---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-120390"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001364885"
company_name: "Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:35:11.791381+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spirit AeroSystems issues $1.2B of 9.75% notes due 2030 to refinance its 7.5% 2025 notes

## Summary
- Issued $1.2B of 9.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2030; interest payable semiannually May 15 and Nov 15.
- Tender offer accepted $1.108B of $1.2B outstanding 7.500% 2025 Notes; remaining $91.8M to be redeemed Dec 1, 2023.
- New notes are second-lien secured; Sixth Supplemental Indenture grants equal security to existing 2026 Notes.
- Proceeds fund the tender offer, related premiums/fees, and general corporate purposes.
- Refinancing extends debt maturity from 2025 to 2030 at a higher coupon (9.75% vs 7.50%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-120390
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001364885
- company_name: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364885/000110465923120390/0001104659-23-120390-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364885/000110465923120390/tm2331155d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-120390.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. incurred senior notes of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent at 9.750% per year maturing November 15, 2030.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent
  - Rate: 9.750% per year
  - Maturity: November 15, 2030
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (“Spirit”) entered into an Indenture (the “Indenture”), by and among Spirit, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and Spirit AeroSystems North Carolina, Inc. (“Spirit NC”), as guarantors (Spirit NC together with the Company, the “Guarantors”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, in connection with Spirit’s offering of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of its 9.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364885/000110465923120390/0001104659-23-120390-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. entered into Sixth Supplemental Indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (effective 2023-11-21).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
  - Effective: 2023-11-21
  source text: On November 21, 2023, Spirit entered into a Sixth Supplemental Indenture (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), by and among Spirit, the Company, Spirit NC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee in connection with Spirit’s 3.850% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364885/000110465923120390/0001104659-23-120390-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. entered into Indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. valued at $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount (effective 2023-11-21).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
  - Value: $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2023-11-21
  source text: On November 21, 2023, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (“Spirit”) entered into an Indenture (the “Indenture”), by and among Spirit, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and Spirit AeroSystems North Carolina, Inc. (“Spirit NC”), as guarantors (Spirit NC together with the Company, the “Guarantors”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364885/000110465923120390/0001104659-23-120390-index.htm

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