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ALBAlbemarle Corporation

Materials · Plastics & Resins · NYSE

Albemarle Corporation was incorporated in Virginia in 1993. 10-K, Item 1

Employees
7,800
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
CEO
J. Kent Masters
Next results
around Feb 10, 2027
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What the 10-K filed 2026-02-11 says about risks that are not on the face of the balance sheet, from the notes to the financial statements, Legal Proceedings and the MD&A (and, for big customers and key suppliers, Business and Risk Factors). Tickdelta picks sentences with specifics (amounts, accruals, covenant ratios) and quotes them as filed. New marks a sentence with nothing like it in the 10-K filed 2025-02-12.

Big customers

Customers the company names as a large share of revenue or receivables (it must name any worth 10% of revenue).

“During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, no customer represented greater than 10% of the Company’s consolidated net sales.”

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“During the year ended December 31, 2023, one customer in the Energy Storage business represented approximately 12% of the Company’s consolidated net sales.”

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Key suppliers

Parts or manufacturing that depend on one or a few suppliers.

“We work with numerous independent suppliers to mitigate lack of availability from a single supplier, however in some cases products with limited numbers of suppliers may become difficult to obtain.”

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Lawsuits and legal claims

1 new

Pending cases, settlements and what the company has set aside for them.

“Some of the legal proceedings include claims for compensatory as well as punitive damages.”

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New “SG&A - $9.2 million related to the write-off of assets damaged in a severe weather incident in Jordan, $3.1 million of severance expenses not related to a restructuring plan, $2.2 million related to the write-off of certain fixed assets, $2.0 million of expenses related to certain historical legal matters and $1.4 million of expenses related to the redemption of preferred equity in a Grace subsidiary, partially offset by $13.3 million of gains from the sale of assets not part of our production operations.”

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“During 2023, cash on hand, cash provided by operations and net proceeds from net borrowings of commercial paper and long-term debt of $944.2 million funded $2.1 billion of capital expenditures for plant, machinery and equipment, net; approximately $380 million paid to MRL for the restructuring of the MARBL joint venture; $218.5 million to resolve the legal matter with the DOJ and SEC; investments in marketable securities, primarily public equity securities, of”

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“Other income, net - $19.3 million gain from PIK dividends of preferred equity in a Grace subsidiary, a $7.3 million gain resulting from insurance proceeds of a prior legal matter and $5.5 million of gains from the sale of investments and the write-off of certain liabilities no longer required, partially offset by $3.6 million of charges for asset retirement obligations at a site not part of our operations and $0.9 million of a loss resulting from the adjustment of indemnification related to previously disposed businesses.”

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Guarantees and indemnities

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Promises to pay someone else's debts or losses if they cannot.

New “Other income, net - $38.0 million loss resulting from the redemption of preferred equity in a Grace subsidiary, $14.3 million loss related to the sale of our ownership interest in the Nippon Aluminum Alkyls joint venture and $1.9 million of charges for asset retirement obligations at a site not part of our operations, partially offset by $19.8 million of income from PIK dividends of the preferred equity in a Grace subsidiary prior to redemption and a $2.4 million gain primarily resulting from the adjustment of indemnification related to previously disposed businesses.”

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“The Company does not guarantee debt for, or have other financial support obligations to, these entities, and its maximum exposure to loss in connection with its continuing involvement with these entities is limited to the carrying value of the investments.”

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“The Company had approximately $12.1 million and $12.6 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, recorded in Other noncurrent liabilities primarily related to the indemnification of certain income and non-income tax liabilities associated with the Chemetall Surface Treatment entities sold in 2016.”

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New “Letters of credit and other guarantees $91,789 $4,317 $392 $ $ $6,094”

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“The Company is unable to estimate the maximum amount of the potential future liability under guarantees and letters of credit.”

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Debt covenants

3 new

Conditions in loan agreements that, if broken, can make debt due early.

New “The amended first financial covenant requires that the ratio of (a) (i) the Company’s consolidated net funded debt plus a proportionate amount of Windfield’s net funded debt less (ii) the Company’s unrestricted cash and cash equivalents plus a proportionate amount of Windfield’s unrestricted cash and cash equivalents (up to a specified amount) to (b) consolidated Windfield-Adjusted EBITDA (as such terms are defined in the 2022 Credit Agreement) be less than or equal to (i) 5.00:1.0 as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, (ii) 4.75:1.0 as of the end of each of the first and”

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New “The amended second financial covenant requires that the ratio of the Company’s consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest charges (as such terms are defined in the 2022 Credit Agreement) be no less than (i) 2.50:1.0 for the fourth quarter of 2025, and (ii) 3.00:1.0 for all fiscal quarters thereafter.”

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“The 2022 Credit Agreement also contains customary default provisions, including defaults for non-payment, breach of representations and warranties, insolvency, non-performance of covenants and cross-defaults to other material indebtedness.”

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New “The Company expects to maintain compliance with the amended financial covenants in the near future.”

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“We believe that as of December 31, 2025 we were, and currently are, in compliance with all of our debt covenants.”

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Commitments off the balance sheet

Contracts the company must pay for later: purchase obligations, take-or-pay deals.

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

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