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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): September 30, 2026
Trinseo PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Ireland | | 001-36473 | | N/A |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
440 East Swedesford Road, Suite 301,
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(610) 240-3200
(Telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of Each Class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange
on which registered |
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share | TSEOF | N/A |
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 5.07Other Events.
On September 30, 2026, Trinseo PLC (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The Annual General Meeting was adjourned to this date because a quorum was not present on September 23, 2026, the date originally established for the Annual General Meeting. Pursuant to Article 88 of the Company’s Constitution, if at an adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within one hour from the start of such adjourned meeting, the shareholders present shall constitute a quorum. A total of 491,031 shares were present or represented by proxy at the Annual General Meeting, which pursuant to Article 88 of the Company’s Constitution constituted a quorum. The Company’s shareholders voted on the following proposals and cast their votes as set forth below.
Annual General Meeting Proposal One: Election of Eleven Directors
The Company’s shareholders approved the election of eleven director nominees to serve a term expiring at the end of the 2027 annual general meeting of shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:
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Name | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
K’Lynne Johnson | 488,160 | 2,871 | 0 | 0 |
Joseph Alvarado | 488,160 | 2,871 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Bozich | 490,580 | 451 | 0 | 0 |
Victoria Brifo | 488,160 | 2,871 | 0 | 0 |
Jeffrey Cote | 487,709 | 3,322 | 0 | 0 |
Jeanmarie Desmond | 488,160 | 2,871 | 0 | 0 |
Matthew Farrell | 487,709 | 3,322 | 0 | 0 |
Carol Flaton | 491,031 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jill Frizzley | 491,031 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sandra Beach Lin | 488,160 | 2,871 | 0 | 0 |
Henri Steinmetz | 487,709 | 3,322 | 0 | 0 |
Annual General Meeting Proposal Two: Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officers Compensation
The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:
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For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
488,146 | 2,885 | 0 | 0 |
Annual General Meeting Proposal Three: Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s shareholders ratified the audit committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to be the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026, and to authorize, by binding vote, the Audit Committee of the Board to set its auditors’ remuneration by the votes set forth in the table below:
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For | Against | Abstain |
491,031 | 0 | 0 |
Following the tabulation of votes and completion of business, the Annual General Meeting was further adjourned to a date to be determined in the future.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
The Company held an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) on September 30, 2026. The Extraordinary General Meeting was adjourned to this date because a quorum was not present on September 23, 2026, the date originally established for the Extraordinary General Meeting. As was previously disclosed, the Extraordinary General Meeting was convened pursuant to Section 1111 of the Irish Companies Act 2014, which requires an extraordinary general meeting to be convened to consider whether any, and if so what, measures should be taken in a situation where the net assets of a public limited company are half or less of the amount of the public limited company’s called-up share capital. No resolutions were proposed and no substantive matters were presented for a vote or otherwise acted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
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.
| TRINSEO PLC |
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| By: | /s/ Angelo Chaclas |
| Name: | Angelo Chaclas |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
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Date: September 30, 2026 | | |
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