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) August 3, 2016
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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 3, 2016, Gregor P. Böhm resigned from the Board of Directors of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (“Axalta”) in accordance with the terms of Axalta’s Principal Stockholders Agreement following the sale by investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) of 41,621,996 Axalta common shares in August 2016, representing all of Carlyle’s remaining ownership interest in Axalta.






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:
August 3, 2016
By:
/s/ Michael F. Finn
 
 
 
Michael F. Finn
 
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &
Corporate Secretary