---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-183753"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDG"
cik: "0001260221"
company_name: "TransDigm Group INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T11:05:56.716972+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TransDigm declares $90/share special dividend, raises $5B in new debt

## Summary
- Special cash dividend of $90.00 per share; record date Sept 2, 2025; payment date Sept 12, 2025.
- Issued $500M 6.25% senior secured notes due 2034, $2B 6.75% senior subordinated notes due 2034, and $2.5B term loans at SOFR+2.5% due 2032.
- Proceeds from debt offering, plus cash on hand, will fund the special dividend and related fees.
- CEO Kevin Stein stated the payout is part of ongoing balance sheet management to deliver returns comparable to private equity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-183753
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDG
- cik: 0001260221
- company_name: TransDigm Group INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1260221/000119312525183753/0001193125-25-183753-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1260221/000119312525183753/d49796d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  TransDigm Group INC incurred senior notes of $500 million with qualified institutional buyers / non-U.S. persons at 6.250% per annum maturing January 31, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $500 million
  - Counterparty: qualified institutional buyers / non-U.S. persons
  - Rate: 6.250% per annum
  - Maturity: January 31, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: completed the previously announced offerings of an aggregate of $5,000 million of new debt, consisting of $500 million of 6.250% Senior Secured Notes maturing January 31, 2034 (the “Secured Notes”), $2,000 million of 6.750% Senior Subordinated Notes maturing January 31, 2034 (the “Subordinated Notes” and, together with the Secured Notes, the “Notes”) and $2,500 million of new tranche M term loans (the “New Term Loans”) maturing August 19, 2032.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1260221/000119312525183753/0001193125-25-183753-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  TransDigm Group INC incurred term loan of $2,500 million with not specified at not specified maturing August 19, 2032.
  - Instrument: term loan
  - Principal: $2,500 million
  - Counterparty: not specified
  - Rate: not specified
  - Maturity: August 19, 2032
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: completed the previously announced offerings of an aggregate of $5,000 million of new debt, consisting of $500 million of 6.250% Senior Secured Notes maturing January 31, 2034 (the “Secured Notes”), $2,000 million of 6.750% Senior Subordinated Notes maturing January 31, 2034 (the “Subordinated Notes” and, together with the Secured Notes, the “Notes”) and $2,500 million of new tranche M term loans (the “New Term Loans”) maturing August 19, 2032.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1260221/000119312525183753/0001193125-25-183753-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  TransDigm Group INC incurred convertible notes of $2,000 million with qualified institutional buyers / non-U.S. persons at 6.750% per annum maturing January 31, 2034.
  - Instrument: convertible notes
  - Principal: $2,000 million
  - Counterparty: qualified institutional buyers / non-U.S. persons
  - Rate: 6.750% per annum
  - Maturity: January 31, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: completed the previously announced offerings of an aggregate of $5,000 million of new debt, consisting of $500 million of 6.250% Senior Secured Notes maturing January 31, 2034 (the “Secured Notes”), $2,000 million of 6.750% Senior Subordinated Notes maturing January 31, 2034 (the “Subordinated Notes” and, together with the Secured Notes, the “Notes”) and $2,500 million of new tranche M term loans (the “New Term Loans”) maturing August 19, 2032.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1260221/000119312525183753/0001193125-25-183753-index.htm

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