Delaware |
6770 |
20-4720414 |
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Charles I.
Weissman Geraldine A. Sinatra Dechert LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6797 (212) 698-3500 Fax: (212) 698-3599 |
John J. Concannon Laurie A. Cerveny Bingham McCutchen LLP One Federal Street Boston, MA 02110-1726 (617) 951-8000 Fax: (617) 951-8736 |
Large accelerated
filer [ ] Non-accelerated filer [X] |
Accelerated Filer [ ] Smaller reporting company [ ] |
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Title of Each Class of Security Being Registered |
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Amount Being Registered |
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Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Security |
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Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
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Shares of Common Stock(1) |
18,460,000 | $ | 5.57 | (2) | $ | 102,822,200 | (2) | $ | 4,040.91 | |||||||||
Shares of Common Stock(3) |
9,950,000 | $ | 5.57 | (2) | $ | 55,421,500 | (2) | $ | 2,178.07 | |||||||||
Shares of Common Stock(5) |
8,500,000 | $ | 5.57 | (2) | $ | 47,345,000 | (2) | $ | 1,860.66 | |||||||||
Shares of Common Stock(6) |
2,500,000 | $ | 5.57 | (2) | $ | 13,925,000 | (2) | $ | 547.25 | |||||||||
Shares of Common Stock(7) |
1,000,000 | $ | 5.57 | (2) | $ | 5,570,000 | (2) | $ | 218.90 | |||||||||
Total Fee Due |
$ | 8,845.79 |
(1) |
Represents shares of common stock to be released to the First Communications, Inc. stockholders upon consummation of the transaction with Renaissance Acquisition Corp. |
(2) |
Based on the market price on October 13, 2008 of the common stock of Renaissance Acquisition Corp. pursuant to Rule 457(f)(1). |
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Represents shares of common stock issuable to the First Communications, Inc. stockholders if certain EBITDA milestones are achieved. |
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Determined in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act at a rate equal to $39.30 per $1,000,000 of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. |
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Represents shares of common stock to be released to the First Communications, Inc. stockholders if Renaissance Acquisition Corp.s warrant redemption right is triggered. |
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Represents shares of common stock issuable to certain First Communications, Inc. warrant holders upon exercise of the warrants. |
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Represents shares of common stock issuable to certain First Communications, Inc. warrant holders if the warrants are exercised and certain EBITDA milestones are achieved. |
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to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 13, 2008, among Renaissance, Renaissances wholly-owned subsidiaries formed for the purposes of consummating the merger, FCI Merger Sub I, Inc. (Merger Sub I) and FCI Merger Sub II, LLC (Merger Sub II), First Communications, Inc. (First Communications) and The Gores Group, LLC, solely in its capacity as Stockholders Representative (Stockholders Representative), which, among other things, provides for the merger of Merger Sub I with and into First Communications, with First Communications continuing as the surviving corporation (First Merger) and First Communications immediately thereafter merging with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II continuing as the surviving limited liability company (Second Merger, and together with the First Merger, the Merger) we refer to this proposal as the merger proposal; |
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to consider and vote upon a proposal to amend and restate Renaissances charter to (i) change Renaissances corporate name to First Communications, Inc., (ii) increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock, (iii) provide for the companys perpetual existence, (iv) provide for the classification of the board of directors into three classes, (v) delete Article Sixth of Renaissances current amended and restated certificate of incorporation and (vi) make certain other changes in tense and number that Renaissances board of directors believes are immaterial we refer to this proposal as the charter amendment proposal; |
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to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2008 Plan), which is an equity-based incentive compensation plan for directors, officers, employees and certain consultants, pursuant to which Renaissance will reserve up to 3,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the 2008 Plan we refer to this proposal as the incentive compensation plan proposal; |
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to consider and vote upon election of nine directors to Renaissances board of directors, effective immediately following and contingent upon closing of the Merger, of whom Barry W. Florescue, Theodore V. Boyd and Joseph R. Morris will serve until the annual meeting to be held in 2009, Raymond Hexamer, Marshall B. Belden Jr. and Mark R. Stone will serve until the annual meeting to be held in 2010 and Richard Bloom, Scott M. Honour and Mark T. Clark will serve until the annual meeting to be held in 2011 and, in each case, until their successors are elected and qualified we refer to this proposal as the director election proposal; and |
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to consider and vote upon a proposal to adjourn the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the special meeting, Renaissance is not authorized to consummate the Merger we refer to this proposal as the adjournment proposal. |
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SUMMARY OF
THE MATERIAL TERMS OF THE MERGER |
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FOR RENAISSANCE STOCKHOLDERS ABOUT THE PROPOSALS |
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SUMMARY OF
THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS |
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SELECTED
HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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SELECTED
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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RISK FACTORS
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS |
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SPECIAL
MEETING OF RENAISSANCE STOCKHOLDERS |
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THE MERGER
PROPOSAL |
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THE MERGER
AGREEMENT |
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UNAUDITED PRO
FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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THE CHARTER
AMENDMENT PROPOSAL |
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THE INCENTIVE
COMPENSATION PLAN PROPOSAL |
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THE DIRECTOR
ELECTION PROPOSAL |
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THE
ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL |
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OTHER
INFORMATION RELATED TO RENAISSANCE |
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF RENAISSANCE |
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BUSINESS OF
FIRST COMMUNICATIONS |
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FIRST
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION |
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REGULATION
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COMPARISON OF
RIGHTS OF RENAISSANCE AND FIRST COMMUNICATIONS STOCKHOLDERS |
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BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES |
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TRANSACTIONS
WITH RELATED PERSONS |
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DESCRIPTION
OF RENAISSANCE COMMON STOCK AND OTHER SECURITIES |
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PRICE RANGE
OF FIRST COMMUNICATIONS SECURITIES AND DIVIDENDS |
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PRICE RANGE
OF RENAISSANCE SECURITIES AND DIVIDENDS |
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APPRAISAL
RIGHTS |
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STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS |
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LEGAL MATTERS
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EXPERTS
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DELIVERY OF
DOCUMENTS TO STOCKHOLDERS |
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WHERE YOU CAN
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INDEX TO
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ANNEXES |
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AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF MERGER |
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION |
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2008 EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN |
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OPINION OF
HOULIHAN SMITH & COMPANY, INC. |
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FORM OF
ESCROW AGREEMENT |
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The parties to the Merger are Renaissance, Merger Sub I, Merger Sub II, First Communications and The Gores Group, LLC, solely in its capacity as Stockholders Representative (Stockholders Representative). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub I will merge with and into First Communications, with First Communications continuing as the surviving corporation and First Communications will immediately thereafter merge with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II continuing as the surviving limited liability company. See the section entitled The Merger Proposal. |
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First Communications is a leading facilities-based competitive communications and wireless communication tower operator providing services throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic United States. See the section entitled Business of First Communications. |
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The First Communications stockholders including certain warrant holders who make an irrevocable cashless exercise of their warrants immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of the Merger (each a First Communications Holder and collectively, the First Communications Holders) will receive an aggregate of 18,460,000 shares of Renaissance common stock and the right to receive up to an aggregate of an additional (i) 9,950,000 shares of Renaissance common stock if a performance milestone is achieved before June 30, 2011 and (ii) 8,500,000 shares of Renaissance common stock if the last sales price of Renaissance common stock has been at least $8.50 per share, on 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period ending on January 28, 2011. In addition, holders of First Communications Series A Preferred Stock will receive an aggregate of $15.0 million in cash consideration, together with an accrued dividend of 12% per annum, pro rated and calculated from September 28, 2008 in exchange for their shares of Series A Preferred Stock. If a fractional share is required to be issued to a First Communications Holder, Renaissance will issue such First Communications Holder an amount of cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent), without interest, equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by $6.00. See the section entitled The Merger Proposal Structure of the Merger. |
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The Merger Agreement provides that either Renaissance or First Communications may terminate the agreement if the business combination is not consummated by January 29, 2009. The Merger Agreement may also be terminated, among other reasons, upon material breach of a party. See the section entitled The Merger Agreement Termination. |
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The Renaissance stockholders must approve certain amendments to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Renaissance, which include (i) changing Renaissances corporate name to First Communications, Inc., (ii) increasing the number of authorized shares of capital stock, (iii) providing for the companys perpetual existence, (iv) providing for the classification of the board of directors into three classes, (v) deletion of Article Sixth of Renaissances current amended and restated certificate of incorporation and (vi) making certain other changes in tense and number that Renaissances board of directors believes are immaterial (referred to herein as the charter amendment proposal). The stockholders of Renaissance will also vote on proposals to approve the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2008 Plan) (referred to herein as the incentive compensation plan proposal), to elect nine directors to Renaissances board of directors (referred to herein as the director election proposal) and, if necessary, to approve an adjournment of the meeting (referred to herein as the adjournment proposal). See the sections entitled The Charter Amendment Proposal, The Incentive Compensation Plan Proposal, The Director Election Proposal and The Adjournment Proposal. |
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After the Merger, if managements nominees are elected, the directors of Renaissance following the Merger will be Theodore V. Boyd, Raymond Hexamer, Joseph R. Morris, Marshall B. Belden Jr., Mark T. Clark, Scott M. Honour and Mark R. Stone, who are designees of certain of the First Communications stockholders, and Barry W. Florescue and Richard A. Bloom, who are designees of Renaissance. Barry W. Florescue is the chairman of the board, chief executive officer and a current director of Renaissance and Richard A. Bloom is Renaissances chief operating officer. |
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Following closing of the Merger, certain officers of First Communications will become officers of Renaissance, holding positions similar to the positions such officers held with First Communications. These officers are Raymond Hexamer, who will become chief executive officer of Renaissance, Joseph R. Morris, who will become chief operating and chief financial officer of Renaissance, Richard J. Buyens, who will become president of Renaissance and David Johnson, II who will become senior vice president of sales and marketing of Renaissance. Each of these persons is currently an executive officer of First Communications and has an employment agreement with First Communications which will be assumed by Renaissance as a result of the Merger. See the section entitled Executive Compensation Post-Merger Employment Agreements. |
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After the Merger, Renaissance anticipates having approximately $ million in cash available from the trust account (Trust Account) it established in connection with its initial public offering (IPO) completed on February 1, 2007 from which payment for conversion of the shares issued in its IPO (Public Shares) into cash would be made. If the maximum number of shares issued in its IPO are converted (3,587,999 shares), Renaissance may still consummate the Merger. Such payments would total approximately $ million based on a conversion price of $ per share. |
& Company, Inc. (Jefferies) will also receive a fee of $2,500,000 for acting as Renaissances investment banker in connection with the business combination.
Renaissance Acquisition Corp. 50 East Sample Road, Suite 400 Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Tel: (954) 784-3031 |
Steven G. Nelson Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company 17 Battery Place New York, New York 10004 (212) 509-5100 |
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significant growth potential; |
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unique network infrastructure; |
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diverse revenue base and end markets; |
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successful history of acquiring and integrating complementary assets; and |
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experienced and proven senior management team. |
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holders of a majority of Renaissances Public Shares present and eligible to vote thereon have approved the merger proposal; |
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holders of fewer than 20% of Renaissances Public Shares have voted against the merger proposal and demanded conversion of their shares into cash; |
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all necessary governmental approvals or waiting periods, including those of the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) and of certain public utility commissions (each, a State PUC and collectively the State PUCs), have been obtained or expired, as applicable; |
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First Communications stockholders holding not more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of First Communications have exercised dissenters rights under the DGCL with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and |
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the other conditions specified in the Merger Agreement have been satisfied or waived. |
Post Merger Ownership Percentage |
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Neither EBITDA nor Warrant Condition Satisfied |
EBITDA Condition Satisfied |
Warrant Condition Satisfied |
EBITDA and Warrant Condition Satisfied |
Neither EBITDA nor Warrant Condition Satisfied |
EBITDA Condition Satisfied |
Warrant Condition Satisfied |
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No Public
Shares Elect Cash Conversion |
46.2 | % | 56.8 | % | 56.4 | % | 63.6 | % | 53.8 | % | 43.2 | % | 43.6 | % | 36.4 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
19.99% of
Public Shares Elect Cash Conversion |
50.7 | % | 61.1 | % | 60.7 | % | 67.7 | % | 49.3 | % | 38.9 | % | 39.3 | % | 32.3 | % |
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Barry W. Florescue, Theodore V. Boyd and Joseph R. Morris in the class to stand for reelection in 2009; |
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Raymond Hexamer, Marshall B. Belden Jr. and Mark R. Stone in the class to stand for reelection in 2010; and |
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Richard A. Bloom, Mark T. Clark and Scott M. Honour in the class to stand for reelection in 2011. |
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Pursuant to Renaissances charter, the approval of the merger proposal will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Public Shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. There are 21,840,000 shares of Renaissance common stock outstanding as of the record date for the special meeting, of which 17,940,000 are Public Shares. The Merger will not be consummated if the holders of 20% or more of the Public Shares (3,588,000 shares or more) properly demand conversion of their Public Shares into cash. |
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The approval of the charter amendment proposal will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Renaissance common stock on the record date. |
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The approval of the incentive compensation plan proposal will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Renaissance common stock represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the meeting. |
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The election of directors requires a plurality vote of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the special meeting. Plurality means that the individuals who receive the largest number of votes cast FOR are elected as directors. Consequently, any shares not voted FOR a particular nominee (whether as a result of abstentions or a direction to withhold authority) will not be counted in the nominees favor. |
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The approval of the adjournment proposal will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Renaissance common stock represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the meeting. |
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If the Merger or another business combination is not consummated by January 29, 2009, Renaissance will be liquidated. In such event, the 3,900,000 shares of common stock held by Renaissances directors and officers that were acquired before the IPO, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, will be worthless because Renaissances directors and officers are not entitled to receive any of the liquidation proceeds with respect to such shares. Such shares had an aggregate market value of $ based upon the closing price of $ on the American Stock Exchange on , the record date for the Renaissance special meeting. Furthermore, proceeding the IPO, Barry Florescue and Charles Miersch each bought 5,000 Public Shares on the open market which each may vote as they choose at the special meeting. |
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The Company issued and sold 4,666,667 warrants (exercisable at $6.00 per share) to RAC Partners and Charles Miersch and Morton Farber, two of Renaissances directors, on February 1, 2007 (the Insider Warrants). All of the proceeds Renaissance received from these purchases were placed in the Trust Account. The Insider Warrants are identical to the warrants underlying the Units sold in Renaissances IPO except that (i) they have an exercise price of $6.00 per share, (ii) Renaissance did not register the sale of the warrants to the public and (iii) the Insider Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis at the holders option so long as such warrants are held by such directors, RAC Partners or its affiliates. Renaissance has agreed to register the transfer of the Insider Warrants by RAC Partners to its members in a liquidation or distribution and the resale of the shares underlying the Insider Warrants by RAC Partners and the directors at any time after Renaissance has executed a definitive agreement for a business combination, but the purchasers of the Insider Warrants have agreed that the Insider Warrants will not be sold or, subject to certain limited exceptions (including in a distribution upon liquidation at RAC Partners), transferred by them and they may not exercise the Insider Warrants until 30 days after Renaissance has completed a business combination. Accordingly, the Insider Warrants have been placed in escrow and will not be released until 30 days after the completion of a business combination. Such warrants are not publicly traded and have an exercise price of $6.00 per warrant. All of the warrants will become worthless if the Merger or another business combination is not consummated by January 29, 2009 (as will the remainder of the public warrants). |
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The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement provide that Barry W. Florescue and Richard A. Bloom, appointees of Renaissance, will be directors of Renaissance after the closing of the Merger. As such, in the future each will receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that the Renaissance board of directors determines to pay to its non-executive directors. |
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If Renaissance liquidates prior to the consummation of a business combination, Barry W. Florescue will be personally liable to pay debts and obligations to target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by Renaissance for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to Renaissance in excess of the net proceeds of the IPO not held in the Trust Account. Renaissance cannot assure you that he would be able to satisfy those obligations. |
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Renaissance and each Merger Subs representations and warranties set forth in the Merger Agreement being true and correct in all material respects (except representations which, as written, are already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct in all such respects) as of the date of the Merger Agreement, and, except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, as of the effective time of the First Merger; |
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Renaissance and each Merger Sub having duly performed in all material respects all obligations, covenants and agreements undertaken by them in the Merger Agreement and having complied in all material respects with all terms and conditions applicable to them under the Merger Agreement to be performed or complied with on or before the closing date; |
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all necessary third party approvals or consents having been obtained from any person or entity whose approval or consent is necessary to consummate the Merger including, without limitation, the approval of the board of directors of Renaissance and each Merger Sub and the consents of the State PUCs and the FCC; |
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Renaissance having received approval from its stockholders in a manner consistent with Renaissances final prospectus dated January 29, 2007 and having delivered evidence of such approval to First Communications; and |
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since the date of the Merger Agreement there having been no occurrence, event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on Renaissance. |
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First Communications representations and warranties set forth in the Merger Agreement being true and correct in all material respects (except representations which, as written, are already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and |
correct in all such respects) as of the Merger Agreement and, except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, as of the effective time of the First Merger; |
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all necessary third party approvals or consents, having been obtained from any person or entity whose approval or consent is necessary to consummate the Merger including, without limitation, the consents of the State PUCs and the FCC; |
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First Communications having performed in all material respects all obligations, covenants and agreements undertaken by First Communications in the Merger Agreement and having complied in all material respects with all terms and conditions applicable to it under the Merger Agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the closing date; |
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First Communications stockholders holding not more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of First Communications common stock having exercised or having continuing rights to exercise appraisal rights under the DGCL with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
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since the date of the Merger Agreement there not having been any occurrence, event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on First Communications; and |
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First Communications having obtained an amendment to its existing credit facility waiving the change of control provision therein. |
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by mutual written consent of Renaissance and First Communications; |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications if the Merger is not consummated on or before January 29, 2009; |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications if a governmental authority has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order, in each case which has become final and non-appealable, and which permanently restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the Merger; |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications if, at Renaissances special meeting (including any adjournments thereof), the Merger shall fail to be approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of Renaissance common stock required under its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or the holders of 20% or more of the Public Shares outstanding as of the record date of Renaissances special meeting exercise their rights to convert the shares of Renaissance common stock held by them into cash in accordance with Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation; or |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications, if such party is not in material breach of its obligations under the Merger Agreement and there has been a material breach of the representations and warranties, covenants, or agreements by the other party and such breach has not been cured within 30 days after written notice to the breaching party, if curable. |
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No gain or loss will be recognized by non-converting stockholders of Renaissance; and |
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A stockholder of Renaissance who exercises conversion rights and effects a termination of the stockholders interest in Renaissance will be required to recognize capital gain or loss upon the exchange of that stockholders shares of common stock of Renaissance for cash, if such shares were held as a capital asset on the date of the Merger. Such gain or loss will be measured by the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis of that stockholders shares of Renaissance common stock. |
For the Year Ended or as of December 31, |
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Net sales
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$ | 47,361 | $ | 56,194 | $ | 77,278 | $ | 107,076 | $ | 132,705 | $ | 67,152 | $ | 73,774 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income
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6,058 | 5,205 | 3,495 | 7,206 | 4,726 | 3,797 | 2,389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic earnings
per share |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per share |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets
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19,750 | 23,426 | 33,691 | 35,607 | 184,936 | 55,159 | 246,881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt
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5,000 | 5,000 | 8,204 | 4,035 | | | 61,250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redeemable
preferred stock |
| | | | 40,000 | | 15,000 |
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 |
For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2007 |
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Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming No Conversions |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming Maximum Conversions |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming No Conversions |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming Maximum Conversions |
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Total
Revenues, Net |
$ | 105,260 | $ | 105,260 | $ | 217,293 | $ | 217,293 | |||||||||||
Operating
Income |
7,269 | 7,269 | 16,080 | 16,080 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
Expense |
(3,612 | ) | (3,612 | ) | (7,813 | ) | (7,813 | ) | |||||||||||
Net Income
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2,846 | 2,681 | 7,018 | 6,484 | |||||||||||||||
Earnings per
share |
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Basic
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$ | 0.07 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.18 | |||||||||||
Diluted
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$ | 0.06 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.17 | |||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding |
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Basic
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40,300 | 36,714 | 38,680 | 35,418 | |||||||||||||||
Diluted
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44,426 | 40,840 | 41,755 | 38,493 |
June 30, 2008 |
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Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming No Conversions |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming Maximum Conversions |
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Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 74,580 | $ | 53,356 | |||||||
Working
capital |
64,898 | 43,674 | |||||||||
Total assets
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396,794 | 375,570 | |||||||||
Long-term
debt, less current portion |
106,250 | 106,250 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities |
176,343 | 176,343 | |||||||||
Stockholders equity |
220,451 | 199,227 |
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make it more difficult to satisfy current and future debt obligations; |
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make it more difficult to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or general corporate purposes; |
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require First Communications to dedicate a substantial portion of cash flows from operating activities to the payment of principal and interest on the indebtedness, thereby reducing the funds available for operations and other purposes, including investments in service development, capital spending and acquisitions; |
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place First Communications at a competitive disadvantage to competitors who are not as highly leveraged; |
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make First Communications vulnerable to interest rate fluctuations, if any indebtedness that bears interest at variable rates is incurred; |
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impair First Communications ability to adjust to changing industry and market conditions; and |
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make First Communications more vulnerable in the event of a downturn in general economic conditions or in business or changing market conditions and regulations. |
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incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock; |
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pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock; |
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create liens with respect to its assets; |
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make investments, loans or advances; |
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prepay subordinated indebtedness; |
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enter into transactions with affiliates; |
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merge, consolidate, reorganize or sell its assets; and |
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engage in any business other than activities related or complementary to communications. |
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long-standing relationships and strong reputation with customers; |
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substantially greater financial, technical, marketing, personnel and other resources; |
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more funds to deploy communications services and systems that compete with First Communications; |
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the potential to subsidize competitive services with revenue from a variety of businesses; |
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anticipated increased pricing flexibility and relaxed regulatory oversight; |
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larger networks; and |
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benefits from existing regulations that favor the ILECs. |
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consumer demand for wireless services; |
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the financial condition of the wireless service providers; |
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the ability and willingness of wireless service providers to maintain or increase capital expenditures; |
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the availability and cost of capital, including interest rates; |
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volatility in the equity and debt markets; and |
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the willingness of tenants to renew their leases for additional terms. |
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integrating that business personnel, services, products or technologies into existing operations; |
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retaining key personnel of the acquired business; |
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failing to adequately identify or assess liabilities of that business; |
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failing to achieve the forecasts used to determine the purchase price of that business; and |
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diverting First Communications managements attention from the normal daily operation of the existing business. |
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offer high-quality, reliable services at reasonable costs; |
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introduce new technologies; |
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install and operate telecommunications switches and related equipment; |
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lease access to suitable transmission facilities at competitive prices; |
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scale operations; |
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obtain successful outcomes in disputes and in litigation; |
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successfully negotiate, adopt or arbitrate interconnection agreements with other carriers; |
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acquire necessary equipment, software and facilities; |
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integrate existing and newly acquired technology and facilities, such as switches and related equipment; |
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evaluate markets; |
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add products; |
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monitor operations; |
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control costs; |
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maintain effective quality controls; |
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hire, train and retain qualified personnel; |
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enhance operating and accounting systems; |
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address operating challenges; |
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adapt to market and regulatory developments; and |
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obtain and maintain required governmental authorizations. |
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transitioning the branding of the acquired company to First Communications; |
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persuading employees of First Communications and the acquired company that the business cultures are compatible, maintaining morale, and retaining and integrating key employees; |
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incorporating new facilities into business operations; |
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coordinating sales and marketing functions; |
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combining products and services; |
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integrating systems; and |
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maintaining standards, controls, procedures and policies. |
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Renaissance does not achieve the perceived benefits of the Merger as rapidly, or to the extent anticipated by, financial or industry analysts; or |
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the effect of the Merger on Renaissances financial results is not consistent with the expectations of financial or industry analysts. |
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the market price of Renaissance common stock may substantially decline; |
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costs related to the Merger, such as legal and accounting fees and the costs of the valuation opinion, must be paid even if the Merger is not completed; and |
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charges will be made against earnings for transaction-related expenses, which could be higher than expected. |
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a limited availability of market quotations for Renaissances securities; |
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a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for the post-merger combined company; and |
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a decreased ability for Renaissance to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. |
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discuss future expectations; |
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contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition; or |
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state other forward-looking information. |
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the number and percentage of Renaissance stockholders voting against the merger proposal and seeking conversion; |
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Renaissances expectations regarding consummation and timing of the Merger and related transactions, including satisfaction of the closing conditions of the Merger; |
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the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals; |
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Renaissances ability to dissolve and liquidate in a timely manner and as anticipated, if necessary; |
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the post-merger combined companys expectations regarding competition; |
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difficulties encountered in integrating the merged businesses; |
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the amount of cash on hand available to the combined company after the Merger; |
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general economic conditions; |
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industry trends; |
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changes adversely affecting the business in which First Communications is engaged; |
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legislation or regulatory requirements or changes affecting the businesses in which First Communications is engaged; |
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management of growth; |
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First Communications business strategy and plans; |
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fluctuations in customer demand; |
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the result of future financing efforts; and |
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outstanding litigation or vendor disputes. |
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consider and vote upon a proposal to adopt and approve the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby; |
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consider and vote upon a proposal to amend and restate Renaissances certificate of incorporation to (i) change its name from Renaissance Acquisition Corp. to First Communications, Inc.; (ii) increase the number of authorized shares of Renaissance common stock from 72 million to 200 million; (iii) change Renaissances corporate existence to perpetual; (iv) incorporate the classification of directors that would result from the election of directors in the manner described in the director election proposal; (v) delete the present Article Sixth and its preamble, as such provisions will no longer be applicable to Renaissance after the Merger, and to renumber succeeding Articles accordingly; and (vi) make certain other changes that its board of directors believes are immaterial; |
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consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adoption of the 2008 Plan; |
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consider and vote upon a proposal to elect nine directors to Renaissances board of directors effective immediately following and contingent upon the closing of the Merger, of whom three will serve until the annual meeting to be held in 2009, three will serve until the annual meeting to be held in 2010 and three will serve until the annual meeting to be held in 2011 and, in each case, until their successors are elected and qualified; and |
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consider and vote upon a proposal to adjourn the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that, based upon the tabulated votes at the time of the special meeting, Renaissance would not have been authorized to consummate the Merger. |
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has unanimously determined that each of the merger proposal, the charter amendment proposal and the incentive compensation plan proposal is fair to and in the best interests of Renaissance and its stockholders; |
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has unanimously approved the merger proposal, the charter amendment proposal and the incentive compensation plan proposal; |
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unanimously recommends that Renaissance common stockholders vote FOR the merger proposal; |
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unanimously recommends that Renaissance common stockholders vote FOR the charter amendment proposal; |
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unanimously recommends that Renaissance common stockholders vote FOR the incentive compensation plan proposal; |
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unanimously recommends that Renaissance common stockholders vote FOR the persons nominated by its management for election as directors; and |
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unanimously recommends that Renaissances stockholders vote FOR an adjournment proposal if one is presented to the meeting. |
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You Can Vote By Signing and Returning the Enclosed Proxy Card. If you vote by proxy card, your proxy, whose name is listed on the proxy card, will vote your shares as you instruct on the proxy card. If you sign and return the proxy card but do not give instructions on how to vote your shares, your shares will be voted as recommended by Renaissances board FOR the merger proposal, the charter amendment proposal, the incentive compensation plan proposal, the persons nominated by Renaissances management for election as directors and, if necessary, an adjournment proposal. Votes received after a matter has been voted upon at the special meeting will not be counted. |
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You Can Attend the Special Meeting and Vote in Person. Renaissance will give you a ballot when you arrive. However, if your shares are held in the name of your broker, bank or another nominee, you must get a proxy from the broker, bank or other nominee. That is the only way Renaissance can be sure that the broker, bank or nominee has not already voted your shares. |
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you may send another proxy card with a later date; |
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you may notify Mark Seigel, Renaissances secretary, in writing before the special meeting that you have revoked your proxy; or |
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you may attend the special meeting, revoke your proxy, and vote in person, as indicated above. |
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18,460,000 shares of Renaissance common stock, where each share of outstanding First Communications common stock will be converted into the right to receive 0.57361 of a single validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Renaissance common stock; |
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up to an additional 9,950,000 shares of Renaissance common stock (less the number of shares that would have been issuable to First Communications stockholders who properly exercised their appraisal rights) which will be placed into an escrow account and distributed proportionally to each stockholder based on its ownership interest if, for any fiscal quarter from September 13, 2008 through June 30, 2011, the surviving corporation has an annualized adjusted EBITDA equal to or greater than the EBITDA target, which is more fully described below. |
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up to an additional 8,500,000 shares of Renaissance common stock (less the number of shares that would have been issuable to First Communications stockholders who properly exercised their appraisal rights) which will be placed into an escrow account and distributed proportionately to each First Communications stockholder as of the closing based on its ownership interest if Renaissance has the right to redeem the warrants it issued in connection with its IPO at any time prior to their exercise and at any time after the warrants become exercisable if the last sale price of Renaissance common stock has been at least $8.50 per share, on each of 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period ending on January 28, 2011. If all warrants are exercised prior to the date the Warrant Condition is satisfied, Renaissance remains obligated to pay such amount upon satisfaction of the Warrant Condition. |
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warrants to purchase a total of 5,333,333 shares of First Communications common stock at an exercise price of $0.05 per share expiring on July 2, 2012 (T1 Warrants); |
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warrants to purchase a total of 8,000,000 shares of First Communications common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share and an expiration date of three years following the redemption of all of the Series A Preferred Stock held by the holder of such warrant (T2 Warrants); and |
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warrants to purchase a total of 2,000,000 shares of First Communications common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share and an expiration date of three years following the redemption of all of the Series A Preferred Stock (T3 Warrants). |
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the name of Renaissance will be First Communications, Inc.; |
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the corporate headquarters and principal executive offices of Renaissance will be located at 3340 West Market Street, Akron, OH 44333, which is First Communications corporate headquarters; and |
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Renaissance common stock, warrants and Units, which are currently quoted on the American Stock Exchange under the symbols RAK, RAK.WS and RAK.U, respectively, will be listed for trading on Nasdaq if an application made by Renaissance to such effect is granted. |
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the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity; |
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the opportunity is within the corporations line of business; and |
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it would not be fair to the corporation and its stockholders for the opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation. |
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initiating conversations, whether via phone, e-mail or other means and whether directly or via their underwriters with third-party companies they believed may make attractive business combination partners; |
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contacting professional service providers (lawyers, accountants, consultants and bankers); |
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utilizing their own network of business associates and friends for leads; |
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working with third-party intermediaries, including investment bankers; |
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inquiring of business owners of their interest in selling their business; and |
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engaging consultants with whom Renaissance entered into success fee based engagement letters. |
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First Communications financial condition and results of operations; |
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First Communications growth potential; |
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the experience and skills of First Communications management and the availability of additional personnel; |
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First Communications competitive position; |
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barriers to entry; |
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the regulatory environment for First Communications; |
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the valuation of comparable companies; |
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the valuation of comparable merger/acquisition transactions; |
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First Communications industry dynamics, including the competitive landscape; |
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favorable long-term growth prospects; |
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the reports of outside due diligence consultants retained by Renaissance; |
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research reports published by third-parties on markets and/or companies similar to First Communications; |
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future capital requirements; |
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costs associated with effecting the transaction; |
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the oral opinion of Houlihan Smith to the board of directors of Renaissance on September 8, 2008 (which was subsequently confirmed in writing by delivery of Houlihan Smiths written opinion dated September 8, 2008) with respect to whether the fair market value of First Communications as indicated by Houlihan Smiths financial analyses was at least equal to $83 million; |
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the underlying businesses and components of First Communications; and |
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Renaissances managements experience in building, managing and financing growth companies, including various relationships or strategies that Renaissance could bring to bear with First Communications to potentially accelerate growth, enter new markets, increase market share, improve profitability and trade at premium multiples relative to its peer group going forward. |
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First Communications record of revenue growth and high potential for future growth, as well as its historical financial performance; |
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First Communications diversified revenue stream in terms of multiple business segments and geographic markets and a lack of customer concentration; |
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First Communications prospective position as an acquisition platform in a highly fragmented industry and compelling acquisition opportunities; and |
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Renaissance board of directors belief that First Communications has the ability to continue its growth because opportunities exist to: |
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expand current business both organically and through acquisitions; |
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build wireless towers and attachments to existing towers; and |
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fund additional sales and marketing initiatives. |
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the competitive local exchange carrier and/or fiber companies of Cbeyond, Inc., Global Crossing Ltd., Level 3 Communications Inc., PAETEC Holding Corp. and tw telecom inc.; and |
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the wireless tower companies of American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SBA Communications Corp. |
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the competitive local exchange carrier transactions of McLeodUSA Inc., NEON Communications Group, Eschelon Telecom, Inc., United Communications, Inc., Broadwing Corporation, Cavalier Telephone & TV Talk America, US LEC Corp., OneEighty Communications, Inc., Xspedius Communications, LLC, Mountain Telecommunications, Inc., Looking Glass Networks, Inc., OnFiber Communications, Inc., Mpower Communications, TelCove, Inc., ICG Communications, Inc., Electric Lightwave, Inc. and Oregon Telecom, Inc.; and |
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the wireless tower transactions of Vodafone Australia-Tower Divestiture, Sprint Nextel-Tower Divestiture, Light Tower LLC, Optasite, Global Tower, National Grid Wireless Infrastructure, Global Signal, Mountain Union Telecom, SpectraSite, TrinTel Communications and Sprint Sites. |
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If the Merger or another business combination is not consummated by January 29, 2009, Renaissance will be liquidated. In such event, the 3,900,000 shares held by the Renaissance Inside Stockholders that were acquired prior to the IPO, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $25,000, would be worthless because Renaissances directors and officers are not entitled to receive any of the liquidation proceeds with respect to such shares. Such shares had an aggregate market value of $ based upon the closing price of $ on the American Stock Exchange on , 2008, the record date for the Renaissance special meeting. |
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The Company issued and sold 4,666,667 warrants (exercisable at $6.00 per share) to RAC Partners and Charles Miersch and Morton Farber, two of Renaissances directors, on February 1, 2007. All of the proceeds Renaissance received from these purchases were placed in the Trust Account. The Insider Warrants are identical to the warrants underlying the Units sold in Renaissances IPO except that (i) they have an exercise price of $6.00 per share, (ii) Renaissance did not register the sale of the warrants to the public and (iii) the Insider Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis at the holders option so long as such warrants are held by such directors, RAC Partners or its affiliates. Renaissance has agreed to register the transfer of the Insider Warrants by RAC Partners to its members in a liquidation or distribution and the resale of the shares underlying the Insider Warrants by RAC Partners and the directors at any time after Renaissance executes a definitive agreement for a business combination, but the purchasers of the Insider Warrants have agreed that the Insider Warrants will not be sold or, subject to certain limited exceptions (including in a distribution upon liquidation at RAC Partners), transferred by them and they may not exercise the Insider Warrants until 30 days after Renaissance has completed a business combination. Accordingly, the Insider Warrants have been placed in escrow and will not be released until 30 days after the completion of a business combination. Such warrants are not traded publicly and have an exercise price of $6.00 per warrant. All of the warrants will become worthless if the Merger is not consummated (as will the remainder of the public warrants). |
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In addition, pursuant to a share purchase plan entered into prior to Renaissances IPO, RAC Partners, an entity controlled by Barry W. Florescue, placed a limit order for $12 million of Renaissance common stock in compliance with Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, which commenced ten business days after |
Renaissance filed its Current Report on Form 8-K announcing its execution of a definitive agreement for the Merger and will end on the business day immediately preceding the record date for the meeting of stockholders at which this Merger is to be voted upon. Mr. Florescue may vote these shares on a proposed business combination any way he chooses. As a result, he may be able to influence the outcome of the merger proposal and the other proposals under consideration. The purchases were intended to comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act at a price equal to the per share amount held in the Trust Account as reported in the Form 8-K filed in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and were made by R.M. Stark & Co., Inc. in such amounts and at such times as R.M. Stark & Co., Inc. determined, so long as the purchase price did not exceed the above-referenced per share purchase price. Mr. Florescue has agreed that he will not sell or transfer any shares of common stock purchased by him pursuant to this agreement until one year after Renaissance has completed this Merger. Mr. Florescue has purchased an aggregate of shares pursuant to this arrangement. |
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Additionally, at any time prior to the special meeting, during a period when they are not then aware of any material nonpublic information regarding Renaissance or its securities, the Renaissance Inside Stockholders, First Communications or First Communications stockholders and/or their respective affiliates may purchase shares from institutional and other investors, or execute agreements to purchase such shares from them in the future, or they may enter into transactions with such persons and others to provide them with incentives to acquire shares of Renaissance common stock or vote their shares in favor of the merger proposal. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihood of satisfaction of the requirements that the holders of a majority of the Public Shares cast on the merger proposal vote in its favor and that holders of fewer than 20% of the Public Shares vote against the merger proposal and demand conversion of their Public Shares into cash where it appears that such requirements would otherwise not be met. As of the record date, Mr. Florescue beneficially owned Public Shares, and Charles Miersch beneficially owned Public Shares. While the exact nature of any incentives that would be provided by the Renaissance Inside Stockholders, First Communications or First Communications stockholders and/or their respective affiliates has not been determined as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, they might include, without limitation, arrangements to protect such investors or holders against potential loss in value of their shares, including the granting of put options and the transfer to such investors or holders of shares or warrants owned by the Renaissance Inside Stockholders for nominal value. Renaissance will not enter into any such arrangement, either prior to or after the consummation of the Merger, and no funds in its Trust Account will be used to make such purchases or to fund other such arrangements. |
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If Renaissance liquidates prior to the consummation of a business combination, Barry W. Florescue will be personally liable to pay debts and obligations to target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by Renaissance for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to Renaissance in excess of the net proceeds of the IPO not held in the Trust Account. Renaissance cannot assure you that he would be able to satisfy those obligations. |
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A proposed merger with a special purpose acquisition company, such as Renaissance, provides a mechanism to achieve a public market in the United States for First Communications without many of the costs, management time expenditures and risks inherent in completing a traditional United States initial public offering. First Communications board believes that the proposed approach of merging with Renaissance would be beneficial to First Communications and its stockholders, especially when taking into account the various uncertainties in the public equity markets. |
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First Communications board believes that becoming a publicly traded company in the United States will provide certain benefits that are meaningful to First Communications. The board of First Communications believes that the higher profile of being publicly traded in the United States and listed on Nasdaq, compared to its current status as a listed company on AIM, may enhance First Communications recognition in the United States telecommunications and tower markets as it seeks to obtain new customers and to expand its relationships with existing customers. The board also believes that the currency of a United States publicly traded stock will provide First Communications with additional methods of financing and completing acquisitions without the added strain of depleting First Communications balance sheet. |
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The Merger will also enhance and diversify the composition of First Communications board of directors. The Merger Agreement contemplates that the post-merger combined company will have two members nominated by Renaissance on its board of directors Barry W. Florescue and Richard A. Bloom and First Communications believes these new members will add their expertise in the financial markets to the continuing members of the First Communications board and management team. |
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The board of directors believes that the value of the consideration to be received by First Communications, compared to its book value and earnings per share, and the fact that the shares to be received as consideration are being registered on this registration statement, maximize stockholder value and will provide a valuable form of liquidity for First Communications stockholders. |
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Maintaining a strong balance sheet is an important consideration to the First Communications board and the First Communications management team. With the Renaissance transaction, the cash that Renaissance has raised through its public offering will allow First Communications to maintain the strength of its balance sheet, and will provide a publicly traded currency for acquisitions, thus allowing First Communications to retain some of that cash even as it explores additional strategic acquisitions. |
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The Merger will also allow the post-merger combined company to maintain the existing First Communications management team. The First Communications board believes that the continuity of management of the post-merger combined company will allow for a continuation of the historically strong performance of First Communications, both with respect to its ability to complete and integrate complementary acquisitions, and its ability to provide strong financial results. The First Communications board also believes that the performance of the post-merger combined company will be enhanced by the added tools and benefits of being a United States publicly traded company. |
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Marshall Belden, Mark Clark, Raymond Hexamer, Scott Honour, Joseph R. Morris and Mark Stone have been nominated as directors of Renaissance effective upon consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and Theodore Boyd has been nominated as the chairman of the board of directors of Renaissance. As employee directors, Messrs. Hexamer and Morris will not receive any additional compensation for serving on the board of directors of Renaissance. The independent directors will, in the future, receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that the Renaissance board of directors approves following a determination of fair compensation for its directors. |
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Pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Messrs. Hexamer and Morris and Richard Buyens and David Johnson, II are expected to become executive officers of Renaissance. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, these individuals will continue to serve pursuant to the terms of their existing employment agreements with First Communications. Set forth below is information with respect to these individuals: |
Name |
Term of Employment Agreement and Position |
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Raymond
Hexamer |
Expires July 2009 |
$265,000 |
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(automatic renewal) Chief Executive Officer |
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Joseph R.
Morris |
Expires July 2009 |
$250,000 |
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(automatic renewal) Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer |
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Richard J.
Buyens |
Expires May 6, 2010 |
$250,000 |
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(automatic renewal) President |
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David Johnson,
II |
Expires July 2009 |
$125,000 |
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(automatic renewal) Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing |
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Each of the First Communications executive officers listed above will also receive as part of his employment arrangements: |
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Bonus. A discretionary bonus based on a policy to be established by the board of directors or compensation committee of Renaissance. Currently bonus potential is as follows for each executive: |
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Raymond
Hexamer |
60 | % | ||||
Joseph R.
Morris |
50 | % | ||||
Richard
J.Buyens |
50 | % | ||||
David
Johnson, II |
120 | % |
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Termination Payment. If Mr. Hexamers, Mr. Morris or Mr. Johnsons employment is terminated without cause, Renaissance will continue to pay the executive his base salary for the 12 month period following the date of termination and pay the annual bonus earned as of the date of termination. If Mr. Buyens employment is terminated by Renaissance without cause, or by Mr. Buyens for good reason, prior to November 6, 2008, Renaissance will pay him his annual base salary for 60 days after such termination. If Mr. Buyens employment is terminated by Renaissance without cause or by Mr. Buyens for good reason, on or after November 6, 2008 and before May 7, 2009, Renaissance will pay him his annual base salary for 90 days after such termination. If Mr. Buyens employment is terminated by Renaissance without cause, or by Mr. Buyens for good reason, on or after May 7, 2009, Renaissance will pay him his annual base salary for 12 months after such termination. If a termination without cause or for good reason occurs at any time within a 12 month period following a change in control of First Communications, Mr. Buyens will be entitled to be paid his annual base salary for 12 months following such termination and a pro rated portion of his annual bonus. |
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Other Benefits. Limited personal use of other prerequisites as may be provided under the policies and practices then in place at the time of the closing date and/or by the compensation committee of Renaissance, including club membership dues and expenses. |
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Additionally, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Renaissance has agreed to approve the grant of options and restricted stock to certain First Communications employees contingent upon the consummation of the Merger. Messrs. Hexamer and Morris will each be entitled to options exercisable for 80,000 shares of Renaissance stock and 40,500 restricted shares of Renaissance common stock, Mr. Buyens will be entitled to options exercisable for 413,850 shares of Renaissance common stock and Mr. Johnson will be entitled to options exercisable for 60,000 shares of Renaissance common stock and 30,500 restricted shares of Renaissance common stock. |
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The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement provide that each of the First Communications stockholders will receive shares of Renaissance common stock in exchange for their shares of First Communications common stock and a cash payment in exchange for their shares of First Communications preferred stock. Those shares of First Communications common stock and preferred stock held by the executive officers, by individual members of the board of directors of First Communications, or by entities with which the individual members are affiliated, will be treated the same way and will be exchanged for the same consideration in the Merger as all other shares of common stock or preferred stock of First Communications. In addition, holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants who agree to exchange their warrants will be entitled to receive warrants and, potentially, common stock (as further described herein) of Renaissance. Warrants held by entities with which members of the board are affiliated will be treated the same way and such entities will be entitled to the same consideration for their warrants as any T2 Warrant Holder or T3 Warrant Holder. Please see Beneficial Ownership of Securities for a discussion of the beneficial ownership of First Communications and Renaissance shares of the key personnel and affiliates of First Communications, including those members of the board of directors of First Communications who have been nominated to join the board of directors of Renaissance as part of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. |
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reviewed a draft of the Merger Agreement, dated September 7, 2008; |
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reviewed and analyzed First Communications audited Annual Report for 2007; |
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reviewed and analyzed First Communications audited historical financial statements for the fiscal years ending 2004 through 2006; |
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reviewed and analyzed financial projections (pro forma for the completion of the Globalcom acquisition) for the years ending December 31, 2008 through December 31, 2012 for First Communications provided by Renaissance management; |
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reviewed Globalcoms audited financial statements for the fiscal years ending 2004 through 2007; |
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reviewed publicly available financial information and other data with respect to Renaissance, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008; |
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reviewed a confidential information memorandum for private investors regarding a term loan commitment increase prepared by JP Morgan, dated June 18, 2008; |
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held discussions with Renaissance management and First Communications management regarding, among other items, the telephone communications and communication services industries, generally, and the competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and communication tower (Tower) industries, specifically; Renaissances decision to form a business combination with First Communications; |
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reviewed the financial terms of certain recent business combinations in the telephone communications, communications services and wireless communication industries specifically, and in other industries generally; |
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reviewed certain Renaissance board of directors materials regarding First Communications, dated August 5, 2008; |
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reviewed financial and operating information with respect to certain publicly-traded companies in the telecommunication services, wireless communications, information technology and infrastructure industries which Houlihan Smith believes to be generally comparable to the business of First Communications, as well as other research related to the size and growth of markets in which First Communications operates or may operate; |
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reviewed a company overview presentation for First Communications, dated July 2008; |
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reviewed a confidential information memorandum prepared by Jefferies regarding certain senior secured credit facilities, dated November 2007; |
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reviewed a summary of the capital structures of First Communications on both a pre-transaction and post-transaction basis regarding the Merger prepared by Jefferies; |
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reviewed a current First Communications organizational chart; and |
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performed other financial studies, analyses and investigations, and considered such other information, as Houlihan Smith deemed necessary or appropriate. |
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financial institutions; |
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investors in pass-through entities; |
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a person that has a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar; |
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an insurance company; |
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tax-exempt organizations; |
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dealers in securities or currencies; |
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traders in securities that elect to use a mark to market method of accounting; |
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persons that hold Renaissance common stock as part of a straddle, hedge, constructive sale or conversion transaction; and |
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persons who are not citizens or residents of the United States. |
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an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for United States federal income tax purposes; |
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a corporation, or any entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
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any estate that is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source; or |
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a trust if (i) a United States court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (ii) the trust has a valid election in effect to be treated as a United States person for United States federal income tax purposes. |
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proper organization, valid existence and good standing under the laws of its respective state of incorporation; |
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subsidiaries (First Communications only); |
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capital structure of each company; |
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the authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the Merger Agreement; |
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board approval; |
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stockholder approval (First Communications only); |
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real and tangible personal property; |
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litigation; |
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absence of conflicts or violations under organizational documents, certain agreements and applicable laws or decrees as a result of the contemplated transaction; |
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tax matters; |
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financial information (First Communications only); |
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absence of undisclosed liabilities; |
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material contracts; |
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intellectual property; |
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insurance (First Communications only); |
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employee matters and employee benefits (First Communications only); |
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environmental matters (First Communications only); |
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compliance with laws; |
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accounts receivable (First Communications only); |
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brokers and finders fees; |
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warranties (First Communications only); |
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absence of certain changes; |
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suppliers and customers (First Communications only); |
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permits and licenses (First Communications only); |
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related party transactions; |
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prohibited payments (First Communications only); |
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books and records (First Communications only); |
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information included in this proxy (First Communications only); |
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business activities (Renaissance only); |
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SEC filings (Renaissance only); |
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indebtedness (Renaissance only); and |
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the Trust Account (Renaissance only). |
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any facts, changes, developments, events, occurrences, actions, omissions or effects generally affecting (A) the economy, or financial or capital markets, in the United States or elsewhere in the world, to the extent that they do not disproportionately affect First Communications or Renaissance, respectively, in relation to other companies in the industry in which such company primarily operates or (B) the industry in which First Communications or Renaissance, respectively, operates to the extent that they do not disproportionately affect First Communications or Renaissance in relation to other companies in the industry in which they respectively primarily operate; or |
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any facts, changes, developments, events, occurrences, actions, omissions or effects arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (1) changes (after the date of the Merger Agreement) in law or in generally accepted accounting principles or in accounting standards or (2) any decline in the market price, or change |
in trading volume, of the capital stock of First Communications or Renaissance, respectively, or any failure to meet publicly announced revenue or earnings projections or internal projections. |
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cooperating to obtain needed FCC and State PUC consents and comply with the HSR Act; |
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cooperating with respect to certain tax-related matters; |
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the use of reasonable good faith efforts to hold in confidence and not use for their own benefit any proprietary and non-public information concerning the other parties obtained in connection with the Merger, subject to certain exceptions; |
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using commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as practicable, the Merger; |
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cooperating with respect to certain filings with the SEC and other filings required under the Securities Act or any other federal, foreign or blue sky laws relating to the Merger; and |
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cooperation with respect to obtaining approval of the Merger by Renaissance stockholders. |
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make certain changes to accounting or tax practices; |
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enter into any new line of business; |
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fail to pay any taxes when they become due and payable, other than taxes being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and, in the case of First Communications, for which adequate reserves are reflected in its financial statements in accordance with GAAP; |
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issue any additional shares of capital stock (other than shares of stock issued in connection with existing warrants or upon exercise of outstanding options by persons who are stockholders of Renaissance or First Communications, as applicable, as of the date of the Merger Agreement) or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of stock; |
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declare, set aside or pay any dividends or other distribution in respect of any stock; |
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split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; |
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knowingly or intentionally take any action that results or is reasonably likely to result in any of the representations and warranties of First Communications or Renaissance, as applicable, being untrue in any material respect or certain conditions specified in the Merger Agreement not to be satisfied; |
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take or omit to take any action, the taking or omission of which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect; or |
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agree to do, or take any action in furtherance of, any of the foregoing. |
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amend or propose to amend its amended and restated certificate of incorporation or bylaws; |
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adopt a plan of or effect any complete or partial liquidation or adopt resolutions providing for such liquidation or adopt a plan of or effect any dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or reorganization; |
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create or make any changes to the terms or collateral of any debt or receivables (other than trade payables and receivables in the ordinary course of business consistent in type and amount with prior practice), or any employee or officer loans or advances, except incurrences that constitute a refinancing of existing obligations on terms that are no less favorable to First Communications than the existing terms; |
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assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible for the obligations of any person or entity except to the extent permitted under the terms of First Communications current credit facility; |
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except in accordance with First Communications budgeted capital expenditures and to the extent permitted under the terms of its current credit facility, make any capital expenditures; |
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make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person or entity (other than customary travel, relocation or business advances to employees consistent with past practices); |
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acquire stock or assets of, or merge or consolidate with, any other entity; |
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incur any material liability or obligation except to the extent permitted under the terms of First Communications current credit facility; |
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agree to sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of, any assets or properties other than inventory held for sale or the disposition and replacement of obsolete personal property in the ordinary course of business, or to secure permitted debt; |
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incur any indebtedness other than under its existing credit facility or other ordinary course of business indebtedness except to the extent permitted under the terms of First Communications current credit facility; |
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subject to certain limited exceptions, increase the compensation or other benefits of any of its officers or employees or enter into, amend or terminate any employment or benefits arrangement with any officer, director or employee other than as required by applicable law or pursuant to the terms of agreements in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement or in the ordinary course of business with employees; |
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hire any employees except in the ordinary course of business; |
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fail to make contributions to any employee benefit plan in accordance with the terms thereof or with past practice; |
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commence or settle any litigation or other proceedings with any entity or person in excess of amounts reserved for such litigation on the most recent balance sheet or excess of $2 million; |
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waive the benefits of, agree to modify in any manner, terminate, release any person or entity from or knowingly fail to enforce any material confidentiality or similar agreement to which it is a party or of which it is a beneficiary outside the ordinary course of business; or |
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enter into any agreement or group of related agreements which would be considered a material contract, modify, amend or terminate any material contract, or waive, release or assign any rights or claims thereunder, or enter into any agreement that if entered into prior to the date hereof would be a material contract or in any such case outside the ordinary course of business, or enter into or amend any contract or agreement with any affiliate of First Communications. |
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First Communications will use its reasonable good faith efforts to become compliant with all applicable provisions of and rules under the Securities Act, Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 within the time frame and waiver periods permitted by the SEC with respect to all its SEC filings and system of internal accounting controls; |
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First Communications, for itself and each of its subsidiaries, affiliated entities, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, representatives, advisors and all other associates and affiliates, has waived all rights, title, interest or claim of any kind against Renaissance to collect from the Trust Account any monies that may be owed to them by First Communications for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to a breach of the Merger Agreement by Renaissance or any negotiations, agreements or understandings with Renaissance (whether in the past, present or future), and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account at any time for any reason whatsoever; and |
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First Communications will use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable rules and policies of the AIM to enable the delisting from AIM by First Communications of its common stock. |
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filing as soon as possible after the closing of the Merger, and using its best efforts to become effective within 12 months after such closing, a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to shares of Renaissance common stock issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement to certain persons or entities who may be deemed affiliates under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933; |
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advising First Communications, as reasonably requested, and on a daily basis on each of the last 7 business days prior to the Renaissance stockholders meeting, as to the aggregate tally of proxies and votes received in respect of such special meeting and the number of shares of Renaissance common stock for which notices of conversion have been delivered to Renaissance; and |
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as of and after the effective time of the Merger, Renaissance (i) changing its name to First Communications, Inc. and (ii) causing the symbol under which Renaissance common stock and any warrants to purchase Renaissance common stock are traded on the Nasdaq to be reasonably representative of the corporate name or business of First Communications. |
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will not, and will cause its stockholders, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives and advisors not to enter into any written agreement with any other person or entity regarding a Renaissance third party acquisition (as defined below) other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
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will not and will cause its stockholders, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives and advisors not to solicit, offer, initiate, knowingly encourage, conduct or engage in any discussions, investigations or negotiations or enter into any agreement with any other person or entity regarding a Renaissance third party acquisition; and |
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agrees it shall promptly, after obtaining knowledge thereof, advise First Communications of any inquiry or proposal regarding a Renaissance third party acquisition that is received by them, including the terms of the proposal and the identity of the inquirer or offeror. |
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any purchase of 15% or more of the consolidated assets of a third party and its subsidiaries, or 15% or more of the equity or voting securities of a third party or a material subsidiary thereof; |
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any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in Renaissance beneficially owning 15% or more of a third partys equity or voting securities or any material subsidiary thereof; or |
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a merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, purchase of substantially all the assets, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving Renaissance and any third party, in each such case in this clause that would result in Renaissance beneficially owning 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of such third party or any material subsidiary thereof, or 15% or more of the consolidated assets of such third party. |
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will not, and will cause its stockholders, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives and advisors not to enter into any written agreement with any other person or entity regarding a First Communications third party acquisition (as defined below) other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
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will not and will cause its stockholders, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives and advisors not to solicit, offer, initiate, knowingly encourage, conduct or engage in any discussions, investigations or negotiations or enter into any agreement or understanding with any other person or entity regarding a First Communications third party acquisition, other than the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement; and |
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after obtaining knowledge thereof, advise Renaissance of any inquiry or proposal regarding a First Communications third party acquisition that is received by them, including the terms of the proposal and the identity of the inquirer or offeror. |
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any sale of 15% or more of the consolidated assets of First Communications and its subsidiaries, or 15% or more of the equity or voting securities of First Communications or any subsidiary whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of First Communications (each referred to as a material subsidiary); |
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any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in a third party beneficially owning 15% or more of the equity or voting securities of First Communications or of any material subsidiary; and |
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a merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, sale of substantially all the assets, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving the First Communications or any material subsidiary, in each such case in this clause that would result in either (x) a third party beneficially owning 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of First Communications or any material subsidiary, or 15% or more of the consolidated assets of First Communications or (y) the stockholders of First Communications receiving securities traded in the U.S. on any nationally-recognized exchange or over-the-counter market; |
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Renaissance receiving the approval of the Merger by its stockholders in accordance with the DGCL and its amended and restated certificate of incorporation and an executed copy of its amended and restated certificate of incorporation having been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to be effective as of the closing of the Merger; |
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the Trust Account containing at least $81,000,000 having been disbursed to Renaissance; |
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holders of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Public Shares having not exercised their rights to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the Trust Account in accordance with Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation; |
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the SEC having declared this proxy statement/prospectus effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of this proxy statement/prospectus having been issued by the SEC and no proceeding for that purpose having been initiated or, to the knowledge of Renaissance or First Communications, threatened by the SEC; |
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the shares of Renaissance common stock to be issued in the Merger having been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance; |
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no governmental authority of competent jurisdiction having enacted, issued, enforced or entered any law, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling or charge that is in effect and (a) restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits or challenges the validity or legality of the Merger, (b) limits or otherwise adversely affects the right of Renaissance to own and control First Communications, or to operate all or any material portion of either the business or the assets of First Communications or any material portion of the business or the assets of Renaissance or (c) compels Renaissance or any of its affiliates to dispose of all or any material portion of either the business or the assets of First Communications and no person having instituted or overtly threatened any action, suit or proceeding that would be reasonably expected to, result in any of the foregoing; |
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all applicable waiting periods (and any extension thereof) under the HSR Act having expired or otherwise been terminated and all notices, reports, registrations and other filings with, and all consents, approvals and authorizations from the FCC and State PUCs having been made or obtained, as the case may be; |
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the stockholders of Renaissance having voted to elect to Renaissances board of directors the seven First Communications recommended directors and the two Renaissance recommended directors, effective immediately after the closing of the Merger, as specified in the Merger Agreement; and |
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Renaissance having appointed Raymond Hexamer, Joseph Morris and Richard Buyens as executive officers of Renaissance, effective immediately after the closing of the Merger, as specified in the Merger Agreement. |
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Renaissance and each Merger Subs representations and warranties set forth in Merger Agreement being true and correct in all material respects (except representations which, as written, are already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct in all such respects) as of the date of the Merger Agreement, and, except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, as of the effective time of the First Merger; |
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Renaissance and each Merger Sub having duly performed in all material respects all obligations, covenants and agreements undertaken by them in the Merger Agreement and having complied in all material respects with all terms and conditions applicable to them under the Merger Agreement to be performed or complied with on or before the closing date; |
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all necessary third party approvals or consents, having been obtained from any person or entity whose approval or consent is necessary to consummate the Merger including, without limitation, the approval of the board of directors of Renaissance and each Merger Sub and the consents of the State PUCs and the FCC; |
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Renaissance having confirmed that it is prepared to deposit the merger consideration; |
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Renaissance having received approval from its stockholders in a manner consistent with Renaissances final prospectus dated January 29, 2007 and having delivered such approval to First Communications; |
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immediately prior to the closing, Renaissance being in compliance with the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act; and |
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since the date of the Merger Agreement there having been no occurrence, event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on Renaissance. |
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First Communications representations and warranties set forth in the Merger Agreement being true and correct in all material respects (except representations which, as written, are already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all such respects) as of the Merger Agreement and, except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, as of the effective time of the First Merger; |
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all necessary third party approvals or consents, having been obtained from any person or entity whose approval or consent is necessary to consummate the Merger including, without limitation, the approval of the board of directors and stockholders of First Communications and the consents of the State PUCs and the FCC; |
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First Communications having performed in all material respects all obligations, covenants and agreements undertaken by First Communications in the Merger Agreement and having complied in all material respects with all terms and conditions applicable to it under the Merger Agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the closing date; |
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First Communications stockholders holding not more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of First Communications common stock having exercised or having continuing rights to exercise appraisal rights under the DGCL with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
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since the date of the Merger Agreement there not having been any occurrence, event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on First Communications; and |
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First Communications having obtained an amendment to its existing credit facility waiving the change of control provision therein. |
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by mutual written consent of Renaissance and First Communications; |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications if the Merger is not consummated on or before January 29, 2009; |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications if a governmental authority has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order, in each case which has become final and non-appealable, and which permanently restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the Merger; |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications if, at Renaissances special meeting (including any adjournments thereof), the Merger shall fail to be approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of Renaissance common stock required under its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or the holders of 20% or more of the Public Shares outstanding as of the record date of Renaissances special meeting exercise their rights to convert the shares of Renaissance common stock held by them into cash in accordance with Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation; or |
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by either Renaissance or First Communications, if such party is not in material breach of its obligations under the Merger Agreement and there has been a material breach of the representations and warranties, covenants, or agreements by the other party and such breach has not been cured within 30 days after written notice to the breaching party, if curable. |
First Communications |
Globalcom |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
First Communications Pro Forma |
Renaissance |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming No Conversions |
Pro
Forma Adjustments Assuming Maximum Consolidated |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming Maximum Conversions |
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CURRENT
ASSETS |
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Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 1,267 | $ | 1,127 | $ | (58,500 | )(a) | $ | 1,894 | $ | 1,074 | $ | 106,163 | (k) | $ | 74,580 | $ | (21,224 | )(m) | $ | 53,356 | ||||||||||||||||||
(1,500 | )(e) | (15,000 | )(i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10,000 | (d) | (10,000 | )(k) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50,000 | (e) | (3,051 | )(l) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(500 | )(g) | (1,500 | )(h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5,000 | )(h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable, net |
14,614 | 6,011 | | 20,625 | 1 | | 20,626 | | 20,626 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable related party |
910 | | | 910 | | | 910 | | 910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal
income tax refund receivable |
1,242 | 711 | | 1,953 | | | 1,953 | | 1,953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventory
|
2,860 | | | 2,860 | | | 2,860 | | 2,860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred tax
asset |
| 542 | | 542 | | | 542 | | 542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
3,966 | 470 | | 4,436 | 524 | | 4,960 | | 4,960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
ASSETS |
24,859 | 8,861 | (500 | ) | 33,220 | 1,599 | 71,612 | 106,431 | (21,224 | ) | 85,207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NET PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT |
49,324 | 13,464 | | 62,788 | 4 | | 62,792 | | 62,792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OTHER
ASSETS |
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Goodwill
|
88,079 | | 33,373 | (b) | 121,452 | | | 121,452 | | 121,452 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
intangibles net |
78,298 | | 20,000 | (c) | 98,298 | | | 98,298 | | 98,298 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposits and
other assets |
6,321 | | 1,500 | (e) | 7,821 | 106,163 | (106,163 | )(k) | 7,821 | | 7,821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL OTHER
ASSETS |
172,698 | | 54,873 | 227,571 | 106,163 | (106,163 | ) | 227,571 | | 227,571 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$ | 246,881 | $ | 22,325 | $ | 54,373 | $ | 323,579 | $ | 107,766 | $ | (34,551 | ) | $ | 396,794 | $ | (21,224 | ) | $ | 375,570 | |||||||||||||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
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Line of
credit |
$ | | $ | 3,800 | $ | 10,000 | (d) | $ | 10,000 | $ | | $ | (10,000 | )(k) | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||||||||||||
(3,800 | )(a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt |
7,000 | 2,037 | (2,037 | )(a) | 12,000 | | | 12,000 | | 12,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5,000 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
10,584 | 4,191 | | 14,775 | 77 | | 14,852 | | 14,852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal
income tax payable |
| | | | 468 | | 468 | | 468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accrued
expenses |
2,865 | 3,437 | | 6,302 | 3,097 | (3,051 | )(l) | 6,348 | | 6,348 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
revenue current |
6,764 | 888 | | 7,652 | | | 7,652 | | 7,652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
federal taxes |
213 | | | 213 | | | 213 | | 213 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
27,426 | 14,353 | 9,163 | 50,942 | 3,642 | (13,051 | ) | 41,533 | | 41,533 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
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Long-term
debt, less current portion |
61,250 | 5,055 | 50,000 | (e) | 106,250 | | | 106,250 | | 106,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (5,055 | )(a) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5,000 | )(e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred tax
liability long term |
5,105 | 240 | 7,500 | (c) | 12,845 | | | 12,845 | | 12,845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
revenue long term |
15,273 | 442 | | 15,715 | | | 15,715 | | 15,715 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
81,628 | 5,737 | 47,445 | 134,810 | | | 134,810 | | 134,810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
109,054 | 20,090 | 56,608 | 185,752 | 3,642 | (13,051 | ) | 176,343 | | 176,343 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock
subject to conversion (plus attributable interest) |
| | | | 21,224 | (21,224 | )(j) | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redeemable
preferred stock |
15,000 | 8,000 | (8,000 | )(f) | 15,000 | | (15,000 | )(i) | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
122,827 | (5,765 | ) | 5,765 | (f) | 122,827 | 82,900 | 21,224 | (j) | 220,451 | (21,224 | )(m) | 199,227 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1,500 | )(h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5,000 | )(h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
$ | 246,881 | $ | 22,325 | $ | 54,373 | $ | 323,579 | $ | 107,766 | $ | (34,551 | ) | $ | 396,794 | $ | (21,224 | ) | $ | 375,570 |
Purchase
Price Calculation: |
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Cash
|
$ | 58,500 | ||||
Acquisition
related transaction costs |
500 | |||||
Total
Preliminary Purchase Price |
$ | 59,000 | ||||
Preliminary
Allocation of Purchase Price |
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Cash
|
$ | 1,127 | ||||
Goodwill
|
33,373 | |||||
Identifiable
intangible assets |
20,000 | |||||
Accounts
receivable |
6,011 | |||||
Property and
equipment |
13,464 | |||||
Prepaid and
other assets |
1,723 | |||||
Tangible
liabilities assumed |
(8,958 | ) | ||||
Net deferred
tax liabilities |
(7,740 | ) | ||||
Total
Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation |
$ | 59,000 |
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The fair value of intangible assets was based on First Communications managements estimate utilizing rates to discount net cash flows to their present values. |
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The estimated useful life of the customer list was eight years. Estimated useful lives for the intangible assets was based on historical experience with historical and projected customer renewal rates, historical treatment of First Communcations acquisition-related intangible assets and its intended future use of the intangible assets. Intangible assets are being amortized using the straight-line method, considering the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed. |
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First Communications believes the changes that may affect Globalcoms purchase price allocation will relate to the valuation of the intangible assets. First Communications also believes that additional purchase price adjustments may affect the allocation. However, First Communications is unable to quantify the effect of these adjustments until the purchase price adjustment is completed. |
(a) |
To record the purchase of Globalcom for $59 million in cash, including transaction costs, from which the seller will pay off the Globalcom long term debt. |
(b) |
To record goodwill for the excess purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired and liabilities assumed including the impact of deferred income taxes. |
(c) |
To record the estimated fair value of Globalcoms customer relationships intangible asset and the related deferred income tax impact in accordance with Statement of FAS 141 and 109 based on First Communications effective tax rate of 37.5%. |
(d) |
To record a borrowing under First Communications existing line of credit to fund the Globalcom acquisition. |
(e) |
To record a new long term debt borrowing and related loan acquisition costs to fund the Globalcom acquisition. |
(f) |
To record the elimination of the Globalcom historical shareholders equity and the redemption of Globalcoms redeemable preferred stock by the sellers as a capital contribution. |
(g) |
To record payment of the estimated acquisition transaction costs in accordance with FAS 141. |
(h) |
To record payment and related expense of the estimated acquisition transaction costs and associated reduction to shareholders equity in accordance with FAS 141R. |
(i) |
To record the retirement of the remaining $15 million of First Communications Series A Preferred Stock. |
(j) |
To record the assumed termination of the redemption provision and related reclassification Renaissances common stock subject to conversion into shareholders equity. The Merger must be submitted to Renaissances stockholders for approval and be authorized by the vote of a majority of the shares. The Merger will not be consummated if the holders of 20% or more of the shares exercise their conversion rights. |
(k) |
To reclassify Renaissances cash held in the Trust Account to cash and record the repayment of First Communications line of credit balance. |
(l) |
To record cash settlement of deferred underwriting fees which are payable in full upon consummation of the acquisition. |
(m) |
To adjust for the maximum conversion percentage (19.99% or 3,586,206 shares) of Renaissance common stock and the decreased cash balance outstanding. |
First Communications |
FE Telecom(1) |
Globalcom(2) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
First Communications Pro Forma |
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REVENUES
NET |
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Revenues
net |
$ | 70,038 | $ | 3,667 | $ | 27,819 | $ | | $ | 101,524 | ||||||||||||
Revenues, net
related parties |
3,736 | | | | 3,736 | |||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
REVENUES, NET |
73,774 | 3,667 | 27,819 | | 105,260 | |||||||||||||||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization |
46,097 | 2,007 | 16,678 | (294 | )(b) | 64,488 | ||||||||||||||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE |
17,573 | 157 | 9,517 | (2,549 | )(b) | 24,698 | ||||||||||||||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
5,244 | 243 | 1,568 | 1,421 | (d) | 8,476 | ||||||||||||||||
OPERATING
INCOME (LOSS) |
4,860 | 1,260 | 56 | 1,422 | 7,598 | |||||||||||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSES) |
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Interest
expense |
(1,008 | ) | (67 | ) | (343 | ) | (2,043 | )(a) | (3,611 | ) | ||||||||||||
(150 | )(c) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other |
(11 | ) | | | | (11 | ) | |||||||||||||||
(1,019 | ) | (67 | ) | (343 | ) | (2,193 | ) | (3,622 | ) | |||||||||||||
INCOME (LOSS)
BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
3,841 | 1,193 | (287 | ) | (771 | ) | 3,976 | |||||||||||||||
INCOME TAXES
|
1,452 | 495 | (109 | ) | (347 | )(e) | 1,491 | |||||||||||||||
NET INCOME
(LOSS) |
$ | 2,389 | $ | 698 | $ | (178 | ) | $ | (424 | ) | $ | 2,485 |
(1) |
For the pre-acquisition period January 1, 2008 through March 6, 2008. |
(2) |
For the pre-acquisition period January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008. |
Renaissance |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming No Conversions |
Pro
Forma Adjustments Assuming Maximum Conversions |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming Maximum Conversions |
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REVENUES
NET |
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Revenues
net |
$ | | $ | | $ | 101,524 | $ | | $ | 101,524 | |||||||||||||
Revenues, net
related parties |
| | 3,736 | | 3,736 | ||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
REVENUES, NET |
| | 105,260 | | 105,260 | ||||||||||||||||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization |
| | 64,488 | | 64,488 | ||||||||||||||||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE |
329 | | 25,027 | | 25,027 | ||||||||||||||||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
| | 8,476 | | 8,476 | ||||||||||||||||||
OPERATING
INCOME |
(329 | ) | | 7,269 | | 7,269 | |||||||||||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSES) |
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Interest
expense |
(1 | ) | | (3,612 | ) | | (3,612 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Other
|
1,292 | (384 | )(f) | 897 | (265 | )(h) | 632 | ||||||||||||||||
1,291 | (384 | ) | (2,715 | ) | (265 | ) | (2,980 | ) | |||||||||||||||
INCOME BEFORE
INCOME TAXES |
962 | (384 | ) | 4,554 | (265 | ) | 4,289 | ||||||||||||||||
INCOME TAXES
|
468 | (251 | )(g) | 1,708 | (100 | )(g) | 1,608 | ||||||||||||||||
NET INCOME
|
$ | 494 | $ | (133 | ) | $ | 2,846 | $ | (165 | ) | $ | 2,681 | |||||||||||
Earnings per
share: |
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Basic
|
$ | 0.02 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.07 | |||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | 0.02 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.07 | |||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding (including shares subject to conversion): |
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Basic
|
21,840 | 18,460 | (j) | 40,300 | (3,586 | )(i)(j) | 36,714 | ||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
21,840 | 22,586 | (k) | 44,426 | (3,586 | )(i)(k) | 40,840 |
(a) |
Represents the adjustment to historical interest expense on debt to be retired and interest expense on debt assumed and incurred in connection with the Globalcom acquisition. The estimated average outstanding balance and interest rate under the new long term debt incurred was $120 million and 6.5%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The annual impact on interest expense of a 1/8 percent change in interest rates is approximately $150,000. |
(b) |
Cost reductions realized resulting from the Globalcom acquisition, primarily executive personnel reductions. |
(c) |
To record the amortization of debt financing costs related to the Globalcom acquisition over the five year term of the loan. |
(d) |
To record amortization expense of $1.25 million for the customer relationships intangible asset resulting from the Globalcom acquisition which has an estimated useful life of eight years. As the fair value assigned to the intangible assets acquired from Globalcom are preliminary in nature, actual amortization expense in future periods may differ materially from the amortization expense presented. To record amortization expense of $0.17 million for the customer relationships intangible asset resulting from the FE Telecom acquisition which has an estimated useful life of sixteen years. |
(e) |
To adjust the provision for income taxes to First Communications effective tax rate of 37.5%. The pro forma combined provision for income taxes does not reflect the amounts that would have resulted had Renaissance and First Communications filed consolidated income tax returns for 2008. |
(f) |
To adjust for the reduction in interest income associated with a lower outstanding cash balance. |
(g) |
To adjust the provision for income taxes to the First Communications effective tax rate of 37.5%. The pro forma combined provision for income taxes does not reflect the amounts that would have resulted had Renaissance and First Communications filed consolidated income tax returns for 2008. |
(h) |
To adjust for the reduction in interest income associated with a lower outstanding cash balance resulting from maximum conversions. |
(i) |
To adjust for the weighted average maximum permitted conversions of shares of Renaissance common stock. |
(j) |
The pro forma basic earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares of Renaissance common stock outstanding and are adjusted for additional common stock issued, or assumed issued to First Communications stockholders as part of the merger as follows (in thousands): |
Basic shares
(including shares subject to conversion), as reported |
21,840 | |||||
Issuance of
Renaissance common stock to First Communications common stock and T1 warrant holders based on an exchange of one First Communications common share for
0.57361 shares of Renaissance common stock |
18,460 | |||||
Basic shares,
pro forma assuming no conversions |
40,300 | |||||
Maximum
conversion of Renaissance common stock into cash |
(3,586 | ) | ||||
Basic shares,
pro forma assuming maximum conversions |
36,714 |
(k) |
The pro forma diluted earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares of Renaissance common stock outstanding and are adjusted for warrants which beomce exercisable upon the business combination and additional common stock issued to First Communications stockholders as part of the acquisition as follows (in thousands): |
Diluted
shares (including shares subject to conversion), as reported |
21,840 | |||||
Issuance of
Renaissance common stock to First Communications common stock and T1 warrant holders based on an exchange of one First Communications common share for
0.57361 shares of Renaissance common stock |
18,460 | |||||
Warrants to purchase 35,880 shares of Renaissance common stock at $5 per share issued in conjunction with Renaissance's initial public offering, the exercise of which was contingent upon the consummation of a qualifying business combination |
4,126 | |||||
Diluted
shares, pro forma assuming no conversions |
44,426 | |||||
Maximum
conversion of Renaissance common stock into cash |
(3,586 | ) | ||||
Diluted
shares, pro forma assuming maximum conversions |
40,840 |
First Communications |
FC LLC |
Xtension |
FE Telecom |
Globalcom |
Other |
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7/212/31/07 |
1/17/1/07 |
1/13/6/07 |
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REVENUES
NET |
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Revenues
net |
$ | 61,200 | $ | 48,154 | $ | 15,723 | $ | 20,415 | $ | 55,918 | $ | 8,255 | |||||||||||||||
Revenues, net
related parties |
4,353 | 3,275 | | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
REVENUES, NET |
65,553 | 51,429 | 15,723 | 20,415 | 55,918 | 8,255 | |||||||||||||||||||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization |
44,560 | 33,798 | 12,629 | 10,954 | 31,584 | 4,510 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE |
15,706 | 12,328 | 1,931 | 2,154 | 19,475 | 1,900 | |||||||||||||||||||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
3,712 | 2,269 | 9 | 1,852 | 2,630 | 594 | |||||||||||||||||||||
OPERATING
INCOME (LOSS) |
1,575 | 3,034 | 1,154 | 5,455 | 2,229 | 1,251 | |||||||||||||||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSES) |
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Interest
expense |
(134 | ) | (725 | ) | | (807 | ) | (815 | ) | (14 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Other
|
76 | 275 | 58 | (118 | ) | | (198 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
(58 | ) | (450 | ) | 58 | (925 | ) | (815 | ) | (212 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
INCOME (LOSS)
BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
1,517 | 2,584 | 1,212 | 4,530 | 1,414 | 1,039 | |||||||||||||||||||||
INCOME TAXES
|
588 | | | 1,699 | 546 | | |||||||||||||||||||||
NET INCOME
(LOSS) |
$ | 929 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 1,212 | $ | 2,831 | $ | 868 | $ | 1,039 |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
First Communications Pro Forma |
Renaissance |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming No Conversions |
Pro
Forma Adjustments Assuming Maximum Conversions |
Pro Forma Consolidated Assuming Maximum Conversions |
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REVENUES
NET |
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Revenues
net |
$ | | $ | 209,665 | $ | | $ | | $ | 209,665 | $ | | $ | 209,665 | |||||||||||||||||
Revenues, net
related parties |
| 7,628 | | | 7,628 | | 7,628 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL REVENUES,
NET |
| 217,293 | | | 217,293 | | 217,293 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization |
(588 | )(b) | 137,447 | | | 137,447 | | 137,447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE |
(5,099 | )(b) | 48,395 | 848 | | 49,243 | | 49,243 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
3,457 | (d) | 14,523 | | | 14,523 | | 14,523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
OPERATING
INCOME |
2,230 | 16,928 | (848 | ) | | 16,080 | | 16,080 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSES) |
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Interest
expense |
(5,013 | )(a) | (7,808 | ) | (5 | ) | | (7,813 | ) | | (7,813 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
(300 | )(c) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
(58 | )(b) | 35 | 4,167 | (1,240 | )(f) | 2,962 | (854 | )(h) | 2,108 | |||||||||||||||||||||
(5,371 | ) | (7,773 | ) | 4,162 | (1,240 | ) | (4,851 | ) | (854 | ) | (5,705 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
INCOME BEFORE
INCOME TAXES |
(3,141 | ) | 9,155 | 3,314 | (1,240 | ) | 11,229 | (854 | ) | 10,375 | |||||||||||||||||||||
INCOME TAXES
|
600 | (e) | 3,433 | 1,013 | (235 | )(g) | 4,211 | (320 | )(g) | 3,891 | |||||||||||||||||||||
NET INCOME
|
$ | (3,741 | ) | $ | 5,722 | $ | 2,301 | $ | (1,005 | ) | $ | 7,018 | $ | (534 | ) | $ | 6,484 | ||||||||||||||
Earnings per
share: |
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Basic
|
$ | 0.11 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | 0.10 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding (including shares subject to conversion): |
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Basic
|
20,220 | 18,460 | (j) | 38,680 | (3,262 | )(i)(j) | 35,418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
23,295 | 18,460 | (k) | 41,755 | (3,262 | )(i)(k) | 38,493 |
(a) |
To eliminate the historical interest expense on outstanding debt to be retired and record interest expense on the debt assumed and incurred in connection with the Globalcom acquisition and the Merger. The estimated average outstanding balance and interest rate under the new long term debt was $120 million and 6.5%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The annual impact on interest expense of a 1/8 percent change in interest rates is approximately $150,000. |
(b) |
Cost reductions realized from the Globalcom acquisition, primarily executive personnel reductions. |
(c) |
To record the amortization of debt financing costs related to the Globalcom acquisition over the 5 year term of the loan. |
(d) |
To record amortization expense of $2.5 million for the customer relationships intangible asset resulting from the Globalcom acquisition which has an estimated useful life of eight years. As the fair value assigned to the intangible assets acquired from Globalcom are preliminary in nature, actual amortization expense in future periods may differ materially from the amortization expense presented. To record amortization expense of $1.0 million for the customer relationships intangible asset resulting from the FE Telecom acquisition which has an estimated useful life of sixteen years. |
(e) |
To adjust the provision for income taxes to the First Communications effective tax rate of 37.5%. The pro forma combined provision does not reflect that amounts that would have resulted had Renaissance and First Communications filed consolidated tax returns for 2008. |
(f) |
To adjust for the reduction in interest income as a result of lower outstanding cash balance. |
(g) |
To adjust the provision for income taxes to the First Communications effective tax rate of 37.5%. The pro forma combined provision does not reflect that amounts that would have resulted had Renaissance and First Communications filed consolidated tax returns for 2008. |
(h) |
To adjust for the reduction in interest income associated with a lower outstanding cash balance resulting from maximum conversions. |
(i) |
To adjust for the weighted average maximum permitted conversion of shares of Renaissance common stock. |
(j) |
The pro forma basic earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares of Renaissance common stock outstanding and are adjusted for additional common stock issued, or assumed issued to First Communications stockholders as part of the Merger as follows (in thousands): |
Basic shares
(including shares subject to conversion), as reported |
20,220 | |||||
Issuance of
Renaissance common stock to First Communications common stock and T1 warrant holders based on an exchange of one First Communications common share for
0.57361 shares of Renaissance common stock |
18,460 | |||||
Basic shares,
pro forma assuming no conversions |
38,680 | |||||
Maximum
conversion of Renaissance common stock into cash |
(3,262 | ) | ||||
Basic shares,
pro forma assuming maximum conversions |
35,418 |
(k) |
The pro forma diluted earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares of Renaissance common stock outstanding and are adjusted for additional common stock issued to First Communications stockholders as part of the acquisition as follows (in thousands): |
Diluted
shares (including shares subject to conversion), as reported which includes warrants to purchase 35,880 shares of Renaissance common stock at $5 per
share issued in conjunction with Renaissances initial public offering, the exercise of which was contingent upon the consummation of a qualifying
business combination |
23,295 | |||||
Issuance of
Renaissance common stock to First Communications common stock and T1 warrant holders based on an exchange of one First Communications common share for
0.57361 shares of Renaissance common stock |
18,460 | |||||
Diluted
shares, pro forma assuming no conversions |
41,755 | |||||
Maximum
conversion of Renaissance common stock into cash |
(3,262 | ) | ||||
Diluted
shares, pro forma assuming maximum conversions |
38,493 |
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The change of Renaissance corporate name is desirable to reflect its merger with First Communications. The First Communications name has been used for almost ten years in connection with its provision of voice and data telecommunications services. |
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The number of authorized shares should be increased because, as a result of the issuance of shares in the Merger and the assumption of warrants and the adoption of the 2008 Plan as described in the incentive compensation plan proposal, Renaissance requires additional shares of common stock to be reserved in its amended and restated certificate of incorporation in order to effect the Merger and execute on the business plan of the post-merger combined company. |
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The present amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that Renaissances corporate existence will terminate on January 29, 2009. In order to continue in existence after the consummation of the Merger subsequent to such date, this provision must be amended. Perpetual existence is the usual period of existence for corporations and Renaissances board of directors believes it is the most appropriate period for Renaissance as the surviving company in the Merger. |
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As no meetings of stockholders have been held since Renaissances IPO, the present directors are the same persons who were appointed at the time of Renaissances organization. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the directors to be elected at the special meeting of stockholders to which this proxy statement/prospectus relates will serve for terms that expire in 2009 (Class I directors), 2010 (Class II directors) and 2011 (Class III directors). The proposed amendment to the present Article Seventh incorporates these classifications. |
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Article Sixth and its preamble relate to the operation of Renaissance as a blank check company prior to the consummation of a business combination and will not be applicable after consummation of the Merger. |
Section 6.1 requires that the business combination be submitted to Renaissances stockholders for approval under the DGCL and is authorized by the vote of a majority of the Public Shares present at the Special Meeting in person or by proxy and eligible to vote thereon, provided that the business combination shall not be consummated if the holders of 20% or more of the Public Shares exercise their conversion rights. Section 6.2 specifies the procedures for exercising conversion rights. Section 6.3 provides that holders of Public Shares are entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Account only if a business combination is not consummated by the Termination Date (January 29, 2009) or by demanding conversion in accordance with Section 6.2. Section 6.4 provides that Renaissance must consummate the business combination, as defined in the preamble of Article Sixth, before Renaissance can consummate any other type of business combination. Section 6.5 permits Renaissance to have a classified board of directors prior to the business combination. Accordingly, Article Sixth and it preamble will serve no further purpose. |
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The other changes include certain other changes in tense and number that Renaissances board of directors believes are immaterial. |
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Nonstatutory stock options and incentive stock options (individually a Stock Option and collectively, the Stock Options) are rights to purchase common stock of Renaissance. A Stock Option may be immediately exercisable or may become exercisable in such installments, cumulative or non-cumulative, as the Compensation Committee may determine. A Stock Option may be exercised by the recipient giving written notice to Renaissance, specifying the number of shares with respect to which the Stock Option is then being exercised, and accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased. The purchase price may be paid by cash, check, by delivery to Renaissance, through the withholding of shares of Renaissance common stock that would have otherwise been received upon the exercise of the Stock Option, or through and under the terms and conditions of any formal cashless exercise program authorized by Renaissance. |
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Incentive stock options may be granted only to eligible employees of Renaissance or any parent or subsidiary corporation of Renaissance and must have an exercise price of not less than 100% of the fair market value of Renaissance common stock on the date of grant (110% for incentive stock options granted to any 10% stockholder of Renaissance). In addition, the term of an incentive stock option may not exceed 10 years (five years, if granted to any 10% stockholder of Renaissance). Nonstatutory stock options must |
have an exercise price of not less than 100% of the fair market value of Renaissance common stock on the date of grant. In the case of an incentive stock option, the amount of the aggregate fair market value of Renaissance common stock (determined at the time of grant) with respect to which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time by an employee during any calendar year (under all such plans of his or her employer corporation and its parent and subsidiary corporations) may not exceed $100,000. Any Stock Options granted in excess of this limit will be nonstatutory stock options. |
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Stock appreciation rights (individually a SAR and collectively SARs) are rights to receive (without payment to Renaissance) cash, property or other forms of payment, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Compensation Committee, based on the increase in the value of the number of shares of Renaissance common stock specified in the SAR. The base price (above which any appreciation is measured) of a SAR may in no event be less than 100% of the fair market value of Renaissance common stock on the date of grant. |
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Awards of restricted stock are grants or sales of Renaissance common stock which are subject to a risk of forfeiture, such as a requirement of the continued performance of services for a stated term or the achievement of individual or company performance goals. A holder of restricted stock will have all of the rights of a stockholder of Renaissance, including the right to vote, and the right to receive dividends with respect to, shares of restricted stock. The Compensation Committee may elect to require deferral of payment of cash dividends with respect to shares of restricted stock or to require dividends to be reinvested in additional shares of restricted stock pending vesting (or forfeiture) of the underlying shares of restricted stock. |
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Awards of restricted stock units and performance units are grants of rights to receive either shares of Renaissance common stock (in the case of restricted stock units) or the appreciation over a base value (as specified by the Compensation Committee) of a number of shares of Renaissance common stock (in the case of performance units) subject to satisfaction of service or performance requirements established by the Compensation Committee in connection with the award. Such awards may include the right to the equivalent to any dividends on the shares covered by the award, which amount may in the discretion of the Compensation Committee be deferred and paid if and when the award vests. The Compensation Committee may permit (or, if provided at the date of grant, require) a recipient of performance units to defer receipt of payment of cash or delivery of stock that would otherwise be due by virtue of the satisfaction of any requirements or goals with respect to the performance units. |
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Qualified performance-based awards are awards which include performance criteria intended to satisfy Section 162(m) of the IRC. Section 162(m) of the IRC limits Renaissances federal income tax deduction for compensation to certain specified senior executives to $1 million dollars, but excludes from that limit performance-based compensation. Qualified performance-based awards may be in the form of Stock Options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units or performance units, but in each case will be subject to satisfaction of one of the following criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either Renaissance as a whole or to a business unit or affiliate, either individually, alternatively, or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Compensation Committee in the award: |
cash flow (before
or after dividends) |
earnings per share (including, without limitation, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) |
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stock
price |
return on equity |
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stockholder
return or total stockholder return |
return on capital (including without limitation return on total capital or return on invested capital) |
return on
investment |
return on assets or net assets |
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market
capitalization |
economic value added |
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debt leverage
(debt to capital) |
revenue |
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sales or net
sales |
backlog |
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income, pre-tax
income or net income |
operating income or pre-tax profit |
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operating profit,
net operating profit or economic profit |
gross
margin, operating margin or profit margin |
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return on
operating revenue or return on operating assets |
cash
from operations |
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operating
ratio |
operating revenue |
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market share
improvement |
general and administrative expenses |
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customer
service |
new
production introductions |
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product line
enhancements |
strategic acquisitions |
No payment or other amount will be available to a recipient of a qualified performance-based award except upon the Compensation Committees determination that a particular goal or goals established by the Compensation Committee for the criteria (from among those specified above) selected by the Compensation Committee has been satisfied. |
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provide that the awards be assumed, or substantially equivalent awards be substituted, by the successor company; |
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upon written notice to holders, provide that unexercised awards terminate immediately prior to consummation of the Transaction unless exercised within a specific period of time following the date of the notice; |
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provide that awards become exercisable in whole or in part upon the Transaction; |
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provide for cash payments equal to the proceeds the holders would have received if they had exercised prior to the Transaction, net of the exercise price and applicable tax withholding; or |
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in the event of a liquidation or dissolution, provide that awards convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds net of the exercise price and applicable tax withholding. |
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all Stock Options and SARs not already exercisable in full will accelerate with respect to 100% of the shares for which such Stock Options and SARs are not then exercisable; |
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any risk or forfeiture applicable to restricted stock and restricted stock units which is not based on achievement of performance goals will lapse with respect to 100% of the restricted stock and restricted stock units still subject to such risk of forfeiture; and |
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all outstanding awards of restricted stock and restricted stock units conditioned on the achievement of performance goals and the target payout opportunities attainable under outstanding performance units will be deemed to have been satisfied as of the effective date of the change of control as to a pro rata number of share based on the assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals and the length of time within the performance period which has elapsed prior to the change of control. |
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Nonstatutory Stock Options. Generally, there are no federal income tax consequences to the participants upon grant of nonstatutory stock options. Upon the exercise of such a nonstatutory stock option, the participant will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the Renaissance common stock acquired upon the exercise of such Stock Option exceeds the exercise price, if any. The participants tax basis in such shares of Renaissance common stock will equal their fair market value on the date of exercise. A sale of Renaissance common stock so acquired will give rise to short-term or long-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the Renaissance common stock was held for more than 12 months, equal to the difference between the amount received by the participant for such shares of Renaissance common stock and his or her tax basis in such shares of Renaissance common stock. Under the 2008 Plan, nonstatutory stock options may, if permitted by the Compensation Committee, be exercised in whole or in part with shares of Renaissance common stock held by the participant. Such an exercise will be treated as a tax-free exchange of the shares of Renaissance common stock surrendered for an equivalent number of shares of Renaissance common stock received, and the equivalent number of shares will have a tax basis equal to the tax basis of the surrendered shares. Shares of Renaissance common stock received in excess of the number of shares surrendered will have a tax basis of zero. |
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Incentive Stock Options. Except as noted at the end of this paragraph, there are no federal income tax consequences to the participant upon grant or exercise of an incentive stock option. If the participant holds shares of Renaissance common stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock option for at least two years after the date the Stock Option was granted and at least one year after the exercise of the Stock Option, the subsequent sale of Renaissance common stock will give rise to a long-term capital gain or loss to the participant equal to the difference between the amount received for such shares of Renaissance common stock and the participants tax basis in such shares of Renaissance common stock and no deduction will be available to Renaissance (or any of its affiliates). If the participant sells the shares of Renaissance common stock within two years after the date an incentive stock option is granted or within one year after the exercise of such incentive stock option (a disqualifying disposition), the participant will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the difference between the fair market value at the exercise date and the exercise price or (ii) the excess of the amount realized upon disposition of the shares of Renaissance common stock over the exercise price. Any additional gain or loss recognized by a participant in such circumstances will be short-term or long-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the Renaissance common stock was held for more than 12 months. Some participants may have to pay alternative minimum tax in connection with the exercise of an incentive stock option, however. Under the 2008 Plan, incentive stock options may, if permitted by the Compensation Committee, be exercised in whole or in part with shares of Renaissance common stock held by the Participant. Such an exercise will be treated as a tax-free exchange of the shares of Renaissance common stock surrendered (assuming the surrender of the previously-owned shares does not constitute |
a disqualifying disposition of those shares) for an equivalent number of shares of Renaissance common stock received, and the equivalent number of shares will have a tax basis equal to the tax basis of the surrendered shares. Shares of Renaissance common stock received in excess of the number of shares surrendered will have a tax basis of zero. |
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Restricted Stock. A participant will generally not recognize ordinary income with respect to an award of restricted stock until his or her rights in that award become substantially vested. When a participants rights with respect to an award of restricted stock become substantially vested, he or she will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the amount by which the then fair market value of the Renaissance common stock acquired exceeds the price he or she has paid for it, if any. Upon the sale of such shares of restricted stock, the participant will recognize short-term or long-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the shares were held for more than 12 months, in an amount equal to the difference between the amount received for such shares and the participants tax basis in such shares. Recipients of restricted stock may, however, within 30 days after receiving an award of restricted stock, choose to have any applicable risk of forfeiture disregarded for tax purposes by making an 83(b) election. If the participant makes an 83(b) election, he or she will have to report compensation income equal to the difference between the value of the shares and the price paid for the shares, if any, at the time of the transfer of the restricted stock. Any gain or loss recognized upon the sale of shares of restricted stock for which an 83(b) election was made will be short-term or long-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the shares were held for more than 12 months. In general, during the period in which restricted stock is not substantially vested, dividends and distributions paid with respect to restricted stock will be treated as compensation income (not dividend income) received by the participant. Dividend payments received with respect to shares of restricted stock for which an 83(b) election has been made generally will be treated as dividend income. |
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Stock Appreciation Rights. A participant will generally recognize no taxable income upon the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right. A participant will generally recognize ordinary income on the receipt of cash or other property pursuant to the exercise of an award of stock appreciation rights equal to the amount of such cash or the fair market value of such Renaissance common stock or other property received. |
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Restricted Stock Units and Performance Units. A participant will generally recognize no taxable income upon the grant of restricted stock units or performance units. A participant will generally recognize ordinary income on the receipt of any shares of Renaissance common stock, cash or other property in satisfaction of an award of restricted stock units or performance units equal to the amount of such cash or the fair market value of such Renaissance common stock or other property received. |
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Potential Deferred Compensation. The foregoing summary of federal income tax consequences assumes that no award under the 2008 Plan will be considered deferred compensation as that term is defined for purposes of Section 409A of the IRC, or that if any award were considered to any extent to constitute deferred compensation, its terms would comply with the requirements of that legislation (in general, by limiting any flexibility in the time of payment). If an award includes deferred compensation, and its terms do not comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the IRC, then any deferred compensation component of an award under the 2008 Plan will be taxable when it is earned and vested (even if not then payable) and the recipient will be subject to a 20% additional tax, and possibly also interest penalties. |
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Section 162(m) Limitations on Renaissances Tax Deduction. In general, whenever a recipient is required to recognize ordinary income in connection with an award, Renaissance (or its affiliate employing the recipient) will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction. However, Renaissance (or its affiliate employing the recipient) will not be entitled to deductions in connection with awards under the 2008 Plan to certain senior executive officers to the extent that the amount of deductible income in a year to any such officer, together with his or her other compensation from Renaissance (or such affiliate) exceeds the $1 million dollar limitation of Section 162(m) of the IRC. Compensation which qualifies as performance-based is not subject to this limitation, however. |
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Withholding. The Compensation Committee is entitled to deduct from the payment of any award all applicable taxes required by federal, state or local law to be withheld, or to take such other action as the Compensation Committee may deem advisable to enable Renaissance or any affiliate and participants to satisfy tax obligations relating to any award. |
2008 Equity Incentive Plan |
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Name and Position |
Dollar Value ($)(1) |
Number of Restricted Shares or Options |
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Raymond Hexamer
Chief Executive Officer |
$ | 243,000 | 40,500 restricted shares 80,000 options to purchase common stock |
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Joseph R. Morris
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer |
$ | 243,000 | 40,500 restricted shares 80,000 options to purchase common stock |
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Richard J. Buyens
President |
| 413,850 options to purchase common stock |
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David Johnson, II
Senior Vice President, Sales |
$ | 183,000 | 30,500 restricted shares 60,000 options to purchase common stock |
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Executive
Group |
$ | 669,000 | 111,500 restricted shares 633,850 options to purchase common stock |
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Non-Executive
Director Group |
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Non-Executive
Officer Employee Group |
$ | 975,000 | 162,500 restricted shares 520,000 options to purchase common stock |
(1) |
With respect to grants of restricted shares, assumes a per share value of $6.00 at the time of grant. Pursuant to SEC guidance, no dollar value is provided for Stock Options. |
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Barry W. Florescue, Theodore V. Boyd and Joseph R. Morris in the class to stand for reelection in 2009; |
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Raymond Hexamer, Marshall B. Belden Jr. and Mark R. Stone in the class to stand for reelection in 2010; and |
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Richard A. Bloom, Mark T. Clark and Scott M. Honour in the class to stand for reelection in 2011. |
Name |
Age |
Position |
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Raymond Hexamer
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47 | Chief
Executive Officer and Director |
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Joseph R. Morris
|
38 | Chief
Operating and Financial Officer and Director |
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Richard J.
Buyens |
52 | President |
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Theodore V. Boyd
|
66 | Chairman
of the Board |
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David Johnson,
II |
47 | Senior
Vice President Sales and Marketing |
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Marshall B.
Belden Jr. |
60 | Director |
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Mark T. Clark
|
58 | Director |
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Scott M. Honour
|
42 | Director |
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Mark R. Stone
|
44 | Director |
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Barry W.
Florescue |
64 | Director |
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Richard A. Bloom
|
41 | Director |
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reviewing and discussing with management and the independent auditor the annual audited financial statements, and recommending to the board whether the audited financial statements should be included in the Form 10-K; |
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discussing with management and the independent auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of financial statements; |
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discussing with management major risk assessment and risk management policies; |
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monitoring the independence of the independent auditor; |
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verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law; |
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reviewing and approving all related-party transactions; |
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inquiring and discussing with management Renaissances compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
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pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by the independent auditor, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed; |
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appointing or replacing the independent auditor; |
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determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work; and |
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establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding Renaissances financial statements or accounting policies. |
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should have demonstrated notable or significant achievements in business, education or public service; |
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should possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a significant contribution to the board of directors and bring a range of skills, diverse perspectives and backgrounds to board deliberations; and |
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should have the highest ethical standards, a strong sense of professionalism and intense dedication to serving the interests of the stockholders. |
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reviewing, from time to time, the post-merger combined companys philosophy regarding executive compensation; |
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recommending to the board of directors for approval annual performance criteria, including long-term and short-term goals, for the chief executive officer and reviewing the chief executive officers performance against such established criteria; |
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determining and approving all compensation arrangements of the executive officers of the post-merger combined company (other than the chief executive officer); |
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reviewing and recommending to the board of directors for approval all compensation arrangements of the chief executive officer; |
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determining which employees are executive officers whose compensation is subject to the review and approval of the committee, and reviewing, in its discretion, the compensation of employees who are not executive officers; |
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making recommendations to the board of directors concerning adopting and amending incentive compensation plans applicable to executive officers generally and equity compensation plans, benefit plans and retirement plans for all employees; |
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fixing and determining awards to officers and employees of stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights and other equity interests pursuant to any equity compensation plans from time to time in effect and exercising such other power and authority as may be permitted or required under such plans; |
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reviewing, at least annually, the competitiveness of the post-merger combined companys executive compensation programs, including a review of the compensation practices in the markets where the post-merger combined company competes for executive talent, to ensure (i) the attraction and retention of corporate officers, (ii) the motivation of corporate officers to achieve the post-merger combined companys business objectives and (iii) the alignment of the interests of key leadership with the long-term interests of the post-merger combined companys stockholders; |
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establishing and periodically reviewing policies concerning perquisite benefits; |
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managing and reviewing executive officer and director indemnification and insurance matters; and |
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reviewing and discussing with the post-merger combined companys chief executive officer and chief financial officer the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) required to be included in the post-merger combined companys annual report or proxy statement filed with the SEC and recommending to the board of directors that the CD&A be included in the annual report or proxy statement. |
Name |
Age |
Position |
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Barry W.
Florescue |
63 | Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
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Richard A.
Bloom |
41 | President
and Chief Operating Officer |
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Logan D. Delany,
Jr. |
59 | Executive
Vice President and Director |
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Stanley
Kreitman |
77 | Director |
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Charles W.
Miersch |
61 | Director |
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Morton
Farber |
80 | Director |
Net proceeds
from its initial public offering and private placement of warrants placed in trust |
$ | 104,147,840 | ||||
Total
interest and miscellaneous income received to date |
5,383,064 | |||||
Less total
interest disbursed to Renaissance for working capital through June 30, 2008 |
(1,875,000 | ) | ||||
Less total
taxes paid through June 30, 2008 |
(1,492,750 | ) | ||||
Total
funds held in trust account through June 30, 2008 |
$ | 106,163,154 |
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payment of premiums associated with directors and officers insurance; |
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payment of estimated taxes incurred as a result of interest income earned on funds currently held in the Trust Account; |
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due diligence and investigation of prospective target businesses; |
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legal and accounting fees relating to SEC reporting obligations and general corporate matters; |
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structuring and negotiating a business combination, including the making of a down payment or the payment of exclusivity or similar fees and expenses; and |
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other miscellaneous expenses including $8,000 per month to a related party for office space and general and administrative services. |
Payments Due by Period |
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Contractual Obligations |
Total |
Less than 1 Year |
1-3 Years |
3-5 Years |
More than 5 Years |
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Long-Term
Contractual Obligations (1)(2) |
$ | 104,000 | $ | 96,000 | $ | 8,000 | $ | | $ | |
(1) |
Represents sums payable to BMD Management Company for office space, office and secretarial space commencing February 1, 2007 and continuing at $8,000 per month through the acquisition of a target business. |
(2) |
Does not include obligations which are contingent upon the consummation of a business combination, including $3,051,240 in deferred underwriting compensation in connection with Renaissances IPO. |
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Market |
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Akron |
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Ohio |
Youngstown |
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Ohio |
Cleveland |
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Dayton |
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Columbus |
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Ohio |
Canton |
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Illinois |
Chicago |
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Michigan |
Detroit |
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Michigan |
Grand
Rapids |
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Michigan |
East
Lansing |
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Wisconsin |
Milwaukee |
Dark Fiber: Dark fiber services provide dark (unlit) strands of fiber optic cable between target destinations for a customers use in data and telecommunications networks. The customer installs its own optoelectronic equipment and this product permits a customer to use as much or as little capacity as it desires and to customize its capacity with feature-rich technology and deploy various network protocols. |
Private Build: Private build services develop a custom dark fiber network between a customers target sites. This may involve existing dark fiber in combination with construction of new routes and building entries. This is a system dedicated to the customer its own private network. |
Collocation: Collocation is providing First Communications customers with space and power at strategic locations along the fiber optic network in which its customers install customer-owned electronic equipment. The collocation is often needed to regenerate a signal over a long distance or allow the customer to aggregate or deliver traffic. |
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Data |
Mobility |
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Fixed cost Flexible long distance spending Toll-free and conferencing services Fax-to-email service |
Web
hosting Data storage and back up Managed firewall |
Blackberry smartphones Standard cell phones Remote access to call forwarding |
Voice Services |
Data Services |
Value-Added Products and Services |
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Local, regional,
domestic and international services T-1 PRI services Private line Voicemail Caller identification Call waiting Call forwarding Conference calling VoIP Toll free services |
Dedicated Internet T-1 access Broadband Internet access Dial-up Collocation Metro Ethernet Services Dynamic T-1s from 1.5 to 6.0 Megabyte of High Speed bandwidth Integrated with Voice Services Wireless Data via Blackberry Wireless Internet (WiFi) Connectivity |
Traditional and
converged telephone systems Enhanced e-mail security Managed firewall Internet policy management Fax to Email Local Area Network/Wide Area Network integration Web hosting Inside wiring Data backup and recovery Unified Communications solutions Cellular |
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Managed Services. First Communications managed services offering includes web hosting services, managed firewalls, managed WAN services, email virus security and Internet browsing security. |
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In-Building Broadband over Power Lines. In-building BPL delivers a very high capacity (up to 200 Mbps) broadband Internet connection through the existing electrical infrastructure of a building, allowing for high-speed Internet, VoIP and video services, as well as value-added services such as security systems, monitoring, biometric access and e-concierge services. In-building BPL networks allow for high-speed Internet access through any electrical outlet. Once a BPL network has been installed, the customer has high-speed access to the Internet in the building simply by plugging a modem into any electrical outlet and plugging a PC or other Internet device into the modem. In-building BPL avoids the need for inside wiring. It can be used in new construction to avoid the expense associated with installing Ethernet cable, and in existing buildings where Ethernet cable is not available. |
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Hardware Solutions. First Communications provides customers premise equipment bundled with its telecommunications products, leading to a single source provisioning of bundled data and voice services. The equipment provided includes routers, integrated access devices, servers, and other voice and data equipment. |
Voice Services |
Data & Other Services |
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Local, Regional,
Domestic and International Services Cellular Phones and Calling Plans Voicemail Caller Identification Call Waiting Ring Identification Conference Calling |
BPL
(limited basis) Dial-up Internet access Fixed Wireless (limited basis) VoIP Inside Wiring |
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On-Net T-1 / On-Net UNE-Loops. On-net T-1 is a leased high capacity connection directly from First Communications collocation equipment to the customers location. This T-1 can provide voice, data or integrated communications services to its customers. T-1s are generally the most cost-effective and reliable access method. To provide voice lines to residential and small business accounts, First Communications collocates its access equipment in an ILEC central office and leases UNE-loops from its equipment to the customer premise. For the three months ended June 30, 2008, sales of integrated T-1 lines and POTS lines, installed on-net, contributed over 84% of newly acquired revenue. |
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Off-Net. Off-net access methods are used to implement First Communications smart-build strategy by acquiring customers located in ILEC central offices in which there is not yet sufficient density to build a collocation. Off-net access is also used in order to be able to serve all locations of a multi-location account. There are two major forms of off-net access. The first is utilizing the transport and/or loops and facilities of an alternative communications provider other than the ILEC. First Communications has contracts with several major providers of access and transport. The second form of off-net access is provided through the ILEC. First Communications has entered into commercial agreements with AT&T, Qwest, Verizon, McLeod and One Communications, which guarantee multi-year availability and predictable pricing for the required access and associated features needed to provide services to its end-users. First Communications commercial agreement with AT&T extends through September 2010, with Qwest through January 2011, with Verizon through February 2011, with Paetec through January 2011, and with One Communications through July 2009. |
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Wireless. First Communications owns 15 LMDS A-block spectrum licenses, with 1150 MHz of spectrum per market. LMDS is an authorized, point-to-multipoint fixed wireless service that provides a high-capacity broadband connection. First Communications has deployed an LMDS service and intends to use last mile wireless access opportunistically as a cost effect replacement for leasing access from the ILEC or another competitive service provider. |
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BPL. First Communications has a 50% interest in the FirstSpeed joint venture, which is involved in a pilot project for the purpose of offering customers access to BPL along FirstEnergy Corp. power lines. Access BPL is designed to provide broadband telecommunications and Internet access to commercial and residential customers, by installing additional equipment attached to an electric utilitys power lines, thereby permitting broadband telecommunications to travel over the electricity lines. As with utilizing First Communications LMDS spectrum as an access technology, First Communications will leverage its BPL technology in situations where the platform is the most appropriately suited to serve the needs of the customer. |
Location |
Use |
Approximate Square Footage |
Lease Expiration |
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Akron,
OH |
Corporate
Headquarters |
33,345 | February 28,
2013 |
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Akron,
OH |
Switch
Facility |
2,400 | February 28,
2010 |
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Worthington,
OH |
Sales Office,
Switch Facility |
13,600 | February, 28
2009 |
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Pittsburgh,
PA |
Network
Operations Center |
3,800 | August 31,
2011 |
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Cleveland,
OH |
Sales
Office |
3,540 | March 31,
2010 |
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Cleveland,
OH |
Switch
Facility |
4,375 | October 20,
2009 |
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Cleveland,
OH |
Operations
Center |
3,300 | December 31,
2009 |
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Cleveland,
OH |
Warehouse |
5,000 | February 28,
2009 |
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Los Angeles,
CA |
Switch
Facility |
6,390 | MTM |
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New York,
NY |
Switch
Facility |
6,000 | June 30,
2010 |
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San Diego,
CA |
Operations
Center |
15,498 | April 30,
2011 |
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Southfield,
MI |
Sales
Office |
1,570 | February 28,
2009 |
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Reading,
PA |
Sales Office,
Operations Center |
2,500 | September 30,
2013 |
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Lauderdale,
PA |
Warehouse |
6,000 | May 31,
2010 |
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Chicago,
IL |
Sales Office,
Operations Center |
30,274 | November 30,
2013 |
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Chicago,
IL |
Switch
Facility |
6,647 | May 31,
2009 |
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Lombard,
IL |
Sales
Office |
6,175 | October 31,
2013 |
Name |
Age |
Position |
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Raymond
Hexamer |
47 |
Chief
Executive Officer and Director |
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Joseph R.
Morris |
38 |
Chief
Operating and Financial Officer and Director |
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Richard J.
Buyens |
52 |
President |
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Theodore V.
Boyd |
66 |
Chairman
of the Board |
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David
Johnson, II |
47 |
Senior
Vice President Sales and Marketing |
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Marshall B.
Belden Jr. |
60 |
Director |
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Mark T. Clark
|
58 |
Director |
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Scott M.
Honour |
42 |
Director |
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Mark R. Stone
|
44 |
Director |
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H. Arthur
Bellows, Jr. |
70 |
Director |
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Maintenance of fiber transport services |
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Leasing local loops and digital T-1 lines that connect its customers to its network; |
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Leasing high capacity digital lines that connect its switching equipment to its collocations; |
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Leasing high capacity digital lines that interconnect its network with the RBOCs; |
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Leasing space, power and terminal connections in the RBOC central offices for collocating its equipment; |
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Signaling system network connectivity; |
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Leasing or maintaining its long-haul Internet backbone network; and |
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Internet transit and peering, which is the cost of delivering Internet traffic from its customers to the public Internet. |
Payments Due by Period |
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Contractual Obligations at December 31, 2007 |
Less than 1 Year |
2-3 Years |
4-5 Years |
After 5 Years |
Total |
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Operating
leases |
$ | 1,405 | $ | 2,391 | $ | 1,256 | $ | 95 | $ | 5,147 | ||||||||||||
Line of
credit |
625 | | | | | |||||||||||||||||
Total
contractual cash obligations |
$ | 2,030 | $ | 2,391 | $ | 1,256 | $ | 95 | $ | 5,147 |
Amount of Commitment Expiration Per Period |
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Commercial Commitments at December 31, 2007 |
Less than 1 Year |
2-3 Years |
4-5 Years |
After 5 Years |
Total |
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Standby
letters of credit |
$ | 171 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 171 | ||||||||||||
Total
commercial commitments |
$ | 171 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 171 |
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Staying competitive with other companies with whom it competes for talent; |
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Providing a strong incentive to the executives to achieve their individual and First Communications short- and long-term goals; and |
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Aligning the interests of the executives with the interests of First Communications stockholders. |
Name |
Bonus Potential as a Percentage of Annual Base Salary |
Relative Weight of Revenue Target/Adjusted EBITDA Target |
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Raymond
Hexamer |
60 | % | 40%/60 | % | ||||||
Joseph R.
Morris |
50 | % | 40%/60 | % | ||||||
Richard J.
Buyens |
50 | % | 50%/50 | % | ||||||
David Johnson,
II |
120 | % | 80%/20 | % |
Achievement (% of Target) |
Multiplier (times % over 100%) |
Example |
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Revenue
Target: |
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At or above
100% |
None |
Performance at 100% of objective results in eligibility for 100% of incentive potential for revenue target objective |
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At or above
103% |
3x |
Performance at 103% of objective results in eligibility for 109% of incentive potential for revenue target objective |
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At or above
106% |
4.5x |
Performance at 106% of objective results in eligibility for 127% of incentive potential for revenue target objective |
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At or above
109% |
6x |
Performance at 109% of objective results in eligibility for 154% of incentive potential for revenue target objective |
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At or above
112% |
7.5x |
Performance at 112% or more of objective results in eligibility for 200% of incentive potential for revenue target objective |
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Adjusted EBITDA Target: |
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At or above
100% |
None |
Performance at 100% of objective results in eligibility for 100% of incentive potential for adjusted EBITDA target objective |
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At or above
104% |
2.25x |
Performance at 104% of objective results in eligibility for 109% of incentive potential for adjusted EBITDA target objective |
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At or above
108% |
3.38x |
Performance at 108% of objective results in eligibility for 127% of incentive potential for adjusted EBITDA target objective |
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At or above
112% |
4.5x |
Performance at 112% of objective results in eligibility for 154% of incentive potential for adjusted EBITDA target objective |
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At or above
116% |
6.25x |
Performance at 116% or more of objective results in eligibility for 200% of incentive potential for adjusted EBITDA target
objective |
Name and Principal Position |
Year |
Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Stock Awards ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation |
Total ($) |
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Raymond
Hexamer Chief Executive Officer |
2007 | $ | 140,000 | $ | 120,000 | $ | 997,660 | (1) | $ | 1,662,921 | (2) | $ | 2,920,581 | |||||||||||||
Joseph R.
Morris Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer |
2007 | $ | 130,000 | $ | 100,000 | $ | 997,660 | (1) | $ | 1,662,921 | (2) | $ | 2,890,581 | |||||||||||||
David Johnson,
II Senior Vice President, Sales |
2007 | $ | 110,000 | $ | 90,000 | $ | 1,195,455 | (1) | $ | 1,638,481 | (2) | $ | 3,033,936 |
(1) |
Consists of grants of common stock of First Communications made by the former members of FC LLC upon the consummation of First Communications initial public offering, pursuant to an incentive compensation program adopted by FC LLC and amended in June 2007. The amount of the grants were as follows: Mr. Hexamer, 199,532 shares; Mr. Morris, 199,532 shares; and Mr. Johnson, 239,091 shares. For purposes of calculating the dollar values above, each share of First Communications common stock was valued at $5.00 per share on the date of grant. Because the grants were not made by First Communications, itself, First Communications did not recognize an accounting charge in connection with these grants. |
(2) |
Consists of one time cash bonus paid by the former members of FC LLC upon the consummation of First Communications initial public offering, pursuant to an incentive compensation program adopted by FC LLC and amended in June 2007 in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets to First Communications. |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards |
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Name |
Grant Date |
Threshold ($) |
Target ($) |
Maximum ($) |
Threshold (#) |
Target (#) |
Maximum (#) |
All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards |
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Raymond
Hexamer |
6/15/07 | (1) | $ | 1,662,921 | $ | 1,662,921 | $ | 1,662,921 | 199,532 | 199,532 | 199,532 | | $ | 2,660,581 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph R.
Morris |
6/15/07 | (1) | $ | 1,662,921 | $ | 1,662,921 | $ | 1,662,921 | 199,532 | 199,532 | 199,532 | | $ | 2,660,581 | |||||||||||||||||||||
David Johnson,
II |
6/15/07 | (1) | $ | 1,638,481 | $ | 1,638,481 | $ | 1,638,481 | 239,091 | 239,091 | 239,091 | | $ | 2,833,936 |
(1) |
Consists of grants of First Communications common stock and cash made by the former members of FC LLC upon the consummation of First Communications initial public offering, pursuant to incentive compensation plans adopted by FC LLC in March 2005 and amended in June 2007. For purposes of calculating the dollar values above, each share of First Communications common stock was valued at $5.00 per share on the date of grant. The cash and stock awards are not subject to further vesting or any other risk of forfeiture. |
Option Awards |
Stock Awards |
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Name |
Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) |
Value Realized on Exercise ($) |
Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#) |
Value Realized on Vesting(1) ($) |
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Raymond
Hexamer |
| | 199,532 | $ | 997,660 | ||||||||||||||
Joseph R.
Morris |
| | 199,532 | $ | 997,660 | ||||||||||||||
David
Johnson, II |
| | 239,091 | $ | 1,195,455 |
(1) |
For purposes of calculating the dollar values above, each share of First Communications common stock was valued at $5.00 per share on the date of grant. |
Termination Without Cause |
Termination Upon Death or Disability(1) |
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Name |
Base Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Total ($) |
Base Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Total ($) |
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Raymond
Hexamer |
$ | 140,000 | $ | 120,000 | $ | 260,000 | $ | 140,000 | $ | 120,000 | $ | 260,000 | |||||||||||||||
Joseph R.
Morris |
$ | 130,000 | $ | 100,000 | $ | 230,000 | $ | 130,000 | $ | 100,000 | $ | 230,000 | |||||||||||||||
David
Johnson, II |
$ | 110,000 | $ | 90,000 | $ | 200,000 | $ | 110,000 | $ | 90,000 | $ | 200,000 |
(1) |
Reported payments would be offset by the amount of any Social Security benefits payable to the named executive officer and by the amount of any life insurance proceeds or disability benefits paid to such named executive officer, or his estate, pursuant to policies, the premiums for which First Communications paid. |
Name |
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash(1) ($) |
Total ($) |
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Theodore V.
Boyd |
$ | 41,754 | $ | 41,754 | ||||||
H. Arthur
Bellows, Jr. |
$ | 41,454 | $ | 41,454 | ||||||
Mark T.
Clark |
$ | 35,666 | $ | 35,666 | ||||||
Scott M.
Honour |
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Roderick
Sherwood, III |
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Mark
Stone |
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(1) |
Each non-employee director other than Messrs. Honour, Sherwood and Stone received a pro rata annual retainer in an amount equal to $50,000 paid in quarterly installments at or before the beginning of each calendar quarter and a stipend of $1,500 for each meeting of the board attended in person and $1,000 for each such meeting attended telephonically. Each non-employee director serving on a board committee, other than Messrs. Honour, Sherwood and Stone, received an annual stipend of $1,000 for each meeting of such board committee attended in person and $750 for each such meeting attended telephonically. The chairman of the audit, nomination, remuneration and finance committees received additional pro rata annual retainers of $10,000, $7,500, $5,000 and $5,000, respectively. Messrs. Honour, Sherwood and Stone agreed to forgo payment of directors fees for so long as First Communications Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding. |
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The FCCs current rules make an exception to the ILECs unbundling obligations for mass market fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-curb loops with fiber that is within 500 feet of the premises. The FCC also clarified that ILECs are not required to equip new packetized transmission facilities with the capability to transmit conventional telephony signals for third party carriers. In October 2004, the FCC voted to eliminate any independent unbundling obligation under Section 271 of the Telecommunications Act for any broadband unbundled network element (UNE) that has been relieved from unbundling under Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act. As ILECs deploy fiber optic technology deeper into their loop networks, these rules could limit First Communications ability to compete in particular geographic submarkets, and particularly its ability to offer competitive data services to customers served over these fiber loops. |
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In September 2003, the FCC issued a proposed rulemaking to review the Total Element Long Run Incremental Cost (TELRIC) methodology used to determine the prices charged to competitive carriers for unbundled network elements. A change in pricing methodology that materially increases unbundled network element prices would increase First Communications costs and could have a materially adverse affect on its ability to compete. The FCC has taken no further action to date in this proceeding. |
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In September 2005, the FCC agreed, at Qwests request, to forebear from applying its unbundling rules to Qwest in certain wire centers in the Omaha, Nebraska market. Similarly, in December 2006, the FCC granted similar forbearance to ACS Anchorage, Inc. for certain wire centers in the Anchorage, Alaska market. The decision to forebear from applying the unbundling rules in these wire centers means that Qwest does not have to provide competitive providers, such as First Communications, access to unbundled loops at prices based on the FCCs TELRIC rules. Subsequently, the FCC denied petitions for similar relief sought by Verizon in six Eastern markets, and by Qwest in an additional four Western markets. Although, to date, none of the FCC forbearance decisions have directly affected markets that First Communications serves, it is possible that similar petitions may be brought by ILECs in other markets in the future. As part of its application for approval of its merger with Bell South, AT&T has committed that it will not file or give effect to any forbearance from its obligations provide unbundled loops and transport facilities for 42 months from the date of its merger closing in December 2006. However, Verizon and Qwest have made no commitment to refrain from filing future forbearance petitions. There can be no assurance that First Communications business or financial condition will not be materially adversely affected if the FCC forbears from applying its unbundling rules in material portions of its markets. |
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In a series of orders since 2006, the FCC has effectively deregulated provision of certain broadband services to enterprise customers by most major ILECs, including Verizon, AT&T, Qwest, Embarq Corporation and Citizens Communication Company. First Communications does not directly purchase these broadband services from the ILECs, so these decisions did not affect its costs, but the orders may result in increased competitive pressure on its own broadband service offerings. |
Rights of Renaissances Stockholders |
Rights of First Communications Stockholders |
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Capitalization: |
Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes it to issue 201,000,000 shares, of which 200,000,000 are
common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 are preferred stock, par value $0.0001. Renaissances board of directors is expressly
granted the power to issue shares of the preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights and preferences, including voting powers, of each
series of preferred stock. |
First
Communications amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes it to issue 70,000,000 shares, consisting of 59,165,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, 835,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
par value $0.001 per share. First Communications board of directors is authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of preferred stock and
may establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in such series, and to fix the rights and preferences, including voting powers, of
each series of preferred stock. |
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Voting
Rights: |
Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in the terms of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common
stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, the holders of Renaissance common stock shall exclusively possess all voting power, and each share of common
stock shall have one vote. |
Except as required by law or by a preferred stock designation, First Communications amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides that the holders of First Communications common stock shall exclusively possess all voting power, and that each share of common stock will
have one vote. Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of Class B Common Stock shall have no right to vote and shall not be included in
determining the number of shares voting or entitled to vote. |
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So
long as an aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are held collectively by Gores FC Holdings,
LLC or any affiliate thereof, at any annual or other meeting of the stockholders at which members of the board of directors are to be elected or
whenever directors are to be elected by written consent, the holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect one less
than a majority of the members of the board where the total number of directors is an odd number, or two less than a majority of the board where the
total number of directors is an even number, provided, that the holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect at
least one director. |
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Rights of First Communications Stockholders | |||||||||
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Upon
receipt of all necessary governmental and regulatory consents and approvals required in order for the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to
be entitled to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors, and so long as an aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are held collectively by Gores FC Holdings, LLC or any affiliate thereof, at any annual or other meeting
of the stockholders at which members of the board of directors are to be elected or whenever directors are to be elected by written consent, the
holders of a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect a majority of the members of the board of
directors. |
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Conversion
Rights: |
Shares of Renaissance common stock are not subject to conversion rights. |
Shares of First Communications Series A Preferred Stock are not subject to conversion rights. Subject to certain limitations, holders of
shares of Class B Common Stock are entitled to convert any and all shares of Class B Common Stock into the same number of shares of First
Communications common stock. |
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Number of
Directors: |
Pursuant to Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, the board of directors shall
consist of three (3) classes and each such class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors
constituting the entire board of directors. The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time by a vote of a majority of the entire board of
directors and shall be not less than one (1) director and no more than (15) fifteen directors. |
Pursuant to First Communications amended and restated bylaws, the board of directors shall consist of at least three (3) directors and
no more than nine (9) directors. The exact number shall be determined by the board of directors or the stockholders from time to
time. |
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Removal of
Directors: |
Renaissances amended and restated bylaws provide that any director may be removed, only for cause, by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of all the shares of the stock of the company outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors. |
First
Communications amended and restated bylaws provide that, except as otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware or the amended and
restated certificate of incorporation, a director may be removed only for cause by the affirmative vote or consent of more than fifty percent (50%) of
the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors. |
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Filling
Vacancies on the Board of Directors: |
Renaissances amended and restated bylaws provide that any newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of
directors or vacancies occurring in the board of directors for any reason whatsoever shall be filled by vote of the board of directors. If the number
of directors then in office is less than a quorum, such newly created directorships and vacancies may be filled by a vote of a majority of the
directors then in office. |
First
Communications amended and restated bylaws provide that except as otherwise required by the certificate of incorporation, any vacancy occurring
in the board of directors, including a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even if there is less than a quorum of the board of
directors. |
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Amendments to
Certificate of Incorporation: |
The
DGCL prescribes that any amendment to Renaissances certificate of incorporation must be approved by the board of directors in a resolution
recommending that the amendment be approved by a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on the amendment, plus the approval of a majority
of the outstanding stock of any class entitled under the DGCL to vote separately as a class on the amendment. The DGCL also provides that restrictions
on transfers of securities may not be amended without the consent of each holder thereof. |
The
DGCL prescribes that any amendment to First Communications certificate of incorporation must be approved by the board of directors in a
resolution recommending that the amendment be approved by a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on the amendment, plus the approval of a
majority of the outstanding stock of any class entitled under the DGCL to vote separately as a class on the amendment. The DGCL also provides that
restrictions on transfers of securities may not be amended without the consent of each holder thereof. |
Rights of Renaissances Stockholders |
Rights of First Communications Stockholders | |||||||||
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Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that except as otherwise set forth in the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation, Renaissance reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in the certificate of
incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute or therein, and all rights conferred upon stockholders therein are granted subject
to this reservation. |
First
Communications amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, in order to cancel the admission of First Communications common
stock trading on the AIM or to amend the provisions of Seventeenth Article (concerning such cancellation of trading), the company must first obtain the
approval of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock present and voting at a general
meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. |
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Eighteenth Article (relating to the obligation to notify First Communications and comply with any requests to purchase outstanding shares of
First Communications common stock and Class B Common Stock by a person or entity that is the beneficial owner of more than ninety percent (90%) of the
issued and outstanding shares of First Communications common stock) may be amended only by a resolution made at a duly called meeting of the
stockholders and approved by the stockholders of record of at least ninety percent (90%) of the issued and outstanding common stock. |
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Amendments to
Bylaws: |
Renaissances amended and restated bylaws provide that the bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any meeting of the board of
directors or at any meeting of the stockholders by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at
such a meeting. |
First
Communications amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that the board of directors shall have
the power, without the assent or vote of the stockholders, to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the bylaws of the company as provided in the
bylaws and new bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock of each class of First Communications capital
stock. |
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Special
Meetings of the Board of Directors: |
Renaissances amended and restated bylaws provide that special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairman of the
board, chief executive officer, the president or the secretary upon the written request of a majority of the directors. Such request shall state the
date, time and place of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of
directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. |
First
Communications amended and restated bylaws provide that special meetings of the board of directors may be called by any of the directors then in
office. Notice of special meetings need not state the purpose of such meeting, unless otherwise required by the DGCL and shall be given to each
director either in person, by telephone, by overnight courier service, by facsimile transmission, by first-class mail or by electronic mail
transmission. |
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Special
Stockholders Meetings: |
Renaissances amended and restated bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called by a majority of the board of
directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or the president and shall be called by the president or the secretary upon the
written request of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Renaissance common stock. Any such request shall state the date, time,
place and the purpose or purposes of the meeting. At such meetings the only business which may be transacted is that relating to the purpose or
purposes set forth in the notice or waivers of notice thereof. |
First
Communications amended and restated bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called, unless otherwise prescribed by the DGCL
or the certificate of incorporation, by the board of directors, the chairman of the board or the chief executive officer. Written notice of any such
special meeting, stating the place, date, hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may
be deemed present in person and vote, and the purpose or purposes of such special meeting, shall be given not less than ten (10) but not more than
sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. |
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With
respect to special meetings of stockholders, notice must be delivered to the secretary of the company not more than ninety (90) days prior to a special
meeting and not later than the later of (i) sixty (60) days prior to such meeting, or (ii) ten (10) days following the date on which public
announcement of the date of such meeting is made by the Company. Such stockholder notice shall set forth as to each matter the stockholders propose to
bring before the meeting (a) a brief description of, and reasons for, the business to be brought before the meeting, (b) the name and address of the
stockholder, (c) a statement regarding the stockholders beneficial ownership of the stock of the company and (d) a description of the
stockholders material interest, and all arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and any other person, in connection with such
business. |
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Action by
Consent of the Stockholders: |
Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by
stockholders pursuant to the certificate of incorporation or under applicable law may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of
stockholders and with a vote thereat, and may not be effected by consent in writing. |
First
Communications amended and restated bylaws provide that, unless otherwise indicated in the certificate of incorporation, any action required to
be taken or that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the company may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and
without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by persons entitled to vote stock representing
not less than the number of shares necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present
and voted. |
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Requirements
for Timely Stockholder Notification: |
Renaissances amended and restated bylaws provide that, to be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal executive offices of the company not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date
that the companys proxy statement is delivered to stockholders in connection with the preceding years annual meeting, or if the annual
meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary, or if no proxy was delivered in connection with the
preceding years annual meeting, then such notice must be delivered not earlier than ninety (90) days prior to such annual meeting and no later
than the later of (i) sixty (60) days prior to the annual meeting and (ii) ten (10) days following the date on which public announcement of the date of
such annual meeting is first made by the company. |
First
Communications amended and restated bylaws provide that written notice of stockholder meetings shall be given no less then ten (10) days and no
more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. |
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Limitation of
Personal Liability of Directors: |
Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that no director shall be personally liable to the company or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty as a director, provided, however, that to the extent required by the provisions of
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL or any other laws of Delaware, a director may be held personally liable (i) for any breach of the directors duty of
loyalty to the company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful payment or dividend or unlawful stock purchase or redemption), (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit, or (v) for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when the referenced article becomes
effective. |
First
Communications amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a director shall not be personally liable to the company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the directors duty of
loyalty to the company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful payment or dividend or unlawful stock purchase or redemption), or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, upon any amendment of the DGCL further eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of directors, such personal liability shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as
amended. |
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers: |
Renaissances amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that Renaissance shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
permitted by Section 145(b) of the DGCL, each person who was or is party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or otherwise, formal or informal, by reason of the fact that he or she is or
was a director, officer employee or agent of the company or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer or employee of
another entity, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as such a director or officer of the company or in any
other capacity while serving as such other director or officer, against all judgments, penalties, fines and expenses incurred or paid (including
attorneys fees), except in relation to matters as to which the person did not act in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
persons conduct was unlawful. |
First
Communications amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that First Communications shall to the
maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the DGCL indemnify each of its directors and officers against all expenses (including attorneys
fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of
the company. A director or officer of the company includes any person (a) who is or was a director or officer of the company,
(b) who, while serving as a director or officer of the company, is or was serving at the request of the company as a director or officer of another
entity, or (c) who was a director or officer of a predecessor corporation of the company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation. |
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each person known by Renaissance to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of its outstanding shares of common stock either on October 1, 2008 or after the consummation of the Merger; |
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each of Renaissances current executive officers and directors; |
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each of the executive officers and directors upon consummation of the Merger; |
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all of Renaissances current executive officers and directors as a group; and |
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all of Renaissances executive officers and directors as a group after the consummation of the Merger. |
Beneficial Ownership of Renaissance Common Stock on October 1, 2008 |
Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock After the Consummation of the Merger |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
Number of Shares |
Percent of Class |
Number of Shares |
Percent of Class |
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RAC Partners
LLC |
3,574,800 (2 | ) | 16.37 | % | 8,022,467 | (2)(3) | 17.82 | % | |||||||||||
Barry W.
Florescue |
3,609,800 (3 | )(4) | 16.53 | % | 8,057,467 | (3)(4) | 17.90 | % | |||||||||||
Logan D.
Delany, Jr. |
30,000 (5 | ) | * | 30,000 | (5) | * | |||||||||||||
Richard A.
Bloom |
(6 | ) | * | | (6) | * | |||||||||||||
Stanley
Kreitman |
30,000 (7 | ) | * | 30,000 | * | ||||||||||||||
Charles W.
Miersch |
122,600 (7 | ) | * | 232,100 | (7) | * | |||||||||||||
Morton Farber
|
117,600 (7 | ) | * | 227,100 | (7) | * | |||||||||||||
Millenco,
L.L.C./Millenium Management L.L.C.(8) |
1,960,631 (8 | ) | 8.98 | % | 1,960,631 | 4.83 | % | ||||||||||||
Dorset
Management Corporation(9) |
1,540,000 (9 | ) | 7.05 | % | 1,540,000 | 3.80 | % | ||||||||||||
QVT Financial
LP(10) |
1,173,750 (10 | ) | 5.37 | % | 1,173,750 | 2.89 | % | ||||||||||||
Raymond
Hexamer |
| * | 345,105 | (11) | * | ||||||||||||||
Joseph R.
Morris |
| * | 345,105 | (12) | * | ||||||||||||||
Richard J.
Buyens |
| * | | * | |||||||||||||||
David
Johnson, II |
| * | 286,490 | (13) | * | ||||||||||||||
Theodore V.
Boyd(14) |
| * | 354,392 | (14) | * | ||||||||||||||
Marshall B.
Belden Jr. (15) |
| * | 2,976,895 | (15) | 7.34 | % | |||||||||||||
Mark T.
Clark(16) |
| * | | * | |||||||||||||||
Scott M.
Honour(17) |
| * | 6,268,422 | 14.79 | % |
Beneficial Ownership of Renaissance Common Stock on October 1, 2008 |
Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock After the Consummation of the Merger |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
Number of Shares |
Percent of Class |
Number of Shares |
Percent of Class | |||||||||||||||
Mark R.
Stone(17) |
| * | 6,268,422 | 14.79 | % | ||||||||||||||
Rockledge
Limited(18) |
| * | 354,392 | * | |||||||||||||||
Gores FC
Holdings LLC(19) |
| * | 6,268,422 | (19) | 14.79 | % | |||||||||||||
Marbel
Investments LLC(20) |
| * | 2,976,895 | 7.34 | % | ||||||||||||||
First Energy
Corp(21). |
| * | 2,213,215 | 5.45 | % | ||||||||||||||
All
pre-merger Renaissance directors and officers as a group (6 individuals) |
3,910,000 | 17.90 | % | 8,576,667 | 18.19 | % | |||||||||||||
All
post-merger Renaissance directors and officers as a group (11 individuals) |
3,910,000 | 17.90 | % | 19,153,076 | 40.62 | % |
* |
Less than 1%. |
(1) |
Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following is c/o Renaissance Acquisition Corp., 50 East Sample Road, Pompano Beach, Florida 33064 and the business address for Messrs. Hexamer, Morris, Buyens and Johnson is c/o First Communications, Inc., 33340 West Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44333. |
(2) |
Barry W. Florescue is the managing member of RAC Partners and has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to these shares. Certain of Renaissances other officers and directors and certain of Renaissances special advisors are members of RAC Partners. |
(3) |
Includes 4,447,667 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by RAC Partners, an entity which Mr. Florescue controls. Such warrants will be exercisable 30 days after the closing of the Merger. |
(4) |
Includes 3,574,800 shares held by RAC Partners LLC, an entity which Mr. Florescue controls. |
(5) |
Does not include any securities held by RAC Partners. |
(6) |
All of Mr. Blooms interest in shares of common stock of Renaissance is held through RAC Partners. |
(7) |
Includes 109,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by such director. Such warrants will be exercisable 30 days after the closing of the Merger. |
(8) |
The business address for Millenco, L.L.C. (Millenco) is 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10103. The number of shares held by Millenco, as of December 31, 2007, is derived from a Schedule 13G filed by Millenco, Millennium Management LLC (Millennium Management) and Israel A. Englander on March 20, 2008. Each of Millenco, Millennium Management and Israel A. Englander may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the following: (a) 152,200 shares of Renaissance common stock held by Millenco; and (b) 1,801,881 shares of Renaissance common stock held by Millenco. Millennium Management, is the manager of Millenco, and consequently may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Millenco. Israel A. Englander is the managing member of Millennium Management. As a result, Mr. Englander may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Millennium Management. |
(9) |
The business address for Dorset Management Corporation (Dorset Management) is 485 Underhill Boulevard, Suite 205, Syosset, New York 11791. The number of shares held by Dorset Management, as of December 31, 2007, is derived from a Schedule 13G/A filed by Dorset Management and David M. Knott on February 13, 2008. Each of David M. Knott and Dorset Management is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 1,540,000 shares of Renaissance common stock. 308,000 shares (the Ostra Shares) of each such number of shares are owned by Ostra Capital Partners, L.P. (Ostra). The general partner of Ostra is Ostra GP, LLC, and the manager of Ostra GP, LLC is an individual named Richard Murawczyk. Mr. Murawczyk is employed by one or more entities controlled by David M. Knott and Mr. Murawczyk and David M. Knott have entered into an agreement with respect to security investments by Ostra. The Ostra Shares have been included in the number of shares reported as beneficially owned by David M. Knott to avoid any potential question regarding |
compliance with appropriate public disclosure requirements in the event that Ostra or any of its affiliates or controlling persons and David M. Knott might be deemed to be members of a group for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as. David M. Knott does not have any power to vote or direct the vote or dispose or direct the disposition of the Ostra Shares. |
(10) |
The business address for QVT Financial LP (QVT Financial) is 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10036. The number of shares held by QVT Financial is derived from a Schedule 13G/A filed by QVT Financial and QVT Financial GP LLC on February 8, 2008. QVT Financial is the investment manager for QVT Fund LP (the Fund), which beneficially owns 899,674 shares of Renaissance common stock, and for Quintessence Fund L.P. (Quintessence), which beneficially owns 99,547 shares of Renaissance common stock. QVT Financial is also the investment manager for a separate discretionary account managed for Deutsche Bank AG (the Separate Account), which holds 134,129 shares of Renaissance common stock. QVT Financial has the power to direct the vote and disposition of the shares of Renaissance common stock held by the Fund, Quintessence and the Separate Account. Accordingly, QVT Financial may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of an aggregate amount of 1,133,350 shares of Renaissance common stock, consisting of the shares owned by the Fund and Quintessence and the shares held in the Separate Account. QVT Financial GP LLC, as General Partner of QVT Financial, may be deemed to beneficially own the same number of shares of Renaissance common stock reported by QVT Financial. |
(11) |
Includes 40,500 restricted shares of Renaissance common stock to be awarded under the 2008 Plan upon the closing of the Merger. |
(12) |
Includes 40,500 restricted shares of Renaissance common stock to be awarded under the 2008 Plan upon the closing of the Merger. |
(13) |
Includes 30,500 restricted shares of Renaissance common stock to be awarded under the 2008 Plan upon the closing of the Merger. |
(14) |
Mr. Boyds business address is P.O. Box 20590, Canton, Ohio 44701. Mr. Boyd may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 354,392 shares held by Rockledge Limited, a company in which Mr. Boyd is a general partner. |
(15) |
Mr. Beldens business address is 612 Market Avenue South, Canton, Ohio 44702. Mr. Belden may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 2,976,895 shares held by Marbel Investments LLC, of which Mr. Belden is a member. |
(16) |
Mr. Clarks business address is c/o FirstEnergy, 76 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308. |
(17) |
Messrs. Honours and Stones business address is c/o The Gores Group, 10877 Wilshire Boulevard, 18th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90024. Represents shares held by Gores FC Holdings LLC. Messrs. Honour and Stone are Senior Managing Directors of The Gores Group, LLC, which is the manager of Gores FC Holdings, LLC. Each of Messrs. Honour and Stone disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities of Renaissance owned by Gores FC Holdings, LLC, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein |
(18) |
The business address for Rockledge Limited is P.O. Box 20590, Canton, Ohio 44701. |
(19) |
The business address for Gores FC Holdings LLC is 10877 Wilshire Boulevard, 18th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90024. Includes 1,800,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants that are immediately exercisable. Does not include 720,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants that will be exercisable if the Warrant Condition is met. |
(20) |
The business address for Marbel Investments LLC is 612 Market Avenue South, Canton, Ohio 44702. |
(21) |
The business address for FirstEnergy Corp. is 76 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308. |
Name |
Number of Shares |
Relationship to Renaissance |
||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RAC Partners
LLC |
3,574,800 | Entity controlled by Barry W. Florescue |
||||||||
Barry W.
Florescue |
30,000 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
||||||||
Logan D. Delany,
Jr. |
30,000 | Executive Vice President and Director |
||||||||
Stanley
Kreitman |
30,000 | Director |
||||||||
Charles W.
Miersch |
117,600 | Director |
||||||||
Morton
Farber |
117,600 | Director |
Name |
Number of Insider Warrants |
Relationship to Renaissance |
||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RAC Partners
|
4,447,667 | Entity
controlled by Barry W. Florescue, Renaissances Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
||||||||
Morton Farber
|
109,500 | Director |
||||||||
Charles W.
Miersch |
109,500 | Director |
|
in whole and not in part; |
|
at a price of $.01 per warrant at any time while the warrants are exercisable; |
|
upon not less than 30 days prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and |
|
if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the common stock equals or exceeds $8.50 per share, for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders. |
Units |
Common Stock |
Warrants |
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High |
Low |
High |
Low |
High |
Low |
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2008: |
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Second
Quarter (through June 30, 2008) |
$ | 6.00 | $ | 5.70 | $ | 5.80 | $ | 5.60 | $ | .25 | $ | .05 | |||||||||||||||
First
Quarter |
6.26 | 5.79 | 6.62 | 5.50 | .40 | .13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2007: |
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Fourth
Quarter |
6.40 | 6.10 | 5.65 | 5.52 | .50 | .35 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Third
Quarter |
6.79 | 6.15 | 5.85 | 5.45 | .60 | .40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Second
Quarter |
6.90 | 6.09 | 5.62 | 5.42 | .65 | .38 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First
Quarter(1) |
6.74 | 6.00 | 5.51 | 5.31 | .45 | .38 |
(1) |
Represents the high and low sale prices for Renaissance Units and warrants from February 15, 2007, the date that Renaissance warrants and Units first became separately tradable, through March 31, 2007. |
Mark Seigel Secretary Renaissance Acquisition Corp. 50 East Sample Road, Suite 400 Pompano Beach, FL 33064 (954) 784-3031 |
Page |
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First
Communications, Inc. |
||||||
Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
F-4 | |||||
Consolidated
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2007 |
F-5 | |||||
Consolidated
Statement of Operations for the period from inception (July 2, 2007) through December 31, 2007 |
F-7 | |||||
Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Redeemable Stock and Shareholders Equity for the period from inception (July 2, 2007) through December 31, 2007
|
F-8 | |||||
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows for the period from inception (July 2, 2007) through December 31, 2007 |
F-9 | |||||
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements |
F-10 | |||||
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2008 (unaudited) and December 31, 2007 |
F-26 | |||||
Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited) |
F-28 | |||||
Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited) |
F-29 | |||||
Notes to
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements |
F-30 | |||||
First
Communications, LLC |
||||||
Independent
Auditors Report |
F-35 | |||||
Balance
Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 |
F-36 | |||||
Statements of
Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
F-38 | |||||
Statement of
Changes in Members Equity for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
F-39 | |||||
Statements of
Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
F-40 | |||||
Notes to
Financial Statements |
F-42 | |||||
Independent
Auditors Report |
F-51 | |||||
Balance Sheet
as of July 1, 2007 |
F-52 | |||||
Statement of
Income for the period from January 1, 2007 to July 1, 2007 |
F-54 | |||||
Statement of
Changes in Members Equity for the period from January 1, 2007 to July 1, 2007 |
F-55 | |||||
Statement of
Cash Flow for the period from January 1, 2007 to July 1, 2007 |
F-56 | |||||
Notes to
Financial Statements |
F-57 | |||||
Xtension
Services, Inc. |
||||||
Independent
Auditors Report |
F-65 | |||||
Balance
Sheets as of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
F-66 | |||||
Statements of
Income and Retained Earnings for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
F-67 | |||||
Statements of
Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
F-68 | |||||
Notes to
Financial Statements |
F-69 | |||||
Independent
Auditors Report |
F-72 | |||||
Balance Sheet
as of July 1, 2007 |
F-73 | |||||
Statement of
Income and Retained Earnings for the period from January 1, 2007 to July 1, 2007 |
F-74 | |||||
Statement of
Cash Flows for the period from January 1, 2007 to July 1, 2007 |
F-75 | |||||
Notes to
Financial Statements |
F-76 |
Page | ||||||
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GCI
Globalcom Holdings, Inc. |
||||||
Independent
Auditors Report |
F-79 | |||||
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2008 (unaudited) and December 31, 2007 |
F-80 | |||||
Consolidated
Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited) and year ended December 31, 2007 |
F-81 | |||||
Consolidated
Statement of Stockholders Equity (Deficit) for the six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited) and year ended December 31, 2007 |
F-82 | |||||
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2008 (unaudited) and year ended December 31, 2007 |
F-83 | |||||
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements |
F-84 | |||||
Renaissance Acquisition Corp. |
||||||
Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
F-93 | |||||
Balance
Sheets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 |
F-94 | |||||
Statements of
Operations for the for the year ended December 31, 2007 and for the period from April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2007 and for the period from
April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2006 |
F-95 | |||||
Statements of
Stockholders Equity for the year ended December 31, 2007 and for the period from April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2007 and the period
from April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2006 |
F-96 | |||||
Statements of
Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2007 and for the period from April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2007 and for the period from April
17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2006 |
F-97 | |||||
Notes to
Financial Statements |
F-98 | |||||
Condensed
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 |
F-105 | |||||
Condensed
Statements of Operations for the six and three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 and for the period from April 17, 2006 (inception) to June 30, 2008
|
F-106 | |||||
Condensed
Statements of Stockholders Equity for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 and the period from April 17, 2006 (inception) to June 30, 2008
|
F-107 | |||||
Condensed
Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 and for the period from April 17, 2006 (inception) to June 30, 2008
|
F-108 | |||||
Notes to
Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements |
F-109 |
ASSETS |
||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS |
||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 9,300 | ||||
Accounts
receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $661 |
13,793 | |||||
Accounts
receivable related party |
945 | |||||
Inventory
|
136 | |||||
Prepaid
expenses |
823 | |||||
TOTAL CURRENT
ASSETS |
24,997 | |||||
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT |
||||||
Switches
|
2,750 | |||||
Technical
equipment |
1,922 | |||||
Leasehold
improvements |
28 | |||||
Office
equipment |
232 | |||||
Furniture and
fixtures |
561 | |||||
Software
|
1,500 | |||||
Software
development in progress |
823 | |||||
7,816 | ||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation |
(593 | ) | ||||
NET PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT |
7,223 | |||||
OTHER
ASSETS |
||||||
Goodwill
|
88,079 | |||||
Other
intangible assets, net |
63,280 | |||||
Deposits and
other assets |
1,357 | |||||
TOTAL OTHER
ASSETS |
152,716 | |||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$ | 184,936 |
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
||||||
Line of
credit |
$ | 625 | ||||
Accounts
payable trade |
13,220 | |||||
Federal
income tax payable |
362 | |||||
Accrued
expenses |
2,600 | |||||
Deferred tax
liability, net current |
213 | |||||
Deferred
revenue current |
3,244 | |||||
TOTAL CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
20,264 | |||||
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
||||||
Deferred tax
liability, net long term |
4,064 | |||||
Deferred
revenue long term |
170 | |||||
TOTAL
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
4,234 | |||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
24,498 | |||||
Redeemable
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference $1,000 per share) |
40,000 | |||||
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||||
Series A
Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 59,165,000 shares authorized, 26,067,000 shares issued and outstanding |
26 | |||||
Series B
Non-Voting Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 835,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding |
1 | |||||
Additional
paid in capital |
119,482 | |||||
Retained
earnings |
929 | |||||
TOTAL
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
120,438 | |||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
$ | 184,936 |
REVENUES,
NET |
||||||
Revenues, net
|
$ | 61,200 | ||||
Revenues, net
related party |
4,353 | |||||
TOTAL
REVENUES, NET |
65,553 | |||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization stated below |
44,560 | |||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
15,706 | |||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
3,712 | |||||
OPERATING
INCOME |
1,575 | |||||
OTHER
EXPENSES, NET |
58 | |||||
INCOME BEFORE
INCOME TAXES |
1,517 | |||||
PROVISION FOR
INCOME TAXES |
588 | |||||
NET INCOME
|
$ | 929 | ||||
EARNINGS PER
SHARE |
||||||
Numerator: |
||||||
Net income
|
$ | 929 | ||||
Preferred
stock accretion |
(12,548 | ) | ||||
Net loss
attributable to common shareholders |
$ | (11,619 | ) | |||
Per share
amounts: |
||||||
Basic
earnings per share |
$ | (0.43 | ) | |||
Diluted
earnings per share |
$ | (0.43 | ) |
Common Stock |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Redeemable Preferred Stock Series A |
Series A |
Series B |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares |
Amount |
Shares |
Amount |
Shares |
Amount |
Additional Paid In Capital |
Retained Earnings |
Total Shareholders Equity |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances at
July 2, 2007 (date of inception) |
| $ | | | $ | | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Management
shares |
1,326,000 | 1 | (1 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of
common stock, preferred stock and warrants, net of issuance costs |
40,000 | 27,452 | 9,165,000 | 9 | 835,000 | 1 | 54,167 | 54,177 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares issued
to acquire FC LLC and Xtensions |
15,576,000 | 16 | 77,864 | 77,880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accretion of
preferred stock to redemption value |
12,548 | (12,548 | ) | (12,548 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
929 | 929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances at
December 31, 2007 |
40,000 | $ | 40,000 | 26,067,000 | $ | 26 | 835,000 | $ | 1 | $ | 119,482 | $ | 929 | $ | 120,438 |
CASH FLOWS
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Net income
|
$ | 929 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: |
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
3,712 | |||||
Bad debt
expense |
917 | |||||
Deferred
taxes |
225 | |||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition: |
||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, net |
(839 | ) | ||||
Inventory
|
93 | |||||
Prepaid
expenses |
(243 | ) | ||||
Deposits and
other assets |
(281 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable trade |
(4,536 | ) | ||||
Federal
income tax payable |
363 | |||||
Accrued
expenses |
(2,853 | ) | ||||
Deferred
revenue |
196 | |||||
NET CASH USED
IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
(2,317 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Purchases of
property and equipment |
(1,605 | ) | ||||
Acquisition
of assets and assumption of liabilities, net of cash acquired |
(72,250 | ) | ||||
Net change in
accounts receivable related party |
45 | |||||
NET CASH USED
IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
(73,810 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Proceeds from
stock issuance, net of issuance and transaction costs |
81,631 | |||||
Net
borrowings on line of credit |
625 | |||||
Bank
overdraft liability |
3,171 | |||||
NET CASH
PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
85,427 | |||||
NET INCREASE
IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
9,300 | |||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
| |||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD |
$ | 9,300 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
||||||
Cash paid
during the period for: |
||||||
Interest paid
|
$ | 708 | ||||
Income taxes
paid |
| |||||
Non-cash
investing and financing activities: |
||||||
Stock issued
in exchange for assets acquired and liabilities assumed |
$ | 77,880 |
Beginning
balance |
$ | | ||||
Charged to
expense |
917 | |||||
Uncollectible
amounts written-off, net of recoveries |
256 | |||||
Ending
balance |
$ | 661 |
Years |
||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Switches
|
7 | |||||
Technical
equipment |
35 | |||||
Leasehold
improvements |
5 | |||||
Office
equipment |
3 | |||||
Furniture and
fixtures |
5 | |||||
Software
|
6 | |||||
Software
development in progress |
6 |
FC LLC |
Xtensions |
TOTAL |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Restated) | (Restated) | (Restated) | ||||||||||||
Assets
Acquired: |
||||||||||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 33 | $ | 460 | $ | 493 | ||||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, net |
11,842 | 1,503 | 13,345 | |||||||||||
Accounts
receivable related party |
990 | | 990 | |||||||||||
Inventory
|
228 | | 228 | |||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
562 | 20 | 582 | |||||||||||
Property and
equipment |
6,143 | 33 | 6,176 | |||||||||||
Goodwill
|
71,704 | 16,375 | 88,079 | |||||||||||
Other
intangibles, net |
55,600 | 10,800 | 66,400 | |||||||||||
Deferred tax
assets |
86 | | 86 | |||||||||||
Deposits and
other assets |
1,075 | | 1,075 | |||||||||||
Total assets
acquired |
148,263 | 29,191 | 177,454 | |||||||||||
Liabilities
Assumed: |
||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
13,115 | 1,470 | 14,585 | |||||||||||
Accrued
expenses |
4,800 | 583 | 5,383 | |||||||||||
Deferred tax
liability |
| 4,138 | 4,138 | |||||||||||
Deferred
revenues |
3,218 | | 3,218 | |||||||||||
Total
liabilities assumed |
21,133 | 6,191 | 27,324 | |||||||||||
Net assets
acquired |
$ | 127,130 | $ | 23,000 | $ | 150,130 |
Other Intangible Assets |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net |
Weighted Average Amortization Period |
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trademarks
|
$ | 12,400 | $ | | $ | 12,400 | Indefinite |
|||||||||||
Customer
lists |
48,000 | 3,000 | 45,000 | 8
years |
||||||||||||||
LMDS licenses
|
6,000 | 120 | 5,880 | 25
years |
||||||||||||||
$ | 66,400 | $ | 3,120 | $ | 63,280 |
2008
|
$ | 6,240 | ||||
2009
|
6,240 | |||||
2010
|
6,240 | |||||
2011
|
6,240 | |||||
2012
|
6,240 | |||||
Thereafter
|
19,680 | |||||
$ | 50,880 |
2008
|
$ | 1,405 | ||||
2009
|
1,416 | |||||
2010
|
975 | |||||
2011
|
689 | |||||
2012
|
567 | |||||
Thereafter
|
95 | |||||
$ | 5,147 |
(Restated) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current: |
||||||
Federal
|
$ | 323 | ||||
State and
local |
40 | |||||
363 | ||||||
Deferred: |
||||||
Federal
|
$ | 200 | ||||
State and
local |
25 | |||||
225 | ||||||
$ | 588 |
Current
deferred tax (assets) liabilities: |
||||||
Allowance for
doubtful accounts |
$ | (253 | ) | |||
Vacation
accrual |
(85 | ) | ||||
Prepaid
expenses |
342 | |||||
COGS disputes
|
209 | |||||
Deferred tax
liability, net current |
213 | |||||
Non-current
deferred tax (assets) liabilities: |
||||||
Non-goodwill
intangibles |
$ | 3,649 | ||||
Goodwill
|
280 | |||||
Fixed assets
|
242 | |||||
Deferred rent
|
(28 | ) | ||||
Unearned
revenue |
(65 | ) | ||||
Other
|
(14 | ) | ||||
Deferred tax
liability, net long-term |
4,064 | |||||
Net deferred
tax liability |
$ | 4,277 |
Statutory
federal income tax rate |
34.0 | % | ||||
Increases
(reductions) in taxes resulting from: |
||||||
State income
taxes, net of federal tax benefit |
4.3 | % | ||||
Other, net
|
1.4 | % | ||||
Effective
income tax rate for the period |
39.7 | % |
Warrant |
Tranche 1 Warrants |
Tranche 2 Warrants |
IPO Warrants |
|||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Term
(years) |
5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Volatility |
40.0 | % | 35.0 | % | 35.0 | % | ||||||||
Risk-free
rate |
3.6 | % | 3.1 | % | 3.1 | % | ||||||||
Dividend
rate |
0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % |
As Previously Reported |
Restated |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet: |
||||||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 11,163 | $ | 9,300 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable trade |
14,469 | 13,793 | ||||||||
Accounts
receivable related party |
502 | 945 | ||||||||
Deferred tax
asset current |
215 | | ||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
1,256 | 823 | ||||||||
Total current
assets |
27,740 | 24,997 | ||||||||
Office
equipment |
278 | 232 | ||||||||
Furniture and
fixtures |
606 | 561 | ||||||||
Goodwill
|
103,410 | 88,079 | ||||||||
Deposits and
other assets |
1,707 | 1,357 | ||||||||
Total other
assets |
168,397 | 152,716 | ||||||||
Total assets
|
203,359 | 184,936 | ||||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
14,802 | 13,220 | ||||||||
Federal
income tax payable |
1,466 | 362 | ||||||||
Accrued
expenses |
2,455 | 2,600 | ||||||||
Deferred tax
liability, net current |
| 213 | ||||||||
Deferred
revenue current |
1,625 | 3,244 | ||||||||
Total current
liabilities |
20,974 | 20,264 | ||||||||
Deferred tax
liability, net long-term |
13,735 | 4,064 | ||||||||
Total
non-current liabilities |
13,905 | 4,234 | ||||||||
Redeemable
preferred stock mezzanine |
| 40,000 | ||||||||
Redeemable
preferred stock shareholders equity |
40 | | ||||||||
Common stock
|
27 | | ||||||||
Series A
common stock |
| 26 | ||||||||
Series B
common stock |
| 1 | ||||||||
Additional
paid in capital |
164,854 | 119,482 | ||||||||
Retained
earnings |
3,599 | 929 | ||||||||
Total
shareholders equity |
168,480 | 120,438 | ||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders equity |
203,359 | 184,936 | ||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Operations |
||||||||||
Revenues, net
|
$ | 64,286 | $ | 61,200 | ||||||
Total
revenues, net |
68,640 | 65,553 | ||||||||
Cost of
facilities |
43,683 | 44,560 | ||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses |
15,384 | 15,706 | ||||||||
Operating
income |
5,860 | 1,575 | ||||||||
Other
expenses, net |
7 | 58 | ||||||||
Income before
income taxes |
5,854 | 1,517 | ||||||||
Provision for
income taxes |
2,255 | 588 | ||||||||
Net income
|
3,599 | 929 | ||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows: |
||||||||||
Net cash
flows operating activities |
$ | 8,150 | $ | (2,317 | ) | |||||
Net cash
flows investing activities |
(82,787 | ) | (73,810 | ) | ||||||
Net cash
flows financing activities |
85,799 | 85,427 | ||||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents, end of period |
11,163 | 9,300 |
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS |
||||||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 1,267 | $ | 9,300 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $607 at June 30, 2008 and $661 at December 31, 2007, respectively |
14,614 | 13,793 | ||||||||
Accounts
receivable related party |
910 | 945 | ||||||||
Federal
income tax refund receivable |
1,242 | | ||||||||
Inventory
|
2,860 | 136 | ||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
3,966 | 823 | ||||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
ASSETS |
24,859 | 24,997 | ||||||||
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT |
||||||||||
Switches
|
42,333 | 2,750 | ||||||||
Cell towers
|
723 | | ||||||||
Technical
equipment |
4,500 | 1,922 | ||||||||
Leasehold
improvements |
43 | 28 | ||||||||
Office
equipment |
477 | 232 | ||||||||
Furniture and
fixtures |
629 | 561 | ||||||||
Software
|
1,601 | 1,500 | ||||||||
Software
development in progress |
1,294 | 823 | ||||||||
51,600 | 7,816 | |||||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation |
(2,276 | ) | (593 | ) | ||||||
NET PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT |
49,324 | 7,223 | ||||||||
OTHER
ASSETS |
||||||||||
Goodwill
|
88,079 | 88,079 | ||||||||
Other
intangible assets, net |
78,298 | 63,280 | ||||||||
Deposits and
other assets |
6,321 | 1,357 | ||||||||
TOTAL OTHER
ASSETS |
172,698 | 152,716 | ||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$ | 246,881 | $ | 184,936 |
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
||||||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt |
$ | 7,000 | $ | | ||||||
Line of
credit |
| 625 | ||||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
10,584 | 13,220 | ||||||||
Federal
income tax payable |
| 362 | ||||||||
Accrued
expenses |
2,865 | 2,600 | ||||||||
Deferred tax
liability, net current |
213 | 213 | ||||||||
Deferred
revenue current |
6,764 | 3,244 | ||||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
27,426 | 20,264 | ||||||||
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
||||||||||
Long-term
debt, net of current maturities |
61,250 | | ||||||||
Deferred tax
liability, net long term |
5,105 | 4,064 | ||||||||
Deferred
revenue long term |
15,273 | 170 | ||||||||
TOTAL
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
81,628 | 4,234 | ||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
109,054 | 24,498 | ||||||||
Redeemable
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, 15,000 and 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007, respectively (liquidation preference $1,000 per share) |
15,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||||||||
Series A
Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 59,165,000 shares authorized, 26,067,000 shares issued and outstanding |
26 | 26 | ||||||||
Series B
Non-Voting Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 835,000 shares authorized, 835,000 shares issued and outstanding |
1 | 1 | ||||||||
Additional
paid in capital |
119,482 | 119,482 | ||||||||
Retained
earnings |
3,318 | 929 | ||||||||
TOTAL
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
122,827 | 120,438 | ||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
$ | 246,881 | $ | 184,936 |
Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
REVENUES,
NET |
||||||||||
Revenues, net
|
$ | 37,064 | $ | 70,038 | ||||||
Revenues, net
related party |
1,815 | 3,736 | ||||||||
TOTAL
REVENUES, NET |
38,879 | 73,774 | ||||||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization stated below |
24,292 | 46,097 | ||||||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
9,200 | 17,573 | ||||||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
2,902 | 5,244 | ||||||||
OPERATING
INCOME |
2,485 | 4,860 | ||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSE) |
||||||||||
Interest
expense |
(108 | ) | (1,008 | ) | ||||||
Other
|
97 | (11 | ) | |||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSE), NET |
(11 | ) | (1,019 | ) | ||||||
INCOME BEFORE
INCOME TAXES |
2,474 | 3,841 | ||||||||
PROVISION FOR
INCOME TAXES |
933 | 1,452 | ||||||||
NET INCOME
|
$ | 1,541 | $ | 2,389 | ||||||
Basic
weighted average shares outstanding |
26,902 | 26,902 | ||||||||
Effect of
dilutive securities Stock options and awards |
5,280 | 5,280 | ||||||||
Diluted
weighted average shares outstanding |
32,182 | 32,182 | ||||||||
Basic
earnings per share |
$ | 0.06 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||
Diluted
earnings per share |
$ | 0.05 | $ | 0.07 |
CASH FLOWS
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Net income
|
$ | 2,389 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
5,244 | |||||
Bad debt
expense |
450 | |||||
Deferred
taxes |
1,041 | |||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition: |
||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, net |
2,506 | |||||
Prepaid
expenses |
(2,695 | ) | ||||
Inventory
|
45 | |||||
Deposits and
other assets |
(1,159 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable trade |
(123 | ) | ||||
Federal
income tax payable |
(1,557 | ) | ||||
Accrued
expenses |
431 | |||||
Deferred
revenue |
(2,296 | ) | ||||
NET CASH
PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
4,276 | |||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Purchases of
property and equipment |
(2,123 | ) | ||||
Acquisition
of assets and assumption of liabilities |
(45,877 | ) | ||||
Investment in
equity method investee |
(134 | ) | ||||
Net change in
accounts receivable related party |
35 | |||||
NET CASH USED
IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
(48,099 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Proceeds from
term note and revolver |
68,250 | |||||
Redemption of
preferred stock |
(25,000 | ) | ||||
Payment of
deferred financing costs |
(3,794 | ) | ||||
Repayment of
line of credit |
(625 | ) | ||||
Change in
bank overdraft |
(3,041 | ) | ||||
NET CASH
PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
35,790 | |||||
NET DECREASE
IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
(8,033 | ) | ||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
9,300 | |||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD |
$ | 1,267 | ||||
Cash paid
during the period for: |
||||||
Interest
|
$ | 1,519 | ||||
Income taxes
|
1,743 |
Other Intangible Assets |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net |
Weighted Average Amortization Period |
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trademarks
|
$ | 12,400 | $ | | $ | 12,400 | Indefinite |
|||||||||||
Customer
lists |
66,505 | 6,366 | 60,139 | 816 years |
||||||||||||||
LMDS licenses
|
6,000 | 240 | 5,760 | 25
years |
||||||||||||||
$ | 84,905 | $ | 6,606 | $ | 78,299 |
2006 |
2005 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASSETS |
||||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS |
||||||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 502,252 | $ | 941,490 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $625,000 and $800,000 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively |
9,309,320 | 9,706,595 | ||||||||
Accounts
receivable related party |
1,200,350 | 1,094,685 | ||||||||
Inventory
|
240,112 | 53,258 | ||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
974,500 | 311,763 | ||||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
ASSETS |
12,226,534 | 12,107,791 | ||||||||
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT |
||||||||||
Switches
|
2,429,691 | 1,910,184 | ||||||||
Technical
equipment |
4,482,576 | 3,261,668 | ||||||||
Leasehold
improvements |
105,210 | 43,561 | ||||||||
Office
equipment |
1,154,358 | 960,885 | ||||||||
Furniture and
fixtures |
245,798 | 204,696 | ||||||||
Vehicles
|
71,472 | 71,472 | ||||||||
8,489,105 | 6,452,466 | |||||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation |
(3,595,534 | ) | (2,384,791 | ) | ||||||
NET PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT |
4,893,571 | 4,067,675 | ||||||||
OTHER
ASSETS |
||||||||||
Goodwill
|
11,494,007 | 9,788,007 | ||||||||
Other
intangibles, net, as restated (Note 4) |
1,891,595 | 4,230,800 | ||||||||
Deposits and
other assets |
641,260 | 322,996 | ||||||||
14,026,862 | 14,341,803 | |||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$ | 31,146,967 | $ | 30,517,269 |
2006 |
2005 |
||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
|||||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
|||||||||||
Line of
credit |
$ | 3,922,000 | $ | | |||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt |
6,168,254 | 557,143 | |||||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
4,773,884 | 5,443,350 | |||||||||
Accounts
payable related party |
| 171,041 | |||||||||
Accrued
expenses |
1,562,484 | 1,926,521 | |||||||||
Accrued
distributions |
| 1,577,037 | |||||||||
Deferred
revenue current, as restated (Note 4) |
1,616,312 | 2,998,315 | |||||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
18,042,934 | 12,673,407 | |||||||||
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
|||||||||||
Long-term
debt, net of current maturities |
4,035,318 | 8,203,571 | |||||||||
Deferred
revenue long term, as restated (Note 4) |
195,699 | 2,125,320 | |||||||||
TOTAL
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
4,231,017 | 10,328,891 | |||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
22,273,951 | 23,002,298 | |||||||||
MEMBERS
EQUITY |
|||||||||||
Member units,
1,000 units outstanding |
8,881,672 | 8,881,672 | |||||||||
Accumulated
deficit |
(31,096 | ) | (1,364,308 | ) | |||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive gain (loss) |
22,440 | (2,393 | ) | ||||||||
8,873,016 | 7,514,971 | ||||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
$ | 31,146,967 | $ | 30,517,269 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
REVENUES,
NET |
||||||||||||||
Revenues, net
|
$ | 67,812,190 | $ | 52,886,942 | $ | 36,750,341 | ||||||||
Revenues, net
related party |
4,881,754 | 5,086,303 | 3,780,830 | |||||||||||
TOTAL
REVENUES, NET |
72,693,944 | 57,973,245 | 40,531,171 | |||||||||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below |
50,589,448 | 41,396,736 | 25,624,400 | |||||||||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
2,377,515 | 1,139,882 | 534,546 | |||||||||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
17,400,416 | 14,078,408 | 12,367,869 | |||||||||||
INCOME FROM
OPERATIONS |
2,326,565 | 1,358,219 | 2,004,356 | |||||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSE) |
(388,431 | ) | (61,751 | ) | 370,599 | |||||||||
NET INCOME
|
$ | 1,938,134 | $ | 1,296,468 | $ | 2,374,955 |
Member Units |
Accumulated Deficit |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Gain (Loss) |
Total Members Equity |
Comprehensive Income |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning
balance, January 1, 2004 |
1,000 | $ | 8,881,672 | $ | (2,452,580 | ) | $ | (308,802 | ) | $ | 6,120,290 | ||||||||||||||||
Net
income |
2,374,955 | | 2,374,955 | $ | 2,374,955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gain on
cash flow hedging instruments |
| | | 134,560 | 134,560 | 134,560 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ending
balance, December 31, 2004 |
1,000 | $ | 8,881,672 | $ | (77,625 | ) | $ | (174,242 | ) | $ | 8,629,805 | $ | 2,509,515 | ||||||||||||||
Net
income |
| | 1,296,468 | | 1,296,468 | $ | 1,296,468 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions |
(2,583,151 | ) | | (2,583,151 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gain on
cash flow hedging instruments |
| | | 171,849 | 171,849 | 171,849 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ending
balance, December 31, 2005 |
1,000 | 8,881,672 | (1,364,308 | ) | (2,393 | ) | 7,514,971 | $ | 1,468,317 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
income |
| | 1,938,134 | 1,938,134 | $ | 1,938,134 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions |
| | (604,922 | ) | | (604,922 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net gain on
cash flow hedging instruments |
| | | 24,833 | 24,833 | 24,833 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ending
balance, December 31, 2006 |
1,000 | $ | 8,881,672 | $ | (31,096 | ) | $ | 22,440 | $ | 8,873,016 | $ | 1,962,967 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CASH FLOWS
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 1,938,134 | $ | 1,296,468 | $ | 2,374,955 | ||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
2,377,515 | 1,139,882 | 534,546 | |||||||||||
Gain on sale
of property and equipment |
(220,573 | ) | | | ||||||||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities: |
||||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, net |
1,530,519 | (4,295,506 | ) | (1,048,673 | ) | |||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
14,308 | (231,564 | ) | (1,927 | ) | |||||||||
Inventory
|
(186,854 | ) | (37,570 | ) | (15,688 | ) | ||||||||
Deposits and
other assets |
(27,882 | ) | 62,924 | | ||||||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
(669,466 | ) | 1,824,055 | 222,874 | ||||||||||
Accrued
expenses |
(339,204 | ) | 516,226 | (31,930 | ) | |||||||||
Deferred
revenue |
(2,086,624 | ) | 1,546,965 | 667,471 | ||||||||||
NET CASH
PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
2,329,873 | 1,821,880 | 2,701,628 | |||||||||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
||||||||||||||
Payments for
property and equipment |
(2,074,632 | ) | (988,248 | ) | (365,665 | ) | ||||||||
Deposits on
property and equipment |
(190,382 | ) | (190,382 | ) | (14,424 | ) | ||||||||
Business
acquisitions |
(3,910,290 | ) | (4,263,000 | ) | | |||||||||
Proceeds from
sale of property and equipment |
500,000 | | | |||||||||||
Net change in
accounts receivable related party |
(105,665 | ) | (351,747 | ) | (445,626 | ) | ||||||||
NET CASH USED
IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
(5,780,969 | ) | (5,793,377 | ) | (825,715 | ) | ||||||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
||||||||||||||
Borrowings
(payments) due to cash overdraft, funded by line of credit |
| (911,877 | ) | 911,877 | ||||||||||
Net
borrowings on line of credit |
3,922,000 | | | |||||||||||
Proceeds from
issuance of long-term notes payable |
2,000,000 | 3,900,000 | | |||||||||||
Payments on
notes payable |
(557,142 | ) | (139,286 | ) | (406,504 | ) | ||||||||
Distributions
paid |
(2,181,959 | ) | (1,006,114 | ) | | |||||||||
Net change in
accounts payable related party |
(171,041 | ) | 171,041 | (92,000 | ) | |||||||||
NET CASH
PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
3,011,858 | 2,013,764 | 413,373 | |||||||||||
NET
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH CASH EQUIVALENTS |
(439,238 | ) | (1,957,733 | ) | 2,289,286 | |||||||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR |
941,490 | 2,899,223 | 609,937 | |||||||||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR |
$ | 502,252 | $ | 941,490 | $ | 2,899,223 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: |
||||||||||||||
Interest paid
|
$ | 910,587 | $ | 188,296 | $ | 324,712 | ||||||||
SUPPLEMENTARY
DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||||||
Fair market
value adjustment for derivatives |
||||||||||||||
Accrued
liabilities other |
$ | 24,833 | $ | 171,849 | $ | 134,560 | ||||||||
Accumulated
comprehensive loss |
(24,833 | ) | (171,849 | ) | (134,560 | ) | ||||||||
$ | | $ | | $ | |
Years |
||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Switches
|
510 | |||||
Technical
equipment |
310 | |||||
Leasehold
improvements |
35 | |||||
Office
furniture, fixtures and equipment |
310 | |||||
Vehicles
|
5 |
Years |
||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Customer
lists: |
||||||
Commercial
Customers |
7 | |||||
Residential
Customers |
5 | |||||
Other
intangible assets |
3 |
2007
|
$ | 414,204 | ||||
2008
|
$ | 414,204 | ||||
2009
|
$ | 414,204 | ||||
2010
|
$ | 331,157 | ||||
2011
|
$ | 179,898 |
Other Intangible Assets |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December
31, 2006: |
||||||||||||||
Trademarks
|
$ | 10,500 | $ | | $ | 10,500 | ||||||||
Customer
lists: |
||||||||||||||
Akron Canton
Communication |
353,000 | 105,900 | 247,100 | |||||||||||
CoreComm,
Inc. commercial customers |
1,259,283 | 232,368 | 1,026,915 | |||||||||||
CoreComm,
Inc. residential customers |
818,534 | 211,454 | 607,080 | |||||||||||
$ | 2,441,317 | $ | 549,722 | $ | 1,891,595 | |||||||||
December
31, 2005: |
||||||||||||||
Trademarks
|
$ | 10,500 | $ | | $ | 10,500 | ||||||||
Customer
lists: |
||||||||||||||
Akron Canton
Communication |
353,000 | 35,300 | 317,700 | |||||||||||
CoreComm,
Inc. commercial customers |
1,259,283 | 52,470 | 1,206,813 | |||||||||||
CoreComm,
Inc. residential customers |
818,534 | 47,747 | 770,787 | |||||||||||
Other
intangible assets |
2,100,000 | 175,000 | 1,925,000 | |||||||||||
$ | 4,541,317 | $ | 310,517 | $ | 4,230,800 |
As Previously Reported |
Adjustments |
As Restated |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balance
Sheet December 31, 2006: |
||||||||||||||
Other
intangibles, net |
$ | 3,116,595 | $ | (1,225,000 | ) | $ | 1,891,595 | |||||||
Deferred
revenue: |
||||||||||||||
Current
|
$ | 2,316,312 | $ | (700,000 | ) | $ | 1,616,312 | |||||||
Long term
|
$ | 720,699 | (525,000 | ) | $ | 195,699 | ||||||||
Total
|
$ | (1,225,000 | ) |
2006 |
2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Note payable to
a bank, monthly interest payments at 6.26%, principal payment in one installment on December 24, 2007, secured by all assets of the Company and a
guaranty from a member. |
$ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | ||||||
Note payable to
a bank, monthly principal payments of $55,555, plus interest at one month LIBOR plus 150 basis (6.82% at December 31, 2006) commencing February, 2007
through January, 2010, secured by all assets of the Company. |
2,000,000 | |||||||||
Note payable to
a bank, monthly principal payments of $46,429, plus interest at the lower of one month LIBOR plus 175 basis (7.07% and 6.14% at December 31, 2006 and
2005, respectively) or prime, (8.25% December 31, 2006 and 7.25% at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively) through September, 2012, secured by all
assets of the Company. |
3,203,572 | 3,760,714 | ||||||||
10,203,572 | 8,760,714 | |||||||||
Less: Current
maturities |
6,168,254 | 557,143 | ||||||||
$ | 4,035,318 | $ | 8,203,571 |
2007
|
$ | 6,168,254 | ||||
2008
|
1,223,810 | |||||
2009
|
1,223,810 | |||||
2010
|
612,698 | |||||
2011
|
557,143 | |||||
Thereafter
|
417,857 | |||||
$ | 10,203,572 |
2006 |
2005 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balance
beginning of year |
$ | (2,393 | ) | $ | (174,242 | ) | ||||
Net gain for
the year |
24,833 | 171,849 | ||||||||
Balance, end
of year |
$ | 22,440 | $ | (2,393 | ) |
2007
|
$ | 512,809 | ||||
2008
|
370,664 | |||||
2009
|
165,875 | |||||
2010
|
57,480 | |||||
2011
|
38,320 | |||||
$ | 1,145,148 |
ASSETS |
|||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS |
|||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 33,298 | |||||
Accounts
receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $740,000 |
12,381,207 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable related party |
843,825 | ||||||
Inventory
|
228,194 | ||||||
Prepaids and
other assets |
989,174 | ||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
ASSETS |
14,475,698 | ||||||
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT |
|||||||
Switches
|
2,429,691 | ||||||
Technical
equipment |
5,693,584 | ||||||
Leasehold
improvements |
152,340 | ||||||
Office
equipment |
1,244,378 | ||||||
Furniture and
fixtures |
245,798 | ||||||
Vehicles
|
71,472 | ||||||
Software
development in progress |
331,239 | ||||||
10,168,502 | |||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation |
(4,519,422 | ) | |||||
NET PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT |
5,649,080 | ||||||
OTHER
ASSETS |
|||||||
Goodwill
|
13,924,126 | ||||||
Other
intangibles, net |
15,469,851 | ||||||
Deposits and
other assets |
3,622,877 | ||||||
33,016,854 | |||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$ | 53,141,632 |
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
|||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
|||||||
Line of
credit |
$ | 4,003,038 | |||||
Debt
|
25,194,281 | ||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
6,725,378 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses |
2,516,600 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue current |
3,068,334 | ||||||
TOTAL CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
41,507,631 | ||||||
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
|||||||
Deferred
revenue long term |
185,266 | ||||||
TOTAL
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
185,266 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
41,692,897 | ||||||
MEMBERS
EQUITY |
|||||||
Member units,
1,000 units outstanding |
8,881,672 | ||||||
Accumulated
income |
2,553,454 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive gain |
13,609 | ||||||
11,448,735 | |||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
$ | 53,141,632 |
REVENUES,
NET |
||||||
Revenues, net
|
$ | 48,153,990 | ||||
Revenues, net
related party |
3,275,214 | |||||
TOTAL
REVENUES, NET |
51,429,204 | |||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below |
33,797,971 | |||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
2,268,510 | |||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
12,327,950 | |||||
INCOME FROM
OPERATIONS |
3,034,773 | |||||
OTHER EXPENSE
(INCOME) |
||||||
Interest
expense |
725,419 | |||||
Miscellaneous
income |
(275,198 | ) | ||||
TOTAL OTHER
EXPENSE (INCOME) |
450,221 | |||||
NET INCOME
|
$ | 2,584,552 |
Member Units |
Accumulated Income |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Gain (Loss) |
Total Members Equity |
Comprehensive Income |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning
balance, January 1, 2007 |
1,000 | $ | 8,881,672 | $ | (31,098 | ) | $ | 22,440 | $ | 8,873,014 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
2,584,552 | | 2,584,552 | $ | 2,584,552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss on
cash flow hedging instruments |
| | | (8,831 | ) | (8,831 | ) | (8,831 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Ending
balance, July 1, 2007 |
1,000 | $ | 8,881,672 | $ | 2,553,454 | $ | 13,609 | $ | 11,448,735 | $ | 2,575,721 |
CASH FLOWS
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Net income
|
$ | 2,584,552 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: |
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
2,268,510 | |||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisition: |
||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, net |
1,693,664 | |||||
Prepaid
expenses |
(14,674 | ) | ||||
Inventory
|
11,918 | |||||
Deposits and
other assets |
(1,341,435 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable trade |
(2,956,049 | ) | ||||
Accrued
expenses |
(1,009,969 | ) | ||||
Deferred
revenue |
1,092,112 | |||||
NET CASH USED
IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
2,328,629 | |||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Purchases of
property and equipment |
(754,334 | ) | ||||
Acquisition
of assets and assumption of liabilities |
(16,456,119 | ) | ||||
Net change in
accounts receivable related party |
356,525 | |||||
NET CASH USED
IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
(16,853,928 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Net
borrowings on line of credit |
81,038 | |||||
Proceeds from
issuance of debt |
15,000,000 | |||||
Payments on
debt |
(9,291 | ) | ||||
Payments of
transaction costs related to sale of Company |
(2,959,354 | ) | ||||
Bank
overdraft liability |
1,943,952 | |||||
NET CASH
PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
14,056,345 | |||||
NET DECREASE
IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
(468,954 | ) | ||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
502,252 | |||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD |
$ | 33,298 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: |
||||||
Interest paid
|
$ | 466,706 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTARY
DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH ACTIVITIES: |
||||||
Fair market
value adjustment for derivatives |
||||||
Accrued
liabilities other |
$ | (8,831 | ) | |||
Accumulated
comprehensive loss |
$ | 8,831 |
Years |
||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Switches
|
510 | |||||
Technical
equipment and software |
310 | |||||
Leasehold
improvements |
35 | |||||
Office
furniture, fixtures and equipment |
310 | |||||
Vehicles
|
5 |
Assets
Acquired: |
||||||
Accounts
receivable trade, net |
$ | 4,765,551 | ||||
Property and
equipment |
48,000 | |||||
Other
intangibles, net |
12,700,000 | |||||
Goodwill
|
3,308,119 | |||||
Deposits and
other assets |
902,771 | |||||
Total assets
acquired |
21,724,441 | |||||
Liabilities
Assumed: |
||||||
Accounts
payable trade |
2,963,591 | |||||
Accrued
expenses |
1,955,254 | |||||
Deferred
revenues |
349,477 | |||||
Total
liabilities assumed |
5,268,322 | |||||
Net assets
acquired |
$ | 16,456,119 |
(Unaudited) Pro forma |
|||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue |
|||||||
Revenues, net
|
$ | 55,304,287 | |||||
Revenues, net
related party |
3,275,214 | ||||||
Total
revenue, net |
58,579,501 | ||||||
Cost of
facilities |
38,308,074 | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
2,456,903 | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses |
14,227,968 | ||||||
Income from
operations |
3,586,556 | ||||||
Other expense
|
(535,086 | ) | |||||
Net Income
|
$ | 3,051,470 |
Other Intangible Assets |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trademarks
|
$ | 10,500 | $ | | $ | 10,500 | ||||||||
Other assets
|
2,238,715 | 306,689 | 1,932,026 | |||||||||||
Customer
lists |
15,130,816 | 1,603,491 | 13,527,325 | |||||||||||
$ | 17,380,031 | $ | 1,910,180 | $ | 15,469,851 |
2007
|
$ | 1,761,811 | ||||
2008
|
$ | 3,511,121 | ||||
2009
|
$ | 3,481,956 | ||||
2010
|
$ | 3,286,607 | ||||
2011
|
$ | 2,867,096 | ||||
2012
|
$ | 550,760 |
Note payable to
a bank, monthly interest payments at 6.26%, principal payment in one installment on December 24, 2007, secured by all assets of the Company and a
guaranty from a member. In conjunction with sale of Company this note was paid in full on July 2, 2007, see Note 13. |
$ | 5,000,000 | ||||
Note payable to
a bank, monthly principal payments of $55,555, plus interest at one month LIBOR plus 150 basis (6.82% at July 1, 2007) commencing February, 2007
through January, 2010, secured by all assets of the Company. In conjunction with sale of Company this note was paid in full on July 2, 2007, see Note
13. |
2,269,281 |
Note payable to
a bank, monthly principal payments of $416,667 commencing October, 2007 through September, 2010, plus interest at one month LIBOR plus 175 basis (7.07%
at July 1, 2007), payments of interest only from April through September 2007, secured by all assets of the Company. In conjunction with sale of
Company this note was paid in full on July 2, 2007, see Note 13. |
15,000,000 | |||||
Note payable to
a bank, monthly principal payments of $46,429, plus interest at the lower of one month LIBOR plus 175 basis (7.07% July 1, 2007) or prime, (8.25% July
1, 2007) through September, 2012, secured by all assets of the Company. In conjunction with sale of Company this note was paid in full on July 2, 2007,
see Note 13. |
2,925,000 | |||||
$ | 25,194,281 |
Balance
beginning of period |
$ | 22,440 | ||||
Net loss for
the period |
(8,831 | ) | ||||
Balance, end
of period |
$ | 13,609 |
2007
|
$ | 484,081 | ||||
2008
|
871,053 | |||||
2009
|
870,302 | |||||
2010
|
467,153 | |||||
2011
|
116,533 | |||||
$ | 2,809,122 | |||||
As Computed Under Old Method |
As Reported Under New Method |
Effect of Change |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cost of
Facilities |
$ | 34,220,701 | $ | 33,797,971 | $ | (422,730 | ) | |||||||
Depreciation
and Amortization |
1,961,821 | 2,268,510 | 306,689 | |||||||||||
Income from
Operations |
2,918,732 | 3,034,773 | 116,041 | |||||||||||
Net Income
|
2,468,511 | 2,584,552 | 116,041 |
As Computed Under Old Method |
As Reported Under New Method |
Effect of Change |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Other Assets
|
$ | 31,084,828 | $ | 33,016,854 | $ | 1,932,026 | ||||||||
Current
Liabilities |
41,507,631 | 43,439,657 | 1,932,026 | |||||||||||
Members
Equity |
11,332,694 | 11,448,735 | 116,041 |
As Computed Under Old Method |
As Reported Under New Method |
Effect of Change |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Other Assets
|
$ | 14,026,862 | $ | 15,842,847 | $ | 1,815,985 | ||||||||
Current
Liabilities |
4,231,017 | 6,047,002 | 1,815,985 | |||||||||||
Members
Equity |
8,873,016 | 8,873,016 | |
December 31, |
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
|||||||||||||
Current
Assets |
|||||||||||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 2,283,597 | $ | 1,172,484 | $ | 773,643 | |||||||||
Accounts
receivable net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $90,354, $25,865, and $40,070 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively (Note 5)
|
2,063,257 | 1,933,443 | 1,352,519 | ||||||||||||
Other assets
|
73,596 | 4,889 | | ||||||||||||
Total
Current Assets |
4,420,450 | 3,110,816 | 2,126,162 | ||||||||||||
Property
And Equipment (Note 2) |
39,183 | 63,614 | 79,855 | ||||||||||||
$ | 4,459,633 | $ | 3,174,430 | $ | 2,206,017 | ||||||||||
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity |
|||||||||||||||
Current
Liabilities |
|||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable (Note 4) |
$ | 1,973,946 | $ | 1,718,668 | $ | 1,212,898 | |||||||||
Accrued
expenses |
1,312,635 | 264,616 | 415,145 | ||||||||||||
Customer
deposits |
324,736 | 159,771 | 156,104 | ||||||||||||
Total
Current Liabilities |
3,611,317 | 2,143,055 | 1,784,147 | ||||||||||||
Commitments And Contingencies (Note 3) |
|||||||||||||||
Stockholders Equity |
|||||||||||||||
Common stock
(1,500 shares, no par value, authorized, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding) |
1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||||||
Retained
earnings |
847,316 | 1,030,375 | 420,870 | ||||||||||||
Total
Stockholders Equity |
848,316 | 1,031,375 | 421,870 | ||||||||||||
$ | 4,459,633 | $ | 3,174,430 | $ | 2,206,017 |
For The Years Ended December 31, |
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
|||||||||||||
Net
Revenue (Note 5) |
$ | 34,382,017 | $ | 19,305,038 | $ | 15,662,835 | |||||||||
Cost Of
Revenue (Note 4) |
24,210,619 | 13,787,860 | 9,638,083 | ||||||||||||
Gross
Profit |
10,171,398 | 5,517,178 | 6,024,752 | ||||||||||||
Operating
Expenses |
|||||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative |
5,082,863 | 3,347,615 | 3,270,810 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
29,823 | 31,727 | 28,809 | ||||||||||||
Total
Operating Expenses |
5,112,686 | 3,379,342 | 3,299,619 | ||||||||||||
Income
From Operations |
5,058,712 | 2,137,836 | 2,725,133 | ||||||||||||
Other Income |
|||||||||||||||
Interest
income |
208,229 | 61,669 | 104,677 | ||||||||||||
Net Income
|
$ | 5,266,941 | $ | 2,199,505 | $ | 2,829,810 | |||||||||
Statement Of Retained Earnings |
|||||||||||||||
Retained
Earnings Beginning Of Year |
$ | 1,030,375 | $ | 420,870 | $ | 811,063 | |||||||||
Net
Income |
5,266,941 | 2,199,505 | 2,829,810 | ||||||||||||
Distributions |
(5,450,000 | ) | (1,590,000 | ) | (3,220,003 | ) | |||||||||
Retained
Earnings End Of Year |
$ | 847,316 | $ | 1,030,375 | $ | 420,870 |
For The Years Ended December 31, |
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
|||||||||||||
Cash Flows From Operating Activities |
|||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 5,266,941 | $ | 2,199,505 | $ | 2,829,810 | |||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities |
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
29,823 | 31,727 | 28,809 | ||||||||||||
Change in
assets and liabilities: |
|||||||||||||||
(Increase)
decrease in accounts receivable |
(129,814 | ) | (580,924 | ) | 427,925 | ||||||||||
(Increase)
decrease in other assets |
(68,707 | ) | (4,889 | ) | 377 | ||||||||||
Increase in
accounts payable |
255,278 | 505,770 | 232,601 | ||||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in accrued expenses |
1,048,019 | (150,529 | ) | (131,864 | ) | ||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in customer deposits |
164,965 | 3,667 | (13,592 | ) | |||||||||||
Net Cash
Provided By Operating Activities |
6,566,505 | 2,004,327 | 3,374,066 | ||||||||||||
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities |
|||||||||||||||
Purchases of
equipment |
(5,392 | ) | (15,486 | ) | (19,689 | ) | |||||||||
Net Cash
Used In Financing Activities |
|||||||||||||||
Cash
distributions to stockholders |
(5,450,000 | ) | (1,590,000 | ) | (3,220,003 | ) | |||||||||
Net
Increase In Cash And Cash Equivalents |
1,111,113 | 398,841 | 134,374 | ||||||||||||
Cash And
Cash Equivalents Beginning Of Year |
1,172,484 | 773,643 | 639,269 | ||||||||||||
Cash And
Cash Equivalents End Of Year |
$ | 2,283,597 | $ | 1,172,484 | $ | 773,643 |
1. |
Summary Of Accounting Policies |
2. |
Property And Equipment |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Software
|
$ | 44,872 | $ | 44,872 | $ | 44,872 | ||||||||
Office
equipment |
98,409 | 93,017 | 77,531 | |||||||||||
143,281 | 137,889 | 122,403 | ||||||||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation |
104,098 | 74,275 | 42,548 | |||||||||||
Net property
and equipment |
$ | 39,183 | $ | 63,614 | $ | 79,855 |
3. |
Commitments |
4. |
Major Supplier |
5. |
Major Customers |
CURRENT
ASSETS |
||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents |
$ | 460,392 | ||||
Accounts
receivable net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $25,500 |
1,502,738 | |||||
Other assets
|
19,962 | |||||
TOTAL CURRENT
ASSETS |
1,983,092 | |||||
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT |
||||||
Software
|
44,872 | |||||
Office
equipment |
102,570 | |||||
147,442 | ||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation |
112,927 | |||||
NET PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT |
34,515 | |||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$ | 2,017,607 |
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
||||||
Accounts
payable |
$ | 1,680,680 | ||||
Accrued
expenses |
168,187 | |||||
Customer
deposits |
144,825 | |||||
TOTAL CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
1,993,692 | |||||
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||||
Common Stock,
no par value; 1,500 shares authorized, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding |
1,000 | |||||
Retained
earnings |
22,915 | |||||
TOTAL
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
23,915 | |||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
$ | 2,017,607 |
REVENUES, NET
|
$ | 15,723,325 | ||||
COST OF
FACILITIES, exclusive of depreciation and amortization stated below |
12,628,595 | |||||
GROSS PROFIT
|
3,094,730 | |||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
1,931,507 | |||||
DEPRECIATION
AND AMORTIZATION |
8,828 | |||||
OPERATING
INCOME |
1,154,395 | |||||
INTEREST
INCOME, NET |
58,204 | |||||
NET INCOME
|
1,212,599 | |||||
RETAINED
EARNINGS JANUARY 1, 2007 |
847,316 | |||||
DISTRIBUTIONS
TO SHAREHOLDERS |
(2,037,000 | ) | ||||
RETAINED
EARNINGS JULY 1, 2007 |
$ | 22,915 |
CASH FLOWS
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Net income
|
$ | 1,212,599 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
8,828 | |||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities: |
||||||
Accounts
receivable, net |
560,519 | |||||
Other assets
|
53,634 | |||||
Accounts
payable |
(293,266 | ) | ||||
Accrued
expenses |
(1,144,448 | ) | ||||
Customer
deposits |
(179,911 | ) | ||||
NET CASH
PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
217,955 | |||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Purchases of
property and equipment |
(4,160 | ) | ||||
NET CASH USED
IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
(4,160 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS
FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
||||||
Cash
distributions to owners |
(2,037,000 | ) | ||||
NET CASH USED
IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
(2,037,000 | ) | ||||
NET DECREASE
IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
(1,823,205 | ) | ||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
2,283,597 | |||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD |
$ | 460,392 |
GCI GLOBALCOM HOLDINGS, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheet
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | |||||||||||
Assets |
|||||||||||
Current
Assets |
|||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 1,127,350 | $ | 2,450,530 | |||||||
Accounts
receivable: |
|||||||||||
Trade
|
4,660,159 | 3,249,722 | |||||||||
Unbilled
|
1,351,189 | 1,689,657 | |||||||||
Other current
assets: |
|||||||||||
Income tax
receivable |
710,804 | 710,804 | |||||||||
Deferred tax
assets |
542,454 | 757,705 | |||||||||
Other current
assets |
468,600 | 465,804 | |||||||||
Total current
assets |
8,860,556 | 9,324,222 | |||||||||
Property
and Equipment Net |
13,464,343 | 12,102,070 | |||||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 22,324,899 | $ | 21,426,292 | |||||||
Liabilities, Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders Deficit |
|||||||||||
Current
Liabilities |
|||||||||||
Trade accounts
payable |
$ | 4,191,094 | $ | 4,466,284 | |||||||
Revolving
credit facility |
3,800,000 | 4,150,000 | |||||||||
Current
portion of notes payable |
2,037,000 | 1,237,000 | |||||||||
Accrued and
other current liabilities: |
|||||||||||
Accrued
compensation and commissions |
1,038,351 | 362,021 | |||||||||
Deferred
revenue |
888,165 | 686,796 | |||||||||
Accrued
telecommunications taxes |
1,243,373 | 644,204 | |||||||||
Accrued
telecommunications expense |
459,518 | 461,350 | |||||||||
Other accrued
liabilities |
695,346 | 776,098 | |||||||||
Total current
liabilities |
14,352,847 | 12,783,753 | |||||||||
Notes
Payable Long-term portion |
5,055,218 | 5,273,718 | |||||||||
Deferred
Rent Liability |
441,601 | 390,498 | |||||||||
Deferred
Income Taxes |
240,458 | 565,301 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities |
20,090,124 | 19,013,270 | |||||||||
Redemption
Value of Preferred Stock Class A, $.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized; 3,030,303 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008
and December 31, 2007 (liquidation preference of $8,000,000 and $7,800,000 at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively) |
8,000,000 | 7,800,000 | |||||||||
Stockholders Equity (Deficit) |
|||||||||||
Common stock
$0.001 par value: |
55,500 | 55,500 | |||||||||
100,000,000
shares authorized; 55,500,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||||
Accumulated
deficit |
(5,820,725 | ) | (5,442,478 | ) | |||||||
Total
stockholders deficit |
(5,765,225 | ) | (5,386,978 | ) | |||||||
Total
liabilities, redeemable preferred stock and stockholders deficit |
$ | 22,324,899 | $ | 21,426,292 |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 |
Year Ended December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
Net Revenue
|
$ | 27,819,240 | $ | 55,918,480 | ||||||
Cost of
Revenue |
||||||||||
Network
carrier charges |
12,885,309 | 25,107,572 | ||||||||
Salaries and
benefits Sales representatives |
1,688,545 | 3,065,002 | ||||||||
Commissions
Outside sales representatives |
2,104,386 | 3,410,916 | ||||||||
Depreciation
|
1,125,488 | 2,159,261 | ||||||||
Total cost of
revenue |
17,803,728 | 33,742,751 | ||||||||
Gross
Profit |
10,015,512 | 22,175,729 | ||||||||
Operating
Expenses |
||||||||||
Sales, general
and administrative expense |
9,517,542 | 19,475,966 | ||||||||
Depreciation
|
442,697 | 471,437 | ||||||||
Total
operating expenses |
9,960,239 | 19,947,403 | ||||||||
Operating
Income |
55,273 | 2,228,326 | ||||||||
Nonoperating Expense Interest |
(342,568 | ) | (814,480 | ) | ||||||
Loss
Before income tax expense |
(287,295 | ) | 1,413,846 | |||||||
Income Tax
Expense (Recovery) |
(109,048 | ) | 546,200 | |||||||
Net (Loss)
Income |
$ | (178,247 | ) | $ | 867,646 |
Common Stock |
Accumulated Deficit |
Total |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balance January 1, 2007 |
$ | 55,500 | $ | (5,910,124 | ) | $ | (5,854,624 | ) | ||||||
Net income
|
| 867,646 | 867,646 | |||||||||||
Accreted
dividend on redeemable preferred stock |
| (400,000 | ) | (400,000 | ) | |||||||||
Balance December 31, 2007 |
55,500 | (5,442,478 | ) | (5,386,978 | ) | |||||||||
Net loss
Unaudited |
| (178,247 | ) | (178,247 | ) | |||||||||
Accreted
dividend on redeemable preferred stock |
| (200,000 | ) | (200,000 | ) | |||||||||
Balance June 30, 2008 Unaudited |
$ | 55,500 | $ | (5,820,725 | ) | $ | (5,765,225 | ) |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 |
Year Ended December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
Cash Flows
from Operating Activities |
||||||||||
Net (loss)
income |
$ | (178,247 | ) | $ | 867,646 | |||||
Adjustments to
reconcile net (loss) income to net cash from operating activities: |
||||||||||
Depreciation |
1,568,185 | 2,630,698 | ||||||||
Bad debt
expense |
257,078 | 735,095 | ||||||||
Deferred
income tax provision |
(109,592 | ) | 541,209 | |||||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities which provided (used) cash: |
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable |
(1,329,047 | ) | 245,171 | |||||||
Other current
assets |
(2,796 | ) | (398,670 | ) | ||||||
Trade accounts
payable |
(275,190 | ) | 570,017 | |||||||
Accrued and
other current liabilities |
1,394,284 | 4,067 | ||||||||
Deferred rent
liability |
51,103 | 245,601 | ||||||||
Net cash
provided by operating activities |
1,375,778 | 5,440,834 | ||||||||
Cash Flows
from Investing Activities Purchase of property and equipment |
(2,930,458 | ) | (4,397,639 | ) | ||||||
Cash Flows
from Financing Activities |
||||||||||
Proceeds from
notes payable |
1,000,000 | 1,150,000 | ||||||||
Payments on
notes payable |
(418,500 | ) | (1,117,856 | ) | ||||||
Payments on
revolving credit facilities |
(350,000 | ) | (525,000 | ) | ||||||
Net cash
provided by (used in) financing activities |
231,500 | (492,856 | ) | |||||||
Net
(Decrease) Increase in Cash |
(1,323,180 | ) | 550,339 | |||||||
Cash
Beginning of period |
2,450,530 | 1,900,191 | ||||||||
Cash
End of period |
$ | 1,127,350 | $ | 2,450,530 | ||||||
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information |
||||||||||
Cash paid
for: |
||||||||||
Interest
|
419,621 | 925,818 | ||||||||
Income taxes
|
2,925 | 340,000 |
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
Fiber network
|
$ | 370,177 | $ | 370,177 | ||||||
Network
equipment |
20,428,818 | 18,993,901 | ||||||||
Transportation
equipment |
44,912 | 44,912 | ||||||||
Furniture and
fixtures |
669,866 | 669,866 | ||||||||
Computer
equipment and software |
6,310,922 | 4,933,790 | ||||||||
Leasehold
improvements |
474,353 | 355,943 | ||||||||
Total cost
|
28,299,048 | 25,368,589 | ||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation |
14,834,705 | 13,266,519 | ||||||||
Net property
and equipment |
$ | 13,464,343 | $ | 12,102,070 |
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
Term note payable
to a financial institution due in quarterly repayment amounts of $209,250, plus accrued interest, with a balloon payment of $1,534,968 due on September
30, 2012. The interest rate is prime plus an applicable margin, as defined in the agreement (6.75% and 9.00% at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively). The note is collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company |
$ | 5,092,218 | $ | 5,510,718 |
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
CapEx facility
payable to a financial institution due in quarterly principal payments beginning October 1, 2008 calculated on the outstanding balance at that date.
The facility is due on September 30, 2012. The interest rate is split with LIBOR plus an applicable margin, as defined in the agreement for $1,000,000
of the outstanding balance (6.75% and 8.3% at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively) and prime plus an applicable margin, as defined in the
agreement for the remaining $1,000,000 outstanding (5.63% and 7.88% at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively). Accrued interest is payable
quarterly. The note is collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company |
2,000,000 | $ | 1,000,000 | |||||||
Total
|
7,092,218 | 6,510,718 | ||||||||
Less current
portion |
2,037,000 | 1,237,000 | ||||||||
Long-term
portion |
$ | 5,055,218 | $ | 5,273,718 |
Years Ending June 30 |
Amount |
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009
|
$ | 2,037,000 | ||||
2010
|
1,637,000 | |||||
2011
|
837,000 | |||||
2012
|
837,000 | |||||
2013
|
1,744,218 | |||||
Total
|
$ | 7,092,218 |
Years Ending June 30 |
Amount |
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009
|
$ | 956,668 | ||||
2010
|
1,080,475 | |||||
2011
|
1,137,320 | |||||
2012
|
1,166,672 | |||||
2013
|
1,175,339 | |||||
Thereafter
|
2,078,140 | |||||
Total
|
$ | 7,594,614 |
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
Federal income
taxes |
$ | (2,381 | ) | $ | (6,909 | ) | ||||
State income
taxes |
2,925 | 11,900 | ||||||||
Deferred
income taxes |
(109,592 | ) | 541,209 | |||||||
Total income
tax recovery |
$ | (109,048 | ) | $ | 546,200 |
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
Deferred tax
assets: |
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable |
$ | 244,800 | $ | 580,067 | ||||||
Net operating
loss carryforwards |
1,584,050 | 1,067,300 | ||||||||
Accrued
liabilities |
97,654 | 92,638 | ||||||||
Total
|
1,926,504 | 1,740,005 | ||||||||
Deferred tax
liabilities Property and equipment |
(1,624,508 | ) | (1,547,601 | ) | ||||||
Net deferred
tax asset |
$ | 301,966 | $ | 192,404 |
Deferred Tax Assets |
Deferred Tax Liabilities |
Total |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current
|
$ | 542,454 | $ | | $ | 542,454 | ||||||||
Long term
|
1,384,050 | (1,624,508 | ) | (240,458 | ) | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 1,926,504 | $ | (1,624,508 | ) | $ | 301,996 |
Deferred Tax Assets |
Deferred Tax Liabilities |
Total |
||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current
|
$ | 757,705 | $ | | $ | 757,705 | ||||||||
Long term
|
982,300 | (1,547,601 | ) | (565,301 | ) | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 1,740,005 | $ | (1,547,601 | ) | $ | 192,404 |
Par Value |
Dividends |
Redemption Value |
Total Redemption Value |
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balance
January 1, 2007 |
$ | 3,030 | $ | 2,400,000 | $ | 4,996,970 | $7,400,000 |
|||||||||||
Accretion
|
| 400,000 | 400,000 |
|||||||||||||||
Balance
December 31, 2007 |
3,030 | 2,800,000 | 4,996,970 | 7,800,000 |
||||||||||||||
Accretion
(unaudited) |
| 200,000 | | 200,000 |
||||||||||||||
Balance June
30, 2008 unaudited |
$ | 3,030 | $ | 3,000,000 | $ | 4,996,970 | $8,000,000 |
December 31, 2006 |
December 31, 2007 |
||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASSETS |
|||||||||||
Current
assets: |
|||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 60,165 | $ | 1,410,028 | |||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
| 19,213 | |||||||||
Investment
income receivable |
| 8,374 | |||||||||
Total current
assets |
60,165 | 1,437,615 | |||||||||
Deferred
offering costs |
327,727 | ||||||||||
Cash
equivalents held in trust account |
105,364,922 | ||||||||||
Fixed assets,
net of accumulated depreciation |
1,097 | ||||||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 387,892 | $ | 106,803,634 | |||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|||||||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||||||
Accounts
payable |
$ | | $ | 42,078 | |||||||
Accrued
expenses |
1,917 | 80,250 | |||||||||
Accrued
offering costs |
212,493 | | |||||||||
Notes payable
to stockholder |
150,000 | | |||||||||
Total current
liabilities |
364,410 | 122,328 | |||||||||
Long-term
obligations: |
|||||||||||
Accrued
underwriting costs |
| 3,051,240 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities |
364,410 | 3,173,568 | |||||||||
Common stock
subject to possible conversion, 3,586,206 shares at conversion value |
20,819,153 | ||||||||||
Interest
income attributable to common stock subject to conversion |
245,203 | ||||||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note C, E and F): |
|||||||||||
Stockholders equity: |
|||||||||||
Preferred
stock $.0001 par value, none authorized at December 31, 2006; 1,000,000 shares authorized and none outstanding at December 31, 2007
|
| | |||||||||
Common stock
$.0001 par value, 6,000,000 shares authorized; 3,900,000 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2006; 72,000,000 shares authorized,
21,840,000 issued and outstanding (including 3,586,206 shares subject to possible conversion) as of December 31, 2007 |
390 | 2,184 | |||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital |
24,610 | 80,508,869 | |||||||||
(Deficit)
earnings accumulated during the development stage |
(1,518 | ) | 2,054,657 | ||||||||
Total
stockholders equity |
23,482 | 82,565,710 | |||||||||
$ | 387,892 | $ | 106,803,634 |
April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2006 |
For the year ended December 31, 2007 |
April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General and
administrative expenses |
$ | 1,998 | $ | 847,558 | $ | 849,556 | |||||||||
Operating
loss |
(1,998 | ) | (847,558 | ) | (849,556 | ) | |||||||||
Other income
(expense): |
|||||||||||||||
Interest
expense |
| (5,263 | ) | (5,263 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest
income |
480 | 53,108 | 53,588 | ||||||||||||
Interest
income trust account |
| 4,113,933 | 4,113,933 | ||||||||||||
(Loss) income
before provision for income taxes |
(1,518 | ) | 3,314,220 | 3,312,702 | |||||||||||
Provision for
income taxes |
| (1,012,842 | ) | (1,012,842 | ) | ||||||||||
Net (loss)
income |
$ | (1,518 | ) | 2,301,378 | 2,299,860 | ||||||||||
Less:
interest attributable to common stock subject to possible conversion |
| (245,203 | ) | (245,203 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income
attributable to common stock not subject to possible conversion |
(1,518 | ) | 2,056,175 | 2,054,657 | |||||||||||
Total net (loss) income per share: |
|||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.11 | ||||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.10 | ||||||||||
Total weighted average shares outstanding: |
|||||||||||||||
Basic
|
3,900,000 | 20,220,164 | |||||||||||||
Diluted
|
3,900,000 | 23,294,978 | |||||||||||||
Net (loss)
income per share attributable to common stock not subject to conversion: |
|||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.00 | ) | 0.12 | |||||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.00 | ) | 0.11 | |||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding: |
|||||||||||||||
Basic
|
3,900,000 | 16,957,763 | |||||||||||||
Diluted
|
3,900,000 | 19,417,922 | |||||||||||||
Shares subject to possible conversion: |
|||||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares |
3,262,401 | ||||||||||||||
Income per
share amount: |
$ | 0.18 |
Common Stock |
||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shares |
Amount |
Additional Paid-In Capital |
(Deficit)/Earnings Accumulated During the Development Stage |
Total Stockholders Equity |
||||||||||||||||||
Balance at
April 17, 2006 (inception) |
| $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||||||
Sale of
common stock to founding stockholders (April 17, 2006 at $0.006 per share) |
3,900,000 | 390 | 24,610 | | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||||
Net loss for
the period |
| | | (1,518 | ) | (1,518 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance as of
December 31, 2006 |
3,900,000 | 390 | 24,610 | (1,518 | ) | 23,482 | ||||||||||||||||
Sale of
private placement warrants (1) |
| | 2,100,000 | | 2,100,000 | |||||||||||||||||
Sale of
15,600,000 units, net of offering expenses (2) |
15,600,000 | 1,560 | 86,005,946 | | 86,007,506 | |||||||||||||||||
Sale of
2,340,000 units for over-allotment (3) |
2,340,000 | 234 | 13,197,366 | | 13,197,600 | |||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
subject to possible conversion of 3,586,206 shares |
| | (20,819,153 | ) | | (20,819,153 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Sale of unit
purchase option (February 1, 2007) |
| | 100 | | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
Accretion of
trust account relating to common stock subject to possible conversion |
(245,203 | ) | (245,203 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income
for the year |
| | | 2,301,378 | 2,301,378 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as of
December 31, 2007 |
21,840,000 | $ | 2,184 | $ | 80,508,869 | $ | 2,054,657 | $ | 82,565,710 |
(1) |
(January 29, 2007 at $0.45 per warrant) |
(2) |
(February 1,2007 at $6.00 per unit) |
(3) |
(February 16,2007 at $6.00 per unit) |
April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2006 |
For the year ended December 31, 2007 |
April 17, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2007 |
|||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Net (loss)
income |
$ | (1,518 | ) | $ | 2,301,378 | $ | 2,299,860 | ||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
219 | 219 | |||||||||||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities: |
|||||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
(19,213 | ) | (19,213 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest
income receivable |
(8,374 | ) | (8,374 | ) | |||||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities |
1,917 | 120,411 | 122,328 | ||||||||||||
Net cash
provided by operating activities |
399 | 2,394,421 | 2,394,820 | ||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Proceeds
invested in trust account |
(105,364,922 | ) | (105,364,922 | ) | |||||||||||
Acquisition
of fixed assets |
(1,316 | ) | (1,316 | ) | |||||||||||
Net cash used
by investing activities |
0 | (105,366,238 | ) | (105,366,238 | ) | ||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Proceeds from
(repayment of) note payable to stockholder |
150,000 | (150,000 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||
Proceeds from
sale of units, net |
102,371,680 | 102,256,446 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from
issuance of warrants |
2,100,000 | 2,100,000 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from
sale of common stock to initial stockholder |
25,000 | | 25,000 | ||||||||||||
Payment of
accrued offering costs |
(115,234 | ) | | | |||||||||||
Net cash
provided by financing activities |
59,766 | 104,321,680 | 104,381,446 | ||||||||||||
Net increase
in cash |
60,165 | 1,349,863 | 1,410,028 | ||||||||||||
Cash at
beginning of period |
0 | 60,165 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Cash at end
of period |
60,165 | $ | 1,410,028 | $ | 1,410,028 | ||||||||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash paid during the period for: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | 0 | $ | 5,263 | $ | 5,263 | |||||||||
Income taxes
|
$ | 0 | $ | 1,022,000 | $ | 1,022,000 | |||||||||
Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating and financing activity: |
|||||||||||||||
Accrual of
deferred offering costs |
$ | 212,493 | | (212,493 | ) | ||||||||||
Accrued
deferred underwriting fees |
| $ | 3,051,240 | $ | 3,051,240 | ||||||||||
Accrued
insurance installment loan |
| $ | 47,282 | $ | 47,282 |
Current |
||||||
Federal
|
$ | 794.963 | ||||
State
|
217,879 | |||||
Total current
|
$ | 1,012,842 |
December 31, 2007 |
||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Statutory
federal income tax rate |
34.0 | % | ||||
Increase in
valuation allowance |
8.7 | % | ||||
State taxes
|
5.5 | % | ||||
Impact of
permanent differences |
(17.7%) | |||||
Other
|
.1 | % | ||||
Effective
income tax rate |
30.6 | % |
Fiscal Quarter Ended |
|||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2007 |
June 30, 2007 |
September 30, 2007 |
December 31, 2007 |
||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 486,782 | $ | 671,121 | $ | 274,894 | $ | 868,581 | |||||||||||
Net (loss)
income per share |
|||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | .03 | $ | .03 | $ | .01 | $ | .04 | |||||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | .03 | $ | .03 | $ | .01 | $ | .03 |
December 31, 2007 |
June 30, 2008 |
||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(unaudited) | |||||||||||
ASSETS |
|||||||||||
Current
assets: |
|||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 1,410,028 | $ | 1,074,356 | |||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
19,213 | 524,291 | |||||||||
Investment
income receivable |
8,374 | 786 | |||||||||
Total current
assets |
1,437,615 | 1,599,433 | |||||||||
Cash
equivalents held in trust account |
105,364,922 | 106,163,154 | |||||||||
Fixed assets,
net of accumulated depreciation |
1,097 | 3,597 | |||||||||
$ | 106,803,634 | $ | 107,766,184 | ||||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|||||||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||||||
Accounts
payable |
$ | 42,078 | $ | 77,054 | |||||||
Accrued
expenses |
80,250 | 46,000 | |||||||||
Income taxes
payable |
467,516 | ||||||||||
Total current
liabilities |
122,328 | 590,570 | |||||||||
Long-term
obligations: |
|||||||||||
Accrued
underwriting costs |
3,051,240 | 3,051,240 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities |
3,173,568 | 3,641,810 | |||||||||
Common stock
subject to possible conversion, 3,586,206 shares at conversion value |
20,819,153 | 20,819,153 | |||||||||
Interest
income attributable to common stock subject to conversion, net of tax |
245,203 | 404,712 | |||||||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 3 and 7): |
| ||||||||||
Stockholders equity: |
|||||||||||
Preferred
stock $.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized and none outstanding at December 31, 2007 and June 30, 2008 |
| ||||||||||
Common stock
$.0001 par value, 72,000,000 shares authorized, 21,840,000 issued and outstanding (including 3,586,206 shares subject to possible conversion) as
of December 31, 2007 and June 30, 2008 |
2,184 | 2,184 | |||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital |
80,508,869 | 80,508,869 | |||||||||
Earnings
accumulated during the development stage |
2,054,657 | 2,389,456 | |||||||||
Total
stockholders equity |
82,565,710 | 82,900,509 | |||||||||
$ | 106,803,634 | $ | 107,766,184 |
Three Months Ended June 30, 2007 |
Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 |
April 17, 2006 (inception) to June 30, 2008 |
|||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General and
administrative expenses |
$ | 226,696 | $ | 155,744 | $ | 294,376 | $ | 329,392 | $ | 1,178,948 | |||||||||||||
Operating
loss |
(226,696 | ) | (155,744 | ) | (294,376 | ) | (329,392 | ) | (1,178,948 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other income (expense) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense |
(1,611 | ) | (556 | ) | (2,823 | ) | (1,383 | ) | (6,646 | ) | |||||||||||||
Interest
income |
10,927 | 11,472 | 12,970 | 23,617 | 77,206 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income trust account |
966,143 | 369,641 | 1,519,775 | 1,268,982 | 5,382,914 | ||||||||||||||||||
Income before
provision for income taxes |
748,763 | 224,813 | 1,235,546 | 961,824 | 4,274,526 | ||||||||||||||||||
Provision for
income taxes |
(77,642 | ) | (134,447 | ) | (77,642 | ) | (467,516 | ) | (1,480,358 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 671,121 | $ | 90,366 | $ | 1,157,904 | $ | 494,308 | $ | 2,794,168 | |||||||||||||
Less:
Interest attributable to common stock subject to possible conversion, net of tax |
0 | (46,419 | ) | 0 | (159,509 | ) | (404,712 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net income
attributable to common stock not subject to possible conversion |
$ | 671,121 | $ | 43,947 | $ | 1,157,904 | $ | 334,799 | $ | 2,389,456 | |||||||||||||
Maximum
number of shares subject to possible conversion: |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding subject to possible conversion |
3,586,206 | 3,586,206 | 2,933,229 | 3,586,206 | |||||||||||||||||||
Income per
share amount: |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic and
diluted |
$ | .00 | $ | .01 | $ | .00 | $ | .04 | |||||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding not subject to possible conversion: |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic and
diluted |
18,253,794 | 18,253,794 | 15,640,252 | 18,253,794 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pro forma
diluted |
21,614,464 | 22,592,670 | 18,181,320 | 22,380,466 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net income
per share attributable to common stock not subject to conversion: |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic and
diluted |
$ | .04 | $ | .00 | $ | .07 | $ | .02 | |||||||||||||||
Pro forma
diluted |
$ | .03 | $ | .00 | $ | .06 | $ | .01 |
Common Stock |
||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shares |
Amount |
Additional Paid-In Capital |
(Deficit)/Earnings Accumulated During the Development Stage |
Total Stockholders Equity |
||||||||||||||||||
Balance at
April 17, 2006 (inception) |
| $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||||||
Sale of
common stock to Founding stockholders at $.0064 per share (April 17, 2006) |
3,900,000 | 390 | 24,610 | | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||||
Net loss for
the period |
| | | (1,518 | ) | (1,518 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance as of
December 31, 2006 |
3,900,000 | 390 | 24,610 | (1,518 | ) | 23,482 | ||||||||||||||||
Sale of
private placement warrants at $0.45 per warrant |
| | 2,100,000 | | 2,100,000 | |||||||||||||||||
Sale of
17,940,000 units net of offering expenses at $6.00 per unit (February 1, 2007) |
17,940,000 | 1,794 | 99,203,312 | | 99,205,106 | |||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
subject to possible conversion of 3,586,206 shares |
| | (20,819,153 | ) | | (20,819,153 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Sale of unit
purchase option |
| | 100 | | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
Accretion of
trust account relating to common stock subject to possible conversion, net of tax |
(245,203 | ) | (245,203 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income
for the year |
| | | 2,301,378 | 2,301,378 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as of
December 31, 2007 |
21,840,000 | 2,184 | 80,508,869 | 2,054,657 | 82,565,710 | |||||||||||||||||
Accretion of
trust account relating to common stock subject to possible conversion, net of tax |
(159,509 | ) | (159,509 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income
for the six months ending June 30, 2008 |
494,308 | 494,308 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of
June 30, 2008 (unaudited) |
21,840,000 | $ | 2,184 | $ | 80,508,869 | $ | 2,389,456 | $ | 82,900,509 |
Six months Ended June 30, 2007 |
Six months Ended June 30, 2008 |
April 17, 2006 (inception) to June 30, 2008 |
|||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 1,157,904 | $ | 494,308 | $ | 2,794,168 | |||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization |
77 | 176 | 396 | ||||||||||||
Deferred
Taxes |
(3,011 | ) | |||||||||||||
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities: |
|||||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses |
(9,909 | ) | (505,078 | ) | (524,291 | ) | |||||||||
Interest
income receivable |
(7,478 | ) | 7,588 | (786 | ) | ||||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities |
185,171 | 468,242 | 590,570 | ||||||||||||
Net cash
provided by operating activities |
1,322,754 | 465,236 | 2,860,057 | ||||||||||||
Cash flows
from investing activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Proceeds
invested in trust account |
(104,534,182 | ) | (798,232 | ) | (106,163,154 | ) | |||||||||
Acquisition
of fixed assets |
(1,316 | ) | (2,676 | ) | (3,993 | ) | |||||||||
Net cash used
by investing activities |
(104,535,498 | ) | (800,908 | ) | (106,167,147 | ) | |||||||||
Cash flows
from financing activities: |
|||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from/(repayment of) note payable to stockholder |
(150,000 | ) | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from
sale of units, net |
102,422,707 | 102,256,446 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from
issuance or warrants |
2,100,000 | 2,100,000 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from
sale of common stock to initial stockholder |
| 25,000 | |||||||||||||
Payment of
accrued offering costs |
(51,027 | ) | | | |||||||||||
Net cash
provided by financing activities |
104,321,680 | 0 | 104,381,446 | ||||||||||||
Net increase
(decrease) in cash |
1,108,936 | (335,672 | ) | 1,074,356 | |||||||||||
Cash at
beginning of period |
60,165 | 1,410,028 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Cash at end
of period |
$ | 1,169,101 | $ | 1,074,356 | $ | 1,074,356 | |||||||||
Supplemental cash flow disclosures: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash paid
for: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | (2,823 | ) | $ | (1,383 | ) | $ | (6,646 | ) | ||||||
Income taxes
|
$ | 0 | $ | 470,500 | $ | 1,492,500 | |||||||||
Non-cash
operating and financing activity: |
|||||||||||||||
Accrual of
deferred offering costs |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | (212,493 | ) | ||||||||
Accrued
deferred underwriting fees |
3,051,240 | 3,051,240 | 3,051,240 | ||||||||||||
Accrued
insurance installment loan |
$ | 74,173 | $ | 19,277 | $ | 19,277 |
(i) |
Basic earnings per common share for all periods is computed by dividing the earnings applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Warrants issued by the Company in the offering and sponsor warrants are contingently exercisable upon consummation of a business combination. Hence these are presented in the pro forma diluted earnings per share. Pro forma diluted income per share reflects the potential dilution assuming common shares were issued upon the exercise of outstanding in the money warrants and the proceeds thereof were used to purchase common shares at then average market price during the period. |
(ii) |
The Companys statements of operations include a presentation of earnings per share for common stock subject to possible conversion in a manner similar to the two-class method of earnings per share. Basic and diluted net income per share amount for the maximum number of shares subject to possible conversion is calculated by dividing the net interest income attributable to common shares subject to conversion ($.00 and $46,419 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008, respectively and $.00 and $159,509 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008, respectively) by the weighted average number of shares subject to possible conversion. Basic and diluted net income per share amount for the shares outstanding not subject to possible conversion is calculated by dividing the net income exclusive of the net interest income attributable to common shares subject to conversion by the weighted average number of shares not subject to possible conversion. |
For the three months ended June 30, 2007 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2008 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2007 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2008 |
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weighted
Average number of shares outstanding as used in computation of basic and diluted income per share |
18,253,794 | 18,253,794 | 15,640,252 | 18,253,794 | ||||||||||||||
Effect of
diluted securities warrants |
3,360,670 | 4,338,876 | 2,541,068 | 4,126,672 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2007 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2008 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2007 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shares used
in computation of pro forma diluted income per shares |
21,614,464 | 22,592,670 | 18,181,320 | 22,380,466 |
ANNEX A
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated as of September 13, 2008
among
RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP.,
FCI MERGER SUB I, INC.,
FCI MERGER SUB II, LLC,
FIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
THE STOCKHOLDERS REPRESENTATIVE NAMED HEREIN
A-1
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
A-2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
| Page |
I. | DEFINITIONS | A-8 | |
II. | THE MERGERS | A-17 | |
| 2.1. | Effective Times of the Mergers | A-17 |
| 2.2. | Closing | A-17 |
| 2.3. | Effects of the Mergers | A-17 |
| 2.4 | Governing Documents | A-18 |
| 2.5 | Directors and Officers | A-18 |
III. | CONVERSION OF SECURITIES | A-18 | |
| 3.1 | Effect on Capital Stock; Merger Consideration | A-18 |
| 3.2 | Fractional Shares | A-20 |
| 3.3 | Appraisal Rights | A-20 |
| 3.4 | Payment of Merger Consideration; Surrender of Certificates | A-21 |
| 3.5 | Escrow | A-23 |
IV. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | A-23 | |
| 4.1 | Organization, Qualification, and Corporate Power | A-23 |
| 4.2 | Subsidiaries | A-23 |
| 4.3 | Capitalization | A-23 |
| 4.4 | Validity and Execution; Stockholder Approval | A-24 |
| 4.5 | Real and Tangible Personal Properties | A-24 |
| 4.6 | No Litigation | A-25 |
| 4.7 | Noncontravention | A-25 |
| 4.8 | Tax Matters | A-25 |
| 4.9 | Financial Statements | A-26 |
| 4.10 | Undisclosed Liabilities | A-27 |
| 4.11 | Material Contracts | A-27 |
| 4.12 | Intellectual Property | A-27 |
| 4.13 | Insurance | A-28 |
| 4.14 | Employees | A-28 |
| 4.15 | Employee Benefits | A-28 |
| 4.16 | Environmental Matters | A-30 |
A-3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
|
|
| Page |
| 4.17 | Compliance with Laws | A-30 |
| 4.18 | Accounts Receivable | A-30 |
| 4.19 | No Brokers | A-30 |
| 4.20 | No Material Changes | A-30 |
| 4.21 | Permits and Licenses | A-32 |
| 4.22 | Warranties | A-32 |
| 4.23 | Major Suppliers and Customers | A-32 |
| 4.24 | Related Party Transactions | A-32 |
| 4.25 | Prohibited Payments | A-33 |
| 4.26 | Books and Records | A-33 |
| 4.27 | Proxy Statement | A-33 |
| 4.28 | Disclaimer | A-33 |
V. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND THE MERGER SUBS | A-34 | |
| 5.1 | Organization of Parent and the Merger Subs | A-34 |
| 5.2 | Validity and Execution | A-34 |
| 5.3 | Noncontravention | A-34 |
| 5.4 | No Litigation | A-34 |
| 5.5 | No Brokers | A-34 |
| 5.6 | Disclosure | A-34 |
| 5.7 | SEC Filings | A-34 |
| 5.8 | Capitalization | A-35 |
| 5.9 | Undisclosed Liabilities | A-36 |
| 5.10 | Material Contracts | A-36 |
| 5.11 | Intellectual Property | A-36 |
| 5.12 | Compliance with Laws | A-36 |
| 5.13 | Related Party Transactions | A-36 |
| 5.14 | Tax Matters | A-36 |
| 5.15 | Business Activities | A-36 |
| 5.16 | Title to Property | A-37 |
A-4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
|
|
| Page |
| 5.17 | Indebtedness | A-37 |
| 5.18 | Trust Funds | A-37 |
| 5.19 | No Material Changes | A-37 |
| 5.20 | Board Approval | A-37 |
VI. | COVENANTS | A-37 | |
| 6.1 | Mutual Joint Covenants | A-37 |
| 6.2 | Companys Covenants | A-42 |
| 6.3 | Parent Covenants | A-46 |
| 6.4 | Proxies and Dissent Rights | A-48 |
| 6.5 | Stock Symbol | A-48 |
| 6.6 | Further Assurances | A-48 |
VII. | CONDITIONS TO EACH PARTYS OBLIGATION TO EFFECT THE MERGER | A-48 | |
| 7.1 | Parent Stockholder Approval | A-48 |
| 7.2 | Parent Common Stock | A-48 |
| 7.3 | Effectiveness of Registration Statement | A-48 |
| 7.4 | NASDAQ Listing Approval | A-48 |
| 7.5 | No Litigation | A-48 |
| 7.6 | Hart-Scott-Rodino Act; Governmental Approvals | A-49 |
| 7.7 | Board Composition and Parent Officers | A-49 |
| 7.8 | Frustration of Closing Conditions | A-49 |
VIII. | ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND THE MERGER SUB | A-49 | |
| 8.1 | Representations True | A-49 |
| 8.2 | Consents Obtained | A-49 |
| 8.3 | Performance of Obligations | A-49 |
| 8.4 | Dissenting Stockholders | A-49 |
| 8.5 | Receipt of Documents by Parent | A-49 |
| 8.6 | No Material Adverse Effect | A-50 |
| 8.7 | Credit Agreement Amendment | A-50 |
| 8.8 | GCI Merger | A-50 |
A-5
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
|
| Page | |
IX. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF COMPANY | A-50 | |
| 9.1 | Representations True | A-50 |
| 9.2 | Performance of Obligations | A-50 |
| 9.3 | Consents Obtained | A-50 |
| 9.4 | Merger Consideration | A-50 |
| 9.5 | Parent Stockholder Consent | A-50 |
| 9.6 | Receipt of Documents | A-51 |
| 9.7 | SEC Compliance | A-51 |
| 9.8 | No Material Adverse Effect | A-51 |
X. | SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | A-51 | |
| 10.1 | Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties | A-51 |
XI. | TERMINATION | A-51 | |
| 11.1 | Termination | A-51 |
| 11.2 | Effect of Termination | A-52 |
XII. | MISCELLANEOUS | A-52 | |
| 12.1 | Applicable Law | A-52 |
| 12.2 | Construction; Entire Agreement; Amendment | A-52 |
| 12.3 | Assignment | A-52 |
| 12.4 | Binding Effect | A-52 |
| 12.5 | Interpretation | A-52 |
| 12.6 | Waiver | A-52 |
| 12.7 | Counterparts | A-52 |
| 12.8 | Severability | A-53 |
| 12.9 | Notices | A-53 |
| 12.10 | Consent to Jurisdiction | A-54 |
| 12.11 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | A-54 |
| 12.12 | Specific Performance | A-54 |
| 12.13 | Expenses | A-54 |
| 12.14 | Stockholders Representative | A-54 |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this Agreement) is entered into as of this 13th day of September, 2008 by and among RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (Parent), FCI MERGER SUB I, INC., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub I), FCI MERGER SUB II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub II, and, together with the Merger Sub I, collectively, the Merger Subs), FIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and The Gores Group LLC, solely in its capacity as the exclusive representative of the stockholders of the Company (Stockholders Representative).
RECITALS:
A. The parties hereto desire to effect a business combination of Parent and the Company by means of (i) the merger (the First Merger) of Merger Sub I with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation of the First Merger (the First Merger Surviving Corporation), and (ii) immediately following the effectiveness of the First Merger, and as part of the same plan of merger and reorganization, the merger (the Second Merger and, together with the First Merger, collectively, the Mergers) of the First Merger Surviving Corporation with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II continuing as the surviving entity of the Second Merger (the Second Merger Surviving Entity).
B. The boards of directors of each of the parties hereto (or in the case of Merger Sub II, Parent, as its sole managing member) have determined that this Agreement and the Mergers and such other transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the Transactions) are fair to and in the best interests of their respective stockholders or members, as applicable, and have declared it advisable and approved this Agreement and the Transactions on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
C. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Companys Series A Preferred Stock have approved this Agreement and the Transactions on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The holders of T1 Warrants have delivered irrevocable notices of exercise of their warrant contingent upon the consummation of the Transactions and all the holders of the T2 Warrants and certain of the holders of the T3 Warrants have entered into an exchange agreement for the exercise of their warrants in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Exchange Agreement).
D. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall obtain a voting agreement (the Voting Agreement) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B executed by the holders of at least 75% of Company Common Stock whereby each holder irrevocably agrees to vote all of its voting shares of Company Common Stock (as defined herein) held by it in favor of delisting the Company Common Stock from the Alternative Investment Market on the London Stock Exchange (the AIM).
E. Immediately following and within forty-eight (48) hours of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall obtain the affirmative written consent of the holders of at least a majority of Company Common Stock (as defined herein) to approve this Agreement and the First Merger.
F. The Company, First Global Telecom, Inc., GCI Globalcom Holdings, Inc. (GCI) and M. Gavin McCarty, as stockholders representative, have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 18, 2008 (the GCI Merger Agreement), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of GCI (the GCI Acquisition).
G. The Company shall effect the consummation of the GCI Acquisition prior to the Mergers.
H. For United States federal income tax purposes, the parties hereto intend that the Mergers qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in exchange for the mutual promises contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
I. DEFINITIONS
Acquired Companies means the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
Acquisition means the purchase by the Company or following the Second Merger, the Second Merger Surviving Entity, outside of the ordinary course of business, of another company or any of its assets, securities or business by means of a merger, consolidation, joint venture, exchange offer or purchase or sale of stock or assets.
Additional Warrant Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c)(ii)(2).
Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person: (1) any other Person which, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, is under common ownership or control with, or is owned or controlled by, such specified Person; and (2) any immediate family member of the specified Person. For these purposes, an immediate family member shall mean a natural Persons spouse, parents or children.
Aggregate Consideration means the total cash amount and other consideration received (which shall be deemed to include amounts paid into escrow) by the target and/or its shareholders upon the consummation of an Acquisition (including payments made in installments), inclusive of cash, securities, notes, consulting agreements and agreements not to compete, plus the total value of liabilities assumed and to the extent such Aggregate Consideration is paid in stock, then the Fair Market Value of such stock.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
AIM has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Businesses means the business and operations carried out by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required to remain closed.
Cash Merger Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii).
Certificates shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b).
Closing shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Closing Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Closing Form 8-K shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(g)(ii).
Closing Press Release shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(g)(ii).
Closing Price for each day shall be the last reported sales price regular way on that day or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the reported closing bid price regular way, in either case as reported on a national securities exchange or other public exchange on which the stock is admitted to trading or listed, or if not so listed or admitted to trading, the last quoted bid price or, if not quoted, the average of the high bid and the low asked prices in the over-the-counter market or such other system then in use.
Closing Stock Payment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(1)(x).
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Code has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Common Stock Merger Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(1)(2).
Company has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Company Audit shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
Company Common Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
Company Financial Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
Company Group shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(i)(ii).
Company Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
Company Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
Company Subsidiaries means all Subsidiaries of the Company.
Companys Knowledge means the actual knowledge of Ray Hexamer, Joe Morris, Jessica Newman, Rick Buyens, Ryan Wiegner and Frank Lomanno, in each case, after a reasonable investigation and inquiry, only with respect to the period of time each such person was employed by the Company.
Company Third Party Acquisition means (I) any sale of 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, or 15% or more of the equity or voting securities of the Company or any subsidiary whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company (each, a Material Subsidiary), (II) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in a third party beneficially owning 15% or more of the equity or voting securities of the Company or of any Material Subsidiary, (III) a merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, sale of substantially all the assets, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving the Company or any Material Subsidiary, in each such case in this clause (III) that would result in either (x) a third party beneficially owning 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, or 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company or (y) the stockholders of the Company receiving securities traded in the U.S. on any nationally-recognized exchange or over-the-counter market; Company Third Party Acquisition shall not include the GCI Acquisition or any other transaction pursuant to which the Company or a Material Subsidiary is the acquiring party, provided that, except in the case of the GCI Acquisition, such purchase shall not materially impede the consummation of the Acquisition.
Contract means with respect to any Person, any agreement, indenture, debt instrument, contract, guarantee, loan, note, mortgage, license, lease, purchase order, delivery order, commitment or other arrangement, understanding or undertaking, whether written or oral, including all amendments, modifications and options thereunder or relating thereto, to which such Person is a party, by which it is bound, or to which any of its assets or properties is subject.
Credit Agreement means that certain that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2008 among the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.
Debt means, as at any date of determination thereof (without duplication), all obligations or liabilities (other than intercompany obligations between the Acquired Companies) of the Acquired Companies in respect of: (a) any borrowed money or funded indebtedness or issued in substitution for or exchange for borrowed money or funded indebtedness (including obligations with respect to principal, accrued interest, and any applicable prepayment charges or premiums) including, without limitation, the aggregate principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement as of the Closing Date, together with all other indebtedness, fees, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Company of every kind, nature and
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description under or in respect of the Credit Agreement; (b) any indebtedness evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other debt security; (c) capital lease obligations; (d) any indebtedness guaranteed by the Acquired Companies (excluding intercompany debt and letters of credit and guarantees by one Acquired Company of performance obligations of another Acquired Company); (e) any obligations with respect to any interest rate hedging or swap agreements; (f) any obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, deferred purchase price liabilities from past acquisitions); (g) any commitment by which an Acquired Company assures a creditor against loss (including contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit); (h) any liabilities of an Acquired Company under conditional sale or other title retention agreements; (i) any liabilities of an Acquired Company under or in connection with letters of credit (whether or not drawn), bankers acceptances or similar items; (j) any liabilities with respect to vendor advances or any other advances made to an Acquired Company; (k) any indebtedness or liabilities secured by a Lien on an Acquired Companys assets; (1) any amounts owed by an Acquired Company to any Person or entity under any noncompetition, consulting or deferred compensation arrangements; and (m) any success fees or bonuses, change in control or severance payments arising from or otherwise triggered by the Transactions, and any amounts payable to offset any excise Taxes imposed under Section 4999 of the Code and any related income Taxes.
Delaware LLC Act shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
DGCL shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
Disclosing Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c).
Dissenting Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
EBITDA means for the applicable fiscal quarter, using results taken from the unaudited reviewed financial statements of the Second Merger Surviving Entity, the following calculation: income before provision for income taxes, plus interest expense, less interest income, plus depreciation and amortization, plus amortization of intangible assets, plus any expenses arising solely from the First Merger and the Second Merger charged to income in such fiscal quarter and any subsequent acquisition or transaction costs expensed in connection with FASB Rule No. 141R charged to income in such fiscal quarter.
EBITDA Condition shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(2).
EBITDA Escrow Release Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
EBITDA Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(1)(y).
EBITDA Target shall mean $50 million plus the sum of any Target Increases.
Environmental Laws shall mean all Laws, including all common law, orders, judgments, and all other provisions having the force or effect of law, concerning occupational health or safety, pollution or the protection of the environment, including any laws governing the presence, use, production, generation, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control or cleanup of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate means any corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is treated with any of the Acquired Companies as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
Escrow Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Escrow Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Escrow Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
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Escrowed Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
Exchange Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Exchange Fund shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
Exclusivity Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(i).
Fair Market Value" means at any date, the average of the daily Closing Prices (as defined below) for such share of stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the closing of the Acquisition or if the stock is not publicly held or so listed or traded, the fair market value per share shall be as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Second Merger Surviving Entity, whose determination shall be conclusive absent manifest abuse or error, and described in a resolution of the board of directors of the Second Merger Surviving Entity certified by the secretary of the Second Merger Surviving Entity.
FCC means the Federal Communications Commission.
FCC Consents means the applications, notices, reports, registrations and other filings and/or consents required to be filed with or obtained from the FCC in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.
First Merger shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
First Merger Certificate of Merger shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
First Merger Effective Time shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
First Merger Surviving Corporation shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
First Merger Surviving Corporation Common Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(i).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States of America.
GCI has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
GCI Acquisition shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
GCI Merger Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
GCI Subsidiaries means GCIs two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Globalcom, Inc., an Illinois corporation, and Globalcom Equipment, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Governmental Authority means any federal, state, local or foreign government or any political subdivision thereof or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, court, panel or other instrumentality of any kind of any of the foregoing.
Governmental Prohibition shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.
Hazardous Material means any chemical, substance, waste, material, pollutant, or contaminant, the exposure to, presence of, release of, use of, or storage, disposal, treatment or transportation of which may give rise to liability under, is regulated under, or is defined by any Law, including any Environmental Law, including petroleum and petroleum products.
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Intellectual Property means any of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions, including any provisionals, continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, renewals and reissues for any of the foregoing; (b) Internet domain names, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, logos, slogans and corporate names and registrations and applications for registration thereof together with all of the goodwill associated therewith; (c) copyrights (registered or unregistered) and copyrightable works and registrations and applications for registration thereof; (d) mask works and registrations and applications for registration thereof; (e) software, data, data bases and documentation thereof; (f) trade secrets and other confidential information (including ideas, formulas, compositions, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, research and development information, drawings, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, copyrightable works, financial and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information); and (g) copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium).
Interim Company Financial Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
Law means all applicable laws of any country or any political subdivision thereof, including, without limitation, all foreign, federal, state and local statutes, regulations, ordinances, codes, orders or decrees or any other laws, common law theories or reported decisions of any court thereof.
Leased Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
Leases shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
Lien means any charge, claim, right of first refusal, restriction on transfer, mortgage, security deed, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, title defect, mechanics lien, judgment lien or other similar lien (except for any lien for Taxes not yet due and payable), pledge, assessment, security interest or other encumbrance.
Material Adverse Effect means (x) as to any Person, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, results of operations or financial condition of such Person, and (y) as to any Acquired Company, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, results of operations or financial condition of the Acquired Companies taken as a whole; provided, however, that none of the following shall be deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would be, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to any Person (including any Acquired Company): any facts, changes, developments, events, occurrences, actions, omissions or effects (i) generally affecting (A) the economy, or financial or capital markets, in the United States or elsewhere in the world, to the extent that they do not disproportionately affect such Person in relation to other companies in the industry in which such Person primarily operates or (B) the industry in which such Person operates to the extent that they do not disproportionately affect such Person in relation to other companies in the industry in which such Person primarily operates, or (ii) arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (1) changes (after the date of this Agreement) in Law or in generally accepted accounting principles or in accounting standards or (2) any decline in the market price, or change in trading volume, of the capital stock of such Person or any failure to meet publicly announced revenue or earnings projections or internal projections (it being understood that, without limiting the applicability of the provisions contained in clause (i) or (ii) above, the cause or causes of any such decline, change or failure may be deemed to constitute, in and of itself and themselves, a Material Adverse Effect and may be taken into consideration when determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred).
Material Contract means the agreements of the following types to which any Person is a party (which is effective and binding on such Person) or by which any material assets of any Person is bound or are subject:
(a) Contracts or group of related Contracts which involve commitments to make capital expenditures or which provide for the purchase of assets, goods or services by such Person from any one Person under which the undelivered balance of such goods or services has a purchase price in excess of $300,000 in any consecutive twelve (12) month period after the date hereof or which are not terminable by such Person without a penalty;
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(b) Contracts or group of related Contracts which provide for the sale of goods or services by such Person and under which the undelivered balance of such goods or services has a sale price in excess of $150,000 in any consecutive twelve (12) month period after the date hereof or which are not terminable by such Person without penalty;
(c) joint venture agreements, partnership agreements, and limited liability company agreements and each similar type of Contract (however named) involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs or liabilities with any other Person;
(d) Contracts that involve the material acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly, by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets, between such Person and any another Person;
(e) employment, non-competition, non-solicitation and profit-sharing plan agreements with any officer or director of such Person;
(f) Contracts which presently limit in any material respect the freedom of any Acquired Company to engage in any business anywhere in the world or compete with any Person;
(g) Contracts pursuant to which such Person is a lessor or a lessee of any personal or real property (including the Leases), or holds or operates any tangible personal property owned by another Person, except for any such Leases under which the aggregate annual rent or lease payments do not exceed $50,000 or which are terminable by such Person without penalty;
(h) Contracts not included in subsection (e) providing for severance (including contractual notice of termination or pay in lieu thereof), retention, deferred compensation, change in control or other similar payments;
(i) Contracts with any stockholder, officer or director of such Person, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, or in the case of any individual, any immediate family member of any of the foregoing;
(j) Contracts with material dealers, distributors or sales representatives;
(k) Contracts under which such Person has made material advances or loans to any other Person, other than expense re-imbursement done in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l) Contracts regarding interconnection and carrier agreements with telecommunication and data service providers;
(m) Contracts relating to material Debt; or
(n) any settlement or similar agreements relating to any material litigation to which an Acquired Company was a party.
Merger Consideration means the Cash Merger Consideration and the Common Stock Merger Consideration.
Mergers shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Merger Sub I has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Merger Sub II has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Merger Subs has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Most Recent Company Balance Sheet shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
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New Warrant shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c)(ii)(1).
Ordinary Course of Business means the ordinary course of business of an applicable Person consistent with past custom and practice (including with respect to quantity and frequency).
Other Filings shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e)(i).
Outside Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(b).
Owned Intellectual Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
Owned Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
Parent has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Parent Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Parent.
Parent Group shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(i)(i).
Parent Knowledge means the actual knowledge of Barry Florescue, Mark Seigel and Richard Bloom, in each case after a reasonable investigation and inquiry.
Parent Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(a).
Parent SEC Documents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.
Parent Stock Options shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(b).
Parent Stockholder Approval shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e)(i).
Parent Stockholders Meeting shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.27.
Parent Third Party Acquisition means: (I) any purchase of 15% or more of the consolidated assets of a third party and its subsidiaries, or 15% or more of the equity or voting securities of a third party or a Material Subsidiary (as defined in Company Third Party Acquisition definition) thereof, (II) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in Parent beneficially owning 15% or more of a third partys equity or voting securities or any Material Subsidiary thereof, (III) a merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, purchase of substantially all the assets, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving the Parent and any third party, in each such case in this clause (III) that would result in Parent beneficially owning 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of such third party or any Material Subsidiary thereof, or 15% or more of the consolidated assets of such third party.
Parent Warrants shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(b).
Permit means a license, permit or other authorization or registration required by any Governmental Authority or applicable Law to carry out a Business, other than those licenses, permits or other authorizations or registrations the absence of which would not cause a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Business.
Permitted Liens shall mean (a) liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves are reflected in the Company Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP, (b) with respect to any Acquired Company asset, encumbrances, imperfections of title and title defects that will not materially interfere with the use of such asset or materially impair the value thereof, including mechanics liens, materialmens liens and other inchoate liens, provided that the obligations in respect of which such encumbrances were created are not delinquent, (c) all rights-of-way, licenses, easements, encroachments, covenants, reservations, restrictions, conditions, Leases, tenancies and other
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encumbrances of record that do not materially interfere with the existing use of the Businesses or materially impair the value thereof, provided that the obligations in respect of which such encumbrances are not delinquent, (d) unrecorded easements, Leases, tenancies, license agreements, covenants, rights-of-way and other encumbrances and similar restrictions on the Real Property that do not materially interfere with the existing use thereof, provided that the obligations in respect of which such encumbrances were created are not delinquent, (e) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pension programs mandated under applicable laws or other social security regulations, and (f) all zoning, building, subdivision and other statutory or regulatory conditions and restrictions relating to the use of real property.
Person means any individual, corporation, proprietorship, joint venture, firm, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.
Plans shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).
Pre-Closing Tax Period means any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date and the portion of any Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date.
Proxy Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.27.
Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
Receiving Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c).
Registration Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.27.
Replacement Company Financial Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(e).
Company Audit shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
Schedule Update shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(e).
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Second Merger shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Second Merger Certificate of Merger shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
Second Merger Effective Time shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
Second Merger Surviving Entity shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Signing Form 8-K shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(g)(i).
Signing Press Release shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(g)(i).
State PUC means any state or local public service or public utilities commission having regulatory authority over the Acquired Companies, in any given jurisdiction.
State PUC Consents means the applications, notices, reports, registrations and other filings and/or consents to be filed with or obtained from any State PUC in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or the Credit Agreement.
Straddle Period means any taxable period that includes but does not end on the Closing Date.
Stockholders Representative shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
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Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which equity securities or other ownership interests having ordinary power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at any time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person.
Target Increase with respect to any Acquisition is equal to 1/7 of the Aggregate Consideration paid by the Company or the Second Merger Surviving Entity, as applicable, for any Acquisition consummated between the date hereof and June 30, 2011, other than the GCI Acquisition, provided, however, for determining whether the EBITDA Condition has been satisfied for the fiscal quarter during which such Acquisition is consummated the Target Increase shall be 1/7 of such Aggregate Consideration multiplied by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the number of days beginning on the date of the consummation of such Acquisition and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter and (B) the denominator of which shall be the total number of days in such fiscal quarter. By way of example, if the Company purchases a target company for $70 million, the Target Increase with respect to such Acquisition shall be $10 million ($70 million divided by 7). If such Acquisition is consummated on the 30th day of a 90-day fiscal quarter, the Target Increase for such quarter will be $6.7 million ($10 million multiplied by 2/3) and for all subsequent quarters will be $10 million.
T1 Warrant shall mean the warrants to purchase a total of 5,333,333 shares of the Company Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.05 per share and with an expiration date of five years from the date of issuance.
T2 Warrant shall mean the warrants to purchase a total of 8,000,000 shares of the Company Common Stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share and with an expiration date of three years following the redemption of all the Series A Preferred Stock held by the holder of such warrant.
T3 Warrant shall mean the warrants to purchase a total of 2,000,000 shares of the Company Common Stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share and with an expiration date of three years following the redemption of all the Series A Preferred Stock.
Tax means any taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, workers compensation, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative, or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.
Tax Returns means any report, return, declaration or other information required to be supplied to any Governmental Authority in connection with Taxes (including any attached schedules thereto and any amendments thereof), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.
Taxing Authority means any domestic, foreign, federal, state, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising Tax regulatory authority.
Trading Day shall be any day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the stock is admitted to trading or listed is open or, if the stock is not so admitted to trading or so listed, any day except Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday or any day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are obligated or authorized to close.
Transactions shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Treasury Regulations means the regulations promulgated under the Code from time to time, as amended.
Trust Fund shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
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Voting Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Warrants shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(3).
Warrant Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(3).
Warrant Condition shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(3).
Warrant Escrow Release Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Warrant Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).
II. THE MERGERS
2.1. Effective Times of the Mergers.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall cause the First Merger to be consummated at the Closing by the filing of a certificate of merger (the First Merger Certificate of Merger) in a form mutually acceptable to Parent and the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware as required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL. The
First Merger shall become effective at the time of the filing of the First Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such time thereafter which the parties hereto shall have agreed upon as is provided in the Certificate of Merger (the First Merger Effective Time).
(b) Immediately following the First Merger Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Board of Directors of the First Merger Surviving Corporation to adopt this Agreement and approve the Second Merger (and shall adopt this Agreement and approve the Second Merger as sole shareholder of the Second Merger Surviving Entity). Immediately following such approval, the parties hereto shall cause the Second Merger to be effected by the filing of a certificate of merger (the Second Merger Certificate of Merger) in a form that is mutually acceptable to Parent and the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware as required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the Delaware LLC Act. The Second Merger shall become effective at the time of the filing of the Second Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such time thereafter which the parties hereto shall have agreed upon as is provided in the Second Certificate of Merger (the Second Merger Effective Time).
2.2. Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the Transactions (the Closing) will take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures on the date that is two (2) Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the Closing set forth in Articles VII, VIII and IX (such date, the Closing Date).
2.3. Effects of the Mergers.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the First Merger Effective Time, Merger Sub I shall be merged with and into the Company and the separate existence of Merger Sub I shall cease and the Company shall continue as the First Merger Surviving Corporation Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Second Merger Effective Time and as part of the same plan of merger and reorganization, the First Merger Surviving Corporation shall be merged with an into Merger Sub II, the separate corporate existence of the First Merger Surviving Corporation shall cease and Merger Sub II shall continue as the Second Merger Surviving Entity under a name that shall be mutually agreeable to Parent and the Company.
(b) The First Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement, the First Merger Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL). The Second Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement, the Second Merger Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (Delaware LLC Act).
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2.4. Governing Documents. The certificate of incorporation of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time shall be the certificate of incorporation of the First Merger Surviving Corporation. The initial certificate of formation and limited liability company operating agreement of Merger Sub II shall be the certificate of formation and limited liability company operating agreement of the Second Merger Surviving Entity.
2.5. Directors and Officers. The directors and officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of the First Merger Surviving Corporation as of the First Merger Effective Time. Merger Sub II shall take all actions necessary so that the directors and officers of the First Merger Surviving Corporation immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall be the initial directors and officers of the Second Merger Surviving Entity.
III. CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
3.1. Effect on Capital Stock; Merger Consideration.
(a) First Merger. At the First Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of the holders of any shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (Company Common Stock), Series A Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (Company Preferred Stock and together with the Company Common Stock, the Company Stock), or any shares of capital stock of Merger Sub I, said shares shall be converted as follows, and the Merger Consideration to be paid to the holders of Company Stock shall be as follows:
(i) Capital Stock of the Merger Sub. Each issued and outstanding share of the capital stock of Merger Sub I shall be converted into and become one fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of First Merger Surviving Corporation (First Merger Surviving Corporation Common Stock), so that after the First Merger Effective Time, Parent shall be the holder of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the First Merger Surviving Corporation.
(ii) Company Preferred Stock. Each issued and outstanding share of Company Preferred Stock shall, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into the right to receive, in cash, an amount equal to the Company Redemption Price as set forth in the Certificate of the Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Company Preferred Stock (the Cash Merger Consideration).
(iii) Company Common Stock. Each issued and outstanding share of Company Common Stock (other than any Dissenting Shares) shall, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into the right to receive:
(1) (x) 0.57361 of a single validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Parent Common Stock (Closing Stock Payment), plus
(y) the proportionate share amount of 9,950,000 shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii)(2) below, if any, which such amount shall be deposited into the Escrow Account pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof (EBITDA Stock), plus (z) the proportionate share amount of 8,500,000 shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii)(3) below, if any, which such amount shall be deposited into the Escrow Account pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof (Warrant Stock, which, together with the Closing Stock Payment and EBITDA Stock, shall be referred to collectively, as the Common Stock Merger Consideration);
(2) If, for any fiscal quarter from the date hereof through June 30, 2011, the Second Merger Surviving Entity has an annualized adjusted EBITDA (i.e., the actual quarterly EBITDA multiplied by four (4)) equal to or greater than the EBITDA Target, Parent shall cause the Escrow Agent to release from the Escrow Account, in accordance with this Section
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3.1(a)(iii)(2), Section 3.5 hereof and the Escrow Agreement, 9,950,000 shares of Parent Common Stock (reduced by the number of shares that would have been issuable to holders of Dissenting Shares in respect of such Dissenting Shares if the stockholder holding such Dissenting Shares had not exercised its appraisal rights pursuant to Section 3.3) (the EBITDA Condition). If the EBITDA Condition is satisfied, the holders of Company Common Stock shall be entitled to receive that number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to (x) 9,950,000 (reduced by the number of shares that would have been issuable to holders of Dissenting Shares in respect of such Dissenting Shares if the stockholder holding such Dissenting Shares had not exercised its appraisal rights pursuant to Section 3.3). If the EBITDA Condition is not satisfied by June 30, 2011, then Parent and the Stockholders Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release the remaining shares held in Escrow pursuant to the EBITDA Condition to the Company on August 31, 2011 and such securities shall be cancelled in accordance with Section 3.5.
(3) If Parent shall have the right to redeem the warrants (the Warrants) issued pursuant to its Warrant Agreement dated September 19, 2006, by and between Parent and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the Warrant Agreement), Parent shall cause the Escrow Agent to release from the Escrow Account, in accordance with this Section 3.1(a)(iii)(3), Section 3.5 hereof and the Escrow Agreement, 8,500,000 shares of Parent Common Stock (reduced by the number of shares that would have been issuable to holders of Dissenting Shares in respect of such Dissenting Shares if the stockholder holding such Dissenting Shares had not exercised its appraisal rights pursuant to Section 3.3) (the Warrant Condition). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement, Parent has the right to redeem the Warrants at any time prior to their exercise and at any time after the Warrants become exercisable if the last sale price of the Parent Common Stock has been at least $8.50 per share, on each of twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period ending on January 28, 2011. For the avoidance of doubt, even if all Warrants are exercised prior to the date the Warrant Condition is satisfied, Parent remains obligated to pay such 8,500,000 shares of Parent Common Stock (other than any shares that would otherwise be payable in respect of the Dissenting Shares) upon satisfaction of the Warrant Condition. If the Warrant Condition is not satisfied by January 28, 2011, then on or prior to January 31, 2011, Parent and the Stockholders Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release all the shares subject to the Warrant Condition deposited into the Escrow Account to Parent and such securities shall be cancelled in accordance with Section 3.5.
(4) If either the EBITDA Condition or the Warrant Condition has been met, Parent shall notify the Stockholders Representative in writing within five (5) Business Days.
(5) All such shares of Company Stock (other than any Dissenting Shares (as defined in Section 3.3 hereof)), when so converted, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing any such shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration as determined pursuant to the calculation principles set forth in Section 3.1 payable with respect thereto, when and as provided herein upon the surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) Second Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Second Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of any holder of First Merger Surviving Corporation Common Stock or any holder of membership interests of Merger Sub II (the Merger Sub Interests):
(i) First Merger Surviving Corporation Common Stock. Each share of First Merger Surviving Corporation Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled and cease to exist and no consideration shall be payable in respect thereof.
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(ii) Merger Sub II Membership Interests. The issued and outstanding Merger Sub II Interests (all of which shall be held by Parent) shall remain as the membership interests of the Second Merger Surviving Entity.
(c) Company Warrants.
(i) T1 Warrants. Each of the holders of the T1 Warrants has agreed pursuant to a separate agreement irrevocably to make a cashless exercise of their T1 Warrants, immediately prior to the Closing of the Transactions contingent upon the Closing of the Transactions. The Company Common Stock shall have a fair market value of $5.00 for purposes of such cashless exercise. Each such share of Company Common Stock received upon the exercise of the T1 Warrant without any further action on the part of the holder thereof shall be converted into the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii).
(ii) T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants. Certain holders of the T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants have entered into Exchange Agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A providing for the exchange of their T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants for:
(1) for each share of Company Common Stock for which such T2 Warrant or T3 Warrant is currently exercisable (A) a warrant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the New Warrant), providing that such holder shall have the right to receive a warrant to acquire 0.25 shares of Parent Common Stock exercisable at $9.00 per share expiring on January 28, 2011 for a total number of New Warrants not to exceed 2,500,000 in the aggregate and (B) the right to receive 1/10th of a share of Parent Common Stock upon the satisfaction of the Warrant Condition for a total number of shares of Parent Common Stock not to exceed 1,000,000 in the aggregate.
(2) Parent shall deposit into the Escrow Account up to 1,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof to satisfy its obligations under (B) above (Additional Warrant Stock). If the Warrant Condition is not satisfied by January 28, 2011, then on January 31, 2011, all the shares of Additional Warrant Stock deposited into the Escrow Account shall be released to Parent and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.5.
(iii) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause all remaining holders of the T3 Warrants who have not previously exercised their T3 Warrants, to exchange their T3 Warrants on the same terms and conditions as the exchanging holders pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. To the extent such holders still do not exercise their rights, such T3 Warrants shall remain outstanding in accordance with their terms.
3.2. Fractional Shares. No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock will be issued by virtue of the First Merger, but in lieu thereof Parent shall pay to each holder of shares of Company Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that otherwise would be received by such holder (other than those that would be received pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof)), upon surrender of such holders Certificate(s), an amount of cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent), without interest, equal to the product of: (i) such fraction, multiplied by (ii) six dollars ($6.00).
3.3. Appraisal Rights. Shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time and held by a holder who has not voted in favor of the Mergers or consented thereto in writing and who has demanded appraisal for such shares in accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the Dissenting Shares) shall not be converted into a right to receive Parent Common Stock, unless such holder fails to perfect, withdraws or otherwise loses such holders right to appraisal under the DGCL. If, after the First Merger Effective Time, such holder fails to perfect, withdraws or otherwise loses such holders right to appraisal, each such share shall be treated as if it has been converted as of the First Merger Effective Time into a right to receive Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii)(1). The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of (A) any demands for appraisal pursuant to the DGCL received by the Company, (B) withdrawals of such demands, and (C) any other instruments served pursuant to the DGCL and received by the Company in connection with such demands and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under the DGCL
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prior to the First Merger Effective Time. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, or as otherwise required by any applicable law, make any payment with respect to any such demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such demands and shall not distribute any portion of the Common Stock Merger Consideration to any holder that has not lost its appraisal rights.
3.4. Payment of Merger Consideration; Surrender of Certificates.
(a) At or prior to the First Merger Effective Time, Parent shall engage a nationally-recognized financial institution reasonably satisfactory to the Company to act as exchange agent in connection with the Merger (the Exchange Agent). At the First Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent, in trust for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, for exchange in accordance with this Article III, through the Exchange Agent, certificates representing the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Closing Stock Payment pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii)(1)(x) (other than any Dissenting Shares) and for the benefit of the holders of Company Preferred Stock immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, for exchange in accordance with Article III, through the Exchange Agent, the Cash Merger Consideration. In addition, Parent shall make available by depositing with the Exchange Agent, as necessary from time to time after the First Merger Effective Time, cash in an amount sufficient to make the payments in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 3.2 and any dividends or distributions to which holders of shares of Company Common Stock may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.4(c). All cash and Parent Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent shall hereinafter be referred to as the Exchange Fund.
(b) Promptly after the First Merger Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of a certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Stock (other than any Dissenting Shares) (the Certificates), which at the First Merger Effective Time were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii) or (iii) hereof, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to Section 3.2 and any dividends or other distributions payable pursuant to Section 3.4(c). Upon surrender of Certificates for cancellation to the Exchange Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor Cash Merger Consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii) and a certificate or certificates representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock (after taking into account all Certificates surrendered by such holder) to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii) (which shall be in uncertificated book entry form unless a physical certificate is requested), payment in lieu of fractional shares which such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.2 and any dividends or distributions payable pursuant to Section 3.4(c), and the Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock which is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, certificates representing the proper number of shares of Parent Common Stock may be issued to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered, if such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such issuance shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.4(b), each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the First Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii) hereof (and any amounts to be paid pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 3.4(c)) upon such surrender. No interest shall be paid or shall accrue on any amount payable pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 3.4(c).
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(c) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the First Merger Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, until such Certificate has been surrendered in accordance with this Article III. Subject to applicable Law, following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to the recordholder thereof, without interest, (i) promptly after such surrender, the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in exchange therefor pursuant to this Article III, together with any cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.2 and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the First Merger Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the First Merger Effective Time and a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock, less the amount of any withholding Taxes that may be required thereon.
(d) All shares of Parent Common Stock, issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Article III and any cash paid pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), Section 3.2 or Section 3.4(c) and all shares of Parent Common Stock placed into Escrow shall be deemed to have been issued (and paid) in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company Stock previously represented by such Certificates. At the First Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the First Merger Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time. If, after the First Merger Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the First Merger Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article III.
(e) Any portion of the Exchange Fund (other than any shares of Parent Common Stock held in Escrow) which remains undistributed to the holders of Certificates six months after the First Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Second Merger Surviving Entity, upon demand, and any holders of Certificates who have not theretofore complied with this Article III (other than Dissenting Shares) shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for payment of their claim for the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.2 and any dividends or distributions pursuant to Section 3.4(c).
(f) None of Parent, Merger Subs, the Company or the Exchange Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall be liable to any Person in respect of any shares of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificate shall not have been surrendered prior to five years after the First Merger Effective Time, or immediately prior to such earlier date on which any shares of Parent Common Stock, any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, or any dividends or distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock issuable in respect of such Certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority, any such shares, cash, dividends or distributions in respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interests of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(g) The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund as directed by Parent on a daily basis; provided that no such investment or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to former stockholders of the Company after the First Merger Effective Time pursuant to this Article III. Any interest and other income resulting from such investment shall become a part of the Exchange Fund, and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable pursuant to this Article III shall promptly be paid to Parent.
(h) Parent and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Person who was a holder of Company Stock immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time such amounts as Parent or the Exchange Agent may be required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any other
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provision of federal, state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by Parent or the Exchange Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such consideration would otherwise have been paid.
(i) In the event any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit (without the posting of a bond) of that fact by the holder thereof, such shares of Parent Common Stock as may be required pursuant to Section 3.4(b), cash for fractional shares pursuant to Section 3.2 and any dividends or distributions payable pursuant to Section 3.4(c); provided, however, that Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates to deliver an agreement of indemnification in form reasonably satisfactory to Parent, or a bond in such sum as Parent may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent or the Exchange Agent in respect of the Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
3.5. Escrow. At the Closing, Parent, the Stockholders Representative and the escrow agent (Escrow Agent) shall enter into an escrow agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the Escrow Agreement), pursuant to which the EBITDA Stock and Warrant Stock portions of the Common Stock Merger Consideration (other than portions in respect of the Dissenting Shares) and Additional Warrant Stock (such amount being defined as the Escrowed Stock) shall be deposited into escrow (the Escrow Account), shall be subject in all events to the provisions of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and shall be distributed to the holders of Company Common Stock as follows: (i) an amount equal to EBITDA Stock of the Escrowed Stock on or prior to the EBITDA Escrow Release Date (as defined below) shall be distributed to the holders of Company Common Stock in the percentages set forth in Schedule 3.1(a)(iii) hereof within 60 days following the end of a fiscal quarter in which the EBITDA Condition has been satisfied (the EBITDA Escrow Release Date), and (ii) an amount equal to Warrant Stock of the Escrowed Stock on or prior to the Warrant Escrow Release Date (as defined below) shall be distributed to the holders of Company Common Stock in the percentages set forth in Schedule 3.1(a)(iii) hereof within 30 days following the satisfaction of the Warrant Condition (the Warrant Escrow Release Date), all as more specifically set forth in the Escrow Agreement.
IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
As an inducement to Parent and the Merger Subs to enter into this Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to Parent and the Merger Subs that:
4.1. Organization, Qualification, and Corporate Power. Each of the Acquired Companies is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, with full power and authority to conduct its business as owned and conducted on the date hereof and at the Closing. Each of the Acquired Companies is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation in, and is in good standing in, each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership of its properties requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Acquired Companies has all requisite organizational power and authority and all Permits from Governmental Authorities and from all other Persons that are necessary and/or appropriate to carry on its Business and to own and use the properties owned and used by it, except for such Permits the absence of which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2. Subsidiaries. Except for the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not have has any subsidiaries nor does it own any securities issued by any other Person except temporary investments in the ordinary course of business.
4.3. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of each of the Acquired Companies and the number and kind of issued and outstanding shares of each of the Acquired Companies and, other than with respect to the Company Common Stock, the holders of record thereof are set forth on Schedule 4.3 and were validly issued, fully paid and nonassessible and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws and any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal of any Person. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.3: (A) to the Companys
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Knowledge, there are no voting trusts, proxies, or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of any shares of capital stock of the Acquired Companies; (B) there does not exist nor is there outstanding any right or security granted to, issued to, or entered into with, any Person to cause the Acquired Companies to issue, grant or sell any shares of capital stock of the Acquired Companies to any Person (including any warrant, stock option, call, preemptive right, convertible or exchangeable obligation, subscription for stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of the Acquired Companies, or any other similar right, security, instrument or agreement), and there is no commitment or agreement to grant or issue any such right or security; (C) there is no obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Acquired Companies to: (1) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any share of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Acquired Companies; or (2) provide funds to, or make any investment in (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise), or provide any guarantee with respect to the obligations of any other Person (other than the other Acquired Companies); and (D) there are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness which have the right to vote (or are convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which the Companys stockholders are entitled to vote.
4.4. Validity and Execution; Stockholder Approval. The Company has the right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder. All necessary corporate action of the Company has been taken to authorize the Company to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. The board of directors (including any required committee or subgroup thereof) and stockholders of the Company have, as of the date of this Agreement, duly approved this Agreement and the Transactions. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject only to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors rights. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and all other instruments, agreements, certificates and documents contemplated hereby: (a) do not, and will not, violate or conflict with any provision of the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws; (b) do not, and will not, violate or constitute a default under any Law or any contract to which any Acquired Company is a party, or by which it or any Company Stock or equity interests in any Acquired Company is bound; and (c) do and will not result in the creation of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens.
4.5. Real and Tangible Personal Properties.
(a) Schedule 4.5(a) identifies (i) all of the real property, including all, land, buildings, towers, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon, and all easements and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto, owned by any of the Acquired Companies (collectively, the Owned Real Property); and (ii) all of the real property devised by leases, subleases, licenses, concessions, co-locations and other agreements (written or oral) (collectively, the Leases) pursuant to which the Acquired Companies hold any leased real property (collectively, the Leased Real Property, and together with the Owned Real Property, the Real Property).
(b) Each Acquired Company (i) has good and marketable indefeasible fee simple title to the Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, (ii) has not leased or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or occupy such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof, (iii) has not granted any outstanding options, rights of first offer or rights of first refusal to purchase such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein, and (iv) is not a party to any agreement or option to purchase any real property or interest therein.
(c) Each applicable Acquired Company holds a valid and existing leasehold interest under each of the Leases to which it is a party for the terms set forth therein. Schedule 4.5(a) contains a true and complete listing of all of the Leases, and the Acquired Companies have made available to Parent a complete and accurate copy of each of the Leases, and in the case of any oral Lease, a written summary of the material terms of such Lease, including all amendments, extensions, renewals and other agreements with respect thereto. With respect to each of the Leases and except as set forth in Schedule 4.5(c): (i) the applicable Acquired Company has not subleased, licensed or otherwise granted any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real Property or any portion thereof; (ii) such Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable against such Acquired Company and in full force and effect, subject to proper authorization and execution of such Lease by the other party thereto and the application of any bankruptcy or other creditors rights Laws; (iii) such Acquired Company is not in breach or default under such Lease and no event has occurred or circumstances exist which, with the delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default, except to the extent such breach or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) such Acquired Company has not collaterally assigned or granted any other security interest in such Lease or any interest therein; and (v) there are no Liens or encumbrances on the estate or interest created by such Lease.
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(d) The Acquired Companies own or have a valid leasehold interest in each of the items of tangible personal property reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheets, or acquired thereafter (except for assets reflected thereon or acquired thereafter that have been disposed of in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheets), free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, and such tangible personal property constitutes all material equipment, machinery, fixtures, improvements and other tangible personal property used in or necessary for the conduct of each of the Businesses of the Acquired Companies as it is currently conducted by the Acquired Companies. All of the tangible personal property, equipment, machinery, fixtures, improvements and other tangible assets (whether owned or leased) owned by the Acquired Companies are in good condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted).
4.6. No Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6, there is no litigation, claim, investigation or proceeding pending, or to the Companys Knowledge, threatened, against or relating to any Acquired Company or its Business, nor to the Companys Knowledge is there any reasonable basis for any such litigation, claim, investigation or proceeding. No Acquired Company is named in any order, judgment, decree, stipulation or consent of or with any court or other Governmental Authority that affects or may affect the Company Stock or the Transactions.
4.7. Noncontravention. Except for the FCC Consents and PUC Consents and as set forth on Schedule 4.7, neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement by the Company, nor the consummation of the Transactions by any of the Acquired Companies, will: (i) violate any material applicable Law or any injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any Governmental Authority to which any Acquired Company or a Business is subject or any provision of any Acquired Companys certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or other governing instrument, as amended, or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any Person the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any material agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument, or other arrangement to which any Acquired Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any Lien upon any capital stock or assets of any Acquired Company). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7 and except where failure to meet such requirement would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Acquired Company is required to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any authorization, consent, or approval of any Governmental Authority in order for the parties to consummate the Transactions.
4.8. Tax Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8:
(a) All income, franchise and all material other Tax Returns required to have been filed by or with respect to the Acquired Companies have been timely filed (taking into account applicable extensions of time to file) and all such Tax Returns (including information provided therewith or with respect thereto) are true, accurate and complete in all material respects. All income Taxes and all other Taxes of the Acquired Companies, whether or not shown as due on any Tax Returns, have been timely paid, other than Taxes that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (and are so identified on Schedule 4.8) and for which adequate reserves are reflected in the Company Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP.
(b) Each of the Acquired Companies has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to the withholding of Taxes and has duly and timely withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authorities all amounts required to be so withheld and paid over for all periods under all applicable Laws. No deficiency for any material amount of Taxes has been assessed with respect to any of the Acquired Companies that has not been abated or paid in full or adequately provided for in the Company Financial Statements.
(c) There are no Tax claims, audits, examinations, disputes, investigations, administrative or judicial proceedings by any Taxing Authority pending, or threatened in writing, or as to which any of the Acquired Companies has Knowledge in connection with any Taxes due from or with respect to the Acquired Companies, including without limitation, any claim made by a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where any of the Acquired Companies does not file a particular Tax Return such that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
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(d) There are not currently in force any (i) waivers of any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreements binding upon any of the Acquired Companies for the extension of time for the assessment, reassessment, deficiency or payment of any Tax for any taxable period, and no request for any such waiver or extension is currently pending, (ii) any power of attorney with respect to any Tax matter, or (iii) any Tax allocation or Tax sharing agreement, or any similar agreement pursuant to which any Acquired Company could have an obligation with respect to Taxes of another person or entity following the Closing.
(e) There are no Liens for Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith) upon any of the assets of the Acquired Companies.
(f) None of the Acquired Companies is or has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(g) None of the Acquired Companies has been the distributing corporation or the controlled corporation (in each case, within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1) of the Code) with respect to a transaction described in Section 355 or Section 361 of the Code (i) within the three (3)-year period ending as of the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a plan or series of related transactions (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) that includes the Transactions.
(h) None of the Acquired Companies (1) has been a member of any affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or of any affiliated, consolidated, combined, or unitary group, as defined under applicable state, local or foreign Law (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or (2) has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Acquired Companies) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any predecessor or successor thereof or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, assumption, operation of Law or otherwise.
(i) None of the Acquired Companies nor any other Person on behalf of the Acquired Companies has (i) agreed to or is required to make any adjustments pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law by reason of a change in accounting method and no Taxing Authority has proposed any such adjustment or change in accounting method, or has any application pending with any Taxing Authority requesting permission for any changes in accounting methods, (ii) executed or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any predecessor provision thereof or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law that would have continuing effect after the Closing, or (iii) been the subject of a Tax ruling that would have continuing effect after the Closing.
(j) None of the Acquired Companies is a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that has resulted in, or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the GCI Merger Agreement could result in, the payment of any excess parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax law, including without limitation, by reason of (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the GCI Merger Agreement or (ii) the consummation of (y) the Transactions or (z) the transactions contemplated by the GCI Merger Agreement). None of the Acquired Companies has engaged in any reportable transaction as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).
4.9. Financial Statements. The Company has previously provided to Parent true and accurate copies of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the six (6) month period ended June 30, 2008 (the Interim Company Financial Statements) and (b) the balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2007 (the Most Recent Company Balance Sheet) and the balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and the related statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years then ended, audited and certified by the Companys Accountants (together with the Interim Financial and including, with respect to the audited balance sheets and related statements of income and cash flows, any notes and schedules thereto, the Company Financial Statements). Except as otherwise indicated in the Company Financial Statements or in Schedule 4.9, the Company Financial Statements (x) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the relevant periods, other than, with respect to the Interim Company Financial Statements, the absence of normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and (y) present
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fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, the results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods presented therein,provided, however, that as of the date of this Agreement, the Company is completing an audit of its financial statements as of and for the six month period ended December 31, 2007 (the Company Audit) and that the Company Audit may result in the restatement of one or more items in the financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
4.10. Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no material liabilities relating to the Acquired Companies, whether known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due, including any liability for Taxes, except for: (a) liabilities set forth on the face of the Most Recent Balance Sheets, (b) liabilities which have arisen after the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheets in the Ordinary Course of Business, (c) liabilities and obligations not required by GAAP to be reflected on an audited balance sheet, or (d) liabilities and obligations set forth on Schedule 4.10(d).
4.11. Material Contracts. The Company has delivered to or otherwise made available to Parent a correct and complete copy of each Material Contract, each of which is listed on Schedule 4.11 hereto. With respect to each Material Contract: (a) such Material Contract is legal, valid and binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect, (b) neither the Company nor, to the Companys Knowledge, any other party to such Material Contract is in material breach or default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default by any Acquired Company or, to the Companys Knowledge, any other party to such a Material Contract, or permit termination, material modification, or acceleration under the Material Contract, and (c) the Company has not, and to the Companys Knowledge, no other party to a Material Contract has repudiated any material provision of any Material Contract. Schedule 4.11 sets forth a list of the Material Contracts which require the prior consent of or require prior notice to the counterparty to such Material Contract to the consummation of the Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Schedule 4.11 shall be updated by the Company prior to the Closing Date to reflect any changes required as a result of the passage of time between the date of this Agreement and the First Merger Effective Time, provided that any such changes shall be consistent and in all respects in accordance with Section 6.2.
4.12. Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 4.12(a) sets forth a listing of all of the following Intellectual Property: (i) registered or patented Intellectual Property and all pending applications therefor owned by any Acquired Company; (ii) material unregistered trademarks, material unregistered copyrights and material software and (iii) material licenses with respect to the Intellectual Property owned or used by any Acquired Company.
(b) The Acquired Companies own and possess all right, title and interest in or have a valid right or license to use the Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 4.12(a) and all the Intellectual Property that is material to any Business.
(c) Except for the Permitted Liens, the Intellectual Property owned by any Acquired Company (the Owned Intellectual Property) is not subject to any Liens and is not subject to any restrictions or limitations regarding use or disclosure other than pursuant to the written license agreements disclosed on Schedule 4.11.
(d) None of the material Owned Intellectual Property is expired or has been cancelled or abandoned. Each Acquired Company has taken all commercially reasonable actions to maintain and protect all of the Company Intellectual Property.
(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12(e), none of the Acquired Companies has received in the past three (3) years any notice regarding the infringement, misappropriation or other violation by any Acquired Company of any Intellectual Property of any third party (including any demands or unsolicited offers to license any Intellectual Property from any third party) that has not yet been formally and finally resolved. To the Companys Knowledge, neither the conduct of the business of any Acquired Company nor sale of any products or provision of any services by any Acquired Company has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, or infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, any Intellectual Property of any third party.
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(f) To the Companys Knowledge, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or violating, or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, any of the Company Intellectual Property. No such claims have been brought or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened against any third party by any of the Acquired Companies.
(g) To the Companys Knowledge, all current or former employees, consultants, or contractors who have participated in the creation or development of any Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Company, including the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 4.12(a), have executed and delivered to such Acquired Company a valid and enforceable agreement (i) providing for the non-disclosure by such current or former employee, consultant, or contractor of any confidential information of such Acquired Company, and (ii) providing for the assignment by such current or former employee, consultant, or contractor to such Acquired Company of any Intellectual Property arising out of such employees, consultants, or contractors employment by, engagement by, or contract with such Acquired Company.
4.13. Insurance. The Company has furnished to Parent true and complete copies of all insurance policies and fidelity bonds covering the Acquired Companies or any Business and the employees of any Business, each of which is listed on Schedule 4.13 hereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13 hereto, there is no claim by any Acquired Company pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or bonds. All premiums payable under all such policies and bonds which are due and payable have been paid and each Acquired Company is otherwise in material compliance with the terms and conditions of all such policies and bonds. No Acquired Company has received written notice from any underwriter that any such policy of insurance or bond is not in full force and effect.
4.14. Employees. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.14(a), each employee of each Acquired Company is an employee at will and the employment of each employee of each Acquired Company is terminable at will without advance notice. To the Companys Knowledge, no officer of any Acquired Company has indicated his or her intent in writing to terminate his or her employment with such Acquired Company. No Acquired Company is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, nor has it experienced any strikes, grievances, claims of unfair labor practices, or other collective bargaining disputes. To the Companys Knowledge, no organizational effort is presently being made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to employees of any Acquired Company. No Acquired Company has received written notice of any alleged violation of federal, state, or local labor, employment or health and safety Law, rule, order, regulation or ordinance. Schedule 4.14(b) sets forth: (i) all present employees (including any leased or temporary employees) and independent contractors of each Acquired Company; (ii) each employees or independent contractors current rate of compensation; and (iii) each such employees accrued vacation, if applicable. Schedule 4.14(c) sets forth a list of all employment agreements containing any severance payments. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(d), there are no unpaid wages, bonuses or commissions owed to any employees or independent contractors (other than those not yet due and that have been accrued in the financial books and records of the Company). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(e) there are no written or oral employment agreements with any of the employees.
4.15. Employee Benefits.
(a) Schedule 4.15 contains a list of (i) each employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, (ii) all other pension, retirement, supplemental retirement, equity, equity incentive, severance, change in control, bonus, incentive, retention and deferred compensation plans, programs and arrangements and (iii) all other material plans, programs or arrangements (including vacation, death benefit and fringe benefit plans, programs or arrangements) maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by any of the Acquired Companies or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any employee, former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of any of the Acquired Companies or under which any of the Acquired Companies or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability with respect to any employee, former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of any of the Acquired Companies (the Plans). The Company has made available to Parent true, complete and correct copies of (i) the current document constituting each Plan, each current summary plan description and each summary of material modifications, if any (or, if a written Plan document does not exist, a written summary of the terms of such Plan), (ii) the most recent annual report on Form 5500 (with all applicable attachments) filed with respect to each Plan (if any such report was required) and (iii) any related trust agreements, investment management contracts, custodial agreements and insurance contracts, as applicable, with respect to each Plan.
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(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15(b):
(i) none of the Plans is (A) a multiemployer plan (as defined in Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (B) a multiple employer welfare arrangement (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), (C) a multiple employer plan to which Section 413(c) of the Code applies, or (D) subject to Title IV of ERISA or Sections 412 or 430 of the Code;
(ii) none of the Acquired Companies (A) has incurred, or as the result of an ERISA Affiliate will incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA or Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or (B) is subject to any Lien under ERISA or the Code, and to the Companys Knowledge, there is no basis for the imposition of any such Lien;
(iii) each Plan (and its related trust, insurance contract or other funding vehicle, if any) has been maintained, operated and administered in all material respects in compliance with (A) its terms, (B) the terms, if applicable, of any related funding instrument, and (C) all applicable Laws;
(iv) with respect to each Plan that is intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, the Acquired Companies have received a favorable determination letter or opinion letter (which has been made available to Parent) from the Internal Revenue Service that each such Plan is so qualified in form and the related trust is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and no such determination letter or opinion letter has been revoked (nor, to the Companys Knowledge, has revocation been threatened), and to the Companys Knowledge, no event has occurred since the date of the most recent determination letter or application therefore relating to any such Plan or trust (including any amendment to, or failure to amend, any such Plan) that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualification of any such Plan or the exemption of any such trust;
(v) the Acquired Companies and each ERISA Affiliate have, with respect to each group health plan (as such term is defined in Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code) that is maintained by any such entity, (A) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and the regulations thereunder and all similar state Laws, as applicable, and (B) complied with the applicable provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the regulations issued thereunder;
(vi) all contributions, premiums or payments under or with respect to each Plan (A) have been made within the time periods prescribed by ERISA, the Code and all other applicable Laws and (B) which are due on or before the Closing Date have been paid;
(vii) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions, will: (A) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, parachute payments (as such term is defined in Section 280G of the Code) or otherwise) becoming due to any director, officer or any employee of the Acquired Companies under any Plan or otherwise (except for payments due under arrangements that become effective on or after the date hereof between any such director, officer or employee and Parent or any of the Merger Subs); (B) increase the amount payable, or trigger any funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise), pursuant to any Plan; or (C) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any compensation or benefits;
(viii) none of the Plans provide, nor do any of the Acquired Companies or any ERISA Affiliate have an obligation to provide (whether through a promise or guarantee or through a policy or otherwise), any post-employment medical benefits or any other post-employment welfare benefits to any employee, former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of any of the Acquired Companies, except as required by applicable Law (including Section 4980B of the Code or applicable state Laws);
(ix) with respect to each Plan or other arrangement (including employment agreements) to which any of the Acquired Companies is a party that constitutes a nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code, each such nonqualified deferred compensation plan has been maintained and operated in good faith compliance with the requirements of Sections 409A of the Code and the applicable Internal Revenue Service guidance issued thereunder; and
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(x) the Acquired Companies have, for purposes of each Plan, correctly classified all individuals performing services for each such Acquired Company as common law employees, independent contractors or agents, as applicable.
4.16. Environmental Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, with respect to the Acquired Companies:
(a) There is and has been no generation, treatment, storage, release, disposal or transport of, or exposure to any Hazardous Material at, on, under, or from any of the Real Property or by or relating to any Acquired Companies except in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(b) The Acquired Companies have complied with and are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws. No Acquired Company has received any written notice, order or other communication from any Governmental Authority or other Person claiming that the Acquired Companies are, or may be, liable under, or violated any, Environmental Laws, including any liability or violation relating to any personal injury or property damage or any other costs or expenses or damages or liabilities arising from any release, treatment, storage or disposal transport of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material;
(c) The Acquired Companies have not owned or operated any property or facility upon which, to or from there has been a release of any Hazardous Material and to the Companys Knowledge, none of the Real Property has had a release of any Hazardous Material, in each case as would give rise to any current or future liabilities under Environmental Laws;
(d) The Acquired Companies have not assumed or undertaken or provided an indemnity with respect to any liability of any other Person relating to Environmental Laws or Hazardous Materials;
(e) None of the Acquired Companies, nor, to the Companys Knowledge, any predecessor or affiliate for which any Acquired Company would have liability, has any liability, contingent or otherwise, with respect to the presence or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials in any product or item or at or upon any property or facility; and
(f) The Company has furnished to Parent all environmental audits, assessment and reports and all other documents materially bearing on environmental, health or safety liabilities, in each case relating to the Acquired Companies or any affiliates or predecessors, including any of their current or prior properties, facilities or operations, to the extent such documents are in the possession or under the reasonable control of the Acquired Companies.
4.17. Compliance with Laws. The Acquired Companies have complied with all applicable material Laws and orders of all Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, Laws and orders relating to Taxes, employee benefits and the environment, the Acquired Companies compliance with which, however, is governed exclusively by Sections 4.8, 4.15 and 4.16, respectively) and no Acquired Company is in material default under or in violation of any such applicable Laws and orders of all Governmental Authorities.
4.18. Accounts Receivable. All accounts receivable shown on the Company Financial Statements and all such receivables arising after the date of the Most Recent Company Balance Sheets and now held by the Company are valid obligations arising from sales actually made or services actually performed in the Ordinary Course of Business and, to the Companys Knowledge, were not and are not subject to any off-set, defense or counterclaim (other than customary bad debt reserves for uncollectible accounts receivable).
4.19. No Brokers. None of the Acquired Companies has retained any broker or finder pursuant to any contract or arrangement in connection with the Merger under which such broker or finder could be entitled to a fee or commission from the Company or Parent.
4.20. No Material Changes. Except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 4.20, since December 31, 2007:
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(a) the Acquired Companies have not issued any stock or equity interests, notes or other corporate securities or granted any options, warrants or rights calling for the issue thereof;
(b) the Acquired Companies have not entered into any contract or agreement other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c) there has been no theft, damage, destruction or other casualty loss to or forfeiture of any portion of the property or assets of the Acquired Companies, after giving effect to payments under applicable insurance policies, which has had a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) there has been no increase in, or plan or commitment to increase, the compensation payable or to become payable to any of the Acquired Companies officers or employees other than: (i) increases in the Ordinary Course of Business to non-officer employees; or (ii) increases required by employment contracts disclosed to Parent and listed on Schedule 4.20 nor any increases in benefits provided under any employee benefit plan or arrangement (including, without limitation, any severance policies or practices), and the Acquired Companies have not amended nor terminated any existing employee benefit plan or arrangement or adopted any new employee benefit plan or arrangement;
(e) there has been no guarantee or any indebtedness incurred or committed to by the Acquired Companies, (i) other than guarantees or indebtedness incurred or committed to in the Ordinary Course of Business under existing credit facilities as set forth on Schedule 4.11or (iii) other than indebtedness in an aggregate amount not exceeding $500,000 and none of the Acquired Companies has canceled any debt owed to it or released any claim possessed by it other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(f) the Acquired Companies have undertaken no capital expenditures or commitments to make capital expenditures, other than capital expenditures or commitments in the Ordinary Course of Business or that have been otherwise disclosed to and approved by, solely with respect to the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Closing Date, Parent;
(g) the Acquired Companies have not entered into or amended any employment, consulting or similar agreement, or any agreement with any labor union or association representing any employee or any material employee benefit plan or arrangement;
(h) the Acquired Companies have not acquired, nor disposed, nor encumbered (nor has any Acquired Company agreed to acquire, dispose or encumber) any substantial assets or property, real or personal, of an Acquired Company other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, or delivered or paid any dividend on or made any other distribution in respect of its capital stock;
(i) there has not been any material change in the accounting policies or practices of an Acquired Company, including practices with respect to the payment of accounts payable or the collection of accounts receivable;
(j) the Acquired Companies have not permitted or allowed any of their assets or properties (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) to become subject to any Liens, other than Permitted Liens;
(k) the Acquired Companies did not file any amended Tax Return, settle any Tax claim or assessment, enter into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to any Acquired Company or take any similar action if the effect was to increase the Tax liability of any Acquired Company after the Closing Date; and
(l) the Acquired Companies have not agreed or offered, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the actions referred to in clauses (a) through (k) above.
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4.21. Permits and Licenses. The Acquired Companies hold all Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) necessary for the lawful ownership of the Acquired Companies assets or the operation of the Businesses as presently conducted, and no other Permits are necessary for the lawful ownership of the Acquired Companies assets or the operation of the Businesses as presently conducted by the Acquired Companies. The Acquired Companies have heretofore conducted the Businesses in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of such Permits, and the Acquired Companies have not received written notice of any default or violation in respect of or under any of such Permits. No Permit is subject to any requirement or condition that is not generally imposed on a similar license or permit. The Acquired Companies have not received written notice of termination, revocation or modification of any material Permit and are not delinquent in the filing of any material reports or in the payment of any Taxes or fees with respect to such Permits. Schedule 4.21 contains a true, accurate and complete list of any Permits which require a third partys consent for the consummation of the Transactions. No event has occurred which permits the revocation or termination of any of Permit or the imposition of any restriction thereon, or that would prevent any Permit from being renewed on a routine basis or in the ordinary course.
4.22. Warranties. The Acquired Companies do not provide guaranties, warranties or indemnities with respect to the performance or integrity of any of the services sold by the Acquired Companies, except for those written standard warranties that are included in the copies of the Material Contracts that have been previously made available to Parent and similar warranties included in non-Material Contracts that are included in the copies of non-Material Contracts that have previously been made available to Parent.
4.23. Major Suppliers and Customers.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.23(a), to the Companys Knowledge, no Acquired Company has received written notice that any supplier that in the Acquired Companys most recently concluded fiscal year accounted for more than $300,000 of supplies purchased annually by the Acquired Company in the conduct of the Businesses or any sole supplier will not sell raw materials, supplies, merchandise and other goods and services to the Acquired Company or to any buyer of a Business within the one (1) year period after the date of this Agreement on terms and conditions substantially similar to those used in its current sales to the Acquired Company, subject only to price increases and/or market conditions, unless comparable supplies, merchandise or other goods are readily available from other sources on comparable terms and conditions.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.23(b), to the Companys Knowledge, no Acquired Company has received written notice from any customer that in the Acquired Companys most recently concluded fiscal year accounted for $300,000 or greater of the annual sales of a Business or any single contract with total payments in excess of $500,000 terminating its business relations with the Acquired Company within the one (1) year period after the date of this Agreement.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.23(c), to the Companys Knowledge, no Acquired Company has received written notice that any distributors, sales representatives, sales agents, or other third party sellers that in an Acquired Companys most recently concluded fiscal year accounted for more than $50,000 of monthly new sales of a Business, will not sell or market the products or services of a Business within the one (1) year period after the date of this Agreement on terms and conditions substantially similar to those used in the current sales and distribution contracts of the Acquired Company.
4.24. Related Party Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.24:
(a) there is no Debt between any Acquired Company and any officer, director or employee of any Former Company Stockholder or its Affiliates;
(b) no Former Company Stockholder owns, in whole or in part, or provides or causes to be provided, and no Affiliate, officer, director or employee of any Former Company Stockholder owns, in whole or in part, or provides or causes to be provided, to any Acquired Company, any material assets, services or facilities of the Acquired Company; and
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(c) no Acquired Company beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, any investment in or issued by a Former Company Stockholder or such officer, director, employee or Affiliate of a Former Company Stockholder or the Company (other than in another Subsidiary of the Company).
4.25. Prohibited Payments. No Acquired Company or any director, officer, employee, or to the Companys Knowledge, any agent or other Person acting for or on behalf of any Acquired Company has (a) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to political activity, (b) made any unlawful payments to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, (c) made any other unlawful payment, (d) other than rebates made to customers in the Ordinary Course of Business, made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment to any Person, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money, property, or services (i) to obtain favorable treatment in securing business, (ii) to obtain favorable treatment for business secured or (iii) to obtain special concessions or for special concessions already obtained, for or in respect of any Acquired Company or any of its Affiliates or (e) established or maintained any fund or asset that has not been recorded in the books and records of such Acquired Company and which is required to be so recorded under GAAP.
4.26. Books and Records. The books of account, minute books, stock record books, and other records of the Company, all of which have been made available to Parent, are complete and correct and have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices. The minute books of the Company contain accurate and complete records of all meetings held of, and corporate action taken by, the stockholders, the boards of directors and committees of the boards of directors, of the Company, and no meetings of any such stockholders, board of directors or committees of boards of directors have been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute books. At the Closing, all of those books and records will be in the possession of the Company.
4.27. Proxy Statement. The information to be supplied in writing by the Company for inclusion in Parents prospectus/proxy statement (such prospectus/proxy statement as amended or supplemented is referred to herein as the Proxy Statement), which shall be included in Parents Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the Registration Statement) shall not at the time the Proxy Statement is first mailed, at the time of the meeting of Parents stockholders to consider the approval of this Agreement (the Parent Stockholders Meeting) and at the time of the filing with the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time prior to the Closing, any event relating to any Acquired Company or its officers or directors should be discovered by the Company which should be set forth in a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by Parent or any Person other than the Company which is contained in the Proxy Statement.
4.28. Disclaimer. Parent and Merger Subs acknowledge and agree that they are entering into and consummating this Agreement and the Transactions without, and are not relying upon, any representation or warranty, express or implied, at Law or in equity, by the Company or any Former Company Stockholder or any of their respective representatives, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (and subject to such limitations and qualifications as are expressly contained herein and the disclosure schedules hereto). In furtherance of the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, Parent and Merger Subs acknowledge and agree that except for the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, none of the Company or any Former Company Stockholder, any of their respective representatives or any other Person has made any express or implied representation or warranty on behalf of the Company or any Former Company Stockholder or any of their respective representatives, and Parent and Merger Subs hereby waive any and all other representations and warranties, whether express or implied (by statute, common law or otherwise). Parent and Merger Subs acknowledge and agree that any financial projection or forecast delivered to Parent and Merger Subs with respect to the revenues or profitability that may arise from the Acquired Companies and the Business after the Closing Date, shall not in and of itself form the basis of any claim against the Company, any Former Company Stockholder or any of their respective representatives. With respect to any projection or forecast delivered by or on behalf of the Company to Parent and Merger Subs, Parent and Merger Subs acknowledge and agree that (w) there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make such projections and forecasts, (x) the accuracy and correctness of such projections and forecasts may be affected by information that may become available through discovery or otherwise after the date of such projections and forecasts, (y) such projections and forecasts have not been independently verified, reflect various assumptions
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and may not prove to be correct, and (z) they are familiar with each of the foregoing. The preceding notwithstanding, nothing in this Section 4.30 shall be deemed to limit or affect in any way any of the representations or warranties expressly made by the Acquired Companies under this Agreement.
V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND THE MERGER SUBS
As an inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, Parent and the Merger Subs jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
5.1. Organization of Parent and the Merger Subs. Each of Parent and Merger Sub I is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and lawful authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. Merger Sub II is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has all requisite limited liability company power and lawful authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.
5.2. Validity and Execution. Each of Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II has the full corporate or limited liability company power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. All necessary corporate or limited liability company action of each of Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II has been taken to authorize each of Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II to execute and deliver this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each of Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors rights.
5.3. Noncontravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement by Parent or the Merger Subs, nor the consummation of the Transactions, will: (i) violate any constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any applicable Law or any injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling change or other restriction of any Governmental Authority to which Parent and/or either Merger Sub is subject or any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Parent and/or Merger Sub I, the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of Merger Sub II, or any other governing instrument, as amended, or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any Person the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument, or other arrangement to which Parent and/or either Merger Sub is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any security interest upon any of its assets). Except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, neither Parent nor any Merger Sub needs to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any authorization, consent, or approval of any Governmental Authority in order for the parties to consummate the Transactions.
5.4. No Litigation. There is no litigation or proceeding pending, or to Parents Knowledge, threatened to which Parent or either Merger Sub is subject that is material to Parents or the Merger Subs ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, or that is reasonably likely to prevent, restrict or materially delay the performance of the Transactions.
5.5. No Brokers. Other than Jefferies & Company, Inc., neither Parent nor either Merger Sub has retained any broker or finder pursuant to any contract or arrangement in connection with the Merger under which such broker or finder could be entitled to a fee or a commission from the Company.
5.6. Disclosure. No representation or warranty made by Parent, Merger Sub I or Merger Sub II in this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.
5.7. SEC Filings. Parent has filed and furnished all required reports, schedules, forms, prospectuses and registration, proxy and other statements required to be filed or furnished by it with or to the SEC since May 24, 2006 (collectively, and in each case including all schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, the Parent SEC Documents). As of their respective effective dates (in the case of Parent SEC Documents that are
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registration statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and as of the respective dates of the last amendment filed with the SEC (in the case of all other Parent SEC Documents), the Parent SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, each as in effect on the applicable date referred to above, applicable to such Parent SEC Documents, and none of the Parent SEC Documents as of such respective dates 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. Parent maintains effective disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act and such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that all material information concerning Parent is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of Parents filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents.
5.8. Capitalization.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 72,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Parent Preferred Stock), of which 21,840,000 shares of Parent Common Stock and no shares of the Parent Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(b) Except as described in the Parent SEC Documents, (i) no shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock granted to employees of Parent or other parties (the Parent Stock Options) and there are no outstanding Parent Stock Options; (ii) no shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock (the Parent Warrants) and there are no outstanding Parent Warrants; and (iii) no shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the conversion of the Parent Preferred Stock or any outstanding convertible notes, debentures or securities. All shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instrument pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock and all outstanding Parent Warrants have been issued and granted in compliance with all applicable securities laws.
(c) The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued by Parent pursuant to this Agreement have been duly reserved for issuance by Parent from Parents authorized but unissued shares of Parent Common Stock or treasury shares and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued and such shares of Parent Common Stock will be fully paid and nonassessable.
(d) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or the Parent SEC Documents, there are no registrations rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy, rights plan, agreement to repurchase or redeem, anti-takeover plan or other agreements or understandings to which Parent is a party or by which Parent is bound with respect to any equity security of any class of Parent.
(e) Except as provided for in this Agreement and except as set forth in Schedule 5.8(e), as a result of the consummation of the Transactions, no shares of capital stock, warrants, options or other securities of Parent are issuable and no rights in connection with any shares, warrants, options or other securities of Parent accelerate or otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting, exercisability, convertibility or otherwise).
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5.9. Undisclosed Liabilities. Other than expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation and consummation of the Transactions, there are no material liabilities relating to Parent or Merger Sub, whether known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due, including any liability for Taxes, except as otherwise disclosed in Parent SEC Documents.
5.10. Material Contracts. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.10, there are no Material Contracts of Parent, other than those that are exhibits to the Parent SEC Documents. With respect to each Material Contract: (a) such Material Contract is legal, valid and binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect, (b) neither Parent nor, to Parents Knowledge, is any other party to such Material Contract is in material breach or default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default by Parent or, to the Parents Knowledge, any other party to such a Material Contract, or permit termination, material modification, or acceleration under the Material Contract, and (c) Parent has not, and to the Parents Knowledge, no other party to a Material Contract has repudiated any material provision of any Material Contract.
5.11. Intellectual Property. Parent does not own, license or otherwise have any material right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property.
5.12. Compliance with Laws. Parent has complied with all applicable material Laws and Parent is not in material default under or in violation of any such applicable Laws.
5.13. Related Party Transactions. Except as set forth in the parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, (a) there is no Debt between Parent and any officer, director, employee or stockholder of Parent and (b) to Parents Knowledge, none of such individuals provides or causes to be provided, to Parent, any material assets, services or facilities that will be material to the combined companies following the Transaction.
5.14. Tax Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.14:
(a) all income, franchise and all material other Tax Returns required to have been filed by or with respect to Parent have been timely filed (taking into account applicable extensions of time to file) and all such Tax Returns (including information provided therewith or with respect thereto) are true, accurate and complete in all material respects;
(b) all income Taxes and all other Taxes of Parent, whether or not shown as due on any Tax Returns, have been timely paid, other than Taxes that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (and are so identified on Schedule 5.14);
(c) there is no action, suit, investigation, audit, claim or assessment pending or proposed or threatened in writing with respect to Taxes of Parent;
(d) Parent has not waived or requested to waive any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes which waiver is currently in effect; and
(e) Parent has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to the withholding of Taxes and has duly and timely withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authorities all amounts required to be so withheld and paid over for all periods under all applicable Laws.
5.15. Business Activities. Since its organization, Parent has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a business combination. Except as set forth in Parents Certificate of Incorporation, there is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon Parent or to which Parent is a party which has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Parent, any acquisition of property by Parent or the conduct of business by Parent as currently conducted other than such effects as would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.16. Title to Property. Parent does not own or lease any real property or personal property. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.16, there are no options or other contracts under which Parent has a right or obligation to acquire or lease any interest in real property or personal property.
5.17. Indebtedness. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.17, Parent has no Debt.
5.18. Trust Funds. As of the date hereof and at the Closing Date, Parent has and will have no less than $104,147,820 invested in United States Government securities or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in a trust account administered by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the Trust Fund), less such amounts, if any, as Parent is required to pay (i) to stockholders who elect to have their shares converted to cash in accordance with the provisions of Parents Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, (ii) deferred underwriters compensation in connection with Parents initial public offering and (iii) third parties (e.g., professionals) who have rendered services to Parent in connection with its efforts to effect a business combination, including the Mergers.
5.19. No Material Changes.
(a) No conditions, circumstances or facts exist, and since June 30, 2008, there have not been any events, occurrences, changes, developments or circumstances, which would have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Parent and the Merger Subs have not since June 30, 2008 and prior to the date of this Agreement taken any action of the type referred to in Section 6.3(b) except in the Ordinary Course of Business
5.20. Board Approval. The board of directors of Parent has, as of the date of this Agreement, unanimously (i) declared the advisability of and approved the Merger in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (ii) determined that the Merger is in the best interests of the stockholders of Parent, and (iii) determined that the fair market value of Company is equal to at least 80% of Parents net assets.
VI. COVENANTS
6.1. Mutual Joint Covenants.
(a) FCC Applications; State PUC Applications.
(i) Within five (5) Business Days after the date hereof, the parties hereto shall commence preparing the necessary applications (including any notices, reports, registrations and other filings) with the FCC seeking the FCC Consents set forth on Schedule 6.1(a)(i), and such submissions shall be filed with the applicable authorities as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date hereof). Each party shall provide the other party with all information necessary for the preparation of such applications on a timely basis, including those portions of such applications which are required to be completed by each party.
(ii) Within five (5) Business Days after the date hereof, the parties hereto shall commence preparing the necessary applications (including any notices, reports, registrations and other filings) with the State PUCs seeking the State PUC Consents set forth on Schedule 6.1(a)(ii), and such submissions shall be filed with the applicable authorities as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date hereof). Each party shall provide the other parties with all information necessary for the preparation of such applications on a timely basis, including those portions of such applications which are required to be completed by the first party. In addition, the parties hereto shall cooperate to make any notice or ownership filings required in connection with this matter on a timely basis and to assist in the process of obtaining approvals for the Transactions from the FCC and State PUCs (including any related approvals required in connection with the financing contemplated by the Credit Agreement).
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(iii) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to prosecute the FCC applications and the State PUC applications in good faith and with due diligence before the FCC and the State PUCs and in connection therewith shall take such actions as may be necessary or reasonably required in connection with the FCC applications and the State PUC applications, including furnishing to the FCC and the State PUCs any documents, materials, or other information requested by the FCC and the State PUCs in order to obtain the FCC Consents and the State PUC Consents as expeditiously as practicable. In addition, to the extent practicable, the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) promptly notify the other parties of any material communication to that party from the FCC, any State PUC or any other party with respect to the FCC applications or the State PUC applications, as applicable, (ii) permit a representative of the other parties reasonably acceptable to the first party to attend and participate in substantive meetings (telephonic or otherwise) with the FCC or any State PUC and (iii) permit the other party to review in advance, as reasonable, any proposed written communication to the FCC or any State PUC. No party hereto shall, without the written consent of the other parties, knowingly take, or fail to take, any action if the intent or reasonably anticipated consequence of such action or failure to act is, or would be, to cause or materially increase the probability of the FCC or any State PUC not to grant approval of any FCC application or of any State PUC application or materially delay either such approval, to the material detriment of the other parties. In the event there are any petitions for reconsideration, appeals or similar filings made seeking to overturn the grant of the FCC Consent or grant of any of the State PUC Consents, or if the FCC or a State PUC seeks to reconsider such grant on its own motion, then the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to defend the applicable grants against such actions. The filing fees and the Companys costs and expenses associated with obtaining any such State PUC or FCC Consents (including the Companys attorneys fees) shall be paid by the Company. Parent shall be responsible for payment of its own attorneys fees and related costs and expenses associated with obtaining any such State PUC or FCC Consents.
(b) Tax Matters; Books and Records.
(i) The Parent shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns for the Acquired Companies that are required to be filed after the Closing Date (taking into account applicable extensions) including, without limitation, the final federal income Tax Return of the consolidated group that includes the Acquired Companies for the taxable period including the Closing Date. To the extent that such Tax Returns relate to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, Parent shall prepare such Tax Returns consistently with the past practice and custom of the Acquired Companies in filing their Tax Returns unless a different treatment of any item is required by an intervening change in Law.
(ii) All tax-sharing agreements or similar agreements with respect to or involving the Acquired Companies shall be terminated as of the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, the Acquired Companies shall not be bound thereby or have any liability thereunder.
(iii) On or prior to the Closing Date, the boards of directors of each of Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company shall adopt this Agreement as a Plan of Reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-3(a).
(iv) On or prior to the Closing, the Stockholders' Representative shall deliver to Parent a properly executed statement in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent for purposes of permitting Parent not to withhold tax as provided for under the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 1445 of the Code (it being understood and agreed by the parties that the failure to provide such statement shall result in the Parent and/or the Merger Subs withholding (or causing to be withheld) under Section 1445 of the Code).
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(c) Confidentiality. From the date hereof until the First Merger Effective Time, the parties hereto, their respective members, directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the Receiving Party) shall use reasonable good faith efforts to hold in confidence, and shall not use for their own benefit, any and all proprietary and non-public documents and information concerning the other parties (the Disclosing Party), as may be furnished to the Receiving Party by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party or otherwise obtained in connection with the Transactions and that are marked with a confidential or similar legend or that should be reasonably understood to be confidential, except that: (i) the Receiving Party may disclose such documents and information to any Governmental Authority reviewing the Transactions, including in any filing with the SEC such as the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement or otherwise as may be required by applicable Law or the rules of any stock exchange; (ii) the Receiving Party may disclose such documents and information to its respective affiliates; (iii) the Receiving Party may disclose such documents and information to its accountants, attorneys, investment bankers, and permitted assignees and to other individuals or entities, with a genuine need to know of such existence, for reasons including preparation for the consummation of the Transactions, on the condition that such disclosure is effected on a confidential basis; and (iv) the Receiving Party may disclose (A) such information that was, at the time of disclosure, in the public domain, (B) such information that has been disclosed by the Disclosing Party or any of its affiliates to others without any obligation of confidentiality or such information became part of the public domain by publication or otherwise without a breach of the provisions of this Agreement, (C) such information that was known by the Receiving Party at the time of disclosure without any obligation of confidentiality and (D) such information that was disclosed to the Receiving Party by a third party without breach of any obligation of confidentiality. If the Transactions shall not be consummated, the Receiving Party shall maintain such confidence, and all documents and information provided to the Receiving Party by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party (and all copies thereof or any documents, spreadsheets, analyses, etc. prepared on the basis of such documents or information) shall promptly be returned to the Disclosing Party by the Receiving Party.
(d) Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, the Parent and the Company agree to, and the Company shall cause the other Acquired Companies to, use their commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as practicable the Transactions, including, but not limited to (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article XI to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Authorities and the making of all necessary registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Authorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to avoid any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Authorities, (iii) the obtaining of all consents, approvals or waivers from third parties required as a result of the Transactions, (iv) the defending of any suits, claims, actions, investigations or proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Authority vacated or reversed and (v) the execution or delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the Transactions, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement. In furtherance, and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Parent agrees to use its reasonable good faith efforts to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval and the conversion of less than 20% of the Parent Common Stock.
(e) Preparation of SEC Documents; Parent Stockholders Meeting.
(i) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Parent will prepare and file the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement with the SEC. In connection with the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement, the Company shall deliver to Parent requisite annual audited financial statements and interim unaudited financial statements which meet the applicable requirements of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement and (ii) provide information reasonably required to prepare the disclosures relating to the Businesses. The Company and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement prior to filing with the SEC. Parent will respond to any comments of the SEC and Parent will use
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its reasonable best efforts to obtain an order of effectiveness from the SEC and to mail the Proxy Statement to its stockholders at the earliest practicable time. As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the Company and Parent will prepare and file any other filings required under the Securities Act or any other federal, foreign or Blue Sky laws relating to the Transactions (collectively, the Other Filings). Each party will notify the other party promptly upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff or any other governmental officials for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement or any Other Filing or for additional information and will supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between such party or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, or its staff or other government officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement, the Merger or any Other Filing. The Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement and the Other Filings will comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of Law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Whenever any event occurs which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement or any Other Filing, the Company or Parent, as the case may be, will promptly inform the other party of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the SEC or its staff or any other government officials, and/or mailing to stockholders of the Company and Parent, such amendment or supplement. The Proxy Statement will be sent to the stockholders of Parent as described in Section 6.1(e)(ii) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from holders of Parent Common Stock to vote at the Parent Stockholders Meeting in favor of: (i) the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the First Merger (Parent Stockholder Approval); (ii) the issuance and sale of shares of Parent Common Stock to the extent that such issuance requires stockholder approval; (iii) the amendment to Parents charter to, among other things, increase the number of authorized shares; (iv) the adoption of an equity incentive plan; and (v) such other matters as Parent deems reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.
(ii) As soon as practicable following effectiveness of the Registration Statement by the SEC, Parent shall distribute the Proxy Statement to the holders of Parent Common Stock and, pursuant thereto, shall call the Parent Stockholders Meeting in accordance with the DGCL and, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, solicit proxies from such holders to vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the First Merger and the other matters presented to the stockholders of Parent for approval or adoption at the Parent Stockholders Meeting, including, without limitation, the matters described Section 6.1(e)(i).
(iii) Parent shall comply with all applicable provisions of and rules under the Securities Act, Exchange Act and all applicable provisions of the DGCL in the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement, the solicitation of proxies thereunder, and the calling and holding of the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Proxy Statement does not, as of the date on which it is distributed to the holders of Parent Common Stock, and as of the date of the Parent Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that Parent shall not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information relating to the Company or any other information furnished in writing by the Company explicitly for inclusion in the Proxy Statement).
(iv) Parent, acting through its board of directors, shall include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of its board of directors (and any committee thereof) that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the First Merger.
(v) The Company agrees to provide, and will cause its directors, officers and employees to provide, all cooperation reasonably necessary in connection with obtaining the approval of the First Merger by Parents stockholders.
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(f) HSR Act. If required pursuant to the HSR Act, as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall each prepare and file the notification required of it thereunder in connection with the Transactions and shall promptly and in good faith respond to all information requested of it by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice in connection with such notification and otherwise cooperate in good faith with each other and such Governmental Authorities. Parent and the Company shall (a) promptly inform the other of any communication to or from the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice or any other Governmental Authority regarding the Transactions, (b) give the other prompt notice of the commencement of any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority with respect to such transactions and (c) keep the other reasonably informed as to the status of any such action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding or investigation. Filing fees with respect to the notifications required under the HSR Act shall be divided equally between the Company and Parent.
(g) Other Actions.
(i) As promptly as practicable after execution of this Agreement and in any event within four (4) Business Days, Parent will prepare and file a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act to report the execution of this Agreement (the Signing Form 8-K), which the Company may review and comment upon prior to filing. Any language included in the Signing Form 8-K that reflects the Companys comments, as well as any text as to which the Company has not commented upon after being given a reasonable opportunity to comment, shall be deemed to have been approved by the Company and may henceforth be used by Parent in other filings made by it with the SEC and in other documents distributed by Parent in connection with the Transactions without further review or consent of the Company. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall also issue a mutually agreeable joint press release announcing the execution of this Agreement (the Signing Press Release).
(ii) At least five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall prepare together with the Company a draft Form 8-K announcing the Closing, together with, or incorporating by reference, the financial statements prepared by the Company and its accountant, and such other information that may be required to be disclosed with respect to the Merger in any report or form to be filed with the SEC (the Closing Form 8-K), which shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Prior to Closing, Parent and the Company shall prepare a mutually agreeable joint press release announcing the consummation of the Mergers hereunder (the Closing Press Release). Concurrently with the Closing, Parent shall issue the Closing Press Release. Concurrently with the Closing, or as soon as practicable thereafter and in any event within four (4) Business Days, Parent shall file the Closing Form 8-K with the Commission.
(h) Required Information. In connection with the preparation of the Signing Form 8-K, the Signing Press Release, the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement, the Closing Form 8-K and the Closing Press Release, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent and/or the Company to any Governmental Authority or other third party in connection with the Transactions, and for such other reasonable purposes, the Company and Parent each shall, upon request by the other, furnish the other with all information concerning themselves, their respective directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Merger. Each party warrants and represents to the other party that all such information shall be true and correct in all material respects and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(i) No Shop; Non-Solicit.
(i) From and after the date hereof until the earlier of the (x) termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms or (y) consummation of this Agreement and the Transactions (Exclusivity Period): (A) Parent shall not, and shall cause its stockholders, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives and advisors (collectively, with Parent, the Parent
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Group) not to enter into any written agreement with any other person or entity (whether or not such written agreement is absolute, contingent or conditional) regarding a Parent Third Party Acquisition other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) Parent shall not and shall cause the other members of the Parent Group not to solicit, offer, initiate, knowingly encourage, conduct or engage in any discussions, investigations or negotiations or enter into any agreement with any other person or entity (whether or not such agreement or understanding is absolute, revocable, contingent or conditional) regarding a Parent Third Party Acquisition and (C) Parent agrees that during the Exclusivity Period it shall promptly, after obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Company of any inquiry or proposal regarding a Parent Third Party Acquisition that is received by any member of the Parent Group, including the terms of the proposal and the identity of the inquirer or offeror; and
(ii) During the Exclusivity Period: (A) the Company shall not, and shall cause its stockholders, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives and advisors (collectively, with the Company, the Company Group) not to enter into any written agreement with any other person or entity (whether or not such written agreement is absolute, contingent or conditional) regarding a Company Third Party Acquisition other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (B) the Company shall not and shall cause the other members of the Company Group not to solicit, offer, initiate, knowingly encourage, conduct or engage in any discussions, investigations or negotiations or enter into any agreement or understanding with any other person or entity (whether or not such agreement or understanding is absolute, revocable, contingent or conditional) regarding a Company Third Party Acquisition, other than the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and (C) the Company agrees that during the Exclusivity Period it shall promptly, after obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Parent of any inquiry or proposal regarding a Company Third Party Acquisition that is received by any member of the Company Group, including the terms of the proposal and the identity of the inquirer or offeror.
6.2. Companys Covenants.
(a) Access to Information. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall (i) give Parent, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, books and records of the Acquired Companies relating to the Acquired Companies and the Businesses, (ii) furnish to Parent, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating to the Acquired Companies and the Businesses as such Persons may reasonably request, and (iii) instruct the employees, counsel and financial advisors of the Company to cooperate with Parent in its investigation of the Acquired Companies and the Businesses; provided, however, that any investigation pursuant to this section shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Acquired Companies. Any information provided under this Section 6.2(a) shall be deemed confidential information for purposes of Section 6.1(c). The Company hereby appoints Parent as its authorized representative to access the offices, properties, auditors, books and records of GCI and agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Parent in obtaining information relating to GCI and the GCI Subsidiaries.
(b) Restrictions. Prior to the Closing, except as required by Law, as contemplated by the GCI Merger Agreement or with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (i) the Company shall, and shall cause each Acquired Company to (A) conduct the Businesses only in the Ordinary Course of Business, in substantially the manner in which the Businesses and operations have been previously conducted during the period covered by the Company Financial Statements and consistently with those practices, policies, customs and usages which were in effect from time to time throughout that period and (B) upon request, report periodically to Parent concerning the status of the business, operations, and finances of the Acquired Companies, and (ii) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Acquired Company to:
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(A) make, amend or rescind any election relating to Taxes, settle any litigation, audit or controversy relating to Taxes in excess of amounts reserved therefor in the Financial Statements, file any amended Tax Return or claim for refund, change any method of accounting or make any other change in its accounting or Tax policies or procedures, agree to an extension of any statute of limitations related to any Tax, enter into a closing agreement related to any Tax, or surrender any right to claim a Tax refund, except as required by applicable Law or GAAP;
(B) enter into any new line of business;
(C) fail to pay any Taxes when they become due and payable, other than Taxes being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves are reflected in the Company Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP;
(D) issue any additional shares of capital stock (other than shares of Company Stock issued in connection with existing warrants or upon exercise of outstanding options by persons who are stockholders of the Company as of the date of this Agreement) or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of stock in the Company;
(E) declare, set aside or pay any dividends or other distribution in respect of any Company Stock;
(F) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock;
(G) amend or propose to amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws;
(H) adopt a plan or effect any complete or partial liquidation or adopt resolutions providing for or authorizing such liquidation or adopt a plan of or effect any dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or reorganization;
(I) (1) create, incur, assume, forgive or make any changes to the terms or collateral of any debt or receivables (other than trade payables and receivables in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent in type and amount with prior practice), or any employee or officer loans or advances, except incurrences that constitute a refinancing of existing obligations on terms that are no less favorable to the Acquired Company than the existing terms; (2) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, indirectly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any Person except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement; (3) make any capital expenditures other than in accordance with the Acquired Companys budgeted capital expenditures and to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement; (4) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (other than customary travel, relocation or business advances to employees consistent with past practices); (5) acquire stock or assets of, or merge or consolidate with, any other Person; (6) incur any material liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than trade payables except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement; (7) sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of, any assets or properties (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) other than inventory held for sale or the disposition and replacement of obsolete personal property in the Ordinary Course of Business, or to secure debt permitted under subclause (1) of this clause (I) or (8) incur any indebtedness other than under existing credit facilities as set forth on Schedule 4.11 or other Ordinary Course of Business indebtedness except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement;
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(J) (1) increase the wages, salaries, bonus, compensation or other benefits of any of its officers or employees (other than non-material increases granted to retain employees, other than officers, who have been offered employment by another Person) or enter into, establish, amend or terminate any Plan or other employment, consulting, retention, change in control, collective bargaining, bonus or incentive compensation, profit sharing, health, welfare, stock option, equity, pension, retirement, vacation, severance, termination, deferred compensation or other compensation or benefit plan, policy, agreement, trust, fund or other arrangement with, for or in respect of any officer, director or employee other than as required by applicable Law or pursuant to the terms of agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement or in the Ordinary Course of Business with employees (other than officers) of such Acquired Company, (2) hire any employees except in the Ordinary Course of Business or (3) fail to make contributions to any Plan in accordance with the terms thereof or with past practice;
(K) (1) commence or settle any litigation or other proceedings with any Governmental Authority or other Person in excess of amounts reserved for such litigation on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or excess of $2 million, (2) make, amend or rescind any election relating to Taxes, settle any litigation, audit or controversy relating to Taxes in excess of amounts reserved therefor in the Financial Statements, file any amended Tax Return or claim for refund, change any method of accounting or make any other change in its accounting or Tax policies or procedures, agree to an extension of any statute of limitations related to any Tax, enter into a closing agreement related to any Tax, or surrender any right to claim a Tax refund, except as required by applicable Law or GAAP or (3) waive the benefits of, agree to modify in any manner, terminate, release any Person from or knowingly fail to enforce any material confidentiality or similar agreement to which an Acquired Company is a party or of which an Acquired Company is a beneficiary outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(L) (1) enter into or amend any contract or agreement with any Affiliate of the Company or (2) unless such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, enter into any agreement or group of related agreements which would be considered a Material Contract, modify, amend or terminate any Material Contract, or waive, release or assign any rights or claims thereunder, or enter into any agreement that if entered into prior to the date hereof would be a Material Contract;
(M) knowingly or intentionally take any action that results or is reasonably likely to result in any of the representations and warranties of the Company hereunder being untrue in any material respect or any condition in Article VII, VIII and IX not to be satisfied;
(N) take or omit to take any action, the taking or omission of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(O) agree to do, or take any action in furtherance of, any of the foregoing.
Nothing in this Section 6.2(b) shall be interpreted as prohibiting or restricting the Company in any way from complying with the terms and conditions of any Material Contracts as such exist as of the date hereof.
(c) Maintenance of Insurance. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to continue to carry its existing insurance upon substantially similar terms with substantially similar coverage.
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(d) Notification of Certain Matters.
(i) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent if any of the following occur after the date of this Agreement: (A) there has been a material failure of the Company to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder, (B) receipt of any notice or other communication in writing from any third party alleging that the consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the Transactions, (C) receipt of any notice or other written communication from any Governmental Authority which relates to the consummation of the Transactions, (D) the occurrence of an event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (E) the commencement or threat, in writing, of any litigation against any Acquired Companies which relates to the consummation of the Transactions.
(ii) Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company if any of the following occur after the date of this Agreement: (A) there has been a material failure of Parent to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder, (B) receipt of any notice or other communication in writing from any third party alleging that the consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the Transactions, (C) receipt of any notice or other written communication from any Governmental Authority which relates to the consummation of the Transactions, (D) the occurrence of an event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (E) the commencement or threat, in writing, of any litigation against Parent which relates to the consummation of the Transactions.
(e) Update of Schedules. From time to time prior to the Closing, subject to the reasonable approval of Parent, the Acquired Companies shall be entitled to update, amend or supplement the disclosure schedules attached hereto (each, a Schedule Update) (x) to reflect the GCI Acquisition or (y) to the extent information contained therein, which was true, complete and accurate as of the date of this Agreement, becomes untrue, incomplete or inaccurate after the date of this Agreement as a result of occurrences after the date of this Agreement but prior to the Closing (provided that such occurrences do not constitute or were not caused by a violation by an Acquired Company of Section 6.2(b)), by delivering such Schedule Update to the Buyer; provided further, that any such Schedule Update delivered to Parent shall be deemed to be amended unless Parent provides written notice to the Company within ten (10) Business Days after delivery to Parent of such Schedule Update that such Schedule Update is not reasonably satisfactory to Parent. Parent shall not be obligated to approve any change or changes to the disclosure schedules attached hereto made pursuant to subsection (x) above that materially differs from the final schedules to the GCI Merger Agreement, to the Companys material detriment, or pursuant to subsection (y) above that would have, or that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Companies following the Closing. Any such Schedule Update, to the extent practicable, shall be marked to show changes from the disclosure schedules attached hereto, as updated by any prior Schedule Updates. If the Company delivers to Parent one or more Schedule Updates, all references in this Agreement to the disclosure schedules attached hereto shall thereafter mean the disclosure schedules attached hereto as updated by each such Schedule Update to the extent such Schedule Updates have been consented to by Parent. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, upon completion of the Company Audit, the Company shall have the right to deliver a replacement version of the financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 delivered on the date of this Agreement (the Replacement Company Financial Statements); unless Parent terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1(h), the disclosure schedules attached hereto, shall be deemed to be amended by the Replacement Company Financial Statements.
(f) Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliant. The Acquired Companies shall use their reasonable good faith efforts to become complaint with all applicable provisions of and rules under the Securities Act, Exchange Act, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 within the time frame and waiver periods permitted by the SEC with respect to all its SEC filings and system of internal accounting controls.
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(g) No Claim Against Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges that it has read Parents final prospectus dated January 29, 2007 and understands that Parent has established the Trust Fund for the benefit of Parents public stockholders and that, subject to the limited exceptions described therein, Parent may disburse monies from the Trust Fund only (a) to Parents public stockholders in the event they elect to convert their shares into cash in accordance with Parents certificate of incorporation and/or the liquidation of Parent or (b) to Parent after it consummates a business combination. The Company further acknowledges that, if the Transactions, or, upon termination of this Agreement, another business combination, are not consummated by January 29, 2009, Parent shall be obligated to return to its stockholders the amounts being held in the Trust Fund. Accordingly, the Company, for itself and each of its subsidiaries, affiliated entities, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, representatives, advisors and all other associates and affiliates, hereby waive all rights, title, interest or claim of any kind against Parent to collect from the Trust Fund any monies that may be owed to them by Parent for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to a breach of this Agreement by Parent or any negotiations, agreements or understandings with Parent (whether in the past, present or future), and shall not seek recourse against the Trust Fund at any time for any reason whatsoever. This paragraph shall survive this Agreement and shall not expire and may not be altered in any way without the express written consent of Parent.
(h) AIM Delisting. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Laws and rules and policies of the AIM to enable the delisting by the Company of the Company Common Stock.
6.3. Parent Covenants.
(a) Access to Information. Prior to the Closing, Parent shall (i) give the Company, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, books and records of Parent, (ii) furnish to the Company, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating to Parent as such Persons may reasonably request, and (iii) instruct the employees, counsel and financial advisors of Parent to cooperate with the Company in its investigation of Parent; provided, however, that any investigation pursuant to this section shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of Parent. Any information provided under this Section 6.3(a) shall be deemed confidential information for purposes of Section 6.1(c).
(b) Restrictions. Prior to the Closing, except as required by Law or with the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (i) Parent shall conduct its business and operations only in the Ordinary Course of Business, in substantially the manner in which its business and operations have been previously conducted during the period covered by the Parent Financial Statements and consistently with those practices, policies, customs and usages which were in effect from time to time throughout that period, and (ii) Parent shall not (A) make or change any election, change an annual accounting period, adopt or change any material accounting principle, method or practice, file any amended Tax Return, settle any Tax claim or assessment, enter into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to Parent or take any similar action if the effect would be to increase Parents Tax liability after the Closing Date, (B) enter into any new line of business, (C) fail to pay any Taxes when they become due and payable, other than Taxes being contested in good faith, (D) issue any additional shares of capital stock (other than shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock issued in connection with existing warrants or upon exercise of outstanding options by persons who are stockholders of Parent as of the date of this Agreement) or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of stock in Parent, (E) declare, set aside or pay any dividends or other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock, (F) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock, (G) knowingly or intentionally take any action that results or is reasonably likely to result in any of the representations and warranties of Parent hereunder being untrue in any material respect or any condition in Article VII, VIII and IX not to be satisfied, (H) take or omit to take any action, the taking or omission of which could reasonably be expected to have a
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Material Adverse Effect, or (I) agree to do, or take any action in furtherance of, any of the foregoing. Nothing in this Section 6.3(b) shall be interpreted as prohibiting or restricting Parent in any way from complying with the terms and conditions of any Material Contracts as such exist as of the date hereof.
(c) Registration of Shares. Parent shall file as soon as possible after the Closing, and use its best efforts to become effective within 12 months after the Closing Date, a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement prior to the expiration of such 12-month period, including EBITDA Stock issued pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(ii) and Warrant Stock issued pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(iii), to those stockholders of the Company who are listed on Schedule 6.3(c).
(d) Director and Officer Liability. Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation, and the Surviving Corporation hereby agrees, to do the following:
(i) For six (6) years after the First Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each present and former officer, director, employee and representative of the Company and Parent in respect of acts and omissions occurring prior to the First Merger Effective Time to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or any other Law or provided under the Companys or Parents certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as applicable, in effect immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time; provided that such indemnification shall be subject to any limitation imposed by such certificate of incorporation or bylaws (as in effect immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time) or from time to time by Law.
(ii) For six (6) years after the First Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall provide each present and former officer, director, employee and representative of the Company and Parent with tail insurance in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to the First Merger Effective Time covering each such Person currently covered by the Companys officers and directors liability insurance policy on terms with respect to coverage and amount not materially less favorable than those of such policy in effect on the date hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing (and not withstanding any other provision of this Agreement), prior to the First Merger Effective Time, and with the prior consent of Parent, Company and Parent shall be entitled to obtain prepaid insurance policies providing for the coverage contemplated by this Section 6.3(d). If such prepaid policies are obtained prior to the First Merger Effective Time, Parent shall not cancel such policies or permit such policies to be cancelled.
(iii) The certificate of formation and the operating agreement of the Second Merger Surviving Entity shall include provisions for exculpation of director and officer liability and indemnification on the same basis as set forth in the Companys and Parents certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as applicable, in effect immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time. For six (6) years after the First Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall maintain in effect the provisions in its certificate of incorporation and bylaws providing for indemnification of such persons with respect to the facts or circumstances occurring at or prior to the First Merger Effective Time to the fullest extent permitted from time to time under the DGCL, which provisions shall not be amended except as required by changes in Law or except to make changes permitted by Law that would enlarge the scope of such persons indemnification rights thereunder.
(iv) The provisions of this Section 6.3(d) (x) are intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each indemnified party, his or her heirs and his or her representatives and (y) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Person may have by contract or otherwise. It is the intention of the parties to constitute the Company as trustee for the indemnified parties of the rights and benefits of this Section 6.3(d) and the Company agrees to accept such trust and to hold the rights and benefits of this Section 6.3(d) in trust for and on behalf of the indemnified parties. The obligations of Parent and the Surviving Corporation under this Section 6.3(d) shall not be terminated or
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modified in such a manner as to adversely affect the rights of any indemnified party to whom this Section 6.3(d) applies unless (x) such termination or modification is required by applicable Law or (y) the affected indemnified party shall have consented in writing to such termination or modification.
(e) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall (i) adopt an equity incentive plan in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, (ii) reserve 3,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock for issuance pursuant to such equity incentive plan and (iii) contingent upon the approval of such equity incentive plan by the holders of Parent Common Stock, approve each of the option grants set forth on Schedule 6.3(e).
6.4. Proxies and Dissent Rights. Parent shall advise the Company, as reasonably requested, and on a daily basis on each of the last seven (7) Business Days prior to the Parent Stockholders meeting, as to the aggregate tally of proxies and votes received in respect of such special meeting and the number of shares of Parent Common Stock for which notices of conversion have been delivered to Parent.
6.5. Stock Symbol. As of and after the First Merger Effective Time, Parent shall (i) change the name of Parent to First Communications, Inc. and (ii) cause the symbol under which the Parent Common Stock and any warrants to purchase Parent Common Stock are traded on the NASDAQ to change to a symbol as determined by the Company that, if available, is reasonably representative of the corporate name or business of the Company.
6.6. Further Assurances. The parties shall execute such further documents, and perform such further acts, as may be necessary to effect the Merger on the terms herein contained, and to otherwise comply with the terms of this Agreement and consummate the Transactions.
VII. CONDITIONS TO EACH PARTYS OBLIGATION TO EFFECT THE MERGER
The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Mergers shall be subject to the satisfaction prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
7.1. Parent Stockholder Approval. The Parent Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained by Parent in accordance with the DGCL and Parents certificate of incorporation. An executed copy of an amendment to Parents certificate of incorporation shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to be effective as of the Closing. The Trust Fund containing at least $81,000,000 shall have been disbursed to Parent.
7.2. Parent Common Stock. Holders of twenty percent (20%) or more of the shares of Parent Common Stock issued in Parents initial public offering of securities and outstanding immediately before the Closing shall not have exercised their rights to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the Trust Fund in accordance with Parents certificate of incorporation.
7.3. Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The SEC shall have declared the Registration Statement effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued by the SEC and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Company, threatened by the SEC.
7.4. NASDAQ Listing Approval. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
7.5. No Litigation. No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling or charge (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and (a) restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits or challenges the validity or legality of the Transactions, (b) limits or otherwise adversely affects the right of Parent to own and control the Acquired Companies, or to operate all or any material portion of either the business or the assets of the Acquired Companies or any material portion of the business or the assets of Parent or (c) compels Parent or any of its Affiliates to dispose of all or any material portion of either the Business or the assets of any Acquired Company
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(each, a Governmental Prohibition), and no Person shall have instituted or overtly threatened any action, suit or proceeding that would be reasonably expected to, result in any Governmental Prohibition.
7.6. Hart-Scott-Rodino Act; Governmental Approvals. All applicable waiting periods (and any extension thereof) under the HSR Act shall have expired or otherwise been terminated and all notices, reports, registrations and other filings with, and all consents, approvals and authorizations set forth on Schedule 6.1(a)(i) or Schedule 6.1(a)(ii) shall have been made or obtained, as the case may be.
7.7. Board Composition and Parent Officers. The stockholders of Parent shall have voted to elect to Parent's board of directors the individuals named on Schedule 7.7 in the classes set forth opposite their names, effective immediately after the Closing, and Parent shall have appointed the individuals named on Schedule 7.7 to the offices set forth opposite their names, effective immediately after the Closing.
7.8. Frustration of Closing Conditions. None of the Company, Parent or the Merger Sub may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in Articles VII, VIII or IX, as the case may be, to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such partys breach of Section 6.1(d) or any other provision of this Agreement.
VIII. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND THE MERGER SUB
The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Mergers are subject to satisfaction of the following conditions at or prior to the date indicated (any of which may be waived in whole or in part by Parent in writing):
8.1. Representations True. The Companys representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules attached hereto and any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except representations which, as written, are already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date hereof and, except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, as of the First Merger Effective Time as if made at the First Merger Effective Time.
8.2. Consents Obtained. All necessary third party approvals or consents shall have been obtained from all foreign, local, state and federal departments and agencies, from all other commissions, boards, agencies and from any other Person or entity whose approval or consent is necessary to consummate the Transactions including, without limitation, the approval of the Companys board of directors and stockholders, State PUC Consents and FCC Consents.
8.3. Performance of Obligations. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations, covenants and agreements undertaken by the Company in this Agreement and shall have complied in all material respects with all terms and conditions applicable to it under this Agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the Closing Date.
8.4. Dissenting Stockholders. Stockholders holding not more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall have exercised or shall have continuing rights to exercise dissenters rights under the DGCL with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
8.5. Receipt of Documents by Parent. Parent shall have received:
(a) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by the President and Secretary of the Company, certifying as to the fulfillment of the matters contained in Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3;
(b) certified copies of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors and stockholders of the Company approving this Agreement and the Transactions;
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(c) certificates of good standing dated within five Business Days of the Closing Date certifying the due incorporation or formation, good standing and continued corporate existence of each of the Acquired Companies issued by the jurisdiction of incorporation of such Acquired Company and by each jurisdiction where such Acquired Company is required to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation; and
(d) the Escrow Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D, executed by the Stockholders Representative and the Escrow Agent.
8.6. No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement there shall not have been any occurrence, event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
8.7. Credit Agreement Amendment. The Company shall have obtained an amendment to the JPMorgan Credit Agreement waiving the change of control provision.
8.8. GCI Merger. The Company shall have consummated the GCI Acquisition substantially on the terms and conditions set forth in the GCI Merger Agreement.
IX. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF COMPANY
The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions at or prior to the date indicated (any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the Company in writing):
9.1. Representations True. Parent and the Merger Subs representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules attached hereto and any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except representations which, as written, are already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date hereof and, except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, as of the First Merger Effective Time as if made at the First Merger Effective Time.
9.2. Performance of Obligations. Parent and each Merger Sub shall have duly performed in all material respects all obligations, covenants and agreements undertaken by them in this Agreement and shall have complied in all material respects with all the terms and conditions applicable to them under this Agreement to be performed or complied with on or before the Closing Date.
9.3. Consents Obtained. All necessary third party approvals or consents, assuming the Acquired Companies compliance with Section 6.2 with respect to those third party consents that are the subject of such section, shall have been obtained from all foreign, local, state and federal departments and agencies, from all other commissions, boards, agencies and from any other Person or entity whose approval or consent is necessary to consummate the Transactions including, without limitation, the approval of the board of directors of each of Parent and the Merger Subs, State PUC Consents and FCC Consents.
9.4. Merger Consideration. Parent shall have confirmed that it is prepared to deposit the Merger Consideration with the Exchange Agent and the Escrow Agent, as applicable.
9.5. Parent Stockholder Consent. Parent shall have received approval from the stockholders of Parent in a manner consistent with Parents final prospectus dated January 29, 2007 and delivered such approval to the Company; provided, however, if Parent fails to obtain such stockholder approval and all of the other foregoing conditions in Sections 7.3-7.6 and 8.1-8.8 shall have been satisfied, then Parent shall pay the Company all of its excess working capital funds available outside of the Trust Fund which remain after Parents expenses are paid or accrued for and reasonable liquidation reserves are established.
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9.6. Receipt of Documents. The Company shall have received:
(a) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by the President and Secretary of each of Parent and each Merger Sub certifying as to the fulfillment of the matters contained in Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.7 and 9.8;
(b) certified copies of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of each of Parent and each Merger Sub approving this Agreement and the Transactions; and
(c) the Escrow Agreement duly executed by the Parent and the Escrow Agent.
9.7. SEC Compliance. Immediately prior to the Closing, Parent shall be in compliance with the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act.
9.8. No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement there shall not have been any occurrence, event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
X. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
10.1. Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any certificate or instruments delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing. This Section 10.1 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance after the Closing.
XI. TERMINATION
11.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to Closing, as follows:
(a) By mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) By either Parent or the Company, if the Transactions shall not have been consummated on or before January 29, 2009 (the Outside Date);
(c) By either Parent or the Company, if a Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order, in each case which has become final and non-appealable, and which permanently restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the Transactions;
(d) By either Parent or the Company, if within forty-eight (48) hours of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company does not obtain the affirmative written consent of a majority of the stockholders of the Company approving this Agreement and the Transactions;
(e) By either Parent or the Company, if, at the Parent Stockholders Meeting (including any adjournments thereof), this Agreement and the Transactions shall fail to be approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of Parent Common Stock required under Parents certificate of incorporation, or the holders of 20% or more of the number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued in Parents initial public offering and outstanding as of the record date of the Parent Stockholders Meeting exercise their rights to convert the shares of Parent Common Stock held by them into cash in accordance with Parents certificate of incorporation;
(f) By Parent, if it is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and if (i) at any time any of the representations and warranties of the Company herein become untrue or inaccurate such that Section 8.1 would not be satisfied (treating such time as if it were the Closing Date for purposes of this Section 11.1(f)); or (ii) there has been a breach on the part of the Company of any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement such that Section 8.3 would not be satisfied (treating such time as if it were the Closing Date for purposes of this Section 11.1(f)), and, in both cases (i) and (ii), such breach has not been cured within thirty (30) days after written notice to the Company, if curable; or
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(g) By the Company, if it is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and if (i) at any time any of the representations and warranties of Parent herein become untrue or inaccurate such that Section 9.1 would not be satisfied (treating such time as if it were the Closing Date for purposes of this Section 11.1(g)); or (ii) there has been a breach on the part of Parent of any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement such that Section 9.2 would not be satisfied (treating such time as if it were the Closing Date for purposes of this Section 11.1(g)), and, in both cases (i) and (ii), such breach has not been cured within thirty (30) days after written notice to Parent, if curable.
(h) By Parent within forty-eight (48) hours of the delivery by the Company to Parent of Replacement Company Financial Statements, if such Replacement Company Financial Statements contain restated items that adversely affect the Companys financial results as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
11.2. Effect of Termination. If this Agreement is terminated as permitted by Section 11.1, this Agreement shall have no further force and effect, except that the provisions of Sections 6.1(c), 6.2(g), 12.1, 12.2, 12.5, 12.8, 12.9, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 12.13 and this Section 11.2 shall survive any such termination and except for any breach by a party of its obligations hereunder prior to the time of such termination.
XII. MISCELLANEOUS
12.1. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the internal, substantive laws of the State of Delaware.
12.2. Construction; Entire Agreement; Amendment. The captions preceding the Articles and Sections in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be used to modify, expand or construe any of the provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement, which includes the exhibits and schedules hereto and the other documents, agreements and instruments executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and it supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations and understandings of the parties, express or implied, oral or written. This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any way except in a writing signed by each of the parties hereto and except as provided in Section 6.2(e).
12.3. Assignment. The rights and obligations of a party under this Agreement shall not be assignable by such party without prior, express written consent of all other parties.
12.4. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the legal representatives, heirs, successors and permitted assigns of the respective parties.
12.5. Interpretation. Words used herein, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the context requires.
12.6. Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be waived in writing at any time by the party which is entitled to the benefit of such provision. Neither any failure nor any delay by any party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement or any of the documents referred to in this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right, power or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of such right, power or privilege shall preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
12.7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same Agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties to this Agreement. Electronic or facsimile signatures shall be deemed to be original signatures.
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12.8. Severability. The parties agree that if any part, term, or provision of this Agreement shall be found illegal and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be severable, valid, and enforceable in accordance with their terms.
12.9. Notices. Notice from a party to another party hereto relating to this Agreement shall be deemed effective if made in writing and delivered to the recipients address or facsimile number set forth below by any of the following means: (i) hand delivery, (ii) registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, (iii) Federal Express, Airborne Express, or like overnight courier service, or (iv) facsimile showing the date of transmission thereon and followed by regular mail delivery of a copy thereof. Notice made in accordance with this Section 12.9 shall be deemed delivered on receipt if delivered by hand or transmission if sent by facsimile on the third Business Day after mailing if mailed by registered or certified mail, or the next Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service if delivered for next day delivery.
(a) If to the Company or the Stockholders Representative prior to the Closing, as follows:
First Communications, Inc.
3340 West Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44333
Attn: Joseph Morris
Fax: (330) 835-2330
With a copy to:
Bingham McCutchen LLP
One Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: John J. Concannon III, Esq.
Fax: (617) 951-8736
(b) If to Parent or the Merger Sub or following the Closing, the Company, as follows:
Renaissance Acquisition Corp.
50 East Sample Road
Pompano Beach, Florida
Attn: Barry W. Florescue
Fax: (954) 784-0534
and
Renaissance Acquisition Corp.
15652 Woodvale Road
Encino, California 91436
Attn: Richard Bloom
Fax: (818) 995-7191
With a copy to:
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attn: Charles I. Weissman, Esq.
Fax: (212) 698-3599
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(c) If to the Stockholders Representative following the Closing, as follows:
The Gores Group LLC
10877 Wilshire Boulevard
18th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90024
Attn: Scott Honour
Fax: (310) 209-3310
Any party may, from time to time, by written notice to the other party, designate a different address, which shall be substituted for the one specified above for such party.
12.10. Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereto each hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New Castle County, Delaware for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the subject matter hereto brought by any other party hereto. Each party also agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Each party hereto, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, hereby waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court. Any party may make service on any other party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 12.9 above. Nothing in this Section 12.10, however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law or at equity.
12.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, THE TRANSACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR THEREOF.
12.12. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, the parties further agree that each party shall be entitled to an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.
12.13. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whether or not the Closing takes place, each party shall bear its respective expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the Transactions, including all fees and expenses of representatives, counsel, accountants, brokers and finders.
12.14. Stockholders Representative. Subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 12.14, the Stockholders Representative shall serve as the exclusive agent of the Former Company Stockholders and the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants for all purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Stockholders Representative shall be authorized (a) to execute all certificates, documents and agreements on behalf of and in the name of any of the Former Company Stockholders and the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) to negotiate, execute and deliver all amendments, modifications and waivers to this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument contemplated by this Agreement. The Stockholders Representative also shall be exclusively authorized to take all actions on behalf of the Former Company Stockholders and holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants in connection with any claims made under this Agreement or in respect of the Transactions contemplated hereby, to bring, prosecute, defend or settle such claims, and to make and receive
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payments in respect of such claims on behalf of the Former Company Stockholders and holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants, and no Former Company Stockholder or holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants shall take any such action without the Stockholders Representatives prior written approval. The Stockholders Representative is serving in the capacity as exclusive agent of the Former Company Stockholders and holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants hereunder solely for purposes of administrative convenience. The Stockholders Representative shall not be liable to any Person for any act done or omitted hereunder as the Stockholders Representative while acting in good faith, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The holders of shares of Company Stock outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall indemnify the Stockholders Representative and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholders Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties hereunder. The person serving as Stockholders Representative may resign or be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrowed Stock held in the Escrow Account upon not less than ten (10) days prior written notice to Parent and with Parents written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement and Plan of Merger on the date first above written.
PARENT:
RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP
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MERGER SUB I:
FCI MERGER SUB I, INC.
| By: | /s/ Barry W. Florescue |
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MERGER SUB II:
FCI MERGER SUB II, LLC
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| By: | /s/ Barry W. Florescue |
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THE COMPANY:
FIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
| By: | /s/ Joseph R. Morris |
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STOCKHOLDERS REPRESENTATIVE:
THE GORES GROUP, LLC
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ANNEX B
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
[now known as First Communications, Inc.]
RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), by its Chief Executive Officer, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is Renaissance Acquisition Corp.
2. The Corporation's original Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 17, 2006, the Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 16, 2006, an additional Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 11, 2006, and an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 29, 2007.
3. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates, integrates and amends the original Certificate of Incorporation as amended by the Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.
4. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law by the directors and stockholders of the Corporation.
5. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:
FIRST. Name. The name of this corporation is FIRST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (the "Corporation").
SECOND. Registered Office and Agent. The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware 19808. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
THIRD. Purpose. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time (the "DGCL").
FOURTH. Capital Stock.
Section 4.1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 201,000,000, 200,000,000 of which shall be shares of Common Stock with a par value of $.0001 per share and 1,000,000 of which shall be shares of Preferred Stock with a par value of $.0001 per share.
Section 4.2. Common Stock. Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in the terms of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, the holders of the Common Stock shall exclusively possess all voting power, and each share of Common Stock shall have one vote.
Section 4.3. Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issue of all or any of the remaining shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to fix the number of shares and to determine or alter for each such series, such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights and such qualifications,
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limitations, or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such shares and as may be permitted by the DGCL. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding and not above the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock. In case the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock shall be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series. In all cases, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.3 shall be subject to any other applicable provisions contained herein.
FIFTH. Elimination of Certain Liability of Directors. No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty as a director; provided, however, that to the extent required by the provisions of Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL or any successor statute, or any other laws of the State of Delaware, this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, or (v) for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when this Article Fifth becomes effective. If the DGCL hereafter is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended DGCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article Fifth by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing as of the time of such repeal or modification.
SIXTH. Indemnification.
Section 6.1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution procedure, whether (a) civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, (b) formal or informal or (c) to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145(b) of the DGCL, as it may be amended from time to time, by or in the right of the Corporation (collectively, a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, manager, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation or of a foreign or domestic limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as such a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or in any other capacity while serving as such other director, manager, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation against all judgments, penalties and fines incurred or paid, and against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and settlement amounts actually and reasonably incurred or paid, in connection with any such proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which the person did not act in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. Until such time as there has been a final judgment to the contrary, a person shall be presumed to be entitled to be indemnified under this Section 6.1. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, either rebut such presumption or create a presumption that (a) the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, (b) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful or (c) the person was not successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of the proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein. If the DGCL is hereafter amended to provide for indemnification rights broader than those provided by this Section 6.1, then the persons referred to in this Section 6.1 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior to such amendment).
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Section 6.2. Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. A determination as to whether a person who is a director or officer of the Corporation at the time of the determination is entitled to be indemnified and held harmless under Section 6.1 shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders. A determination as to whether a person who is not a director or officer of the Corporation at the time of the determination is entitled to be indemnified and held harmless under Section 6.1 shall be made by or as directed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 6.3. Mandatory Advancement of Expenses. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article Sixth shall include the right to require the Corporation to pay the expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (but not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall be finally determined that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under Section 6.1 or otherwise.
Section 6.4. Non−Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article Sixth shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or of any bylaw, agreement, or insurance policy or arrangement, or any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt and enter into indemnification agreements with, and obtain insurance for, directors and officers.
Section 6.5. Effect of Amendment. Neither any amendment, repeal, or modification of this Article Sixth, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation inconsistent with this Article Sixth, shall adversely affect any right or protection provided hereby with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such amendment, repeal, modification, or adoption became effective.
SEVENTH. Stockholder Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or under applicable law may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and with a vote thereat, and may not be effected by consent in writing. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and shall be called by the President or the Secretary upon the written request of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.
EIGHTH. Miscellaneous. The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for the purpose of creating, defining, limiting and regulating powers of the Corporation and its directors and stockholders:
Section 8.1. Classification, Election and Term of Office of Directors.
(a) The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors as is determined from time to time by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors; provided, however, that in no event shall the number of directors be less than one nor more than fifteen.
(b) The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall designate the initial class of each director currently serving. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following the initial classification of the Board of Directors, the term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire and successors to the initial Class I directors shall be elected for a three-year term. At the second annual meeting of stockholders
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following such initial classification, the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire and successors to the initial Class II directors shall be elected for a three-year term. At the third annual meeting of stockholders following such initial classification, the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire and successors to the initial Class III directors shall be elected for a three-year term. At each succeeding annual meeting of shareholders thereafter, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors for any reason, and any directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors of the Board of Directors, may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such directors shall have been chosen and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto, such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article Eighth, Section 8.1., and the number of such directors shall not be counted in determining the maximum number of directors permitted under the provisions of Article Eighth, Section 8.1, in each case unless expressly provided by such terms.
Section 8.2. Manner of Election of Directors. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.
Section 8.3. Severability. In the event any provision (or portion thereof) of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be found to be invalid, prohibited, or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions (or portions thereof) of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect, and shall be construed as if such invalid, prohibited, or unenforceable provision had been stricken herefrom or otherwise rendered inapplicable, it being the intent of the Corporation and its stockholders that each such remaining provision (or portion thereof) of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation remain, to the fullest extent permitted by law, applicable and enforceable as to all stockholders, notwithstanding any such finding.
Section 8.4. Reservation of Right to Amend Certificate of Incorporation. Except as otherwise set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute or herein, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Barry W. Florescue, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, as of the day of .
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ANNEX C
RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Table of Contents
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7. | Specific Terms of Awards | C-7 |
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8. | Adjustment Provisions | C-11 |
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9. | Change of Control | C-13 |
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10. | Settlement of Awards | C-14 |
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11. | Reservation of Stock | C-16 |
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12. | Limitation of Rights in Stock; No Special Service Rights | C-16 |
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13. | Unfunded Status of Plan | C-16 |
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14. | Nonexclusivity of the Plan | C-16 |
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15. | Termination and Amendment of the Plan | C-16 |
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16. | Notices and Other Communications | C-17 |
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17. | Governing Law | C-17 |
RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
2008 Equity Incentive Plan
1. Purpose
This Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Stock by employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its Affiliates and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Companys business through the grant of Awards of or pertaining to shares of the Companys Stock. The Plan is intended to be an incentive stock option plan within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but not all Awards are required to be Incentive Options.
2. Definitions
As used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
2.1. Accelerate, Accelerated, and Acceleration, means: (a) when used with respect to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, that as of the time of reference the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable with respect to some or all of the shares of Stock for which it was not then otherwise exercisable by its terms; (b) when used with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, that the Risk of Forfeiture otherwise applicable to the Stock or Units shall expire with respect to some or all of the shares of Restricted Stock or Units then still otherwise subject to the Risk of Forfeiture; and (c) when used with respect to Performance Units, that the applicable Performance Goals shall be deemed to have been met as to some or all of the Units.
2.2. Affiliate means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company.
2.3. Award means any grant or sale pursuant to the Plan of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Units.
2.4. Award Agreement means an agreement between the Company and the recipient of an Award, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.
2.5. Board means the Companys Board of Directors.
2.6. Cause means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (i) the continued failure to follow the instructions of the Board or written Company policies, (ii) willful misconduct or gross negligence resulting in material injury to the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (iii) conviction (including a plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of (A) a felony or (B) any crime involving fraud or dishonesty, including any such offense that relates to the Companys, or any of its Affiliates, assets or business or the theft of the Companys, or any of its Affiliates, property. However, in the case of any Participant who has entered into any employment or other agreement with the Company or an Affiliate that is in effect at the relevant time and that defines cause, Cause for that Participant shall mean cause as defined under such agreement.
2.7. Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following after the date of the approval of the Plan by the Board:
(a) a Transaction (as defined in Section 8.4), unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivors or acquirors outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Companys outstanding securities immediately prior to that transaction, or
(b) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time) directly or indirectly acquires, including but not limited to by means of a merger or consolidation, beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3
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promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 20% of the total combined voting power of the Company's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company's stockholders that the Board does not recommend such stockholders accept, other than (i) the Company or an Affiliate, (ii) an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (iv) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or
(c) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the Board members (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases, by reason of one or more proxy contests for the election of Board members, to be composed of individuals who either (i) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of that period, or (ii) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in the preceding clause (i) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board.
2.8. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and any regulations issued from time to time thereunder.
2.9. Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which in general is responsible for the administration of the Plan, as provided in Section 5 of this Plan. For any period during which no such committee is in existence Committee shall mean the Board and all authority and responsibility assigned to the Committee under the Plan shall be exercised, if at all, by the Board.
2.10. Company means Renaissance Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2.11. Covered Employee means an employee who is a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
2.12. Grant Date means the date as of which an Option is granted, as determined under Section 7.1(a).
2.13. Incentive Option means an Option which by its terms is to be treated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
2.14. Market Value means the value of a share of Stock on a particular date determined by such methods or procedures as may be established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Market Value of Stock as of any date is the closing price for the Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange (or on any other national securities exchange on which the Stock is then listed) for that date or, if no closing price is reported for that date, the closing price on the next preceding date for which a closing price was reported. For purposes of Awards effective as of the effective date of the Companys initial public offering, Market Value of Stock shall be the price at which the Companys Stock is offered to the public in its initial public offering.
2.15. Nonstatutory Option means any Option that is not an Incentive Option.
2.16. Option means an option to purchase shares of Stock.
2.17. Optionee means a Participant to whom an Option shall have been granted under the Plan.
2.18. Participant means any holder of an outstanding Award under the Plan.
2.19. Performance Criteria means the criteria that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria used to establish Performance Goals are limited to: (i) cash flow (before or after dividends), (ii) earnings per share (including, without limitation, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (iii) stock price, (iv) return on equity, (v) stockholder return or total stockholder return, (vi) return on capital (including, without limitation, return on total capital or return on invested capital), (vii) return on investment, (viii) return on assets or net assets, (ix) market capitalization, (x) economic value added, (xi) debt leverage (debt to capital), (xii) revenue, (xiii) sales or net sales, (xiv) backlog, (xv) income, pre-tax income or net income,
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(xvi) operating income or pre-tax profit, (xvii) operating profit, net operating profit or economic profit, (xviii) gross margin, operating margin or profit margin, (xix) return on operating revenue or return on operating assets, (xx) cash from operations, (xxi) operating ratio, (xxii) operating revenue, (xxiii) market share improvement, (xxiv) general and administrative expenses and (xxv) customer service.
2.20. Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the written goal or goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. The Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, subsidiary, or an individual, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or Affiliate, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either quarterly, annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Committee. The Committee will, in the manner and within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code in the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards, objectively define the manner of calculating the Performance Goal or Goals it selects to use for such Performance Period for such Participant. To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code (in the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards), the Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance against a Performance Goal to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs and (v) any extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring or non-comparable items (A) as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30, (B) as described in managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Companys Annual Report to stockholders for the applicable year, or (C) publicly announced by the Company in a press release or conference call relating to the Companys results of operations or financial condition for a completed quarterly or annual fiscal period.
2.21. Performance Period means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, selected by the Committee, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals or other business objectives will be measured for purposes of determining a Participants right to, and the payment of, a Qualified Performance-Based Award.
2.22. Performance Unit means a right granted to a Participant under Section 7.5, to receive cash, Stock or other Awards, the payment of which is contingent on achieving Performance Goals or other business objectives established by the Committee.
2.23. Plan means this 2008 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company, as amended from time to time, and including any attachments or addenda hereto.
2.24. Qualified Performance-Based Awards means Awards intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
2.25. Restricted Stock means a grant or sale of shares of Stock to a Participant subject to a Risk of Forfeiture.
2.26. Restricted Stock Units means rights to receive shares of Stock at the close of a Restriction Period, subject to a Risk of Forfeiture.
2.27. Restriction Period means the period of time, established by the Committee in connection with an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, during which the shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a Risk of Forfeiture described in the applicable Award Agreement.
2.28. Risk of Forfeiture means a limitation on the right of the Participant to retain Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, including a right of the Company to reacquire shares of Restricted Stock at less than their then Market Value, arising because of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specified events or conditions.
2.29. Stock means common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, and such other securities as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Section 8.
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2.30. Stock Appreciation Right means a right to receive any excess in the Market Value of shares of Stock (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.2(c)) over a specified exercise price.
2.31. Stockholders Agreement means any agreement by and among the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company and setting forth, among other provisions, restrictions upon the transfer of shares of Stock or on the exercise of rights appurtenant thereto (including but not limited to voting rights).
2.32. Ten Percent Owner means a person who owns, or is deemed within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code to own, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or any parent or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code). Whether a person is a Ten Percent Owner shall be determined with respect to an Option based on the facts existing immediately prior to the Grant Date of the Option.
3. Term of the Plan
Unless the Plan shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under this Plan at any time in the period commencing on the date of approval of the Plan by the Board and ending immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of the earlier of the adoption of the Plan by the Board and approval of the Plan by the Companys stockholders. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan within that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the Plan. Awards of Incentive Options granted prior to stockholder approval of the Plan are expressly conditioned upon such approval, but in the event of the failure of the stockholders to approve the Plan shall thereafter and for all purposes be deemed to constitute Nonstatutory Options.
4. Stock Subject to the Plan
At no time shall the number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to or subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan (including pursuant to Incentive Options), nor the number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to Incentive Options, exceed 3,000,000 shares of Stock; subject, however, to the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan. For purposes of applying the foregoing limitation, (a) if any Option or Stock Appreciation Right expires, terminates, or is cancelled for any reason without having been exercised in full, or if any other Award is forfeited by the recipient or repurchased at less than its Market Value, the shares not purchased by the Optionee or which are forfeited by the recipient or repurchased shall again be available for Awards to be granted under the Plan and (b) if any Option is exercised by delivering previously owned shares in payment of the exercise price therefor, only the net number of shares, that is, the number of shares issued minus the number received by the Company in payment of the exercise price, shall be considered to have been issued pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan. In addition, settlement of any Award shall not count against the foregoing limitations except to the extent settled in the form of Stock. Shares of Stock issued pursuant to the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its treasury.
5. Administration
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee; provided, however, that at any time and on any one or more occasions the Board may itself exercise any of the powers and responsibilities assigned the Committee under the Plan and when so acting shall have the benefit of all of the provisions of the Plan pertaining to the Committees exercise of its authorities hereunder. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have complete authority, in its discretion, to make or to select the manner of making all determinations with respect to each Award to be granted by the Company under the Plan including the employee, consultant or director to receive the Award and the form of Award. In making such determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective employees, consultants, and directors, their present and potential contributions to the success of the Company and its Affiliates, and such other factors as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall also have complete authority to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the terms and provisions of the respective Award Agreements (which need not be identical), and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committees determinations made in good faith on matters referred to in the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons having or claiming any interest under the Plan or an Award made pursuant hereto.
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6. Authorization of Grants
6.1. Eligibility. The Committee may grant from time to time and at any time prior to the termination of the Plan one or more Awards, either alone or in combination with any other Awards, to any employee of or consultant to one or more of the Company and its Affiliates or to any non-employee member of the Board or of any board of directors (or similar governing authority) of any Affiliate. However, only employees of the Company, and of any parent or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code, shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive Option. Further, in no event shall the number of shares of Stock covered by Options or other Awards granted to any one person in any one calendar year exceed 500,000 shares of Stock (subject to the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan, but only to the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code).
6.2. General Terms of Awards. Each grant of an Award shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan (including but not limited to any specific terms and conditions applicable to that type of Award set out in the following Section), and such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee may prescribe. No prospective Participant shall have any rights with respect to an Award, unless and until such Participant shall have complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award (including if applicable delivering a fully executed copy of any agreement evidencing an Award to the Company).
6.3. Effect of Termination of Employment, Etc. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise with respect to any Award, if the Participants employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends for any reason other than for Cause, including because of the Participants employer ceasing to be an Affiliate, (a) any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right of the Participant shall cease to be exercisable in any respect not later than 90 days following that event and, for the period it remains exercisable following that event, shall be exercisable only to the extent exercisable at the date of that event, and (b) any other outstanding Award of the Participant shall be forfeited or otherwise subject to return to or repurchase by the Company on the terms specified in the applicable Award Agreement. Military or sick leave or other bona fide leave shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other association, provided that it does not exceed the longer of ninety (90) days or the period during which the absent Participants reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract. If the Participants employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends for Cause, (a) any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right of the Participant shall cease to be exercisable in any respect immediately upon termination, and (b) any other outstanding Award of the Participant shall be forfeited or otherwise subject to return to or repurchase by the Company on the terms specified in the applicable Award Agreement
6.4. Non-Transferability of Awards. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4, Awards shall not be transferable, and no Award or interest therein may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All of a Participants rights in any Award may be exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participants legal representative. However, the Committee may, at or after the grant of an Award of a Nonstatutory Option, or shares of Restricted Stock, provide that such Award may be transferred by the recipient to a family member; provided, however, that any such transfer is without payment of any consideration whatsoever and that no transfer shall be valid unless first approved by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion. For this purpose, family member means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the employees household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which the foregoing persons have more than fifty (50) percent of the beneficial interests, a foundation in which the foregoing persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty (50) percent of the voting interests.
7. Specific Terms of Awards
7.1. Options.
(a) Date of Grant. The granting of an Option shall take place at the time specified in the Award Agreement. Only if expressly so provided in the applicable Award Agreement shall the Grant Date be the date on which the Award Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Optionee.
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(b) Exercise Price. The price at which shares of Stock may be acquired under each Option shall be not less than 100% of the Market Value of Stock on the Grant Date, or not less than 110% of the Market Value of Stock on the Grant Date in the case of an Incentive Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner.
(c) Option Period. No Incentive Option may be exercised on or after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date, or on or after the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date if the Optionee is a Ten Percent Owner. The Option period under each Nonstatutory Option shall not be so limited solely by reason of this Section.
(d) Exercisability. An Option may be immediately exercisable or become exercisable in such installments, cumulative or non-cumulative, as the Committee may determine. In the case of an Option not otherwise immediately exercisable in full, the Committee may Accelerate such Option in whole or in part at any time.
(e) Method of Exercise. An Option may be exercised by the Optionee giving written notice, in the manner provided in Section 16, specifying the number of shares with respect to which the Option is then being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by payment in the form of cash or check payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased or, subject in each instance to the Committees approval, acting in its sole discretion, and to such conditions, if any, as the Committee may deem necessary to avoid adverse accounting effects to the Company,
(i) by delivery to the Company of shares of Stock having a Market Value equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased, or
(ii) by surrender of the Option as to all or part of the shares of Stock for which the Option is then exercisable in exchange for shares of Stock having an aggregate Market Value equal to the difference between (1) the aggregate Market Value of the surrendered portion of the Option, and (2) the aggregate exercise price under the Option for the surrendered portion of the Option, or
(iii) unless prohibited by applicable law, by delivery to the Company of the Optionees executed promissory note in the principal amount equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased and otherwise in such form as the Committee shall have approved.
If the Stock is traded on an established market, payment of any exercise price may also be made through and under the terms and conditions of any formal cashless exercise program authorized by the Company entailing the sale of the Stock subject to an Option in a brokered transaction (other than to the Company). Receipt by the Company of such notice and payment in any authorized or combination of authorized means shall constitute the exercise of the Option. Within thirty (30) days thereafter but subject to the remaining provisions of the Plan, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Optionee or his agent a certificate or certificates for the number of shares then being purchased. Such shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) Limit on Incentive Option Characterization. An Incentive Option shall be considered to be an Incentive Option only to the extent that the number of shares of Stock for which the Option first becomes exercisable in a calendar year do not have an aggregate Market Value (as of the date of the grant of the Option) in excess of the current limit. The current limit for any Optionee for any calendar year shall be $100,000 minus the aggregate Market Value at the date of grant of the number of shares of Stock available for purchase for the first time in the same year under each other Incentive Option previously granted to the Optionee under the Plan, and under each other incentive stock option previously granted to the Optionee under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company and its Affiliates, after December 31, 1986. Any shares of Stock which would cause the foregoing limit to be violated shall be deemed to have been granted under a separate Nonstatutory Option, otherwise identical in its terms to those of the Incentive Option.
(g) Notification of Disposition. Each person exercising any Incentive Option granted under the Plan shall be deemed to have covenanted with the Company to report to the Company any disposition of such shares prior to the expiration of the holding periods specified by Section 422(a)(1) of the Code and, if and to the extent that the realization of income in such a disposition imposes upon the Company federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements, or any such withholding is required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction, to remit to the Company an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy those requirements.
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7.2. Stock Appreciation Rights.
(a) Tandem or Stand-Alone. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with an Option (at or, in the case of a Nonstatutory Option, after, the award of the Option), or alone and unrelated to an Option. Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with an Option shall terminate to the extent that the related Option is exercised, and the related Option shall terminate to the extent that the tandem Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised.
(b) Exercise Price. Stock Appreciation Rights shall have an exercise price of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Market Value of the Stock on the date of award.
(c) Other Terms. Except as the Committee may deem inappropriate or inapplicable in the circumstances, Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to terms and conditions substantially similar to those applicable to a Nonstatutory Option.
7.3. Restricted Stock.
(a) Purchase Price. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued under the Plan for such consideration, in cash, other property or services, or any combination thereof, as is determined by the Committee.
(b) Issuance of Certificates. Each Participant receiving a Restricted Stock Award, subject to subsection (c) below, shall be issued a stock certificate in respect of such shares of Restricted Stock. Such certificate shall be registered in the name of such Participant, and, if applicable, shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award substantially in the following form:
The transferability of this certificate and the shares represented by this certificate are subject to the terms and conditions of the Renaissance Acquisition Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan and an Award Agreement entered into by the registered owner and Renaissance Acquisition Corp. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file in the offices of Renaissance Acquisition Corp.
(c) Escrow of Shares. The Committee may require that the stock certificates evidencing shares of Restricted Stock be held in custody by a designated escrow agent (which may but need not be the Company) until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that the Participant deliver a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Stock covered by such Award.
(d) Restrictions and Restriction Period. During the Restriction Period applicable to shares of Restricted Stock, such shares shall be subject to limitations on transferability and a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions related to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. Any such Risk of Forfeiture may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, at any time by the Committee on such basis as it deems appropriate.
(e) Rights Pending Lapse of Risk of Forfeiture or Forfeiture of Award. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement, at all times prior to lapse of any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to, or forfeiture of, an Award of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote, and the right to receive any dividends with respect to, the shares of Restricted Stock. The Committee, as determined at the time of Award, may permit or require the payment of cash dividends to be deferred and, if the Committee so determines, reinvested in additional Restricted Stock to the extent shares are available under Section 4.
(f) Lapse of Restrictions. If and when the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Stock, the certificates for such shares shall be delivered to the Participant promptly if not theretofore so delivered.
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7.4. Restricted Stock Units.
(a) Character. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall entitle the recipient to a share of Stock at a close of such Restriction Period as the Committee may establish and subject to a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions relating to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. Any such Risk of Forfeiture may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, at any time by the Committee on such basis as it deems appropriate.
(b) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made in a single lump sum following the close of the applicable Restriction Period. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive payments equivalent to any dividends declared with respect to Stock referenced in grants of Restricted Stock Units but only following the close of the applicable Restriction Period and then only if the underlying Stock shall have been earned. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise, any such dividend equivalents shall be paid, if at all, without interest or other earnings.
7.5. Performance Units.
(a) Character. Each Performance Unit shall entitle the recipient to the value of a specified number of shares of Stock, over the initial value for such number of shares, if any, established by the Committee at the time of grant, at the close of a specified Performance Period to the extent specified business objectives, including but not limited to Performance Goals, shall have been achieved.
(b) Earning of Performance Units. The Committee shall set Performance Goals or other business objectives in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met within the applicable Performance Period, will determine the number and value of Performance Units that will be paid out to the Participant. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units shall be entitled to receive payout on the number and value of Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding Performance Goals or other business objectives have been achieved.
(c) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Performance Units shall be made in a single lump sum following the close of the applicable Performance Period. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive any dividends declared with respect to Stock which have been earned in connection with grants of Performance Units which have been earned, but not yet distributed to Participants. The Committee may permit or, if it so provides at grant require, a Participant to defer such Participants receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Stock that would otherwise be due to such Participant by virtue of the satisfaction of any requirements or goals with respect to Performance Units. If any such deferral election is required or permitted, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals.
7.6. Qualified Performance-Based Awards.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this Section 7.6 is to provide the Committee the ability to qualify Awards as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. If the Committee, in its discretion, decides to grant an Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the provisions of this Section 7.6 will control over any contrary provision contained in the Plan. In the course of granting any Award, the Committee may specifically designate the Award as intended to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. However, no Award shall be considered to have failed to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award solely because the Award is not expressly designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, if the Award otherwise satisfies the provisions of this Section 7.6 and the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to performance-based compensation.
(b) Authority. All grants of Awards intended to qualify as Qualified Performance-Based Awards and determination of terms applicable thereto shall be made by the Committee or, if not all of the members thereof qualify as outside directors within the meaning of applicable IRS regulations under Section 162 of the Code, a subcommittee of the Committee consisting of such of the members of the Committee as do so qualify. Any action by such a subcommittee shall be considered the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan.
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(c) Applicability. This Section 7.6 will apply only to those Covered Employees, or to those persons who the Committee determines are reasonably likely to become Covered Employees in the period covered by an Award, selected by the Committee to receive Qualified Performance-Based Awards. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Awards to Covered Employees that do not satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.6.
(d) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Qualified Performance-Based Awards. Options may be granted as Qualified Performance-Based Awards in accordance with Section 7.1, except that the exercise price of any Option intended to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award shall in no event be less that the Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant. Each Award intended to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, such as Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or Performance Units, shall be subject to satisfaction of one or more Performance Goals. The Committee will have full discretion to select the length of any applicable Restriction Period or Performance Period, the kind and/or level of the applicable Performance Goal, and whether the Performance Goal is to apply to the Company, a subsidiary of the Company or any division or business unit or to the individual. Any Performance Goal or Goals applicable to Qualified Performance-Based Awards shall be objective, shall be established not later than the earlier of ninety (90) days after the beginning of any applicable Performance Period or the date on which 25% of the Performance Period shall have elapsed and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, including the requirement that the outcome of the Performance Goal or Goals be substantially uncertain (as defined in the regulations under Section 162(m) of the Code) at the time established.
(e) Payment of Qualified Performance-Based Awards. A Participant will be eligible to receive payment under a Qualified Performance-Based Award which is subject to achievement of a Performance Goal or Goals only if the applicable Performance Goal or Goals period are achieved within the applicable Performance Period, as determined by the Committee. In determining the actual size of an individual Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Qualified Performance-Based Award earned for the Performance Period, if in its sole and absolute discretion, such reduction or elimination is appropriate.
(f) Maximum Award Payable. The maximum Qualified Performance-Based Award payment to any one Participant under the Plan for a Performance Period is the number of shares of Stock set forth in Section 4 above, or if the Qualified Performance-Based Award is paid in cash, that number of shares multiplied by the Market Value of the Stock as of the date the Qualified Performance-Based Award is granted.
(g) Limitation on Adjustments for Certain Events. No adjustment of any Qualified Performance-Based Award pursuant to Section 8 shall be made except on such basis, if any, as will not cause such Award to provide other than performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
7.7. Awards to Participants Outside the United States. The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the Plan granted to a Participant who is, at the time of grant or during the term of the Award, resident or primarily employed outside of the United States in any manner deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate in order that the Award shall conform to laws, regulations, and customs of the country in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed, or so that the value and other benefits of the Award to the Participant, as affected by foreign tax laws and other restrictions applicable as a result of the Participants residence or employment abroad, shall be comparable to the value of such an Award to a Participant who is resident or primarily employed in the United States. The Committee may establish supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative versions of the Plan for the purpose of granting and administrating any such modified Award. No such modification, supplement, amendment, restatement or alternative version may increase the share limit of Section 4.
8. Adjustment Provisions
8.1. Adjustment for Corporate Actions. All of the share numbers set forth in the Plan reflect the capital structure of the Company as of October 20, 2008. If subsequent to that date the outstanding shares of Stock (or any other securities covered by the Plan by reason of the prior application of this Section) are increased, decreased, or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities, or if additional shares or new or different shares or other securities are distributed with respect to shares
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of Stock, as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other similar distribution with respect to such shares of Stock, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in (i) the maximum numbers and kinds of shares provided in Section 4, (ii) the numbers and kinds of shares or other securities subject to the then outstanding Awards, (iii) the exercise price for each share or other unit of any other securities subject to then outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (without change in the aggregate purchase price as to which such Options or Rights remain exercisable), and (iv) the repurchase price of each share of Restricted Stock then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture in the form of a Company repurchase right.
8.2. Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. In the event of any corporate action not specifically covered by the preceding Section, including but not limited to an extraordinary cash distribution on Stock, a corporate separation or other reorganization or liquidation, the Committee may make such adjustment of outstanding Awards and their terms, if any, as it, in its sole discretion, may deem equitable and appropriate in the circumstances. The Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in this Section) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.
8.3. Related Matters. Any adjustment in Awards made pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2 shall be determined and made, if at all, by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, and shall include any correlative modification of terms, including of Option exercise prices, rates of vesting or exercisability, Risks of Forfeiture, applicable repurchase prices for Restricted Stock, and Performance Goals and other financial objectives which the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate so as to ensure the rights of the Participants in their respective Awards are not substantially diminished nor enlarged as a result of the adjustment and corporate action other than as expressly contemplated in this Section 8. No fraction of a share shall be purchasable or deliverable upon exercise, but in the event any adjustment hereunder of the number of shares covered by an Award shall cause such number to include a fraction of a share, such number of shares shall be adjusted to the nearest smaller whole number of shares. No adjustment of an Option exercise price per share pursuant to this Section 8 shall result in an exercise price which is less than the par value of the Stock.
8.4. Transactions.
(a) Definition of Transaction. In this Section 8.4, Transaction means (1) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity as a result of which the Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for the right to receive cash, securities or other property or is cancelled, (2) any sale or exchange of all of the Stock of the Company for cash, securities or other property, (3) any sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions or (4) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(b) Treatment of Options and Share Appreciation Rights. In a Transaction, the Committee may take any one or more of the following actions as to all or any (or any portion of) outstanding Options and Share Appreciation Rights (Rights).
(1) Provide that such Rights shall be assumed, or substantially equivalent rights shall be provided in substitution therefore, by the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof).
(2) Upon written notice to the holders, provide that the holders unexercised Rights will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such Transaction unless exercised within a specified period following the date of such notice.
(3) Provide that outstanding Rights shall become exercisable in whole or in part prior to or upon the Transaction.
(4) Provide for cash payments, net of applicable tax withholdings, to be made to holders equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the acquisition price times the number of shares of Stock subject to a Right (to the extent the exercise price does not exceed the acquisition price) over (B) the aggregate exercise price for all such shares of Stock
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subject to the Right, in exchange for the termination of such Right. For this purpose, acquisition price means the amount of cash, and market value of any other consideration, received in payment for a share of Stock surrendered in a Transaction.
(5) Provide that, in connection with a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, Rights shall convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds net of the exercise price thereof and any applicable tax withholdings.
(6) Any combination of the foregoing.
For purposes of paragraph (1) above, a Right shall be considered assumed, or a substantially equivalent right shall be considered to have been provided in substitution therefore, if following consummation of the Transaction the Right confers the right to purchase or receive the value of, for each share of Stock subject to the Right immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Transaction by holders of Stock for each share of Stock held immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Stock); provided, however, that if the consideration received as a result of the Transaction is not solely common stock (or its equivalent) of the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof), the Committee may provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of Right to consist of or be based on solely common stock (or its equivalent) of the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof) equivalent in value to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding shares of Stock as a result of the Transaction.
(c) Treatment of Restricted Stock. As to outstanding Awards other than Options or Share Appreciation Rights, upon the occurrence of a Transaction other than a liquidation or dissolution of the Company which is not part of another form of Transaction, the repurchase and other rights of the Company under each such Award shall inure to the benefit of the Companys successor and shall, unless the Committee determines otherwise, apply to the cash, securities or other property which the Stock was converted into or exchanged for pursuant to such Transaction in the same manner and to the same extent as they applied to the Award. Upon the occurrence of a Transaction involving a liquidation or dissolution of the Company which is not part of another form of Transaction, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Award or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, all Risks of Forfeiture and Performance Goals, where otherwise applicable to any such Awards, shall automatically be deemed terminated or satisfied, as applicable.
(d) Related Matters. In taking any of the actions permitted under this Section 8.4, the Committee shall not be obligated to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, or all Awards of the same type, identically. Any determinations required to carry out the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.4, including but not limited to the market value of other consideration received by holders of Stock in a Transaction and whether substantially equivalent Rights have been substituted, shall be made by the Committee acting in its sole discretion. The Committee shall not take an action permitted under the provisions of this Section 8.4 (i) with respect to an Award if specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges or (ii) with respect to a Qualified Performance-Based Award specifically designated as such by the Committee at the time of grant except to the extent allowed by Section 162(m) of the Code.
9. Change of Control
Except as otherwise provided below, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control:
(a) any and all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights not already exercisable in full shall Accelerate with respect to 100% of the shares for which such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights are not then exercisable;
(b) any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units which is not based on achievement of Performance Goals shall lapse with respect to 100% of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units still subject to such Risk of Forfeiture immediately prior to the Change of Control; and
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(c) all outstanding Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units conditioned on the achievement of Performance Goals or other business objectives and the target payout opportunities attainable under outstanding Performance Units shall be deemed to have been satisfied as of the effective date of the Change of Control as to a pro rata number of shares based on the assumed achievement of all relevant Performance Goals or objectives and the length of time within the Performance Period which has elapsed prior to the Change of Control. All such Awards of Performance Units and Restricted Stock Units shall be paid to the extent earned to Participants in accordance with their terms within thirty (30) days following the effective date of the Change of Control.
None of the foregoing shall apply, however, (i) in the case of a Qualified Performance-Based Award specifically designated as such by the Committee at the time of grant (except to the extent allowed by Section 162(m) of the Code), (ii) in the case of any Award pursuant to an Award Agreement requiring other or additional terms upon a Change of Control (or similar event), or (iii) if specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges.
10. Settlement of Awards
10.1. In General. Options and Restricted Stock shall be settled in accordance with their terms. All other Awards may be settled in cash, Stock, or other Awards, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at or after grant and subject to any contrary Award Agreement. The Committee may not require settlement of any Award in Stock pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to the extent issuance of such Stock would be prohibited or unreasonably delayed by reason of any other provision of the Plan.
10.2. Violation of Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the relevant Award Agreement, if, at any time, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, the issuance of shares of Stock covered by an Award may constitute a violation of law, then the Company may delay such issuance and the delivery of a certificate for such shares until (i) approval shall have been obtained from such governmental agencies, other than the Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be required under any applicable law, rule, or regulation and (ii) in the case where such issuance would constitute a violation of a law administered by or a regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) the shares are at the time of the issue of such shares effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(b) the Company shall have determined, on such basis as it deems appropriate (including an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) that the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of such shares or such beneficial interest, as the case may be, does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or any applicable State securities laws.
The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to bring about the occurrence of said events.
10.3. Corporate Restrictions on Rights in Stock. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the charter, certificate or articles, and by-laws, of the Company. Whenever Stock is to be issued pursuant to an Award, if the Committee so directs at or after grant, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue such shares until such time, if ever, as the recipient of the Award (and any person who exercises any Option, in whole or in part), shall have become a party to and bound by the Stockholders Agreement, if any. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Plan and the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall control except as required to fulfill the intention that this Plan constitute an incentive stock option plan within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but insofar as possible the provisions of the Plan and such Agreement shall be construed so as to give full force and effect to all such provisions.
10.4. Investment Representations. The Company shall be under no obligation to issue any shares covered by any Award unless the shares to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan have been effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Participant shall have made such written representations to the Company (upon which the Company believes it may reasonably rely) as the Company may deem necessary or appropriate for purposes of confirming that
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the issuance of such shares will be exempt from the registration requirements of that Act and any applicable state securities laws and otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to that the Participant is acquiring the shares for his or her own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such shares.
10.5. Registration. If the Company shall deem it necessary or desirable to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or other applicable statutes any shares of Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, or to qualify any such shares of Stock for exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or other applicable statutes, then the Company shall take such action at its own expense. The Company may require from each recipient of an Award, or each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan, such information in writing for use in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or offering circular as is reasonably necessary for that purpose and may require reasonable indemnity to the Company and its officers and directors from that holder against all losses, claims, damage and liabilities arising from use of the information so furnished and caused by any untrue statement of any material fact therein or caused by the omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. In addition, the Company may require of any such person that he or she agree that, without the prior written consent of the Company or the managing underwriter in any public offering of shares of Stock, he or she will not sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, pledge or otherwise encumber, or otherwise dispose of, any shares of Stock during the 180 day period commencing on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the underwritten public offering of securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.5, if in connection with any underwritten public offering of securities of the Company the managing underwriter of such offering requires that the Company's directors and officers enter into a lock-up agreement containing provisions that are more restrictive than the provisions set forth in the preceding sentence, then (a) each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan (regardless of whether such person has complied or complies with the provisions of clause (b) below) shall be bound by, and shall be deemed to have agreed to, the same lock-up terms as those to which the Company's directors and officers are required to adhere; and (b) at the request of the Company or such managing underwriter, each such person shall execute and deliver a lock-up agreement in form and substance equivalent to that which is required to be executed by the Company's directors and officers.
10.6. Placement of Legends; Stop Orders; etc. Each share of Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan may bear a reference to the investment representation made in accordance with Section 10.4 in addition to any other applicable restriction under the Plan, the terms of the Award and if applicable under the Stockholders Agreement and to the fact that no registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to such shares of Stock. All certificates for shares of Stock or other securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
10.7. Tax Withholding. Whenever shares of Stock are issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, the Company shall have the right to require the recipient to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements if, when, and to the extent required by law (whether so required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction or otherwise) prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such shares. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be conditional on satisfaction of all such withholding obligations and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the recipient of an Award. However, in such cases Participants may elect, subject to the approval of the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, to satisfy an applicable withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold shares to satisfy their tax obligations. Participants may only elect to have Shares withheld having a Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax which could be imposed on the transaction. All elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee deems appropriate.
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11. Reservation of Stock
The Company shall at all times during the term of the Plan and any outstanding Awards granted hereunder reserve or otherwise keep available such number of shares of Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan (if then in effect) and the Awards and shall pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith.
12. Limitation of Rights in Stock; No Special Service Rights
A Participant shall not be deemed for any purpose to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the shares of Stock subject to an Award, unless and until a certificate shall have been issued therefor and delivered to the Participant or his agent. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any recipient of an Award any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment or other association with the Company (or any Affiliate), or interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or any Affiliate), subject to the terms of any separate employment or consulting agreement or provision of law or corporate articles or by-laws to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or consulting agreement or to increase or decrease, or otherwise adjust, the other terms and conditions of the recipients employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates.
13. Unfunded Status of Plan
The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan for incentive compensation, and the Plan is not intended to constitute a plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Stock or payments with respect to Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards hereunder, provided, however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan.
14. Nonexclusivity of the Plan
Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including without limitation, the granting of stock options and restricted stock other than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
15. Termination and Amendment of the Plan
15.1. Termination or Amendment of the Plan. The Board may at any time terminate the Plan or make such modifications of the Plan as it shall deem advisable. Unless the Board otherwise expressly provides, no amendment of the Plan shall affect the terms of any Award outstanding on the date of such amendment.
15.2. Termination or Amendment of Outstanding Awards. The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Award as amended is consistent with the terms of the Plan. Also within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or assume outstanding Awards or may accept the cancellation of outstanding Awards or of outstanding stock options or other equity-based compensation awards granted by another issuer in return for the grant of new Awards for the same or a different number of shares and on the same or different terms and conditions (including but not limited to the exercise price of any Option). Furthermore, the Committee may at any time (a) offer to buy out for a payment in cash or cash equivalents an Award previously granted or (b) authorize the recipient of an Award to elect to cash out an Award previously granted, in either case at such time and based upon such terms and conditions as the Committee shall establish.
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15.3. Limitations on Amendments, Etc. No amendment or modification of the Plan by the Board, or of an outstanding Award by the Committee, shall impair the rights of the recipient of any Award outstanding on the date of such amendment or modification or such Award, as the case may be, without the Participants consent; provided, however, that no such consent shall be required if (i) the Board or Committee, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any Change of Control that such amendment or alteration either is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any law or regulation, including without limitation the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, or to meet the requirements of or avoid adverse financial accounting consequences under any accounting standard, or (ii) the Board or Committee, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any Change of Control that such amendment or alteration is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under the Award, or that any such diminution has been adequately compensated. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, no amendment or modification of the Plan by the Board, or of an outstanding Award by the Committee shall (i) increase the number of shares subject to the Plan or (ii) result in the repricing of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right, in either case, unless approved by the Companys stockholders.
16. Notices and Other Communications
Any notice, demand, request or other communication hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by first class registered, certified or overnight mail, postage prepaid, or telecopied with a confirmation copy by regular, certified or overnight mail, addressed or telecopied, as the case may be, (i) if to the recipient of an Award, at his or her residence address last filed with the Company and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal place of business, addressed to the attention of its Treasurer, or to such other address or telecopier number, as the case may be, as the addressee may have designated by notice to the addressor. All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been received: (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery; (ii) in the case of mailing, when received by the addressee; and (iii) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report.
17. Governing Law
The Plan and all Award Agreements and actions taken thereunder shall be governed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
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ANNEX D
September 8, 2008 | CONFIDENTIAL |
The Board of Directors
Renaissance Acquisition Corp.
50 East Sample Road, Suite 400
Pompano Beach, Florida 33064
Re: Fairness Opinion Opinion of Renaissance Acquisition Corp.s
Acquisition of First Communications, Inc.
Gentlemen:
We understand that Renaissance Acquisition Corp. (Renaissance or the Purchaser), a Delaware corporation, proposes to acquire (the Potential Transaction) all of the outstanding equity of First Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, FCI or the Target). The Purchasers proposed purchase price (inclusive of contingent consideration) for the Potential Transaction is $368.1 million (Merger Consideration) on a debt-free basis. The Potential Transaction is contingent upon FCIs pending acquisition of Globalcom, Inc. (Globalcom). The Merger Consideration assumes that Renaissance will assume the Targets indebtedness of $130 million (pro forma for the completion of the acquisition of Globalcom) and repay its current $15 million preferred securities with the $4.4 million of cash currently on the Targets balance sheet and cash from Purchaser. Renaissance will issue $227.5 million consisting of 37.91 million shares of Renaissance common stock (Common Stock) to all of the current equity holders of the Target in exchange for their common stock and options in the Target. Of the 37.91 million shares of Common Stock, 9.95 million shares shall be deferred and placed in a mutually acceptable account with a reputable escrow agent until the Target achieves an annualized adjusted EBITDA of $50 million in any fiscal quarter through June 30, 2011 (EBITDA Target), and 9.5 million shares shall be deferred and placed in a mutually acceptable account with a reputable escrow agent until such time as Renaissance has the right to call its publicly traded warrants pursuant to the redemption terms described in its prospectus. In addition, the Targets warrant holders will also receive 2.5 million warrants with exercise price of $9.00 and an expiration of January 28, 2011 (collectively, Contingent Consideration). Based upon the Merger Consideration outlined above, upfront consideration consists of $251.4 million ("Upfront Consideration"), and Contingent Consideration consists of $116.7 million.
Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc. (Houlihan) has been engaged by the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Purchaser to render an opinion (Opinion) as to whether, on the date of such Opinion, the Merger Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the shareholders of the Renaissance. In addition, Houlihan opined on whether the fair market value of the Target is at least equal to 80% of net assets of the Renaissance at the time of the Potential Transaction.
In performing our analyses and for purposes of our Opinion set forth herein, we have, among other things:
• Reviewed a draft of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 7, 2008;
• Reviewed and analyzed Targets audited Annual Report for 2007;
• Reviewed and analyzed Targets audited historical financial statements for the fiscal years ending 2004 through 2006;
• Reviewed and analyzed financial projections (pro forma for the completion of the Globalcom acquisition) for the years ending December 31, 2008 through December 31, 2012 for the Target provided by Renaissance management;
• Reviewed Globalcoms audited financial statements for the fiscal years ending 2004 through 2007;
• Reviewed publicly available financial information and other data with respect to Renaissance, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2008;
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• Reviewed a Confidential Information Memorandum for Private Investors regarding a term loan commitment increase prepared by JP Morgan, dated June 18, 2008;
• Held discussions with Renaissance management and FCI management regarding, among other items, the telephone communications and communication services industries, generally, and the competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and communication tower (Tower) industries, specifically; the Purchasers decision to form a business combination with Target;
• Reviewed the financial terms of certain recent business combinations in the telephone communications, communications services and wireless communication industries specifically, and in other industries generally;
• Reviewed certain Board materials regarding FCI, dated August 5, 2008;
• Reviewed financial and operating information with respect to certain publicly-traded companies in the telecommunication services, wireless communications, information technology and infrastructure industries which we believe to be generally comparable to the business of the Target, as well as other research related to the size and growth of markets in which the Target operates or may operate;
• Reviewed a company overview presentation for Target, dated July 2008;
• Reviewed a confidential information memorandum prepared by Jefferies & Company, Inc. regarding certain senior secured credit facilities, dated November 2007;
• Reviewed a summary of the capital structures of Target on both a pre-transaction and post-transaction basis regarding the Potential Transaction prepared by Jefferies & Company, Inc.;
• Reviewed a current FCI organizational chart; and
• Performed other financial studies, analyses and investigations, and considered such other information, as we deemed necessary or appropriate.
We have relied upon and assumed, without independent verification, the accuracy, completeness and reasonableness of the financial, legal, tax, and other information discussed with or reviewed by us and have assumed such accuracy and completeness for purposes of rendering our Opinion. We have further relied upon the assurances and representations from management of the Purchaser that they are unaware of any facts that would make the information provided to us to be incomplete or misleading for the purposes of our Opinion. We have not assumed responsibility for any independent verification of this information nor have we assumed any obligation to verify this information.
Further, our Opinion is necessarily based upon information made available to us, as well as the economic, monetary, market, financial and other conditions as they exist as of the date of this letter. We disclaim any obligation to advise the management of the Purchaser or any person of any change in any fact or matter affecting our Opinion, which may come or be brought to our attention after the date of this Opinion.
Each of the analyses conducted by Houlihan was carried out to provide a particular perspective of the purchase. Houlihan did not form a conclusion as to whether any individual analysis, when considered in isolation, supported or failed to support our Opinion as to the fairness of the Merger Consideration to the Purchaser. Houlihan does not place any specific reliance or weight on any individual analysis, but instead, concludes that its analyses taken as a whole, supports its conclusion and Opinion. Accordingly, Houlihan believes that its analyses must be considered in its entirety and that selecting portions of its analyses or the factors it considered, without considering all analyses and factors collectively, could create an incomplete view of the processes underlying the analyses performed by Houlihan in connection with the preparation of the Opinion.
Our Opinion does not constitute a recommendation to proceed with the Potential Transaction. This Opinion relates solely to the question of the fairness of the Merger Consideration to the Purchaser, from a financial point of view. We are expressing no opinion as to the income tax consequences of the Potential Transaction to the Purchaser.
Houlihan, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member, as part of its investment banking services, is regularly engaged in the valuation of businesses and securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, private placements, bankruptcy, capital restructuring, solvency analyses, stock buybacks, and valuations for corporate and other purposes. Houlihan has no prior investment banking relationships with the buyer or the sellers. Houlihan has received a non-contingent fee from the Purchaser relating to its services in providing the Opinion. In an engagement letter dated August 26, 2008, the Purchaser has agreed to indemnify Houlihan with respect to Houlihans services relating to the Opinion.
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Therefore, it is Houlihans opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Merger Consideration is fair from a financial point of view to the shareholders of Renaissance. Furthermore, it is our opinion that the fair market value of Target is at least equal to 80% of the net assets of Renaissance at the time of the Potential Transaction.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc.
Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc.
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ANNEX E
ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (Agreement) is made and entered into as of , by and among: Renaissance Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (Parent); and The Gores Group LLC, as representative (the Stockholders Representative), of the Persons identified from time to time on Schedule 1 hereto; and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the Escrow Agent).
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WHEREAS, Parent, FCI Merger Sub I, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub I), FCI Merger Sub II, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub II), First Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the Stockholders Representative have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 13, 2008 (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Merger Sub I is merging with and into the Company, and the surviving company is then merging with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving, and (ii) certain stock issuances are to be made to the Company Securityholders (as defined below). A copy of the Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement contemplates the establishment of an escrow fund to secure certain rights of the Company Securityholders to compensation as provided in the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.14 of the Merger Agreement and Section 4.1 of the Securities Exchange Agreement, the Stockholders Representative has been irrevocably appointed by the Company Securityholders to serve as their exclusive representative in connection with all matters under this Agreement and the Merger Agreement.
AGREEMENT
The parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms.
1.1 Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Merger Agreement.
1.2 As used in this Agreement, the term Company Securityholders refers to the Persons who were holders of the Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, all the holders of T2 Warrants and certain of the holders of the T3 Warrants immediately prior to the Effective Time, or their respective Affiliates to which the rights under this Agreement have been assigned as set forth herein.
Section 2. Escrow.
2.1 Shares and Stock Powers Placed in Escrow. At the Effective Time, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, (a) Parent shall issue certificates for the Warrant Stock, the EBITDA Stock and the Additional Warrant Stock registered in the names of each of the Company Securityholders evidencing the shares of Parent Common Stock to be held in escrow under this Agreement in the amounts set forth on Schedule 1 (collectively, such shares of Parent Common Stock, the Escrowed Shares), and shall cause such certificates to be delivered to the Escrow Agent, together with the appropriate amount of cash, in lieu of a fractional share that each Company Stockholder is entitled to receive (if applicable) pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and (b) each of the Company Securityholders shall deliver to the Escrow Agent one assignment separate from certificate (a Stock Power) endorsed in blank with respect to each certificate registered in the name of such Company Securityholder.
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2.2 Escrow Fund. The Escrowed Shares being held in escrow pursuant to this Agreement, together with any cash received in respect of fractional shares and other distributions on the Escrowed Shares, shall collectively constitute an escrow fund (the Escrow Fund) securing the compensation rights of the Company Securityholders under the Merger Agreement. The Escrow Agent agrees to accept delivery of the Escrow Fund and to hold the Escrow Fund in a separate escrow account (such account, the Escrow Account), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement.
2.3 Voting of Escrow Shares. Each Company Securityholder shall deliver to Parent a proxy in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B with respect to such Company Securityholders Escrowed Shares. All voting rights of the Escrowed Shares held by the Escrow Agent shall be exercised by the Parent in accordance with such proxies. The Escrow Agent is not obligated to distribute to the Company Securityholders or to the Stockholders Representative any proxy materials or other documents relating to the Escrowed Shares received by the Escrow Agent from Parent.
2.4 Investments. The Escrow Agent shall invest and reinvest the cash (if any) held in the Escrow Account from time to time in (a) short-term securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; and/or (b) repurchase agreements relating to such securities. Upon the request of either Parent or the Stockholders Representative, the Escrow Agent shall provide a statement to the requesting party that describes any deposit, distribution or investment activity or deductions with respect to any funds held in the Escrow Account in addition to quarterly account statements from the Escrow Agent.
2.5 Interest, Etc. Parent and the Stockholders Representative, on behalf of each of the Company Securityholders, agree that any interest accruing on or income otherwise earned (including any ordinary cash dividends paid in respect to the Escrowed Shares) on any investment of any funds in the Escrow Account shall be held by the Escrow Agent in the Escrow Account. The aggregate amount of all interest and other income earned on any investment of any funds in the Escrow Account shall be distributed by the Escrow Agent with the Escrowed Shares to which it relates.
2.6 Dividends, Etc. Parent and the Stockholders Representative, on behalf of each of the Company Securityholders, agree that any shares of Parent Common Stock or other property (including ordinary cash dividends) distributable or issuable (whether by way of dividend, stock split or otherwise) in respect of or in exchange for any Escrowed Shares (including pursuant to or as a part of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, reorganization or liquidation involving Parent) shall be distributed to, or issued in the name of the beneficial owners of such Escrowed Shares and held by, the Escrow Agent in the Escrow Account as part of the Escrow Fund in connection with such Escrowed Shares to which it relates. Any securities or other property received by the Escrow Agent in respect of any Escrowed Shares held in escrow as a result of any stock split or combination of shares of Parent Common Stock, payment of a stock dividend or other stock distribution in or on shares of Parent Common Stock, or change of Parent Common Stock into any other securities pursuant to or as a part of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, reorganization or liquidation involving Parent, or otherwise, shall be held by the Escrow Agent as part of the Escrow Fund in connection with such Escrowed Shares to which it relates.
2.7 Transferability. Except as provided for herein or by operation of law, the interests of the Company Securityholders in the Escrow Fund and in the Escrowed Shares shall not be assignable or transferable.
2.8 Trust Fund. The Escrow Fund shall be held as trust funds and shall not be subject to any lien, attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any creditor of any Company Securityholder or of any party hereto. The Escrow Agent shall hold and safeguard the Escrow Fund until the Termination Date (as defined in Section 6) or earlier distribution in accordance with this Agreement.
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Section 3. Release of Escrowed Shares.
3.1 General. Within 5 Business Days after receiving either (a) joint written instructions from Parent and the Stockholder Representative (Joint Instructions) or (b) an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction (a Court Order) relating to the release of any Escrowed Shares from the Escrow Fund, the Escrow Agent shall release or cause to be released any such Escrowed Shares and any other amounts from the Escrow Fund in the amounts, to the Persons and in the manner set forth in such Joint Instructions or Court Order.
3.2 Distributions. Whenever a distribution of a number of shares of Parent Common Stock is to be made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall requisition the appropriate number of shares from Parents stock transfer agent, delivering to the transfer agent the appropriate stock certificates accompanied by the respective Stock Powers, together with the specific instructions, as appropriate. Within 5 Business Days prior to the date the Escrow Agent is required to make a distribution of shares of Parent Common Stock or other property (including ordinary cash dividends) to the Company Securityholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall provide the Stockholders Representative with a notice specifying that a distribution will be made and requesting that the Stockholders Representative update the addresses set forth in the then current Schedule 1 to this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall make the corresponding distributions to the Persons listed on such updated Schedule 1 in accordance with the terms hereof, to their respective addresses as set forth therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to make any distribution under this Agreement to the Company Securityholders unless it has received from the Stockholders Representative an updated Schedule 1 to this Agreement as provided herein. Any distributions to Parent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be made to the address set forth in Section 9.2 hereof.
3.3 Delinquent Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no distribution of Parent Common Stock shall be made to any Company Securityholder (each, a Delinquent Holder) who has not complied with the terms of Section 3.4 of the Merger Agreement for receiving Merger Consideration. With respect to any amount withheld from distribution to a Delinquent Holder, such amount shall be held and invested by the Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof, as if such amount were part of the Escrow Fund, until the earlier of (i) such time as the Delinquent Holder has complied with the terms of the Merger Agreement for receiving payments of Merger Consideration thereunder or (ii) the date on which the Escrow Agent receives joint written instructions to distribute all other amounts remaining in the Escrow Fund (the Final Release Date). Any amounts not distributed to a Delinquent Holder on or prior to the Final Release Date shall be distributed to Parent thereon, and the Escrow Agent shall have no further obligations with respect to any such amounts. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Parent shall not have any obligation to segregate, or pay Delinquent Holders interest on, funds held for the benefit of the Delinquent Holders pursuant to the preceding sentence, and such amounts owing shall be unsecured general obligations of the Parent.
Section 4. Fees and Expenses.
The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, fees in accordance with Schedule 2. In accordance with Schedule 2, the Escrow Agent will also be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Escrow Agent in the performance of its duties hereunder and the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All such fees and expenses shall be paid by Parent.
Section 5. Limitation of Escrow Agents Liability.
5.1 The Escrow Agent undertakes to perform such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement only and shall have no duty under any other agreement or document, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall incur no liability with respect to any action taken by it or for any inaction on its part in reliance upon any notice, direction, instruction, consent, statement or other document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and duly authorized, nor for any other action or inaction except for its own negligence or willful misconduct. In all questions arising under this Agreement, the Escrow Agent may rely on the advice of counsel, and for anything done, omitted or suffered in good faith by the Escrow Agent based upon such advice the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to anyone. In no event shall the Escrow Agent be liable for incidental, punitive or consequential damages.
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5.2 Parent and the Stockholders Representative, acting on behalf of the Company Securityholders hereby agree to indemnify the Escrow Agent and its officers, directors, employees and agents for, and hold it and them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Escrow Agent, arising out of or in connection with the Escrow Agents carrying out its duties hereunder. This right of indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation of the Escrow Agent.
Section 6. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate upon the release by the Escrow Agent of the final amounts held in the Escrow Fund in accordance with Section 3 (the date of such release being referred to as the Termination Date).
Section 7. Successor Escrow Agent.
In the event the Escrow Agent becomes unavailable or unwilling to continue as escrow agent under this Agreement, the Escrow Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder by giving its written resignation to the parties to this Agreement. Such resignation shall take effect not less than 45 days after it is given to all the other parties hereto. In such event, Parent may appoint a successor Escrow Agent (acceptable to the Stockholders Representative, acting reasonably). If Parent fails to appoint a successor Escrow Agent within 20 days after receiving the Escrow Agents written resignation, the Escrow Agent shall have the right to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Escrow Agent. The successor Escrow Agent shall execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, and the successor Escrow Agent shall, without further acts, be vested with all the estates, property rights, powers and duties of the predecessor Escrow Agent as if originally named as Escrow Agent herein. The Escrow Agent shall act in accordance with written instructions from Parent and the Stockholders Representative as to the transfer of the Escrow Fund to a successor Escrow Agent.
Section 8. Stockholders Representative.
8.1 Unless and until Parent and the Escrow Agent shall have received written notice of the appointment of a successor Stockholders Representative in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, Parent and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, the power and authority of the Stockholders Representative to act on behalf of the Company Securityholders.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 Attorneys Fees. In any action at law or suit in equity to enforce or interpret this Agreement or the rights of any of the parties hereunder, the prevailing party in such action or suit shall be entitled to receive a reasonable sum for its attorneys fees and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.
9.2 Notices. Notice from a party to another party hereto relating to this Agreement shall be deemed effective if made in writing and delivered to the recipients address, or facsimile number set forth below by any of the following means: (i) hand delivery, (ii) registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, (iii) Federal Express, Airborne Express, or like overnight courier service, or (iv) facsimile or other wire transmission showing the date of transmission thereon and followed by regular mail delivery of a copy thereof. Notice made in accordance with this Section 9.2 shall be deemed delivered on receipt if delivered by hand or transmission if sent by facsimile or wire transmission, on the third Business Day after mailing if mailed by registered or certified mail, or the next Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service if delivered for next day delivery. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices addressed to the Escrow Agent shall be effective only upon receipt.
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if to Parent:
Renaissance Acquisition Corp.
50 East Sample Road
Pompano Beach, Florida
Attn: Barry W. Florescue
Fax: (954) 784-0534
with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Attn: Charles I. Weissman, Esq.
Fax: (212) 698-3599
if to the Stockholders Representative:
The Gores Group LLC
10877 Wilshire Boulevard
18th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90024
Attn: Scott Honour
Fax: (310) 209-3310
with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:
Bingham McCutchen LLP
One Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: John J. Concannon III, Esq.
Fax: (617) 951-8736
if to the Escrow Agent:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, NY 10004
Attn: Compliance Department
Fax:
9.3 Headings. The bold-faced headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
9.4 Counterparts and Exchanges by Facsimile or Other Electronic Transmission. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof. The parties hereto each hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New Castle County, Delaware for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the subject matter hereof brought by any other party hereto. Each party also agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Each party hereto, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, hereby waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court. Any party may make service on any other party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 9.2 above. Nothing in this Section 9.5, however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law or at equity.
9.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and each of their respective permitted successors and assigns, if any. The rights of a Company Securityholder under this Agreement may be assigned, delegated or transferred, in whole or in part, by each of the Company Securityholders to any Affiliate (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such Company Securityholder, or any other Person, managed fund or managed client account over which such Company Securityholder or any of its Affiliates exercises investment authority, including, without limitation, with respect to voting and dispositive rights.
9.7 Waiver. No failure on the part of any Person to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Person in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. No Person shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
9.8 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered or supplemented other than by means of a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of Parent, the Stockholders Representative and the Escrow Agent; provided, however, that any amendment executed and delivered by the Stockholders Representative shall be deemed to have been approved by and duly executed and delivered by all of the Company Securityholders.
9.9 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term.
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9.10 Parties in Interest. Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to provide any rights or remedies to any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, if any.
9.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement set forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among or between any of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.
9.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, THE TRANSACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR THEREOF.
9.13 Tax Reporting Information. Parent agrees to provide the Escrow Agent with a certified tax identification number for Parent and each of the Company Securityholders by furnishing appropriate forms W-9 (or Forms W-8, in the case of non-U.S. persons) and any other forms and documents that the Escrow Agent may reasonably request (collectively, Tax Reporting Documentation) to the Escrow Agent within 30 days after the date hereof. The parties hereto understand that, if such Tax Reporting Documentation is not so furnished to the Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold a portion of any interest or other income earned on the investment of monies held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement, and to immediately remit such withholding to the Internal Revenue Service. For tax reporting purposes, all income earned from the investment of cash held in the Escrow Account in any tax year shall be allocated to the Company Securityholders.
9.14 Cooperation. The Stockholders Representative, on behalf of the Company Securityholders, and Parent agree to cooperate fully with each other and the Escrow Agent and to execute and deliver such further documents, certificates, agreements, stock powers and instruments and to take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by Parent, the Stockholders Representative or the Escrow Agent to evidence or reflect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
9.15 Construction.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neutral genders; and the neutral gender shall include masculine and feminine genders.
(b) The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the words include and including, and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.
(d) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement, Schedules to this Agreement and Exhibits to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
RENAISSANCE ACQUISITION CORP., | |
a Delaware corporation | |
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Name: | Barry W. Florescue |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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THE GORES GROUP LLC, | |
solely in its capacity as Stockholders Representative | |
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Name: | Steven G. Eisner |
Title: | Vice President |
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CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST | |
COMPANY, a New York corporation | |
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Name: | Mark B. Zimkind |
Title: | Vice President |
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SCHEDULE 1
COMPANY SECURITYHOLDERS
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SCHEDULE 2
ESCROW AGENTS FEES AND EXPENSES
Monthly Fee for holding securities and/or cash: $________ per month
Additional out of pocket expenses including postage and stationary: Additional
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EXHIBIT A
MERGER AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF IRREVOCABLE PROXY
The undersigned stockholder of Renaissance Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby irrevocably (to the fullest extent permitted by law) appoints and constitutes [any executive officer of the Company], and each of them, the attorneys and proxy of the undersigned with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to the full extent of the undersigned's rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (the Company Common Stock) owned by the undersigned as of the date of this proxy or acquired after the date hereof that are held in escrow by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the Escrowed Shares), until such time as this Proxy terminates in accordance with its terms. Upon the execution hereof, all prior proxies, if any, given by the undersigned with respect to any of the Escrowed Shares are hereby revoked, and no subsequent proxies will be given with respect to any of the Escrowed Shares.
This proxy is irrevocable and is coupled with an interest and is granted in connection with the Escrow Agreement, dated as of _________, 2009, by and among the Company, [The Gores Group LLC], in its capacity as Stockholders Representative, and the Escrow Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this proxy have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Escrow Agreement.
The proxy named above will be empowered, and may exercise this proxy, to vote the shares of the Escrowed Shares on any matter on which the holders of Company Common Stock are entitled to vote, in the same proportion for or against such matter as all other shares voting on such matter.
Any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
The undersigned agrees to execute and deliver at any time all such further instruments (including, without limitation, additional irrevocable proxies) as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent of this proxy.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this proxy is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this proxy shall remain in full force and effect and shall not in any way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
This proxy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the provisions thereof relating to conflicts of law.
This proxy shall terminate with respect to each of the Escrowed Shares upon the date such Escrowed Share is released from the Escrow Account.
Dated: _______________, 200__
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
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2.1 |
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 13, 2008 by and among Renaissance Acquisition Corp., FCI Merger Sub I, Inc., FCI Merger Sub
II, LLC, First Communications, Inc. and the Gores Group, LLC. (included as Annex A to the proxy statement/prospectus). |
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3.1 |
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Renaissance Acquisition Corp. (post merger) (included as Annex B to the proxy
statement/prospectus). |
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3.2 |
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Renaissance Acquisition Corp.* |
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3.3 |
Amended and Restated By-laws of Renaissance Acquisition Corp. (post merger). |
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4.1 |
Specimen Unit Certificate.* |
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4.2 |
Specimen Common Stock Certificate.* |
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4.3 |
Specimen Warrant Certificate.* |
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4.4 |
Form
of Unit Purchase Option to be granted to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.* |
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4.5 |
Form
of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.* |
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4.6 |
Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant dated September 13, 2008. |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Dechert LLP. |
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10.1 |
Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Barry W. Florescue.* |
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Description | |||||
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10.2 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Logan D. Delany, Jr.* |
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10.3 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Stanley Kreitman.* |
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10.4 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Charles W. Miersch.* |
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10.5 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Morton Farber.* |
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10.6 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and RAC Partners LLC.* |
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10.7 |
Form
of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.* |
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10.8 |
Form
of Stock Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Renaissance Inside
Stockholders.* |
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10.9 |
Form
of Warrant Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Warrant Purchaser.* |
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10.10 |
Form
of Letter Agreement between BMD Management Company, Inc. and Registrant regarding administrative support.* |
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10.11 |
Promissory Note, dated as of April 30, 2006, issued to Barry W. Florescue.* |
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10.12 |
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Renaissance Insider Stockholders.* |
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10.13 |
Subscription Agreement among the Registrant, RAC Partners LLC and Graubard Miller.* |
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10.14 |
Securities Exchange Agreement between the Registrant and certain holders of First Communications T2 and T3 warrants. |
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10.15 |
Voting Agreement among the Registrant, FCI Merger Sub I, Inc., FCI Merger Sub II, LLC, First Communications, Inc. and certain holders of the
outstanding shares of First Communications, Inc. |
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10.16 |
Form
of Escrow Agreement among the Registrant, the Gores Group, LLC and the Escrow Agent named therein (included as Annex E to the proxy
statement/prospectus). |
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10.17 |
Side
Letter between Barry W. Florescue and First Communications, Inc. |
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10.18 |
Form
of 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (included as Annex C to the proxy statement/prospectus). |
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10.19 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and David Johnson, II. |
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10.20 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and Joseph R. Morris. |
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10.21 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and Raymond Hexamer. |
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10.22 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and Richard J. Buyens. |
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21.1 |
List
of Subsidiaries of the Registrant. |
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21.2 |
List
of Subsidiaries of First Communications, Inc. |
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23.1 |
Consent of Eisner LLP. |
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23.2 |
Consent of Frazier & Deeter, LLC. |
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23.3 |
Consent of Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company. |
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23.4 |
Consent of RubinBrown LLP. |
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23.5 |
Consent of Plante & Moran, PLLC. |
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23.6 |
Consent of Dechert LLP (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.7 |
Consent of Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc. |
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24 |
Power
of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement). |
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99.1 |
Consent of Theodore V. Boyd (Director nominee). |
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99.2 |
Consent of Joseph R. Morris (Director nominee). |
Exhibit No. |
Description | |||||
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99.3 |
Consent of Raymond Hexamer (Director nominee). |
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99.4 |
Consent of Marshall B. Belden Jr. (Director nominee). |
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99.5 |
Consent of Mark R. Stone (Director nominee). |
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99.6 |
Consent of Richard A. Bloom (Director nominee). |
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99.7 |
Consent of Mark T. Clark (Director nominee). |
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99.8 |
Consent of Scott M. Honour (Director nominee). |
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99.9 |
Form
of Post-Merger Compensation Committee Charter of Renaissance Acquisition Corp. |
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99.10 |
Form
of Audit Committee Charter.* |
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99.11 |
Form
of Nominating Committee Charter.* |
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99.12 |
Form
of Code of Ethics.* |
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99.13 |
Form
of Proxy Card. |
* |
Incorporated by reference to Renaissance Acquisition Corp.s Registration Statement on Form S-1 or amendments thereto (SEC File No. 333-134444). |
(a) |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) |
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
i. |
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
ii. |
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; and |
iii. |
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. |
(2) |
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) |
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(b)(1) |
That prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form; |
(2) |
(i)that is filed pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, or (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act and is used in connection with an offering of securities subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c)(1) |
To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request. |
(d) |
To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective. |
Signature |
Position |
Date |
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/s/ Barry W.
Florescue |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
October 20, 2008 |
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Barry W.
Florescue |
(Principal Executive Officer Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Logan D.
Delany, Jr. |
Director |
October 20, 2008 |
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Logan D.
Delany, Jr. |
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/s/ Stanley
Kreitman |
Director |
October 20, 2008 |
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Stanley
Kreitman |
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/s/ Morton
Farber |
Director |
October 20, 2008 |
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Morton
Farber |
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/s/ Charles
W. Miersch |
Director |
October 20, 2008 |
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Charles W.
Miersch |
Exhibit No. |
Description |
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2.1 |
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 13, 2008 by and among Renaissance Acquisition Corp., FCI Merger Sub I, Inc., FCI Merger Sub
II, LLC, FirstCommunications, Inc. and the Gores Group, LLC. (included as Annex A to the proxy statement/prospectus). |
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3.1 |
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Renaissance Acquisition Corp. (post merger) (included as Annex B to the proxy
statement/prospectus). |
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3.2 |
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Renaissance Acquisition Corp.* |
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3.3 |
Amended and Restated By-laws of Renaissance Acquisition Corp. (post merger). |
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4.1 |
Specimen Unit Certificate.* |
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4.2 |
Specimen Common Stock Certificate.* |
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4.3 |
Specimen Warrant Certificate.* |
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4.4 |
Form
of Unit Purchase Option to be granted to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.* |
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4.5 |
Form
of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.* |
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4.6 |
Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant dated September 13, 2008. |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Dechert LLP. |
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10.1 |
Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Barry W. Florescue.* |
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10.2 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Logan D. Delany, Jr.* |
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10.3 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Stanley Kreitman.* |
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10.4 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Charles W. Miersch.* |
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10.5 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Morton Farber.* |
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10.6 |
Form
of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and RAC Partners LLC.* |
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10.7 |
Form
of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.* |
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10.8 |
Form
of Stock Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Renaissance Inside
Stockholders.* |
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10.9 |
Form
of Warrant Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Warrant Purchaser.* |
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10.10 |
Form
of Letter Agreement between BMD Management Company, Inc. and Registrant regarding administrative support.* |
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10.11 |
Promissory Note, dated as of April 30, 2006, issued to Barry W. Florescue.* |
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10.12 |
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Renaissance Insider Stockholders.* |
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10.13 |
Subscription Agreement among the Registrant, RAC Partners LLC and Graubard Miller.* |
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10.14 |
Securities Exchange Agreement between the Registrant and certain holders of First Communications T2 and T3 warrants. |
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10.15 |
Voting Agreement among the Registrant, FCI Merger Sub I, Inc., FCI Merger Sub II, LLC, First Communications, Inc. and certain holders of the
outstanding shares of First Communications, Inc. |
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10.16 |
Form
of Escrow Agreement among the Registrant, the Gores Group, LLC and the Escrow Agent named therein (included as Annex E to the proxy
statement/prospectus). |
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10.17 |
Side
Letter between Barry W. Florescue and First Communications, Inc. |
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10.18 |
Form
of 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (included as Annex C to the proxy statement/prospectus). |
Exhibit No. |
Description | |||||
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10.19 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and David Johnson, II. |
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10.20 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and Joseph R. Morris. |
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10.21 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and Raymond Hexamer. |
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10.22 |
Employment Agreement among First Communications, Inc., First Communications, LLC and Richard J. Buyens. |
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21.1 |
List
of Subsidiaries of the Registrant. |
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21.2 |
List
of Subsidiaries of First Communications, Inc. |
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23.1 |
Consent of Eisner LLP. |
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23.2 |
Consent of Frazier & Deeter, LLC. |
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23.3 |
Consent of Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company. |
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23.4 |
Consent of RubinBrown LLP. |
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23.5 |
Consent of Plante & Moran, PLLC. |
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23.6 |
Consent of Dechert LLP (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.7 |
Consent of Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc. |
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24 |
Power
of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement). |
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99.1 |
Consent of Theodore V. Boyd (Director nominee). |
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99.2 |
Consent of Joseph R. Morris (Director nominee). |
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99.3 |
Consent of Raymond Hexamer (Director nominee). |
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99.4 |
Consent of Marshall B. Belden Jr. (Director nominee). |
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99.5 |
Consent of Mark R. Stone (Director nominee). |
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99.6 |
Consent of Richard A. Bloom (Director nominee). |
|||||
99.7 |
Consent of Mark T. Clark (Director nominee). |
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99.8 |
Consent of Scott M. Honour (Director nominee). |
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99.9 |
Form
of Post-Merger Compensation Committee Charter of Renaissance Acquisition Corp. |
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99.10 |
Form
of Audit Committee Charter.* |
|||||
99.11 |
Form
of Nominating Committee Charter.* |
|||||
99.12 |
Form
of Code of Ethics.* |
|||||
99.13 |
Form
of Proxy Card. |
* |
Incorporated by reference to Renaissance Acquisition Corp.s Registration Statement on Form S-1 or amendments thereto (SEC File No. 333-134444). |