UNITED STATES
\nSECURITIES AND\nEXCHANGE COMMISSION
\nWashington, D.C. 20549\n\n\n
FORM 8-K\n\n
CURRENT REPORT
\nPursuant to\nSection 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934\n\n
Date of Report (Date of earliest\nevent reported): October 22, 2010\n\n
BRADY CORPORATION Registrant’s telephone number,\nincluding area code: (414) 358-6600\n\n\n\n Check the appropriate box below if the\nForm 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of\nthe registrant under any of the following provisions:\n\n o Written\ncommunications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR\n230.425) \n\n 1\n\n\n\n \n \n\n Item 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS\nOR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS;\nCOMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.\n\n (b) On October 22, 2010,\nBrady Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Allan J. Klotsche\nwas named\nSenior Vice\nPresident – Human Resources, effective immediately. Mr. Klotsche\njoined the Company in 1988 and has held a variety of leadership positions at\nthe Company. Mr. Klotsche currently serves as President-Brady Asia-Pacific\nand will continue in that position until a successor is found.\n\n A copy of the press release announcing\nMr. Klotsche as the Company’s Senior Vice President – Human\nResources is being provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission as\nExhibit 99.1 attached herewith and is incorporated herein by reference.\n\n Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND\nEXHIBITS\n\n (d) Exhibits.\n\n The following is filed as an Exhibit to\nthis Report.\n\n \n \n\n 2\n\n\n\n \n \n\n SIGNATURE\n\n Pursuant to the requirements of the\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to\nbe signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n BRADY CORPORATION\n\n Date: October 26, 2010\n\n /s/ Thomas\nJ. Felmer \n\n 3\n\n\n\n \n \n\n EXHIBIT INDEX\n\n \n \n\n 4\n\n\n\n \n Brady Corporation names Allan J.\nKlotsche Senior Vice President – Human Resources\n\n MILWAUKEE (October 22,\n2010)—Brady Corporation (NYSE:BRC), a world leader in identification\nsolutions, announced today that Allan J. Klotsche has been named Senior Vice\nPresident — Human Resources, effective immediately. Klotsche, 45,\ncurrently serves as President — Brady Asia-Pacific. In addition to his\nnew role, he will continue to lead Brady’s business in Asia-Pacific until\na successor is found.\n\n Klotsche joined Brady\nin 1988 and has held a variety of leadership positions at the company. From\n1996 to the present, he worked primarily to build Brady’s business in\nAsia, taking the region from less than ten percent of Brady’s total sales\nand about 200 employees, to about one-third of Brady sales with more than 3,000\nemployees. Klotsche also serves as the President of the Brady Corporation\nFoundation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a\nmaster’s of business administration degree, both from the University of\nWisconsin-Milwaukee.\n\n “The development\nof our people is crucial to our plans to further grow our business, and the\nappointment of Al Klotsche to the global role of senior vice-president —\nhuman resources, underscores our commitment to this. He is a well respected\nbusiness leader with experience working with diverse cultures and a solid track\nrecord of success, coupled with a passion for Brady’s people and\nBrady’s special culture,” said Frank M. Jaehnert, Brady president\nand chief executive officer.\n\n “I’m\nexcited for this opportunity to lead Brady’s global human resource\nfunction. Having been a part of the leadership team that developed\nBrady’s vision for the future, I am looking forward to helping to create\na pathway to achieve that vision by motivating and developing employees in all\nregions, both those currently within our businesses as well as those who will\nbe joining the company in the future,” said Klotsche.\n\n Brady Corporation is\nan international manufacturer and marketer of complete solutions that identify\nand protect premises, products and people. Its products help customers increase\nsafety, security, productivity and performance and include high-performance\nlabels and signs, safety devices, printing systems and software, and precision\ndie-cut materials. Founded in 1914, the company has more than 1 million\ncustomers in electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, electrical,\nconstruction, education, medical and a variety of other industries. Brady is\nheadquartered in Milwaukee and employs more than 6,600 people at operations in\nthe Americas, Europe and Asia/Pacific. Brady’s fiscal 2010 sales were\napproximately $1.26 billion. More information is available on the Internet\nat www.bradycorp.com.\n\n ###\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n","error":null}
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\n\n\n \n \n 99.1 \n \n \n Press Release of Brady Corporation, dated October 22, 2010,\nannouncing Allan J. Klotsche as the Company’s Senior Vice President\n– Human Resources. \n \n\n
\nThomas J.\nFelmer
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DESCRIPTION \n 99.1 \n \n \n Press Release of Brady Corporation, dated October 22, 2010,\nannouncing Allan J. Klotsche as the Company’s Senior Vice President\n– Human Resources. \n \n\n\n\n
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\nCarole Herbstreit (414) 438-6882 \n EXHIBIT 99.1 \n