13D Filing: Blue Harbour Group and Adient PLC (ADNT)

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Item 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER
This statement on Schedule 13D (this “Schedule 13D“) relates to the ordinary shares, par value $0.001 (the “Ordinary Shares“), of Adient plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (the “Issuer“).  The address of the Issuer’s principal executive office is 25-28 North Wall Quay, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Item 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
(a) This Schedule 13D is being filed by and on behalf of (i) Blue Harbour Group, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Manager“), (ii) Blue Harbour Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Manager GP“), and (iii) Clifton S. Robbins, a citizen of the United States of America (“Mr. Robbins“).  Manager, Manager GP and Mr. Robbins are herein sometimes referred to each as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as “Reporting Persons“.
(b) The principal business address of Manager and Manager GP is 646 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, and Mr. Robbins’ business address is c/o Manager at the foregoing address.
(c) Manager is principally involved in the business of providing investment advisory and investment management services.  Manager GP is principally involved in the business of serving as the general partner of Manager. Mr. Robbins is the Chief Executive Officer of Manager.

(d) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons nor,
to the best of their knowledge, any of their officers and directors, has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
violations or similar misdemeanors).

(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons nor, to the best of their knowledge, any of their officers and directors, has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceedings was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) The Manager is a Delaware limited partnership. Manager GP is a Delaware limited liability company. Mr. Robbins is a citizen of the United States.
Item 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
The Reporting Persons used $406,286,466 (excluding brokerage commissions) in the aggregate to purchase the Ordinary Shares reported in this Schedule 13D.
The source of the funds used to acquire the Ordinary Shares reported herein is the working capital of the Manager, which at any given time may include funds borrowed on margin in the ordinary course and on customary terms.

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