SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
MULLANY THOMAS J
(Last) (First) (Middle)
777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
SUITE 1400
(Street)
MILWAUKEE WI 53202
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC [ ROK ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Vice Pres. and Treasurer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/19/2003
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/19/2003 M 3,604 A $10.5866 3,604 D
Common Stock 08/19/2003 M 3,300 A $11.6038 6,904 D
Common Stock 08/19/2003 S 104 D $27.06 6,800 D
Common Stock 08/19/2003 S 6,800 D $26.98 0 D
Common Stock 8,473.3451 I(1) By Savings Plan
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee stock option (right to buy) $13.7747 12/06/1996 12/06/2005 Common Stock 2,429 2,429 D
Employee stock option (right to buy) $17.3914 12/09/1997 12/09/2006 Common Stock 2,510 2,510 D
Employee stock option (right to buy) $15.6278 06/26/1999 06/26/2008 Common Stock 2,600 2,600 D
Employee stock option (right to buy) $10.5866 08/19/2003 M 3,604 10/05/1999 10/05/2008 Common Stock 3,604 $0 1,802 D
Employee stock option (right to buy) $20.349 (2) 10/04/2009 Common Stock 9,000 9,000 D
Employee stock option (right to buy) $11.6038 08/19/2003 M 3,300 (3) 10/02/2010 Common Stock 3,300 $0 6,600 D
Employee Stock Option $13.4 (4) 10/01/2011 Common Stock 22,000 22,000 D
Employee stock option (right to buy) $15.5 (5) 10/07/2012 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D
Common Stock Share Equivalents (6) (7) (7) Common Stock 70.3269 70.3269(6) I Nonqualified Savings Plan
Explanation of Responses:
1. Shares represented by Company stock fund units under the Company's Savings Plan which were acquired on a periodic basis pursuant to the Plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 8/15/03.
2. 6,000 shares are currently exercisable and 3,000 shares become exercisable on the date on which the closing price of the shares on the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions shall have exceeded 150% of the Fair Market Value on 10/04/99, for at least 20 consecutive trading days, or, if earlier, on 10/4/06.
3. 7,700 shares are currently exercisable and 2,200 shares become exercisable on 10/02/03.
4. The Option vests in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on 10/01/02.
5. The Option vests in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on 10/07/03.
6. Share equivalents represented by Company stock fund units credited under the Company's nonqualified savings plan based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 08/15/2003. The number of share equivalents represented by the balance of a participant's Company stock fund account may not exactly equal the number of share equivalents represented by a prior balance plus additions due to variances in the proportion of uninvested cash held in the reference fund used to determinde unit values of the Company stock fund under the plan.
7. The share equivalents are payable in cash upon retirement or after termination of employment.
Remarks:
Karen A. Balistreri, Attorney-in-fact for Thomas J. Mullany 08/21/2003
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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