Debt | Debt Our long-term debt, net and finance lease and other financing obligations as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted of the following: As of December 31, Maturity Date 2022 2021 Term Loan (1) September 20, 2026 $ 446,834 $ 451,465 4.875% Senior Notes (2) October 15, 2023 — 500,000 5.625% Senior Notes November 1, 2024 400,000 400,000 5.0% Senior Notes October 1, 2025 700,000 700,000 4.375% Senior Notes February 15, 2030 450,000 450,000 3.75% Senior Notes February 15, 2031 750,000 750,000 4.0% Senior Notes April 15, 2029 1,000,000 1,000,000 5.875% Senior Notes September 1, 2030 500,000 — Less: debt discount, net of premium (3,360) (5,207) Less: deferred financing costs (29,916) (26,682) Less: current portion (1) (254,630) (4,630) Long-term debt, net $ 3,958,928 $ 4,214,946 Finance lease and other financing obligations $ 26,583 $ 28,767 Less: current portion (1,841) (2,203) Finance lease and other financing obligations, less current portion $ 24,742 $ 26,564 _______________________________ (1) On February 6, 2023, we prepaid $250.0 million of outstanding principal on our Term Loan balance. Accordingly, that portion of the term loan principal balance has been presented in current portion of long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. (2) The 4.875% Senior Notes were redeemed on September 28, 2022. Fiscal year 2022 transactions On June 23, 2022, certain of our indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Sensata Technologies, Inc. ("STI"), Sensata Technologies Intermediate Holding B.V. ("STIHBV"), and Sensata Technologies B.V. (“STBV”), entered into an amendment (the “Eleventh Amendment”) to (i) the credit agreement, dated as of May 12, 2011 (as amended, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), and (ii) the Foreign Guaranty, dated as of May 12, 2011. Refer to discussion under the heading Secured Credit Facility below for additional information regarding the Eleventh Amendment. On August 29, 2022, STBV completed the issuance and sale of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2030 (the "5.875% Senior Notes"). The 5.875% Senior Notes bear interest at 5.875% per year and mature on September 1, 2030. Interest is payable semi-annually on September 1 and March 1 of each year, commencing on March 1, 2023. The 5.875% Senior Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of August 29, 2022, among STBV, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and our guarantor subsidiaries named therein (the "5.875% Senior Notes Indenture"). The 5.875% Senior Notes are guaranteed by each of STBV's wholly-owned subsidiaries that is a borrower or guarantor under the senior secured credit facilities (the "Senior Secured Credit Facilities") of STI and an issuer or a guarantor under our existing senior notes as follows: STBV's $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2024 (the "5.625% Senior Notes"), $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.0% senior notes due 2025 (the "5.0% Senior Notes"), and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.0% senior notes due 2029 (the "4.0% Senior Notes"); and STI's $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.375% senior notes due 2030 (the "4.375% Senior Notes") and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% senior notes due 2031 (the "3.75% Senior Notes"). Refer to discussion under the heading Senior Notes below for additional information regarding the issuance of the 5.875% Senior Notes. On September 28, 2022, we redeemed in full the $500.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding on our 4.875% senior notes due 2023 (the "4.875% Senior Notes") in accordance with the terms of the indenture under which the 4.875% Senior Notes were issued, at a price of 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 4.875% Senior Notes (which includes the applicable premium), plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the redemption date. Fiscal Year 2021 transactions On March 5, 2021, we redeemed the $750.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding on the 6.25% senior notes due 2026 (the "6.25% Senior Notes") in accordance with the terms of the indenture under which the 6.25% Senior Notes were issued and the terms of the notice of redemption, at a redemption price equal to 103.125% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the redemption date. In addition to the $750.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding, at redemption we paid a premium of $23.4 million and accrued interest of $2.6 million. On March 29, 2021, our indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, STBV, completed the issuance and sale of $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.0% senior notes due 2029, issued under an indenture dated as of March 29, 2021 among STBV, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and our guarantor subsidiaries (the "Guarantors") named therein (the "4.0% Senior Notes Indenture"). On April 8, 2021, STBV completed the issuance and sale of an additional $250.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.0% senior notes due 2029, which were priced at 100.75% and were issued pursuant to the 4.0% Senior Notes Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 8, 2021, among STBV, the Guarantors, and the Trustee. The 4.0% senior notes due 2029 issued in March 2021 have the same terms as those issued in April 2021, other than with respect to the date of issuance and the issue price. The two issuances of 4.0% senior notes are consolidated and form a single class of 4.0% Senior Notes due 2029. Refer to discussion under the heading Senior Notes below for additional information regarding these transactions. Secured Credit Facility The Credit Agreement provides for the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, consisting of a term loan facility (the "Term Loan"), a revolving credit facility, and incremental availability under which additional secured credit facilities could be issued under certain circumstances. All obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries and secured by substantially all present and future property and assets of STBV and its guarantor subsidiaries. On June 23, 2022, we entered into the Eleventh Amendment, which amended the Credit Agreement as follows: (i) increased the aggregate principal amount of the revolving credit facility under the Credit Agreement (the "Revolving Credit Facility") to $750.0 million; (ii) extended the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility to June 23, 2027 (which could be accelerated to June 22, 2026 if, prior to June 22, 2026, the Term Loan is not refinanced with a maturity date that is on or after June 23, 2027); (iii) released the Foreign Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement), excluding STBV, from their obligations to guarantee the obligations of STI and the other Loan Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement) relating to the Revolving Credit Facility and certain related obligations, subject to an obligation to reinstate such guaranties under certain conditions; (iv) replaced the LIBOR-based interest rates referenced by the Credit Agreement regarding revolving credit loans to (a) for revolving credit loans denominated in U.S. dollars, an interest rate based on the secured overnight financing rate ("SOFR") published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (b) for revolving credit loans denominated in pounds sterling, an interest rate based on the Sterling Overnight Index Average ("SONIA"); and (v) certain of the operational and restrictive covenants and other terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement were modified to provide STI and its affiliates increased flexibility and permissions thereunder. The Credit Agreement provides that, if our senior secured net leverage ratio exceeds a specified level, we are required to use a portion of our excess cash flow, as defined in the Credit Agreement, generated by operating, investing, or financing activities to prepay the outstanding borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. The Credit Agreement also requires mandatory prepayments of the outstanding borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities upon certain asset dispositions and casualty events, in each case subject to certain reinvestment rights, and the incurrence of certain indebtedness (excluding any permitted indebtedness). These provisions were not triggered during the year ended December 31, 2022. Term Loan The principal amount of the Term Loan amortizes in equal quarterly installments in an aggregate annual amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan upon completion of the tenth amendment of the Credit Agreement entered into on September 20, 2019 (the "Tenth Amendment,") with the balance due at maturity. In accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, as of December 31, 2022, the Term Loan may, at our option, be maintained from time to time as a Base Rate loan or a Eurodollar Rate loan (each as defined in the Credit Agreement), with each representing a different determination of interest rates. The interest rate margins for the Term Loan are fixed at, and as of December 31, 2022 were, 0.75% and 1.75% for Base Rate loans and Eurodollar Rate loans, respectively, subject to floors of 1.00% and 0.00% for Base Rate loans and Eurodollar Rate loans, respectively. As of December 31, 2022, we maintained the Term Loan as a Eurodollar Rate loan, which accrued interest at 5.87%. On January 4, 2023, we entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Twelfth Amendment”) that will change the referenced rates related to the Term Loan to the SOFR and SONIA, effective in April 2023. Revolving Credit Facility In accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility may, at our option, be maintained from time to time as Base Rate loans, Term SOFR loans, or Daily Simple SONIA loans (each as defined in the Credit Agreement), with each representing a different determination of interest rates. The interest rate margins and letter of credit fees under the Revolving Credit Facility are as follows (each depending on our senior secured net leverage ratio): (i) the interest rate margin for Base Rate loans range from 0.00% to 0.50%; (ii) the interest rate margin for Term SOFR and Daily Simple SONIA loans range from 1.00% to 1.50%; and (iii) the letter of credit fees range from 0.875% to 1.375%. We are required to pay to our revolving credit lenders, on a quarterly basis, a commitment fee on the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee ranges from 0.125% to 0.250%, depending on our senior secured net leverage ratios. As of December 31, 2022, there was $746.1 million available under the Revolving Credit Facility, net of $3.9 million of obligations in respect of outstanding letters of credit issued thereunder. Outstanding letters of credit are issued primarily for the benefit of certain operating activities. As of December 31, 2022, no amounts had been drawn against these outstanding letters of credit. Availability under the Revolving Credit Facility may be borrowed, repaid, and re-borrowed to fund our working capital needs and for other general corporate purposes. Senior Notes We have various tranches of senior unsecured notes outstanding as of December 31, 2022. Information regarding these senior notes (together, the "Senior Notes") is included in the following table. The Senior Notes were issued under indentures (the "Senior Notes Indentures") among the issuers listed in the table below, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and our guarantor subsidiaries named in the respective Senior Notes Indentures. 5.625% Senior Notes 5.0% Senior Notes 4.375% Senior Notes 3.75% Senior Notes 4.0% Senior Notes 5.875% Senior Notes Aggregate principal amount $400,000 $700,000 $450,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 Interest rate 5.625% 5.000% 4.375% 3.750% 4.000% 5.875% Issue price 100.000% 100.000% 100.000% 100.000% Various (1) 100.000% Issuer STBV STBV STI STI STBV STBV Issue date October 2014 March 2015 September 2019 August 2020 Various (1) August 2022 Interest due May 1 April 1 February 15 February 15 April 15 September 1 Interest due November 1 October 1 August 15 August 15 October 15 March 1 __________________________ (1) On March 29, 2021, we issued $750.0 million of 4.0% Senior Notes that were priced at 100.00%. On April 8, 2021, we issued $250.0 million of 4.0% Senior Notes that were priced at 100.75%. Redemption - General Upon the occurrence of certain specific change in control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase the Senior Notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. If changes in certain tax laws or treaties, or any change in the official application, administration, or interpretation thereof, of any relevant taxing jurisdiction become effective that would impose withholding taxes or other deductions on the payments of any of the Senior Notes or the guarantees thereof, we may, at our option, redeem the relevant Senior Notes in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, premium, if any, and all additional amounts (as described in the relevant Senior Notes Indenture), if any, then due and which will become due on the date of redemption. Except as described below with respect to the 4.375% Senior Notes, 3.75% Senior Notes, the 4.0% Senior Notes, and the 5.875% Senior Notes, at any time, and from time to time, we may optionally redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but excluding, the date of redemption, plus a "make-whole" premium set forth in the relevant Senior Notes Indenture. Redemption - 4.375% Senior Notes The "make-whole" premium will not be payable with respect to any such redemption of the 4.375% Senior Notes on or after November 15, 2029. Redemption - 3.75% Senior Notes The "make-whole" premium will not be payable with respect to any such redemption of the 3.75% Senior Notes on or after February 15, 2026. On or after such date, we may optionally redeem the 3.75% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at the following prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the redemption date: Period beginning February 15, Price 2026 101.875 % 2027 100.938 % 2028 and thereafter 100.000 % Redemption - 4.0% Senior Notes The "make-whole" premium will not be payable with respect to any such redemption of the 4.0% Senior Notes on or after April 15, 2024. On or after such date, we may optionally redeem the 4.0% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at the following prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the redemption date: Period beginning April 15, Price 2024 102.000 % 2025 101.000 % 2026 and thereafter 100.000 % In addition, at any time prior to April 15, 2024, STBV may redeem up to 40% of the principal amount of the outstanding 4.0% Senior Notes (including additional 4.0% Senior Notes, if any, that may be issued after March 29, 2021) with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 104.00%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the redemption date, provided that at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the 4.0% Senior Notes (including additional 4.0% Senior Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after each such redemption. Redemption - 5.875% Senior Notes At any time, and from time to time, prior to September 1, 2025, STBV may redeem the 5.875% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 5.875% Senior Notes being redeemed, plus a “make whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. At any time on or after September 1, 2025, STBV may redeem the 5.875% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at the following prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the redemption date: Period beginning September 1, Price 2025 102.398 % 2026 101.469 % 2027 and thereafter 100.000 % In addition, at any time prior to September 1, 2025, STBV may redeem up to 40% of the principal amount of the outstanding 5.875% Senior Notes (including additional 5.875% Senior Notes, if any) with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 105.875%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the redemption date, provided that at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the 5.875% Senior Notes (including additional 5.875% Senior Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after each such redemption. Guarantees The obligations of the issuers of the Senior Notes are guaranteed by STBV and all of its subsidiaries (excluding the company that is the issuer of the relevant Senior Notes) that guarantee the obligations of STI under the Credit Agreement (after giving effect to the Guarantees Release pursuant to the Tenth Amendment). Events of Default The Senior Notes Indentures provide for events of default that include, among others, nonpayment of principal or interest when due, breach of covenants or other provisions in the relevant Senior Notes Indenture, defaults in payment of certain other indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, failure to pay certain judgments, and the cessation of the full force and effect of the guarantees of significant subsidiaries. Generally, if an event of default occurs, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Senior Notes issued under the relevant Senior Notes Indenture may declare the principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest on, all of the relevant Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately. All provisions regarding remedies in an event of default are subject to the relevant Senior Notes Indenture. Restrictions and Covenants As of December 31, 2022, STBV and all of its subsidiaries were subject to certain restrictive covenants under the Credit Agreement and the Senior Notes Indentures. Under certain circumstances, STBV is permitted to designate a subsidiary as "unrestricted" for purposes of the Credit Agreement, in which case the restrictive covenants thereunder will not apply to that subsidiary; the Senior Notes Indentures do not contain such a permission. STBV has not designated any subsidiaries as unrestricted. The net assets of STBV subject to these restrictions totaled $2.9 billion at December 31, 2022. Credit Agreement The Credit Agreement contains non-financial restrictive covenants (subject to important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Credit Agreement) that limit our ability to, among other things: • incur indebtedness or liens, prepay subordinated debt, or amend the terms of our subordinated debt; • make loans and investments (including acquisitions) or sell assets; • change our business or accounting policies, merge, consolidate, dissolve or liquidate, or amend the terms of our organizational documents; • enter into affiliate transactions; • pay dividends and make other restricted payments; • or enter into certain burdensome contractual obligations. In addition, under the Credit Agreement, STBV and its subsidiaries are required to maintain a senior secured net leverage ratio not to exceed 5.0:1.0 at the conclusion of certain periods when outstanding loans and letters of credit that are not cash collateralized for the full face amount thereof exceed 20% of the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. Senior Notes Indentures The Senior Notes Indentures contain restrictive covenants (subject to important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Senior Notes Indentures) that limit the ability of STBV and its subsidiaries to, among other things: incur liens; incur or guarantee indebtedness without guaranteeing the Senior Notes; engage in sale and leaseback transactions; or effect mergers or consolidations, or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of STBV and its subsidiaries. Certain of these covenants will be suspended if the Senior Notes are assigned an investment grade rating by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and provided no default has occurred and is continuing at such time. The suspended covenants will be reinstated if the Senior Notes are no longer assigned an investment grade rating by either rating agency or an event of default has occurred and is continuing at such time. As of December 31, 2022, none of the Senior Notes were assigned an investment grade rating by either rating agency. Restrictions on Payment of Dividends STBV's subsidiaries are generally not restricted in their ability to pay dividends or otherwise distribute funds to STBV, except for restrictions imposed under applicable corporate law. STBV, however, is limited in its ability to pay dividends or otherwise make distributions to its immediate parent company and, ultimately, to Sensata plc, under the Credit Agreement. Specifically, the Credit Agreement prohibits STBV from paying dividends or making distributions to its parent companies except for purposes that include, but are not limited to, the following: • customary and reasonable operating expenses, legal and accounting fees and expenses, and overhead of such parent companies incurred in the ordinary course of business, provided that such amounts, in the aggregate, do not exceed $20.0 million in any fiscal year; • dividends and other distributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200.0 million plus certain amounts, including the retained portion of excess cash flow, but only insofar as no default or event of default exists and the senior secured net leverage ratio is less than 2.0:1.0 calculated on a pro forma basis; • so long as no default or an event of default exists, dividends and other distributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million in any calendar year (with the unused portion in any year being carried over to succeeding years) plus unlimited additional amounts but only insofar as the senior secured net leverage ratio is less than 2.5:1.0 calculated on a pro forma basis; and • other dividends and other distributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150.0 million, so long as no default or event of default exists. The Senior Notes Indentures generally allow STBV to pay dividends and make other distributions to its parent companies. Compliance with Financial and Non-Financial Covenants We were in compliance with all of the financial and non–financial covenants and default provisions associated with our indebtedness as of December 31, 2022 and for the fiscal year then ended. Accounting for Debt Financing Transactions In the year ended December 31, 2022, in connection with the entry into the Eleventh Amendment, we recognized $2.7 million of deferred financing costs, which are presented as a reduction of long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheets. In connection with the issuance of the 5.875% Senior Notes, we capitalized $6.1 million of deferred financing costs, which are presented on the consolidated balance sheets as a reduction of long-term debt. In connection with the redemption of the 4.875% Senior Notes, we recognized a loss of $5.5 million, presented in other, net, related to the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and debt discounts. In the year ended December 31, 2021, in connection with the early redemption of the 6.25% Senior Notes, we recognized a loss of $30.1 million, which primarily reflects payment of $23.4 million for the early redemption premium, with the remaining loss representing write-off of debt discounts and deferred financing costs. In addition, in connection with the issuance of the 4.0% Senior Notes, we recognized $9.6 million of deferred financing costs, which are presented as a reduction of long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheets and $1.7 million of issuance premiums, which are presented as an addition to long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheets. In the year ended December 31, 2020, in connection with the entry into the 3.75% Senior Notes, we incurred $8.4 million of related third-party costs, which are presented as a reduction of long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 2: Significant Accounting Policies for additional information related to our accounting policies regarding debt financing transactions. Finance Lease and Other Financing Obligations Refer to Note 17: Leases for additional information related to our finance leases. Debt Maturities The aggregate principal amount of each tranche of our Senior Notes is due in full at its maturity date. The Term Loan must be repaid in full on or prior to its final maturity date. Loans made pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility must be repaid in full at its maturity date and can be repaid prior to then at par. All letters of credit issued thereunder will terminate at the final maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility unless cash collateralized prior to such time. The following table presents the remaining mandatory principal repayments of long-term debt, excluding finance lease payments, other financing obligations, and discretionary repurchases of debt, in each of the years ended December 31, 2023 through 2027 and thereafter. On February 6, 2023, we prepaid $250.0 million of outstanding principal on our Term Loan, which has been reflected below as paid in 2023. For the year ended December 31, Aggregate Maturities 2023 $ 254,630 2024 404,630 2025 704,630 2026 182,944 2027 — Thereafter 2,700,000 Total long-term debt principal payments $ 4,246,834 |