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EXHIBIT 10.2 AMENDMENT NO. 1, CONSENT, WAIVER AND AGREEMENT

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Title: EXHIBIT 10.2 AMENDMENT NO. 1, CONSENT, WAIVER AND AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/9/2005
Industry: Semiconductors    

EXHIBIT 10.2 AMENDMENT NO. 1, CONSENT, WAIVER AND AGREEMENT, Parties: amis holdings inc , credit suisse
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

 

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

 

                    AMENDMENT NO. 1, CONSENT, WAIVER AND AGREEMENT dated as of

                August 19, 2005 (this "AMENDMENT"), to the Credit Agreement dated

               as of April 1, 2005 (the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among AMI

               SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "BORROWER"),

               AMIS HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("HOLDINGS"), the

               Lenders (as defined in Article I of the Credit Agreement) and

               CREDIT SUISSE (formerly known as Credit Suisse First Boston), as

               administrative agent (in such capacity, the "ADMINISTRATIVE

               AGENT") and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the

               "COLLATERAL AGENT" ) for the Lenders.

 

     A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have extended, and have

agreed to extend, credit to the Borrower.

 

     B. Holdings and the Borrower have informed the Administrative Agent that

Holdings and the Borrower, including through one or more existing or newly

formed Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries (each a

"TRANSACTION SUBSIDIARY"), intend to acquire (the "ACQUISITION") from

Flextronics Semiconductor, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of

Delaware, and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the "SELLERS"), the

assets comprising the mixed signal, peripheral imaging components and digital

businesses of the Sellers (the "ACQUIRED BUSINESS"), pursuant to one or more

asset purchase agreements (as the same may be amended from time to time on or

prior to the Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date (as defined below), the

"PURCHASE AGREEMENTS") among the Borrower, certain affiliates of the Borrower

and the Sellers, for aggregate cash consideration of approximately $135,000,000

(subject to adjustment in accordance with the Purchase Agreements, the

"ACQUISITION CONSIDERATION").

 

      C. In connection with the foregoing, Holdings and the Borrower have

requested that (i) senior secured supplemental term loans (the "SUPPLEMENTAL

TERM LOANS") be made to the Borrower by certain financial institutions (the

"SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LENDERS") in an aggregate principal amount of $110,000,000,

the proceeds of which will be used to finance in part the Acquisition and to pay

related fees and expenses and the terms of which shall be identical to the

existing Term Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) the

Required Lenders (a) consent to the Acquisition, (b) waive compliance by

Holdings and the Borrower with certain provisions of the Credit Agreement in

connection therewith and (c) agree to waive and amend certain provisions of the

Credit Agreement as provided herein.

 

     D. Holdings and the Borrower have further informed the Administrative Agent

that, following the consummation of the Acquisition, Holdings and the Borrower,

including through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, propose to sell the

"System on a Chip" business acquired pursuant to the Acquisition (the "SOC

SALE"). Holdings and the Borrower anticipate that the SOC Sale will generate Net

Cash Proceeds of up to $10,000,000.

 

     E. Holdings and the Borrower have also informed the Administrative Agent

that AMI Acquisition II LLC, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower ("AMI

ACQUISITION II"), proposes to merge with and into the Borrower (the "PROPOSED

MERGER"). AMI Acquisition II and the Borrower each holds a 5% general membership

interest in Emma Mixed Signal C.V. ("EMMA") and AMI Acquisition LLC, another

Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower ("AMI

 

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ACQUISITION"), holds a 90% limited membership interest in Emma. Following the

consummation of the Proposed Merger, the Borrower will hold a 10% general

membership interest in Emma, and modifications will be made to Emma's

constitutive documents (or shareholders' agreements relating thereto) such that

AMI Acquisition will hold 90% of the voting interests in Emma and the Borrower

will hold 10% of the voting interests in Emma (the "VOTING INTEREST

REALIGNMENT").

 

     F. The Supplemental Term Lenders are willing to make the Supplemental Term

Loans and the Required Lenders are willing to grant such consents and waivers

and to agree to such amendments, in each case on the terms and subject to the

conditions set forth herein.

 

     G. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings

assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

     Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and

other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are

hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

     SECTION 1. SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions

set forth herein and relying upon the representations and warranties set forth

herein and in the other Loan Documents, each Supplemental Term Lender agrees,

severally and not jointly, to make a Supplemental Term Loan to the Borrower on

the Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date in a principal amount not to exceed the

commitment of such Supplemental Term Lender to make Supplemental Term Loans as

set forth on Schedule I hereto.

 

     (b) The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Supplemental Term Loans only

for the purposes specified in the recitals to this Amendment.

 

     (c) Unless the context shall otherwise require, the terms "TERM LOANS" and

"LOANS" as used in the Credit Agreement shall include the Supplemental Term

Loans, and the terms "TERM LENDERS" and "LENDERS" as used herein and in the

Credit Agreement shall include each Supplemental Term Lender (other than any

Supplemental Term Lender that has ceased to be a party to the Credit Agreement

pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance).

 

     SECTION 2. CONSENT AND WAIVER. (a) The Required Lenders hereby consent to

the Acquisition on substantially the terms described above, and hereby waive

compliance by Holdings and the Borrower with the provisions of Sections 6.01,

6.04, 6.05 and 6.07 of the Credit Agreement to the extent (but only to the

extent) necessary to permit Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) to

enter into the Purchase Agreements, to consummate the Acquisition, and to

allocate, sell or otherwise transfer the assets acquired pursuant to the

Acquisition between or amongst themselves and (ii) to capitalize the Transaction

Subsidiaries and any intermediate Wholly Owned Subsidiary holding company,

including by way of intercompany loans evidenced by one or more promissory notes

pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties

to the extent required by the Loan Documents, for purposes of the foregoing.

 

     (b) The Required Lenders hereby consent to the SOC Sale, and hereby waive

compliance by Holdings and the Borrower with the provisions of Section 6.05 of

the Credit Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to permit

Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to enter into the definitive

documentation in respect of the SOC Sale (the "SOC SALE DOCUMENTS") and to

consummate the SOC Sale.

 

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     (c) The Required Lenders and the Requisite Term Lenders (as defined below)

hereby waive compliance by the Borrower with the provisions of Section 2.13(b)

of the Credit Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent) that such Section

would otherwise require the Borrower to prepay Term Loans with the Net Cash

Proceeds of the SOC Sale. For purposes of this Amendment, "REQUISITE TERM

LENDERS" shall mean Term Lenders under the Credit Agreement holding a majority

of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term Loans (prior to giving

effect to this Amendment and the making of the Supplemental Term Loans

hereunder).

 

     (d) The Required Lenders hereby waive compliance by Holdings with the

provisions of Section 6.14(a) of the Credit Agreement to the extent (but only to

the extent) necessary to permit Holdings to enter into the Purchase Agreements

and the SOC Sale Documents and exercise its rights and perform its obligations

thereunder and capitalize its Subsidiaries, including by way of intercompany

loans, to the extent contemplated by this Section 2.

 

     (e) The Required Lenders hereby consent to the Proposed Merger and hereby

waive compliance by Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with the Loan

Documents (including Sections 6.05, 6.07 and 6.10 of the Credit Agreement and

applicable provisions of the Foreign Pledge Agreement referred to in clause (a)

of the definition of such term set forth in the Credit Agreement) to the extent

(but only to the extent) necessary to permit AMI Acquisition II and the Borrower

to enter into an agreement of merger in connection with the Proposed Merger and

to consummate the Proposed Merger and the Voting Interest Realignment.

 

     (f) The Required Lenders hereby consent to the Collateral Agent and the

relevant Loan Parties entering into amendments, restatements or supplements to

the Foreign Pledge Agreements to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary

to secure the Supplemental Term Loans as additional obligations thereunder and

permit the Voting Interest Realignment and the other transactions contemplated

hereby.

 

     SECTION 3. AMENDMENTS. (a) The definition of the term "Consolidated

Operating Income" set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby

amended by inserting the phrase "or Flextronics Acquisition Transaction Costs"

at the end of clause (f) therein.

 

     (b) The definition of the term "Excess Cash Flow" set forth in Section 1.01

of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the phrase "and the

Flextronics Acquisition Transaction Costs" after the phrase "including the

Transaction Costs" in the parenthetical set forth in clause (b)(vi) therein.

 

     (c) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the

following defined term in appropriate alphabetical order:

 

                    (i) ""FLEXTRONICS ACQUISITION TRANSACTION COSTS" shall mean

               the fees and expenses paid by Holdings or the Borrower in

               connection with the acquisition of the assets comprising the

               mixed signal, peripheral imaging components and digital

               businesses of Flextronics Semiconductor, Inc. and certain of its

               Affiliates."

 

     (d) Effective upon the making of the Supplemental Term Loans on the

Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date, the table appearing in Section 2.11 of the

Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as

follows:

 

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          Date                  Amount

           ----                  ------

<S>                        <C>

June 30, 2005              $     525,000.00

September 30, 2005         $     800,000.00

December 31, 2005          $     800,000.00

March 31, 2006             $     800,000.00

June 30, 2006               $     800,000.00

September 30, 2006         $     800,000.00

December 31, 2006          $     800,000.00

March 31, 2007             $     800,000.00

June 30, 2007              $     800,000.00

September 30, 2007         $     800,000.00

December 31, 2007          $     800,000.00

March 31, 2008             $     800,000.00

June 30, 2008              $     800,000.00

September 30, 2008         $     800,000.00

December 31, 2008          $     800,000.00

March 31, 2009             $     800,000.00

June 30, 2009              $     800,000.00

September 30, 2009         $     800,000.00

December 31, 2009          $     800,000.00

March 31, 2010             $     800,000.00

June 30, 2010              $     800,000.00

September 30, 2010         $     800,000.00

December 31, 2010          $     800,000.00

March 31, 2011             $     800,000.00

June 30, 2011              $     800,000.00

September 30, 2011         $     800,000.00

December 31, 2011          $     800,000.00

Term Loan Maturity Date    $298,675,000.00

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TOTAL:                     $320,000,000.00

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     (e) The proviso appearing at the end of Section 2.13(d) of the Credit

Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

           "; provided, however, that (i) the amount of such prepayment shall be

     reduced to 25% of such Excess Cash Flow if the Senior Leverage Ratio at the

     end of such fiscal year shall be less than 1.75 to 1.00, but greater than

     or equal to 1.50 to 1.00, and (ii) such prepayment shall not be required if

     the Senior Leverage Ratio at the end of such fiscal year shall be less than

     1.50 to 1.00."

 

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     (f) Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the

parenthetical "(or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time)" from

both places it appears in the lead-in paragraph thereof.

 

     SECTION 4. OTHER AGREEMENTS. Holdings, the Borrower and the Required

Lenders hereby agree that:

 

     (a) for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, the Acquisition shall be

deemed to constitute a "Permitted Acquisition", but shall be deemed not to have

utilized any portion of the basket described in clause (b)(iii)(y) of the

proviso to the definition of the term "Permitted Acquisition";

 

     (b) no portion of any basket provided for in Section 6.01 or 6.04 of the

Credit Agreement shall be deemed utilized by the capitalization of any

Transaction Subsidiary (and any intermediate Wholly Owned Subsidiary holding

company) by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including by way

of intercompany debt, to the extent contemplated by Section 2 hereof;

 

     (c) no portion of any basket provided for in Section 6.05(a) of the Credit

Agreement shall be deemed utilized by the receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds from

the SOC Sale;

 

     (d) in addition to investments, including intercompany loans, contemplated

by Section 2 hereof, the Loan Parties may invest, including by way of

intercompany loans, an additional $10,000,000 in the Transaction Subsidiaries

(and any intermediate Wholly Owned Subsidiary holding companies) and any such

investment or loan shall be deemed not to utilize any portion of any basket

provided for in Section 6.01 or 6.04 of the Credit Agreement;

 

     (e) the allocation, sale or other transfer of the assets acquired pursuant

to the Acquisition between or among Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries

shall be deemed not to constitute an Asset Sale or the acquisition of an asset

for purposes of the Credit Agreement;

 

     (f) contemporaneously with the closing of the SOC Sale, the assets sold

pursuant to the SOC Sale shall be deemed to have been automatically released

from the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents, and the

Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are hereby authorized to take any

action deemed appropriate to effect the foregoing;

 

     (g) contemporaneously with the consummation of the Proposed Merger, the

interests of AMI Acquisition and AMI Acquisition II in Emma shall be deemed to

have been automatically released from the Liens created pursuant to the Security

Documents, and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are hereby

authorized to take any action deemed appropriate to effect the foregoing;

 

     (h) promptly following the consummation of the Proposed Merger, the

Borrower shall cause (x) the financial interests of AMI Acquisition in Emma to

be pledged to the Collateral Agent to secure the Obligations and (y) a power of

attorney to be issued to the Collateral Agent granting to the Collateral Agent

the authority to vote 65% of the voting interest in Emma, in each case pursuant

to a pledge agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the

Collateral Agent; and

 

     (i) the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to

pay up to $10,000,000 of the revenues attributable to the assets acquired

pursuant to the "DSP Acquisition" consummated on or about November 12, 2004 to

any Governmental Authority in Canada pursuant to certain government aid

agreements shall be deemed not to constitute Indebtedness for purposes of the

Credit Agreement.

 

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     SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. To induce the other parties

hereto to enter into this Amendment, Holdings and the Borrower represent and

warrant to each of the Lenders (including the Supplemental Term Lenders), the

Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that, after giving effect to this

Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) this Amendment has been

duly executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary

Guarantor, (b) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of

the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of

the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties

expressly relate to an earlier date (with the reference to the "Transactions" in

Section 3.02 of the Credit Agreement being deemed for this purpose to include

the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby and the reference

in such Section to "including the borrowings hereunder" being deemed to include

the borrowings of the Supplemental Term Loans hereunder), and (c) no Default or

Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

     SECTION 6. CONDITIONS TO THE MAKING OF SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS. The

obligations of the Supplemental Term Lenders to make Supplemental Term Loans are

subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on the date, occurring

on or prior to November 1, 2005, of such Borrowing (such date, the "SUPPLEMENTAL

TERM LOAN CLOSING DATE"):

 

     (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of the Borrowing

in respect of the Supplemental Term Loans that satisfies the requirements of

Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement (with the reference to the Closing Date in

the first and second sentences thereof deemed to be a reference to the

Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date).

 

     (b) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the

Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document (including this Amendment)

shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Supplemental

Term Loan Closing Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such

date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate

to an earlier date.

 

     (c) (i) The Borrower and each other Loan Party shall be in compliance in

all material respects with all the terms and provisions set forth herein, in the

Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document on its part to be observed or

performed on or prior to the Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date, (ii) the

Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to the Acquisition

and the making of the Supplemental Term Loans and (iii) at the time of and

immediately after the making of the Supplemental Term Loans, no Event of Default

or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

     (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and

the Lenders, a favorable written opinion of (i) Davis Polk & Wardwell, special

counsel for the Borrower, (ii) Darlene Gerry, Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary for Holdings and the Borrower and (iii) each local counsel

listed on Schedule II hereto, in each case (A) dated the Supplemental Term Loan

Closing Date, (B) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (C)

covering such matters relating to this Amendment and the transactions

contemplated hereby as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and in

form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and

Holdings and the Borrower hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinions.

 

     (e) All legal matters incident to this Amendment and to the Borrowing of

the Supplemental Term Loans shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders and

to the Administrative Agent.

 

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     (f) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an omnibus

certificate, dated the Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date and signed by the

Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, certifying that (A) except

as set forth on any schedule attached thereto, the certificate or articles of

incorporation (or other equivalent formation document) of such Loan Party

previously delivered on the Closing Date (or such later date on which such

person became a Loan Party) have not been amended since the date of such

delivery, (B) except as set forth on any schedule attached thereto, the by-laws

(or other equivalent organizational document) of such Loan Party as in effect

and delivered on the Closing Date (or such later date on which such person

became a Loan Party) have not been amended since the date of such delivery, (C)

attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the

Board of Directors (or other equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party

authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and, in

the case of the Borrower, the Acquisition and the Borrowing of the Supplemental

Term Loans, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or

amended and are in full force and effect, (D) attached thereto is a certificate

as to the good standing of such Loan Party as of a recent date by the Secretary

of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization,

and (E) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing

this Amendment, (ii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and

specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the

certificate pursuant to clause (i) above, and (iii) such other documents as the

Lenders or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

 

     (g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the

Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the

Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in

paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 6.

 

     (h) The Administrative Agent shall have received, or shall receive

substantially simultaneously with the Borrowing of the Supplemental Term Loans

hereunder, all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the

Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced,

reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be

reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

     (i) The Security Documents shall be in full force and effect on the

Supplemental Term Loan Closing Date, and each document (including each Uniform

Commercial Code financing statement and each recordation of modifications to the

Mortgages reflecting, among other things, the making of the Supplemental Term

Loans) required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be

filed, registered or recorded in order to create or continue in favor of the

Collateral Age


 
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