LEDS SemiLEDS Corporation

 

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

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 28, 2025

SEMILEDS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware	001-34992	20-2735523
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3F, No.11 Ke Jung Rd., Chu-Nan Site, Hsinchu Science Park, Chu-Nan 350, Miao-Li County, Taiwan, R.O.C.		350
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +886-37-586788

N/A

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		TradingSymbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0000056		LEDS		The Nasdaq Stock Market

 

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

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 8, 2019, SemiLEDs Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a secured loan agreements with Trung Doan, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and J.R. Simplot Company, its largest shareholder, with aggregate amounts of $1.7 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and an annual interest rate of 8% (the “Loan Agreements”). The Loan Agreement is secured by a second priority security interest on the Company’s headquarters building. The maturity date of the Loan Agreements were January 14, 2021 and January 22, 2021, respectively. On January 16, 2021, the maturity date of the Loan Agreements was extended with same terms and interest rate for one year to January 15, 2022, and on January 14, 2022, the maturity date of the Loan Agreements was extended again with same terms and interest rate for one more year to January 15, 2023. On January 13, 2023, the maturity date of the Loan Agreements was further extended with same terms and interest rate for one year to January 15, 2024. On January 7, 2024, J.R. Simplot Company and the Company entered into an assignment agreement (the “Assignment”) pursuant to which J.R. Simplot assigned and transferred all of its right, title and interest in and to the Loan Agreement to Simplot Taiwan Inc., in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement. On January 7, 2024, the Company entered into the Fourth Amendment to the Loan Agreements with each of Simplot Taiwan Inc. and Trung Doan. The Fourth Amendment to the Loan Agreements with Simplot Taiwan Inc. (i) extended the maturity date to January 15, 2025, and (ii) upon mutual agreement of the Company and Simplot Taiwan Inc., permitted the Company to repay any principal amount or accrued interest, in an amount not to exceed $400,000, by issuing shares of the Company’s common stock in the name of Simplot Taiwan Inc. as partial repayment of the Loan Agreement at a price per share equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock immediately preceding the business day of the payment notice date. All other terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement with Simplot Taiwan Inc. remained the same. The Fourth Amendment to the Loan Agreements with Trung Doan to amend the loans maturity date with same terms and interest rate to January 15, 2025. All other terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement with Trung Doan remained the same. On February 9, 2024, the Company entered into the Fifth Amendment to the Loan Agreements with Trung Doan. The Fifth Amendment to the Loan Agreements with Trung Doan (i) amended the Loan Agreement to permit the Company to repay up to $800,000 of principal under the Loan Agreement by issuing shares of the Company’s common stock and (ii) elected to prepay $800,000 of loan principal by delivering 629,921 shares of the Company’s common stock to Trung Doan, based on the closing price of $1.27 per share on February 8, 2024. All other terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement remained the same. On July 3, 2024, the Company and Trung Doan entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Loan Agreement. The Sixth Amendment to the Loan Agreement amended the Loan Agreement to permit, upon the mutual agreement of the Company and Trung Doan, the Company to repay a portion of the principal amount or accrued interest under the Loan Agreement, by issuing shares of the Company’s common stock to Trung Doan as partial repayment of the Loan Agreement at a price per share equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock immediately preceding the business day of the payment notice date. All other terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, as amended by the Sixth Amendment to the Loan Agreement, remained the same. On January 15, 2025, the Company entered into the Seventh Amendment to the Loan Agreement with Trung Doan and Fifth Amendment to the Loan Agreement with Simplot Taiwan Inc. to extend the maturity date to January 15, 2026. All other terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement remained the same.

On February 28, 2025, the Company and Simplot Taiwan Inc. entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Loan Agreement (the “Amended Loan Agreement”). The Amended Loan Agreement, upon the mutual agreement of the Company and Simplot Taiwan Inc., permits the Company to repay any principal amount or accrued interest, in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000, by issuing shares of the Company’s common stock to Simplot Taiwan Inc. as partial repayment of the Loan Agreement at a price per share equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock immediately preceding the business day of the payment notice date.

On February 28, 2025, the Company delivered a payment notice indicating its intent to repay $1,200,000 and $400,000 of loan principal by delivering 722,891 shares and 240,963 shares of the Company’s common stock to Simplot Taiwan Inc. and Trung Doan, respectively, based on the closing price of $1.66 per share on February 27, 2025. The shares of common stock were issued in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The foregoing description of the Amended Loan Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amended Loan Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information set forth in Items 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Sixth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated February 28, 2025 between SemiLEDs Corporation and Simplot Taiwan Inc.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page iXBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 28, 2025
		SemiLEDs Corporation
		By:		/s/ Christopher Lee
		Name:		Christopher Lee
		Title:		Chief Financial Officer

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SIXTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This Sixth Amendment to Loan Agreement (this “Sixth Amendment”) is entered into as of February 28, 2025 (“Effective Date”) by and between SemiLEDs Corporation (“Borrower”) and Simplot Taiwan Inc. (“Lender”) (Borrower and Lender are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Parties”, and individually a “Party”).

WHEREAS, J. R. Simplot Company (the “Original Loan Holder”) or its successor by assignment, Lender, in the case of the Fourth Amendment and the Fifth Amendment (as defined below), and Borrower entered into that certain Loan Agreement as of January 8, 2019 (“Original Agreement”), and the Amendment to the Loan Agreement dated January 16, 2021 (“Amendment”); the Second Amendment to the Loan Agreement dated January 14, 2022 (“Second Amendment”); the Third Amendment to the Loan Agreement dated January 13, 2023 (“Third Amendment”); the Fourth Amendment to the Loan Agreement dated January 7, 2024 (“Fourth Amendment”) and the Fifth Amendment to the Loan Agreement dated January 15, 2025 (“Fifth Amendment”) the Maturity Date thereunder being January 15, 2026. The Loan Agreement together with the Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, and all Loan Documents are hereby collectively referred to as the “Loan Agreement”; and

 

WHEREAS, the Original Loan Holder assigned and transferred all of the Original Loan Holder’s right, title and interest in the Loan Agreement to Lender on January 7, 2024, immediately preceding the execution of the Fourth Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties desire to document the change of the amount of the Loan Agreement, and renew the Note as follows:

 

“2.5 Repayment Mechanics. All repayments hereunder shall be made by wire transfer of such amounts in immediately available funds denominated in U.S. Dollars (USD) to the Lender, at such place and to such account as the Lender shall designate in a written notice to the Borrower. Payments shall be credited first to costs and expenses due and payable hereunder (including the costs incurred under Sections 8.3), then to the accrued interest then due and payable and the remainder applied to principal. The Loan may be prepaid, without penalty or premium, in whole or in part from time to time, provided that:

(a) Notice: the Borrower shall have given the Lender not less than three (3) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lender) prior written notice specifying the amount to be prepaid and the date of prepayment; and

(b) Interest: the Borrower shall concurrently pay accrued and unpaid interest on the full amount of the Loan to be prepaid on the date of such prepayment.”

(c) Repayment Mechanics Exception: the Borrower may, upon mutual agreement of the Parties, repay any principal amount or accrued interest, in an amount not to exceed $400,000, by issuing the Borrower’s common stock in the name of Lender as partial repayment of the Loan; the price per share of common stock would be the closing price immediately preceding the business day of the payment notice date which could be by email.”

to:

“2.5 Repayment Mechanics. All repayments hereunder shall be made by wire transfer of such

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amounts in immediately available funds denominated in U.S. Dollars (USD) to the Lender, at such place and to such account as the Lender shall designate in a written notice to the Borrower. Payments shall be credited first to costs and expenses due and payable hereunder (including the costs incurred under Sections 8.3), then to the accrued interest then due and payable and the remainder applied to principal. The Loan may be prepaid, without penalty or premium, in whole or in part from time to time, provided that:

(a) Notice: the Borrower shall have given the Lender not less than three (3) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lender) prior written notice specifying the amount to be prepaid and the date of prepayment; and

(b) Interest: the Borrower shall concurrently pay accrued and unpaid interest on the full amount of the Loan to be prepaid on the date of such prepayment.

(c) Repayment Mechanics Exception: the Borrower may, upon mutual agreement of the Parties, repay any principal amount or accrued interest, in an amount not to exceed $1.2 million, by issuing the Borrower’s common stock in the name of Lender as partial repayment of the Loan; the price per share of common stock would be the closing price immediately preceding the business day of the payment notice date which could be by email.”

 

 

The Parties hereto have caused this Sixth Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

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SemiLEDs Corporation

 

By: /s/ Christopher Lee

Name: Christopher Lee

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Simplot Taiwan Inc.

 

By: /s/ Scott R. Simplot

Name: Scott R. Simplot

Title: Director

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