Betty C. Alewine, who has served on the Board of Directors of Rockwell Automation Inc. since 2000, informed the Company on October 10, 2018 of her intention to retire from the Board, with the retirement effective October 10, 2018. Her decision to retire was not as a result of any disagreement with the Company or its management. On October 15, 2018, the Board took the following actions in connection with Ms. Alewine’s retirement: (i) the Board reduced the number of directors of the Company from twelve to eleven in accordance its Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, (ii) the Board appointed Lawrence D. Kingsley, who currently serves as a member of the Technology Committee of the Board, as the Chair of that Committee to fill the position given Ms. Alewine’s departure from that position, and (iii) the Board appointed Lisa A. Payne as a member of the Board Composition and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board given Ms. Alewine’s departure from that Committee. In connection with Ms. Payne’s appointment as a member of the Board Composition and Corporate Governance Committee, she will no longer serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.