Edgar Filing: JOHNSON CONTROLS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Stief Brian J

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC [JCI]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
EVP & Chief Financial Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5757 N. GREEN BAY AVENUE, P.O. BOX 591

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/17/2015

(Street)

MILWAUKEE, WI 53201

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/17/2015		A		12,538 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0	20,038	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock Units - Restricted Stock Plan

$ 0 ⁽²⁾

11/17/2015

12,538 ⁽¹⁾

⁽³⁾

Common Stock

12,538

$ 0

171,811.671 ⁽⁴⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Stief Brian J 5757 N. GREEN BAY AVENUE P.O. BOX 591 MILWAUKEE, WI 53201			EVP & Chief Financial Officer

Signatures

/s/ Angela M. Blair, attorney-in-fact for Brian J. Stief		11/19/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents performance share units for the three-year performance period ended September 30, 2015. The Compensation Committee certified the performance results on November 17, 2015. Vesting and receipt of the related shares is deferred to a future date.
(2)	Each unit of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Johnson Controls common stock.
(3)	The phantom stock units accrue under the Johnson Controls Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and settle 100% in cash upon the reporting person's termination or retirement. The reporting person may transfer the value of the phantom stock units into an alternative investment account within the plan.
(4)	Includes 89.84 units acquired via automatic dividend reinvestment on October 2, 2015.

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