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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;6, 2008.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rockwell Automation, Inc.</B>
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<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">Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">25-1797617<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">1201 South 2nd Street <BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin<BR>
(Address of Principal
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(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees<BR>
Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq.</FONT><BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Rockwell Automation, Inc.<BR>
1201 South 2nd Street<BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(414)&nbsp;382-2000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copy to:</B><BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Marc A. Alpert, Esq.</FONT><BR>
Chadbourne &#038; Parke LLP<BR>
30 Rockefeller Plaza<BR>
New York, New York 10112<BR>
(212)&nbsp;408-5100</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in
Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $1 per share(3)
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,777,500</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">109.16</TD>
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    <TD>The shares of Common Stock set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table which
may be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement include, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), such additional number of shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends
or similar events.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low per share market price of the
Common Stock for New York Stock Exchange&#151;Composite Transactions on June&nbsp;4, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plans described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Of the total amount to be registered, 25,000 shares of Common Stock are deliverable
pursuant to the Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees
and 25,000 shares of Common Stock are deliverable pursuant to the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees (together with the
Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees and the Rockwell
Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees, the &#147;Plans&#148;).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5: Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6: Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7: Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8: Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9: Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv4wc.htm">EX-4.C: COPY OF SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv4wd.htm">EX-4.D: COPY OF SAVINGS PLAN FOR REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv5wa.htm">EX-5.A: OPINION OF DOUGLAS M. HAGERMAN, ESQ</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv5wb.htm">EX-5.B: DETERMINATION LETTER</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv5wc.htm">EX-5.C: DETERMINATION LETTER</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv15.htm">EX-15: LETTER OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP RE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL INFORMATION</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv23wb.htm">EX-23.B: CONSENT OF VIRCHOW, KRAUSE & COMPANY LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y60059exv24.htm">EX-24: POWERS OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (&#147;Rockwell
Automation&#148;) for the year ended September&nbsp;30, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment
Plan for Represented Hourly Employees for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan
for Represented Hourly Employees for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of Rockwell Automation for the quarters ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007 and March&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K of Rockwell Automation dated December&nbsp;3, 2007,
December&nbsp;7, 2007, December&nbsp;10, 2007, December&nbsp;18, 2007, and February&nbsp;12, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Rockwell Automation&#146;s Common Stock, par value $1 per
share, which is incorporated in Rockwell Automation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A dated October&nbsp;30, 1996 by reference to the material under the caption &#147;Description
of New Rockwell Capital Stock&#148; on pages 105-115 of Rockwell Automation&#146;s Proxy
Statement-Prospectus dated October&nbsp;29, 1996, constituting a part of Rockwell
Automation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-14969).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by Rockwell Automation, the Rockwell Automation Savings and
Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees and the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings
Plan for Represented Hourly Employees pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), 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 herein by
reference and be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement 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 that statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so
modified or superseded.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><B><I>Description of Securities.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This item is not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5: </B><B><I>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., who has passed upon the legality of any newly issued Common Stock
of Rockwell Automation covered by this Registration Statement, is Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6: </B><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Delaware General Corporation Law permits Delaware corporations to eliminate or limit the
monetary liability of directors to a corporation or its shareholders for breach of their fiduciary
duty of care, and also provides for indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents,
subject to limitations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The last paragraph of Article&nbsp;Seventh of Rockwell Automation&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation eliminates monetary liability of directors to Rockwell Automation and its shareowners
for breach of fiduciary duty as directors to the extent permitted by Delaware law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;13 of Article&nbsp;III of the By-Laws of Rockwell Automation and the appendix thereto
entitled Procedures for Submission and Determination of Claims for Indemnification Pursuant to
Article&nbsp;III, Section&nbsp;13 of the By-Laws provide, in substance, for the indemnification of directors,
officers, employees and agents of Rockwell Automation to the extent permitted by Delaware law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rockwell Automation&#146;s directors and officers are insured against certain liabilities for
actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Rockwell Automation and certain other persons may be entitled under agreements
entered into with agents or underwriters to indemnification by such agents or underwriters against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with
respect to payments which Rockwell Automation or such persons may be required to make in respect
thereof.
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</DIV>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.</div></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended November&nbsp;3, 2004, filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated November&nbsp;4,
2004, are hereby incorporated by reference.</div></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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-c
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Copy of Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented
Hourly Employees, as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;1, 2008.</div></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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-d
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Copy of Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees, as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;1, 2008.</div></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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5-a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued
Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.</div></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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5-b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Determination letter dated October&nbsp;3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue
Service with respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Savings and
Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.</div></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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5-c
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Determination letter dated October&nbsp;3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue
Service with respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Retirement
Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.</div></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Letter of
Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.</div></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm.</div></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Virchow, Krause &#038; Company, LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm.</div></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-c
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;5-a to this Registration Statement.</div></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-d
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Quarles &#038; Brady LLP.</div></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:25px; text-indent:-25px">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration
Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.</div></TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Rockwell Automation hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus
required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this
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 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Rockwell
Automation pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of Rockwell Automation&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and each filing of the Plans&#146; annual reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of Rockwell Automation pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Rockwell Automation has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by Rockwell Automation of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of Rockwell Automation in the successful defense
of any action, suit</TD>
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    <TD>or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, Rockwell Automation 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Registrant. 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 </B><B>Form S-8</B><B> 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 the 5<SUP>th</SUP>
day of June, 2008.</B>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.<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/ Douglas M. Hagerman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="left"><B>(Douglas M. Hagerman, Senior Vice President,</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><B>General Counsel and Secretary)</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on the 5<SUP>th</SUP> day of June, 2008 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:</B>
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Keith D. Nosbusch*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer (principal
executive officer) and a Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Betty C. Alewine*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Verne G. Istock*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Barry C. Johnson*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">William T. McCormick, Jr.*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-right: 145px; font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Donald R. Parfet</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Bruce M. Rockwell*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">David B. Speer*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="margin-right: 145px; font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Joseph F. Toot, Jr.</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Theodore D. Crandall*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (principal financial
officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">David M. Dorgan*</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Controller
(principal accounting officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD valign="top">*By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="left"><B>(Douglas M. Hagerman, Attorney-in-fact)**</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 18%">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">**&nbsp;By authority of the powers of attorney filed herewith.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Plans. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the Plans 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 the
5th&nbsp;day of June, 2008.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="left">ROCKWELL AUTOMATION SAVINGS AND<BR>INVESTMENT PLAN FOR
REPRESENTED HOURLY<BR>EMPLOYEES<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/ Teresa E. Carpenter&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><B>(Teresa E. Carpenter, Plan Administrator)</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ROCKWELL AUTOMATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS<BR><BR>
PLAN FOR REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES<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/ Teresa E. Carpenter&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><B>(Teresa E. Carpenter, Plan Administrator)</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3
to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended November&nbsp;3, 2004, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated November&nbsp;4, 2004, are
hereby incorporated by reference.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-c
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Copy of Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees, as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;1, 2008.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4-d
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Copy of Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees, as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;1, 2008.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5-a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common
Stock covered by this Registration Statement.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5-b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Determination letter dated October&nbsp;3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment
Plan for Represented Hourly Employees under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue
Code.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5-c
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Determination letter dated October&nbsp;3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan
for Represented Hourly Employees under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Virchow, Krause &#038; Company, LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-c
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5-a to
this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23-d
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Quarles &#038; Brady LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement
on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2008.
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
25-1797617
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1201 South 2nd Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Address of Principal
53204
(Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees
Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees
(Full title of the plans)
Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
1201 South 2nd Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
(Name and address of agent for service)
(414) 382-2000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Marc A. Alpert, Esq.
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
(212) 408-5100
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered(1)
per share(2)
offering price(2)
fee
Common Stock, par value $1 per share(3)
50,000 shares(4)
$
55.55
$
2,777,500
$
109.16
(1)
The shares of Common Stock set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table which
may be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement include, pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), such additional number of shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends
or similar events.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low per share market price of the
Common Stock for New York Stock Exchange—Composite Transactions on June 4, 2008.
(3)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plans described herein.
(4)
Of the total amount to be registered, 25,000 shares of Common Stock are deliverable
pursuant to the Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees
and 25,000 shares of Common Stock are deliverable pursuant to the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees (together with the
Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees and the Rockwell
Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees, the "Plans").
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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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.C: COPY OF SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES
EX-4.D: COPY OF SAVINGS PLAN FOR REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES
EX-5.A: OPINION OF DOUGLAS M. HAGERMAN, ESQ
EX-5.B: DETERMINATION LETTER
EX-5.C: DETERMINATION LETTER
EX-15: LETTER OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP RE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
EX-23.A: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
EX-23.B: CONSENT OF VIRCHOW, KRAUSE & COMPANY LLP
EX-23.D: CONSENT OF QUARLES & BRADY LLP
EX-24: POWERS OF ATTORNEY
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rockwell Automation, Inc. ("Rockwell
Automation") for the year ended September 30, 2007;
(b)
Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment
Plan for Represented Hourly Employees for the year ended December 31, 2006;
(c)
Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan
for Represented Hourly Employees for the year ended December 31, 2006;
(d)
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of Rockwell Automation for the quarters ended
December 31, 2007 and March 31, 2008;
(e)
Current Reports on Form 8-K of Rockwell Automation dated December 3, 2007,
December 7, 2007, December 10, 2007, December 18, 2007, and February 12, 2008; and
(f)
The description of Rockwell Automation's Common Stock, par value $1 per
share, which is incorporated in Rockwell Automation's Registration Statement on Form
8-A dated October 30, 1996 by reference to the material under the caption "Description
of New Rockwell Capital Stock" on pages 105-115 of Rockwell Automation's Proxy
Statement-Prospectus dated October 29, 1996, constituting a part of Rockwell
Automation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-14969).
All documents subsequently filed by Rockwell Automation, the Rockwell Automation Savings and
Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees and the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings
Plan for Represented Hourly Employees pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange 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 herein by
reference and be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement 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 that statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so
modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
This item is not applicable.
Item 5:
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., who has passed upon the legality of any newly issued Common Stock
of Rockwell Automation covered by this Registration Statement, is Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation.
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Item 6:
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Delaware General Corporation Law permits Delaware corporations to eliminate or limit the
monetary liability of directors to a corporation or its shareholders for breach of their fiduciary
duty of care, and also provides for indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents,
subject to limitations.
The last paragraph of Article Seventh of Rockwell Automation's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation eliminates monetary liability of directors to Rockwell Automation and its shareowners
for breach of fiduciary duty as directors to the extent permitted by Delaware law.
Section 13 of Article III of the By-Laws of Rockwell Automation and the appendix thereto
entitled Procedures for Submission and Determination of Claims for Indemnification Pursuant to
Article III, Section 13 of the By-Laws provide, in substance, for the indemnification of directors,
officers, employees and agents of Rockwell Automation to the extent permitted by Delaware law.
Rockwell Automation's directors and officers are insured against certain liabilities for
actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
In addition, Rockwell Automation and certain other persons may be entitled under agreements
entered into with agents or underwriters to indemnification by such agents or underwriters against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with
respect to payments which Rockwell Automation or such persons may be required to make in respect
thereof.
Item 7:
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
This item is not applicable.
Item 8:
Exhibits.
4-a
—   
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as
Exhibit 3 to Rockwell Automation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.
4-b
—   
By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended November 3, 2004, filed as
Exhibit 3.2 to Rockwell Automation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 4,
2004, are hereby incorporated by reference.
4-c
—    Copy of Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented
Hourly Employees, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2008.
4-d
—    Copy of Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2008.
5-a
—    Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued
Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.
5-b
—    Determination letter dated October 3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue
Service with respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Savings and
Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees under Section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
5-c
—    Determination letter dated October 3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue
Service with respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Retirement
Savings Plan for Represented Hourly Employees under Section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
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—    Letter of
Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.
23-a
—    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm.
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23-b
—    Consent of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm.
23-c
—    Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as
Exhibit 5-a to this Registration Statement.
23-d
—    Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP.
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—    Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration
Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.
Item 9:
Undertakings.
A.
Rockwell Automation 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; (ii) to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this
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 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Rockwell
Automation pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of Rockwell Automation's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and each filing of the Plans' annual reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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.
B.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of Rockwell Automation pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Rockwell Automation has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by Rockwell Automation of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of Rockwell Automation in the successful defense
of any action, suit
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or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, Rockwell Automation 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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 the 5
th
day of June, 2008.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
By
/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman
(Douglas M. Hagerman, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on the 5
th
day of June, 2008 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature
Title
Keith D. Nosbusch*
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer (principal
executive officer) and a Director
Betty C. Alewine*
Director
Verne G. Istock*
Director
Barry C. Johnson*
Director
William T. McCormick, Jr.*
Director
Donald R. Parfet
Director
Bruce M. Rockwell*
Director
David B. Speer*
Director
Joseph F. Toot, Jr.
Director
Theodore D. Crandall*
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (principal financial
officer)
David M. Dorgan*
Vice President and Controller
(principal accounting officer)
*By
/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman
(Douglas M. Hagerman, Attorney-in-fact)**
** By authority of the powers of attorney filed herewith.
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The Plans. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the Plans 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 the
5th day of June, 2008.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION SAVINGS AND
INVESTMENT PLAN FOR
REPRESENTED HOURLY
EMPLOYEES
By
/s/ Teresa E. Carpenter
(Teresa E. Carpenter, Plan Administrator)
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS
PLAN FOR REPRESENTED HOURLY EMPLOYEES
By
/s/ Teresa E. Carpenter
(Teresa E. Carpenter, Plan Administrator)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4-a
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit 3
to Rockwell Automation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.
4-b
By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended November 3, 2004, filed as Exhibit 3.2
to Rockwell Automation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 4, 2004, are
hereby incorporated by reference.
4-c
Copy of Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2008.
4-d
Copy of Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan for Represented Hourly
Employees, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2008.
5-a
Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common
Stock covered by this Registration Statement.
5-b
Determination letter dated October 3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Savings and Investment
Plan for Represented Hourly Employees under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
5-c
Determination letter dated October 3, 2002 from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to the qualification of the Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan
for Represented Hourly Employees under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.
23-a
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23-b
Consent of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm.
23-c
Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5-a to
this Registration Statement.
23-d
Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP.
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Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement
on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.
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