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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Johnson Controls (JCI)

Johnson Controls names Joakim Weidemanis CEO, succeeding George Oliver on March 12, 2025

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Johnson Controls said Joakim Weidemanis, formerly an Executive Vice President at Danaher, will succeed George Oliver as chief executive on March 12, 2025, immediately after the annual shareholder meeting. Oliver will remain board chairman until July 31, 2025, and Mark Vergnano will then become independent chairman, so the change affects leadership and executive pay arrangements rather than reported financial results.

Key points

  • Joakim Weidemanis, 55, becomes CEO on March 12, 2025, with a $1,500,000 base salary and a bonus capped at 320% of salary.
  • Weidemanis receives a one-time equity grant valued at $5,000,000 on March 12, 2025, plus fiscal 2025 long-term incentive awards with a total value of $10,000,000.
  • George Oliver retires as CEO on March 12, 2025, stays chairman until July 31, 2025, then serves as an advisor at $75,000 per month from August 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
  • The filing also discloses a $5,000,000 retention RSU award for CFO Marc Vandiepenbeeck, with a grant date of March 12, 2025.

The filing

CompanyJohnson Controls (JCI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 5, 2025, 5:00 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-009733

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 05, 2025.

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