UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _______ to _______ Commission File Number 1-1687 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 25-0730780 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) One PPG Place Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15272 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 412 434-3131 Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) which registered Common Stock – Par Value $1.66 2/3 PPG New York Stock Exchange 0.875% Notes due 2022 PPG 22 New York Stock Exchange 0.875% Notes due 2025 PPG 25 New York Stock Exchange 1.400% Notes due 2027 PPG 27 New York Stock Exchange Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒ Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Date File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) 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. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒ The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2020, was $25,002 million. 2 As of January 31, 2021, 236,788,855 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, with a par value of $1.66 /3 per share, were outstanding. As of that date, the aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates was $31,863 million. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Incorporated By Document Reference In Part No. Portions of PPG Industries, Inc. Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders......................................... III 2020 PPG ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 10-K 1 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES As used in this report, the terms “PPG,” “Company,” “Registrant,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to PPG Industries, Inc., and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, unless the context indicates otherwise. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Part I Item 1. Business 3 Item 1A. Risk Factors 9 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 13 Item 2. Properties 13 Item 3. Legal Proceedings 13 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 15 Part II Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases 16 of Equity Securities Item 6. Selected Financial Data 16 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 16 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 29 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 31 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 76 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 76 Item 9B. Other Information 76 Part III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 76 Item 11. Executive Compensation 76 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder 76 Matters Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 77 Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 77 Part IV Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 77 Item 16. Form 10-K Summary 80 Signatures 81 Note on Incorporation by Reference Throughout this report, various information and data are incorporated by reference from the Company’s 2020 Annual Report (hereinafter referred to as “the Annual Report”). Any reference in this report to disclosures in the Annual Report shall constitute incorporation by reference only of that specific information and data into this Form 10-K. 2020 PPG ANNUAL REPORT AND 10-K 2 Part I Item 1. Business PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes a broad range of paints, coatings and specialty materials. PPG was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1883. PPG’s vision is to be the world’s leading coatings company by consistently delivering high-quality, innovative and sustainable solutions that customers trust to protect and beautify their products and surroundings. PPG has a proud heritage and demonstrated commitment to innovation, sustainability, community engagement and developing leading-edge paint, coatings and specialty materials technologies. Through dedication and industry-leading expertise, we solve our customers’ biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward. PPG is a global leader, serving customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets with manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates in more than 70 countries. PPG supplies coatings and specialty materials to customers in a wide array of end-uses, including industrial equipment and components; packaging material; aircraft and marine equipment; automotive original equipment; automotive refinish; pavement marking products; as well as coatings for other industrial and consumer products. PPG also serves commercial and residential new build and maintenance customers by supplying coatings to painting and maintenance contractors and directly to consumers for decoration and maintenance. The coatings industry is highly competitive and consists of several large firms with global presence and many firms supplying local or regional markets. PPG competes in its primary markets with the world’s largest coatings companies, most of which have global operations, and many regional coatings companies. PPG’s business is comprised of two reportable business segments: Performance Coatings and Industrial Coatings as described below: 2020 PPG ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 10-K 3 PERFORMANCE COATINGS Strategic Main Distribution Business Unit Products Primary End-uses Methods Primary Brands Coatings, sealants, transparencies, transparent armor, Commercial, Aerospace adhesives, engineered military, regional jet Direct to customers Coatings materials, packaging and and general and company-owned PPG® chemical management aviation aircraft distribution network services for the aerospace industry PPG®, GLIDDEN®, COMEX®, Architectural OLYMPIC®, DULUX® (in Canada), Coatings SIKKENS®, PPG PITTSBURGH Company-owned PAINTS®, MULCO®, FLOOD®, Americas Painting and LIQUID NAILS®, SICO®, and Asia stores, home centers maintenance and other regional or RENNER®, TAUBMANS®, WHITE Pacific contractors and KNIGHT®, BRISTOL®, HOMAX® national consumer among others Paints, wood stains, consumers for retail outlets, paint adhesives and purchased decoration and dealers, SIGMA®, HISTOR®, Architectural sundries maintenance of SEIGNEURIE®, GUITTET®, concessionaires, PEINTURES GAUTHIER®, Coatings residential and independent Europe, commercial building RIPOLIN®, JOHNSTONE’S®, structures distributors and direct LEYLAND®, PRIMALEX®, Middle East to consumers DEKORAL®, TRILAK®, and Africa PROMINENT PAINTS®, GORI®, (EMEA) BONDEX®, and DANKE!® among others Automotive and commercial transport/fleet repair Automotive Coatings, solvents, and refurbishing, Independent Refinish adhesives, sealants, light industrial distributors and direct PPG®, SEM®, SPRINT® Coatings sundries, software coatings and to customers specialty coatings for signs Metal fabricators, heavy duty Direct to customers, Protective Coatings and finishes for maintenance company-owned and Marine the protection of metals contractors and architectural coatings PPG® Coatings and structures manufacturers of stores, independent ships, bridges and distributors and rail cars concessionaires Government, Paints,