<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000746598-14-000125.txt : 20140912
<SEC-HEADER>0000746598-14-000125.hdr.sgml : 20140912
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140912193515
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000746598-14-000125
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140909
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140912
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140912

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRADY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000746598
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES [3990]
		IRS NUMBER:				390178960
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0731

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6555 W GOOD HOPE RD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 571
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53201-0571
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4143586600

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BRADY W H CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Felmer Thomas J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001295336

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14959
		FILM NUMBER:		141101810

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6555 WEST GOOD HOPE ROAD
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53223
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>wf-form4_141056490290577.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-09-09</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000746598</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BRADY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BRC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001295336</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Felmer Thomas J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6555 W. GOOD HOPE RD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MILWAUKEE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>53223</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SRVP &amp; Pres., Workplace Safety</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>35000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-09-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>35000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of Restricted Stock granted to reporting owner on 1/8/2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">35,000 shares of performance-based restricted stock were forfeited on 9/9/2014, as it was determined the performance criteria for vesting was not met based on fiscal 2014 earnings results.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Heidi Knueppel, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex-24.htm
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY, EXHIBIT 24 - TOM FELMER SEPT 2014
<TEXT>
<!-- Document created using WebFilings -->
<html>
<body>
<pre>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Executive Officer of Brady Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby revoke all prior, effective powers of attorney, including that certain Power of Attorney dated as of May 14, 2012.

I hereby constitute and appoint Aaron Pearce, Sherilyn R.Whitmoyer and Heidi Knueppel, and each of them signing individually, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.    sign for me and on my behalf in my capacity as an Executive of the Corporation Forms 3, 4 or 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and related rules;

2.    do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete any Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.    take any other action of any type in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be to my benefit, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it being understood that the documents signed by the attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

I, the undersigned, do hereby grant to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or any substitute of the attorney-in fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to any one of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereunto sets his or her hand this 11th day of September 2014.

/S/ Thomas J. Felmer
____________________________
Thomas J. Felmer
Senior V.P. and President, Workplace Safety
</pre>
</body>
</html>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
