Form: 8-K

Current report filing

May 5, 2016



 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 4, 2016
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Bermuda
001-36733
98-1073028
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Suite 3600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
 
(855) 547-1461
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 
 
 
 
 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2016 Annual General Meeting of Members (the “AGM”) of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (“Axalta”) was held on May 4, 2016. The matters that were voted upon at the AGM and the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, as applicable, are set forth below.
At the AGM, Axalta’s members: (i) elected three Class II directors, each for a term expiring at Axalta’s 2019 Annual General Meeting of Members; (ii) approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of Axalta's named executive officers ("Say on Pay") for 2015; and (iii) approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Axalta's independent registered public accounting firm and auditor until the conclusion of the 2017 Annual General Meeting of Members and the delegation of authority to Axalta's Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to fix the terms and remuneration thereof.
Election of Class II Directors:
 
 
Name
Votes For
Votes
Withheld
Broker-Non-
Votes
Andreas C. Kramvis
207,540,206
13,803,699
5,720,488
Gregory S. Ledford
187,952,816
33,391,089
5,720,488
Martin W. Sumner
187,481,132
33,862,773
5,720,488
Say on Pay for 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Broker Non-
Votes
Abstentions
 
147,924,608
73,253,992
5,720,488
165,305
Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP:
 
 
 
Votes For
Votes
Withheld
 
Abstentions
 
221,059,504
5,971,521
 
33,368






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
May 5, 2016
By:
/s/ Michael F. Finn
 
 
 
Michael F. Finn
 
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &
Corporate Secretary