WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INCWST
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC Debt Disclosure
Debt
The following table summarizes our long-term debt obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and current maturities, at December 31. The interest rates shown in parentheses are as of December 31, 2025.
| ($ in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
Term Loan, due July 2, 2027 (5.02%) | $ | 130.0 | $ | 130.0 | |||||||
Series C notes, due July 5, 2027 (4.02%) | 73.0 | 73.0 | |||||||||
| 203.0 | 203.0 | ||||||||||
| Less: unamortized debt issuance costs for Term Loan and Series notes | 0.2 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Total debt | 202.8 | 202.6 | |||||||||
| Less: current portion of long-term debt | — | — | |||||||||
| Long-term debt, net | $ | 202.8 | $ | 202.6 | |||||||
Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility
In March 2022, we amended and extended the existing multi-currency revolving credit facility (entered into in March 2019), which was scheduled to expire in March 2024, from $300.0 million to a $500.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility by entering into a Second Amendment and Joinder and Assumption Agreement (the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The Amended Credit Agreement, which expires March 2027, contains a senior unsecured, multi-currency revolving credit facility of $500.0 million, with sublimits of up to $50.0 million for swing line loans for Domestic Borrowers in U.S. dollars and a $40.0 million swing line loan for West Pharmaceuticals Services Holding GmbH and up to $50.0 million for the issuance of standby letters of credit. The multi-currency revolving credit facility may be increased from time-to-time by the greater of (a) $929.0 million or (b) EBITDA for the preceding twelve-month period in the aggregate through an increase in the multi-currency revolving credit facility, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either: (a) the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 0.10% plus an applicable margin; or (b) a base rate defined as the highest of: (i) the Bank of America “prime rate”; (ii) the Federal Funds effective rate plus 0.50%; and (iii) Term SOFR plus 1.00%. The applicable margin is based on the ratio of the Company’s Net Consolidated Debt to its modified EBITDA, ranging from 0 to 37.5 basis points for base rate loans and 87.5 to 137.5 basis points for Term SOFR loans. The Amended Credit Agreement contains financial covenants providing that the Company shall not permit the ratio of the Company’s Net Consolidated Debt to its Modified EBITDA to be greater than 3.5 to 1; provided that, no more than three times during the term of the Amended Credit Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Qualified Acquisition for each of the four fiscal quarters of the Company immediately following such Qualified Acquisition, the ratio set forth above shall be increased to 4.0 to 1. The Amended Credit Agreement also contains customary limitations on liens securing indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries, fundamental changes (mergers, consolidations, liquidations and dissolutions), asset sales, distributions and acquisitions. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, total unamortized debt issuance costs of $0.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively, were recorded in other current assets and other noncurrent assets and are being amortized as additional interest expense over the term of the multi-currency revolving credit facility.
At December 31, 2025, we had no outstanding borrowings under the multi-currency revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2025, the borrowing capacity available under the multi-currency revolving credit facility, including outstanding letters of credit of $2.3 million, was $497.7 million.
Term Loan
On July 2, 2024, the Company entered into the Third Amendment to the Credit Facility Agreement, which amended the Existing Credit Facility Agreement (entered into in December 2019). Among other changes to the existing credit agreement, the Third Amendment established an incremental term loan in the stated principal amount of $130.0 million (the “New Term Loan”), which was fully drawn at closing and matures on July 2, 2027. The entire stated principal amount of the New Term Loan is due at maturity and there is no scheduled amortization prior to such date. Together with cash on hand, proceeds from the New Term Loan were used to repay an outstanding term loan under the Existing Credit Facility Agreement in the principal amount of $79.9 million prior to its December 31, 2024 maturity date and to repay an aggregate principal amount of $53.0 million of the Company’s 3.82% Series B Senior Notes due July 5, 2024 issued under that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 5, 2012. Interest accrues on the New Term Loan based on a term secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) or a base rate, at the Company’s option, plus a margin ranging from 1.250% to 1.625% for SOFR interest rates and 0.250% to 0.625% for base rates according to the Company’s net leverage ratio as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement. Interest rates based on a term SOFR rate are also subject to a credit spread adjustment of 10 basis points. At closing, the Company elected for the New Term Loan to accrue interest at a 3-month term SOFR rate plus a margin of 1.250%. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were unamortized debt issuance costs remaining of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, which are being amortized as additional interest expense over the term of the New Term Loan.
At December 31, 2025, we had $130.0 million in borrowings under the New Term Loan which were classified as long-term. Please refer to Note 11, Derivative Financial Instruments, for a discussion of the foreign currency hedge of our net investment in Daikyo associated with the Term Loan.
Private Placement
In 2012, we concluded a private placement issuance of $168.0 million in senior unsecured notes. The total amount of the private placement issuance was divided into three tranches - $42.0 million 3.67% Series A Notes due July 5, 2022, $53.0 million 3.82% Series B Notes due July 5, 2024, and $73.0 million 4.02% Series C Notes due July 5, 2027 (the “Notes”). The Notes rank pari passu with our other senior unsecured debt. The weighted average of the coupon interest rates on the Notes outstanding as of December 31, 2025 is 4.02%. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were unamortized debt issuance costs remaining of less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, which are being amortized as additional interest expense over the term of the Notes.
Covenants
Pursuant to the financial covenants in our debt agreements, we are required to maintain established interest coverage ratios and to not exceed established leverage ratios. In addition, the agreements contain other customary covenants, none of which we consider restrictive to our operations. At December 31, 2025, we were in compliance with all of our debt covenants.
Interest costs incurred during 2025, 2024 and 2023 were $15.1 million, $16.2 million and $14.8 million, respectively. The aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs, are as follows: $0.0 million in 2026, $203.0 million in 2027 and $0.0 million in 2028 and thereafter.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 18, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 20, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| 2017 | Feb 26, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 28, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 26, 2016 | |
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