X0306 4 2016-09-30 false 0001024478 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC ROK 0001417866 Etzel Steven W. 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET MILWAUKEE WI 53204 false true false false VP and Treasurer Common Stock 569.5087 I By Savings Plan Common Stock 2016-09-30 4 M false 1800 46.16 A 8286 D Common Stock 2016-09-30 4 S false 700 120.4664 D 7586 D Common Stock 2016-09-30 4 S false 800 122.0163 D 6786 D Common Stock 2016-09-30 4 S false 300 122.7603 D 6486 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 46.16 2016-09-30 4 M false 1800 0 D 2010-12-09 2019-12-09 Common Stock 1800 4100 D Performance Shares 2016-10-03 4 A false 56 0 A 2016-12-04 Common Stock 56 56 D Includes shares represented by Company stock fund units acquired under the Company Savings Plan since the date last reported for this person based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 09/30/2016. The number of stock fund units represented by the balance of the participant's Company stock fund account may not exactly equal the number of stock fund units represented by a prior balance due to variance in the proportion of uninvested cash held in the reference fund used to determine unit values of the Company stock fund under the Plan. Shares exercised and sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan entered into on May 24, 2016. Price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. Shares sold at prices ranging from $120.02 to $120.90. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Company, any shareowners of the Company and the staff of the SEC, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. Price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. Shares sold at prices ranging from $121.55 to $122.49. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Company, any shareowners of the Company and the staff of the SEC, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. Price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. Shares sold at prices ranging from $122.68 to $122.85. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Company, any shareowners of the Company and the staff of the SEC, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. Includes 670 shares held by the Company to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met. Each performance share represents a contingent right to receive one share of Company common stock (or the cash equivalent). On December 4, 2013, the reporting person was granted a target number of performance shares, with the payout from 0 to 200% of target based on the Company's total shareowner return compared to the performance of companies in the S&P 500 Index over a three-year period. The payout was determined on October 3, 2016, resulting in the reported number of performance shares received. Each performance share represents a contingent right to receive one share of Company common stock (or the cash equivalent). The performance shares vest on December 4, 2016, provided the reporting person is still an employee of the Company on that date, subject to limited exceptions. Karen A. Balistreri, Attorney-in-Fact for Steven W. Etzel 2016-10-04