Every material Form 8-K Adient filed with the SEC in 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Adient reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 results for the period ended September 30, 2025. Quarterly net sales rose to $3,688 million from $3,562 million, but net income attributable to Adient fell to $18 million from $79 million, and full-year results included a net loss of $281 million driven by $392 million in restructuring and impairment costs.
Q4 net sales $3,688 million vs. $3,562 million a year earlier
Q4 diluted EPS $0.22 vs. $0.91; adjusted diluted EPS $0.52 vs. $0.68
Full year net loss attributable to Adient of $281 million (diluted EPS -$3.39) vs. net income of $18 million, including a $333 million goodwill impairment
Q4 adjusted EBITDA $226 million vs. $235 million; full-year adjusted EBITDA $881 million vs. $880 million
Adient amended its revolving credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as agent, extending the maturity date to five years from October 17, 2025 and reducing aggregate commitments to $1,000,000,000. The obligations remain guaranteed on a secured basis by Adient plc and certain material wholly-owned restricted subsidiaries, so the change affects the company's borrowing terms rather than its reported results.
Amendment No. 5 to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated November 2, 2022, effective October 17, 2025
Maturity date extended to five years from the Amendment Effective Date
Aggregate commitments reduced to $1,000,000,000
Obligations continue to be guaranteed on a secured basis by the Company and certain material wholly-owned restricted subsidiaries
Adient reported results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2025, in a news release furnished as Exhibit 99.1. Net sales rose to $3,741 million from $3,716 million, and net income attributable to Adient was $36 million, compared with a loss of $11 million a year earlier, which lifts diluted earnings per share to $0.43 from a loss of $0.12.
Net sales were $3,741 million for the quarter, up from $3,716 million a year earlier.
Net income attributable to Adient was $36 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, versus a loss of $11 million, or $0.12 per share, in the prior-year quarter.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.45, up from $0.32, and adjusted EBITDA was $226 million, up from $202 million.
Free cash flow was $115 million for the quarter, up from $88 million, but $70 million for the nine months, down from $86 million.
Adient reported a net loss attributable to Adient of $335 million, or $3.99 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared with a loss of $70 million, or $0.77 per share, a year earlier. Net sales fell to $3.61 billion from $3.75 billion, and restructuring and impairment costs rose to $351 million, including a $333 million goodwill impairment. Adjusted diluted earnings per share rose to $0.69 from $0.54, so shareholders face a larger reported loss alongside higher adjusted profit.
Net sales were $3.61 billion, down from $3.75 billion a year earlier.
Net loss attributable to Adient was $335 million, or $3.99 per diluted share, versus $70 million, or $0.77 per share.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.69, up from $0.54; adjusted EBITDA was $233 million, up from $227 million.
Cash used by operating activities was $45 million, and net debt was $1.64 billion at March 31, 2025.
At its 2025 Annual General Meeting on March 11, 2025, Adient shareholders elected eight directors for one-year terms, ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for fiscal 2025, and approved an amended 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The amended plan raises the maximum shares authorized for issuance by 3,331,000 ordinary shares, to a total of 4,931,000, which could affect existing shareholders' ownership levels.
Eight directors were elected for terms expiring at the 2026 annual meeting; Frederick A. Henderson received 73,315,918 for votes and 325,165 against.
The amended Omnibus Incentive Plan was approved with 71,451,894 for votes and 2,182,739 against, plus 75,349 abstentions and 3,608,343 broker non-votes.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2025 with 75,843,844 for votes and 1,393,928 against.
Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, executive compensation with 69,581,353 for votes and 4,061,410 against.
Adient Global Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adient plc, entered into an indenture for $795 million of 7.500% senior unsecured notes maturing February 15, 2033. Proceeds, together with cash on hand, will redeem its 4.875% senior unsecured notes in full and pay related fees and expenses. The filing does not state the redeemed notes' total amount or any effect on Adient's earnings, but it adds new debt with a 7.500% coupon in place of 4.875% notes.
Notes: $795 million principal, 7.500% coupon, maturing February 15, 2033
Interest payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, starting August 15, 2025
Proceeds plus cash on hand to redeem 4.875% senior unsecured notes in full
Early redemption before February 15, 2028 requires a make-whole premium; change of control triggers a 101% repurchase offer
Adient reported first-quarter fiscal 2025 results for the three months ended December 31, 2024, with net sales of $3,495 million, down from $3,660 million a year earlier. Net income attributable to Adient was zero, compared with $20 million a year earlier, and adjusted diluted earnings per share fell to $0.27 from $0.31, so shareholders saw lower sales and weaker profit on both reported and adjusted measures.
Net sales were $3,495 million versus $3,660 million in the prior-year quarter.
Net income attributable to Adient was zero (shown as a dash) versus $20 million; diluted EPS was zero versus $0.21.
Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.27 versus $0.31; adjusted EBITDA was $196 million versus $216 million.
Net debt rose to $1,542 million at December 31, 2024, from $1,460 million at September 30, 2024; free cash flow was $45 million versus negative $14 million a year earlier.
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