Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2024

Jun 24, 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) June 21, 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).

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Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 21, 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 Fifteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 15”), which amended that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2013 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).

Amendment No. 15 amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, increase commitments available pursuant to the revolving credit facility from $550 million to $800 million and extend the maturity of the revolving credit facility from May 2026 to June 2029, provided that such date would be accelerated in certain circumstances as set forth in the Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 15.

A copy of Amendment No. 15 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of Amendment No. 15 does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of Amendment No. 15.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1*	Fifteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2024, among Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B B.V., Axalta Coating Systems U.S. Holdings, Inc., Axalta Coating Systems U.S., Inc., certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto, certain lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
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.

/s/ Carl D. Anderson II
Carl D. Anderson II
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer