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title: "Sanmina pushed $3.5 billion of loan maturities to 2031"
description: "The same filing that guided fiscal 2027 revenue to $17.5 billion to $19.5 billion lifted the stock about 20 percent after hours. Its other page shows the bank line under the ramp: a term loan topped back to $1.4 billion, $600 million still drawable into 2027, and a profit guide stated only in adjusted earnings."
publisher: "The Inference"
section: "Data Center"
published: 2026-11-10T19:09:51.566Z
modified: 2026-11-10T19:09:51.566Z
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keywords: "Sanmina, Credit Agreement, Guidance, AI Racks, Debt"
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# Sanmina pushed $3.5 billion of loan maturities to 2031

> The same filing that guided fiscal 2027 revenue to $17.5 billion to $19.5 billion lifted the stock about 20 percent after hours. Its other page shows the bank line under the ramp: a term loan topped back to $1.4 billion, $600 million still drawable into 2027, and a profit guide stated only in adjusted earnings.

[Sanmina](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/sanmina) chief financial officer Jonathan Faust signed one filing Monday night, November 9: an 8-K, the SEC form companies file for material events, with two documents inside [1]. A press release guided fiscal 2027 revenue to $17.5 billion to $19.5 billion, the beat our November 10 story told [1]. Beside it, under the heading reserved for other news, sat [Amendment No. 5 to the company's Bank of America credit agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/897723/000089772326000044/0000897723-26-000044-index.htm) [1].

The guide moved the market: shares jumped 20.21 percent after hours to $179.88, and Benzinga's story that night [quoted the release](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/26/11/63078761/sanmina-surges-20-after-hours-as-q4-earnings-beat-estimates-fiscal-q1-outlook-tops-expectations) without a word on the amendment [2].

By Tuesday morning the stock stood at $160.41, still 43.3 percent below its June high [3].

## Three facilities, one 2031 maturity

The amendment, effective October 27, funded $70 million of incremental term loans, returning the term loan to its original $1.4 billion [1]. Roughly $3.5 billion of borrowings now mature on October 28, 2031: the term loan, a $1.5 billion revolving credit line, and a $600 million delayed-draw facility, committed money Sanmina can call until April 27, 2027, in at most two tranches [1].

The complex was first arranged in July 2025, with $800 million of further term loans added toward the ZT Systems purchase [4]. Pricing shifts from a leverage grid to S&P and [Moody's](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/moody-s) debt ratings, initially 1.5 points over SOFR, the short-term benchmark rate [1].

## The ramp runs on bank money

Required repayment starts low: 2.5 percent of the original principal a year for two years, 5 percent through year four, 10 percent after, balance due at maturity [1]. On $1.4 billion that first step works out to roughly $35 million a year, while [Helios](https://theinference.org/article/a-90-million-korean-filing-says-sanmina-s-ai-racks-are-still-selling-the-tape-says-otherwise), Sanmina's AI computing-rack program, ramps toward a fiscal 2027 weighted to its second half [1][5].

*Chart: **Amortization starts at 2.50% of the $1.4 billion term loan a year** Bars showing the annual amortization rate on Sanmina's term loan stepping from 2.5 percent a year in years one and two, to 5 percent in years three and four, to 10 percent in the final year.*

*Annual amortization rate on Sanmina's Term Loan A under Amendment No. 5, as stated in the 8-K: percent of the original $1.4 billion principal per year, with the remaining balance due at the October 28, 2031, maturity. Source: Sanmina Form 8-K. [1]*

Fiscal 2026 shows why the slack matters: $944 million of operating cash flow, $541 million free after $403 million of capital spending, and $393 million of buybacks, nearly three of every four free dollars [1]. Interest expense rose to $122 million from $20 million, with $1.68 billion of cash at year end [1]. And $2.2 billion of long-term debt proceeds came in during the year, against $1.11 billion paid out for [ZT Systems](https://theinference.org/article/sanmina-s-ai-sales-grew-173-its-profit-has-grown-0-2-a-year), the data-center hardware business bought from [AMD](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/amd) for about $2.55 billion plus up to $450 million in earnouts [1][6].

## The guide is adjusted only

The fiscal 2027 profit guide, $15.50 to $17.50 a share, is non-GAAP, strips items like acquisition costs, and cannot be reconciled to GAAP without unreasonable effort; fiscal 2026 GAAP earnings were $6.85 against $13.28 adjusted [1]. The beat was real: [fourth-quarter revenue rose 84 percent](https://247wallst.com/cards/sanmina-q4-2026-earnings-sanm-01m712449ecew2p24ks2wcrgzg), a fifth straight bottom-line beat [7], [cloud and AI systems are guided to $7.5 billion to $9 billion](https://seekingalpha.com/news/4669450-sanmina-outlines-fy-2027-revenue-of-17_5b-19_5b-as-cloud-and-ai-systems-targets-7_5b-9_0b) [5][8], with a third customer platform under negotiation outside the guide. "First, we've got to get that deal done," Faust said [5].

## The window closes in April

Two readings will say more than the pop: whether the $600 million is drawn before April 27, 2027, ahead of the second-half ramp it would fund, and the January quarter, the first reported on the new terms [1]. The filing settles one thing already: the liens securing the credit agreement stay in full force, unimpaired and with the same priority, over the new loans and every extended facility [1].

## Takeaway

Sanmina's guidance pop hid a quieter filing: Amendment No. 5 pushed $3.5 billion of loan maturities to 2031, restored the term loan to $1.4 billion, and left $600 million drawable into 2027 to fund the AI rack ramp, while the profit guide stays adjusted-only.

## Sources

1. [SEC EDGAR, Sanmina Corporation Form 8-K (Items 2.02, 8.01, 9.01), filed November 9, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/897723/000089772326000044/0000897723-26-000044-index.htm)
2. [Benzinga, Sanmina Surges 20% After-Hours as Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Fiscal Q1 Outlook Tops Expectations, November 9, 2026](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/26/11/63078761/sanmina-surges-20-after-hours-as-q4-earnings-beat-estimates-fiscal-q1-outlook-tops-expectations)
3. [StockStory via FinancialContent, Sanmina (SANM) shares skyrocket, what you need to know, November 10, 2026](https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/stockstory-2026-11-10-sanmina-sanm-shares-skyrocket-what-you-need-to-know)
4. [Dealroom News, Sanmina adds $70M in term loans, pushes credit maturity to 2031, November 10, 2026](https://dealroom.co/news/170968-sanmina-adds-70m-in-term-loans-pushes-credit-maturity-to-2031/)
5. [Bullished, Sanmina's (SANM) AI Forecast Reaches Beyond AMD, A Third Platform Could Add More, November 10, 2026](https://www.bullished.co/sanminas-ai-forecast-reaches-beyond-amd-a-third-platform-could-add-more-7980d527/)
6. [Wikipedia, Sanmina Corporation, accessed November 10, 2026](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanmina_Corporation)
7. [24/7 Wall St, Sanmina Q4 2026: EPS Beats by 35%, Guidance Points to 27% Growth, November 9, 2026](https://247wallst.com/cards/sanmina-q4-2026-earnings-sanm-01m712449ecew2p24ks2wcrgzg)
8. [Seeking Alpha, Sanmina outlines FY 2027 revenue of $17.5B-$19.5B as cloud and AI systems targets $7.5B-$9.0B, November 9, 2026](https://seekingalpha.com/news/4669450-sanmina-outlines-fy-2027-revenue-of-17_5b-19_5b-as-cloud-and-ai-systems-targets-7_5b-9_0b)


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