Form: 8-K

Current report filing

June 1, 2020

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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) June 1, 2020
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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Shares, $1.00 par value
 
AXTA
 
New York Stock Exchange
(Title of class)
 
(Trading symbol)
 
(Exchange on which registered)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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.
 
 
 
 
 





Item 8.01. Other Events.
On June 1, 2020, Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (the “Company”) announced that two of its indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries, Axalta Coating Systems, LLC and Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B B.V. (collectively, the “Issuers”), are commencing an offering of $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”), subject to market and other conditions, in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes are expected to be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and each of the Company’s existing restricted subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. The Issuers expect to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes and to pay related transaction costs and expenses.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibit.
This Current Report is for information purposes only and is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. When issued, the Notes the Issuers intend to offer will not have been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
104
 
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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:
June 1, 2020
By:
/s/ Sean M. Lannon
 
 
 
Sean M. Lannon
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer