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Johnson Controls Declares Cash Dividend; Elects New Officer

28 January 1998

Johnson Controls Declares Cash Dividend; Elects New Officer

    MILWAUKEE, Jan. 28 -- The Board of Directors of Johnson
Controls, Inc. (JCI) today declared a regular quarterly cash
dividend of $0.23 per common share.  The dividend is payable March 31, 1998 to
shareholders of record March 13, 1998.  The company has paid consecutive
dividends since 1885.
    Johnson Controls also announced the election of Rande Somma as a Vice
President and Corporate Officer.  Mr. Somma, 46, is President of Interior
Trim, Marketing and Business Development for the company's Automotive Systems
Group.  He joined Johnson Controls in 1988, and has served in several senior
management positions for its automotive business which is headquartered in
Plymouth, Mich.
    Mr. Somma holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
from Robert Morris College in Pittsburgh, Pa.
    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 facility management.  Founded in
1885, it operates from more than 500 locations worldwide.  Johnson Controls
securities (JCI) are listed on the NYSE.

SOURCE  Johnson Controls