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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the year ended December 31, 2024

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to ______

Commission file number 000-54863

EATON CORPORATION plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ireland98-1059235
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(IRS Employer Identification Number)
Eaton House,30 Pembroke Road,Dublin 4,IrelandD04 Y0C2
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
+3531637 2900
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary shares ($0.01 par value)ETNNew York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☑

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer," “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☑Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐
Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

The aggregate market value of Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2024 was $124.8 billion.

As of January 31, 2025, there were 392.0 million Ordinary Shares outstanding.

Documents Incorporated By Reference

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2025 annual shareholders meeting are incorporated by reference into Part III.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I2
Item 1.Business2
Item 1A.Risk Factors5
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments7
Item 1C.Cybersecurity8
Item 2.Properties8
Item 3.Legal Proceedings8
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures8
Item 4A.Information about our Executive Officers9
Part II11
Item 5.Market for the Registrant's Ordinary Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities11
Item 6.[Reserved]12
Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations12
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk12
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data12
Item 9.Change in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure12
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures12
Item 9B.Other Information12
Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.12
Part III13
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance13
Item 11.Executive Compensation13
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters13
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence13
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services13
Part IV14
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules14
Item 16.Form 10-K Summary18
SIGNATURES19

Part I

Next: Item 1. Business.