnification is not required. With specified exceptions, these provisions do not preclude
additional indemnification. The WBCL specifically provides that it is the public policy of the
State of Wisconsin to require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance, to
the extent required or permitted generally thereunder, for any liability incurred in connection
with a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer,
sale or purchase of securities.
The WBCL also provides that, with certain exceptions, a director is not liable to a
corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the corporation or its
shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities
arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status
as a director, unless the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform
constitutes any of the four exceptions to mandatory indemnification referred to above.
The Bylaws of the Registrant provide generally for mandatory indemnification of directors and
officers of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Officers and directors of the Registrant may be covered by insurance policies purchased by the
Registrant, under which they are insured (subject to exceptions and limitations specified in the
policies) against expenses and liabilities arising out of actions, suits or proceedings to which
they are parties by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index following the Signatures page in this Registration Statement, which Exhibit
Index is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
. . .
(h) Reference is made to the indemnification provisions described in Item 6 of this
Registration Statement.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on February 17, 2005.
BRADY CORPORATION
By:
/s/  David Mathieson
David Mathieson,
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Frank M. Jaehnert and Conrad G. Goodkind, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.*
Signature
Title
/s/  Frank M. Jaehnert
Frank M. Jaehnert
President and Chief Executive Officer;
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/  David Mathieson
David Mathieson
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/  Richard A. Bemis
Richard A. Bemis
Director
/s/  Robert C. Buchanan
Robert C. Buchanan
Director
/s/  Mary K. Bush
Mary K. Bush
Director
/s/  Frank W. Harris
Frank W. Harris
Director
/s/  Frank R. Jarc
Frank R. Jarc
Director
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/s/  Peter J. Lettenberger
Peter J. Lettenberger
Director
/s/  Gary E. Nei
Gary E. Nei
Director
/s/  Roger D. Peirce
Roger D. Peirce
Director
/s/  Elizabeth P. Pungello
Elizabeth P. Pungello
Director
*Each of the above signatures is affixed as of February 17, 2005.
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BRADY CORPORATION
(the
"Registrant")
(Commission File No. 0-12730)
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Exhibit
Incorporated Herein
Filed
Number
Description
by Reference To
Herewith
4.1
Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the
Registrant
Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's
Registration
Statement No.
333-04155 on Form
S-3
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant,
as amended
Annual Report on
Registrant's Form
10-K for the year
ended July 31, 1989
4.3
Brady Corporation 2004
Omnibus Incentive Stock
Plan
Exhibit 10.2 to the
Registrant's Form
8-K filed November
24, 2004
4.4
Form of Nonqualified Stock
Option Agreement under 2004
Omnibus Incentive Stock
Plan
Exhibit 10.3 to the
Registrant's Form
8-K filed November
24, 2004
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Opinion of Quarles & Brady
LLP
X
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche
X
23.2
Consent of Quarles & Brady
LLP
Contained in
Exhibit 5
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Power of Attorney
Contained in
Signatures page to
this Registration
Statement
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