Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) Business

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General

Johnson Controls International plc, headquartered in Cork, Ireland, is a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, serving a wide range of customers around the globe. The Company’s products, services, systems and solutions advance the safety, comfort and intelligence of spaces to serve people, places and the planet. The Company is committed to helping its customers win and creating greater value for all of its stakeholders through its strategic focus on buildings.

Johnson Controls was originally incorporated in the state of Wisconsin in 1885 as Johnson Electric Service Company to manufacture, install and service automatic temperature regulation systems for buildings and was renamed Johnson Controls,

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Inc. in 1974. In 2005, Johnson Controls acquired York International, a global supplier of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning ("HVAC") and refrigeration equipment and services. Following this acquisition, Johnson Controls continued to expand its portfolio of building-related product and service offerings. In 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc. and Tyco International plc ("Tyco") completed their combination (the "Merger"), combining Johnson Controls' portfolio of building efficiency solutions with Tyco’s portfolio of fire and security solutions. Following the Merger, Tyco changed its name to “Johnson Controls International plc.”

On July 31, 2025, the Company completed the divestiture of its Residential and Light Commercial ("R&LC") HVAC business to Robert Bosch GmbH (“Bosch”). The R&LC HVAC business included the Company's North America Ducted business and Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Holding (UK) Ltd., the Company’s global residential joint venture with Hitachi Global Life Solutions, Inc.

The Company is a global leader in engineering, manufacturing, commissioning and retrofitting building products and systems, including commercial HVAC equipment, industrial refrigeration systems, controls, security systems, fire-detection systems and fire-suppression solutions. The Company further serves customers by providing technical services, including maintenance, management, repair, retrofit and replacement of equipment (in the HVAC, industrial refrigeration, security and fire-protection space), and energy-management consulting. The Company's OpenBlue digital software platform enables enterprises to better manage their physical spaces by combining the Company's building products and services with cutting-edge technology and digital capabilities to enable data-driven “smart building” services and solutions. The Company partners with customers by leveraging its broad product portfolio with digital capabilities, together with its direct channel service and solutions capabilities, to deliver solutions and services addressing distinct and diverse operating environments and regulatory requirements that address customers’ needs in their core missions.

Business Segments

In connection with the divestiture of the R&LC HVAC business, the Company realigned its organizational structure into three regional reporting segments (Americas, EMEA and APAC) from four reporting segments (Global Products, Building Solutions North America, Building Solutions EMEA/LA and Building Solutions APAC). The Company implemented this change effective April 1, 2025 as part of ongoing initiatives to drive simplification, accelerate growth, better reflect its organizational and operational structure and align with the manner in which the Company's chief operating decision maker assesses performance and makes decisions regarding the allocation of resources following portfolio simplification actions. As a result, the Company conducts its business through three operating segments, all of which are reportable segments:

•Americas, which designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services HVAC, controls, building management, refrigeration, integrated electronic security systems, integrated fire detection and suppression systems, and digital (software) solutions for commercial, industrial, data center, institutional and governmental customers in the Americas (United States, Canada, and Latin America – Central and South America). Americas also provides energy efficiency solutions and technical services, including inspection, scheduled maintenance, and repair and replacement of mechanical and control systems, as well as data-driven "smart building" solutions, to the Americas marketplace.

•EMEA, which designs, manufactures sells, installs and services HVAC, controls, building management, refrigeration, integrated electronic security systems, integrated fire detection and suppression systems, and digital (software) solutions for commercial, residential security (Subscriber business), industrial, data center, institutional, governmental, and marine customers and provides technical services, including data-driven “smart building” solutions, to markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

•APAC, which designs, manufactures, sells, installs, and services HVAC, controls, building management, refrigeration, integrated electronic security systems, integrated fire detection and suppression systems, and digital (software) solutions for commercial, industrial, data center, institutional, and governmental customers and provides technical services, including data-driven “smart building” solutions, to the Asian and Pacific marketplaces.

For more information on the Company’s segments, refer to Note 18, "Segment Information," of the notes to consolidated financial statements.

Products, Systems, Services and Solutions

The Company sells and installs its commercial HVAC equipment and systems, control systems, security systems, fire-detection and fire suppression systems, equipment and services primarily through its extensive direct channel, consisting of a global

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network of sales and service offices. Significant sales are also generated through global third-party channels, such as distributors of air-conditioning, controls, security and fire-detection and suppression products. The Company’s large base of current customers leads to significant repeat business for the maintenance, retrofit and replacement markets. The Company is also able to leverage its installed base to generate sales for its service business. Trusted building brands, such as YORK®, Metasys®, Ansul®, Frick®, FM:Systems®, PENN®, Sabroe®, Silent-Aire®, Simplex® and Grinnell®, together with the breadth and depth of the products, systems and solutions offered by the Company, give it what it believes to be the most diverse portfolio in the building technology industry.

The Company has developed software platforms, including on-premises platforms and cloud-based software services, and integrated its products and services with digital capabilities to provide data-driven solutions to create smarter, safer and more sustainable buildings. The Company's OpenBlue platform combines the Company’s building expertise with cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered service solutions such as remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance, workplace management, compliance monitoring and advanced risk assessments. The Company leverages its product portfolio and service network, together with digital and data-driven technologies to offer integrated and customizable solutions focused on delivering outcomes to customers. These services are generally designed to generate recurring revenue for the Company as it supports its customers in achieving their desired outcomes.

In fiscal 2025, products and systems accounted for approximately 68% of sales from continuing operations and services accounted for 32% of sales from continuing operations.

Competition

The Company conducts its operations through a significant number of individual contracts that are either negotiated or awarded on a competitive basis. Key factors in the award of contracts include system and service performance, quality, price, design, reputation, technology, application engineering capability, availability of financing and construction or project management expertise. Competitors for HVAC equipment, security, fire detection, fire suppression and controls in the residential and non-residential marketplace include many local, regional, national and international providers. Larger competitors include Honeywell International, Inc.; Siemens Smart Infrastructure, an operating group of Siemens AG; Schneider Electric SA; Carrier Global Corporation; Trane Technologies plc; Vertiv Holdings Co., API Group and Daikin Industries, Ltd. In addition, the Company competes in a highly fragmented building services market. The Company also faces competition from a diverse range of established companies, start-ups and other emerging entrants to the buildings industry in the areas of digital services, software as a service and the Internet of Things. The loss of any individual contract or customer would not have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Business Strategy

The Company’s business strategy is to sustain and expand its position as a leader in commercial building technology and solutions by developing and implementing solutions designed to address its customers’ vertical specific needs in their core missions. In 2024 and 2025, the Company acted to optimize its core commercial buildings portfolio with the divestitures of its Air Distribution Technologies and R&LC HVAC businesses. Following these portfolio optimization actions, the Company’s core strategy remains advancing smart, healthy and sustainable buildings to power its customers’ missions, enabled by a simpler, more focused company focused on driving growth, profit, and cash flow.

The Company has leading positions in attractive and growing end-markets across HVAC, controls, fire, security and services, enhanced by its comprehensive product portfolio, significant installed base and substantial field position. The Company believes that it is well positioned to capitalize on the emerging and prevalent trends in the commercial buildings industry, including data centers, sustainable buildings, smart buildings and mission-critical environments. To capitalize on these trends, the Company is focused on offering differentiated services and solutions designed to address its customers’ vertical specific needs in their core missions. In furtherance of these goals, the Company has four strategic priorities:

Capitalize on Key Growth Vectors: Data centers, decarbonization, sustainable buildings, smart buildings, energy efficiency and mission-critical environments represent key growth opportunities for the Company. The Company seeks to leverage its existing portfolio breadth and investments in product development, combined with the expansion of its digital products and capabilities powered by OpenBlue, to offer differentiated solutions and innovative deal structures to help customers achieve their objectives. The Company intends to expand its capabilities by investing in products and technologies, as well as expanding its partnerships, to power innovation that will allow it to provide differentiated services that are tailored to its customers’ desired outcomes.

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Bringing Value Across the Building Lifecycle: The Company provides system and service solutions that maximize the opportunities around the lifecycle of the building, delivering outcomes to the customer that save energy, reduce emissions, maintain uptime, and optimize building lifecycle costs while delivering mission-critical environments and improving the overall occupant experience. The Company’s ability to drive direct, integrated solutions within multiple domains enables opportunities for attachment, cross-selling, recurring revenue, and developing long-term relationships with customers from installation to service, retrofit, and replacement.

Accelerate in High Growth Verticals: The Company is focused on driving growth and profit by developing and implementing solutions designed to address its customers’ vertical specific needs in their core missions, enabled by the Company’s installed base, domain expertise and global coverage. The Company further intends to expand its presence in high growth verticals within the markets it serves, including data centers, hospitals, university campuses, advanced manufacturing, class A offices, and airports.

Sustain a High-Performance, Customer-Centric Culture: The Company recognizes that developing talent and creating positive customer experiences is central to accomplishing its business strategies. The Company is investing in its talent to build a workforce that is digitally capable, solutions oriented and focused on continuous learning and growth. The Company aims to leverage its talent capabilities and training to create a customer-focused culture to drive customer loyalty and decisions.

To realize these priorities, the Company is leveraging its technology leadership, product portfolio, global presence, substantial installed base, sizable field position and strong channels to monetize the lifecycle opportunities of systems, service, retrofit and replacement. The Company is augmenting its strategic priorities with disciplined execution, productivity enhancements and sustainable cost management to create a path to realize expanded margins and enhanced profitability.

Backlog and Orders

Backlog and orders are additional metrics that are meant to provide management with a deeper level of insight into the progress of specific strategic and growth initiatives. Backlog is applicable to sales of both products and systems and services and totaled $16.6 billion at September 30, 2025. Orders provide management with a signal of customer demand for the Company's products and services, as well as an indication of future revenues and performance. However, the timing and conversion of backlog and orders are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks and are not necessarily indicative of the amount of revenue to be earned in the upcoming fiscal year.

The following table summarizes backlog and orders by segment for the Systems and Services based businesses:

(1) Change is compared to September 30, 2024 (backlog) and the year ended September 30, 2024 (orders) and excludes the impact of acquisitions, dispositions and foreign currency.

Remaining performance obligations were $22.7 billion at September 30, 2025. Differences between the Company’s remaining performance obligations and backlog are primarily due to:

•Remaining performance obligations include large, multi-purpose contracts to construct hospitals, schools and other governmental buildings, which are services to be performed over the building's lifetime with average initial contract terms of 25 to 35 years for the entire term of the contract versus backlog which includes only the lifecycle period of these contracts which approximates five years;

•Remaining performance obligations exclude service contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less and contracts that are cancellable without substantial penalty versus backlog which includes short-term and cancellable contracts; and

•Remaining performance obligations include the full remaining term of service contracts with substantial termination penalties versus backlog which includes only one year for all outstanding service contracts.

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The Company reports backlog, which it believes is a useful measure of evaluating the Company's operational performance and relationship to total orders.

Raw Materials

Raw materials used by the Company’s businesses in connection with their operations include steel, aluminum, brass, copper, polypropylene and certain fluorochemicals used in fire suppression agents. The Company also uses semiconductors and other electronic components in the manufacture of its products. At times, the Company has experienced material cost increases due to global inflation, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, increased demand and other regulatory and macroeconomic factors. Recently, the Company has experienced increased raw material costs due to tariffs and reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States and other nations. Although the Company has been largely able to mitigate the impact of tariffs that have been enacted to date, if additional tariffs and reciprocal tariffs are implemented (whether as currently proposed or otherwise), such actions could negatively impact the Company's revenue growth and margins in future periods through decreased sales and increased cost of goods sold, as discussed in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The Company could experience further disruptions, shortages, tariffs and price inflation in the future, the effect of which will depend on the Company’s ability to successfully mitigate and offset the impact of these events. In fiscal 2026, commodity prices and availability could fluctuate throughout the year and could significantly affect the Company’s results of operations. For a more detailed description of the risks related to the availability of raw materials, components and commodities, see Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Intellectual Property

Generally, the Company seeks statutory protection for strategic or financially important intellectual property developed in connection with its business. The Company protects its intellectual property investments in a variety of ways. The Company works actively in the U.S. and internationally to ensure the enforcement of copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other protections that apply to the Company's products, services, software, solutions, and branding. Certain intellectual property, where appropriate, is protected by contracts, licenses, confidentiality or other agreements.

The Company owns numerous U.S. and non-U.S. patents (and their respective counterparts), the more important of which cover those technologies and inventions embodied in current products or which are used in the manufacture of those products. Internal development allows the Company to maintain competitive advantages that come from product differentiation and closer technical control over its products and services. While the Company believes patents are important to its business operations and in the aggregate constitute a valuable asset, no single patent, or group of patents, is critical to the success of the business. The Company, from time to time, grants licenses under its patents and technology and receives licenses under patents and technology of others.

The Company’s trademarks, certain of which are material to its business, are registered or otherwise legally protected in the U.S. and many non-U.S. countries where products and services of the Company are sold. The Company, from time to time, becomes involved in trademark licensing transactions.

Most works of authorship produced for the Company, such as computer programs, catalogs and sales literature, carry appropriate notices indicating the Company’s claim to copyright protection under U.S. law and appropriate international treaties.

Environmental, Health and Safety Matters

Laws addressing the protection of the environment and workers’ safety and health govern the Company’s ongoing global operations. They generally provide for civil and criminal penalties, as well as injunctive and remedial relief, for noncompliance or require remediation of sites where Company-related materials have been released into the environment.

A portion of the Company’s products consume energy and use refrigerants. Increased public awareness and concern regarding global climate change has resulted in more regulations designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These regulations tend to be implemented under global, national and sub-national climate objectives or policies, and target the global warming potential (“GWP”) of refrigerants, equipment energy efficiency, and the combustion of fossil fuels as a heating source. The Company continues to invest in its product portfolio to meet or exceed emerging emissions regulations and standards.

The Company has expended substantial resources globally, both financial and managerial, to comply with environmental laws and worker safety laws and maintains procedures designed to foster and ensure compliance. Certain of the Company’s businesses are, or have been, engaged in the handling or use of substances that may impact workplace health and safety or the

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environment. The Company is committed to protecting its workers and the environment against the risks associated with these substances.

The Company’s operations and facilities have been, and in the future may become, the subject of formal or informal enforcement actions or proceedings for noncompliance with environmental laws and worker safety laws or for the remediation of Company-related substances released into the environment. Such matters typically are resolved with regulatory authorities through commitments to compliance, abatement or remediation programs and, in some cases, payment of penalties. In addition, governments in the United States and internationally have increasingly been regulating perfluorooctane sulfonate ("PFOS"), perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA"), and/or other per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), which were contained in certain of the Company's legacy firefighting foam products. These regulations include declining emission standards and limits set as to the presence of certain compounds. See Note 20, "Commitments and Contingencies," of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion of environmental matters.

Government Regulation and Supervision

The Company's operations are subject to numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations, both within and outside the United States, in areas such as consumer protection, government contracts, international trade, environmental protection, labor and employment, tax, licensing and others. For example, most U.S. states and non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Company operates have licensing laws directed specifically toward the alarm and fire suppression industries. The Company's security businesses currently rely extensively upon the use of wireline and wireless telephone service to communicate signals. Wireline and wireless telephone companies in the U.S. are regulated by the federal and state governments. In addition, government regulation of fire safety codes can impact the Company's fire businesses. The Company’s businesses may also be affected by changes in governmental regulation of refrigerants, PFAS, energy efficiency standards, noise regulation and product safety regulations, including changes related to hydro fluorocarbons/emissions reduction efforts, energy conservation standards and the regulation of fluorinated gases. These and other laws and regulations impact the manner in which the Company conducts its business, and changes in legislation or government policies can affect the Company's worldwide operations, both favorably and unfavorably. For a more detailed description of the various laws and regulations that affect the Company's business, see Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Regulatory Capital Expenditures

The Company’s efforts to comply with numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to its business and products often results in capital expenditures. The Company makes capital expenditures to design and upgrade its fire and security products to comply with or exceed standards applicable to the alarm, fire suppression and security industries. The Company also makes capital expenditures to meet or exceed energy efficiency standards and comply with applicable regulations, including the regulation of refrigerants, hydro fluorocarbons/emissions reduction efforts and the regulation of fluorinated gasses, particularly with respect to its HVAC products and solutions. The Company’s ongoing environmental compliance program also results in capital expenditures. Regulatory and environmental considerations are a part of all significant capital expenditure decisions; however, expenditures in fiscal 2025 related solely to regulatory compliance were not material. It is management’s expectation that the amount of any future capital expenditures related to compliance with any individual regulation or grouping of related regulations will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial results or competitive position in any one year. See Note 20, "Commitments and Contingencies," of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion of environmental matters.

Seasonal Factors

Certain of the Company's sales are seasonal as the demand for certain air conditioning equipment and services generally increases in the summer months. This seasonality is mitigated by the other products and services provided by the Company that have no material seasonal effect.

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Research and Development Expenditures

Refer to Note 1, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies," of the notes to consolidated financial statements for research and development expenditures. The Company has committed to invest a substantial portion of its new product research and development in developing products and services supporting energy efficiency, decarbonization and mission-critical environments. The Company invests in enhancements to the capabilities of its product lines and services to support its strategy, meet consumer preferences and achieve regulatory compliance. This includes investments in the development of the Company’s OpenBlue platform and related service offerings, digital product capabilities, energy efficient products, and low GWP refrigerants and technology.

Human Capital Management

Overview and Governance

The development of a High-Performance Culture enables the Company to achieve its purpose to build smarter, healthier, and more sustainable tomorrows. As the Company enters its next 140 years of innovation leadership, people are at the center of how it delivers value to customers. The Company’s strategic drivers provide the direction that guides its workforce toward a culture of continuous improvement and innovation to exceed customers’ expectations and provide solutions for global challenges in the building systems industry.

The responsibility to develop and maintain a High-Performance Culture is owned, embedded and executed throughout the Company. The Chief Human Resources Officer ("CHRO") is responsible for establishing and driving the execution of the Company’s High-Performance Culture strategy, ensuring that the Company presents an employee value proposition that supports retention and the attraction of external talent. The Company’s Board of Directors provides oversight of the Company’s High-Performance Culture, with the Compensation and Talent Development Committee overseeing the Company’s High-Performance Culture strategy and the Governance and Sustainability Committee overseeing employee health and safety. The Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), the CHRO, the General Counsel, the Vice President of Global Environment Health & Safety, the Vice President of Employee Engagement and Inclusion and other senior leaders within the Company are responsible for the execution of the High-Performance Culture strategy and engage with the Compensation and Talent Development Committee, the Governance and Sustainability Committee and the full Board of Directors on the critical components driving the Company’s High-Performance Culture, including discussions of future of work, human capital trends, processes and practices, engagement and inclusion, health and safety, talent development, company culture and succession planning.

Key components driving the Company’s High-Performance Culture include:

Health and Safety

Health and Wellness, Safety and Environment are the three pillars of the Company’s Zero Harm vision. The Company’s health and safety programs are designed around global standards with appropriate variations addressing multiple jurisdictions and regulations, specific hazards and unique working environments of the Company’s manufacturing, service, systems, and headquarter operations.

The Company requires each of its locations to perform regular safety audits to ensure proper safety policies, program procedures, analyses and training are in place. In addition, the Company engages an independent third-party conformity assessment and certification vendor to audit selected operations for adherence to its global health and safety standards. Cultural and values-based safety initiatives have been deployed within the Company to sustain and further enhance performance.

The Company utilizes a mixture of leading and lagging indicators to assess the health and safety performance of its operations. Lagging indicators include the OSHA Total Recordable Incident Rate ("TRIR") and the Lost Time (or Lost Workday) Incident Rate ("LTIR") based upon the number of incidents per 100 employees (or per 200,000 work hours). In fiscal 2025, the Company had a TRIR of 0.34 and a LTIR of 0.15.

Employee Engagement and Inclusion

The Company is dedicated to creating a workplace where uniqueness is celebrated and where every employee feels valued and included. The Company aims to foster a culture of engagement, innovation, collaboration, and respect that drives its success in the global marketplace. Employee engagement and inclusion (“EEI”) is a component of the Company’s strategy to drive a High-Performance Culture, recognized as adding value to the Company’s creation and delivery of innovative high performing

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products and enabling solutions to its customers’ toughest problems. The Company empowers employees to take an active role in creating a culture that values uniqueness, celebrates creativity and drives innovation.

The Company encourages employees to enable an inclusive culture through active participation in Business Resource Groups ("BRGs") - employee-led voluntary organizations of people with similar interests, experiences, or personal characteristics, which supports the acquisition and development of high-performing talent both internally and externally.

The Company recognizes that fostering an engaged and inclusive environment requires ongoing commitment, accountability, and continuous improvement. The Company regularly assesses its progress, recognizes employee contributions, and holds leaders accountable for driving initiatives. The Company has created mechanisms for open dialogue and feedback from employees to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard.

The Company has implemented several measures that focus on ensuring accountabilities exist for fostering an engaged and inclusive environment.

•Organizational Engagement: The Company measures the engagement of its employees using a quarterly pulse survey initially launched in fiscal 2023. The engagement survey provides managers with their own data dashboard to view their own engagement results and can be utilized by managers at all levels to understand how to improve the Company’s culture and employee engagement. Managers are provided with resources to interpret their results and plan their actions following each survey, ensuring that all managers are reinforcing a continuous improvement culture.

•Inclusion and Engagement Objectives: The CEO and other senior leaders have inclusion and engagement objectives in their annual performance goals.

•Attracting High-Performing Talent: The Company attracts high-performing talent by delivering a market and persona-based employee value proposition which incorporates the Company’s mission. BRGs support these efforts through external engagement and talent acquisition sourcing initiatives.

•Honoring Employee Contributions: The Company provides formal recognition and encouragement for workforce contributions to the Company’s EEI efforts. Awarded to eight employees three times per year, the nomination driven Inclusion Distinction Awards have become a highly regarded recognition of an employee’s contribution to creating an inclusive culture at the Company.

Talent Development

The Company must ensure the continued development and advancement of its employees to maintain a High-Performance Culture. The Company has adopted a continuous improvement approach to talent development, working to support employees’ growth while defining the skills and capabilities the organization will need in future years. To assess current enterprise capabilities and define future needs, strategic talent reviews and succession planning occur on a planned cadence annually – globally and across all business areas. The Company continues to provide opportunities for its employees to grow their careers, with more than two-thirds of open management positions filled internally during fiscal 2025.

The Company believes that high performance is an outcome of an employee’s ability to change, adapt, and grow their capabilities throughout their career. This talent development approach includes self and multi-rater assessments, functional and leadership competency models, providing employees a personalized approach to their development planning and skill acquisition. The Company emphasizes real-life, real-time learning that enables each employee to meet the demands of challenging and changing work and focuses on reinforcing key principles that are designed to support an individual’s effectiveness in his or her current job and in their future development. The Company provides technical and leadership training to employees, customers and suppliers who work for or with the Company’s products and services.

The Company’s focus on employee development has been structured through programs designed to embed essential skills with employees and reinforce strategic goals aligning with the Company’s culture, including:

•Front-Line Talent: In support of the Company’s growth strategy, the Company is investing in developing front line talent to ensure a customer-ready workforce. This includes investment in key learning curriculum and building skill-based career pathing for all front-line staff. Retention of program participants continues to increase year over year.

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•Leadership Development: The Company has a strong leadership curriculum for first time managers, managers new to the Company, managers of managers and executive leaders. In 2025, the high potential courses had a greater than 75% application of content to the job and a net promoter score ("NPS") of greater than 70.

•Engagement and Inclusion: The Company has developed BRG-sponsored development programs structured across the levels and stages of individuals' careers to develop and align employees with the Company’s High-Performance Culture.

In fiscal 2025, the Company offered a robust curriculum of almost 225,000 activities that were completed by employees, consisting of videos, courses, e-learning, documentation, articles and books, including over 4,000 active (in person or virtual) learning courses. In fiscal 2025, over 1.3 million learning activities were completed by over 75,000 employees (excluding non-wired). The total learning hours consumed by employees was 1.3 million hours, averaging over 17 hours per employee including time invested in formal learning and standard time invested in self-paced reading or video consumption.

Employee Population and Demographics

As of September 30, 2025, the Company employed approximately 87,000 people worldwide, of which approximately 31,000 were employed in the United States and approximately 56,000 were outside the United States. The Company’s workforce declined from 2024 primarily due to divestitures including the R&LC HVAC business. Approximately 18,000 employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements or works councils, and the Company believes that its relations with its labor unions are generally positive. The Company’s EEO-1 Report published on our website outlines additional details on its U.S. workforce composition.

Available Information

The Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, definitive proxy statements on Schedule 14A, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, are made available free of charge through the Investor Relations section of the Company’s Internet website at http://www.johnsoncontrols.com as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC. Copies of any materials the Company files with the SEC can also be obtained free of charge through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company also makes available, free of charge, its Code of Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Board of Directors committee charters and other information related to the Company on its Internet website or in printed form upon request. The Company is not including the information contained on its website as a part of, or incorporating it by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.