8-K: Current report filing
Published on March 21, 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 19, 2024
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
|
(Commission
File Number)
|
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
|
||||||
(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.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| (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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Director Robert M. McLaughlin to Retire
On March 19, 2024, current director Robert M. McLaughlin informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (the “Company”) that he does not intend to stand for re-election to the Board at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Members (the "2024 AGM") and that he is retiring from the Board when his term as a director expires at the 2024 AGM. Mr. McLaughlin’s decision was not a result of any disagreement with the Company.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 21, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. McLaughlin's decision to retire from the Board and not to stand for re-election at the 2024 AGM. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information furnished in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 99 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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 21, 2024 | By: | /s/ Alex Tablin-Wolf | ||||||||
| Alex Tablin-Wolf | |||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||