{"links":{"self":"https://clientapi.gcs-web.com/data/33381f6d-8eaa-46ae-8c63-71b3672717c2/filings/16546/html"},"meta":{"executionDate":"2026-07-16T11:46:08","cmsDomain":"https://bradyid.gcs-web.com"},"data":"<HTML><HEAD>\n<TITLE>Amendment No.1 to Form 10-K</TITLE>\n</HEAD>\n <BODY BGCOLOR=\"WHITE\">\n\n <P STYLE=\"line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000\">&nbsp;</P>\n<P STYLE=\"line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000\">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"5\"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"5\"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P><center>\n<P STYLE=\"line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%\">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"5\"><B>Form 10-K/A\n</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P>\n<TABLE STYLE=\"BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE\" BORDER=\"0\" CELLPADDING=\"0\" CELLSPACING=\"0\" WIDTH=\"100%\">\n<TR>\n<TD WIDTH=\"4%\" VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"left\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B></B><FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#120;</FONT><B></B><B></B></FONT></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=\"left\" VALIGN=\"top\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>For the fiscal year ended July&nbsp;31, 2012 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>OR </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P>\n<TABLE STYLE=\"BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE\" BORDER=\"0\" CELLPADDING=\"0\" CELLSPACING=\"0\" WIDTH=\"100%\">\n<TR>\n<TD WIDTH=\"4%\" VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"left\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B></B><FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT><B></B><B></B></FONT></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=\"left\" VALIGN=\"top\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>For the transition period\nfrom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"3\"><B>Commission file number 1-14959 </B></FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE=\"line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%\">&nbsp;</P></center>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"6\"><B>BRADY CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P>\n<TABLE CELLSPACING=\"0\" CELLPADDING=\"0\" WIDTH=\"100%\" BORDER=\"0\" STYLE=\"BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE\" ALIGN=\"center\">\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD WIDTH=\"50%\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" WIDTH=\"1%\"></TD>\n<TD WIDTH=\"48%\"></TD></TR>\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>Wisconsin</B></FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>39-0178960</B></FONT></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"center\"> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"center\"> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>(IRS Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>\n</TABLE> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>6555 West Good Hope Road, </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>Milwaukee, WI 53223 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)\n</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>(414) 358-6600 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>Securities\nregistered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P>\n<TABLE CELLSPACING=\"0\" CELLPADDING=\"0\" WIDTH=\"100%\" BORDER=\"0\" STYLE=\"BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE\" ALIGN=\"center\">\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD WIDTH=\"50%\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" WIDTH=\"1%\"></TD>\n<TD WIDTH=\"48%\"></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" NOWRAP ALIGN=\"center\"> <P STYLE=\"border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:60pt\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>Title of each class</B></FONT></P></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" ALIGN=\"center\"> <P STYLE=\"border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:148pt\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"1\"><B>Name of each exchange on which registered</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"center\"> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Class A Nonvoting Common Stock, Par</FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Value $.01 per share</FONT></P></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">New York Stock Exchange</FONT></TD></TR>\n</TABLE> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: </B></FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>None </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P><center>\n<P STYLE=\"line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%\">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Indicate by\ncheck mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT\nSTYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant\nto Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#120;</FONT> </FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)&nbsp;has filed all reports required to be filed by Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)&nbsp;has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90\ndays.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every\nInteractive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such\nfiles).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item&nbsp;405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will\nnot be contained, to the best of the registrant&#146;s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.\n<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,\nan accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of &#147;large accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;accelerated filer&#148;, and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check\none): </FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P>\n<TABLE CELLSPACING=\"0\" CELLPADDING=\"0\" WIDTH=\"100%\" BORDER=\"0\" STYLE=\"BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE\" ALIGN=\"center\">\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD WIDTH=\"16%\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" WIDTH=\"1%\"></TD>\n<TD WIDTH=\"60%\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" WIDTH=\"1%\"></TD>\n<TD WIDTH=\"20%\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" WIDTH=\"1%\"></TD>\n<TD WIDTH=\"1%\"></TD></TR>\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD HEIGHT=\"8\"></TD>\n<TD HEIGHT=\"8\" COLSPAN=\"2\"></TD>\n<TD HEIGHT=\"8\" COLSPAN=\"2\"></TD>\n<TD HEIGHT=\"8\" COLSPAN=\"2\"></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>\n</TABLE> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the\nAct).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE=\"FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS\">&#120;</FONT> </FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">The aggregate market value of the non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of January&nbsp;31, 2012, was\napproximately $1,441,914,982 based on closing sale price of $32.37 per share on that date as reported for the New York Stock Exchange. As of September&nbsp;20, 2012, there were 47,406,559 outstanding shares of Class&nbsp;A Nonvoting Common Stock\n(the &#147;Class A Common Stock&#148;), and 3,538,628 shares of Class B Common Stock. The Class B Common Stock, all of which is held by affiliates of the registrant, is the only voting stock. </FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE=\"line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000\">&nbsp;</P>\n<P STYLE=\"line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000\">&nbsp;</P>\n\n<p Style='page-break-before:always'>\n<HR  SIZE=\"3\" style=\"COLOR:#999999\" WIDTH=\"100%\" ALIGN=\"CENTER\">\n\n <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B><U>Explanatory Note </U></B></FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\" ALIGN=\"justify\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">We are filing this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 10-K/A (this &#147;Amendment&#148;) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for\nthe fiscal year ended July&nbsp;31, 2012, which was filed on September&nbsp;27, 2012 (the &#147;Original Form 10-K&#148;), to amend and restate Exhibit 23 to correct a clerical error. This Amendment does not amend any other information set forth in\nthe Original Form 10-K, and we have not updated the disclosures therein to reflect any events that may have occurred at a date subsequent to the date of the Original Form 10-K. </FONT></P>\n <p STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">2 </FONT></P>\n\n\n<p Style='page-break-before:always'>\n<HR  SIZE=\"3\" style=\"COLOR:#999999\" WIDTH=\"100%\" ALIGN=\"CENTER\">\n\n <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly\nauthorized this 28th day of September 2012. </FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN=\"right\">\n<TABLE CELLSPACING=\"0\" CELLPADDING=\"0\" WIDTH=\"40%\" BORDER=\"0\" STYLE=\"BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE\">\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD WIDTH=\"6%\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" WIDTH=\"2%\"></TD>\n<TD WIDTH=\"92%\"></TD></TR>\n\n\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" COLSPAN=\"3\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">B<SMALL>RADY</SMALL> C<SMALL>ORPORATION</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD HEIGHT=\"16\"></TD>\n<TD HEIGHT=\"16\" COLSPAN=\"2\"></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">By:</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\" STYLE=\"BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\" STYLE=\"BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ T<SMALL>HOMAS</SMALL> <SMALL>J</SMALL>. <SMALL>FELMER</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Thomas J. Felmer</FONT></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Senior&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Officer</FONT></TD></TR>\n<TR>\n<TD VALIGN=\"top\"></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>\n<TD VALIGN=\"bottom\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></FONT></TD></TR>\n</TABLE></DIV>\n <p STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"><FONT SIZE=\"1\">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">3 </FONT></P>\n\n</BODY></HTML>\n<div><a name=\"d418804dex23.htm\"></a></div><HTML><HEAD>\n<TITLE>Consent Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TITLE>\n</HEAD>\n <BODY BGCOLOR=\"WHITE\">\n\n <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"right\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>EXHIBIT 23 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"center\"><FONT\nSTYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px\" ALIGN=\"justify\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">We consent to\nthe incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-38857, 333-38859, 333-44505, 333-92417, 333-99615, 333-110949, 333-122867, 333-134503, 333-137686, 333-141402, 333-162538 and 333-177039 on Form S-8 and 333-177529 on Form S-3 of our\nreports dated September&nbsp;27, 2012, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Brady Corporation and the effectiveness of Brady Corporation&#146;s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in\nthis Annual Report on Form 10-K of Brady Corporation for the year ended July&nbsp;31, 2012. </FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">/s/ DELOITTE&nbsp;&amp; TOUCHE LLP </FONT></P>\n<P STYLE=\"margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">Milwaukee, WI </FONT></P> <P STYLE=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"><FONT STYLE=\"font-family:Times New Roman\" SIZE=\"2\">September&nbsp;27, 2012\n</FONT></P>\n</BODY></HTML>\n","error":null}