Allegro Microsystems Inc.

07/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/08/2024 13:02

Material Agreement Form 8 K

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Term Loan Increase and Refinancing

On August 6, 2024, Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (the "Company", "our" or "us") entered into an Amendment No. 2 (the "Second Amendment") to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2023 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 31, 2023 and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among the Company, Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, the lending institutions from time to time party thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein, but not otherwise defined herein, are as defined in the Credit Agreement as amended by the Second Amendment.

The Second Amendment provides for a new $400 million tranche of term loans maturing in 2030 (the "Increased and Refinanced Loans"), the proceeds of which were used, in relevant part, to (i) repurchase a portion of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to that certain Share Repurchase Agreement (the "Share Repurchase Agreement"), dated as of July 23, 2024, between the Company and Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. ("Sanken"), (ii) refinance all outstanding Existing Amendment No. 1 Term Loans, (iii) pay fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing and (iv) for general corporate purposes. The Increased and Refinanced Loans will amortize at a rate of 1.00% per annum. The Increased and Refinanced Loans will bear interest, at the Company's option, at a rate equal to (i) Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in effect from time to time plus 2.25% or (ii) the highest of (x) the Federal funds rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 0.50%, (y) the prime lending rate or (z) the one-month Term SOFR plus 1.0% in effect from time to time plus 1.25%. The Increased and Refinanced Loans will mature on October 31, 2030.

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Second Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.