Exhibit 99.1
MKS Instruments Completes Repricing on its Secured Term Loan B USD and EUR Tranches and Makes a $100 Million
Voluntary Prepayment on its Secured Term Loan B USD
Andover, MA, January 24, 2025 -- MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, announced today that it successfully completed the repricing of its $2.5 billion and €0.6 billion secured tranche B term loans maturing in 2029. The repricing results in a reduction of the interest rate for the USD tranche B term loans from SOFR plus a margin of 225 basis points to SOFR plus 200 basis points and EUR tranche B term loans from EURIBOR plus a margin of 275 basis points to EURIBOR plus 250 basis points.
In addition, concurrently with the repricing, MKS made a voluntary prepayment of $100 million on its USD tranche B term loans, reducing the principal amount of USD tranche B term loans from $2.6 billion to $2.5 billion.
Based on the current interest rates, the annualized cash interest savings from the combined actions is approximately $15 million.
“We continue to demonstrate our commitment to deleveraging our balance sheet,” said Ram Mayampurath, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. “Our latest term loan B repricing is one of many actions taken over the last 18 months to proactively seek opportunities to reduce costs and maximize free cash flow to repay debt.”
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., and PNC Bank, National Association acted as the joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the tranche B term loan repricing.
About MKS Instruments
MKS Instruments enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading edge semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity and enable unique innovations for many of the world’s leading technology and industrial companies. Our solutions are critical to addressing the challenges of miniaturization and complexity in advanced device manufacturing by enabling increased power, speed, feature enhancement, and optimized connectivity. Our solutions are also critical to addressing ever-increasing performance requirements across a wide array of specialty industrial applications. Additional information can be found at www.mks.com.
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