---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-286334"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMR"
cik: "0000032604"
company_name: "EMERSON ELECTRIC CO"
filed_at: "2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T20:06:55.541905+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Emerson appoints Michael Tang as CLO; Sara Bosco retiring after 18 years

## Summary
- Sara Bosco retires as SVP, Secretary & CLO effective Dec 31, 2023; receives base salary through that date and eligibility for awards and pension.
- Michael Tang named successor effective Jan 1, 2024; joins from Agilent Technologies where he was SVP, GC & Secretary.
- Tang will oversee all legal matters, corporate governance, M&A, compliance, and join Office of the Chief Executive.
- Bosco had been with Emerson since 2005, named to Office of CEO in 2016.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-286334
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMR
- cik: 0000032604
- company_name: EMERSON ELECTRIC CO
- filed_at: 2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/32604/000119312523286334/0001193125-23-286334-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/32604/000119312523286334/d608106d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-286334
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-286334.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-286334.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sara Y. Bosco departed as Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer at EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
  source text: On November 30, 2023, the Company announced that on November 28, 2023 Sara Y. Bosco, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, indicated that she would be retiring effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/32604/000119312523286334/0001193125-23-286334-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.