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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001097149-22-000069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALGN"
cik: "0001097149"
company_name: "ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T22:41:35.329740+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Align Technology amends credit facility: extends maturity to Dec 2027, relaxes covenants, switches to SOFR

## Summary
- Extended maturity of $300M unsecured revolver from July 2023 to December 2027.
- Removed minimum interest coverage covenant; max leverage ratio raised from 3.00x to 3.50x.
- Replaced LIBOR with adjusted term SOFR; margins: SOFR 0.875%-1.375%, base rate 0.000%-0.375%.
- Reduced benchmark rate floor from 1.00% to 0.00%; no loans outstanding as of closing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001097149-22-000069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALGN
- cik: 0001097149
- company_name: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714922000069/0001097149-22-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714922000069/algn-20221223.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC amended credit facility of $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders at adjusted term SOFR benchmark interest rate with applicable margin for SOFR loans maturing December 23, 2027.
  - Instrument: credit facility
  - Principal: $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility
  - Counterparty: Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders
  - Rate: adjusted term SOFR benchmark interest rate with applicable margin for SOFR loans
  - Maturity: December 23, 2027
  - Event: amendment
  source text: After giving effect to the Amendment, the Credit Agreement continues to provide for a $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a $50.0 million letter of credit subfacility. As of the Closing Date, the Company had no revolving loans or letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Agreement. Among other things, the Amendment amends the Credit Agreement in order to (i) extend the expiration date of the commitments under the Credit Agreement from July 21, 2023 to December 23, 2027, (ii) remove the requirement that the Company comply with a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio financial covenant for quarters ending after the effective date of the Amendment, (iii) increase the maximum consolidated total leverage ratio that the Company must comply with from 3.00 to 1.00 to 3.50 to 1.00, (iv) amend the interest rate provisions to replace the existing LIBOR benchmark interest rate with an adjusted term SOFR benchmark interest rate, (v) provide for the applicable margin
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714922000069/0001097149-22-000069-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC amended Second Amendment to Credit Agreement with the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent valued at $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a $50.0 million letter of credit subfacility (effective 2022-12-23).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent
  - Value: $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a $50.0 million letter of credit subfacility
  - Effective: 2022-12-23
  source text: On December 23, 2022 (the “ Closing Date ”), Align Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “ Amendment ”), which amends the Company’s Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2020, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company that may become party thereto from time to time as guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714922000069/0001097149-22-000069-index.htm

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