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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 June&nbsp;17, 2015. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </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>
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<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 S-8
</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>Rockwell Automation, Inc. </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>Delaware</B></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>(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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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin</B></P></TD>
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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>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan </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 plans) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>D<SMALL>OUGLAS</SMALL> M. H<SMALL>AGERMAN</SMALL>, E<SMALL>SQ</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rockwell Automation, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1201 South 2nd Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204 </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>(414) 382-2000 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>M<SMALL>ARC</SMALL> A. A<SMALL>LPERT</SMALL>, E<SMALL>SQ</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chadbourne&nbsp;&amp; Parke LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>30 Rockefeller Plaza </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10112 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) 408-5100 </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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered(1)</B></P></TD>
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price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per share(2)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $1 per share(3)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">25,000 shares</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$126.26</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$3,156,500.00</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$366.79</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The shares of Common Stock set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table which may be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement include, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), such additional number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar events. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low per share market price of the Common Stock for New York Stock
Exchange&#150;Composite Transactions on June&nbsp;12, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-157203) filed by Rockwell Automation on February&nbsp;10, 2009, relating to the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><I></I><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</I></B><I>.</I><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (&#147;Rockwell Automation&#148;) for the year ended September&nbsp;30, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of Rockwell Automation for the quarters ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 and March&nbsp;31, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Current Reports on Form 8-K of Rockwell Automation dated February&nbsp;6, 2015,&nbsp;February&nbsp;17, 2015 and March&nbsp;27, 2015; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(f)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of Rockwell Automation&#146;s Common Stock, par value $1 per share, which is incorporated in Rockwell Automation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October&nbsp;30, 1996 by reference to the
material under the caption &#147;Description of New Rockwell Capital Stock&#148; on pages 105-115 of Rockwell Automation&#146;s Proxy Statement-Prospectus dated October&nbsp;29, 1996, constituting a part of Rockwell Automation&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-14969). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-right:2%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by Rockwell
Automation and the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit 3 to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended and restated September&nbsp;10, 2014, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September&nbsp;15, 2014, are hereby incorporated by
reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Copy of Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan together with all amendments through January&nbsp;1, 2011.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common Stock covered by this Registration
Statement.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Opinion of Goldman, Antonetti&nbsp;&amp; C&oacute;rdova, LLC with respect to compliance of the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan with Section&nbsp;1022(i)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Letter of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin on the 17<SUP
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>(Douglas M. Hagerman, Senior Vice President,</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>General Counsel and Secretary)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed on the 17th day of June, 2015 by the following persons in the capacities indicated: </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">K<SMALL>EITH</SMALL> D. N<SMALL>OSBUSCH</SMALL>*</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B<SMALL>ETTY</SMALL> C. A<SMALL>LEWINE</SMALL>*</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B<SMALL>ARRY</SMALL> C. J<SMALL>OHNSON</SMALL>*</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L<SMALL>ISA</SMALL> A. P<SMALL>AYNE</SMALL>*</P></TD>
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this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin on the 17th day of June, 2015. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Teresa E. Carpenter</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>(Teresa E. Carpenter, Plan Administrator)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit 3 to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended September 10, 2014, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Rockwell Automation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2014, are hereby incorporated by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Copy of Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan together with all amendments through January 1, 2011.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Goldman, Antonetti &amp; C&oacute;rdova, LLC with respect to compliance of the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan with Section 1022(i)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Letter of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5-a to this Registration Statement.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Goldman, Antonetti &amp; C&oacute;rdova, LLC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2015.
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
25-1797617
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1201 South 2nd Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53204
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan
(Full title of the plans)
D
OUGLAS
M. H
AGERMAN
, E
SQ
.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
1201 South 2nd Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
(Name and address of agent for service)
(414) 382-2000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
M
ARC
A. A
LPERT
, E
SQ
.
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New
York, New York 10112
(212) 408-5100
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one).
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering
price
per share(2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $1 per share(3)
25,000 shares
$126.26
$3,156,500.00
$366.79
(1)
The shares of Common Stock set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table which may be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement include, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), such additional number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low per share market price of the Common Stock for New York Stock
Exchange–Composite Transactions on June 12, 2015.
(3)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-157203) filed by Rockwell Automation on February 10, 2009, relating to the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan (the "Plan").
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The
following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rockwell Automation, Inc. ("Rockwell Automation") for the year ended September 30, 2014;
(b)
Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan for the year ended December 31, 2014;
(d)
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of Rockwell Automation for the quarters ended December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015;
(e)
Current Reports on Form 8-K of Rockwell Automation dated February 6, 2015, February 17, 2015 and March 27, 2015; and
(f)
The description of Rockwell Automation's Common Stock, par value $1 per share, which is incorporated in Rockwell Automation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October 30, 1996 by reference to the
material under the caption "Description of New Rockwell Capital Stock" on pages 105-115 of Rockwell Automation's Proxy Statement-Prospectus dated October 29, 1996, constituting a part of Rockwell Automation's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-14969).
All documents subsequently filed by Rockwell
Automation and the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a
post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 8:
Exhibits.
4-a
—
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit 3 to Rockwell Automation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.
4-b
—
By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended and restated September 10, 2014, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Rockwell Automation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2014, are hereby incorporated by
reference.
4-c
—
Copy of Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan together with all amendments through January 1, 2011.
5-a
—
Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common Stock covered by this Registration
Statement.
2
5-b
—
Opinion of Goldman, Antonetti & Córdova, LLC with respect to compliance of the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan with Section 1022(i)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
15
—
Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.
23-a
—
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23-b
—
Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23-c
—
Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5-a to this Registration Statement.
23-d
—
Consent of Goldman, Antonetti & Córdova, LLC.
23-e
—
Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP.
24
—
Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin on the 17
th
day of June, 2015.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
By
/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman
(Douglas M. Hagerman, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed on the 17th day of June, 2015 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature
Title
K
EITH
D. N
OSBUSCH
*
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive
officer) and a Director
B
ETTY
C. A
LEWINE
*
Director
J. P
HILLIP
H
OLLOMAN
*
Director
V
ERNE
G. I
STOCK
*
Director
B
ARRY
C. J
OHNSON
*
Director
S
TEVEN
R. K
ALMANSON
*
Director
J
AMES
P. K
EANE
*
Director
L
AWRENCE
D. K
INGSLEY
*
Director
W
ILLIAM
T. M
C
C
ORMICK
, J
R
.*
Director
D
ONALD
R. P
ARFET
*
Director
L
ISA
A. P
AYNE
*
Director
T
HEODORE
D. C
RANDALL
*
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
D
AVID
M. D
ORGAN
*
Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)
*
By
/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman
(Douglas M. Hagerman, Attorney-in-fact)
**
**
By authority of the powers of attorney filed herewith.
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin on the 17th day of June, 2015.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION 1165(e) PLAN
By
/s/ Teresa E. Carpenter
(Teresa E. Carpenter, Plan Administrator)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4-a
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit 3 to Rockwell Automation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.
4-b
By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended September 10, 2014, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Rockwell Automation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2014, are hereby incorporated by reference.
4-c
Copy of Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan together with all amendments through January 1, 2011.
5-a
Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.
5-b
Opinion of Goldman, Antonetti & Córdova, LLC with respect to compliance of the Rockwell Automation 1165(e) Plan with Section 1022(i)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
15
Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.
23-a
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23-b
Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23-c
Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5-a to this Registration Statement.
23-d
Consent of Goldman, Antonetti & Córdova, LLC.
23-e
Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP.
24
Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.
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