TE Connectivity plc filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 1, 2025, TE Connectivity plc (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the closing of the Transaction (as defined below). The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously disclosed, on February 11, 2025, the Company entered into a Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with TE Connectivity Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Buyer”), Relay Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Relay”) and certain other parties thereto, pursuant to which a subsidiary of the Company would acquire the Richards Manufacturing business through the acquisition of Relay and its subsidiaries. The Company is party to the Transaction Agreement solely in its capacity as guarantor of certain of Buyer’s obligations under the Transaction Agreement.
The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction”) were consummated on April 1, 2025.
The foregoing description of the Transaction Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Transaction Agreement, a copy of which will be filed with the Company’s next Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2025.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Description | |
| 99.1* | Press release issued April 1, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
* The press release may contain hypertext links to information on the Company’s website or Relay’s website. The information on the Company’s website and Relay’s website is not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K and does not constitute a part of this Form 8-K.
SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: April 1, 2025 |
TE CONNECTIVITY PLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Harold G. Barksdale | ||
| Name: | Harold G. Barksdale | ||
| Title: | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | ||