0001654954-19-009394.txt : 20190813 0001654954-19-009394.hdr.sgml : 20190813 20190813170710 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001654954-19-009394 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190808 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20190813 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190813 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Fusion Connect, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001071411 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 582342021 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32421 FILM NUMBER: 191021626 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 210 INTERSTATE NORTH PARKWAY CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30339 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 201-2400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 210 INTERSTATE NORTH PARKWAY CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30339 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FUSION TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981001 8-K 1 fsnn_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT Blueprint
 
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 8, 2019
 
 
Fusion Connect, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
Delaware
 
001-32421
 
58-2342021
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
210 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30339
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
 
 
(212) 201-2400
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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 of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
 
 
 
 
 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
            
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  
 

 
 
 
Item 8.01. 
Other Events.
 
As previously reported, Fusion Connect, Inc. (“Fusion”) and its direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries (collectively, including Fusion, the “Company”) entered into that certain Restructuring Support Agreement, dated June 3, 2019, as amended by that certain First Amendment, dated as of June 17, 2019, that certain Second Amendment, dated as of June 24, 2019, that certain Third Amendment, dated as of June 28, 2019, that certain Fourth Amendment, dated as of July 19, 2019, that certain Fifth Amendment, dated as of July 26, 2019, and as further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time (the “RSA”), and certain holders of claims under that certain First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018. On August 12, 2019, the Company entered into the sixth amendment to the RSA (the “Sixth Amendment”) to extend the deadline for the Company to secure the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Solicitation Materials and the solicitation of the Plan (each term as defined in the RSA), which date is now September 10, 2019. A copy of the Sixth Amendment is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
As previously reported, the Company entered into that certain Superpriority Secured Debtor-in-Possession Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No.1, dated as of June 17, 2019, that certain Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 24, 2019, that certain Amendment No. 3, dated as of June 28, 2019, that certain Amendment No. 4, dated as of July 17, 2019, that certain Amendment No. 5, dated as of July 19, 2019, that certain Amendment No. 6, dated July 26, 2019, and as further amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time (the “DIP Credit Agreement”), by and among Fusion, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Fusion, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent. On August 8, 2019, the Company entered into the seventh amendment and waiver to the DIP Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 7”) to: (i) extend the deadlines for delivering to the administrative agent and the lenders, as applicable, the Company’s quality of earnings report and annual audited financial statements for fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which dates are now August 16, 2019 and November 12, 2019, respectively, (ii) waive, with retroactive effect, any event of default that may have arisen from the Company’s failure to comply with the covenant relating to the delivery of the quality of earnings report and (iii) reflect that the RSA had been further amended. A copy of Amendment No. 7 is filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The foregoing descriptions of the Sixth Amendment and Amendment No. 7 do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of the Sixth Amendment and Amendment No. 7, a copy of each of which is filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, respectively.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
See Exhibit Index.
 
 
 
 
 
  
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
Sixth Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement, dated August 12, 2019, by and among Fusion Connect, Inc., certain subsidiaries of Fusion Connect, Inc. and the Consenting First Lien Lenders.
 
 
 
 
Amendment No. 7 and Waiver to Superpriority Secured Debtor-in-Possession Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated August 8, 2019, by and among Fusion Connect, Inc., as borrower, certain subsidiaries of Fusion Connect, Inc., as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
Fusion Connect, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 13, 2019
By:
 /s/ James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Name: James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
EX-99.1 2 fsnn_ex991.htm SIXTH AMENDMENT TO RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT Blueprint
 
Exhibit 99.1
 
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT
 
This SIXTH AMENDMENT TO RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 12, 2019 (this “Amendment”), is made and entered into by and among: (i) Fusion Connect, Inc. (“Fusion”) and its direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries (each, a “Company Party” and collectively, including Fusion, the “Company Parties”); and (ii) the undersigned holders of claims (and together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, the “Consenting First Lien Lenders”) under that certain First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (the “Credit Agreement”), and amends that certain Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2019, by and among the Company Parties and the Consenting First Lien Lenders (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Restructuring Support Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Restructuring Support Agreement.
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, Section 9 of the Restructuring Support Agreement permits certain modifications and amendments of the Restructuring Support Agreement by written agreement executed by the Company Parties and the Requisite First Lien Lenders;
 
WHEREAS, the parties amended the Restructuring Support Agreement pursuant to that certain First Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement, dated June 17, 2019 (the “First Amendment”), that certain Second Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement, dated June 24, 2019 (the “Second Amendment”), that certain Third Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement, dated June 28, 2019 (the “Third Amendment”), that certain Fourth Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement, dated July 19, 2019 (the “Fourth Amendment”), and that certain Fifth Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement, dated July 26, 2019 (together with the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, and the Fourth Amendment, the “Previous Amendments”); and
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9 of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the parties hereto desire to amend the Restructuring Support Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agrees as follows:
 
AGREEMENT
Section 1. Amendment to the Restructuring Support Agreement
 
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 3 hereof, but effective as of the date hereof, Section 5(b) of the Restructuring Support Agreement shall be amended by replacing the reference to “August 13, 2019” in subsection (xvii) thereof with a reference to “September 10, 2019”.
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2. Ratification
 
Except as specifically provided for in (a) the Previous Amendments and (b) this Amendment, no waivers, releases, changes, amendments, or other modifications have been made on or prior to the date hereof or are being made to the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement or the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, all of which such terms are hereby ratified and confirmed and remain in full force and effect.
 
Section 3. Effectiveness
 
This Amendment shall become effective and binding on the Parties on the date counterpart signatures to this Amendment shall have been executed by (a) the Company Parties, and (b) the Requisite First Lien Lenders.
 
Section 4. Headings
 
Titles and headings in this Amendment are inserted solely for the convenience of reference and are not a part of and are not intended to govern, limit, or aid in the construction or interpretation of any term or provision hereof.
 
Section 5. Execution of Amendment
 
This Amendment may be executed and delivered (by facsimile, electronic mail, or otherwise) in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same agreement.
 
Section 6. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial By Jury
 
THIS AMENDMENT IS TO BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. Each party hereto agrees that it shall bring any action or proceeding in respect of any claim arising out of or related to this Amendment in the Bankruptcy Court, and solely in connection with claims arising under this Amendment (a) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court, (b) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court, and (c) waives any objection that the Bankruptcy Court are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party hereto. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
[Signature pages follow]
 
 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers or other agents, solely in their respective capacity as officers or other agents of the undersigned and not in any other capacity, as of the date first set forth above.
 
FUSION CONNECT, INC.
On its own behalf and on behalf of its direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries
 
 
By: /s/ James P. Prenetta, Jr. 
Name: James P. Prenetta, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President
          and General Counsel
 
 
 
 
 
[Signature Page to Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement]
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONSENTING FIRST LIEN LENDER
 
 
[LENDER]
 
 
 
 
By: [●]
 
 
 
 
Name: [●]
 
 
 
 
Title: [●]
 
 
 
 
Principal Amount of First Lien Loans: $
 
 
 
Notice Address:
 
 
[●]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fax: [●]
 
 
Attention: [●]
 
 
Email: [●]
 
 
 
 
 
[Signature Page to Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement]
 
 
 
 
EX-99.2 3 fsnn_ex992.htm AMENDMENT NO. 7 AND WAIVER TO SUPERPRIORITY SECURED DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT Blueprint
 
 
Exhibit 99.2
 
This AMENDMENT No. 7 and WAIVER (this “Amendment and Waiver”), dated as of August 8, 2019, is entered into by and among Fusion Connect, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a debtor and debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower party hereto, each a debtor and debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Lenders party hereto, which collectively constitute the Requisite Lenders, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent (each, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Superpriority Secured Debtor-in-Possession Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2019, among the Borrower, the Guarantor Subsidiaries, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement” and, as amended by this Amendment and Waiver, the “Amended Credit Agreement”);
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.1(e) of the Credit Agreement, by letter dated as of August 6, 2019, the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders notice of an anticipated Event of Default, which Event of Default will have resulted from the failure to satisfy the reporting covenant under Section 5.1(r) of the Credit Agreement (the “Specified Event of Default”);
 
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Requisite Lenders waive, with retroactive effect as of the date on which the Specific Event of Default occurred, the Specified Event of Default and any interest rate increase resulting from the Specified Event of Default pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement; and
 
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Credit Agreement and the Lenders party hereto agree to provide the waiver set forth below, in each case, on the terms set forth herein.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
 
Section 1. Definitions. Each capitalized term used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment and Waiver shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Amended Credit Agreement.
 
Section 2. Amendments to Credit Agreement. With effect as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended:
 
(a) By replacing the words “within 75 days after the Petition Date” in clause (a) of Section 5.1 thereof with “no later than November 12, 2019”;
 
 

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(b) By replacing the words “No later than thirty-five (35) days after the Petition Date” in clause (r) of Section 5.1 thereof with “No later than August 16, 2019”; and
 
(c) By replacing the words “(as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement as in effect after giving effect to that certain First Amendment thereto, dated as of June 17, 2019, that certain Second Amendment thereto, dated as of June 24, 2019, that certain Third Amendment thereto, dated as of June 28, 2019, that certain Fourth Amendment thereto, dated as of July 19, 2019, and that certain Fifth Amendment thereto, dated as of July 26, 2019)” in clause (n)(iv) of Section 8.1 thereof with “(as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement as in effect after giving effect to that certain First Amendment thereto, dated as of June 17, 2019, that certain Second Amendment thereto, dated as of June 24, 2019, that certain Third Amendment thereto, dated as of June 28, 2019, that certain Fourth Amendment thereto, dated as of July 19, 2019, that certain Fifth Amendment thereto, dated as of July 26, 2019, and that certain Sixth Amendment thereto, dated on or about August 9, 2019)”.
 
Section 3. Waiver. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment and Waiver, the Lenders party hereto, which constitute the Requisite Lenders, hereby waive, with retroactive effect as of the date on which the Specified Event of Default occurred, the Specified Event of Default and any interest rate increase resulting from the Specified Event of Default pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement.
 
Section 4. Representations and Warranties.
 
(a) Each of the Credit Parties, subject to the entry of the Orders and the terms thereof, has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and Waiver and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
(b) Subject to the entry of the Orders and the terms thereof, this Amendment and Waiver and the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, stockholder, shareholder or other equityholder action on the part of each Credit Party.
 
(c) This Amendment and Waiver and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) other than violations arising as a result of the commencement of the Cases, subject to the entry of the Orders and the terms thereof and except as otherwise excused by the Bankruptcy Code, violate any applicable law, including any order of any Governmental Authority, except to the extent any such violation, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) violate the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) other than violations arising as a result of the commencement of the Cases and except as otherwise excused by the Bankruptcy Code, violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time, or both) in a default under any other Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment, repurchase or redemption to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or give rise to a right of, or result in, any termination, cancelation or acceleration or right of renegotiation of any obligation thereunder, except to the extent any such violation, default, right or result, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) except for Liens created under the Credit Documents, result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
 
 
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(d) Subject to the Orders and the terms thereof, this Amendment and Waiver and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, notice to, or other action by any Governmental Authority (other than the entry of the Orders), except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral necessary to perfect Liens created under the Credit Documents, (iii) filings and registrations under applicable securities laws relating to the Disposition by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement of Collateral that constitute Securities and (iv) Post-Petition filings with the SEC and applicable State PUCs relating to the Credit Parties’ status as debtors and debtors-in-possession under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
(e) Subject to the Orders and the terms thereof, this Amendment and Waiver has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a Party and is, subject to the Orders and the terms thereof, the legally valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (other than with respect to the Debtors).
 
(f) The representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in the Credit Documents are true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified or modified as to materiality in the text thereof, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such earlier date.
 
(g) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from this Amendment and Waiver, other than Defaults and Events of Default that have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date hereof.
 
Section 5. Effectiveness. This Amendment and Waiver shall become effective on the date (such date, the “Amendment Effective Date”) that the Administrative Agent shall have received fully executed counterparts of this Amendment and Waiver from the Borrower and each other Credit Party, Lenders constituting the Requisite Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
 
Section 6. Entire Agreement. THIS AMENDMENT AND WAIVER CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDES ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF (BUT DOES NOT SUPERSEDE ANY PROVISIONS OF ANY SEPARATE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT OR FEE LETTER BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY CREDIT PARTIES AND ANY AGENT OR LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, ALL OF WHICH PROVISIONS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT).
 
 
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Section 7. Credit Document. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that this Amendment and Waiver constitutes a “Credit Document” for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
 
Section 8. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
 
(a) THIS AMENDMENT AND WAIVER AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, THE BANKRUPTCY CODE.
 
(b) SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (V) BELOW, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND, IF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT DOES NOT HAVE, OR ABSTAINS FROM JURISDICTION, IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR, IF THAT COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, IN ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (I) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS (SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (V) BELOW); (II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1 OF THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT; (IV) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (III) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (V) AGREES THAT THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY CREDIT DOCUMENT OR ANY EXERCISE OF REMEDIES IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND CONSENTS TO VENUE IN, ANY SUCH COURT.
 
 
 
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Section 9. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, THAT EACH PARTY HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 8 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE UNDER THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AMENDMENT AND WAIVER MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
 
Section 10. Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
 
Section 11. Counterparts. This Amendment and Waiver may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment and Waiver by facsimile or in electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment and Waiver.
 
Section 12. Headings. Section headings are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
 
 
 
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Section 13. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, (i) this Amendment and Waiver shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, in each case under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and (ii) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document. Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as expressly amended hereby. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment and Waiver shall not, except as expressly provided herein or as provided in the exhibits hereto, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent under any of the Credit Documents, or constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Documents. This Amendment and Waiver shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect as expressly modified hereby or as provided in the exhibits hereto. Nothing implied in this Amendment and Waiver or in any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of any of the Credit Parties from the Credit Documents. From and after the Amendment Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Credit Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, be deemed to refer to the Amended Credit Agreement. Each of the Credit Parties hereby consents to this Amendment and Waiver and confirms that all obligations of such Credit Party under the Credit Documents to which such Credit Party is a party shall continue to apply to the Amended Credit Agreement. Each Credit Party hereby ratifies and reaffirms (a) that each of the Credit Documents to which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party to the Administrative Agent and to the Lenders and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof, (b) its grant of liens on or security interests in its properties pursuant to the Credit Documents as security for the Obligations under or with respect to the Amended Credit Agreement and confirms and agrees that such liens and security interests secure all of the Obligations; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders are and shall be entitled to all of the rights, remedies and benefits provided for in the Credit Documents.
 
Section 14. Direction to Administrative Agent. The Lenders party hereto, constituting the Requisite Lenders, hereby (a) authorize and direct the Administrative Agent to acknowledge this Amendment and Waiver, and (b) acknowledge and agree that (i) the direction in this Section 13 constitutes a direction from the Lenders under the provisions of Section 9 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) Sections 9.3 and 9.6 of the Credit Agreement (including as amended hereby) shall apply to any and all actions taken by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in accordance with such directions.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment and Waiver to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
FUSION CONNECT, INC., as Borrower
 
 
By:
/s/ James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Name: James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Title: EVP and General Counsel
 
 
FUSION NBS ACQUISITION CORP.
FUSION LLC
FUSION BCHI ACQUISITION LLC
FUSION CLOUD SERVICES, LLC
FUSION CB HOLDINGS, INC.
FUSION COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
FUSION MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC
FUSION TELECOM LLC
FUSION TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.
FUSION TELECOM OF KANSAS, LLC
FUSION TELECOM OF OKLAHOMA, LLC
FUSION TELECOM OF MISSOURI, LLC
BIRCAN HOLDINGS, LLC
FUSION PM HOLDINGS, INC.
FUSION CLOUD COMPANY LLC
FUSION MPHC GROUP, INC.
FUSION MPHC HOLDING CORPORATIONas Guarantors
 
By:
/s/ James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Name:                       James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Title: EVP and General Counsel
 
 
FUSION TELECOM OF TEXAS LTD., L.L.P.,
as Guarantor
 
By: Fusion Texas Holdings, Inc., its general partner
 
By:
/s/ James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Name: James P. Prenetta, Jr.
 
 
Title: EVP and General Counsel
 
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[ ], as a Lender
 
 
By:
/s/
 
 
Authorized Signatory
 
a Lender
 

 
[Fusion - Signature Page to Amendment No. 7]
 
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Acknowledged by:
  
 
WILMINGTON TRUST,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
 
 
By:
/s/ Jeffery Rose
 
 
Name: Jeffery Rose
 
 
Title: Vice President
 
 
 
 
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