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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT – January 30, 2024
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware1-897422-2640650
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)

855 S. MINT STREET, CHARLOTTE, NC..................................................28202
......(Address of principal executive offices).................................................(Zip Code)

 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 627-6200

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $1 per shareHONThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
0.000% Senior Notes due 2024HON 24AThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
3.500% Senior Notes due 2027HON 27The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
2.250% Senior Notes due 2028HON 28AThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
0.750% Senior Notes due 2032HON 32The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
3.750% Senior Notes due 2032HON 32AThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
4.125% Senior Notes due 2034HON 34The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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.  




Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On January 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Honeywell International Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously elected the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a current director, Mr. Vimal Kapur, age 58, to succeed Mr. Darius Adamczyk as Chairman of the Board, effective as of June 7, 2024. At such time, Mr. Adamczyk will retire from the Board and serve as Senior Advisor to the Company.

In addition, the Company’s independent directors have unanimously elected Mr. William S. Ayer to succeed Mr. D. Scott Davis as independent Lead Director, effective as of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners on May 14, 2024. Following that change, Mr. Davis will remain on the Board as an independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Kapur’s and Mr. Ayer’s elections to the new roles above are subject to their election to the Board at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners on May 14, 2024. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Kapur and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected Chairman of the Board. There is no family relationship between Mr. Kapur and any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company. The Company has not entered into any transactions with Mr. Kapur that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Item 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure

The Company issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 with respect to the matters set forth in Item 5.02 above. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

Exhibit #
Description
99.1
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).




SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
Date:February 1, 2024HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 
    
 
By: /s/ Anne T. Madden
 Anne T. Madden
 Senior Vice President and General Counsel