Exhibit
10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
$40,000,000 Credit
Facility
by and among
ELANDIA INTERNATIONAL
INC.,
A Delaware
corporation
“Borrower”
and
STANFORD INTERNATIONAL BANK
LTD.,
an Antiguan banking
corporation
“Lender”
Dated as of July 21,
2008
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “
Agreement ” ), dated as of July 21, 2008
(the “ Effective Date ”), is made by and
between ELANDIA INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation
(referred to herein as the “ Borrower ”)
and STANFORD INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD., an Antiguan banking
corporation (the “ Lender ” ).
W I T N E S S E T
H
WHEREAS , in connection with a series of transactions
pursuant to which Lender is providing various sources of financing
to the Borrower in connection with the Borrower’s retention
of a new Chief Executive Officer (collectively, the
“Transactions”), the Borrower desires to obtain a
commitment from the Lender to make one or more Loans to the
Borrower up to a maximum aggregate amount not exceeding
$40,000,000; and
WHEREAS , the Lender is willing to extend the commitment
to make the Loans to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other
good and valuable consideration exchanged between the parties, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I -
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions . In
addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings indicated which meanings shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of
such terms:
1.1.1 “ Affiliate
” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) which
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls,
or is controlled by or is under common control, with a Borrower, or
5% or more of the equity interest of which is held beneficially or
of record by the Borrower or a Subsidiary. The term
“control” means the possession, directly of indirectly,
of the power to cause the direction of the management and policies
of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
1.1.2 “ Agreement
” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
1.1.3 “ Borrower
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction
to this Agreement.
1.1.4 “ Business Day
” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in the city of Miami, Florida are authorized
or required by law to remain closed.
1.1.5 “ Change of
Control ” shall mean (i) the consolidation, merger
or other business combination of the Borrower with or into another
Person (other than (A) a consolidation, merger or other
business combination in which holders of the Borrower’s
voting power immediately prior to the transaction continue after
the transaction to hold, directly or indirectly, a majority of the
combined voting power of the surviving entity or entities entitled
to vote generally for the election of a majority of the members of
the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a
corporation) of such entity or entities, or (B) pursuant to a
migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Borrower); (ii) the sale
or transfer of all or substantially all of the Borrower’s
assets (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Subsidiaries in the
aggregate); (iii) the consummation of a purchase, tender or
exchange offer made to and accepted by the holders of more than the
50% of the outstanding Common Stock; (iv) the adoption of a
plan relating to the Borrower’s liquidation or dissolution;
(v) the first day on which the majority of the members of the
Board of Directors of the Borrower are not Continuing Directors; or
(vi) the date that any one Person or group (as that term is
interpreted under the rules and regulations promulgated under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Excluded
Person(s) (as defined below), beneficially owns (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly
or indirectly, stock of the Borrower that, together with the stock
then held by such Person or group, constitutes more than thirty
percent (30%) of the outstanding voting stock of the Borrower
or other voting stock into which the Borrower’s voting stock
is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares. The term “Excluded
Person(s)” means (A) any officer or director of the
Borrower as of the date hereof, (B) an underwriter temporarily
holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities,
(C) any Person or group that beneficially owns in excess of
forty percent (40%) of the outstanding voting stock of the
Borrower on the date hereof (including the Lender), (D) any
Person or group that satisfies clause (vi) above and has
purchased any of such shares from Lender, or (E) a corporation
owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Borrower
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock
in the Borrower.
1.1.6 “ Code ”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereof.
1.1.7 “ Common Stock
” means (A) the Company’s common stock, $0.00001
par value per share, and (B) any capital stock resulting from
a reclassification of such common stock.
1.1.8 “ Continuing
Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any
member of the Board of Directors of the Borrower who (1) was a
member of such Board of Directors on the Issuance Date; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the continuing
directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time
of such nomination or election.
1.1.9 “ Default ”
means any event which, with the lapse of time, the giving of
notice, or both, would become an Event of Default.
1.1.10 “ Default Rate
” shall mean 15% per annum.
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1.1.11 Intentionally deleted
.
1.1.12 “ Dollars
” or “$” means United States Dollars.
1.1.13 “ Domestic South
Pacific Subsidiary ” means a South Pacific Subsidiary
incorporated, organized or formed pursuant to the laws of any of
the fifty states of the United States of America.
1.1.14 “ Effective Date
” means the date all parties hereto have executed this
Agreement and the Loan Documents and Borrower has complied with all
conditions precedent thereto.
1.1.15 “ Event of
Default ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 7.1 hereof.
1.1.16 “ Foreign South
Pacific Subsidiary ” means a South Pacific Subsidiary
incorporated, organized or formed pursuant to the laws of any
jurisdiction other than one of the fifty states of the United
States of America.
1.1.17 “ Guarantee(s)
” shall mean that certain Guarantee in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D to be executed and delivered by each
Guarantor in favor of Lender.
1.1.18 “ Guarantor
” shall mean, collectively, eLandia South Pacific Holdings,
Inc., and eLandia Technologies, Inc.
1.1.19 “ Indebtedness
” of any Person shall mean (i) all indebtedness or
liability for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of
any property (including accounts payable to trade creditors under
customary trade credit terms) or services for which the Person is
liable as principal, (ii) all indebtedness (excluding
unaccrued finance charges) secured by a Lien on property owned or
being purchased by the Person, whether or not such indebtedness
shall have been assumed by the Person, (iii) any arrangement
(commonly described as a sale-and-leaseback transaction) with any
financial institution or other lender or investor providing for the
leasing to the Person of property which at the time has been or is
to be sold or transferred by the Person to the lender or investor,
or which has been or is being acquired from another Person, and
(iv) all obligations of partnerships or joint ventures in
respect of which the Person is primarily or secondarily liable as a
partner or joint venturer or otherwise (provided that in any event
for purposes of determining the amount of the Indebtedness, the
full amount of such obligations, without giving effect to the
contingent liability or contributions of other participants in the
partnership or joint venture, shall be included).
1.1.20 “ Issuance Date
” means the date of issuance of any Note pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
1.1.21 “ Lender ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this
Agreement.
1.1.22 “ Lien ”
shall mean a mortgage, pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment,
security interest or other charge or encumbrance or any segregation
of assets or revenues or other preferential arrangement (whether or
not constituting a security
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interest) with respect to any present or future
assets, including fixtures, revenues or rights to the receipt of
income of the Person referred to in the context in which the term
is used.
1.1.23 “ Loan ”
or “ Loans ” shall mean any loan or loans made
by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.
1.1.24 “ Loan Documents
” shall mean those documents executed or submitted in
connection with the Loans, including, without limitation,
(i) this Credit Agreement; (ii) the Notes; (iii) the
Securities Pledge Agreements; (iv) the Guarantee(s); and
(v) all other documents and instruments executed by Borrower
or any Guarantor in connection with the Loans and/or as may be
reasonably required by Lender or Lender’s counsel, including
those referred to in Section 6 hereof.
1.1.25 “ Maturity Date
” shall mean July 1, 2010, unless such date is not a
Business Day, in which case “Maturity Date” shall mean
the first Business Day following July 1, 2010.
1.1.26 “ Net Cash
Proceeds ” shall mean, when used with respect to any sale
of South Pacific Assets, the gross cash proceeds from such sale
received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary owning such assets, net
of (i) any reasonable costs or expenses incurred by the
Borrower or any such Subsidiary directly relating to the sale, and
(ii) any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that
is repaid in connection with such sale, but solely to the extent
that such Indebtedness is required to be repaid as a result of such
sale pursuant to the terms of a contract or agreement to which the
Subsidiary is a party or is bound as of the date hereof.
1.1.27 “ Note ”
or “ Notes ” shall mean any promissory note or
notes issued with respect to Loans made hereunder, and any
modifications, renewals, replacements or substitutions therefor
made from time to time hereafter, and to the extent
applicable.
1.1.28 “ Obligations
” shall mean the any and all liabilities, obligations,
covenants, duties and debts, owing by the Borrower and any
Guarantor to the Lender, arising under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, including without limitation, all interest, charges,
indemnities, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees, filing fees and
any other sums chargeable to the Borrower or any Guarantor
hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
1.1.29 “ Permitted
Liens ” shall mean a mortgage, pledge, lien, security
interest or other charge or encumbrance or any segregation of
assets or revenues or other preferential arrangement (whether or
not constituting a security interest) with respect to any present
or future assets, including fixtures, revenues or rights to the
receipt of income of the Person referred to in the context in which
the term is used which are permitted to exist under this
Agreement.
1.1.30 “ Person ”
shall mean any natural person, corporation, unincorporated
organization, trust, joint-stock company, joint venture,
association, company, partnership or government, or any agency or
political subdivision of any government, or other entity of
whatever nature.
1.1.31 “ Pizarro
” shall mean Mr. Pedro (Pete) Pizarro, an
individual.
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1.1.32 “ Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement ” shall mean that certain Preferred
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2008,
between Borrower and Lender, as amended.
1.1.33 “ Prime Rate
” shall mean the prime rate as published in The Wall
Street Journal on the last Business Day of each month, or if
such rate is not published, such substitute rate as determined by
Lender with reference to another then generally accepted method for
determining the prime rate.
1.1.34 “ Registration
Rights Agreement ” shall mean that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, between Borrower
and Lender.
1.1.35 “ SEC ”
shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.1.36 “ Securities Pledge
Agreement ” shall mean that certain Securities Pledge
Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A , to be executed by Borrower and each Guarantor in favor of
Lender.
1.1.37 “ South Pacific
Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that owns directly
or indirectly any South Pacific Asset.
1.1.38 “ Stock ”
means all shares, options, warrants, general or limited partnership
interests, membership interests or other equivalents (regardless of
how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or equivalent entity whether voting or nonvoting,
including common stock, preferred stock or any other “equity
security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the
General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
1.1.39 “ Subsidiary
” shall mean any Person in which Borrower or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary may own, directly or indirectly, an equity interest of
more than 50%, or which may effectively be controlled by Borrower
or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, during the term of this Agreement, as
well as all Subsidiaries and other Persons from time to time
included in the consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower.
1.1.40 “ Transaction
Documents ” shall mean the following documents relating
to the Transactions: the Loan Documents; the Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement; and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
1.1.41 “ Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary, 100% of the
outstanding capital stock of all classes of which is owned by the
Borrower and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
Section 1.2 Accounting Terms
. Accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall
have the meaning given to them under accounting principles and
practices generally accepted in the United States, applied on a
consistent basis with the financial statements referred to in
Section 3.3 hereof, and shall be determined both as to
classification of items and amounts in accordance therewith. All
Subsidiaries shall be consolidated to the fullest extent permitted
by such principles and practices, and any accounting terms,
financial covenants and financial statements referred to herein
shall be determined and prepared on the basis of such
consolidation.
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Section 1.3 Other Definitional
Provisions . The words “hereof,”
“herein,” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement, and Section, Subsection and Exhibit references are to
this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II - LOANS
Section 2.1 Loans . Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, commencing on
September 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2008, Lender
shall make available to Borrower one or more Loans in the original
principal maximum aggregate amount of up to $40,000,000 (the
“Maximum Aggregate Loan Amount”). Subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, the Loans shall be funded on the draw
schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B . Any Loan made
hereunder shall be evidenced by a Note in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C executed by the Borrower in favor of Lender.
The Maximum Aggregate Loan Amount will be reduced by the amount of
Net Cash Proceeds received by Borrower or any Subsidiary from the
sale of any of the South Pacific Assets (defined in
Section 2.4 below).
Section 2.2 Interest .
Interest on the principal amount of any Loans made hereunder shall
accrue at the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%) per annum (the
“Interest Rate”), compounded monthly. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year based upon the actual
number of days elapsed. Interest shall be adjusted quarterly based
on the then current Prime Rate. Interest shall be paid quarterly in
arrears and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the
Note.
Section 2.3 Maturity Date .
The outstanding principal amount of all Loans, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on
the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms of this
Section 2.3; provided, however, that Borrower, subject to the
terms and conditions of Section 2.3.2 below, on the Maturity
Date, may elect to convert some or all of the amounts owed to the
Lender in respect of the Loans into Common Stock. The Loans may be
prepaid at any time without penalty.
2.3.1 [Intentionally
Omitted.]
2.3.2 Conversion by Borrower of
Loans into Common Stock .
(i) Conversion Terms .
Provided that the Borrower has then sold or otherwise disposed of
all or substantially all of the assets owned by, or equity
interests in, AST Telecom, LLC (the “AST Assets”), on
the Maturity Date, Borrower may elect, upon written notice to
Lender, to convert the remaining principal amount of all Loans then
outstanding together with the accrued and unpaid Interest thereon
into shares of Common Stock of the Borrower at a conversion price
equal to $3.97 per share, as adjusted as provided herein (the
“Conversion Price”). The shares of such Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of any Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.3.2, or other securities into which amounts due
hereunder may be converted, are referred to herein as the
“Conversion Shares.”
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(ii) Shares Reserved for Issuance
and Duly Authorized . The Borrower shall at all times cause to
be reserved for issuance such number of authorized and unissued
shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient for a conversion
pursuant to this Section 2.3.2. The Borrower covenants that
upon issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms
hereof, such shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued and
outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common
Stock.
(iii) Certificates for Conversion
Shares . The Borrower shall deliver a certificate or
certificates for the Conversion Shares as soon as practicable after
a conversion hereunder. The certificates representing the
Conversion Shares shall bear a legend substantially similar to the
following:
“The securities represented by
this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and may not be offered
or sold except (1) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Act or (2) upon the delivery by the holder
to the Borrower of an opinion of counsel that an exemption from
registration under such Act is available.”
(iv) Adjustments . Upon the
occurrence of the events set forth in Section 3(e) of each
Note, the Borrower will make an appropriate adjustment to the
Conversion Shares, the Conversion Price and/or any other terms of
such Note, and take such other actions, all as provided in
Section 3(e) of such Note.
(v) Fractional Interests .
The Borrower shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of
Common Stock upon the conversion pursuant to this
Section 2.3.2. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock
would be issuable upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall,
upon such issuance, purchase such fraction for an amount in cash
equal to the current value of such fraction, computed on the basis
of the last reported closing price of the Common Stock on the
securities exchange or quotation system on which the shares of
Common Stock are then listed or traded, as the case may be, if any,
on the last Business Day prior to the date of conversion upon which
such a sale shall have been effected, or, if the Common Stock is
not so listed or traded on an exchange or quotation system, as the
Board of Directors of the Borrower may in good faith
determine.
2.3.3 [Intentionally Omitted]
.
Section 2.4 Sale of South Pacific
Assets; Reduction of Maximum Aggregate Loan Amount; Mandatory
Prepayments . The Borrower is evaluating the potential sale or
other disposition of some or all of the businesses, operations
and/or other assets in the South Pacific owned by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (the “South Pacific Assets”) in one or
more transactions on commercially reasonable terms. The Borrower
shall give Lender at least 25 days’ prior written notice of
any transaction to sell all or a material portion of the South
Pacific Assets. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, prior to the Maturity Date, (a) the Maximum
Aggregate Loan Amount shall be permanently reduced on a
dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds
received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from the sale of the
South Pacific Assets, and (b) the Borrower shall cause 100% of
the Net Cash Proceeds from any such sale of the South Pacific
Assets consummated prior to the Maturity Date to be paid
by
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the purchaser of such South Pacific Assets
directly to Lender by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to such account as Lender may from time to time designate, which
amounts shall be applied to the Obligations.
Section 2.5 Use of Proceeds .
The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans solely for the
following purposes: (a) to build up and/or acquire technology
infrastructure and related services in Latin America, (b) to
make acquisitions of other businesses and assets, and (c) for
general working capital needs, in each case, in accordance with the
Borrower’s business plan as approved by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower.
Section 2.6 Payments . Prior
to any Default hereunder, all payments by or on behalf of Borrower
hereunder shall be applied first to all accrued and unpaid interest
under the Notes, and then to outstanding principal under the Notes.
Any payments by or on behalf of Borrower made to Lender on or
subsequent to any Default hereunder may be applied by Lender to any
of the Obligations in such order as Lender determines in its sole
and absolute discretion.
Section 2.7 Payoff of ANZ
Indebtedness and Delivery of Certificates Held by ANZ . Lender
shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pay off and
otherwise fully satisfy all obligations (the “ANZ
Lo