Form 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
_______________


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2006 (November 1, 2006)


Rockwell Automation, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) 		1-12383
(Commission
File Number) 		25-1797617
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


1201 South Second Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


(414) 382-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


    Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT


Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

                 On November 1, 2006, Don H. Davis, Jr. notified our Board of Directors that he will retire and not stand for re-election as a director at the Annual Meeting of Shareowners to be held on February 7, 2007. Mr. Davis will continue to serve on the Board for the remainder of his current term, which expires on that date. On November 1, 2006, our Board of Directors took action to decrease the size of the Board to nine directors, effective upon Mr. Davis’s retirement.


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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 hereunto duly authorized.


  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
                   (Registrant)
  By /s/ Douglas M. Hagerman
   
    Douglas M. Hagerman
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
     and Secretary

Date:  November 2, 2006


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