---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001670541-23-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADNT"
cik: "0001670541"
company_name: "Adient plc"
filed_at: "2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T03:25:29.150158+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Adient issues $1B in notes (7% secured, 8.25% unsecured) to refinance debt

## Summary
- Issued $500M 7.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 and $500M 8.250% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2031.
- Proceeds to redeem $700M of 3.50% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 and prepay $350M of Term Loan Facility.
- Secured Notes guaranteed by Adient plc and certain subsidiaries, secured pari passu with Term Loan.
- Unsecured Notes are senior and guaranteed on a pari passu unsecured basis by the same guarantors.
- Interest payable semi-annually April 15 and October 15, starting October 15, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001670541-23-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADNT
- cik: 0001670541
- company_name: Adient plc
- filed_at: 2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054123000082/0001670541-23-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054123000082/adnt-20230314.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001670541-23-000082.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Adient plc entered into Secured Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $500 million (effective 2023-03-14).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Value: $500 million
  - Effective: 2023-03-14
  source text: Adient Global Holdings Ltd (“ Adient Global Holdings ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adient plc (“ Adient ”), entered into an indenture (the “ Secured Indenture ”) relating to the issuance of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.000% Senior Secured Notes (the “ Secured Notes ”), by and between Adient Global Holdings and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054123000082/0001670541-23-000082-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Adient plc entered into Unsecured Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $500 million (effective 2023-03-14).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Value: $500 million
  - Effective: 2023-03-14
  source text: On March 14, 2023, Adient Global Holdings entered into an indenture (the “ Unsecured Indenture ”) relating to the issuance of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 8.250% Senior Unsecured Notes (the “ Unsecured Notes ”), by and between Adient Global Holdings and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054123000082/0001670541-23-000082-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Adient plc entered into Supplemental Secured Indenture with certain of Adient’s subsidiaries (effective 2023-03-14).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: certain of Adient’s subsidiaries
  - Effective: 2023-03-14
  source text: certain of Adient’s subsidiaries that executed a supplemental indenture to the Secured Indenture on March 14, 2023 (the “ Supplemental Secured Indenture ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054123000082/0001670541-23-000082-index.htm

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