SECURITIES EXCHANGE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Exchange Agreement is entered
into and dated as of May 19, 2009 (this
“Agreement” ), by and among EasyLink Services
International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company” ), and each of the purchasers
identified on the signature pages hereto (each, a
“Purchaser” and, collectively, the
“Purchasers” ).
WHEREAS, Internet Commerce Corporation, the
Company’s predecessor, and the Purchasers entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2007,
pursuant to which, among other things, the Purchasers agreed to
purchase from the Company certain Notes, Additional Investment
Rights and Warrants, as the same was amended by the Amendment to
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2007,
the Consent and Release Agreement, dated as of October 24,
2007, the Second Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
as of December 18, 2007, the Third Amendment to Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2008, and the
Fourth Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 31, 2008 (as so amended, the “Purchase
Agreement” );
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company
issued and sold to the Purchasers certain Notes, Additional
Investment Rights and Warrants (as such terms are defined in the
Purchase Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Company now wishes to exchange all of the
remaining outstanding Notes, Additional Investment Rights and
Warrants for the Securities (as defined herein), the Cash Principal
Repayment (as defined herein) and the Cash Interest Repayment (as
defined herein) (such transactions are referred to herein as the
“ Exchange ”); and
WHEREAS, the Purchasers have agreed to the Exchange,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements,
provisions and covenants contained herein, and for other valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.1 Definitions . Except as set forth in
this Section 1.1, capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Purchase Agreement.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the
introduction.
“Business Day”
means any day except Saturday,
Sunday and any day that shall be a federal legal holiday or a day
on which banking institutions in the State of New York are
authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Cash Interest Repayment”
means a payment in an amount equal
to all accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes as of the Closing
Date.
“Cash
Principal Repayment” means a payment in the amount of
$30,000,000.
“Closing” means the consummation of the transactions set
forth in Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 pursuant to
Section 6.1.
“Closing Date”
means the date of the
Closing.
“Common Shares”
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c).
“Common Stock”
means the class A common stock of
the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the
introduction.
“Company Material Adverse
Effect” means any
material adverse effect on the business, earnings, operations,
assets, liabilities, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, results of operations or net worth of the
Company and it Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Eligible Market”
means any of the New York Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market or
any successor thereto.
“Law” means any statutes, laws (including common law),
rules, ordinances, regulations, codes, orders, judgments,
injunctions, writs, decrees, applicable to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, as applicable, or their respective properties or
assets.
“New Warrants”
means the Common Stock purchase
warrants in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
.
“Purchase Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“Purchaser” and “Purchasers” have the
meanings set forth in the introduction.
“Required Approvals”
has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(d).
“Securities” means the Common Shares, the Series E
Preferred Shares, the New Warrants and the Underlying Shares issued
or issuable (as applicable) to the applicable Purchasers pursuant
to the Transaction Documents.
“Senior Indebtedness
Facility” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.2(d).
“Series E Preferred Certificate of
Designations” means the Certificate of the Powers,
Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional and
Other Special Rights of the Series E Redeemable Preferred
Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B
.
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“Series E Preferred
Shares” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e).
“Series E Preferred
Stock” the
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.01 par
value per share, created pursuant to the Series E Preferred
Certificate of Designations.
“Trading Days”
means (a) any day on which the
Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its primary Trading
Market, or (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
quoted and traded on any Trading Market, then any Business
Day.
“Trading Market”
means Nasdaq Global Market or any
other primary Eligible Market or any national securities exchange,
market or trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock
is then listed or quoted.
“Transaction Documents”
means this Agreement, the New
Warrants and the Series E Certificate of
Designations.
“Underlying Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
EXCHANGE OF NOTES, ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT RIGHTS AND
WARRANTS
2.1 Exchange of Notes, Additional Investment
Rights and Warrants . Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company
shall:
(a) pay to the Purchasers the Cash
Principal Repayment by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to bank accounts designated by the Purchasers in
writing;
(b) pay to the Purchasers the Cash Interest
Repayment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank
accounts designated by the Purchasers in writing;
(c) issue 1,980,426 shares of Common Stock
in the aggregate (collectively, the “Common
Shares” ), which shall be divided among and registered in
the names of the Purchasers as set forth on
Schedule 2.1 ;
(d) issue New Warrants to purchase up to
2,841,892 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, which shall be
divided among and registered in the names of the Purchasers as set
forth on Schedule 2.1 ; and
(e) issue to the Purchasers up to 10,000
shares of Series E Preferred Stock (collectively, the
“Series E Preferred Shares” ), which shall
be divided among and registered in the names of the Purchasers as
set forth on Schedule 2.1 ; provided ,
however , that the aggregate number of Series E
Preferred Shares issued shall be reduced by one share for each
$1,000 or fraction thereof of all principal payments made by the
Company with respect to the Notes after February 17, 2009 but
prior to Closing; provided , further , that the value
of any fractional share of Series E Preferred remaining
following the foregoing adjustment shall be paid by the Company to
the Purchasers in cash, and no fractional share of Series E
Preferred shall be issued.
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2.2 Cancellation of Notes, Additional
Investment Rights and Warrants . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing:
(a) the
Notes shall automatically be deemed repaid in full and
cancelled;
(b) the
Additional Investment Rights shall automatically be deemed
cancelled; and
(c) the
Warrants shall automatically be deemed cancelled.
2.3 Waiver of Penalties; Termination of
Security Interests and Agreements . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing:
(a) the Purchasers shall be deemed to have
waived any rights to any prepayment or repurchase penalties
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or the Notes;
(b) the Purchasers shall provide the
Company with a payoff letter authorizing the Company to release all
existing security interests they hold in the assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries; and
(c) the Company and the Purchasers shall be
deemed to have mutually terminated the Purchase Agreement and the
Security Agreements.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the
Company . Except as set forth in the Schedules to this
Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the
Purchasers, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as
follows:
(a) Organization and Qualification . The
Company is an entity duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The
Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its
certificate of incorporation or bylaws. The Company is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the
aggregate, (i) adversely affect the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) adversely
impair the Company’s ability to perform fully on a timely
basis its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents or
(iii) adversely affect the business, earnings, operations,
assets, liabilities, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, results of operations or net worth of the
Company and it Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(b) Authorization; Enforcement . The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company
of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company, and no further consent or action is required by the
Company, the Company’s Board of Directors or its stockholders
including pursuant to any rules or regulations of the Trading
Market. Each Transaction Document has been duly executed by the
Company, and when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof,
will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
(c) No Conflicts . The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws,
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company is a party or by which any
property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, or
(iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any
Governmental Authority to which the Company is subject (including
federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any
property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; except in
the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have, or could reasonably be
expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Filings, Consents and Approvals . The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver,
authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing
or registration with, any Governmental Authority or other Person in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents, other than the filing of a
Notification: Change in the Number of Shares Outstanding with the
Trading Market, the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on
Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the
Securities Act and applicable Blue Sky filings, each of which shall
be made as promptly as practicable following the Closing
(collectively, the “Required Approvals”
).
(e) Issuance of the Securities . The
Securities have been duly authorized. The Common Shares, the
Series E Preferred Shares and the New Warrants have been, and
the Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of
the New Warrants, will be, validly issued. The Common Shares, the
Series E Preferred Shares and the New Warrants are, and the
Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
New Warrants, will be, fully paid and nonassessable and free of
preemptive or similar rights. Subject to the receipt of the
Required Approvals, the Common Shares, the Series E Preferred
Shares and the New Warrants have been, and the Underlying Shares,
when issued in accordance with the terms of the New Warrants, will
be, issued in compliance with applicable securities laws, rules and
regulations. The issuance and exchange of the Securities
contemplated hereby does not conflict with or violate any rules or
regulations of the Trading Market. The Company has reserved from
its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued to the Purchasers upon exercise of the
New Warrants.
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(f) Capitalization . The number of shares
and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding securities of
the Company immediately prior to and after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby are as specified in
Schedule 3.1(f) . All outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Other than as set forth in
Schedule 3.1(f) and except for the Securities, there is no
outstanding, and there has not been reserved for issuance any:
(i) share of capital stock or other voting securities of the
Company, (ii) options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to,
calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable
for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any securities of the Company, (iii) contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may
become bound to issue additional securities of the Company or
(iv) securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into
securities of the Company; No securities of the Company are
entitled to preemptive or similar rights, and no Person has any
right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation,
or any similar right to participate in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The issue and sale of
the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue any
securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not
result in a right of any holder of securities of the Company to
adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities. The Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended
July 31, 2008 (the “ 10-K Filings ”) filed
with the Commission contains a list of all of the Company’s
and its Subsidiaries’ respective equity compensation plans as
reflected on the Closing Date. There is no outstanding obligation
of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of
their securities. There is no stockholder agreement, voting trust
or other agreement or understanding to which the Company is a party
or by which the Company is bound relating to the voting, purchase,
transfer or registration of any securities of the
Company.
(g) SEC Reports; Financial Statements .
The Company has filed all reports, forms, schedules, statements and
other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
thereof, since January 1, 2008 (or such shorter period as the
Company was required by law to file such materials) (the foregoing
materials, as supplemented or amended since the time of filing, and
together with all information incorporated by reference therein,
being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports” and, together with the Schedules to this Agreement,
the “Disclosure Materials”) on a timely basis or has
received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any
such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As
of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in
effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the
periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such
financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in
all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial
(individually and in the aggregate), year-end audit adjustments and
the absence of footnotes.
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(h) Material Changes . Since
July 31, 2008 (except as disclosed in the SEC Reports)
(i) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has conducted its
business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice,
(ii) there has been no event, occurrence or development that
has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Company
Material Adverse Effect, (iii) except for the Senior
Indebtedness Facility, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities (contingent or
otherwise), (iv) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting or the identity of its auditors and (v) the Company
has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or
other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made
any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock.
(i) Subsidiaries . Each Subsidiary of the
Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
(to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable) under
the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its
properties and to carry on its businesses as now conducted and is
qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which its
ownership of property or the conduct of its businesses as now
conducted requires it to qualify, except where the failure to be
qualified as a foreign corporation would not have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect. All of the Subsidiaries are wholly owned by the Company
and, except for the shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries
owned by the Company, there are: (i) no outstanding, and there
has not been reserved for issuance to any other Person any, shares
of capital stock or other voting securities of any Subsidiary,
(ii) no outstanding, and there has not been reserved for
issuance to any other Person any, options, warrants, scrip rights
to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into
or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe
for or acquire, any securities of any Subsidiary, (iii) no
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any
Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional securities or
(iv) no outstanding, and there has not been reserved for
issuance to any other Person any, securities or rights convertible
or exchangeable into securities of any Subsidiary.
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