8-K

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)

August 21, 2013

______________________ 

AEHR TEST SYSTEMS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California	000-22893	94-2424084
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
400 KATO TERRACE FREMONT, CA 94539
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
510-623-9400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ 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))

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 21, 2013, Aehr Test Systems (the "Company") entered into the Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (the "Domestic Amendment") with Silicon Valley Bank (the "Lender"), which amends the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 25, 2011 (as amended, the “Domestic Agreement”) with Lender, and the Third Amendment to Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement (the “Exim Amendment”) with Lender, which amends the Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 25, 2011 (as amended, the “Exim Agreement” and together with the Domestic Agreement, the “Loan Agreements”) with Lender.

Pursuant to the Domestic Amendment and the Exim Amendment (i) any principal and interest on advances made pursuant to the Loan Agreements will mature on August 22, 2014, subject to certain exceptions where the Company is required to repay such amounts at an earlier date and unless earlier terminated by the Company, and (ii) the security interest securing the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreements was amended to include intellectual property such that the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreements are secured by a security interest on substantially all assets of the Company.

In addition, pursuant to the Exim Amendment, the sublimit for foreign accounts receivable was decreased to $2,000,000, the sublimit for eligible inventory was increased to $1,200,000 and advances against eligible foreign accounts denominated in unhedged foreign currencies was decreased to 70%, subject to certain exceptions.

The foregoing description of the Domestic Amendment and the Exim Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Domestic Amendment and the Exim Amendment, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information disclosed in Item 1.01 above, “Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
10.1	Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated August 21, 2013 by and between Aehr Test Systems and Silicon Valley Bank.
10.2	Third Amendment to Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement dated August 21, 2013 by and between Aehr Test Systems and Silicon Valley Bank.

2

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.

	AEHR TEST SYSTEMS
By:	/s/ GARY  L. LARSON
	Gary L. Larson Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Date:  August 26, 2013

3

EX-10

Exhibit 10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT

to

Loan and security agreement

This Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 21^st day of August, 2013, by and between Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”) and Aehr Test Systems, a California corporation (“Borrower”) whose address is 400 Kato Terrace, Fremont, CA 94539.

Recitals

A.     Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 25, 2011 (as the same has been and may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”).

B.     Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

C.     Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to (i) extend the maturity date and (ii) make certain other revisions to the Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein.

D.     Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.

Agreement

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

2.     Amendments to Loan Agreement.

2.1     Section 6.2 (Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates). A new Section 6.2(k) is added to the Loan Agreement as follows:

(k)     Provide Bank prompt written notice of (i) any material change in the composition of the Intellectual Property, (ii) the registration of any Copyright, including any subsequent ownership right of Borrower in or to any Copyright, Patent or Trademark not shown in the IP Agreement, and (iii) Borrower’s knowledge of an event that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the Intellectual Property.

1

2.2     Section 6.7 (Protection of Intellectual Property Rights). Section 6.7 is retitled to be “Protection and Registration of Intellectual Property Rights” and a new clause (c) is added as follows:

(c)     If Borrower (i) obtains any Patent, registered Trademark, registered Copyright, registered mask work, or any pending application for any of the foregoing, whether as owner, licensee or otherwise, or (ii) applies for any Patent or the registration of any Trademark, then Borrower shall promptly provide written notice thereof to Bank and shall execute such intellectual property security agreements and other documents and take such other actions as Bank shall request in its good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in favor of Bank in such property. If Borrower decides to register any Copyrights or mask works in the United States Copyright Office, Borrower shall: (x) provide Bank with at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of Borrower’s intent to register such Copyrights or mask works together with a copy of the application it intends to file with the United States Copyright Office (excluding exhibits thereto); (y) execute an intellectual property security agreement and such other documents and take such other actions as Bank may request in its good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in favor of Bank in the Copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United States Copyright Office; and (z) record such intellectual property security agreement with the United States Copyright Office contemporaneously with filing the Copyright or mask work application(s) with the United States Copyright Office. Borrower shall promptly provide to Bank copies of all applications that it files for Patents or for the registration of Trademarks, Copyrights or mask works, together with evidence of the recording of the intellectual property security agreement necessary for Bank to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in such property.

2.3     Section 7.5 (Encumbrance). Section 7.5 is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

7.5     Encumbrance. Create, incur, allow, or suffer any Lien on any of its property, or assign or convey any right to receive income, including the sale of any Accounts, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, except for Permitted Liens, or permit any Collateral not to be subject to the first priority security interest granted herein.

2.4     Section 13 (Definitions). The following terms and their respective definitions set forth in Section 13.1 are amended in their entirety and replaced with the following:

“Loan Documents” are, collectively, this Agreement, the Exim Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, the IP Agreement, the SVB Control Agreement, the Borrowing Resolutions, any Bank Services Agreement, any subordination agreement, any note, or notes or guaranties executed by Borrower and/or any Guarantor, and any other present or future agreement between Borrower any Guarantor and/or for the benefit of Bank in connection with this Agreement, all as amended, restated, or otherwise modified.

“Maturity Date” is August 22, 2014.

2

2.5     Section 13 (Definitions). The following term and its definition are added to Section 13.1, in appropriate alphabetical order, as follows:

“IP Agreement” is that certain Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated as of August 21, 2013, executed and delivered by Borrower to Bank, as amended, modified or restated from time to time.

2.6     Exhibit A (Collateral). Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement is hereby replaced with Exhibit A attached hereto.

2.7     Exhibit B (Compliance Certificate). Exhibit B to the Loan Agreement is hereby replaced with Exhibit B attached hereto.

3.     Limitation of Amendments.

3.1     The amendments set forth in Section 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.

3.2     This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

4.     Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:

4.1     Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

4.2     Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;

4.3     The organizational documents of Borrower most recently delivered to Bank remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

4.4     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;

3

4.5     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;

4.6     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and

4.7     This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.

5.     Integration. This Amendment and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Amendment and the Loan Documents merge into this Amendment and the Loan Documents.

6.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

7.     Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto, (b) Borrower’s payment of an amendment fee in an amount equal to Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($16,350) (which fee covers both this Amendment and the Third Amendment to Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement between Borrower and Bank executed as of the date hereof), (c) Borrower’s execution and delivery to Bank of a Third Amendment to Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement, Joint Application for Export Working Capital Guarantee, Borrower Agreement, Economic Impact Certificate and Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each in the form presented to Borrower by Bank, and (d) payment of Bank’s legal fees and expenses in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Amendment.

[Signature page follows.]

4

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

BANK		BORROWER
Silicon Valley Bank		Aehr Test Systems
By:	/s/ Minal Patel	By:	/s/ Gary L. Larson
Name:	Minal Patel	Name:	Gary L. Larson
Title:	Relationship Manager/V.P	Title:	VP,CFO

[signature page of Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement]

EXHIBIT A

The Collateral consists of all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following:

All goods, equipment, inventory, contract rights or rights to payment of money, leases, license agreements, franchise agreements, general intangibles (including payment intangibles) accounts (including health-care receivables), documents, instruments (including any promissory notes), chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), cash, deposit accounts, fixtures, letters of credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), commercial tort claims, securities, and all other investment property, supporting obligations, and financial assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever located; and

All Borrower’s books relating to the foregoing and any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall not be deemed to include: (a) more than 65% of the presently existing and hereafter arising issued and outstanding shares of capital stock owned by Borrower of any Foreign Subsidiary which shares entitle the holder thereof to vote for directors or any other matter, (b) any intent-to-use trademarks at all times prior to the first use thereof, whether by the actual use thereof in commerce, the recording of a statement of use with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or otherwise; (c) any interest of Borrower as a lessee or sublessee under a real property lease; (d) rights held under a license that are not assignable by their terms without the consent of the licensor thereof (but only to the extent such transfer is unenforceable under applicable law); or (e) any interest of Borrower as a lessee under an Equipment lease if Borrower is prohibited by the terms of such lease from granting a security interest in such lease or under which such an assignment or Lien would cause a default to occur under such lease; provided, however, that upon termination of such prohibition, such interest shall immediately become Collateral without any action by Borrower or Bank.

EXHIBIT B

SVB > Silicon Valley Bank

A Member of SVB Financial Group

SPECIALTY FINANCE DIVISION

Compliance Certificate

I, an authorized officer of AEHR TEST SYSTEMS (“Borrower”) certify under the Loan and Security Agreement (as amended, the “Agreement”) between Borrower and Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”) as follows for the period ending _____________________________ (all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in this Agreement):

Borrower represents and warrants for each Financed Receivable:

Each Financed Receivable is an Eligible Account;

Borrower is the owner with legal right to sell, transfer, assign and encumber such Financed Receivable;

The correct amount is on the Invoice Transmittal and is not disputed;

Payment is not contingent on any obligation or contract and Borrower has fulfilled all its obligations as of the Invoice Transmittal date;

Each Financed Receivable is based on an actual sale and delivery of goods and/or services rendered, is due to Borrower, is not past due or in default, has not been previously sold, assigned, transferred, or pledged and is free of any liens, security interests and encumbrances other than Permitted Liens;

There are no defenses, offsets, counterclaims or agreements for which the Account Debtor may claim any deduction or discount;

Borrower reasonably believes no Account Debtor is insolvent or subject to any Insolvency Proceedings;

Borrower has not filed or had filed against it Insolvency Proceedings and does not anticipate any filing;

Bank has the right to endorse and/ or require Borrower to endorse all payments received on Financed Receivables and all proceeds of Collateral.

No representation, warranty or other statement of Borrower in any certificate or written statement given to Bank contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statement contained in the certificates or statement not misleading.

Additionally, Borrower represents and warrants as follows:

Borrower and each Subsidiary is duly existing and in good standing in its state of formation and qualified and licensed to do business in, and in good standing in, any state in which the conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that it be qualified except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized, and do not conflict with Borrower’s organizational documents, nor constitute an event of default under any material agreement by which Borrower is bound. Borrower is not in default under any agreement to which or by which it is bound in which the default could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

Borrower has good title to the Collateral, free of Liens except Permitted Liens. All inventory is in all material respects of good and marketable quality, free from material defects.

Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” as each term is defined and used in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005. Borrower is not engaged as one of its important activities in extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations X, T and U of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors). Borrower has complied in all material respects with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Borrower has not violated any laws, ordinances or rules, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. None of Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s properties or assets has been used by Borrower or any Subsidiary or, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, by previous Persons, in disposing, producing, storing, treating, or transporting any hazardous substance other than legally. Borrower and each Subsidiary has timely filed all required tax returns and paid, or made adequate provision to pay, all material taxes, except those being contested in good faith with adequate reserves under GAAP. Borrower and each Subsidiary has obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations of, made all declarations or filings with, and given all notices to, all government authorities that are necessary to continue its business as currently conducted except where the failure to obtain or make such consents, declarations, notices or filings would not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.

Please indicate compliance status by circling Yes/No under “Complies” column.

Reporting Covenant	Required	Complies
Quarterly financial statements with Compliance Certificate	Quarterly within 30 days (40 days for Borrower’s second fiscal quarter)	Yes   No
Monthly financial statements with Compliance Certificate	Monthly within 30 days	Yes   No
Fiscal year end financials + CC	Within 5 days of being publicly available but no later than 55 days FYE	Yes   No
Annual financial statement (CPA Audited) + CC	FYE within 180 days	Yes   No
10-Q, 10-K and 8-K	Within 5 days after filing with SEC	Yes   No
A/R & A/P Agings, Deferred Revenue report	Monthly within 30 days	Yes   No
Quarterly Invoices/Purchase Orders	As soon as available	Yes   No
Annual Financial Projections	Within 30 days after Board Approval	Yes   No
The following Intellectual Property was registered (or a registration application submitted) after the date of the IP Agreement (if no registrations, state “None”)

Pricing Reduction		Applies
Net Cash > $1,000,000	Prime – 0.50%	Yes   No
Net Cash ≤ $1,000,000	Prime + 0.75%	Yes   No
Net Cash > $0.00	No CHF	Yes   No
Net Cash ≤ $0.00	CHF = 0.20%	Yes   No

Pricing Reduction

Trigger	Required	Actual	Eligible for Reduction
Net Cash	$0.00/$1,000,000	$__________	Yes   No

[Continued next page.]

All other representations and warranties in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on this date, and Borrower represents that there is no existing Event of Default.

Sincerely,

AEHR TEST SYSTEMS

________________________

Signature

________________________

Title

________________________

Date

EX-10

Exhibit 10.2

THIRD AMENDMENT

to

Export-import bank Loan and security agreement

This Third Amendment to Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 21^st day of August, 2013, by and between Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”) and Aehr Test Systems, a California corporation (“Borrower”) whose address is 400 Kato Terrace, Fremont, CA 94539.

Recitals

A.     Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 25, 2011 (as the same has been and may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Ex-Im Loan Agreement”).

B.     Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Ex-Im Loan Agreement.

C.     Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Ex-Im Loan Agreement to (i) extend the maturity date, (ii) amend the sublimits related to the Advances, and (iii) make certain other revisions to the Ex-Im Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein.

D.     Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Ex-Im Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.

Agreement

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Ex-Im Loan Agreement.

2.     Amendments to Ex-Im Loan Agreement.

2.1     Section 2.1.1 (Maximum Advances). Section 2.1.1(b)(i) is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(i)     Maximum Advances; Aggregate Cap. The aggregate amount of the Advances shall not exceed the lesser of (A) Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) or (B) the Borrowing Base. In addition and notwithstanding the foregoing, the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of Advances outstanding, plus (2) the aggregate amount of Domestic Advances outstanding, shall not at any time exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000).

1

2.2     Section 2.1.1 (Maximum Advances). Section 2.1.1(b)(ii) is amended by replacing the reference to “One Million Eighty Thousand Dollars ($1,080,000)” with “One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000)”.

2.3     Section 2.1.1 (Overadvances). Section 2.1.1(j) is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(j)     Overadvances. If, at any time during which Borrower is Borrowing Base Eligible, the outstanding principal amount of the Advances exceeds the least of (i) Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), (ii) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) minus the aggregate amount of Domestic Advances outstanding, or (iii) the Borrowing Base, Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank in cash such excess.

2.4     Section 2.2.3 (Finance Charges). The third sentence of Section 2.2.3 is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

At all times that Borrower is Borrowing Base Eligible, Borrower will pay a Finance Charge on the unpaid principal balance of the Advances which is equal to the Applicable Rate divided by the Advance Rate divided by three hundred sixty (360) multiplied by the number of days each such Advance is outstanding multiplied by the unpaid principal balance of such Advance divided by the Advance Rate.

2.5     Section 13 (Definitions). The definition of “Advance Rate” in Section 13.1 is amended by replacing the reference to “seventy-five percent (75%)” with “seventy percent (70%).”

2.6     Section 13 (Definitions). The following terms and their respective definitions set forth in Section 13.1 are amended in their entirety and replaced with the following:

“Business Plan” means Borrower’s business plan delivered to Bank dated June 25, 2013.

“Maturity Date” means August 22, 2014.

2.7     Exhibit A (Collateral). Exhibit A to the Ex-Im Loan Agreement is hereby replaced with Exhibit A attached hereto.

2.8     Exhibit D (Borrowing Base Certificate). The Borrowing Base Certificate is amended in its entirety and replaced with the Borrowing Base Certificate in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.

3.     Limitation of Amendments.

3.1     The amendments set forth in Section 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.

2

3.2     This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

4.     Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:

4.1     Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

4.2     Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Ex-Im Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;

4.3     The organizational documents of Borrower most recently delivered to Bank remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

4.4     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Ex-Im Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;

4.5     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Ex-Im Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;

4.6     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Ex-Im Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and

4.7     This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.

3

5.     Integration. This Amendment and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Amendment and the Loan Documents merge into this Amendment and the Loan Documents.

6.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

7.     Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto, (b) Borrower’s payment of an amendment fee in an amount equal to Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($16,350) (which fee covers both this Amendment and the Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement between Borrower and Bank executed as of the date hereof), (c) Borrower’s execution and delivery to Bank of a Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, Joint Application for Export Working Capital Guarantee, Borrower Agreement, Economic Impact Certificate and Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each in the form presented to Borrower by Bank, and (d) payment of Bank’s legal fees and expenses in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Amendment

[Signature page follows.]

4

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

BANK		BORROWER
Silicon Valley Bank		Aehr Test Systems
By:	/s/ Minal Patel	By:	/s/ Gary L. Larson
Name:	Minal Patel	Name:	Gary L. Larson
Title:	Relationship Manager/V.P	Title:	VP,CFO

[signature page of Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement]

EXHIBIT A

The Collateral consists of all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following:

All goods, equipment, inventory, contract rights or rights to payment of money, leases, license agreements, franchise agreements, general intangibles (including payment intangibles) accounts (including health-care receivables), documents, instruments (including any promissory notes), chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), cash, deposit accounts, fixtures, letters of credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), commercial tort claims, securities, and all other investment property, supporting obligations, and financial assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever located; and

All Borrower’s books relating to the foregoing and any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall not be deemed to include: (a) more than 65% of the presently existing and hereafter arising issued and outstanding shares of capital stock owned by Borrower of any Foreign Subsidiary which shares entitle the holder thereof to vote for directors or any other matter, (b) any intent-to-use trademarks at all times prior to the first use thereof, whether by the actual use thereof in commerce, the recording of a statement of use with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or otherwise; (c) any interest of Borrower as a lessee or sublessee under a real property lease; (d) rights held under a license that are not assignable by their terms without the consent of the licensor thereof (but only to the extent such transfer is unenforceable under applicable law); or (e) any interest of Borrower as a lessee under an Equipment lease if Borrower is prohibited by the terms of such lease from granting a security interest in such lease or under which such an assignment or Lien would cause a default to occur under such lease; provided, however, that upon termination of such prohibition, such interest shall immediately become Collateral without any action by Borrower or Bank.

EXHIBIT D

BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

Borrower: Aehr Test Systems    Bank:   Silicon Valley Bank

FOREIGN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FROM EXPORT ACTIVITIES
	1. Foreign Accounts Book Value as of ____________	$____________
	2. Additions (please explain on reverse)	$____________
	3. Less: Intercompany / Employee / Non-Trade Accounts	$____________
	4. NET FOREIGN ACCOUNTS	$____________
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DEDUCTIONS
	5. Accounts over 90 days past invoice (or 60 days if not ExIm insured)	$____________
	6. Credit Balances	$____________
	7. Accounts with terms greater than 180 days	$____________
	8. Governmental and Military Accounts	$____________
	9. Contra Accounts	$____________
	10. Progress billings, Promotion, Demo, Bill and Hold, Guaranteed Sale or Consignment Accounts	$____________
	11. Related Account Debtor Accounts	$____________
	12. Disputed Accounts; Insolvent Account Debtor Accounts	$____________
	13. Accounts arising from the sale of defense articles or items	$____________
	14. Accounts excluded under the Borrower Agt	$____________
	15. Accounts from sales not in the ordinary course of business	$____________
	16. Accounts not owned by Borrower	$____________
	17. Accounts without invoices	$____________
	18. Accounts outside U.S.	$____________
	19. Accounts in countries prohibited by EX-IM	$____________
	20. Accounts supported by LCs not accepted by EX-IM	$____________
	21. Accounts billed and payable outside the U.S.	$____________
	22. Accounts denominated in non-U.S. currency (unless approved)	$____________
	23. Accounts that do not comply with the terms of sale set forth by EX-IM	$____________
	24. Accounts arising from sales of Items that do not meet 50% U.S. Content requirements	$____________
	25. Pre-billings; Product Returns, Rejections, Repossessions	$____________
	26. Accounts determined doubtful	$____________
	27. Other	$____________
	28. TOTAL ACCOUNTS DEDUCTIONS	$____________
	29. Eligible Accounts (No. 4 - No. 28)	$____________
	30. Accounts billed in non-US currency not hedged	$____________
	31. Eligible Accounts (No. 29 – No. 30)	$____________
	32. Loan Value of Accounts (90% of No. 31)	$____________
	33. Loan Value of Accounts not hedged (70% of No. 30)	$____________
	34. Loan Value of all Accounts (No. 32 plus No. 33)	$____________
INVENTORY
	35. Eligible Inventory Value as of _______________	$____________
INVENTORY DEDUCTIONS
	36. Inventory located at a non-disclosed locations	$____________
	37. Inventory located outside of the U.S.	$____________
	38. Inventory placed or held on consignment	$____________
	39. Inventory produced in violation of Fair Labor Standards Act; Hot goods	$____________
	40. Inventory that does not meet 50% U.S. Content requirements	$____________

	41. Demo Inventory	$____________
	42. Proprietary software	$____________
	43. Damaged, obsolete, returned, defective, recalled or unfit Inventory	$____________
	44. Previously exported Inventory	$____________
	45. Inventory that constitutes defense articles	$____________
	46. Inventory related to nuclear power	$____________
	47. Inventory destined for countries prohibited by EX-IM	$____________
	48. Inventory that is eligible inventory under any other facility	$____________
	49. Capital Goods unless in accordance with Economic Impact Approval	$____________
	50. TOTAL INVENTORY DEDUCTIONS	$____________
	51. Eligible Inventory (No. 35 – No. 50)	$____________
	52. ELIGIBLE AMOUNT OF INVENTORY (50% of No. 51)	$____________
BALANCES
	53. Maximum Loan Amount	$2,500,000
	54. Maximum EXIM Amount	$2,000,000
	55. Advances Outstanding under Domestic Loan Agreement	$____________
	56. Maximum EXIM Eligible [Least of 54, (No. 34 plus No. 52), or
	(No. 53 minus No. 55)]	$____________
	57. Present balance owing on EXIM Line of Credit	$____________
	58. RESERVE POSITION [No. 56 minus No. 55 minus No. 57]	$____________

The undersigned represents and warrants that as of the date hereof the foregoing is true, complete and correct, that the information reflected in this Borrowing Base Certificate complies with the representations and warranties set forth in the Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement, between Borrower and Bank, and the Borrower Agreement, executed by Borrower and acknowledged by Bank, each dated August 25, 2011, as may be amended from time to time, as if all representations and warranties were made as of the date hereof, and that Borrower is, and shall remain, in full compliance with its agreements, covenants, and obligations under such agreements. Such representations and warranties include, without limitation, the following: Borrower is using disbursements only for the purpose of enabling Borrower to finance the cost of manufacturing, purchasing or selling items intended for export. Borrower is not using disbursements for the purpose of: (a) servicing any of Borrower’s unrelated pre-existing or future indebtedness; (b) acquiring fixed assets or capital goods for the use of Borrower’s business; (c) acquiring, equipping, or renting commercial space outside the United States; or (d) paying salaries of non-U.S. citizens or non-U.S. permanent residents who are located in the offices of the United States. Additionally, disbursements are not being used to finance the manufacture, purchase or sale of all of the following: (a) Items to be sold to a Buyer located in a country in which the Export Import Bank of the United States is legally prohibited from doing business; (b) that part of the cost of the items which is not U.S. Content unless such part is not greater than fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the items and is incorporated into the items in the United States; (c) defense articles or defense services or items directly or indirectly destined for use by military organizations designed primarily for military use (regardless of the nature or actual use of the items); or (d) any items to be used in the construction, alteration, operation or maintenance of nuclear power, enrichment, reprocessing, research or heavy water production facilities.

Sincerely,

BORROWER:

AEHR TEST SYSTEMS By:_________________________________   Name:_______________________________   Title:________________________________   Date:________________________________ BANK USE ONLY Received By:___________________________   Date:_________________   Verified By:___________________________