EXHIBIT 5
This Settlement Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of November 20, 1997,
by and among Intermedia Communications, Inc. ("ICI"), Moonlight Acquisition
Corp. ("Moonlight"), Tel-Save Holdings, Inc. ("Tel-Save"), Shared Technologies
Xxxxxxxxx Inc., ("STF") and TSHCo, Inc. ("TSH") (collectively, the "Parties").
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, on July 16, 1997, Tel-Save, TSH and STF entered into an Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the "Tel-Save Merger Agreement") and certain other
agreements and arrangements;
WHEREAS, on November 17, 1997, ICI and Moonlight commenced a litigation
against Tel-Save, STF and certain other parties, styled INTERMEDIA
COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND MOONLIGHT ACQUISITION CORP. V. SHARED TECHNOLOGIES
XXXXXXXXX, INC., ET AL., C.A. No. 16038, Del. Ch. 1997 (the "Litigation") and
offered to acquire STF (the "ICI Proposal"); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to terminate the Litigation and settle all
disputes among them arising from, or relating in any way to, the Tel-Save Merger
Agreement (and all agreements and arrangements contemplated therein or relating
thereto) and the ICI Proposal, and to enter into certain other arrangements
among them, including, but not limited to, an Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated the date hereof, by and among STF, ICI and Moonlight (the "ICI Merger
Agreement");
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, including the mutual
promises, releases, representations, covenants and obligations contained herein
or contemplated hereby, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE.
1.1 Promptly after the execution and delivery hereof, each of the Parties
hereto shall cause their respective attorneys to execute a stipulation of
dismissal, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, dismissing the Litigation
with prejudice. Immediately upon execution of said stipulation of dismissal,
ICI and Moonlight shall cause their attorneys to file said stipulation of
dismissal with the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in and for New
Castle County. Each party to the Litigation shall take all steps necessary to
effectuate the dismissal with prejudice of the Litigation, and shall pay its own
expenses, including attorneys' fees, incident to the Litigation and to the
preparation and performance of this Agreement.
1.2 (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1.2(c) hereof, each of the
Parties, for itself and its respective officers, directors, affiliates, parent
and subsidiary corporations, partners, agents, attorneys, successors, assigns,
and anyone claiming any right through it or under it, mutually, irrevocably and
unconditionally releases and forever discharges each of the other Parties and
their present and former officers, directors, affiliates, parent and subsidiary
corporations, partners, agents, representatives, employees, controlling persons,
and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the "Releasees"),
from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, suits, debts, dues, rights,
offsets, demands, sums of money, accounts, damages, judgments, reckonings,
bonds, bonuses, charges, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts,
controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, extents, executions,
and complaints whatsoever, in law, equity or otherwise, under federal law, state
law or otherwise, whether known or unknown, which such Party and/or its
officers, directors, affiliates, parent and subsidiary corporations, partners,
agents, attorneys, successors, assigns, and anyone claiming any right through it
or under it, ever had, now has, or hereafter may have, for, upon, or by any
matter, cause or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the day of
this Agreement, based on, relating or with respect to, or arising out of:
(i) the facts, underlying claims, or affirmative defenses that
were asserted, or could have been asserted, in the Litigation;
(ii) the filing or prosecution of the Litigation, or any process or
proceedings therein;
(iii) the Tel-Save Merger Agreement, the STF Voting Agreements (as
defined below), the Option (as defined below), the ICI Proposal or the LD
Agreement, as originally executed and delivered (as defined below), or the
negotiation or execution of any thereof;
(iv) the negotiation or execution of this Agreement, the ICI Merger
Agreement, the Amended LD Agreement (as defined below), the Option
Agreement, of even date herewith, among ICI and certain stockholders of STF
(the "Option Agreement"), the Stock Purchase Agreement to be entered,
between ICI and RHI (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), the Loan Agreement to
be entered between ICI and STF (the "Loan Agreement"), or any other
agreement contemplated by such agreements to be executed on or after the
date hereof; or
(v) any acts, facts, transactions, occurrences, conduct,
statements or representations on the part of the
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Parties or their respective present or former officers, directors,
affiliates, parent and subsidiary corporations, partners, agents,
representatives, employees or controlling persons with regard to, or
directly or indirectly related to, the merger or sale of, or failure to
merge or sell, or any offer or proposal to merge or sell, or failure to
include any particular term in any agreement to merge or sell, STF, or any
statement or omission in the Joint Proxy Statement of Tel-Save and STF of
October 30, 1997.
(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1.2(c) hereof, each of
the Parties, for itself and its respective officers, directors, affiliates,
parent and subsidiary corporations, partners, agents, attorneys, successors,
assigns, and anyone claiming any right through it or under it, covenants not to
xxx or bring any claim or action, of any nature whatsoever, against the
Releasees, or any one or more of them, in any forum, based on, relating to or
arising out of:
(i) the facts, underlying claims, or affirmative defenses that
were asserted, or could have been asserted, in the Litigation;
(ii) the filing or prosecution of the Litigation, or any
proceedings therein;
(iii) the Tel-Save Merger Agreement, the STF Voting Agreements (as
defined below), the Option (as defined below), the ICI Proposal or the LD
Agreement, as originally executed and delivered (as defined below);
(iv) the negotiation or execution of this Agreement, the ICI Merger
Agreement, the Amended LD Agreement (as defined below), the Option
Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Loan Agreement, or any other
agreement contemplated by such agreements to be executed on or after the
date hereof; or
(v) any acts, facts, transactions, occurrences, conduct,
statements or representations on the part of the Parties or their
respective present or former officers, directors, affiliates, parent and
subsidiary corporations, partners, agents, representatives, employees or
controlling persons with regard to, or directly or indirectly related to,
the merger or sale of, or failure to merge or sell, or any offer or
proposal to merge or sell, or failure to include any particular term in any
agreement to merge or sell, STF, or any statement or omission in the Joint
Proxy Statement of Tel-Save and STF of October 30, 1997.
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(c) Nothing in paragraphs 1.2(a) or 1.2(b) hereof shall alter,
modify, release or apply to:
(i) the rights, obligations, covenants, representations or
warranties of the Parties under or in this Agreement;
(ii) the rights, obligations, covenants, representations or
warranties of STF, ICI and Moonlight under or in the ICI Merger Agreement,
the Option Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Loan Agreement, or
any other agreement contemplated by such agreements to be executed on or
after the date hereof;
(iii) the rights, obligations, consents, representations or
warranties of STF and Tel-Save, Inc. under or in the Amended LD Agreement
(as defined below); or
(iv) the rights, obligations, covenants, representations, or
warranties of STF and ICI under or in the Notes (as defined below).
(d) Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, ICI,
Moonlight, STF, RHI Holdings, Inc. ("RHI") and The Xxxxxxxxx Corporation ("TFC")
are executing and delivering a release in favor of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx ("Borislow"),
and Borislow is executing and delivering a release in favor of ICI, Moonlight,
STF, RHI, and TFC, in each case in the forms attached as Exhibit B and Exhibit
C, respectively. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, ICI,
Moonlight, Tel-Save and TSH are executing and delivering a release in favor of
RHI and TFC, and RHI and TFC are executing and delivering a release in favor of
ICI, Moonlight, Tel-Save and TSH, in each case in the forms attached as Exhibit
D and Exhibit E, respectively.
1.3 Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms hereof nor any
negotiations, proceedings or agreements in connection herewith shall constitute,
or be construed as or be deemed to be evidence of, an admission on the part of
any Party of any liability or wrongdoing whatsoever, or of the truth or untruth
of any of the claims made by any party in the Litigation, or of the merit or any
lack of merit of any of the defenses thereto; nor shall this Agreement, or any
of the terms hereof, or any negotiations or proceedings in connection herewith,
be offered or received in evidence, or used in any proceeding against any of the
Parties, or used in any proceeding for any purpose whatsoever, except with
respect to the effectuation and enforcement of this Agreement, the ICI Merger
Agreement, the Option Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Loan
Agreement, the Amended LD Agreement (as defined below), the Notes (as defined
below), any other agreement contemplated by such agreement to be executed on or
after the date
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hereof, the discontinuance with prejudice of the Litigation, or the releases
referred to in paragraph 1.2(d) hereof.
2. TERMINATION OF THE TEL-SAVE MERGER AGREEMENT AND CERTAIN
RELATED AGREEMENTS. (a) (i) Tel-Save, TSH and STF hereby terminate the Tel-Save
Merger Agreement, (ii) Tel-Save and STF hereby terminate the Option Agreement,
dated as of July 16, 1997 (the "Option"), between Tel-Save and STF, (iii) the
agreements, dated as of July 16, 1997 (the "STF Voting Agreements"), by Tel-Save
with each of RHI Holdings, Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx & Co., Mentor Partners, L.P. and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, and the voting agreement, dated as of July 16, 1997,
between STF and Borislow (the "Borislow Voting Agreement") by their own terms
shall be terminated upon termination of the Tel-Save Merger Agreement, and
Tel-Save hereby agrees and confirms that it shall have no rights under the STF
Voting Agreements, and STF hereby agrees and confirms that it shall have no
rights under the Borislow Voting Agreement, and (iv) except for the Long
Distance Agreement, dated as of November 13, 1997 (the "LD Agreement"), between
Tel-Save, Inc. and STF, as amended as described herein, and except for this
Agreement (and the releases and other instruments contemplated herein), each of
Tel-Save, TSH and STF hereby terminates all other agreements and arrangements of
any kind arising from or relating to the Tel-Save Merger Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby (the Tel-Save Merger Agreement, the Option,
the STF Voting Agreements, the Borislow Voting Agreement and such other
agreements, collectively, the "Terminated Agreements")). Except as expressly
provided herein, the termination of the Terminated Agreements shall be without
liability to any party to any such Terminated Agreement and shall release each
party thereto from any and all further obligations thereunder, including, but
not limited to, any obligation to pay any termination fees described in the
Tel-Save Merger Agreement.
(b) In consideration for the termination of the Tel-Save Merger
Agreement, the Option and the STF Voting Agreements, STF hereby pays to Tel-Save
$26.250 million by certified check drawn on a bank reasonably acceptable to
Tel-Save or wire transfer of immediately available funds.
3. ADDITIONAL TRANSACTIONS. (a) ICI hereby transfers to Tel-Save
$211 million by certified check drawn on a bank reasonably acceptable to
Tel-Save or wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(b) Tel-Save hereby sells, assigns and transfers to ICI all of its
right, title and interest in and to all of the $163,637,000 face amount of the
12 1/4% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes Due 2006 of STF (the "Notes") held by
it on the date hereof. Tel-Save represents and warrants to ICI that: (i)
Tel-Save owns the Notes, free and clear of all liens,
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encumbrances, restrictions and defects of title of any kind ("Liens") imposed or
incurred by it and, to Tel-Save's knowledge, Tel-Save owns the Notes free and
clear of all Liens whatsoever; (ii) Tel-Save has the right to transfer such
Notes to ICI without (x) violating any contract, agreement or arrangement to
which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound, and (y) the
imposition of any Lien on the Notes arising from such transfer; and (iii)
Tel-Save paid approximately $167 million to acquire the Notes. From time to
time after the date hereof, at the request of ICI, and without any additional
consideration therefor, Tel-Save shall execute and deliver to ICI such
instruments and documents of conveyance and transfer, and do and cause to be
done such acts or things, as ICI may reasonably request in order to more
effectively transfer and assign to ICI, or perfect or record, ICI's interest in
or title to, the Notes.
(c) Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Tel-Save,
Inc. and STF are amending the LD Agreement by executing and delivering an
amendment in the form attached as Exhibit F (the LD Agreement as so amended, the
"Amended LD Agreement").
4. STANDSTILL. For a period from the date hereof to the earlier
of the first anniversary of the date hereof and the date the ICI Merger
Agreement shall have been terminated, none of Tel-Save nor any of its affiliates
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act")) will (and none will assist or encourage others to),
directly or indirectly:
(i) acquire or agree, offer, seek or propose to acquire (or
request permission to do so), ownership (including, but not limited to,
beneficial ownership as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of
all or substantially all of the assets or businesses of STF, or any
securities issued by STF, or any rights or options to acquire such
ownership (including from a third party), or
(ii) seek or propose to acquire control of the management or
policies of STF (or request permission to do so), or
(iii) enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or
understandings with any third party with respect to any of the foregoing.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each of the Parties hereby
represents and warrants to each other Party hereto as follows:
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(a) It has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and any agreements and documents contemplated hereunder
(the "Related Agreements") to which it is a party and to perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by it of this
Agreement and the Related Agreements to which it is a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part, and this Agreement and
each of the Related Agreements to which it is a party constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Related Agreements to which it is a party nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby constitutes a violation or breach of
the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other governing instrument) of
it or any provision of any contract, license or franchise or other instrument to
which it is a party or by which it may be bound.
6. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands, consents and other
communications required or permitted under this Agreement (collectively,
"Notice") shall be effective only if given in writing and shall be considered to
have been duly given when (i) delivered by hand, (ii) sent by telecopier (with
receipt confirmed), provided that a copy is mailed (on the same date) by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or
(iii) received by the addressee, if sent by Express Mail, Federal Express or
other reputable express delivery service (receipt requested), or by first class
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Notice
shall be sent in each case to the appropriate addresses or telecopier numbers
set forth below (or to such other addresses and telecopier numbers as a Party
may from time to time designate as to itself by notice similarly given to the
other Parties in accordance herewith, which shall not be deemed given until
received by the addressee). Notice shall be given:
(i) to ICI and Moonlight at:
Intermedia Communications Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
copy to: Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Xxxxxxx LLP
1114 Avenue of the Americas
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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(ii) to STF at:
Shared Technologies, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
copy to: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
and
The Xxxxxxxxx Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
X.X. Xxx 00000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
(iii) to Tel-Save and TSH at:
0000 Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
copy to: Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
and
Xxxxxxxx X. Lawn, IV, Esq.
General Counsel
Tel-Save Holdings, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
7. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each of the Parties shall, at any time and
from time to time after the date hereof, fairly and in good faith, do, execute,
acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and
delivered, all such further acts, deeds, assignments, transfers, conveyances,
powers of attorney, receipts, acknowledgments, acceptances and assurances as may
be reasonably required to procure for each of
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the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, the consideration to be
delivered to them as provided for herein or otherwise to carry out the intent
and purposes of this Agreement or to consummate any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
8. SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
9.1 This Agreement may not be amended, modified, discharged or
terminated, nor may the rights of any Party hereunder be waived, except by a
written document that is executed by each Party hereto. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any other
provision hereof, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
9.2. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
9.3 The Exhibits referred to herein are a part of this Agreement for
all purposes. Terms used in this Agreement shall have the same meanings when
used in such Exhibits.
9.4 Captions and headings are employed herein for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any
provision hereof.
9.5 This Agreement is made under and shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York
applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within that state.
9.6 This Agreement and the agreements and instruments contemplated
herein constitute the entire agreement between Tel-Save and TSH, on the one
hand, and the other Parties hereto, on the other hand, with respect to the
subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.
By: _________________________
MOONLIGHT ACQUISITION CORP.
By: _________________________
TEL-SAVE HOLDINGS, INC.
By: _________________________
SHARED TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXXXXX INC.
By: _________________________
TSHCO. INC.
By: _________________________
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