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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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Super Micro Computer Inc., Taiwan (the “Subsidiary”), a Taiwan corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (the “Company) was party to (i) a general agreement for omnibus credit lines dated September 28, 2023 with CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. (“CTBC Bank”) and (ii) various individual credit arrangements under such general agreement which provided for aggregate total borrowings of up to $105.0 million.
On February 16, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), the Subsidiary entered into a new general agreement for omnibus credit lines with CTBC Bank, which increased the aggregate total borrowings from time to time under the various individual credit arrangements with CTBC Bank from $105.0 million to $185.0 million. Such individual credit arrangements under such general agreement include the previous issued long and medium term loan facility of NTD 1,550.0 million in 2021 and 2020 (the “Long and Medium Loan Facility”), and each of (i) a short-term loan and guarantee line providing credit of up to NTD1,250.0 million and NTD100.0 million, respectively (the “NTD Short Term Loan/Guarantee Line”), (ii) a short-term loan providing a line of credit of up to $40.0 million (the “USD Short Term Loan Line”), (iii) an export/import o/a loan line providing a line of credit of up to $105.0 million for exports and $50.0 million for imports (the “Export/Import Line”) and (iv) an import o/a loan line of credit of up to $80.0 million available through August 31, 2024 (the “Incremental Import Line,” and, together with the NTD Short Term Loan/Guarantee Line and the USD Short Term Loan Line, and Export/Import Line, the “Increased CTBC Credit Lines”). Aggregate borrowings under all the Increased CTBC Credit Lines together is subject to a cap of $185.0 million.
Interest rates under each of the individual Increased CTBC Credit Lines are to be established according to individual credit arrangements, which interest rates shall be subject to adjustment depending on the satisfaction of certain conditions. Each of the NTD Short Term Loan/Guarantee Line and USD Short Term Loan Line continue to be secured by certain of the Subsidiary’s assets, including certain property, land, and plant. The tenor of the Incremental Import Line provides for availability until August 31, 2024 with a final drawdown date of October 30, 2024. Such Incremental Import Line, which is reviewed quarterly for cancellation, is also subject to an average usage requirement and fee for retaining underutilized portion of such line. For the Long and Medium Loan Facility, the Subsidiary is subject to various financial covenants, including current ratio, debt service coverage ratio, and financial debt ratio requirements. In the event the Subsidiary does not satisfy such financial covenants, CTBC Bank is permitted to, among other things, reduce the permitted total borrowings to a cap of $70.0 million from $105.0 million. Additional covenants require, among other things, the Company to maintain ownership of all of the capital stock of the Subsidiary and prohibit secondary mortgages on certain assets securing various of the Increased CTBC Credit Lines. The Increased CTBC Credit Lines have customary default provisions permitting CTBC Bank to suspend the extension of credit, reduce the credit line, shorten the credit extension term, or declare all principal and interest amounts immediately due and payable.
The Subsidiary intends to use borrowings under the Increased CTBC Credit Lines in connection with financing of eligible accounts receivable and accounts payable (vendor invoices).
As of January 31, 2024, the Subsidiary had no borrowings under the NTD Short Term Loan/Guarantee Line, USD Short Term Loan Line, Export/Import Line, or Incremental Import Line.
The foregoing descriptions of the Increased CTBC Credit Lines do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirely by reference to the full and complete terms of such documents, copies of which are filed hereby as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, and Exhibit 10.3, and are incorporated herein by reference.
