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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On July 23, 2024, the Company entered into a Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Bosch GmbH, a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (“Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions therein, the Company has agreed to sell, and Purchaser has agreed to acquire, the Company’s Residential and Light Commercial HVAC business (the “R&LC Business”), including 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. (“Hitachi”), of which the Company owns 60% and Hitachi owns 40%. The total consideration payable by Purchaser to the Company and Hitachi is approximately $8.1 billion in cash, and the Company’s portion of the aggregate consideration is approximately $6.7 billion in cash, in each case, subject to adjustment, plus the assumption by Purchaser or its affiliates of certain liabilities of the R&LC Business specified in the Purchase Agreement. Net cash proceeds to the Company are expected to be approximately $5.0 billion after tax and transaction-related expenses. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, subject to required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The Company expects to report the operating results of the R&LC HVAC business, which is currently reported in the Global Products segment, in discontinued operations beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024.