---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-232585"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHC"
cik: "0001822479"
company_name: "Sotera Health Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:10:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:36:50.715074+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sotera Health reprices $1.42B term loans, reduces spread by 25 bps to SOFR+2.25%

## Summary
- Amendment No. 7 refinances $1,415,914,726 of term loans; interest spread cut 0.25% to Adjusted Term SOFR + 2.25%.
- New term loans amortize at 1.00% per annum and mature on May 30, 2031.
- Soft call premium of 1.00% applies to repricing transactions within six months of effective date.
- Proceeds plus cash on hand used to repay all existing term loans in full.
- Transaction closed May 20, 2026; no event of default occurred.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-232585
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHC
- cik: 0001822479
- company_name: Sotera Health Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:10:41+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000119312526232585/0001193125-26-232585-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000119312526232585/d107933d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Sotera Health Co amended term loan of $1,415,914,725.62 with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as first lien Administrative Agent at Adjusted Term SOFR plus 2.25% maturing May 30, 2031.
  - Instrument: term loan
  - Principal: $1,415,914,725.62
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as first lien Administrative Agent
  - Rate: Adjusted Term SOFR plus 2.25%
  - Maturity: May 30, 2031
  - Event: amendment
  source text: Among other changes, the Amendment provides that the Refinancing Lenders will provide term loans (the “Repriced Term Loans”) to SHH in an aggregate principal amount of $1,415,914,725.62. The Amendment reduces the interest rate spread by 0.25% across term loans under the facility. The Repriced Term Loans shall have an applicable interest rate margin equal to
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000119312526232585/0001193125-26-232585-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Sotera Health Co entered into Amendment No. 7 to the First Lien Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. valued at aggregate principal amount of $1,415,914,725.62; interest rate margin Adjusted Term SOFR plus 2.25%, (effective 2026-05-20).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  - Value: aggregate principal amount of $1,415,914,725.62; interest rate margin Adjusted Term SOFR plus 2.25%,
  - Effective: 2026-05-20
  source text: On May 20, 2026, Sotera Health Company (the “Company”), Sotera Health Holdings, LLC (“SHH”), certain subsidiaries of the Company, each 2026 Refinancing Term Lender (the “Refinancing Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as first lien Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) entered into Amendment No. 7 (the “Amendment”) to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of December 13, 2019, by and among the Company, SHH, the Administrative Agent and the lenders and issuing banks party thereto (the “Credit Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000119312526232585/0001193125-26-232585-index.htm

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