10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

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FORM 10-Q 

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(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2020

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from _______ to _______

Commission file number 1-12383

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Rockwell Automation, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware		25-1797617
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1201 South Second Street
Milwaukee,	Wisconsin	53204
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

+1 (414) 382-2000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock ($1.00 par value)	ROK	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☑    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☑    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large Accelerated Filer	☑	Accelerated Filer	☐
Non-accelerated Filer	☐	Smaller Reporting Company	☐
		Emerging Growth Company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐     No  ☑

115,823,960 shares of registrant’s Common Stock were outstanding on March 31, 2020.

INDEX

	Page No.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheet	4
Consolidated Statement of Operations	5
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income	6
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows	7
Consolidated Statement of Shareowners' Equity	8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	10
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	27
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	28
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	47
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	48
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	49
Item 1A. Risk Factors	50
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	52
Item 6. Exhibits	53
Signatures	54

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(Unaudited)

(in millions, except per share amounts)

	March 31, 2020			September 30, 2019
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	641.8		$	1,018.4
Receivables	1,301.1			1,178.7
Inventories	629.0			575.7
Other current assets	186.3			212.9
Total current assets	2,758.2			2,985.7
Property, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,616.3 and $1,566.0, respectively	560.8			571.9
Operating lease right-of-use assets	318.5			—
Goodwill	1,362.3			1,071.1
Other intangible assets, net	433.0			194.1
Deferred income taxes	369.3			364.1
Long-term investments	716.3			793.9
Other assets	147.5			132.2
Total	$	6,665.9		$	6,113.0
LIABILITIES AND SHAREOWNERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt	$	81.5		$	—
Current portion of long-term debt	—			300.5
Accounts payable	742.5			694.6
Compensation and benefits	135.5			239.0
Contract liabilities	326.2			275.6
Customer returns, rebates and incentives	194.5			199.2
Other current liabilities	281.8			227.9
Total current liabilities	1,762.0			1,936.8
Long-term debt	1,970.2			1,956.4
Retirement benefits	1,198.8			1,231.9
Operating lease liabilities	253.5			—
Other liabilities	543.5			583.7
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 12)
Shareowners’ equity:
Common stock ($1.00 par value, shares issued: 181.4)	181.4			181.4
Additional paid-in capital	1,791.2			1,709.1
Retained earnings	6,795.8			6,440.2
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,625.8		)	(1,488.0		)
Common stock in treasury, at cost (shares held: 65.6 and 65.7, respectively)	(6,521.8		)	(6,438.5		)
Shareowners’ equity attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.	620.8			404.2
Noncontrolling interests	317.1			—
Total shareowners’ equity	937.9			404.2
Total	$	6,665.9		$	6,113.0

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(in millions, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Sales
Products and solutions	$	1,506.0		$	1,466.8		$	3,014.9		$	2,924.4
Services	175.3			190.4			350.9			375.1
	1,681.3			1,657.2			3,365.8			3,299.5
Cost of sales
Products and solutions	(867.9		)	(823.6		)	(1,733.9		)	(1,606.0		)
Services	(114.6		)	(125.4		)	(230.2		)	(246.6		)
	(982.5		)	(949.0		)	(1,964.1		)	(1,852.6		)
Gross profit	698.8			708.2			1,401.7			1,446.9
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(352.0		)	(385.0		)	(755.2		)	(771.7		)
Change in fair value of investments	(144.8		)	98.2			(73.8		)	(114.5		)
Other (expense) income	(9.1		)	4.7			(18.8		)	6.9
Interest expense	(25.5		)	(23.7		)	(51.9		)	(44.4		)
Income before income taxes	167.4			402.4			502.0			523.2
Income tax provision (Note 14)	(37.5		)	(56.4		)	(56.7		)	(96.9		)
Net income	129.9			346.0			445.3			426.3
Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2.3		)	—			2.4			—
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.	$	132.2		$	346.0		$	442.9		$	426.3
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	1.14		$	2.91		$	3.82		$	3.56
Diluted	$	1.13		$	2.88		$	3.80		$	3.53
Weighted average outstanding shares:
Basic	116.0			118.9			115.8			119.6
Diluted	116.6			120.0			116.6			120.7

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

(in millions)

	Three Months Ended March 31,					Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019		2020			2019
Net income	$	129.9		$	346.0	$	445.3		$	426.3
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments (net of tax (expense) of ($8.0), ($4.3), ($15.8), and ($8.6))	27.4			14.2		54.8			28.0
Currency translation adjustments	(74.3		)	19.0		(52.2		)	(9.5		)
Net change in unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedges (net of tax (expense) benefit of ($2.6), ($0.5), ($1.5), and $6.0)	4.5			2.5		2.0			(18.3		)
Net change in unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments (net of tax (expense) of ($0.0), ($0.2), ($0.0), and ($0.3))	—			0.9		—			1.4
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(42.4		)	36.6		4.6			1.6
Comprehensive income	87.5			382.6		449.9			427.9
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3.2		)	—		1.8			—
Comprehensive income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.	$	90.7		$	382.6	$	448.1		$	427.9

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(in millions)

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Operating activities:
Net income	$	445.3		$	426.3
Adjustments to arrive at cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	60.2			62.1
Amortization of intangible assets	24.0			13.2
Change in fair value of investments	73.8			114.5
Share-based compensation expense	22.4			21.8
Retirement benefit expense	63.4			34.4
Pension contributions	(17.3		)	(15.1		)
Net (gain) loss on disposition of property	(1.2		)	1.7
Settlement of treasury locks	—			(35.7		)
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding effects of acquisitions and foreign currency adjustments:
Receivables	(134.2		)	(41.5		)
Inventories	(12.1		)	(86.0		)
Accounts payable	50.9			(12.1		)
Contract liabilities	52.4			41.2
Compensation and benefits	(99.1		)	(90.5		)
Income taxes	(79.2		)	(66.7		)
Other assets and liabilities	(0.8		)	(11.8		)
Cash provided by operating activities	448.5			355.8
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(56.6		)	(80.9		)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	(259.3		)	(20.7		)
Purchases of investments	(2.6		)	(2.8		)
Proceeds from maturities of investments	5.4			219.2
Proceeds from sale of investments	37.9			—
Proceeds from sale of property	1.6			3.3
Cash (used for) provided by investing activities	(273.6		)	118.1
Financing activities:
Net issuance (repayment) of short-term debt	81.5			(549.7		)
Issuance of long-term debt, net of discount and issuance costs	—			987.6
Repayment of long-term debt	(300.0		)	—
Cash dividends	(236.3		)	(232.5		)
Purchases of treasury stock	(213.7		)	(535.2		)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options	133.7			23.8
Other financing activities	0.8			—
Cash used for financing activities	(534.0		)	(306.0		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(17.5		)	(6.7		)
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(376.6		)	161.2
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,018.4			618.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	641.8		$	780.0

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREOWNERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

(in millions, except per share amounts)

	Common stock		Additional paid-in capital			Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive loss			Common stock in treasury, at cost			Total attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.			Noncontrolling interests			Total shareowners' equity
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	181.4	$	1,775.5		$	6,782.0		$	(1,584.3	)	$	(6,437.6	)	$	717.0		$	319.5		$	1,036.5
Net income	—		—			132.2			—			—			132.2			(2.3		)	129.9
Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—			—			(41.5		)	—			(41.5		)	(0.9		)	(42.4		)
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)	—		16.8			—			—			22.0			38.8			—			38.8
Share repurchases	—		—			—			—			(106.2		)	(106.2		)	—			(106.2		)
Cash dividends declared (1)	—		—			(118.4		)	—			—			(118.4		)	—			(118.4		)
Change in noncontrolling interest	—		(1.1		)	—			—			—			(1.1		)	0.8			(0.3		)
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	181.4	$	1,791.2		$	6,795.8		$	(1,625.8	)	$	(6,521.8	)	$	620.8		$	317.1		$	937.9

	Common stock		Additional paid-in capital		Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive loss			Common stock in treasury, at cost			Total attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.			Noncontrolling interests		Total shareowners' equity
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	181.4	$	1,674.4	$	6,167.6		$	(976.9	)	$	(5,772.2	)	$	1,274.3		$	—	$	1,274.3
Net income	—		—		346.0			—			—			346.0			—		346.0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—			36.6			—			36.6			—		36.6
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)	—		12.3		—			—			18.7			31.0			—		31.0
Share repurchases	—		—		—			—			(236.0		)	(236.0		)	—		(236.0		)
Cash dividends declared (1)	—		—		(115.6		)	—			—			(115.6		)	—		(115.6		)
Balance at March 31, 2019	$	181.4	$	1,686.7	$	6,398.0		$	(940.3	)	$	(5,989.5	)	$	1,336.3		$	—	$	1,336.3

⁽¹⁾ Cash dividends were $1.02 per share and $0.97 per share in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREOWNERS’ EQUITY (continued)

(Unaudited)

(in millions, except per share amounts)

	Common stock		Additional paid-in capital		Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive loss			Common stock in treasury, at cost			Total attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.			Noncontrolling interests			Total shareowners' equity
Balance at September 30, 2019	$	181.4	$	1,709.1	$	6,440.2		$	(1,488.0	)	$	(6,438.5	)	$	404.2		$	—		$	404.2
Net income	—		—		442.9			—			—			442.9			2.4			445.3
Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—			5.2			—			5.2			(0.6		)	4.6
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)	—		33.1		—			—			123.1			156.2			—			156.2
Share repurchases	—		—		—			—			(206.4		)	(206.4		)	—			(206.4		)
Cash dividends declared (1)	—		—		(236.3		)	—			—			(236.3		)	—			(236.3		)
Adoption of accounting standards	—		—		149.0			(146.8		)	—			2.2			—			2.2
Change in noncontrolling interest	—		49.0		—			3.8			—			52.8			315.3			368.1
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	181.4	$	1,791.2	$	6,795.8		$	(1,625.8	)	$	(6,521.8	)	$	620.8		$	317.1		$	937.9

	Common stock		Additional paid-in capital		Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive loss			Common stock in treasury, at cost			Total attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.			Noncontrolling interests		Total shareowners' equity
Balance at September 30, 2018	$	181.4	$	1,681.4	$	6,198.1		$	(941.9	)	$	(5,501.5	)	$	1,617.5		$	—	$	1,617.5
Net income	—		—		426.3			—			—			426.3			—		426.3
Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—			1.6			—			1.6			—		1.6
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)	—		5.3		—			—			40.8			46.1			—		46.1
Share repurchases	—		—		—			—			(528.8		)	(528.8		)	—		(528.8		)
Cash dividends declared (1)	—		—		(232.5		)	—			—			(232.5		)	—		(232.5		)
Adoption of accounting standard	—		—		6.1			—			—			6.1			—		6.1
Balance at March 31, 2019	$	181.4	$	1,686.7	$	6,398.0		$	(940.3	)	$	(5,989.5	)	$	1,336.3		$	—	$	1,336.3

⁽¹⁾ Cash dividends were $2.04 per share and $1.94 per share in the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies

In the opinion of management of Rockwell Automation, Inc. ("Rockwell Automation" or "the Company"), the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented and, except as otherwise indicated, such adjustments consist only of those of a normal, recurring nature. These statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. The results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. All date references to years and quarters herein refer to our fiscal year and fiscal quarter unless otherwise stated.

Receivables

Receivables are stated net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $20.7 million at March 31, 2020, and $17.4 million at September 30, 2019. In addition, receivables are stated net of an allowance for certain customer returns, rebates and incentives of $9.3 million at March 31, 2020 and $12.4 million at September 30, 2019.

Earnings Per Share

The following table reconciles basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) amounts (in millions, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,					Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019			2020			2019
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	$	132.2	$	346.0		$	442.9		$	426.3
Less: Allocation to participating securities	—		(0.4		)	(0.4		)	(0.4		)
Net income available to common shareowners	$	132.2	$	345.6		$	442.5		$	425.9
Basic weighted average outstanding shares	116.0		118.9			115.8			119.6
Effect of dilutive securities
Stock options	0.6		1.0			0.8			1.0
Performance shares	—		0.1			—			0.1
Diluted weighted average outstanding shares	116.6		120.0			116.6			120.7
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	1.14	$	2.91		$	3.82		$	3.56
Diluted	$	1.13	$	2.88		$	3.80		$	3.53

For each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, 2.3 million shares related to share-based compensation awards were excluded from the diluted EPS calculation because they were antidilutive. For each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, 1.8 million shares related to share-based compensation awards were excluded from the diluted EPS calculation because they were antidilutive.

Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities

Capital expenditures of $18.5 million and $11.1 million were accrued within accounts payable and other current liabilities at March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. At March 31, 2020 and 2019, there were $2.0 million and $11.9 million, respectively, of outstanding common stock share repurchases recorded in accounts payable that did not settle until the next fiscal quarter. These non-cash investing and financing activities have been excluded from cash used for capital expenditures and treasury stock purchases in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

Leases

We have operating leases primarily for real estate, vehicles, and equipment. We determine if a contract is, or contains, a lease at contract inception. A right-of-use (ROU) asset and a corresponding lease liability are recognized at commencement for contracts that are, or contain, a lease with an original term greater than 12 months. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset during the lease term, including periods for which renewal options are reasonably certain to be exercised, and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term for operating leases with an original term of 12 months or less.

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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(Unaudited)

Some leasing arrangements require variable payments that are dependent on usage or may vary for other reasons, such as payments for insurance and tax payments. A portion of our real estate leases is generally subject to annual changes based upon an index. The changes based upon the index are treated as variable lease payments. The variable portion of lease payments is not included in our ROU assets or lease liabilities and is expensed when incurred. We elected to not separate lease and nonlease components of contracts for all underlying asset classes. Accordingly, all expenses associated with a lease contract are accounted for as lease expenses.

Lease liabilities are recognized at the contract commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term. To calculate the lease liabilities we use our incremental borrowing rate. We determine our incremental borrowing rate at the commencement date using our unsecured borrowing rate, adjusted for collateralization and lease term. For leases denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, the collateralized borrowing rate in the foreign currency is determined using the U.S. dollar and foreign currency swap spread. Long-term lease liabilities are presented as Operating lease liabilities and current lease liabilities are included in Other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

ROU assets are recognized at the contract commencement date at the value of the related lease liability, adjusted for any prepayments, lease incentives received and initial direct costs incurred. Operating lease ROU assets are presented as Operating lease right-of-use assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Lease expenses for operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and recorded in Cost of sales and Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued a new standard on accounting for leases that requires lessees to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for most leases, among other changes to existing lease accounting guidance. The new standard also requires additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures about leasing activities. We adopted the new standard using the modified retrospective transition method, which resulted in an immaterial cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of October 1, 2019, our adoption date. The amount of lease right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheet upon adoption was $316 million and $329 million, respectively. We have implemented necessary changes to accounting policies, processes, controls and systems to enable compliance with this new standard.

In February 2018, the FASB issued a new standard regarding the reporting of comprehensive loss, which gives entities the option to reclassify tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”) stranded in accumulated other comprehensive loss into retained earnings. We adopted the new standard as of October 1, 2019, and elected to reclassify tax effects of $146.8 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into retained earnings.

Acquisition Announcements

In February 2020, we announced that we entered into an agreement to acquire Italy-based ASEM, S.p.A. (ASEM), a leading provider of digital automation technologies. ASEM provides a complete range of Industrial PCs (IPCs), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, remote access capabilities, and secure Industrial IoT gateway solutions. In February 2020, we also announced that we entered into an agreement to acquire Kalypso, LP, a U.S.-based software delivery and consulting firm specializing in the digital transformation of industrial companies with a strong client base in life sciences, consumer products, and industrial high-tech. Both transactions are expected to close in the next few weeks, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

Subsequent Event

On April 20, 2020, we entered into a $400 million senior unsecured 364-day term loan credit agreement and were advanced the full loan amount. This agreement is in addition to our existing $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facility expiring in November 2023, which remains available and undrawn. Borrowings under this term loan bear interest based on short-term money market rates in effect during the period the borrowings are outstanding. The term loan agreement contains covenants similar to those under our $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, under which we agree to maintain an EBITDA-to-interest ratio of at least 3.0 to 1.0. The EBITDA-to-interest ratio is defined in the term loan agreement as the ratio of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the term loan agreement) for the preceding four quarters to consolidated interest expense for the same period.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(Unaudited)

2. Revenue Recognition

Unfulfilled Performance Obligations

As of March 31, 2020, we expect to recognize approximately $470 million of revenue in future periods from unfulfilled performance obligations from existing contracts with customers. We expect to recognize revenue of approximately $310 million from our remaining performance obligations over the next 12 months with the remaining balance recognized thereafter.

We have applied the practical expedient to exclude the value of remaining performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original term of one year or less and (ii) contracts for which we recognize revenue in proportion to the amount we have the right to invoice for services performed. The amounts above also do not include the impact of contract renewal options that are unexercised as of March 31, 2020.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following series of tables present our revenue disaggregation by geographic region and types of products or services, and also present these disaggregation categories for our two operating segments. We attribute sales to the geographic regions based on the country of destination.

The following reflects the disaggregation of our revenues by operating segment and by geographic region (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020						Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
North America	$	447.9	$	574.2	$	1,022.1	$	888.1	$	1,140.9	$	2,029.0
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)	162.3		171.3		333.6		311.2		332.5		643.7
Asia Pacific	98.8		102.0		200.8		210.2		220.2		430.4
Latin America	48.1		76.7		124.8		99.2		163.5		262.7
Total Company Sales	$	757.1	$	924.2	$	1,681.3	$	1,508.7	$	1,857.1	$	3,365.8

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019						Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
North America	$	423.1	$	564.0	$	987.1	$	865.9	$	1,120.0	$	1,985.9
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)	176.0		155.1		331.1		331.5		294.0		625.5
Asia Pacific	97.8		116.9		214.7		199.1		230.0		429.1
Latin America	42.8		81.5		124.3		96.3		162.7		259.0
Total Company Sales	$	739.7	$	917.5	$	1,657.2	$	1,492.8	$	1,806.7	$	3,299.5

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The following reflects the disaggregation of our revenues by operating segment and by major types of products or services (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020						Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
Products	$	757.1	$	379.0	$	1,136.1	$	1,508.7	$	767.7	$	2,276.4
Solutions & Services	—		545.2		545.2		—		1,089.4		1,089.4
Total Company Sales	$	757.1	$	924.2	$	1,681.3	$	1,508.7	$	1,857.1	$	3,365.8

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019						Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
Products	$	739.7	$	372.3	$	1,112.0	$	1,492.8	$	745.2	$	2,238.0
Solutions & Services	—		545.2		545.2		—		1,061.5		1,061.5
Total Company Sales	$	739.7	$	917.5	$	1,657.2	$	1,492.8	$	1,806.7	$	3,299.5

Contract Balances

Contract liabilities primarily relate to consideration received in advance of performance under the contract. We do not have significant contract assets as of March 31, 2020.

Below is a summary of our contract liabilities balance:

	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019
Balance as of beginning of fiscal year	$	275.6	$	268.6
Balance as of end of period	326.2		308.9

The most significant changes in our contract liabilities balance during the six months ended March 31, 2020, were due to amounts billed, partially offset by revenue recognized that was included in the contract liabilities balance at the beginning of the period.

In the six months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized revenue of approximately $171.3 million that was included in the opening contract liabilities balance. We did not have a material amount of revenue recognized in the six months ended March 31, 2020, from performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in previous periods.

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3. Share-Based Compensation

We recognized $10.9 million and $22.4 million of pre-tax share-based compensation expense during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. We recognized $10.8 million and $21.8 million of pre-tax share-based compensation expense during the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, respectively. Our annual grant of share-based compensation takes place during the first quarter of each fiscal year. The number of shares granted to employees and non-employee directors and the weighted average fair value per share during the periods presented were (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
	Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value		Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value
Stock options	970	$	35.78	946	$	32.48
Performance shares	37	265.04		57	155.04
Restricted stock and restricted stock units	49	192.60		41	171.03
Unrestricted stock	7	171.51		6	183.02

4. Inventories

Inventories consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020		September 30, 2019
Finished goods	$	280.8	$	223.7
Work in process	174.9		178.4
Raw materials	173.3		173.6
Inventories	$	629.0	$	575.7

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5. Acquisitions

Sensia joint venture

On October 1, 2019, we completed the formation of a joint venture, Sensia, a fully integrated digital oilfield automation solutions provider. Rockwell Automation owns 53% of Sensia and Schlumberger owns 47% of Sensia. As part of the transaction, we made a $250 million payment to Schlumberger, which was funded by cash on hand. We control Sensia and, as of October 1, 2019, have consolidated Sensia in our financial results.

Rockwell Automation recorded assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the formation of Sensia based on their estimated fair values as of the October 1, 2019, acquisition date. The preliminary purchase price allocation is as follows (in millions):

	Purchase Price Allocation
Cash	$	16.2
Accounts receivable	22.6
Inventory	62.6
Other current assets	1.2
Property, plant and equipment	9.8
Other assets	6.2
Goodwill	291.7
Intangible assets	254.1
Total assets acquired	664.4
Less: Liabilities assumed	(37.0		)
Less: Deferred income taxes	(2.7		)
Less: Noncontrolling interest portion	(293.8		)
Net assets acquired	$	330.9
	Purchase consideration
Cash	$	250.0
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	21.5
Additional paid in capital adjustment	52.4
Other	7.0
Net purchase consideration	$	330.9

Intangible assets assigned include $254.1 million of customer relationships, technology, and trade names (approximately 11-year weighted average useful life). We assigned the full amount of goodwill and all other assets acquired to our Control Products & Solutions segment. Some of the goodwill recorded is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The assets were valued using an income approach, specifically the relief from royalty method and multi-period excess earnings method. The relief from royalty method calculates value based on hypothetical payments that would be saved by owning an asset rather than licensing it. The multi-period excess earnings method is the isolation of cash flows from a single intangible asset and measures fair value by discounting them to present value. These values are considered level 3 measurements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) fair value hierarchy. Key assumptions used in the valuation of these intangible assets included: (1) a discount rate of 11%, (2) the estimated remaining life of technology and trademarks of from 5 to 15 years, and (3) the customer attrition rate ranging from 7.5% to 25%.

The allocation of the purchase price to identifiable assets is based on the preliminary valuations performed to determine the fair value of the net assets as of the acquisition date. The measurement period for the valuation of net assets acquired ends as soon as information on the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition dates becomes available, but not to exceed 12 months following the acquisition date. Adjustments in purchase price allocations may require a change in the amounts allocated to net assets acquired during the periods in which the adjustments are determined. The fair value of the noncontrolling interest of the contributed business upon acquisition was $293.8 million. The consolidated value of Sensia is recorded at fair value for Schlumberger's contribution and at carrying value for Rockwell Automation's contribution.

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Acquisition-related costs recorded as expenses in the year ended September 30, 2019, and in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, were not material.

Pro forma consolidated sales for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, are approximately $1.7 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively, and the impact on earnings is not material. The preceding pro forma consolidated financial results of operations are as if the October 1, 2019, formation of Sensia occurred on October 1, 2018. The pro forma information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the transaction occurred as of that time.

Other acquisitions

In October 2019, we acquired MESTECH Services, a global provider of Manufacturing Execution Systems / Manufacturing Operations Management, digital solutions consulting, and systems integration services. We assigned the full amount of goodwill related to this acquisition to our Control Products & Solutions segment.

In January 2020, we acquired Avnet Data Security, LTD, an Israel-based cybersecurity provider with over 20 years of experience providing cybersecurity services. We assigned the full amount of goodwill related to this acquisition to our Control Products & Solutions segment.

6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended March 31, 2020, are (in millions):

	Architecture & Software			Control Products & Solutions			Total
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	432.3		$	638.8		$	1,071.1
Acquisition of businesses	—			304.5			304.5
Translation	(3.5		)	(9.8		)	(13.3		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	428.8		$	933.5		$	1,362.3

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Other intangible assets consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	190.6	$	133.4	$	57.2
Customer relationships	305.4		77.6		227.8
Technology	152.0		75.1		76.9
Trademarks	53.9		27.5		26.4
Other	13.8		12.8		1.0
Total amortized intangible assets	715.7		326.4		389.3
Allen-Bradley® trademark not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	759.4	$	326.4	$	433.0

	September 30, 2019
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	190.6	$	128.3	$	62.3
Customer relationships	110.5		69.2		41.3
Technology	110.4		69.5		40.9
Trademarks	31.4		26.4		5.0
Other	10.6		9.7		0.9
Total amortized intangible assets	453.5		303.1		150.4
Allen-Bradley® trademark not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	497.2	$	303.1	$	194.1

Estimated amortization expense is $47.9 million in 2020, $47.2 million in 2021, $44.3 million in 2022, $43.1 million in 2023 and $40.1 million in 2024.

We perform our annual evaluation of goodwill and indefinite life intangible assets for impairment as required by U.S. GAAP at the beginning of the second quarter of each year, or more frequently if events or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. For our annual evaluation of goodwill, we may perform a qualitative test to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount in order to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. When performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test, we determine the fair value of each reporting unit under a combination of an income approach derived from discounted cash flows and a market multiples approach using selected comparable public companies. Significant assumptions used in the income approach include: management’s forecasted cash flows, including estimated future revenue growth rates and margins, discount rate, and terminal value. Forecasted future revenue growth and margins are based on management’s best estimate about current and future conditions. Discount rates are determined using weighted average cost of capital adjusted for risk factors specific to the reporting unit level, with comparison to market and industry data. The terminal value is estimated following common methodology of calculating the present value of estimated perpetual cash flow beyond the last projected period assuming constant discount and long-term growth rates. Significant assumptions used in the market multiples approach include selection of the comparable public companies and calculation of the appropriate market multiples.

For our 2020 annual evaluation, we performed a qualitative test for our Architecture & Software reporting unit and our Control Products & Solutions (excluding Sensia) reporting unit. We performed a quantitative test for our Sensia reporting unit. We also assessed the changes in events and circumstances subsequent to our annual test, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of recent declines in oil prices. Based on those evaluations, we concluded these assets were not impaired.

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7. Long-term and Short-term Debt

	March 31, 2020			September 30, 2019
2.050% notes, payable in March 2020	$	—		$	299.4
2.875% notes, payable in March 2025	321.0			307.6
6.70% debentures, payable in January 2028	250.0			250.0
3.500% notes, payable in March 2029	425.0			425.0
6.25% debentures, payable in December 2037	250.0			250.0
4.200% notes, payable in March 2049	575.0			575.0
5.20% debentures, payable in January 2098	200.0			200.0
Unamortized discount and other	(50.8		)	(50.1		)
Total	1,970.2			2,256.9
Less current portion	—			(300.5		)
Long-term debt	$	1,970.2		$	1,956.4

Our short-term debt as of March 31, 2020, consisted of $58.0 million of commercial paper borrowings and $23.5 million of interest-bearing loans from Schlumberger to Sensia due September 30, 2020. The short-term loans were entered into following formation of Sensia. See Note 5 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on Sensia. The weighted average interest rate of the commercial paper outstanding at March 31, 2020, was 2.4 percent. There were no commercial paper borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2019.

In March 2020, we repaid our $300.0 million 2.050% notes which were classified as the current portion of long-term debt at September 30, 2019.

8. Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020		September 30, 2019
Unrealized losses on foreign exchange contracts	$	19.0	$	5.4
Product warranty obligations	22.8		25.2
Taxes other than income taxes	52.9		43.8
Accrued interest	15.1		15.5
Income taxes payable	27.4		62.9
Operating lease liabilities	88.4		—
Other	56.2		75.1
Other current liabilities	$	281.8	$	227.9

9. Investments

Our investments consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020			September 30, 2019
Fixed income securities	$	0.6		$	43.9
Equity securities	647.7			721.5
Other	68.6			68.1
Total investments	716.9			833.5
Less: Short-term investments(1)	(0.6		)	(39.6		)
Long-term investments	$	716.3		$	793.9

⁽¹⁾ Short-term investments are included in Other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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Equity Securities

On July 19, 2018, we purchased 10,582,010 shares of PTC Inc. ("PTC") common stock (the "PTC Shares") in a private placement at a purchase price of $94.50 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.0 billion (the "Purchase"). The PTC Shares are considered equity securities. For a period of approximately 3 years after the Purchase, we are subject to entity-specific transfer restrictions subject to certain exceptions. Since the first anniversary of the Purchase, the Company has had the ability to transfer, in the aggregate in any 90-day period, a number of PTC Shares equal to up to 1.0% of PTC's total outstanding shares of common stock as of the first day in such 90-day period, but no more than 2.0% of PTC's total outstanding shares of common stock in each of the second year and the third year after the Purchase.

Fair Value of Investments

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. U.S. GAAP also classifies the inputs used to measure fair value into the following hierarchy:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while we believe our valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date. We did not have any transfers between levels of fair value measurements during the period presented.

The PTC Shares are classified as level 1 in the fair value hierarchy and recognized at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheet using the most recent closing price of PTC common stock quoted on Nasdaq. At March 31, 2020, the fair value of the PTC Shares was $647.7 million, which was recorded in long-term investments in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded losses of $144.8 million and $73.8 million related to the PTC Shares, respectively. For the three and six months ended March 31,2019, we recorded gains of $98.2 million and losses of $114.5 million related to the PTC Shares, respectively.

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10. Retirement Benefits

The components of net periodic benefit cost are (in millions):

	Pension Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Service cost	$	22.8		$	19.5		$	45.6		$	39.1
Interest cost	34.1			39.6			68.3			79.2
Expected return on plan assets	(61.2		)	(61.2		)	(122.4		)	(122.4		)
Amortization:
Prior service cost	0.3			0.3			0.5			0.6
Net actuarial loss	36.8			19.5			73.6			39.0
Settlements	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(1.5		)	(0.4		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	32.1		$	17.5		$	64.1		$	35.1

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Service cost	$	0.2		$	0.3		$	0.5		$	0.5
Interest cost	0.4			0.5			0.8			1.1
Amortization:
Prior service credit	(1.3		)	(1.3		)	(2.7		)	(2.7		)
Net actuarial loss	0.3			0.2			0.7			0.4
Net periodic benefit credit	$	(0.4	)	$	(0.3	)	$	(0.7	)	$	(0.7	)

The service cost component is included in Cost of sales and Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. All other components are included in Other income (expense) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

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11. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Rockwell Automation by component were (in millions):

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax		Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	(1,253.1	)	$	(315.7	)	$	(15.5	)	$	—	$	(1,584.3	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			(73.4		)	8.8			—		(64.6		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	27.4			—			(4.3		)	—		23.1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	27.4			(73.4		)	4.5			—		(41.5		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(1,225.7	)	$	(389.1	)	$	(11.0	)	$	—	$	(1,625.8	)
Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax		Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	(1,133.7	)	$	(341.3	)	$	(13.0	)	$	—	$	(1,488.0	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			(51.6		)	9.7			—		(41.9		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	54.8			—			(7.7		)	—		47.1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	54.8			(51.6		)	2.0			—		5.2
Adoption of accounting standard/other	(146.8		)	3.8			—			—		—
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(1,225.7	)	$	(389.1	)	$	(11.0	)	$	—	$	(1,625.8	)

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax			Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	(644.3	)	$	(314.5	)	$	(16.4	)	$	(1.7	)	$	(976.9	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			19.0			5.2			0.9			25.1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	14.2			—			(2.7		)	—			11.5
Other comprehensive income (loss)	14.2			19.0			2.5			0.9			36.6
Balance as of March 31, 2019	$	(630.1	)	$	(295.5	)	$	(13.9	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(940.3	)
Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax			Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	(658.1	)	$	(286.0	)	$	4.4		$	(2.2	)	$	(941.9	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(0.3		)	(9.5		)	(14.0		)	1.4			(22.4		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	28.3			—			(4.3		)	—			24.0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	28.0			(9.5		)	(18.3		)	1.4			1.6
Balance as of March 31, 2019	$	(630.1	)	$	(295.5	)	$	(13.9	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(940.3	)

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The reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Consolidated Statement of Operations were (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,						Affected Line in the Consolidated Statement of Operations
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments:
Amortization of prior service credit	$	(1.0	)	$	(1.0	)	$	(2.2	)	$	(2.1	)	(a)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	37.1			19.7			74.3			39.4			(a)
Settlements	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(1.5		)	(0.4		)	(a)
	35.4			18.5			70.6			36.9			Income before income taxes
	(8.0		)	(4.3		)	(15.8		)	(8.6		)	Income tax provision
	$	27.4		$	14.2		$	54.8		$	28.3		Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation
Net unrealized losses (gains) on cash flow hedges:
Forward exchange contracts	$	(0.1	)	$	(0.6	)	$	(0.2	)	$	(0.2	)	Sales
Forward exchange contracts	(7.0		)	(3.3		)	(12.0		)	(6.5		)	Cost of sales
Forward exchange contracts	0.5			—			0.6			0.5			Selling, general and administrative expenses
Treasury locks related to 2019 debt issuance	0.6			0.2			1.1			0.2			Interest expense
	(6.0		)	(3.7		)	(10.5		)	(6.0		)	Income before income taxes
	1.7			1.0			2.8			1.7			Income tax provision
	$	(4.3	)	$	(2.7	)	$	(7.7	)	$	(4.3	)	Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation
Total reclassifications	$	23.1		$	11.5		$	47.1		$	24.0		Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation

(a) Reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into other income (expense). These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (credit). See Note 10 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

12. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Various lawsuits, claims and proceedings have been or may be instituted or asserted against us relating to the conduct of our business, including those pertaining to product liability, environmental, safety and health, intellectual property, employment and contract matters. Although the outcome of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty and some lawsuits, claims or proceedings may be disposed of unfavorably to us, we believe the disposition of matters that are pending or have been asserted will not have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. The following outlines additional background for obligations associated with asbestos, divested businesses and intellectual property.

We (including our subsidiaries) have been named as a defendant in lawsuits alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos that was used in certain components of our products many years ago, including products from divested businesses for which we have agreed to defend and indemnify claims. Currently there are a few thousand claimants in lawsuits that name us as defendants, together with hundreds of other companies. But in all cases, for those claimants who do show that they worked with our products or products of divested businesses for which we are responsible, we nevertheless believe we have meritorious defenses, in substantial part due to the integrity of the products, the encapsulated nature of any asbestos-containing components, and the lack of any impairing medical condition on the part of many claimants. We defend those cases vigorously. Historically, we have been dismissed from the vast majority of these claims with no payment to claimants.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(Unaudited)

Additionally, we have maintained insurance coverage that includes indemnity and defense costs, over and above self-insured retentions, for many of these claims. We believe these arrangements will provide substantial coverage for future defense and indemnity costs for these asbestos claims throughout the remaining life of asbestos liability. The uncertainties of asbestos claim litigation make it difficult to predict accurately the ultimate outcome of asbestos claims. That uncertainty is increased by the possibility of adverse rulings or new legislation affecting asbestos claim litigation or the settlement process. Subject to these uncertainties and based on our experience defending asbestos claims, we do not believe these lawsuits will have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We have, from time to time, divested certain of our businesses. In connection with these divestitures, certain lawsuits, claims and proceedings may be instituted or asserted against us related to the period that we owned the businesses, either because we agreed to retain certain liabilities related to these periods or because such liabilities fall upon us by operation of law. In some instances the divested business has assumed the liabilities; however, it is possible that we might be responsible to satisfy those liabilities if the divested business is unable to do so. We do not believe these liabilities will have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

In many countries we provide a limited intellectual property indemnity as part of our terms and conditions of sale. We also at times provide limited intellectual property indemnities in other contracts with third parties, such as contracts concerning the development and manufacture of our hardware and software products. As of March 31, 2020, we were not aware of any material indemnification claims that were probable or reasonably possible of an unfavorable outcome. Historically, claims that have been made under the indemnification agreements have not had a material impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations; however, to the extent that valid indemnification claims arise in the future, future payments by us could be significant and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations in a particular period.

13. Leases

We have operating leases primarily for real estate, vehicles and equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms from less than one year to approximately 15 years. We do not have a material amount of finance leases.

We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard which allows the Company to carry forward the historical assessments of whether contracts are, or contain, leases, lease classification and initial direct costs. We also elected to not record lease ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases with an original term of 12 months or less. We elected to use the remaining lease term for purposes of calculating the incremental borrowing rate upon transition.

The components of lease expense were as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020		Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
Operating lease expense(1)	$	25.7	$	51.0
Variable lease expense(2)	3.6		7.5
Total lease expense	$	29.3	$	58.5

⁽¹⁾ Operating lease expense includes short-term lease expense which was not material.

⁽²⁾ Variable lease expense includes sublease income which was not material.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows (in millions):

	March 31, 2020
Weighted average remaining lease term	5.9 years
Weighted average discount rate	1.98	%

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(Unaudited)

Maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020, were as follows (in millions):

2020 (excluding the six months ended March 31, 2020)	$	49.4
2021	85.0
2022	65.4
2023	48.1
2024	34.5
2025	21.5
Thereafter	59.8
Total undiscounted lease payments	$	363.7
Less imputed interest	(21.8		)
Total operating lease liabilities	$	341.9

Undiscounted maturities of operating leases accounted for under ASC 840 as of September 30, 2019, were as follows (in millions):

2020	$	90.6
2021	72.6
2022	51.8
2023	36.7
2024	26.4
Thereafter	63.8
Total minimum lease payments	$	341.9

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in millions):

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$	50.3
Operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	64.2

14. Income Taxes

At the end of each interim period, we estimate a base effective tax rate that we expect for the full fiscal year based on our most recent forecast of pre-tax income, permanent book and tax differences and global tax planning strategies. We use this base rate to provide for income taxes on a year-to-date basis, excluding the effect of significant unusual items and items that are reported net of their related tax effects in the period in which they occur.

The effective tax rate was 22.4 percent and 11.3 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, compared to 14.0 percent and 18.5 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2019. The effective tax rate was higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to PTC investment adjustments offset by favorable discrete tax items. The effective tax rate was lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the six months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to PTC investment adjustments offset by tax benefits recognizable upon the formation of the Sensia joint venture, excess income tax benefits of share-based compensation and other favorable discrete tax items. The effective tax rate was lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily because of PTC investment adjustments. The effective rate was lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the six months ended March 31, 2019 primarily because we benefited from lower non-U.S. tax rates.

Income tax liabilities of $296.0 million and $327.2 million related to the U.S. transition tax under the Tax Act that are payable greater than 12 months from March 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, respectively, are recorded in Other Liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

We operate in certain non-U.S. tax jurisdictions under government-sponsored tax incentive programs, which may be extended if certain additional requirements are met. The program which generates the primary benefit will expire in 2032.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(Unaudited)

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was $25.6 million and $19.9 million at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively, of which the entire amount would reduce our effective tax rate if recognized.

Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits were $3.7 million and $3.3 million at March 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, respectively. We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the income tax provision.

We believe it is reasonably possible that the amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by up to $24.1 million in the next 12 months as a result of the resolution of tax matters in various global jurisdictions and the lapses of statutes of limitations. If all of the unrecognized tax benefits were recognized, the net reduction to our income tax provision, including the recognition of interest and penalties and offsetting tax assets, could be up to $25.7 million.

We conduct business globally and are routinely audited by the various tax jurisdictions in which we operate. We are no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations for years before 2016 and are no longer subject to state, local and foreign income tax examinations for years before 2009.

15. Business Segment Information

The following tables reflect the sales and operating results of our reportable segments (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Sales
Architecture & Software	$	757.1		$	739.7		$	1,508.7		$	1,492.8
Control Products & Solutions	924.2			917.5			1,857.1			1,806.7
Total	$	1,681.3		$	1,657.2		$	3,365.8		$	3,299.5
Segment operating earnings
Architecture & Software	$	232.8		$	209.9		$	456.5		$	446.9
Control Products & Solutions	138.7			143.9			254.1			281.8
Total	371.5			353.8			710.6			728.7
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization	(9.5		)	(4.3		)	(19.5		)	(8.4		)
General corporate – net	(17.7		)	(26.7		)	(50.5		)	(48.6		)
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (cost) credit	(8.6		)	2.6			(17.3		)	5.2
(Loss) gain on investments	(144.8		)	98.2			(73.8		)	(148.2		)
Valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares	—			—			—			33.7
Interest (expense) income - net	(23.5		)	(21.2		)	(47.5		)	(39.2		)
Income before income taxes	$	167.4		$	402.4		$	502.0		$	523.2

Among other considerations, we evaluate performance and allocate resources based upon segment operating earnings before income taxes, interest (expense) income - net, costs related to corporate offices, non-operating pension and postretirement benefit credit (cost), certain corporate initiatives, gains and losses on investments, valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares, gains and losses from the disposition of businesses, and purchase accounting depreciation and amortization. Depending on the product, intersegment sales within a single legal entity are either at cost or cost plus a mark-up, which does not necessarily represent a market price. Sales between legal entities are at an appropriate transfer price. We allocate costs related to shared segment operating activities to the segments using a methodology consistent with the expected benefit.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareowners of

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Rockwell Automation, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, and shareowners' equity for the three-month and six-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and of cash flows for the six-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of September 30, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and shareowners’ equity for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated November 12, 2019, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 1 to the interim financial information, the Company has changed its method of accounting for leases effective October 1, 2019, due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), using the modified retrospective approach.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of the Company's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

April 28, 2020

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report contains statements (including certain projections, guidance and business trends) that are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “believe”, “estimate”, “project”, “plan”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “will”, “intend” and other similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, including but not limited to:

• the severity and duration of disruptions to our business due to pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, acts of war, strikes, terrorism, social unrest or other causes, including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to manage it on the global economy, liquidity and financial markets, demand for our hardware and software products, solutions and services, our supply chain, our work force, our liquidity and the value of the assets we own;

• macroeconomic factors, including global and regional business conditions (including adverse impacts in certain markets, such as Oil & Gas), the availability and cost of capital, commodity prices, the cyclical nature of our customers’ capital spending, sovereign debt concerns and currency exchange rates;

• laws, regulations and governmental policies affecting our activities in the countries where we do business, including those related to tariffs, taxation, and trade controls;

• the availability and price of components and materials;

• the successful execution of our cost productivity initiatives;

• the availability, effectiveness and security of our information technology systems;

• our ability to manage and mitigate the risk related to security vulnerabilities and breaches of our hardware and software products, solutions and services;

• the successful development of advanced technologies and demand for and market acceptance of new and existing hardware and software products;

• our ability to manage and mitigate the risks associated with our solutions and services businesses;

• competitive hardware and software products, solutions and services and pricing pressures, and our ability to provide high quality products, solutions and services;

• disruptions to our distribution channels or the failure of distributors to develop and maintain capabilities to sell our products;

• the successful integration and management of strategic transactions and achievement of the expected benefits of these transactions;

• intellectual property infringement claims by others and the ability to protect our intellectual property;

• the uncertainty of claims by taxing authorities in the various jurisdictions where we do business;

• our ability to attract, develop, and retain qualified personnel;

• the uncertainties of litigation, including liabilities related to the safety and security of the hardware and software products, solutions and services we sell;

• risks associated with our investment in common stock of PTC Inc., including the potential for volatility in our reported quarterly earnings associated with changes in the market value of such stock;

• our ability to manage costs related to employee retirement and health care benefits; and

• other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

These forward-looking statements reflect our beliefs as of the date of filing this report. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. See Item 1A, Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and Item 1A, Risk Factors, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, for more information.

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Non-GAAP Measures

The following discussion includes organic sales, total segment operating earnings and margin, Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS, Adjusted Effective Tax Rate and free cash flow, which are non-GAAP measures. See Supplemental Sales Information for a reconciliation of reported sales to organic sales and a discussion of why we believe this non-GAAP measure is useful to investors. See Results of Operations for a reconciliation of income before income taxes to total segment operating earnings and margin and a discussion of why we believe these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors. See Results of Operations for a reconciliation of net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, diluted EPS and effective tax rate to Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate, respectively, and a discussion of why we believe these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors. See Financial Condition for a reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities to free cash flow and a discussion of why we believe this non-GAAP measure is useful to investors.

Overview

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Overall demand for our hardware and software products, solutions and services is driven by:

• investments in manufacturing, including upgrades, modifications and expansions of existing facilities or production lines and new facilities or production lines;

• investments in basic materials production capacity, which may be related to commodity pricing levels;

• our customers’ needs for faster time to market, operational productivity, asset management and reliability, and enterprise risk management;

• our customers’ needs to continuously improve quality, safety and sustainability;

• industry factors that include our customers’ new product introductions, demand for our customers’ products or services and the regulatory and competitive environments in which our customers operate;

• levels of global industrial production and capacity utilization;

• regional factors that include local political, social, regulatory and economic circumstances; and

• the spending patterns of our customers due to their annual budgeting processes and their working schedules.

Long-term Strategy

Our strategy is to bring The Connected Enterprise to life by integrating control and information across the enterprise. We deliver customer outcomes by combining advanced industrial automation with the latest information technology. Our growth and performance strategy seeks to:

• achieve organic sales growth in excess of the automation market by expanding our served market and strengthening our competitive differentiation;

• grow market share of our core platforms;

• drive double digit growth in information solutions and connected services;

• acquire companies that serve as catalysts to organic growth by increasing our information solutions and high-value services offerings and capabilities, expanding our global presence, or enhancing our process expertise;

• enhance our market access by building our channel capability and partner network;

• deploy human and financial resources to strengthen our technology leadership and our intellectual capital business model;

• continuously improve quality and customer experience; and

• drive annual cost productivity.

By implementing the above strategy, we seek to achieve our long-term financial goals, including above-market organic sales growth, EPS growth above sales growth, return on invested capital in excess of 20 percent and free cash flow equal to about 100 percent of Adjusted Income. We expect acquisitions to add a percentage point or more per year to long-term sales growth.

Our customers face the challenge of remaining globally cost competitive and automation can help them achieve their productivity and sustainability objectives. Our value proposition is to help our customers reduce time to market, lower total cost of ownership, improve asset utilization and manage enterprise risks.

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U.S. Industrial Economic Trends

In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, sales in the U.S. accounted for over half of our total sales. The various indicators we use to gauge the direction and momentum of our served U.S. markets include:

• The Industrial Production (IP) Index, published by the Federal Reserve, which measures the real output of manufacturing, mining and electric and gas utilities. The IP Index is expressed as a percentage of real output in a base year, currently 2012. Historically, there has been a meaningful correlation between the changes in the IP Index and the level of automation investment made by our U.S. customers in their manufacturing base.

• The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), published by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), which indicates the current and near-term state of manufacturing activity in the U.S. According to the ISM, a PMI measure above 50 indicates that the U.S. manufacturing economy is generally expanding while a measure below 50 indicates that it is generally contracting.

The table below depicts trends in these indicators since the quarter ended September 2018. These figures are as of April 28, 2020 and are subject to revision by the issuing organizations. PMI and IP data have both deteriorated over the same quarter in the prior year. The forecast for IP projects significant deterioration in the second half of fiscal 2020. Demand for our hardware and software products, solutions and services is expected to be impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and significant declines in oil prices.

	IP Index	PMI
Fiscal 2020 quarter ended:
March 2020	107.4	49.1
December 2019	109.6	47.8
Fiscal 2019 quarter ended:
September 2019	109.5	48.2
June 2019	109.2	51.6
March 2019	109.8	54.6
December 2018	110.3	54.3
Fiscal 2018 quarter ended:
September 2018	109.3	59.5

Note: Economic indicators are subject to revision by the issuing organizations.

Non-U.S. Economic Trends

In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, sales to customers outside the U.S. accounted for less than half of our total sales. These customers include both indigenous companies and multinational companies with a global presence. In addition to the global factors previously mentioned in the "Overview" section, international demand, particularly in emerging markets, has historically been driven by the strength of the industrial economy in each region, investments in infrastructure and expanding consumer markets. We use changes in key countries' gross domestic product and IP as indicators of the growth opportunities in each region where we do business.

Macroeconomic conditions began to deteriorate during the second quarter, beginning with China and becoming broad based across all regions. Forecasts for Global IP and Global Manufacturing PMI project significant deterioration in the second half of fiscal 2020. Demand for our hardware and software products, solutions and services is expected to be impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and significant declines in oil prices.

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COVID-19 Pandemic

We are actively monitoring the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on all aspects of our business and geographies. While the duration and severity of those impacts are highly uncertain, they have had, and could continue to have, an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our company is an essential business to support critical infrastructure because our customers cannot build their products at scale without automation.

We have a global supply chain, including a network of suppliers and distribution and manufacturing facilities. Our supply chain team is closely managing our end-to-end supply chain, from sourcing to production to customer delivery, and with a particular focus on all critical and at-risk suppliers and supplier locations globally.

We have implemented safety and hygiene processes at our manufacturing and distribution locations to keep our employees safe, including separation of shifts and workstations, temperature monitoring, and other recommended practices. We have also taken actions to help keep our non-manufacturing employees safe, including: directing employees to work from home, wherever possible, limiting and screening visitors to our facilities, travel restrictions, canceling events that involve large groups of people, encouraging social distancing best practices, and enhanced cleaning in our facilities and major locations. Some of the changes implemented have resulted in, and could continue to result in, operational inefficiencies.

Our solutions and services businesses include engineers and other employees who design and implement solutions through a combination of domain expertise and our technology. Physical access to customer facilities is often important as we deliver those solutions. As a result of COVID-19, access to customer facilities in some instances has been difficult. This has led to some project delays, as well as inefficiencies due to lower labor utilization.

On April 8, 2020, we announced several actions to address the current and anticipated economic conditions as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. We no longer expect a payout under our incentive plans for fiscal 2020, and we are adjusting our cost structure to help balance our financial strength and flexibility with protecting our most important investments to drive long-term differentiation. These actions include elimination of all discretionary spending, delays of non-critical investments, further adjustment of levels of contract labor, and deferral of any non-essential capital expenditures. We are also implementing the following temporary cost actions, effective beginning in May: salary reductions for all non-manufacturing employees globally; cash fee reductions for the Board of Directors; and temporary suspension of the 401(k) match for all U.S. employees. We have identified additional cost actions to implement if business conditions require.

While our overall cost structure is coming down, we have maintained and, in some cases, have selectively increased investments in some of our highest priority areas in order to increase differentiation and create long-term value for customers and shareowners.

Oil & Gas Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a cascading effect on the Oil & Gas industry. Business closures and restrictions on people’s mobility has significantly decreased demand for oil and gas. In addition, major global producers have not sufficiently reduced production in light of current demand levels, which has resulted in global oversupply and declining oil prices. These factors have had, and could continue to have, adverse impacts to our Oil & Gas customers’ business operations and financial condition, which could lead to a decrease in their liquidity and/or industrial spending. This has resulted in, and could continue to result in, a decrease in demand for our hardware and software products, solutions and services, as well as impact such customers’ ability to pay for such hardware and software products, solutions and services.

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Outlook

The COVID-19 pandemic and global efforts to respond to it are rapidly evolving.  The duration, severity, and geographic scope of its impacts on our supply chain, business operations and financial condition, and those of our suppliers, distributors, business partners and customers are highly uncertain. 

Based on the information available to us at the time of this report, the following table provides guidance for projected sales growth and earnings per share for fiscal 2020, including the previously announced acquisitions of ASEM, S.p.A. and Kalypso, LP, which are expected to close in the next few weeks. The midpoint of the guidance range assumes a reported sales decline in the third quarter of approximately 15 percent and an organic sales decline of approximately 20 percent, with sequential improvement in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020:

Sales Growth Guidance		EPS Guidance
Reported sales growth	(6.5)% - (3.0)%	Diluted EPS	$6.05 - $6.85
Organic sales growth1	(9.5)% - (6.5)%	Adjusted EPS1	$6.90 - $7.70
Inorganic sales growth2	4.0% - 4.5%
Currency translation	~(1)%

¹Organic sales growth and Adjusted EPS are non-GAAP measures. See Supplemental Sales Information and Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation for more information on these non-GAAP measures.

²Estimate for Sensia, MESTECH Services, Avnet Data Security, ASEM, S.p.A., and Kalypso, LP.

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Summary of Results of Operations

Sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 increased 1.5 percent compared to the second quarter of 2019. Organic sales decreased 0.2 percent year over year. Currency translation decreased sales by 1.5 percentage points, and acquisitions increased sales by 3.2 percentage points.

Results from the quarter included:

• Logix sales increased 6 percent year over year in the second quarter of fiscal 2020. Logix organic sales increased 8 percent year over year, and currency translation decreased sales by 2 percentage points.

• Reported sales in emerging countries decreased 0.5 percent year over year in the second quarter of fiscal 2020. Organic sales in emerging countries decreased 3.9 percent year over year. Currency translation decreased sales in emerging countries by 4.3 percentage points, and acquisitions increased sales by 7.7 percentage points.

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The following table reflects our sales and operating results (in millions, except per share amounts and percentages):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Sales
Architecture & Software (a)	$	757.1		$	739.7		$	1,508.7		$	1,492.8
Control Products & Solutions (b)	924.2			917.5			1,857.1			1,806.7
Total sales (c)	$	1,681.3		$	1,657.2		$	3,365.8		$	3,299.5
Segment operating earnings(1)
Architecture & Software (d)	$	232.8		$	209.9		$	456.5		$	446.9
Control Products & Solutions (e)	138.7			143.9			254.1			281.8
Total segment operating earnings(2) (f)	371.5			353.8			710.6			728.7
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization	(9.5		)	(4.3		)	(19.5		)	(8.4		)
General corporate — net	(17.7		)	(26.7		)	(50.5		)	(48.6		)
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (cost) credit	(8.6		)	2.6			(17.3		)	5.2
(Loss) gain on investments	(144.8		)	98.2			(73.8		)	(148.2		)
Valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares	—			—			—			33.7
Interest (expense) income, net	(23.5		)	(21.2		)	(47.5		)	(39.2		)
Income before income taxes (g)	167.4			402.4			502.0			523.2
Income tax provision	(37.5		)	(56.4		)	(56.7		)	(96.9		)
Net income	129.9			346.0			445.3			426.3
Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2.3		)	—			2.4			—
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	$	132.2		$	346.0		$	442.9		$	426.3
Diluted EPS	$	1.13		$	2.88		$	3.80		$	3.53
Adjusted EPS(3)	$	2.43		$	2.04		$	4.53		$	4.26
Diluted weighted average outstanding shares	116.6			120.0			116.6			120.7
Total segment operating margin(2) (f/c)	22.1		%	21.3		%	21.1		%	22.1		%
Pre-tax margin (g/c)	10.0		%	24.3		%	14.9		%	15.9		%
Architecture & Software segment operating margin (d/a)	30.7		%	28.4		%	30.3		%	29.9		%
Control Product & Solutions segment operating margin (e/b)	15.0		%	15.7		%	13.7		%	15.6		%

(1) See Note 15 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the definition of segment operating earnings.

(2) Total segment operating earnings and total segment operating margin are non-GAAP financial measures. We exclude purchase accounting depreciation and amortization, general corporate – net, non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (cost) credit, gains and losses on investments, valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares, interest (expense) income - net and income tax provision because we do not consider these costs to be directly related to the operating performance of our segments. We believe total segment operating earnings and total segment operating margin are useful to investors as measures of operating performance. We use these measures to monitor and evaluate the profitability of our operating segments. Our measures of total segment operating earnings and total segment operating margin may be different from measures used by other companies.

(3) Adjusted EPS is a non-GAAP earnings measure that excludes non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (cost) credit, net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, gains and losses on investments, and valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares, including their respective tax effects. See Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation for more information on this non-GAAP measure.

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Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2020, Compared to Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2019

Sales

Sales increased 1.5 percent and 2.0 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Organic sales decreased 0.2 percent and 0.6 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Currency translation decreased sales by 1.5 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Acquisitions increased sales by 3.2 percentage points and 3.9 percentage points in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively.

Pricing contributed approximately 1 percentage point to sales growth in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020.

The table below presents our sales, attributed to the geographic regions based upon country of destination, and the percentage change from the same period a year ago (in millions, except percentages):

			Change vs.		Change in Organic Sales(1) vs.
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020		Three Months Ended March 31, 2019		Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
North America	$	1,022.1	3.5	%	1.4	%
EMEA	333.6		0.8	%	(1.9	)%
Asia Pacific	200.8		(6.5	)%	(6.4	)%
Latin America	124.8		0.4	%	2.7	%
Total Sales	$	1,681.3	1.5	%	(0.2	)%

			Change vs.		Change in Organic Sales(1) vs.
	Six Months Ended March 31, 2020		Six Months Ended March 31, 2019		Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
North America	$	2,029.0	2.2	%	(1.0	)%
EMEA	643.7		2.9	%	(0.3	)%
Asia Pacific	430.4		0.3	%	(0.3	)%
Latin America	262.7		1.4	%	0.9	%
Total Sales	$	3,365.8	2.0	%	(0.6	)%

⁽¹⁾ Organic sales and organic sales growth exclude the effect of acquisitions, changes in currency exchange rates, and divestitures. See Supplemental Sales Information for information on these non-GAAP measures.

• The change in North America sales in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, compared to the prior periods were primarily driven by strength in Automotive and weakness in Oil & Gas.

• EMEA sales increased year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to acquisitions. EMEA organic sales decreased, but saw growth in Automotive, Food & Beverage, Life Sciences, and Semiconductors.

• Sales in Asia Pacific decreased in the three months ended March 31, 2020, due to weakness driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Excluding China, Asia Pacific sales increased.

• Latin America sales increased in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, due to Strong Oil & Gas performance, partially offset by a decline in Chemicals, Household & Personal Care, and Automotive.

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Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2020, Compared to Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2019  

General Corporate - Net

General corporate - net expense was $17.7 million and $50.5 million in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, compared to $26.7 million and $48.6 million in the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, respectively. The decrease in the three months ended March 31, 2020, was primarily due to benefit-related adjustments tied to changes in equity market values and our share price.

Income before Income Taxes

Income before income taxes decreased 58 percent and 4 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. The decrease in income before income taxes in the three months ended March 31, 2020, was primarily due to the fair-value adjustments recognized in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019 in connection with our investment in PTC (the "PTC adjustments"). Total segment operating earnings increased 5 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to lower incentive compensation expense, partially offset by the impact of currency. Total segment operating earnings decreased 2.5 percent in the six months ended March 31, 2020, due to lower organic sales, the impact of currency, and productivity, partially offset by lower incentive compensation expense.

Income Taxes

The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020, was 22.4 percent compared to 14.0 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in the effective tax rate was primarily due to PTC adjustments. Our Adjusted Effective Tax Rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020, was 12.4 percent compared to 18.6 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in the Adjusted Effective Tax Rate was primarily due to favorable discrete tax items in the current year.

The effective tax rate for the six months ended March 31, 2020, was 11.3 percent compared to 18.5 percent for the six months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily due to tax benefits recognizable upon the formation of the Sensia joint venture, excess income tax benefits of share-based compensation and favorable discrete tax items in the current year, partially offset by PTC investment adjustments. Our Adjusted Effective Tax Rate for the six months ended March 31, 2020, was 10.4 percent compared to 18.6 percent for the six months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in the Adjusted Effective Tax Rate was primarily due to tax benefits recognizable upon the formation of the Sensia joint venture, excess income tax benefits of share-based compensation and favorable discrete tax items in the current year.

Diluted EPS and Adjusted EPS

Fiscal 2020 second quarter net income attributable to Rockwell Automation was $132.2 million or $1.13 per share, compared to $346.0 million or $2.88 per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. The decreases in net income attributable to Rockwell Automation and diluted EPS were primarily due to PTC adjustments. Fiscal 2020 second quarter Adjusted EPS was $2.43 in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, up 19 percent compared to $2.04 in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. The increase in Adjusted EPS was largely due to lower incentive compensation expense.

Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation was $442.9 million or $3.80 per share in the six months ended March 31, 2020, compared to $426.3 million or $3.53 per share in the six months ended March 31, 2019. The increases in net income attributable to Rockwell Automation and diluted EPS were primarily due to the decrease in income before income taxes, more than offset by a lower effective tax rate. Adjusted EPS was $4.53 in the six months ended March 31, 2020, up 6 percent compared to $4.26 in the six months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in Adjusted EPS was due to lower incentive compensation expense, a favorable tax rate and a lower share count, partially offset by lower organic sales, the impact of currency, and productivity.

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Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2020, Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

Architecture & Software

Sales

Architecture & Software sales increased 2.4 percent and 1.1 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Architecture & Software organic sales increased 4.0 percent and 2.3 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Currency translation decreased sales by 1.7 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. An acquisition increased sales by 0.1 percentage points in each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2020. For both reported and organic sales, all regions experienced growth except for EMEA in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020.

Logix sales increased 6 percent and 1 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Logix organic sales increased 8 percent and 2 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, while currency translation decreased Logix sales by 2 percentage points and 1 percentage point in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively.

Segment Operating Margin

Architecture & Software segment operating earnings increased 10.9 percent and 2.1 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Segment operating margin increased to 30.7 percent and 30.3 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, from 28.4 percent and 29.9 percent, respectively, in the same periods a year ago, primarily due to lower incentive compensation expense, partially offset by currency.

Control Products & Solutions

Sales

Control Products & Solutions sales increased 0.7 percent and 2.8 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Control Products & Solutions organic sales decreased 3.6 percent and 3.0 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Currency translation decreased sales by 1.5 percentage points and 1.2 percentage points in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Acquisitions increased sales by 5.8 percentage points and 7.0 percentage points in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively.

Growth in reported sales in North America and EMEA more than offset declines in the other regions in the three months ended March 31, 2020. All regions experienced growth in reported sales except for Asia Pacific in the six months ended March 31, 2020. The decline in organic sales in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, was broad-based across the regions, with the exception of organic growth in EMEA in the six months ended March 31, 2020.

Product sales decreased 4 percent and 5 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Product organic sales decreased by 3 percent and 4 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Currency translation decreased sales by 1 percentage point in each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2020.

Sales in our solutions and services businesses increased 4 percent and 8 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Organic sales in our solutions and services businesses decreased by 4 percent and 2 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Currency translation decreased sales by 2 percentage points in each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2020. Acquisitions increased sales by 10 percentage points and 12 percentage points in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020.

Segment Operating Margin

Control Products & Solutions segment operating earnings decreased 3.6 percent and 9.8 percent year over year in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Segment operating margin decreased to 15.0 percent and 13.7 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, compared to 15.7 percent and 15.6 percent, respectively, in the same periods a year ago, primarily due to lower incentive compensation expense, more than offset by the impacts of lower organic sales, currency, and acquisitions.

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Supplemental Segment Information

Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization and non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (credit) cost are not allocated to our operating segments because these costs are excluded from our measurement of each segment's operating performance for internal purposes. If we were to allocate these costs, we would attribute them to each of our segments as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization
Architecture & Software	$	1.7	$	1.6	$	3.4	$	3.0
Control Products & Solutions	7.5		2.4		15.5		4.8
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (credit) cost
Architecture & Software	2.2		1.5		4.3		3.1
Control Products & Solutions	3.3		2.4		6.7		4.8

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Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation

Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate are non-GAAP earnings measures that exclude non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit), net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, gains and losses on investments, and valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares, including their respective tax effects.

We believe that Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate provide useful information to our investors about our operating performance and allow management and investors to compare our operating performance period over period. Adjusted EPS is also used as a financial measure of performance for our annual incentive compensation. Our measures of Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate may be different from measures used by other companies. These non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, diluted EPS and effective tax rate.

The following are the components of operating and non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit) (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Service cost	$	23.0		$	19.8		$	46.1		$	39.6
Operating pension and postretirement benefit cost	23.0			19.8			46.1			39.6
Interest cost	34.5			40.1			69.1			80.3
Expected return on plan assets	(61.2		)	(61.2		)	(122.4		)	(122.4		)
Amortization of prior service credit	(1.0		)	(1.0		)	(2.2		)	(2.1		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	37.1			19.7			74.3			39.4
Settlements	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(1.5		)	(0.4		)
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit)	8.7			(2.6		)	17.3			(5.2		)
Net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost	$	31.7		$	17.2		$	63.4		$	34.4

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The following are reconciliations of net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, diluted EPS, and effective tax rate to Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate, respectively (in millions, except per share amounts and percentages):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	$	132.2		$	346.0		$	442.9		$	426.3
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit)	8.6			(2.6		)	17.3			(5.2		)
Tax effect of non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit)	(2.4		)	0.4			(4.8		)	0.7
Change in fair value of investments1	144.8			(98.2		)	73.8			114.5
Tax effect of the change in fair value of investments1	—			—			—			(21.7		)
Adjusted Income	$	283.2		$	245.6		$	529.2		$	514.6
Diluted EPS	$	1.13		$	2.88		$	3.80		$	3.53
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit)	0.08			(0.02		)	0.14			(0.04		)
Tax effect of non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit)	(0.02		)	—			(0.04		)	0.01
Change in fair value of investments1	1.24			(0.82		)	0.63			0.94
Tax effect of the change in fair value of investments1	—			—			—			(0.18		)
Adjusted EPS	$	2.43		$	2.04		$	4.53		$	4.26
Effective tax rate	22.4		%	14.0		%	11.3		%	18.5		%
Tax effect of non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost (credit)	0.2		%	0.1		%	0.5		%	—		%
Tax effect of the change in fair value of investments1	(10.2		)%	4.5		%	(1.4		)%	0.1		%
Adjusted Effective Tax Rate	12.4		%	18.6		%	10.4		%	18.6		%

¹In the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, change in fair value of investments included a $144.8 million and $73.8 million loss, respectively, due to the change in value of our investment in PTC. In the three months ended March 31, 2019, change in fair value of investments included a $98.2 million gain due to the change in value of our investment in PTC, and in the six months ended March 31, 2019, change in fair value of investments included a $148.2 million loss due to the change in value of our investment in PTC and a $33.7 million gain due to the valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares.

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	Fiscal 2020 Guidance
Diluted EPS	$6.05 - $6.85
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost	0.30
Tax effect of non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost	(0.08)
Change in fair value of investments1	0.63
Tax effect of change in fair value of investments	—
Adjusted EPS2	$6.90 - $7.70
Effective tax rate	~ 13.5%
Tax effect of non-operating pension and postretirement benefit cost	~ 0.5%
Tax effect of change in fair value of investments1	~ (1.0)%
Adjusted Effective Tax Rate3	~ 13.0%

¹The actual year-to-date adjustments, which are based on PTC's share price at March 31, 2020, are used for guidance, as estimates of these adjustments on a forward-looking basis are not available due to variability, complexity and limited visibility of these items.

²Fiscal 2020 guidance based on Adjusted Income, which excludes Schlumberger's noncontrolling interest in Sensia.

³Fiscal 2020 guidance includes the impact of a tax benefit recognized upon the formation of the Sensia joint venture on October 1, 2019. This tax benefit is expected to reduce the full year Effective tax rate and the Adjusted Effective Tax Rate by approximately 150 basis points.

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Financial Condition

The following is a summary of our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities, as reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (in millions): 

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities	$	448.5		$	355.8
Investing activities	(273.6		)	118.1
Financing activities	(534.0		)	(306.0		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(17.5		)	(6.7		)
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	$	(376.6	)	$	161.2

The following table summarizes free cash flow (in millions), which is a non-GAAP financial measure:

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Cash provided by operating activities	$	448.5		$	355.8
Capital expenditures	(56.6		)	(80.9		)
Free cash flow	$	391.9		$	274.9

Our definition of free cash flow takes into consideration capital investments required to maintain our businesses' operations and execute our strategy. Cash provided by continuing operating activities adds back non-cash depreciation expense to earnings but does not reflect a charge for necessary capital expenditures. Our definition of free cash flow excludes the operating cash flows and capital expenditures related to our discontinued operations, if any. Operating, investing and financing cash flows of our discontinued operations, if any, are presented separately in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. In our opinion, free cash flow provides useful information to investors regarding our ability to generate cash from business operations that is available for acquisitions and other investments, service of debt principal, dividends and share repurchases. We use free cash flow, as defined, as one measure to monitor and evaluate our performance, including as a financial measure for our annual incentive compensation. Our definition of free cash flow may differ from definitions used by other companies.

Cash provided by operating activities was $448.5 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020, compared to $355.8 million for the six months ended March 31, 2019. Free cash flow was $391.9 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020, compared to $274.9 million for the six months ended March 31, 2019. The year over year increases in cash provided by operating activities and free cash flow were primarily due to lower incentive compensation payments and a decrease in working capital in the first six months of fiscal 2020 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2019, and a payment to settle treasury locks in the first six months of fiscal 2019.

We repurchased approximately 1.1 million shares of our common stock under our share repurchase program in the first six months of fiscal 2020. The total cost of these shares was $206.2 million, of which $2.0 million was recorded in accounts payable at March 31, 2020, related to share repurchases that did not settle until April 2020. We had $9.3 million in unsettled share repurchases outstanding at September 30, 2019, that did not settle until October 2019. We repurchased approximately 3.2 million shares of our common stock in the first six months of fiscal 2019. The total cost of these shares was $528.8 million, of which $11.9 million was recorded in accounts payable at March 31, 2019, related to share repurchases that did not settle until April 2019. Our decision to repurchase shares in the remainder of 2020 will depend on business conditions, free cash flow generation, other cash requirements (including acquisitions) and stock price. On both September 6, 2018, and July 24, 2019, the Board of Directors authorized us to expend an additional $1.0 billion to repurchase shares of our common stock. At March 31, 2020, we had approximately $902.2 million remaining for share repurchases under our existing board authorizations. See Part II, Item 2, Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds, for additional information regarding share repurchases.

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We expect future uses of cash to include working capital requirements, capital expenditures, additional contributions to our retirement plans, acquisitions of businesses and other inorganic investments, dividends to shareowners, repurchases of common stock, and repayments of debt. We expect to fund future uses of cash with a combination of existing cash balances and short-term investments, cash generated by operating activities, commercial paper borrowings or a new issuance of debt or other securities.

At March 31, 2020, the majority of our cash and cash equivalents were held by non-U.S. subsidiaries. As a result of the broad changes to the U.S. international tax system under the Tax Act, in fiscal year 2018 the Company began to account for substantially all of its non-U.S. subsidiaries as being immediately subject to tax, while still concluding that earnings are indefinitely reinvested for a limited number of subsidiaries.

In addition to cash generated by operating activities, we have access to existing financing sources, including the public debt markets and unsecured credit facilities with various banks.

At March 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, our total current borrowing capacity under our unsecured revolving credit facility expiring in November 2023 was $1.25 billion. We can increase the aggregate amount of this credit facility by up to $750.0 million, subject to the consent of the banks in the credit facility. We did not borrow against this credit facility during the periods ended March 31, 2020 or September 30, 2019. Borrowings under this credit facility bear interest based on short-term money market rates in effect during the period the borrowings are outstanding. The terms of this credit facility contain covenants under which we agree to maintain an EBITDA-to-interest ratio of at least 3.0 to 1.0. The EBITDA-to-interest ratio is defined in the credit facility as the ratio of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the facility) for the preceding four quarters to consolidated interest expense for the same period.

Among other uses, we can draw on our credit facility as a standby liquidity facility to repay our outstanding commercial paper as it matures. This access to funds to repay maturing commercial paper is an important factor in maintaining the short-term credit ratings set forth in the table below. Under our current policy with respect to these ratings, we expect to limit our other borrowings under our credit facility, if any, to amounts that would leave enough credit available under the facility so that we could borrow, if needed, to repay all of our then outstanding commercial paper as it matures.

On April 20, 2020, we entered into a $400 million senior unsecured 364-day term loan credit agreement and were advanced the full loan amount. This agreement is in addition to our existing $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facility expiring in November 2023, which remains available and undrawn. Borrowings under this term loan bear interest based on short-term money market rates in effect during the period the borrowings are outstanding. The term loan agreement contains covenants similar to those under our $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, under which we agree to maintain an EBITDA-to-interest ratio of at least 3.0 to 1.0. The EBITDA-to-interest ratio is defined in the term loan agreement as the ratio of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the term loan agreement) for the preceding four quarters to consolidated interest expense for the same period. The proceeds of the borrowings under the term loan agreement will be used for general corporate purposes, including acquisition financing (including the acquisition of ASEM, S.p.A. and Kalypso, LP, which are expected to close in the next few weeks) and working capital.

Separate short-term unsecured credit facilities of approximately $214.9 million at March 31, 2020, were available to non-U.S. subsidiaries. Borrowings under our non-U.S. credit facilities at March 31, 2020 and 2019 were not significant. We were in compliance with all covenants under our credit facilities at March 31, 2020 and 2019. There are no significant commitment fees or compensating balance requirements under our credit facilities.

Our short-term debt as of March 31, 2020, consisted of $58.0 million of commercial paper borrowings and $23.5 million of interest-bearing loans from Schlumberger to Sensia due September 30, 2020. The short-term loans were entered into following formation of Sensia. See Note 5 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on Sensia. The weighted average interest rate of the commercial paper outstanding at March 31, 2020 was 2.4 percent. There were no commercial paper borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2019.

The following is a summary of our credit ratings as of March 31, 2020:

 

Credit Rating Agency	Short-Term Rating	Long-Term Rating	Outlook
Standard & Poor’s	A-1	A	Stable
Moody’s	P-2	A3	Stable
Fitch Ratings	F1	A	Stable

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Our ability to access the commercial paper market, and the related costs of these borrowings, is affected by the strength of our credit ratings and market conditions. We have not experienced any difficulty in accessing the commercial paper market to date for one-day maturities.  However, investor demand for maturities beyond one day has been limited due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on this market. If our access to the commercial paper market is adversely affected due to a change in market conditions or otherwise, we would expect to rely on a combination of available cash and our unsecured committed credit facility to provide short-term funding. In such event, the cost of borrowings under our unsecured committed credit facility could be higher than the cost of commercial paper borrowings.

We regularly monitor the third-party depository institutions that hold our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. We diversify our cash and cash equivalents among counterparties to minimize exposure to any one of these entities.

We use foreign currency forward exchange contracts to manage certain foreign currency risks. We enter into these contracts to hedge our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate variability in the expected future cash flows associated with certain third-party and intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies forecasted to occur within the next two years. We also use these contracts to hedge portions of our net investments in certain non-U.S. subsidiaries against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the translation of foreign currency balances to the U.S. dollar. In addition, we use foreign currency forward exchange contracts that are not designated as hedges to offset transaction gains or losses associated with some of our assets and liabilities resulting from intercompany loans or other transactions with third parties that are denominated in currencies other than our entities' functional currencies. Our foreign currency forward exchange contracts are usually denominated in currencies of major industrial countries. We diversify our foreign currency forward exchange contracts among counterparties to minimize exposure to any one of these entities.

Net gains and losses related to derivative forward exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges offset the related gains and losses on the hedged items during the periods in which the hedged items are recognized in earnings. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, we reclassified $6.0 million and $10.5 million, respectively, in pre-tax net gains related to cash flow hedges from accumulated other comprehensive loss into the Consolidated Statement of Operations. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, we reclassified $3.7 million and $6.0 million, respectively, in pre-tax net gains related to cash flow hedges from accumulated other comprehensive loss into the Consolidated Statement of Operations. We expect that approximately $18.4 million of pre-tax net unrealized gains on cash flow hedges as of March 31, 2020, will be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months.

Information with respect to our contractual cash obligations is contained in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We believe that at March 31, 2020, there has been no material change to this information.

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Supplemental Sales Information

We translate sales of subsidiaries operating outside of the United States using exchange rates effective during the respective period. Therefore, changes in currency exchange rates affect our reported sales. Sales by acquired businesses also affect our reported sales. We believe that organic sales, defined as sales excluding the effects of acquisitions and changes in currency exchange rates, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, provides useful information to investors because it reflects regional and operating segment performance from the activities of our businesses without the effect of acquisitions and changes in currency exchange rates. We use organic sales as one measure to monitor and evaluate our regional and operating segment performance. When we acquire businesses, we exclude sales in the current period for which there are no comparable sales in the prior period. We determine the effect of changes in currency exchange rates by translating the respective period’s sales using the same currency exchange rates that were in effect during the prior year. When we divest a business, we exclude sales in the prior period for which there are no comparable sales in the current period. Organic sales growth is calculated by comparing organic sales to reported sales in the prior year, excluding divestitures. We attribute sales to the geographic regions based on the country of destination.

The following is a reconciliation of our reported sales by geographic region to organic sales (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020									Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Sales		Effect of Acquisitions(1)			Effect of Changes in Currency		Organic Sales		Sales
North America	$	1,022.1	$	(22.0	)	$	0.6	$	1,000.7	$	987.1
EMEA	333.6		(19.3		)	10.4		324.7		331.1
Asia Pacific	200.8		(6.1		)	6.3		201.0		214.7
Latin America	124.8		(6.4		)	9.3		127.7		124.3
Total Company Sales	$	1,681.3	$	(53.8	)	$	26.6	$	1,654.1	$	1,657.2

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2020									Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Sales		Effect of Acquisitions(1)			Effect of Changes in Currency		Organic Sales		Sales
North America	$	2,029.0	$	(62.8	)	$	0.6	$	1,966.8	$	1,985.9
EMEA	643.7		(39.6		)	19.6		623.7		625.5
Asia Pacific	430.4		(11.8		)	9.4		428.0		429.1
Latin America	262.7		(13.0		)	11.7		261.4		259.0
Total Company Sales	$	3,365.8	$	(127.2	)	$	41.3	$	3,279.9	$	3,299.5

⁽¹⁾ Includes incremental sales resulting from the formation of the Sensia joint venture.

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The following is a reconciliation of our reported sales by operating segment to organic sales (in millions): 

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020										Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Sales		Effect of Acquisitions				Effect of Changes in Currency		Organic Sales		Sales
Architecture & Software	$	757.1	$	(0.4	)		$	12.5	$	769.2	$	739.7
Control Products & Solutions	924.2		(53.4		)	1	14.1		884.9		917.5
Total Company Sales	$	1,681.3	$	(53.8	)		$	26.6	$	1,654.1	$	1,657.2

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2020										Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Sales		Effect of Acquisitions				Effect of Changes in Currency		Organic Sales		Sales
Architecture & Software	$	1,508.7	$	(1.1	)		$	20.2	$	1,527.8	$	1,492.8
Control Products & Solutions	1,857.1		(126.1		)	1	21.1		1,752.1		1,806.7
Total Company Sales	$	3,365.8	$	(127.2	)		$	41.3	$	3,279.9	$	3,299.5

⁽¹⁾ Includes incremental sales resulting from the formation of the Sensia joint venture.

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Critical Accounting Estimates

We have prepared the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and revenues and expenses during the periods reported. These estimates are based on our best judgment about current and future conditions, but actual results could differ from those estimates. Information with respect to accounting estimates that are the most critical to the understanding of our financial statements as they could have the most significant effect on our reported results and require subjective or complex judgments by management is contained in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We believe that at March 31, 2020, there has been no material change to this information except as noted below.

Acquisitions - Consolidation of Sensia Joint Venture

In determining whether to consolidate Sensia, U.S. GAAP requires that we evaluate our ability to control the significant financial or operating decisions of the joint venture. Determining the nature and extent of the noncontrolling interest holder's rights involves management judgment. We have evaluated the noncontrolling interest holder's rights and determined that we control and should consolidate Sensia in our financial results.

Acquisitions - Sensia Joint Venture Intangibles Valuation

The accounting for a business combination requires the excess of the purchase price for the acquisition over the net book value of assets acquired to be allocated to the identifiable assets of the acquired entity. Any unallocated portion is recognized as goodwill. We engaged an independent third-party valuation specialist for the fair value allocation of the purchase price paid in connection with the Sensia joint venture to intangible assets, which required the use of several assumptions and estimates. Although we believe the assumptions and estimates made were reasonable and appropriate, these estimates are based on historical experience and information obtained from the management of the acquired companies. The key assumption requiring the use of judgment was the customer attrition rate ranging from 7.5% to 25%. A change in the customer attrition rate of 250 basis points would result in a change of $40.4 million in intangible assets.

More information regarding this business combination is contained in Note 5 in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Goodwill

The quantitative test of goodwill for impairment requires us to estimate the fair value of our reporting units. During the second quarter of 2020, we performed a quantitative impairment test for our Sensia reporting unit. We determined the fair value of the reporting unit under a combination of an income approach derived from discounted cash flows and a market multiples approach using selected comparable public companies.

Critical assumptions used in this approach included management’s estimated future revenue growth rates, estimated future margins, and discount rate. Estimated future revenue growth and margins are based on management’s best estimate about current and future conditions. Although we believe the assumptions and estimates made were reasonable and appropriate, these estimates are based on a number of factors including historical experience and information obtained from reporting unit management. Actual results could differ from these estimates, especially given the uncertainty over the duration and severity of impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact on our Oil & Gas customers which have been, and could continue to be, impacted by the recent declines in oil prices. We determined the discount rate using our weighted average cost of capital adjusted for risk factors specific to the reporting unit, with comparison to market and industry data. A hypothetical 10 percent decrease in the fair value of this reporting unit or our other reporting units would not impact our conclusion that goodwill was not impaired.

More information regarding goodwill is contained in Note 6 in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Environmental Matters

Information with respect to the effect of compliance with environmental protection requirements and resolution of environmental claims on us and our manufacturing operations is contained in Note 16 in the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We believe that at March 31, 2020, there has been no material change to this information.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 in the Consolidated Financial Statements regarding recent accounting pronouncements.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Information with respect to our exposure to interest rate risk and foreign currency risk is contained in Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We believe that at March 31, 2020, there has been no material change to this information.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures: We, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act)) as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: There has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. In the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we completed the formation of Sensia as described elsewhere in this report. We continue to integrate controls, policies, and procedures relating to this transaction and will continue to evaluate the impact of any related changes to our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Information with respect to our legal proceedings is contained in Item 3, Legal Proceedings, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We believe that at March 31, 2020, there has been no material change to this information.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

Information about our most significant risk factors is contained in Item 1A, Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We believe that at March 31, 2020, there has been no material change to this information, except for the following two changes:

(1) The existing risk factor entitled “Adverse changes in business or industry conditions and volatility and disruption of the capital and credit markets may result in decreases in our sales and profitability.” is updated by adding the following as a new third paragraph:

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a cascading effect on the Oil & Gas industry. Business closures and restrictions on people’s mobility has significantly decreased demand for oil and gas. In addition, major global producers have not sufficiently reduced production in light of current demand levels, which has resulted in global oversupply and declining oil prices. These factors have had, and could continue to have, adverse impacts to our Oil & Gas customers’ business operations and financial condition, which could lead to a decrease in their liquidity and/or industrial spending. This has resulted in, and could continue to result in, a decrease in demand for our hardware and software products, solutions and services, as well as impact such customers’ ability to pay for such hardware and software products, solutions and services.

(2) The existing risk factor entitled “We face the potential harms of natural disasters, pandemics, acts of war, terrorism, international conflicts or other disruptions to our operations.” is updated in its entirety as follows:

We face the potential harms of natural disasters, pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, acts of war, terrorism, international conflicts or other disruptions to our operations, the duration and severity of which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict.

Our business depends on the movement of people and goods around the world. Natural disasters, pandemics (including the COVID-19 pandemic), acts or threats of war or terrorism, international conflicts, power outages, fires, explosions, equipment failures, sabotage, political instability and the actions taken by governments could cause damage to or disrupt our business operations, our suppliers or our customers, and could create economic instability. Disruptions to our IT infrastructure from system failures, shutdowns, power outages, telecommunication or utility failures, and other events, including disruptions at third party IT and other service providers, could also interfere with or disrupt our operations. Although it is not possible to predict such events or their consequences, these events could decrease demand for our hardware and software products, solutions or services, increase our costs, or make it difficult or impossible for us to deliver products, solutions or services.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has spread globally and caused significant disruption to the global economy, including in all of the regions in which we, our suppliers, distributors, business partners and customers do business and in which our workforce is located. The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to manage it, including those by governmental authorities, have had, and could continue to have, significant impacts on global markets. While the duration and severity of those impacts on our business are highly uncertain, they have had, and could continue to have, an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations in many ways, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Our customers are, and continue to be, subject to significant risks and have had, and could continue to have, adverse impacts to their business operations and financial condition related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which could lead to a decrease in their liquidity and/or industrial spending. This has resulted in, and could continue to result in, a decrease in demand for our hardware and software products, solutions and services, as well as impact our customers' ability to pay for such hardware and software products, solutions and services.

• The COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it have significantly limited or prevented the movement of goods and services worldwide, which has resulted in and could continue to result in disruptions in our supply chain and our difficulty in procuring or inability to procure components and materials necessary for our hardware and software products, solutions and services. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it has increased and could continue to increase the costs of making and distributing our hardware and software products, solutions and services or result in delays in delivering, or an inability to deliver, them to our customers.

• Our workforce may be unable or unwilling to work on-site or travel as a result of event cancellations, facility closures, shelter-in-place, travel and other restrictions and changes in industry practice, or if they, their co-workers or their family members become ill or otherwise require care arrangements. These workforce disruptions have adversely affected and could continue to adversely affect our ability to operate, including to develop, manufacture, generate sales, promote, market and deliver our hardware and software products, solutions and services, and provide customer support.

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• Uncertainty over the duration and severity of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and effectiveness of efforts to manage it have caused significant volatility in the capital and other financial markets, which has adversely impacted, and could continue to adversely impact, global liquidity and asset values (including the price of our stock and the securities of other companies we own, such as the common stock we own in PTC Inc., and the fair value of our pension plans’ investments). This uncertainty and volatility could adversely affect our ability to, or the cost at which we may, access the capital and other financial markets, including the commercial paper market, or otherwise obtain debt or equity financing, which could adversely affect our financial condition or ability to satisfy our contractual obligations and fund our other business operations or future investment opportunities.

The unprecedented and continuously evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic make the duration and severity of its impacts increasingly difficult to predict, which could limit our ability to respond to those impacts. Additionally, the impacts described above and other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it could substantially increase the risk to us from the other risks described in Item 1A, Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Share Repurchases

The table below sets forth information with respect to purchases made by or on behalf of us of shares of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2020: 

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)	Average Price Paid Per Share(2)		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Approx. Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(3)
January 1 - 31, 2020	170,087	$	201.21	170,087	$	974,181,486
February 1 - 29, 2020	181,313	200.17		181,313	937,887,465
March 1 - 31, 2020	228,719	155.83		228,719	902,246,277
Total	580,119	182.99		580,119

(1) All of the shares purchased during the quarter ended March 31, 2020, were acquired pursuant to the repurchase programs described in (3) below.

(2) Average price paid per share includes brokerage commissions.

(3) On both September 6, 2018, and July 24, 2019, the Board of Directors authorized us to expend $1.0 billion to repurchase shares of our common stock. Our repurchase programs allow us to repurchase shares at management’s discretion or at our broker’s discretion pursuant to a share repurchase plan subject to price and volume parameters.

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Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits:

Exhibit 10.1*	—	Copy of the Company’s 2020 Long-Term Incentives Plan, filed as Exhibit 4-c to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-236277), is hereby incorporated by reference.
Exhibit 10.2	—	Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation and Benefits effective as of April 7, 2020.
Exhibit 10.3	—	$400,000,000 364-Day Term Loan Agreement dated as of April 20, 2020, among the Company, the Banks listed on the signature pages thereof, U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent, PNC Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, and BMO Harris Bank N.A. and TD Bank, N.A., as Documentation Agents, filed as Exhibit 99 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 21, 2020, is hereby incorporated by reference.
Exhibit 15	—	Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Financial Information.
Exhibit 31.1	—	Certification of Periodic Report by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Exhibit 31.2	—	Certification of Periodic Report by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Exhibit 32.1	—	Certification of Periodic Report by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 32.2	—	Certification of Periodic Report by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 101	—	Interactive Data Files.
	*	Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. (Registrant)
Date:	April 28, 2020	By	/s/ PATRICK P. GORIS
			Patrick P. Goris Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date:	April 28, 2020	By	/s/ TERRY L. RIESTERER
			Terry L. Riesterer Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

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EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation and Benefits^* 

(as of April 7, 2020)

1. Annual Retainer Fees**

Independent Directors

• $53,750 in cash paid quarterly. Directors may elect to defer all or part of the cash payment of retainer fees (i) until such time as specified, with interest on deferred amounts accruing quarterly at 120% of the Federal long-term rate set each month by the Secretary of the Treasury, or (ii) by electing to receive restricted stock units valued at the closing price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange‑Composite Transactions reporting system on the date each retainer payment would otherwise be made in cash.

• $107,500 in shares of our common stock paid in advance on October 1 of each year (or, if the person becomes a director after October 1, a pro rata amount paid on the first business day on which the person becomes a director) and valued at the closing price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange‑Composite Transactions reporting system on the payment date. Directors may elect to receive the annual retainer grant of shares of our common stock as described above in the form of restricted stock units in the same number.

2. Committee Membership and Lead Director Fees**

• Audit Committee: $12,500 for the Chair.

• Compensation Committee: $10,000 for the Chair.

• Board Composition and Corporate Governance Committee: $10,000 for the Chair.

• Technology Committee: $10,000 for the Chair.

• Lead Director: $17,500.

• Fees are paid quarterly in cash. Directors may elect to defer all or part of the payment of committee fees (i) until such time as specified, with interest on deferred amounts accruing quarterly at 120% of the Federal long-term rate set each month by the Secretary of the Treasury or (ii) by electing to receive restricted stock units valued at the closing price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange‑Composite Transactions reporting system on the date each committee fee payment would otherwise be made in cash.

3. Annual Awards

• $40,000 in shares of our common stock, not to exceed 1,000 shares, paid on the date of our annual meeting of shareowners. Directors elected subsequent to our annual meeting receive a pro-rated number of such shares. Directors may elect to defer the annual share award by electing to receive restricted stock units in the same number.

4. Individual Limit on Director Compensation

• The maximum amount of compensation, including the value of equity awards under any of our equity plans, that may be paid to any individual director in any fiscal year may not exceed $750,000.

5. Other Awards and Benefits

• The Board of Directors may grant directors options to purchase such additional number of shares of our common stock, such additional number of restricted stock units and such additional number of performance shares or performance units as the Board in its sole discretion may determine pursuant to our 2020 Long-Term Incentives Plan.

• We reimburse directors for transportation and other expenses actually incurred in attending Board and Committee meetings. We reimburse directors at the standard mileage rate allowed by the IRS for use in computing the deductible costs for use of a personal automobile in connection with attending Board or Committee meetings or other activities incident to Board service.

• Directors may participate in a matching gift program under which we will match donations made to eligible educational, arts or cultural institutions. Gifts will be matched in any calendar year from a minimum of $25 to a maximum of $10,000.

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^*  Shares of our common stock, restricted stock units and options to purchase shares of our common stock described herein are granted to non-employee directors pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of our 2020 Long-Term Incentives Plan.

** Annual retainer fees paid in cash and Committee and Lead Director fees may be reinstated to the levels in effect immediately before April 7, 2020 at any time by action of the Board of Directors. Such prior fee levels are set forth in Exhibit 10 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

EX-15

Exhibit 15

April 28, 2020

The Board of Directors and Shareowners of

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

1201 South Second Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204

We are aware that our report dated April 28, 2020, on our review of the interim financial information of Rockwell Automation, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-101780, 333-149581, 333-150019, 333-157203, 333-165727, 333-180557, 333-184400, 333-205022, 333-209706, 333-234642, and 333-236277 on Form S-8 and Registration Statement No. 333-228817 on Form S-3.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Blake D. Moret, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Rockwell Automation, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 28, 2020

/s/ BLAKE D. MORET

Blake D. Moret

President and

Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Patrick P. Goris, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Rockwell Automation, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 28, 2020

/S/ PATRICK P. GORIS

Patrick P. Goris
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

I, Blake D. Moret, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (the “Company”), certify pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

(1)    the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)    the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: April 28, 2020

/s/ BLAKE D. MORET

Blake D. Moret
President and
Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

I, Patrick P. Goris, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (the “Company”), certify pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

(1)     the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)     the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: April 28, 2020

/S/ PATRICK P. GORIS

Patrick P. Goris

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

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Revenue Recognition

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Unfulfilled Performance Obligations

As of March 31, 2020, we expect to recognize approximately $470 million of revenue in future periods from unfulfilled performance obligations from existing contracts with customers. We expect to recognize revenue of approximately $310 million from our remaining performance obligations over the next 12 months with the remaining balance recognized thereafter.

We have applied the practical expedient to exclude the value of remaining performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original term of one year or less and (ii) contracts for which we recognize revenue in proportion to the amount we have the right to invoice for services performed. The amounts above also do not include the impact of contract renewal options that are unexercised as of March 31, 2020.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following series of tables present our revenue disaggregation by geographic region and types of products or services, and also present these disaggregation categories for our two operating segments. We attribute sales to the geographic regions based on the country of destination.

The following reflects the disaggregation of our revenues by operating segment and by geographic region (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020						Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
North America	$	447.9	$	574.2	$	1,022.1	$	888.1	$	1,140.9	$	2,029.0
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)	162.3		171.3		333.6		311.2		332.5		643.7
Asia Pacific	98.8		102.0		200.8		210.2		220.2		430.4
Latin America	48.1		76.7		124.8		99.2		163.5		262.7
Total Company Sales	$	757.1	$	924.2	$	1,681.3	$	1,508.7	$	1,857.1	$	3,365.8

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019						Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
North America	$	423.1	$	564.0	$	987.1	$	865.9	$	1,120.0	$	1,985.9
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)	176.0		155.1		331.1		331.5		294.0		625.5
Asia Pacific	97.8		116.9		214.7		199.1		230.0		429.1
Latin America	42.8		81.5		124.3		96.3		162.7		259.0
Total Company Sales	$	739.7	$	917.5	$	1,657.2	$	1,492.8	$	1,806.7	$	3,299.5

The following reflects the disaggregation of our revenues by operating segment and by major types of products or services (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020						Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
Products	$	757.1	$	379.0	$	1,136.1	$	1,508.7	$	767.7	$	2,276.4
Solutions & Services	—		545.2		545.2		—		1,089.4		1,089.4
Total Company Sales	$	757.1	$	924.2	$	1,681.3	$	1,508.7	$	1,857.1	$	3,365.8

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019						Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
Products	$	739.7	$	372.3	$	1,112.0	$	1,492.8	$	745.2	$	2,238.0
Solutions & Services	—		545.2		545.2		—		1,061.5		1,061.5
Total Company Sales	$	739.7	$	917.5	$	1,657.2	$	1,492.8	$	1,806.7	$	3,299.5

Contract Balances

Contract liabilities primarily relate to consideration received in advance of performance under the contract. We do not have significant contract assets as of March 31, 2020.

Below is a summary of our contract liabilities balance:

	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019
Balance as of beginning of fiscal year	$	275.6	$	268.6
Balance as of end of period	326.2		308.9

The most significant changes in our contract liabilities balance during the six months ended March 31, 2020, were due to amounts billed, partially offset by revenue recognized that was included in the contract liabilities balance at the beginning of the period.

In the six months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized revenue of approximately $171.3 million that was included in the opening contract liabilities balance. We did not have a material amount of revenue recognized in the six months ended March 31, 2020, from performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in previous periods.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended March 31, 2020, are (in millions):

	Architecture & Software			Control Products & Solutions			Total
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	432.3		$	638.8		$	1,071.1
Acquisition of businesses	—			304.5			304.5
Translation	(3.5		)	(9.8		)	(13.3		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	428.8		$	933.5		$	1,362.3

Other intangible assets consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	190.6	$	133.4	$	57.2
Customer relationships	305.4		77.6		227.8
Technology	152.0		75.1		76.9
Trademarks	53.9		27.5		26.4
Other	13.8		12.8		1.0
Total amortized intangible assets	715.7		326.4		389.3
Allen-Bradley® trademark not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	759.4	$	326.4	$	433.0

	September 30, 2019
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	190.6	$	128.3	$	62.3
Customer relationships	110.5		69.2		41.3
Technology	110.4		69.5		40.9
Trademarks	31.4		26.4		5.0
Other	10.6		9.7		0.9
Total amortized intangible assets	453.5		303.1		150.4
Allen-Bradley® trademark not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	497.2	$	303.1	$	194.1

Estimated amortization expense is $47.9 million in 2020, $47.2 million in 2021, $44.3 million in 2022, $43.1 million in 2023 and $40.1 million in 2024.

We perform our annual evaluation of goodwill and indefinite life intangible assets for impairment as required by U.S. GAAP at the beginning of the second quarter of each year, or more frequently if events or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. For our annual evaluation of goodwill, we may perform a qualitative test to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount in order to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. When performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test, we determine the fair value of each reporting unit under a combination of an income approach derived from discounted cash flows and a market multiples approach using selected comparable public companies. Significant assumptions used in the income approach include: management’s forecasted cash flows, including estimated future revenue growth rates and margins, discount rate, and terminal value. Forecasted future revenue growth and margins are based on management’s best estimate about current and future conditions. Discount rates are determined using weighted average cost of capital adjusted for risk factors specific to the reporting unit level, with comparison to market and industry data. The terminal value is estimated following common methodology of calculating the present value of estimated perpetual cash flow beyond the last projected period assuming constant discount and long-term growth rates. Significant assumptions used in the market multiples approach include selection of the comparable public companies and calculation of the appropriate market multiples.

For our 2020 annual evaluation, we performed a qualitative test for our Architecture & Software reporting unit and our Control Products & Solutions (excluding Sensia) reporting unit. We performed a quantitative test for our Sensia reporting unit. We also assessed the changes in events and circumstances subsequent to our annual test, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of recent declines in oil prices. Based on those evaluations, we concluded these assets were not impaired.

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Consolidated Statement of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Sales
Sales	$ 1,681.3	$ 1,657.2	$ 3,365.8	$ 3,299.5
Cost of sales
Cost of sales	(982.5)	(949.0)	(1,964.1)	(1,852.6)
Gross profit	698.8	708.2	1,401.7	1,446.9
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(352.0)	(385.0)	(755.2)	(771.7)
Change in fair value of investments	(144.8)	98.2	(73.8)	(114.5)
Other (expense) income	(9.1)	4.7	(18.8)	6.9
Interest expense	(25.5)	(23.7)	(51.9)	(44.4)
Income before income taxes	167.4	402.4	502.0	523.2
Income tax provision	(37.5)	(56.4)	(56.7)	(96.9)
Net income	129.9	346.0	445.3	426.3
Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2.3)	0.0	2.4	0.0
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.	$ 132.2	$ 346.0	$ 442.9	$ 426.3
Earnings per share:
Basic (in usd per share)	$ 1.14	$ 2.91	$ 3.82	$ 3.56
Diluted (in usd per share)	$ 1.13	$ 2.88	$ 3.80	$ 3.53
Weighted average outstanding shares:
Basic (in shares)	116.0	118.9	115.8	119.6
Diluted (in shares)	116.6	120.0	116.6	120.7
Products and solutions
Sales
Sales	$ 1,506.0	$ 1,466.8	$ 3,014.9	$ 2,924.4
Cost of sales
Cost of sales	(867.9)	(823.6)	(1,733.9)	(1,606.0)
Services
Sales
Sales	175.3	190.4	350.9	375.1
Cost of sales
Cost of sales	$ (114.6)	$ (125.4)	$ (230.2)	$ (246.6)

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Consolidated Statement of Shareowners' Equity Consolidated Statement of Shareowners' Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions		Total	Total attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.	Common stock	Additional paid-in capital	Retained earnings	Accumulated other comprehensive loss	Common stock in treasury, at cost	Noncontrolling interests
Balance at beginning of period at Sep. 30, 2018		$ 1,617.5	$ 1,617.5	$ 181.4	$ 1,681.4	$ 6,198.1	$ (941.9)	$ (5,501.5)	$ 0.0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income		426.3	426.3			426.3
Other comprehensive income (loss)		1.6	1.6				1.6
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)		46.1	46.1		5.3			40.8
Share repurchases		(528.8)	(528.8)					(528.8)
Cash dividends declared	[1]	(232.5)	(232.5)			(232.5)
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2019		1,336.3	1,336.3	181.4	1,686.7	6,398.0	(940.3)	(5,989.5)	0.0
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2018		1,274.3	1,274.3	181.4	1,674.4	6,167.6	(976.9)	(5,772.2)	0.0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income		346.0	346.0			346.0
Other comprehensive income (loss)		36.6	36.6				36.6
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)		31.0	31.0		12.3			18.7
Share repurchases		(236.0)	(236.0)					(236.0)
Cash dividends declared	[2]	(115.6)	(115.6)			(115.6)
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2019		1,336.3	1,336.3	181.4	1,686.7	6,398.0	(940.3)	(5,989.5)	0.0
Balance at beginning of period at Sep. 30, 2019		404.2	404.2	181.4	1,709.1	6,440.2	(1,488.0)	(6,438.5)	0.0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income		445.3	442.9			442.9			2.4
Other comprehensive income (loss)		4.6	5.2				5.2		(0.6)
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)		156.2	156.2		33.1			123.1
Share repurchases		(206.4)	(206.4)					(206.4)
Cash dividends declared		(236.3)	(236.3)			(236.3)
Change in noncontrolling interest		368.1	52.8	0.0	49.0	0.0	3.8	0.0	315.3
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2020		937.9	620.8	181.4	1,791.2	6,795.8	(1,625.8)	(6,521.8)	317.1
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2019		1,036.5	717.0	181.4	1,775.5	6,782.0	(1,584.3)	(6,437.6)	319.5
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income		129.9	132.2			132.2			(2.3)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(42.4)	(41.5)				(41.5)		(0.9)
Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impact)		38.8	38.8		16.8			22.0
Share repurchases		(106.2)	(106.2)					(106.2)
Cash dividends declared	[2]	(118.4)	(118.4)			(118.4)
Change in noncontrolling interest		(0.3)	(1.1)		(1.1)				0.8
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2020		$ 937.9	$ 620.8	$ 181.4	$ 1,791.2	$ 6,795.8	$ (1,625.8)	$ (6,521.8)	$ 317.1

[1] Cash dividends were $2.04 per share and $1.94 per share in the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

[2] Cash dividends were $1.02 per share and $0.97 per share in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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Retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Retirement Benefits

Retirement Benefits

The components of net periodic benefit cost are (in millions):

	Pension Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Service cost	$	22.8		$	19.5		$	45.6		$	39.1
Interest cost	34.1			39.6			68.3			79.2
Expected return on plan assets	(61.2		)	(61.2		)	(122.4		)	(122.4		)
Amortization:
Prior service cost	0.3			0.3			0.5			0.6
Net actuarial loss	36.8			19.5			73.6			39.0
Settlements	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(1.5		)	(0.4		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	32.1		$	17.5		$	64.1		$	35.1

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Service cost	$	0.2		$	0.3		$	0.5		$	0.5
Interest cost	0.4			0.5			0.8			1.1
Amortization:
Prior service credit	(1.3		)	(1.3		)	(2.7		)	(2.7		)
Net actuarial loss	0.3			0.2			0.7			0.4
Net periodic benefit credit	$	(0.4	)	$	(0.3	)	$	(0.7	)	$	(0.7	)

The service cost component is included in Cost of sales and Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. All other components are included in Other income (expense) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Rockwell Automation by component were (in millions):

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax		Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	(1,253.1	)	$	(315.7	)	$	(15.5	)	$	—	$	(1,584.3	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			(73.4		)	8.8			—		(64.6		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	27.4			—			(4.3		)	—		23.1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	27.4			(73.4		)	4.5			—		(41.5		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(1,225.7	)	$	(389.1	)	$	(11.0	)	$	—	$	(1,625.8	)
Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax		Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	(1,133.7	)	$	(341.3	)	$	(13.0	)	$	—	$	(1,488.0	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			(51.6		)	9.7			—		(41.9		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	54.8			—			(7.7		)	—		47.1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	54.8			(51.6		)	2.0			—		5.2
Adoption of accounting standard/other	(146.8		)	3.8			—			—		—
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(1,225.7	)	$	(389.1	)	$	(11.0	)	$	—	$	(1,625.8	)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax			Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	(644.3	)	$	(314.5	)	$	(16.4	)	$	(1.7	)	$	(976.9	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			19.0			5.2			0.9			25.1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	14.2			—			(2.7		)	—			11.5
Other comprehensive income (loss)	14.2			19.0			2.5			0.9			36.6
Balance as of March 31, 2019	$	(630.1	)	$	(295.5	)	$	(13.9	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(940.3	)
Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax			Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	(658.1	)	$	(286.0	)	$	4.4		$	(2.2	)	$	(941.9	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(0.3		)	(9.5		)	(14.0		)	1.4			(22.4		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	28.3			—			(4.3		)	—			24.0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	28.0			(9.5		)	(18.3		)	1.4			1.6
Balance as of March 31, 2019	$	(630.1	)	$	(295.5	)	$	(13.9	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(940.3	)

Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Consolidated Statement of Operations were (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,						Affected Line in the Consolidated Statement of Operations
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments:
Amortization of prior service credit	$	(1.0	)	$	(1.0	)	$	(2.2	)	$	(2.1	)	(a)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	37.1			19.7			74.3			39.4			(a)
Settlements	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(1.5		)	(0.4		)	(a)
	35.4			18.5			70.6			36.9			Income before income taxes
	(8.0		)	(4.3		)	(15.8		)	(8.6		)	Income tax provision
	$	27.4		$	14.2		$	54.8		$	28.3		Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation
Net unrealized losses (gains) on cash flow hedges:
Forward exchange contracts	$	(0.1	)	$	(0.6	)	$	(0.2	)	$	(0.2	)	Sales
Forward exchange contracts	(7.0		)	(3.3		)	(12.0		)	(6.5		)	Cost of sales
Forward exchange contracts	0.5			—			0.6			0.5			Selling, general and administrative expenses
Treasury locks related to 2019 debt issuance	0.6			0.2			1.1			0.2			Interest expense
	(6.0		)	(3.7		)	(10.5		)	(6.0		)	Income before income taxes
	1.7			1.0			2.8			1.7			Income tax provision
	$	(4.3	)	$	(2.7	)	$	(7.7	)	$	(4.3	)	Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation
Total reclassifications	$	23.1		$	11.5		$	47.1		$	24.0		Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation

(a) Reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into other income (expense). These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (credit). See Note 10 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Long-term and Short-term Debt - Summary of Long-term Debt Instruments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	March 31, 2020			September 30, 2019
2.050% notes, payable in March 2020	$	—		$	299.4
2.875% notes, payable in March 2025	321.0			307.6
6.70% debentures, payable in January 2028	250.0			250.0
3.500% notes, payable in March 2029	425.0			425.0
6.25% debentures, payable in December 2037	250.0			250.0
4.200% notes, payable in March 2049	575.0			575.0
5.20% debentures, payable in January 2098	200.0			200.0
Unamortized discount and other	(50.8		)	(50.1		)
Total	1,970.2			2,256.9
Less current portion	—			(300.5		)
Long-term debt	$	1,970.2		$	1,956.4

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Long-term and Short-term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Short-term Debt [Abstract]
Commercial paper borrowings outstanding	$ 58,000,000.0	$ 0
Short-term debt	$ 81,500,000	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate of commercial paper outstanding	2.40%
2.050% notes, payable in March 2020
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities [Abstract]
Long-term debt issued	$ 300,000,000.0
Stated interest rate	2.05%
Schlumberger
Short-term Debt [Abstract]
Short-term debt	$ 23,500,000

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Retirement Benefits - Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Pension Benefits
Components of net periodic benefit cost (income)
Service cost	$ 22.8	$ 19.5	$ 45.6	$ 39.1
Interest cost	34.1	39.6	68.3	79.2
Expected return on plan assets	(61.2)	(61.2)	(122.4)	(122.4)
Amortization:
Prior service cost	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6
Net actuarial loss	36.8	19.5	73.6	39.0
Settlements	(0.7)	(0.2)	(1.5)	(0.4)
Net periodic benefit credit	32.1	17.5	64.1	35.1
Other Postretirement Benefits
Components of net periodic benefit cost (income)
Service cost	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5
Interest cost	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.1
Amortization:
Prior service cost	(1.3)	(1.3)	(2.7)	(2.7)
Net actuarial loss	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.4
Net periodic benefit credit	$ (0.4)	$ (0.3)	$ (0.7)	$ (0.7)

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Share-Based Compensation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Share-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Pre-tax share-based compensation expense	$ 10.9	$ 10.8	$ 22.4	$ 21.8
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants (in shares)			970	946
Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value (usd per share)			$ 35.78	$ 32.48
Performance shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants (in shares)			37	57
Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value (usd per share)			$ 265.04	$ 155.04
Restricted stock and restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants (in shares)			49	41
Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value (usd per share)			$ 192.60	$ 171.03
Unrestricted stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants (in shares)			7	6
Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value (usd per share)			$ 171.51	$ 183.02

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Revenue Recognition - Performance Obligation (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Revenue to be recognized in future periods	$ 470
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-04-01
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Revenue to be recognized in future periods	$ 310
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue to be recognized in future periods, expected timing of satisfaction, period	12 months

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Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease expense	$ 25.7	$ 51.0
Variable lease expense	3.6	7.5
Total lease expense	$ 29.3	$ 58.5

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Leases - Supplemental Cash Flows (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$ 50.3
Operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	$ 64.2

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Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

At the end of each interim period, we estimate a base effective tax rate that we expect for the full fiscal year based on our most recent forecast of pre-tax income, permanent book and tax differences and global tax planning strategies. We use this base rate to provide for income taxes on a year-to-date basis, excluding the effect of significant unusual items and items that are reported net of their related tax effects in the period in which they occur.

The effective tax rate was 22.4 percent and 11.3 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, compared to 14.0 percent and 18.5 percent in the three and six months ended March 31, 2019. The effective tax rate was higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to PTC investment adjustments offset by favorable discrete tax items. The effective tax rate was lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the six months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to PTC investment adjustments offset by tax benefits recognizable upon the formation of the Sensia joint venture, excess income tax benefits of share-based compensation and other favorable discrete tax items. The effective tax rate was lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily because of PTC investment adjustments. The effective rate was lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent in the six months ended March 31, 2019 primarily because we benefited from lower non-U.S. tax rates.

Income tax liabilities of $296.0 million and $327.2 million related to the U.S. transition tax under the Tax Act that are payable greater than 12 months from March 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, respectively, are recorded in Other Liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

We operate in certain non-U.S. tax jurisdictions under government-sponsored tax incentive programs, which may be extended if certain additional requirements are met. The program which generates the primary benefit will expire in 2032.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was $25.6 million and $19.9 million at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively, of which the entire amount would reduce our effective tax rate if recognized.

Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits were $3.7 million and $3.3 million at March 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, respectively. We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the income tax provision.

We believe it is reasonably possible that the amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by up to $24.1 million in the next 12 months as a result of the resolution of tax matters in various global jurisdictions and the lapses of statutes of limitations. If all of the unrecognized tax benefits were recognized, the net reduction to our income tax provision, including the recognition of interest and penalties and offsetting tax assets, could be up to $25.7 million.

We conduct business globally and are routinely audited by the various tax jurisdictions in which we operate. We are no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations for years before 2016 and are no longer subject to state, local and foreign income tax examinations for years before 2009.

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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following series of tables present our revenue disaggregation by geographic region and types of products or services, and also present these disaggregation categories for our two operating segments. We attribute sales to the geographic regions based on the country of destination.

The following reflects the disaggregation of our revenues by operating segment and by geographic region (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020						Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
North America	$	447.9	$	574.2	$	1,022.1	$	888.1	$	1,140.9	$	2,029.0
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)	162.3		171.3		333.6		311.2		332.5		643.7
Asia Pacific	98.8		102.0		200.8		210.2		220.2		430.4
Latin America	48.1		76.7		124.8		99.2		163.5		262.7
Total Company Sales	$	757.1	$	924.2	$	1,681.3	$	1,508.7	$	1,857.1	$	3,365.8

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019						Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
North America	$	423.1	$	564.0	$	987.1	$	865.9	$	1,120.0	$	1,985.9
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)	176.0		155.1		331.1		331.5		294.0		625.5
Asia Pacific	97.8		116.9		214.7		199.1		230.0		429.1
Latin America	42.8		81.5		124.3		96.3		162.7		259.0
Total Company Sales	$	739.7	$	917.5	$	1,657.2	$	1,492.8	$	1,806.7	$	3,299.5

The following reflects the disaggregation of our revenues by operating segment and by major types of products or services (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020						Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
Products	$	757.1	$	379.0	$	1,136.1	$	1,508.7	$	767.7	$	2,276.4
Solutions & Services	—		545.2		545.2		—		1,089.4		1,089.4
Total Company Sales	$	757.1	$	924.2	$	1,681.3	$	1,508.7	$	1,857.1	$	3,365.8

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019						Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total		Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions		Total
Products	$	739.7	$	372.3	$	1,112.0	$	1,492.8	$	745.2	$	2,238.0
Solutions & Services	—		545.2		545.2		—		1,061.5		1,061.5
Total Company Sales	$	739.7	$	917.5	$	1,657.2	$	1,492.8	$	1,806.7	$	3,299.5

Contract Balances

Below is a summary of our contract liabilities balance:

	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019
Balance as of beginning of fiscal year	$	275.6	$	268.6
Balance as of end of period	326.2		308.9

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Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption	us-gaap_CumulativeEffectOfNewAccountingPrincipleInPeriodOfAdoption	2,200,000
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Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption	us-gaap_CumulativeEffectOfNewAccountingPrincipleInPeriodOfAdoption	6,100,000
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption	us-gaap_CumulativeEffectOfNewAccountingPrincipleInPeriodOfAdoption	$ 149,000,000.0

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Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Inventories
Finished goods	$ 280.8	$ 223.7
Work in process	174.9	178.4
Raw materials	173.3	173.6
Inventories	$ 629.0	$ 575.7

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Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue by Operating Segment and by Geographic Region (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	$ 1,681.3	$ 1,657.2	$ 3,365.8	$ 3,299.5
North America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	1,022.1	987.1	2,029.0	1,985.9
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	333.6	331.1	643.7	625.5
Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	200.8	214.7	430.4	429.1
Latin America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	124.8	124.3	262.7	259.0
Architecture & Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	757.1	739.7	1,508.7	1,492.8
Architecture & Software | North America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	447.9	423.1	888.1	865.9
Architecture & Software | Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	162.3	176.0	311.2	331.5
Architecture & Software | Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	98.8	97.8	210.2	199.1
Architecture & Software | Latin America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	48.1	42.8	99.2	96.3
Control Products & Solutions
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	924.2	917.5	1,857.1	1,806.7
Control Products & Solutions | North America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	574.2	564.0	1,140.9	1,120.0
Control Products & Solutions | Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	171.3	155.1	332.5	294.0
Control Products & Solutions | Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	102.0	116.9	220.2	230.0
Control Products & Solutions | Latin America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	$ 76.7	$ 81.5	$ 163.5	$ 162.7

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Leases - Narrative (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease term	1 year
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease term	15 years

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Leases - Operating Lease Maturity ASU 840 (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2020	$ 90.6
2021	72.6
2022	51.8
2023	36.7
2024	26.4
Thereafter	63.8
Total minimum lease payments	$ 341.9

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Leases

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases

We have operating leases primarily for real estate, vehicles and equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms from less than one year to approximately 15 years. We do not have a material amount of finance leases.

We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard which allows the Company to carry forward the historical assessments of whether contracts are, or contain, leases, lease classification and initial direct costs. We also elected to not record lease ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases with an original term of 12 months or less. We elected to use the remaining lease term for purposes of calculating the incremental borrowing rate upon transition.

The components of lease expense were as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020		Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
Operating lease expense(1)	$	25.7	$	51.0
Variable lease expense(2)	3.6		7.5
Total lease expense	$	29.3	$	58.5

⁽¹⁾ Operating lease expense includes short-term lease expense which was not material.

⁽²⁾ Variable lease expense includes sublease income which was not material.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows (in millions):

	March 31, 2020
Weighted average remaining lease term	5.9 years
Weighted average discount rate	1.98	%

Maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020, were as follows (in millions):

2020 (excluding the six months ended March 31, 2020)	$	49.4
2021	85.0
2022	65.4
2023	48.1
2024	34.5
2025	21.5
Thereafter	59.8
Total undiscounted lease payments	$	363.7
Less imputed interest	(21.8		)
Total operating lease liabilities	$	341.9

Undiscounted maturities of operating leases accounted for under ASC 840 as of September 30, 2019, were as follows (in millions):

2020	$	90.6
2021	72.6
2022	51.8
2023	36.7
2024	26.4
Thereafter	63.8
Total minimum lease payments	$	341.9

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in millions):

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$	50.3
Operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	64.2

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Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

The following table reconciles basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) amounts (in millions, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,					Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019			2020			2019
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	$	132.2	$	346.0		$	442.9		$	426.3
Less: Allocation to participating securities	—		(0.4		)	(0.4		)	(0.4		)
Net income available to common shareowners	$	132.2	$	345.6		$	442.5		$	425.9
Basic weighted average outstanding shares	116.0		118.9			115.8			119.6
Effect of dilutive securities
Stock options	0.6		1.0			0.8			1.0
Performance shares	—		0.1			—			0.1
Diluted weighted average outstanding shares	116.6		120.0			116.6			120.7
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	1.14	$	2.91		$	3.82		$	3.56
Diluted	$	1.13	$	2.88		$	3.80		$	3.53

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Investments

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments

Investments

Our investments consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020			September 30, 2019
Fixed income securities	$	0.6		$	43.9
Equity securities	647.7			721.5
Other	68.6			68.1
Total investments	716.9			833.5
Less: Short-term investments(1)	(0.6		)	(39.6		)
Long-term investments	$	716.3		$	793.9

⁽¹⁾ Short-term investments are included in Other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Equity Securities

On July 19, 2018, we purchased 10,582,010 shares of PTC Inc. ("PTC") common stock (the "PTC Shares") in a private placement at a purchase price of $94.50 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.0 billion (the "Purchase"). The PTC Shares are considered equity securities. For a period of approximately 3 years after the Purchase, we are subject to entity-specific transfer restrictions subject to certain exceptions. Since the first anniversary of the Purchase, the Company has had the ability to transfer, in the aggregate in any 90-day period, a number of PTC Shares equal to up to 1.0% of PTC's total outstanding shares of common stock as of the first day in such 90-day period, but no more than 2.0% of PTC's total outstanding shares of common stock in each of the second year and the third year after the Purchase.

Fair Value of Investments

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. U.S. GAAP also classifies the inputs used to measure fair value into the following hierarchy:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while we believe our valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date. We did not have any transfers between levels of fair value measurements during the period presented.

The PTC Shares are classified as level 1 in the fair value hierarchy and recognized at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheet using the most recent closing price of PTC common stock quoted on Nasdaq. At March 31, 2020, the fair value of the PTC Shares was $647.7 million, which was recorded in long-term investments in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded losses of $144.8 million and $73.8 million related to the PTC Shares, respectively. For the three and six months ended March 31,2019, we recorded gains of $98.2 million and losses of $114.5 million related to the PTC Shares, respectively.

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Consolidated Statement of Shareowners' Equity Consolidated Statement of Shareowners' Equity (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Cash dividends per share (in usd per share)	$ 1.02	$ 0.97	$ 2.04	$ 1.94

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Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies

In the opinion of management of Rockwell Automation, Inc. ("Rockwell Automation" or "the Company"), the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented and, except as otherwise indicated, such adjustments consist only of those of a normal, recurring nature. These statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. The results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. All date references to years and quarters herein refer to our fiscal year and fiscal quarter unless otherwise stated.

Receivables

Receivables are stated net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $20.7 million at March 31, 2020, and $17.4 million at September 30, 2019. In addition, receivables are stated net of an allowance for certain customer returns, rebates and incentives of $9.3 million at March 31, 2020 and $12.4 million at September 30, 2019.

Earnings Per Share

The following table reconciles basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) amounts (in millions, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,					Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019			2020			2019
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	$	132.2	$	346.0		$	442.9		$	426.3
Less: Allocation to participating securities	—		(0.4		)	(0.4		)	(0.4		)
Net income available to common shareowners	$	132.2	$	345.6		$	442.5		$	425.9
Basic weighted average outstanding shares	116.0		118.9			115.8			119.6
Effect of dilutive securities
Stock options	0.6		1.0			0.8			1.0
Performance shares	—		0.1			—			0.1
Diluted weighted average outstanding shares	116.6		120.0			116.6			120.7
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	1.14	$	2.91		$	3.82		$	3.56
Diluted	$	1.13	$	2.88		$	3.80		$	3.53

For each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, 2.3 million shares related to share-based compensation awards were excluded from the diluted EPS calculation because they were antidilutive. For each of the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, 1.8 million shares related to share-based compensation awards were excluded from the diluted EPS calculation because they were antidilutive.

Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities

Capital expenditures of $18.5 million and $11.1 million were accrued within accounts payable and other current liabilities at March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. At March 31, 2020 and 2019, there were $2.0 million and $11.9 million, respectively, of outstanding common stock share repurchases recorded in accounts payable that did not settle until the next fiscal quarter. These non-cash investing and financing activities have been excluded from cash used for capital expenditures and treasury stock purchases in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

Leases

We have operating leases primarily for real estate, vehicles, and equipment. We determine if a contract is, or contains, a lease at contract inception. A right-of-use (ROU) asset and a corresponding lease liability are recognized at commencement for contracts that are, or contain, a lease with an original term greater than 12 months. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset during the lease term, including periods for which renewal options are reasonably certain to be exercised, and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term for operating leases with an original term of 12 months or less.

Some leasing arrangements require variable payments that are dependent on usage or may vary for other reasons, such as payments for insurance and tax payments. A portion of our real estate leases is generally subject to annual changes based upon an index. The changes based upon the index are treated as variable lease payments. The variable portion of lease payments is not included in our ROU assets or lease liabilities and is expensed when incurred. We elected to not separate lease and nonlease components of contracts for all underlying asset classes. Accordingly, all expenses associated with a lease contract are accounted for as lease expenses.

Lease liabilities are recognized at the contract commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term. To calculate the lease liabilities we use our incremental borrowing rate. We determine our incremental borrowing rate at the commencement date using our unsecured borrowing rate, adjusted for collateralization and lease term. For leases denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, the collateralized borrowing rate in the foreign currency is determined using the U.S. dollar and foreign currency swap spread. Long-term lease liabilities are presented as Operating lease liabilities and current lease liabilities are included in Other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

ROU assets are recognized at the contract commencement date at the value of the related lease liability, adjusted for any prepayments, lease incentives received and initial direct costs incurred. Operating lease ROU assets are presented as Operating lease right-of-use assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Lease expenses for operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and recorded in Cost of sales and Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued a new standard on accounting for leases that requires lessees to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for most leases, among other changes to existing lease accounting guidance. The new standard also requires additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures about leasing activities. We adopted the new standard using the modified retrospective transition method, which resulted in an immaterial cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of October 1, 2019, our adoption date. The amount of lease right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheet upon adoption was $316 million and $329 million, respectively. We have implemented necessary changes to accounting policies, processes, controls and systems to enable compliance with this new standard.

In February 2018, the FASB issued a new standard regarding the reporting of comprehensive loss, which gives entities the option to reclassify tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”) stranded in accumulated other comprehensive loss into retained earnings. We adopted the new standard as of October 1, 2019, and elected to reclassify tax effects of $146.8 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into retained earnings.

Acquisition Announcements

In February 2020, we announced that we entered into an agreement to acquire Italy-based ASEM, S.p.A. (ASEM), a leading provider of digital automation technologies. ASEM provides a complete range of Industrial PCs (IPCs), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, remote access capabilities, and secure Industrial IoT gateway solutions. In February 2020, we also announced that we entered into an agreement to acquire Kalypso, LP, a U.S.-based software delivery and consulting firm specializing in the digital transformation of industrial companies with a strong client base in life sciences, consumer products, and industrial high-tech. Both transactions are expected to close in the next few weeks, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

Subsequent Event

On April 20, 2020, we entered into a $400 million senior unsecured 364-day term loan credit agreement and were advanced the full loan amount. This agreement is in addition to our existing $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facility expiring in November 2023, which remains available and undrawn. Borrowings under this term loan bear interest based on short-term money market rates in effect during the period the borrowings are outstanding. The term loan agreement contains covenants similar to those under our $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, under which we agree to maintain an EBITDA-to-interest ratio of at least 3.0 to 1.0. The EBITDA-to-interest ratio is defined in the term loan agreement as the ratio of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the term loan agreement) for the preceding four quarters to consolidated interest expense for the same period.

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 129.9	$ 346.0	$ 445.3	$ 426.3
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments (net of tax (expense) of ($8.0), ($4.3), ($15.8), and ($8.6))	27.4	14.2	54.8	28.0
Currency translation adjustments	(74.3)	19.0	(52.2)	(9.5)
Net change in unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedges (net of tax (expense) benefit of ($2.6), ($0.5), ($1.5), and $6.0)	4.5	2.5	2.0	(18.3)
Net change in unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments (net of tax (expense) of ($0.0), ($0.2), ($0.0), and ($0.3))	0.0	0.9	0.0	1.4
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(42.4)	36.6	4.6	1.6
Comprehensive income	87.5	382.6	449.9	427.9
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3.2)	0.0	1.8	0.0
Comprehensive income attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.	$ 90.7	$ 382.6	$ 448.1	$ 427.9

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Acquisitions

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions

Acquisitions

Sensia joint venture

On October 1, 2019, we completed the formation of a joint venture, Sensia, a fully integrated digital oilfield automation solutions provider. Rockwell Automation owns 53% of Sensia and Schlumberger owns 47% of Sensia. As part of the transaction, we made a $250 million payment to Schlumberger, which was funded by cash on hand. We control Sensia and, as of October 1, 2019, have consolidated Sensia in our financial results.

Rockwell Automation recorded assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the formation of Sensia based on their estimated fair values as of the October 1, 2019, acquisition date. The preliminary purchase price allocation is as follows (in millions):

	Purchase Price Allocation
Cash	$	16.2
Accounts receivable	22.6
Inventory	62.6
Other current assets	1.2
Property, plant and equipment	9.8
Other assets	6.2
Goodwill	291.7
Intangible assets	254.1
Total assets acquired	664.4
Less: Liabilities assumed	(37.0		)
Less: Deferred income taxes	(2.7		)
Less: Noncontrolling interest portion	(293.8		)
Net assets acquired	$	330.9
	Purchase consideration
Cash	$	250.0
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	21.5
Additional paid in capital adjustment	52.4
Other	7.0
Net purchase consideration	$	330.9

Intangible assets assigned include $254.1 million of customer relationships, technology, and trade names (approximately 11-year weighted average useful life). We assigned the full amount of goodwill and all other assets acquired to our Control Products & Solutions segment. Some of the goodwill recorded is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The assets were valued using an income approach, specifically the relief from royalty method and multi-period excess earnings method. The relief from royalty method calculates value based on hypothetical payments that would be saved by owning an asset rather than licensing it. The multi-period excess earnings method is the isolation of cash flows from a single intangible asset and measures fair value by discounting them to present value. These values are considered level 3 measurements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) fair value hierarchy. Key assumptions used in the valuation of these intangible assets included: (1) a discount rate of 11%, (2) the estimated remaining life of technology and trademarks of from 5 to 15 years, and (3) the customer attrition rate ranging from 7.5% to 25%.

The allocation of the purchase price to identifiable assets is based on the preliminary valuations performed to determine the fair value of the net assets as of the acquisition date. The measurement period for the valuation of net assets acquired ends as soon as information on the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition dates becomes available, but not to exceed 12 months following the acquisition date. Adjustments in purchase price allocations may require a change in the amounts allocated to net assets acquired during the periods in which the adjustments are determined. The fair value of the noncontrolling interest of the contributed business upon acquisition was $293.8 million. The consolidated value of Sensia is recorded at fair value for Schlumberger's contribution and at carrying value for Rockwell Automation's contribution.

Acquisition-related costs recorded as expenses in the year ended September 30, 2019, and in the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, were not material.

Pro forma consolidated sales for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, are approximately $1.7 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively, and the impact on earnings is not material. The preceding pro forma consolidated financial results of operations are as if the October 1, 2019, formation of Sensia occurred on October 1, 2018. The pro forma information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the transaction occurred as of that time.

Other acquisitions

In October 2019, we acquired MESTECH Services, a global provider of Manufacturing Execution Systems / Manufacturing Operations Management, digital solutions consulting, and systems integration services. We assigned the full amount of goodwill related to this acquisition to our Control Products & Solutions segment.

In January 2020, we acquired Avnet Data Security, LTD, an Israel-based cybersecurity provider with over 20 years of experience providing cybersecurity services. We assigned the full amount of goodwill related to this acquisition to our Control Products & Solutions segment.

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Leases (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Lease, Cost

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in millions):

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$	50.3
Operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	64.2

The components of lease expense were as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020		Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
Operating lease expense(1)	$	25.7	$	51.0
Variable lease expense(2)	3.6		7.5
Total lease expense	$	29.3	$	58.5

⁽¹⁾ Operating lease expense includes short-term lease expense which was not material.

⁽²⁾ Variable lease expense includes sublease income which was not material.

Supplemental Balance Sheet Information

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows (in millions):

	March 31, 2020
Weighted average remaining lease term	5.9 years
Weighted average discount rate	1.98	%

Operating Lease Maturity

Maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020, were as follows (in millions):

2020 (excluding the six months ended March 31, 2020)	$	49.4
2021	85.0
2022	65.4
2023	48.1
2024	34.5
2025	21.5
Thereafter	59.8
Total undiscounted lease payments	$	363.7
Less imputed interest	(21.8		)
Total operating lease liabilities	$	341.9

Leases of Lessee Disclosure

Undiscounted maturities of operating leases accounted for under ASC 840 as of September 30, 2019, were as follows (in millions):

2020	$	90.6
2021	72.6
2022	51.8
2023	36.7
2024	26.4
Thereafter	63.8
Total minimum lease payments	$	341.9

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Other Current Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020		September 30, 2019
Unrealized losses on foreign exchange contracts	$	19.0	$	5.4
Product warranty obligations	22.8		25.2
Taxes other than income taxes	52.9		43.8
Accrued interest	15.1		15.5
Income taxes payable	27.4		62.9
Operating lease liabilities	88.4		—
Other	56.2		75.1
Other current liabilities	$	281.8	$	227.9

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Long-term and Short-term Debt - Summary of Long Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized discount and other	$ (50.8)	$ (50.1)
Total	1,970.2	2,256.9
Less current portion	0.0	(300.5)
Long-term debt	1,970.2	1,956.4
2.050% notes, payable in March 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 0.0	299.4
Stated interest rate	2.05%
2.875% notes, payable in March 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 321.0	307.6
Stated interest rate	2.875%
6.70% debentures, payable in January 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 250.0	250.0
Stated interest rate	6.70%
3.500% notes, payable in March 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 425.0	425.0
Stated interest rate	3.50%
6.25% debentures, payable in December 2037
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 250.0	250.0
Stated interest rate	6.25%
4.200% notes, payable in March 2049
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 575.0	575.0
Stated interest rate	4.20%
5.20% debentures, payable in January 2098
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 200.0	$ 200.0
Stated interest rate	5.20%

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Investments - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 19, 2018	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Equity securities		$ 647.7		$ 647.7		$ 721.5
Change in fair value of investments				(73.8)	$ (114.5)
PTC
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares purchased (in shares)	10,582,010
Purchase of stock price (usd per share)	$ 94.50
Consideration paid to purchase stock	$ 1,000.0
Purchase of stock purchase period	3 years
Sale of stock, subsequent trading period	90 days
Equity securities		647.7		647.7
Change in fair value of investments		$ (144.8)	$ 98.2	$ (73.8)	$ (114.5)
PTC | Minimum
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of total outstanding common stock, that can be traded in future periods	1.00%
PTC | Maximum
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of total outstanding common stock, that can be traded in future periods	2.00%

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Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Weighted average remaining lease term	5 years 10 months 24 days
Weighted average discount rate	1.98%

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate	22.40%	14.00%	11.30%	18.50%
U.S. statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Income tax liabilities	$ 296.0		$ 296.0		$ 327.2
Gross unrecognized tax benefits	25.6		25.6		19.9
Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits	3.7		3.7		$ 3.3
Reasonably possible amount of reduction in gross unrecognized tax benefits for the next twelve months	24.1		24.1
Reasonably possible amount of net reduction to income tax provision if unrecognized tax benefits were recognized	$ 25.7		$ 25.7

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Acquisitions - Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 01, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Purchase Price Allocation
Goodwill		$ 1,362.3	$ 1,071.1
Purchase consideration
Cash	$ 250.0
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	293.8
Sensia
Purchase Price Allocation
Cash	16.2
Accounts receivable	22.6
Inventory	62.6
Other current assets	1.2
Property, plant and equipment	9.8
Other assets	6.2
Goodwill	291.7
Intangible assets	254.1
Total assets acquired	664.4
Less: Liabilities assumed	(37.0)
Less: Deferred income taxes	(2.7)
Less: Noncontrolling interest portion	(293.8)
Net assets acquired	330.9
Purchase consideration
Cash	250.0
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	21.5
Additional paid in capital adjustment	52.4
Other	7.0
Net purchase consideration	$ 330.9

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Revenue Recognition - Contract Balances (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
Contract With Customer, Liability [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of fiscal year	$ 275.6	$ 308.9	$ 268.6
Balance as of end of period	$ 326.2	$ 275.6	$ 308.9

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Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) segment
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Number of operating segments | segment	2
Contract with customer, liability, revenue recognized | $	$ 171.3

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Rockwell Automation by component were (in millions):

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax		Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	(1,253.1	)	$	(315.7	)	$	(15.5	)	$	—	$	(1,584.3	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			(73.4		)	8.8			—		(64.6		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	27.4			—			(4.3		)	—		23.1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	27.4			(73.4		)	4.5			—		(41.5		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(1,225.7	)	$	(389.1	)	$	(11.0	)	$	—	$	(1,625.8	)
Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax		Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	(1,133.7	)	$	(341.3	)	$	(13.0	)	$	—	$	(1,488.0	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			(51.6		)	9.7			—		(41.9		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	54.8			—			(7.7		)	—		47.1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	54.8			(51.6		)	2.0			—		5.2
Adoption of accounting standard/other	(146.8		)	3.8			—			—		—
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(1,225.7	)	$	(389.1	)	$	(11.0	)	$	—	$	(1,625.8	)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax			Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	(644.3	)	$	(314.5	)	$	(16.4	)	$	(1.7	)	$	(976.9	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—			19.0			5.2			0.9			25.1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	14.2			—			(2.7		)	—			11.5
Other comprehensive income (loss)	14.2			19.0			2.5			0.9			36.6
Balance as of March 31, 2019	$	(630.1	)	$	(295.5	)	$	(13.9	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(940.3	)
Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax			Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax			Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax			Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	(658.1	)	$	(286.0	)	$	4.4		$	(2.2	)	$	(941.9	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(0.3		)	(9.5		)	(14.0		)	1.4			(22.4		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	28.3			—			(4.3		)	—			24.0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	28.0			(9.5		)	(18.3		)	1.4			1.6
Balance as of March 31, 2019	$	(630.1	)	$	(295.5	)	$	(13.9	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(940.3	)

The reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Consolidated Statement of Operations were (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,						Affected Line in the Consolidated Statement of Operations
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments:
Amortization of prior service credit	$	(1.0	)	$	(1.0	)	$	(2.2	)	$	(2.1	)	(a)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	37.1			19.7			74.3			39.4			(a)
Settlements	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(1.5		)	(0.4		)	(a)
	35.4			18.5			70.6			36.9			Income before income taxes
	(8.0		)	(4.3		)	(15.8		)	(8.6		)	Income tax provision
	$	27.4		$	14.2		$	54.8		$	28.3		Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation
Net unrealized losses (gains) on cash flow hedges:
Forward exchange contracts	$	(0.1	)	$	(0.6	)	$	(0.2	)	$	(0.2	)	Sales
Forward exchange contracts	(7.0		)	(3.3		)	(12.0		)	(6.5		)	Cost of sales
Forward exchange contracts	0.5			—			0.6			0.5			Selling, general and administrative expenses
Treasury locks related to 2019 debt issuance	0.6			0.2			1.1			0.2			Interest expense
	(6.0		)	(3.7		)	(10.5		)	(6.0		)	Income before income taxes
	1.7			1.0			2.8			1.7			Income tax provision
	$	(4.3	)	$	(2.7	)	$	(7.7	)	$	(4.3	)	Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation
Total reclassifications	$	23.1		$	11.5		$	47.1		$	24.0		Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation

(a) Reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into other income (expense). These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (credit). See Note 10 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Business Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segment Information

Business Segment Information

The following tables reflect the sales and operating results of our reportable segments (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Sales
Architecture & Software	$	757.1		$	739.7		$	1,508.7		$	1,492.8
Control Products & Solutions	924.2			917.5			1,857.1			1,806.7
Total	$	1,681.3		$	1,657.2		$	3,365.8		$	3,299.5
Segment operating earnings
Architecture & Software	$	232.8		$	209.9		$	456.5		$	446.9
Control Products & Solutions	138.7			143.9			254.1			281.8
Total	371.5			353.8			710.6			728.7
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization	(9.5		)	(4.3		)	(19.5		)	(8.4		)
General corporate – net	(17.7		)	(26.7		)	(50.5		)	(48.6		)
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (cost) credit	(8.6		)	2.6			(17.3		)	5.2
(Loss) gain on investments	(144.8		)	98.2			(73.8		)	(148.2		)
Valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares	—			—			—			33.7
Interest (expense) income - net	(23.5		)	(21.2		)	(47.5		)	(39.2		)
Income before income taxes	$	167.4		$	402.4		$	502.0		$	523.2

Among other considerations, we evaluate performance and allocate resources based upon segment operating earnings before income taxes, interest (expense) income - net, costs related to corporate offices, non-operating pension and postretirement benefit credit (cost), certain corporate initiatives, gains and losses on investments, valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares, gains and losses from the disposition of businesses, and purchase accounting depreciation and amortization. Depending on the product, intersegment sales within a single legal entity are either at cost or cost plus a mark-up, which does not necessarily represent a market price. Sales between legal entities are at an appropriate transfer price. We allocate costs related to shared segment operating activities to the segments using a methodology consistent with the expected benefit.

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Activity

The number of shares granted to employees and non-employee directors and the weighted average fair value per share during the periods presented were (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
	Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value		Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value
Stock options	970	$	35.78	946	$	32.48
Performance shares	37	265.04		57	155.04
Restricted stock and restricted stock units	49	192.60		41	171.03
Unrestricted stock	7	171.51		6	183.02

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Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details) shares in Millions			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 20, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2019 shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Allowance for doubtful accounts			$ 20,700,000		$ 20,700,000		$ 17,400,000
Allowance for certain customer returns, rebates and incentives			$ 9,300,000		9,300,000		$ 12,400,000
Antidilutive share-based compensation awards (in shares) | shares			2.3	1.8
Capital expenditures in accounts payable or other current liabilities at period end					18,500,000	$ 11,100,000
Outstanding purchase of common stock recorded in accounts payable					2,000,000.0	$ 11,900,000
Operating lease right-of-use assets			$ 318,500,000		318,500,000
Operating lease liability			$ 341,900,000		$ 341,900,000
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Operating lease right-of-use assets		$ 316,000,000
Operating lease liability		329,000,000
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | Accounting Standards Update 2016-02
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Reclassification from AOCI to retained earnings		$ 146,800,000
Subsequent Event | Note Payable
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Long-term debt issued	$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument, term	364 days
Ratio of EBITDA to interest expense	3.0
Subsequent Event | Notes
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 1,250,000,000

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Retirement Benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

The components of net periodic benefit cost are (in millions):

	Pension Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Service cost	$	22.8		$	19.5		$	45.6		$	39.1
Interest cost	34.1			39.6			68.3			79.2
Expected return on plan assets	(61.2		)	(61.2		)	(122.4		)	(122.4		)
Amortization:
Prior service cost	0.3			0.3			0.5			0.6
Net actuarial loss	36.8			19.5			73.6			39.0
Settlements	(0.7		)	(0.2		)	(1.5		)	(0.4		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	32.1		$	17.5		$	64.1		$	35.1

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Service cost	$	0.2		$	0.3		$	0.5		$	0.5
Interest cost	0.4			0.5			0.8			1.1
Amortization:
Prior service credit	(1.3		)	(1.3		)	(2.7		)	(2.7		)
Net actuarial loss	0.3			0.2			0.7			0.4
Net periodic benefit credit	$	(0.4	)	$	(0.3	)	$	(0.7	)	$	(0.7	)

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended March 31, 2020, are (in millions):

	Architecture & Software			Control Products & Solutions			Total
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	432.3		$	638.8		$	1,071.1
Acquisition of businesses	—			304.5			304.5
Translation	(3.5		)	(9.8		)	(13.3		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	428.8		$	933.5		$	1,362.3

Schedule of Finite Lived and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class

Other intangible assets consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	190.6	$	133.4	$	57.2
Customer relationships	305.4		77.6		227.8
Technology	152.0		75.1		76.9
Trademarks	53.9		27.5		26.4
Other	13.8		12.8		1.0
Total amortized intangible assets	715.7		326.4		389.3
Allen-Bradley® trademark not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	759.4	$	326.4	$	433.0

	September 30, 2019
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	190.6	$	128.3	$	62.3
Customer relationships	110.5		69.2		41.3
Technology	110.4		69.5		40.9
Trademarks	31.4		26.4		5.0
Other	10.6		9.7		0.9
Total amortized intangible assets	453.5		303.1		150.4
Allen-Bradley® trademark not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	497.2	$	303.1	$	194.1

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Share-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation

We recognized $10.9 million and $22.4 million of pre-tax share-based compensation expense during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. We recognized $10.8 million and $21.8 million of pre-tax share-based compensation expense during the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, respectively. Our annual grant of share-based compensation takes place during the first quarter of each fiscal year. The number of shares granted to employees and non-employee directors and the weighted average fair value per share during the periods presented were (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
	Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value		Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value
Stock options	970	$	35.78	946	$	32.48
Performance shares	37	265.04		57	155.04
Restricted stock and restricted stock units	49	192.60		41	171.03
Unrestricted stock	7	171.51		6	183.02

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Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Accumulated depreciation	$ 1,616.3	$ 1,566.0
Common stock, par value per share (in usd per share)	$ 1	$ 1
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	181.4	181.4
Treasury stock, shares (in shares)	65.6	65.7

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 445.3	$ 426.3
Adjustments to arrive at cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	60.2	62.1
Amortization of intangible assets	24.0	13.2
Change in fair value of investments	73.8	114.5
Share-based compensation expense	22.4	21.8
Retirement benefit expense	63.4	34.4
Pension contributions	(17.3)	(15.1)
Net (gain) loss on disposition of property	(1.2)	1.7
Settlement of treasury locks	0.0	(35.7)
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding effects of acquisitions and foreign currency adjustments:
Receivables	(134.2)	(41.5)
Inventories	(12.1)	(86.0)
Accounts payable	50.9	(12.1)
Contract liabilities	52.4	41.2
Compensation and benefits	(99.1)	(90.5)
Income taxes	(79.2)	(66.7)
Other assets and liabilities	(0.8)	(11.8)
Cash provided by operating activities	448.5	355.8
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(56.6)	(80.9)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	(259.3)	(20.7)
Purchases of investments	(2.6)	(2.8)
Proceeds from maturities of investments	5.4	219.2
Proceeds from sale of investments	37.9	0.0
Proceeds from sale of property	1.6	3.3
Cash (used for) provided by investing activities	(273.6)	118.1
Financing activities:
Net issuance (repayment) of short-term debt	81.5	(549.7)
Issuance of long-term debt, net of discount and issuance costs	0.0	987.6
Repayment of long-term debt	(300.0)	0.0
Cash dividends	(236.3)	(232.5)
Purchases of treasury stock	(213.7)	(535.2)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options	133.7	23.8
Other financing activities	0.8	0.0
Cash used for financing activities	(534.0)	(306.0)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(17.5)	(6.7)
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(376.6)	161.2
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,018.4	618.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 641.8	$ 780.0

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Long-term and Short-term Debt

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term and Short-term Debt

Long-term and Short-term Debt

	March 31, 2020			September 30, 2019
2.050% notes, payable in March 2020	$	—		$	299.4
2.875% notes, payable in March 2025	321.0			307.6
6.70% debentures, payable in January 2028	250.0			250.0
3.500% notes, payable in March 2029	425.0			425.0
6.25% debentures, payable in December 2037	250.0			250.0
4.200% notes, payable in March 2049	575.0			575.0
5.20% debentures, payable in January 2098	200.0			200.0
Unamortized discount and other	(50.8		)	(50.1		)
Total	1,970.2			2,256.9
Less current portion	—			(300.5		)
Long-term debt	$	1,970.2		$	1,956.4

Our short-term debt as of March 31, 2020, consisted of $58.0 million of commercial paper borrowings and $23.5 million of interest-bearing loans from Schlumberger to Sensia due September 30, 2020. The short-term loans were entered into following formation of Sensia. See Note 5 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on Sensia. The weighted average interest rate of the commercial paper outstanding at March 31, 2020, was 2.4 percent. There were no commercial paper borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2019.

In March 2020, we repaid our $300.0 million 2.050% notes which were classified as the current portion of long-term debt at September 30, 2019.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Goodwill
Balance at beginning of period	$ 1,071.1
Acquisition of businesses	304.5
Translation	(13.3)
Balance at end of period	1,362.3
Architecture & Software
Goodwill
Balance at beginning of period	432.3
Acquisition of businesses	0.0
Translation	(3.5)
Balance at end of period	428.8
Control Products & Solutions
Goodwill
Balance at beginning of period	638.8
Acquisition of businesses	304.5
Translation	(9.8)
Balance at end of period	$ 933.5

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Other Current Liabilities - Schedule of Other Current Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Other current liabilities
Unrealized losses on foreign exchange contracts	$ 19.0	$ 5.4
Product warranty obligations	22.8	25.2
Taxes other than income taxes	52.9	43.8
Accrued interest	15.1	15.5
Income taxes payable	27.4	62.9
Operating lease liabilities	88.4
Other	56.2	75.1
Other current liabilities	$ 281.8	$ 227.9

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Oct. 01, 2019	Oct. 01, 2018
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 1,036,500,000	$ 1,274,300,000	$ 404,200,000	$ 1,617,500,000
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(42,400,000)	36,600,000	4,600,000	1,600,000
Adoption of accounting standard/other					$ 2,200,000	$ 6,100,000
Balance at end of period	937,900,000	1,336,300,000	937,900,000	1,336,300,000
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	(1,584,300,000)	(976,900,000)	(1,488,000,000.0)	(941,900,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(64,600,000)	25,100,000	(41,900,000)	(22,400,000)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	23,100,000	11,500,000	47,100,000	24,000,000.0
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(41,500,000)	36,600,000	5,200,000	1,600,000
Adoption of accounting standard/other					(146,800,000)
Balance at end of period	(1,625,800,000)	(940,300,000)	(1,625,800,000)	(940,300,000)
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments, net of tax
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	(1,253,100,000)	(644,300,000)	(1,133,700,000)	(658,100,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	0	0	0	(300,000)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	27,400,000	14,200,000	54,800,000	28,300,000
Other comprehensive (loss) income	27,400,000	14,200,000	54,800,000	28,000,000.0
Adoption of accounting standard/other					(146,800,000)
Balance at end of period	(1,225,700,000)	(630,100,000)	(1,225,700,000)	(630,100,000)
Accumulated currency translation adjustments, net of tax
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	(315,700,000)	(314,500,000)	(341,300,000)	(286,000,000.0)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(73,400,000)	19,000,000.0	(51,600,000)	(9,500,000)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	0	0	0	0
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(73,400,000)	19,000,000.0	(51,600,000)	(9,500,000)
Adoption of accounting standard/other					$ 3,800,000
Balance at end of period	(389,100,000)	(295,500,000)	(389,100,000)	(295,500,000)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	(15,500,000)	(16,400,000)	(13,000,000.0)	4,400,000
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	8,800,000	5,200,000	9,700,000	(14,000,000.0)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	(4,300,000)	(2,700,000)	(7,700,000)	(4,300,000)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	4,500,000	2,500,000	2,000,000.0	(18,300,000)
Balance at end of period	(11,000,000.0)	(13,900,000)	(11,000,000.0)	(13,900,000)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	0	(1,700,000)	0	(2,200,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	0	900,000	0	1,400,000
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	0	0	0	0
Other comprehensive (loss) income	0	900,000	0	1,400,000
Balance at end of period	$ 0	$ (800,000)	$ 0	$ (800,000)

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Investments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investment

Our investments consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020			September 30, 2019
Fixed income securities	$	0.6		$	43.9
Equity securities	647.7			721.5
Other	68.6			68.1
Total investments	716.9			833.5
Less: Short-term investments(1)	(0.6		)	(39.6		)
Long-term investments	$	716.3		$	793.9

⁽¹⁾ Short-term investments are included in Other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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Acquisitions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The preliminary purchase price allocation is as follows (in millions):

	Purchase Price Allocation
Cash	$	16.2
Accounts receivable	22.6
Inventory	62.6
Other current assets	1.2
Property, plant and equipment	9.8
Other assets	6.2
Goodwill	291.7
Intangible assets	254.1
Total assets acquired	664.4
Less: Liabilities assumed	(37.0		)
Less: Deferred income taxes	(2.7		)
Less: Noncontrolling interest portion	(293.8		)
Net assets acquired	$	330.9
	Purchase consideration
Cash	$	250.0
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	21.5
Additional paid in capital adjustment	52.4
Other	7.0
Net purchase consideration	$	330.9

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Business Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The following tables reflect the sales and operating results of our reportable segments (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Sales
Architecture & Software	$	757.1		$	739.7		$	1,508.7		$	1,492.8
Control Products & Solutions	924.2			917.5			1,857.1			1,806.7
Total	$	1,681.3		$	1,657.2		$	3,365.8		$	3,299.5
Segment operating earnings
Architecture & Software	$	232.8		$	209.9		$	456.5		$	446.9
Control Products & Solutions	138.7			143.9			254.1			281.8
Total	371.5			353.8			710.6			728.7
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization	(9.5		)	(4.3		)	(19.5		)	(8.4		)
General corporate – net	(17.7		)	(26.7		)	(50.5		)	(48.6		)
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (cost) credit	(8.6		)	2.6			(17.3		)	5.2
(Loss) gain on investments	(144.8		)	98.2			(73.8		)	(148.2		)
Valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares	—			—			—			33.7
Interest (expense) income - net	(23.5		)	(21.2		)	(47.5		)	(39.2		)
Income before income taxes	$	167.4		$	402.4		$	502.0		$	523.2

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Consolidated Balance Sheet - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 641.8	$ 1,018.4
Receivables	1,301.1	1,178.7
Inventories	629.0	575.7
Other current assets	186.3	212.9
Total current assets	2,758.2	2,985.7
Property, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,616.3 and $1,566.0, respectively	560.8	571.9
Operating lease right-of-use assets	318.5
Goodwill	1,362.3	1,071.1
Other intangible assets, net	433.0	194.1
Deferred income taxes	369.3	364.1
Long-term investments	716.3	793.9
Other assets	147.5	132.2
Total	6,665.9	6,113.0
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt	81.5	0.0
Current portion of long-term debt	0.0	300.5
Accounts payable	742.5	694.6
Compensation and benefits	135.5	239.0
Contract liabilities	326.2	275.6
Customer returns, rebates and incentives	194.5	199.2
Other current liabilities	281.8	227.9
Total current liabilities	1,762.0	1,936.8
Long-term debt	1,970.2	1,956.4
Retirement benefits	1,198.8	1,231.9
Operating lease liabilities	253.5
Other liabilities	543.5	583.7
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 12)
Shareowners’ equity:
Common stock ($1.00 par value, shares issued: 181.4)	181.4	181.4
Additional paid-in capital	1,791.2	1,709.1
Retained earnings	6,795.8	6,440.2
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,625.8)	(1,488.0)
Common stock in treasury, at cost (shares held: 65.6 and 65.7, respectively)	(6,521.8)	(6,438.5)
Shareowners’ equity attributable to Rockwell Automation, Inc.	620.8	404.2
Noncontrolling interests	317.1	0.0
Total shareowners’ equity	937.9	404.2
Total	$ 6,665.9	$ 6,113.0

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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020		September 30, 2019
Finished goods	$	280.8	$	223.7
Work in process	174.9		178.4
Raw materials	173.3		173.6
Inventories	$	629.0	$	575.7

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Other Current Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Current Liabilities

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020		September 30, 2019
Unrealized losses on foreign exchange contracts	$	19.0	$	5.4
Product warranty obligations	22.8		25.2
Taxes other than income taxes	52.9		43.8
Accrued interest	15.1		15.5
Income taxes payable	27.4		62.9
Operating lease liabilities	88.4		—
Other	56.2		75.1
Other current liabilities	$	281.8	$	227.9

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments tax expense	$ (8.0)	$ (4.3)	$ (15.8)	$ (8.6)
Net change in unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedges tax expense (benefit)	(2.6)	(0.5)	(1.5)	6.0
Net change in unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments net of tax benefit	$ 0.0	$ (0.2)	$ 0.0	$ (0.3)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Reclassifications out of Other Comprehensive Loss (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Income before income taxes	$ 167.4	$ 402.4	$ 502.0	$ 523.2
Sales	1,681.3	1,657.2	3,365.8	3,299.5
Cost of sales	(982.5)	(949.0)	(1,964.1)	(1,852.6)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	352.0	385.0	755.2	771.7
Treasury locks related to 2019 debt issuance	25.5	23.7	51.9	44.4
Income tax provision	(37.5)	(56.4)	(56.7)	(96.9)
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	132.2	346.0	442.9	426.3
Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive loss
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	23.1	11.5	47.1	24.0
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan adjustments [Member] | Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive loss
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Income before income taxes	35.4	18.5	70.6	36.9
Income tax provision	(8.0)	(4.3)	(15.8)	(8.6)
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	27.4	14.2	54.8	28.3
Amortization of prior service credit
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Income before income taxes	(1.0)	(1.0)	(2.2)	(2.1)
Amortization of net actuarial loss
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Income before income taxes	37.1	19.7	74.3	39.4
Settlements
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Income before income taxes	(0.7)	(0.2)	(1.5)	(0.4)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax | Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive loss
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Income before income taxes	(6.0)	(3.7)	(10.5)	(6.0)
Income tax provision	1.7	1.0	2.8	1.7
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	(4.3)	(2.7)	(7.7)	(4.3)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax | Forward exchange contracts | Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive loss
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Sales	(0.1)	(0.6)	(0.2)	(0.2)
Cost of sales	(7.0)	(3.3)	(12.0)	(6.5)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.5
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax | Treasury locks related to 2019 debt issuance | Reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive loss
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Treasury locks related to 2019 debt issuance	$ 0.6	$ 0.2	$ 1.1	$ 0.2

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Other intangible assets
Amortized intangible assets, carrying amount	$ 715,700,000	$ 453,500,000
Amortized intangible assets, accumulated amortization	326,400,000	303,100,000
Amortized intangible assets, net	389,300,000	150,400,000
Total, carrying amount	759,400,000	497,200,000
Total, net	433,000,000.0	194,100,000
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Textual) [Abstract]
Estimated amortization expense in 2020	47,900,000
Estimated amortization expense in 2021	47,200,000
Estimated amortization expense in 2022	44,300,000
Estimated amortization expense in 2023	43,100,000
Estimated amortization expense in 2024	40,100,000
Asset impairment charges	0
Trademarks
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Allen-Bradley® trademark not subject to amortization	43,700,000	43,700,000
Computer software products
Other intangible assets
Amortized intangible assets, carrying amount	190,600,000	190,600,000
Amortized intangible assets, accumulated amortization	133,400,000	128,300,000
Amortized intangible assets, net	57,200,000	62,300,000
Customer relationships
Other intangible assets
Amortized intangible assets, carrying amount	305,400,000	110,500,000
Amortized intangible assets, accumulated amortization	77,600,000	69,200,000
Amortized intangible assets, net	227,800,000	41,300,000
Technology
Other intangible assets
Amortized intangible assets, carrying amount	152,000,000.0	110,400,000
Amortized intangible assets, accumulated amortization	75,100,000	69,500,000
Amortized intangible assets, net	76,900,000	40,900,000
Trademarks
Other intangible assets
Amortized intangible assets, carrying amount	53,900,000	31,400,000
Amortized intangible assets, accumulated amortization	27,500,000	26,400,000
Amortized intangible assets, net	26,400,000	5,000,000.0
Other
Other intangible assets
Amortized intangible assets, carrying amount	13,800,000	10,600,000
Amortized intangible assets, accumulated amortization	12,800,000	9,700,000
Amortized intangible assets, net	$ 1,000,000.0	$ 900,000

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Investments - Summary of Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Fixed income securities	$ 0.6	$ 43.9
Equity securities	647.7	721.5
Other	68.6	68.1
Total investments	716.9	833.5
Less: Short-term investments	(0.6)	(39.6)
Long-term investments	$ 716.3	$ 793.9

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Leases - Operating Lease Maturity ASU 842 (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2020 (excluding the six months ended March 31, 2020)	$ 49.4
2021	85.0
2022	65.4
2023	48.1
2024	34.5
2025	21.5
Thereafter	59.8
Total undiscounted lease payments	363.7
Less imputed interest	(21.8)
Total operating lease liabilities	$ 341.9

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Business Segment Information - Sales and Operating Results of Reportable Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Sales and operating results of reportable segments
Sales	$ 1,681.3	$ 1,657.2	$ 3,365.8	$ 3,299.5
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization	(9.5)	(4.3)	(19.5)	(8.4)
General corporate – net	(17.7)	(26.7)	(50.5)	(48.6)
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit (cost) credit	(8.6)	2.6	(17.3)	5.2
(Loss) gain on investments	(144.8)	98.2	(73.8)	(148.2)
Valuation adjustments related to the registration of PTC Shares	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.7
Interest (expense) income - net	(23.5)	(21.2)	(47.5)	(39.2)
Income before income taxes	167.4	402.4	502.0	523.2
Operating Segments
Sales and operating results of reportable segments
Sales	1,681.3	1,657.2	3,365.8	3,299.5
Segment operating earnings	371.5	353.8	710.6	728.7
Architecture & Software
Sales and operating results of reportable segments
Sales	757.1	739.7	1,508.7	1,492.8
Architecture & Software | Operating Segments
Sales and operating results of reportable segments
Sales	757.1	739.7	1,508.7	1,492.8
Segment operating earnings	232.8	209.9	456.5	446.9
Control Products & Solutions
Sales and operating results of reportable segments
Sales	924.2	917.5	1,857.1	1,806.7
Control Products & Solutions | Operating Segments
Sales and operating results of reportable segments
Sales	924.2	917.5	1,857.1	1,806.7
Segment operating earnings	$ 138.7	$ 143.9	$ 254.1	$ 281.8

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Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue by Operating Segment and Major Types of Products or Services (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	$ 1,681.3	$ 1,657.2	$ 3,365.8	$ 3,299.5
Products
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	1,136.1	1,112.0	2,276.4	2,238.0
Solutions & Services
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	545.2	545.2	1,089.4	1,061.5
Architecture & Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	757.1	739.7	1,508.7	1,492.8
Architecture & Software | Products
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	757.1	739.7	1,508.7	1,492.8
Architecture & Software | Solutions & Services
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Control Products & Solutions
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	924.2	917.5	1,857.1	1,806.7
Control Products & Solutions | Products
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	379.0	372.3	767.7	745.2
Control Products & Solutions | Solutions & Services
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	$ 545.2	$ 545.2	$ 1,089.4	$ 1,061.5

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Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies - Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Reconciled Basic and Diluted EPS
Net income attributable to Rockwell Automation	$ 132.2	$ 346.0	$ 442.9	$ 426.3
Less: Allocation to participating securities	0.0	(0.4)	(0.4)	(0.4)
Net income available to common shareowners	$ 132.2	$ 345.6	$ 442.5	$ 425.9
Basic weighted average outstanding shares (in shares)	116.0	118.9	115.8	119.6
Effect of dilutive securities
Stock options (in shares)	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.0
Performance shares (in shares)	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Diluted weighted average outstanding shares (in shares)	116.6	120.0	116.6	120.7
Earnings per share:
Basic (in usd per share)	$ 1.14	$ 2.91	$ 3.82	$ 3.56
Diluted (in usd per share)	$ 1.13	$ 2.88	$ 3.80	$ 3.53

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired	53.00%
Cash	$ 250.0
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	$ 293.8
Schlumberger
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired	47.00%
Sensia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash	$ 250.0
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired, discount rate	11.00%
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	$ 21.5
Pro forma revenue		$ 1,700.0	$ 3,400.0
Customer Relationships, Technology, Patents | Sensia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 254.1
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	11 years
Minimum | Sensia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer attrition rate	7.50%
Minimum | Technology and Trademarks | Sensia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	5 years
Maximum | Sensia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer attrition rate	25.00%
Maximum | Technology and Trademarks | Sensia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	15 years

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Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current

Inventories consist of (in millions):

	March 31, 2020		September 30, 2019
Finished goods	$	280.8	$	223.7
Work in process	174.9		178.4
Raw materials	173.3		173.6
Inventories	$	629.0	$	575.7

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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Various lawsuits, claims and proceedings have been or may be instituted or asserted against us relating to the conduct of our business, including those pertaining to product liability, environmental, safety and health, intellectual property, employment and contract matters. Although the outcome of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty and some lawsuits, claims or proceedings may be disposed of unfavorably to us, we believe the disposition of matters that are pending or have been asserted will not have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. The following outlines additional background for obligations associated with asbestos, divested businesses and intellectual property.

We (including our subsidiaries) have been named as a defendant in lawsuits alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos that was used in certain components of our products many years ago, including products from divested businesses for which we have agreed to defend and indemnify claims. Currently there are a few thousand claimants in lawsuits that name us as defendants, together with hundreds of other companies. But in all cases, for those claimants who do show that they worked with our products or products of divested businesses for which we are responsible, we nevertheless believe we have meritorious defenses, in substantial part due to the integrity of the products, the encapsulated nature of any asbestos-containing components, and the lack of any impairing medical condition on the part of many claimants. We defend those cases vigorously. Historically, we have been dismissed from the vast majority of these claims with no payment to claimants.

Additionally, we have maintained insurance coverage that includes indemnity and defense costs, over and above self-insured retentions, for many of these claims. We believe these arrangements will provide substantial coverage for future defense and indemnity costs for these asbestos claims throughout the remaining life of asbestos liability. The uncertainties of asbestos claim litigation make it difficult to predict accurately the ultimate outcome of asbestos claims. That uncertainty is increased by the possibility of adverse rulings or new legislation affecting asbestos claim litigation or the settlement process. Subject to these uncertainties and based on our experience defending asbestos claims, we do not believe these lawsuits will have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We have, from time to time, divested certain of our businesses. In connection with these divestitures, certain lawsuits, claims and proceedings may be instituted or asserted against us related to the period that we owned the businesses, either because we agreed to retain certain liabilities related to these periods or because such liabilities fall upon us by operation of law. In some instances the divested business has assumed the liabilities; however, it is possible that we might be responsible to satisfy those liabilities if the divested business is unable to do so. We do not believe these liabilities will have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

In many countries we provide a limited intellectual property indemnity as part of our terms and conditions of sale. We also at times provide limited intellectual property indemnities in other contracts with third parties, such as contracts concerning the development and manufacture of our hardware and software products. As of March 31, 2020, we were not aware of any material indemnification claims that were probable or reasonably possible of an unfavorable outcome. Historically, claims that have been made under the indemnification agreements have not had a material impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations; however, to the extent that valid indemnification claims arise in the future, future payments by us could be significant and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations in a particular period.

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Basis of Presentation and Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Receivables

Receivables

Receivables are stated net of an allowance for doubtful accounts

Leases

Leases

We have operating leases primarily for real estate, vehicles, and equipment. We determine if a contract is, or contains, a lease at contract inception. A right-of-use (ROU) asset and a corresponding lease liability are recognized at commencement for contracts that are, or contain, a lease with an original term greater than 12 months. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset during the lease term, including periods for which renewal options are reasonably certain to be exercised, and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term for operating leases with an original term of 12 months or less.

Some leasing arrangements require variable payments that are dependent on usage or may vary for other reasons, such as payments for insurance and tax payments. A portion of our real estate leases is generally subject to annual changes based upon an index. The changes based upon the index are treated as variable lease payments. The variable portion of lease payments is not included in our ROU assets or lease liabilities and is expensed when incurred. We elected to not separate lease and nonlease components of contracts for all underlying asset classes. Accordingly, all expenses associated with a lease contract are accounted for as lease expenses.

Lease liabilities are recognized at the contract commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term. To calculate the lease liabilities we use our incremental borrowing rate. We determine our incremental borrowing rate at the commencement date using our unsecured borrowing rate, adjusted for collateralization and lease term. For leases denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, the collateralized borrowing rate in the foreign currency is determined using the U.S. dollar and foreign currency swap spread. Long-term lease liabilities are presented as Operating lease liabilities and current lease liabilities are included in Other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

ROU assets are recognized at the contract commencement date at the value of the related lease liability, adjusted for any prepayments, lease incentives received and initial direct costs incurred. Operating lease ROU assets are presented as Operating lease right-of-use assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Lease expenses for operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and recorded in Cost of sales and Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued a new standard on accounting for leases that requires lessees to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for most leases, among other changes to existing lease accounting guidance. The new standard also requires additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures about leasing activities. We adopted the new standard using the modified retrospective transition method, which resulted in an immaterial cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of October 1, 2019, our adoption date. The amount of lease right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheet upon adoption was $316 million and $329 million, respectively. We have implemented necessary changes to accounting policies, processes, controls and systems to enable compliance with this new standard.

In February 2018, the FASB issued a new standard regarding the reporting of comprehensive loss, which gives entities the option to reclassify tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”) stranded in accumulated other comprehensive loss into retained earnings. We adopted the new standard as of October 1, 2019, and elected to reclassify tax effects of $146.8 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into retained earnings.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Goodwill, Policy

We perform our annual evaluation of goodwill and indefinite life intangible assets for impairment as required by U.S. GAAP at the beginning of the second quarter of each year, or more frequently if events or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. For our annual evaluation of goodwill, we may perform a qualitative test to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount in order to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. When performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test, we determine the fair value of each reporting unit under a combination of an income approach derived from discounted cash flows and a market multiples approach using selected comparable public companies. Significant assumptions used in the income approach include: management’s forecasted cash flows, including estimated future revenue growth rates and margins, discount rate, and terminal value. Forecasted future revenue growth and margins are based on management’s best estimate about current and future conditions. Discount rates are determined using weighted average cost of capital adjusted for risk factors specific to the reporting unit level, with comparison to market and industry data. The terminal value is estimated following common methodology of calculating the present value of estimated perpetual cash flow beyond the last projected period assuming constant discount and long-term growth rates. Significant assumptions used in the market multiples approach include selection of the comparable public companies and calculation of the appropriate market multiples.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

At the end of each interim period, we estimate a base effective tax rate that we expect for the full fiscal year based on our most recent forecast of pre-tax income, permanent book and tax differences and global tax planning strategies. We use this base rate to provide for income taxes on a year-to-date basis, excluding the effect of significant unusual items and items that are reported net of their related tax effects in the period in which they occur.