-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Erh/iZe28Rf3C769nKZWkf5ORMk3yzWIlLjl7KqI9Sd5V12GTiMelGlLHU8e9mq2 zRmoaqdAmr9dTSWTC7WYuA== 0001104659-09-017068.txt : 20090312 0001104659-09-017068.hdr.sgml : 20090312 20090312155524 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-09-017068 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090312 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090312 GROUP MEMBERS: ACOF MANAGEMENT II, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: ACOF OPERATING MANAGER II, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: ARES MANAGEMENT LLC GROUP MEMBERS: ARES PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Stream Global Services, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001405287 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-HELP SUPPLY SERVICES [7363] IRS NUMBER: 260420454 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-83214 FILM NUMBER: 09675649 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 WILLIAMS STREET STREET 2: SUITE 310 CITY: WELLESLEY STATE: MA ZIP: 02481 BUSINESS PHONE: 781-304-1800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 WILLIAMS STREET STREET 2: SUITE 310 CITY: WELLESLEY STATE: MA ZIP: 02481 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Global BPO Services Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070702 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001371903 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1999 AVENUE OF THE STARS STREET 2: SUITE 1900 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 BUSINESS PHONE: (310) 201-4100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1999 AVENUE OF THE STARS STREET 2: SUITE 1900 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 SC 13D/A 1 a09-7050_1sc13da.htm SC 13D/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.  2)*

 

Stream Global Services, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

378981104

(CUSIP Number)

 

Michael Woronoff, Esq.

Proskauer Rose LLP

2049 Century Park East, 32nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA  90067-3206

310.557.2900

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

March 10, 2009

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Section 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

 



 

CUSIP No.   378981104

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons.
Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
77.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN

 

2



 

CUSIP No.   378981104

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons.
ACOF Management II, L.P.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
77.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN

 

3



 

CUSIP No.   378981104

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons.
ACOF Operating Manager II, L.P.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
77.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN

 

4



 

CUSIP No.   378981104

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons.
Ares Management LLC

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
77.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO

 

5



 

CUSIP No.   378981104

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons.
Ares Partners Management Company LLC

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
33,260,667 (See Items 4, 5 and 6)

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
77.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO

 

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CUSIP No.   378981104

 

Item 1.         Security and Issuer

 

This Amendment No. 2 to the statement on Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 2”) amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed on August 18, 2008 (the “Original 13D”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the statement on Schedule 13D filed on December 16, 2008 (“Amendment No. 1” and, together with the Original 13D and Amendment No. 2, the “Schedule 13D”), and relates to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Stream Global Services, Inc. (formerly Global BPO Services Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”).  The address of the principal executive office of the Issuer is 20 William Street, Suite 310, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481.

 

Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 2 does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Original 13D or Amendment No. 1. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 2 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original 13D or Amendment No. 1, as the case may be.

 

Item 3.              Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

Pursuant to a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2008, a copy of which is attached to the Original 13D as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”), between Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. (“ACOF II”) and the Issuer, ACOF II purchased 150,000 shares (initial stated value of $1000 per share) of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), for an aggregate purchase price of $150,000,000.  Pursuant to a Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2008, as amended on June 25, 2008, a copy of which is attached to the Original 13D as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference (the “Warrant Purchase Agreement”), among ACOF II and certain founding stockholders of the Issuer, ACOF II purchased warrants to purchase up to 7,500,000 shares of Common Stock (at a price of $6.00 per share) for an aggregate purchase price of $7,500.

 

On December 12, 2008, ACOF II purchased additional warrants to purchase 425,000 shares of Common Stock (at a price of $6.00 per share) on the open market at a purchase price of $0.15 per warrant.

 

As a result of these purchases as of December 15, 2008, ACOF II held warrants to purchase 7,925,000 shares of Common Stock (at a price of $6.00 per share).

 

On March 2, 2009, ACOF II, the Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement (as defined below) pursuant to which ACOF II may receive up to 1,000 shares (initial stated value of $1000 per share) of the Issuer’s Series B Preferred Stock (as defined below) in exchange for providing Financial Support (as defined below).  On March 10, 2009, ACOF II received a written request from the Issuer to provide $2,250,973 of Financial Support.  If ACOF II elects to provide such Financial Support, it will receive 226 shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

The purchase of the Series A Preferred Stock and the warrants was financed with cash on hand from contributions of partners of ACOF II.  All such contributions were in the ordinary course and pursuant to investor commitments to ACOF II.  Any Financial Support provided is anticipated to be financed with guarantees or with letters of credit provided under an existing credit facility of ACOF II.

 

Item 4.         Purpose of Transaction

 

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

ACOF II has acquired the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants reported in Items 3 and 5, and currently holds such stock and warrants, for investment purposes.  ACOF II will acquire and hold the Series B Preferred Stock reported in Items 3 and 5 for investment purposes.  Under the terms of the Series A Certificate of Designations (as defined below) and the Stockholders Agreement (as defined below), ACOF II is entitled to elect directors to the Issuer’s board of directors (the “Board”).  Effective as of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purcha se Agreement on August 7, 2008, Messrs. David Kaplan, Jeffrey Schwartz and Nathan

 

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Walton, who are officers of and otherwise associated with certain of the Ares Entities, were appointed to serve on the Board until the next annual meeting of the Issuer’s stockholders.

 

The Issuer commenced a tender offer on August 7, 2008 (the “Tender Offer”) using the proceeds from the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock to ACOF II to purchase from its stockholders 20,757,046 shares of Common Stock at a price of $8.00 per share.  The Tender Offer reduced the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock from 30,227,721 to 9,470,675 shares, which resulted in a corresponding increase in the percentage ownership of the Ares Entities on a fully diluted basis as p reviously disclosed in the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) by the Issuer on October 17, 2008.

 

The Ares Entities review on a continuing basis their investment in the Issuer.  Based on such review, one or more of the Ares Entities, individually or in the aggregate, from time to time, may acquire, or cause to be acquired, additional securities of the Issuer, dispose of, or cause to be disposed, such securities, enter into or unwind hedging or other derivative transactions with respect to such securities, pledge their interest in such securities as a means of obtaining liquidity or as credit support for loans for any purpose, or formulate other purposes, plans or proposals regarding the Issuer or any of its securities, in light of general investment and trading policies of the Ares Entities, the Issuer’s business, financial condition and operating results, general market and industry conditions or other factors.  In addition, the Ares Entities may exercise any and all of their rights in a manner consistent with their equity interests, contractual rights and restrictions and other duties, if any.  These potential actions could involve one or more of the events referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j), inclusive, of Item 4 of the form Schedule 13D promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In addition, from time to time the Ares Entities and their representatives and advisers may communicate with other shareholders, industry participants and other interested parties concerning the Issuer.

 

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CUSIP No.   378981104

 

Item 5.               Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

Items 5(a), (b) and (c) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

 

(a)  Aggregate Number and Percentage of Securities.  See Item 2 of the Original 13D and items 11 and 13 of the cover pages to this Amendment No. 2 for the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the Ares Entities, which numbers include 25,298,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion o f Series A Preferred Stock, 37,667 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock and 7,925,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants exercisable at any time owned by the Reporting Persons.

 

(b)  Power to Vote and Dispose.  See items 7 through 10 of the cover pages to this Amendment No. 2 for the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons as to which there is sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to direct the vote and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition.

 

(c)  Transactions within the past 60 days.  Except for the information set forth or incorporated by reference in the Schedule 13D, which is incorporated by reference herein, none of the Reporting Persons has effected any transaction related to the Common Stock during the past 60 days.

 

Item 6.               Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

 

Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

In connection with the transactions described in the Schedule 13D ACOF II (i) was granted certain rights to designate individuals to serve on the Board and (ii) entered into certain agreements with the Issuer, certain provisions of which are described below and  attached to the Original 13D as Exhibits 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, respectively and as Exhibits 7, 8 and 9 hereto.

 

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On August 7, 2008, the Issuer filed the certificate of designations (the “Original Series A Certificate of Designations”), attached to the Original 13D as Exhibit 3, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware SOS”), authorizing a series of 150,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and establishing the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights of the Series A Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.

 

On March 11, 2009, the Issuer filed with the Delaware SOS the Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Certificate of Designations”), which amended and restated the Original Series A Certificate of Designations in its entirety and is attached hereto as Exhibit 7 and incorporated herein by reference. The original Series A Certificate of Designations was amended to, among other things, eliminate the ability of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock to require redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock on or after August 7, 2015 and to increase the annual dividend rate from 3% to 5% on a prospective basis, as further described below.

 

As set forth in the Series A Certificate of Designations, the Series A Preferred Stock includes, among other things, the following features:

 

Liquidation Preference

 

Upon a Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designations), a holder of Series A Preferred Stock will have a liquidation preference equal to the greater of (x) the stated value for each share of Series A Preferred Stock then held by it (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transactions and as increased for the items described below), plus all accrued but unpaid dividends, and (y) the amount per share that would be payable to a holder of Series A Preferred Stock had all shares of Series A Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to (but giving effect to) such Liquidation Event.

 

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Dividends

 

The Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to cumulative dividends accruing at an annual rate of 3% until March 11, 2009 and 5% commencing on March 11, 2009, payable semi-annually in arrears.  If all of the Series A Preferred Stock has not been redeemed by the Issuer or converted into Common Stock prior to two business days after August 7, 2015, the dividend rate shall increase to 10% per annum as of August 7, 2015.  Such dividends are payable, at the election of the Issuer, in cash or by adding the amount of accrued dividends per share of Series A Preferred Stock to the stated value of that share.  If any dividend is not paid in cash on or before the dividend payment date, the amount thereof is added to the stated value on the dividend payment date.

 

Conversion

 

The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible at any time at the holder’s election, in whole or in part, with no expiration date, at a conversion price of $6.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”).  As of the date of this Amendment No. 2, the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into 25,298,000 shares of Common Stock and thereafter equal to (i) the stated value of such Series A Preferred Stock (as increased as a result of the addition to stated value of dividends not paid in cash on or prior to the conversion date) plus the accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have not been added to the stated value on the conversion date divided by (ii) the applicable Conversion Price on the conversion date.

 

Redemption

 

Beginning on August 7, 2015, the Issuer may redeem any of the outstanding shares of its Series A Preferred Stock for cash in an amount equal to the stated value at that time plus all accrued and unpaid dividends that have not been added to the stated value (the “Cash Redemption Price”); provided, that the Issuer shall not be entitled to redeem any of the Series A Preferred Stock if, at such time, a majority of the Board consists of officers, directors, employees or other Affiliates (as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designations) of ACOF II and any Affiliates to which it has transferred stock (the “ACOF Directors”) unless either (i) a majority of the Board other than the ACOF Directors or (ii) a committee of the Board which does not include any ACOF Directors approves such redemption.  If the Common Stock As Converted Cash Value (as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designations) exceeds the Cash Redemption Price, the Series A Preferred Stock holder will receive shares of Common Stock equivalent to the difference in value.  If less than 20% of the number of originally issued shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding after such redemption, then all remaining shares must be redeemed at that time.

 

Voting Rights

 

The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote, on an as-converted basis, on all matters on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, except with respect to the election of directors.  In addition, so long as shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting together as a separate class, is required to (i) alter or change the powers, preferences or rights of the Series A Preferred Stock or alter or amend the Series A Certificate of Designations; (ii) authorize or create any class or series of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a Liquidation Event senior to or otherwise pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock; (iii) increase the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock; (iv) pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, or redeem or acquire, any junior securities (except pro rata stock dividends on the Common Stock payable in additional shares of Common Stock); (v) enter into any transaction which would constitute a Liquidation Event if the consideration payable with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock is other than a cash amount more than 150% of the Conversion Price; or (vi) enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.  The protective right set forth above in (iv) terminates if (A) less than 30% of the number of originally issued shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding or (B) if the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock represents, in the aggregate, less than 20% of the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding (assuming the conversion of all securities convertible into Common Stock (including the Series A Preferred Stock) and the exercise of all rights, options and warrants (to the extent then exercisable and vested)).  The protective right set forth in (v) terminates on the date that both (A) and (B) have occurred.

 

Board Designation Rights

 

ACOF II and its Affiliates also have certain Board designation rights pursuant to the Series A Certificate of Designations, which rights are determined by, among other things, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by ACOF II and its Affiliates, the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible and the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.

 

Stockholder’s Agreement

 

Pursuant to the Stockholder’s Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2008, between ACOF II and the Issuer (the “Stockholder’s Agreement”), a copy of which is attached to the Original 13D as Exhibit 4 and incorporated herein by reference, at any time that the composition of the board of directors or board of managers of any subsidiary of the Issuer is not identical to the Board, ACOF II is entitled to a proportional number of board seats on such board as ACOF II has on the Board.

 

Right of First Refusal

 

Also pursuant to the Stockholder’s Agreement, ACOF II has a right of first refusal, which entitles ACOF II to purchase a

 

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Proportionate Amount (as defined in the Stockholder’s Agreement) of any Offered Securities (as defined in the Stockholder’s Agreement) that the Issuer proposes to issue, sell or exchange.

 

Approval Rights

 

Under the Stockholder’s Agreement, as long as ACOF II holds Series A Preferred Stock representing at least (i) 30% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or (ii) 20% by voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Issuer, the approval by the holders of a majority of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock is required for the Issuer and its subsidiaries to take certain significant corporate actions, including, without limitation, making acquisitions where the purchase price for such acquisition exceeds $50 million, issuing or selling additional shares of their capital stock (except as permitted in the Stockholder’s Agreement) or creating, incurring or assuming any additional indebtedness for borrowed money.

 

Management Rights Letter

 

On August 7, 2008, the Issuer and ACOF II entered into a Management Rights Letter (the “Management Rights Letter”), attached to the Original 13D as Exhibit 5 and incorporated herein by reference. The Issuer granted ACOF II certain contractual management rights relating to the Issuer, including, among other things, consulting and advisory rights, the right to receive financial statements and other information rights.

 

Purchase Agreement and Warrant Purchase Agreement

 

Pursuant to the Warrant Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached to the Original 13D as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference, ACOF II purchased warrants from certain founding stockholders of the Issuer to purchase up to 7,500,000 shares of Common Stock (at a strike price of $6.00 per share) for an aggregate purchase price of $7,500.  The warrants expire on October 17, 2011 and have been placed in escrow until July 31, 2009.  Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer has agreed to use its best efforts to obtain all appropriate consents in order for ACOF II to exchange the warrants for new warrants for an equal number of shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price of $6.00 per share, a term of ten years from the closing of the Series A Preferred Stock issuance pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, not subject to redemption and otherwise substantially the same as such warrants, and will take all action necessary to issue such replacement warrants as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than August 3, 2009.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

The Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 7, 2008, as amended, among the Issuer, ACOF II and the other stockholders party thereto, a copy of which is attached to the Original 13D as Exhibit 6 and incorporated herein by reference, provides shelf, demand and piggy-back registration rights with respect to the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock or exercise of the Warrants.

 

Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement

 

On March 2, 2009, ACOF II, the Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement (the “Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 8 and incorporated herein by reference, pursuant to which ACOF II, if it elects to do so, may provide (or cause one or more of its affiliates to provide), if the Issuer so requests, a guaranty, letter of credit or other form of financial support  to the Issuer and its subsidiaries (“Financial Support”).  ACOF II is under no obligation to provide Financial Support unless it elects to do so in its sole discretion.  If ACOF II elects to provide Financial Support to the Issuer, the Issuer has agreed to issue to ACOF II that number of shares of the Issuer’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series B Preferred Stock”), equal to 1000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock multiplied by a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the amount of the Financial Support and (ii) the denominator of which is $10,000,000.  The Issuer is obligated to reimburse ACOF II for any amounts drawn or otherwise payable by ACOF II in connection with the Financial Support.  This reimbursement obligation (as well as all of the Issuer’s other obligations under the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement) are secured by a security interest in favor of ACOF II in certain collateral of the Issuer’s subsidiaries party to the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement.  The security interest of ACOF II is subordinated to the security interests of lenders providing financing to the Issuer under a credit agreement pursuant to a Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, dated March 2, 2009, among such lenders and ACOF II.

 

On March 10, 2009, ACOF II received a written request from the Issuer to provide $2,250,973 of Financial Support.  If ACOF II elects to provide such Financial Support, it will receive 226 shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

 

Prior to ACOF II or any of its affiliates providing Financial Support, the Issuer is required to file the Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, attached hereto as Exhibit 9 and incorporated herein by reference (the “Series B Certificate of Designations”), with the Delaware SOS, authorizing the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock and fixing the designation, number of shares, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.  Series B Preferred Stock shall only be issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement.

 

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As set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designations, the Series B Preferred Stock will include the following features when issued:

 

Liquidation Preference

 

Upon a Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designations), a holder of Series B Preferred Stock will have a liquidation preference equal to the greater of (x) the stated value for each share of Series B Preferred Stock then held by it (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transactions and as increased for the items described below), plus all accrued but unpaid dividends, and (y) the amount per share that would be payable to a holder of Series B Preferred Stock had all shares of Series B Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such Liquidation Event.  At the request of any holder of Series B Preferred Stock, Fundamental Transactions (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designations) will be treated as Liquidation Events with respect to such holder of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

Dividends

 

The Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to cumulative dividends accruing at an annual rate of 5%, payable semi-annually in arrears.  If all of the Series B Preferred Stock has not been redeemed by the Issuer or converted into Common Stock prior to two business days after the seventh anniversary of the original issue date, the dividend rate shall increase to 10% per annum, effective as of the seventh anniversary of the original issue date.  Such dividends are payable, at the election of the Issuer, in cash or by adding the amount of accrued dividends per share of Series B Preferred Stock to the stated value of that share.  If any dividend is not paid in cash on or before the dividend payment date, the amount thereof shall be added to the stated value on the dividend payment date.

 

Conversion

 

The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible at any time after the original issue date at the holder’s election, in whole or in part, with no expiration date, at a conversion price of $6.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”).  When ACOF II provides the amount of Financial Support requested in writing by the Issuer on March 10, 2009, ACOF II will be issued 226 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which will initially be convertible into 37,666 shares of Common Stock and thereafter into a number of shares equal to (i) the stated value of such Series B Preferred Stock (as increased as a result of the addition to stated value of dividends not paid in cash on or prior to the conversion date) plus the accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares of Series B Preferred Stock that have not been added to the stated value on the conversion date divided by (ii) the applicable Conversion Price on the conversion date.

 

Redemption

 

Beginning on the first anniversary of the original issue date of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Issuer may redeem any of the outstanding shares of its Series B Preferred Stock for cash in an amount equal to the stated value at that time plus all accrued and unpaid dividends that have not been added to the stated value (the “Series B Cash Redemption Price”).  If the Common Stock As Converted Cash Value (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designations) exceeds the Series B Cash Redemption Price, the Series B Preferred Stock holder will receive shares of Common Stock equivalent to the difference in value.  

 

Voting Rights

 

The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote, on an as-converted basis, on all matters on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote.  In addition, so long as shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting together as a separate class, is required to (i) alter or change the powers, preferences or rights of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock or alter or amend the Series B Certificate of Designations; (ii) authorize or create any class or series of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a Liquidation Event or Fundamental Transaction senior to or otherwise pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock; (iii) increase the authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock; (iv) enter into any transaction which would constitute a Liquidation Event or a Fundamental Transaction if the consideration payable with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock is other than a cash amount more than 150% of the Conversion Price; or (v) enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.  The protective right set forth above in (iv) terminates if (A) less than 30% of the number of originally issued shares of Series B Preferred Stock remain outstanding and (B) the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock represents, in the aggregate, less than 20% of the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding (assuming the conversion of all securities convertible into Common Stock (including the Series B Preferred Stock) and the exercise of all rights, options and warrants (to the extent then exercisable and vested)).

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, the Warrant Purchase Agreement, the Stockholder’s Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Series A Certificate of Designations, the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement, the Series B Certificate of Designations and the agreements and transactions contemplated thereby are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, the Warrant Purchase Agreement, the Stockholder’s Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the Registration Rights Agreement,  the Series A Certificate of Designations, the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement and the Series B Certificate of Designations listed as Exhibits 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to this Schedule 13D, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 7.               Material to be Filed as Exhibits

 

Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following Exhibits 7, 8 and 9:

 

Exhibit 7

 

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, dated as of March 11, 2009.

 

 

 

Exhibit 8

 

Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement between ACOF II, the Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries, dated as of March 2, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Issuer filed on March 6, 2009).

 

 

 

Exhibit 9

 

Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Issuer filed on March 6, 2009).

 

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CUSIP No.   378981104

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date:

March 12, 2009

 

 

 

ARES CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

ACOF OPERATING MANAGER II, L.P.,

 

 

Its Manager

 

 

 

 

/s/Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

By: Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

Its: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACOF MANAGEMENT II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

ACOF OPERATING MANAGER II, L.P.,

 

 

Its General Partner

 

 

 

 

/s/Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

By: Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

Its: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

ACOF OPERATING MANAGER II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

By: Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

Its: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARES MANAGEMENT LLC

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

By: Joshua M. Bloomstein

 

 

Its: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARES PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Michael D. Weiner

 

 

By: Michael D. Weiner

 

 

Its: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

ATTENTION

 

Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit 7

 

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, dated as of March 11, 2009.

 

 

 

Exhibit 8

 

Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement between ACOF II, the Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries, dated as of March 2, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Issuer filed on March 6, 2009).

 

 

 

Exhibit 9

 

Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Issuer filed on March 6, 2009).

 

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EX-7 2 a09-7050_1ex7.htm EX-7

Exhibit 7

 

STREAM GLOBAL SERVICES, INC.

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 


 

Pursuant to Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law

 


 

Stream Global Services, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (together with any successors, the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:

 

1.             By resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and by a Certificate of Designations filed in the office of the Secretary of the State of Delaware on August 7, 2008, the Corporation authorized a series of 150,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and established the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights of the Series A Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.

 

2.             The Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

1.             Designation, Amount and Par Value.  The following series of preferred stock shall be designated as the Corporation’s Series A Preferred Stock, and the number of shares so designated shall be 150,000.  Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share.  The “Stated Value” for each share of Series A Preferred Stock equals the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) any amount added to Stated Value pursuant to Section 3 hereof.  The Series A Preferred Stock is to be issued only pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as hereinafter defined). The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends and distribution of assets upon a Liquidation Event.

 

2.             Definitions.  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Certificate of Designations, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

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Acceleration Event” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events (in one or a series of related transactions):  (i) a Liquidation Event; (ii) a Bankruptcy Event; (iii) immediately prior to a conversion pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof; (iv) an acquisition (by issuance, stock purchase, merger or otherwise) after the date of the Purchase Agreement by an individual or legal entity or “group”(as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) of more than 35% of the voting rights or voting equity interests in the Corporation; (v) a replacement of more than one-half of the members of the Corporation’s board of directors with members that are not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date of the Purchase Agreement (or other Persons approved by such members to be directors (or their successors so appointed), appointed pursuant to the terms of the Stockholder’s Agreement or elected by the Original Purchaser pursuant to Section 9 below); (vi) a recapitalization, reorganization or other transaction involving the Corporation or any Subsidiary that constitutes or results in a transfer of 35% of the voting rights or voting equity interests in the Corporation; (vii) consummation of a “Rule 13e-3 transaction” as defined in Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act with respect to the Corporation; (viii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and as a result thereof the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock prior to the offer do not hold securities representing at least 65% of the voting rights or voting equity interests in the Corporation, except for the tender offer described in the Purchase Agreement; (ix) the Corporation effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities that do not represent at least 65% of the voting rights or voting equity interests of the Corporation, cash or property; or (x) the execution by the Corporation of an agreement directly or indirectly providing for any of the foregoing events; provided, that none of clause (ii) of the definition of Liquidation Event or clauses (iv) or (vi) through (viii) above shall be deemed an “Acceleration Event” if following such transaction Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P., or a Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P., owns at least 65% of the voting rights or voting equity interests in the Corporation.

 

Affiliate” of a Person means any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the first Person.  Without limiting the foregoing, with respect to the Original Purchaser, any investment fund, investment partnership, investment account or other investment person whose investment manager, investment advisor, managing member or general partner is the Original Purchaser or an Affiliate of the Original Purchaser or any member, partner, director, officer or employee of such investment manager, investment advisor, managing member or general partner of the Original Purchaser or any Affiliate of the Original Purchaser or any limited partner of the Original Purchaser or such investment fund, investment partnership, investment account or other investment person will be deemed an Affiliate of the Original Purchaser.

 

Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Corporation or any Subsidiary any such case or

 

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proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement; (c) the Corporation or any Subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (d) the Corporation or any Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 days; (e) the Corporation or any Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (f) the Corporation or any Subsidiary fails to pay, or states that it is unable to pay or is unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; (g) the Corporation or any Subsidiary calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or (h) the Corporation or any Subsidiary, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Closing Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on the Trading Market, the closing price per share of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market or exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted; or (b) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the majority in interest of the Holders.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified or exchanged or converted.

 

Conversion Price” means $6.00 per share (as adjusted for stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations or other similar events pursuant to Section 13 hereof occurring after the Original Issue Date).

 

Equity Conditions” means, with respect to a specified issuance of Common Stock, that each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) the number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock is sufficient for such issuance; (ii) the Common Stock is listed or quoted (and is not suspended from trading) on the Trading Market and such shares of Common Stock are approved for listing upon issuance; (iii) no Bankruptcy Event has occurred; (iv) the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock is permitted by the Trading Market and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; and (v) the Corporation is not in default with respect to any material obligation hereunder or under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Holder” means any holder of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Junior Securities” means the Common Stock and all other equity or equity equivalent securities of the Corporation, including, without limitation, any securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, other than the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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Liquidation Event” means (i) any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, either voluntary or involuntary or (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in one or a series of related transactions, unless following such transaction or series of transactions, the holders of the Corporation’s securities prior to the first such transaction continue to hold at least 65% of the voting rights or voting equity interests in the surviving entity or acquirer of such assets.

 

Original Issue Date” means August 7, 2008, regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Series A Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates that may be issued to evidence shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Original Purchaser” means the original purchaser of the Series A Preferred Stock under the Purchase Agreement, and any assignee or transferee of any shares of such Series A Preferred Stock that is an Affiliate of the Original Purchaser.

 

Person” means any individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Post-Conversion Equity” means as of the date of determination that number of shares of Common Stock that are then outstanding or would be outstanding upon the exercise of all rights, options, and warrants (to the extent then exercisable and vested) and conversion of all other securities (including the Series A Preferred Stock) that are convertible into shares of Common Stock.

 

Purchase Agreement” means the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2008, between the Corporation and Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P., as amended.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2008, between the Corporation and Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P., as amended.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Series B Stock Liquidation Preference” means, in the event of any Liquidation Event, the Holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Corporation to the holders of Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share in cash equal to the greater of (i) the Stated Value for each share of Series B Preferred Stock then held by them (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transactions with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock), plus all accrued but unpaid dividends (including, without duplication, dividends added to Stated Value pursuant to Section 3 of the Certificate of Designations of the Series B Preferred Stock) on such Series B Preferred Stock as of the date of such event, and (ii) the amount per share that would be payable to a holder of Series B Preferred Stock had all shares of Series B Preferred Stock been converted to Underlying Shares immediately prior to such Liquidation Event. For purposes of this definition “Stated Value” for

 

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each share of Series B Preferred Stock equals the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) any amount added to Stated Value pursuant to Section 3 of the Certificate of Designations of the Series B Preferred Stock and “Underlying Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or redemption of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

Series B Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share.

 

Stockholder’s Agreement” means the Stockholder’s Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2008, among the Corporation and the Original Purchaser.

 

Subsidiary” means any significant subsidiary of the Corporation as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Trading Day” means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on the Trading Market, or (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on the Trading Market, then any Business Day.

 

Trading Market” means the NYSE Alternext US LLC or, at any time the Common Stock is not listed for trading on the NYSE Alternext US LLC, any national securities exchange upon which the Common Stock is then primarily listed or quoted.

 

Transaction Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Stockholder’s Agreement, this Certificate of Designations and any other documents or agreements executed or delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement and hereunder.

 

Underlying Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

3.             Dividends.

 

(a)           Each Holder shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock at the rate per share (as a percentage of the Stated Value per share) of 3.00% per annum until March 11, 2009 and 5.00% per annum commencing on March 11, 2009, payable semi-annually in arrears commencing on December 31, 2008 and thereafter on each June 30 and December 31, except if such date is not a Trading Day, in which case such dividend shall be payable on the next succeeding Trading Day (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”).  If (i) the Corporation has not redeemed all of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock prior to two Business Days after the seventh anniversary of the Original Issue Date pursuant to Section 7(c) or (ii) all of the Series A Preferred Stock has not been converted into Common Stock pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b), the dividend rate per share (as a percentage of the Stated Value per share) shall increase to 10.00% per annum, effective as of the seventh anniversary of the Original Issue Date.  Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date for the applicable Series A Preferred Stock, and shall be deemed to accrue from such date whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends.

 

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Dividends payable pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall be payable by the Corporation, at its option, in cash, or by adding the amount of accrued dividends per share of Series A Preferred Stock to the Stated Value of that share.  If any dividend is not paid in cash on or before the Dividend Payment Date, the amount thereof shall be added to Stated Value on the Dividend Payment Date.  No dividend or other distribution (other than (y) a dividend or distribution payable solely in Common Stock or (z) a cash dividend or distribution with respect to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock receive a pro rata portion of such dividend or distribution on an as-converted basis) shall be paid on or set apart for payment on Common Stock or any other Junior Securities unless all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock (but not amounts previously added to Stated Value pursuant to this Section 3) have been paid in accordance with this Certificate of Designations.

 

(b)           Immediately prior to the occurrence of any Acceleration Event prior to the seventh anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Stated Value of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall immediately and automatically be increased by adding thereto an amount per share equal to all dividends that would otherwise be payable on a share of Series A Preferred Stock on each Dividend Payment Date on and after the occurrence of such Acceleration Event and prior to and including the seventh anniversary of such Original Issue Date (the “Acceleration Period”).  The automatic increase in Stated Value pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, the dividends that would otherwise be payable on each Dividend Payment Date during the Acceleration Period.  For the purpose of clarity, after the Stated Value of each share of Series A Preferred Stock has been automatically increased in accordance with this Section 3(b), no other dividends shall be payable on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock until after the seventh anniversary of the Original Issue Date, at which point, assuming that the Corporation has not elected to require conversion of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock under Section 7(b), each Holder shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay in accordance with Section 3(a), all dividends payable on each Dividend Payment Date after such seventh anniversary.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Designations to the contrary, an amount equal to the sum of all accrued but unpaid dividends shall be payable upon,

 

(i)             a Liquidation Event; or

 

(ii)            conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, either (A) in cash or (B) in additional Underlying Shares as provided herein, at the option of the Corporation.

 

For the purposes of this Section 3(c), accrued but unpaid dividends shall include any amounts added to Stated Value as a result of deferred dividends or accelerated dividends as provided in Section 3(b); provided, however, that to avoid double counting accrued but unpaid dividends shall not be counted both for the purposes of this Section 3(c) and in determining Stated Value.

 

4.             Registration of Issuance and Ownership of Series A Preferred Stock.  The Corporation shall register the issuance and ownership of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, upon records to be maintained by the Corporation for that purpose (the “Series A Preferred Stock Register”), in the name of the record Holders thereof from time to time.  The Corporation

 

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may deem and treat the registered Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any conversion thereof or any distribution to such Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

5.             Registration of Transfers.  Subject to the terms of the Stockholder’s Agreement, the Corporation shall register the transfer of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the Series A Preferred Stock Register, upon surrender of certificates evidencing such shares to the Corporation at its address specified herein.  Upon any such registration of transfer, a new certificate evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a new certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the shares not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder.

 

6.             Liquidation.

 

(a)           In the event of any Liquidation Event, the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Corporation to the holders of Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) the Stated Value for each share of Series A Preferred Stock then held by them (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transactions with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock), plus all accrued but unpaid dividends (including, without duplication, dividends added to Stated Value as provided in Section 3 (a) and (b) above) on such Series A Preferred Stock as of the date of (and giving effect to) such event, and (ii) the amount per share that would be payable to a holder of Series A Preferred Stock had all shares of Series A Preferred Stock been converted to Underlying Shares immediately prior to (but giving effect to) such Liquidation Event (the “Series A Stock Liquidation Preference”).  If, upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the assets and funds to be distributed among the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full Series A Stock Liquidation Preference and the full Series B Stock Liquidation Preference, respectively, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock in proportion to the aggregate Series A Stock Liquidation Preference and the aggregate Series B Stock Liquidation Preference, respectively, that would otherwise be payable to each of such holders.

 

(b)           In the event of a Liquidation Event, following completion of the distributions required by the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 6, if assets or surplus funds remain in the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock and other Junior Securities shall share in all remaining assets of the Corporation.

 

(c)           The Corporation shall provide written notice of any Liquidation Event to each record Holder not less than 45 days prior to the payment date or effective date thereof.  Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, (A) to the extent the consideration to be paid to the holders of Common Stock is in cash, the amount to payable to the Holders shall also be in cash and (B) to the extent the consideration to be paid to the holders of the Common Stock is not to be paid in cash, but rather in securities or other property, the amount payable to the Holders shall be in the same securities or other property as is to be paid to the holders of Common Stock.  Any

 

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such securities or other property (a) shall consist exclusively of common equity interests quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market or listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on the NYSE Alternext US LLC, (b) the value of such common equity interests shall be determined as 98% of the closing price of such common equity interests on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Alternext US LLC, as the case may be, on the Trading Day immediately preceding the consummation of such Liquidation Event and (c) such common equity interests shall be freely transferable by the holders, without legal or contractual restrictions.  At the request of the Original Purchaser, prior to the issuance of any common equity interests referred to in the preceding sentence, counsel to the issuer of such common equity interests familiar with United States federal securities laws shall provide the Original Purchaser with a legal opinion to the effect that such common equity interests are transferable without legal restriction under United States federal securities laws.

 

(d)           In the event of a Liquidation Event that is a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, if the Corporation distributes any of its assets or surplus funds to holders of its capital stock, the Corporation shall distribute all of such assets or surplus funds to the extent legally available for distribution. In the event of a Liquidation Event that is a merger or consolidation in which any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation are converted, exchanged or cancelled, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock shall be converted, exchanged or cancelled and the consideration therefor shall be determined in accordance with the terms of this Certificate of Designations.

 

7.             Conversion; Redemption

 

(a)           Conversion at Option of Holder.  At the option of any Holder, any shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into Common Stock based on the Conversion Price then in effect for the Series A Preferred Stock; provided that if less than 20% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding on the date the Series A Preferred Stock is first issued by the Corporation would remain outstanding after any such conversion, then all shares must be converted at that time.  A Holder may convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to this paragraph at any time and from time to time after the Original Issue Date, by delivering to the Corporation a conversion notice (the “Holder Conversion Notice”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately completed and duly signed, and the date any such Holder Conversion Notice is delivered to the Corporation (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is a “Conversion Date.”

 

(b)           Conversion at Option of Corporation.  At any time that the average Closing Price for at least thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days after August 7, 2011 exceeds 150% of the Conversion Price, the Corporation may elect to require the Holders to convert all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock based on the Conversion Price by delivering an irrevocable written notice of such election to the Holders (the “Corporation Conversion Notice”).  The Corporation Conversion Notice must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the event with respect to which it is being delivered.  The tenth (10th) Trading Day after the delivery of such Corporation Conversion Notice will be the “Conversion Date” for such required conversion.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not require any conversion under this paragraph (and any notice thereof will be void), unless, as of the Conversion Date, and for each Trading Day between the date of the Corporation Conversion

 

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Notice and the Conversion Date, the Closing Price for each such Trading Day exceeds 150% of the Conversion Price and unless there are then outstanding at least 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar transaction) held by non-Affiliates of the Corporation, and the Corporation may not require any conversion under this paragraph (and any notice thereof will be void), unless the Equity Conditions are satisfied (or waived in writing by the applicable Holder) on each Trading Day between the date of the Corporation Conversion Notice and the Conversion Date with respect to all of the Underlying Shares then issuable upon conversion in full of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(c)           Redemption at Option of Corporation.  On or after the seventh anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation may, at its option, redeem any of the Series A Preferred Stock owned by the Holders, for an amount per share in cash equal to the Stated Value on the Redemption Date plus all accrued and unpaid dividends that have not been added to Stated Value on the Redemption Date (the “Cash Redemption Price”) plus, if the product of (X) the average Closing Price of the ten (10) Trading Days immediately preceding the Redemption Date (the “Company Redemption Closing Price”) and (Y) the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Holder converted all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed into shares of Common Stock on the Redemption Date (such product being referred to as the “Common Stock As Converted Cash Value”) exceeds the aggregate Cash Redemption Price, the Holder will receive on the Redemption Date, in addition to the aggregate Cash Redemption Price, in shares of Common Stock, the amount by which the Common Stock As Converted Cash Value exceeds the aggregate Cash Redemption Price, with the per share value for the Common Stock so issued and delivered being the Company Redemption Closing Price; provided that if less than 20% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding on the date the Series A Preferred Stock is first issued by the Corporation would remain outstanding after any such redemption, then all shares must be redeemed at that time; provided further, that the Corporation shall not be entitled to redeem any of the Series A Preferred Stock if, at such time, a majority of the Corporation’s board of directors consist of officers, directors, employees or other Affiliates of the Original Purchaser (the “Original Purchaser Directors”) unless either (i) a majority of the board of directors other than the Original Purchaser Directors or (ii) a committee of the board of directors which does not include any Original Purchaser Directors approves such redemption.  The redemption date (the “Redemption Date”) shall be specified in an irrevocable written notice of redemption (a “Corporation Redemption Notice”) sent by or on behalf of the Corporation (pursuant to this Section 7(c)) to the Holder not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the proposed Redemption Date notifying the Holder of the election of the Corporation to redeem such shares in accordance with the terms hereof and specifying the Redemption Date (for the avoidance of doubt, a Corporation Redemption Notice can be given prior to the seventh anniversary of the Original Issue Date so long as the Redemption Date occurs after such anniversary).  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holders shall be entitled to convert their shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 7(a) at any time after a Corporation Redemption Notice is given but prior to the Redemption Date.

 

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8.                                     Mechanics of Conversion; Redemption.

 

(a)                                  The Corporation shall pay the applicable Cash Redemption Price in immediately available funds to the Holder on the Redemption Date.

 

(b)                                 The number of Underlying Shares issuable upon any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock hereunder shall equal (A) the sum of (i) the Stated Value of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted plus (ii) the accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have not been added to the Stated Value on the Conversion Date, divided by (B) the applicable Conversion Price on the Conversion Date.

 

(c)                                  Upon conversion or redemption (if the Common Stock as Converted Cash Value exceeds the aggregate Cash Redemption Price) of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall promptly issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may designate a certificate for the Underlying Shares issuable upon such conversion or redemption, free of restrictive legends unless such Underlying Shares are still required to bear a restrictive legend; the Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the transfer agent to issue such certificates on or before (i) the sixth Trading Day after the Conversion Date or (ii) the Redemption Date, as the case may be.  The Holder shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such Underlying Shares as of the Conversion Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.  If the shares are then not required to bear a restrictive legend, the Corporation shall, upon request of the Holder, deliver Underlying Shares hereunder electronically through The Depository Trust Corporation (“DTC”) or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, and shall credit the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”).

 

(d)                                 A Holder shall deliver the original certificate(s) evidencing the Series A Preferred Stock being converted or redeemed in connection with the conversion or redemption of such Series A Preferred Stock.  Upon surrender of a certificate following one or more partial conversions or redemptions, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to the Holder a new certificate representing the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(e)                                  The Corporation’s obligations to issue and deliver Underlying Shares upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by any Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by any Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by any Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to any Holder in connection with the issuance of such Underlying Shares.

 

9.                                     Voting Rights; Director Designation.

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9(a) or in Section 9(b) or as required by applicable law, the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote on all matters on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote.  For such purposes, each

 

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Holder shall be entitled to a number of votes in respect of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned of record by it equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible by the Holder as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote on such matter, or if no record date is established, at the date such vote is taken or any written consent of stockholders is solicited.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9(a) or in Section 9(b), in any relevant agreement or as required by applicable law, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote or consent of stockholders; provided that so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting together as a separate class,

 

(i)                                     alter or change the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designations (whether by amendment of this Certificate of Designations or the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation or other charter documents or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action) or avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation;

 

(ii)                                  authorize or create any class or series of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a Liquidation Event senior to or otherwise pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock, including without limitation through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, or avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation;

 

(iii)                               increase the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock;

 

(iv)                              pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, or redeem or acquire, any Junior Securities, except pro rata stock dividends on the Common Stock payable in additional shares of Common Stock; or

 

(v)                                 enter into any transaction or series of transactions which would constitute a Liquidation Event if the consideration payable with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock is other than an amount in cash which is more than 150% of the Conversion Price; or

 

(vi)                              enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.

 

The protective rights set forth above in (iv) will terminate and cease to apply on the earliest to occur of (A) the first date on which there are outstanding less than 30% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that were outstanding on the date the Series A Preferred Stock is first issued by the Corporation and (B) the first date on which the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock represent, in the aggregate, less than 20% of the Post-Conversion Equity.  The

 

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protective rights set forth above in (v) will terminate and cease to apply on the date that both (A) and (B) have occurred.

 

(b)                               The Original Purchaser shall not be entitled nor have the right or power to vote in any election or removal, with or without cause, of directors of the Corporation elected or removed generally by the holders of the Common Stock (and any capital stock entitled to vote in the election or removal of directors with the holders of the Common Stock) except as set forth in clause (iv) below but shall instead have the special voting rights set forth in this Section 9(b).  At each election of directors, the Original Purchaser shall be entitled to elect such number of directors to the Corporation’s board of directors equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then owned by the Original Purchaser and its Affiliates are convertible, and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding (assuming the conversion of all then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock), in each case, calculated as of the record date for the election of such director(s), or if no record date is established, the date on which such vote is taken or any written consent of stockholders relating thereto is solicited and (y) the total number of directors as established in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation.  Such product shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number; provided, that if the fraction calculated pursuant to (x) above is greater than ½, such product shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number if rounding down to the nearest whole number would result in the Original Purchaser having the right to elect less than a majority of the directors to the board of directors.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Original Purchaser shall at all times have the right to elect the minimum number of directors set forth in each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below so long as the ownership requirements set forth in such clauses is satisfied.

 

(i)                                     During such time as the Original Purchaser, together with its Affiliates, owns shares of Series A Preferred Stock that collectively represent at least 50% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that were outstanding on the date the Series A Preferred Stock is first issued by the Corporation, the Original Purchaser shall be entitled to elect at least two directors to the Corporation’s board of directors.

 

(ii)                                  During such time as the Original Purchaser, together with its Affiliates, owns shares of Series A Preferred Stock that collectively are convertible into at least 17,850,000 shares (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar transaction) of Common Stock, the Original Purchaser shall be entitled to elect at least three directors to the Corporation’s board of directors.

 

(iii)                               During such time as the Original Purchaser, together with its Affiliates, owns shares of Series A Preferred Stock that collectively represent at least 25% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that were outstanding on the date the Series A Preferred Stock is first issued by the Corporation or owns shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock representing on an as converted or exercised basis at least 10% of the Post-Conversion Equity of the Corporation, the Original Purchaser shall be entitled to elect at least one director to the Corporation’s board of directors.

 

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(iv)                              At any time that the Original Purchaser, together with its Affiliates, owns shares of Series A Preferred Stock that collectively represent less than 75% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that were outstanding on the date the Series A Preferred Stock is first issued by the Corporation and does not own shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock representing on an as converted or exercised basis more than 10% of the Post-Conversion Equity of the Corporation, then the Original Purchaser shall not be entitled to elect any directors to the Corporation’s board of directors pursuant to this Section 9(b) but shall have the right and power to vote in any election or removal, with or without cause, of directors of the Corporation elected or removed generally by the holders of the Common Stock (and any capital stock entitled to vote in the election or removal of directors with the holders of the Common Stock) pursuant to Section 9(a).

 

The Original Purchaser may remove any director elected pursuant to this Section 9(b) at any time and from time to time, without cause (subject to the Bylaws of the Corporation and any requirements of law), in its sole discretion.  In the event a director elected by the Original Purchaser is removed, the vacancy in the board of directors shall be filled by the Original Purchaser, and such action shall be taken only by vote or written consent in lieu of a meeting of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or by any remaining director or directors elected by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 9(b).

 

10.                               Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance of certificates for shares of Series A Preferred Stock and for Underlying Shares issued on conversion of (or otherwise in respect of) the Series A Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the Holders for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation.  The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring the Series A Preferred Stock or receiving Underlying Shares in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

11.                               Replacement Certificates.  If any certificate evidencing Series A Preferred Stock or Underlying Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, or a Holder fails to deliver such certificate as may otherwise be provided herein, the Corporation shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution for such certificate, a new certificate, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation of such loss, theft or destruction (in such case) and, in each case, customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested.  Applicants for a new certificate under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Corporation may prescribe.

 

12.                               Reservation of Underlying Shares.  The Corporation covenants that it shall at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Underlying Shares as required hereunder, the number of Underlying Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the conversion of (and otherwise in respect of) all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock (taking into account the adjustments of Section 13), free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder.  The Corporation

 

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covenants that all Underlying Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.  The Corporation covenants that it shall use its best efforts to satisfy each of the Equity Conditions.

 

13.                               Certain Adjustments.  The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 13.  Such adjustments shall be made to the Conversion Price for all shares of Series A Preferred Stock from and after the Original Issue Date.

 

(a)                                  Stock Dividends and Splits.  If the Corporation, at any time while Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the applicable Conversion Price for Series A Preferred Stock shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event.  Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

 

(b)                                 Pro Rata Distributions.  If the Corporation, at any time while Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, distributes or pays as a dividend to holders of Common Stock (i) evidences of its indebtedness, (ii) any security (other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by the preceding paragraph), (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, or (iv) any other asset (including, without limitation, cash) (in each case, “Distributed Property”), then in each such case the Corporation shall simultaneously deliver to each Holder the Distributed Property that each such Holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of the number of Underlying Shares then issuable pursuant to Section 7(a) above had the Holder been the record holder of such Underlying Shares immediately prior to the applicable record or payment date.

 

(c)                                  Calculations.  All calculations under this Section 13 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable.  The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Corporation, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

 

(d)                                 Notice of Adjustments.  Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 13, the Corporation at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare a certificate describing in reasonable detail such adjustment and the transactions giving rise thereto, including all facts upon which such adjustment is based.  Upon written request, the Corporation will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to each Holder and to the Corporation’s Transfer Agent.

 

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(e)                                  Notice of Corporate Events.  If the Corporation (i) declares a dividend (other than a dividend pursuant to Section 3 above) or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including without limitation any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or (ii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then the Corporation shall deliver to each Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction.

 

14.                               Fractional Shares.  The Corporation shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Underlying Shares on conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

15.                               Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any conversion notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, for next Business Day delivery or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Corporation, to 20 William Street, Suite 310, Wellesley, MA 02481; Facsimile: (617) 517-3247; Attention: Corporate Secretary, or (ii) if to a Holder, to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Corporation’s stockholder records or such other address or facsimile number as such Holder may provide to the Corporation in accordance with this Section.

 

16.                               Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                  The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designations and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

(b)                                 Any of the rights of the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein, including any Equity Conditions or any other similar conditions for the Holders’ benefit, may be waived by the affirmative vote of Holders of at least a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

17.                               The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 228 (by the written consent of the stockholders of the Corporation) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Stream Global Services, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations to be duly executed as of this 11th day of March, 2009.

 

 

STREAM GLOBAL SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Murray

 

 

Name: R. Scott Murray

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit A

 

FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE

 

(To be executed by the registered Holder
in order to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock)

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Stream Global Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.

 

 

 

 

 

Date to Effect Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be Converted

 

 

 

 

 

Stated Value of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be Converted

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued

 

 

 

 

 

Applicable Conversion Price

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Holder

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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