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accession: "0001628280-25-058244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXTA"
cik: "0001616862"
company_name: "Axalta Coating Systems Ltd."
filed_at: "2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:34:51.019383+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Axalta grants $3.5M in retention bonuses to three executives in connection with AkzoNobel merger

## Summary
- CFO Carl Anderson II receives $1,360,009; Hadi Awada $1,040,130; Troy Weaver $1,084,837.
- Retention bonuses vest at six months after closing of Axalta-AkzoNobel merger.
- Payment contingent on continued employment and compliance with restrictive covenants.
- Bonuses forfeited if closing does not occur; pro-rated in some termination scenarios.
- Cash bonuses, not equity, and not part of regular compensation or benefit calculations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-058244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXTA
- cik: 0001616862
- company_name: Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
- filed_at: 2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000162828025058244/0001628280-25-058244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000162828025058244/axta-20251215.htm

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