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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 4, 1997
among APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., the BANKS party hereto, and XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Agent.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to a Credit Agreement dated
as of September 8, 1994 as heretofore amended (the "EXISTING AGREEMENT");
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Existing Agreement
to (i) extend the Termination Date from February 11, 2000 to April 4, 2001, (ii)
reduce the rates of interest and fees payable thereunder, (iii) permit the
Company to replace the Lease Agreements (as defined therein) with a new master
lease with Credit Suisse Leasing, 92A, L.P., (iv) permit the Company to elect a
shorter Interest Period with respect to Money Market Absolute Rate Borrowings,
(v) permit the Company to use the proceeds of loans made thereunder to finance
certain acquisitions and (vi) make certain other changes; and
WHEREAS, in connection with such amendment, the parties hereto
desire to restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety to read as set forth in
the Existing Agreement with the amendments specified below;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions; References. (a) Unless otherwise
specifically defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the
Existing Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Existing
Agreement. Each reference to "hereof", "hereunder", "herein" and "hereby" and
each other similar reference and each reference to "this Agreement" and each
other similar reference contained in the Existing Agreement shall from and after
the Restatement Effective Date refer to the Existing Agreement as amended and
restated hereby.
(b) Each reference to the Existing Agreement contained in (i)
Exhibits A, B, C, D and H thereto or (ii) any Note issued pursuant thereto
shall, from and after the Restatement Effective Date, refer to the Existing
Agreement as amended and restated hereby (and as further amended from time to
time).
(c) "Amendment and Restatement" means this Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of April 4, 1997 among the parties hereto, amending
and restating the Existing Agreement.
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(d) "Restatement Effective Date" means the date this Amendment and
Restatement becomes effective in accordance with Section 11 hereof.
SECTION 2. Extension of Termination Date. The definition of
"Termination Date" in Section 1.01 of the Existing Agreement is amended by
changing the date specified therein from "February 11, 2000" to "April 4, 2001"
SECTION 3. Amendments to Definitions. Section 1.1 of the Existing
Agreement is amended as follows:
(a) The following new definitions are added in the appropriate
alphabetical order:
"Company's 1996 Form 10-K" means the Company's
annual report on Form 10-K for 1996, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
"Excess Lease Financed Amount" means the amount (if
any) by which the Lease Financed Amount exceeds (i) $250,000,000
at any time when the Company does not have an Improved Rating or
(ii) $500,000,000 at any time when the Company does have an
Improved Rating.
"Improved Rating" means a rating of senior long-term
unsecured debt securities of the Company without any third-party
credit enhancement as either (i) BBB+ or higher by Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services or (ii) Baa1 or higher by Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc.
"Lease Financed Amount" means the sum of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (as defined
in the Lease Agreements) and the outstanding Investment Amounts
(as defined in the Lease Agreements).
"Margin Stock" means "margin stock" as such term is
defined in Regulation U.
"Permitted Lease Collateral" means Cash Collateral
(as defined in the Lease Agreements) or Treasuries (as defined
in the Lease Agreements) pledged pursuant to the Pledge
Agreement (as defined in the Lease Agreements), in each case
securing the obligations of the Company under the Lease
Agreements.
(b) The definition of "Company's 1995 Form 10-K" is deleted.
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(c) Clause (5) of the definition of "Interest Period" is amended by
changing the words "but not less than 30 days" to read "but not less than 7
days".
(d) The definition of "Lease Agreements" is amended to read as
follows:
"Lease Agreements" means the Master Lease dated as
of April 11, 1997 between the Company and Credit Suisse Leasing,
92A, L.P. and the Operative Documents (as defined therein), as
they may be amended from time to time; provided that, except in
the case of substantially unimproved land, the property and
other assets leased pursuant to the Lease Agreements, while
leased thereunder, are not included in the assets of the Company
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries under GAAP.
(e) The last sentence of the definition of "Debt" is amended to read
as follows:
The Company's obligations under the Lease Agreements
shall be excluded from this definition; provided that (i) no
such exclusion shall be made if and to the extent that GAAP
would require such obligations to be classified as debt for
borrowed money and (ii) in any event the term "Debt" shall
include the Excess Lease Financed Amount (if any).
(f) The last sentence of the definition of "Guarantees" is amended
by deleting the words "until December 31, 1995".
(g) The last sentence of the definition of "Lien" is amended to read
as follows:
The Lease Agreements and the arrangements set forth therein shall be
excluded from this definition; provided that:
(i) if any portion of the Lease Financed Amount is
included in Debt under the last sentence of the definition of
Debt, then, for purposes of Section 5.11(j), the Lease
Agreements and the arrangements set forth therein shall be
deemed to create a Lien securing such Debt; and
(ii) if the Lease Agreements and the arrangements
set forth therein create a lien on any property or assets other
than (x) the property and assets leased pursuant to the
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Lease Agreements, (y) rights of the Company as sublessor
of any portion of such property and assets and (z)
Permitted Lease Collateral, such lien shall not be
excluded from this definition.
(h) The definition of "Consolidated Quick Assets" is
amended by adding at the end of such definition the words "excluding
Permitted Lease Collateral".
SECTION 4. Limitation on Long-Term Leases. The last sentence of
Section 5.13 is amended to read in full as follows:
For purposes of this Section 5.13 only, Rentals shall not include
any payments required under the Lease Agreements.
SECTION 5. Reduced Pricing. The Pricing Schedule to the Existing
Agreement is deleted and replaced with the Pricing Schedule attached hereto.
Interest (if any) and fees accrued prior to the Restatement Effective Date shall
be payable at the rates specified in the original Pricing Schedule. Interest and
fees accruing on or after the Restatement Effective Date shall be payable at the
rates specified in the Pricing Schedule attached hereto.
SECTION 6. Use of Proceeds. Section 5.08 of the Existing Agreement
is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans
made under this Agreement will be used by the Company to backstop
its commercial paper and for other general corporate purposes. None
of such proceeds will be used, directly or indirectly, for the
purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or
carrying Margin Stock unless, at all times when any such proceeds
are used to buy or carry Margin Stock, not more than 25% of the
value (as determined by any reasonable method) of the assets subject
to any restriction in Section 5.07 or 5.11 consists of Margin Stock.
SECTION 7. Updated Representations and Warranties. (a) Sections
4.04, 4.05 and 4.07 of the Existing Agreement are amended by changing the
reference to "the Company's 1995 Form 10-K" to "the Company's 1996 Form 10-K,"
wherever it appears therein.
(b) Section 4.04 of the Existing Agreement is amended by changing
the date "October 29, 1995" to "October 27, 1996," wherever it appears therein.
SECTION 8. Additional Representations and Warranties. (a) The
Company represents and warrants that as of the Restatement Effective Date,
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immediately after giving effect to the amendment and restatement of the Existing
Agreement provided for herein:
(i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(ii) each representation and warranty of the Company set forth in
the Existing Agreement (as amended hereby) will be true as though
made on and as of the Restatement Effective Date.
(b) Each of the Banks represents to the Agent and each of the
other Banks that it in good faith is not relying upon any Margin Stock as
collateral in the extension or maintenance of the credit provided for in this
Amendment and Restatement.
SECTION 9. Specification of Certain Dates. The words "the date of
this Agreement" in Section 8.02 of the Existing Agreement and the words "the
date hereof" wherever they appear in Section 8.03 thereof, are changed to "April
4, 1997".
SECTION 10. Counterparts. This Amendment and Restatement may be
signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument.
SECTION 11. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment and
Restatement shall become effective, and the Existing Agreement will be amended
and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in the Existing Agreement with
the amendments specified above, on the date when the Agent shall have received
all of the following:
(a) counterparts of this Amendment and Restatement signed by the
Company and all of the Banks that are parties to the Existing
Agreement (or, in the case of any such Bank from which a signed
counterpart shall not have been received, the Agent shall have
received, in form satisfactory to it, facsimile or other written
confirmation from such Bank that it has signed a counterpart
hereof);
(b) an opinion of counsel for the Company, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto and covering such additional matters
relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as the Required
Banks may reasonably request; and
(c) all documents the Agent may reasonably request relating to the
existence of the Company, the corporate authority for and the
validity of the Existing Agreement as amended and restated hereby,
and any other matters relevant hereto, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent.
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The Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Banks of the Restatement
Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties
hereto.
SECTION 12. Governing Law. Submission to Jurisdiction. This
Amendment and Restatement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York. The Company hereby submits to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York and of any New York State court sitting in New York City
for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this
Amendment and Restatement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding
brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment
and Restatement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as
of the day and year first above written.
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Corporate Finance and
Treasurer
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxx
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Title:
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
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XXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX, N.A.
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
ABN AMRO BANK N.V. SAN
FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL
BRANCH
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxx
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Title: Group Vice President
By /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxx
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Title: Assistant Vice President
BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Day
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Title: Assistant Vice President
CITICORP USA, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Attorney-in-Fact
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
By /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK
AND/OR CAYMAN ISLANDS
BRANCHES
By /s/ Vishwanie S. Sewsankae
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Title: Assistant Vice President
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
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Title: Director
MELLON BANK, N.A.
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: First Vice President
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Agent
By /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxx
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Title:
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PRICING SCHEDULE
The "EURO-DOLLAR MARGIN", "CD MARGIN" and "FACILITY FEE RATE" for
any day are the respective rates per annum set forth below in the applicable row
in the column corresponding to the Pricing Level that applies on such day:
PRICING LEVEL LEVEL I LEVEL II LEVEL III LEVEL IV LEVEL V
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Euro-Dollar Margin 0.150% 0.185% 0.240% 0.300% 0.400%
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CD Margin 0.275% 0.310% 0.365% 0.425% 0.525%
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Facility Fee Rate 0.075% 0.090% 0.110% 0.150% 0.225%
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For purposes of this Pricing Schedule, the following terms have the
following meanings:
"LEVEL I PRICING" applies on any day if, on such day, the Company's
long-term debt is rated A-or higher by S&P or A3 or higher by Moody's.
"LEVEL II PRICING" applies on any day if on such day, (i) the
Company's long-term debt is rated BBB+ by S&P or Baal by Moody's and (ii) Level
I Pricing does not apply.
"LEVEL III PRICING" applies on any day if, on such day, (i) the
Company's long-term debt is rated BBB by S&P or Baa2 by Moody's and (ii) neither
Level I Pricing nor Level II Pricing applies.
"LEVEL IV PRICING" applies on any day if, on such day, (i) the
Company's long-term debt is rated BBB- by S&P or Baa3 by Moody's and (ii) none
of Level I Pricing, Level II Pricing or Level III Pricing applies.
"LEVEL V PRICING" applies on any day if, on such day, no other
Pricing Level applies.
"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"PRICING LEVEL" means any one of the five pricing levels represented
by Level Pricing, Level II Pricing, Level III Pricing, Level IV Pricing and
Level V Pricing.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
The ratings to be utilized for purposes of this Pricing Schedule are
those assigned to the senior unsecured long-term debt securities of the Company
without
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third-party credit enhancement, and any rating assigned to any other debt
security of the Company shall be disregarded. The rating in effect on any day is
the rating in effect at the close of business on such day.
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EXHIBIT A
OPINION OF COUNSEL
FOR THE COMPANY
[Amendment Effective Date]
To the Banks and the Agent
Referred to Below
c/x Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company
of New York, as Agent
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have acted as counsel to Applied Materials, Inc. (the "COMPANY")
in connection with the execution and delivery of that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement (the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") dated as of April 4, 1997
among the Company, the Banks signatory thereto and Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company
of New York, as Agent. Except as otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein
and defined in the Credit Agreement or any agreement delivered thereunder shall
have the meanings assigned to them therein.
In connection with this opinion, I have examined executed copies of
the Credit Agreement and the Notes and such other documents, records, agreements
and certificates as I have deemed appropriate. I have also reviewed such matters
of law as I have considered relevant for the purpose of this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; has the corporate
power and authority to own its assets and to transact the business in which it
is now engaged or proposed to be engaged; and is duly licensed or qualified and
is in good standing as a foreign corporation in the State of California.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Credit Agreement and the Notes are within the Company's corporate powers, have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action by or
in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official and do
not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law
or regulation or of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company
or, to
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the best of my knowledge, of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree
or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or,
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
3. To the best of my knowledge, except as set forth under the
heading "Legal Proceedings" in the Company's 1996 Form 10-K, there are no
pending or threatened actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or
arbitrator in which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse
determination which would have a Material Adverse Effect, or which in any manner
draws into question the validity of the Credit Agreement or the Notes.
4. The Credit Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation
of the Company and each Note constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the
Company, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms.
Certain Assumptions
With your permission I have assumed the following: (a) the
authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (b)
the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies and
the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the information, representations and
warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates I
have reviewed; and (c) the absence of any evidence extrinsic to the provisions
of the written agreements between the parties that the parties intended a
meaning contrary to that expressed by those provisions.
Certain Limitations and Qualifications
I express no opinion as to laws other than laws of the State of
California, the federal law of the United States of America and the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
With your permission, I have assumed for the purpose of rendering
this opinion that the laws of the State of California govern the transaction,
notwithstanding that the Credit Agreement and the Notes state that they are to
be governed by New York law.
My opinion that any document is legal, valid, binding, or
enforceable in accordance with its terms is qualified as to:
(a) limitations imposed by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or other similar laws relating
to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally;
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(b) general principles of equity, including without limitation
concepts of mutuality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the
possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law;
(c) the possibility that certain covenants and provisions for the
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes may not be enforceable if enforcement
would be unreasonable under the then existing circumstances, but in my opinion
acceleration would be available if an event of default occurred as a result of a
material breach of a material covenant;
(d) the unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions
imposing penalties, forfeiture, late payment charges or an increase in interest
rate upon delinquency in payment or the occurrence of any event of default;
(e) rights to indemnification and contribution which may be limited
by applicable law and equitable principles; and
(f) the unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions
expressly or by implication waiving broadly or vaguely stated rights (including,
without limitation, waivers of any objection to venue and forum non conveniens
and the right to a jury trial), the benefits of statutory constitutional
provisions, unknown future rights, and defenses to obligations or rights granted
by law, where such waivers are against public policy or prohibited by law.
The phrase "to the best of my knowledge" is intended to indicate
that, during the ordinary course of the performance of my duties as counsel for
the Company, no information that would give me current actual knowledge of the
inaccuracy of such statement has come to my attention.
Use of Opinion
This opinion is solely for your benefit (and the benefit of any
Assignee which becomes a Bank pursuant to Section 9.06(c) of the Credit
Agreement) in connection with the transaction covered by the first paragraph of
this letter and may not be relied upon, used, circulated, quoted or referred to,
nor may copies hereof be delivered to, any other person without my prior written
approval. I disclaim any obligation to update this opinion for events occurring
or coming to my attention after the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
