Exhibit
10.42
Execution
Version
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS,
INC.
as the
Borrower
THE LENDING INSTITUTIONS
NAMED HEREIN
as
Lenders
and
NATIONAL CITY
BANK,
as a Lender, the Swing
Line Lender, the Issuing Bank,
the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent
AMENDMENT NO.
1
dated as of
December 20,
2006,
to
REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of
July 21,
2005
AMENDMENT NO.
1
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this
“ Amendment ”) is entered into as of
December 20, 2006 (the “ Amendment Closing
Date ”), among the following:
(i) MEMC ELECTRONIC
MATERIALS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (herein, together with
its successors and assigns, the “Borrower
”);
(ii) the lending
institutions signatory hereto (herein, together with their
successors and assigns, each a “ Lender ”
and collectively, the “ Lenders ”);
and
(iii) NATIONAL CITY
BANK , a national banking association (successor to National
City Bank of the Midwest), as a Lender, the Swing Line Lender, the
Issuing Bank, and as the administrative agent (the “
Administrative Agent ”), the collateral agent
(the “ Collateral Agent ”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:
A. The Borrower, the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent entered into the Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2005 (the “ Credit
Agreement ”). All capitalized terms used in this
Amendment but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given
to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
B. In connection with the
Credit Agreement, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Collateral Agent executed the Pledge Agreement, dated as of
July 21, 2005 (the “ Pledge Agreement
”).
C. The parties hereto desire
to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and terminate
the Pledge Agreement, as more fully set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.
AMENDMENTS & TERMINATION. Effective on and as of the
Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 2 of this
Amendment):
1.1 AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 1.
Schedule 1 to the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as
set forth at Exhibit A to this Amendment.
1.2 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1.1.
The definition of “ Additional Security
Document ” is hereby deleted from Section 1.1 of
the Credit Agreement.
1.3 AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 2.7(F). Section 2.7(f) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated as follows:
(f) Interest Rate
Margins. As used herein the terms “ Applicable
Prime Rate Margin ”, “ Applicable
Eurocurrency Margin ” and “ Applicable
Commitment Fee Rate ” shall mean the particular rate
per annum determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
the Pricing Grid Table which appears below, based on the
Borrower’s ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt as of the
end of each fiscal quarter to Consolidated EBITDA for the Testing
Period most recently ended and the following provisions:
(A) On the Amendment
Effective Date, until changed hereunder in accordance with the
following provisions, the Applicable Prime Rate Margin for
Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans will be 0.00 basis points per
annum, the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Revolving Loans will
be 34.00 basis points per annum, and the Applicable Commitment Fee
Rate shall be 8.00 basis points per annum.
(B) Commencing with the
fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended on or nearest to
December 31, 2006, and continuing with each fiscal quarter
thereafter, the Administrative Agent will determine the Applicable
Prime Rate Margin or Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for any
Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan and the Applicable Commitment Fee
Rate in accordance with the Pricing Grid Table, based on the
Borrower’s ratio of (x) Consolidated Total Funded Debt
as of the end of the fiscal quarter, to (y) Consolidated
EBITDA for the Testing Period ended on the last day of the fiscal
quarter, as identified in such Pricing Grid Table. Changes in the
Applicable Prime Rate Margin, Applicable Eurocurrency Margin or
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate based upon changes in such ratio
shall become effective on the first day of the month following the
receipt by the Administrative Agent pursuant to section 8.1(a) or
(b) of the financial statements of the Borrower, accompanied
by the certificate and calculations referred to in section 8.1(c),
demonstrating the computation of such ratio, based upon the ratio
in effect at the end of the applicable period covered (in whole or
in part) by such financial statements.
(C) Notwithstanding the above
provisions, during any period when (1) the Borrower has failed
to timely deliver its consolidated financial statements referred to
in section 8.1(a) or (b), accompanied by the certificate and
calculations referred to in section 8.1(c) or (2) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Prime Rate
Margin and the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Revolving Loans
and Swing Line Loans and the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall
be the highest rate per annum indicated therefor in the Pricing
Grid Table, regardless of the Borrower’s ratio of
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA at such
time.
(D) Any changes in the
Applicable Prime Rate Margin or Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for
Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans and the Applicable Commitment
Fee Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the above provisions and the Administrative Agent
will promptly provide notice of such determinations to the Borrower
and the Lenders. Any such determination by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to this section 2.7(f) shall be conclusive and binding
absent manifest error.
PRICING GRID
TABLE
(Expressed in Basis
Points)
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Ratio of
Consolidated
Total
Funded Debt
To
Consolidated EBITDA
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Applicable Prime Rate
Margin
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Applicable
Eurocurrency
Margin
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Applicable
Commitment Fee
Rate
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Greater than or equal to 2.00 to
1.00 |
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0.0 |
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47.5 |
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15.0 |
Greater than or equal to 1.50 to
1.00 but less than 2.00 to 1.00 |
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0.0 |
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37.5 |
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12.5 |
Greater than or equal to 1.00 to
1.00 and less than 1.50 to 1.00 |
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0.0 |
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35.0 |
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10.0 |
| Less than 1.00 to 1.00 |
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0.0 |
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34.0 |
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8.0 |
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1.4 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4.1.
Section 4.1(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and
restated as follows:
4.1(a) Commitment
Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
fees (“ Commitment Fees ”) for the
account of each Non-Defaulting Lender for the period from and
including the Amendment Effective Date to, but not including, the
Maturity Date or, if earlier, the date upon which the Total
Revolving Commitment has been terminated, computed for each day at
a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for
such day on the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
for such day. Commitment Fees shall be due and payable in arrears
on April 1, July 1, October 1 and
January 1 and on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, the date
upon which the Total Revolving Commitment has been
terminated.
1.5 AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE
7.2. Schedule 7.2 to the Credit Agreement shall be amended and
restated as set forth at Exhibit B to this Amendment.
1.6 AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 8.12. Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement shall
be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
8.12
[Reserved].
1.7 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9.2.
The last paragraph of Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement
shall be amended and restated as follows:
With respect to any
Subsidiary which is a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty, such
Subsidiary shall be released from the Subsidiary Guaranty if all of
such Subsidiary’s capital stock (or other equity interests)
are disposed of in accordance with this Section 9.2; and the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized
to take actions deemed appropriate by them in order to effectuate
the foregoing.
1.8 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9.4.
Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by adding
an additional subclause (j) as follows:
(j) Existing Letter of
Credit: the letter of credit in the face amount of $2,550,000
issued by U.S. Bank, National Association for the benefit of the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources having a letter of credit
number of SLCL120281 and an annual expiration date of June 9th
with automatic annual extensions.
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1.9 TERMINATION OF PLEDGE
AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding Sections 7.19 and 10.1(f) of the Credit
Agreement, the Pledge Agreement shall be terminated and shall be of
no further force and effect and all Pledged Stock and Pledged
Equity Interests (each as defined in the Pledge Agreement) shall be
promptly returned to the Borrower by the Collateral Agent. The
termination of the Pledge Agreement pursuant to this Amendment
shall not constitute a breach of the representation set forth in
Section 7.19 of the Credit Agreement now or subsequent to the
date hereof, and such termination shall not constitute a Default or
an Event of Default pursuant to Section 10.1(f) of the Credit
Agreement.
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