Form: 8-K

Current report filing

June 11, 2024

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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 6, 2024
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.)

1050 Constitution Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112
(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 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Members (“AGM”) of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (“Axalta”) was held on June 6, 2024. The matters that were voted upon by Axalta’s members 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 nine directors, each for a term expiring at Axalta’s 2025 Annual General Meeting of Members (the “2025 AGM”); (ii) approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Axalta’s independent registered public accounting firm and auditor until the conclusion of the 2025 AGM and the delegation of authority to Axalta’s Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the terms and remuneration thereof; and (iii) approved the compensation of Axalta’s named executive officers (“Say on Pay”) for 2023.

Election of Nine Directors:
Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker-Non-Votes
Jan A. Bertsch 199,077,776 3,485,507 4,460,808
William M. Cook 201,328,232 1,235,051 4,460,808
Tyrone M. Jordan 197,463,581 5,099,702 4,460,808
Deborah J. Kissire 195,006,994 7,556,289 4,460,808
Rakesh Sachdev 189,180,274 11,629,515 6,214,302
Samuel L. Smolik 201,282,356 1,280,927 4,460,808
Kevin M. Stein 201,960,118 603,165 4,460,808
Chris Villavarayan 201,780,523 782,760 4,460,808
Mary S. Zappone 202,014,268 549,015 4,460,808

Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
204,930,123 1,775,744 318,225

Say on Pay for 2023:
Votes For
Votes Against
Broker Non-Votes
Abstentions
199,495,080 2,739,459 4,460,808 328,744





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 11, 2024 By: /s/ Alex Tablin-Wolf
Alex Tablin-Wolf
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary