Exhibit (e)(9)
c/o Elliott Management Corporation
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
February 4, 2015
Eagle Parent Holdings, LLC
c/o Insight Venture Management, LLC
680 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attn: General Counsel
Re: Equity Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Manchester Securities Corp., a New York corporation (including its successors or assigns, the “Investor”) is pleased to offer this commitment, on the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, to purchase, directly or indirectly, equity interests in Eagle Parent Holdings, LLC, a newly-formed Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”). It is contemplated that Eagle Acquisition Sub, Corp., a newly-formed Delaware corporation that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Acquisition Sub”), will commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all outstanding shares of E2open, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and following completion of the Offer, Acquisition Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company being the surviving corporation, pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, Parent and Acquisition Sub (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.
1.Commitment. The Investor hereby agrees to contribute, or cause to be contributed, as an equity contribution to Parent, an aggregate amount equal to $70,656,986.56 (the “Contribution”) substantially contemporaneously with the Acceptance Time. The proceeds of the Contribution, along with the amounts to be paid or contributed by all other investors (the “Other Investors”) under their respective Commitment Letters executed and delivered to Parent on the date hereof (copies of which have also been delivered to the Company) (such aggregate amount, the “Commitments”) shall be used by Parent, to the extent necessary, solely to fund (i) the purchase of all shares of Company Common Stock that are validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn prior to the Acceptance Time, (ii) the aggregate Merger Consideration, (iii) the aggregate Option Consideration and the aggregate Restricted Stock Unit Consideration due to holders of Company Options and Company Restricted Stock Units, respectively, pursuant to Sections 3.7(d) and (e) of the Merger Agreement, and (iv) related costs, fees and expenses required to be paid by the Investor, Parent or Acquisition Sub or, after the Closing, the Surviving Corporation in connection with the Offer, the Merger and the other agreements and transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, in each case of clauses (i) – (iv), pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of, and subject to the conditions of, the Offer and the Merger Agreement. The undersigned will substantially contemporaneously with the Acceptance Time have sufficient funds to fund the Contribution. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this letter agreement, the cumulative liability of the Investor under this letter agreement shall at no time exceed the Contribution. The amount of the Contribution hereunder may be reduced, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, in the sole discretion of Parent to the extent that Parent does not require the full amount of the Contribution for the purpose of the payments to be made at or in connection with the Closing. The Investor may allocate and/or assign all or a portion of its Contribution to one or more of its Affiliates, and its Contribution hereunder will be reduced by any amounts actually contributed to Parent by such Affiliates (and not returned) at or prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investor agrees that any such assignment shall not relieve the Investor of its obligation to fund its Contribution until such assignee actually funds such assigned portion of the Contribution, and then only to the extent of such funding.
2.Closing Conditions. The Investor’s obligation to make the Contribution pursuant to this letter agreement is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing, of the following conditions: (a) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and any additional definitive transaction documents contemplated therein, including but not limited to the Limited Guarantees and the Support Agreement, (b) the satisfaction, or express written waiver by Parent of the conditions precedent to the obligations of Parent to consummate the Offer set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Merger Agreement, (c) the satisfaction, or express written waiver by Parent, at the Closing of all conditions precedent to the obligation of Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement set forth in Section 8.1 thereof (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing (but subject to such conditions being satisfied at the Closing)), (d) the portion of the Financing that is to be funded by the Other Investors pursuant to their respective Commitment Letters dated as of the date hereof has been funded (or will be funded substantially contemporaneously with the Contribution to be funded by the undersigned) and (e)(i) the contemporaneous consummation of the Offer and the substantially contemporaneous consummation of the Merger, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Offer and the Merger Agreement or (ii) the Company has irrevocably confirmed in writing to Parent that if specific performance is granted pursuant to Section 10.8(b) of the Merger Agreement and the Commitment is funded, then the Closing will occur pursuant to Article III of the Merger Agreement.
3.Enforcement/Recourse. Except as specifically contemplated by Section 10.8(b) of the Merger Agreement, Parent shall have no right to enforce this letter agreement;provided that, to the extent the Company has obtained an Order of specific performance pursuant to, and subject to the conditions in, Section 10.8(b) of the Merger Agreement, (i) the Company is hereby made a third party beneficiary of the rights granted to Parent hereby and shall be entitled to an injunction or an Order of specific performance (or any other non-monetary equitable remedy) to cause the applicable portion of the Contribution to be funded (for the avoidance of doubt, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2 of this letter agreement), and (ii) the Investor accordingly (A) agrees not to oppose an injunction or an Order of specific performance (or any other non-monetary equitable remedy) on the basis that the Company has an adequate remedy at law and (B) agrees that the Company shall not be required to post a bond or undertaking in connection with such injunction or Order. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this letter agreement, the Investor is executing and delivering to the Company a Limited Guarantee (the “Investor’s Limited Guarantee”) in accordance with the Merger Agreement and that the Company is relying on the obligations and commitments of the Investor hereunder and thereunder in connection with the Company’s decision to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The Company’s (i) remedies against the Investor under its Limited Guarantee, (ii) rights as a third party beneficiary as set forth in this letter agreement, (iii) remedies against Parent, Acquisition Sub and their respective successors or assignees under the Merger Agreement, (iv) remedies against the Investor, any Other Investor or any of their respective affiliates under the Confidentiality Agreements, (v) remedies against any Other Investor and its assignees under its Limited Guarantee and (vi) rights as a third party beneficiary as set forth in any Other Investor’s Commitment Letter shall, and are intended to be, the sole and exclusive direct or indirect rights of or remedies available to the Company and its Affiliates against the Investor, any Other Investor and any Related Person in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, this letter agreement or the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including without limitation in the event Parent breaches its obligations under the Merger Agreement, whether or not such breach is caused by the Investor’s breach of its obligations under this letter agreement;provided further that, in the event the Company successfully compels specific performance of the obligations of Parent and Acquisition Sub to consummate the Offer and the Merger (in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, the Merger Agreement), and the Investor shall have made the Contribution, then neither the Company nor any other Person (including the Company’s equityholders, Affiliates and Subsidiaries) shall have any remedy against the Investor or any Related Person (other than as set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) of this sentence), including under the Investor’s Limited Guarantee. By its acceptance hereof, Parent acknowledges and agrees that, other than as set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of the immediately preceding sentence with respect to the Investor, Parent, Acquisition Sub or the Other Investors (including their successors and assignees), as applicable, (a) notwithstanding that the Investor may be a limited liability entity, no recourse hereunder or under the Merger Agreement or the Investor’s
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Limited Guarantee may be had against any Related Person, whether by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, and (b) no personal liability whatsoever will attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by Related Persons in connection with this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Investor’s Limited Guarantee for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or by their creation. In no event shall this letter agreement or any portion of the Contribution be enforced by the Company unless the enforcement of the unfunded Commitment Letters of the Other Investors, dated as of the date hereof, is being substantially concurrently pursued by the Company (if such enforcement is necessary). For purposes of this letter agreement, the term “Related Person” shall mean any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of the Investor, any former, current or future direct or indirect holder of any equity interests or securities of the Investor (whether such holder is a limited or general partner, member, manager, stockholder or otherwise), any former, current or future assignee of the Investor or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder, Affiliate, controlling person, representative or assignee of any of the foregoing;provided that a Related Person shall not include any Other Investor solely in its capacity as such or as a Guarantor under its Commitment Letter or Limited Guarantee, respectively.
4.Expiration. All obligations under this letter agreement shall expire and terminate automatically and immediately upon the earliest to occur of (a) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any purported termination of the Merger Agreement that is not a valid termination shall not give rise to a termination of this letter agreement pursuant to this Section 4(a)), (b) if the Contribution has been funded in accordance with the terms hereof, the Closing, and (c) the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates, directly or indirectly, asserting in any legal proceeding a claim in connection with the Merger Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated thereby against (i) the Investor under the Limited Guarantee (except in the event that the such claim is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been brought improperly because the Merger Agreement was not validly terminated, in which case the obligations under this letter agreement shall not expire and terminate in respect of such claim pursuant to this Section 4), (ii) the Investor that is expressly prohibited hereunder or (iii) any Related Party in violation of Section 3 hereof. For the purposes of this Section 4, “Related Party” means (A) the Investor or any Person controlled by the Investor that holds an interest in Parent, (B) any stockholder (or similar interest holder) of the Investor, (C) any controlling person of the Investor or (D) any director, officer or employee of the Persons in (A) or (C) (in each case, in their capacities as such);provided that a Related Party shall not include any Other Investor solely in its capacity as such under its Commitment Letter or Limited Guarantee.
5.No Assignment. Neither this letter agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assignable by Parent without the Investor’s and the Company’s prior written consent, and the granting of such consent in any given instance shall be solely in the discretion of the Investor and the Company, as applicable, and, if granted, shall not constitute a waiver of this requirement as to any subsequent assignment. Any purported assignment of this commitment in contravention of this Section 5 shall be null and void. The Investor acknowledges that the Company has entered into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon, among other things, this letter agreement.
6.No Other Beneficiaries. This letter agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, Parent and the Investor. Each of Parent and Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be a third party beneficiary of the provisions set forth in Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this letter agreement. Except for the third party beneficiary rights provided to the Company under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this letter agreement, this letter agreement shall be binding on the Investor solely for the benefit of Parent, and nothing set forth in this letter agreement is intended to or shall confer upon or give to any Person other than Parent (but solely at the direction of the Investor as contemplated hereby) any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of, or any rights to enforce or cause Parent to enforce, the Contribution or any provisions of this letter agreement;provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this letter agreement, any Related Person shall be a third party beneficiary of the provisions set forth herein that are for the benefit of any Related Person (including the provisions of Sections 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12), and all such provisions shall survive any
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termination of this letter agreement indefinitely. Without limiting the foregoing, no creditor of Parent shall have any right to enforce this letter agreement or to cause Parent to enforce this letter agreement, except that the Company may enforce this letter agreement in accordance with the proviso in the first sentence of Section 3.
7.Representations and Warranties. The Investor hereby represents and warrants that (a) it is duly incorporated and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) it has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into letter agreement and the consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (c) the execution and delivery of this letter agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Investor and no other proceedings on the part of the Investor are necessary therefor; (d) this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it and is valid, binding, and enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this letter agreement does not and will not violate the organizational documents of the Investor or violate any applicable Law, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation, any contract to which the Investor is a party, except as would not prevent or materially delay the Investor’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder; (f) other than as expressly contemplated in the Merger Agreement, all approvals of, filings with and notifications to any Governmental Authority or other Person necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by it have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and no other action by, and no notice or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required in connection therewith, except as would not prevent or materially delay the Investor’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder; and (g) it has, as of the date hereof and as of the Acceptance Time, sufficient cash on hand to fund, or uncalled capital commitments in excess of, the Contribution.
8.Severability. Any term or provision of this letter agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the sole extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remainder of such term or provision or the remaining terms and provisions of this letter agreement in any jurisdiction and, if any provision of this letter agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable;provided,however, that this letter agreement may not be enforced without giving effect to the provisions of the fourth sentence of Section 1 and Sections 2 through 6, 9 and 10 hereof. No party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto shall cause its respective affiliates not to assert, that this letter agreement or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
9.Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (a) irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any action or proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement for and on behalf of itself or any of its properties or assets, in accordance with Section 13 or in such manner as may be permitted by applicable Law, and nothing in this Section 9 shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law; (b) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits itself and its properties and assets in any action or proceeding to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept or does not have jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal or other state court within the State of Delaware) in the event any dispute or controversy arises out of this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof; (c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court; (d) agrees that any actions or proceedings arising in connection with this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought, tried and determined only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept or does not have jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal or other state court within the State of Delaware); (e) waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
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proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; and (f) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding in such courts as provided above shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable Law.
10.Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 10.
11.Headings. Headings of the Sections of this letter agreement are for convenience of the parties only and shall be given no substantive or interpretive effect whatsoever.
12.Governing Law; Entire Agreement; Amendment; Counterparts. This letter agreement and the obligations hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof. This letter agreement, the Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings and statements, both written and oral, between or among Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Investor or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any provision of this letter agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed by the Company, the Investor and Parent. This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or electronically transmitted signature pages), each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered (by telecopy or otherwise) to the other parties.
13.Notices. All notices required to be given hereunder, including, without limitation, service of process, shall be sufficient if in writing, and sent by facsimile transmission (provided that any notice received by facsimile transmission or otherwise at the addressee’s location on any Business Day after 5:00 p.m. (addressee’s local time) shall be deemed to have been received at 9:00 a.m. (addressee’s local time) on the next Business Day), by reliable national overnight delivery service (with proof of service), hand delivery or certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and first-class postage prepaid), addressed as follows:
if to the Investor:
c/o Elliott Management Corporation
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Jesse Cohn
Facsimile No.: (212) 487-2871
E-mail: jcohn@elliottmgmt.com
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: David E. Rosewater
Facsimile No.: (212) 593-5955
E-mail: david.rosewater@srz.com
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Insight Venture Partners
1114 Avenue of the Americas
36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Blair Flicker
Facsimile No.: (212) 230-9272
E-mail: bflicker@insightpartners.com
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Morgan D. Elwyn and Gordon Caplan
Facsimile No.: (212) 728-9981
E-mail: melwyn@willkie.com and gcaplan@willkie.com
or to such other address as any party shall specify by written notice so given, and such notice shall be deemed to have been delivered, as of the date so telecommunicated, personally delivered or received. Any party to this letter agreement may notify any other party of any changes to the address or any of the other details specified in this paragraph;provided,however, that such notification shall only be effective on the date specified in such notice or two (2) Business Days after the notice is given, whichever is later. Rejection or other refusal to accept or the inability to deliver because of changed address of which no notice was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the notice as of the date of such rejection, refusal or inability to deliver.
If to the Parent, as provided in Section 10.2 of the Merger Agreement.
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| Very truly yours, |
| MANCHESTER SECURITIES CORP. |
By:/s/ Elliot Greenberg |
Name: Elliot Greenberg |
Title: Vice President |
Agreed to and accepted as of the date first written above:
| EAGLE PARENT HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Ross Devor | |
Name: | Ross Devor | |
Title: | Vice President | |
| E2OPEN, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Mark E. Woodward | |
Name: | Mark E. Woodward | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
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