-----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, FqN1K5V9ukJ/r8BYKqPLestkyzikwDCn63PfrD4hPnEadqS2W6B2voh9DCuKz1pS Kq8RYxeK3t5/dEVlGz2tsA== 0001144204-10-044792.txt : 20100816 0001144204-10-044792.hdr.sgml : 20100816 20100816170824 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-10-044792 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100816 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100816 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001130888 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 911829866 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-32451 FILM NUMBER: 101020839 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1901 EASTPOINT PARKWAY CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40223 BUSINESS PHONE: 502-244-6666 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1901 EASTPOINT PARKWAY CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40223 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIBRA ALLIANCE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001228 10-Q 1 v194118_10q.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
   

  
FORM 10-Q
  

   
(Mark One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2010
 
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from              to             
 
Commission file number: 000-32451
  

  
LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
  
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   

    
Nevada
 
91-1829866
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
1901 Eastpoint Parkway
Louisville, Kentucky
 
40223
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 502-244-6666
  

   
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x  No  ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   ¨     No   ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
   
Large accelerated filer
 
¨
  
Accelerated filer
 
¨
       
Non-accelerated filer
 
¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  
Smaller reporting company
 
x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act): Yes  ¨   No  x
 
As of August 12, 2010, there were 19,997,558 shares of the issuer’s common stock outstanding.

 

 

Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Table of Contents

PART I    
   
     
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
   
     
ITEM 1. Financial Statements.
   
     
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
   
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2009
 
1
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
   
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
 
2
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficiency for the
   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
3
     
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
 
4
     
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
6
     
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
18
     
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
 
28
     
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures.
 
28
     
PART II    
   
     
OTHER INFORMATION
   
     
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings.
 
30
     
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
 
30
     
ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
 
30
     
ITEM 4. (Removed and Reserved)
 
30
     
ITEM 5. Other Information.
 
30
     
ITEM 6. Exhibits.
 
32
     
Signatures.
 
33

 

 


Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(unaudited)
       
Assets
           
             
Current Assets:
           
Cash
  $ 1,444,742     $ 440  
Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $1,329,992 and $1,439,770 as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009)
    3,695,099       4,096,884  
Vendor deposits
    801,211       916,211  
Inventories, net
    220,057       214,257  
Deferred financing costs, net
    -       435,520  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    878,523       801,952  
                 
Total Current Assets
    7,039,632       6,465,264  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    204,222       306,080  
Deferred financing costs, net
    -       77,235  
Intangible assets, net
    1,164,583       1,164,583  
Other assets
    297,142       282,725  
                 
Total Assets
  $ 8,705,579     $ 8,295,887  
                 
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
               
                 
Current Liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 6,688,439     $ 7,441,828  
Interest payable - related parties
    98,113       4,546,766  
Accrued agent commissions
    601,996       620,834  
Accrued agent commissions - related parties
    3,277       6,904  
Deferred revenue
    435,490       412,901  
Other liabilities
    1,474,918       1,332,686  
Other liabilities - related parties
    178,999       137,707  
Short term borrowings
    987,100       500,000  
Current portion of capital lease obligations
    12,602       34,028  
Current portion of obligations payable  - related parties
    7,500,000       16,016,262  
                 
Total Current Liabilities
    17,980,934       31,049,916  
                 
Obligations payable  - related parties, non-current portion
    -       3,000,000  
Interest payable  - related parties, non-current portion
    -       126,233  
                 
Total Liabilities
    17,980,934       34,176,149  
                 
Commitments and contingencies
    -       -  
                 
Stockholders' Deficiency:
               
Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 9,500,000 shares authorized; 9,500,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and none issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009; aggregate liquidation preference of $19,328,986 at June 30, 2010
    9,500       -  
Common stock, $.001 par value; 70,000,000 shares authorized; 19,333,333 and 10,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
    19,333       10,000  
Notes and receivables from affiliates
    (13,004,392 )     -  
Additional paid-in capital
    5,573,578       (10,000 )
Accumulated deficit
    (1,873,374 )     (25,880,262 )
                 
Total Stockholders' Deficiency
    (9,275,355 )     (25,880,262 )
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficiency
  $ 8,705,579     $ 8,295,887  

See Notes to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 
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Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

   
For The
   
For The
 
   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
                         
Revenues
  $ 11,272,870     $ 15,103,094     $ 22,540,565     $ 31,649,889  
                                 
Cost of revenues
    7,693,386       9,917,099       15,315,828       20,733,849  
                                 
Gross Profit
    3,579,484       5,185,995       7,224,737       10,916,040  
                                 
Operating Expenses
                               
Commission expense
    1,194,188       1,208,304       2,368,364       3,096,589  
Commission expense - related parties
    59,135       66,684       137,352       115,489  
Depreciation and amortization
    56,978       97,215       117,374       315,312  
Bad debt expense
    321,418       1,833,043       716,941       2,175,865  
Transaction expenses
    72,836       -       428,923       -  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    2,926,457       3,156,089       5,437,303       6,924,452  
                                 
Total Operating Expenses
    4,631,012       6,361,335       9,206,257       12,627,707  
                                 
Loss From Operations
    (1,051,528 )     (1,175,340 )     (1,981,520 )     (1,711,667 )
                                 
Other Income (Expense)
                               
Interest income
    8,056       32,975       21,424       51,467  
Interest income - related parties
    104,412       -       104,412       -  
Interest expense
    (17,686 )     (2,728 )     (18,755 )     (6,646 )
Interest expense - related parties
    (98,113 )     (458,681 )     (301,005 )     (914,843 )
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    -       (2,216 )     (68,423 )     (2,216 )
Amortization of deferred financing costs - related parties
    -       (519 )     (69,345 )     (519 )
Amortization of debt discount - related parties
    -       (8,353 )     (100,860 )     (8,353 )
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities - related parties
    -       5,306       83,097       5,306  
Other expense - related parties
    (259,891 )     -       (259,891 )     -  
                                 
Total Other Expense
    (263,222 )     (434,216 )     (609,346 )     (875,804 )
                                 
Net Loss
    (1,314,750 )     (1,609,556 )     (2,590,866 )     (2,587,471 )
                                 
Cumulative Preferred Stock Dividends
    (328,986 )     -       (328,986 )     -  
                                 
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders
  $ (1,643,736 )   $ (1,609,556 )   $ (2,919,852 )   $ (2,587,471 )
                                 
Net Loss Per Common Share - Basic and Diluted
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.16 )   $ (0.18 )   $ (0.26 )
                                 
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted
    18,755,627       10,000,000       16,673,459       10,000,000  

See Notes to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficiency

(unaudited)

                   
Notes
             
                   
And
             
                   
Receivables
 
Additional
         
   
Preferred Stock
 
Common Stock
 
From
 
Paid-In
 
Accumulated
     
   
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Affiliates
 
Capital
 
Deficit
 
Total
 
                                   
Balance - December 31, 2009
    -   $ -     10,000,000   $ 10,000   $ -   $ (10,000 ) $ (25,880,262 ) $ (25,880,262 )
                                                   
Common stock issued in exchange for note receivable
    -     -     3,242,533     3,243     (5,149,980 )   5,146,737     -     -  
                                                   
Forgiveness of indebtedness to Former Parent in conjunction with the exchange
    -     -     -     -     -     25,292,175     -     25,292,175  
                                                   
Outstanding common stock of Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. at the time of the exchange
    -     -     5,505,000     5,505     -     (5,505 )   -     -  
                                                   
Recapitalization of Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC's accumulated deficit at the time of the exchange
    -     -     -     -     -     (26,597,754 )   26,597,754     -  
                                                   
Note receivable from affiliate purchased from related party
    -     -     -     -     (7,750,000 )   -     -     (7,750,000 )
                                                   
Interest receivable associated with note receivable from affiliate
    -     -     -     -     (104,412 )   -     -     (104,412 )
                                                   
Issuance of common stock and warrants - private placement, net
    -     -     585,800     585     -     1,710,249     -     1,710,834  
                                                   
Preferred stock issued to Former Parent in conjunction with the exchange
    9,500,000     9,500     -     -     -     (9,500 )   -     -  
                                                   
Stock-based compensation
    -     -     -     -     -     47,176     -     47,176  
                                                   
Net loss
    -     -     -     -     -     -     (2,590,866 )   (2,590,866 )
                                                   
Balance - June 30, 2010
    9,500,000   $ 9,500     19,333,333   $ 19,333   $ (13,004,392 ) $ 5,573,578   $ (1,873,374 ) $ (9,275,355 )

See Notes to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

   
For The
 
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
           
Net loss
  $ (2,590,866 )   $ (2,587,471 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    117,374       315,312  
Provision for bad debt expense
    716,941       2,175,865  
Stock-based compensation
    47,176       -  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    68,423       2,216  
Amortization of deferred financing costs - related parties
    69,345       519  
Amortization of debt discount - related parties
    100,860       8,353  
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities - related parties
    (83,097 )     (5,306 )
Gain on sale of fixed asset
    (109 )     -  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (315,156 )     (4,195,725 )
Other assets
    (14,417 )     (15,040 )
Vendor deposits
    115,000       209,499  
Inventories
    (5,800 )     (315,737 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    (76,571 )     (125,297 )
Accounts payable
    (904,207 )     2,043,581  
Interest payable - related parties
    187,864       744,447  
Accrued agent commissions
    (18,838 )     (12,609 )
Accrued agent commissions - related parties
    (3,627 )     -  
Deferred revenue
    22,589       1,264,990  
Other liabilities
    216,819       29,087  
Other liabilities - related parties
    -       50,000  
                 
Total Adjustments
    240,569       2,174,155  
                 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
    (2,350,297 )     (413,316 )
                 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
               
Purchases of property and equipment
    (16,119 )     (90,584 )
Proceeds from sale of fixed asset
    712       -  
                 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
    (15,407 )     (90,584 )
                 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
               
Repayments of obligations payable - related parties
    (250,000 )     (500,000 )
Repayments of capital lease obligations
    (21,426 )     (44,837 )
Repayments of short term borrowings
    (500,000 )     -  
Proceeds from obligations payable - related parties, net [1]
    1,826,980       1,250,000  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants, net [2]
    1,861,652       -  
Proceeds from short term borrowings
    987,100       -  
Payments of deferred debt financing costs
    (94,300 )     (199,482 )
Distribution to member
    -       (1,781 )
                 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
    3,810,006       503,900  
                 
Net Increase In Cash
    1,444,302       -  
                 
Cash - Beginning
    440       440  
                 
Cash - Ending
  $ 1,444,742     $ 440  

 
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Continued

(unaudited)

   
For The
 
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
           
Cash paid during the period for:
           
Interest
  $ 218,143     $ 287,717  
                 
Non-cash financing activites:
               
Forgiveness of indebtedness to Former Parent
  $ 25,292,175     $ -  
Stock issued in exchange for note receivable
  $ 5,149,980     $ -  
Preferred stock issuance
  $ 9,500     $ -  
Offering costs incurred but not paid
  $ 150,818     $ -  
Obligations payable to related party issued in exchange
               
for note receivable from affiliate
  $ 7,750,000     $ -  

[1]
Face value of obligations payable to Former Parent of $2,099,980, less selling commissions withheld of $273,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2010.

[2]
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants of $2,343,200, less selling commissions, financial advisory fees, expense reimbursement and bank escrow fees withheld of $481,548.

See Notes to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 
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Note A—Organization, Operations, and Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, such statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring items) which are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated financial position of Lightyear Networks Solutions, Inc., formerly known as Libra Alliance Corporation, (the “Company”, “Libra” or “LNSI”) as of June 30, 2010 and the condensed consolidated results of its operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 and the condensed consolidated cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.  It is suggested that these condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures of Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC (“Lightyear”) for the year ended December 31, 2009 which were included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2010. The Company evaluates events that have occurred after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued. Based upon the evaluation, the Company did not identify any recognized or nonrecognized subsequent events that would have required further adjustment or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Organization and Operations

LNSI was incorporated in 1997. Lightyear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LNSI, was organized in 2003 for the purpose of selling and marketing telecommunication services and solutions, and owning other companies which sell and market telecommunication services and solutions. Lightyear and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lightyear Alliance of Puerto Rico, LLC, provide telecommunications services throughout the United States and Puerto Rico primarily through a distribution network of authorized independent agents. Lightyear is a licensed local carrier in 44 states and provides long distance service in 49 states. LNS delivers service to approximately 40,000 customer locations. In addition to long distance and local service, Lightyear currently offers a wide array of telecommunications services including internet/intranet, calling cards, advanced data, wireless, Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) and conference calling. Lightyear is a telecommunications reseller and competes, both directly at the wholesale level and through agents, at the retail level. Lightyear is subject to regulatory requirements imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), state and local governmental agencies. Regulations by the FCC as well as state agencies include limitations on types of services and service areas offered to the public.

Reverse Merger, Exchange Transaction and Reorganization

On February 12, 2010, Libra entered into and closed on a master transaction agreement (the “Exchange Transaction”) with LY Holdings, LLC (“LYH” or “Former Parent”) and holders of LYH’s convertible promissory notes (the “Convertible Debtholders”), including a Securities Exchange Agreement and a Securities Contribution Agreement. Libra was a non-operating public shell company which had no preferred stock authorized, was authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of common stock and had 5,505,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The Securities Exchange Agreement provided for LYH to exchange its 100% membership interest in Lightyear (after forgiving Lightyear’s intercompany indebtedness to LYH) for 10,000,000 shares of Libra common stock to be issued at closing and an additional 9,500,000 shares of Libra preferred stock to be issued after Libra increased its authorized shares. The Securities Contribution Agreements provided for LYH’s Convertible Debtholders to exchange their aggregate of $5,149,980 of LYH Notes to Libra in exchange for an aggregate of 3,242,533 shares of Libra common stock.

 
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Note A—Organization, Operations, and Basis of Presentation—Continued

Reverse Merger, Exchange Transaction and Reorganization—Continued

On February 25, 2010, Libra’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (1) changing the name of Libra to Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., (2) increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock to 70,000,000 and (3) authorizing 9,500,000 shares of preferred stock. The preferred stock was designated to (a) vote as a single class with shares of common stock; (b) have a stated value of $2.00 per share; (c) have dividends of 5% of the stated value, when and if declared; (d) have conversion rights into one share of common stock (subject to adjustment); (e) have the right to elect a majority of the board of directors, so long as at least 50% of the originally issued preferred stock is outstanding; (f) have a liquidation preference equal to the sum of the stated value and all accrued but unpaid dividends; (g) have a premium upon a change of control transaction equal to the liquidation preference; and (h) have certain negative covenants regarding the declaration of dividends, the issuance of additional preferred stock and the issuance of debt.


The transactions under the Master Transaction Agreement are intended to qualify as a tax-free contribution of property for stock under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The issuances of the Company’s stock under the Securities Exchange Agreement and the Contribution Agreements are intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

For financial reporting purposes, the Exchange Transaction represents a capital transaction of Lightyear or a "reverse merger" rather than a business combination, because the sellers of Lightyear controlled the combined company immediately following the completion of the transaction. Lightyear was deemed to be the accounting acquirer in the transaction and, consequently, the transaction was treated as a recapitalization of Lightyear.  Accordingly, the assets and liabilities and the historical operations that are reflected in the financial statements are those of Lightyear and were recorded at the historical cost basis of Lightyear. LNSI’s assets, liabilities and results of operations are consolidated with the assets, liabilities and results of operations of Lightyear after consummation of the acquisition.  The number of shares issued and outstanding and additional paid-in capital of the Company have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the equivalent number of shares issued by the Company in the Exchange Transaction, while Lightyear’s historical member’s deficit is being carried forward. All costs attributable to the reverse merger were expensed.

Note B—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The balance sheet, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have been included in our consolidated financial statements. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates include the reserves related to receivables, the recoverability and useful lives of long lived assets and the valuation of equity and derivative instruments.

 
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Note B—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Continued

Income Taxes

LNSI is taxed as a corporation. Lightyear is organized as a limited liability company and elected to be treated as a partnership for income tax purposes, whereby taxable income or loss passes through to, and is reportable by, the member of Lightyear.  The individual entities file state and local income tax returns in certain jurisdictions and are subject to minimum taxes which are based on measures other than income.

The Company recognizes deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of items that have been included or excluded in the financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined on the basis of the difference between the tax basis of liabilities and assets and their respective financial reporting amounts (“temporary differences”) at enacted tax rates in effect for the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. The Company is recording a full valuation allowance against any deferred tax assets because it is not more than likely that the deferred tax assets will be realized. As a result, the corporation’s losses do not result in a tax benefit on the statements of operations.

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted accounting guidance which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The guidance also provides direction on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The adoption of these provisions did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

Management has evaluated and concluded that there were no material uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2010. In most instances, the Company is no longer subject to federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for the years prior to 2005. The Company files income tax returns with most states.

The Company’s policy is to classify assessments, if any, for tax related interest as interest expense and penalties as selling, general and administrative expenses.

Revenue Recognition

Telecommunications services income such as access revenue and usage revenue are recognized on the accrual basis as services are provided. In general, access revenue is billed one month in advance and is recognized when earned. Wireless handheld devices are sold at a discount when bundled with a long-term wireless service contract. We recognize the equipment revenue and associated costs when title has passed and the equipment has been accepted by the customer. The Company provides administrative and support services to its agents and pays commissions based on revenues from the agents’ accounts. Amounts invoiced to customers in advance of services are reflected as deferred revenues.

Recognition of agent fees and interest income on the related notes receivable is limited to amounts recognizable under the cost-recovery method on an individual agent basis.

In addition, we have the right to offset commissions earned with uncollectible accounts receivable attributed to a specific agent or with past due notes receivable payments, up to certain specified percentages of such uncollectible accounts receivable and up to 100 percent of past due notes receivable payments.  We believe our allowances for doubtful accounts and notes receivable, combined with our ability to offset agents’ commissions, are adequate to provide for uncollectible receivables.

Cost of revenue represents primarily the direct costs associated with the cost of transmitting and terminating traffic on other carriers’ facilities.

Commissions paid to acquire customer call traffic are expensed in the period when associated call revenues are recognized.

 
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments are cash, accounts receivable and short term borrowings, plus accounts and obligations payable. The recorded values of cash, accounts receivable and short term borrowings, plus accounts and obligations payable approximate their fair values based on their short term nature.

Inventories

The Company maintains inventories consisting of wireless telephones and telecommunications equipment which are available for sale. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had reserves for obsolete inventory of approximately $65,000 and $70,000, respectively.

The Company continually analyzes its slow-moving, excess and obsolete inventories.  Products that are determined to be obsolete are written down to net realizable value.

Stock-Based Compensation
 
The Company measures the cost of services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the fair value of the award. For employees and directors, the award is measured on the grant date and for non-employees, the award is generally remeasured on interim financial reporting dates until the service period is complete. The fair value amount is then recognized over the period during which services are required to be provided in exchange for the award, usually the vesting period.

Derivative Liabilities

As of February 11, 2010, LYH’s derivative liabilities were valued using the Black Scholes option pricing model as follows: All - market and exercise price of $1.80, dividend yield of 0%, annual volatility of 45.4%; Warrants – 4.3 to 5.0 years expected term and risk free interest rates ranging from 1.99% to 2.23% and Conversion Options – 0.8 to 1.4 years expected term and risk free interest rates ranging from 0.24% to 0.54%. As of December 31, 2009, derivative liabilities were valued using the Black Scholes option pricing model as follows: All - market and exercise price of $1.80, dividend yield of 0%, annual volatility of 45.4%; Warrants – 4.4 to 4.8 years expected term and risk free interest rates ranging from 2.44% to 2.57% and Conversion Options – 0.9 to 1.2 years expected term and risk free interest rates of 0.47%. The benefit associated with reducing the value of the derivative liabilities through February 11, 2010 was recorded on the books of Lightyear. On February 12, 2010, the convertible promissory notes and warrants which originally resulted in the derivative liabilities were modified or cancelled such that there were no ongoing derivative liabilities or impact on Lightyear after that date.

Net Loss Per Common Share

Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders, after deducting the cumulative undeclared dividends on the Company’s preferred stock of $328,986 at June 30, 2010 (see Note F, Issuance of Preferred Stock), by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.  Diluted net loss per common share adjusts basic net loss per common share for the effects of potentially dilutive financial instruments, only in the periods in which such effects exist and are dilutive.  At June 30, 2010, 9,500,000 shares of preferred stock, plus outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase 778,500 and 1,552,370 shares of common stock, respectively, an aggregate of 11,830,870 potentially dilutive shares of common stock, were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per common share because their impact would have been anti-dilutive.  At June 30, 2009, no potentially dilutive instruments existed.

 
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Note B—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Continued

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 810 on Consolidation, to improve financial reporting by enterprises involved with variable interest entities and to provide more relevant and reliable information to users of financial statements.  The guidance is effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. The adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In January 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 820 on Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The guidance requires some new disclosures and clarifies some existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement. The guidance now requires a reporting entity to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities and to provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009. As this standard relates specifically to disclosures, the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 855 on Subsequent Events, which removes the requirements that an SEC filer disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated.  The guidance was effective upon issuance. The adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 605 on Revenue Recognition.  This standard provides that the milestone method is a valid application of the proportional performance model for revenue recognition if the milestones are substantive and there is substantive uncertainty about whether the milestones will be achieved.  Determining whether a milestone is substantive requires judgment that should be made at the inception of the arrangement.  To meet the definition of a substantive milestone, the consideration earned by achieving the milestone (1) would have to be commensurate with either the level of effort required to achieve the milestone or the enhancement in the value of the item delivered, (2) would have to relate solely to past performance, and (3) should be reasonable relative to all deliverables and payment terms in the arrangement.  No bifurcation of an individual milestone is allowed and there can be more than one milestone in an arrangement.  The standard is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this guidance will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In July 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 310 on Receivables, which requires an entity to enhance the disclosures about the credit quality of its financing receivables and the related allowance for credit losses. As a result of these amendments, an entity is required to disaggregate by portfolio segment or class certain existing disclosures and provide certain new disclosures about its financing receivables and related allowance for credit losses. The disclosures as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Management is currently evaluating the requirements of this guidance and has not yet determined the impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
Note C—Short-Term Borrowings
 
In December 2009, as amended in January 2010, Lightyear entered into a short term revolving secured factoring agreement of up to $500,000. In conjunction with this agreement, the factor received a first priority interest in Lightyear’s accounts receivable, intangible assets and deposit accounts. As of December 31, 2009, Lightyear had outstanding borrowings of $500,000 under the facility. Lightyear entered into an agreement to repay the advances under the factoring agreement from a combination of: (1) fifty percent of the proceeds of the private placement that commenced during November 2009 in excess of $1,000,000; and (2) certain fixed weekly payment amounts if the facility had not been repaid by January 22, 2010. On February 8, 2010, the outstanding borrowings were repaid in full from the proceeds of the final closing of the LYH Notes.
 
 
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Note C—Short-Term Borrowings—Continued

On March 17, 2010, Lightyear entered into a closed end credit facility (the “Note”) with a limited future multiple advance feature, representing an arrangement that allows Lightyear to obtain advances without giving the bank a separate note for each advance.  Lightyear is entitled to borrow up to the full principal amount of $1,000,000 of the Note from time to time, but only up through, and not after, June 16, 2010, subject to certain limitations.  The Note bears interest at the prime rate plus 4% but not less than 7.25% per annum.  Beginning on April 30, 2010 through June 30, 2010, Lightyear shall pay all accrued but unpaid interest.  Beginning on July 30, 2010, Lightyear shall make monthly payments of all accrued but unpaid interest plus monthly principal payments in the amount of $111,112, unless and until the outstanding principal balance of the Note is paid in full.  In addition to the payments described above, Lightyear shall apply to payment of the principal balance of the Note, 50% of all net proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 and up to $2,000,000 from the sale of the Company’s equity securities, unless and until the outstanding principal balance of the Note is paid in full (the “Equity Payment”). The Note was modified on August 3, 2010, but is effective as of March 17, 2010, such that the Equity Payment is now due no later than October 30, 2010. The Note matures on March 30, 2011. The Note is secured by a security interest in all tangible and intangible assets of Lightyear, including lockbox accounts and its operating account, and by the personal guaranties of an officer and a director of the Company. As of June 30, 2010, Lightyear had outstanding advances totaling $987,100.

Note D—Related Party Transactions

Lightyear has significant transactions with its former parent, LYH, and members of LYH and deals with certain companies or individuals which are related parties either by having owners in common or because they are controlled by members of LYH, directors and/or officers of the Company or by relatives of members of LYH, directors and/or officers of the Company.  Aggregate related party transactions are segregated on the face of the balance sheets and statements of operations.

Settlement Agreement

In July 2004 and July 2008, LYH borrowed funds, most of the proceeds of which were ultimately provided to Lightyear.  The lenders were all affiliates of LYH, including an affiliate of Chris T. Sullivan, who is an affiliate of LYH and a director of Lightyear,  In connection with the loans, LYH and Lightyear executed agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) to pay the lenders (the “Letter Agreement Holders”), in addition to principal and interest payments on the accompanying notes, an amount each month equal to an aggregate of 3% and 4% of the gross commissionable monthly revenues from Lightyear’s sales of wireless and VoIP service offerings (the “Revenue Payments”), respectively.  The Letter Agreements have a term of ten years unless terminated early due to a sale of all or substantially all of LYH. Upon an early termination event, Lightyear would be obligated to pay the respective Letter Agreement Holders a termination fee in the amount of the sum of the Revenue Payments for the immediately preceding twelve full months.  On February 11, 2010, LYH, Lightyear and each of the Letter Agreement Holders entered into the First Modification to Letter Agreements, pursuant to which the Letter Agreements were modified to, among other things, release and discharge LYH from all obligations under the Letter Agreements. The Letter Agreement Holders are all associated with directors of the Company, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Pursuant to a loan made to LYH by Sullivan, on February 11, 2010 LYH issued an amended promissory note (the “LYH Note”) to Sullivan in the original principal amount of $8,000,000 with a maturity date of July 1, 2010.  The LYH Note bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 4.75% on all amounts owed up to $7,000,000 and LIBOR plus 7.75% on all amounts owed in excess of $7,000,000, neither of which will exceed 10% per annum. The LYH Note is secured by a security interest in (i) the capital stock of LNSI held by LYH and (ii) certain interests in LYH, excluding Sullivan’s interest.  As of April 29, 2010, $7,750,000 was outstanding pursuant to the LYH Note, $250,000 of which was scheduled to have been paid on March 31, 2010 and the remainder of which was due on the July 1, 2010 maturity date.

On April 29, 2010, Lightyear, LYH,  Sullivan and the Letter Agreement Holders entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) pursuant to which: (1) Lightyear purchased the LYH Note from Sullivan for an aggregate purchase price of $7,750,000 (the “LNS Obligation”) ; (2) LYH became indebted to Lightyear pursuant to and in the amount of the LYH Note; and (3) Lightyear became obligated to reimburse LYH for $260,000 (the “LYH Reimbursement”, which is recorded as other expense - related parties in the condensed consolidated statements of operations) in advances made by LYH to Sullivan after the parties reached an agreement in principle, but before the execution of the agreement. Of the $7,750,000 LNS Obligation, $250,000 was paid contemporaneous with the execution of the Settlement Agreement and $250,000 was scheduled to be paid on July 1, 2010 and on the first day of each quarter thereafter, until and including the maturity date. The maturity date is the sooner of (a) July 1, 2011, or (b) the maturity date of Sullivan’s underlying bank loan related to the LYH Note. The LNS Obligation has the same interest terms as the LYH Note.  Sullivan is also the beneficiary on a $5,000,000 key man life insurance policy on an executive officer.

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Note D—Related Party Transactions—Continued

Settlement Agreement—Continued

To induce Lightyear to purchase Sullivan’s rights under the LYH Note, the Letter Agreement Holders have (a) granted Lightyear an additional security interest in the Letter Agreements to secure LYH’s payments to Lightyear pursuant to the LYH Note, and (b) given Lightyear an option pursuant to which Lightyear may purchase the Letter Agreements for $8,000,000 at any time until May 1, 2012.

In the Event of Default, as defined in the Settlement Agreement, Sullivan may (a) declare the outstanding balance and accrued interest to be at once due and payable or (b) declare the Settlement Agreement to be void.  If Sullivan voids the Settlement Agreement, (i) the LYH Note reverts to  Sullivan, (ii) Lightyear will have no further obligation to make any payments to Sullivan, whether for amounts withheld or to become due, (iii) the payments received from Lightyear will be credited against the LNS Obligation, and (iv) Sullivan may pursue remedies of default against LYH and certain Letter Agreement Holders, including the additional security interest.

As of June 30, 2010, the balance due to Lightyear on the LYH Note is $7,750,000 and the interest receivable is $104,412. As of June 30, 2010, the balance owed by Lightyear on the LNS Obligation is $7,500,000, plus a $98,113 interest payable and a $110,000 LYH Reimbursement payable. See Note H, Settlement Agreement for additional details.

Other

An officer of the Company owns an indirect interest in a Lightyear agency. The agency has a standard Lightyear agent agreement and earned approximately $5,000 and $10,000 in commissions from Lightyear during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and $6,000 and $13,000 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

Beginning in 2008, an employee (and son of an officer) of the Company, has maintained a representative position in a direct selling entity which earned approximately $20,000 and $59,000 in commissions from Lightyear during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and $60,000 and $102,000 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

Commission expense – related parties includes certain VoIP and wireless revenue override payments due to directors of the Company. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, Lightyear recorded approximately $34,000 and $69,000 of VoIP and wireless revenue override expense, respectively.  The holders of the override rights had waived their right to such payment in 2009.

Pursuant to an officer’s employment agreement, Lightyear provides life insurance coverage consisting of $3,000,000 under a whole life policy and $3,000,000 under a term life insurance policy. Lightyear also maintains $5,000,000 in key man life insurance on the same officer. The proceeds from the key man life insurance have been assigned to Sullivan as collateral for the LNS Obligation. Aggregate insurance premium expense for these policies was approximately $19,000 and $44,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and $25,000 and $51,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

In contemplation of the Exchange Transaction, on February 4, 2010, the officer assigned the ownership of a split-dollar life insurance policy to Lightyear and Lightyear has been made the owner and beneficiary under this policy.

On February 12, 2010, in connection with the forgiveness of Lightyear’s intercompany indebtedness to LYH, Lightyear transferred the remaining deferred financing costs in the amount of approximately $811,000 to LYH, since the original debt that gave rise to such costs remains outstanding.

Note E—Supplier Concentration

Of the telecommunications services used in its operations, Lightyear acquired approximately 41% and 13% during the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 42% and 12% during the six months ended June 30, 2010 from two suppliers. Lightyear acquired approximately 48% during the three months ended June 30, 2009 from one supplier and 46% and 10% during the six months ended June 30, 2009 from two suppliers. Although there are other suppliers of these services, a change in suppliers could have an adverse effect on the business which could ultimately affect operating results.
 
 
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Note F—Stockholders’ Deficiency

Reverse Merger, Exchange Transaction and Reorganization

At the time of the Exchange Transaction, LNSI had 5,505,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The LYH Convertible Debtholders exchanged their LYH Notes to LNSI in exchange for an aggregate of 3,242,533 shares of LNSI stock. The LYH Note of $5,149,980 was recorded as a contra-equity item because it represents a receivable from an affiliate. See Note A, Reverse Merger, Exchange Transaction and Reorganization for additional details.

Issuance of Preferred Stock

On April 12, 2010, the Company completed the transactions contemplated in the Exchange Agreement by issuing 9,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock to LYH. See Note A, Reverse Merger, Exchange Transaction and Reorganization for additional details.

The Preferred Stock ranks senior to Common Stock and holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution upon a Liquidation Event,  before any payment shall be made to the holders of Common Stock, an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) the Stated Value of $2.00, plus any Accruing Dividends accrued but unpaid thereon, whether or not declared, together with any other dividends declared but unpaid thereon, or (ii) such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock.  Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time, and without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Stated Value by the Conversion Price (currently set at $2.00 per share) in effect at the time of conversion, subject to typical anti-dilution provisions.  The Preferred Stock is convertible automatically upon the earlier of (a ) a public offering of $40 million of gross proceeds from the sale of  Common Stock,  (b) shares of Common Stock trading for 20 consecutive trading days at a daily average price of not less than 200% of the Conversion Price, at an average volume of not less than 500,000 shares per day over such 20 trading day period or (c) the conversion of at least fifty percent of the shares of Preferred Stock originally issued, subject to typical adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends or other similar recapitalization events, or (d) upon the agreement of at least a majority of the Preferred Stock holders.

Holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends at the rate of 5% of the aggregate Stated Value of Preferred Stock held by them per annum, which shall accrue and be payable when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors. If the Company fails to pay dividends on Preferred Stock on a quarterly basis, the dividend payment rate will increase to 8% per annum with respect to dividends previously accrued and unpaid and any future dividend payments, until such time as all accrued dividends have been paid and distributed, at which time the rate of 5% per annum shall resume. During the second fiscal quarter of 2010, the Company’s board of directors did not declare, and the Company did not pay, a dividend on the issued and outstanding shares of its Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share. Therefore, the dividend payment rate on the Company’s Preferred Stock increased from 5% per annum to 8% per annum on all accrued but unpaid dividends on the Company’s Preferred Stock. Cumulative undeclared dividends on the Company’s Preferred Stock at the rate of 8% per annum total $328,986 or $0.0346 per share at June 30, 2010.
 
Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants
 
In June 2010, the Company sold an aggregate of 585.8 unregistered units (each, a “Unit”). Each Unit sold for a price of $4,000 for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,343,200. The net proceeds from the issuance of common stock and warrants were $1,710,834, after deducting fees withheld of $481,548 and issuance costs paid of $150,818.
 
Each Unit consists of:

 
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1,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value;
 
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500 warrants (the “Fixed Warrants”), which are currently exercisable, to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share (subject to adjustments) with a five year term;
 
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2,000 warrants (the “Milestone Warrants”), which become exercisable only as set forth below, to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share (subject to adjustments) with a three year term, and;
 
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Up to 600 additional warrants (the “Additional Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share with a five year term, subject to a holding requirement of shares purchased in the Offering.
 
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Note F—Stockholders’ Deficiency—Continued
 
Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants—Continued

The Fixed Warrants and Additional Warrants are exercisable at any time before their expiration and are subject to mandatory exercise or redemption, at the election of the Company, on the occurrence of certain conditions. The Milestone Warrants become exercisable only if the Company fails to achieve certain milestone conditions relating to strategic, acquisition, financial and governance issues (each a “Milestone,” and collectively, the “Milestones”). If the Company fails to meet a particular Milestone, the Milestone Warrant becomes immediately exercisable with respect to the number of shares associated with that Milestone. If the Company meets a particular Milestone, then the Milestone Warrant will be cancelled with respect to the shares associated with that Milestone.

At the end of each calendar quarter (initially September 30, 2010) following the purchase of the Units, the Company will issue to the original purchaser of Units an Additional Warrant to purchase 30 shares of Common Stock for every 1,000 shares of Common Stock held by that original purchaser (subject to proration).  The right to Additional Warrants terminates five years from the date of the original issuance of the Common Stock, or upon the transfer of the originally issued Common Stock by the purchaser. As of June 30, 2010, no Additional Warrants were issued.

The Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with each of the investors purchasing Units.  Subject to certain limitations and conditions under the Registration Rights Agreement, upon demand by the holders of a majority of the Units, the Company is required to file a registration statement relating to the resale of (i) the shares of Common Stock sold and (ii) the shares of Common Stock underlying each Fixed Warrant and each Milestone Warrant. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, if the Company fails to file quarterly and annual reports (the “Periodic Reports”) with the SEC in a timely manner and the investors would otherwise be able to sell Common Stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, the Company must pay partial liquidated damages to the investor equal to 2% of the aggregate purchase price of the Units sold in the offering associated with Common Stock still held by the investor for each month the Periodic Reports aren’t current, up to aggregate partial liquidated damages of 10% of the aggregate purchase price of the Units sold in the offering associated with Common Stock still held by the investor.

The Company has engaged selling agents in connection with the sale of Units. The Company paid selling agents aggregate placement fees of $281,184, aggregate financial advisory fees of $150,000, and aggregate expense reimbursement allowances of $46,864. In addition, the Company incurred other costs in connection with the sale of the Units of $150,818. The Company has also agreed to issue aggregate Selling Agent Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock equal to 10% of the shares of Common Stock issued to investors (including for this purpose the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants, to the extent that such warrants are exercisable by the investors) at an exercise price of $4.00 per share with a five year term. The warrants to be issued to the selling agent contain substantially the same terms as the Fixed Warrants.

In connection with the offering, through June 30, 2010 the Company issued Common Stock of 585,800 shares, plus Fixed Warrants, Milestone Warrants and Selling Agent Warrants to purchase 292,900, 1,171,600 and 87,870 shares of Common Stock, respectively.  As of June 30, 2010, none of the Milestone Warrants are exercisable.

Settlement Agreement

The $7,750,000 note receivable from LYH and the related interest receivable of $104,412 at June 30, 2010, were recorded as contra-equity items because they represent receivables from an affiliate. See Note D, Settlement Agreement, for additional details.

Recapitalization of LLC’s Accumulated Deficit at the Time of the Exchange

On February 12, 2010, Lightyear’s $26,597,754 accumulated deficit was recapitalized as additional paid in capital, as the reporting entity reorganized from a limited liability company to a corporation.

Stock Plan

The 2010 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2010 Plan”), which was approved by the board of directors and the majority stockholder of the Company on May 18, 2010, provides for grants of stock options, restricted stock, and other stock-based or cash awards to the Company’s employees, directors, and independent contractors. The number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the 2010 Plan is 1,000,000.
 
 
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Note F—Stockholders’ Deficiency—Continued

Stock Option Grants

On May 19, 2010, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 780,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.90 to new and existing employees, pursuant to the 2010 Plan. The options vest ratably over a three year period and expire after ten years. The $1,443,925 grant date fair value is being amortized over the three year vesting term.

The Company has computed the fair value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  Forfeitures are estimated at the time of valuation and reduce expense ratably over the vesting period. This estimate will be adjusted periodically based on the extent to which actual forfeitures differ, or are expected to differ, from the previous estimate, when it is material. The expected term of options granted represents the estimated period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The Company utilizes the “simplified” method to develop an estimate of the expected term of “plain vanilla” option grants. Given that LNSI's shares have only been publicly traded in their current form since February 12, 2010, until such time as LNSI has sufficient trading history to compute the historical volatility of its common stock, the Company is utilizing an expected volatility figure based on a review of the historical volatilities, over a period of time, equivalent to the expected life of these options, of similarly positioned public companies within its industry. The risk-free interest rate was determined from the implied yields from U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with a remaining term consistent with the expected term of the options.

In applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the Company used the following weighted average assumptions:

   
For the Three and
Six Months 
Ended
June 30, 2010
 
Risk free interest rate
    2.48 %
Expected term (years)
    6.0  
Expected volatility
    46.7 %
Expected dividends
     

The weighted average estimated fair value of the stock options granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was $1.85 per share.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, options to purchase 2,000 shares of common stock were forfeited due to employee terminations, leaving options to purchase 778,500 shares common stock outstanding with an intrinsic value of $1,440,225 as of June 30, 2010.  No options are exercisable as of June 30, 2010.

The Company recognized approximately $47,000 of stock-based compensation expense during each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, related to employee stock option grants, which is reflected as selling, general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2010, there was approximately $1,393,000 of unrecognized employee stock-based compensation expense related to stock option grants that will be amortized over a weighted average period of 2.9 years.

Forgiveness of Indebtedness to Former Parent

On February 12, 2010, LYH forgave Lightyear’s intercompany indebtedness of $25,292,175 in conjunction with the Exchange Transaction, which was comprised of $21,116,242 of loans payable to LYH and $4,762,750 of interest payable to LYH, partially offset by a $586,817 receivable from LYH.

Prior to the forgiveness of the intercompany indebtedness by LYH on February 12, 2010, but subsequent to December 31, 2009, Lightyear became indebted to LYH for an additional $2,099,980 of loans. LNS incurred fees associated with these loans aggregating $367,300. These costs were capitalized as deferred financing costs on the books of Lightyear. The additional funding arose from the following financing activity of the Former Parent:

In November 2009, LYH commenced a private placement offering and beginning in January 2010 and continuing through February 8, 2010, LYH raised $2,099,980 of gross proceeds. The notes bear simple interest at a rate equal to 10% per annum and are payable eighteen months from the date of the respective closings.

 
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Note F—Stockholders’ Deficiency—Continued

Forgiveness of Indebtedness to Former Parent—Continued

The note terms stipulated that in the event that LYH consummated (i) an offering or series of related offerings, whether in the form of debt, equity or a combination thereof, that results in gross proceeds to LYH of at least $5,000,000 (see Note A regarding Exchange Transaction), inclusive of the proceeds from an earlier convertible note offering that raised an aggregate of $3,050,000, and (ii) a merger, share exchange, sale or contribution of all substantially all of Lightyear’s assets or other business combination with a publicly-traded shell company, as a result of which the members of Lightyear immediately prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly, beneficially own more than 50% of the voting power of the surviving or resulting entity (the “Reverse Merger”), the holders of the notes would be required to exchange their notes for (i) such number of shares of common stock equal to the number of LYH Class B Units for which such notes are convertible (ii) and new five year warrants to purchase up to 50% of the number of shares of LYH Class B Units for which such notes are converted, issued at an exercise price of $1.80 per share. The transaction calls for the holders of the earlier convertible notes and warrants from the prior note to be treated in a substantially similar manner as the holder of the notes and warrants in this offering.

Prior to the Exchange Transaction (see Note A), the holders rescinded their purchase of the notes and instead received a term note with the same interest rate and duration as the notes.

Note G—Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

As of June 30, 2010, claims have been asserted against Lightyear which arose in the normal course of business. While there can be no assurance, management believes that the ultimate outcome of these legal claims will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

Asset Purchase Agreement

On June 30, 2010, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SE Acquisitions, LLC (“Acquisition”), a Kentucky limited liability company organized on June 22, 2010, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with SouthEast Telephone, Inc. (“Seller”), a Kentucky corporation.  Seller had previously filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Pikeville Division.  Seller provides voice and data telecommunications products and services, including local and long distance phone service, DSL and paging, to primarily residential customers.  Seller currently has approximately 150 employees and approximately 33,000 customers.   As of June 30, 2010, Seller is a debtor in possession and is operating its business under Section 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
Pursuant to the Agreement, Acquisition has agreed to purchase substantially all of the real property, intellectual property, tangible assets, and selected vendor contracts used in the conduct of Seller’s business, and to assume certain post-closing liabilities related to the purchased assets.  Seller will retain certain liabilities related to its business. Acquisition has the right under the Agreement to designate additional assets or liabilities of Seller to be included in the Agreement.  In consideration of the purchased assets, Acquisition will pay: (i) up to $560,000 in cash to Seller for Seller’s administrative and priority expenses; (ii) $4,000 in cash to each of Seller’s employees who is not offered employment with the Company; and, (iii) an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to Seller’s equity holders.  Acquisition will also assume approximately $3,765,000 of Seller’s secured debt and expects to provide a minimum of $2,000,000 in post-closing investment capital to fund working capital needs and network expansion.  
 
The Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties.  The asset purchase transaction is expected to close on or about October 1, 2010, subject to fulfillment or waiver of certain conditions to closing, including financing, regulatory approvals, and approval by and an order of the Bankruptcy Court under sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.  See Note H, Asset Purchase Agreement, for additional details.
 
 
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Note G—Commitments and Contingencies—Continued

Employment Agreements

On February 12, 2010, upon the closing of the Exchange Agreement, the Company assumed LYH’s employment agreement (the “Agreement”) with an officer of the Company. The initial term of the Agreement was from March 31, 2004 through December 31, 2008. At the end of the initial term, the Agreement was automatically renewed for an additional one year term, and shall be automatically renewed for successive additional one-year terms, unless within 180 days prior to the end of the initial term or any additional term either party gives the other written notice of the Company’s or the officer’s intent not to renew the agreement. Under the Agreement, the officer is to receive a base salary, adjusted annually consistent with increases given to other executives of the Company, plus other fringe benefits and is eligible for various bonuses. During the employment term, the base salary has been periodically amended and as of June 30, 2010 is $282,000 per annum.

On April 29, 2010, the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer entered into an employment agreement with the Company with a salary of $125,000 per annum, a discretionary bonus and an expectation to receive options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, upon the approval of a Company stock incentive plan (See Note F). The term of the employment agreement is three years. The agreement provides that, in the event of a termination without cause or a resignation for good reason, as defined in his employment agreement, the Chief Operating Officer will continue to: be paid his salary in accordance with the Company’s regular payment schedule until the end of twelve months; be entitled to receive any incentive payments earned and accrued but not yet paid; receive continued medical coverage at the Company’s expense until the end of twelve months; and receive, through the termination date, all accrued and unpaid salary, all unused vacation time, and all unreimbursed business expenses incurred.

Note H—Subsequent Events

Asset Purchase Agreement

On August 16, 2010 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky entered a Confirmation Order approving the sale of substantially all the assets of SouthEast Telephone, Inc. to SE Acquisitions, LLC.  The issuance of the Order brings the parties one step closer to completing the asset purchase transaction which is expected to close on or about October 1, 2010, after all necessary federal and state regulatory approvals have been obtained. See Note G, Asset Purchase Agreement, for additional details.
 
Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants

On July 12, July 30 and August 12, 2010, the Company sold an aggregate of 664.225 unregistered Units (see Note F, Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants, for details on Units).  Each Unit sold for a price of $4,000 for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,656,900.

In connection with this sale of Units, the Company paid selling agents aggregate placement fees of $318,828, aggregate financial advisory fees of $150,000, and aggregate expense reimbursement allowances of $53,138. The Company issued common stock of 664,225 shares, plus Fixed Warrants, Milestone Warrants and Selling Agent Warrants to purchase 332,113, 1,328,450 and 99,634 shares of common stock, respectively.

Settlement Agreement

On August 12, 2010, effective April 29, 2010, (1) Lightyear and Sullivan agreed that Lightyear’s $250,000 July 1, 2010 principal payment on the LNS Obligation would be waived, Lightyear would make a $250,000 principal payment on October 1, 2010 and the maturity would be the earlier of (a) July 1, 2011, or (b) the maturity date of Sullivan’s underlying bank loan (acknowledged to currently be January 10, 2011); (2) Lightyear and LYH agreed to amend the LYH Note to make it a demand note; and (3) in the event that Sullivan voids the Settlement Agreement, LYH will execute a note in favor of LNS in the amount equal to its prior aggregate payments to Sullivan. In addition, all parties waived any entitlement to late charges or a default rate of interest resulting from the non-payment of any scheduled principal payments prior to October 1, 2010. In addition, the parties clarified that (a) Sullivan had been made the beneficiary on the Company’s key man life insurance policy on an executive officer; (b) Sullivan was only permitted to use the $5,000,000 of life insurance proceeds toward the satisfaction of any outstanding LNS Obligation; (c) that any excess proceeds must be returned to LNS; and (d) upon repayment of the LNS Obligation in full, LNS would become the beneficiary on the key man life insurance policy.  See Note D, Settlement Agreement, for additional details.

 
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The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition of Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. and Subsidiaries (“LNSI”) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. References in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations to “us,” “we,” “our,” and similar terms refer to LNSI. References to Lightyear refer to LNSI’s wholly-owned subsidiary Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC. This discussion includes forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. See “Risk Factors” under Item 2.01 of LNSI’s Form 8-K/A filed March 31, 2010. Words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements.
 
Overview
 
Lightyear provides a broad suite of telecommunications services throughout the United States.  Lightyear was organized in 2003 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LNSI which was incorporated in 1997.  Lightyear and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lightyear Alliance of Puerto Rico, LLC, provide telecommunications services in 49 states and Puerto Rico and are licensed local carriers in 44 states.  The Company sells its products and services primarily through a distribution network of more than 350 authorized independent agents.  In addition to the primary products of the Company, long distance and local service, we offer internet/intranet services, calling cards, advanced data, wireless, Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) and conference calling.  The Company continuously evaluates new telecommunications services as they become available and as they are requested by customers.

Lightyear provides service to approximately 40,000 customer locations as of June 30, 2010, with a significant concentration in the five state area of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Florida and Georgia.  The Company builds regional customer concentrations which provide a contiguous service area and operational efficiencies. This is expected to result in higher margins with a nationwide distribution network through which new concentrations may be built.  Approximately 82% of the Company’s revenues were received from business customers and 18% from residential customers in the six months ended June 30, 2010 and approximately 76% of the Company’s revenues were received from business customers and 24% from residential customers in the six months ended June 30, 2009.

We intend to increase Lightyear’s revenue and earnings via a combination of organic and acquisition based growth. The organic growth strategy is focused on the Company’s extensive network of independent agents and a growing number of creative marketing and incentive plans targeting higher margin products and multi-location customers.  In addition, new carrier relationships and enhanced wireless, VoIP and data products will complement our existing strengths in landline service products.  Our acquisition strategy is focused on identifying small to mid-sized companies that provide either products or services similar to those provided by Lightyear or ones that expand the Company’s product offering and/or geographic reach.  We maintain a disciplined approach to acquisitions such that potential acquisition candidates are expected to meet specific criteria including the following:

 
·
Accretive to earnings in the first year;
 
·
Accretive to cash flow, including amortization of the cost of capital, in the first 6 months following the acquisition;
 
·
Strategic locations throughout the US where Lightyear has and/or anticipates significant demand for its service offerings.

Lightyear’s management team and its advisors bring significant strengths to its ability to integrate and consolidate acquired companies and assets.  In addition, specific technologies have been developed to significantly facilitate such integrations.  An example is the Portal System, Lightyear’s proprietary Operation Systems Support system (“OSS”), a single point of entry for quoting new business, order entry, billing and collections, and communicating directly with our major suppliers.

 
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On June 30, 2010, Lightyear signed an asset purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with SouthEast (the “Seller”), a Kentucky corporation. SouthEast had previously filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Pikeville Division. SouthEast, with approximately 33,000 customers, provides voice and data telecommunications products and services, including local and long distance phone service, DSL and paging, to primarily residential customers. SouthEast’s 2009 revenue was approximately $37.5 million. SouthEast currently has approximately 150 employees. As of June 30, 2010, SouthEast is a debtor in possession and is operating its business under Section 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
Pursuant to the Agreement, Lightyear has agreed to purchase substantially all of the real property, intellectual property, tangible assets, and selected vendor contracts used in the conduct of Seller’s business, and to assume certain post-closing liabilities related to the purchased assets.  Seller will retain certain liabilities related to its business. Lightyear has the right under the Agreement to designate additional assets or liabilities of Seller to be included in the Agreement.  In consideration of the purchased assets, Lightyear will pay: (i) up to $560,000 in cash to Seller for Seller’s administrative and priority expenses; (ii) $4,000 in cash to each of Seller’s employees who is not offered employment with the Company; and, (iii) an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to Seller’s equity holders.  Lightyear will also assume approximately $3,765,000 of Seller’s secured debt and expects to provide a minimum of $2,000,000 in investment capital, post closing, to fund working capital needs and network expansion.  
 
The Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties.  The asset purchase transaction is expected to close on or about October 1, 2010, subject to fulfillment or waiver of certain conditions to closing, including financing, regulatory approvals, and approval by and an order of the Bankruptcy Court under sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
  
Many of the unfavorable economic conditions and market pressures, including heightened competition, which affected our results of operations in 2009 continued in the first six months of 2010. In mid 2009, we initiated an extensive evaluation of our product lines and product line performance. As a result of that evaluation, the Company determined that the post-paid wireless product had resulted in significant growth in bad debt expense.  The sales and marketing of that product were significantly scaled back as a result until a more robust pre-paid product could be developed and marketed. Largely as a result of this action, our provision for bad debt expense was reduced to $0.3 million from $1.8 million and to $0.7 million from $2.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30th 2010 and 2009, respectively. The pre-paid wireless plan has been continuously improved subsequent to its initial launch in June 2009 and revenues have reached approximately $100,000 in the month of June 2010. The Company further determined that margins were being adversely affected by the sale of wholesale voice services to a small number of customers. The discontinuance of these services resulted in a decrease of voice revenues to $5.1 million from $6.4 million and to $10.2 million from $13.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. We also determined that although margins for our web-based products were robust, significant customer turnover existed in this product category. As a result, we reduced our sales in this category to $0.2 million from $0.9 million and to $0.4 million from $2.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Lightyear also elected to strengthen its sales efforts and added a new Vice President of Sales to its senior management group to increase focus on the sales of higher margin products.  In addition, new discussions were initiated with various carriers to begin the direct sale of their wireless products to increase wireless margins and broaden the array of wireless products that can be offered.
 
Other Management Information
 
Our Company uses various operating statistics to manage our business. We believe that such operating statistics are important in measuring operating performance and evaluating our performance. The two key operating statistics we employ are ARPU and Average Churn.

 
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ARPU is a metric that measures service revenues per period divided by the weighted average number of customers in service during that period,
 
 
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Average Churn measures the net gain or loss of revenue from customers as a percentage change from the beginning of the period to the end of the period, net of acquisitions.
 
 
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These operating statistics should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information contained in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

   
For The
 
   
Month Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
ARPU
  $ 95     $ 70  
 
 
   
For The
 
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Average Churn
    3.1 %     6.2 %
 
Revenues
 
Our revenues are primarily derived from the sales and provision of the following services:
 
 
·
Voice Services
 
·
Local Services
 
·
VoIP Services
 
·
Data Services
 
·
Wireless Services
 
·
Other Services

Cost of Revenues
 
Cost of revenues consist primarily of carrier access fees, network costs and usage fees associated with providing our wholesale telecommunications services.
 
Operating Expenses
 
Operating expenses include:

 
·
commission expense which consists of payments to agents based on a percentage of the monthly billings and upfront payments to agents at the time the customer was acquired;
 
·
depreciation and amortization, including depreciation of long-lived property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets where applicable;
 
·
bad debt expense represents an estimate of the incremental non-collectible receivables;
 
·
transaction expenses represent expenses related to the reverse merger or acquisition activity; and
 
·
selling, general and administrative expenses which consist of selling, advertising, marketing, billing and promotion expenses, plus salaries and benefits, rent associated with our office space, professional fees, travel and entertainment, depreciation and amortization and other costs.
     
Other Income (Expense)

 
·
Interest income – related parties represents interest earned on the LYH Note;
 
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Interest expense – related parties currently represents interest payable on the LNS Obligation and formerly on the loans payable to LYH;

 
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Other Income (Expense)—Continued

 
·
Amortization of deferred financing costs represents the charging off of the costs associated with LYH’s convertible note and warrant offering, originally over the term of the notes, but which ceased being amortized on Lightyear’s books on February 12, 2010;
 
·
Amortization of debt discount represents the charging off of the value of the conversion option of the notes and the related warrants, originally over the term of the notes, but which ceased being amortized on Lightyear’s books on February 12, 2010;
 
·
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities represents the mark-to-market of the value of LYH’s derivative liabilities (various warrants and conversion options) through February 12, 2010. Through February 12, 2010, Lightyear bore the expense associated with interest expense, deferred financing costs, amortization of debt discount and change in the fair value of derivative liabilities because the related financings were conducted by LYH in order to fund Lightyear’s operations. On February 12, 2010, LYH forgave the intercompany indebtedness and assumed responsibility for the remaining expenses; and
 
·
Other expense – related parties represents the cost of the Settlement Agreement transaction.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

Revenues

The following table presents our operating revenues by product category for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   
For The
             
   
Three Months Ended June 30,
             
(dollars in millions)
 
2010
   
2009
   
$ variance
   
% variance
 
Voice service
  $ 5.1     $ 6.4     $ (1.3 )     (20 )%
Local service
    2.1       2.2       (0.1 )     (4 )%
VoIP
    1.0       1.2       (0.2 )     (18 )%
Data services
    1.0       1.3       (0.3 )     (22 )%
Wireless services
    0.7       2.0       (1.3 )     (67 )%
Other services
    1.4       2.0       (0.6 )     (28 )%
TOTAL
  $ 11.3     $ 15.1     $ (3.8 )     (25 )%

Revenues were approximately $11.3 million and $15.1 million, respectively for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, a decrease of $3.8 million or 25%.  This decrease reflects the general economic environment and the reasons discussed above, principally the shift away from lower margin revenue to sales programs designed to capture higher margin, lower churn revenue. Other services include the sale of web-based products.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to approximately $7.7 million (68% of revenues) and $9.9 million (66% of revenues), respectively, a decrease of $2.2 million or 22%. Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues rose slightly due to increased market pressures on the pricing of our products.

Operating Expenses

Consistent with our de-emphasizing post-paid wireless services as discussed above, bad debt expense decreased by $1.5 million or 82% to $0.3 million from $1.8 million, as a result of significant uncollectible receivables in 2009 associated with the launch of our post paid wireless product, which ultimately resulted in our shifting our focus to a prepaid product.  Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $0.3 million or 7% to $2.9 million from $3.2 million, primarily as a result of a decrease in headcount and related benefits, plus other cost reduction measures, partially offset by an increase in professional fees associated with the Company being a publicly held entity, fees incurred in connection with the implementation of a stock compensation plan and acquisition structuring and due diligence. Commission expenses were relatively flat at $1.3 million, albeit they were 11% of revenues in 2010 and 8% of revenues in 2009. Commission expenses as a percentage of revenue were higher in 2010 due to payments made to agents under an agent bonus program combined with waivers of 2009 Revenue Payments to the members of LYH related to VoIP and wireless revenues. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased negligibly to $0.1 million. Transaction expenses of $0.1 million in 2010 represent professional service costs associated with our contemplated asset acquisition.

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Other Income (Expense)

Interest income – related parties increased to $0.1 million from none due to the recording of interest income on the LYH Note.  Interest expense – related parties decreased $0.4 million or 79%, to $0.1 million from $0.5 million, due principally to a decrease in interest expense associated with the forgiveness of the intercompany indebtedness, partially offset by the recording of interest expense associated with the LNS Obligation. Other expense – related parties increased to $0.3 million from none because the Company incurred a charge in connection with the acquisition of the LYH Obligation.

Comparison of Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

Revenues

The following table presents our operating revenues by product category for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   
For The
             
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
             
(dollars in millions)
 
2010
   
2009
   
$ variance
   
% variance
 
Voice service
  $ 10.2     $ 13.1     $ (2.9 )     (22 )%
Local service
    4.1       4.5       (0.4 )     (8 )%
VoIP
    2.0       2.5       (0.5 )     (18 )%
Data services
    2.0       2.7       (0.7 )     (25 )%
Wireless services
    1.3       4.5       (3.2 )     (71 )%
Other services
    2.9       4.3       (1.4 )     (34 )%
TOTAL
  $ 22.5     $ 31.6     $ (9.1 )     (29 )%

Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $22.5 million and $31.6 million, respectively, a decrease of $9.1 million or 29%. This decrease reflects the general economic environment and the reasons discussed above, principally the shift away from lower margin revenue to sales programs designed to capture higher margin, lower churn revenue. Other services include the sale of web-based products.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to approximately $15.3 million (68% of revenues) and $20.7 million (66% of revenues), respectively, a decrease of $5.4 million or 26%. Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues rose slightly due to increased market pressures on the pricing of our products.

Operating Expenses

Consistent with our de-emphasizing post-paid wireless services as discussed above, bad debt expense decreased by $1.5 million or 67% to $0.7 million from $2.2 million, as a result of significant uncollectible receivables in 2009 associated with the launch of our post paid wireless product, which ultimately resulted in our shifting our focus to a prepaid product. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $1.5 million or 21% to $5.4 million from $6.9 million, primarily as a result of a decrease in headcount and related benefits, plus other cost reduction measures, partially offset by an increase in professional fees associated with the Company being a publicly held entity, fees incurred in connection with the implementation of a stock compensation plan and acquisition structuring and due diligence. Commission expenses decreased $0.7 million or 22%, to $2.5 million (11% of revenues) from $3.2 million (8% of revenues). Commission expenses as a percentage of revenue were higher in 2010 due to payments made to agents under an agent bonus program combined with waivers of 2009 Revenue Payments to the members of LYH related to VoIP and wireless revenues. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $0.2 million or 63%, to $0.1 million from $0.3 million, primarily due to the fact that intangible assets with finite lives were fully amortized by March 2009. Transaction expenses of $0.4 million represent professional service costs associated with structuring and compliance activities supporting our February 12, 2010 reverse merger and our contemplated asset acquisition.

 
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Other Income (Expense)

Interest income – related parties increased to $0.1 million from none due to the recording of loan interest income on the LYH Note.  Interest expense – related parties decreased $0.6 million or 67%, to $0.3 million from $0.9 million, due principally to a decrease in interest expense associated with the forgiveness of the intercompany indebtedness, partially offset by the recording of interest expense associated with the LNS Obligation. Other expense – related parties increased to $0.3 million from none because the Company incurred a charge in connection with the acquisition of the LYH Note.

Recent Developments

Settlement Agreement

In July 2004 and July 2008, LYH borrowed funds, most of the proceeds of which were ultimately provided to Lightyear. The lenders were all affiliates of LYH, including an affiliate of Chris T. Sullivan, who is an affiliate of LYH and a director of Lightyear. In connection with the loans, LYH and Lightyear executed agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) to pay the lenders (the “Letter Agreement Holders”), in addition to principal and interest payments on the accompanying notes, an amount each month equal to an aggregate of 3% and 4% of the gross commissionable monthly revenues from Lightyear’s sales of wireless and VoIP service offerings (the “Revenue Payments”), respectively.  The Letter Agreements have a term of ten years unless terminated early due to a sale of all or substantially all of LYH. Upon an early termination event, Lightyear would be obligated to pay the respective Letter Agreement Holders a termination fee in the amount of the sum of the Revenue Payments for the immediately preceding twelve full months.  On February 11, 2010, LYH, Lightyear and each of the Letter Agreement Holders entered into the First Modification to Letter Agreements, pursuant to which the Letter Agreements were modified to, among other things, release and discharge LYH from all obligations under the Letter Agreements. The Letter Agreement Holders are all associated with directors of the Company, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Pursuant to a loan made to LYH by Sullivan, on February 11, 2010 LYH issued an amended promissory note (the “LYH Note”) to Sullivan in the original principal amount of $8,000,000 with a maturity date of July 1, 2010.  The LYH Note bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 4.75% on all amounts owed up to $7,000,000 and LIBOR plus 7.75% on all amounts owed in excess of $7,000,000, neither of which will exceed 10% per annum. The LYH Note is secured by a security interest in (i) the capital stock of LNSI held by LYH and (ii) certain ownership interests in LYH, excluding Sullivan’s interest.  As of April 29, 2010, $7,750,000 was outstanding pursuant to the LYH Note, $250,000 of which was scheduled to have been paid on March 31, 2010 and the remainder of which was due on the July 1, 2010 maturity date.

On April 29, 2010, Lightyear, LYH, Sullivan and the Letter Agreement Holders entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) pursuant to which: (1) Lightyear purchased the LYH Note from Sullivan for an aggregate purchase price of $7,750,000 (the “LNS Obligation”); (2) LYH became indebted to Lightyear pursuant to and in the amount of the LYH Note; and (3) Lightyear became obligated to reimburse LYH for $260,000 (the “LYH Reimbursement”) in advances made by LYH to Sullivan after the parties reached an agreement in principle, but before the execution of the agreement. Of the $7,750,000 LNS Obligation, $250,000 was paid contemporaneous with the execution of the Settlement Agreement and $250,000 was scheduled to be paid on July 1, 2010 and on the first day of each quarter thereafter, until and including the maturity date. The maturity date is the sooner of (a) July 1, 2011, or (b) the maturity date of Sullivan’s underlying bank loan related to the LYH Note. The LNS Obligation has the same interest terms as the LYH Note. Sullivan is also the beneficiary on a $5,000,000 key man life insurance policy on an executive officer.

To induce Lightyear to purchase Sullivan’s rights under the LYH Note, the Letter Agreement Holders have (a) granted Lightyear an additional security interest in the Letter Agreements to secure LYH’s payments to Lightyear pursuant to the LYH Note, and (b) given Lightyear an option pursuant to which Lightyear may purchase the Letter Agreements for $8,000,000 at any time until May 1, 2012.

In the Event of Default, as defined in the Settlement Agreement, Sullivan may (a) declare the outstanding balance and accrued interest to be at once due and payable or (b) declare the Settlement Agreement to be void.  If Sullivan voids the Settlement Agreement, (i) the LYH Note reverts to Sullivan, (ii) Lightyear will have no further obligation to make any payments to Sullivan, whether for amounts withheld or to become due, (iii) the payments received from Lightyear will be credited against the LNS Obligation, and (iv) Sullivan may pursue remedies of default against LYH and certain Letter Agreement Holders, including the additional security interest.

As of June 30, 2010, the balance due to Lightyear on the LYH Note is $7,750,000 and the interest receivable is $104,412. As of June 30, 2010, the balance owed by Lightyear on the LNS Obligation is $7,500,000, plus a $98,113 interest payable and a $110,000 LYH Reimbursement payable.

 
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On August 12, 2010, effective April 29, 2010, (1) Lightyear and Sullivan agreed that Lightyear’s $250,000 July 1, 2010 principal payment on the LNS Obligation would be waived, Lightyear would make a $250,000 principal payment on October 1, 2010 and the maturity would be the earlier of (a) July 1, 2011, or (b) the maturity date of Sullivan’s underlying bank loan (acknowledged to currently be January 10, 2011); (2) Lightyear and LYH agreed to amend the LYH Note to make it a demand note; and (3) in the event that Sullivan voids the Settlement Agreement, LYH will execute a note in favor of LNS in the amount equal to its aggregate payments to the Sullivan.  In addition, all parties waived any entitlement to late charges or a default rate of interest resulting from the non-payment of any scheduled principal payments prior to October 1, 2010. In addition, the parties clarified that (a) Sullivan had been made the beneficiary on the Company’s key man life insurance policy on an executive officer; (b) Sullivan was only permitted to use the $5,000,000 of life insurance proceeds toward the satisfaction of any outstanding LNS Obligation;  (c) that any excess proceeds must be returned to LNS; and (d) upon repayment of the LNS Obligation in full, LNS would become the beneficiary on the key man life insurance policy.

Issuance of Preferred Stock

On April 12, 2010, the Company completed the transactions contemplated in the Exchange Agreement by issuing 9,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock to LYH. Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into one share of Common Stock.

Holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends at the rate of 5% of the aggregate Stated Value of Preferred Stock held by them per annum, which shall accrue and be payable when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors. If the Company fails to pay dividends on Preferred Stock on a quarterly basis, the dividend payment rate will increase to 8% per annum with respect to dividends previously accrued and unpaid and any future dividend payments, until such time as all accrued dividends have been paid and distributed, at which time the rate of 5% per annum shall resume. During the second fiscal quarter of 2010, the Company’s board of directors did not declare, and the Company did not pay, a dividend on the issued and outstanding shares of its Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share. Therefore, the dividend payment rate on the Company’s Preferred Stock increased from 5% per annum to 8% per annum on all accrued but unpaid dividends on the Company’s Preferred Stock. Accrued but unpaid dividends on the Company’s Preferred Stock at the rate of 8% per annum total $328,986 at June 30, 2010.

Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants

In June 2010, the Company sold an aggregate of 585.8 unregistered units (each, a “Unit”). Each Unit sold for a price of $4,000 for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,343,200. On July 12, July 30 and August 12, 2010, the Company sold an aggregate of 664.225 unregistered Units for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,656,900.

Each Unit consists of:

 
·
1,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value;
 
·
500 warrants (the “Fixed Warrants”), which are currently exercisable, to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share (subject to adjustments) with a five year term;
 
·
2,000 warrants (the “Milestone Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share (subject to adjustments) with a three year term; and,
 
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Up to 600 additional warrants (the “Additional Warrants”) , which become exercisable only as set forth below, to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share with a five year term, subject to a holding requirement of shares purchased in the Offering.

The Fixed Warrants and Additional Warrants are exercisable at any time before their expiration and are subject to mandatory exercise or redemption, at the election of the Company, on the occurrence of certain conditions. The Milestone Warrants become exercisable only if the Company fails to achieve certain milestone conditions relating to strategic, acquisition, financial and governance issues (each a “Milestone,” and collectively, the “Milestones”). If the Company fails to meet a particular Milestone, the Milestone Warrant becomes immediately exercisable with respect to the number of shares associated with that Milestone. If the Company meets a particular Milestone, then the Milestone Warrant will not be exercisable with respect to the shares associated with that Milestone.
 
At the end of each calendar quarter (initially September 30, 2010) following the purchase of the Units, the Company will issue to the original purchaser of Units an Additional Warrant to purchase 30 shares of Common Stock for every 1,000 shares of Common Stock held by that original purchaser (subject to proration).  The right to Additional Warrants terminates five years from the date of the original issuance of the Common Stock, or upon the transfer of the originally issued Common Stock by the purchaser. As of June 30, 2010, no Additional Warrants have been issued.

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The Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with each of the investors purchasing Units.  Subject to certain limitations and conditions under the Registration Rights Agreement, upon demand by the holders of a majority of the Units, the Company is required to file a registration statement relating to the resale of (i) the shares of Common Stock sold and (ii) the shares of Common Stock underlying each Fixed Warrant and each Milestone Warrant. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, if the Company fails to file quarterly and annual reports (the “Periodic Reports”) with the SEC in a timely manner and the investors would otherwise be able to sell Common Stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, the Company must pay partial liquidated damages to the investor equal to 2% of the aggregate purchase price of the Units sold in the offering associated with Common Stock still held by the investor for each month the Periodic Reports aren’t current, up to aggregate partial liquidated damages of 10% of the aggregate purchase price of the Units sold in the offering associated with Common Stock still held by the investor.
  
The Company has engaged selling agents in connection with the sale of Units. In connection with the June 2010 closings, the Company paid selling agents aggregate placement fees of $281,184, aggregate financial advisory fees of $150,000, and aggregate expense reimbursement of $46,864. In addition, the Company incurred other costs of $150,818 in connection with the June 2010 closings. In connection with the July/August 2010 closings, the Company paid selling agents aggregate placement fees of $318,828, aggregate financial advisory fees of $150,000, and aggregate expense reimbursement allowances of $53,138. The Company has also agreed to issue aggregate Selling Agent Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock equal to 10% of the shares of Common Stock issued to investors (including for this purpose the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants, to the extent that such warrants are exercisable by the investors) at an exercise price of $4.00 per share with a five year term. The warrants to be issued to the selling agent contain substantially the same terms as the Fixed Warrants.
   
In connection with the June 2010 closings, the Company issued Common Stock of 585,800 shares, plus Fixed Warrants, Milestone Warrants and Selling Agent Warrants to purchase 292,900, 1,171,600 and 87,870 shares of Common Stock, respectively. In connection with the July/August 2010 closings, the Company issued Common Stock of 664,225 shares, plus Fixed Warrants, Milestone Warrants and Selling Agent Warrants to purchase 332,113, 1,328,450 and 99,634 shares of Common Stock, respectively.

Asset Purchase Agreement
 
On June 30, 2010, the “Company” and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SE Acquisitions, LLC (“Acquisition”), a Kentucky limited liability company, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with SouthEast Telephone, Inc. (“Seller”), a Kentucky corporation.  Seller had previously filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Pikeville Division.  Seller provides voice and data telecommunications products and services, including local and long distance phone service, DSL and paging, to primarily residential customers.  Seller’s 2009 revenue was approximately $37.5 million.  Seller currently has approximately 150 employees and approximately 33,000 customers.   As of June 30, 2010, Seller is a debtor in possession and is operating its business under Section 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
Pursuant to the Agreement, Acquisition has agreed to purchase substantially all of the real property, intellectual property, tangible assets, and selected vendor contracts used in the conduct of Seller’s business, and to assume certain post-closing liabilities related to the purchased assets.  Seller will retain certain liabilities related to its business. Acquisition has the right under the Agreement to designate additional assets or liabilities of Seller to be included in the Agreement.  In consideration of the purchased assets, Acquisition will pay: (i) up to $560,000 in cash to Seller for Seller’s administrative and priority expenses; (ii) $4,000 in cash to each of Seller’s employees who is not offered employment with the Company; and, (iii) an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to Seller’s equity holders.  Acquisition will also assume approximately $3,765,000 of Seller’s secured debt and expects to provide a minimum of $2,000,000 in post-closing investment capital to fund working capital needs and network expansion.  
 
The Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties.  The asset purchase transaction is expected to close on or about October 1, 2010, subject to fulfillment or waiver of certain conditions to closing, including financing, regulatory approvals, and approval by and an order of the Bankruptcy Court under sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
On August 16, 2010 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky entered a Confirmation Order approving the sale of substantially all the assets of SouthEast Telephone, Inc. to SE Acquisitions, LLC.  The issuance of the Order brings the parties one step closer to completing the asset purchase transaction, which is expected to close on or about October 1, 2010, after all necessary federal and state regulatory approvals have been obtained.

 
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Short-Term Borrowings

As of August 11, 2010 and June 30, 2010 Lightyear had outstanding advances on its new closed end credit facility of $875,988 and $987,100, respectively.  Lightyear is currently scheduled to make regular month end payments of $111,112 of principal plus accrued interest.  Lightyear is scheduled to make additional principal payments equal to 50% of equity net proceeds between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 (the “Equity Payment”).  The Note was modified on August 3, 2010, effective March 17, 2010, such that the $500,000 Equity Payment is now due no later than October 30, 2010.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Overview

Since Lightyear began operations in 2004, we incurred significant operating losses. Through the date of the reverse merger, Lightyear had an accumulated member’s deficit of approximately $26.6 million. As a result, we have monitored our cash balances and operating costs to attempt to maintain an adequate level of cash.  As of June 30, 2010, Lightyear had a cash balance of $1.4 million and a working capital deficit of $10.9 million, which includes the $7.5 million LNS Obligation which Lightyear is permitted to defer payment in certain situations.  Since June 30, 2010, but prior to the issuance of this Form 10-Q, we have raised additional gross proceeds of $2.7 million.
 
We have instituted cost reductions, raised our customer credit requirements, and stepped up our efforts to increase revenues through targeted promotions, all toward the goal of achieving positive cash flow from operations within the coming twelve months.

Historically, Lightyear’s working capital had come from LYH and, when available, from operations. Commencing in May and November of 2009, LYH conducted private placements of convertible notes which generated gross proceeds of $5.1 million with the net proceeds being provided to Lightyear. In connection with the transaction with Libra, Lightyear’s debt and interest obligations to LYH were extinguished.

Lightyear is currently scheduled to make regular month end payments of $111,112 of principal plus accrued interest against its closed end credit facility.  In addition, the $500,000 Equity Payment is now due no later than October 30, 2010.

On April 29, 2010, Lightyear and LYH entered into the aforementioned Settlement Agreement. As of June 30, 2010, the balance due to Lightyear on the LYH Note is $7,750,000 and the interest receivable is $104,412. The LYH Note has been amended to be a demand note.   As of June 30, 2010, the balance owed by Lightyear on the LNS Obligation is $7,500,000, plus $98,113 interest receivable and a $110,000 LYH Reimbursement payable. A principal payment of $250,000 is due on October 1, 2010, with the remaining balance due at maturity on the earlier of (a) July 1, 2011, or (b) the maturity date of Sullivan’s underlying bank loan associated with the LYH Note (currently January 10, 2011). However, the Settlement Agreement specifies that Lightyear is not required to make payments to Sullivan if Lightyear, in its sole discretion, if such payments would impair Lightyear’s ability to pay other creditors.

In connection with the SouthEast asset acquisition, we will pay: (i) up to $560,000 in cash to Seller for Seller’s administrative and priority expenses; (ii) $4,000 in cash to each of Seller’s employees who is not offered employment with the Company; and, (iii) an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to Seller’s equity holders.  We will also assume approximately $3,765,000 of Seller’s secured debt and expect to provide a minimum of $2,000,000 in post-closing investment capital to fund working capital needs and network expansion.  

In June 2010, we commenced a $7 million private capital raise ($5 million offering amount plus $2 million oversubscription allowance). The expected use of proceeds is: (1) $1.1 million on offering expenses, (2) $3 million on acquisitions, (3) $2.4 million on general working capital and (4) $0.5 million on debt reduction. During June 2010, we raised gross proceeds of $2,343,200 through a private placement of common stock and warrants.  Since June 30, 2010, but prior to the issuance of this Form 10-Q, we raised additional gross proceeds of $2,656,900.

The Company is currently investigating the capital markets for additional financings in order to fund near term (i) acquisitions; (ii) the LNS Obligation; and (iii) working capital requirements. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in securing future private capital raises.  If we are unable to raise additional funds, we may need to (i) initiate additional cost reductions; (ii) forego acquisition opportunities; and (iii) seek extensions of our scheduled payment obligations, including the LNS Obligation.

 
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The amount used during the six months ended June 30, 2010 was primarily due to a $0.5 million decrease in operating liabilities, a $0.3 million increase in operating assets and a $1.6 million cash loss from operations (after non-cash adjustments). The amount used during the six months ended June 30, 2009 was primarily due to a $4.4 million increase in operating assets, partially offset by a $4.1 million increase in operating liabilities.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was a negligible amount for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. During both periods, the usage of cash was related to the purchase of property and equipment.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $3.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The amount for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was due to $1.9 million of net proceeds received by Lightyear in connection with an equity private placement offering, $1.8 million of net proceeds received by Lightyear after LYH’s issuance of convertible notes and $1 million of proceeds from a new credit facility, partially offset by $0.8 million of repayments. The amount for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was primarily due to $1.2 of net proceeds received by Lightyear after LYH’s issuance of convertible notes, partially offset by $0.5 million of repayments and $0.2 million of offering costs.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2010, Lightyear has provided irrevocable standby letters of credit, aggregating approximately $125,000 to five states and one vendor, which automatically renew for terms not longer than one year, unless notified otherwise. As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, these letters of credit had not been drawn upon.

On April 12, 2010, the Company completed the transactions contemplated in the Exchange Agreement by issuing 9,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock to LYH. See Note A, Reverse Merger, Exchange Transaction and Reorganization for additional details. Holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends at the rate of 5% of the aggregate Stated Value of Preferred Stock held by them per annum, which shall accrue and be payable when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors. If the Company fails to pay dividends on Preferred Stock on a quarterly basis, the dividend payment rate will increase to 8% per annum with respect to dividends previously accrued and unpaid and any future dividend payments, until such time as all accrued dividends have been paid and distributed, at which time the rate of 5% per annum shall resume. During the second fiscal quarter of 2010, the Company’s board of directors did not declare, and the Company did not pay, a dividend on the issued and outstanding shares of its Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share. Therefore, the dividend payment rate on the Company’s Preferred Stock increased from 5% per annum to 8% per annum on all accrued but unpaid dividends on the Company’s Preferred Stock. Accrued but unpaid dividends on the Company’s Preferred Stock at the rate of 8% per annum total $328,986 at June 30, 2010.

Critical Accounting Policies

There are no material changes from the critical accounting policies set forth in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our December 31, 2009 financial statements filed on Form 8-K/A dated March 31, 2010. Please refer to that document for disclosures regarding the critical accounting policies related to our business.

Recent Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 810 on Consolidation, to improve financial reporting by enterprises involved with variable interest entities and to provide more relevant and reliable information to users of financial statements.  The guidance is effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter.  The adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

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In January 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 820 on Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The guidance requires some new disclosures and clarifies some existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement. The guidance now requires a reporting entity to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities and to provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009. As this standard relates specifically to disclosures, the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 855 on Subsequent Events, which requires an entity that is an SEC filer to evaluate subsequent events through the date that the financial statements are issued and removes the requirements that an SEC filer disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated.  The guidance was effective upon issuance. The adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 605 on Revenue Recognition.  This standard provides that the milestone method is a valid application of the proportional performance model for revenue recognition if the milestones are substantive and there is substantive uncertainty about whether the milestones will be achieved.  Determining whether a milestone is substantive requires judgment that should be made at the inception of the arrangement.  To meet the definition of a substantive milestone, the consideration earned by achieving the milestone (1) would have to be commensurate with either the level of effort required to achieve the milestone or the enhancement in the value of the item delivered, (2) would have to relate solely to past performance, and (3) should be reasonable relative to all deliverables and payment terms in the arrangement.  No bifurcation of an individual milestone is allowed and there can be more than one milestone in an arrangement.  The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this guidance will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In July 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance, under ASC Topic 310 on Receivables, which requires an entity to enhance the disclosures about the credit quality of its financing receivables and the related allowance for credit losses. As a result of these amendments, an entity is required to disaggregate by portfolio segment or class certain existing disclosures and provide certain new disclosures about its financing receivables and related allowance for credit losses. The disclosures as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Management is currently evaluating the requirements of this guidance and has not yet determined the impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK


ITEM 4: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), such as this quarterly report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Internal controls are procedures which are designed with the objective of providing reasonable assurance that (1) our transactions are properly authorized, recorded and reported; and (2) our assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use, to permit the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

In connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
 
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Changes in Internal Controls

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) during the quarter ended June 30, 2010, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
Limitations of the Effectiveness of Control

A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations of any control system, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within a company have been detected.


 
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.   Legal Proceedings.

Claims have been asserted against Lightyear which arose in the normal course of business and from the Lightyear Holdings’ bankruptcy proceedings. While there can be no assurance, management believes that the ultimate outcome of these legal claims will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

The Company has previously reported unregistered sales of equity securities in Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2010,  July 16, 2010 and August 5, 2010.  For information with respect to the closing of an unregistered sale of equity securities on August 12, 2010, see Item 5 of Part II of this Form 10-Q. 

Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4.   (Removed and Reserved)

Not applicable.

Item 5.   Other Information.

On August 12, 2010, effective April 29, 2010, (1) Lightyear and Sullivan agreed that Lightyear’s $250,000 July 1, 2010 principal payment on the LNS Obligation would be waived, Lightyear would make a $250,000 principal payment on October 1, 2010 and the maturity would be the earlier of (a) July 1, 2011, or (b) the maturity date of Sullivan’s underlying bank loan (acknowledged to currently be January 10, 2011); (2) Lightyear and LYH agreed to amend the LYH Note to make it a demand note; and (3) in the event that Sullivan voids the Settlement Agreement, LYH will execute a note in favor of LNS in the amount equal to its aggregate payments to Sullivan.   In addition, all parties waived any entitlement to late charges or a default rate of interest resulting from the non-payment of any scheduled principal payments prior to October 1, 2010. In addition, the parties clarified that (a) Sullivan had been made the beneficiary on the Company’s key man life insurance policy on an executive officer; (b) Sullivan was only permitted to use the $5,000,000 of life insurance proceeds toward the satisfaction of any outstanding LNS Obligation; (c) that any excess proceeds must be returned to LNS; and (d) upon repayment of the LNS Obligation in full, LNS would become the beneficiary on the key man life insurance policy.

On August 12, 2010, the Company sold an aggregate of 145.725 unregistered units (each, a “Unit”).  Each Unit sold for a price of $4,000.00 for aggregate gross proceeds of $582,900.

Each Unit consists of:

 
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1,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value;

 
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500 warrants (the “Fixed Warrants”), which are currently exercisable, to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share (subject to adjustments);

 
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2,000 warrants (the “Milestone Warrants”), which become exercisable only as set forth below, to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share (subject to adjustments); and,

 
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Up to 600 additional warrants (the “Additional Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, subject to a holding requirement of shares purchased in the Offering.

The Fixed Warrants and the Milestone Warrants have terms of five and three years, respectively.

Fixed Warrants are exercisable at any time before their expiration and are subject to mandatory exercise or redemption on the occurrence of certain conditions.

 
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The Milestone Warrants become exercisable only if the Company fails to achieve certain milestone conditions relating to strategic, acquisition, financial and governance issues (each a “Milestone,” and collectively, the “Milestones”). If the Company fails to meet a particular Milestone, the Milestone Warrant becomes immediately exercisable with respect to the number of shares associated with that Milestone. If the Company meets a particular Milestone, then the Milestone Warrant will not be exercisable with respect to the shares associated with that Milestone.

At the end of each calendar quarter following the purchase of the Units, the Company will issue to the original purchaser of Units an Additional Warrant to purchase thirty (30) shares of Common Stock for every one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock held by that original purchaser (subject to proration) at an exercise price of $0.01 per warrant share.  The right to Additional Warrants terminates five years from the date of the original issuance of the Common Stock, or upon the transfer of the originally issued Common Stock by the purchaser. Other than the exercise price, the Additional Warrants contain substantially the same terms as the Fixed Warrants.

The Company has engaged members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. as selling agents in connection with the sale of Units. In connection with the sale of Units, the Company paid selling agents aggregate placement fees of $69,948, aggregate financial advisory fees of $30,000, and aggregate expense reimbursement of $11,658, and the Company has also agreed to issue aggregate selling agent warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock equal to 10% of the shares of Common Stock issued to investors (including for this purpose the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants, to the extent that such warrants are exercisable by the investors) at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The warrants to be issued to selling agents contain substantially the same terms as the Fixed Warrants.

The Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with each of the investors purchasing Units.  Subject to certain limitations and conditions, under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file a registration statement relating to the resale of (i) the shares of Common Stock sold and (ii) the shares of Common Stock underlying each Fixed Warrant and each Milestone Warrant.

The securities referenced herein were issued in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“Securities Act”), and/or Regulation D, as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act, based upon the following: (a) each of the persons to whom the securities were issued (each such person, an “Investor”) confirmed to the Company that it is an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax and business matters, and, in particular, investment in securities, so as to enable it to utilize the information made available to it in connection with the sale to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the securities and the Company and to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto, (b) there was no public offering or general solicitation with respect to the offering of the Units, (c) each Investor was provided with certain disclosure materials and all other information requested with respect to the Company, (d) each Investor acknowledged that all securities being acquired were being acquired solely for the Investor’s own account for investment only and that none of the securities may be sold, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available and (e) a legend has been, or will be, placed on the certificates representing each such security stating that it was restricted and could only be transferred if subsequently registered under the Securities Act or transferred in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act. 
 
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Subscription Agreement, plus the forms of the Fixed, Milestone, Additional and Selling Agent Warrants, each of which is an exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 
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Exhibit
 
Description
     
2.1
 
Asset Purchase Agreement by and among SouthEast Telephone, Inc., Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. and SE Acquisitions, LLC, dated as of June 30, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2010)
     
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated April 12, 2010, (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 12, 2010)
     
4.1
 
Form of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2010)
     
4.2
 
Form of Fixed Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2010)
     
4.3
 
Form of Milestone Warrant, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated  June 28, 2010)
     
4.4
 
Form of Additional Warrant
     
4.5
 
Form of Selling Agent Warrant
     
10.1
 
Settlement Agreement by and among LY Holdings, LLC, Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC, Chris Sullivan, LANJK, LLC, Rice Realty Company, LLC, Rigdon O. Dees III, CTS Equities Limited Partnership, and Ron Carmicle dated as of April 29, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2010)
     
10.2
 
Fifth Amended and Restated Commercial Note made by LY Holdings, LLC in favor of Chris T. Sullivan on February 11, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2010)
     
10.3
  
Executive Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Randy Ammon dated as of April 29, 2010, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2010)
     
10.4
 
Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. 2010 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan, including a form of Employee Stock Option Agreement, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2010)
     
10.5
 
Modification of Note, executed August 3, 2010, but effective as of March 17, 2010, by and between Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC and First Savings Bank, F.S.B., (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 30, 2010)
     
10.6
 
Registration Rights Agreement by and among Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. and Certain Purchasers
     
10.7
 
First Amendment to Settlement Agreement by and among LY Holdings, LLC, Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC, Chris Sullivan, LANJK, LLC, Rice Realty Company, LLC, Rigdon O. Dees III, CTS Equities Limited Partnership, and Ron Carmicle executed August 12, 2010, but effective as of April 29, 2010
     
31.1
 
Chief Executive Officer Certification
     
31.2
 
Chief Financial Officer Certification
     
32.1
  
Section 1350 Certification
  
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized

LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
By:
/s/   J. Sherman Henderson III
 
   J. Sherman Henderson III, CEO
   
By:
/s/   Elaine G. Bush
 
   Elaine G. Bush, CFO
 
Date:  August 16, 2010

 
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EX-4.4 2 v194118_ex4-4.htm
EXHIBIT 4.4
 
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
 
Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc.

STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Warrant No.
Original Date of Issuance: [DATE]

Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received, [INVESTOR NAME] or his registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of [NO. SHARES] shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (each such share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares issuable under the warrants, the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, the “Exercise Price”), at any time and from the date hereof and through and including the date that is five (5) years from the date of issuance hereof (the “Expiration Date”), and subject to the following terms and conditions.  All such warrants are referred to herein, collectively, as the “Warrants” and the holders thereof along with the Holder named herein, the “Holders.”
 
The Holder acknowledges and agrees that, at any time after the Weighted Average Price (as defined below) of shares of the Common Stock of the Company is not less than 200% of the Exercise Price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 9, below) for twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days, the Company may either:  (a) require the Holder to exercise this Warrant for the full number of Warrant Shares (as set forth in Section 10) or (b) repurchase and redeem this Warrant from the Holder upon payment to the Holder of an amount equal to $4.00 per share (as adjusted pursuant to Section 9, below), at which time this Warrant and the rights thereunder shall be canceled and extinguished.
 
1.           Definitions.  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given them in the Subscription Agreement between the Company and the Holder.
 
2.           Registration of Warrant.  The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
 
3.           Registration of Transfers.  The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company’s transfer agent or to the Company at its address specified herein.  Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder.  The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
 
4.           Exercise and Duration of Warrants.
 
(a)           This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date.  At 6:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.

 
 

 

(b)           A Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (which may take the form of a “cashless exercise” if so indicated in the Exercise Notice only if a “cashless exercise” may occur at such time pursuant to Section 10 below), and the date such items are delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an “Exercise Date.”  The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.  Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.
 
(c)           Exercise Disputes.  In the case of any dispute with respect to the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly issue such number of shares of Common Stock that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the Holder via fax (or, if the Holder has not provided the Company with a fax number, by overnight courier) within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Holder’s election to purchase Warrant Shares.  If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree as to the determination of the Purchase Price within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall in accordance with this Section, submit via facsimile the disputed determination to an independent reputable accounting firm of national standing, selected jointly by the Company and the Holder.  The Company shall cause such accounting firm to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results as promptly as possible from the time it receives the disputed determinations of calculations.  Such accounting firm’s determination shall be binding upon all parties absent manifest error.  The Company shall then on the next Business Day issue certificate(s) representing the appropriate number of Warrant Shares of Common Stock in accordance with such accounting firm’s determination and this Section.  The prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement of all fees and expenses of such determination and calculation.
 
5.           Delivery of Warrant Shares.
 
(a)           Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than five Trading Days after the Exercise Date) 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 Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends unless a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder is not then effective or the Warrant Shares are not freely transferable pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Company shall, upon request of the Holder, use its best efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.  For the purposes hereof, the term “Trading Day” means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its primary trading market, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on any trading market, then a day on which trading occurs on the Nasdaq Global Market (or any successor thereto), or (c) if trading ceases to occur on the Nasdaq Global Market (or any successor thereto), any Business Day.
 
(b)           This Warrant is exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares.  Upon surrender of this Warrant following one or more partial exercises, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.
 
(c)           The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the 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 the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant  as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
6.           Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder 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 Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder.  The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
 
 
 

 
 
7.           Replacement of Warrant.  If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable bond or indemnity, if requested.  Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe.
 
8.           Reservation of Warrant Shares.  The Company covenants that it will 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 Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, 100% of the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (after giving effect to the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9, if any). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.  The Company will take all such action as may be necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
 
9.           Certain Adjustments.  The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.
 
(a)           Stock Dividends and Splits.  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant 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 Exercise Price 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)           Distributions Made Prior to Exercise.  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, distributes to all of the holders of Common Stock (i) evidences of its indebtedness, (ii) any security (other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a)), (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, or (iv) any other asset (in each case, a “Distribution”), then in each such case any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the Weighted Average Price1 of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date.
 
(c)           Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 9(b) above, if the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, makes a Distribution to the holders of Common Stock, then in each such case the Holder shall have the option to receive such Distribution which would have been made to the Holder had such Holder been the holder of such Warrant Shares on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to such Distribution; provided, however, if the Holder elects to receive such Distribution, it will not be entitled to receive the adjustment to the Exercise Price specified in clause (b) above.

1Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on NASDAQ during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as NASDAQ publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as NASDAQ publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg (means Bloomberg Financial Markets) through its “Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.).  If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company in good faith.  All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 
 

 
 
(d)           Fundamental Transactions.  If, at any time during the term of this Warrant, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; provided, however, that for avoidance of doubt, the granting of a lien on all or substantially all of the Company’s assets as collateral shall not be deemed a Fundamental Transaction hereunder, (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of either the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) the Company 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, cash or property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a) above) (in any such case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”).  The aggregate Exercise Price for this Warrant will not be affected by any such Fundamental Transaction, but the Company shall apportion such aggregate Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.  If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.  At the Holder’s request, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof.  The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) and insuring that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
 
(e)           Number of Warrant Shares.  Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, as applicable, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased, as applicable, number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
 
(f)           Calculations.  All calculations under this Section 9 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 Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
 
(g)           Notice of Adjustments.  Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based.  Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s Transfer Agent.

 
 

 

(h)           Notice of Corporate Events.  If the Company (i) declares a dividend 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 Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction, at least ten 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, and the Company will take all steps reasonably necessary in order to insure that the Holder is given the practical opportunity to exercise this Warrant prior to such time so as to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.
 
10.         Payment of Exercise Price.  The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price in immediately available funds (a “cash exercise”); provided, however, that the Holder may satisfy its obligation to pay the Exercise Price through a “cashless exercise,” in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows:
 
 
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
 
 
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
   
 
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised (prior to cashless exercise).
   
 
A = the average of the Closing Prices for the five Trading Days immediately prior to (but not including) the Exercise Date.
   
 
B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of this Section 10, “Closing Prices” for any date, shall mean the closing price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the primary trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
 
11.         Limitation on Exercise.2  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 4.999% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise).  For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  The Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the limitation referred to in this Section shall be suspended (and shall not terminate or expire notwithstanding any contrary provisions hereof) until such time, if any, as such shares of Common Stock may be issued in compliance with such limitation, but in no event later than the Expiration Date.  By written notice to the Company, the Holder may waive the provisions of this Section or increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage specified in such notice, but (i) any such waiver or increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such waiver or increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Warrants.
 
12.         Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.  If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued will be rounded up to the nearest whole share.
 
13.         Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any Exercise 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 the Subscription Agreement prior to 6:30 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 the Subscription Agreement on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 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, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices or communications shall be as set forth in the Subscription Agreement.
 

 
 

 
 
14.         Warrant Agent.  The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant.  Upon 30 days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent.  Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act.  Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
 
15.         Miscellaneous.
 
(a)           Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth on the first page hereof, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder.  This Warrant may not be assigned by the Company, except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction.  This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant.
 
(b)           The Company will not, by amendment of its governing documents or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, seek to call or redeem this Warrant or avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against dilution or other impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor on such exercise, (ii) will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares, free from all taxes, liens, security interests, encumbrances, preemptive or similar rights and charges of stockholders (other than those imposed by the Holders), on the exercise of the Warrant, and (iii) will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.
 
(c)           Remedies; Specific Performance.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that there would be no adequate remedy at law to the Holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Warrant and accordingly, the Company agrees that, in addition to any other remedy to which the Holder may be entitled at law or in equity, the Holder shall be entitled to seek to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant, without the posting of any bond, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Warrant, the Company shall not raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.  Except as otherwise provided by law, a delay or omission by the Holder hereof in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon any such breach shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach.  No remedy shall be exclusive of any other remedy.  All available remedies shall be cumulative.
 
(d)           Amendments and Waivers.  The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, (i) make any changes or corrections in this Agreement that are required to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or (ii) add to the covenants and agreements of the Company for the benefit of the Holders (including, without limitation, reduce the Exercise Price or extend the Expiration Date), or surrender any rights or power reserved to or conferred upon the Company in this Agreement; provided that, in the case of (i) or (ii), such changes or corrections shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of then outstanding Warrants in any material respect.  This Warrant may also be amended or waived with the consent of the Company and the Holder.  Further, the Company may, with the consent, in writing or at a meeting, of the Holders (the “Required Holders”) of the then outstanding Warrants exercisable for a majority or greater of the Common Stock eligible under such Warrants, amend in any way, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, this Warrant and/or all of the outstanding Warrants; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment by its express terms shall adversely affect any Holder differently than it affects all other Holders, unless such Holder consents thereto, and (ii) no such amendment concerning the number of Warrant Shares or Exercise Price shall be made unless any Holder who will be affected by such amendment consents thereto.  If a new warrant agent is appointed by the Company, it shall at the request of the Company, and without need of independent inquiry as to whether such supplemental agreement is permitted by the terms of this Section 15(d), join with the Company in the execution and delivery of any such supplemental agreements, but shall not be required to join in such execution and delivery for such supplemental agreement to become effective.
 
 
 

 
 
(e)           GOVERNING LAW; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  THE CORPORATE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA SHALL GOVERN ALL ISSUES CONCERNING THE RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS.  ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE COMPANY AND HOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY OR ANY HOLDER HEREUNDER, IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY OR ANY HOLDER, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, OR THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS WARRANT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF.  NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.  THE COMPANY AND HOLDERS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
 
(f)           The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
(g)           In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
 
 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
 
LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
By:
Name: J. Sherman Henderson III
Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 
 

 

FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE

(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant)
 
To:  Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc.
 
The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No. _______ (the “Warrant”) issued by Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
 
 
(a)
The Warrant is currently exercisable to purchase a total of ______________ Warrant Shares.
 
 
(b)
The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase _________________ Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
 
 
(c)
The Holder shall make Payment of the Exercise Price as follows (check one):
 
____     “Cash Exercise” under Section 10
____     “Cashless Exercise” under Section 10

 
(d)
If the holder is making a Cash Exercise, the holder shall pay the sum of $____________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
 
(e)
Pursuant to this exercise, the Company shall deliver to the holder _______________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
 
(f)
Following this exercise, the Warrant shall be exercisable to purchase a total of ______________ Warrant Shares.
 
 
(g)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Exercise Notice shall constitute a representation by the Holder that, after giving effect to the exercise provided for in this Exercise Notice, the Holder (together with its affiliates) will not have beneficial ownership (together with the beneficial ownership of such Person’s affiliates) of a number of shares of Common Stock which exceeds the Maximum Percentage of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Warrant.
 
Dated:                                     , _____
Name of Holder:
  
    
   
(Print)
 
 
 
By:
    
    
 
Name:
   
   
 
Title:
    
    
 
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder
as specified on the face of the Warrant)
 
 
 

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase  ____________ shares of Common Stock of Company Name to which the within Warrant relates and appoints ________________ attorney to transfer said right on the books of Company Name with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
Dated:                                     , _____
 
   
 
                                                         
 
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

 
                                               
 
Address of Transferee
   
 
                                              
   
 
  
   
In the presence of:
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
EX-4.5 3 v194118_ex4-5.htm
EXHIBIT 4.5
 
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc.

STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Warrant No.
Original Date of Issuance: [DATE]

Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received, [SELLING AGENT NAME] or his registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of [NO. SHARES] shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (each such share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares issuable under the warrants, the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price equal to $4.00 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, the “Exercise Price”), at any time and from the date hereof and through and including the date that is five (5) years from the date of issuance hereof (the “Expiration Date”), and subject to the following terms and conditions.  All such warrants are referred to herein, collectively, as the “Warrants” and the holders thereof along with the Holder named herein, the “Holders.”
 
The Holder acknowledges and agrees that, at any time after the Weighted Average Price (as defined below) of shares of the Common Stock of the Company is not less than 200% of the Exercise Price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 9, below) for twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days, the Company may either:  (a) require the Holder to exercise this Warrant for the full number of Warrant Shares (as set forth in Section 10) or (b) repurchase and redeem this Warrant from the Holder upon payment to the Holder of an amount equal to the Exercise Price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 9, below), at which time this Warrant and the rights thereunder shall be canceled and extinguished.
 
1.           Definitions.  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given them in the Subscription Agreement between the Company and the Holder.
 
2.           Registration of Warrant.  The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
 
3.           Registration of Transfers.  The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company’s transfer agent or to the Company at its address specified herein.  Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder.  The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
 
4.           Exercise and Duration of Warrants.
 
(a)           This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date.  At 6:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.

 
 

 

(b)           A Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (which may take the form of a “cashless exercise” if so indicated in the Exercise Notice only if a “cashless exercise” may occur at such time pursuant to Section 10 below), and the date such items are delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an “Exercise Date.”  The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.  Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.
 
(c)           Exercise Disputes.  In the case of any dispute with respect to the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly issue such number of shares of Common Stock that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the Holder via fax (or, if the Holder has not provided the Company with a fax number, by overnight courier) within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Holder’s election to purchase Warrant Shares.  If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree as to the determination of the Purchase Price within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall in accordance with this Section, submit via facsimile the disputed determination to an independent reputable accounting firm of national standing, selected jointly by the Company and the Holder.  The Company shall cause such accounting firm to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results as promptly as possible from the time it receives the disputed determinations of calculations.  Such accounting firm’s determination shall be binding upon all parties absent manifest error.  The Company shall then on the next Business Day issue certificate(s) representing the appropriate number of Warrant Shares of Common Stock in accordance with such accounting firm’s determination and this Section.  The prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement of all fees and expenses of such determination and calculation.
 
5.           Delivery of Warrant Shares.
 
(a)           Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than five Trading Days after the Exercise Date) 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 Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends unless a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder is not then effective or the Warrant Shares are not freely transferable pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Company shall, upon request of the Holder, use its best efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.  For the purposes hereof, the term “Trading Day” means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its primary trading market, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on any trading market, then a day on which trading occurs on the Nasdaq Global Market (or any successor thereto), or (c) if trading ceases to occur on the Nasdaq Global Market (or any successor thereto), any Business Day.
 
(b)           This Warrant is exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares.  Upon surrender of this Warrant following one or more partial exercises, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.
 
(c)           The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the 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 the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant  as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
6.           Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder 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 Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder.  The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.

 
 

 

7.           Replacement of Warrant.  If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable bond or indemnity, if requested.  Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe.
 
8.           Reservation of Warrant Shares.  The Company covenants that it will 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 Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, 100% of the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (after giving effect to the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9, if any). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.  The Company will take all such action as may be necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
 
9.           Certain Adjustments.  The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.
 
(a)           Stock Dividends and Splits.  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant 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 Exercise Price 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)           Distributions Made Prior to Exercise.  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, distributes to all of the holders of Common Stock (i) evidences of its indebtedness, (ii) any security (other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a)), (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, or (iv) any other asset (in each case, a “Distribution”), then in each such case any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the Weighted Average Price1 of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date.
 
(c)           Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 9(b) above, if the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, makes a Distribution to the holders of Common Stock, then in each such case the Holder shall have the option to receive such Distribution which would have been made to the Holder had such Holder been the holder of such Warrant Shares on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to such Distribution; provided, however, if the Holder elects to receive such Distribution, it will not be entitled to receive the adjustment to the Exercise Price specified in clause (b) above.
  

1Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on NASDAQ during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as NASDAQ publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as NASDAQ publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg (means Bloomberg Financial Markets) through its “Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.).  If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company in good faith.  All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 
 

 

(d)           Fundamental Transactions.  If, at any time during the term of this Warrant, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; provided, however, that for avoidance of doubt, the granting of a lien on all or substantially all of the Company’s assets as collateral shall not be deemed a Fundamental Transaction hereunder, (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of either the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) the Company 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, cash or property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a) above) (in any such case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”).  The aggregate Exercise Price for this Warrant will not be affected by any such Fundamental Transaction, but the Company shall apportion such aggregate Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.  If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.  At the Holder’s request, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof.  The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) and insuring that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
 
(e)           Number of Warrant Shares.  Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, as applicable, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased, as applicable, number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
 
(f)           Calculations.  All calculations under this Section 9 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 Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
 
(g)           Notice of Adjustments.  Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based.  Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s Transfer Agent.

 
 

 

(h)           Notice of Corporate Events.  If the Company (i) declares a dividend 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 Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction, at least ten 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, and the Company will take all steps reasonably necessary in order to insure that the Holder is given the practical opportunity to exercise this Warrant prior to such time so as to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.
 
10.         Payment of Exercise Price.  The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price in immediately available funds (a “cash exercise”); provided, however, that the Holder may satisfy its obligation to pay the Exercise Price through a “cashless exercise,” in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows:
 
 
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
 
 
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
   
 
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised (prior to cashless exercise).
   
 
A = the average of the Closing Prices for the five Trading Days immediately prior to (but not including) the Exercise Date.
   
 
B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of this Section 10, “Closing Prices” for any date, shall mean the closing price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the primary trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
 
11.         Limitation on Exercise.2  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 4.999% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise).  For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  The Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the limitation referred to in this Section shall be suspended (and shall not terminate or expire notwithstanding any contrary provisions hereof) until such time, if any, as such shares of Common Stock may be issued in compliance with such limitation, but in no event later than the Expiration Date.  By written notice to the Company, the Holder may waive the provisions of this Section or increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage specified in such notice, but (i) any such waiver or increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such waiver or increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Warrants.
 
12.         Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.  If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued will be rounded up to the nearest whole share.
 
13.         Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any Exercise 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 the Subscription Agreement prior to 6:30 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 the Subscription Agreement on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 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, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices or communications shall be as set forth in the Subscription Agreement.
  

2 This provision is available for Investors, and the percentage may be modified at the Investor’s request.

 
 

 

14.         Warrant Agent.  The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant.  Upon 30 days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent.  Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act.  Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
 
15.         Miscellaneous.
 
(a)           Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth on the first page hereof, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder.  This Warrant may not be assigned by the Company, except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction.  This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant.
 
(b)           The Company will not, by amendment of its governing documents or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, seek to call or redeem this Warrant or avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against dilution or other impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor on such exercise, (ii) will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares, free from all taxes, liens, security interests, encumbrances, preemptive or similar rights and charges of stockholders (other than those imposed by the Holders), on the exercise of the Warrant, and (iii) will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.
 
(c)           Remedies; Specific Performance.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that there would be no adequate remedy at law to the Holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Warrant and accordingly, the Company agrees that, in addition to any other remedy to which the Holder may be entitled at law or in equity, the Holder shall be entitled to seek to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant, without the posting of any bond, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Warrant, the Company shall not raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.  Except as otherwise provided by law, a delay or omission by the Holder hereof in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon any such breach shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach.  No remedy shall be exclusive of any other remedy.  All available remedies shall be cumulative.
 
(d)           Amendments and Waivers.  The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, (i) make any changes or corrections in this Agreement that are required to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or (ii) add to the covenants and agreements of the Company for the benefit of the Holders (including, without limitation, reduce the Exercise Price or extend the Expiration Date), or surrender any rights or power reserved to or conferred upon the Company in this Agreement; provided that, in the case of (i) or (ii), such changes or corrections shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of then outstanding Warrants in any material respect.  This Warrant may also be amended or waived with the consent of the Company and the Holder.  Further, the Company may, with the consent, in writing or at a meeting, of the Holders (the “Required Holders”) of the then outstanding Warrants exercisable for a majority or greater of the Common Stock eligible under such Warrants, amend in any way, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, this Warrant and/or all of the outstanding Warrants; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment by its express terms shall adversely affect any Holder differently than it affects all other Holders, unless such Holder consents thereto, and (ii) no such amendment concerning the number of Warrant Shares or Exercise Price shall be made unless any Holder who will be affected by such amendment consents thereto.  If a new warrant agent is appointed by the Company, it shall at the request of the Company, and without need of independent inquiry as to whether such supplemental agreement is permitted by the terms of this Section 15(d), join with the Company in the execution and delivery of any such supplemental agreements, but shall not be required to join in such execution and delivery for such supplemental agreement to become effective.

 
 

 

(e)           GOVERNING LAW; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  THE CORPORATE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA SHALL GOVERN ALL ISSUES CONCERNING THE RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS.  ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE COMPANY AND HOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY OR ANY HOLDER HEREUNDER, IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY OR ANY HOLDER, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, OR THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS WARRANT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF.  NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.  THE COMPANY AND HOLDERS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
 
(f)           The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
(g)           In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
 
LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
By:
     
Name:  
J. Sherman Henderson III
Title:
Chief Executive Officer

 
 

 

FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE

(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant)
 
To:  Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc.
 
The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No. _______ (the “Warrant”) issued by Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
 
 
(a)
The Warrant is currently exercisable to purchase a total of ______________ Warrant Shares.
 
 
(b)
The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase _________________ Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
 
  
(c)
The Holder shall make Payment of the Exercise Price as follows (check one):
 
____      “Cash Exercise” under Section 10
____      “Cashless Exercise” under Section 10

 
(d)
If the holder is making a Cash Exercise, the holder shall pay the sum of $____________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
 
(e)
Pursuant to this exercise, the Company shall deliver to the holder _______________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
 
(f)
Following this exercise, the Warrant shall be exercisable to purchase a total of ______________ Warrant Shares.
 
 
(g)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Exercise Notice shall constitute a representation by the Holder that, after giving effect to the exercise provided for in this Exercise Notice, the Holder (together with its affiliates) will not have beneficial ownership (together with the beneficial ownership of such Person’s affiliates) of a number of shares of Common Stock which exceeds the Maximum Percentage of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Warrant.
 
Dated:                                  , _____
Name of Holder:                                                                                     
 
(Print)
     
 
By:
   
 
Name:  
   
 
Title:
   
 
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

 
 

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase  ____________ shares of Common Stock of Company Name to which the within Warrant relates and appoints ________________ attorney to transfer said right on the books of Company Name with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
Dated:                                  , ______
   
     
   
       
   
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
     
   
      
   
Address of Transferee
     
   
     
     
   
     
     
In the presence of:
   
     
     
   

 
 

 
EX-10.6 4 v194118_ex10-6.htm
EXHIBIT 10.6
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 26, 2010, by and among Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation  (the “Company”) and certain purchasers (the “Purchasers”) in the offering (the “Offering”)  pursuant to the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated June 2010 (the “Memorandum”).
 
WHEREAS, as set forth in the Memoranudm, the Company is offering Protected Investment Units (the “Securities”), where each Price-Protected Investment (each “Unit”) of Securities consists of: (i) one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company (“Shares”); (ii) a warrant to purchase 500 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share (a “Fixed Warrant”); and (iii) a warrant to purchase up to two thousand (2,000) shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share subject to certain conditions (a “Milestone Warrant”).    The Shares, the Fixed Warrants, the Milestone Warrants and the shares of Common Stock for which the Fixed Warrants and the Milestone Warrants are exercisable (the “Warrant Shares”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”
 
WHEREAS, the Company agreed to provide the Purchasers certain registration rights with respect to the Securities as set forth in this Agreement;
 
WHEREAS, under the Omnibus Signature Page to the Subscription Agreement between the Purchaser and the Company, the Purchaser assents to the terms hereof.
 
NOW THEREFORE, the Company agrees with the Purchasers as follows:
 
        1.                  Definitions

                 Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Memorandum shall have the meanings given such terms in the Memorandum. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 180th calendar day following the date of the Purchaser Demand and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the 90th calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder; provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above.

Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
 
 
 

 

Filing Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 60th calendar day following the date of the Purchaser Demand and, with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.

Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

Initial Shares” means a number of Registrable Securities equal to the lesser of (i) the total number of Registrable Securities and (ii) one-third of the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock that are held by non-affiliates of the Company on the day immediately prior to the filing date of the Initial Registration Statement.

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

Periodic Reports” means the annual reports on Form 10-K and the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

Purchaser Demand” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Registrable Securities” means (i) the Shares; (ii) the Warrant Shares; (iii) any additional shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Warrants (in each case, without giving effect to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrant) and (iv) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,  recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing;  provided, further , that such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold shall cease to be a Registrable Security); or (B) becoming eligible for sale without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) and without volume or manner of sale restrictions by Holders who are not Affiliates of the Company.
 
 
 

 

Registration Statement” means the registration statement required to be filed hereunder and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

Selling Shareholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

        2.                   Shelf Registration

(a)           If not less than one hundred twenty (120) days after the final closing or termination of the Offering, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities sold in the Offering make a written demand to the Company (the “Purchaser Demand”) to file a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities, then the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission, by the Filing Date, a Registration Statement covering the resale of all or such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance (provided that the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415.  The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least a majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without the requirement to comply with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”).  The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day.   The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement.  The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424.  Failure to so notify the Holder within 1 Trading Day of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(b).  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(b), if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders); provided, however, that, prior to any reduction as set forth in this sentence in the number of Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement, the number of shares of Common Stock set forth on Schedule 6(b) hereto which shall have been included on such Registration Statement shall be reduced by up to 100%.

 
 

 

(b)           If the Company fails to file its Periodic Reports in a timely manner and the Holders would otherwise be able to sell Registrable Securities under the provisions of Rule 144, to the extent and for the period that the Holders are unable to sell Registrable Securities under Rule 144, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 2.0% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder.  The parties agree that the Company shall not be liable for liquidated damages under this Agreement with respect to any Warrants or Warrant Shares.  If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the aggregate cash payments payable pursuant to Section 2(b) exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate purchase price paid by all of the Purchasers in the Offering.  In addition, the Company shall not be liable for liquidated damages under this Agreement as to any Registrable Securities that are not permitted by the Commission to be included in a Registration Statement because of its application of Rule 415 so long as the Company registers at such time the maximum number of Registrable Securities permissible upon consultation with the staff of the Commission. In such case, the liquidated damages shall be calculated to only apply to the percentage of Registrable Securities which are permitted by the Commission to be included in the Registration Statement.

3.           Registration Procedures.

  In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

(a)           Not less than 5 Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than 5 Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or 1 Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Shareholder Questionnaire”) not less than two Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.

 
 

 

(b)           (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Holder which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

(c)           If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.

(d)           Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that any and all of such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; provided, further, that notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential, each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material, non-public information.

 
 

 

(e)           Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

(f)           Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system need not be furnished in physical form.

(g)           Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

(h)            The Company shall effect a filing with respect to the public offering contemplated by each Registration Statement (an “Issuer Filing”) with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) Corporate Financing Department pursuant to NASD Rule 2710 as described in proposed NASD Rule 2710(b)(10)(A)(i) within one Trading Day of the date that the Registration Statement is first filed with the Commission and pay the filing fee required by such Issuer Filing.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue the Issuer Filing until the NASD issues a letter confirming that it does not object to the terms of the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement as described in the Plan of Distribution attached hereto as Annex A.  A copy of the Issuer Filing and all related correspondence to or from the NASD with respect thereto shall be provided to FWS.

(i)           Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
 
 
 

 

(j)           If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Memorandum and any other agreements between the Company and such Holder, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.

(k)           Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus.  The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.  The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(b), for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12 month period.

(l)            Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

(m)          The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.

        4.                Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and auditors) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities) and (D) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with an Issuer Filing, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with the NASD pursuant to NASD Rule 2710, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.  In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 
 

 

        5.                  Indemnification.

(a)           Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d).  The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.

(b)           Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 
 

 

(c)           Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

               An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless:  (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party).  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

               Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially determined to be not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
 
 
 

 

(d)           Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission.  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

               The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

        6.                   Miscellaneous.

(a)           Remedies.  In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.  The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(b)           Underwriters’ Cutback.  In connection with any registration under this Agreement involving an underwriting, the Company shall not be required to include any Registrable Securities in such registration unless the holders thereof accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by it.  If in the opinion of the managing underwriter it is appropriate because of marketing factors to limit the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the registration only that number of Registrable Securities, if any, which the managing underwriter believes should be included therein.  If the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the offering in accordance with the foregoing is less than the total number of shares which the holders of Registrable Securities have requested to be included, then the holders of Registrable Securities who have requested registration shall participate in the registration pro rata based on their total ownership of Common Stock (giving effect to the conversion or reclassification into common stock of all securities convertible or reclassifiable thereinto).

(c)           Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 
 

 

(d)           Discontinued Disposition.  By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed.  The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as it practicable.  The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(b).

(e)           Piggy-Back Registrations. If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(e) that are eligible for resale without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement.

(f)           Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (including, for this purpose any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any security).  If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first  sentence of this Section 6(f).

(g)           Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Memorandum.

(h)           Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Memorandum.
 
 
 

 

(i)           No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  Except as set forth on Schedule 6(i), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.

(j)           Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

(k)           Governing Law.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Memorandum.

(l)           Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

(m)           Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

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

(o)           Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

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               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has delivered this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   
By:
  /s/ J. Sherman Henderson, III
  Name:  J. Sherman Henderson, III
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]

 
 

 

Annex A

Plan of Distribution

Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions.  These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices.  A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
 
 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
 
 
·
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
 
 
·
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
 
 
·
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
 
 
·
privately negotiated transactions;
 
 
·
settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
 
 
·
broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 
 
·
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
 
 
·
a combination of any such methods of sale; or
 
 
·
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales.  Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASDR Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASDR IM-2440.
 
In connection with the sale of the common stock or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume.  The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares of the common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities.  The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
 
 
 

 
 
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.  Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).
 
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares.  The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder.  In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.  There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders.
 
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect.  The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
 
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution.  In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person.  We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
 
 
 

 

Annex B
 
LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire
 
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable Securities”) of Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed.  A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.  Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
NOTICE
 
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 
 

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
 
QUESTIONNAIRE
 
1.
Name.
 
 
(a)
Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder
 
 
 
 
(b)
Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:
 
 
 
 
(c)
Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):
 
 
 
2. 
Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
 
 
     
    
Telephone: 
  
Fax: 
  
Contact Person:
  
 
3. 
Broker-Dealer Status:
 
 
(a)
Are you a broker-dealer?
 
Yes   ¨                      No   ¨
 
 
(b)
If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?
 
Yes   ¨                      No   ¨
 
Note:
If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
 
(c)
Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
 
Yes   ¨                      No   ¨
 
 
 

 
 
 
(d)
If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
 
Yes   ¨                      No   ¨
 
Note:
If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
4. 
Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder.
 
Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Memorandum.
 
 
(a)
Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder:
 
  
  
 
5. 
Relationships with the Company:
 
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
 
State any exceptions here:
 
  
  
 
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
 
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.  The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
 
Date: 
     
Beneficial Owner:
   

  
By:  
   
   
  
Name: 
 
  
Title:    

 
 

 

PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

____________________
____________________
____________________
____________________
 
 
 

 
EX-10.7 5 v194118_ex10-7.htm
EXHIBIT 10.7

FIRST AMENDMENT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made and entered into as of the 12th day of August, 2010, and is made effective as of April 29, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), by and among (i) LY HOLDINGS, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“LYH”), (ii) LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“LNS”), (iii) CHRIS SULLIVAN, an individual resident of Nevada (“Sullivan”), (iv) LANJK, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“LANJK”), (v) RICE REALTY COMPANY, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“RRC”), (vi) RIGDON O. DEES, III, an individual resident of California (“Dees”), (vii) CTS EQUITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Nevada limited partnership (“CTS”), and (viii) RON CARMICLE, an individual resident of Kentucky (“Carmicle,” collectively with LANJK, RRC, Dees, and CTS, the “Letter Agreement Holders”).

RECITALS:

A.           LYH, LNS, Sullivan, and the Letter Agreement Holders entered into that certain Settlement Agreement dated April 29, 2010 (the “Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which (1) LNS purchased and assumed the Sullivan Note from Sullivan in exchange for the Settlement Payment, (2) LYH became indebted to LNS pursuant to and in the amount of the Sullivan Note, and (3) the Letter Agreement Holders (a) granted LNS security interests in the Letter Agreements to secure payment by LYH of the Sullivan Note to LNS, and (b) gave LNS an option pursuant to which LNS may purchase the Letter Agreements.
 
 B.           The parties now desire to amend the Settlement Agreement to, inter alia, recognize and rectify a mutual mistake of Sullivan, LYH, and LNS concerning past due and future commitment fees pursuant to Section 5 of the Sullivan Note and account for accrued and unpaid interest due to Sullivan from April 1, 2010, to the Effective Date.  All capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment shall have the definitions set forth in the Settlement Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of all of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties do hereby agree as follows:
 
1.           Amendment of Settlement Agreement Section 2(a); Amendment of Sullivan Note Section 5.  By mutual mistake of Sullivan, LYH, and LNS, the Settlement Agreement did not account for the intent of Sullivan, LYH, and LNS to cause the right to receive past due and future commitment fees under Section 5 of the Sullivan Note to remain with Sullivan.  Thus, Sullivan, LYH, and LNS agree that LNS did not purchase and shall not receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 5 of the Sullivan Note, whether due and owing to Sullivan as of the Effective Date or to become due from and after the Effective Date.  As a consequence of the foregoing, Section 2(a) of the Settlement Agreement is amended and modified as follows:

 

 

Purchase and Assumption of Sullivan Note.  LNS hereby purchases and assumes any and all of Sullivan’s rights and obligations under and in connection with the Sullivan Note; provided, however, that LNS is not purchasing and shall not assume Sullivan’s right to receive any Commitment Fee (as defined in the Sullivan Note) pursuant to the Sullivan Note, whether past due as of the Effective Date or to be incurred from and after the Effective Date.
 
Additionally, Section 5 of the Sullivan Note is deleted in its entirety.
 
2.           Amendment of Settlement Agreement Section 2(b).  The Settlement Payment reflected in the Settlement Agreement failed to account for the accrued and unpaid interest due to Sullivan pursuant to the Sullivan Note for the period beginning April 1, 2010, and ending on the Effective Date.  Therefore, effective as of the Effective Date, the first paragraph of Section 2(b) of the Settlement Agreement is amended and modified as follows:
 
In exchange for the purchase of the Sullivan Note, LNS shall pay to Sullivan the sum of Seven Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($7,750,000) plus the accrued and unpaid interest due to Sullivan pursuant to the Sullivan Note for the period beginning April 1, 2010, and ending on the Effective Date (the “Settlement Payment”).  Sullivan acknowledges that LNS paid $250,000 contemporaneous with the Closing of the Settlement Agreement.  The remainder of the Settlement Payment shall be paid as follows: (a) on October 1, 2010, and on the first day of each quarter year thereafter until and including the Maturity Date (as defined below), $250,000 plus accrued and unpaid interest payable to Fifth Third as directed by Sullivan (the “Quarterly Payments”), and (b) on the Maturity Date, the then-outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest (the “Final Payment,” collectively with the Quarterly Payments, the “Deferred Payment”).  If all such sums are not paid and satisfied in full by the Maturity Date, any sums remaining due shall thereafter bear interest at the Default Rate (as defined below).  For purposes of this Agreement, “Maturity Date” shall mean the sooner of (i) July 1, 2011, or (ii) the maturity date of the Fifth Third Note.  The parties hereto acknowledge that the Fifth Third Note has not matured as of the date of this Amendment and Fifth Third agreed to extend the maturity date of the Fifth Third Note six months to January 10, 2011.

The second and third paragraphs of Section 2(b) shall remain as set forth in the Settlement Agreement and shall not be amended or modified.

 

 

3.           Amendment of Settlement Agreement Section 2(c).  The last sentence of the third paragraph of Section 2(c) of the Settlement Agreement is amended and modified as follows:
 
If Sullivan avoids the Agreement pursuant to this Section 2(c), the payments Sullivan received from LNS hereunder shall be credited against the Sullivan Note, the Sullivan Note shall revert to Sullivan, LNS will have no further obligation to make any payments to Sullivan whether for amounts withheld or to become due, and LYH shall execute a new promissory note in favor of LNS in a principal amount equal to the amount of the payments Sullivan received from LNS hereunder prior to the date the Sullivan Note reverts to Sullivan, which promissory note shall include the same interest and payment terms as the Sullivan Note.
 
4.           Acknowledgement; Waiver.  Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, LYH, LNS, and the Letter Agreement Holders bargained for a settlement of Sullivan’s claims arising from the Sullivan Note, and specifically from the payments LYH paid after becoming past due.  Sullivan acknowledges and agrees that he waived pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, and hereby expressly waives, any right to charge a default rate of interest or receive a late payment penalty for or as a result of any failure of LYH to make timely payments under the Sullivan Note prior to the Effective Date.  This waiver applies only to the past due payments made prior to the Effective Date and shall not apply to any Event of Default under the Sullivan Note or the Settlement Agreement that occurs on or after the Effective Date.
 
5.           Amendment of Sullivan Note Section 2.  Section 2 of the Sullivan Note is amended and modified as follows:
 
 
The principal of, and all interest on, this Note shall be due and payable without setoff, offset, credit, counterclaim or defense.
 
6.           Amendment of Sullivan Note Section 3.  Section 3 of the Sullivan Note is amended and modified as follows:

Maturity Date.  All outstanding principal of this Note, all accrued but unpaid interest thereon and all other charges, fees or expenses hereunder shall be due and payable upon demand to LNS.  The date upon which demand is made to Borrower is referred to herein as the “Maturity Date”.
 
7.           Letter Agreement Holders.  Each of the Letter Agreement Holders joins in this Amendment for the purpose of, among other things, acknowledging that the term of the Sullivan Note has been modified and amended such that the maturity date has been extended to the date upon which LNS demands payment, subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement and this Amendment, and acknowledging and agreeing that the security interests granted in the Settlement Agreement shall secure the Sullivan Note until it is paid in full.

 

 

8.           Life Insurance Policy.  Pursuant to that certain Assignment of Life Insurance Policy as Collateral Agreement dated December 30, 2004, LYH assigned life insurance policy number 75 173 549 (the “Policy”) to Sullivan.  In the event of the death of the named insured, the proceeds of the Policy would be credited against some or all of the then-current amount due to Sullivan under the Sullivan Note.  LYH, LNS, and Sullivan hereby agree that Sullivan shall remain as the beneficiary of the Policy; provided, however, that (a) Sullivan shall credit any proceeds of the Policy against the then-current amount of the Settlement Payment and deliver all excess proceeds to LNS, and (b) if the Settlement Payment if fully paid prior to the death of the named insured, Sullivan shall assign the Policy to LNS immediately upon the full payment of the Settlement Payment and LNS shall be the sole beneficiary of the Policy thereafter.
 
9.           Representations, Warranties and Covenants.  Each party to this Amendment represents, warrants and covenants, as of the date hereof, as follows:
 
(a).          Each party hereto has the requisite power and authority to enter into this Amendment.  The execution and delivery hereof and the performance by each party hereto of his or its obligations hereunder will not violate or constitute an event of default under the terms and provisions of any agreement, document or instrument to which any such party is a party or by which any such party is bound;
 
(b).          This Amendment is a valid and binding obligation of each party hereto;
 
(c).           To the best of each party’s knowledge as of the date hereof, each party is in full compliance with all applicable laws and any other local, municipal, regional, state or federal requirements and no party hereto has received actual notice from any governmental authority that he or it is not in full compliance with all applicable laws and any other local, municipal, regional, state or federal requirements;
 
(d).          The Letter Agreement Holders have not granted any option or any other rights to acquire  the Letter Agreements, other than as set forth in the Settlement Agreement;
 
(e).           So long as the Option remains in effect, each Letter Agreement Holder reaffirms that he or it will take no action, or fail to take any required action, that would prohibit him or it from complying with the obligations hereunder or that would cause any of the representations or warranties hereunder to be untrue as of the date hereof or at any future date;
 
(f).           So long as the Option remains in effect, each Letter Agreement Holder reaffirms that he or it will not grant any liens on any Letter Agreement, or sell or otherwise transfer any Letter Agreement.
 
10.           Miscellaneous.  The Settlement Agreement, as amended and modified by this Amendment, constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements in regard thereto.  The Settlement Agreement, as modified, cannot be amended except by an agreement in writing signed by authorized representatives of all parties and specifically referring to the Settlement Agreement.  The paragraph headings set forth herein are for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Amendment.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to conflicts of law principles.  If any provision of this Amendment shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any Court of law or any competent governmental or other authority, the remaining provisions shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

 

11.           Binding Effect.  The Settlement Agreement, as amended and modified by this Amendment, is binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.
 
12.           Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
13.           Continuing Obligation.  As amended hereby, the Settlement Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.  From and after the date of this Amendment, all references to the Settlement Agreement in any document executed in conjunction with this transaction shall include the terms of this Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the day and date first above written.

LY HOLDINGS, LLC
 
By:
/s/  J. Sherman Henderson III
 
Its: Chief Executive Officer
 
LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC
 
By:
/s/  J. Sherman Henderson III
 
Its: Chief Executive Officer
 
/s/ Chris Sullivan
CHRIS SULLIVAN
 
LANJK, LLC
 
By:  
/s/  J. Sherman Henderson III
 
Its: Manager
 
RICE REALTY COMPANY, LLC
 
By:
/s/ W. Brent Rice
 
Its: Manager

 

 

/s/ Rigdon O. Dees, III
RIGDON O. DEES, III
 
CTS EQUITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
By:  
/s/ Chris Sullivan
 
Its: General Partner
 
/s/    Ronald L. Carmicle
RON CARMICLE

 

 
EX-31.1 6 v194118_ex31-1.htm
EXHIBIT 31.1

SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
I, J. Sherman Henderson III, certify that:
 
 
1)
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc.;
 
 
2)
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
 
3)
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
 
4)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 
5)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 16, 2010

/s/ J. Sherman Henderson III
J. Sherman Henderson III
President and Chief Executive Officer

 
 

 
EX-31.2 7 v194118_ex31-2.htm
EXHIBIT 31.2

SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Elaine G. Bush, certify that:

1)
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc.;
 
2)
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3)
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5)
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 16, 2010

/s/ Elaine G. Bush
 Elaine G. Bush
 Chief Financial Officer

 
 

 
EX-32 8 v194118_ex32.htm
EXHIBIT 32
  
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
 
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officers of Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 16, 2010
/s/   J. Sherman Henderson III
   
 
J. Sherman Henderson III
 
President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 16, 2010
/s/   Elaine G. Bush
   
 
Elaine G. Bush
 
Chief Financial Officer
  
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.
 
 
 

 

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