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Filing Date: 2021-03-12

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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Surendralal L. Karsanbhai</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief
Executive Officer</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Emerson</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8000 West Florissant Avenue.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">P.O. Box 4100</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">St. Louis, MO 63136-8506</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">USA</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven J. Pelch </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8000 West Florissant Avenue </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">St. Louis, Missouri 63136 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Steve, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Letter Agreement (the &#147;Agreement&#148;) sets out the terms of your separation from Emerson Electric Co., including your resignation
as an employee and officer of Emerson. Throughout this Agreement, the term &#147;Emerson&#148; means Emerson Electric Co. together with any and all other entities owned directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by Emerson Electric Co. Your
separation of employment and the terms of this Agreement are effective as of February&nbsp;16, 2021 (the &#147;Separation Date&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
consideration of good and valuable consideration provided to you pursuant to this Agreement, you agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</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"><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">NON-DISCLOSURE</FONT> AGREEMENT</U> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You agree that during your employment you have received and had access to Emerson&#146;s trade secrets and confidential and proprietary
information (collectively, the &#147;Confidential Information&#148;), which includes or concerns, but is not limited to, attorney/client communications, global strategic communications, information pertaining to strategic planning or other strategy,
mergers and acquisitions, corporate technology, intellectual property, customers, pricing, business methods and operations, business policies, procedures, practices and techniques, legal opinions and legal matters, research or development projects
or results, sales, finances, products, suppliers, personnel performance and compensation, plans for future development, marketing practices, market participation, market studies and financial forecasts and budgeting. You agree that disclosure of
such Confidential Information would be detrimental to Emerson and agree that at no time following termination of your employment with Emerson will you directly or indirectly disclose or cause the disclosure of any Confidential Information to any
person, firm, corporation or entity, no matter what the purpose. You further agree that you will not directly or indirectly disclose the terms of this Agreement to any person except as authorized specifically herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-disclosure</FONT> obligations set forth above shall not apply to the extent it is necessary for you
to: report income to taxing authorities; communicate with immediate family members regarding financial matters; communicate with your attorneys or agents to obtain legal and/or financial planning advice after any such attorneys or agents bind
themselves in writing to the same <FONT STYLE="whit