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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-234929"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:27:01.763223+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst completes $1.1B sale of Performance Chemicals, redeems $295M notes, changes name

## Summary
- Sale of Performance Chemicals to Sparta Aggregator L.P. closed for $1.1B in cash, effective Aug 1, 2021.
- Redeemed $295M of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 at 102.875% of principal plus accrued interest.
- Repaid approximately $231.3M term loan under Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement.
- Company renamed Ecovyst Inc.; common stock begins trading under ticker ECVT on Aug 3, 2021.
- Albert Beninati Jr. ceased as President, Performance Chemicals; unvested equity awards modified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-234929
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 2.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312521234929/0001193125-21-234929-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312521234929/d176226d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-234929.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Albert Beninati Jr. departed as President, Performance Chemicals at Ecovyst Inc..
  - Action: ceased to be an officer
  - Role: President, Performance Chemicals
  source text: At the closing of the Transaction discussed in Item 2.01 above, Albert Beninati Jr., President, Performance Chemicals ceased to be an officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312521234929/0001193125-21-234929-index.htm

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