EXHIBIT 10.28
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDERS'
AGREEMENT
This is Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment") dated July 30, 2004 to the First
Amended and Restated Shareholders' Agreement dated as of September 26, 2003 (the
"Agreement") by and among (i) AMIS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, (ii)
FP-McCartney, L.L.C., (iii) Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners, L.P.,
CVC/SSB Employee Fund, L.P., CVC Executive Fund LLC, (iv) Nippon Mining
Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Japan Energy Electronic Materials, Inc. and
Japan Energy Corporation), (v) Merchant Capital, Inc., and (vi) Thomas E. Epley.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to release Thomas E. Epley, and Thomas
E. Epley desires to be released from, the Agreement effective as of the date of
this Amendment;
WHEREAS, the preamble to the Agreement incorrectly included Natasha
Foundation as a party thereto;
WHEREAS, Schedule I to the Agreement incorrectly failed to reflect the
Common Shares subject to the Japan Energy Warrant (as defined in the Agreement)
beneficially owned by Japan Energy (as defined in the Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement to provide for
the foregoing release and to correct the errors in the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto desire to correct and amend the
Shareholders' Agreement as provided herein.
1. Amendment. Effective as of the date of this Amendment, Thomas E. Epley
shall no longer be a party to the Agreement and, as of such date, shall not be
entitled to the benefits or subject to the obligations set forth in the
Agreement, provided that the provisions of Section 6.01 and Article 7 shall
survive in all respects and shall continue to be applicable to Epley.
2. Definitions. (a) The definition of "JAPAN ENERGY WARRANT" in Section
1.01 shall be deleted in its entirety and the following definition shall be
added to Section 1.01:
"NIPPON MINING WARRANT" means the warrant to purchase Common Shares
dated December 21, 2000 issued by the Company to GA-TEK Inc. and
transferred by GA-TEK to Nippon Mining (the successor by merger to Japan
Energy Electronic Materials, Inc., formerly known as Japan Energy
Corporation)."
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(b) Other than as provided in Section 2(a) above, (i) all references in
the Agreement to Japan Energy Electronic Materials, Inc. and Japan Energy
Corporation are changed to Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc. and (ii) all references
in the Agreement to the Japan Energy Warrant are changed to the Nippon Mining
Warrant.
(c) Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
3. Dates. All references in the Agreement to "as of the date hereof", "the
date of this Agreement" and other similar phrases shall be deemed to be as of
September 26, 2003 and shall not be deemed to be as of the date of this
Amendment.
4. Corrections to the Agreement. (a) Schedule I of the Agreement is, as of
the date of the Agreement, corrected and replaced in its entirety with the
following corrected Schedule I:
SCHEDULE I
INITIAL OWNERSHIP
CLASS OF COMPANY SECURITY
COMMON
SHARES
SUBJECT
SHAREHOLDER COMMON SHARES TO WARRANTS
- ----------- ------------- -----------
FP-McCartney, L.L.P. 15,946,975 4,556,573
Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners, L.P. 15,652,322 4,315,849
CVC/SSB Employee Fund, L.P. 155,819 44,523
CVC Executive Fund LLC 138,835 39,669
Japan Energy Electronic Materials Inc. 8,059,842 4,603,032
Merchant Capital, Inc. 345,422 71,703
Thomas E. Epley 291,325 ---
(b) All references in the Agreement to Natasha Foundation are deleted in
their entirety and the parties acknowledge and agree that Natasha Foundation was
not, and never has been, a party thereto.
5. Acknowledgment of Aggregate Ownership. The parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that the Company Securities included in the definition of Aggregate
Ownership with respect to each party to the Agreement (other than Thomas E.
Epley, who is released from the Agreement) is as follows as of the date of this
Amendment:
AGGREGATE OWNERSHIP
CLASS OF COMPANY SECURITY
COMMON
SHARES
SUBJECT
SHAREHOLDER COMMON SHARES TO WARRANTS
- ----------- ------------- -----------
FP-McCartney, L.L.P. 20,496,580 ---
Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners, L.P. 19,961,582 ---
CVC/SSB Employee Fund, L.P. 200,274 ---
CVC Executive Fund LLC 178,443 ---
Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc. 8,059,842 4,603,032
Merchant Capital, Inc. 345,422 71,703
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6. Effectiveness. Except as expressly amended herein, all other provisions
of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
7. Applicable Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the
conflicts of laws rules of such state.
8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
AMIS HOLDINGS, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: Christine King
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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FP-MCCARTNEY, L.L.C.
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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CITIGROUP VENTURE CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
By: CVC Partners LLC, as general partner
By: Citigroup Venture Capital GP Holdings, Ltd., as
managing member
By: ______________________________________
Name: Paul C. Schorr IV
Title: Managing Partner
CVC/SSB EMPLOYEE FUND, L.P.
By: CVC Partners LLC, as general partner
By: Citigroup Venture Capital GP Holdings, Ltd., as
managing member
By: ______________________________________
Name: Paul C. Schorr IV
Title: Managing Partner
CVC EXECUTIVE FUND LLC
By: Citigroup Venture Capital GP Holdings, Ltd., as
managing member
By: ______________________________________
Name: Paul C. Schorr IV
Title: Managing Partner
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NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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MERCHANT CAPITAL, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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THOMAS E. EPLEY
___________________________________________
Thomas E. Epley
414 14th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90402
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