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Johnson Controls International plc – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 2/1/19, at 11:27am ET · For: 12/31/18 · Accession #: 833444-19-5 · File #: 1-13836

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

 2/01/19  Johnson Controls Int’l plc        10-Q       12/31/18  105:12M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    786K 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    207K 
 3: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML    144K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
14: R2          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML    144K 
15: R3          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    126K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     53K 
                (Loss)                                                           
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    160K 
19: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     54K 
                Attributable to Johnson Controls Ordinary                        
                Shareholders Consolidated Statements of                          
                Shareholders' Equity Attributable to Johnson                     
                Controls Ordinary Shareholders                                   
20: R8          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     33K 
                Attributable to Johnson Controls Ordinary                        
                Shareholders Consolidated Statements of                          
                Shareholders' Equity Attributable to Johnson                     
                Controls Ordinary Shareholders (Parenthetical)                   
21: R9          Financial Statements                                HTML     48K 
22: R10         New Accounting Standards                            HTML     81K 
23: R11         Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     37K 
24: R12         Discontinued Operations (Notes)                     HTML     87K 
25: R13         Revenue Recognition (Notes)                         HTML     91K 
26: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     40K 
27: R15         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Notes)        HTML    103K 
28: R16         Significant Restructuring Costs                     HTML    177K 
29: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     54K 
30: R18         Pension and Postretirement Plans                    HTML     59K 
31: R19         Debt and Financing Arrangements                     HTML     44K 
32: R20         Stock-Based Compensation (Notes)                    HTML     65K 
33: R21         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     54K 
34: R22         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests                 HTML    155K 
35: R23         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    165K 
36: R24         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    146K 
37: R25         Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (Notes)             HTML     38K 
38: R26         Segment Information                                 HTML     71K 
39: R27         Guarantees                                          HTML     50K 
40: R28         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     78K 
41: R29         Related Party Transactions (Notes)                  HTML     41K 
42: R30         Revenue Recognition (Policies)                      HTML     43K 
43: R31         New Accounting Standards New Accounting             HTML     66K 
                Pronouncements (Tables)                                          
44: R32         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     93K 
45: R33         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     71K 
46: R34         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     41K 
47: R35         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     99K 
48: R36         Significant Restructuring Costs Change in           HTML     59K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2018 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R37         Significant Restructuring Costs Changes in          HTML     82K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2017 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Tables)                                                         
50: R38         Significant Restructuring Costs Changes in          HTML     95K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2016 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Tables)                                                         
51: R39         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     38K 
52: R40         Pension and Postretirement Plans (Tables)           HTML     59K 
53: R41         Debt and Financing Arrangements (Tables)            HTML     42K 
54: R42         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     62K 
55: R43         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     50K 
56: R44         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)        HTML    152K 
57: R45         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    152K 
                (Tables)                                                         
58: R46         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    134K 
59: R47         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     64K 
60: R48         Guarantees (Tables)                                 HTML     44K 
61: R49         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     38K 
62: R50         Financial Statements - Additional Information       HTML     45K 
                (Detail)                                                         
63: R51         New Accounting Standards Recently Adopted           HTML    100K 
                Accounting Pronouncements (Details)                              
64: R52         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Additional          HTML     64K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
65: R53         Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations,    HTML     74K 
                Income Statement Disclosures (Details)                           
66: R54         Discontinued Operations Disposal Group - Assets     HTML    106K 
                Held For Sale (Details)                                          
67: R55         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML    104K 
68: R56         Inventories - Schedule of Inventories (Detail)      HTML     41K 
69: R57         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Changes in   HTML     50K 
                Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details)                            
70: R58         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     34K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
71: R59         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     60K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
72: R60         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other        HTML     46K 
                Intangible Assets Additional Information (Details)               
73: R61         Significant Restructuring Costs Change in           HTML     78K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2018 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Details)                                                        
74: R62         Significant Restructuring Costs Change in           HTML     90K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2017 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Details)                                                        
75: R63         Significant Restructuring Costs Change in           HTML    109K 
                Restructuring Reserve - 2016 Restructuring Plan                  
                (Details)                                                        
76: R64         Significant Restructuring Costs - Additional        HTML     47K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
77: R65         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     78K 
78: R66         Income Taxes - Tax Jurisdictions and Years          HTML     58K 
                Currently under Audit Exam (Details)                             
79: R67         Income Taxes Changes in Tax Legislation and         HTML     38K 
                Statutory Tax Rates (Details)                                    
80: R68         Pension and Postretirement Plans - Components of    HTML     48K 
                Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Detail)                               
81: R69         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Additional        HTML     36K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
82: R70         Debt and Financing Arrangements - Components of     HTML     40K 
                Net Financing Charges (Details)                                  
83: R71         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     68K 
84: R72         Earnings Per Share - Earnings Per Share (Detail)    HTML     58K 
85: R73         Earnings Per Share - Additional Information         HTML     34K 
                (Detail)                                                         
86: R74         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests - Equity        HTML    129K 
                Attributable to Johnson Controls and                             
                Noncontrolling Interests (Details)                               
87: R75         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests Equity and      HTML     53K 
                Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information                
                (Details)                                                        
88: R76         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests - Changes in    HTML     42K 
                Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Details)                    
89: R77         Equity and Noncontrolling Interests - Accumulated   HTML    108K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
90: R78         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML    117K 
                Location and Fair Values of Derivative Instruments               
                and Hedging Activities (Detail)                                  
91: R79         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     57K 
                Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -                  
                Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (Details)                      
92: R80         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     63K 
                Location and Amount of Gains and Losses on                       
                Derivative Instruments and Related Hedge Items                   
                (Detail)                                                         
93: R81         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     55K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
94: R82         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML    147K 
                Measured at Fair Value (Detail)                                  
95: R83         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     45K 
                (Detail)                                                         
96: R84         Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (Details)           HTML     41K 
97: R85         Segment Information - Additional Information        HTML     32K 
                (Detail)                                                         
98: R86         Segment Information - Financial Information         HTML     69K 
                Related to Company's Reportable Segments (Detail)                
99: R87         Guarantees - Additional Information (Detail)        HTML     39K 
100: R88         Product Warranties - Changes in Carrying Amount of  HTML     43K  
                Product Warranty liability (Detail)                              
101: R89         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     80K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
102: R90         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     43K  
104: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    197K  
103: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    121K  
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