---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-222468"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDG"
cik: "0001260221"
company_name: "TransDigm Group INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:43:38.763524+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TransDigm declares $75/share special dividend; issues $3B debt to fund it

## Summary
- Special cash dividend of $75 per share declared; record date Oct 4, 2024, payment date Oct 18, 2024.
- Issued $1.5B of 6.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2033 and $1.5B of term loans at SOFR+2.5% due 2032.
- Proceeds from debt issuance used to fund the special dividend, dividend equivalent payments, and related fees.
- CEO states dividend aligns with goal of delivering private-equity-like returns to shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-222468
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDG
- cik: 0001260221
- company_name: TransDigm Group INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1260221/000119312524222468/0001193125-24-222468-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1260221/000119312524222468/d887611d8k.htm

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