SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Amendment Agreement

On October 1, 2018, Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Amendment Agreement (the “Amendment”) by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, which amended the Company’s existing credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of August 27, 2018, by and among the Company, as parent borrower, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, the subsidiary borrowers party thereto from time to time and the several lenders from time to time party thereto and described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 31, 2018 and attached as Exhibit 10.1 thereto.

Pursuant to the Amendment, the Credit Agreement was amended to reflect agreements reached between the Company and the syndicate of term loan lenders arranged by Barclays Bank PLC including, among other things, increasing the interest rate from a variable rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate plus 3.00%, and subject to step-downs, to a variable rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate plus 4.50%.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Exhibit 10.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.  

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

On October 1, 2018, the Company announced the completion of primary syndication and allocation of $350 million of term loans under its new term loan facility, as described in Item 1.01 above. The term loans under the new term loan facility were issued to syndicate lenders with 1.50% of original issue discount and will accrue interest at a variable rate equity to the London Interbank Offered Rate plus 4.50%. In connection with the primary syndication, the credit agreement governing the terms of the new term loan facility was amended to reflect, among other things, the new interest rate and other terms agreed between the Company and the syndicate lenders, as described in Item 1.01 above. A copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the term loan facility is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

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.