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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DAVIS DON H JR (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) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/02/2004
	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	11/02/2004		M		50,000	A	$13.4	153,332(1)	D
Common Stock	11/02/2004		S		50,000(2)	D	$42	103,332	D
Common Stock	11/02/2004		M		20,400	A	$13.4	20,400	I(3)	By Davis Family Limited Partnership
Common Stock	11/02/2004		S		20,400(2)	D	$42	0	I(3)	By Davis Family Limited Partnership
Common Stock								14,342.8814	I(4)	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)	$20.349							10/04/2000	10/04/2009	Common Stock	133,334		133,334	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$20.349							10/04/2000	10/04/2009	Common Stock	50,000		50,000	I	By Davis Family Limited Partnership(3)
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$13.4	11/02/2004		M			50,000	10/01/2002	10/01/2011	Common Stock	50,000	$0	145,067	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$13.4	11/02/2004		M			20,400	10/01/2002	10/01/2011	Common Stock	20,400	$0	75,000	I	By Davis Family Limited Partnership(3)
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$15.5							10/07/2003(5)	10/07/2012	Common Stock	235,467		235,467	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$15.5							10/07/2003	10/07/2012	Common Stock	114,533		114,533	I	By Davis Family Limited Partnership(3)
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$27.75							10/06/2004(6)	10/06/2013	Common Stock	350,000		350,000	D
Common Stock Share Equivalents	(7)							(8)	(8)	Common Stock	26,928.9494		26,928.9494(7)	I	Nonqual. Savings Plan

Explanation of Responses:

1. 39,458 shares are held by Company to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met.

2. Sales were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established for estate planning and diversification purposes.

3. Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

4. 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 9/30/2004.

5. 118,799 shares are currently exercisable and 116,668 shares become exercisable on 10/07/05.

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

7. 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 9/30/2004. 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 plan.

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

Remarks:

	K. A. Balistreri, Attorney-in-Fact for Don H. Davis, Jr.	11/03/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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