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Johnson Controls Declares Cash Dividend, Elects Vice Presidents

28 January 1999

Johnson Controls Declares Cash Dividend, Elects Vice Presidents

    MILWAUKEE, Jan. 27 -- The Board of Directors of Johnson
Controls, Inc. today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of
$0.25 per common share.  The dividend is payable March 31, 1999 to
shareholders of record March 12, 1999.
    Johnson Controls has paid consecutive dividends since 1885.
    The company also announced that three corporate officers were elected
Corporate Vice Presidents.  They are Ben C.M. Bastianen, Vice President and
Treasurer; Patrick J. Dennis, Vice President and Corporate Controller; and
Subhash (Sam) Valanju, Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
    Johnson Controls is a global market leader in automotive systems and
facility management and control.  In the automotive market, it is a major
supplier of seating and interior systems, and batteries.  For nonresidential
facilities, Johnson Controls provides building control systems and services,
energy management and integrated facility management.  Johnson Controls,
founded in 1885, has headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis.  Its sales for 1998
totaled $12.6 billion.