Financial Statements

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) have been omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Johnson Controls, Inc. (the “Company”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012. The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of results for the Company’s 2013 fiscal year because of seasonal and other factors.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Johnson Controls, Inc. and its domestic and non-U.S. subsidiaries that are consolidated in conformity with U.S. GAAP. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Investments in partially-owned affiliates are accounted for by the equity method when the Company’s interest exceeds 20% and the Company does not have a controlling interest.

Under certain criteria as provided for in Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810, “Consolidation,” the Company may consolidate a partially-owned affiliate. To determine whether to consolidate a partially-owned affiliate, the Company first determines if the entity is a variable interest entity (VIE). An entity is considered to be a VIE if it has one of the following characteristics: 1) the entity is thinly capitalized; 2) residual equity holders do not control the entity; 3) equity holders are shielded from economic losses or do not participate fully in the entity’s residual economics; or 4) the entity was established with non-substantive voting. If the entity meets one of these characteristics, the Company then determines if it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The party with the power to direct activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the potential to absorb benefits or losses that could be significant to the VIE is considered the primary beneficiary and consolidates the VIE. If the entity is not considered a VIE, then the Company applies the voting interest model to determine whether or not the Company shall consolidate the partially-owned affiliate.

Consolidated VIEs

Based upon the criteria set forth in ASC 810, the Company has determined that it was the primary beneficiary in three VIEs for the reporting periods ended March 31, 2013, September 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012, as the Company absorbs significant economics of the entities and has the power to direct the activities that are considered most significant to the entities.

Two of the VIEs manufacture products in North America for the automotive industry. The Company funds the entities’ short term liquidity needs through revolving credit facilities and has the power to direct the activities that are considered most significant to the entities through its key customer supply relationships.

During the three month period ended December 31, 2011, a pre-existing VIE accounted for under the equity method was reorganized into three separate investments as a result of the counterparty exercising its option to put its interest to the Company. The Company acquired additional interests in two of the reorganized group entities. The reorganized group entities are considered to be VIEs as the other owner party has been provided decision making rights but does not have equity at risk. The Company is considered the primary beneficiary of one of the entities due to the Company’s power pertaining to decisions over significant activities of the entity. As such, this VIE has been consolidated within the Company’s consolidated statements of financial position. The impact of consolidation of the entity on the Company’s consolidated statements of income for the three and six month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was not material. The VIE is named as a co-obligor under a third party debt agreement in the amount of $135 million, maturing in fiscal 2019, under which it could become subject to paying more than its allocated share of the third party debt in the event of bankruptcy of one or more of the other co-obligors. The other co-obligors, all related parties in which the Company is an equity investor, consist of the remaining group entities involved in the reorganization. As part of the overall reorganization transaction, the Company has also provided financial support to the group entities in the form of loans totaling $101 million, which are subordinate to the third party debt agreement. The Company is a significant customer of certain co-obligors, resulting in a remote possibility of loss. Additionally, the Company is subject to a floor guaranty expiring in fiscal 2022; in the event that the other owner party no longer owns any part of the group entities due to sale or transfer, the Company has guaranteed that the proceeds received from the sale or transfer will not be less than $25 million. The Company has partnered with the group entities to design and manufacture battery components for the Power Solutions business.

The carrying amounts and classification of assets (none of which are restricted) and liabilities included in the Company’s consolidated statements of financial position for the consolidated VIEs are as follows (in millions):



	March 31, 2013		September 30, 2012		March 31, 2012
Current assets	$	261	$	199	$	218
Noncurrent assets	148		144		168
Total assets	$	409	$	343	$	386

Current liabilities	$	183	$	172	$	151
Noncurrent liabilities	24		25		41
Total liabilities	$	207	$	197	$	192

The Company did not have a significant variable interest in any other consolidated VIEs for the presented reporting periods.

Nonconsolidated VIEs

The Company has a 40% interest in an equity method investee whereby the investee is a VIE. The investee produces and sells lead-acid batteries of which the Company will both purchase and supply certain batteries to complement each investment partners’ portfolio. The Company has a contractual right to purchase the remaining 60% equity interest in the investee between May 2014 and May 2016 (the “call option”). If the Company does not exercise the call option prior to its expiration in May 2016, for a period of six months thereafter the Company is subject to a contractual obligation at the counterparty’s option to sell the Company’s equity investment in the investee to the counterparty (the “repurchase option”). The purchase price is fixed under both the call option and the repurchase option. Based upon the criteria set forth in ASC 810, the Company has determined that the investee is a VIE as the equity holders, through their equity investments, may not participate fully in the entity’s residual economics. The Company is not the primary beneficiary as the Company does not have the power to make key operating decisions considered to be most significant to the VIE. Therefore, the investee is accounted for under the equity method of accounting as the Company’s interest exceeds 20% and the Company does not have a controlling interest. The investment balance included within investments in partially-owned affiliates in the consolidated statements of financial position at March 31, 2013, September 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012 was $56 million, $55 million and $52 million, respectively, which represents the Company’s maximum exposure to loss. Current assets and liabilities related to the VIE are immaterial and represent normal course of business trade receivables and payables for all presented periods.

As mentioned previously within the “Consolidated VIEs” section above, during the three month period ended December 31, 2011, a pre-existing VIE was reorganized into three separate investments as a result of the counterparty exercising its option to put its interest to the Company. The reorganized group entities are considered to be VIEs as the other owner party has been provided decision making rights but does not have equity at risk. The Company is not considered to be the primary beneficiary of two of the entities as the Company cannot make key operating decisions considered to be most significant to the VIEs. Therefore, these two entities are accounted for under the equity method of accounting as the Company’s interest exceeds 20% and the Company does not have a controlling interest. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss includes the partially-owned affiliate investment balance of $56 million, $52 million and $39 million at March 31, 2013, September 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012, respectively, as well as the subordinated loan from the Company, third party debt agreement and floor guaranty mentioned previously within the “Consolidated VIEs” section above. Current liabilities due to the VIEs are not material and represent normal course of business trade payables for all presented periods.

The Company did not have a significant variable interest in any other unconsolidated VIEs for the presented reporting periods.

Retrospective Changes

Certain amounts as of September 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012 have been revised to conform to the current year’s presentation.

Effective October 1, 2012, the Company reorganized the reportable segments within its Automotive Experience business to align with its new management reporting structure and business activities. As a result of this change, Automotive Experience is comprised of three new reportable segments for financial reporting purposes: Seating, Interiors and Electronics. Historical information has been revised to reflect the new Automotive Experience reportable segment structure. Refer to Note 6, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” and Note 17, “Segment Information,” of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further information.

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company changed its accounting policy for recognizing pension and postretirement benefit expenses. The Company’s historical accounting treatment smoothed asset returns and amortized deferred actuarial gains and losses over future years. The new mark-to-market approach includes measuring the market related value of plan assets at fair value instead of utilizing a three-year smoothing approach. In addition, the Company has elected to completely eliminate the corridor approach and recognize actuarial gains and losses in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or at the date of a remeasurement event. The Company believes this new policy is preferable and provides greater transparency to on-going operational results. The change has no impact on future pension and postretirement funding or benefits paid to participants. The change has been reported through retrospective application of the new policy to all periods presented. This change resulted in a $15 million increase in net income attributable to Johnson Controls, Inc. ($0.02 per diluted share) for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and a $29 million increase in net income attributable to Johnson Controls, Inc. ($0.05 per diluted share) for the six months ended March 31, 2012.

In January 2013, the Company’s shareholders approved a restatement of the Company’s articles of incorporation that included the simplification of the par value of the Company’s common stock by changing the par value from $0.01 7/18 per share to $1.00 per share. This change resulted in an increase to common stock and corresponding reduction in capital in excess of par value in the consolidated statements of financial position and is reported through retrospective application of the new par value for all periods presented.