---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-22-013742"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMR"
cik: "0000032604"
company_name: "EMERSON ELECTRIC CO"
filed_at: "2022-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T03:03:57.409350+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Emerson sells InSinkErator to Whirlpool for $3.0B; 18.1x EBITDA multiple

## Summary
- Sale price $3.0B; trailing twelve-month revenue $595M, EBITDA $166M as of March 31, 2022.
- Transaction represents 18.1x EBITDA; expected to close in Emerson's fiscal year 2023.
- InSinkErator employs ~1,400; acquired by Emerson in 1968.
- Emerson engaged Goldman Sachs as financial adviser and Davis Polk as legal counsel.
- Sale aligns with Emerson's goal of a higher-growth, more cohesive portfolio.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-22-013742
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMR
- cik: 0000032604
- company_name: EMERSON ELECTRIC CO
- filed_at: 2022-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/32604/000095010322013742/0000950103-22-013742-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/32604/000095010322013742/dp178381_8k.htm

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