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Johnson Controls Increases Dividend; Announces Changes in Directors

19 November 1997

Johnson Controls Increases Dividend; Announces Changes in Directors

    MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 19 -- The Directors of Johnson
Controls, Inc. today increased the quarterly cash dividend on
common shares to $.23 per share from $.215.  The dividend is payable January
2, 1998 to shareholders of record December 12, 1997.
    With the increase, the indicated annual dividend rate for fiscal 1998 is
$.92, up from $.86 in 1997.  Johnson Controls has increased its dividend for
23 consecutive years.
    "The increase reflects our record financial results in 1997, and our
confidence that Johnson Controls will achieve profitable growth in 1998," said
James H. Keyes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
    The company also announced the retirement of several Directors from its
Board.  They are Martha R. Seger, Visiting Distinguished Professor of
Economics at Hillsdale College, who has served on the Board since 1991; Donald
Taylor, Principal in Sullivan Associates, who has been a Director since 1975;
and R. Douglas Ziegler, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The
Ziegler Companies, Inc., who has served since 1979.
    Mr. Keyes stated that, "It has been a privilege to work with these
individuals over the past years, and on behalf of our company and our
shareholders, I would like to express our deepest thanks and appreciation for
their devoted service."
    Newly elected to the Board are John M. Barth and William H. Lacy.
    Mr. Barth has served as an Executive Vice President of Johnson Controls
since 1992 and has responsibility for its Automotive Systems Group.  Since
joining the company in 1969 he has served in a variety of operating management
positions.
    Mr. Lacy is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mortgage Guaranty
Insurance Corporation (MGIC) and President and Chief Executive Officer of its
parent company, MGIC Investment Corporation.  He has been associated with
MGIC since 1971.
    Johnson Controls, Inc., with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., is a global
market leader in automotive systems and building controls.  Through its
Automotive Systems Group, it supplies seating systems, interior systems and
batteries.  The Controls Group serves the nonresidential buildings market with
control systems and services, and integrated facilities management.  Founded
in 1885, it operates from more than 500 locations worldwide. Johnson Controls
securities (JCI) are listed on the NYSE.

SOURCE  Johnson Controls