jci-20220628

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):

June 28, 2022

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland

001-13836

98-0390500

(State or Other Jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

One Albert Quay. Cork, Ireland, T12 X8N6

(Address of principal executive offices and postal code)


(353)	21-423-5000	Not Applicable
(Registrant’s telephone number)		(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Ordinary Shares, Par Value $0.01	JCI	New York Stock Exchange
4.625% Notes due 2023	JCI23	New York Stock Exchange
1.000% Senior Notes due 2023	JCI23A	New York Stock Exchange
3.625% Senior Notes due 2024	JCI24A	New York Stock Exchange
1.375% Notes due 2025	JCI25A	New York Stock Exchange
3.900% Notes due 2026	JCI26A	New York Stock Exchange
0.375% Senior Notes due 2027	JCI27	New York Stock Exchange
1.750% Senior Notes due 2030	JCI30	New York Stock Exchange
2.000% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2031	JCI31	New York Stock Exchange
1.000% Senior Notes due 2032	JCI32	New York Stock Exchange
6.000% Notes due 2036	JCI36A	New York Stock Exchange
5.70% Senior Notes due 2041	JCI41B	New York Stock Exchange
5.250% Senior Notes due 2041	JCI41C	New York Stock Exchange
4.625% Senior Notes due 2044	JCI44A	New York Stock Exchange
5.125% Notes due 2045	JCI45B	New York Stock Exchange
6.950% Debentures due December 1, 2045	JCI45A	New York Stock Exchange
4.500% Senior Notes due 2047	JCI47	New York Stock Exchange
4.950% Senior Notes due 2064	JCI64A	New York Stock Exchange


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

	Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.		☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 28, 2022, Johnson Controls International plc (the “Company”) appointed Daniel C. “Skip” McConeghy, 55 to the position of Vice President, Chief Accounting and Tax Officer. In this role, Mr. McConeghy will serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. Previously, Olivier Leonetti, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, served as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer on an interim basis.

Mr. McConeghy has served as the Company’s Vice President, Global Tax since October 2020 and as interim Controller since February 2022. Mr. McConeghy previously served as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Tax Planning, from July 2012 through October 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McConeghy was a Tax Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, from July 1999 through June 2012.

In connection with Mr. McConeghy’s appointment, he will (1) receive a base salary of $450,000, (2) participate in the Company’s Annual Incentive Performance Program for fiscal year 2022, with a prorated maximum bonus capped at 120% of his base salary and (3) receive long-term equity incentive awards consistent with the awards granted to the Company’s executives, consisting of a mix of performance share units, share options and restricted share units. Mr. McConeghy will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans generally available to senior executives of the Company, which are more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”) on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2022. Mr. McConeghy will also be subject to the Company’s Severance and Change in Control Policy, which is described in the Company’s Proxy Statement.

There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year in which the Company is a participant and in which Mr. McConeghy or any members of his immediate family have any interest that are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. No family relationships exist between Mr. McConeghy and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. The appointment of Mr. McConeghy was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any person, other than a director or executive officer of the Company acting in his or her official capacity.

SIGNATURE

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.

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC

Date: June 30, 2022

By:

/s/ Richard J. Dancy

Name:

Richard J. Dancy

Title:

Vice President and Corporate Secretary