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Adient acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Adient bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Nantong Yanfeng Adient Seating Trim Co., Ltd. ("YFAT") Word for word“Adient completed the acquisition of Nantong Yanfeng Adient Seating Trim Co., Ltd. ("YFAT") from KEIPER Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.” 10-K for 2023	agreed acquisition	—	—
two joint ventures in China held directly by Adient, each representing 25% of their equity Word for word“Adient also completed in fiscal 2023 the transfer of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in two joint ventures in China held directly by Adient, each of which represents 25 % of their total issued and outstanding equity interests, to Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Company Ltd.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	fiscal 2023	—
assets in Turkey Word for word“The sale of the assets in France was completed in fiscal 2021 for minimal proceeds while the sale of the assets in Turkey was completed in fiscal 2022 for total proceeds of $ 46 million, of which $ 36 million was collected at closing, and $ 10 million was collected later in fiscal 2022.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	fiscal 2022	total proceeds of $ 46 million
Yanfeng transaction (sale of 49.99% interest in YFAS and related joint ventures) Word for word“As a result of the 2021 Yanfeng Transaction, Adient received net cash proceeds of $ 1,141 million ($ 489 million in September 2021 and $ 652 million in December 2021) for the sale of Adient’s 49.99 % interest in YFAS to Yanfeng, $ 100 million as the final cash dividend from YFAS, $ 59 million for the sale of Adient’s ownership interests in the 3 other related joint ventures, $ 54 million for granting a license of intellectual property to Yanfeng for use on a non-exclusive and perpetual basis, and a business consulting fee of $ 13 million.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	2021	net cash proceeds of $ 1,141 million
CQADNT and LFADNT Word for word“Adient also made a net payment of $ 211 million to Yanfeng related to the purchase CQADNT and LFADNT (the purchase price of $ 271 million, less $ 60 million cash acquired) on the Closing Date.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	—	purchase price of $ 271 million, less $ 60 million cash acquired
Chongqing Boxun Industrial Co., Ltd. 25% interest in CQADNT Word for word“Boxun exercised its option in October 2021, and Adient acquired Boxun’s 25 % interest effective January 2022.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	January 2022	—
Shenyang Jinbei Adient Automotive Components Co., Ltd. (SJA) 50% equity interest Word for word“On March 31, 2021, Adient sold its 50 % equity interest in Shenyang Jinbei Adient Automotive Components Co., Ltd.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	March 31, 2021	—
Technotrim, Inc. Word for word“During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, Adient acquired all of the noncontrolling interest in Technotrim, Inc. (“Technotrim”) for a value of $ 28 million and sold all of its partially-owned interests in Setex, Inc. and Setex SRL (together as “Setex”) for a value of $ 27 million.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	During the first quarter of fiscal 2025	$ 28 million
Setex, Inc. and Setex SRL Word for word“During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, Adient acquired all of the noncontrolling interest in Technotrim, Inc. (“Technotrim”) for a value of $ 28 million and sold all of its partially-owned interests in Setex, Inc. and Setex SRL (together as “Setex”) for a value of $ 27 million.” 10-K for 2025	divestiture	During the first quarter of fiscal 2025	$ 27 million

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Cash received from selling businesses	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-09-30	$0	$18 million	$284 million
2017-09-30	$247 million	$0	$284 million
2018-09-30	$0	$0	−$15 million
2019-09-30	$0	$0	—
2020-09-30	$0	$499 million	—
2021-09-30	$211 million	$785 million	$188 million
2022-09-30	$19 million	$740 million	—
2023-09-30	$6 million	$5 million	$13 million
2024-09-30	$0	—	$5 million
2025-09-30	$0	—	—

Deal filings since 2016

2026-08-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2026-01-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-10-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-02-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-12-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-02-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-03-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-11-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-02-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-04-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-03-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-08-26 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2020-06-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-01-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-05-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-02-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-02-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-11-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-05-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-11-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-11-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

Read from Adient’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-11-18. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.