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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;21, 2024 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LEGGETT&nbsp;&amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Missouri</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">44-0324630</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1 Leggett Road</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Carthage, Missouri</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>64836</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LEGGETT&nbsp;&amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2005 Executive Stock Unit Program </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jennifer J. Davis </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President &#150; General Counsel </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Leggett&nbsp;&amp; Platt, Incorporated </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1 Leggett Road </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Carthage,
  Missouri 64836 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">417-358-8131</FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>IN
  THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this Registration Statement omits the information
  specified in Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule 428(b) promulgated
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
  pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents listed in (a)&nbsp;through (e) below, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are
  incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849224000174/leg-20231231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 filed on February&nbsp;27, 2024; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company&#146;s
  Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarterly periods ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849224000338/leg-20240331.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
  31, 2024</A> filed on May&nbsp;8, 2024, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849224000501/leg-20240630.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
  30, 2024</A> filed on August 7, 2024 and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849224000648/leg-20240930.htm">September<U></U>&nbsp;30, 2024</A>, filed on November&nbsp;7, 2024; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524008057/d132201d8k.htm">January
  <U></U> 16, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524050650/d780099d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
  28, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524076534/d794117d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
  25, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524125271/d772534d8k.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;
  30, 2024</A> (with respect to Item 8.01 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524136180/d828168d8k.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;
  10, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524143324/d839757d8k.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;
  21, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524249837/d826642d8k.htm">November<U></U>&nbsp;1, 2024</A>; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Portions of our definitive proxy statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524079893/d615546ddef14a.htm">Schedule
   14A</A> filed on March&nbsp;28, 2024 that are incorporated by reference in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;); and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> dated June&nbsp;5, 1979, as amended on Form 8 dated May&nbsp;10, 1984 and as updated by <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849224000174/legex47descriptionofcapita.htm">Exhibit 4.7</A> to
  the Company&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 filed on February&nbsp;27, 2024, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and
  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be
  a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents except that the portion of any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof,&nbsp;including any related exhibits under
  Item 9.01 of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K,&nbsp;or</FONT> any other information furnished to, and not filed with, the Commission shall not be incorporated by reference herein. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
  deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document.
  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
  description of the <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312522289927/d315431dex101.htm">2005 Executive Stock Unit Program</A>, as amended and restated, effective January&nbsp;1, 2023 (&#147;<I>ESU Program</I>&#148;), and the
  ESU Program Deferred Compensation Obligations (&#147;<I>ESUP Obligations</I>&#148;) registered hereunder are qualified by reference to the ESU Program filed November&nbsp;21, 2022 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>ESUP Obligations </U></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>General</U></I>. Under the ESU Program, established pursuant to the Company&#146;s Flexible Stock Plan, the Company will provide a select group of
  management and/or highly compensated employees the opportunity to make <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-tax</FONT> deferrals above certain thresholds of a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The ESU Program is a <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-qualified</FONT> deferred compensation plan. The Company is obligated to pay the ESUP Obligations to participants in the future in accordance with the terms of the ESU Program. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The ESUP Obligations consist of unfunded (a)&nbsp;Diversified Investment Accounts (the value of which will mirror certain investment media selected by the
  participant); and (b)&nbsp;Stock Accounts (consisting of Company Stock Units convertible into shares of Company Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-to-one</FONT></FONT>
  basis). The ESUP Obligations will be general unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company outstanding from time to time. The Company is under no obligation to fully
  fund the ESUP Obligations. The Company does not actually purchase the diversified investments for or on behalf of the participant&#146;s Diversified Investment Account. The diversified investment is a notional investment such that the
  participant&#146;s investment in diversified investments is merely an unsecured obligation by the Company to pay an amount that provides the same return (positive or negative) as the selected diversified investment. No person will have any interest
  in the Company&#146;s assets by virtue of the ESU Program. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An employee&#146;s right to the ESUP Obligations cannot be transferred, assigned or otherwise
  encumbered. The ESUP Obligations may not be seized by any creditor of the participant or his or her designated beneficiary, or transferred by operation of law in the event of bankruptcy, insolvency or death. However, the ESUP Obligations may be
  transferred to a designated beneficiary or personal representative upon death. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ESUP Obligations will be distributed to participants after retirement,
  death, disability or termination of the participant in accordance with the ESU Program. Participants may elect to receive payment all at once or in annual installments for up to 15 years. Upon settlement of the ESUP Obligations, the Company may
  withhold Common Stock or cash, whichever is applicable, in an amount required to satisfy applicable tax laws. The Committee may authorize the immediate distribution of the ESUP Obligations in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, as defined in
  the ESU Program, as permitted by Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the Committee may terminate and liquidate the ESU Program within 30 days preceding, or 12 months after, a Change in Control, as defined in the ESU Program.
  </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The ESUP Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to distribution through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund
  or analogous provision. However, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the ESU Program at any time, except that no such amendment or termination may adversely affect the right of the participant to distribution of the ESUP Obligations
  previously credited to his or her accounts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>ESUP Obligation &#150; Diversified Investment Accounts</U></I>. Participant contributions, made through
  payroll deductions of up to 10% of cash compensation above a certain threshold, will be credited to a Diversified Investment Account established for the participant. The Company will make premium contributions to the Diversified Investment Accounts
  equal to 17.65% of the participant&#146;s contribution. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Diversified Investment Account balance will vest at the time the participant would have been
  entitled to receive the cash compensation but for the election to defer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A participant&#146;s Diversified Investment Account balance will be adjusted to
  mirror the investment experience, whether positive or negative, of the diversified investment media selected by the participant. Participants may change investment elections in the Diversified Investment Accounts, but cannot purchase Company Common
  Stock or Stock Units in these accounts. The Diversified Investment Accounts are unfunded and intended to mirror the investment return of selected mutual funds and retirement target funds. </P>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Diversified Investment Account balance will be settled in cash. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>ESUP Obligation &#150; Stock Accounts</U></I>. The Company makes a 50% matching contribution of participant contributions at the same time participant
  contributions are made, and, if certain earnings objectives are met, makes an additional matching contribution, up to 50% of participant contributions, to acquire Company Stock Units at a 15% discount to market. The Company also makes dividend
  equivalent contributions to acquire Company Stock Units at a 15% discount to market at any time Company dividends on its Common Stock, if any, are paid. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Stock Unit is the award of a right to receive the market value of one share of Common Stock. A participant will have no rights as a shareholder with respect
  to the Stock Units, including voting rights, until the underlying shares are issued to him or her. In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, merger, consolidation or other recapitalization of the Company affecting the number of outstanding
  shares of Company Common Stock, the number of Stock Units will be appropriately adjusted. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a participant has a Separation from Service, as defined in
  the ESU Program, and has less than five years of service, he or she forfeits Stock Units credited to his or her account resulting from Company contributions, unless the Separation from Service is due to death, disability or retirement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Company intends to settle all Stock Units in Company Common Stock on a
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-to-one</FONT></FONT> basis (less required withholding tax), it reserves the right to distribute the balance in cash, except for distributions to officers of the Company subject to
  the requirements of Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stock Units in the ESU Program may not be diversified. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>Common Stock </U></I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Common Stock of the Company is
  registered under Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and, accordingly, no description is provided hereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of Named
  Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jennifer J. Davis, Executive Vice President &#150; General Counsel of the Company, has rendered an opinion as to the legality of
  the Company&#146;s ESUP Obligations, including Stock Units and Common Stock being registered hereby. Ms.&nbsp;Davis is paid a salary and a bonus, and she is a participant in various employee benefit plans offered by the Company and owns and has
  equity awards relating to shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is a Missouri corporation. Sections 351.355(1) and (2)&nbsp;of The General and Business Corporation Law of the State of Missouri (&#147;GBCL&#148;)
  provide that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer,
  employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
  attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
  to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the
  right of the corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation, unless and
  only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for proper expenses. </P>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in the corporation&#146;s
  articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be
  indemnified against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(5) of the GBCL provides that expenses incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
  proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer,
  employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional indemnification to any person indemnifiable under subsection
  (1)&nbsp;or (2), provided such additional indemnification is authorized by the corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall thereby be
  indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or
  was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
  liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the
  provisions of that section. The insurance or other arrangement, including a trust fund, self-insurance, letters of credit, guaranty or surety arrangement, may be procured within the corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate
  by the board of directors. That section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other person
  participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability on any ground regardless of whether directors
  participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation, as amended, and
  bylaws, as amended, generally provide that each person who was or is a director or officer of the corporation shall be indemnified by the corporation as a matter of right to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law and as
  otherwise provided in its restated articles of incorporation. For this purpose, &#147;applicable law&#148; generally means Section&nbsp;351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May&nbsp;7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment
  permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights, and any other statutory indemnification provision adopted after May&nbsp;7, 1986. The Company&#146;s bylaws, as amended, also provide that each person who was or is an employee or
  agent of the corporation, or who was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise may, at the discretion of the board of directors, be indemnified
  by the corporation to the same extent as provided in the bylaws for directors and officers. The Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation also provide that the indemnification and other rights provided by the restated articles of
  incorporation will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person&#146;s official
  capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding the office of director or officer, and the corporation is specifically authorized to provide such indemnification and other rights by any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or
  disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation provide
  that expenses incurred by any person who was or is a director or officer in defending generally any proceeding (including those by or in the right of the Company) shall be promptly advanced by the Company when so requested at any time, but only if
  the requesting person delivers to the Company an undertaking to repay to the Company all amounts so advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the requesting person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Company&#146;s restated
  articles of incorporation, bylaws, state law or otherwise. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws. </P>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">5 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements, approved by its shareholders, with its
  directors and executive officers. Pursuant to those agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law. For this purpose, &#147;applicable law&#148;
  generally means Section&nbsp;351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May&nbsp;7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights, and any other statutory indemnification
  provision adopted after May&nbsp;7, 1986. In addition, the Company has agreed to further indemnify and hold harmless each such party who was or is a party or is threatened to be made party to any proceeding, including any proceeding by or in the
  right of the Company, by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request or on the behalf of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  enterprise or by reason of anything done or not done by him or her in any such capacities. However, under these agreements, the Company will not provide indemnification: (i)&nbsp;for amounts indemnified by the Company outside of the agreement or
  paid pursuant to insurance; (ii)&nbsp;in respect of remuneration paid to indemnitee if determined finally that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;on account of any suit for any accounting of profits pursuant to Section&nbsp;16(b)
  of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of any federal, state or local law; (iv)&nbsp;on account of indemnitee&#146;s conduct which is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; or (v)&nbsp;if
  a final adjudication shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation provide that the
  corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
  another corporation, partnership or other enterprise against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
  indemnify such person against such liability. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws. The Company insures its directors and officers against certain liabilities and has insurance against certain payments which it may be obliged to make to
  such persons under the indemnification provisions of its restated articles of incorporation. This insurance may provide broader coverage for such individuals than may be required by the provisions of the restated articles of incorporation or the
  bylaws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing represents a summary of the general effect of the indemnification provisions of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation,
  as amended, the bylaws, as amended, and such agreements and insurance. Additional information regarding indemnification of directors and officers can be found in Section&nbsp;351.355 of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation, as amended,
  the bylaws, as amended, and any pertinent agreements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Description</P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;&#8199;4.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849224000648/exhibit311-articlesofincor.htm">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as of May<U></U>&nbsp;13, 1987, with Amendments dated May<U></U>&nbsp;
  12, 1993 and May<U></U>&nbsp;20, 1999; filed November<U></U>&nbsp;7, 2024 as Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Company&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q,</FONT> are incorporated herein by reference.</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;&#8199;4.2</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849224000648/exhibit322bylaws10312024.htm">Bylaws of the Company, as amended through November<U></U>&nbsp;5, 2024, filed November<U></U>&nbsp;
  7, 2024 as Exhibit 3.2.2 to the Company&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q,</FONT> is incorporated herein by reference.</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312522289927/d315431dex101.htm">The Company&#146;s 2005 Executive Stock Unit Program, as amended and restated, effective January<U></U>&nbsp;
  1, 2023, filed November<U></U>&nbsp;21, 2022 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> is incorporated herein by reference.</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524079893/d615546ddef14a.htm">The Company&#146;s Flexible Stock Plan, amended and restated, effective as of May<U></U>&nbsp;
  8, 2024, filed March<U></U>&nbsp;28, 2024 as an Appendix to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement, is incorporated herein by reference. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d782230dex51.htm">Opinion of Jennifer J. Davis, Executive Vice President &#150; General Counsel of Leggett&nbsp;&amp; Platt, Incorporated. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d782230dex231.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;23.2*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d782230dex51.htm">Consent of Jennifer J. Davis, Executive Vice President &#150; General Counsel of Leggett&nbsp;&amp; Platt, Incorporated (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d782230dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Denotes filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">6 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;9. Undertakings. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file,
  during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus
  required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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
  Filing Fee Tables&#148; or &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table, as applicable, in the effective Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;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&nbsp;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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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 against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carthage, State of Missouri, on the
  21st day of November, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">LEGGETT&nbsp;&amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Karl G. Glassman</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Benjamin M. Burns</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Benjamin M. Burns</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Tammy M. Trent</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tammy M. Trent</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Robert E. Brunner</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mary Campbell*</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mary Campbell</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Manuel A. Fernandez*</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Manuel A. Fernandez</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph W. McClanathan*</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph W. McClanathan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jai Shah*</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jai
  Shah</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Phoebe A. Wood*</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">S. Scott Luton, by signing his name hereto, signs this Registration Statement on behalf of each of the persons
  indicated by an asterisk above pursuant to the power of attorney duly executed by such persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Registration Statement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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text: FORM S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2024
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Missouri
  44-0324630
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  1 Leggett Road
  Carthage, Missouri
  64836
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
  2005 Executive Stock Unit Program
  (Full title of the plan)
  Jennifer J. Davis
  Executive Vice President – General Counsel
  Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
  1 Leggett Road
  Carthage,
  Missouri 64836
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  417-358-8131
  (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, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED
  IN
  THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this Registration Statement omits the information
  specified in Part I of Form
  S-8.
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule 428(b) promulgated
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
  pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents listed in (a) through (e) below, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are
  incorporated herein by reference:
  (a) The Company's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed on February 27, 2024;
  (b) The Company's
  Quarterly Reports on Form
  10-Q
  for the quarterly periods ended
  March
  31, 2024
  filed on May 8, 2024,
  June
  30, 2024
  filed on August 7, 2024 and
  September
  30, 2024
  , filed on November 7, 2024;
  (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed on
  January
  16, 2024
  ,
  February
  28, 2024
  ,
  March
  25, 2024
  ,
  April
  30, 2024
  (with respect to Item 8.01 only),
  May
  10, 2024
  ,
  May
  21, 2024
  and
  November
  1, 2024
  ;
  (d) Portions of our definitive proxy statement on
  Schedule
   14A
  filed on March 28, 2024 that are incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2023 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"); and
  (e) The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's Form
  8-A
  dated June 5, 1979, as amended on Form 8 dated May 10, 1984 and as updated by
  Exhibit 4.7
  to
  the Company's Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed on February 27, 2024, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and
  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be
  a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents except that the portion of any Current Report on Form
  8-K
  furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof, including any related exhibits under
  Item 9.01 of
  Form 8-K, or
  any other information furnished to, and not filed with, the Commission shall not be incorporated by reference herein.
  For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
  deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document.
  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  The following
  description of the
  2005 Executive Stock Unit Program
  , as amended and restated, effective January 1, 2023 ("
  ESU Program
  "), and the
  ESU Program Deferred Compensation Obligations ("
  ESUP Obligations
  ") registered hereunder are qualified by reference to the ESU Program filed November 21, 2022 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form
  8-K.
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  ESUP Obligations
  General
  . Under the ESU Program, established pursuant to the Company's Flexible Stock Plan, the Company will provide a select group of
  management and/or highly compensated employees the opportunity to make
  pre-tax
  deferrals above certain thresholds of a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The ESU Program is a
  non-qualified
  deferred compensation plan. The Company is obligated to pay the ESUP Obligations to participants in the future in accordance with the terms of the ESU Program.
  The ESUP Obligations consist of unfunded (a) Diversified Investment Accounts (the value of which will mirror certain investment media selected by the
  participant); and (b) Stock Accounts (consisting of Company Stock Units convertible into shares of Company Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, on a
  one-to-one
  basis). The ESUP Obligations will be general unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company outstanding from time to time. The Company is under no obligation to fully
  fund the ESUP Obligations. The Company does not actually purchase the diversified investments for or on behalf of the participant's Diversified Investment Account. The diversified investment is a notional investment such that the
  participant's investment in diversified investments is merely an unsecured obligation by the Company to pay an amount that provides the same return (positive or negative) as the selected diversified investment. No person will have any interest
  in the Company's assets by virtue of the ESU Program.
  An employee's right to the ESUP Obligations cannot be transferred, assigned or otherwise
  encumbered. The ESUP Obligations may not be seized by any creditor of the participant or his or her designated beneficiary, or transferred by operation of law in the event of bankruptcy, insolvency or death. However, the ESUP Obligations may be
  transferred to a designated beneficiary or personal representative upon death.
  ESUP Obligations will be distributed to participants after retirement,
  death, disability or termination of the participant in accordance with the ESU Program. Participants may elect to receive payment all at once or in annual installments for up to 15 years. Upon settlement of the ESUP Obligations, the Company may
  withhold Common Stock or cash, whichever is applicable, in an amount required to satisfy applicable tax laws. The Committee may authorize the immediate distribution of the ESUP Obligations in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, as defined in
  the ESU Program, as permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the Committee may terminate and liquidate the ESU Program within 30 days preceding, or 12 months after, a Change in Control, as defined in the ESU Program.
  The ESUP Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to distribution through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund
  or analogous provision. However, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the ESU Program at any time, except that no such amendment or termination may adversely affect the right of the participant to distribution of the ESUP Obligations
  previously credited to his or her accounts.
  ESUP Obligation – Diversified Investment Accounts
  . Participant contributions, made through
  payroll deductions of up to 10% of cash compensation above a certain threshold, will be credited to a Diversified Investment Account established for the participant. The Company will make premium contributions to the Diversified Investment Accounts
  equal to 17.65% of the participant's contribution.
  The Diversified Investment Account balance will vest at the time the participant would have been
  entitled to receive the cash compensation but for the election to defer.
  A participant's Diversified Investment Account balance will be adjusted to
  mirror the investment experience, whether positive or negative, of the diversified investment media selected by the participant. Participants may change investment elections in the Diversified Investment Accounts, but cannot purchase Company Common
  Stock or Stock Units in these accounts. The Diversified Investment Accounts are unfunded and intended to mirror the investment return of selected mutual funds and retirement target funds.
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  The Diversified Investment Account balance will be settled in cash.
  ESUP Obligation – Stock Accounts
  . The Company makes a 50% matching contribution of participant contributions at the same time participant
  contributions are made, and, if certain earnings objectives are met, makes an additional matching contribution, up to 50% of participant contributions, to acquire Company Stock Units at a 15% discount to market. The Company also makes dividend
  equivalent contributions to acquire Company Stock Units at a 15% discount to market at any time Company dividends on its Common Stock, if any, are paid.
  A Stock Unit is the award of a right to receive the market value of one share of Common Stock. A participant will have no rights as a shareholder with respect
  to the Stock Units, including voting rights, until the underlying shares are issued to him or her. In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, merger, consolidation or other recapitalization of the Company affecting the number of outstanding
  shares of Company Common Stock, the number of Stock Units will be appropriately adjusted.
  If a participant has a Separation from Service, as defined in
  the ESU Program, and has less than five years of service, he or she forfeits Stock Units credited to his or her account resulting from Company contributions, unless the Separation from Service is due to death, disability or retirement.
  Although the Company intends to settle all Stock Units in Company Common Stock on a
  one-to-one
  basis (less required withholding tax), it reserves the right to distribute the balance in cash, except for distributions to officers of the Company subject to
  the requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
  Stock Units in the ESU Program may not be diversified.
  Common Stock
  The Common Stock of the Company is
  registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and, accordingly, no description is provided hereunder.
  Item 5. Interests of Named
  Experts and Counsel.
  Jennifer J. Davis, Executive Vice President – General Counsel of the Company, has rendered an opinion as to the legality of
  the Company's ESUP Obligations, including Stock Units and Common Stock being registered hereby. Ms. Davis is paid a salary and a bonus, and she is a participant in various employee benefit plans offered by the Company and owns and has
  equity awards relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The Company is a Missouri corporation. Sections 351.355(1) and (2) of The General and Business Corporation Law of the State of Missouri ("GBCL")
  provide that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer,
  employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
  attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
  to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the
  right of the corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation, unless and
  only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for proper expenses.
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  Section 351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in the corporation's
  articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be
  indemnified against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.
  Section 351.355(5) of the GBCL provides that expenses incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
  proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer,
  employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section.
  Section 351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional indemnification to any person indemnifiable under subsection
  (1) or (2), provided such additional indemnification is authorized by the corporation's articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall thereby be
  indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
  Section 351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or
  was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
  liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the
  provisions of that section. The insurance or other arrangement, including a trust fund, self-insurance, letters of credit, guaranty or surety arrangement, may be procured within the corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate
  by the board of directors. That section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other person
  participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability on any ground regardless of whether directors
  participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement.
  The Company's restated articles of incorporation, as amended, and
  bylaws, as amended, generally provide that each person who was or is a director or officer of the corporation shall be indemnified by the corporation as a matter of right to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law and as
  otherwise provided in its restated articles of incorporation. For this purpose, "applicable law" generally means Section 351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May 7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment
  permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights, and any other statutory indemnification provision adopted after May 7, 1986. The Company's bylaws, as amended, also provide that each person who was or is an employee or
  agent of the corporation, or who was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise may, at the discretion of the board of directors, be indemnified
  by the corporation to the same extent as provided in the bylaws for directors and officers. The Company's restated articles of incorporation also provide that the indemnification and other rights provided by the restated articles of
  incorporation will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official
  capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding the office of director or officer, and the corporation is specifically authorized to provide such indemnification and other rights by any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or
  disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws.
  The Company's restated articles of incorporation provide
  that expenses incurred by any person who was or is a director or officer in defending generally any proceeding (including those by or in the right of the Company) shall be promptly advanced by the Company when so requested at any time, but only if
  the requesting person delivers to the Company an undertaking to repay to the Company all amounts so advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the requesting person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Company's restated
  articles of incorporation, bylaws, state law or otherwise. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws.
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  In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements, approved by its shareholders, with its
  directors and executive officers. Pursuant to those agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law. For this purpose, "applicable law"
  generally means Section 351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May 7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights, and any other statutory indemnification
  provision adopted after May 7, 1986. In addition, the Company has agreed to further indemnify and hold harmless each such party who was or is a party or is threatened to be made party to any proceeding, including any proceeding by or in the
  right of the Company, by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request or on the behalf of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  enterprise or by reason of anything done or not done by him or her in any such capacities. However, under these agreements, the Company will not provide indemnification: (i) for amounts indemnified by the Company outside of the agreement or
  paid pursuant to insurance; (ii) in respect of remuneration paid to indemnitee if determined finally that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii) on account of any suit for any accounting of profits pursuant to Section 16(b)
  of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of any federal, state or local law; (iv) on account of indemnitee's conduct which is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; or (v) if
  a final adjudication shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful.
  The Company's restated articles of incorporation provide that the
  corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
  another corporation, partnership or other enterprise against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
  indemnify such person against such liability. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws. The Company insures its directors and officers against certain liabilities and has insurance against certain payments which it may be obliged to make to
  such persons under the indemnification provisions of its restated articles of incorporation. This insurance may provide broader coverage for such individuals than may be required by the provisions of the restated articles of incorporation or the
  bylaws.
  The foregoing represents a summary of the general effect of the indemnification provisions of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation,
  as amended, the bylaws, as amended, and such agreements and insurance. Additional information regarding indemnification of directors and officers can be found in Section 351.355 of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation, as amended,
  the bylaws, as amended, and any pertinent agreements.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  Not Applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as of May
  13, 1987, with Amendments dated May
  12, 1993 and May
  20, 1999; filed November
  7, 2024 as Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Company's Form
  10-Q,
  are incorporated herein by reference.
  4.2
  Bylaws of the Company, as amended through November
  5, 2024, filed November
  7, 2024 as Exhibit 3.2.2 to the Company's Form
  10-Q,
  is incorporated herein by reference.
  4.3
  The Company's 2005 Executive Stock Unit Program, as amended and restated, effective January
  1, 2023, filed November
  21, 2022 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form
  8-K,
  is incorporated herein by reference.
  4.4
  The Company's Flexible Stock Plan, amended and restated, effective as of May
  8, 2024, filed March
  28, 2024 as an Appendix to the Company's Proxy Statement, is incorporated herein by reference.
  5.1*
  Opinion of Jennifer J. Davis, Executive Vice President – General Counsel of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated.
  23.1*
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2*
  Consent of Jennifer J. Davis, Executive Vice President – General Counsel of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24*
  Power of Attorney.
  107*
  Filing Fee Table.
  *
  Denotes filed herewith.
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  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
  Filing Fee Tables" or "Calculation of Registration Fee" table, as applicable, 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 Registration Statement is on Form
  S-8,
  and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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.
  (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 against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carthage, State of Missouri, on the
  21st day of November, 2024.
  LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
  By:
  /s/ Karl G. Glassman
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  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
  /s/ Karl G. Glassman
  Karl G. Glassman
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Board
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  November 21, 2024
  /s/ Benjamin M. Burns
  Benjamin M. Burns
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  November 21, 2024
  /s/ Tammy M. Trent
  Tammy M. Trent
  Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  November 21, 2024
  Angela Barbee*
  Angela Barbee
  Director
  Mark A. Blinn*
  Mark A. Blinn
  Director
  Robert E. Brunner*
  Robert E. Brunner
  Director
  Mary Campbell*
  Mary Campbell
  Director
  Manuel A. Fernandez*
  Manuel A. Fernandez
  Director
  Joseph W. McClanathan*
  Joseph W. McClanathan
  Director
  Srikanth Padmanabhan*
  Srikanth Padmanabhan
  Director
  Jai Shah*
  Jai
  Shah
  Director
  Phoebe A. Wood*
  Phoebe A. Wood
  Director
  *
  S. Scott Luton, by signing his name hereto, signs this Registration Statement on behalf of each of the persons
  indicated by an asterisk above pursuant to the power of attorney duly executed by such persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Registration Statement.
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  *By:
  /s/ S. Scott
  Luton
  November 21, 2024
  S. Scott Luton
  Attorney-in-Fact
  Under
  Power-of-Attorney
  Dated November 20, 2024
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