SEC FORM 4

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^*

COHN JOHN D

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE

SUITE 1400

(Street)

MILWAUKEE

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)
	Sr. Vice President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/31/2005

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	08/31/2005		M		2,500	A	$20.349	16,242	D
Common Stock	08/31/2005		S		2,500	D	$51.3	13,742	D
Common Stock								8,203.3608⁽¹⁾	I	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$21.9479							06/01/2000	06/01/2009	Common Stock	10,000		10,000	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$20.349	08/31/2005		M			2,500	10/04/2000	10/04/2009	Common Stock	2,500	$0	12,900	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$15.5							10/07/2003⁽²⁾	10/07/2012	Common Stock	18,267		18,267	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$27.75							10/06/2004⁽³⁾	10/06/2013	Common Stock	45,000		45,000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.9							11/08/2005⁽³⁾	11/08/2014	Common Stock	40,000		40,000	D
Common Stock Share Equivalents	⁽⁴⁾							⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock	512.3183		512.3183⁽⁴⁾	I	Nonqual. Savings Plan

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes shares represented by Company stock fund units acquired under the Company's Savings Plan since the date of the reporting person's last owenership report, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 7/29/2005.

2. 4,266 shares are currently exercisable and 14,001 shares vest on 10/07/2005.

3. The option vests in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on the date exercisable.

4. Includes share equivalents represented by Company stock fund units acquired under the Company's Nonqualified Savings Plan since the date of the reporting person's last owenership report, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 7/29/2005. 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 determine unit values of the Company stock fund under the Pan.

5. The share equivalents are payable in cash upon retirement or after termination of employment.

Remarks:

	K. A. Balistreri, Attorney-in-Fact for John D. Cohn	08/31/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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