UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

November 21, 2016

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

ON Semiconductor Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		000-30419		36-3840979
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

ON Semiconductor Corporation 5005 E. McDowell Road Phoenix, Arizona		85008
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(602) 244-6600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 21, 2016, ON Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) and the Additional 1.00% Notes Guarantors (as defined herein) entered into a Third Supplemental Indenture (the “1.00% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “1.00% Notes Trustee”), to that certain Indenture, dated as of June 8, 2015, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2016, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 14, 2016 (as amended, the “1.00% Notes Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the 1.00% Notes Trustee, pursuant to which the Company has issued 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “1.00% Notes”). Pursuant to the 1.00% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture, Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation of California, Giant Holdings, Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor West Corporation, Kota Microcircuits, Inc., Silicon Patent Holdings, Giant Semiconductor Corporation, Micro-Ohm Corporation and Fairchild Energy, LLC (the “Additional 1.00% Notes Guarantors”), all of which are domestic subsidiaries of the Company, guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the 1.00% Notes Indenture and the 1.00% Notes.

On November 21, 2016, the Company and the Additional 2.625% Notes Guarantors (as defined herein) entered into a Third Supplemental Indenture (the “2.625% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture”) with Deutsche Bank Trust Companies Americas, as trustee (the “2.625% Notes Trustee”), to that certain Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2011, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2016, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 14, 2016 (as amended, the “2.625% Notes Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the 2.625% Trustee, pursuant to which the Company has issued 2.625% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026, Series B (the “2.625% Notes”). Pursuant to the 2.625% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture, ON Semiconductor (China) Holdings, LLC, Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation of California, Giant Holdings, Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor West Corporation, Kota Microcircuits, Inc., Silicon Patent Holdings, Giant Semiconductor Corporation, Micro-Ohm Corporation and Fairchild Energy, LLC (the “Additional 2.625% Guarantors”) guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the 2.625% Notes Indenture and the 2.625% Notes.

The foregoing descriptions of the 1.00% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture and the 2.625% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full and complete terms of the 1.00% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture and the 2.625% Notes Third Supplemental Indenture, which are filed as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Third Supplemental Indenture, dated November 21, 2016, among ON Semiconductor Corporation, the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Associate, as trustee.
4.2		Third Supplemental Indenture, dated November 21, 2016, among ON Semiconductor Corporation, the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Companies Americas, as trustee.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

						ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (Registrant)
Date: November 21, 2016				By:		/s/ Bernard Gutmann
						Bernard Gutmann
						Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Third Supplemental Indenture, dated November 21, 2016, among ON Semiconductor Corporation, the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Associate, as trustee.
4.2		Third Supplemental Indenture, dated November 21, 2016, among ON Semiconductor Corporation, the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Companies Americas, as trustee.

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

and

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

 

 

1.00% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020

 

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

AND AMENDMENT – GUARANTEE

DATED AS OF November 21, 2016

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 21, 2016, is among ON Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the parties identified under the caption “Guarantors” on the signature page hereto (the “Guarantors”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, the initial Guarantors and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company has issued $690,000,000 in principal amount of 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”); and

WHEREAS, Section 10.01(c) of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to add Guarantors with respect to the Notes, without the consent of the Holders; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and by the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of the Company, of the Guarantors and of the Trustee necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Section 1.01 This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 1.02 This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.

ARTICLE 2

From this date, by executing this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors whose signatures appear below shall be Guarantors with respect to the Notes on terms contemplated by and subject to the provisions of Article 13 of the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

Section 3.01 Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.

Section 3.02 Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.

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Section 3.03 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 3.04 The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

 

Signature page to Third Supplemental Indenture to 1.00% Notes Indenture

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Signature page to Third Supplemental Indenture to 1.00% Notes Indenture

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Signature page to Third Supplemental Indenture to 1.00% Notes Indenture

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

and

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

 

 

2.625% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2026, SERIES B

 

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

AND AMENDMENT – GUARANTEE

DATED AS OF November 21, 2016

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANIES AMERICAS,

Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 21, 2016, is among ON Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the parties identified under the caption “Guarantors” on the signature page hereto (the “Guarantors”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, the initial Guarantors and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2011 (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company has issued $198,552,000 in principal amount of 2.265% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026, Series B (the “Notes”); and

WHEREAS, Section 11.01(e) of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to add additional Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes, without the consent of the Noteholders; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and by the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of the Company, of the Guarantors and of the Trustee necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Noteholders as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Section 1.01 This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 1.02 This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.

ARTICLE 2

From this date, by executing this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors whose signatures appear below shall be Guarantors with respect to the Notes on terms contemplated by and subject to the provisions of Article 17 of the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

Section 3.01 Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.

Section 3.02 Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.

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Section 3.03 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 3.04 The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.

Section 3.05. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of each of the Company and the undersigned Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

 

Signature page to Third Supplemental Indenture to 2.625% Notes Indenture

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Signature page to Third Supplemental Indenture to 2.625% Notes Indenture

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Signature page to Third Supplemental Indenture to 2.625% Notes Indenture