---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833444-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JCI"
cik: "0000833444"
company_name: "Johnson Controls International plc"
filed_at: "2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T16:20:21.735015+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson Controls shareholders elect all 12 director nominees at 2024 AGM; all proposals pass

## Summary
- All 12 board nominees elected; CEO George Oliver received lowest support (543.8M for, 20.2M against).
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor passed (572.3M for, 32.8M against).
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved (529.4M for, 35.0M against).
- Authorization for market purchases of shares approved (599.7M for, 4.5M against).
- Share allotment authority and waiver of pre-emption rights also passed by large margins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833444-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JCI
- cik: 0000833444
- company_name: Johnson Controls International plc
- filed_at: 2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/jci-20240313.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-24-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Authorize the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 2.b - Authorize the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration Proposal No. 2.b was a management proposal to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set the auditors' remuneration.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Determine the price range at which the Company can reissue treasury shares at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 4 - Determine the price range at which the Company can reissue treasury shares Proposal No. 4 was a management proposal to determine the price range at which the Company can re-allot shares that it holds as treasury shares.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 5 - Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation Proposal No. 5 was a management proposal to hold a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's executives, as described in the Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Approval of the Board of Directors' authority to allot shares at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 6 - Approval of the Board of Directors' authority to allot shares Proposal No. 6 was a management proposal to approve the Board of Directors' authority to allot shares up to an aggregate nominal value of US$1,423,000, or approximately 20% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Ratify appointment of independent auditors at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 2.a - Ratify appointment of independent auditors Proposal No. 2.a was a management proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Authorize the Company to make market purchases of Company shares at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 3 - Authorize the Company to make market purchases of Company shares Proposal No. 3 was a management proposal to authorize the Company and/or any subsidiary of the Company to make market purchases of Company shares.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Election of the Board of Directors at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 1 - Election of the Board of Directors Proposal No. 1 was the election, by separate resolution, of each member of Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Johnson Controls International plc shareholders approved Waiver of statutory pre-emption rights at the 2024-03-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-13
  source text: Proposal No. 7 - Waiver of statutory pre-emption rights Proposal No. 7 was a management proposal to approve the waiver by shareholders of their statutory pre-emption rights in the event of the issuance of ordinary shares for cash, if the issuance is limited to up to an aggregate nominal value of US$1,423,000, or approximately 20% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000020/0000833444-24-000020-index.htm

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