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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark
One)
x
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
fiscal year ended July 31, 2010
OR
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from ___________ to ___________
Commission
File Number: 001-34446
EasyLink
Services International Corporation
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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13-3645702
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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6025
The Corners Parkway, Suite 100
Norcross,
Georgia
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30092
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code: (678) 533-8000
Securities registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Class A
common stock, $.01 par value per share
Name of each exchange on which
registered: NASDAQ
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined
in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No
x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No
x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes x No
¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No
x
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated
filer ¨ Non-accelerated ¨ Smaller
reporting company x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¨ No
x
As of October 1, 2010, the issuer had
outstanding 29,260,835 shares of class A common stock. The aggregate market
value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant as of October 1, 2010 was approximately $67,924,620 based on
the closing price for the class A common stock of $2.58 on the Nasdaq Capital
Market on that date.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions
of the registrant’s Proxy Statement in connection with its 2011 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders, to be held on or about January 6, 2011, are incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K to the extent stated
herein.
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
ANNUAL
REPORT ON FORM 10-K
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART
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Item
1.
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Business
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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Item
2.
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Properties
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings
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PART
II
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Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item
6.
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Select
Financial Data - Not required for Smaller Reporting
Companies
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Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Item
8
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Financial
Statements
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Item
9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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Item
9A(T).
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Controls
and Procedures
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information
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PART
III
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Item
10.
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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29
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions and Director
Independence
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
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PART
IV
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Item
15.
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Exhibits
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PART
I
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
annual report on Form 10-K contains a number of “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”). Specifically, all statements other than statements
of historical facts included in this annual report regarding our financial
position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future
operations are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to management. When used in this annual report,
the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “hope,”
“continue” and “intend,” and words or phrases of similar import, as they relate
to our financial position, business strategy and plans, or objectives of
management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements reflect our current view with respect to future events and are
subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to various factors
including, without limitation, those described starting on page 8 of this annual
report under the heading “Risk Factors” and in our registration statements and
periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Although
we believe that our expectations are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our
expectations will prove to be correct. Should any one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those described in this annual report as
anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, hoped or intended.
References
in this annual report to “EasyLink,” “ESIC,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and
“our” refer to EasyLink Services International Corporation and our wholly-owned
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless otherwise stated.
Item
1.
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Business
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Overview
EasyLink
Services International Corporation is a Delaware corporation founded in 1991. We
are a global provider of value added services that facilitate the electronic
exchange of documents and information between enterprises, their trading
communities and their customers. We deliver the majority of our services through
global Internet Protocol (“IP”) networks, which host our applications on
enterprise-class platforms that are comprised of server and network operations
centers located worldwide.
Our core
services include electronic data interchange (“EDI”) services, fax services,
telex services and other services that are integral to the movement of money,
materials, products and people in the global economy including documents such as
insurance claims, trade and travel confirmations, purchase orders, invoices,
shipping notices and funds transfers that help our customers to be more
efficient and mobile. Our operations include two business segments defined as
follows:
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Supply
Chain Messaging (“Supply Chain Messaging”) segment, which includes all our
EDI and telex services. This segment was 50% of reported revenue for the
years ending July 31, 2009 and
2010.
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On
Demand Messaging (“On Demand Messaging”) segment, which includes all fax,
e-mail, document capture and management (“DCM”) and workflow services.
This segment was 50% of reported revenue for the years ending July 31,
2009 and 2010.
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Our
principal executive offices are located at 6025 The Corners Parkway, Suite 100,
Norcross, Georgia 30092, and our telephone number at that location is (678)
533-8000.
1
Company
Background
EasyLink
Services International Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1991 under
the name Infosafe Systems, Inc. (“Infosafe”). Infosafe completed an initial
public offering on January 25, 1995. On April 16, 1997, Infosafe entered into an
agreement to create and fund a newly incorporated majority owned subsidiary,
Internet Commerce Corporation. On June 19, 1998, Infosafe entered into an
agreement of merger that combined the Internet Commerce Corporation subsidiary
into Infosafe, with Infosafe remaining as the surviving corporation. On July 2,
1998, Infosafe changed its name to Internet Commerce Corporation (“ICC”).
On June 22, 2004, ICC acquired Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc. (“ECS”)
expanding our managed EDI services to small and medium sized businesses.
On March 17, 2005, ICC acquired the Managed ECÔ (“MEC”) division of QRS
Corporation continuing the expansion of our EDI managed services business.
On November 1, 2005, ICC acquired The Kodiak Group, Inc. (“Kodiak”) adding
additional EDI service offerings. On May 9, 2006, ICC acquired Enable
Corp. (“Enable”) adding web based EDI capabilities to our service
offerings.
On August
20, 2007, ICC acquired EasyLink Services Corporation (“ESC”). In conjunction
with the acquisition, ICC changed its name to EasyLink Services International
Corporation. ESC was originally incorporated as GlobeComm, Inc. in 1994 and had
been publicly traded since its initial public offering in June 1999. ESC
previously did business under the name Mail.com and had developed or acquired a
number of business messaging platforms. Mail.com changed its name to EasyLink
Services Corporation in 2001 after its acquisition of ATT’s EasyLink Services
division.
Recent
Developments
On
October 21, 2010, we acquired the iSend and iNotify advanced messaging
businesses (the “Xpedite Business”) from Premiere Global Services, Inc. (“PGI”)
for $105 million in cash, through the purchase of PGI’s wholly-owned
subsidiaries Xpedite Systems, LLC and Premiere Global Services (UK) Limited and
certain related assets owned by PGI’s subsidiary Premiere Conferencing (Canada)
Limited. We paid for the acquisition with $5 million of cash on hand and a
new credit facility consisting of a $110 million term loan and a $20 million
revolving loan, which also refinanced our existing credit facility
indebtedness.
Products
and Services
Our two
reportable segments, Supply Chain Messaging and On Demand Messaging, are
described below.
Supply
Chain Messaging
Our
Supply Chain Messaging segment includes:
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EasyLink
EDI Solutions. EasyLink provides a comprehensive set of fully
outsourced EDI solutions that helps companies to take full advantage of
their EDI investment. With EasyLink EDI, companies are able to optimize
the efficiency, reliability, and reach of their electronic supply chain
while reducing costs, infrastructure, and
overhead.
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For
thousands of companies, their EDI-based supply chain is one of the most
important aspects of their business as it has a direct impact on profitability.
But with an ever-changing business environment, staying up-to-date and optimized
can be difficult and problematic.
Companies
already enabled with EDI are facing many challenges related to the management of
their EDI application. Companies are experiencing:
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Limited
solution options
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Inability
to trade with their entire business community or meet compliance
requirements
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Low
quality of services and high costs
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Limited
or poor customer service
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In
addition, companies looking to implement an EDI program often find that their
options are limited by:
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Expensive
solutions that are not cost-effective for their
situation
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Technology
requirements beyond their
capabilities
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Limited
support or implementation
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Inability
to meet trading partner needs
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EasyLink’s
broad portfolio of EDI solutions and services solves these challenges by
tailoring our services to our customer’s requirements.
EasyLink
provides multiple cornerstone EDI Services, including:
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EDI Value Added
Network (“VAN”) - enables secure, reliable, and efficient
communications with trading partners around the globe. It includes
services such as InLine Translation, our hosted solution, that allows you
to convert data into any format, EDI over the Internet Services for
processing Action Script 2 data, and the ability to process any type of
data format with any trading partner regardless of their
technology.
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Web EDI -
allows EDI enabled companies to trade with non-EDI enabled companies who
have access to a web browser. This allows for the efficient processing of
transactions bi-directionally so that all parties can process data in
their preferred format.
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EDI Managed
Services - provides an outsourced EDI solution including IT/Service
Bureau that is tailored to fit a company’s budget, technical
sophistication, and trading partner requirements. The company conducts its
core business and EasyLink manages its EDI. It is one of the
largest IT/Service Bureaus in the US supporting the retail trading
community, helping to bridge technology gaps between large retail hubs and
their non-EDI suppliers.
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EasyLink Managed File
Transfer - Managed File Transfer (“MFT”) is a 100% outsourced
solution from EasyLink that allows organizations to manage large file
transfers or high-volume data exchanges safely and
securely.
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EasyLink
Telex Solutions. Many organizations around the world count on telex
for effective and secure communications. Throughout the years, telex has
continued to be a reliable and cost-effective means of communication. As
part of EasyLink’s commitment to our customers, we are committed to
supporting telex solutions for years to
come.
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EasyLink’s
Telex Solutions provide our customers a wide range of telex alternatives
including:
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Traditional
Telex - using existing telex equipment, dedicated lines, and
EasyLink’s global network to send and receive telex messages worldwide.
Support for real-time connections, answerback verification, departmental
billing, and more. Guaranteed security and privacy without compromising
the legality of a telex message.
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Internet Telex
- a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol solution that allows use of an
e-mail client to submit a message to the EasyLink network for conversion
to telex format and onward delivery to the destination telex number.
Confirmation of delivery is returned via
e-mail.
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Real-Time Telex
- a Windows-based solution with real-time conversational messaging
supporting answerback exchange and alternative message deposit into the
recipient mailbox when offline.
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Telex
Outsourcing - a regulatory service that allows the outsourcing of
all or part of a telex infrastructure through a variety of options
including establishing an interconnect into the EasyLink network to
consolidate multi-country connections, installation of an in-country relay
server or installation of a telex switch allowing full control over telex
numbering plans and customers.
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On
Demand Messaging
Our On
Demand Messaging segment includes:
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EasyLink
Desktop Messaging. Our Desktop Messaging Service is a 100%
outsourced solution allowing organizations to eliminate the hardware,
software, telecom lines, maintenance and related infrastructure associated
with fax servers and traditional fax machines. In addition, the
service is integrated with multi-function devices for a true, one source
solution. By implementing Desktop Messaging a company
can:
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Increase
employee productivity by integrating fax with
e-mail
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Reduce
costs associated with faxing by eliminating hardware, software, and annual
maintenance
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Ensure
security and compliance
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Free
IT resources to focus on core
initiatives
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Support
casual fax usage through multi-function device
integration
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EasyLink
Production Messaging.
Our Production Messaging Service is a 100% outsourced
straight-through processing solution that automates the creation and
delivery of transactions that originate in back-office environments for
delivery as fax, e-mail, EDI or Short Messaging Service allowing
organizations to reduce the costs associated with managing disparate
infrastructure.
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By
implementing the Production Messaging Service a company can:
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Automate
the creation and delivery of documents such as trade confirmations,
purchase orders and invoices
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Improve
cycle time
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Eliminate
manual processes
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Reduce
costs associated with managing disparate
infrastructure
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Ensure
security and compliance
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Free
IT resources to focus on core
initiatives
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Our
Production Messaging Service accepts almost any form of data from back-end
systems. We can personalize the messages according to business rules, merge data
fields, add logos or other customizations and then deliver these messages in the
format of choice.
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EasyLink
Workflow Services. Our Workflow Service (“EWS”) is a Software as a
Service workflow application that enables a company to deploy a customized
application for the centralization, management, queuing and processing of
inbound business transactions of any kind. EWS is a sophisticated hosted
service that combines advanced message queues, alerts and alarms,
comprehensive audit trails and a Web 2.0 interface for the delivery of
tailored applications. EWS may solve many business problems for a company
including:
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Consolidation
of messages coming from many different sources including fax, email and
paper into a single workflow
application
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Comprehensive
security and audit controls that enable organizations to meet security and
governance mandates
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A
workload balancing system giving complete visibility and control into the
work being done by anyone in a company. For example, EWS enables
administrators to easily re-assign business documents that employees may
be working on, if needed
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The
ability to embed sophisticated business rules directly into a workflow so
that routing, prioritization, queuing, and handling of business messages
are guaranteed to meet company
needs
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EasyLink
Document Capture Management Services. Our Document Capture
Management Services combine a global fax network, human quality checks and
sophisticated workflows to turn manual processes directly into data
consumable by back office applications such as order processing, claims
forms and time and expense forms.
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Features
include:
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Guaranteed
99.5% field level accuracy for your documents and
forms
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Ability
to handle unstructured documents in many different
formats
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Fast
turnaround time often as quickly as 30, 60 or 120
minutes
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Multi-lingual
capabilities at the same high levels of
accuracy
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Delivery
of documents in many different formats including: Association for
Cooperative Operations Research and Development, Extensible Markup
Language, EDI, Comma Separated Values, Flat File and the iDoc format for
SAP business systems
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Direct
integration of our processing through Web Services, integrated customer
lists and on-line exception
handling
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Delivery
of monthly audit and exception
reports
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EasyLink
Secure Messaging. Secure Messaging is a 100% outsourced secure
e-mail solution from EasyLink that automates the creation and delivery of
encrypted outbound messages from a company’s back-end systems to
customers, partners, and stakeholders. As a new product, Secure
Messaging was in beta release at the end of the 2010 fiscal year and there
were no customers utilizing the
offering.
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Product
Development
Our
product development efforts are focused on adding enhanced and new functionality
to existing products, integrating the various product offerings into our
services delivery, and supporting new technologies. Our success will depend in
part upon our ability to adopt technology and industry trends, respond to
customer requirements and market opportunities and incorporate emerging
standards into our existing and new services. To that end, our development
efforts center on requirements and features that have been identified through
market research, customer interactions, standards announcements and competitive
analysis. As a result, we intend to continue to offer products and services with
increasing functionality and scalability to meet the needs of customers
regardless of size and technical sophistication. Most of our development
projects are performed internally. However, some projects require specialized
skills that are acquired through an outsourced arrangement with various
contractors.
Our
product development expenses for the years ended July 31, 2010 and 2009 were
approximately $7,275,000 and $7,515,000, respectively.
Customer
and Technical Support
Our
customer and technical support efforts consist of teams of professionals who
work together to provide dependable and timely resolution to customer support
and technical inquiries. For complex problems, our Customer and Technical
Support Center teams have immediate access to the experts on our development
staff, consulting organization and IT operations, as required. Our goal is to
ensure customer satisfaction each time a customer calls us to set up an account,
solve a problem, answer a question or provide a product
upgrade.
5
Sales
and Marketing
We have
direct and/or indirect distribution channels in Australia, Brazil, Canada,
France, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab
Emirates and the United Kingdom.
Our sales
force has traditionally consisted of regional sales managers, inside sales
representatives, technical sales representatives and sales support. We seek to
continue to make arrangements with agents, resellers and other solution
providers, to sell to companies around the world and expand our reach into
markets that we do not service directly. We have dedicated a part of our sales
resources to expand these indirect channels. We believe that our service
offerings enable a wide variety of companies to recommend, market, and sell our
services.
Customers
As of
July 31, 2010, we provided services to approximately 14,000 accounts in
professional services, financial services, manufacturing, mining, retail,
distribution, freight services, insurance, telecommunications and other
industries. Our customers range in size from Fortune 500 companies to sole
proprietorships. Many of our customers may generally terminate our services with
30 days notice without penalty, unless their agreement contains a minimum
revenue commitment that would require payment by the customer of any unused
shortfall amount upon termination. We continue our efforts to enter into annual
or multi-year contracts with minimum commitments. For the fiscal years ended
July 31, 2010 and 2009, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of our
consolidated revenue.
For the
fiscal years ended July 31, 2010 and 2009, approximately 25% of our
revenues were generated from international customers. The bulk of our
international revenues come from the United Kingdom, Japan, France and
Brazil.
Seasonality
and Backlog
Our
revenues do not experience material changes due to seasonality, and we have no
material backlog in sales orders or the provisioning of customer
orders.
Competition
While we
are unaware of any single competitor that provides all of the services we
deliver, we compete with a range of companies in each of our two business
segments, as well as with the internally developed solutions of companies who
choose to source these needs internally. The markets for each of our two
segments are highly competitive, rapidly evolving and subject to shifting
customer needs and introductions of new products and services. We face a
significant number of competitors, ranging from very large enterprises or
divisions of very large companies to a number of relatively small
organizations. Our Supply Chain Messaging solutions compete with large
e-commerce business-to-business and EDI vendors with a broad array of VAN,
software and service offerings, including GXS, Inc., IBM and multiple smaller
EDI companies with a core competence in a particular industry or technology,
“mom-and-pop” service centers or privately owned VANs. Our integrated
desktop messaging and production messaging solutions compete primarily against
traditional fax machine manufacturers, which may be large and well established
companies, providers of fax servers and related software, such as Open Text
Corporation, as well as publicly traded and privately-held application service
providers, such as Premiere Global Services, Inc., j2 Global
Communications, Inc. and Protus IP Solutions. Our telex solutions compete
against Swiss Telex SA, Network Telex, Graphnet, Inc., Wirefast Limited and
various designated international providers of postal, telephone and telegraph
(“PTT”) services.
These
competitors are diverse in terms of their histories, business models, corporate
strategies, financial strength, name recognition, company reputation, customer
base and breadth of offerings. Our large competitors generally have more
history, significantly greater financial resources, larger customer bases and
more easily recognized names than we do.
We also
rely on many of our competitors to interconnect with our EDI VAN services. These
interconnection arrangements allow trading partners using different VANs to
connect with one another for trading purposes. We currently have interconnection
agreements with all major VANs.
6
Patents,
Trademarks and Proprietary Technology
We have
several technology platforms through which we provide our various services to
customers. Each of those platforms was developed by our company or by companies
we have acquired. To the extent we have intellectual property rights in those
technology platforms, those intellectual property rights generally consist of
copyrights and trade secrets. We take steps to ensure the ongoing
confidentiality of our trade secrets and to search for additional ways to
maintain the proprietary nature of our technology platforms. There can be no
assurance, however, that our existing intellectual property rights will afford
us adequate protection or that competitors will not develop or market competing
products using technologies similar to, or better than, our own.
We have
trademark rights to the name EasyLink as well as other marks and logos both in
the United States and in other countries. We review our marketing and
advertising efforts from time to time to ensure we take advantage of
opportunities to create new or more valuable trademark rights.
Although
we believe that our technology does not infringe upon the proprietary rights of
others, it is possible that others may have or may be granted patents claiming
products or processes that are necessary for or useful to the delivery of our
services. From time to time we are approached by parties claiming to own patents
that they claim are infringed by our services or operations. We evaluate such
claims when they arise to determine whether those claims are valid and whether
it would be more effective to obtain a license or dispute that any infringement
is occurring. We have at times in the past obtained licenses from parties
claiming to hold patents that they contended were infringed by our services or
operations. See Item 3.
Legal Proceedings.
Suppliers
We
purchase telecommunications services pursuant to supply agreements with
telecommunications service providers. Some of our agreements with
telecommunications service providers contain commitments that require us to
purchase a minimum amount of services through 2013. The total telecom costs for
those suppliers for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2010 and 2009 were
approximately $2,120,000 and $2,429,000, respectively, of which $2,031,000 and
$1,602,000, respectively were related to minimum commitment
contracts.
Government
Regulation
In
general, we operate as an unregulated provider of our various messaging
services. We believe that our services are not subject to regulation in the
United States by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) or by state-level
public service commissions with respect to the manner in which we provide
service or the prices we charge. We do not file tariffs setting forth our prices
or business practices with the FCC, at the state level in the U.S. or in any
other country.
We are,
however, subject to regulations imposed by the FCC that relate to
telecommunications as well as international telecommunications regulatory
authorities, and we may be affected by regulatory decisions, trends or policies
issued or implemented by federal, state, local and international authorities. We
are also subject to regulatory requirements applicable to businesses generally
in the United States and in the other countries where we do
business.
In
countries other than the United States, we are sometimes required by national
laws to obtain licenses or to pay license fees or similar amounts to national
regulatory bodies. Such amounts are reflected in our financial statements, and
such non-U.S. regulatory matters are not material to our operations or business
plans.
Telecommunications
technologies and the laws that regulate businesses in the telecommunications
industry are constantly changing and there can be no assurance that the FCC or
another regulatory body may not try to extend its jurisdiction over all or a
part of our business.
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Environmental
Laws
We
believe that our operations comply in all material respects with applicable laws
and regulations concerning the environment. Because we supply services delivered
by software platforms, compliance with environmental laws is not expected to
require significant capital expenditures and has not had, and is not expected to
have, a material adverse effect on the operations of our business.
Employees
As of
July 31, 2010, we had 282 employees, all of which were full-time
employees. Of these employees, 225 were located in the United States and
57 were located in the United Kingdom and other international locations. None of
our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our
relations with our employees to be good.
Availability
of Reports
Our
corporate information Website is www.easylink.com. The
information on our Website is not part of this annual report on Form 10-K.
However, on the Investor Information portion of this Website the public can
access free of charge our annual, quarterly and current financial reports filed
with the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing dates. The
ownership reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding our filings may also be accessed at the SEC’s Public Reference Room,
100F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549 during office hours of 10:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. weekdays. The public may get specific information about
the operation of the Public Reference Room at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition
the public may access the above mentioned reports using the SEC Internet site
(EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
You
should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in
this annual report in evaluating our business or an investment in shares of our
class A common stock. While these are the risks and uncertainties that we
believe are the most important for you to consider, you should know that they
are not the only risks or uncertainties facing us or that may adversely affect
our business. If any of the following risks or uncertainties actually occurs,
our business, financial condition and operating results would likely suffer. In
that event, the market price of our class A common stock could
decline.
Risks Relating to Our
Business
Weakness
in the financial markets and in the general economy has adversely affected and
may continue to adversely affect certain segments of our customers. These
general economic conditions may result in a decrease in the number of new
customers we are able to attract and may negatively affect the usage levels of
our services as well as customer retention.
Our
customers are businesses that use our services for business purposes. To the
extent that our customers’ businesses have been adversely affected by the
current uncertainties in the credit markets and weakness in the mortgage market,
retail industry and general economy, those factors might cause fewer new
customers to purchase our services, might cause existing customers to use our
services less frequently or seek price reductions for the use of our services
and might cause some customers to cease using our services. Any such outcomes
could negatively affect our ability to generate revenue.
Acquisitions
are central to our growth plan. If we cannot find, finance and integrate
accretive acquisitions, our financial results may suffer.
Our
ability to implement our business plan depends on identifying appropriate
acquisitions, negotiating accretive financial terms, obtaining additional
financing at affordable costs and successfully integrating the acquired
businesses. The shortage of available credit at reasonable costs in fiscal
2009 prevented us from closing a significant transaction and the shortage of
available credit at reasonable costs in fiscal 2010 slowed our ability to
identify financeable transactions. If our acquisition efforts are not
successful, our business and financial results may suffer. If we are successful
in our acquisition efforts, we expect that we will need to continue to manage
and to expand multiple relationships with customers, Internet service providers
and other third parties. We also expect that we will need to continue to improve
our financial systems, procedures and controls and will need to expand, train
and manage our workforce, particularly our information technology and sales and
marketing staffs.
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We
may not be successful in competing against our competitors.
We face a
significant number of competitors, ranging from very large enterprises or
divisions of very large companies to a number of relatively small organizations.
These competitors are diverse in terms of their histories, business models,
corporate strategies, financial strength, name recognition, company reputation,
customer base and breadth of offerings. Many of our large competitors have more
history, significantly greater financial resources, larger customer bases and
more easily recognized names than we do. As a result, our competitors may be
able to respond more quickly to changing technology and changes in customer
requirements or be able to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, adopt
more aggressive pricing policies and make more attractive offers to potential
customers and employees, or be able to devote greater resources to the
development, promotion and sale of their services than we can. There can be no
assurance that our product and service offerings will compete
effectively.
We
must continue to develop or acquire new products and services.
If we do
not keep pace with technological changes, customer demands and intense
competition, we will not be successful. Our market is characterized by changing
technology, customer demands and intense competition. The satisfactory
performance, reliability and availability of our network infrastructure,
customer support and document delivery systems and our web site are critical to
our reputation and our ability to attract customers and maintain adequate
customer service levels. If we cannot keep pace with these changes and
maintain the performance and reliability of our network and customer service
levels our business will suffer. The intense competition in our service lines
requires us to continually develop strategic business and Internet solutions
that enhance and improve the customer service features, functions and
responsiveness of all of our existing or proposed services. However, there can
be no assurance that we will be able to keep pace with these changes, and if we
are not successful in developing and marketing enhancements to our services or
meeting customer demands, our business may suffer.
Outsourcing
of our services may not prove to be a viable business for organic
growth.
Our
success will depend on the development of viable markets for the outsourcing of
all of our services, which is somewhat speculative. Outsourcing is one of the
principal methods by which we will attempt to achieve successful organic growth.
Security and reliability of service, however, are likely to be of concern to
enterprises and service providers deciding whether to outsource these services
or to continue to provide them themselves. These concerns are likely to be
particularly strong at larger businesses and service providers, which are better
able to afford the costs of maintaining their own systems. While we intend to
focus on outsourcing our services, we cannot be sure that we will be able to
maintain or expand our business customer base. In addition, the sales cycle for
many of these services is lengthy and could delay our ability to generate
revenues.
Servicing
our debt obligations may limit our earnings available to investors.
Pursuant
to our May 19, 2009, Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement (the “Credit
Agreement”), and the related May 19, 2010, Commitment Increase Amendment, we
obtained a term loan (the “Term Loan”), the aggregate principal amount of which
was $25.4 million at July 31, 2010. On October 21, 2010, in connection
with the acquisition of the iSend and iNotify businesses of Premiere Global
Services, Inc., we replaced the Term Loan with a term loan and revolving loan
(the “2010 Loans”) pursuant to which we borrowed an aggregate of $122.0
million. These borrowing are to be repaid in quarterly installments of
principal, including a final balloon installment, with interest. The
amount of our earnings available to our investors after making these periodic
debt payments may be limited.
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We
have debt obligations which require us to meet certain restrictions on business
activity and debt covenants.
The
Credit Agreement and the credit agreement for the 2010 Loans contain usual and
customary covenants for financings of this type, including, among other things:
(i) requirements to deliver financial statements, other reports and
notices; (ii) restrictions on additional indebtedness; (iii) restrictions
on dividends, distributions and redemptions of equity and repayment of
subordinated indebtedness; (iv) restrictions on liens;
(v) restrictions on making certain payments; (vi) restrictions on
investments; (vii) restrictions on asset dispositions and other fundamental
changes; and (viii) restrictions on transactions with affiliates.
In addition, the Credit Agreement contains certain financial covenants,
including, among other things: (i) a maximum leverage ratio; (ii) a
minimum fixed charge coverage ratio; (iii) a minimum amount of consolidated
adjusted EBITDA; (iv) a minimum amount of liquidity; and (v) a maximum
amount of capital expenditures. Without the permission of the Lenders, our
ability to complete material acquisitions will be restricted. A default on
any of these restrictions and covenants will cause, in certain circumstances,
the amounts due under such agreements to become due and payable upon
demand. If demand for payment is made under these circumstances and we do
not have sufficient cash to repay the amounts due or are unable to reach a new
arrangement with our lenders, we may become insolvent.
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If
we lose our net operating loss carryforward, our financial results will
suffer.
As of
July 31, 2010, our net operating loss carryforward for federal income tax
purposes was approximately $76.1 million. Section 382 of the Internal Revenue
Code contains rules that are designed to discourage persons from buying and
selling the net operating losses of companies. These rules generally operate by
focusing on ownership changes among stockholders owning directly or indirectly
5% or more of the common stock of a company or any change in ownership arising
from a new issuance of stock by a company. In general, the rules limit the
ability of a company to utilize net operating losses after a change of ownership
of more than 50% of its common stock over a three-year period. While we have
adopted a stockholders right plan designed to discourage ownership changes which
would trigger the Section 382 limits, purchases of our class A common stock in
amounts greater than specified levels could create an additional limitation on
our ability to utilize our net operating losses to offset future tax liabilities
thereby reducing net income and cash flow.
Our
financial performance could cause future write-downs of goodwill or other
intangible assets in future periods.
As of
July 31, 2010, we had $34.5 million of goodwill and $15.9 million of other
intangible assets on our balance sheet. In accordance with accounting standards,
we are required to perform an annual impairment review of goodwill and other
indefinite lived intangible assets which could result in non-cash impairment
write-downs to goodwill or other intangible assets and reduce our reported net
income.
If
we are unable to maintain or replace our existing VAN interconnect arrangements,
our results of operations will suffer.
We rely
on many of our competitors to interconnect with our EDI VAN service to promote
an “open community” so all businesses can take advantage of the efficiencies of
EDI, no matter what network they choose as their provider. Although we have
interconnect agreements with the major VAN providers, there can be no assurances
that these agreements will not be terminated or will continue with acceptable
terms. If terminated, we would have to find an acceptable alternative. If
available, such an alternative could add significant operating costs to our
business.
We
rely on third parties to provide our services, and any failure of such third
parties could adversely affect our business.
Failure
of our third-party providers to provide adequate Internet, telecommunications
and power services could result in significant losses of revenue. Our operations
depend upon third parties for Internet access and telecommunications service.
Frequent or prolonged interruptions of these services could result in
significant losses of revenues. We have experienced outages in the past and
could experience outages, delays and other difficulties due to system failures
unrelated to our internal activities in the future. These types of occurrences
could also cause users to perceive our services as not functioning properly and
therefore cause them to use other methods to deliver and receive information. We
have limited control over these third parties and cannot assure you that we will
be able to maintain satisfactory relationships with any of them on acceptable
commercial terms or that the quality of services that they provide will remain
at the levels needed to enable us to conduct our business
effectively.
We
are dependent on licensed technology and third party commercial
partners.
We
license a significant amount of technology from third parties, including
technology related to our Internet fax services, billing processes and
databases. We also rely on third party commercial partners to provide services
for our trading community enablement services, document capture and management
services and some of our other services. We anticipate that we will need to
license additional technology or to enter into additional commercial
relationships to remain competitive. We may not be able to license these
technologies or to enter into arrangements with prospective commercial partners
on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Third-party licenses and strategic
commercial relationships expose us to increased risks, including risks relating
to the integration of new technology, the diversion of resources from the
development of our own proprietary technology, a greater need to generate
revenues sufficient to offset associated license or service fee costs, and the
possible termination of or failure to renew an important license or other
agreement by the third-party licensor or commercial partner.
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We
may need to obtain additional financing on satisfactory terms to continue to
compete successfully.
If we are
unable to obtain necessary future capital, our business will suffer. We may need
to raise additional funds if competitive pressures or technological changes are
greater than anticipated, if we are unable to increase revenue at anticipated
rates, if our expenses increase significantly, if our customers delay payment of
our receivables, if necessary to fund repayment of our debt, or if we identify a
suitable acquisition candidate that requires a cash outlay in order to complete
the transaction. We cannot assure you that any additional financing will be
available on reasonable terms or at all. Raising additional funds in the future
by issuing securities could adversely affect our stockholders and negatively
impact our operating results. If we raise additional funds through the issuance
of class A common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for class
A common stock, the percentage ownership of our then-existing stockholders will
decrease, and they may experience additional dilution. In addition, any
convertible or exchangeable securities we might issue to raise capital may have
rights, preferences and privileges more favorable to the holders than those of
the class A common stock.
We
may need to upgrade some of our computer systems to accommodate increases in
traffic and to accommodate increases in the usage of our services, but we may
not be able to do so while maintaining our current level of service, or at
all.
We must
continue to expand and adapt our computer systems as the number of customers and
the amount of information they wish to transmit increases and as their
requirements change and as we further develop our services. If we cannot
provide the necessary service while maintaining expected performance and
possibly consolidating our data centers, our business would suffer and our
ability to generate revenues through our services would be
impaired.
Our
computer systems may fail and interrupt our service.
Our
customers have in the past experienced interruptions in our services due to
hardware failures and other computer system failures. These failures have
resulted and may continue to result in significant disruptions to our services.
Some of our operations have redundant switch-over capability. Although we have
installed backup computers and implement procedures on other parts of our
operations to reduce the impact of future malfunctions in these systems, the
potential presence of single points of failure in our network increases the risk
of service interruptions. Our computer and communications hardware is vulnerable
to damage or interruption from fire, flood, earthquake and similar events
wherever they are located. Our services would be suspended for a significant
period of time if any of our primary data centers was severely damaged or
destroyed. We might also lose customer transaction documents and other customer
files, causing significant customer dissatisfaction and possibly giving rise to
claims for monetary damages.
If
we cannot successfully continue to expand our business outside of the United
States, our revenues and operating results will be adversely
affected.
Our
current and future customers are conducting their businesses internationally. As
a result, one component of our business strategy is to expand our international
marketing and sales efforts, and if we do not successfully continue to expand
our business in this way, we may lose current and future
customers.
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Our
international operations are subject to additional risks, and our operating
results may suffer if these risks are not properly managed.
We
operate in international markets and may not be able to compete effectively in
these markets. We face significant risks inherent in conducting business
internationally, such as:
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limitations on the activities in which we can engage and foreign ownership
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If
we cannot hire and retain highly qualified employees, our business and financial
results will suffer.
We are
substantially dependent on the continued services and performance of our
executive officers and other key employees. If we are unable to attract,
assimilate and retain highly qualified employees, our management may not be able
to effectively manage our business, exploit opportunities and respond to
competitive challenges, and our business and financial results will suffer. Many
of our competitors may be able to offer more lucrative compensation packages and
higher-profile employment opportunities than we can.
We
depend on our intellectual property, which may be difficult and costly to
protect.
If we
fail to adequately protect our proprietary rights, competitors could offer
similar products relying on technologies we developed, potentially harming our
competitive position and decreasing our revenues. We attempt to protect our
intellectual property rights by limiting access to the distribution of our
software, documentation and other proprietary information and by relying on a
combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws. In addition, we
enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees and certain customers,
vendors and strategic partners. In some circumstances, however, we may, if
required by a business relationship, provide our licensees with access to our
data model and other proprietary information underlying our licensed
applications. Despite the precautions we take, it may be possible for
unauthorized third parties to copy aspects of our current or future products or
to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Policing
unauthorized use of software is difficult, and some foreign laws do not protect
proprietary rights to the same extent as United States laws. Litigation may be
necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect
our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary
rights of others, any of which could be costly and could adversely affect our
operating results.
Intellectual
property infringement claims against us could harm our business.
Our
business activities and our service offerings may infringe upon the proprietary
rights of others and other parties may assert infringement claims against us.
Any such claims and any resulting litigation could subject us to significant
liability for damages and could invalidate our proprietary rights. We could be
required to enter into royalty and licensing agreements, which may be costly or
otherwise burdensome or which may not be available on terms acceptable to
us.
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We
must comply with costly reporting requirements.
Under
current SEC regulations pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX), we
are required to prepare a report regarding internal controls over financial
reporting. Because we are a smaller reporting company, the Dodd-Frank Act
(signed into law on July 21, 2010) provides us with a permanent exemption from
the Sarbanes-Oxley internal control audit requirements as long as we maintain
that status. For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2010, our costs of
complying with SOX were approximately $150,000 for outside consulting services
and are expected to remain the same in fiscal year 2011. We cannot give any
assurance that our compliance costs will not exceed our
expectations.
We
may be subject to assessment of income, state sales or other taxes for which we
may not have accrued.
We have
reserves for certain international, federal, state and local income and sales
taxes, and we believe that we have accrued appropriately for these taxes. With
our history of acquisitions, it is possible that liabilities may arise for the
combined companies that were not previously in place, or liabilities may exist
of which we are not presently aware. In addition, tax jurisdictions may disagree
with our methods of interpreting, assessing and remitting various taxes. In the
event that actual results differ from our reserves, we may need to record
additional expense that could have a material effect on our financial condition
and results of operations.
We
may have to use significant resources indemnifying our officers and directors or
paying for damages caused by their conduct.
The
Delaware General Corporation Law provides for broad indemnification by
corporations of their officers and directors and permits a corporation to
exculpate its directors from liability for their actions. Our bylaws and
certificate of incorporation implement this indemnification and exculpation to
the fullest extent permitted under this law as it currently exists or as it may
be amended in the future. Consequently, subject to this law and to some limited
exceptions in our certificate of incorporation, none of our directors will be
liable to us or to our stockholders for monetary damages resulting from conduct
as a director.
Risks Relating to our
Industry and the Internet and Online Commerce Aspects of Our
Business
Government
regulation and legal uncertainties relating to the Internet could harm our
business.
Changes
in the regulatory environment in the United States and other countries could
decrease our revenues and increase our costs. The Internet is largely
unregulated and the laws governing the Internet remain unsettled, even in areas
where there has been some legislative action. It may take years to determine
whether and how existing laws such as those governing intellectual property,
privacy and taxation apply to the Internet. In addition, because of increasing
popularity and use of the Internet, any number of laws and regulations may be
adopted in the United States and other countries relating to the Internet or
other online services covering issues such as user privacy, security, pricing
and taxation, content and distribution. The cost of transmitting documents and
data over the Internet could increase. We may not be able to increase our prices
to cover these rising costs. Also, foreign and state laws and regulations
relating to the provision of services over the Internet are still developing. If
individual states or foreign countries impose taxes or laws that negatively
impact services provided over the Internet, our cost of providing our services
may increase.
We
believe that our services are “information services” under the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 and existing precedent and, therefore, would not
currently be subject to traditional U.S. telecommunication services regulation.
However, while the FCC historically has refrained from extensive regulation of
entities that provide service using the Internet or IP, it has recently begun to
impose at least some regulatory paradigms on these services as they increasingly
are used as substitutes for traditional communications services. For example,
the FCC already has required certain providers of voice over Internet Protocol
(“VoIP”) telephony to provide enhanced 911 capability to their customers and to
accommodate requests by law enforcement to permit electronic surveillance. These
requirements are likely to create additional costs. In addition, the FCC is
currently considering whether to impose certain obligations on providers of
Internet-based and IP-based services generally. These potential rules could
include requirements to ensure access for disabled persons, contribute to
universal service funds, and pay for using the public telephone network. Any of
these requirements, if applicable to a given service, could increase the cost of
providing that service. The FCC is also examining whether and how to
differentiate among Internet-based and IP-based services to determine which
services should be subject to particular regulatory obligations. It cannot be
predicted whether these rules will be adopted and, if so, whether they would be
applied to our non-voice services.
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Moreover,
although the FCC has indicated that it views certain Internet-based services as
being interstate and, thus, subject to the protection of federal laws that
warrant preemption of state efforts to impose traditional common carrier
regulation on these services, the FCC’s efforts are currently under legal
challenge, and we cannot predict the outcome of state efforts to regulate such
services or the scope of federal policy to preempt these efforts.
Apart
from these issues, federal and state regulations could change in a manner that
increases the contributions required by telecommunications carriers, which would
in turn increase our costs in purchasing these telecommunications services.
Because providers are authorized to pass their contribution costs on to their
customers, our costs for telecommunications services that we purchase reflect
these amounts. The contributions are currently calculated as a percentage of
telecommunications services revenues. Alternative contribution methodologies,
such as the imposition of a fee per telephone line, and other changes have been
proposed that could increase these amounts and, thus, our costs in purchasing
such telecommunications services. If adopted, these changes may in turn require
us to raise the price of one or more of our services to our customers. No
assurance can be given that we will be able to recover all or part of any
increase in costs that may result from these changes if adopted by the FCC or
that such changes will not otherwise adversely affect the demand for our
services.
Privacy
concerns may prevent customers from using our services.
Concerns
about the security of online transactions, the security of data bases and the
privacy of users may inhibit the growth of delivering business documents and
data. We may need to incur significant expenses to protect against the threat of
security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by security breaches. We rely
upon encryption and authentication technology to provide secure transmission of
confidential information and various firewall systems to protect our data bases
and computer systems. If our security measures do not prevent security breaches,
we could suffer operating losses, damage to our reputation, litigation and
possible liability. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the
field of cryptography or other developments that render current encryption
technology outdated may result in a breach of our encryption and authentication
technology and firewalls and could enable an outside party to steal proprietary
information or interrupt our operations.
We and
our customers are subject to laws and regulations protecting personal and other
confidential information in connection with the exchange of such information by
these customers using our services. At present, in the United States,
interactive Internet-based service providers have substantial legal protection
for the transmission of third-party content that is infringing, defamatory,
pornographic or otherwise illegal. We cannot guarantee that a U.S. court would
not conclude that we do not qualify for these protections as an interactive
service provider. We do not and cannot screen all of the content generated and
received by users of our services or the recipients of messages delivered
through our services. Some foreign governments, such as France and Germany, have
enforced content-related laws and regulations against Internet service
providers.
Domestic
and foreign regulatory requirements could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and results of operations. In connection with the
deployment of Internet-capable nodes in countries throughout the world, we are
required to satisfy a variety of foreign regulatory requirements. We intend to
explore and seek to comply with these requirements on a country-by-country basis
as the deployment of Internet-capable fax nodes continues. There can be no
assurance that we will be able to satisfy the regulatory requirements in each of
these countries, and the failure to satisfy these requirements may prevent us
from installing Internet-capable fax nodes in these countries or require us to
limit the functionality of these nodes. The failure to deploy a number of such
nodes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
and results of operations.
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The legal
structure and scope of operations of our subsidiaries in some foreign countries
may be subject to restrictions that could severely limit our ability to conduct
business in these countries. To the extent that we develop or offer messaging or
other services in foreign countries, we will be subject to the laws and
regulations of those countries. The laws and regulations relating to the
Internet and telecommunications services in many countries are evolving and in
many cases are more burdensome than U.S. law and/or unclear as to their
application. For example, in India, the Peoples Republic of China, and other
countries, we may be subject to licensing requirements with respect to the
activities in which we propose to engage, and we may also be subject to foreign
ownership limitations or other approval requirements that preclude our ownership
interests or limit our ownership interests to up to specified percentages of the
entities through which we propose to conduct any regulated activities. If these
limitations apply to our activities (including activities conducted through our
subsidiaries), our opportunities to generate revenue will be reduced, our
ability to compete successfully in these markets will be adversely affected, our
ability to raise capital in the private and public markets may be adversely
affected, and the value of our investments and acquisitions in these markets may
decline. Moreover, to the extent we are limited in our ability to engage in
certain activities or are required to contract for these services from a
licensed or authorized third party, our costs of providing our services will
increase and our ability to generate profits may be adversely
affected.
Risks Relating to Our Class
A Common Stock
The
market price of our class A common stock is likely to be highly
volatile.
During
the last 12 months, the market price of our class A common stock has been
volatile, ranging from a low of $1.48 to a high of $2.70, and will likely
fluctuate substantially in the future. The market price of our class A common
stock may fluctuate in response to variations in our quarterly operating
results, changes in our financial condition, and any acquisitions, dispositions
and other corporate developments we undertake or experience. In addition, the
securities markets and, in particular the technology stock market sector, have
experienced significant price and volume fluctuations recently that have often
been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of particular
companies. These broad fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our
class A common stock.
If
there is not a significant demand for our class A common stock, it may make it
difficult for investors to sell.
The
market for our class A common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market may be
illiquid, which would restrict the ability to sell shares of class A common
stock and could result in increased volatility in the trading prices for our
class A common stock. The price at which our class A common stock will trade in
the future cannot be predicted and will be determined by the market. The price
may be influenced by many factors, including investors’ perceptions of our
business, our financial condition, operating results and prospects, the use of
the Internet for business purposes and general economic and market
conditions.
Our
Board of Directors can issue preferred stock with rights adverse to the holders
of class A common stock.
Our Board
of Directors is authorized, without further stockholder approval, to determine
the provisions of and to issue up to 4,891,577 shares of preferred stock.
Issuance of preferred shares with rights to dividends and other distributions,
voting rights or other rights superior to the class A common stock could be
adverse to the holders of class A common stock. In addition, issuance of
preferred shares could have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing an
unsolicited change in control of our company, or could impose various procedural
and other requirements that could make it more difficult for holders of our
class A common stock to effect certain corporate actions, including the
replacement of incumbent directors and the completion of transactions opposed by
the incumbent Board of Directors. The rights of the holders of our class A
common stock would be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights
of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the
future.
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Item
2.
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Properties
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Domestic. We currently
conduct our domestic operations primarily from three locations, all of which are
leased. We also lease small office spaces for sales representatives in the U.S.
and have non-material obligations for leased office space that was formerly used
by us but is now subleased. The facilities consist primarily of sales,
development, operations and administrative offices. A summary of our principal
leased properties that are currently in use are as follows:
Location
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Description
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Area (Sq. Ft.)
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Lease Expiration
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Norcross,
GA
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Office
space
|
12,949
|
October
31, 2015
|
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East
Setauket, NY
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Office
space
|
8,900
|
April
30, 2014
|
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New York, NY(1)
|
Office
space
|
18,548
|
November
30, 2010
|
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Norcross,
GA
|
Office
space
|
9,432
|
October
31, 2015
|
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Piscataway,
NJ
|
|
Office
space
|
43,359
|
February
1, 2013
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(1)
We sublease 100% of this facility. The sublease terminates simultaneously with
our lease agreement on November 30, 2010.
We
maintain three domestic data centers in leased co-location facilities designed
to house computer systems in secure locations with redundant power and internet
access. We may also from time to time rent executive office space for
sales personnel outside of our primary office areas.
International. We lease
approximately 11,000 square feet of office space in two locations in England
under leases expiring in March 2015 and June 2017, with cancellation allowable
in March 2011 and June 2012, respectively. We also from time to time lease
executive or back office space in other international locations in Europe, Asia
and the United Arab Emirates. We have tele-housing and co-location
agreements under short-term leases for our communications nodes around the
world.
All of
our locations perform services that cross each of our reporting segments.
These services share the same equipment at the location to deliver our customer
data which prohibits us from allocating these resources to a particular
segment.
We
believe that these facilities should be adequate for our present and reasonably
foreseeable operating requirements.
Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings
|
From time
to time, we may be party to various legal proceedings and claims, either
asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business.
While the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not
believe that the outcome of any of these claims or any of the legal matters
mentioned elsewhere in this Annual Report will have a material adverse effect on
our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash
flow.
In June
2008, j2 Global Communications, Inc. (“j2”) brought a patent infringement
lawsuit against us, alleging that we infringe upon three of j2's patents, U.S.
Patent Nos. 6,597,688, 7,020,132 and 6,208,638 and seeking legal damages.
The case is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central
District of California and is currently in the discovery phase. We
have denied infringing any of the j2 patents and have filed a counterclaim
seeking a declaratory judgment that the j2 patents are invalid. The case is
scheduled for trial in July 2011.
In
connection with the termination of an agreement to sell the portal operations of
our discontinued India.com business, one of our subsidiaries is party to pending
litigation (India.com v. Dalal). Judgment was entered against the subsidiary in
the amount of $1,482,347. We are pursuing an appeal and expect a
decision toward the end of 2010 or early 2011.
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As a
result of a New York state sales tax audit completed in 2005 of EasyLink
Services International, Inc., a dissolved subsidiary of EasyLink Services
Corporation, EasyLink Services International, Inc. was assessed approximately
$450,000 in tax, interest, and penalties on sales for the sales tax period
beginning March 1, 2001 and ending May 31, 2004. EasyLink Services
International, Inc. appealed the assessment administratively to the New York
Division of Tax Appeals, which resulted in an opinion in 2008 in favor of
EasyLink Services International, Inc. In late July 2009, after appeal by
the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, the decision was reversed by
the administrative New York Tax Appeals Tribunal and remanded back to the
administrative law judge to determine allocation and penalty issues. We
expect to appeal the Tribunal’s decision judicially once all administrative law
proceedings are completed.
The
outcome of litigation cannot be
assured, and despite management’s views of the merits of any litigation, or the
reasonableness of our estimates and reserves, our cash balances could
nonetheless be materially affected by an adverse judgment. In accordance
with ASC.450, Contingencies, we believe we
have adequately reserved for the contingencies arising from the above legal
matters where an outcome was deemed to be probable and the loss amount could be
reasonably estimated. As such, we do not believe that the anticipated
outcome of the aforementioned proceedings will have a materially adverse impact
on our financial condition, cash flows or results of
operations.
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PART
II
Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
|
(a) Market
Information.
Since
January 30, 2003, our class A common stock has traded on what is now known as
the NASDAQ Capital Market. Our class A common stock currently trades under
the symbol ESIC. The following table sets forth the high and low closing
prices of our class A common stock for the periods indicated. These quotations
represent prices between dealers in securities, do not include retail mark-ups,
mark-downs or commissions and do not necessarily represent actual
transactions.
Fiscal Year Ended July 31,
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2010
|
2009
|
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High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||||||||||
Class
A common stock
|
||||||||||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$ | 1.79 | $ | 1.51 | $ | 3.94 | $ | 1.35 | ||||||||
Second
Quarter
|
$ | 1.97 | $ | 1.48 | $ | 2.22 | $ | 0.92 | ||||||||
Third
Quarter
|
$ | 2.64 | $ | 1.85 | $ | 2.33 | $ | 1.55 | ||||||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | 2.70 | $ | 2.22 | $ | 1.99 | $ | 1.45 |
(b) Holders.
The
closing price of our class A common stock as reported by the NASDAQ Capital
Market on October 1, 2010 was $2.58. As of October 1, 2010, there were
approximately 335 record holders of our class A common stock. Many of our shares
of class A common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of
stockholders and we are unable to estimate the number of these
stockholders.
(c)
Dividends.
We have
not paid any cash dividends on our class A common stock and do not intend to
declare or pay such dividends in the foreseeable future. The holders of the
outstanding shares of our series C preferred stock are entitled to a 4% annual
dividend payable in cash or in shares of class A common stock, at our option.
These dividends are payable on January 1st of each year. The holders of
the outstanding shares of our series E preferred stock were entitled to a 10%
dividend for year 1, 12% for year 2, 14% for year 3 and 16% for each year
thereafter. The series E preferred stock was redeemed on May 19, 2010 and
the outstanding dividend at that time of $657,700 was paid.
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(d)
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans.
The
following table provides information regarding our current equity compensation
plans as of July 31, 2010:
Equity Compensation Plan Information
|
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(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
||||||||||
Plan Category
|
Shares of class A
common stock to
be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options, warrants,
rights and restricted
stock
(in thousands)
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants, rights and
restricted stock
|
Shares of class A common
stock remaining available
for future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
(in thousands)
|
|||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
4,609 | $ | 2.05 | 3,311 |
(e)
Warrants Exercised.
On
February 1, 2010 and February 19, 2010, the Company issued 2,587,648 and 239,313
shares, respectively, of the Company’s class A common stock (the “Shares”) to
York Capital Management, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “York
Capital”) upon York Capital’s exercise of certain outstanding warrants entitling
York Capital to acquire an aggregate of up to 2,841,892 shares of the Company’s
class A common stock (the “Warrants”). York Capital had previously
received the Warrants pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement entered into
on May 19, 2009 by and among the Company and York Capital.
During
the 2010 fiscal year, 2,841,892 warrants with an exercise price of $.01 issued
to York Capital were converted into class A common stock. At the same time
640,344 warrants with an exercise price of $2.22 issued in the 2004 Private
Placement expired in February 2010. The fair market value of warrants
issued for compensation and services has been recognized as an expense in the
period in which the respective services were performed.
As of
July 31, 2010, there were no outstanding warrants.
Item
6.
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Select
Financial Data - Not required for Smaller Reporting
Companies
|
Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
All
statements, trend analyses and other information, other than statements of
historical facts, contained in the following discussion related to our financial
position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future
operations are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to management. When used in this annual report,
the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “will,”
“continue” and “intend,” and words or phrases of similar import, as they relate
to our financial position, business strategy and plans, or objectives of
management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements reflect our current view with respect to future events and are
subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to various factors,
including, without limitation, those described in Item 1A of Part I of this
annual report under the heading “Risk Factors” and in our registration
statements and periodic reports filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act.
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Although
we believe our expectations are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our
expectations will prove to be correct. Should any one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those described in this annual report as
anticipated, believed, estimated, expected or intended.
Business
Overview
We are a
global provider of value added services that facilitate the electronic exchange
of documents and information between enterprises, their trading communities and
their customers. We deliver our services through global IP networks, which
host our applications on enterprise-class platforms that are comprised of server
and network operations centers located worldwide.
Our core
services include EDI services, fax services, telex services and other services
that are integral to the movement of money, materials, products and people in
the global economy including documents such as insurance claims, trade and
travel confirmations, purchase orders, invoices, shipping notices and funds
transfers that help our customers to be more efficient and mobile. Our
operations include two business segments defined as follows:
|
·
|
Supply
Chain Messaging segment, which includes all our EDI and telex
services.
|
|
·
|
On
Demand Messaging segment, which includes all desktop and production
messaging, DCM and workflow
services.
|
Global
macro economic trends are important barometers for our business. Changes
in the level of economic activity are reflected directly in the volumes of our
services used by our customers in both segments of our business. As the
United States and global economies have experienced recession, we have seen a
decrease in the volume of demand for our services from existing customers, as
well as increasing pricing pressure and customer bankruptcies and
reorganizations. Extended economic slowdowns can also improve customer
acquisition opportunities as larger companies look to outsource business
functions in our service segments to reduce internal costs. We expect
these trends to reverse when and as the US and global economies move into a
recovery.
Approximately
25% of our revenue comes from international operations. Accordingly, our
revenue can vary based on the performance of non-US economies and on the
prevailing exchange rates of the relevant currencies (principally, the euro, the
British pound and the Japanese yen) compared to the US dollar.
We have
grown our business significantly through acquisitions in recent years. We
continue to seek to reap the benefits of those acquisitions through the
integration and consolidation of operations and the cross-selling of services
across the combined customer base. The current economic climate may
provide additional opportunities for consolidative or synergistic
acquisitions.
Recent
Developments
On October 21, 2010, we acquired the
iSend and iNotify advanced messaging businesses from Premiere Global Services,
Inc. (“PGI”) for $105 million in cash, through the purchase of PGI’s
wholly-owned subsidiaries Xpedite Systems, LLC and Premiere Global Services (UK)
Limited and certain related assets owned by PGI’s subsidiary Premiere
Conferencing (Canada) Limited. We paid for the acquisition with $5 million
of cash on hand and a new credit facility consisting of $110 million term loan
and a $20 million revolving loan, which also refinanced our existing credit
facility indebtedness.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Significant Use of Estimates in Financial
Statements
The
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The
preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and
judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue and
expenses. The following list of critical accounting policies is not intended to
be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting policies. Our significant
accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 of the Consolidated
Financial Statements included elsewhere in this annual report. In many cases,
the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by
GAAP with no need for management’s judgment in their application. We consider
certain accounting policies related to revenue recognition, valuation of
acquired intangibles and impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill,
and income taxes to be critical policies due to the estimation process involved
in each. Management discusses its estimates and judgments with the Audit
Committee of our Board of Directors.
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Revenue
Recognition
Revenue
is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, services are
rendered, pricing is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably
assured. We derive revenue from various services, which mainly include
transaction, monthly service and fax transmission fees. These fees are comprised
of both fixed and usage-based fees. Fixed fees are generally recognized on a
pro-rata basis over the service period. Usage fees are generally recognized in
the period the services are rendered.
Goodwill
Goodwill
consists of the excess purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net
assets of acquired businesses. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment at least
annually and whenever events or circumstances indicate impairment may have
occurred. The assessment requires the comparison of the fair value of each of
our reporting units to the carrying value of its respective net assets,
including allocated goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit
exceeds its fair value, we must perform a second test to measure the amount of
impairment. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares the implied
fair value of reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill.
We allocate the fair value of a reporting unit to all of the assets and
liabilities of that unit as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a
business combination and the fair value of the reporting unit was the price paid
to acquire the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of a reporting unit
over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair
value of goodwill. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the
implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized in an
amount equal to that excess.
Other
Intangible Assets
Other
intangible assets consist of customer relationships, internally developed
software, and trade names and are carried at cost less accumulated
amortization. Other intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line
basis over their expected lives, which is determined at acquisition. We evaluate
whether other intangible assets have been impaired when circumstances indicate
the carrying value of those assets may not be recoverable. For such
assets, an impairment exists when its carrying value exceeds the sum of
estimates of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and
eventual disposition of the asset.
Impairment
of Long-lived Assets
At the
end of the second quarter of fiscal 2009 we determined that certain intangible
assets and goodwill were partially impaired. As a result of this interim
test work, we recorded an impairment write-down of approximately $69,000 on
internally developed systems and approximately $318,000 on purchased customer
relationships. In addition, we also recorded an impairment write-down of
approximately $3.9 million in goodwill. The total aggregate non-cash
impairment write-down of approximately $4.2 million relates to the remaining
unamortized values given these intangibles from past acquisitions, all of them
related to managed EDI services in the Supply Chain Messaging segment.
These services were weighted toward the retail sector of the economy, which has
experienced a serious downturn in revenue resulting in reduced transaction
volumes as well as the bankruptcies of multiple customers. While no single
customer bankruptcy was material, the fair value test as measured by future
estimated cash flows could not support the current valuations of these
intangibles on our balance sheet. There have not been any additional
indicators of impairment and we have determined that no additional impairment
was necessary in fiscal year 2010.
Stock-based
Compensation
We
account for stock-based compensation in accordance with accounting standards
regarding share based payments. Under the fair value recognition
principles of these standards, share-based compensation cost is measured at the
grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense
over the applicable vesting period of the stock award (generally three years)
using the straight-line method. Stock based compensation was $896,000 and
$934,000 in the fiscal years ending July 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively.
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Income
Taxes
EasyLink
and its eligible domestic subsidiaries file a consolidated U.S. income tax
return. Foreign operations file income tax returns in a number of jurisdictions.
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences
between the financial reporting carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and
the corresponding income tax amounts. We have a variety of deferred tax assets
in numerous tax jurisdictions. These deferred tax assets are subject to periodic
assessment as to recoverability and if it is determined that it is more likely
than not that the benefits will not be realized, valuation allowances are
recognized. In evaluating whether it is more likely than not that we would
recover these deferred tax assets, future taxable income, the reversal of
existing temporary differences and tax planning strategies are
considered.
EasyLink
has net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards for tax purposes of approximately
$76.1 million as of July 31, 2010. These NOL carryforwards expire from
2019 to 2025. The Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations contain
provisions which limit the use of available NOL carryforwards in any given year
should significant changes (greater than 50%) in ownership interests occur. Our
annual NOL carryforward limitations are $5.4 million.
Due to a
100% ownership change of Research Triangle Commerce, Inc. in November 2000, the
acquired net operating loss of approximately $6.5 million incurred prior to the
ownership change is subject to an annual limitation of approximately $1.1
million until that portion of the net operating loss is utilized or
expires. Additionally, this transaction created an ownership change for
the Company as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. As
such, its net operating loss of approximately $49.4 million incurred prior to
the ownership change is subject to an annual limitation of approximately $2.8
million until that portion of the net operating loss is utilized or
expires.
Due to a
100% ownership change of Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc. in June 2004, the
acquired net operating loss of approximately $1.2 million incurred prior to the
ownership change is subject to an annual limitation of approximately $128,000
until that portion of the net operating loss is utilized or
expires.
We are in
the process of conducting a review of the available net operating losses from
the ESC acquisition and will evaluate the results of the Section 382 study in
order to determine the net operating losses available to the
Company.
Due to
the NOL carryforwards, we do not expect to make material cash outlays for US
federal and state taxes during the next twelve months. During the 2010
fiscal year, we released approximately $12 million of the previously recorded
valuation allowance for a portion of the NOL carryforwards.
We
adopted the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes, on August 1,
2007. Among other things, ASC 740 requires application of a “more likely
than not” threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions.
It further requires that a change in judgment related to prior years’ tax
positions be recognized in the quarter of such change.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting
estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements
include the fair value of equity securities underlying stock based compensation,
the collectability of receivables, the realizability of deferred tax assets, the
carrying value of goodwill, intangible assets and long-lived assets, and
depreciation and amortization. The following discussion reviews items
incorporated into our financial statements that required the use of significant
management estimates.
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We have
entered into several transactions involving the issuance of warrants and options
to purchase shares of our class A common stock to employees, consultants,
lenders, warrant holders, placement agents and other business associates and
vendors. The issuance of these securities required management to estimate their
value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes
option-pricing model requires management to make certain estimates for values of
variables used by the model. Management estimated the values for stock price
volatility, the expected life of the equity instruments and the risk free
interest rate based on information that was available to management at the time
the Black-Scholes option-pricing calculations were performed. Changes in such
estimates could have a significant impact on the estimated fair value of those
equity instruments.
We
estimate the fair value of our reporting units based on the net present value of
expected future cash flows. The use of this method requires management to make
estimates of the expected future cash flows of the reporting unit and our
weighted average cost of capital. Estimating the weighted average cost of
capital requires management to make estimates for long-term interest rates and
risk premiums. Management estimated these items based on information that was
available to management at the time we prepared our estimate of the fair value
of the reporting unit. Changes in either the expected cash flows or the weighted
average cost of capital could have a significant impact on the estimated fair
value of our reporting units.
Beneficial
Conversion Feature, Value of Warrants and Accretive Interest
Expense
Under
GAAP, a beneficial conversion feature is required to be recognized on the date
that a convertible instrument becomes convertible into equity shares and the
fair market value of those equity shares exceeds the conversion price under the
convertible instrument. In addition, a separate fair market value as
determined by the Black-Scholes option-pricing model is to be applied to
detachable warrants issued in conjunction with debt financings. These amounts
are recorded as a reduction in the face value of the issued convertible or debt
instrument with an offset going to additional paid-in-capital. This
reduction accretes through the profit and loss statement as interest expense
using the interest rate method over the life of the convertible debt
instrument. We recognized approximately $22.5 million in reduction to
the York notes on issuance as a result of these GAAP treatments. $13.2 million
of the amounts recorded under the GAAP treatment in respect of the convertible
notes issued during the fiscal year 2008 had been accreted through May 19,
2009. Due to the extinguishment of these convertible notes on May 19,
2009, $3.2 million representing the value of the warrants has been reversed
through additional paid-in-capital with the remaining beneficial conversion
feature of $6.1 million accreted from the balance sheet by expensing it through
the income statement as part of the loss on extinguishment in fiscal year
2009.
Accounts
Receivable and Allowance For Doubtful Accounts
Accounts
receivable represent trade receivables billed to customers in arrears on a
monthly basis. Receivables are recorded in the period that the related revenues
are earned and are generally collected within 45 to 60 days. Accounts receivable
are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding
balances. Management provides for estimated uncollectible amounts through an
allowance for doubtful accounts and an allowance for sales returns and
allowances. The allowance for doubtful accounts results in a charge to earnings
and a credit to a valuation allowance based on its assessment of the current
status of individual accounts. Balances that are still outstanding after
management has performed reasonable collection efforts are written off through a
charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to accounts receivable. The
allowance for sales returns and allowances is recorded as a reduction of total
revenue and a credit to the allowance account based on specific review of
account balances. Credit is granted to customers without requiring collateral.
The amount of accounting loss for which we are at risk in these unsecured
accounts receivable is limited to their carrying value. The net carrying
values of accounts receivable were $11.5 million as of July 31, 2010 and
2009. Inclusive in the values were allowance for doubtful accounts of $1.7
million and $1.5 million, respectively. In addition, the bad debt expense
for the fiscal years 2010 and 2009 was $0.8 million and $1.0 million,
respectively.
Foreign
Currency
The
functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries are their respective local
currencies. The financial statements are maintained in local currencies and are
translated to United States dollars using period-end rates of exchange for
assets and liabilities and average rates during the period for revenues, cost of
revenues and expenses. Translation gains and losses are included in accumulated
other comprehensive loss as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Gains
and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in the consolidated
statements of income.
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Fiscal
Year Ended July 31, 2010 Compared with Fiscal Year Ended July 31,
2009
Results
of Operations - Consolidated
The
following table reflects consolidated operating data by reported segment. All
significant inter-segment and inter-company activities have been
eliminated.
Fiscal Year Ended July 31,
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2010
|
2009
|
Variance
|
||||||||||
Revenue:
|
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Supply
Chain Messaging
|
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EDI
Services
|
$ | 32,840,265 | $ | 33,307,614 | $ | (467,349 | ) | |||||
Telex
Services
|
7,847,536 | 9,604,200 | (1,756,664 | ) | ||||||||
Total
Supply Chain Messaging
|
40,687,801 | 42,911,814 | (2,224,013 | ) | ||||||||
On
Demand Messaging
|
||||||||||||
Fax
Services
|
33,253,146 | 34,085,214 | (832,068 | ) | ||||||||
DCM
Services
|
1,990,173 | 2,522,155 | (531,982 | ) | ||||||||
Other
Services
|
5,512,092 | 5,846,755 | (334,663 | ) | ||||||||
Total
On Demand Messaging
|
40,755,411 | 42,454,124 | (1,698,713 | ) | ||||||||
Total
Revenue:
|
81,443,212 | 85,365,938 | (3,922,726 | ) | ||||||||
Cost
of Revenue:
|
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Supply
Chain Messaging
|
10,252,111 | 12,152,752 | (1,900,641 | ) | ||||||||
On
Demand Messaging
|
12,296,838 | 13,419,080 | (1,122,242 | ) | ||||||||
22,548,949 | 25,571,832 | (3,022,883 | ) | |||||||||
Gross
Profit:
|
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Supply
Chain Messaging
|
30,435,689 | 30,759,062 | (323,373 | ) | ||||||||
On
Demand Messaging
|
28,458,573 | 29,035,044 | (576,471 | ) | ||||||||
58,894,262 | 59,794,106 | (899,844 | ) | |||||||||
Product
Development and Enhancement
|
7,274,916 | 7,514,871 | (239,955 | ) | ||||||||
Selling
and Marketing
|
12,560,136 | 13,289,886 | (729,750 | ) | ||||||||
General
and Administrative
|
27,822,293 | 29,520,309 | (1,698,016 | ) | ||||||||
Goodwill
& Intangible Impairment
|
— | 4,245,914 | (4,245,914 | ) | ||||||||
47,657,345 | 54,570,980 | (6,913,635 | ) | |||||||||
Other
(expense) income
|
(1,345,502 | ) | (17,023,397 | ) | 15,677,895 | |||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
$ | 9,891,415 | $ | (11,800,271 | ) | $ | 21,691,686 |
Revenue
Total
revenue for the year ended July 31, 2010, was $81.4 million, a decrease of $3.9
million or 4.6% as compared to the year ended July 31, 2009. Revenue from
US-based and international customers was $61.2 million and $20.2 million,
respectively. The majority of the international billings are denominated in the
Great Britain Pound Sterling (“GBP”). The decrease in the value of the GBP
and other foreign currencies was minimal from the 2009 fiscal year to the 2010
fiscal year. The decrease in revenue of $3.9 million resulted from a
combination of reduced transaction volumes, downward price renegotiations and
the bankruptcies or reorganizations of our customers due to the deterioration of
the world economy that began the first quarter of our 2009 fiscal
year.
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The
Supply Chain Messaging segment decreased $2.2 million or 5.2% from the year
ended July 31, 2009 as compared to the year ended July 31, 2010. This
decrease was due to the decline in a combination of reduced transaction volumes,
downward price renegotiations and the bankruptcies or reorganizations of our
customers. The Supply Chain Messaging segment comprised approximately 50%
of our revenue during the 2010 fiscal year.
The On
Demand Messaging segment decreased $1.7 million or 4.0% from the year ended July
31, 2009 as compared to the year ended July 31, 2010. This decrease
resulted from a combination of reduced transaction volumes, downward price
renegotiations and the bankruptcies or reorganizations of our customers.
The On Demand Messaging segment comprised approximately 50% of our revenue
during the 2010 fiscal year.
We expect
continued downward pressure on our revenue as our customers continue to weather
the current economic climate. We are unable to predict when our customers’
demand for our services will begin to grow our revenue again or at what pace
revenue will grow.
Cost
of Revenue
Total
cost of revenue decreased approximately $3 million or 11.8% for the year ended
July 31, 2010, as compared to the year ended July 31, 2009. The reductions
were due mainly to approximately $1.6 million in reduced labor and related
expenses (a 21.9% decrease), approximately $487,000 in reduced telecom costs (a
4.0% decrease), approximately $369,000 in reduced equipment expense (a 26.6 %
decrease), approximately $279,000 in reduced building related expenses (a 26.2%
decrease), and approximately $168,000 in reduced travel and other costs (a 41.3%
decrease). All of the reductions are a result of management’s continued
efforts to streamline operations and reduce costs. We expect to seek
opportunities to reduce our cost of revenue.
Product
Development
Product
development costs decreased approximately $240,000 or 3.2% for the year ended
July 31, 2010, as compared to year ended July 31, 2009. These decreased costs
consisted mainly of a decrease in telecom expense of approximately $139,000 (a
100% decrease) a decrease of approximately $75,000 in maintenance expense (a
93.6% decrease), a decrease of approximately $114,000 in building related
expenses (an 87.4% decrease), a decrease of approximately $95,000 in
travel related expenses (a 69.7% decrease), and a decrease of approximately
$64,000 for outside professionals and consultants (a 47.9% reduction). The
decreases were part of our restructuring during the previous quarters for which
benefits are now being realized. The decreases were offset by an increase
of approximately $246,000 in salary and benefit expenses (a 3.7%
increase).
Selling
and Marketing
Selling
and marketing expenses decreased approximately $730,000 or 5.5% for the year
ended July 31, 2010, as compared to the year ended July 31, 2009. These
decreased costs consisted mainly of a decrease of approximately $609,000 in
outside professional services (a 21.7% reduction), an approximate decrease of
$150,000 in travel related costs (a 16.5% decrease), and an approximate decrease
of $107,000 in salary and benefit costs (a 1.2% decrease). The
decreases were a result of head count reduction, an increased use of
telecommunications for customer contact and lower third party commissions as a
result of the decline in revenue. The reductions were partially offset by an
increase in lead generation and web marketing expenses of approximately $142,000
(a 37.4% increase).
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General
and Administrative and Intangible Impairment
General
and administrative and intangible impairment expenses decreased approximately
$5.9 million or 17.6% for the year ended July 31, 2010, as compared to the year
ended July 31, 2009. The reduction in expense was attributed to an approximate
$1.5 million charge in the fiscal year 2009 for professional fees related to the
due diligence of an acquisition that did not occur, a reduction of compensation
and benefits of approximately $1.4 million (a 12.7% decrease) due to
organizational restructuring, the reduction of bad debt expense of approximately
$205,000 (a 20.5% decrease) due to increased collection efforts, an approximate
$72,000 decrease (a 7.3% decrease) in equipment expense and an impairment
of intangible assets in fiscal year 2009 of approximately $4.2 million which, in
turn, caused a decrease of continued amortization expense of approximately
$500,000. These decreases are partially offset by an approximate $67,000
increase (a 2.5% increase) in building related expenses due to increases in
telecommunication related expenses and approximately $1.2 million increase (a
45.9% increase) in other outside professional services that mainly resulted from
a $1.1 million accrual for a judgment related to the Dalal litigation,
previously discussed in Item 3 Legal
Proceedings.
Other
Expense
Other
expenses for the year ended July 31, 2010 consist mainly of net interest expense
of approximately $1.6 million which included approximately $1.1 million in net
cash interest expense and approximately $535,000 in non-cash interest expense
from the amortization of the discount on our Term Loan. Interest expenses
for the year ended July 31, 2010 decreased approximately $9.5 million from the
year ended July 31, 2009, due mainly to the reduction of $5.9 million in
non-cash interest expensed in fiscal 2009 from the refinancing of the debt and a
$1.7 million early payment penalty recorded as interest expense that was paid as
a result of the Company making an early payment on the previous outstanding
debt. An additional $1.9 million of interest expense was recognized in
2009 due to the higher balance on the outstanding debt as well as a higher
interest rate at July 31, 2009 on the outstanding debt as compared to the
existing Term Note balance and interest rate at July 31, 2010. In addition
to the changes in interest expense, there was a $5.5 million loss on
extinguishment of debt recorded for the year ended July 31, 2009. The
decreases in other expense were partially offset by an increase of approximately
$104,000 of foreign exchange gains during the year ended July 31,
2010.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our
principal source of liquidity consists of cash generated from operations. As the
majority of our revenue is reoccurring under contract, it is primarily affected
by the volumes incurred by the customer using the underlying messaging service.
Operating expenses are primarily driven by labor and telecom costs which are
directly tied to customer utilization of messaging services. Cash and cash
equivalents increased approximately $9.5 million to a total balance of
approximately $20.5 million as of July 31, 2010 from approximately $11.0 million
as of July 31, 2009. This increase in cash was primarily caused by approximately
$21.0 million in operating cash flow. These cash flows were partially offset by
approximately $1.1 million in investing cash flow for the purchase of computer
equipment, $6.6 million for the redemption of preferred stock and $2.6 million
for net payments under our borrowing agreements.
Our
liquidity will be affected by the three year Term Loan that calls for quarterly
principal payments of approximately $3.1 million. Borrowings under the
Term Loan bear interest, at our election, at a rate tied to one of the following
rates, in each case plus a specified margin: (i) the higher of (1) the
prime lending rate of SunTrust Bank, the administrative agent for the Lenders,
(2) the U.S. Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, and (3) adjusted one-month
LIBOR plus 1.0%; (ii) adjusted LIBOR for the interest period of such
borrowing; and (iii) a LIBOR index rate. The interest margin for each such
type of borrowing varies from 2.50% to 4.50%, depending on our consolidated
leverage ratio at the time of such borrowing. The interest rate on the
Term Loan as of July 31, 2010 was 3.85%.
On May
19, 2010, we used the proceeds of $5 million from the Commitment Increase
Amendment with our current Lenders plus approximately $2.2 million of its cash
on hand to redeem all of our outstanding series E Preferred stock held by York
Capital including accrued dividends.
In
connection with our October 21, 2010, acquisition of the iSend and iNotify
advanced messaging business from PGI and the related refinancing of our existing
credit facility indebtedness, we established a new credit facility consisting of
a $110 million term loan and a $20 million revolving loan (the “2010
Loans”). The 2010 Loans call for quarterly payments, with the first
payment due on January 31, 2011, of $4,125,000 with interest and a final balloon
payment in 2014, which may affect our future liquidity.
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We had a
days sales outstanding (“DSO”) of 52.1 and 50.9 for the years ended July 31,
2010 and July 31, 2009, respectively. This increase of 1.2 days was mainly
attributable to delays in collections by our UK operating group. We
consider our DSO to be within the industry norm and do not see any trends that
will negatively affect our future liquidity.
Management
believes that existing cash and cash equivalent balances and cash provided from
operations will provide sufficient liquidity to meet the operating and capital
expenditure needs for existing operations during the next twelve
months.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We do not
have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Item
8. Financial Statements
The
financial statements of EasyLink are set forth in a separate section of this
annual report, beginning on page F-1.
Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
None.
Item
9A(T). Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
ESIC
management has established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) that are designed to
provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the
reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized, reported and is accumulated and communicated to the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, by others within
the entity to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our
management including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer has
evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures and, based
on this evaluation, have concluded that disclosure controls and procedures were
effective at a reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered by
the report.
Internal Control
over Financial Reporting
ESIC
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) and for the assessment of the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting. A company’s internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. ESIC’s internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of ESIC’s assets; (ii) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of ESIC are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of ESIC’s management and directors; and (iii)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of ESIC’s assets that could have a
material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent
limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. In addition, projections of any assessment of effectiveness to
future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions and the risk that the degree of compliance with
the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
performed an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting as of July 31, 2010 using the criteria set forth in the
Internal Control-Integrated Framework promulgated by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on the assessment, our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our internal
control over financial reporting is effective and provides reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of ESIC’s financial reporting and the preparation of
its financial statements as of July 31, 2010 in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. Further, management has not identified any
material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as of July 31,
2010.
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This
annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public
accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public
accounting firm pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act (signed into law on July 21,
2010) that currently provided the Company an exemption from the Sarbanes-Oxley
internal control audit requirements.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We
continually review our disclosure controls and procedures and make changes, as
necessary, to ensure the quality of their financial reporting. There were
no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth
quarter ended July 31, 2010 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information
None.
PART
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The
information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
information contained in our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after our fiscal year ended
July 31, 2010.
Item
11. Executive Compensation
The
information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
information contained in our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after our fiscal year ended
July 31, 2010.
Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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The
information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
information contained in our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after our fiscal year ended
July 31, 2010. See also “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity,
Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities –
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
Plans.”
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director
Independence
The
information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
information contained in our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after our fiscal year ended
July 31, 2010.
Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The
information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
information contained in our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after our fiscal year ended
July 31, 2010.
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PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits
(a)
List of documents filed as part of the
report:
1.
Consolidated Financial Statements.
See Index
to Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1.
2.
Exhibits.
The
following documents are filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K, including those
exhibits incorporated in this Form 10-K by reference to a prior filing under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act as indicated below:
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
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Description
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2.1
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger among the Company, dated as of June 14, 2000, ICC
Acquisition Corporation, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
Research Triangle Commerce, Inc. (“RTCI”) and the selling shareholders of
RTCI (Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated June 14, 2000, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2000).
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2.2
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated May 25, 2004, among the Company, ICC Acquisition
Corporation, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Electronics
Commerce Systems, Inc. (“ECS”) and certain shareholders of ECS
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 25, 2004, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26,
2004).
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2.3
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Share
Purchase Agreement, dated November 1, 2005, by and among the Company,
Connective Commerce Associates, the shareholders of the Seller listed on
the signature page as Operating Shareholders and The Kodiak Group, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated November 1, 2005, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3,
2005).
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2.4
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Share
Purchase Agreement, dated May 9, 2006, by and among the Company, Enable
Corp., and the stockholders of Enable Corp. listed on the signature page
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 9, 2006, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12,
2006).
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2.5
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger among the Company, Jets Acquisition Sub, Inc. and
EasyLink Services Corporation, dated May 3, 2007 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 3, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2007).
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2.6
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Company
Voting Agreement, dated May 3, 2007, between the Company and certain
stockholders of EasyLink Services Corporation (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 3, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 9,
2007).
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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3(i).1
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Infosafe Systems, Inc., dated
August 27, 1997, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
August 27, 1997 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).1 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30,
2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 15, 2009).
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3(i).2
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Certificate
of Merger of Internet Commerce Corporation into Infosafe Systems, Inc.,
dated September 23, 1998, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware
on September 23, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).2 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30,
2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 15, 2009).
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3(i).3
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Infosafe
Systems, Inc., dated September 23, 1998, as filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on September 23, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i).3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2009).
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3(i).4
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Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock of Internet Commerce Corporation, dated January 5, 2000, as filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 6, 2000
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).4 to the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No.
000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
15, 2009).
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3(i).5
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Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series D Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock of Internet Commerce Corporation, dated April 29, 2003, as filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 29, 2003 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i).5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2009).
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3(i).6
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Certificate
of Ownership and Merger of Internet Commerce Corporation and Enable Corp.,
dated August 20, 2007, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
August 20, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).6 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30,
2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 15, 2009).
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3(i).7
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
EasyLink Services International Corporation, dated August 20, 2007, as
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 22, 2007
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).7 to the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No.
000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 15, 2009).
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3(i).8
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Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock of
EasyLink Services International Corporation, dated May 18, 2009, as filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 18, 2009 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i).8 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2009).
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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3(i).9
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Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series F Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of EasyLink Services International Corporation, dated August 25,
2009, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 25, 2009
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated August 25, 2009, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2009).
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3(ii).1
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Amended
and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
June 30, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 1, 1999).
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3(ii).2
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Amendment
to Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April
30, 2006 (File No. 000-24996), dated June 12, 2006, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12,
2006).
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4.1
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Specimen
Certificate for class A common stock of EasyLink Services International
Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-3, dated September 19, 2007 (File
No. 000-146165), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 19, 2007).
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4.2
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Specimen
Certificate for Series E Preferred Redeemable Stock of EasyLink Services
International Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
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4.3
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Specimen
Form of Rights Certificate for Series F Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of EasyLink Services International Corporation (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit B to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated August 25, 2009, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2009).
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4.4
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 30, 2003, among the Company
and the purchasers of shares of class A common stock identified therein
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated April 30, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2,
2003).
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4.5
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 30, 2003, among the Company
and Blue Water Venture Fund II, L.L.C. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 30, 2003, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2,
2003).
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4.6
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Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2004, by and among
the Company and the purchasers named therein (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
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4.7
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Form
of Warrant, dated as of April 20, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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4.8
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2004, by and among
the Company and the purchasers named therein (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
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4.9
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Form
of Registration Rights Undertaking, dated as of June 22, 2004, by the
Company in favor of the shareholders of Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated June 22, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22,
2004).
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4.10
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated May 9, 2006, by and among the Company and Crossbow
Venture Partners, LP (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
May 9, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 12, 2006).
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4.11
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2007, by and among the Company and
the Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 3, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2007).
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4.12
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by and among the Company and
the Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated July 2, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2007).
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4.13
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Security
Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by and among Internet Commerce
Corporation, the Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto and
York Capital Management, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
July 2, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 9, 2007).
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4.14
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Form
of Subsidiary Security Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by each
subsidiary of Internet Commerce Corporation, the Purchasers identified on
the signature pages thereto and York Capital Management, L.P.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated July 2, 2007, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9,
2007).
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4.15
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Form
of Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of July 2, 2007, by each subsidiary of
Internet Commerce Corporation in favor of the Purchasers identified on the
signature pages thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
July 2, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 9, 2007).
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4.16
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Amendment
to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2007, by and
among the Company and the Purchasers identified on the signature pages
thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K/A (File No. 000-24996), dated August 21,
2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4,
2007).
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4.17
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Second
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007,
by and among EasyLink Services International Corporation and each of the
Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated December 18, 2007, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 20,
2007).
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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4.18
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Third
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2008,
by and among EasyLink Services International Corporation and each of the
Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated February 22, 2008, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 25, 2008).
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4.19
|
Fourth
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2008,
by and among EasyLink Services International Corporation and each of the
Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 7, 2009).
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4.20
|
Stockholder
Rights Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2009, between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company,
LLC, as rights agent, which includes the Form of the Certificate of
Designations of the Series F Junior Participating Preferred Stock attached
as Exhibit A thereto, the Form of Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit B
thereto, and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares attached
as Exhibit C thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated August 25, 2009,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31,
2009).
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10.1
|
1994
Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s registration statement on form SB-2 (File no. 33-83940), as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission).
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10.2
|
Amended
and Restated Stock Option Plan (As of June 30, 1999) (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit A to the Company’s proxy statement for the annual
meeting of stockholders for the year ended July 31, 1999 (File No.
000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 23, 2000).
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10.3
|
Internet
Commerce Corporation 2005 Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to
Annex B to the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting of
stockholders for the year ended July 31, 2005 (File
No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on November 28, 2005).
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10.4
|
Amendment
to Internet Commerce Corporation 2005 Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Annex D to the Company’s proxy statement for the special
meeting of stockholders dated July 17, 2007 (File
No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 17, 2007.
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|
10.5
|
Lease
Agreement between 805 Third Ave. Co. and the Company relating to the
rental of the Company’s current principal executive office (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended October 31, 1997 (File
No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 12, 1997).
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10.6
|
Lease
Agreement, dated as of May 21, 1999, between JB Squared LLC and the
Company relating to the rental of approximately 4,000 square feet at the
Lakeview Executive Center, 45 Research Way, East Setauket, New. York,
11733 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 3
to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-80043),
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18,
1999).
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34
Exhibit No.
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Description
|
|
10.7
|
Master
Agreement between Cable & Wireless PLC and the Company executed on
November 24, 1999 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
November 24, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 1, 1999).
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|
10.8
|
First
Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of January 2000, by and between JB
Squared LLC and the Company relating to the rental of an additional
approximately 4,800 square feet at the Lakeview Executive Center, 45
Research Way, East Setauket, New York 11733 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended July 31, 2000 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13,
2000).
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|
10.9
|
First
Amendment of Lease Agreement between Madison Third Building Companies LLC
and the Company relating to the rental of additional Office space at 805
Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended July 31, 2000 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13,
2000).
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|
10.10
|
Lease
Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2000, by and between IDC Realty, LLC as
landlord and the Company as tenant relating to the rental of an
approximately 8,000 square feet facility used by the Company’s Service
Bureau division (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended July 31,
2000 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 13, 2000).
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|
10.11
|
Lease
Agreement, dated as of May 13, 1999, by and between Shannon Oaks
Partnership as landlord and RTCI as tenant relating to the rental of an
approximately 8,000 square feet facility used by the Company’s
Professional Services division (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14
to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31,
2001 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 30, 2001).
|
|
10.12
|
License
Agreement with Triaton and the Company, dated July 19, 2002 (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s registration statement on
Form S-3 (file No. 333-99059), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 30, 2002).
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|
10.13
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2003, among the Company
and the purchasers of shares of Class A common stock identified therein
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated April 30, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2,
2003).
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|
10.14
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2003, between the Company
and Blue Water Venture Fund II, L.L.C. for the purchase of shares of
Series D Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
April 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 2, 2003).
|
|
10.15
|
Accounts
Receivable Financing Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and between
Silicon Valley Bank and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.17 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2003 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 31, 2003).
|
|
10.16
|
First
Loan Modification Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2003, by and between
Silicon Valley Bank and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.18 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2003 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 31,
2003).
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35
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.17
|
Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and between
Silicon Valley Bank and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2003 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 31, 2003).
|
|
10.18
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2004, by and among
the Company and the purchasers listed on Schedule 1 thereto (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
(File No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
|
|
10.19
|
Fourth
Loan Modification Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2005, by and between
SVB and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
March 18, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 18, 2005).
|
|
10.20
|
Sublease
Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2005, by and between Bianco Hopkins &
Associates, Inc. and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 24 , 2005, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24,
2005).
|
|
10.21
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 2006, between Internet Commerce
Corporation and 3V Capital Master Fund Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated December 20, 2006, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22,
2006).
|
|
10.22
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 2006, between Internet Commerce
Corporation and Distressed/High Yield Trading Opportunities, Ltd.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated December 20, 2006, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22,
2006).
|
|
10.23
|
Agreement
and General Release, effective as of March 1, 2007, by and between the
Company and Arthur R. Medici (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
March 1, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 8, 2007).
|
|
10.24
|
Arthur
R. Medici Resignation Letter, effective March 1, 2007 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
(File No. 000-24996), dated March 1, 2007, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8,
2007).
|
|
10.25
|
Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, among EasyLink
Services International Corporation, as Borrower, the Lenders from time to
time party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, and The
Private Bank and Trust Company, as Syndication Agent (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.26
|
Form
of Term Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
36
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.27
|
$2,000,000
Revolving Credit Note among EasyLink Services International Corporation,
as Borrower, and SunTrust Bank, as Lender, dated May 19, 2009
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Report on Form
8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.28
|
Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, by and among EasyLink
Services International Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries
listed on Schedule 1 thereto and SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
|
10.29
|
Security
Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, among EasyLink Services International
Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries signatory thereto, each
of its subsidiaries that thereafter becomes a party thereto and SunTrust
Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996),
dated May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.30
|
Stock
Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, by EasyLink Services
International Corporation, as Borrower, and its subsidiaries signatory
thereto, in favor of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
|
10.31
|
Securities
Exchange Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, by and among EasyLink
Services International Corporation and each of the Purchasers identified
on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7
to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.32
|
Form
of Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
|
10.33
|
Commitment
Increase Amendment to Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as
of May 19, 2010, among EasyLink Services International Corporation, as
Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and SunTrust Bank,
as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-34996), dated May 19,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24,
2010).
|
|
10.34
|
Form
of Amended and Restated Term Notes, dated May 19, 2010 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-34996), dated May 19, 2010, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 24, 2010).
|
|
10.35
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Thomas J. Stallings, dated September 28,
2009 (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) .) (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446),
dated September 28, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
37
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.36
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Thomas J. Stallings, dated August
27, 2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to
portions of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated August 27,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2,
2010).
|
|
10.37
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Glen E. Shipley, dated September 28, 2009
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.38
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Glen E. Shipley, dated August 27,
2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2
to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated August 27,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2,
2010).
|
|
10.39
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Terri Deuel, dated September 28, 2009)
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.40
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Terri Deuel, dated August 27, 2010)
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated August 27, 2010,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2,
2010).
|
|
10.41
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Kevin R. Maloney, dated September 28, 2009)
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.42
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Kevin R. Maloney, dated August 27,
2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4
to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated August 27,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2,
2010).
|
38
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.43
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services International
Corporation and Chris A. Parker, dated September 28, 2009) (Confidential
Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of this Exhibit. The
omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately with the SEC.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Report on Form
8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28, 2009, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2009).
|
|
10.44
|
Amended
No. 1 to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Chris A. Parker, dated August 27,
2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5
to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated August 27,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2,
2010).
|
|
10.45
|
Securities
and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, among Premiere
Global Services, Inc., Xpedite Systems Holdings (UK) Limited, Premiere
Conferencing (Canada) Limited, Xpedite Systems, LLC and EasyLink Services
International Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.46
|
Bill
of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 21,
2010, by and between Premiere Conferencing (Canada) Limited and EasyLink
Services International Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated
October 21, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 22, 2010).
|
|
10.47
|
Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, among
EasyLink Services International Corporation, as Borrower, the Lenders from
time to time party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Fifth
Third Bank, as Syndication Agent, Bank of North Georgia, as
co-Documentation Agent and The PrivateBank & Trust Company, as
co-Documentation Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.48
|
Form
of Term Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.49
|
Form
of Revolving Credit Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.50
|
Form
of Swingline Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.51
|
Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, by and among EasyLink
Services International Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries
signatory thereto and SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
39
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.52
|
Security
Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, among EasyLink Services
International Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries signatory
thereto, each of its subsidiaries that thereafter becomes a party thereto,
and SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 22, 2010).
|
|
10.53
|
Stock
Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, by EasyLink Services
International Corporation, as Borrower, and each of its subsidiaries
signatory thereto, in favor of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
14.1
|
Code
of Ethics and Business Conduct (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1
to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
February 21, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 22, 2008).
|
|
16.1
|
Letter
of Tauber & Balser, P.C. to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
dated October 31, 2007, pursuant to Item 304 (a)(3) of Regulation S-K
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 to the Company’s Report on Form
8-K/A (File No. 000-24996), dated October 26, 2007, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31,
2007).
|
|
21.1
|
List
of Subsidiaries.
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of Friedman LLP.
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
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Index
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Page
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-2
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
F-3
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
|
F-4
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income
/(Loss)
|
F-5
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
F-7
|
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
F-8
|
F-1
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Stockholders
of
EasyLink Services International Corporation
Norcross,
Georgia
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of EasyLink Services
International Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of July 31, 2010
and July 31, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows
for each of the two years in the period ended July 31, 2010. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). These standards require that we plan
and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not
required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal
control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal
control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining,
on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of EasyLink Services
International Corporation and subsidiaries as of July 31, 2010 and July 31,
2009, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two
years in the period ended July 31, 2010, in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles.
/s/
Friedman LLP
East
Hanover, New Jersey
October
27, 2010
F-2
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
As
of July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Current
assets:
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 20,474,709 | $ | 10,972,365 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and allowance for sales
returns and allowances of $1,662,502 and $1,461,368
respectively
|
11,480,688 | 11,508,674 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
1,865,013 | 2,766,360 | ||||||
Deferred
tax asset
|
6,597,983 | 1,069,499 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
40,418,393 | 26,316,898 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
5,521,146 | 8,230,843 | ||||||
Goodwill
|
34,454,935 | 34,840,654 | ||||||
Other
intangible assets, net
|
15,874,281 | 21,406,880 | ||||||
Deferred
tax asset, net of valuation allowance
|
7,588,257 | 4,887,272 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
629,261 | 634,156 | ||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 104,486,273 | $ | 96,316,703 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$ | 2,310,168 | $ | 3,044,378 | ||||
Notes
payable
|
15,257,852 | 9,495,374 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
8,740,386 | 6,644,665 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue and other current liabilities
|
1,497,174 | 1,847,336 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
27,805,580 | 21,031,753 | ||||||
Note
payable, long term
|
9,684,263 | 17,512,034 | ||||||
Other
liabilities
|
285,017 | 553,762 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
37,774,860 | 39,097,549 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
||||||||
Stockholders’
Equity:
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock - 5,000,000 shares authorized, including 5,000 shares of series C
and 10,000 of series E:
|
||||||||
Series
C Preferred Stock - par value $.01 per share, 44.76 votes per share; 5,000
shares issued and outstanding in 2010 and 2009 (liquidation value of
$5,116,164 in 2010 and 2009)
|
50 | 50 | ||||||
Series
E Preferred Stock - par value $.01 per share; 6,577 shares issued and
outstanding in 2009 (liquidation value of $6,710,342)
|
— | 66 | ||||||
Common
stock:
|
||||||||
Class
A - par value $.01 per share, 300,000,000 shares authorized, one vote per
share; 30,255,293 and 27,261,193 shares issued in 2010 and
2009
|
302,553 | 272,612 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
132,798,748 | 138,463,290 | ||||||
Treasury
stock, 1,000,000 shares in 2010 and 2009 at cost
|
(2,122,288 | ) | (2,122,288 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(5,796,782 | ) | (4,442,091 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(58,470,868 | ) | (74,952,485 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
66,711,413 | 57,219,154 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$ | 104,486,273 | $ | 96,316,703 |
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-3
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
Year Ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Service
revenues, net
|
$ | 81,443,212 | $ | 85,365,938 | ||||
Cost
of services
|
22,548,950 | 25,571,832 | ||||||
Gross
profit
|
58,894,262 | 59,794,106 | ||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||
Product
development and enhancement
|
7,274,916 | 7,514,871 | ||||||
Selling
and marketing
|
12,560,136 | 13,289,886 | ||||||
General
and administrative
|
27,822,293 | 29,520,309 | ||||||
Goodwill
and Intangible impairment
|
— | 4,245,914 | ||||||
Operating
income
|
11,236,917 | 5,223,126 | ||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||
Interest
and investment income
|
28,242 | 170,989 | ||||||
Interest
expense
|
(1,641,878 | ) | (11,136,904 | ) | ||||
Foreign
exchange gain/(loss)
|
105,112 | (101,404 | ) | |||||
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
— | (5,502,319 | ) | |||||
Other
income (expense)
|
163,022 | (453,759 | ) | |||||
(1,345,502 | ) | (17,023,397 | ) | |||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
9,891,415 | (11,800,271 | ) | |||||
Benefit
for income taxes
|
(7,202,012 | ) | (621,135 | ) | ||||
Net
income (loss)
|
17,093,427 | (11,179,136 | ) | |||||
Dividends
on preferred stock
|
(724,358 | ) | (333,113 | ) | ||||
Accretion
of Series E preferred stock discount
|
(611,810 | ) | — | |||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
|
$ | 15,757,259 | $ | (11,512,249 | ) | |||
Basic
income (loss) per common share
|
$ | 0.57 | $ | (0.46 | ) | |||
Diluted
income (loss) per common share
|
$ | 0.53 | $ | (0.46 | ) | |||
Anti-dilutive
stock options, restrictive stock, warrants, and Series C preferred
stock
|
3,363,585 | 7,319,041 | ||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding – basic
|
27,715,987 | 24,807,570 | ||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding – diluted
|
29,652,718 | 24,807,570 |
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-4
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive
Income\(Loss)
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
|
Accumulated
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series
C
|
Series
D
|
Series
E
|
Class
A
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Paid-in
|
Comprehensive
|
Accumulated
|
Stockholders
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Loss
|
Deficit
|
Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
– July 31, 2008
|
5,000 | $ | 50 | - | $ | - | - | $ | - | 25,125,088 | $ | 251,251 | (109,250 | ) | $ | (303,325 | ) | $ | 125,457,794 | $ | (1,063,266 | ) | $ | (63,738,744 | ) | $ | 60,603,760 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
|
(3,383,369 | ) | (3,383,369 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in value of stock investments
|
4,544 | 4,544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(11,179,136 | ) | (11,179,136 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Comprehensive loss
|
(14,557,961 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accrued
dividends on preferred stock
|
(298,507 | ) | (34,605 | ) | (333,112 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation–
|
601,259 | 601,259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeiture
of cash related to options issued in acquisition of RTCI
|
547 | 547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity
issued in connection with Debt Extinguishment
|
6,577 | 66 | 1,980,426 | 19,804 | 12,363,300 | 12,383,170 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of restricted stock for compensation
|
150,429 | 1,504 | 330,970 | 332,474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase
of common stock
|
(890,750 | ) | $ | (1,818,963 | ) | (1,818,963 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of employee stock options including income tax
benefits
|
5,250 | 53 | 7,927 | 7,980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
– July 31, 2009
|
5,000 | $ | 50 | - | $ | - | 6,577 | $ | 66 | 27,261,193 | $ | 272,612 | (1,000,000 | ) | $ | (2,122,288 | ) | $ | 138,463,290 | $ | (4,442,091 | ) | $ | (74,952,485 | ) | $ | 57,219,154 |
F-5
EASYLINK SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive
Income\(Loss)
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
|
Accumulated
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series
C
|
Series
D
|
Series
E
|
Class
A
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Paid-in
|
Comprehensive
|
Accumulated
|
Stockholders
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Loss
|
Deficit
|
Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
– July 31, 2009
|
5,000 | $ | 50 | - | $ | - | 6,577 | $ | 66 | 27,261,193 | $ | 272,612 | (1,000,000 | ) | $ | (2,122,288 | ) | $ | 138,463,290 | $ | (4,442,091 | ) | $ | (74,952,485 | ) | $ | 57,219,154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
|
(1,354,691 | ) | (1,354,691 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
17,093,427 | 17,093,427 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Comprehensive Income
|
15,738,736 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accrued
dividends on preferred stock
|
(724,358 | ) | (724,358 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of preferred stock discount
|
611,810 | (611,810 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation–
|
895,657 | 895,657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeiture
of cash related to options issued in acquisition of RTCI
|
912 | 912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redemption
of Series E Preferred Stock
|
(6,577 | ) | (66 | ) |
`
|
(6,576,934 | ) | (6,577,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of restricted stock for compensation
|
40,234 | 402 | (8,051 | ) | (7,649 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of warrants
|
2,826,961 | 28,270 | (28,270 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of employee stock options including income tax
benefits
|
126,905 | 1,269 | 164,692 | 165,961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
– July 31, 2010
|
5,000 | $ | 50 | - | $ | - | - | $ | - | 30,255,293 | $ | 302,553 | (1,000,000 | ) | $ | (2,122,288 | ) | $ | 132,798,748 | $ | (5,796,782 | ) | $ | (58,470,868 | ) | $ | 66,711,413 |
F-6
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
Year
Ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 17,093,427 | $ | (11,179,136 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by
operating activities:
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
8,056,870 | 8,429,060 | ||||||
Bad
debt expense
|
794,901 | 999,391 | ||||||
Amortization
of discount and other non-cash interest expense
|
535,329 | 11,919,401 | ||||||
Loss
on disposal of fixed assets
|
144,075 | 84,787 | ||||||
Goodwill
and intangible asset impairment
|
— | 4,245,914 | ||||||
Change
in valuation reserve
|
(12,604,271 | ) | 2,598,747 | |||||
Non-cash
charges for equity instruments issued for compensation and
services
|
1,053,970 | 933,734 | ||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(887,016 | ) | 683,734 | |||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
5,773,435 | (3,394,953 | ) | |||||
Accounts
payable
|
(396,170 | ) | 357,402 | |||||
Accrued
expenses
|
2,372,702 | (3,546,249 | ) | |||||
Deferred
revenue and other current liabilities
|
(770,856 | ) | (224,028 | ) | ||||
Other
long term liabilities
|
(407,703 | ) | (420,570 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
20,758,693 | 11,487,234 | ||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
Payment
for purchase of acquisitions, net of cash acquired
|
— | (625,000 | ) | |||||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(1,090,113 | ) | (2,956,543 | ) | ||||
Sale
of business
|
— | 788,491 | ||||||
Net
cash from investment
|
909 | 54,449 | ||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(1,089,204 | ) | (2,738,603 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
Net
borrowings from issuance of notes payable
|
5,000,000 | 30,000,000 | ||||||
Payments
of notes payable and debt extinguishment
|
(7,600,688 | ) | (57,078,533 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from exercises of employee stock options and restricted
stock
|
(6,576,934 | ) | 7,980 | |||||
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
— | (1,818,963 | ) | |||||
Payment
of dividends on Preferred Stock
|
(857,700 | ) | (200,000 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(10,035,322 | ) | (29,089,516 | ) | ||||
Effect
of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
|
(131,823 | ) | (777,755 | ) | ||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
9,502,344 | (21,118,640 | ) | |||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of year
|
10,972,365 | 32,091,005 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of year
|
$ | 20,474,709 | $ | 10,972,365 | ||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$ | 796,230 | $ | 6,467,457 | ||||
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
$ | 745,441 | $ | 1,111,434 |
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-7
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. ORGANIZATION
AND NATURE OF BUSINESS
EasyLink
Services International Corporation (“ESIC”) is a Delaware corporation founded in
1991. Prior to the merger with EasyLink Services Corporation (“ESC”) in August
2007, the Company was known as Internet Commerce Corporation. ESIC is
a global provider of value added services that facilitate the electronic
exchange of documents and information between enterprises, their trading
communities and their customers. The Company delivers a majority of its services
through global Internet Protocol (“IP”) networks, which host its applications on
enterprise-class platforms that are comprised of server and network operations
centers located worldwide.
ESIC’s
core services include electronic data interchange (“EDI”) services, fax
services, telex services and other services that are integral to the movement of
money, materials, products and people in the global economy including documents
such as insurance claims, trade and travel confirmations, purchase orders,
invoices, shipping notices and funds transfers that help our customers to be
more efficient and mobile. ESIC’s operations include two business segments
defined as follows:
|
·
|
Supply
Chain Messaging (“Supply Chain Messaging”) segment, which includes all EDI
and telex services.
|
|
·
|
On
Demand Messaging (“On Demand Messaging”) segment, which includes all fax,
e-mail, document capture and management (“DCM”) and workflow
services.
|
References
in these financial statements to ESIC,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”
refer to EasyLink Services International Corporation and our wholly-owned
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless otherwise stated.
2. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Principles
of consolidation and basis of presentation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of EasyLink Services
International Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant
intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting
estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements
include the fair value of equity securities underlying stock based compensation,
the collectability of receivables, the realizability of deferred tax assets, the
carrying value of goodwill, intangible assets and long-lived assets and
depreciation and amortization.
Revenue
recognition
Revenue
is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, services are
rendered, pricing is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably
assured. We derive revenue from various services, which mainly
include transaction, monthly service and fax transmission fees. These fees are
comprised of both fixed and usage-based fees. Fixed fees are generally
recognized on a pro-rata basis over the service period. Usage fees are generally
recognized in the period the services are rendered.
Deferred
revenue
Deferred
revenue is comprised of deferrals for subscription fees, professional services
and license and maintenance revenue associated with contracts for which amounts
have been received in advance of services to be performed.
Cash and cash
equivalents
All
highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of
purchase are considered to be cash equivalents.
F-8
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (CONT’D)
Property and
equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally three to
seven years. Property and equipment under capital leases are stated at the
present value of minimum lease payments and are amortized using the
straight-line method over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful
lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the
straight-line method over the shorter of the term of the lease or the estimated
useful life of the asset.
Accounts
receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts
Accounts
receivable represent trade receivables billed to customers in arrears on a
monthly basis. Receivables are recorded in the period that the related revenues
are earned and are generally collected within 45 to 60 days. Accounts receivable
are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding
balances. Management provides for estimated uncollectible amounts through an
allowance for doubtful accounts and an allowance for sales returns and
allowances. The allowance for doubtful accounts results in a charge to earnings
and a credit to a valuation allowance based on its assessment of the current
status of individual accounts. Balances that are still outstanding after
management has performed reasonable collection efforts are written off through a
charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to accounts receivable. The
allowance for sales returns and allowances is recorded as a reduction of total
revenue and a credit to the allowance account based on specific review of
account balances. Credit is granted to customers without requiring collateral.
The amount of accounting loss for which we are at risk in these unsecured
accounts receivable is limited to their carrying value.
Equity
accounting for investments
Equity
investments, in which we exercise significant influence but do not control and
are not the primary beneficiary, are accounted for using the equity method of
accounting. Investments in which we do not exercise significant
influence are accounted for using the cost method of accounting.
Fair
value of financial instruments
The
carrying amounts of financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents,
accounts receivable, restricted time deposits, accounts payable, accrued
expenses, and other liabilities excluding deferred revenue, approximate fair
value due to their short maturities.
Income
taxes
Deferred
income taxes are determined by applying enacted statutory rates in effect at the
balance sheet date to the differences between the tax bases of assets and
liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements
and for income tax reporting carryforwards. A valuation allowance is provided,
based on the weight of available evidence, if it is considered more likely than
not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assets will not be
realized.
Earnings
per share of common stock
Earnings
per share (“EPS”) are calculated under the current guidance of accounting
standards, which require dual presentation of “basic” and “diluted”
earnings per share on the face of the statement of operations. Basic earnings
per common share is computed by dividing the net income or loss attributable to
common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by
dividing net income or loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted
average number of shares of common stock outstanding and all dilutive potential
common shares that were outstanding during the period.
F-9
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (CONT’D)
The
following data show the amounts used in computing earnings per share and the
effect on income and the weighted average number of shares of dilutive potential
common stock:
For the year ended July 31, 2010
|
||||||||||||
Income
|
Shares
|
Per Share
Amount
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 17,093,427 | ||||||||||
Less:
Series C preferred dividends
|
(200,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Less:
Series E preferred dividends
|
(524,358 | ) | ||||||||||
Less:
Accretion of Series E preferred stock discount
|
(611,810 | ) | ||||||||||
Basic
EPS
|
||||||||||||
Income
available to common stockholders
|
15,757,259 | 27,715,987 | $ | 0.57 | ||||||||
Effect
of Dilutive Securities
|
||||||||||||
Warrants
|
1,429,504 | |||||||||||
Series
C preferred stock
|
55,954 | |||||||||||
Stock
options & restricted stock
|
507,228 | |||||||||||
Diluted
EPS
|
||||||||||||
Income
available to common stockholders
|
$ | 15,757,259 | 29,708,673 | $ | 0.53 |
For the year ended July 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
Income
|
Shares
|
Per Share
Amount
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | (11,179,136 | ) | |||||||||
Less:
Series C preferred dividends
|
(199,771 | ) | ||||||||||
Less:
Series E preferred dividends
|
(133,342 | ) | ||||||||||
Basic
EPS
|
||||||||||||
Income
available to common stockholders
|
(11,512,249 | ) | 24,807,570 | $ | (0.46 | ) | ||||||
Diluted
EPS
|
||||||||||||
Income
available to common stockholders
|
$ | (11,512,249 | ) | 24,807,570 | $ | (0.46 | ) |
Stock-based
compensation
Under the
fair value recognition principles of accounting standards regarding share based
payments, share-based compensation costs are measured at the grant
date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the
applicable vesting period of the stock award (generally three years) using the
straight-line method.
Other
intangible assets
Other
intangible assets consist of customer relationships, internally developed
software, and trade names and are carried at cost less accumulated
amortization. Other intangible assets are amortized on a
straight-line basis over their expected lives, which is determined at
acquisition. We evaluate whether other intangible assets have been impaired when
circumstances indicate the carrying value of those assets may not be
recoverable. For such assets, an impairment exists when its carrying
value exceeds the sum of estimates of the undiscounted cash flows expected to
result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset. There were
no triggering events during the 2010 fiscal year.
F-10
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (CONT’D)
Goodwill
Goodwill
consists of the excess purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net
assets of acquired businesses. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment at least
annually and whenever events or circumstances indicate impairment may have
occurred. The assessment requires the comparison of the fair value of each of
our reporting units to the carrying value of its respective net assets,
including allocated goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit
exceeds its fair value, we must perform a second test to measure the amount of
impairment. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares the implied
fair value of reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill.
We allocate the fair value of a reporting unit to all of the assets and
liabilities of that unit as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a
business combination and the fair value of the reporting unit was the price paid
to acquire the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of a reporting unit
over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair
value of goodwill. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds the
implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized in an
amount equal to that excess.
Beneficial
Conversion Feature, Value of Warrants and Accretive Interest
Expense
Under
GAAP, a beneficial conversion feature is required to be recognized on the date
that a convertible instrument becomes convertible into equity shares and the
fair market value of those equity shares exceeds the conversion price under the
convertible instrument. In addition, a separate fair market value as
determined by the Black-Scholes option-pricing model is to be applied to
detachable warrants issued in conjunction with debt financings. These amounts
are recorded as a reduction in the face value of the issued convertible or debt
instrument with an offset going to additional paid-in-capital. This
reduction accretes through the profit and loss statement as interest expense
using the effective interest rate method over the life of the convertible debt
instrument.
Foreign
currency
The
functional currencies of foreign subsidiaries are their respective local
currencies. The financial statements are maintained in local currencies and are
translated to United States dollars using period-end rates of exchange for
assets and liabilities and average rates during the period for revenues, cost of
revenues and expenses. Translation gains and losses are included in accumulated
other comprehensive loss as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Gains
and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in the consolidated
statements of income.
Recently
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In August
2009 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting
Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2009-05 Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures (Topic 820) (“ASU 2009-05”). ASU 2009-05 provides
clarification that the fair value measurement of liabilities in which a quoted
price in an active market for the identical liability is not available should be
developed based on a valuation technique that uses the quoted price of the
identical liability when traded as an asset or quoted prices for similar
liabilities when traded as assets or another valuation technique that is
consistent with the principles of Topic 820 — Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures. ASU 2009-05 also clarifies that there is no requirement to adjust
the fair value related to the existence of a restriction that prevents the
transfer of the liability and that both a quoted price in an active market for
the identical liability at the measurement date and the quoted price for the
identical liability when traded as an asset in an active market when no
adjustments to the quoted price of the asset are required are Level 1 fair value
measurements. This guidance was effective for the Company as of October 31, 2009
and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
F-11
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (CONT’D)
In
January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value
Measurements. This ASU requires reporting entities to make new
disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair-value measurements including
significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value
measurements and information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements
on a gross
reconciliation of Level 3 fair-value measurements. This ASU also
clarifies existing fair-value measurement disclosure guidance about the level of
disaggregation, inputs, and valuation techniques. This ASU is
effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15,
2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and
settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal
years. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of the
applicable portions of this ASU did not have a material effect on the Company's
consolidated financial statements. The Company is currently
evaluating the impact that the adoption of the remainder of this guidance might
have on its consolidated financial statement disclosures in the first quarter of
fiscal 2012.
Recent
accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, which amends ASC 605-25,
Revenue Recognition;
Multiple-Element Arrangements. These amendments provide
clarification on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the arrangement should
be separated, and the consideration allocated. An entity is required to
allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of
deliverables in the absence of vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party
evidence of selling price. These amendments also eliminate the use of the
residual method and require an entity to allocate revenue using the relative
selling price method. These amendments significantly expand the disclosure
requirements for multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements. These
provisions are to be applied on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements
entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after
June 15, 2010, with earlier application permitted. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact of these amendments on its consolidated
financial statements.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No.2009-14 Software (Topic 985) “Certain
Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements – a consensus of the FASB
Emerging Issues Task Force”. As this ASU is only effective for fiscal
years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, we will review and make a
determination of its effect on revenue at that time.
F-12
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
3. INCOME
TAXES
Income
taxes are computed in accordance with ASC 740. The significant
components of income from continuing operations before income taxes and the
consolidated income tax provision from continuing operations for fiscal years
2010 and 2009:
For
the year ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
||||||||
Domestic
|
$ | 7,855,065 | $ | (13,156,717 | ) | |||
International
|
2,036,350 | 1,356,446 | ||||||
Total
Income/(loss)
|
9,891,415 | (11,800,271 | ) | |||||
Provision
for taxes on income:
|
||||||||
Federal
|
367,875 | 97,974 | ||||||
State
and local
|
147,585 | 258,141 | ||||||
International
|
511,997 | 581,961 | ||||||
Total
Current expense
|
1,027,457 | 938,076 | ||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||
Federal
|
1,158,101 | (2,425,227 | ) | |||||
State
and local
|
3,096,542 | (1,732,731 | ) | |||||
International
|
120,159 | — | ||||||
Change
in valuation allowance
|
(12,604,271 | ) | 2,598,747 | |||||
Total
Deferred benefit
|
(8,229,469 | ) | (1,559,211 | ) | ||||
Total
benefit
|
$ | (7,202,012 | ) | $ | (621,135 | ) |
Differences
between income tax (benefit) expense from continuing operations reported for
financial reporting purposes and that computed based upon the application of the
statutory U.S. Federal tax rate to the reported income from continuing
operations before income taxes for the fiscal years 2010 and 2009 were as
follows:
For
the year ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Expected
federal statutory rate
|
34.00 | % | 34.00 | % | ||||
Increase
(decrease) in taxes resulting from:
|
||||||||
Other
Permanent Differences
|
2.89 | % | (10.00 | )% | ||||
State
and local income taxes, net of federal benefit
|
12.88 | % | 6.00 | % | ||||
Prior
year true ups
|
2.52 | % | 0.60 | % | ||||
Difference
in rate for foreign taxes
|
(1.37 | )% | 0.80 | % | ||||
Transfer
pricing adjustment
|
0.00 | % | (0.30 | )% | ||||
Change
in uncertain tax position
|
1.31 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||
State
net operating loss recognition
|
0.00 | % | (2.00 | )% | ||||
Alternative
minimum tax
|
2.40 | % | (0.90 | )% | ||||
Change
in Valuation Allowance
|
(127.43 | )% | (22.90 | )% | ||||
Total
Income tax expense (benefit)
|
(72.80 | )% | 5.30 | % |
F-13
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
3. INCOME
TAXES (CONT’D)
The tax
effect of temporary differences that gave rise to the deferred tax balance sheet
accounts were as follows:
For
the year ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
||||||||
Accruals
and allowances
|
$ | 1,479,018 | $ | 942,356 | ||||
Prepaids
and deferrals
|
— | 67,660 | ||||||
Deferred
rent
|
201,373 | 249,941 | ||||||
Property
and equipment
|
967,718 | 2,148,371 | ||||||
Charitable
contributions
|
2,816 | 3,000 | ||||||
Credit
carryforwards
|
1,260,337 | 1,365,508 | ||||||
Warrant
discount
|
— | — | ||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
26,424,061 | 33,156,431 | ||||||
Stock
compensation
|
355,750 | 339,675 | ||||||
Investment
|
— | — | ||||||
Capital
loss carryforward
|
— | 127,170 | ||||||
FIN
48
|
31,901 | 31,901 | ||||||
30,722,974 | 38,432,013 | |||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
||||||||
Amortization
of purchased intangibles
|
(1,888,070 | ) | (5,160,212 | ) | ||||
Beneficial
conversion feature
|
— | — | ||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustment
|
— | (62,095 | ) | |||||
(1,888,070 | ) | (5,222,307 | ) | |||||
Net
deferred tax asset before valuation allowance
|
28,834,904 | 33,209,706 | ||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(14,648,664 | ) | (27,252,935 | ) | ||||
Net
deferred tax asset after valuation allowance
|
$ | 14,186,240 | $ | 5,956,771 |
At July
31, 2010, we had $27.7 million of deferred tax assets related to operating loss
carryforwards and credit carryforwards. We had $24.4 million of
deferred tax assets related to domestic net operating loss carryforwards,
including $1.3 million for state income tax purposes, which expire between 2019
and 2025. We had $2.0 million of deferred tax assets related to
foreign net operating loss carryforwards, which have carryforward periods
ranging from 8 years to unlimited in the various countries. We had
$1.3 million in other tax attributes, including $0.6 million of alternative
minimum tax credits, which have an unlimited carryforward period, and $0.6
million of R&D credits, which expire between 2010 and 2021.
The gross
deferred tax assets as of July 31, 2010 were reduced by valuation allowances of
$14.6 million, relating to domestic net operating loss carryforwards, foreign
net operating loss carryforwards, and other tax attributes, as it is more likely
than not that some portion or all of these tax attributes will not be
realized.
The
company has federal net operating loss carryforwards for tax purposes of
approximately $76.1 million as of July 31, 2010. These carryforwards
expire from 2019 to 2025.
The
Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations contain provisions which limit
the use of available net operating loss carryforwards in any given year should
significant changes (greater than 50%) in ownership interests
occur. Due to the private placement of Series A preferred Stock in
April 1999, the net operating loss carryforward of approximately $19.6 million
incurred prior to the private placement is subject to an annual limitation of
approximately $1.4 million until that portion of the net operating loss is
utilized or expires.
F-14
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
3. INCOME
TAXES (CONT’D)
Due to a
100% ownership change of Research Triangle Commerce, Inc. in November 2000, the
acquired net operating loss of approximately $6.5 million incurred prior to the
ownership change is subject to an annual limitation of approximately $1.1
million until that portion of the net operating loss is utilized or
expires. Additionally, this transaction created an ownership change
for the Company as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue
Code. As such, its net operating loss of approximately $49.4 million
incurred prior to the ownership change is subject to an annual limitation of
approximately $2.8 million until that portion of the net operating loss is
utilized or expires.
Due to a
100% ownership change of Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc. in June 2004, the
acquired net operating loss of approximately $1.2 million incurred prior to the
ownership change is subject to an annual limitation of approximately $128,000
until that portion of the net operating loss is utilized or
expires.
We are in
the process of conducting a review of the available net operating losses from
the ESC acquisition and will evaluate the results of the Section 382 study in
order to determine the net operating losses available to the
Company.
We
adopted the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes, on August 1,
2007. Among other things, ASC 740 requires application of a "more
likely than not" threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax
positions. It further requires that a change in judgment related to
prior years' tax positions be recognized in the quarter of such
change. As a result of the implementation of ASC 740, we recognize an
$85,863 increase in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which was
accounted for as a reduction to the August 1, 2007 balance of retained
earnings. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of
unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
Federal
|
State
|
Foreign
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
at July 31, 2009
|
$ | 54,720 | $ | 82,589 | $ | 696,361 | $ | 833,670 | ||||||||
Additions
based on tax positions related to current year
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Changes
to unrecognized tax benefits due to lapses in statute of
limitations
|
0 | 0 | (549,490 | ) | (549,490 | ) | ||||||||||
Additions
for asserted 5471 late filing penalty
|
130,000 | 0 | 0 | 130,000 | ||||||||||||
Balance
at July 31, 2010
|
$ | 184,720 | $ | 82,589 | $ | 146,871 | $ | 414,180 |
For the
year ended July 31, 2010, there was an increase to the accrued ASC 740 liability
of $130,000 related to IRS asserted late filing penalties associated with Form
5471.
F-15
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
4. PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT
Property
and equipment consists of the following:
July
31,
|
|||||||||||
Estimated
Useful
Lives
(Years)
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||
Computers
and office equipment
|
3
|
$ | 14,930,237 | $ | 14,420,321 | ||||||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
7
|
246,554 | 732,644 | ||||||||
Purchased
software
|
3
|
3,585,573 | 3,532,302 | ||||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
2-7
|
3,138,537 | 3,120,441 | ||||||||
21,900,901 | 21,805,708 | ||||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
(16,379,755 | ) | (13,574,865 | ) | |||||||
$ | 5,521,146 | $ | 8,230,843 |
Depreciation
and amortization expense related to property and equipment was approximately
$3,100,000 and $3,300,000 for the years ended July 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively.
5. GOODWILL
AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible
assets are summarized as follows:
July
31,
|
|||||||||
Weighted average
amortization
period (years)
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Purchased
customer relationships
|
6 -
8
|
$ | 17,853,802 | $ | 18,056,771 | ||||
Internally
developed systems
|
4
|
10,516,331 | 10,607,355 | ||||||
Trade
names
|
<1
|
3,733,670 | 3,766,992 | ||||||
Intangible assets,
gross
|
32,103,803 | 32,431,118 | |||||||
Less
accumulated amortization:
|
|||||||||
Purchased
customer relationships
|
(7,437,966 | ) | (4,919,923 | ) | |||||
Internally
developed systems
|
(8,640,564 | ) | (5,989,037 | ) | |||||
Trade
names
|
(150,992 | ) | (115,278 | ) | |||||
Accumulated
amortization
|
(16,229,522 | ) | (11,024,238 | ) | |||||
Intangible assets,
net
|
$ | 15,874,281 | $ | 21,406,880 |
Trade names in the amount of $3,483,670
are not amortizable.
F-16
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
5. GOODWILL
AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (CONT’D)
The
changes in the carrying amount of intangible for the years ended July 31, 2010
and 2009 are as follows:
Balance
at July 31, 2008
|
$ | 27,742,466 | ||
Purchases
of miscellaneous intangible assets
|
511,068 | |||
Intangible
impairment
|
(387,811 | ) | ||
Intangible
amortization
|
(5,299,695 | ) | ||
Foreign
currency effect
|
(1,159,148 | ) | ||
Balance
at July 31, 2009
|
$ | 21,406,880 | ||
Intangible
amortization
|
(4,987,220 | ) | ||
Foreign
currency effect
|
(545,379 | ) | ||
Balance
at July 31, 2010
|
$ | 15,874,281 |
As of
July 31, 2010, estimated amortization expenses for intangible assets for the
remaining life of those assets are as follows:
Fiscal
Year
|
Estimated
Amortization Expense
|
|||
2011
|
$ | 4,305,730 | ||
2012
|
$ | 2,419,943 | ||
2013
|
$ | 2,352,979 | ||
2014
|
$ | 2,159,924 | ||
2015
|
$ | 1,152,035 |
The
changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended July 31, 2010 and
2009 are as follows:
Balance
at July 31, 2008
|
$ | 40,209,960 | ||
Goodwill
impairment
|
(3,858,102 | ) | ||
Foreign
currency effect
|
(1,365,985 | ) | ||
Purchase
price adjustment
|
(145,219 | ) | ||
Balance
at July 31, 2009
|
$ | 34,840,654 | ||
Foreign
currency effect
|
(385,719 | ) | ||
Balance
at July 31, 2010
|
$ | 34,454,935 |
At the
end of the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company determined that certain
intangible assets and goodwill were partially impaired. As a result,
we have recorded an impairment write-down of approximately $69,000 on internally
developed systems and approximately $318,000 on purchased customer
relationships. In addition, we also recorded an impairment write-down of
approximately $3.9 million in goodwill. The total aggregate non-cash
impairment write-down of approximately $4.2 million relates to the original
valuations given these intangibles from past acquisitions, all of them related
to managed EDI services in the Supply Chain Messaging segment. These
services were weighted toward the retail sector of the economy, which has
experienced a serious downturn in revenue resulting in reduced transaction
volumes as well as the bankruptcies of multiple customers. There have
not been any additional indicators of impairment and we have determined that no
additional impairment was necessary in fiscal year ended July 31,
2010.
F-17
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
6. ACCRUED
EXPENSES
Accrued
expenses consist of the following:
July
31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Payroll
and related costs
|
$ | 1,884,538 | $ | 1,902,234 | ||||
Legal
judgments and accrual
|
1,726,343 | 529,874 | ||||||
Other
|
1,561,072 | 1,008,468 | ||||||
Carrier
charges
|
1,367,523 | 1,765,191 | ||||||
Sales/Use
taxes payable
|
1,036,768 | 1,023,804 | ||||||
Professional
fees
|
677,324 | 165,173 | ||||||
Federal
and state income taxes payable
|
486,818 | 249,921 | ||||||
$ | 8,740,386 | $ | 6,644,665 |
7. INDEBTEDNESS
On August
20, 2007, the Company issued to York Capital Management, L.P. and certain of its
affiliates (“York”) in a private placement ,Series A Senior Secured Convertible
Notes, Series B Senior Secured Convertible Notes (collectively known as the
“Notes”), warrants to purchase shares of our class A common stock (the
“Warrants”) and additional investment rights to acquire additional notes on the
same terms as the Series A Notes (the “Additional Investment Rights”) for an
aggregate purchase price of $70,105,416.
On
December 31, 2008, the Company entered into an amendment to the Notes with
York that provided for (1) the Company to prepay immediately an amount of
$12 million on the Notes in consideration of an adjustment by the Purchasers of
the financial covenant regarding the Company’s recurring revenue; (2) the
Company to prepay an additional amount of between $30 and $35 million on
the Notes if it could secure, on terms satisfactory to the Company, additional
funds in the form of debt to fund such prepayment on or before July 31,
2009; (3) the Purchasers
to waive any rights to prepayment or repurchase penalties with respect to such
prepayments; and (4) the Purchasers not to apply certain covenants of the
Securities Purchase Agreement with York until the Company’s fiscal quarter
ending July 31, 2009.
On
May 19, 2009, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit and Term Loan
Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, as borrower, the
lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), and SunTrust Bank, as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”). Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Company obtained (i) a term
loan (the “Term Loan”) in an aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000,
evidenced by Term Notes issued to each of the Lenders (the “Term Notes”), and
(ii) a revolving credit and letter of credit facility (the “Revolver”) in a
maximum principal amount of up to $2,000,000, evidenced by a Revolving Credit
Note issued to SunTrust Bank (the “Revolver Note”).
The
principal amount of the Term Loan was due and payable in equal quarterly
installments of approximately $2.5 million beginning on July 31, 2009 and
ending on April 30, 2012, subject to acceleration in the event of a
default. The outstanding principal amount of any borrowings under the Revolver
will be due and payable on May 19, 2012, subject to an earlier maturity
date under certain circumstances. Anytime after May 19, 2010, the Company
may increase the Lender commitments by an aggregate principal amount of up to
$10,000,000 (the “Additional Commitments”), either as additional term or
revolving loans and to the extent that one or more Lenders agree to fund such
Additional Commitments. The Company may use the proceeds of any Additional
Commitments solely to redeem a portion of the series E Preferred Shares
issued by the Company to York. The Credit Agreement contains usual and customary
covenants for financings of this type, including, among other things:
(i) requirements to deliver financial statements, other reports and
notices; (ii) restrictions on indebtedness; (iii) restrictions on
dividends, distributions and redemptions of equity and repayment of subordinated
indebtedness; (iv) restrictions on liens; (v) restrictions on making
certain payments; (vi) restrictions on investments; (vii) restrictions
on asset dispositions and other fundamental changes; and
(viii) restrictions on transactions with affiliates. Additionally, the
Credit Agreement contains certain financial covenants, including, among other
things: (i) a maximum leverage ratio;
F-18
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
7. INDEBTEDNESS
(CONT’D)
(ii) a
minimum fixed charge coverage ratio; (iii) a minimum amount of consolidated
adjusted EBITDA; (iv) a minimum amount of liquidity; and (v) a maximum
amount of capital expenditures.
The
Company used the proceeds of the Term Loan to repay a portion of the Notes owed
to York. The Company may use proceeds of the Revolver to:
(i) finance working capital needs; (ii) pay certain transaction fees
and expenses in connection with the Credit Agreement and the concurrent
recapitalization transactions with York described herein; (iii) fund
certain acquisitions; (iv) finance capital expenditures; and (v) for
general corporate purposes. To date, the Company has not incurred any borrowings
under the Revolver.
In
connection with the Credit Agreement the Company incurred fees of approximately
$0.9 million that were recorded as a discount on the debt and will be amortized
over the life of the loan.
Borrowings
under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at the Company’s election, at a rate
tied to one of the following rates, in each case plus a specified margin:
(i) the higher of (1) the Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate,
(2) the U.S. Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, and (3) adjusted one-month
LIBOR plus 1.0%; (ii) adjusted LIBOR for the interest period of such
borrowing; and (iii) a LIBOR index rate. The interest margin for each such
type of borrowing varies from 2.50% to 4.50%, depending on the Company’s
consolidated leverage ratio at the time of such borrowing.
The
obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by EasyLink
Services Corporation and EasyLink Services USA, Inc. (collectively, the
“Subsidiary Guarantors”), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
pursuant to that certain Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement (the “Guaranty”), dated
as of May 19, 2009, by and between the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors,
and the Administrative Agent.
The
obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Credit
Agreement and the Guaranty are secured by liens on and security interests in all
or substantially all assets of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
including, without limitation, a pledge of 65% of the equity owned by EasyLink
Services USA, Inc. in first-tier foreign subsidiaries, pursuant to that certain
Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), dated as of May 19, 2009, by
and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Administrative Agent
and that
certain Stock Pledge Agreement (the “Stock Pledge Agreement”) dated as of
May 19, 2009 by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the
Administrative Agent.
In
addition, on May 19, 2009, the Company entered into a Securities Exchange
Agreement (the “Securities Exchange Agreement”) by and among the Company and
York. Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement, York exchanged all of its
outstanding (i) Notes with principal amount of approximately
$47 million, (ii) Additional Investment Rights and
(iii) Warrants for (i) a cash payment from the Company of
$30 million funded from the proceeds of the Term Loan, (ii) a cash
payment from the Company of approximately $343,000 for all accrued but unpaid
interest funded from the Company’s working capital, (iii) 1,980,426 newly
issued shares of the Company’s class A common stock (the “Common Shares”),
(iv) warrants to purchase additional shares of the Company’s class A common
stock (the “New Warrants”) and (v) 6,577 newly issued shares of the
Company’s newly created series E redeemable preferred stock (the “Series E
Preferred Shares”). Please see footnote 8 for a greater description
of the equity instruments issued under the Securities Exchange
Agreement.
On
May 19, 2009, each of the Notes, the Additional Investment Rights and the
Warrants were cancelled pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement, and the
Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 3, 2007, as amended, pursuant to which
such securities were issued (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), was
terminated. No material early termination penalties were incurred by the Company
in connection with the extinguishment of the Notes, the Additional Investment
Rights and the Warrants, or the termination of the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
7. INDEBTEDNESS
(CONT’D)
The loss
on extinguishment of the York Notes, Warrants and Additional Investment Right
during 2009 was calculated as follows:
Note
balance at payoff
|
$ | 46,166,914 | ||
Prior
warrant value at payoff
|
3,234,244 | |||
Remaining
debt discount at payoff
|
(9,286,058 | ) | ||
Value
of extinguished debt and equity instruments
|
$ | 40,115,100 | ||
New
term loan issued
|
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
Value
of new warrants
|
5,317,218 | |||
Value
of new common stock issued
|
3,723,201 | |||
Value
of preferred E stock issued
|
6,577,000 | |||
Value
of new debt and equity instruments
|
$ | 45,617,419 | ||
Loss
on debt restructuring
|
$ | (5,502,319 | ) |
On May
19, 2010, the Company entered into a Commitment Increase Amendment to Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement (the “Commitment Increase Amendment”) by and
among the Company, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the
“Lenders”), and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent for the
Lenders. Pursuant to the Commitment Increase Amendment, the Company
partially exercised its rights under the accordion feature of its existing
Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated May 19, 2009 (the “Credit
Agreement”) and increased its borrowing under the Credit Agreement and the
related Term Notes by an aggregate of $5 million. The Company entered
into Amended and Restated Term Notes dated May 19, 2010 in favor of the Lenders
evidencing the increased principal amount of its borrowing. The Company used the
proceeds of Commitment Increase Amendment solely to redeem a portion of the
series E Preferred Shares issued by the Company to York.
After the
Commitment Increase Amendment, the principal amount of the Term Loan will be due
and payable in equal quarterly installments of approximately $3.1 million
beginning on July 31, 2010 and ending on April 30, 2012, subject to
acceleration in the event of a default. The outstanding principal amount of any
borrowings under the Revolver will be due and payable on May 19, 2012,
subject to an earlier maturity date under certain circumstances.
The
Credit Agreement contains usual and customary covenants for financings of this
type, including, among other things: (i) requirements to deliver financial
statements, other reports and notices; (ii) restrictions on indebtedness;
(iii) restrictions on dividends, distributions and redemptions of equity
and repayment of subordinated indebtedness; (iv) restrictions on liens;
(v) restrictions on making certain payments; (vi) restrictions on
investments; (vii) restrictions on asset dispositions and other fundamental
changes; and (viii) restrictions on transactions with affiliates.
Additionally, the Credit Agreement contains certain financial covenants,
including, among other things: (i) a maximum leverage ratio; (ii) a
minimum fixed charge coverage ratio; (iii) a minimum amount of consolidated
adjusted EBITDA; (iv) a minimum amount of liquidity; and (v) a maximum
amount of capital expenditures. As of July 31, 2010 the Company
was in compliance with all of the covenants.
Long term
debt and capital lease obligations at July 31, 2010, and 2009 are as
follows:
July
31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
SunTrust
Bank
|
$ | 25,416,667 | $ | 27,916,667 | ||||
Capitalized
leases
|
— | 10,688 | ||||||
Subtotal
|
25,416,667 | 27,927,355 | ||||||
Less
debt discount
|
474,552 | 919,947 | ||||||
Less
current portion of long term debt
|
15,257,852 | 9,495,374 | ||||||
Long
term debt
|
$ | 9,684,263 | $ | 17,512,034 |
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
8. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
Class
A Common Stock:
Holders
of class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be
voted on by common stockholders. Subject to the preferences of the preferred
stock, the holders of class A common stock are entitled to a proportional
distribution of any dividends that may be declared by the Board of Directors.
Class A common stock has no preemptive, redemption or conversion rights. The
rights of holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected
by, the rights of the holders of series C preferred stock, or any other series
of preferred stock we may designate in the future.
As of July 31, 2008, we repurchased
109,250 shares at a cost of $303,325. During the year ended July 31,
2009, we repurchased 890,750 shares at a cost of $1,818,963 for a total
repurchased to date of 1,000,000 shares for $2,122,288. These
repurchases were recorded under the cost method and have been classified as
Treasury Stock and are available to be issued.
Series
C Preferred Stock:
Each
share of series C preferred stock is convertible, at the option of the holder,
into 44.76 shares of class A common stock, subject to certain anti-dilution
adjustments. On any matter presented to stockholders, series C preferred stock
is entitled to the number of votes per share equal to the number of whole shares
of class A common stock into which such share of series C preferred stock is
convertible on the record date for the determination of stockholders that are
entitled to vote on that matter.
Series C
preferred stock is redeemable, in whole or part at our option at any time after
January 1, 2005. The redemption price for each share of series C preferred stock
is $1,000 plus accrued and unpaid dividends. Notice of redemption must be given
45 days prior to the redemption date. Series C preferred stock shall be
preferred as to assets over all other classes or series of preferred stock in
the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, the holders of series C preferred stock are entitled
to receive an amount in cash equal to $1,000 per share plus any accrued and
unpaid dividends before any distribution is made to holders of common
stock.
The
holders of the outstanding shares of series C preferred stock are entitled to
receive a 4% per share annual cumulative dividend payable in cash or shares of
common stock at our option. Each share of series C preferred stock is deemed to
have a value of $1,000 and each share of common stock to be paid as a dividend
shall be valued at the average of the Market Price (as defined by the
certificate of designation of the series C convertible preferred stock) for ten
consecutive trading days ending two days prior to the payment date. Dividends
are payable on January 1 of each year. Dividends accrue and are cumulative on a
daily basis, whether or not earned or declared.
As of
July 31, 2010 and 2009, accrued dividends of $116,164 and $116,164 were included
in accrued expenses on our balance sheet.
Series
E Preferred Stock:
On May
19, 2009, 6,577 shares of series E preferred stock were issued with a par value
of $0.01 and a liquidation value of $1,000 per share. The preferred
stock pays dividends at the rate of 10% for year 1, 12% for year 2, 14% for year
3 and 16% for each year thereafter.
Due to
the escalating dividends of the series E preferred stock, a discount on the
stock has been recorded as of the issuance date. The discount is the
present value of the difference between (a) dividends that will be payable in
the periods preceding commencement of the perpetual dividend (16%); and (b) the
perpetual dividend amount for a corresponding number of periods; discounted at a
market rate for dividend yield on preferred stock that are comparable from an
investment standpoint. The discount amount of $646,415 will be
amortized directly to retained earnings over the three year period preceding
commencement of the perpetual dividend.
On May
19, 2010, the Company purchased the 6,577 outstanding shares of series E
preferred stock for approximately $7.2 million, inclusive of approximately
$658,000 in accrued dividends. The remaining discount was fully
amortized as of the Series E purchase date.
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of
July 31, 2010 there was no outstanding series E preferred stock.
8. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (CONT’D)
Warrants
During
the 2010 fiscal year, 2,841,892 warrants with an exercise price of $0.01 issued
to affiliates of York Capital Management (“York”) were converted to class A
common stock. At the same time 640,344 warrants with an exercise
price of $2.22 issued in the 2004 Private Placement expired in February
2010. The fair market value of warrants issued for compensation and
services has been recognized as an expense in the period in which the respective
services were performed.
The
following table summarizes warrants outstanding as of July 31, 2010 and 2009 as
well as changes during the years then ended:
Year
ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Warrants
outstanding at beginning of year
|
3,482,236 | 4,796,792 | ||||||
Granted
|
— | 2,841,892 | ||||||
Forfeited
|
(640,344 | ) | (4,156,448 | ) | ||||
Exercised
|
(2,841,892 | ) | — | |||||
Warrants
outstanding at end of year
|
— | 3,482,236 |
Stock
incentives
The 2005
Stock Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”) was adopted in November 2005 and approved
by the stockholders on January 4, 2006. The total shares of class A common stock
subject to the 2005 Plan shall not exceed the sum of 2,000,000 shares plus any
shares that were reserved and available for issuance under our retired Amended
and Restated Stock Option Plan (the “Amended Plan”), as of the effective date of
the 2005 Plan, which totaled 1,173,233 shares of class A common stock. An
amendment to the 2005 Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for
issuance by an additional 2,500,000 shares was adopted by our Board of Directors
in April of 2007 and approved by the shareholders on August 14, 2007. The Board
of Directors or its Compensation Committee may grant the following stock
incentives under the 2005 Plan: stock options to purchase shares of class A
common stock, including incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options;
restricted stock awards; restricted stock units; and stock appreciation rights.
Each of the above stock incentives will be evidenced by a stock incentive
agreement in such form and with such terms and conditions as the Board of
Directors or Compensation Committee may, pursuant to the provisions of the 2005
Plan, determine in their discretion. As of July 31, 2009, the only stock
incentives outstanding under the 2005 Plan are stock options and restricted
stock awards.
The
weighted-average fair value at the date of grant for options granted during the
fiscal years ended July 31, 2010 and 2009 was $1.05 and $0.96 per share,
respectively. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of
grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model using the following
weighted-average assumptions:
Year
ended July 31,
|
|||||
2010
|
2009
|
||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
1.34-1.66%
|
1.32-2.54%
|
|||
Expected
lives (yrs)
|
6.0
|
4.0
|
|||
Expected
volatility
|
68-69%
|
58-64%
|
|||
Expected
dividend yield
|
0%
|
0%
|
The
Risk-free interest rate was calculated using the market yield on U.S. Treasury
securities quoted on investment basis. The Expected lives were
calculated using the historical average of option lives through the fiscal year
2009 grant dates. The Expected volatility was based on the historical
fluctuations of the Company’s class A common stock price. The
Expected dividend yield is based on the fact that the Company has never issued a
dividend to its class A common stockholders and does not anticipate doing so in
the future.
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
8. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (CONT’D)
The
following table summarizes stock options outstanding as of July 31, 2010 and
2009, as well as changes during the years then ended:
Year ended July 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
(Shares in thousands)
|
2010
|
2009
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
|
Shares
|
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
|
|||||||||||||
Options
outstanding at beginning of year
|
3,879.8 | $ | 2.23 | 3,827.4 | $ | 5.49 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
976.1 | $ | 1.69 | 1,288.5 | $ | 2.00 | ||||||||||
Forfeited/Expired
|
(177.4 | ) | $ | 4.73 | (1,230.8 | ) | $ | 12.14 | ||||||||
Exercised
|
(126.9 | ) | $ | 1.31 | (5.3 | ) | $ | 1.52 | ||||||||
Options
outstanding at end of year
|
4,551.6 | $ | 2.04 | 3,879.8 | $ | 2.23 | ||||||||||
Options
exercisable at end of year
|
3,426.9 | $ | 2.13 | 2,717.5 | $ | 2.29 |
The total
intrinsic value of stock options exercised, which is the difference between the
market price when exercised and the option strike price, was $138,588 and $3,308
for the years ending July 31, 2010 and July 31, 2009, respectively. The total
grant date fair value of the outstanding vested options, which is the number of
shares times the price calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model, was
$878,048 and $562,112 for the years ending July 31, 2010 and July 31, 2009,
respectively.
The
following table summarizes our restricted stock activity as of July 31,
2010.
Restricted
Shares
|
Weighted-
Average grant
date fair value
|
|||||||
Nonvested
at July 31, 2009
|
58,454 | $ | 3.03 | |||||
Granted
|
44,689 | 2.05 | ||||||
Cancelled
|
(1,815 | ) | 3.01 | |||||
Vested
|
(43,966 | ) | 2.97 | |||||
Nonvested
at July 31, 2010
|
57,362 | $ | 2.31 |
The
following table presents information relating to stock options outstanding as of
July 31, 2010.
(Shares in thousands)
|
Options Outstanding
|
Options Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Range of
Exercise Prices
|
Shares
|
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)
|
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)
|
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
0.90
- 0.96
|
500.0 | 3.7 | $ | 0.94 | $ | 702,000 | 500.0 | 3.7 | $ | 0.94 | $ | 702,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1.01
- 1.53
|
255.2 | 3.7 | $ | 1.25 | $ | 279,407 | 255.2 | 3.7 | $ | 1.25 | $ | 279,407 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1.62
– 1.80
|
1,909.1 | 8.8 | $ | 1.69 | $ | 1,245,055 | 866.8 | 8.6 | $ | 1.68 | $ | 568,467 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1.83
- 2.75
|
1,211.0 | 4.1 | $ | 2.31 | $ | 233,650 | 1,170.7 | 4.0 | $ | 2.32 | $ | 218,544 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2.80
- 3.70
|
594.4 | 6.0 | $ | 3.35 | - | 552.3 | 5.8 | $ | 3.35 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5.13
- 48.21
|
81.9 | 0.6 | $ | 6.11 | - | 81.9 | 0.6 | $ | 6.11 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4,551.6 | 6.2 | $ | 2.04 | $ | 2,460,112 | 3,426.9 | 5.3 | $ | 2.13 | $ | 1,768,418 |
F-23
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
8. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (CONT’D)
The
aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the total pretax
intrinsic value, based on our closing stock price of $2.34 as of July 31, 2010,
which would have been received by the option holders had those option
holders exercised their options as of that date. We had 3,311,427 options-shares
available for grant under the Plan as of July 31, 2010.
The
following table summarizes our option activity as of July 31, 2010.
Weighted-
|
||||||||
Average
grant
|
||||||||
Options
|
date
fair value
|
|||||||
Nonvested
at July 31, 2009
|
1,162,346 | $ | 0.95 | |||||
Granted
|
976,125 | 1.05 | ||||||
Vested
|
(894,519 | ) | 0.98 | |||||
Forfeited
|
(119,221 | ) | 1.33 | |||||
Nonvested
at July 31, 2010
|
1,124,731 | $ | 0.97 |
Our
equity-based compensation expense is included in the following areas in the
consolidated statement of operations for the periods indicated for the awards
outstanding:
Year
ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Cost
of service
|
$ | 72,656 | $ | 18,544 | ||||
Product
development
|
139,601 | 93,813 | ||||||
Selling
and marketing
|
294,548 | 184,040 | ||||||
General
and administrative
|
388,852 | 637,337 | ||||||
$ | 895,657 | $ | 933,734 |
For the
year ended July 31, 2010, the total unrecognized stock compensation expense was
approximately $950,000.
Stockholder’s
Rights Plan and Series F Preferred Stock
On
August 25, 2009, the board of directors adopted a stockholder rights
agreement and declared a dividend distribution of one right for each outstanding
share of the Company’s class A common stock to stockholders of record at the
close of business on September 8, 2009. The description and terms of the
rights were set forth in a Stockholder Rights Agreement, by and between the
Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent,
dated as of August 25, 2009 (the “Stockholder Rights Agreement”). The board
of directors of the
Company also adopted resolutions on August 25, 2009 providing for the
issuance of a series of preferred stock of the Company, par value $.01 per
share, designated as series F Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as set
forth in a Certificate of the Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative,
Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of the series F Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”). The
Certificate of Designations became effective on August 31,
2009.
The board
of directors of the Company adopted the Stockholder Rights Agreement in an
effort to protect stockholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover
tactics and to preserve stockholder value by attempting to protect against a
possible limitation on the Company’s ability to use its net operating loss
carryforwards (the “NOLs”) and certain other tax benefits to reduce potential
future U.S. federal income tax obligations. Previously, the Company had
experienced substantial operating losses, and under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations promulgated by the United
States Department of the Treasury thereunder (the “related Treasury
regulations”), the Company may “carry forward” these losses in certain
circumstances to offset any
current and future earnings and thus reduce the Company’s federal income tax
liability, subject to certain requirements and restrictions. To the extent that
the NOLs do not otherwise become limited, the Company believes that it will be
able to carry forward a significant amount of NOLs, and therefore these NOLs
could be a substantial asset to the Company. However, if the Company experiences
an “ownership change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Code and the
related Treasury regulations, its ability to fully utilize the NOLs and certain
other tax benefits on an annual
basis will be substantially limited, and the timing of the usage of the NOLs and
such other benefits could be substantially delayed, which could therefore
significantly impair the value of those assets.
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
8. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (CONT’D)
As of
July 31, 2010 there was no outstanding series F preferred stock.
9. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Obligations
under operating leases
We have
non-cancelable operating lease commitments for office space and rents expiring
on various dates through March, 2017. Rent expense under these leases was
approximately $2,400,000 and $2,700,000 for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2010
and 2009, respectively. Certain leases contain escalation clauses for operating
expenses.
As of
July 31, 2010, minimum future rental payments due under non-cancelable operating
leases are as follows:
Fiscal
Year
|
Amount
|
|||
2011
|
$ | 2,007,881 | ||
2012
|
$ | 1,987,229 | ||
2013
|
$ | 1,930,022 | ||
2014
|
$ | 1,155,134 | ||
2015
|
$ | 1,155,134 | ||
Thereafter
|
$ | 1,400,557 |
As part
of the acquisition of QRS Corporation’s Managed ECTM
business in March 2005, we assumed a lease in New York, New York. The estimated
present value of the net liability under this lease was recorded as part of the
purchase price. Total rent payments under this lease were $1,189,000 and
$1,255,000 for the years ending July 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In January
2006, we entered into a sublease agreement for the remaining term of the lease
through November 2010. Total minimum future rental payments have been
reduced by approximately $245,000 of sublease rentals to be received in the 2011
fiscal period.
Representations
and Warranties:
As part
of its standard license agreements, we indemnify our customers against liability
if our products infringe upon a third party’s intellectual property rights.
Historically, we have not incurred any significant costs related to performance
under these indemnities.
Letters
of credit:
We have
provided cash collateral for certificates of deposit in the aggregate amount of
approximately $417,000 at July 31, 2010 and 2009 as security deposits for
certain lease agreements. These amounts have been recorded in other assets in
our consolidated balance sheets.
F-25
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
9. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES (CONT’D)
Supplier
Agreements:
We have
multi-year agreements with the following telecommunication
providers:
Suppliers
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
|||||||||
One
Communications
|
$ | 51,600 | $ | 49,100 | $ | 10,800 | ||||||
AT&T
|
330,000 | 17,500 | — | |||||||||
XO
Communications
|
117,240 | 45,815 | — | |||||||||
Level(3)
Communications
|
64,080 | 12,540 | — | |||||||||
BT
Radianz
|
24,000 | 14,000 | — | |||||||||
Global
Crossing
|
22,000 | — | — | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 608,920 | $ | 138,955 | $ | 10,800 |
Litigation
From time
to time, we may be party to various legal proceedings and claims, either
asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business.
While the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not
believe that the outcome of any of these claims or any of the legal matters
mentioned elsewhere in this Annual Report will have a material adverse effect on
our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash
flow.
In June
2008, j2 Global Communications, Inc. (“j2”) brought a patent infringement
lawsuit against us, alleging that we infringe upon three of j2's patents, U.S.
Patent Nos. 6,597,688, 7,020,132 and 6,208,638. The case is
pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
and is currently in the discovery phase. We have denied infringing any
of the j2 patents and have filed a counterclaim seeking a declaratory judgment
that the j2 patents are invalid. The case is scheduled for trial in July
2011.
In
connection with the termination of an agreement to sell the portal operations of
our discontinued India.com business, one of our subsidiaries is party to pending
litigation (India.com v. Dalal). Judgment was entered against the subsidiary in
the amount of $1,482,347. We are pursuing an appeal and expect a
decision toward the end of 2010 or early 2011.
As a
result of a New York state sales tax audit completed in 2005 of EasyLink
Services International, Inc., a dissolved subsidiary of EasyLink Services
Corporation, EasyLink Services International, Inc. was assessed approximately
$450,000 in tax, interest, and penalties on sales for the sales tax period
beginning March 1, 2001 and ending May 31, 2004. EasyLink Services
International, Inc. appealed the assessment administratively to the New York
Division of Tax Appeals, which resulted in an opinion in 2008 in favor of
EasyLink Services International, Inc. In late July 2009, after appeal by
the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, the decision was reversed by
the administrative New York Tax Appeals Tribunal and remanded back to the
administrative law judge to determine allocation and penalty issues. We
expect to appeal the Tribunal’s decision judicially once all administrative law
proceedings are completed.
The
outcome of litigation cannot be
assured, and despite management’s views of the merits of any litigation, or the
reasonableness of our estimates and reserves, our cash balances could
nonetheless be materially affected by an adverse judgment. In accordance
with ASC 450, Contingencies, we believe we
have adequately reserved for the contingencies arising from the above legal
matters where an outcome was deemed to be probable and the loss amount could be
reasonably estimated. As such, we do not believe that the anticipated
outcome of the aforementioned proceedings will have a materially adverse impact
on our financial condition, cash flows or results of
operations.
F-26
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
10. CONCENTRATION
OF CREDIT RISK AND REVENUES
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit
risk primarily consist of cash and accounts receivable. Whereas
their cash balance exceeds the $250,000 of insurance provided by the FDIC, they
invest their excess cash in money market instruments and commercial paper with
institutions of high credit quality. All accounts receivable are
unsecured. The Company believes that any credit risk associated with
receivables is minimal due to the number and creditworthiness of its customers.
Receivables are stated at estimated net realizable value, which approximates
fair value.
For the
fiscal years ended July 31, 2010 and 2009, no single customer accounted for more
than 10% of revenue. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of accounts
receivable at July 31, 2010 and 2009.
Revenue
by geographic region, based on customer location is as follows:
Year
ended July 31,
|
North
America
|
Europe
|
Asia,
Pacific
Rim
& Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
2009
|
$ | 63,883,787 | $ | 17,682,207 | $ | 3,799,944 | $ | 85,365,938 | ||||||||
2010
|
$ | 61,218,504 | $ | 15,915,513 | $ | 4,309,195 | $ | 81,443,128 |
11. FAIR
VALUE REPORTING
The
Company adopted ASC 820, Fair
Value Measurements and Disclosures, for financial assets and liabilities
on August 1, 2008. ASC 820 clarifies that fair value is an exit
price, representing the amount that would be received upon sale of an asset or
paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market
participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be
determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an
asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, ASC 820
establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used
in measuring fair value as follows:
|
•
|
Level
1 — Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active
market;
|
|
•
|
Level
2 — Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are
observable either directly or indirectly;
and
|
|
•
|
Level
3 — Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which
require the reporting entity to develop its own
assumptions.
|
The
following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured
at fair value on a recurring basis at July 31, 2010, consistent with the fair
value hierarchy provisions of ASC 820:
Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
for
Identical
Assets
(Liabilities)
(Level 1)
|
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
|
Carrying Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 17,713,197 | — | — | $ | 17,713,197 | ||||||||||
Cash
Equivalents
|
$ | 2,761,512 | — | — | $ | 2,761,512 | ||||||||||
Notes
Payable
|
— | — | (24,572,134 | ) | $ | (24,942,115 | ) |
The
carrying amount of the notes payable contains a $474,552 discount. Management
believes that the assets can be liquidated without restriction.
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
12. DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION PLAN
401(k)
PLAN
We
maintain a 401(k) plan that covers substantially all of our U.S. based
employees. During the 2007 fiscal year, we approved an employer matching
contribution program for all eligible 401(k) participants. The amount of expense
related to the employer match for 2010 and 2009 was approximately $164,000 and
$310,000, respectively.
UNITED
KINGDOM PENSION PLAN
We
maintain one pension plan in the United Kingdom. Participants may contribute to
the plan on a before-tax basis, subject to statutory limits. Participant
contributions are fully and immediately vested. In fiscal year 2010
our contribution was 5%, unless the employee chose to defer 3% of their salary
to the pension plan, then our contribution was 6%. Our contribution
rate in fiscal year 2009 was 9.5% and immediately vested. Our
contributions for 2010 and 2009 were approximately $255,000 and $361,000,
respectively.
13. BUSINESS
SEGMENT INFORMATION
Our
operations include two business segments defined as follows:
|
·
|
Supply
Chain Messaging Segment (“Supply Chain”) segment, which includes all our
EDI and telex services. This segment was 50% of reported revenue for the
years ending July 31, 2009 and
2010.
|
|
·
|
On
Demand Messaging Segment (“On Demand”) segment, which includes all fax,
e-mail, document capture and management (“DCM”) and workflow services.
This segment was 50% of reported revenue for the years ending July 31,
2009 and 2010.
|
The
tables below summarizes information about operations for the fiscal years ended
July 31, 2010 and 2009:
Supply
Chain
|
On
Demand
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended July 31, 2010
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
from external customers
|
$ | 40,687,800 | $ | 40,755,412 | $ | 81,443,212 | ||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
$ | 30,435,689 | $ | 28,458,573 | $ | 58,894,262 |
The
following is a reconciliation of operating segment income to net income for the
year ended July 31, 2010:
Segment
gross profit
|
$ | 58,894,262 | ||
Corporate
expenses
|
47,657,345 | |||
Operating
income
|
11,236,917 | |||
Other
income (expense), net
|
(1,345,502 | ) | ||
Income
before taxes
|
9,891,415 | |||
Income
tax benefit
|
(7,202,012 | ) | ||
Net
income
|
$ | 17,093,427 |
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
13. BUSINESS
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONT’D)
Supply
Chain
|
On
Demand
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended July 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
from external customers
|
$ | 42,911,814 | $ | 42,454,124 | $ | 85,365,938 | ||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
$ | 30,759,062 | $ | 29,035,044 | $ | 59,794,106 |
The
following is a reconciliation of operating segment income to net income for the
year ended July 31, 2009:
Segment
gross profit
|
$ | 59,794,106 | ||
Corporate
expenses
|
54,570,980 | |||
Operating
income
|
5,223,126 | |||
Other
income (expense), net
|
(17,023,397 | ) | ||
Income
before income taxes
|
(11,800,271 | ) | ||
Income
tax benefit
|
(621,135 | ) | ||
Net
loss
|
$ | (11,179,136 | ) |
The
Company does not currently break out total assets by reportable segment as there
is a high level of shared utilization between the segments.
14. SUPPLEMENTAL
NON-CASH DISCLOSURES TO STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Our
non-cash investing and financing activities are as follows:
Year ended July 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||
Issuance
of series E preferred stock for refinancing
|
$ | — | $ | (6,577,000 | ) | |||
Issuance
of warrants for class A common stock
|
— | (5,317,218 | ) | |||||
Issuance
of class A common stock
|
— | (3,723,201 | ) | |||||
Retirement
of York warrants for class A common stock
|
— | 3,234,244 |
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
15. QUARTERLY
INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
The
following unaudited quarterly financial information (in thousands, except for
per share data) includes, in our opinion, all normal and recurring adjustments
necessary to fairly state our consolidated results of operations and related
information for the periods presented.
First
Quarter
|
Second
Quarter
|
Third
Quarter
|
Fourth
Quarter
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended July 31, 2010
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues,
net
|
$ | 20,498 | $ | 20,404 | $ | 20,593 | $ | 19,948 | ||||||||
Cost
of services
|
6,087 | 5,677 | 5,509 | 5,276 | ||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
14,411 | 14,727 | 15,084 | 14,672 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
12,351 | 11,631 | 11,735 | 11,940 | ||||||||||||
Operating
income
|
2,060 | 3,096 | 3,349 | 2,732 | ||||||||||||
Interest
income (expense), net
|
(486 | ) | (427 | ) | (329 | ) | (371 | ) | ||||||||
Other
income (expense)
|
54 | (85 | ) | 34 | 160 | |||||||||||
Foreign
exchange Gain/(Loss)
|
280 | (26 | ) | 249 | (398 | ) | ||||||||||
Benefit
(Provision) for income taxes
|
(544 | ) | (1,250 | ) | (1,313 | ) | 10,309 | |||||||||
Total
Interest, taxes and other
|
(696 | ) | (1,788 | ) | (1,359 | ) | 9,700 | |||||||||
Net
income/(loss)
|
$ | 1,364 | $ | 1,308 | $ | 1,990 | $ | 12,432 | ||||||||
Net
income attributable to common stockholders
|
$ | 1,148 | $ | 1,091 | $ | 1,641 | $ | 11,877 | ||||||||
Basic
income/(loss) per common share
|
$ | .04 | $ | .04 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.41 | ||||||||
Diluted
income/(loss) per common share
|
$ | .04 | $ | .04 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.39 |
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
15. QUARTERLY
INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) (CONT’D)
First
Quarter
|
Second
Quarter
|
Third
Quarter
|
Fourth
Quarter
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended July 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues,
net
|
$ | 22,815 | $ | 20,856 | $ | 21,039 | $ | 20,656 | ||||||||
Cost
of services
|
6,719 | 5,802 | 6,501 | 6,549 | ||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
16,096 | 15,054 | 14,538 | 14,107 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
15,046 | 15,874 | 11,657 | 11,994 | ||||||||||||
Operating
income
|
1,050 | (820 | ) | 2,881 | 2,113 | |||||||||||
Interest
income (expense), net
|
(4,924 | ) | (3,855 | ) | (1,573 | ) | (1,069 | ) | ||||||||
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
— | — | — | (5,502 | ) | |||||||||||
Foreign
exchange Gain/(Loss)
|
(3 | ) | 139 | 168 | (405 | ) | ||||||||||
Benefit
(Provision) for income taxes
|
(456 | ) | (299 | ) | (240 | ) | 1,616 | |||||||||
Total
Interest, taxes and other
|
(5,383 | ) | (4,015 | ) | (1,645 | ) | (5,360 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income/(loss)
|
$ | (4,333 | ) | $ | (4,835 | ) | $ | 1,236 | $ | (3,247 | ) | |||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
|
$ | (4,383 | ) | $ | (4,885 | ) | $ | 1,187 | $ | (3,431 | ) | |||||
Basic
& diluted income/(loss) per common share
|
$ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | 0.05 | $ | (0.13 | ) |
16. INVESTMENTS
During the fiscal years ended July 31,
2010 and 2009, our investment in securities available for sale was as
follows:
Proceeds from sales
|
Realized gains
|
Unrealized gains
|
||||||||||
2010
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
2009
|
$ | 60,480 | $ | 6,544 | $ | — |
There were no trading securities held
for investment as of July 31, 2010.
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EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
17. VALUATION
AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Balance
at
Beginning
of
Period
|
Additions
|
Additions
Acquired
|
Deductions
|
Balance
at
End
of
Period
|
||||||||||||||||
Year
ended July 31, 2010
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
$ | 1,283,508 | $ | 792,750 | $ | — | (863,190 | ) | $ | 1,213,068 | ||||||||||
Allowance
for sales returns and allowances
|
$ | 177,860 | $ | 512,041 | $ | — | (240,467 | ) | $ | 449,434 | ||||||||||
Allowance
on deferred tax asset
|
$ | 27,252,935 | $ | 2,184,004 | $ | — | (14,829,945 | ) | $ | 14,690,334 | ||||||||||
Year
ended July 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
$ | 1,560,601 | $ | 1,003,946 | $ | — | (1,281,039 | ) | $ | 1,283,508 | ||||||||||
Allowance
for sales returns and allowances
|
$ | 162,440 | $ | 308,020 | $ | — | (292,600 | ) | $ | 177,860 | ||||||||||
Allowance
on deferred tax asset
|
$ | 24,654,188 | $ | 2,598,747 | $ | — | — | $ | 27,252,935 |
18. SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
On October 21, 2010 we acquired the
iSend and iNotify advanced messaging businesses (the “Xpedite Business”) from
Premiere Global Services, Inc. (“PGI”) for $105 million in cash, through the
purchase of PGI’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Xpedite Systems, LLC and Premiere
Global (UK) Limited and certain related assets owned by PGI’s subsidiary
Premiere Conferencing (Canada) Limited. We paid for the acquisition
with $5 million of cash on hand and a new credit facility consisting of a $110
million term loan and a $20 million revolving loan (the “2010 Loans”), which
also refinanced our existing credit facility indebtedness. The 2010
Loans call for quarterly payments of $4,125,000 with interest and a final
balloon payment in 2014, with interest.
The
Credit Agreement for the 2010 Loans contains usual and customary covenants for
financings of this type, including, among other things: (i) requirements to
deliver financial statements, other reports and notices; (ii) restrictions on
additional indebtedness; (iii) restrictions on dividends, distributions and
redemptions of equity and repayment of subordinated indebtedness;
(iv) restrictions on liens; (v) restrictions on making certain
payments; (vi) restrictions on investments; (vii) restrictions on
asset dispositions and other fundamental changes; and (viii) restrictions
on transactions with affiliates. In addition, the Credit
Agreement contains certain financial covenants, including, among other things:
(i) a maximum leverage ratio; (ii) a minimum fixed charge coverage
ratio; (iii) a minimum amount of consolidated adjusted EBITDA; (iv) a
minimum amount of liquidity; and (v) a maximum amount of capital
expenditures. Without the permission of the Lenders, our ability to complete
material acquisitions will be restricted. A default on any of these
restrictions and covenants will cause, in certain circumstances, the amounts due
under such agreements to become due and payable upon demand.
F-32
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
2.1
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger among the Company, dated as of June 14, 2000, ICC
Acquisition Corporation, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
Research Triangle Commerce, Inc. (“RTCI”) and the selling shareholders of
RTCI (Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated June 14, 2000, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2000).
|
|
2.2
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated May 25, 2004, among the Company, ICC Acquisition
Corporation, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Electronics
Commerce Systems, Inc. (“ECS”) and certain shareholders of ECS
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 25, 2004, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26,
2004).
|
|
2.3
|
Share
Purchase Agreement, dated November 1, 2005, by and among the Company,
Connective Commerce Associates, the shareholders of the Seller listed on
the signature page as Operating Shareholders and The Kodiak Group, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated November 1, 2005, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3,
2005).
|
|
2.4
|
Share
Purchase Agreement, dated May 9, 2006, by and among the Company, Enable
Corp., and the stockholders of Enable Corp. listed on the signature page
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 9, 2006, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12,
2006).
|
|
2.5
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger among the Company, Jets Acquisition Sub, Inc. and
EasyLink Services Corporation, dated May 3, 2007 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 3, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2007).
|
|
2.6
|
Company
Voting Agreement, dated May 3, 2007, between the Company and certain
stockholders of EasyLink Services Corporation (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 3, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2007).
|
|
3(i).1
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Infosafe Systems, Inc., dated
August 27, 1997, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
August 27, 1997 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).1 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30,
2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 15, 2009).
|
|
3(i).2
|
Certificate
of Merger of Internet Commerce Corporation into Infosafe Systems, Inc.,
dated September 23, 1998, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware
on September 23, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).2 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30,
2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 15, 2009).
|
|
3(i).3
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Infosafe
Systems, Inc., dated September 23, 1998, as filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on September 23, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i).3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2009).
|
F-33
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
3(i).4
|
Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock of Internet Commerce Corporation, dated January 5, 2000, as filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 6, 2000
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).4 to the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No.
000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
15, 2009).
|
|
3(i).5
|
Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series D Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock of Internet Commerce Corporation, dated April 29, 2003, as filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 29, 2003 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i).5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2009).
|
|
3(i).6
|
Certificate
of Ownership and Merger of Internet Commerce Corporation and Enable Corp.,
dated August 20, 2007, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
August 20, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).6 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30,
2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 15, 2009).
|
|
3(i).7
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
EasyLink Services International Corporation, dated August 20, 2007, as
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 22, 2007
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).7 to the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No.
000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 15, 2009).
|
|
3(i).8
|
Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock of
EasyLink Services International Corporation, dated May 18, 2009, as filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 18, 2009 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i).8 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2009).
|
|
3(i).9
|
Certificate
of Powers, Designations, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of the Series F Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of EasyLink Services International Corporation, dated August 25,
2009, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 25, 2009
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated August 25, 2009, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2009).
|
|
3(ii).1
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
June 30, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 1, 1999).
|
|
3(ii).2
|
Amendment
to Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April
30, 2006 (File No. 000-24996), dated June 12, 2006, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12,
2006).
|
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Certificate for class A common stock of EasyLink Services International
Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-3, dated September 19, 2007 (File
No. 000-146165), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 19, 2007).
|
F-34
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
4.2
|
Specimen
Certificate for Series E Preferred Redeemable Stock of EasyLink Services
International Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
|
4.3
|
Specimen
Form of Rights Certificate for Series F Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of EasyLink Services International Corporation (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit B to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated August 25, 2009, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2009).
|
|
4.4
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 30, 2003, among the Company
and the purchasers of shares of class A common stock identified therein
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated April 30, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2,
2003).
|
|
4.5
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 30, 2003, among the Company
and Blue Water Venture Fund II, L.L.C. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 30, 2003, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2,
2003).
|
|
4.6
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2004, by and among
the Company and the purchasers named therein (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
|
|
4.7
|
Form
of Warrant, dated as of April 20, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
|
|
4.8
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2004, by and among
the Company and the purchasers named therein (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
|
|
4.9
|
Form
of Registration Rights Undertaking, dated as of June 22, 2004, by the
Company in favor of the shareholders of Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated June 22, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22,
2004).
|
|
4.10
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated May 9, 2006, by and among the Company and Crossbow
Venture Partners, LP (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
May 9, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 12, 2006).
|
|
4.11
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2007, by and among the Company and
the Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 3, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2007).
|
|
4.12
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by and among the Company and
the Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated July 2, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 9,
2007).
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F-35
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
4.13
|
Security
Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by and among Internet Commerce
Corporation, the Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto and
York Capital Management, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
July 2, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 9, 2007).
|
|
4.14
|
Form
of Subsidiary Security Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by each
subsidiary of Internet Commerce Corporation, the Purchasers identified on
the signature pages thereto and York Capital Management, L.P.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated July 2, 2007, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9,
2007).
|
|
4.15
|
Form
of Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of July 2, 2007, by each subsidiary of
Internet Commerce Corporation in favor of the Purchasers identified on the
signature pages thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
July 2, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 9, 2007).
|
|
4.16
|
Amendment
to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2007, by and
among the Company and the Purchasers identified on the signature pages
thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K/A (File No. 000-24996), dated August 21,
2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4,
2007).
|
|
4.17
|
Second
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007,
by and among EasyLink Services International Corporation and each of the
Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated December 18, 2007, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 20, 2007).
|
|
4.18
|
Third
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2008,
by and among EasyLink Services International Corporation and each of the
Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated February 22, 2008, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 25, 2008).
|
|
4.19
|
Fourth
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2008,
by and among EasyLink Services International Corporation and each of the
Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 7, 2009).
|
|
4.20
|
Stockholder
Rights Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2009, between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company,
LLC, as rights agent, which includes the Form of the Certificate of
Designations of the Series F Junior Participating Preferred Stock attached
as Exhibit A thereto, the Form of Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit B
thereto, and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares attached
as Exhibit C thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated August 25, 2009,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31,
2009).
|
|
10.1
|
1994
Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s registration statement on form SB-2 (File no. 33-83940), as
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission).
|
F-36
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.2
|
Amended
and Restated Stock Option Plan (As of June 30, 1999) (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit A to the Company’s proxy statement for the annual
meeting of stockholders for the year ended July 31, 1999 (File No.
000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 23, 2000).
|
|
10.3
|
Internet
Commerce Corporation 2005 Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to
Annex B to the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting of
stockholders for the year ended July 31, 2005 (File
No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on November 28, 2005).
|
|
10.4
|
Amendment
to Internet Commerce Corporation 2005 Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Annex D to the Company’s proxy statement for the special
meeting of stockholders dated July 17, 2007 (File
No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 17, 2007.
|
|
10.5
|
Lease
Agreement between 805 Third Ave. Co. and the Company relating to the
rental of the Company’s current principal executive office (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended October 31, 1997 (File
No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 12, 1997).
|
|
10.6
|
Lease
Agreement, dated as of May 21, 1999, between JB Squared LLC and the
Company relating to the rental of approximately 4,000 square feet at the
Lakeview Executive Center, 45 Research Way, East Setauket, New. York,
11733 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 3
to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-80043),
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18,
1999).
|
|
10.7
|
Master
Agreement between Cable & Wireless PLC and the Company executed on
November 24, 1999 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
November 24, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 1, 1999).
|
|
10.8
|
First
Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of January 2000, by and between JB
Squared LLC and the Company relating to the rental of an additional
approximately 4,800 square feet at the Lakeview Executive Center, 45
Research Way, East Setauket, New York 11733 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended July 31, 2000 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13,
2000).
|
|
10.9
|
First
Amendment of Lease Agreement between Madison Third Building Companies LLC
and the Company relating to the rental of additional Office space at 805
Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended July 31, 2000 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13,
2000).
|
|
10.10
|
Lease
Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2000, by and between IDC Realty, LLC as
landlord and the Company as tenant relating to the rental of an
approximately 8,000 square feet facility used by the Company’s Service
Bureau division (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended July 31,
2000 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 13,
2000).
|
F-37
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.11
|
Lease
Agreement, dated as of May 13, 1999, by and between Shannon Oaks
Partnership as landlord and RTCI as tenant relating to the rental of an
approximately 8,000 square feet facility used by the Company’s
Professional Services division (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14
to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31,
2001 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 30, 2001).
|
|
10.12
|
License
Agreement with Triaton and the Company, dated July 19, 2002 (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s registration statement on
Form S-3 (file No. 333-99059), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 30, 2002).
|
|
10.13
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2003, among the Company
and the purchasers of shares of Class A common stock identified therein
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated April 30, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2,
2003).
|
|
10.14
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2003, between the Company
and Blue Water Venture Fund II, L.L.C. for the purchase of shares of
Series D Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
April 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 2, 2003).
|
|
10.15
|
Accounts
Receivable Financing Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and between
Silicon Valley Bank and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.17 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2003 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 31, 2003).
|
|
10.16
|
First
Loan Modification Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2003, by and between
Silicon Valley Bank and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.18 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2003 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 31, 2003).
|
|
10.17
|
Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and between
Silicon Valley Bank and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2003 (File No. 000-24996), as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 31, 2003).
|
|
10.18
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2004, by and among
the Company and the purchasers listed on Schedule 1 thereto (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
(File No. 000-24996), dated April 20, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20,
2004).
|
|
10.19
|
Fourth
Loan Modification Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2005, by and between
SVB and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
March 18, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 18, 2005).
|
|
10.20
|
Sublease
Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2005, by and between Bianco Hopkins &
Associates, Inc. and the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated May 24 , 2005, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24,
2005).
|
F-38
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.21
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 2006, between Internet Commerce
Corporation and 3V Capital Master Fund Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 000-24996), dated December 20, 2006, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22,
2006).
|
|
10.22
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 2006, between Internet Commerce
Corporation and Distressed/High Yield Trading Opportunities, Ltd.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated December 20, 2006, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22,
2006).
|
|
10.23
|
Agreement
and General Release, effective as of March 1, 2007, by and between the
Company and Arthur R. Medici (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
March 1, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 8, 2007).
|
|
10.24
|
Arthur
R. Medici Resignation Letter, effective March 1, 2007 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
(File No. 000-24996), dated March 1, 2007, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8,
2007).
|
|
10.25
|
Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, among EasyLink
Services International Corporation, as Borrower, the Lenders from time to
time party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, and The
Private Bank and Trust Company, as Syndication Agent (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.26
|
Form
of Term Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
|
10.27
|
$2,000,000
Revolving Credit Note among EasyLink Services International Corporation,
as Borrower, and SunTrust Bank, as Lender, dated May 19, 2009
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Report on Form
8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.28
|
Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, by and among EasyLink
Services International Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries
listed on Schedule 1 thereto and SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
|
10.29
|
Security
Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, among EasyLink Services International
Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries signatory thereto, each
of its subsidiaries that thereafter becomes a party thereto and SunTrust
Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996),
dated May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.30
|
Stock
Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, by EasyLink Services
International Corporation, as Borrower, and its subsidiaries signatory
thereto, in favor of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
F-39
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.31
|
Securities
Exchange Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, by and among EasyLink
Services International Corporation and each of the Purchasers identified
on the signature pages thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7
to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
May 19, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 21, 2009).
|
|
10.32
|
Form
of Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated May 19, 2009, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21,
2009).
|
|
10.33
|
Commitment
Increase Amendment to Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as
of May 19, 2010, among EasyLink Services International Corporation, as
Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and SunTrust Bank,
as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-34996), dated May 19,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24,
2010).
|
|
10.34
|
Form
of Amended and Restated Term Notes, dated May 19, 2010 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-34996), dated May 19, 2010, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 24, 2010).
|
|
10.35
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Thomas J. Stallings, dated September 28,
2009 (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) .) (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
001-34446), dated September 28, 2009, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2009).
|
|
10.36
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Thomas J. Stallings, dated August
27, 2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to
portions of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated
August 27, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 2, 2010).
|
|
10.37
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Glen E. Shipley, dated September 28, 2009
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.38
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Glen E. Shipley, dated August 27,
2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated
August 27, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 2, 2010).
|
F-40
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.39
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Terri Deuel, dated September 28, 2009)
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.40
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Terri Deuel, dated August 27, 2010)
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated August 27,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2,
2010).
|
|
10.41
|
Second
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services
International Corporation and Kevin R. Maloney, dated September 28, 2009)
(Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of
this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately
with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to
the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28,
2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.42
|
Amended
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Kevin R. Maloney, dated August 27,
2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.4 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated
August 27, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 2, 2010).
|
|
10.43
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink Services International
Corporation and Chris A. Parker, dated September 28, 2009) (Confidential
Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of this Exhibit. The
omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed separately with the SEC.)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Report on Form
8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated September 28, 2009, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2009).
|
|
10.44
|
Amended
No. 1 to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between EasyLink
Services International Corporation and Chris A. Parker, dated August 27,
2010) (Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions
of this Exhibit. The omitted portions of this Exhibit were filed
separately with the SEC.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.5 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated
August 27, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 2, 2010).
|
|
10.45
|
Securities
and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, among Premiere
Global Services, Inc., Xpedite Systems Holdings (UK) Limited, Premiere
Conferencing (Canada) Limited, Xpedite Systems, LLC and EasyLink Services
International Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21,
2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.46
|
Bill
of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 21,
2010, by and between Premiere Conferencing (Canada) Limited and EasyLink
Services International Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated
October 21, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 22, 2010).
|
F-41
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
10.47
|
Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, among
EasyLink Services International Corporation, as Borrower, the Lenders from
time to time party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Fifth
Third Bank, as Syndication Agent, Bank of North Georgia, as
co-Documentation Agent and The PrivateBank & Trust Company, as
co-Documentation Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.48
|
Form
of Term Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.49
|
Form
of Revolving Credit Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.50
|
Form
of Swingline Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the
Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.51
|
Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, by and among EasyLink
Services International Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries
signatory thereto and SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
10.52
|
Security
Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, among EasyLink Services
International Corporation, as Borrower, each of its subsidiaries signatory
thereto, each of its subsidiaries that thereafter becomes a party thereto,
and SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K (File No.
001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 22, 2010).
|
|
10.53
|
Stock
Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2010, by EasyLink Services
International Corporation, as Borrower, and each of its subsidiaries
signatory thereto, in favor of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34446), dated October 21, 2010, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22,
2010).
|
|
14.1
|
Code
of Ethics and Business Conduct (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1
to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-24996), dated
February 21, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 22, 2008).
|
|
16.1
|
Letter
of Tauber & Balser, P.C. to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
dated October 31, 2007, pursuant to Item 304 (a)(3) of Regulation S-K
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 to the Company’s Report on Form
8-K/A (File No. 000-24996), dated October 26, 2007, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31,
2007).
|
|
21.1
|
List
of Subsidiaries.
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of Friedman LLP.
|
F-42
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
F-43
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
October 27, 2010
EASYLINK
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
|
|
CORPORATION
|
|
By:
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/s/ Thomas J. Stallings
|
Thomas
J. Stallings
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Glen E. Shipley
|
Glen
E. Shipley
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Thomas J. Stallings
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Chief Executive Officer and
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October 27, 2010
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Thomas J. Stallings
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Director (Principal Executive
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Officer)
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/s/ Glen E. Shipley
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Chief Financial Officer
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October 27, 2010
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Glen E. Shipley
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(Principal Financial and
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Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Richard J. Berman
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Director
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October 27, 2010
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Richard J. Berman
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/s/ Kim D. Cooke
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Director
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October 27, 2010
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Kim D. Cooke
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/s/ Donald R. Harkleroad
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Director
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October 27, 2010
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Donald R. Harkleroad
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/s/ Paul D. Lapides
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Director
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October 27, 2010
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Paul D. Lapides
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/s/ Dwight B. Mamanteo
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Director
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October 27, 2010
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Dwight B. Mamanteo
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/s/ John S. Simon
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Director
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October 27, 2010
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John S. Simon
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