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Shareowners' Equity | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Equity [Abstract] |
Shareowners' Equity | Shareowners’ Equity Common Stock At September 30, 2025, the authorized stock of the Company consisted of one billion shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, and 25 million shares of preferred stock, without par value. At September 30, 2025, 10.6 million shares of authorized common stock were reserved for various incentive plans. In 2025, we retired 40 million shares of common stock that we held in our treasury. These shares are now designated as authorized and unissued. Changes in outstanding common shares are summarized as follows (in millions):
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Beginning balance |  | 113.1 |  |  | 114.8 |  |  | 115.2 |
Treasury stock purchases |  | (1.5) |  |  | (2.2) |  |  | (1.2) |
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact) |  | 0.8 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.8 |
Ending balance |  | 112.4 |  |  | 113.1 |  |  | 114.8 |
At September 30, 2025, there were $1 million of outstanding common stock share repurchases recorded in Accounts payable that do not settle until 2026. At September 30, 2024, there was no significant outstanding common stock share repurchases recorded in Accounts payable that did not settle until 2025. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Changes in Accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Rockwell Automation by component were (in millions):
|  | Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax (Note 14) |  | Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax (1) |  | Net unrealized (losses) gains on cash flow hedges, net of tax |  |  |  | Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of September 30, 2022 |  | $ | (448) |  |  | $ | (465) |  |  | $ | (5) |  |  |  |  | $ | (918) |
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications |  | (50) |  |  | 100 |  |  | 14 |  |  |  |  | 64 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 90 |  |  | — |  |  | (26) |  |  |  |  | 64 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | 40 |  |  | 100 |  |  | (12) |  |  |  |  | 128 |
Balance as of September 30, 2023 |  | $ | (408) |  |  | $ | (365) |  |  | $ | (17) |  |  |  |  | $ | (790) |
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications |  | (23) |  |  | 66 |  |  | (15) |  |  |  |  | 28 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | (12) |  |  |  |  | (10) |
Other comprehensive (loss) income |  | (23) |  |  | 68 |  |  | (27) |  |  |  |  | 18 |
Balance as of September 30, 2024 |  | $ | (431) |  |  | $ | (297) |  |  | $ | (44) |  |  |  |  | $ | (772) |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  | 73 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 93 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 23 |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  | 22 |
Other comprehensive income |  | 96 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | 115 |
Balance as of September 30, 2025 |  | $ | (335) |  |  | $ | (281) |  |  | $ | (41) |  |  |  |  | $ | (657) |
(1) Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax includes a $17 million loss in 2025 from the effects of cross-currency swap contracts. The reclassifications out of Accumulated other comprehensive loss to the Consolidated Statement of Operations were (in millions):
| Year Ended September 30, |  | Affected Line in the Consolidated Statement of Operations
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of net actuarial loss (gain) | 29 |  |  | — |  |  | (2) |  |  | Other (expense) income
Settlement and curtailment charges | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 123 |  |  | Other (expense) income
| 30 |  |  | — |  |  | 121 |  |  | Income before income taxes
| (7) |  |  | — |  |  | (31) |  |  | Income tax provision
| $ | 23 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 90 |  |  | Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Net unrealized losses (gains) on cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contracts | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | (6) |  |  | Sales
Forward exchange contracts | (7) |  |  | (19) |  |  | (33) |  |  | Cost of sales
Treasury locks related to 2019 and 2021 debt issuances | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | Interest expense
| (2) |  |  | (17) |  |  | (35) |  |  | Income before income taxes
| 1 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 9 |  |  | Income tax provision
| $ | (1) |  |  | $ | (12) |  |  | $ | (26) |  |  | Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Accumulated currency translation adjustments | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Other (expense) income
Total reclassifications | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | (10) |  |  | $ | 64 |  |  | Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.
(1) These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs. See Note 14 for further information.

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