UNITED STATES
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FORM
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
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Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Element Solutions Inc (“Element”) amends Element's Current Report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2026 (the “Original Report”). This Amendment is being filed solely to correct typographical errors in the previously filed version of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 6, 2026, by and among Element, Solstice Advanced Materials Inc., Solar Merger Sub One Inc. and Solar Merger Sub Two LLC, and replace in its entirety Exhibit 2.1 filed with the Original Report with the correct version of Exhibit 2.1 filed herewith. Other than as described above, this Amendment does not amend any other information previously filed in the Original Report.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 6, 2026, by and among Element Solutions Inc, Solstice Advanced Materials Inc., Solar Merger Sub One Inc. and Solar Merger Sub Two LLC.* | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
* Schedules and/or exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Instruction 4 to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K. Element agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedules and/or exhibits to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request.
SIGNATURES
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.
| ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC. | |||
| Date: July 8, 2026 | By: | /s/ Caroline S. Lind | |
| Name: | Caroline S. Lind | ||
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | ||