Exhibit 14
Amendment to Settlement Agreement
First Amendment, dated June 28, 2006 (the "Amendment"), to the
Settlement Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2006 (the "Settlement Agreement"),
among Inter-Tel, Incorporated ("Inter-Tel" or the "Company"), Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
("Xx. Xxxxxxx") and Summit Growth Management LLC, a wholly owned affiliate of
Xx. Xxxxxxx ("Summit").
WHEREAS, Xx. Xxxxxxx and certain affiliates on June 14, 2006 sent a
letter (the "June 14 Offer") to the Company setting forth what they claimed to
be a Mihaylo Offer (as defined in the Settlement Agreement).
WHEREAS, the June 14 Offer contained financing commitments that were
"subject to confirmatory due diligence."
WHEREAS, the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Inter-Tel
(the "Special Committee") has taken the position that the June 14 Offer is,
because of the "confirmatory due diligence" condition, not a Mihaylo Offer.
WHEREAS, Xx. Xxxxxxx has taken the position that the "confirmatory due
diligence" condition was necessitated by the Company's noncompliance with its
obligation under Section 4 of the Settlement Agreement to provide Xx. Xxxxxxx
and his advisors and financing sources access to the reasonable due diligence
information requested in good faith in order to facilitate their making a
Mihaylo Proposal prior to June 15, 2006;
WHEREAS, the parties, without agreeing as to whether the June 14 Offer
is or is not a Mihaylo Offer or whether the Company did or did not comply with
its obligations under the Settlement Agreement, wish to resolve this dispute and
amend the Settlement Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound hereby agree as
follows:
1. The Special Committee and Board will not respond to the June 14
Offer and the Mihaylo Parties will waive any right to claim that the failure to
respond triggers their right to make a Mihaylo Request to call a Special Meeting
pursuant to Section 5 of the Settlement Agreement.
2. The Company will promptly provide Xx. Xxxxxxx, his advisors and his
financing sources in good faith such additional due diligence information and
access to information, facilities, persons and business records as is customary
and reasonably necessary to allow Xx. Xxxxxxx and his affiliates and partners
to make an offer (and his financing sources to provide commitment letters)
without the "subject to confirmatory due diligence" condition and otherwise
meeting all of the criteria for a Mihaylo Proposal set forth in the Settlement
Agreement; provided, that if the Company announces an extraordinary transaction
prior to the earlier of July 28, 2006 or the submission of a Mihaylo Proposal,
such offer may be conditioned on the extraordinary transaction not being
consummated or conditioned on due diligence regarding the extraordinary
transaction and, in that event, such conditions shall not cause it to fail to
constitute a Mihaylo Proposal if such offer otherwise meets all of the criteria
for a Mihaylo Proposal set forth in the Settlement Agreement. The scope, nature
and conditions to such additional due diligence have been generally agreed to
by the financial advisors to the respective parties. Such additional due
diligence information will be subject to the terms and restrictions of the
respective Confidentiality Agreements, each dated May 5, 2006 (the
"Confidentiality Agreements") between the Company and each of Xx. Xxxxxxx, RBC
Capital Markets Corporation and Vector Capital Corporation, and such additional
appropriate provisions as reasonably necessary or desirable to protect the
Company or the confidential or proprietary information of the Company.
3. Sections 4 and 7 of the Settlement Agreement are amended by
deleting therefrom all references to June 15, 2006 and substituting in each
place thereof the date of July 28, 2006.
4. Sections 7 and 8 of the Settlement Agreement are amended by
deleting therefrom all references to August 31, 2006 and substituting in each
place thereof the date of September 30, 2006.
5. Except as expressly amended herein, the Settlement Agreement
continues and remains in full force and effect. Unless otherwise defined in
this Amendment, capitalized terms used in this Amendment have the same meaning
as those in the Settlement Agreement.
6. All notices, demands and other communications to be given or
delivered to the Company in accordance with Section 19 of the Agreement shall
be copied to (which copy shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
7. This First Amendment may be executed by the parties in any number
of counterparts. Each such counterpart shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an
original instrument, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute
one and the same Amendment.
8. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California applicable to agreements
made and to be fully performed therein (excluding the conflict of laws rules).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned parties has executed or
caused this Amendment to be executed on the date first above written.
INTER-TEL, INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: CEO
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
SUMMIT GROWTH MANAGEMENT LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Member
