axta-20210511

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) May 11, 2021

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.)

Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Suite 3600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

(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)

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Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 11, 2021, 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 lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, entered into the Tenth Amendment (“Amendment No. 10”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2013, among 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. 10 amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, increase commitments available pursuant to the revolving credit facility from $400.0 million to $550.0 million and extend the maturity of the revolving credit facility to May 11, 2026, provided that such date will be accelerated in certain circumstances as set forth in Amendment No. 10.

A copy of Amendment No. 10 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of Amendment No. 10 does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of Amendment No. 10.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.						Description

10.1*						Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2021, 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 lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
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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:	May 12, 2021	By:	/s/ Sean M. Lannon
			Sean M. Lannon
			Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits