NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Feb. 2, 2017--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its 'BBB+' issue-level rating to Cork, Ireland-based Johnson Controls International PLC's proposed $500 million senior unsecured notes due 2047. The company expects to use the proceeds from these notes for general corporate purposes. All of our other ratings on Johnson Controls International remain unchanged. For our complete corporate credit rating rationale, please see our most research update on Johnson Controls International PLC, published Aug. 25, 2016, on RatingsDirect. RELATED CRITERIA Criteria - Corporates - General: Methodology And Assumptions: Liquidity Descriptors For Global Corporate Issuers, Dec. 16, 2014 Criteria - Corporates - General: Corporate Methodology: Ratios And Adjustments, Nov. 19, 2013 Criteria - Corporates - General: Corporate Methodology, Nov.