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): August 11, 2021
TransDigm Group Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-32833 | 41-2101738 | ||||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
| 1301 East 9th Street, | Suite 3000, | Cleveland, | Ohio | 44114 | |||||||||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||||||||||||||
(216) 706-2960
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class: | Trading Symbol: | Name of each exchange on which registered: | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | TDG | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
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).
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. | ||||
On August 11, 2021, TransDigm Group Incorporated (the “Company”) issued an announcement (the “Rule 2.4 Announcement”) pursuant to Rule 2.4 of the U.K. City Code on Takeovers and Mergers confirming that it is in the preliminary stages of evaluating Meggitt PLC (“Meggitt”) concerning a possible combination.
A copy of the Rule 2.4 Announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1), is being furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by a specific reference in such filing.
| Forward-Looking Statements | ||
The statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause TransDigm Group’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, TransDigm Group. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: the possible combination will not be pursued; the failure to satisfy the conditions of a possible combination if and when implemented (including approvals or clearances from regulatory and other agencies and bodies) on a timely basis or at all; the inability of the combined company to realize successfully any anticipated synergy benefits when (and if) the possible combination is implemented; the inability of the (post-combination) combined company to integrate successfully the Company’s and Meggitt’s operations when (and if) the possible combination is implemented and the combined company incurring and/or experiencing unanticipated costs and/or delays or difficulties relating to the possible combination when (and if) it is implemented. Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results can be found in TransDigm Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 and other reports that TransDigm Group or its subsidiaries have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, TransDigm Group undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||||||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (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.
| TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Halle Martin | ||||||||||
| Name: | Halle Martin | ||||||||||
| Title: | General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary | ||||||||||
Dated: August 11, 2021