{"id":911895,"date":"2025-11-19T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/artisan-partners-global-value-releases-statement-on-axalta\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:01:56","slug":"artisan-partners-global-value-releases-statement-on-axalta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/artisan-partners-global-value-releases-statement-on-axalta\/","title":{"rendered":"Artisan Partners Global Value Releases Statement on Axalta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"left\">MILWAUKEE, Nov.  19, 2025  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Artisan Partners Global Value Team, which manages approximately $35 billion in discretionary investment client assets, today released a statement regarding the proposed merger of Akzo Nobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (NYSE: AXTA). Client accounts managed by the Global Value team hold roughly 1.4 million shares of Axalta common stock. The full text of the statement is as follows:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Yesterday, Akzo Nobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. announced they had entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock \u201cmerger of equals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This strikes me as an about-face so severe that I wonder if the members of the Axalta Board of Directors need neck braces. I know I need one.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Less than a month ago, on the third quarter conference call, CEO Chris Villavarayan and CFO Carl Anderson noted the exceptional financial performance of Axalta even in the face of industry headwinds, a likely improvement in operating conditions in 2026 and a valuation so attractive, it made sense to allocate all free cash flow to share repurchases.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">On that call, Chris said, and I quote directly:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">This marks 12 consecutive quarters of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin growth year over year.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">Net leverage was maintained at 2.5x, remaining the lowest in Axalta\u2019s history.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">In the fourth quarter we expect to accelerate our share repurchase strategy by repurchasing up to $250m of our stock. Upon completion, we would have deployed over 90% of our free cash flow to share repurchases this year.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">We expect to deliver record adjusted diluted earnings per share and adjusted EBITDA.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">Next year we\u2019re planning for an improved Refinish demand environment in North America as claims stabilize and destocking headwinds abate. We continue to gain new body shops and are excited about our growth opportunities.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">The leading indicators (for Refinish) are starting to turn positive.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">So I think the right market environment is starting to switch. So I certainly believe \u201926 will be a different place as we start the year for Refinish.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">We expect to repurchase a significant amount of Axalta stock given my confidence on where we can take the business in the years to come. I\u2019m more excited than ever.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">The good news is really the multiple that BASF was sold for. It really shows the valuation that the \u2013 let\u2019s call it, that Axalta is undervalued. And I think going back to Carl\u2019s comments, this is why we\u2019re doubling down on buying 90% of our free cash flow, using that to buy back shares.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">Carl said:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">We continue to see just tremendous value of repurchasing shares at this point.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">Again, where our trading multiples are right now, M&amp;A is a little bit more challenging.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify\">We have a big belief in where we can continue to take this company as it relates to earnings, and what the future will bring.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">Actually, never mind all that. Let\u2019s just go ahead and sell the company to Akzo Nobel for 10x earnings. We are struggling to comprehend what is happening here. Axalta and Akzo Nobel are calling this a \u201cmerger of equals,\u201d but let\u2019s call it what it really is: selling out of a cheap business that is performing well and taking the currency of a company that has never done well, one that has far inferior assets and financial performance.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Akzo Nobel is notable only in its track record of value stagnation. The numbers speak for themselves. This is a company whose earnings and adjusted earnings per share are lower over one-, five- and ten-year periods. The only thing growing at Akzo Nobel is the suffering of its owners.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">To be abundantly clear, this is the currency which shareholders are being asked to accept and the rickety wagon to which we are being asked to hitch the majority of our investment going forward.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:36.0057%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:13.0279%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:24.0515%;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">YTD<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width:36%;width:36.0057%;min-width:36%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:1%;width:1.00215%;min-width:1%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:1%;width:1.00215%;min-width:1%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12.0258%;min-width:12%;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u>2015<\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12.0258%;min-width:12%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u>2019<\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:1%;width:1.00215%;min-width:1%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12.0258%;min-width:12%;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u>2024<\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12.0258%;min-width:12%;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u>2024<\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12.0258%;min-width:12%;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">\n            <u>2025<\/u>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:1%;width:1.00215%;min-width:1%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:36.0057%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:13.0279%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:36.0057%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Revenue<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u20ac 14,859<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u20ac 9,276<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u20ac 10,711<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u20ac 8,092<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">\u20ac 7,786<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:37.0079%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Operating Income<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,573<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">841<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">917<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">790<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">377<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:37.0079%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Net Income<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,060<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">555<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">592<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">556<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">66<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:37.0079%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Free Cash flow<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">518<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(168<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">367<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">83<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">244<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:37.0079%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">FCF per share<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">2.07<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">(0.79<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">2.15<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">0.49<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1.43<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:36.0057%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">net debt<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">1,226<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">802<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4,066<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4,069<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4,028<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:36.0057%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:13.0279%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:36.0057%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">adj. EPS<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">4.02<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;padding-right: 0;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">3.10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">3.88<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">3.33<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%;text-align: right;vertical-align: middle\">3.07<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:36.0057%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:13.0279%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"width:50.0358%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">Source: Akzo Nobel Annual Reports<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:13.0279%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.0258%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1.00215%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">As an Axalta shareholder, we believe the only proper response to this proposed transaction is an absolute and resounding \u201cNO.\u201d Should any other buyers be interested in stepping forward at a price that comes closer than 3,240 miles (the distance between Amsterdam and Philadelphia) to fair value, we would be very interested in having a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>The Artisan Partners Global Value Team is led by Daniel O\u2019Keefe, Managing Director, and Michael McKinnon, Managing Director.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Press Inquiries<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Eileen Kwei<br \/>800.399.1770<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=27Y8kcbdhxbLVjSvoXq9m5TA7vFeQ2kz0-h-uKOprljR9c9VT8jaBPbdmjVYRPrKAVAam3p9DUP3JMrsxP157_aPaCR-IZLV2gqEXJgFbf3Gmp9QzztOHmprvdsDVXc8bqGPBlRAii6i8ZHDC6IA_g==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">eileen.kwei@artisanpartners.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=OTU3OTI1OCM3MjczOTE4IzUwMDAyNDU4Mw==\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/ZGM5ZTFjYTEtY2ZiMC00ZjMwLTk5YzAtOTRiMTFjMjVmNzAwLTUwMDAyNDU4My0yMDI1LTExLTE5LWVu\/tiny\/Artisan-Partners-Asset-Managem.png\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Artisan Partners Global Value Team, which manages approximately $35 billion in discretionary investment client assets, today released a statement regarding the proposed merger of Akzo Nobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 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