secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD (EAF)
CIK:        0000931148
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000931148-24-000127
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

GrafTech launches exchange offers for $950M notes due 2028; seeks covenant removal
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- Exchange offers to swap $500M 4.625% notes and $450M 9.875% notes due 2028 for new second lien notes due 2029.
- Consent solicitations to eliminate substantially all restrictive covenants and release collateral; requires 50% and 66.7% thresholds.
- Supporting Noteholders holding ~89% of 4.625% notes and ~72% of 9.875% notes have agreed to tender and consent.
- Exchange offers expire Dec 20, 2024; acceptance conditioned on at least 80% aggregate tender of existing notes.
- New notes rank pari passu with senior debt and are secured by a second-priority lien on company assets.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114824000127/0000931148-24-000127-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114824000127/gti-20241121.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-24-000127

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