EXHIBIT 10.1
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is
entered into as of November 21, 2003, among SOLECTRON CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Borrower"), SOLECTRON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower"), XXXXXXX XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ("GSCP"), as sole lead arranger,
sole book runner and co-syndication agent, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK ("JPMorgan"), as
co-syndication agent, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA ("Scotiabank"), as documentation
agent, the lenders party hereto (each, a "Lender," and collectively, the
"Lenders"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The Borrower, GSCP, JPMorgan, Scotiabank, the Lenders, and the
Administrative Agent entered into a Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of
February 14, 2002, which agreement was amended by an Amendment Agreement dated
as of June 18, 2002, a Second Amendment Agreement dated as of August 19, 2002, a
Third Amendment Agreement dated as of February 13, 2003, a Fourth Amendment
Agreement dated as of July 9, 2003, and a Fifth Amendment and Waiver dated as of
August 27, 2003 (as in effect as of the date of this Amendment, the "Credit
Agreement").
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree to certain
amendments to the Credit Agreement, and the Lenders party hereto have agreed to
such request, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. Definitions; References; Interpretation.
(a) Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein
(including in the Recitals hereof) which is defined in the Credit Agreement
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.
(b) As used herein, "Amendment Documents" means this Amendment, the
Consent and Agreement related hereto and the Credit Agreement (as amended by
this Amendment).
(c) Each reference to "this Agreement," "hereof," "hereunder," "herein"
and "hereby" and each other similar reference contained in the Credit Agreement,
and each reference to "the Credit Agreement" and each other similar reference in
the other Loan Documents, shall from and after the Effective Date refer to the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
(d) The rules of interpretation set forth in Sections 1.02 and 1.05 of
the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Amendment.
2. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Credit Agreement is amended as follows, effective as of the
Effective Date:
(a) The defined term "Applicable Rate" in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement shall be
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amended by replacing the table contained therein with the following table:
APPLICABLE
UTILIZATION APPLICABLE
APPLICABLE FEE RATE UTILIZATION
LIBO RATE (USAGE FEE RATE
DEBT RATINGS APPLICABLE AND LETTERS GREATER THAN (USAGE EQUAL
PRICING S&P/ FACILITY FEE OF CREDIT 33% BUT LESS TO OR GREATER
LEVEL XXXXX'X RATE FEE RATE THAN 66%) THAN 66%)
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1 BBB/Baa2 17.5 bps 70.0 bps 12.5 bps 12.5 bps
(or higher)
2 BBB-/Baa3 25.0 bps 100.0 bps 25.0 bps 25.0 bps
3 BB+/Ba1 30.0 bps 120.0 bps 25.0 bps 25.0 bps
4 BB/Ba2 40.0 bps 135.0 bps 50.0 bps 50.0 bps
5 BB-/Ba3 62.5 bps 175.0 bps 50.0 bps 100.0 bps
6 B+/B1 75.0 bps 212.5 bps 50.0 bps 100.0 bps
(or lower)
(b) The defined term "Borrowing Base Date" in Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"Borrowing Base Date" means November 24, 2003.
(c) Section 6.16 of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
6.16 BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE. The Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, on the date of delivery
of the first Loan Notice under this Agreement after the
occurrence of the Borrowing Base Date, (a) a completed
Borrowing Base Certificate and (b) full and complete reports
with respect to the Receivables of the Borrower and its U.S.
Subsidiaries, including information as to concentration,
aging, identity of Receivables Debtors, letters of credit
securing Receivables, disputed Receivables and other matters,
as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. After
(i) the Borrowing Base Date, and (ii) the extension of a
Revolving Loan hereunder, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent, as soon as available but in any event by
no later than ten Business Days after the end of each calendar
month, a completed Borrowing Base Certificate, together with
the related collateral reports described above. Without
limiting any other provisions of the Loan Documents, if the
Minimum Capital Raise has not been consummated on or before
October 31, 2003, the Borrower shall cooperate
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fully with and permit access by the Agent-Related Persons and
their consultants from after that date for purposes of
auditing the Receivables in connection with the implementation
of the Borrowing Base and pay to Administrative Agent upon
demand all reasonable costs and expenses of such audit.
(d) Clause (iii) of Section 7.13(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended
to read as follows:
(iii) an amount equal to (A) 50% of the aggregate increases in
Shareholders' Equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after
November 30, 2002, by reason of the issuance and sale of Capital Stock
of the Borrower (including upon any conversion of debt securities of
the Borrower (other than ACES) into such Capital Stock) during any
fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending subsequent to November 30, 2002,
plus (B) 100% of the aggregate increases in Shareholders' Equity of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries after November 30, 2002, by reason of the
conversion of ACES into Capital Stock during any fiscal quarter of the
Borrower ending subsequent to November 30, 2002.
(e) Clause (i) of Section 7.13(c) of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended by replacing the table contained therein with the following table:
FISCAL QUARTER ENDING MINIMUM RATIO
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November 30, 2003 1.85 to 1.00
February 29, 2004 2.20 to 1.00
May 31, 2004 2.70 to 1.00
August 31, 2004 3.00 to 1.00
November 30, 2004 3.50 to 1.00
(f) Clause (ii) of Section 7.13(e) of the Credit Agreement is amended
in its entirety to read as follows:
... (ii) (1) on or prior to February 11, 2004, the sum of (X)
$700,000,000.00, (Y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Revolving
Loans and L/C Obligations and (Z) the 364-Day Outstanding Amount, and
(2) after February 11, 2004, the sum of (X) $500,000,000.00 and (Y) the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations.
(g) If the Borrower shall have consummated a Minimum Capital Raise on
or before January 30, 2004, effective the date upon which the Borrower shall
notify the Administrative Agent thereof, references in the Credit Agreement to
the Borrowing Base, Borrowing Base Date and related definitions and provisions
shall be disregarded and deemed to be deleted from the Credit Agreement.
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(h) Schedule 3 to the Compliance Certificate attached to the Credit
Agreement as Exhibit C, is amended and restated in its entirety to read as set
forth in Annex 1 hereto.
3. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:
(a) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or
would result from the amendment of the Credit Agreement contemplated hereby).
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the
Amendment Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and
other action and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or
approval of, or notice to or action by, any Person (including any Governmental
Authority) in order to be effective and enforceable.
(c) The Amendment Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws affecting creditor's rights generally and by equitable principles
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
(d) All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the
Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date,
in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date and except
that this subsection (d) shall be deemed instead to refer to the last day of the
most recent quarter and year for which financial statements have then been
delivered in respect of the representation and warranty made in Section 5.05 of
the Credit Agreement and to take into account any amendments to the Schedules to
the Credit Agreement and other disclosures made in writing by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders after the Closing Date and approved by
the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders).
(e) There has occurred since August 27, 2003, no event or circumstance
that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(f) The Borrower is entering into this Amendment on the basis of its
own investigation and for its own reasons, without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders or any other Person.
(g) The Borrower's obligations under the Credit Agreement and under the
other Loan Documents are not subject to any defense, counterclaim, set-off,
right of recoupment, abatement or other claim.
4. Conditions of Effectiveness.
(a) The effectiveness of Section 2 of this Amendment shall be subject
to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:
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(1) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the
Borrower and the Required Lenders a duly executed original (or, if elected by
the Administrative Agent, an executed facsimile copy) of this Amendment.
(2) The Administrative Agent shall have received the consent
of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party to the Pledge Agreement, the Interco
Subordination Agreement, the Security Agreement or the Guaranty, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in their capacities as such,
to the execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower.
(3) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of
payment by the Borrower of all fees, costs and expenses due and payable as of
the date hereof hereunder and under the Credit Agreement, including any fees
arising under or referenced in Section 5 of this Amendment and any costs and
expenses payable under Section 6(g) of this Amendment (including the
Administrative Agent's Attorney Costs, to the extent invoiced on or prior to the
date hereof).
(4) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the
Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, copies
of the resolutions passed by the board of directors of the Borrower, certified
as of the date hereof by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Borrower, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment,
together with such incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of
Responsible Officers of the Borrower, as the Administrative Agent may require to
establish the identities of and verify the authority and capacity of each
Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as such in connection with this
Amendment and each other Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party.
(5) The Administrative Agent shall have received all other
documents it or the Required Lenders may reasonably request relating to any
matters relevant hereto, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(6) The Effective Date shall have occurred on or before 5:00
p.m. (Pacific time) November 21, 2003.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in Section 4(a), each Lender that has executed this Amendment shall be
deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each
document or other matter either sent, or made available for inspection, by the
Administrative Agent to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance or
satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or
acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender.
(c) From and after the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is amended
as set forth herein. Except as expressly amended pursuant hereto, the Credit
Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and is hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects.
(d) The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower and the Lenders
of the occurrence of the Effective Date.
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5. Fees. The Borrower shall pay (through the Administrative Agent) to each
Lender that executes and delivers this Amendment by no later than 12:00 p.m.
(Pacific time) on November 21, 2003, a non-refundable amendment fee equal to
0.05% of such Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment as of the Effective Date. Such
amendment fee shall be fully-earned upon becoming due and payable, shall not be
refundable for any reason whatsoever and shall be in addition to any fee, cost
or expense otherwise payable by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement or
this Amendment.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the execution and
delivery by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of this Amendment shall not
be deemed to create a course of dealing or an obligation to execute similar
waivers or amendments under the same or similar circumstances in the future.
(b) This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(c) This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the law of the State of New York (including Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of
the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), provided that the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall retain all rights arising under
Federal law.
(d) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument. Each of the parties hereto
understands and agrees that this document (and any other document required
herein) may be delivered by any party thereto either in the form of an executed
original or an executed original sent by facsimile transmission to be followed
promptly by mailing of a hard copy original, and that receipt by the
Administrative Agent of a facsimile transmitted document purportedly bearing the
signature of a Lender or the Borrower shall bind such Lender or the Borrower,
respectively, with the same force and effect as the delivery of a hard copy
original. Any failure by the Administrative Agent to receive the hard copy
executed original of such document shall not diminish the binding effect of
receipt of the facsimile transmitted executed original of such document of the
party whose hard copy page was not received by the Administrative Agent.
(e) This Amendment and the other Amendment Documents contain the entire
and exclusive agreement of the parties hereto with reference to the matters
discussed herein. This Amendment supersedes all prior drafts and communications
with respect hereto. This Amendment may not be amended except in accordance with
the provisions of Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.
(f) If any term or provision of this Amendment shall be deemed
prohibited by or invalid under any applicable law, such provision shall be
invalidated without affecting the remaining provisions of this Amendment, the
Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents.
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(g) The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse Bank of America (including
in its capacities as Collateral Agent and as Administrative Agent), GSCP,
JPMorgan and Scotiabank upon demand, for all reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable Attorney Costs) incurred by Bank of America (including in
its capacities as Collateral Agent and as Administrative Agent), GSCP, JPMorgan
and Scotiabank in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation,
execution and delivery of the Amendment Documents.
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[Signature pages and Exhibits follow - Not Attached]
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