Company: ROK
Filing Date: 2025-11-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001024478-25-000116
Chunk: 280

Company: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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 plans are unfunded and are subject to change. Amounts reported are estimates of future benefit payments, to the extent estimable.

(3) Amounts reported for pension funding contributions reflect current estimates. Contributions to our pension plans beyond 2026 will depend on future investment performance of our pension plan assets, changes in discount rate assumptions, and governmental regulations in effect at the time. Amounts subsequent to 2026 are excluded from the summary above, as we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of these amounts. The minimum contribution for our U.S. pension plan as required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is currently zero. We may make additional contributions to this plan at the discretion of management.

(4) Amounts reflect current estimates of net annual payments to resolve claims and will vary based on settlement rates and values, changes in state and national laws, defense strategies, and insurance recoveries.

(5) Under the Tax Act, the Company elected to pay the transition tax interest-free over eight years, with 8% paid in each of the first five years, 15% in year six, 20% in year seven, and 25% in year eight.

We expect to fund future uses of cash with a combination of existing cash balances, cash generated by operating activities, commercial paper borrowings, or new issuances of debt or other securities. In addition, we have access to unsecured credit facilities with various banks. 

At September 30, 2025, the majority of our Cash and cash equivalents were held by non-U.S. subsidiaries. We use a global cash pooling arrangement to efficiently manage liquidity among our entities. As a result of the broad changes to the U.S. international tax system under the Tax Act, the Company accounts for taxes on earnings of substantially all of its non-U.S. subsidiaries including both non-U.S. and U.S. taxes. The Company has concluded that earnings of a limited number of its non-U.S. subsidiaries are indefinitely reinvested. 

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In May 2025, we entered into a $500 million senior unsecured 364-day term loan credit agreement and were advanced the full loan amount. In August and September 2025, we repaid the loan amount. The credit agreement remains available until May 2026. This agreement was in addition to our existing $1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility expiring in June 2027, which remains outstanding and undrawn as of September 30, 202