{"links":{"self":"https://clientapi.gcs-web.com/data/33381f6d-8eaa-46ae-8c63-71b3672717c2/filings/13346/html"},"meta":{"executionDate":"2026-07-16T18:17:01","cmsDomain":"https://bradyid.gcs-web.com"},"data":"<HTML>\n<HEAD>\n<TITLE>e8vk</TITLE>\n</HEAD>\n<BODY bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<!-- PAGEBREAK -->\n<DIV style=\"font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\">\n\n\n<DIV style=\"width: 100%; border-bottom: 2pt solid black; font-size: 1pt\">&nbsp;</DIV>\n<DIV style=\"width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; font-size: 1pt\">&nbsp;</DIV>\n\n\n\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt\"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt\"><B>FORM 8-K</B>\n</DIV>\n\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt\"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B>\n</DIV>\n\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt\"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>\n</DIV>\n\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt\"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October&nbsp;27, 2008</B>\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt\"><B>BRADY CORPORATION</B>\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>\n\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt\">Commission File Number 1-14959</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\">\n<TABLE style=\"font-size: 10pt\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<!-- Begin Table Head -->\n<TR valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD width=\"47%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"5%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"47%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR>\n<!-- End Table Head -->\n<!-- Begin Table Body -->\n<TR valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">Wisconsin\n</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">39-0971239</TD>\n</TR>\n<TR valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">(State of Incorporation)\n</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>\n</TR>\n<!-- End Table Body -->\n</TABLE>\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt\">6555 West Good Hope Road<BR>\nMilwaukee, Wisconsin 53223<BR>\n(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt\">(414)&nbsp;358-6600<BR>\n(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number)</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt\">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the\nfiling obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:\n</DIV>\n\n\n<DIV style=\"margin-top: 6pt\">\n<TABLE width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\n\n<TR valign=\"top\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent\">\n    <TD width=\"3%\" nowrap align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Wingdings\">&#111;</FONT></TD>\n    <TD width=\"1%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD>Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD>\n</TR>\n\n<TR>\n    <TD style=\"font-size: 6pt\">&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR><TR valign=\"top\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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margin-top: 12pt\">Item&nbsp;7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE\n</DIV>\n\n\n<DIV align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;27, 2008, Brady Corporation (the &#147;Corporation&#148;) made available on its website a\npresentation containing supplemental financial information for fiscal years 2007 and 2008\nreflecting the new segment reporting that the Corporation adopted in the fourth quarter of fiscal\n2008. The presentation is furnished herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated herein by\nreference.\n</DIV>\n<!-- link1 \"Item&nbsp;9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS\" -->\n\n<DIV align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt\">Item&nbsp;9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.\n</DIV>\n\n\n<DIV align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt\">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt\">The following is filed as an Exhibit to this Report.\n</DIV>\n<DIV align=\"center\">\n<TABLE style=\"font-size: 10pt\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<!-- Begin Table Head -->\n<TR valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD width=\"3%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"2%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"95%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR>\n<TR style=\"font-size: 8pt\" valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD nowrap align=\"left\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Exhibit No.</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD nowrap align=\"center\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Description of Exhibit</TD>\n</TR>\n\n<!-- End Table Head -->\n<!-- Begin Table Body -->\n<TR valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><DIV style=\"margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px\">99.1\n</DIV></TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Presentation of Brady Corporation dated October&nbsp;27, 2008.</TD>\n</TR>\n<!-- End Table Body -->\n</TABLE>\n</DIV>\n\n\n<P align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->\n</DIV>\n\n<!-- PAGEBREAK -->\n<P><HR noshade><P>\n<H5 align=\"left\" style=\"page-break-before:always\">&nbsp;</H5><P>\n\n<DIV style=\"font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\">\n<!-- link1 \"SIGNATURE\" -->\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt\">SIGNATURE\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt\">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused\nthis report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n</DIV>\n\n\n<TABLE width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\n<TR>\n    <TD width=\"48%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"1%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"1%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"35%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"15%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR>\n<TR>\n    <TD valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\">BRADY CORPORATION<BR>\n&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR><TR>\n    <TD align=\"left\">Date: October 27, 2008&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\" align=\"left\">/s/ Thomas J. Felmer\n&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR><TR>\n    <TD align=\"left\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\">Thomas J. Felmer&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR><TR>\n    <TD align=\"left\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\">Senior Vice President &#038;<BR>\nChief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR>\n\n</TABLE>\n\n<P align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->\n</DIV>\n\n<!-- PAGEBREAK -->\n<P><HR noshade><P>\n<H5 align=\"left\" style=\"page-break-before:always\">&nbsp;</H5><P>\n\n<DIV style=\"font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\">\n\n\n<TABLE width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\n<TR>\n    <TD width=\"48%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"1%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"1%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"35%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"15%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR>\n\n</TABLE>\n<!-- link1 \"EXHIBIT INDEX\" -->\n\n<DIV align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt\">EXHIBIT INDEX\n</DIV>\n\n<DIV align=\"center\">\n<TABLE style=\"font-size: 10pt\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<!-- Begin Table Head -->\n<TR valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD width=\"3%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"2%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD width=\"95%\">&nbsp;</TD>\n</TR>\n<TR style=\"font-size: 8pt\" valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD nowrap align=\"left\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Exhibit No.</TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD nowrap align=\"center\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Description of Exhibit</TD>\n</TR>\n\n<!-- End Table Head -->\n<!-- Begin Table Body -->\n<TR valign=\"bottom\">\n    <TD valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><DIV style=\"margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px\">99.1\n</DIV></TD>\n    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>\n    <TD align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Presentation of Brady Corporation dated October&nbsp;27, 2008.</TD>\n</TR>\n<!-- End Table Body -->\n</TABLE>\n</DIV>\n\n\n\n<P align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->\n</DIV>\n\n\n\n\n</BODY>\n</HTML>\n<div><a name=\"c47231exv99w1.htm\"></a></div><HTML>\n<HEAD>\n<TITLE>exv99w1</TITLE>\n</HEAD>\n<BODY bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<!-- PAGEBREAK -->\n\n<DIV style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif\">\n\n\n<DIV align=\"right\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt\"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</B>\n</DIV>\n\n\n<!-- Slide Number 0001 -->\n<CENTER>\n<IMG src=\"https://cdn.kscope.io/f333f351b910491a25425e3dee9104d5-c47231c47231z0001.gif\">\n</CENTER>\n\n<TABLE width=\"90%\">\n<TR><TD><FONT size=\"1\" color=\"#FFFFFF\" style=\"font-size: 1pt; color: #FFFFFF\">\n\nBRADY\n\nCORPORATION\n\nNew Segment Format\n\nPresented for FY 2007 and 2008\n\n\n\nOctober 27, 2008\n</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>\n</div>\n<!-- PAGEBREAK -->\n<P><HR noshade><P>\n<H5 align=\"left\" style=\"page-break-before:always\">&nbsp;</H5><P>\n\n<!-- Slide Number 0002 -->\n<CENTER>\n<IMG src=\"https://cdn.kscope.io/f333f351b910491a25425e3dee9104d5-c47231c47231z0002.gif\">\n</CENTER>\n\n<TABLE width=\"90%\">\n<TR><TD><FONT size=\"1\" color=\"#FFFFFF\" style=\"font-size: 1pt; color: #FFFFFF\">\n\nNew Segment Detail\n\nBrady Corporation began reporting in a new\nsegment format for the 4th quarter 2008.\n\nThe attached pages present Brady Corporation's\nsales and segment profit for fiscal years 2007 and\n2008 into the new segment format.\n\nThe segments formerly reported as Brady Americas\nand Direct Marketing &#038; People ID Americas are\nnow combined and reported as the Americas.\nResults for Europe and Asia-Pacific remain the\nsame as previously reported.\n\n\n\nThe summary financial information contained in this presentation has been derived from the financial statements of\nBrady Corporation included in Brady Corporation's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 and other\nperiodic reports.  This summary information is unaudited and subject to revision.  All information should be read in\nconjunction with the historical financial statements included in Brady Corporation's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended\nJuly 31, 2008 and other periodic reports.\n</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>\n<!-- PAGEBREAK -->\n<P><HR noshade><P>\n<H5 align=\"left\" style=\"page-break-before:always\">&nbsp;</H5><P>\n\n<!-- Slide Number 0003 -->\n<CENTER>\n<IMG src=\"https://cdn.kscope.io/f333f351b910491a25425e3dee9104d5-c47231c47231z0003.gif\">\n</CENTER>\n\n<TABLE width=\"90%\">\n<TR><TD><FONT size=\"1\" color=\"#FFFFFF\" style=\"font-size: 1pt; color: #FFFFFF\">\n\nNew Segment Detail - Sales\n</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>\n<!-- PAGEBREAK -->\n<P><HR noshade><P>\n<H5 align=\"left\" style=\"page-break-before:always\">&nbsp;</H5><P>\n\n<!-- Slide Number 0004 -->\n<CENTER>\n<IMG src=\"https://cdn.kscope.io/f333f351b910491a25425e3dee9104d5-c47231c47231z0004.gif\">\n</CENTER>\n\n<TABLE width=\"90%\">\n<TR><TD><FONT size=\"1\" color=\"#FFFFFF\" style=\"font-size: 1pt; color: #FFFFFF\">\n\nNew Segment Detail - Segment Profit\n</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>\n</BODY>\n</HTML>\n","error":null}