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Johnson Controls International plc – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Tuesday, 11/15/22, at 12:56pm ET · For: 9/30/22 · Accession #: 833444-22-43 · File #: 1-13836

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/15/22  Johnson Controls Int’l plc        10-K        9/30/22  146:21M

Annual Report — Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   4.23M 
 2: EX-4.10     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    133K 
 3: EX-4.11     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    256K 
 4: EX-4.12     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    242K 
 5: EX-10.37    Material Contract                                   HTML     96K 
 6: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     40K 
 7: EX-22.1     Published Report re: Matters Submitted to a Vote    HTML     38K 
                of Security Holders                                              
 8: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     39K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     40K 
17: R1          Cover                                               HTML    159K 
18: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     44K 
19: R3          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    164K 
20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     93K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML    182K 
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     57K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    159K 
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    107K 
25: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    109K 
26: R10         Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     62K 
27: R11         Assets and Liabilities Held For Sale &              HTML     61K 
                Discontinued Operations                                          
28: R12         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     89K 
29: R13         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     55K 
30: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     47K 
31: R15         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     51K 
32: R16         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML    114K 
33: R17         Leases                                              HTML     71K 
34: R18         Debt and Financing Arrangements                     HTML    105K 
35: R19         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    135K 
36: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    112K 
37: R21         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML     91K 
38: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
39: R23         Equity                                              HTML     73K 
40: R24         Retirement Plans                                    HTML    378K 
41: R25         Significant Restructuring and Impairment Costs      HTML     73K 
42: R26         Income Taxes                                        HTML    135K 
43: R27         Segment Information                                 HTML    139K 
44: R28         Guarantees                                          HTML     52K 
45: R29         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    127K 
46: R30         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     43K 
47: R31         Valuation and Qualifying Accounts                   HTML     61K 
48: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    170K 
                (Policies)                                                       
49: R33         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)              HTML     59K 
50: R34         Assets and Liabilities Held For Sale &              HTML     59K 
                Discontinued Operations (Tables)                                 
51: R35         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     85K 
52: R36         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     57K 
53: R37         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     48K 
54: R38         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     50K 
55: R39         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML    111K 
56: R40         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     75K 
57: R41         Debt and Financing Arrangements (Tables)            HTML    107K 
58: R42         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    136K 
                (Tables)                                                         
59: R43         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    111K 
60: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     98K 
61: R45         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     55K 
62: R46         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     65K 
63: R47         Retirement Plans (Tables)                           HTML    371K 
64: R48         Significant Restructuring and Impairment Costs      HTML     69K 
                (Tables)                                                         
65: R49         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    135K 
66: R50         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    132K 
67: R51         Guarantees (Tables)                                 HTML     50K 
68: R52         Commitment and Contingencies (Tables)               HTML     78K 
69: R53         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     91K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R54         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Narrative           HTML     90K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R55         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Schedule of         HTML     82K 
                Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and                        
                Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                    
72: R56         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Finite-Lived and    HTML     57K 
                Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as                   
                Part of Business Combination (Details)                           
73: R57         Assets and Liabilities Held For Sale &              HTML     76K 
                Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details)                    
74: R58         Assets and Liabilities Held For Sale &              HTML     98K 
                Discontinued Operations - Schedule of Disposal                   
                Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income                
                Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional                          
                Disclosures (Details)                                            
75: R59         Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R60         Revenue Recognition - Contract with Customer,       HTML     57K 
                Asset and Liability (Details)                                    
77: R61         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     54K 
78: R62         Revenue Recognition - Capitalized Contract Costs    HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R63         Accounts Receivable - Schedule of Accounts, Notes,  HTML     46K 
                Loans and Financing Receivable (Details)                         
80: R64         Accounts Receivable - Accounts Receivable,          HTML     51K 
                Allowance for Credit Loss (Details)                              
81: R65         Accounts Receivable - Narrative (Details)           HTML     42K 
82: R66         Inventories - Schedule of Inventories (Details)     HTML     49K 
83: R67         Property, Plant and Equipment - Schedule of         HTML     57K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)                          
84: R68         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Changes in   HTML     73K 
                Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details)                            
85: R69         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     80K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R70         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     67K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
87: R71         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     50K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future                           
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
88: R72         Leases - Lease, Cost (Details)                      HTML     46K 
89: R73         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information,    HTML     56K 
                Leases (Details)                                                 
90: R74         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow Information,        HTML     46K 
                Leases (Details)                                                 
91: R75         Leases - Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability,        HTML     58K 
                Maturity (Details)                                               
92: R76         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Short-Term Debt   HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R77         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Narrative         HTML    108K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R78         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Long-Term Debt    HTML    167K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R79         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Schedule of       HTML     58K 
                Maturities of Long-term Debt (Details)                           
96: R80         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Net Financing     HTML     51K 
                Charges (Details)                                                
97: R81         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     55K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
98: R82         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     44K 
                Outstanding Commodity Hedge Contracts (Details)                  
99: R83         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     46K 
                Schedule of Interest Rate Derivatives (Details)                  
100: R84         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     43K  
                Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding                      
                Derivative Positions (Details)                                   
101: R85         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     72K  
                Location and Fair Values of Derivative Instruments               
                and Hedging Activities (Details)                                 
102: R86         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     64K  
                Derivative Assets and Liabilities, Offsetting                    
                (Details)                                                        
103: R87         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     77K  
                Location and Amount of Gains and Losses Gross of                 
                Tax on Derivative Instruments and Related Hedge                  
                Items (Details)                                                  
104: R88         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML    130K  
                Measured at Fair Value (Details)                                 
105: R89         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value, Assets        HTML     57K  
                Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input                  
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
106: R90         Fair Value Measurements - Debt Securities,          HTML     45K  
                Trading, and Equity Securities, FV-NI (Details)                  
107: R91         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     47K  
108: R92         Stock-based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     55K  
109: R93         Stock-Based Compensation - Share-Based Payment      HTML     46K  
                Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount                    
                (Details)                                                        
110: R94         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested     HTML     70K  
                Stock Awards (Details)                                           
111: R95         Stock-Based Compensation - Valuation Assumptions    HTML     53K  
                (Details)                                                        
112: R96         Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option  HTML     80K  
                Activity (Details)                                               
113: R97         Stock-based Compensation - Share-Based Payment      HTML     44K  
                Arrangement, Option, Additional Information                      
                (Details)                                                        
114: R98         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     76K  
115: R99         Equity - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     44K  
116: R100        Equity - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income     HTML     90K  
                (Details)                                                        
117: R101        Retirement Plans - Defined Benefit Plan, Plan with  HTML     54K  
                Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan                   
                Assets (Details)                                                 
118: R102        Retirement Plans - Narrative (Details)              HTML     55K  
119: R103        Retirement Plans - Projected Benefit Payments from  HTML     56K  
                Plans (Details)                                                  
120: R104        Retirement Plans - Plan Assets by Asset Category    HTML    205K  
                (Details)                                                        
121: R105        Retirement Plans - Accumulated Benefit Obligations  HTML    135K  
                and Reconciliations of Changes in Projected                      
                Benefit Obligation, Changes in Plan Assets and                   
                Funded Status (Details)                                          
122: R106        Retirement Plans - Components of Net Periodic       HTML    116K  
                Benefit Cost (Details)                                           
123: R107        Significant Restructuring and Impairment Costs -    HTML     53K  
                Narrative (Details)                                              
124: R108        Significant Restructuring and Impairment Costs -    HTML     57K  
                Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Segment                     
                (Details)                                                        
125: R109        Significant Restructuring and Impairment Costs -    HTML     83K  
                Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost                
                (Details)                                                        
126: R110        Income Taxes - Significant Components of Company's  HTML     58K  
                Income Tax Provision from Continuing Operations                  
                (Details)                                                        
127: R111        Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     80K  
128: R112        Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Beginning and      HTML     53K  
                Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
                (Details)                                                        
129: R113        Income Taxes - Summary of Income Tax Contingencies  HTML     43K  
                (Details)                                                        
130: R114        Income Taxes - Tax Jurisdictions and Years          HTML     65K  
                Currently under Audit Exam (Details)                             
131: R115        Income Taxes - Components of Provision for Income   HTML     82K  
                Taxes on Continuing Operations (Details)                         
132: R116        Income Taxes - Deferred Taxes Classified in         HTML     50K  
                Consolidated Statements of Financial Position                    
                (Detail)                                                         
133: R117        Income Taxes - Temporary Differences And            HTML     75K  
                Carryforwards in Deferred Tax Assets and                         
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
134: R118        Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     41K  
135: R119        Segment Information - Financial Information         HTML    115K  
                Related to Company's Reportable Segments (Details)               
136: R120        Segment Information - Geographic Segments           HTML     57K  
                (Details)                                                        
137: R121        Guarantees (Details)                                HTML     58K  
138: R122        Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Loss    HTML     95K  
                Contingencies by Contingency (Details)                           
139: R123        Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Detail)  HTML     45K  
140: R124        Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     70K  
141: R125        Valuation and Qualifying Accounts - Schedule II     HTML     57K  
                (Details)                                                        
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 4/17/24  Johnson Controls Int’l plc        424B5                  2:799K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 9/14/22  Johnson Controls Int’l plc        8-K:8,9     9/06/22   16:868K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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11/21/19  Johnson Controls Int’l plc        10-K        9/30/19  145:28M
 2/01/19  Johnson Controls Int’l plc        10-Q       12/31/18  105:12M
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 9/19/17  Johnson Controls Int’l plc        8-K:5,9     9/19/17    5:812K
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Johnson Controls International plc – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Tuesday, 11/15/22, at 12:56pm ET · For: 9/30/22 · Accession #: 833444-22-43 · File #: 1-13836

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