8-K: Current report filing
Published on March 18, 2024
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) March 18, 2024
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 18, 2024, Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B B.V. and Axalta Coating Systems U.S. Holdings, Inc., as borrowers, Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (the “Company”), Axalta Coating Systems U.S., Inc. and certain other 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 Fourteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 14”), which amended that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2013 (as amended, the "Credit Agreement").
Amendment No. 14 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 2.50% to 2.00% 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. 14 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of Amendment No. 14 does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of Amendment No. 14.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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* 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: | March 18, 2024 | By: | /s/ Carl D. Anderson II | ||||||||
| Carl D. Anderson II | |||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||