Exhibit 10.39
AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
AND AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 5 to Credit
Agreement and Amendment No. 3 to Security Agreement (this
“ Amendment ”), dated as of December 23,
2008, amends that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 19, 2005 (as amended, the “ Agreement
”), among the financial institutions from time to time
parties thereto (such financial institutions, together with their
respective successors and assigns, are referred to hereinafter each
individually as a “ Lender ” and collectively as
the “ Lenders ”), Bank of America, N.A., with an
office at 55 South Lake Avenue, Suite 900, Pasadena, California
91101, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in its capacity as
agent, the “ Agent ”), Spansion LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), and
Spansion Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent
”), and amends that certain Security Agreement, dated as of
September 19, 2005 (as amended, the “ Security
Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower, the Lenders and
the Agent have entered into the Agreement and Borrower and Agent
have entered into the Security Agreement;
WHEREAS, Borrower desires to amend
the Agreement and Security Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agent and the Lenders
are willing to do so, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Agent, the Required Lenders, and the Borrower
hereby agree as follows.
AGREEMENT
Section 1. Amendments to the
Agreement . The Agent, the Required Lenders, and the Borrower
agree that the Agreement is hereby amended as follows
A. Section 1.1 of the Agreement
is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
1.1 Total Facility .
Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Lenders agree to make available a total credit facility of up to
$45,000,000 (the “Total Facility”) to the Borrower from
time to time during the term of this Agreement. The Total Facility
shall be composed of a revolving line of credit consisting of
Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit described herein.
B. Solely upon the effectiveness of
the consent set forth in Section 3 below, Section 7.13 of
the Agreement will be automatically amended by deleting the
“and” immediately prior to clause (i) and adding
the following clause (j) at the end of such
Section:
“, and (j) the UBS
Debt.”
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C. Solely upon the effectiveness of
the consent set forth in Section 3 below, Section 7.14 of
the Agreement will be automatically amended by deleting the
“and” immediately prior to clause (c) and adding
the following clause (d) at the end of such
Section:
“, and (d) the UBS
Debt.”
D. Section 7.22 of the
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
7.22 Minimum Cash Flow . On a
consolidated basis, the Borrower (or, following the Approved
Restructuring, Parent) shall have Cash Flow on the last day of each
of the measurement periods set forth in the table below (each such
day a “determination date”), calculated for the
measurement periods ending on each such determination date, of at
least (or no more negative than) the amount in such table
corresponding to such measurement period date (amounts appearing in
parentheses are negative):
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Cash Flow
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The fiscal quarter ending on December 28,
2008
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($
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90,000,000
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The two consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
March 29, 2009
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($
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100,000,000
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The three consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
June 28, 2009
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($
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70,000,000
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The four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
September 27, 2009
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($
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85,000,000
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)
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The five consecutive fiscal quarters ending
December 27, 2009
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($
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120,000,000
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)
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Minimum Cash Flow levels for each
fiscal quarter in any Fiscal Year commencing with Fiscal Year 2010
shall be determined by Agent, based upon the Latest Projections for
such Fiscal Year delivered to Agent in accordance with
Section 5.2(f) . Such financial projections must
credibly reflect expected performance by Borrower in each quarter
of such Fiscal Year and shall otherwise be satisfactory to Agent in
its reasonable credit judgment.
E. Section 7.23 of the
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
7.23 Minimum EBITDA . On a
consolidated basis, the Borrower (or, following the Approved
Restructuring, Parent) shall have EBITDA on the last day of each of
the fiscal quarters set forth in the table below (each such day a
“determination date”), calculated for the four fiscal
quarter period ending on each such determination date, of at least
the amount in such table corresponding to such determination
date:
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EBITDA
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December 28, 2008
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$
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220,000,000
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March 29, 2009
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$
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240,000,000
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June 28, 2009
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$
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270,000,000
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September 27, 2009
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$
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280,000,000
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December 27, 2009
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$
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310,000,000
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Minimum EBITDA levels for each
fiscal quarter in any Fiscal Year commencing with Fiscal Year 2010
shall be determined by Agent, based upon the Latest Projections for
such Fiscal Year delivered to Agent in accordance with
Section 5.2(f) . Such financial projections must
credibly reflect expected performance by Borrower in each quarter
of such Fiscal Year and shall otherwise be satisfactory to Agent in
its reasonable credit judgment.
F. Article 7 of the Agreement is
hereby amended by adding the following Section 7.34 at the end
of such Article:
7.34 Amendment to The UBS Loan
Documents; Restriction on UBS Accounts . Neither the Parent nor
any Borrower shall (a) amend, modify, or change, or shall
permit or agree to, any amendment, modification, or change to the
UBS Loan Documents, or (b) notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in any Loan Document, maintain any securities,
money market or deposit account with UBS other than the securities
account in which the UBS Collateral is maintained, and Borrower
further agrees that at no time shall such account contain any
securities or assets other than the UBS Collateral.
G. Section 9.1(d) (Events of
Default) of the Agreement is hereby amended to add to the first
line thereof, after the reference to “Noteholder
Obligations” the following:
“, the UBS
Debt”
H. Annex A to the Agreement
is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in the
appropriate alphabetical order:
“ Amendment No. 5
” means that certain Amendment No. 5 to Credit
Agreement, dated as of December , 2008 by
and among Parent and Borrowers, on the one hand and Agent and the
Lenders, on the other hand.
“ AR Securities ”
means those certain auction rate securities more specifically
described in Schedule ARS-1 to the Credit
Agreement.
“ Availability Block
” means a reserve established by Agent in an amount equal to
$25,000,000.
“ Cash Flow ”
means, with respect to any fiscal period of Parent, the amount
equal to EBITDA, minus Fixed Charges minus , Capital
Expenditures (excluding Capital Expenditures funded with Debt
(other than Revolving Loans and other revolving advances or
revolving loans under any of Parents’ or Borrowers’
credit facilities), but
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including, without duplication,
principal payments with respect to such Debt), plus the net
cash proceeds arising from: (i) the sale of any capital
assets, and (ii) the sale by Borrower or Parent of its stock
issued in connection with a round of equity financing (so long as
the issuance of such stock is permitted hereunder).
“ Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio ” means, with respect to any fiscal period of
Parent, the ratio of (a) the sum of EBITDA, minus
Capital Expenditures (excluding Capital Expenditures funded with
Debt (other than Revolving Loans and other revolving advances or
revolving loans under any of Parent’s or Borrowers’
credit facilities)), to (b) Fixed Charges.
“ Fixed Charges ”
means, with respect to any fiscal period of Parent on a
consolidated basis, without duplication, cash interest expense,
scheduled principal payments of Debt (other than any repayments of
Revolving Loans and any other revolving advances or loans under any
of Parent’s or Borrowers’ credit facilities), and
Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes.
“ UBS Collateral
” has the meaning specified in Section 3 of Amendment
No. 5.
“ UBS Debt ” has
the meaning specified in Section 3 of Amendment
No. 5.
“ UBS Loan Documents
” has the meaning specified in Section 3 of Amendment
No. 5.
I. The definition of “
Applicable Margin ” contained in Annex A to the
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“ Applicable Margin
” means:
(i) with respect to Base Rate
Revolving Loans and all other Obligations (other than the LIBOR
Rate Loans, the Unused Line Fee and the Letter of Credit Fee),
1.50%;
(ii) with respect to LIBOR Revolving
Loans, 3.50%;
(iii) with respect to the Unused
Line Fee, 0.50%; and
(iv) with respect to the Letter of
Credit Fee, 3.50%.
Commencing on January 1, 2009,
the Applicable Margins shall be adjusted (up or down) prospectively
on a quarterly basis as determined by the Borrower’s
consolidated financial performance, calculated pursuant to the
terms of the last paragraph of this definition. Adjustments in
Applicable Margins shall be determined by reference to the
following grid:
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Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio
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Base Rate
Revolving
Loans
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LIBOR
Revolving
Loans
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Letter of
Credit
Fee
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Unused
Line Fee
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I
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> 1.50
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1.25%
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3.25%
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3.25%
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0.50%
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II
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< 1.50, but
> 1.25
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1.50%
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3.50%
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3.50%
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0.50%
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III
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< 1.25, but >
1.00
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1.75%
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3.75%
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3.75%
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0.50%
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IV
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< 1.00
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2.25%
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4.25%
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4.25%
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0.50%
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