---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001616862-22-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXTA"
cik: "0001616862"
company_name: "Axalta Coating Systems Ltd."
filed_at: "2022-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T20:14:58.148682+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axalta appoints Jan Bertsch to Board; director Elizabeth Lempres to step down

## Summary
- Jan Bertsch, former SVP and CFO of Owens-Illinois, appointed independent director effective Sep 13, 2022.
- Bertsch will serve on Audit Committee; receives $75k annual cash stipend and prorated RSUs (~$60k).
- Elizabeth Lempres stepping down effective Sep 15, 2022; no disagreement cited.
- Board size will be 8 members after Lempres departure; 4 of 8 appointed since 2020.
- Board refreshment process ongoing with independent search firm.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001616862-22-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXTA
- cik: 0001616862
- company_name: Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
- filed_at: 2022-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000161686222000033/0001616862-22-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000161686222000033/axta-20220827.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616862-22-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616862-22-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616862-22-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jan Annette Bertsch was appointed as Director at Axalta Coating Systems Ltd..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the appointment of Jan Annette Bertsch to fill the newly-created vacancy
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000161686222000033/0001616862-22-000033-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Cahill Lempres departed as Director at Axalta Coating Systems Ltd..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Director
  source text: Elizabeth Cahill Lempres informed the Board that she is stepping down as a member of the Board, effective as of September 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000161686222000033/0001616862-22-000033-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.