Emerson Electric 10-Q 2024-12-31

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2024

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________________ to __________________

Commission file number 1-278

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri									43-0259330
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8027 Forsyth Blvd
St. Louis,			Missouri			63105
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (314) 553-2000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. Common stock of $0.50 par value per share outstanding at December 31, 2024: 563.9 million shares.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Consolidated Statements of Earnings

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. & SUBSIDIARIES

Three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2024

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts; unaudited)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. & SUBSIDIARIES

Three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2024

(Dollars in millions; unaudited)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. & SUBSIDIARIES

(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts; unaudited)

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The Company maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner. This system also is designed to ensure information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company's certifying officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on an evaluation performed, the certifying officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there can be no assurance that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures will detect or uncover all failures of persons within the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries to report material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company's reports.

There was no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

The following risk factor supplements the “Risk Factors” section in Part 1, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024 (our “Form 10-K"). The following risk factor disclosure should be read in conjunction with the other risk factors set out in our Form 10-K.

Our Proposed Acquisition of the Remaining Interest in AspenTech That We Don’t Already Own and the Process to Explore Strategic Alternatives for the Company's Safety & Productivity Segment May Not Be Completed or Completed on the Terms and Conditions Contemplated, or with the Expected Benefits.

On January 26, 2025, the Company and AspenTech entered into an agreement under which Emerson will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of AspenTech not already owned by Emerson or its affiliates. Under the terms of the agreement, Emerson will make a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of AspenTech common stock not already owned by Emerson or its affiliates for $265.00 per share in cash, approximately $7.2 billion in aggregate, which would be followed by a merger pursuant to which AspenTech would become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and in which any remaining shares not tendered would receive the same price in cash. The Company currently owns approximately 57 percent of AspenTech’s outstanding shares. Completion of the proposed AspenTech transaction is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions, including among other things, the non-waivable condition that at least a majority of the AspenTech common stock held by minority stockholders be validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, and the absence of any applicable law prohibiting the consummation of the proposed acquisition. The proposed acquisition is intended to be financed from cash on hand and debt financing. On November 5, 2024, the Company announced that it is exploring strategic alternatives, including a cash sale, for its Safety & Productivity segment. No assurance can be given as to the completion, terms, timing, costs or benefits anticipated from any such transactions. Unforeseen developments, including the outcome of the tender offer, or delays in obtaining various tax, regulatory and other approvals, could delay any such transactions, or cause one or more of them to occur on terms and conditions that are less favorable, or at a higher cost, than expected.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities (shares in 000s).

In March 2020, the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of 60 million shares and a total of approximately 21.6 shares remain available for purchase under the authorization.

During the three-month period ended December 31, 2024, none of our directors or officers adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.

(a) Exhibits (Listed by numbers corresponding to the Exhibit Table of Item 601 in Regulation S-K).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.