Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 3 to Loan
and Security Agreement (this “
Amendment ”) is entered into September 21st,
2009 (the “ Amendment Date ”), by and
between MIPS Technologies,
Inc. , a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower ”), and Silicon Valley Bank (“
Bank ”). Capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the same meanings given them
in the Loan Agreement (as defined below).
Recitals
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Borrower and
Bank have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of July 3, 2008, as amended by that certain Amendment No.
1 to Loan and Security Agreement dated December 18, 2008, and that
certain Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement and Consent
dated May 7, 2009 (as so amended and as may be further amended,
restated or modified, the “ Loan Agreement
”), pursuant to which the Bank has agreed to extend and make
available to Borrower certain advances of money.
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Borrower now
desires that Bank extend the maturity date and make certain other
changes, all upon the terms and conditions more fully set forth
herein.
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Subject to the
representations and warranties of Borrower herein and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment, Bank is willing
to so amend the Loan Agreement.
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Agreement
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing Recitals and intending to be legally
bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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Amendments to Loan
Agreement .
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Section 13
(Definitions) . The following definitions in
Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement are amended in their entirety to
read as follows:
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““
EBITDA ” shall mean, for any fiscal period, (a) Net
Income for such period, plus (b) Interest Expense for such period,
plus (c) consolidated income taxes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such period, plus (d) to the extent deducted in the calculation
of Net Income, consolidated depreciation expense and amortization
expense of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus (e)
other consolidated non-cash expenses, including non-cash stock
compensation expense, of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period, plus (f) non-cash charges for the amortization of (i)
amounts in the Founders Deferral Escrow Account (as defined in the
Chipidea Share Purchase Agreement) if and to the extent such
amounts constitute employee compensation and (ii) amounts tied to
the non-cash charges for the discontinued operations associated
with the Chipidea sale.”
““
Revolving Line Maturity Date ” is the 364th day
following the Amendment 3 Date.”
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Section 13
(Definitions) . The following definition of
“Amendment 3 Date” shall be added to Section 13.1 of
the Loan Agreement in its alphabetically appropriate
position:
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““
Amendment 3 Date ” is the Amendment Date as defined in
that certain Amendment No. 3 to Loan and Security Agreement by and
between Borrower and Bank which amendment added this
definition.”
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Exhibit E to
Loan Agreement (Compliance Certificate) . Exhibit E (“Compliance
Certificate”) of the Loan Agreement is amended in its
entirety by deleting it and replacing it with Exhibit A
attached hereto.
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Borrower’s
Representations And Warranties .
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Borrower
represents and warrants that:
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immediately
upon giving effect to this Amendment (i) the representations
and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate
and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except
to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an
earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such
date), and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
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Borrower has
the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement,
as amended by this Amendment;
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the certificate
of incorporation delivered to Bank in connection with this
Amendment and the bylaws and other organizational documents of
Borrower delivered to Bank in connection with the execution of the
Loan Agreement, remain true, accurate and complete and have not
been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be
in full force and effect;
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the execution
and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by
Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by
this Amendment, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Borrower;
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this Amendment
has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and is the
binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
moratorium or other similar laws of general application and
equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’
rights; and
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as of the date
hereof, it has no defenses against the obligations to pay any
amounts under the Obligations. Borrower acknowledges
that Bank has acted in good faith and has conducted in a
commercially reasonable manner its relationships with Borrower in
connection with this Amendment and in connection with the Loan
Documents.
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Borrower
understands and acknowledges that Bank is entering into this
Amendment in reliance upon, and in partial consideration for, the
representations and warranties in Section 2.1 , and
agrees that such reliance is reasonable and appropriate.
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Limitation
. The amendments set
forth in this Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and
shall not be deemed (a) to be a waiver or modification of any other
term or condition of the Loan Agreement or of any other instrument
or agreement referred to therein or to prejudice any right or
remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or
in connection with the Loan Agreement or any instrument or
agreement referred to therein; or (b) to be a consent to any future
amendment or modification or waiver to any instrument or agreement
the execution and delivery of which is consented to hereby, or to
any waiver of any of the provisions thereof. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the Loan Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect. This Amendment is a Loan Document and
any breach of this Amendment by Borrower shall be an immediate
Event of Default under the Loan Agreement.
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Effectiveness
. This Amendment shall
become effective upon the satisfaction of all the following
conditions precedent:
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Amendment . Borrower and Bank shall have duly
executed and delivered this Amendment to Bank.
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Loan
Fees . Borrower shall have paid to Bank a
loan fee in the amount of $25,000.
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Bank
Expenses . Borrower shall have paid all Bank
Expenses incurred through the date of this Amendment.
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Counterparts
. This Amendment may be
signed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if the
signatures to each such counterpart were
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