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Johnson Controls Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/15 – ‘XML’

On:  Monday, 2/1/16, at 4:51pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/15   ·   Accession #:  53669-16-51   ·   File #:  1-05097

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 2/01/16  Johnson Controls Inc              10-Q       12/31/15  102:12M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    171K 
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17: R3          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     32K 
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19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     56K 
                (Loss)                                                           
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    139K 
21: R7          Financial Statements                                HTML    110K 
22: R8          New Accounting Standards                            HTML     39K 
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28: R14         Product Warranties                                  HTML     47K 
29: R15         Significant Restructuring Costs                     HTML    198K 
30: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     52K 
31: R17         Pension and Postretirement Plans                    HTML     61K 
32: R18         Debt and Financing Arrangements                     HTML     49K 
33: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     54K 
34: R20         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests                 HTML    146K 
35: R21         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    230K 
36: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    200K 
37: R23         Segment Information                                 HTML     94K 
38: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     39K 
39: R25         Subsequent Events (Notes)                           HTML     41K 
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41: R27         Financial Statements Early Adoption of New          HTML     69K 
                Accounting Pronouncement (Tables)                                
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46: R32         Significant Restructuring Costs (Tables)            HTML     64K 
47: R33         Significant Restructuring Costs Changes in          HTML     82K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2014 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Tables)                                                         
48: R34         Significant Restructuring Costs Changes in          HTML    106K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2013 Restructuring Plan                  
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54: R40         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    210K 
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55: R41         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    178K 
56: R42         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     74K 
57: R43         Financial Statements - Additional Information       HTML     56K 
                (Detail)                                                         
58: R44         Financial Statements - Carrying Amounts and         HTML     48K 
                Classification of Assets and Liabilities for                     
                Consolidated VIEs (Detail)                                       
59: R45         Financial Statements New Accounting                 HTML     47K 
                Pronouncements, Early Adoption (Details)                         
60: R46         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Additional          HTML     81K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
61: R47         Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations -   HTML     55K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
62: R48         Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations by  HTML     56K 
                Disposal Group - Global Workplace Solutions                      
                (Details)                                                        
63: R49         Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations -   HTML     95K 
                Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale, Specific                   
                Transactions (Details)                                           
64: R50         Percentage-of-Completion Contracts (Detail)         HTML     37K 
65: R51         Inventories - Schedule of Inventories (Detail)      HTML     41K 
66: R52         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Changes in   HTML     60K 
                Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details)                            
67: R53         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     38K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
68: R54         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     57K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
69: R55         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     45K 
                Intangible Assets Additional Information (Details)               
70: R56         Product Warranties - Additional Information         HTML     33K 
                (Detail)                                                         
71: R57         Product Warranties - Changes in Carrying Amount of  HTML     44K 
                Product Warranty liability (Detail)                              
72: R58         Significant Restructuring Costs Changes in          HTML     72K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2015 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Details)                                                        
73: R59         Significant Restructuring Costs Changes in          HTML     66K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2014 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Details)                                                        
74: R60         Significant Restructuring Costs Changes to          HTML     92K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2013 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Details)                                                        
75: R61         Significant Restructuring Costs - Additional        HTML    163K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
76: R62         Income Taxes - Tax Jurisdictions and Years          HTML     70K 
                Currently under Audit Exam (Details)                             
77: R63         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     47K 
78: R64         Pension and Postretirement Plans - Components of    HTML     49K 
                Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Detail)                               
79: R65         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Additional        HTML     59K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
80: R66         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Components of     HTML     39K 
                Net Financing Charges (Details)                                  
81: R67         Earnings Per Share - Earnings Per Share (Detail)    HTML     60K 
82: R68         Earnings Per Share - Additional Information         HTML     31K 
                (Detail)                                                         
83: R69         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests - Equity        HTML    128K 
                Attributable to Johnson Controls, Inc. and                       
                Noncontrolling Interests (Details)                               
84: R70         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests Equity and      HTML     33K 
                Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information                
                (Details)                                                        
85: R71         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests - Changes in    HTML     46K 
                Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Details)                    
86: R72         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests - Accumulated   HTML     89K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
87: R73         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     37K 
                Outstanding commodity hedge contracts (Detail)                   
88: R74         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     89K 
                Location and Fair Values of Derivative Instruments               
                and Hedging Activities (Detail)                                  
89: R75         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     55K 
                Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -                  
                Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (Details)                      
90: R76         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     71K 
                Location and Amount of Gains and Losses on                       
                Derivative Instruments and Related Hedge Items                   
                (Detail)                                                         
91: R77         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     55K 
                Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -                  
                Fixed Rate Bonds (Details)                                       
92: R78         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     69K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
93: R79         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML    133K 
                Measured at Fair Value (Detail)                                  
94: R80         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements -   HTML     55K 
                Fixed Rate Bonds (Details)                                       
95: R81         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     50K 
                (Detail)                                                         
96: R82         Segment Information - Additional Information        HTML     35K 
                (Detail)                                                         
97: R83         Segment Information - Financial Information         HTML     61K 
                Related to Company's Reportable Segments (Detail)                
98: R84         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     35K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
99: R85         Subsequent Events Subsequent Events (Details)       HTML     61K 
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