Item  2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On July 17, 2008, A. O. Smith Corporation (“the Company”) issued a news release announcing the Company’s second quarter earnings. A copy of the Company’s news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibit is being filed herewith:

(99.1)    News Release of A. O. Smith Corporation, dated July 17, 2008.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  A. O. SMITH CORPORATION
Date: July 17, 2008   By:  

/s/ James F. Stern

    James F. Stern
    Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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A. O. SMITH CORPORATION

Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form 8-K Dated July 17, 2008

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99.1

  News Release of A. O. Smith Corporation, dated July 17, 2008

 

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