CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2024, among TRANSPHORM, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), TRANSPHORM TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”), and RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC., a California corporation, as lender (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested, and Lender has agreed to provide, a first lien secured delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $35,000,000 (the “Bridge Facility”), subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, Borrower will use the proceeds of the Bridge Facility for general working capital purposes and other purposes set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and the agreements herein set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, including, without limitation, the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, the following terms have the meanings stated:
“Action” against a Person means an action, suit, litigation, arbitration, investigation, complaint, contest, hearing, inquiry, inquest, audit, examination or other proceeding threatened in writing or pending against or affecting such Person or its property, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, in law or equity before any arbitrator or Governmental Body.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of any Credit Party) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Body, domestic or foreign (including any environmental claims), whether pending or, threatened in a writing received by any Credit Party against or affecting any Credit Party or any material property of any Credit Party.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that, for purposes of this Agreement, Lender shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of a Credit Party.