Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 23, 2021, Analog Devices, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Revolving Credit Agreement”) among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as Designated Borrowers, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders, BofA Securities, Inc., as sustainability structuring agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Citibank, N.A., and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as co-documentation agents, and BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A., and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners. The Revolving Credit Agreement provides for (a) a 5-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (i) $1.25 billion or (ii) upon the completion of the acquisition by the Company of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (“Maxim”) on or before January 12, 2022 (subject to certain terms and conditions specified in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and among the Company, Maxim and Magneto Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as the same may be amended, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time)), $2.5 billion and (b) amends and restates the Company’s existing second amended and restated revolving credit agreement dated as of June 28, 2019. Terms used in this Item 1.01 and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Revolving Credit Agreement, which is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.
The new amended and restated revolving credit facility expires on June 23, 2026 and is currently undrawn. The Revolving Credit Agreement is subject to two one-year extension options at the request of the Company and with the consent of the lenders. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement are prepayable at the Company’s option in whole or in part without premium or penalty. Amounts borrowed under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time prior to the maturity date.
Loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement can be Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans at the Company’s option. Each Eurocurrency Rate Loan will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate plus a margin based on the Company’s Debt Ratings from time to time of between 0.690% and 1.175%. Each Base Rate Loan will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus a margin based on the Company’s Debt Ratings from time to time of between 0.00% and 0.175%. In addition, the Company has agreed to pay a facility fee based on the Company’s Debt Ratings from time to time of between 0.060% and 0.250% times the actual daily amount of the Commitments in effect. The Revolving Credit Agreement also contains a sustainability-linked pricing component which provides for interest rate and facility fee reductions or increases by meeting or missing targets related to environmental sustainability, specifically greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy usage. The Revolving Credit Agreement includes a multicurrency borrowing feature for certain specified foreign currencies. The Company will guarantee the obligations of each subsidiary that is named a Designated Borrower under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, and affirmative and negative covenants and events of default applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries. The events of default include, among others, nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, failure to perform certain covenants, cross-defaults to certain other