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As Of Filer Filing For·On·As Docs:Size Issuer Agent 5/25/06 Viatel Holding Bermuda Ltd 6-K 5/25/06 5:2.8M Bowne - Bol/FA |
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Part I
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Letter from the Chairman of Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Limited | 3 | ||||
Part II
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Relevant Viatel Network | 10 | ||||
Part III
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Summary of the Transaction Documents | 11 | ||||
Part V
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Certain information on Global Voice | 14 | ||||
Part IV
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Relevant Global Voice Metropolitan Networks | 16 | ||||
Part VI
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Definitions | 20 | ||||
Notice of Special General Meeting | 23 |
Timetable of Events |
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Record Date of Special General Meeting
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May 11, 2006 | |
Latest time and date of receipt of proxies
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11.00 am on June 6, 2006 | |
Special General Meeting
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11.00 am on June 7, 2006 | |
All times are local in Bermuda |
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• | a reduction in the extent of the Viatel Network assets that are the subject of the proposed transaction; | ||
• | a reduction in the initial payment to the Company, from €25m (approximately US$31.8m) to €18.5m (approximately US$23.7m); | ||
• | the outright transfer of all of the Company’s rights and interest in the un-lit German national network known as “PEN 3”; |
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• | a reduction (from €2.6m (approximately US$3.3m) to €1.7m (approximately US$ 2.1m)) in the value of the wholesale revenue streams being assigned to Global Voice; and | ||
• | an acceleration in Global Voice’s commitment to fund its share of the Viatel Network operating costs. |
• | even after the intended Asset Transfer, the Company will retain significant network assets, considered to be more than sufficient for the development of the Viatel Network and related wholesale business; | ||
• | the cash consideration from Global Voice provides funds to enable investment in backbone electronics which should substantially improve the Company’s competitiveness in the wholesale market; |
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• | the cash consideration from Global Voice and its commitment to contribute to operating costs should reduce the Company’s cost liability associated with the Viatel Network; and | ||
• | the metropolitan network assets to be contributed by Global Voice, as partial consideration for the Asset Transfer, should substantially improve the reach of the Viatel Network and provide additional market opportunities for the Company. |
• | The Company will grant Global Voice a long-term lease (or the most equivalent legal form permitted in the relevant jurisdictions) over one-half of Viatel’s fibre and ducts in The Netherlands, Belgium and the UK for a term of 100 years (or such shorter period Viatel is able to grant or which constitutes the economic life of these assets). | ||
• | These leased assets will be the subject of put and call options by which, after a period of five years, the Company and Global Voice can require that Global Voice acquires absolute title (or nearest equivalent legal form of ownership Viatel is able to transfer) to such assets for a nominal sum. |
• | The Company will grant an IRU to Global Voice over one-half of the fibre pairs along a route extending from the Belgian border to Paris, and then to Strasbourg, constituting approximately one third of the Company’s French network. | ||
• | The Company will (to the extent it is legally able to do so) grant Global Voice an option, for a nominal sum and again exercisable after a period of five years, to purchase title/take a long term lease of the fibres subject to the IRU and one-half of the related duct infrastructure. |
• | Global Voice will acquire all of the Company’s rights and interest in the assets on the un-lit German stretch of the Viatel Network known as PEN 3. | ||
• | The Company will grant a sub-lease of one-half of the fibres it currently leases from Gasline on the operational ‘PEN 2’ network, the term of such sub-lease being for the remaining 23 years (approximately) of the principal lease with Gasline. |
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• | The Company will grant Global Voice a long-term lease and option to acquire title (or nearest equivalent legal form of ownership Viatel is able to transfer) in one-half of the Company’s ducts and fibres on the northern part of the Frankfurt ring. In relation to the southern part of the Frankfurt ring, the Company will grant a long-term lease of one-half of the ducts and cables with an option to acquire title (or nearest possible equivalent) to one-half of the fibres. Again, the relevant options will be exercisable any time after five years from Closing. |
• | a cash payment of €18.5 million (US$23.7 million approximately) net of all applicable taxes; | ||
• | title (or nearest equivalent legal form of ownership as is allowed under local law) to 5 fibre pairs in the GV Network in 7 European cities (Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and London); | ||
• | preferential pricing from Global Voice for up to 2 additional fibre pairs on all of Global Voice’s current metropolitan networks – covering in total 14 European |
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cities and, where available, on all future metropolitan networks constructed by Global Voice; | |||
• | preferential pricing from Global Voice for access to specified buildings directly connected to Global Voice’s metropolitan networks; | ||
• | an indefeasible right of use for twenty years in 3 fibre pairs on each section of the PEN 3 network, as and when such sections are made operational by Global Voice; | ||
• | access to additional buildings on the Global Voice network at cost plus 15 percent; and | ||
• | from the first anniversary of Closing, a contribution of one-half of the operating costs with respect to those sections of the Viatel Network on which Global Voice is acquiring an interest. |
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1. | Master Network Lease and Sale Agreement | |
Pursuant to the terms of the Master Network Lease and Sale Agreement, the Company and Global Voice will grant rights to each other on Closing over the assets comprised in their respective networks. | ||
The granting of such rights by the Company to Global Voice is to be effected by the entering into of the Netherlands, Belgium and UK Asset Leases, the IRU with respect to France, the German Asset Lease and the GND Asset Transfer Agreement. | ||
The granting of such rights by Global Voice to the Company is to be effected by the entering into by the parties of the GV Fibre Transfer Agreements. | ||
Both the Company and Global Voice have given to each other certain warranties as are standard to a transaction of this nature such as title to assets and any litigation to which either party may be a party. | ||
A copy of the Master Network Lease and Sale Agreement will be attached to the Form 6-K that the Company will file with the SEC in relation to the SGM and will be available at www.sec.gov. | ||
2. | Network Operational Agreement | |
The Network Operational Agreement provides the framework and terms and conditions pursuant to which Viatel and Global Voice will interconnect and operate their respective networks (to the extent such operation could impact on the other party’s network). | ||
A copy of the Network Operational Agreement will be attached to the Form 6-K that the Company will file with the SEC in relation to the SGM and will be available at www.sec.gov. | ||
3. | Netherlands, Belgium and UK Asset Leases | |
On Closing, the Company, Global Voice and the relevant Viatel Group Companies will enter into these asset leases by which certain Viatel telecommunication assets in each relevant jurisdiction will be leased to Global Voice. |
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4. | The IRU | |
On Closing, Viatel Operations SA will enter into an IRU to provide to Global Voice access to its telecommunications facilities on the relevant segments of the Viatel Network in France. | ||
5. | The German Infrastructure Lease | |
On Closing, the relevant Viatel asset-owning companies in Germany will enter into a lease of their telecommunications facilities in Germany, excluding PEN 3, to Global Voice. | ||
6. | The GND Asset Transfer Agreement | |
Under the GND Asset Transfer Agreement, the relevant Viatel asset-owning companies will sell and transfer the PEN 3 stretch (referred to in the agreement as the ‘GND’) of the Viatel Network to Global Voice. Global Voice accept and acknowledge that the PEN 3 infrastructure is currently not operational and accordingly customary warranties are excluded, in particular with regard to fitness for purpose and use. Global Voice assumes all future liabilities and responsibilities attached to the PEN 3 infrastructure in addition to certain liabilities and responsibilities that may have accrued before Closing. | ||
7. | The GV Fibre Transfer Agreements | |
On Closing, Global Voice will enter into a fibre transfer agreement with the Company whereby Global Voice will transfer to the Company ownership of 5 fibre pairs in seven metropolitan city networks. Such transfer will generally be in two installments, at Closing and on 2 January 2007. By way of exception, with respect to Global Voice’s London metropolitan network, until such time as it is able to provide full title, Global Voice will grant an IRU in favour of the Company of 5 fibre pairs; Global Voice will however be under an unconditional obligation to transfer ownership to 5 fibre pairs within five years of Closing. | ||
8. | Option and Transfer Agreements | |
On Closing, the Viatel Group Companies in the relevant jurisdictions will enter into the Option and Transfer Agreement(s) with Global Voice/the relevant GV Group Company under which the relevant Viatel Network assets in the relevant jurisdictions (effectively representing those assets that are the subject of the Netherlands, Belgium and United Kingdom assets leases, the IRU in France and the German Asset Lease) will be the subject of put and call options by which, respectively, the Company and Global Voice can require that Global Voice acquire absolute title (or nearest equivalent the Company is able to grant) to such assets for a nominal sum. The options will be exercisable any time after five years from Closing. |
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9. | Shareholders Agreement | |
On Closing, the Company and Global Voice will enter into the Shareholders Agreement to establish the new equipment company. The equipment company will be jointly owned between the Company and Global Voice and is intended to be the vehicle through which the parties will purchase new network equipment (as previously agreed to by the Company and Global Voice) for the purpose of adding ‘state of the art’ transmission equipment to the Viatel Network. Such new equipment is to be allocated equally between the Viatel Network and the sections of the Viatel Network acquired by Global Voice, and the Shareholders Agreement governs the ongoing conduct of the equipment company in this regard. Absent mutual agreement on such purchasing, each party will remain free to make its own decisions/strategy as to equipment purchases. |
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1. | History of Global Voice |
2. | Business of Global Voice |
3. | Financial Information on Global Voice |
• | total revenues and operating income of €16.2 million (US$19.6 million approximately) | ||
• | EBITDA profitability of €1.9 million (US$2.3 million approximately) | ||
• | recurring revenues of €10.6 million (US$8.75 million approximately) representing an increase of 40% since the 2004 results | ||
• | gross profit of €6.7 million (US$8.1 million approximately) (64% of revenues) representing an increase of €4 million (US$4.8 million approximately) (52% of revenues) since the 2004 results |
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• | total assets valued at €142 million (US$171.9 million approximately) | ||
• | €6 million (US$7.2 million approximately) in cash |
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“2004 Annual Report”
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the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2005 for the year ended December 31, 2004, a copy of which is available at: www.sec.gov.; | |
“Asset Transfer”
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the proposed transfer of certain of the Viatel Network assets to Global Voice on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Transaction Documents; | |
“Board”,
“Board of Directors” or “the Directors” |
the directors of the Company; | |
“Closing”
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as defined in Part 1 of this document; | |
“Company”
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Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Limited; | |
“GasLINE”
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GasLINE Telekommunikationsnetzgesellschaft Deutscher Gasverorgungsunterernehmen mbH & Co. KG; |
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“German Asset Lease”
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a lease agreement with respect to specific German Assets: (i) forming part of the Frankfurt ring; and (ii) leased by VTL Telecom GmbH from GasLINE; | |
“Global Voice”
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Global Voice Group Limited; | |
“Group Company”
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Viatel Group Company or a GV Group Company; “Group Companies” shall be construed accordingly; | |
“GV Group”
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Global Voice, its holding company (if any) and each subsidiary (whether direct or indirect) of Global Voice; |
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“GV Group Companies”
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the companies which are members of the GV Group; “GV Group Company” shall be construed accordingly; | |
“GV Network”
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means the electronic communications network owned and operated by Global Voice in Europe; | |
“Holder”
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means Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as the registered holder of the Special Share; | |
“IRU”
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an indefeasible right of use; | |
“Notice”
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the notice of the SGM as set out at the end of this document; | |
“Ordinary Shares”
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the common shares of the Company, par value US$0.01 each; | |
“Resolution”
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the resolutions set out in the notice of the SGM; | |
“SEC”
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the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; | |
“SGX-ST”
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the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited; | |
“Shareholders”
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the holders of Ordinary Shares in the Company; | |
“Special General Meeting ”or “SGM”
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the special general meeting of the Company to be held on June 7, 2006, notice of which is set out at the end of this document, and any adjournment thereof; | |
“Special Share”
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the share of par value US$0.01 held by the Holder and having the rights set out in schedule 2 to the Bye-Laws of the Company; | |
“Subscription Date”
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April 19, 2006; | |
“Transaction Documents”
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the Master Network Lease and Sale Agreement, the Network Operational Agreement and all ancillary documentation (including local law assets leases and option |
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agreements) all as detailed in the Master Network Lease and Sale Agreement; | ||
“Viatel Group”
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the Company and each subsidiary (whether direct or indirect) of the Company; | |
“Viatel Group Companies”
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the companies which are members of the Viatel Group; “Viatel Group Company” shall be construed accordingly; and | |
“Viatel Network”
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the network infrastructure in and between Belgium, France, Germany The Netherlands and the UK in which Viatel Group Companies have ownership rights and other rights and interests comprising ducts, optical fibre cables and submarine cables, together with all related metropolitan networks serving certain European cities. |
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1. | Elect a Chairman, if necessary. | |
2. | Read the Notice convening this meeting. | |
3. | To consider and, if thought fit, approve the following resolutions: | |
Resolution 1: | ||
That the transfer of (i) one-half of certain of the Company’s European long haul network assets; (ii) all of the Company’s long haul network assets in Germany forming the network stretch known as ‘PEN 3’; and (iii) certain revenues linked to specified existing wholesale customer contracts to Global Voice Group Limited (“Global Voice”), as otherwise described and/or referred to in the chairman’s letter circulated to the shareholders of the Company and dated May 17, 2006 (“Chairman’s Letter”) and on the terms and conditions set out in the Transaction Documents (the material terms of which are described in the Chairman’s Letter) (the “Transaction”) be and are hereby approved subject to such non-material amendments, variations or waivers as any Director or Officer of the Company (acting individually or together) or any duly authorised committee of the Company in their absolute discretion think fit; | ||
Resolution 2 | ||
That any one Director or Officer of the Company be and hereby is authorised to take all necessary or desirable steps to negotiate, conclude, implement, execute and give effect to any document, deed, act or thing pursuant to or otherwise in connection with the Transaction and the Transaction Documents; and | ||
Resolution 3 | ||
That any and all actions of the Directors and Officers of the Company acting individually or together with another to date in connection with the Transaction be and are hereby approved, ratified, confirmed and adopted in all respects as actions taken for and on behalf of the Company. | ||
4. | Consider and, if thought fit, approve any such other resolutions and/or amendments to the Specified Resolutions (as defined in the Proxy solicited for use at this Special General Meeting and distributed with this Notice) proposed by the Chairman to give effect to the Specified Resolutions and to allow the Company to enter into and perform the transactions described in the Chairman’s Letter. | |
5. | Consider any other business, which may properly come before the meeting. |
BY ORDER of the Directors | ||
Dated:
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May 17, 2006 | |
To:
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The Shareholders, The Directors, The Resident Representative |
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