Company: ROK
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001024478-25-000035
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Company: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
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 or other factors; 

•the severity and duration of disruptions to our business due to natural disasters (including those as a result of climate change), pandemics, acts of war, strikes, terrorism, social unrest, or other causes;

•the availability and price of components and materials; 

•the availability, effectiveness, and security of our information technology systems; 

•our ability to manage and mitigate the risk related to security vulnerabilities and breaches of our hardware and software products, solutions, and services;

•the successful execution of our cost productivity and margin expansion initiatives;

•our ability to attract, develop, and retain qualified employees; 

•the successful integration and management of strategic transactions and achievement of the expected benefits of these transactions; 

•the successful development of advanced technologies and demand for and market acceptance of new and existing hardware and software products; 

•our ability to manage and mitigate the risks associated with our solutions and services businesses;

•competitive hardware and software products, solutions, and services, pricing pressures, and our ability to provide high quality products, solutions, and services;

•the availability and cost of capital;

•disruptions to our distribution channels or the failure of distributors to develop and maintain capabilities to sell our products; 

•intellectual property infringement claims by others and the ability to protect our intellectual property; 

•the uncertainty of claims by taxing authorities in the various jurisdictions where we do business; 

•the uncertainties of litigation, including liabilities related to the safety and security of the hardware and software products, solutions, and services we sell; 

•our ability to manage costs related to employee retirement and health care benefits; and

•other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. 

These forward-looking statements reflect our beliefs as of the date of filing this report. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. See Item 1A. Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024, and Item 1A. Risk Factors, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information.

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Non-GAAP Measures

The following discussion includes organic sales, total segment operating earnings and margin, Adjusted Income, Adjusted EPS, Adjusted Effective Tax Rate, and free cash flow, which are non-GAAP measures. See Supplemental Sales Information for a reconciliation of reported