Company: ROK
Filing Date: 2025-11-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001024478-25-000116
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Company: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 4
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 Hardware and Equipment. The number of shares actually earned for awards granted will range from zero percent to 200 percent of the targeted number of performance shares for the three-year performance periods and will be paid, to the extent earned, in the fiscal quarter following the end of the applicable three-year performance period.A summary of performance share activity for the year ended September 30, 2025, is as follows:Shares(in thousands)Wtd. Avg.Grant DateShareFair ValueOutstanding at October 1, 2024159 $347.92 Granted (1)58 387.72 Adjustment for performance results achieved (2)(31)481.28 Forfeited(17)329.35 Outstanding at September 30, 2025169 338.95 (1) Performance shares granted assuming achievement of performance goals at target.(2) Adjustments were due to the number of shares vested under fiscal 2022 awards at the end of the three-year performance period ended September 30, 2024, being lower than the target number of shares.The following table summarizes information about performance shares vested during the years ended September 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023:202520242023Percent payout— %92 %177 %Shares vested (in thousands)— 31 48 Total fair value of shares vested (in millions)$— $9 $13 For the three-year performance period ended September 30, 2025, the payout will be 70% of the target number of shares, with a maximum of approximately 35,000 shares to be delivered in payment under the awards in December 2025.The per share fair value of performance share awards granted during the years ended September 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023, was $387.72, $295.06, and $340.77, respectively, which we determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and the following assumptions:202520242023Average risk-free interest rate4.11 %4.45 %4.08 %Expected dividend yield1.76 %1.79 %1.82 %Expected volatility34 %30 %39 %The average risk-free interest rate is based on the three-year U.S. Treasury security rate in effect as of the grant date. The expected dividend yield is based on the expected annual dividend as a percentage of the market value of our common stock as