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Exhibit 10.47
THIRD AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN (this "Third Amendment") is made as
of December 19, 1997, by and between Lam Research Co., Ltd., a Japanese
corporation ("Borrower"), and The Sakura Bank, a Japanese banking corporation
("Lender").
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into that certain Term Loan
Agreement, dated as of June 26, 1996, and amended on January 22, 1997 and June
27, 1997 (as amended, the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which Lender agreed to
lend to Borrower and Borrower agreed to borrow from Lender a certain sum,
subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Loan Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Loan Agreement, as set
forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the
mutual covenants contained in the Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions, Interpretation. All capitalized terms defined above and
elsewhere in this Amendment shall be used herein as so defined. Unless otherwise
defined herein, all other capitalized terms used herein shall have the
respective meanings given to those terms in the Loan Agreement, as amended by
this Amendment.
2. Amendments to Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
(a) The definition of "Equity Securities" set forth in Section
1.1 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"Equity Securities" of any Person shall mean (i) all
common stock, preferred stock, participations, shares,
partnership interests or other equity interests in and of such
Person (regardless of how designated and whether or not voting
or non-voting) and (ii) all warrants, options and other rights
to acquire any of the foregoing, other than convertible debt
securities which have not been converted into common stock,
preferred stock, participations, shares, partnership interests
or other equity interests in any such Person.
(b) The definition of "Subordinated Debt" set forth in Section
1.1 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
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"Subordinated Debt" shall mean, collectively, (i)
Guarantor's $310,000,000 Five Percent (5%) Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2002, and (ii) and any other
subordinated debt permitted by Section 6.1(xi).
(c) Section 5.1 is hereby amended by (i) renumbering clause
(g) as clause (h); and (ii) adding a new clause (g) to read in its
entirety as follows:
(g) COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. Contemporaneously with
any Investment by Borrower consisting of any purchase
or other acquisition of any Equity Securities or
Indebtedness of any other Person or any capital
contribution to or any other investment in any other
Person having a value in excess of $60,000,000, a pro
forma Compliance Certificate certified by the
president, chief financial officer or treasurer of
Borrower which sets forth the calculation of the
financial ratios and tests provided in Section 3.1.2
after giving effect to any such Investment; and
(d) Clause (ii) of Section 6.5 is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
(ii) Other Investments, provided that the aggregate
amount of such other Investments plus the aggregate cost of
assets acquired, mergers consummated and Subsidiaries
established or acquired by Borrower and its Subsidiaries
pursuant to Section 6.4 does not exceed in any fiscal year
$150,000,000 for any amounts paid in cash.
3. Balance of Agreement Unaffected. Except as expressly set forth
herein, the Loan Agreement shall not be affected hereby and shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with its terms.
4. Governing Law. This Second Amendment shall in all respects be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California
applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state,
including all matters of construction, validity and performance.
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5. Counterparts. This Second Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall
be one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second
Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
LENDER:
The Sakura Bank,
a Japanese banking corporation
By: /s/ T. Nakajima
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Name: Takao Nakajima
Title: Senior Vice President
BORROWER:
Lam Research Co., Ltd.,
a Japanese corporation
By: /s/ Yoichi Isago
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Name: Yoichi Isago
Title: President
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