---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037646-22-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTD"
cik: "0001037646"
company_name: "METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/"
filed_at: "2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T00:39:13.760703+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mettler Toledo issues $150M 5.45% Senior Notes due 2033

## Summary
- Issued $150M aggregate principal of 5.45% Series 2023-A Senior Notes, maturing March 1, 2033.
- Interest payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1, beginning September 1, 2023.
- Prepayment allowed at 100% of principal plus accrued interest and possible make-whole premium.
- Covenants require consolidated interest coverage >3.00x and net leverage <3.50x (or <4.00x during acquisition holiday).
- Proceeds to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037646-22-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTD
- cik: 0001037646
- company_name: METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/
- filed_at: 2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764622000036/0001037646-22-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764622000036/mtd-20221216.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037646-22-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037646-22-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037646-22-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/ incurred senior notes of $150 million at 5.45% maturing March 1, 2033.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $150 million
  - Rate: 5.45%
  - Maturity: March 1, 2033
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company will issue and sell, in a private placement, $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.45% Series 2023-A Senior Notes due March 1, 2033 (the “Notes”) on March 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764622000036/0001037646-22-000036-index.htm

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