DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

1.	DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

Organization —Inteliquent, Inc. (the “Company”) provides voice telecommunications services primarily on a wholesale basis. The Company offers these services using an all-IP network, which enables the Company to deliver global connectivity for a variety of media, including voice and, historically, data and video. The Company’s solutions enable carriers and other providers to deliver voice traffic or other services where they do not have their own network or elect not to use their own network. These solutions are sometimes called “off-net” services. We also provide our solutions to customers, such as OTT providers, who also typically do not have their own network.

On April 30, 2013, the Company sold its global data business to Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. (GTT) for $54.5 million, subject to certain adjustments. The total consideration consisted of $52.5 million in cash, subject to net working capital adjustments, and $2.0 million of non-cash commercial IP Transit and point-to-point Ethernet data network services to be provided to the Company by GTT free-of-charge for a three-year period. The $2.0 million of non-cash commercial services was calculated based upon the discounted present value of the market cost of such services as of the date on which the commercial services agreement was signed with GTT. In addition, the Company recorded in its 2013 consolidated statement of operations, as part of its gain amount on the sale of its global data business, approximately $2.4 million for divestiture-related costs, including legal and advisory services. Refer to Note 3 “Business Disposition” for a description of the sale of our global data business.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company received a $1.3 million payment from an escrow fund that had been established in connection with the Company’s purchase of the Tinet global data business in 2010. The Company received this payment as a result of a settlement with the sellers of Tinet. The settlement related to a dispute regarding the Company’s claim that certain tax liabilities were not properly represented to the Company at the time the transaction closed. This payment was recorded as other income in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for year ended December 31, 2015 and as an operating cash inflow in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2015.