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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833444-26-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JCI"
cik: "0000833444"
company_name: "Johnson Controls International plc"
filed_at: "2026-09-30T11:07:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:57:04.869706+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson Controls VP Julie Brandt to leave Global Commercial role, shifts to advisory post Oct 1

## Summary
- Julie Brandt, VP and President of Global Commercial and Field Operations, will leave Johnson Controls as part of a planned transition tied to changes in the company's operating model.
- Brandt moves to an advisory role beginning October 1, 2026 and is expected to stay with the company in that role through December 31, 2026.
- The departure entitles Brandt to severance benefits under the company's Severance and Change in Control Policy for Officers (Exhibit 10.6 to the FY2025 Form 10-K ended September 30, 2025).
- No successor was named in the filing; the 8-K was signed by Richard J. Dancy, VP and Corporate Secretary, on September 30, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833444-26-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JCI
- cik: 0000833444
- company_name: Johnson Controls International plc
- filed_at: 2026-09-30T11:07:14+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344426000098/0000833444-26-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344426000098/jci-20260925.htm

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