Form: 8-K

Current report filing

August 18, 2023

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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) August 18, 2023
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.)

50 Applied Bank Blvd, Suite 300, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania 19342
(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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 18, 2023, Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (the “Company”), Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B B.V. and Axalta Coating Systems U.S. Holdings, Inc. (together, the “Borrowers”), Axalta Coating Systems U.S., Inc., certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as guarantors, certain lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, entered into the Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 13”), which amended that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2013, among, among others, the Borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).
Amendment No. 13 amended the Credit Agreement to lower the interest rate spread applicable to the term loan under the Credit Agreement, which will continue to be based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), from 3.00% to 2.50% and to make related changes to effect such repricing. The other material terms of the Credit Agreement, including the outstanding principal amount and maturity date of the term loan, remain unchanged.
A copy of Amendment No. 13 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of Amendment No. 13 does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of Amendment No. 13.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
    (d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.   Description
10.1*
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

* Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Company agrees to furnish a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.





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: August 18, 2023 By: /s/ Brian A. Berube
Brian A. Berube
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary