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8-K filed December 22, 2023, 6:59 PM ET ticker ESI CIK 0001590714
debt confidence high sentiment neutral materiality 0.45

Element Solutions Inc (ESI): debt financing — Element Solutions refinances $1.15B term loans, converts $760M to fixed-rate euro debt, EVP retires

Element Solutions Inc

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Departed

Michael Goralski

Executive Vice President, Head of Industrial & Specialty
ESI · Element Solutions Inc
Effective
2023-12-31
Filed
December 22, 2023, 6:59 PM ET
Michael Goralski, a named executive officer of the Company, retired as Executive Vice President, Head of Industrial & Specialty, effective December 31, 2023.

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Debt Financings SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04 confidence 0.9

Element Solutions Inc incurred term loan of $1,150 million with Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent and administrative agent at Term SOFR plus a spread of 2.00% per annum maturing December 18, 2030.

Instrument
term loan
Principal
$1,150 million
Counterparty
Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent and administrative agent
Rate
Term SOFR plus a spread of 2.00% per annum
Maturity
December 18, 2030
Event
incurrence
Exact text from the filing
Amendment No. 8 provided for the repayment in full of the Company's existing $150 million tranche A term loans (the "Existing TLAs") and the refinancing of its existing $1,105 million tranche B term loans (the "Existing TLBs") by creating a new tranche B-2 of term loans denominated in U.S. dollars in an aggregate principal amount of $1,150 million (the "Refinanced TLBs").
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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Michael Goralski retired as Executive Vice President, Head of Industrial & Specialty at Element Solutions Inc.

Action
retired
Role
Executive Vice President, Head of Industrial & Specialty
Exact text from the filing
Michael Goralski, a named executive officer of the Company, retired as Executive Vice President, Head of Industrial & Specialty, effective December 31, 2023.
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.98

Element Solutions Inc amended Amendment No. 8 and Joinder to Credit Agreement with Citibank, N.A. valued at $1,150,000,000 Refinanced TLBs; interest at Term SOFR plus 2.00% or base rate plus 1.00% (effective 2023-12-18).

Action
amendment
Agreement
credit facility
Counterparty
Citibank, N.A.
Value
$1,150,000,000 Refinanced TLBs; interest at Term SOFR plus 2.00% or base rate plus 1.00%
Effective
2023-12-18
Exact text from the filing
On December 18, 2023, Element Solutions Inc (the "Company"), MacDermid, Incorporated ("MacDermid," and together with the Company, the "Borrowers"), certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent and administrative agent (the "Agent"), and the lenders party thereto, entered into an Amendment No. 8 and Joinder to Credit Agreement ("Amendment No. 8"), which amended that certain credit agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the Company from time to time parties thereto, the Agent and the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto.
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.95

Element Solutions Inc entered into ISDA Master Agreements for Swaps with certain banks included in the syndicate of the Refinanced TLBs (the Hedge Counterparties) valued at approximately $760 million notional; fixed EUR all-in rate of 4.31% (effective 2023-12-18).

Action
entry
Counterparty
certain banks included in the syndicate of the Refinanced TLBs (the Hedge Counterparties)
Value
approximately $760 million notional; fixed EUR all-in rate of 4.31%
Effective
2023-12-18
Exact text from the filing
The Company subsequently entered into new interest rate and cross-currency swap transactions (the "Swaps") with certain banks included in the syndicate of the Refinanced TLBs (the "Hedge Counterparties").
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accession 0001590714-23-000085
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