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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 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EATON CORPORATION</B>
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<FONT style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></DIV></DIV>


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style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Eaton Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44114</TD>
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style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>EATON PERSONAL INVESTMENT PLAN</B></TD>
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style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">44114</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-<BR>
accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148;<BR>
&#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></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 nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Shares, par value of $.50
per share of
Eaton Corporation</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">N/A</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$ 23,790,000.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">             $ 1,696.23</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of
$79.30, the average of the high and low trading prices of Eaton Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;26,
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</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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    <TD>The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Eaton&#146;s Common Shares contained in the Registration
Statement on Form S-3ASR, File No.&nbsp;333-157597 filed on February&nbsp;27, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
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    <TD>The Plan&#146;s annual report on Form 11-K for the Eaton Personal Investment
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    <TD>All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13,
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold
or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and
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    <TD>Mark M. McGuire, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of
the Company, who has passed on the legality of the Eaton Common
Shares covered by this Registration Statement, is a shareholder of
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    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
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    <TD>Paragraph (E)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code grants
each corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ohio,
such as Eaton, power to indemnify its directors, officers and
other specified persons. Provisions relating to indemnification
of directors and officers of Eaton and other specified persons
have been adopted pursuant to the Ohio law and are contained in
Article&nbsp;IV, Section&nbsp;2 of Eaton&#146;s Amended Regulations. Under the
Amended Regulations, Eaton shall indemnify any director, officer
or other specified person against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred by him or her by reason of the fact that
he is or was such director, officer or other specified person, to
the full extent permitted by applicable law. The foregoing
statement is subject to, and only part of, the detailed provisions
of the Ohio Revised Code and Eaton&#146;s Amended Regulations referred
to herein.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with
each of its officers and directors. The Agreements provide that
the Company shall indemnify such directors or officers to the full
extent permitted by law against expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any claim filed against them
by reason of anything done or not done by them in such capacity.
The Agreements also require the Company to maintain director and
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    <TD>insurance which is not less favorable to the director and officer than the insurance in
effect on the date of the Agreements, and to establish and maintain an escrow account of
up to $10&nbsp;million to fund the Company&#146;s obligations under the Agreements, except that the
Company is required to fund the escrow only upon the occurrence of a change of control of
the Company, as defined under the Agreements.</TD>
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    <TD>Eaton also maintains insurance coverage for the benefit of directors and officers with
respect to many types of claims that may be made against them, some of which may be in
addition to those described in Section&nbsp;2 of Article&nbsp;IV of the Amended Regulations.</TD>
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    <TD>See list of exhibits at page 6.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The undersigned registrant 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:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the 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 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.
</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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) 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, where
applicable, 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) 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 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Registrant</B>. 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 Cleveland, State of Ohio, on the 28th
day of April, 2010.
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</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">
<B>EATON CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">By&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"> /s/ T. E. Moran
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">T. E. Moran&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Alexander M. Cutler*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer; President; Principal
Executive Officer; Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard H. Fearon*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman and Chief
Financial and Planning Officer;
Principal Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Billie K. Rawot*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Controller; Principal
Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Todd M. Bluedorn*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Christopher M. Connor*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
    <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">Michael J. Critelli*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
    <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">Charles E. Golden*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ernie Green*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Arthur E. Johnson*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ned C. Lautenbach*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Deborah L. McCoy*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John R. Miller*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gregory R. Page*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Victor A. Pelson*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gary L. Tooker*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="left">                 *By&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="0" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"> /s/ David M. O&#146;Loughlin
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">David M. O&#146;Loughlin, Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">for the Officers and Directors<br>
signing in the capacities indicated&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (as of April&nbsp;24, 2008), filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3(a) to registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q report for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference.</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">4(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Regulations (as of February&nbsp;24, 2010), filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to
registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K report dated February&nbsp;24, 2010 and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Mark M. McGuire, Executive Vice Present and General Counsel, as to
the validity of the Common Shares registered.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mark M. McGuire, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of
Eaton Corporation (contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration
Statement).</TD>
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EATON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
34-0196300
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Eaton Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(Address of principal executive offices)
EATON PERSONAL INVESTMENT PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas E. Moran, Senior Vice President and Secretary, Eaton Center, Cleveland, Ohio
44114
(Name and address of agent for service)
(216) 523-4103
(Telephone number, including area code of, agent for service)
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
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
share
price(1)
registration fee
Common Shares, par value of $.50
per share of
Eaton Corporation
300,000
N/A
$ 23,790,000.
$ 1,696.23
*
In addition, pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
Plan.
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of
$79.30, the average of the high and low trading prices of Eaton Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on April 26,
2010.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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-5
EX-23(a)
EX-23(b)
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The description of Eaton's Common Shares contained in the Registration
Statement on Form S-3ASR, File No. 333-157597 filed on February 27, 2009.
(b)
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009
(c)
The Plan's annual report on Form 11-K for the Eaton Personal Investment
Plan for the year ended December 31, 2008.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13,
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold
or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and
documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Mark M. McGuire, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of
the Company, who has passed on the legality of the Eaton Common
Shares covered by this Registration Statement, is a shareholder of
the Company.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Paragraph (E) of Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code grants
each corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ohio,
such as Eaton, power to indemnify its directors, officers and
other specified persons. Provisions relating to indemnification
of directors and officers of Eaton and other specified persons
have been adopted pursuant to the Ohio law and are contained in
Article IV, Section 2 of Eaton's Amended Regulations. Under the
Amended Regulations, Eaton shall indemnify any director, officer
or other specified person against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred by him or her by reason of the fact that
he is or was such director, officer or other specified person, to
the full extent permitted by applicable law. The foregoing
statement is subject to, and only part of, the detailed provisions
of the Ohio Revised Code and Eaton's Amended Regulations referred
to herein.
The Company has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with
each of its officers and directors. The Agreements provide that
the Company shall indemnify such directors or officers to the full
extent permitted by law against expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any claim filed against them
by reason of anything done or not done by them in such capacity.
The Agreements also require the Company to maintain director and
officer
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insurance which is not less favorable to the director and officer than the insurance in
effect on the date of the Agreements, and to establish and maintain an escrow account of
up to $10 million to fund the Company's obligations under the Agreements, except that the
Company is required to fund the escrow only upon the occurrence of a change of control of
the Company, as defined under the Agreements.
Eaton also maintains insurance coverage for the benefit of directors and officers with
respect to many types of claims that may be made against them, some of which may be in
addition to those described in Section 2 of Article IV of the Amended Regulations.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See list of exhibits at page 6.
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;
(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) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
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.
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(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, where
applicable, 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.
(c) 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 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
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 Cleveland, State of Ohio, on the 28th
day of April, 2010.
EATON CORPORATION
By
/s/ T. E. Moran
T. E. Moran
Senior Vice President and Secretary
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
Date
Alexander M. Cutler*
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer; President; Principal
Executive Officer; Director
April 28, 2010
Richard H. Fearon*
Vice Chairman and Chief
Financial and Planning Officer;
Principal Financial Officer
April 28, 2010
Billie K. Rawot*
Senior Vice President and
Controller; Principal
Accounting Officer
April 28, 2010
Todd M. Bluedorn*
Director
April 28, 2010
Christopher M. Connor*
Director
April 28, 2010
Michael J. Critelli*
Director
April 28, 2010
Charles E. Golden*
Director
April 28, 2010
Ernie Green*
Director
April 28, 2010
Arthur E. Johnson*
Director
April 28, 2010
Ned C. Lautenbach*
Director
April 28, 2010
Deborah L. McCoy*
Director
April 28, 2010
John R. Miller*
Director
April 28, 2010
Gregory R. Page*
Director
April 28, 2010
Victor A. Pelson*
Director
April 28, 2010
Gary L. Tooker*
Director
April 28, 2010
*By
/s/ David M. O'Loughlin
David M. O'Loughlin, Attorney-in-Fact
for the Officers and Directors
signing in the capacities indicated
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4(a)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (as of April 24, 2008), filed as
Exhibit 3(a) to registrant's Form 10-Q report for the period ended March 31, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference.
4(b)
Amended Regulations (as of February 24, 2010), filed as Exhibit 3(ii) to
registrant's Form 8-K report dated February 24, 2010 and incorporated herein by
reference.
5
Opinion of Mark M. McGuire, Executive Vice Present and General Counsel, as to
the validity of the Common Shares registered.
23 (a)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23 (b)
Consent of Meaden & Moore Ltd.
23 (c)
Consent of Mark M. McGuire, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of
Eaton Corporation (contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration
Statement).
24
Power of Attorney.
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