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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): March 8, 2022

ADIENT PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland001-3775798-1328821
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification Number)
 25-28 North Wall Quay, IFSC
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 classTrading symbol(s)Name of exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.001ADNTNew York Stock Exchange


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Adient plc (“Adient”) held its 2022 Annual General Meeting on March 8, 2022. The independent inspector of elections for the 2022 Annual General Meeting delivered its final tabulation of voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the 2022 Annual General Meeting, certifying on March 8, 2022 the voting results set forth below.

Proposal One:

Adient’s shareholders elected, by separate resolutions, the following nine directors for a period of one year, expiring at the end of Adient’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2023, by the following votes:

NomineeForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote
Julie L. Bushman80,334,8412,284,80451,6294,067,260
Peter H. Carlin80,058,1082,550,02363,1434,067,260
Raymond L. Conner77,243,9325,326,906100,4364,067,260
Douglas G. Del Grosso81,971,484408,380291,4104,067,260
Ricky T. Dillon 80,599,4982,011,69160,0854,067,260
Richard Goodman81,509,8641,106,81754,5934,067,260
José M. Gutiérrez81,477,0171,094,27999,9784,067,260
Frederick A. Henderson68,177,40814,431,16862,6984,067,260
Barb J. Samardzich80,332,2382,286,13052,9064,067,260

Proposal Two:

Adient’s shareholders ratified, by non-binding advisory vote, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Adient’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2022 and authorized, by binding vote, the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the auditors’ remuneration by the following vote:

ForAgainst
Abstain
84,079,7382,563,46195,335

Proposal Three:

Adient’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Adient’s named executive officers by the following vote:

ForAgainst
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
80,115,6282,448,176107,4704,067,260

Proposal Four:

Adient’s shareholders approved the renewal of the Board of Directors’ authority to issue shares under Irish law by the following vote:

ForAgainst
Abstain
85,270,5461,319,188148,800




Proposal Five:

Adient’s shareholders approved the renewal of the Board of Directors’ authority to opt-out of statutory preemption rights under Irish law by the following vote:

ForAgainst
Abstain
86,053,416522,271162,847



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: March 10, 2022By:/s/ Heather M. Tiltmann
Name:Heather M. Tiltmann
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer, and Corporate Secretary


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