Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials (definitive) (defa14a)
30 December 2016 - 9:10AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 29, 2016 (December 22, 2016)
Inventergy Global, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
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000-26399
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62-1482176
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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900 E. Hamilton Avenue #180
Campbell, CA
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95008
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code:
(408) 389-3510
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
1.01
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Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On December 22, 2016,
Inventergy Global, Inc. (the “
Parent
”), Inventergy Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the “
Owner
”),
and the other subsidiaries of the Parent (together with the Parent and Owner, the “
Company
”) entered into a
Restructuring Agreement (the “
Restructuring Agreement
”) with certain affiliates of Fortress Investment Group,
LLC (“
Fortress
”) to amend that certain Amended and Restated Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement (the
“
Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement
”), which was originally entered into by the Parent, Owner and Fortress
on October 1, 2014.
Pursuant to the Restructuring
Agreement, Fortress will have the sole discretion to make any and all decisions relating to the Company’s patents and patent
monetization activities (excluding future acquired patents related to Inventergy Innovations, LLC, a subsidiary of Parent, and
related monetization activities) (such patents that are subject to the Restructuring Agreement, the “
Patents
”),
including the right to license, sell or sue unauthorized users of the Patents (the “
Monetization Activities
”).
In addition, the
Restructuring Agreement modifies the revenue share provided for in the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement such that
all proceeds from the Monetization Activities will be applied as follows: (i) first, to pay for certain third party expenses
incurred by the Company, Fortress or third party brokers in relation to the Monetization Activities, (ii) second, to pay up
to $2.2 million of the Company’s outstanding principal debt to Nokia Corporation (“
Nokia
”) in the
event any Monetization Activity is directly attributable to the Company’s Nokia patent portfolio, (iii) third, if a
Monetization Activity triggers a payment with respect to a retained interest owed to a prior owner under agreements with
Panasonic Corporation or Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., payment will be made to such prior owner, as required, (iv) fourth,
to Fortress until Fortress has received (x) reimbursement of any amounts advanced by Fortress pursuant to the Restructuring
Agreement plus 20% annual interest on such advances plus (y) $30.5 million less any amounts paid to Fortress for the Note
Obligations under the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement after December 22, 2016, and (v) fifth, after all of
the foregoing payment obligations are satisfied, 70% to Fortress and 30% to the Company. The Company will continue to be
fully responsible for all expenses related to the maintenance, prosecution and enforcement of the patents, other than
certain ongoing expenses contingent on completion of the SPE structure described below, and shall be fully responsible to pay
any interest or other charges relating to the debt owed to Nokia and to make principal payments as and when due to the
extent Monetization Activities have not generated amounts to make such principal payments.
The
Restructuring Agreement contemplates that the parties will work towards obtaining stockholder approval and third party
consent to the assignment of the Patents to a newly created special purpose entity, or SPE. The Company has until March 31,
2017 to complete that process. Upon obtaining stockholder approval and third party consent, the Company will contribute the
Patents to the SPE. The SPE will be managed by Fortress, and the economic arrangements provided for under the Restructuring
Agreement will be reflected in the governing documents for the SPE and/or in contractual arrangements between the SPE and the
Company.
The Restructuring Agreement
defers any amortization payments on the notes held by Fortress until April 1, 2017, and also suspends the Company’s minimum
liquidity covenant, each to permit time for the Company to effect the SPE structure described above. Upon the SPE structure becoming
effective, the Company’s note obligations to Fortress will be extinguished, the Company will be relieved of any scheduled
amortization (instead, payments to Fortress will only be required out of Monetization Revenues), the liquidity covenant will no
longer apply, and the Company will be relieved from any further responsibility to maintain the Patents, retroactive to December
22, 2016.
The Restructuring Agreement
is subject to certain events of default, including, among other things, liquidation or dissolution, change of control, bankruptcy,
the Company’s failure to make payments pursuant to the terms of the Restructuring Agreement, the Company’s failure
to secure necessary consents to permit completion of the SPE structure or the Company’s failure to perform or observe certain
covenants. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, Fortress may proceed to protect and enforce its rights through seeking the
Company’s specific performance of any covenant or condition, as set forth in the Restructuring Agreement, or may declare
the remaining unpaid balance owed under the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement, as amended, and any other amounts owed
pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement to be immediately due and payable.
The Company is required
under the Restructuring Agreement to use its best efforts to secure the necessary stockholder approval and third party consent
to reflect the SPE structure described above, and will be preparing the necessary solicitation materials to seek stockholder approval.
The foregoing
description of the Restructuring Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the complete text of such agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
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Item 2.03.
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation
under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
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The disclosure set
forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 7.01.
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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On December 23, 2016,
the Company issued a press release announcing the Restructuring Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1. The press release shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
the Exchange Act whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings,
except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such filings.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT
This communication may be deemed to be
solicitation material in respect of the proposed transaction. In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company intends
to file relevant materials with the SEC, including a proxy statement. Investors and security holders are urged to read the proxy
statement when it becomes available, together with all other relevant documents filed with the SEC, because they will contain important
information about the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders are able to obtain the documents (once available) free
of charge at the SEC's website, http://www.sec.gov, or for free from the Company by contacting the Secretary, Inventergy Global,
Inc., 900 E. Hamilton Avenue, Suite #180, Campbell, CA, telephone: (408) 389-3510.
PARTICIPANTS IN SOLICITATION
The Company and
its directors and executive officers and certain employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from
the holders of the Company’s common stock with respect to the proposed transaction. Information about the Company's directors
and executive officers is set forth in the proxy statement for the Company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed
with the SEC on May 13, 2016. To the extent holdings of the Company's securities have changed since the amounts contained in the
proxy statement for the Company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, such changes have been or will be reflected in reports on
Schedule 13D or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Investors may obtain additional information regarding
the interest of such participants by reading the proxy statement regarding the transaction (once available). These documents (when
available) may be obtained free of charge from the SEC's website http://www.sec.gov, or from the Company using the contact information
above.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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10.1
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Restructuring Agreement, dated December 22, 2016, by and between Inventergy Global, Inc., Inventergy,
Inc., eOn Communications Systems, Inc., Inventergy Holding, LLC, Inventergy Innovations, LLC, Inventergy IOT, LLC, Inventergy LBS,
LLC, DBD Credit Funding LLC and CF DB EZ LLC.*
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99.1
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Press release, dated December 23, 2016.
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*Portions
of this exhibit have been redacted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. The redacted portions are being filed separately
with the SEC.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 29, 2016
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INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Joseph W. Beyers
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Name: Joseph W. Beyers
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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