---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-26-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:08:57.020334+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle extends credit agreement maturity to 2028, removes SOFR adjustment

## Summary
- Maturity date extended to the later of October 28, 2028 or one year after any permitted extension.
- 0.10% SOFR adjustment eliminated from interest rate calculation on SOFR-based loans.
- Number of maturity extension options reduced from two to one under Section 2.15.
- Amendment executed on March 19, 2026, with Bank of America as administrative agent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-26-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000057/0000915913-26-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000057/alb-20260319.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ALBEMARLE CORP amended Third Amendment with Bank of America, N.A. (effective 2026-03-19).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A.
  - Effective: 2026-03-19
  source text: On March 19, 2026, Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”), Albemarle Europe Srl, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, entered into the third amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to that certain amended and restated credit agreement dated as of October 28, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591326000057/0000915913-26-000057-index.htm

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