Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 1, 2021, Albemarle Corporation (the "Company" or "Albemarle") issued a press release announcing the commencement of two cash tender offers (collectively, the "Tender Offers") by the Company and two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Albemarle Wodgina Pty Ltd ("Wodgina") and Albemarle New Holding GmbH ("New Holding"). The first tender offer is for up to $100 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.150% Senior Notes due 2024 and Wodgina's 3.45% Senior Notes due 2029. The second tender offer is for up to €100 million aggregate principal amount of New Holding's 1.125% Notes due 2025 and 1.625% Notes due 2028. The Tender Offers are being made exclusively pursuant to an offer to purchase dated March 1, 2021, which sets forth the terms and conditions of the Tender Offers.

Concurrent with the Tender Offers, the Company intends to redeem (the "Note Redemption") all of its outstanding 1.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes") and all of its outstanding Floating Rate Notes due 2022 (the "Floating Rate Notes"). The 2021 Notes, with an outstanding aggregate principal amount of €392,933,000, are expected to be redeemed on March 30, 2021 and the Floating Rate Notes, with an outstanding aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 are expected to be redeemed on March 16, 2021. This Current Report on Form 8-K is not a notice of redemption.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the Tender Offers and Note Redemption is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an offer to purchase any securities.

The information contained in Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION Some of the information presented in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including, without limitation, information related to the Tender Offers and Note Redemption, plans and anticipated benefits in relation to the Tender Offers and Note Redemption, the targeted dates for the Tender Offers and Note Redemption and all other information relating to matters that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from the views expressed herein. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the outlook expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement include, without limitation: changes in economic and business conditions; changes in priorities, financial and operating performance of Albemarle's major customers and industries and markets served by Albemarle; the timing of orders received from customers; the gain or loss of significant customers; competition from other manufacturers; changes in the demand for Albemarle's products or the end-user markets in which its products are sold; the availability of financing; the occurrence of regulatory actions, proceedings, claims, or litigation; and the other factors detailed from time to time in the reports Albemarle files with the SEC, including those described under "Risk Factors" in its Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Albemarle assumes no obligation to provide any revisions to any forward-looking statements should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)  Exhibits.

   Exhibit
   Number            Exhibit
    99.1               Press Release, dated March 1, 2021, issues by the Company
     104             Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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