Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or
Standard; Transfer of Listing.
(d) On December 21, 2008, eTelecare Global Solutions, Inc. ("eTelecare")
announced its intention to delist its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") from
The Nasdaq Global Market ("Nasdaq") and its common shares, par value PhP 2.00
per share (the "Common Shares" and together with the ADSs, the "Shares") from
the Philippine Stock Exhcnage, Inc. ("PSE") in connection with the recent
closing of the tender offer for eTelecare's outstanding Shares by EGS
Acquisition Corp. (the "Purchaser"), an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners
("Providence") and Ayala Corporation ("Ayala").
On December 11, 2008, the Purchaser announced the completion of the tender
offer. As of the expiration of the offer, approximately 18,898,255 Common Shares
and approximately 10,387,391 ADSs were validly tendered in the offer, which
together represent a total of approximately 98.7% of the outstanding Shares. The
Purchaser has funded the payment for all validly tendered Shares at the offer
price of $9.00 per Share, in cash, without interest thereon and less any
required taxes or costs required to be deducted or withheld in accordance with
applicable law or rules, including payment of any stock transaction taxes,
brokers' commissions and other fees customarily for the account of a seller in
connection with the "crossing" of the Common Shares on the PSE. As a result of
the tender offer, eTelecare believes it no longer has 400 round lot holders.
In accordance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") and Nasdaq, eTelecare intends to file a notification of removal from
listing on Nasdaq on Form 25 with the SEC on or about January 2, 2009 and the
trading of the Company's ADSs on Nasdaq will be suspended on that date. The
withdrawal of the ADSs from listing on Nasdaq will become effective 10 days
after the filing of the notice on Form 25 with the SEC. eTelecare has not
arranged for the listing or quotation of its securities on another U.S.
securities exchange or for quotation of its securities on any other quotation
medium in the United States.
The Company believes that, as a result of the completion of the tender offer, it
meets the delisting standards of the Philippines Stock Exchange. The Company
intends to voluntarily delist from the Philippines Stock Exchange following the
delisting of its ADSs from the Nasdaq and the termination of its registration
and reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1984 (the
"Exchange Act").
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors and Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On December 21, 2008, Rafael LL. Reyes, John-Paul Ho and Gary Fernandes each
resigned as a director of eTelecare.
(d) On December 21, 2008, Julie Richardson, R. Davis Noell and Ginaflor C. Oris
were appointed as directors of eTelecare by eTelecare's remaining directors, in
accordance with eTelecare's bylaws, to fill the vacancies created by the
resignations of the directors described above until their respective successors
are duly elected or appointed and qualified, or until the earlier of their
death, resignation or removal. As a consequence of the foregoing, Julie
Richarson, R. Davis Noell, Alfredo I. Ayala, Ginaflor C. Oris, John R. Harris,
Jamie G. del Rosario and Richard N. Hamlin are the current directors of
eTelecare. Messrs. del Rosario and Hamlin will continue as independent directors
of eTelecare in compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350 and Rule 10A-3 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In addition, the following board committee
appointments were approved: Audit Committee - R.Davis Noell and Ginaflor C.
Oris, as non-voting members of the committee in addition to continuing
independent committee members, Jamie G. del Rosario and Richard N. Hamlin;
Compensation Committee - Alfredo I. Ayala, R. Davis Noell and Richard Hamlin;
and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee - Alfredo I. Ayala, R. Davis
Noell and Jaime del Rosario..
The director resignations and appointments noted above were made pursuant to
that certain Acquisition Agreement by and between eTelecare and EGS Acquisition
Co LLC. ("EGS"), an entity jointly owned by affiliates of Providence and Ayala,
dated as of September 19, 2008, as amended (the "Acquisition
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Agreement"). The Acquisition Agreement provides, in part, that promptly upon the
acceptance for payment of, and the payment by EGS for, at least 66.67% of the
total number of outstanding Shares tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to a
tender offer made in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, EGS
will be entitled to designate such number of directors as will give EGS, subject
to compliance with Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act, representation equal to at
least that number of directors, rounded up to the next whole number, which is
the product of (1) the total number of directors (giving effect to any increase
in the number of members of the Board as a result of the appointment of EGS'
designees) multiplied by (2) the percentage that (A) such aggregate number of
Shares beneficially owned by EGS or its affiliates bears to (B) the total number
of Shares then outstanding (including all Shares that are accepted for payment
pursuant to the Offer, but excluding any shares held by eTelecare and its
subsidiaries).
On December 8, 2008, EGS assigned all of its rights and interests in the tender
offer to the Purchaser. The Purchaser designated Julie Richardson, Managing
Director of Providence, R. Davis Noell, Vice President of Providence, and
Ginaflor C. Oris, Chief Financial Officer of AC Capital, an affiliate of Ayala,
to be appointed to the Board of Directors of eTelecare pursuant to the terms of
the Acquisition Agreement. Alfredo I. Ayala, Managing Director of Ayala and a
current director of eTelecare, is also a designee of the Purchaser.
Ms. Richardson serves as the Manager and Co-President of the Purchaser,
Mr. Noell serves as the Vice President of the Purchaser and Ms. Oris serves as
the Vice President of the Purchaser. Alfredo I. Ayala, a current director of
eTelecare, is also a designee of the Purchaser and serves as the Manager and
Co-President of the Purchaser.
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