ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On June 17, 2009, Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), entered into a purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and
among the Company, certain of the Company's subsidiaries (the "Guarantors") and
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Jefferies & Company, Inc., RBC Capital
Markets Corporation, Piper Jaffray & Co. and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as the
initial purchasers (the "Initial Purchasers"), pursuant to which the Company has
agreed to issue and sell, and the Initial Purchasers have agreed to purchase,
$420,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the
"Notes") in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers in the United
States in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Notes will bear interest at an annual rate equal to 12.0%., and the
Initial Purchasers have agreed to purchase the Notes from the Company at a
purchase price equal to 92.134% of the principal amount thereof.
The Purchase Agreement provides that the Notes will be issued under an
indenture, and the holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of a
registration rights agreement pursuant to which the Company will agree to use
its best efforts to offer to exchange the Notes pursuant to an exchange offer
registration under the Securities Act and to consummate such exchange offer no
later than seven months after the date on which the Notes are issued.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of
the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions whereby the Company
and its guarantor subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on
the other, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities.
Additionally, the closing of the offering of the Notes is subject to customary
closing conditions.
Affiliates of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are acting as the
administrative agent and as collateral agents and lenders under our senior
secured credit facilities and hold our 0.5% Senior Subordinated Convertibles
Notes.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is only a summary and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase
Agreement which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.
ITEM 8.01 Other Events
On June 17, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing
of the Notes. The Notes have not and will not be registered under the Securities
Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements thereunder.
The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference in this Item 8.01.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
10.1 - Purchase Agreement, dated June 17, 2009, by and among the Company,
certain of the Company's subsidiaries and the Initial Purchasers.
99.1 - Press Release dated June 17, 2009.
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