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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 15, 2026
ADIENT PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Ireland | 001-37757 | 98-1328821 | ||||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) | ||||||
25, North Wall Quay Dublin 1, Ireland D01 H104 | ||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | ||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 734-254-5000
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary Shares, par value $0.001 | ADNT | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. | ||||
On January 15, 2026 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), Adient US LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Lead Borrower”), Adient Global Holdings S.à.r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (together with the Lead Borrower, the “Borrowers” and each, a “Borrower”), Adient plc (“Parent”) and certain of Parent’s other subsidiaries entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2019 (as amended prior to the Amendment Effective Date, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and, as amended by the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrowers, each of the lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Agent”).
The Amendment, among other changes, reduces the interest rate margin applicable thereunder to 2.00%, in the case of Term SOFR loans, and 1.00%, in the case of Base Rate loans. The total loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement as of the Amendment Effective Date of $624,000,000 remained unchanged. The obligations under the Credit Agreement continue to be guaranteed on a secured basis by Parent and certain of its material wholly-owned restricted subsidiaries.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant | ||||
The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | |||||||
| 10.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ADIENT PLC | ||||||||
| Date: January 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Heather M. Tiltmann | ||||||
| Name: | Heather M. Tiltmann | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer, and Corporate Secretary | |||||||