Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Financing Transactions

On August 14, 2019, Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”), as guarantor, and Albemarle Finance Company B.V. (“AFC”), Albemarle New Holding GmbH (“ANH”) and Albemarle Wodgina Pty Ltd (“Wodgina”), as borrowers, entered into a $1,200,000,000 unsecured credit facility (the “New Credit Facility”) with the several banks and other financial institutions as may from time to time become parties thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and BofA Securities, Inc., as joint lead arrangers.

The Lenders’ commitment to provide loans under the New Credit Facility terminates on August 11, 2020, with each such loan maturing 1 year after the funding of such loan. The Company can request that the maturity date of loans be extended for an additional period of up to 4 additional years, but any such extension is subject to the approval of the Lenders.

The New Credit Facility permits (a) a single borrowing by Wodgina denominated in U.S. dollars in connection with Wodgina’s acquisition of a 60% interest in certain assets comprising Mineral Resources Limited’s Wodgina lithium project in Western Australia (the “Acquisition”), (b) a single borrowing by AFC denominated in U.S. dollars or Euros in connection with the Acquisition, and (c) up to two borrowings by ANH in an aggregate amount equal to $300,000,000, denominated in U.S. dollars or Euros, for general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries. AFC, ANH and Wodgina are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company and their obligations under the New Credit Facility are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company.

Borrowings under the New Credit Facility bear interest at variable rates based on an average London inter-bank offered rate (“LIBOR”) for deposits in the relevant currency plus an applicable margin which ranges from 0.875% to 1.625%, depending on the Company’s credit rating from Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. and Fitch Ratings, Inc. As of the closing of the New Credit Facility, the applicable margin over LIBOR was 1.125%.

The New Credit Facility contains representations, warranties, terms and conditions customary for transactions of this type, including compliance with one financial covenant requiring that the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio (funded debt to EBITDA), as defined in the New Credit Facility, be not more than 3.50:1.00 as of the end of any fiscal quarter, subject to adjustments pursuant to the provisions of the New Credit Facility relating to consummation of an acquisition where the consideration includes cash proceeds from issuance of funded debt in excess of $500,000,000. The New Credit Facility also contains customary default provisions, including defaults for non-payment, defaults for breach of representations and warranties, defaults for insolvency, defaults for non-performance of covenants and cross-defaults. The occurrence of an event of default under the New Credit Facility could result in all outstanding loans and other obligations becoming immediately due and payable and the facility being terminated.

In addition, on August 14, 2019, the Company and Albemarle Europe Srl, as borrowers, entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2018 (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), among the Company, Albemarle Europe Srl, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender. The primary purposes of the Amendment were to (a) extend the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility to August 9, 2024 (subject to the Company’s right to request that such maturity date be further extended for an additional one-year period), and (b) conform certain representations, warranties and covenants in the Revolving Credit Facility to those under the New Credit Facility.

This description of the New Credit Facility and the Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the entire New Credit Facility and the entire Revolving Credit Facility (as amended by the Amendment), copies of which will be filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2019.