Christian Rothe
Christian Rothe has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 19, 2024.
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Rockwell Automation Q2 beats; raises FY2026 guidance on strong sales growth
Q2 sales $2.24B, up 12% YoY; organic sales up 9%.
Rockwell Automation elects AMETEK CEO David A. Zapico to board of directors
Board expanded from 10 to 11 directors; Zapico elected effective April 16, 2026.
Rockwell Automation shareholders approve 2026 Long-Term Incentives Plan with 10.6M new shares
Plan authorizes 10.6 million common shares for equity awards, plus forfeited shares from prior plans.
William P. Gipson elected for a term expiring 2029 with 72,192,220 affirmative votes.
Rockwell Automation Q1 beat: sales +12%, adj EPS $2.75 (+49%); raises FY EPS guidance
Reported sales $2,105M (+12% YoY, organic +10%); GAAP EPS $2.69 vs $1.61; adjusted EPS $2.75 vs $1.85.
Rockwell Automation enters $1.5B five-year unsecured revolving credit facility
New $1.5B credit facility replaces June 2022 facility of same size; no early termination penalties.
Q4 sales $2,316M (+14% YoY, organic +13%); diluted EPS $1.23 (down 41%), adj EPS $3.34 (up 32%).
Rockwell Automation enters new change-of-control agreements with five executives through Sept 2028
New agreements effective Sept 30, 2025 through Oct 1, 2028, replacing expired 2022 agreements.
Rockwell Automation Q3 FY2025: sales +5% YoY, adj EPS $2.82; raises FY adj EPS guidance
Q3 sales $2.144B (+5% YoY, organic +4%); diluted EPS $2.60 (+29%), adj EPS $2.82 (+4%).
CEO Blake Moret adopts Rule 10b5-1 trading plan for stock sales
Plan covers restricted stock units vesting Dec 4,5 2025 and performance shares vesting Dec 9, 2025.
Rockwell Automation enters $500M 364-day term loan credit agreement
Borrowed $500M on May 16, 2025 under a senior unsecured 364-day term loan facility maturing May 15, 2026.
Rockwell Automation beats Q2 expectations, raises FY2025 EPS guidance
Q2 reported sales $2,001M (-6% YoY); organic sales -4%; diluted EPS $2.22, adjusted EPS $2.45.
Rockwell Automation Q1 sales down 8.4% YoY; adj EPS $1.83 misses prior year; orders up ~10%
Q1 sales $1.88B vs $2.05B YoY; organic sales down 7.6%; diluted EPS $1.61 vs $1.86 YoY.
James P. Keane, Blake D. Moret, Thomas W. Rosamilia, Patricia A. Watson elected as directors for 3-year term.
Rockwell Automation Q4 sales down 21% YoY; FY2025 guide flat to down
Q4 adj. EPS $2.47 (-32% YoY); diluted EPS $2.09 on sales $2,036M (-21% organic).
CEO Blake Moret adopts Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to sell shares for tax and diversification
Plan covers restricted stock units and performance shares vesting Dec 4, 7, and 9, 2024.
Rockwell Automation Q3 sales down 8.4% YoY; cuts FY2024 guidance
Q3 reported sales $2,051M (-8.4% YoY); diluted EPS $2.02 (down 41.4%) including $0.46 restructuring charge.
Rockwell Automation appoints Christian Rothe as CFO, effective Aug. 19, replacing retiring Gangestad
Christian Rothe, former Graco Inc. president of Global Industrial Division, named SVP and CFO of Rockwell Automation.
Rockwell Automation cuts FY2024 guidance; CFO retires; Q2 sales down 6.6% YoY
Q2 sales $2,126M (down 6.6% YoY); organic sales down 8.1%; diluted EPS $2.31, adjusted EPS $2.50.
Rockwell Automation CFO Nicholas Gangestad announces retirement; search underway
CFO Nicholas C. Gangestad plans to retire; will stay until successor is appointed.
Rockwell Automation shareholders elect two directors, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting
Alice L. Jolla elected with 80,646,596 affirmative votes; Lisa A. Payne with 81,663,206.
Rockwell Automation elects PPG CEO Timothy Knavish to board of directors
Board expanded from 10 to 11 directors effective Feb 7, 2024.
Rockwell Automation Q1 sales up 3.6% but diluted EPS falls 44% to $1.86; guidance narrowed
Reported sales $2.05B (+3.6% YoY), organic +1.0%; diluted EPS $1.86, adj. EPS $2.04 (down 17% YoY).
Christian Rothe has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 19, 2024.
Mr. Rothe succeeds Nicholas Gangestad, who has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March 2021.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that Nicholas C. Gangestad, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, notified the Company that he plans to retire.
On February 7, 2024, the Board elected Timothy M. Knavish as a director of the Company effective February 7, 2024, and designated him as a member of the class of directors with a term expiring at our 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareowners.
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