EXHIBIT 10.44(a-1)

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”) is entered into as of October 3, 2003, by and among ADVANCED MICRO
DEVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), AMD INTERNATIONAL SALES &
SERVICE, LTD., a Delaware corporation (“AMDISS”) (Parent and AMDISS,
individually and collectively, the “Borrower”), the several financial
institutions party hereto as Lenders (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the
“Lenders”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, the “Agent”) and as a Lender, CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(SOUTHWEST), as syndication agent for the Lenders (in its capacity as such, the
“Syndication Agent”) and as a Lender, THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., as
documentation agent for the Lenders (in its capacity as such, the “Documentation
Agent”) and as a Lender, and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC, as collateral agent for
the Lenders (in its capacity as such, the “Collateral Agent”) and as a Lender.

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain of the Lenders and the Agent entered into that
certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July 7,
2003 (the “Loan Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that certain additional financial
institutions be made a party to the Loan Agreement as Lenders, that all Lenders
agree to certain amendments to the Loan Agreement, and all Lenders have agreed
to such request, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions; References; Interpretation.

 

(a) Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each capitalized term used
herein (including in the Recitals hereof) which is defined in the Loan Agreement
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Loan Agreement.

 

(b) Each reference to “this Amendment,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “herein” and
“hereby” and each other similar reference contained in the Loan Agreement, and
each reference to “the Loan Agreement” and each other similar reference in the
other Loan Documents, shall from and after the Effective Date (defined below)
refer to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.

 

(c) The rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.3 of the Loan Agreement
shall be applicable to this Amendment.

 

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2. Amendments to Loan Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Loan Agreement is amended as follows, effective as of the Effective Date:

 

(a) The title page to the Loan Agreement shall be amended and restated in its
entirety as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

(b) The preamble to the Loan Agreement shall be amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2003, by
and among the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof or any
amendment hereto identifying such financial institutions as Lenders (such
financial institutions, together with their respective successors and assigns,
are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Lender” and collectively as
the “Lenders”), Bank of America, N.A. (the “Bank”) with an office at 55 South
Lake, Suite 900, Pasadena, CA 91101, as agent for the Lenders (in its capacity
as agent, the “Agent”), Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest), as
syndication agent for the Lenders (in its capacity as such, the “Syndication
Agent”), The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc., as documentation agent for the
Lenders (in its capacity as such, the “Documentation Agent”), Wells Fargo
Foothill, LLC, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in its capacity as such, the
“Collateral Agent”) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Parent”), with offices at One AMD Place, Sunnyvale, CA 94088, and AMD
International Sales & Service, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“AMDISS”), as
co-borrowers (individually and collectively, the “Borrower”).

 

(c) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(i) The defined term “Bank Products” is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

“Bank Products” means any one or more of the following types of services or
facilities extended to the Borrower (or that have been extended to Borrower’s
Subsidiaries and are subject to a Bank Product Guaranty) by any Lender or any
Affiliate of such Lender in reliance on such Lender’s agreement to indemnify
such Affiliate: (i) credit cards; (ii) ACH Transactions; (iii) Rate Protection
Arrangements; (iv) cash management, including controlled disbursement services;
and (v) foreign exchange contracts.

 

(ii) The defined term “Borrowing Base” is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i)
the Maximum Revolver Amount or (ii) the sum of (A) eighty-five percent (85%) of
the Net Amount of Eligible Accounts of the Parent and AMDISS payable by original
equipment manufacturers plus (B) fifty percent (50%) of the Net Amount of
Eligible Accounts of the Parent and AMDISS payable by distributors (such
Accounts, the “Distributor Accounts”) plus (C) the lesser of (1) $25,000,000 and
(2) fifty percent (50%) of the Net Amount of Eligible Other

 

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Foreign Accounts of AMDISS; provided, however, that if at any time either (i)
the average daily cash balance of Net Domestic Cash during any 30 day period or
(ii) Net Domestic Cash as of the last day of any month is less than $175,000,000
(a “Reduction Event”) then the Dollar and percentage amounts set forth above in
this clause (C) shall be promptly reduced to zero (if after a Reduction Event,
either (i) the average daily cash balance of Net Domestic Cash during any 30 day
period or (ii) Net Domestic Cash as of the last day of any month is greater than
$175,000,000 as reported on 2 consecutive Borrowing Base Certificates then the
Dollar and percentage amounts shall be restored to the amounts first set forth
above in this clause (C)); minus (b) the sum of (i) reserves for accrued
interest on the Obligations, (ii) the Bank Product Reserve, if any, and (iii)
the Dilution Reserves and other reserves which the Agent deems necessary in the
exercise of its reasonable commercial discretion to maintain with respect to the
Borrower’s account, including reserves for any amounts which the Agent or any
Lender may be obligated to pay in the future for the account of the Borrower.

 

(iii) The defined term “Cash Dominion Trigger Date” is hereby added to the Loan
Agreement in the appropriate alphabetic order and shall read as follows:

 

“Cash Dominion Trigger Date” means the first date, if any, on which either (a)
both (i) an Enhanced Covenant Period has commenced and (ii) the Loan to
Availability Ratio exceeds 50%, or (b) either (i) the average daily cash balance
of Net Domestic Cash for any 30 day period is less than $100,000,000, or (ii)
Net Domestic Cash as of the last day of any month is less than $100,000,000.

 

(iv) The defined term “Collateral Agent” is hereby added to the Loan Agreement
in the appropriate alphabetic order and shall read as follows:

 

“Collateral Agent” means Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, and any successor collateral
agent.

 

(v) The defined term “Documentation Agent” is hereby added to the Loan Agreement
in the appropriate alphabetic order and shall read as follows:

 

“Documentation Agent” means The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc., and any
successor documentation agent.

 

(vi) The defined term “Domestic Cash” is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

“Domestic Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the amount on such date
of all Dollar-denominated cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
(each as determined in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its U.S.
Subsidiaries (excluding FASL (Delaware)) (the amount of such U.S. Subsidiaries’
respective cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments that may be
included in this calculation shall be limited to $10,000,000 in the

 

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aggregate at any one time), that is in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts,
or any combination thereof, which Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts (in
the case of the Borrower) are the subject of Control Agreements or, in the case
of Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts (in the case of the Borrower)
existing on the Closing Date, will be subject to Control Agreements within 60
days of the Closing Date, and are maintained by a branch office of the bank or
securities intermediary located within the United States and which cash, cash
equivalents and short-term investments are not subject to any Liens (excluding
Liens pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof and Liens permitted under clause (h) and
(m) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”).

 

(vii) The defined term “Eligible Accounts” is hereby amended by deleting clause
(g) therein in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

(g) owed by an Account Debtor which: (i) does not maintain its chief executive
office in the United States or Canada (unless such Account Debtor is an Eligible
Foreign Account Debtor); or (ii) is not organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof (unless such Account Debtor is an Eligible Foreign
Account Debtor); or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign
state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision
thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other
instrumentality thereof; except to the extent that such Account is secured or
payable by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable
discretion;

 

(viii) The defined term “Enhanced Covenant Period” is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“Enhanced Covenant Period” means any period of one or more days that either (i)
the average daily cash balance of Net Domestic Cash during any 30 day period is
less than $125,000,000, or (ii) Net Domestic Cash as of the last day of any
month is less than $125,000,000.

 

(ix) The defined term “Maximum Revolver Amount” is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety as follows:

 

“Maximum Revolver Amount” means $125,000,000.

 

(x) The defined term “Net Amount of Eligible Other Foreign Accounts” is hereby
added to the Loan Agreement in the appropriate alphabetic order and shall read
as follows:

 

“Net Amount of Eligible Other Foreign Accounts” means, in respect of each
Borrower at any time, the gross amount of Eligible Other Foreign Accounts of
such Borrower less sales, excise or similar taxes, and less returns, discounts,
claims, credits and allowances of any nature at any time issued, owing, granted,
outstanding, available or claimed.

 

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(xi) The defined term “Obligations” is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

“Obligations” means all present and future loans, advances, liabilities,
obligations, covenants, duties, and debts owing by the Borrower to the Agent
and/or any Lender, arising under or pursuant to this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, whether or not evidenced by any note, or other instrument
or document, whether arising from any extension of credit, issuance of any
letter of credit, acceptance, loan, guaranty, indemnification or otherwise,
whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment from others,
and any participation by the Agent and/or any Lender in the Borrower’s debts
owing to others), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, primary or
secondary, as principal or guarantor, and including all principal, interest
(including all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case or
proceeding by or against any Borrower in bankruptcy (whether or not allowed in
such case or proceeding)), charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees, filing fees
and any other sums chargeable to the Borrower hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents. “Obligations” includes, without limitation, all debts,
liabilities and obligations owing by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
now or hereafter arising from or in connection with Bank Products to the extent
provided in Section 4.5.

 

(xii) The defined term “Syndication Agent” is hereby added to the Loan Agreement
in the appropriate alphabetic order and shall read as follows:

 

“Syndication Agent” means Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest), and any
successor syndication agent.

 

(xiii) The defined term “Unreported Bank Products” is hereby added to the Loan
Agreement in the appropriate alphabetic order and shall read as follows:

 

“Unreported Bank Product” shall have the meaning set forth in the seventh clause
of Section 4.5(a).

 

(d) Section 2.2(h)(i) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety as follows:

 

(h) Making of Non-Ratable Loans.

 

(i) In the event the Agent shall elect, with the consent of the Bank, to have
the terms of this Section 2.2(h) apply to a requested Borrowing as described in
Section 2.2(f), the Bank shall make a Revolving Loan in the amount of such
Borrowing (any such Revolving Loan made solely by the Bank pursuant to this
Section 2.2(h) being referred to as a “Non-Ratable Loan” and such Revolving
Loans being referred to collectively as “Non-Ratable Loans”) available to the
Borrower on the Funding Date applicable thereto by transferring same day funds
to a deposit account of the Borrower designated in writing by the

 

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Borrower and acceptable to the Agent. Each Non-Ratable Loan is a Revolving Loan
hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to
other Revolving Loans except that all payments thereon shall be payable to the
Bank solely for its own account (and for the account of the holder of any
participation interest with respect to such Revolving Loan). The Agent shall not
request the Bank to make any Non-Ratable Loan if (A) the Agent shall have
received written notice from any Lender that one or more of the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Article 10 will not be satisfied on the
requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing, (B) the requested Borrowing
would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date, or (C) after giving effect
to such requested Non-Ratable Loan, the aggregate outstanding amount of
Non-Ratable Loans would exceed $5,000,000. The Bank shall not otherwise be
required to determine whether the applicable conditions precedent set forth in
Article 10 have been satisfied or the requested Borrowing would exceed the
Availability on the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making, in its sole
discretion, any Non-Ratable Loan.

 

(e) Section 2.2(i)(i) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety as follows:

 

(i) Agent Advances.

 

(i) Subject to the limitations set forth below in this Section 2.2 (i)(i), the
Agent is hereby authorized by the Borrower and the Lenders, from time to time in
the Agent’s sole discretion, (A) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event
of Default, or (B) at any time that any of the other applicable conditions
precedent set forth in Article 10 have not been satisfied, to make Base Rate
Loans to the Borrower on behalf of the Lenders in an aggregate amount
outstanding at any time not to exceed 5% of the Borrowing Base which the Agent,
in its reasonable business judgment, deems necessary or desirable (1) to
preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (2) to enhance the
likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other
Obligations, or (3) to pay any other amount chargeable to the Borrower pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement, including costs, fees and expenses as described
in Section 15.7 (any of the advances described in this Section 2.2(i) being
hereinafter referred to as “Agent Advances”); provided, that the Required
Lenders may at any time revoke the Agent’s authorization contained in this
Section 2.2(i) to make Agent Advances, any such revocation to be in writing and
to become effective prospectively upon the Agent’s receipt thereof; and provided
further that after giving effect to the making of any Agent Advance, the
Aggregate Revolver Outstandings shall not exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount.

 

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(f) Section 2.4(j) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

(j) Supporting Letter of Credit; Cash Collateral. If, notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 2.4(b) and Section 12.1 any Letter of Credit is
outstanding upon the termination of this Agreement, then upon such termination
the Borrower shall deposit with the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agent
and the Lenders, with respect to each Letter of Credit then outstanding, as the
Majority Lenders, in their discretion shall specify, either (A) a standby letter
of credit (a “Supporting Letter of Credit”) in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent, issued by an issuer satisfactory to the Agent in an amount equal
to 105% of the undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit, plus any fees and
expenses associated with such Letter of Credit, under which Supporting Letter of
Credit the Agent is entitled to draw amounts necessary to reimburse the Agent
and the Lenders for payments to be made by the Agent and the Lenders under such
Letter of Credit or under any credit support or enhancement provided through the
Agent with respect thereto and any fees and expenses associated with such Letter
of Credit, or (B) cash (a “Supporting Cash Deposit”) in an amount equal to 105%
of the undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit or under any credit support
or enhancement provided through the Agent with respect thereto and any fees and
expenses associated with such Letter of Credit. Such Supporting Letter of Credit
or Supporting Cash Deposit shall be held by the Agent, for the ratable benefit
of the Agent and the Lenders, as security for, and to provide for the payment
of, the aggregate undrawn amount of such Letters of Credit remaining
outstanding.

 

(g) Section 4.5 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

4.5 Apportionment, Application and Reversal of Payments.

 

(a) Aggregate principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among
the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Loans to which
such payments relate held by each Lender) and payments of the fees shall, as
applicable, be apportioned ratably among the Lenders. All payments shall be
remitted to the Agent and all such payments (excluding such payments relating to
principal or interest of specific Loans or specific fees) and any payments
received after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
and all proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral received by the Agent, shall be
applied, ratably, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, first, to pay any
fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Agent from the
Borrower (excluding any amounts related to Bank Products); second, to pay any
fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the
Borrower (excluding any amounts related to Bank Products) under this Agreement
and any other Loan Document; third, to pay interest (including all interest that
accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any
Borrower in bankruptcy (whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding)) due
in respect of all Revolving Loans, including Non-Ratable Loans and Agent
Advances; fourth, to pay or prepay principal of the Non-Ratable Loans and Agent
Advances; fifth, to pay or prepay principal of the Revolving Loans (other than
Non-Ratable Loans and Agent Advances) and unpaid

 

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reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit; sixth to pay an
amount to Agent equal to 105% of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit to be held as cash collateral for such
Obligations; seventh, to the payment of all other Obligations (other than
obligations with respect to Unreported Bank Products) due to the Agent, any
Lender or any of their respective Affiliates (including any Obligations arising
under Bank Products provided (i) the maximum exposure to be secured with respect
to any Bank Product, other than a Bank Product provided by the Bank and its
Affiliates, shall have been reported by the applicable Lender to and accepted by
the Agent, and (ii) any increase in exposure from the amount, if any, last
reported to and accepted by the Agent with respect to such Bank Product shall,
notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, constitute an “Unreported
Bank Product”); and eighth, to the payment of any Unreported Bank Product up to
an aggregate amount of $500,000 collectively for any Lender and its Affiliates.
Within five Business Days after the end of each calendar month, and at such
other times as requested by the Agent, each Lender shall report the current
exposure (determined for Rate Protection Agreements and foreign exchange
contracts on a mark-to-market basis) on all Bank Products provided by such
Lender and its Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, unless so directed by the Borrower, or unless an Event of
Default is outstanding, neither the Agent nor any Lender shall apply any
payments which it receives to any LIBOR Rate Loan, except (y) on the expiration
date of the Interest Period applicable to any such LIBOR Rate Loan, or (z) in
the event, and only to the extent, that there are no outstanding Base Rate
Loans. The Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the
applicable wire transfer instructions received from each Lender in writing, such
funds as it may be entitled to receive, subject to a Settlement delay as
provided for in Section 2.2(j). The Agent and the Lenders shall have the
continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such
proceeds and payments to any portion of the Obligations.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all proceeds of
cash collateral and cash equivalents that (i) are subject to a Lien in favor of
the Bank permitted under clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and
(ii) have been segregated from other cash or cash equivalents of the Borrower in
a separate account maintained by the Borrower with the Bank, shall be applied,
first, to pay (up to an aggregate amount of $20,000,000) all obligations of the
Parent and its Subsidiaries secured thereby in respect of Bank Products, letters
of credit and other financial accommodations provided from time to time by the
Bank, and second, as provided in Section 4.5(a).

 

(h) Section 6.7 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

6.7 Collateral Reporting. The Borrower shall provide the Agent with the
following documents at the following times in form satisfactory to the Agent:
(a) on a monthly basis (within twenty-five (25) days after the end of each
month), at any time prior to the first date, if any, on which either (i) the
Loan to

 

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Availability Ratio is equal to or greater than 40% for five (5) consecutive
Business Days or (ii) Availability as of the close of Agent’s business is less
than $50,000,000 (either of such dates, a “Trigger Date”), and on a weekly basis
(within three (3) Business Days after the end of each week), thereafter, a
schedule of the Borrower’s Accounts created since the last such schedule, which
schedule shall also identify any collections, credits and other adjustments in
respect of the Borrower’s Accounts since the last such schedule, and a Borrowing
Base Certificate; provided, however, that if after any Trigger Date the Loan to
Availability Ratio is less than 40% for 120 consecutive days (such 120th day, a
“Shut-Off Date”) then, from and after such Shut-Off Date, the Agent and the
Lenders agree that the Borrower shall only be required to deliver each such
schedule of Borrower’s Accounts and each such Borrowing Base Certificate on a
monthly basis until the next Trigger Date, if any, and on a weekly basis
thereafter until the next Shut-Off Date, if any (the parties agree that the
immediately preceding proviso shall govern the required frequency of the
Borrower’s delivery of schedules of Borrower’s Accounts and Borrowing Base
Certificates pursuant to this Section 6.7 in respect of each subsequent Trigger
Date and Shut-Off Date occurring thereafter); (b) on a monthly basis, (i) within
seven (7) Business Days after the end of each month, an aging of the Borrower’s
Accounts, together with a reconciliation to the previous month’s or week’s, as
the case may be, aging of the Borrower’s Accounts and to the Borrower’s general
ledger; (ii) within ten (10) Business Days after the end of each month, an aging
of the Borrower’s accounts payable; (iii) within ten (10) Business Days after
the end of each month, Inventory reports by category, with additional detail
showing additions to and deletions from the Inventory; and (iv) within seven (7)
Business Days after the end of each month, a calculation of the average daily
cash balance of Net Domestic Cash for such month and as of the last day of such
month; (c) upon request, copies of invoices in connection with the Accounts,
customer statements, credit memos, remittance advices and reports, deposit
slips, shipping and delivery documents in connection with the Borrower’s
Accounts and for Inventory and Equipment acquired by the Borrower, purchase
orders and invoices; (d) upon request, a statement of the balance of each of the
Intercompany Accounts; (e) such other reports as to the Collateral as the Agent
shall reasonably request from time to time; and (f) with the delivery of each of
the foregoing, a certificate of the Borrower executed by an officer thereof
certifying as to the accuracy and completeness of the foregoing. If any of the
Borrower’s records or reports of the Collateral are prepared by an accounting
service or other agent, the Borrower hereby authorizes such service or agent to
deliver such records, reports, and related documents to the Agent, for
distribution to the Lenders.

 

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(i) Section 6.9(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

6.9 Collection of Accounts; Payments.

 

(a) The Borrower shall establish a service for collections of Accounts at a
Clearing Bank acceptable to the Agent and subject to a Blocked Account
Agreement. The Borrower shall instruct all Account Debtors to make all payments
directly to the address established for such service. If, notwithstanding such
instructions, the Borrower receives any proceeds of Accounts, it shall receive
such payments as the Agent’s trustee, and shall immediately deliver such
payments to the Agent in their original form duly endorsed in blank or deposit
them into a Payment Account, as the Agent may direct. All collections received
in any such Payment Account or directly by the Borrower or the Agent, and all
funds in any Payment Account or other account to which such collections are
deposited shall be subject to the Borrower’s control at any time prior to the
Cash Dominion Trigger Date, and upon the earlier to occur of (i) three (3)
Business Days following any such date, or (ii) the occurrence of a Default or an
Event of Default (in either case, a “Cash Dominion Event”), the Agent shall be
the only Person entitled to give the Clearing Bank instructions directing
disposition of funds in such Payment Account or other account to which such
collections are deposited without further consent by the Borrower; provided,
however, that upon and after a Cash Dominion Event, no collections received in
such Payment Account or other account may be used to fund an account maintained
with the Bank solely for the purpose of holding cash collateral and cash
equivalent that secure obligations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect
of Bank Products, letters of credit and other financial accommodations provided
from time to time by the Bank and which are subject to a Lien in favor of the
Bank permitted under clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.” The
Agent or the Agent’s designee may, at any time after the occurrence of an Event
of Default, notify Account Debtors that the Accounts have been assigned to the
Agent and of the Agent’s security interest therein, and may collect them
directly and charge the collection costs and expenses to the Loan Account as a
Revolving Loan. So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Borrower, at the Agent’s request, shall execute and deliver to the Agent
such documents as the Agent shall require to grant the Agent access to any post
office box in which collections of Accounts are received.

 

(j) Section 7.3 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause
(n) thereto which shall read as follows:

 

(n) Immediately after becoming aware of (i) the occurrence of a Cash Dominion
Trigger Date, (ii) an event that would result in an Enhanced Covenant Period,
(iii) a Reduction Event, or (iv) Trigger Date.

 

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(k) Section 9.19 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

9.19 Adjusted Tangible Net Worth. From and after the first date, if any, on
which an Enhanced Covenant Period has commenced, the Parent will maintain
Adjusted Tangible Net Worth (determined as of the last day of the most recent
fiscal quarter for which Financial Statements are available) of not less than
the amount set forth below opposite such measurement date:

 

Measurement Date

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Amount

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September 30, 2003   $1,250,000,000 December 31, 2003   $1,250,000,000 March 31,
2004   $1,425,000,000 June 30, 2004   $1,425,000,000 September 30, 2004  
$1,425,000,000 December 31, 2004   $1,425,000,000 March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005,
September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005   $1,850,000,000

March 31, 2006 and on the last day

of each fiscal quarter thereafter

  $2,000,000,000

 

(l) Section 9.20 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

9.20 EBITDA. From and after the first date, if any, on which an Enhanced
Covenant Period has commenced, the Parent will maintain EBITDA (determined as of
the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Financial Statements
are available) of not less than the amount set forth below opposite such
measurement date:

 

Period

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Amount

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Four fiscal quarters ending

September 30, 2003

  $150,000,000

Four fiscal quarters ending

December 31, 2003

  $400,000,000

Four fiscal quarters ending

March 31, 2004

  $550,000,000

 

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Period

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Amount

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Four fiscal quarters ending

June 30, 2004

  $  750,000,000

Four fiscal quarters ending

September 30, 2004

  $  850,000,000

Four fiscal quarters ending

December 31, 2004

  $  950,000,000 Four fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2005 and on each fiscal
quarter thereafter   $1,050,000,000

 

(m) Section 13.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(i) Subsection (e) therein is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

 

(e) increase any of the percentages set forth in the definition of the
“Borrowing Base” or amend any component of the definition of the “Borrowing
Base” in any manner that would increase Availability;

 

(ii) Subsection (h) therein is hereby amended by deleting the word “or”
appearing at the end of such sentence.

 

(iii) Subsection (i) therein is hereby amended by replacing the period therein
with a semicolon and adding the word “or” at the end of the semicolon.

 

(iv) A new subsection (j) shall be added to such Section which shall read as
follows:

 

(j) decrease the dollar amounts of any of the Net Domestic Cash triggers set
forth in this Agreement, (ii) decrease the dollar amounts of any of the
Availability triggers set forth in this Agreement or (iii) amend the definitions
of “Domestic Cash” or “Enhanced Covenant Period.”

 

(v) The proviso at the end of such Section is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the Agent, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended,
or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed by the parties
thereto, and (iii) the Agent may, in its sole discretion and notwithstanding the
limitations

 

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contained in clauses (e) and (i) above and any other terms of this Agreement,
make Agent Advances in accordance with Section 2.2(i).

 

(n) Article 14 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
new Section thereto:

 

14.18 Co-Agents None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing
page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent”,
“documentation agent” or “collateral agent” shall have any right, power,
obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than
those applicable to all Lenders or other Persons as such. Without limiting the
foregoing none of the Lenders so identified as a “syndication agent” or
“documentation agent” or “collateral agent” shall have or be deemed to have any
fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not
relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified
in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action
hereunder.

 

(o) Section 15.7 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

15.7 Fees and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its
benefit, on demand, all costs and expenses that Agent pays or incurs in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, syndication, consummation,
administration, enforcement, and termination of this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, including: (a) reasonable Attorney Costs; (b) costs and
reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and
disbursements) for any amendment, supplement, waiver, consent, or subsequent
closing in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby; (c) costs and reasonable expenses of lien and title searches and title
insurance; (d) taxes, fees and other charges for filing financing statements and
continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the Agent’s
Liens (including costs and reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent in
connection with the consummation of Agreement); (e) sums paid or incurred to pay
any amount or take any action required of the Borrower under the Loan Documents
that the Borrower fails to pay or take; (f) costs of appraisals, inspections,
and verifications of the Collateral, including travel, lodging, and meals for
inspections of the Collateral and the Borrower’s operations by the Agent plus
the Agent’s then customary charge for field examinations and audits and the
preparation of reports thereof (such charge is currently $825 per day (or
portion thereof) for each agent or employee of the Agent with respect to each
field examination or audit); (g) costs and reasonable expenses of forwarding
loan proceeds, collecting checks and other items of payment, and establishing
and maintaining Payment Accounts and lock boxes; and (h) costs and reasonable
expenses of preserving and protecting the Collateral. In addition, the Borrower
agrees to pay costs and reasonable expenses incurred by the Agent (including
attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and disbursements which shall include the
allocated cost of Agent’s in-house

 

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counsel fees and disbursements) to the Agent, for its benefit, on demand, and to
the other Lenders for their benefit, on demand, and all reasonable fees,
expenses and disbursements incurred by such other Lenders for one law firm
representing such other Lenders, in each case, paid or incurred to obtain
payment of the Obligations, enforce the Agent’s Liens, sell or otherwise realize
upon the Collateral, and otherwise enforce the provisions of the Loan Documents,
or to defend any claims made or threatened against the Agent or any Lender
arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby (including preparations for
and consultations concerning any such matters). The foregoing shall not be
construed to limit any other provisions of the Loan Documents regarding costs
and expenses to be paid by the Borrower. All of the foregoing costs and expenses
shall be charged to the Borrower’s Loan Account as Revolving Loans as described
in Section 4.7.

 

(p) Section 15.16 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

15.16 Right of Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders
provided by law, if an Event of Default exists or the Loans have been
accelerated, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time,
without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being waived by the
Borrower to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any
time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for
the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all Obligations owing
to such Lender, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the
Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any Loan
Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured. Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Agent after any such
set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure
to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NO LENDER SHALL EXERCISE ANY RIGHT
OF SET-OFF, BANKER’S LIEN, OR THE LIKE AGAINST ANY DEPOSIT ACCOUNT OR PROPERTY
OF THE BORROWER HELD OR MAINTAINED BY SUCH LENDER WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN
UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE LENDERS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE BANK MAY, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH CASH COLLATERAL OR CASH
EQUIVALENTS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF NET DOMESTIC CASH AS
REPORTED TO THE LENDERS (WHETHER ON THE MOST RECENT BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
OR OTHERWISE) WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE AGENT OR ANY OTHER LENDER, EXERCISE ANY
RIGHT OF SET-OFF, BANKER’S LIEN, LIEN OR THE LIKE AGAINST ANY CASH COLLATERAL OR
CASH EQUIVALENTS OF THE BORROWER

 

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HELD OR MAINTAINED BY THE BANK SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING A
SPECIFIED BANK PRODUCT PROVIDED BY BANK TO THE PARENT OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES
AND SUBJECT TO A LIEN IN FAVOR OF THE BANK PERMITTED UNDER CLAUSE (L) OF THE
DEFINITION OF “PERMITTED LIENS,” FOR APPLICATION AGAINST ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS
OF THE PARENT AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES IN RESPECT OF BANK PRODUCTS, LETTERS OF
CREDIT AND OTHER FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE
BANK.

 

(q) Section 15.18 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

15.18 Contribution and Indemnification among the Borrower. Each Borrower is
obligated to repay the Obligations as joint and several obligors under this
Agreement. To the extent that any Borrower (the “Paying Borrower”) shall, under
this Agreement as a joint and several obligor, repay any of the Obligations
constituting Loans made to another Borrower hereunder or other Obligations
incurred directly and primarily by the other Borrower (an “Accommodation
Payment”), then the Borrower making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled
to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each of the
other Borrower in an amount, for each of such other Borrower, equal to a
fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such
other Borrower’s “Allocable Amount” (as defined below) and the denominator of
which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Borrower. As of any date
of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of each Borrower shall be equal to the
maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted
against such Borrower hereunder without (a) rendering such Borrower “insolvent”
within the meaning of Section 101 (31) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 2 of the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (“UFTA”) or Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act (“UFCA”), (ii) leaving such Borrower with unreasonably small
capital or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code,
Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (iii) leaving such Borrower
unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of
the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA. All
rights and claims of contribution, indemnification and reimbursement under this
section shall be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
the Obligations. The provisions of this section shall, to the extent expressly
inconsistent with any provision in any Loan Document, supersede such
inconsistent provision. The failure or inability of any Borrower to recover from
the other Borrower such other Borrower’s share of any Accommodation Payment made
by such Borrower, or the unenforceability as to any Borrower of any of the
foregoing provisions of this Section 15.18, shall not limit or otherwise affect
any Borrower’s joint and several obligations hereunder. In no event shall any
Paying Borrower be entitled to any

 

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payment from the other Borrower in respect of any Accommodation Payment made by
such Paying Borrower in excess of the amount of such Accommodation Payment.

 

(r) Article 15 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
new Sections thereto:

 

15.19 Waivers. Each Borrower hereby waives and agrees not to assert or take
advantage of: (i) any defense now existing or hereafter arising based upon any
legal disability or other defense of the other Borrower or any guarantor or
other Person, or by reason of the cessation or limitation of the liability of
the other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person from any cause other than
full payment and performance of all obligations due under this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents; (ii) any defense based upon any lack of authority
of the officers, directors, partners or agents acting or purporting to act on
behalf of the other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person, or any defect in
the formation of the other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person; (iii) the
unenforceability or invalidity of any security or guaranty or the lack of
perfection or continuing perfection, or failure of priority of any security for
the Obligations; (iv) any and all rights and defenses arising out of an election
of remedies by the Agent or any Lender, even though that election of remedies,
such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for an Obligation,
has destroyed such Borrower’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against
the principal by the operation of Section 580d of the California Code of Civil
Procedure or otherwise; (v) any defense based upon any failure to disclose to
such Borrower any information concerning the financial condition of the other
Borrower or any guarantor or other Person or any other circumstances bearing on
the ability of the other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person to pay and
perform all obligations due under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents; (vi) any failure by the Agent or any Lender to give notice to any
Borrower or any guarantor or other Person of the sale or other disposition of
security, and any defect in notice given by the Agent or any Lender in
connection with any such sale or disposition of security; (vii) any failure of
the Agent or any Lender to comply with applicable laws in connection with the
sale or disposition of security, including, without limitation, any failure by
the Lender to conduct a commercially reasonable sale or other disposition of
such security; (viii) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which
provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in
any other respects more burdensome than that of a principal, or that reduces a
surety’s or guarantor’s obligations in proportion to the principal’s obligation;
(ix) any use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code; (x)
any defense based upon an election by the Agent or any Lender, in any proceeding
instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2)
of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor statute; (xi) any defense based upon any
borrowing or any grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the
Bankruptcy Code; (xii) any

 

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right of subrogation, any right to enforce any remedy which the Agent or any
Lender may have against the other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person and
any right to participate in, or benefit from, any security now or hereafter held
by the Agent or any Lender for the Obligations; (xiii) presentment, demand,
protest and notice of any kind, including notice of acceptance of this Agreement
and of the existence, creation or incurring of new or additional Obligations;
(xiv) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the liability of the
other Borrower or any guarantor or other Person, enforcement of this Agreement
or any other Loan Documents, the liability of any Borrower hereunder or the
enforcement hereof; (xv) all notices of intention to accelerate and/or notice of
acceleration of the Obligations; (xvi) relief from any applicable valuation or
appraisement laws; (xvii) any other action by the Agent or any Lender, whether
authorized by this Agreement or otherwise, or any omission by the Agent or any
Lender or other failure of the Agent or any Lender to pursue, or delay in
pursuing, any other remedy in its power; (xviii) any and all claims and/or
rights of counterclaim, recoupment, setoff or offset; and (xix) any defense
based upon the application of the proceeds of a Loan for purposes other than the
purposes represented by the Borrower or intended or understood by the Agent or
any Lender or any Borrower. Each Borrower agrees that the payment and
performance of all Obligations or any part thereof or other act which tolls any
statute of limitations applicable to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
shall similarly operate to toll the statute of limitations applicable to such
Borrower’s liability hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
or any other provision hereof, each Borrower further waives any and all rights
and defenses that such Borrower may have because the debt of the Borrower is
secured by real property of other Borrower; this means, among other things,
that: (1) the Lenders may collect from such Borrower without first foreclosing
on any real or personal property collateral pledged by the other Borrower, (2)
if the Agent or any Lender forecloses on any real property collateral pledged by
the other Borrower, then (A) the amount of the debt may be reduced only by the
price for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the
collateral is worth more than the sale price, and (B) the Agent or any Lender
may collect from such Borrower even if the Agent or any Lender, by foreclosing
on the real property collateral, has destroyed any right such Borrower may have
to collect from the other Borrower. The foregoing sentence is an unconditional
and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses each Borrower may have because
the Obligations are secured by real property of the other Borrower. Each
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that California Civil Code Section 2856
authorizes and validates waivers of a guarantor’s rights of subrogation and
reimbursement and waivers of certain other rights and defenses available to a
guarantor under California law. Based on the preceding sentence and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing waivers contained in this subparagraph
or any other provision hereof, each Borrower expressly waives to the extent
permitted by law any and all rights and defenses (except the defense of
indefeasible final payment in full), including without limitation any rights of
subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution (except

 

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contribution pursuant to this Agreement), which might otherwise be available to
such Borrower under California Civil Code Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, 2899
and 3433 and under California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580a, 580b, 580d
and 726 (or any of such sections), or any other jurisdiction to the extent the
same are applicable to this Agreement or the agreements, covenants or
obligations of any Borrower hereunder.

 

15.20 Independent Investigation. Each Borrower is fully aware of the financial
condition of the other Borrower, and is executing and delivering this Agreement
based solely upon such Borrower’s own independent investigation of all matters
pertinent hereto and is not relying in any manner upon any representation or
statement by the Agent or any Lender. Each Borrower hereby assumes full
responsibility for obtaining any additional information concerning the financial
condition of the other Borrower or any other guarantor or their respective
properties, financial condition and prospects and any other matter pertinent
hereto as such Borrower may desire, and such Borrower is not relying upon or
expecting the Agent or any Lender to furnish to such Borrower any information
now or hereafter in the possession of the Agent or any Lender concerning the
same or any other matter. By executing this Agreement, each Borrower knowingly
accepts the full range of risks encompassed within a contract of this type,
which risks such Borrower acknowledges. No Borrower shall have the right to
require the Agent or any Lender to obtain or disclose any information with
respect to the Obligations, the financial condition or prospects of any
Borrower, the ability of any Borrower to pay or perform the Obligations, the
existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of any collateral security for
any or all of the Obligations, the existence or enforceability of any other
guaranties of all or any part of the Obligations, any action or non-action on
the part of the Agent or any Lender, any Borrower or any other Person, or any
other event, occurrence, condition or circumstance whatsoever.

 

15.21 Stay of Acceleration. If demand for, or acceleration of the time for,
payment by any Borrower to Agent or any Lender of any Obligations of any
Borrower is stayed upon the commencement of any case under the Bankruptcy Code
or any other Insolvency Proceeding for such Borrower, all such Obligations
otherwise subject to demand for payment or acceleration under the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall nonetheless be payable by each other
Borrower hereunder forthwith on demand by the Agent.

 

15.22 Subrogation. No payment by any Borrower pursuant to Article 15 or other
satisfaction of the Obligations of any Borrower under Article 15 shall entitle
it, by subrogation to the rights of Agent or any Lender, or by right of
contribution, reimbursement, exoneration or otherwise, to any payment from the
other Borrower or out of the property of the other Borrower, except after the
payment in full to Agent and all the Lenders of all sums which are or may become
payable to any of them at any time or from time to time by the Borrower,

 

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under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the termination of this
Agreement. Upon the payment in full of all sums referred to in the immediately
preceding sentence and the termination of this Agreement, each Borrower shall be
subrogated to the rights of Agent and the Lenders hereunder to the extent of any
payments made by them hereunder.

 

15.23 Cumulative Remedies. The Agent and Lenders may pursue their rights and
remedies under this Article 15 and Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to
payment from the Borrower under this Article 15 notwithstanding any other
guarantee of or security for all or any part of the Obligations of the Borrower
or any other Person, and notwithstanding any action taken or omitted to be taken
by Agent or any Lender to enforce any of its rights or remedies against any
Borrower or any other Person hereunder or under such other guarantee or with
respect to any other security.

 

15.24 Additional Waivers. Except for notices and demands expressly provided for
herein, the Borrower hereby waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment,
protest and all notices (whether of nonpayment, dishonor, protest or otherwise)
with respect to the Obligations, notice of acceptance of the guaranty by the
Borrower contained in this Article 15 and of the incurrence by any Borrower of
any Obligation and all demands whatsoever.

 

15.25 Survival. The provisions of Article 15 shall continue in effect and be
binding upon the Borrower until all of the Obligations have been paid in full
and this Agreement is terminated. The liability of the Borrower under this
Article 15 shall be reinstated and revived with respect to any amount at any
time paid to or for the account of Agent and any Lender by any Borrower or any
other Person which is thereafter required to be, and that is, restored and
returned by Agent and any Lender to such Borrower or such Person, or its trustee
or receiver or similar official, upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of such Borrower or such Person, or for any other reason, all as
though such amount had not been paid by such Borrower or such Person.

 

(s) Section 15.19 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting section
reference “15.19” and substituting section reference “15.26” therefor.

 

(t) Section 15.20 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting section
reference “15.20” and substituting section reference “15.27” therefor.

 

3. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants
to the 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 Loan Agreement contemplated hereby).

 

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(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment
and the Loan Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) 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) This Amendment and the Loan Agreement (as amended by this Amendment)
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(d) All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Loan
Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof (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).

 

(e) The Borrower is entering into this Amendment on the basis of its own
investigation and for its own reasons, without reliance upon the Agent and the
Lenders or any other Person.

 

(f) The Borrower’s obligations under the Loan 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) This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof (the “Effective
Date”); provided, that, the Agent shall have received (i) from the Borrower and
each Lender, a duly executed original (or, if elected by the Agent, an executed
facsimile copy) of this Amendment and (ii) from the Borrower, payment of all
reasonable Attorney Costs of the Agent to the extent invoiced on or prior to
October 3, 2003 (including any previously invoiced and outstanding Attorney
Costs that relate to services previously provided).

 

(b) From and after the Effective Date, the Loan Agreement is amended as set
forth herein. Except as expressly amended pursuant hereto, the Loan Agreement
shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and
confirmed in all respects. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Borrower hereby ratifies and affirms that the Liens granted to the Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders under the Loan Agreement constitute valid and perfected
first priority Liens on the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens) and
secure the Obligations.

 

(c) The Agent will notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the occurrence of the
Effective Date.

 

5. Acknowledgement of Priority of Bank’s Lien. The Agent, the Lenders and the
Borrower agree and acknowledge that (i) the Bank’s Liens on cash collateral and
cash equivalents permitted under clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted
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Liens on such cash collateral and cash equivalents and (ii) such Lien priority
of the Bank’s Liens on cash collateral and cash equivalents permitted under
clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” shall not constitute a Default
or an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document to
the extent that the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document requires that the
Agent’s Liens on the Collateral be of first priority, and, accordingly, any
relevant representations, warranties, covenants or conditions shall be deemed
amended to exempt the cash collateral and cash equivalents that is subject to
the Bank’s Liens permitted under clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted
Liens” from the general requirement that the Agent’s Liens on the Collateral be
of first priority.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the execution and delivery by the
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 California; provided, that, the 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 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
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 Agent.

 

(e) This Amendment contains 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 13.2 of the Loan
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 Loan Agreement or the
Loan Documents.

 

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(g) The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse Bank of America, N.A. (including in
its capacity as Agent), upon demand, for all reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable Attorney Costs) incurred by Bank of America, N.A.
(including in its capacity as Agent) in connection with the development,
preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed and delivered in San Francisco, California, by their proper and duly
authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

       

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

           

By:

  /s/    KELLY A. SMALES              

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Name:

 

Kelly A. Smales

           

Title:

 

Treasurer

       

AMD INTERNATIONAL SALES & SERVICE, LTD.,

a Delaware corporation

           

By:

  /s/    KELLY A. SMALES              

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Name:

 

Kelly A. Smales

           

Title:

 

Treasurer

Commitment: $34,000,000

Pro Rata Share: 27.2%

     

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Agent and as a Lender

           

By:

  /s/    JOHN MCNAMARA              

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Name:

 

John McNamara

           

Title:

 

Vice President

 

Commitment: $25,000,000

Pro Rata Share: 20%

     

WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC,

as Collateral Agent and as a Lender

           

By:

  /s/    SANAT AMLADI              

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Name:

 

Sanat Amladi

           

Title:

 

VP

 

Commitment: $33,000,000

Pro Rata Share: 26.4%

     

CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(SOUTHWEST),

as Syndication Agent and as a Lender

           

By:

  /s/    VICKY BELMONT              

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Name:

 

Vicky Belmont

           

Title:

 

Executive Vice President

 

Commitment: $33,000,000

Pro Rata Share: 26.4%

     

THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.,

as Documentation Agent and as a Lender

           

By:

  /s/    THOMAS H. HOPKINS              

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Name:

 

Thomas H. Hopkins

           

Title:

 

Vice President

 

S-1 

First Amendment to Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement