---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-013561"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRKR"
cik: "0001109354"
company_name: "BRUKER CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T04:08:22.688976+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bruker Corp enters note purchase agreement for CHF 100M senior notes due 2036/2039

## Summary
- CHF 50M 2.60% Series A Senior Notes due April 15, 2036 and CHF 50M 2.62% Series B due April 15, 2039.
- Notes are unsecured, guaranteed by certain subsidiaries; covenants include leverage ratio ≤3.50x and interest coverage ≥2.50x.
- Proceeds to be used for acquisitions, refinancing of existing debt, and general corporate purposes.
- Closing expected on or about April 15, 2024, subject to customary conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-013561
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRKR
- cik: 0001109354
- company_name: BRUKER CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017024013561/0000950170-24-013561-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017024013561/brkr-20240212.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-013561.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  BRUKER CORP incurred senior notes of CHF 50 million aggregate principal amount of 2.60% Series A Senior Notes due April 15, 2036 and CHF 50 million aggregate with institutional accredited investors named therein at 2.60% and 2.62% maturing April 15, 2036 and April 15, 2039.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: CHF 50 million aggregate principal amount of 2.60% Series A Senior Notes due April 15, 2036 and CHF 50 million aggregate
  - Counterparty: institutional accredited investors named therein
  - Rate: 2.60% and 2.62%
  - Maturity: April 15, 2036 and April 15, 2039
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On February 8, 2024, Bruker Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a note purchase agreement among the Company and the institutional accredited investors named therein (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will issue and sell (i) CHF 50 million aggregate principal amount of 2.60% Series A Senior Notes due April 15, 2036 (the “Series A Notes”) and (ii) CHF 50 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.62% Series B Senior Notes due April 15, 2039 (the “Series B Notes” together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017024013561/0000950170-24-013561-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  BRUKER CORP entered into Note Purchase Agreement with unknown valued at Not specified in excerpt (effective 2024-02-12).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Value: Not specified in excerpt
  - Effective: 2024-02-12
  source text: Terms used in this Item 1.01 and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Note Purchase Agreement. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15 or October 15, 2024. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017024013561/0000950170-24-013561-index.htm

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