Telecommunications Marketing Agreement [Amendment No. 2] - Tel-Save Inc. and America Online Inc.
AMENDMENT NO. 2
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this "Amendment"), dated May 14, 1998 (the "Amendment
Effective Date"), by and among Tel-Save, Inc. ("TS"), a Pennsylvania
corporation, and Tel-Save Holdings, Inc. ("Holdings"), a Delaware corporation,
with their principal offices at 6805 Route 202, New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938, on
the one hand, and America Online, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its
principal offices at 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, Virginia 20166 ("AOL"), on the other
hand (each a "party" and, collectively, the "parties").
WHEREAS, TS, Holdings and AOL are parties to the Telecommunications
Marketing Agreement, dated as of February 22, 1997, as heretofore corrected and
amended by letter, dated April 23, 1997, and amended by an Amendment No. 1,
dated as of January 25, 1998 (as so corrected and amended to the date hereof,
but without giving effect to this Amendment, the "Agreement"); capitalized terms
used in this Amendment without other definition are defined as in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement wish to make certain changes therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
A. Extension Warrant to AOL
1. Upon AOL's execution and delivery of this Amendment, TS shall issue and
deliver to AOL a warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Holdings Common Stock
at an exercise price per share equal to $22.25, which warrant shall be in the
form of Appendix A to this Amendment. This new warrant shall be a "Warrant" for
all purposes of the Warrantholder and Stockholders Agreement.
B. Agreement Amendments. The Agreement is amended as follows, effective
as of the Amendment Effective Date:
1. The references in the Agreement to "this Agreement" or "the Agreement"
(including indirect references such as "hereunder," "hereby," "herein"
and "hereof') shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement as
amended by this Amendment.
2. Section I.A.41. of the Agreement is hereby amended to substitute a
reference to "June 30, 2001 (June 30, 2000 with respect to the
parties' rights and obligations hereunder regarding Local
Telecommunications Services and Commercial Mobile Communications
Services)" for the reference to "June 30, 2000" therein.
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3. Section III.A.1(c) of the Agreement is amended to read in its entirety
as follows:
"(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
parties agree that, commencing May 15, 1998 and ending August 14, 1998, AOL
shall provide the marketing and promotions set forth in Schedule X to this
Agreement."
and the Agreement is amended to add as Schedule X thereto the Schedule
X attached to this Amendment.
4. Section III.A.1. of the Agreement is amended to add the following new
subsection:
"(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein:
"(i) Section III.A.1(f) of this Agreement shall apply in
connection with all marketing efforts in connection with the Services,
including any * * * efforts directed to subscribers to the AOL Service that
may be provided under this Agreement.
"(ii) TS shall not contract formally or informally with or
otherwise make payments to vendors in connection with * * * in connection
with the Services. Except as otherwise agreed by AOL, AOL shall retain sole
oversight and control over such vendors' * * * efforts, including any
remote or on-site monitoring.
"(iii) All AOL Service subscriber identity information necessary
to perform any * * * efforts in connection with the Services shall be
provided to the * * * vendor by AOL and shall not be disclosed to TS, and
TS shall not purposefully examine or take possession of any such
information or otherwise encourage any vendor or other party to disclose
such information, in each case in a manner inconsistent with AOL's privacy
policies (other than by virtue of TS's contact with any such subscriber
after such subscriber becomes an End User).
"(iv) All marketing activities by TS in connection with the
Services shall be performed, and any subscriber information obtained by TS
in connection with the Agreement shall be handled in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations and in compliance with AOL's policies,
including, without limitation, AOL's privacy policies and AOL's * * *
procedures and guidelines.
5. Section V.B. of the Agreement is amended to add the following new
subsections:
"7. Commencing with April 1, 1998 and so long as AOL shall be
providing the marketing and promotions described in Schedule X hereto
(including from and after August 14, 1998, as AOL may elect), TS shall pay
to AOL the amount of $20 for each Qualified End User who subscribes to the
Long Distance Telecommunications Services, whether through the marketing
described on Schedule X or otherwise, after such commencement date, which
amounts will be paid, with respect to any month, on or before the last day
of the next succeeding month."
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"8. TS shall, upon AOL's request, (a) permit AOL to monitor TS's
compliance with the provisions of Section III.A.l.g hereof and (b) provide
to AOL reports, detailing Gross Revenues, Actual Services Costs, Pre-Tax
Profit, the gross numbers of End Users and Qualified End Users, the gross
numbers of Qualified End Users since the end of the prior quarter and net
End Users from the end of the prior period. At AOL's request, given
reasonably in advance, TS shall provide the foregoing information at a
frequency of no more than once every two weeks with respect to End User
information and no more than once every 45 days with respect to Gross
Revenues, Actual Services Costs and Pre-Tax Profit. In addition, TS shall
provide the foregoing information with-respect to any quarter within 15
days following the end of such quarter and will provide information
regarding Qualified End Users who subscribed during the last month of any
calendar quarter and became End Users within 35 days after the last day of
such month. AOL has the right to inspect TS's records with respect to the
use and treatment of all subscriber information in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section V.13.4."
6. The second sentence of Section VII.A.5 is amended to substitute a
reference to "solely through AOL or AOL's agents" for the reference to
"directly or indirectly through a third party on its behalf."
7. Section X.B.2. of the Agreement is amended to provide that the
reference to "each of the first two Extension Periods" shall be
deleted and replaced with a reference to "the first Extension Period"
and to the extent required to reflect that there will be only one (1)
"Additional Warrant".
8. Section X.C.1.c. of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
"c. * * *
9. Section X.D.4. of the Agreement is amended to replace the reference
therein to "June 30, 2000" with a reference to "June 30, 2001".
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C. Amendment of Other Documents.
1. Upon effectiveness of this Amendment, the Warrant to Purchase Common
Stock of Tel-Save Holdings, Inc, dated as of February 22, 1997, No. W-AOL-1
(the "Base Warrant"), and the Supplemental Warrant shall be amended to read
in their entireties as set forth in Appendices B-1 and B-2, respectively,
to this Amendment.
D. Miscellaneous.
This Amendment does not, and shall not be construed to, modify any term or
condition of the Agreement (including, without limitation, any payment
obligations under the Agreement) other than those specific terms and
conditions expressly referenced in this Amendment. Except as herein
provided, the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and
effect. In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the
Agreement and this Amendment, the terms and conditions set forth in this
Amendment shall control. Neither party shall be bound by, and each party
specifically objects to, any term, condition or other provision that is
different from or in addition to the provisions of this Amendment and the
Agreement (whether or not it would materially alter this Amendment or the
Agreement) and which is proffered by the other party in any correspondence
or other document, unless the party to be bound thereby specifically agrees
to such provision in writing in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same document. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal
laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of
conflict of laws thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be signed
on their behalf as of the Amendment Effective Date.
AMERICA ONLINE, INC.
By: /s/ David M. Colburn
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Name: David M. Colburn
Title: Senior Vice President
TEL-SAVE, INC.
By: /s/ Daniel Borislow
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Name: Daniel Borislow
Title: Chairman & CEO
TEL-SAVE HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Daniel Borislow
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Name: Daniel Borislow
Title: Chairman & CEO
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SCHEDULE X
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