Rockwell Automation Reviews Business Activities and Elects Board Members at Annual Shareowners Meeting.Business Editors MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2004 Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is an industrial automation company. Its products include Allen-Bradley controls and engineered services and Rockwell Software factory management software. The company headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ROK) Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Don H. Davis reviewed the company's fiscal year 2003 business activities and highlighted first quarter results at the company's annual shareowners meeting. The company also reaffirmed the range of its earnings expectations for fiscal 2004, which was detailed in its first quarter earnings release. At the meeting, shareowners elected Davis; William H. Gray William H. Gray may refer to:
Davis, Gray Davis, Gray (Joseph Graham Davis, Jr.), 1942–, U.S. politician, b. the Bronx, N.Y. A graduate of Stanford Univ. (1964) and Columbia Univ. Law School (1967), he entered the army and served in Vietnam (1968–69). and McCormick were current directors of Rockwell Automation. Nosbusch, who will become president and chief executive officer of Rockwell Automation at the close of business today, was a new nominee. The other six directors will continue on the board. Shareowners also approved the 2000 Long-Term Incentives Plan as amended and approved the designation of Deloitte & Touche as auditor. A copy of the presentation from the meeting is available for review at: www.rockwellautomation.com. Rockwell Automation is a leading global provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions that help customers meet their manufacturing productivity objectives. The company brings together leading brands in industrial automation for Complete Automation solutions, including Allen-Bradley(R) controls and services, Dodge(R) mechanical power transmission products, Reliance Electric(TM) motors and drives, and Rockwell Software(R) factory management software. The company also is a provider of contact management technologies and applications that help companies more efficiently manage interaction with their own customers. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin For other places with the same name, see Milwaukee (disambiguation). Milwaukee is the largest city within the state of Wisconsin and 25th largest (by population) in the United States. , the company employs about 20,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries. This news release contains statements (including certain projections and business trends) accompanied by such phrases as "believes," "estimates," "expect(s)," "anticipates," "will," "intends" and other similar expressions, that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic and political changes in international markets where the company competes, such as currency exchange rates, inflation rates, recession, foreign ownership restrictions and other external factors over which the company has no control; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products, including levels of capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. in industrial markets; successful development of advanced technologies; competitive product and pricing pressures; future terrorist attacks; and the uncertainties of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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