================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 11-K [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (D) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2001 Commission File Number (333-00289) - ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ROBBINS & MYERS, INC. SAVINGS PLAN FOR UNION EMPLOYEES (Name of Plan) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBBINS & MYERS, INC. 1400 Kettering Tower Dayton, Ohio 45423 (937) 222-2610 (Name of Issuer of Security, held pursuant to Plan and address of its principal executive office) ================================================================================ REQUIRED INFORMATION -------------------- The Robbins & Myers, Inc. Savings Plan for Union Employees (the Plan) is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. ITEM 4. In lieu of the requirements of Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Form 11-K, the following financial statements of the Plan, notes thereto, and Report of Independent Auditors thereon are being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report: (a) Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits - December 31, 2001 and 2000 (b) Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits - for the year ended December 31, 2001 (c) Notes to Financial Statements; (d) Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) - December 31, 2001; and (e) Report of Independent Auditors. The consent of Independent Auditors to the incorporation by reference of the foregoing financial statements in Registration statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-00289) is being filed as Exhibit 23.1 to this Report. SIGNATURES THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the persons who administer the Robbins & Myers, Inc. Savings Plan for Union Employees have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. ROBBINS & MYERS, INC. SAVINGS PLAN FOR UNION EMPLOYEES By /s/ Kevin J. Brown Name: Kevin J. Brown Title: Member, Corporate Benefits Committee Dated: June 28, 2002 INDEX TO EXHIBITS ----------------- The following Exhibits are being filed with this Annual Report on Form 11-K: EXHIBIT (23) CONSENT OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (99) ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS 99.1 Audited Financial Statement of Robbins & Myers, Inc. Savings Plan for Union Employees as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and for the year ended December 31, 2001.