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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 10-Q
 
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from           to          
 
Commission File Number 001-11919
 
TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   84-1291044
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
9197 South Peoria Street
Englewood, Colorado 80112

(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 397-8100
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past (90) days. YES þ     NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer: in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ            Accelerated filer o           Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES o    NO þ
As of May 4, 2007, there were 70,720,985 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding.
 
 

 


 

TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
MARCH 31, 2007 FORM 10-Q
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 Underwriting Agreement
 Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 302
 Certification of Interim CFO Pursuant to Section 302
 Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 906
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands except share amounts)
                 
    (Unaudited)        
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2007     2006  
ASSETS
               
Current assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 65,282     $ 60,484  
Accounts receivable, net
    237,042       237,353  
Prepaids and other current assets
    36,755       34,552  
Deferred tax assets, net
    11,778       12,212  
Income taxes receivable
    16,913       16,543  
 
           
Total current assets
    367,770       361,144  
 
               
Long-term assets
               
Property, plant and equipment, net
    158,335       156,047  
Goodwill
    58,334       58,234  
Contract acquisition costs, net
    9,002       9,674  
Deferred tax assets, net
    43,066       44,585  
Other long-term assets
    25,894       29,032  
 
           
Total long-term assets
    294,631       297,572  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 662,401     $ 658,716  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities
               
Accounts payable
  $ 28,466     $ 30,738  
Accrued employee compensation and benefits
    82,363       76,071  
Other accrued expenses
    35,660       39,165  
Income taxes payable
    27,827       26,211  
Deferred tax liabilities, net
    311       309  
Other short-term liabilities
    8,239       9,521  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    182,866       182,015  
 
               
Long-term liabilities
               
Line of credit
    39,000       65,000  
Grant advances
    8,027       8,000  
Deferred tax liabilities
    6,273       6,741  
Other long-term liabilities
    21,708       27,676  
 
           
Total long-term liabilities
    75,008       107,417  
 
           
Total liabilities
    257,874       289,432  
 
               
Minority interest
    5,280       5,877  
 
               
Commitments and contingencies
               
 
               
Stockholders’ equity
               
Common stock - $.01 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized; 70,705,362 and 70,103,437 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively
    707       701  
Preferred stock - $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; zero shares outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively
           
Additional paid-in capital
    178,350       162,519  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    9,015       5,730  
Retained earnings
    211,175       194,457  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    399,247       363,407  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 662,401     $ 658,716  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
(Dollars in thousands except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three-Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2007     2006  
Revenue
  $ 332,532     $ 283,422  
 
               
Operating expenses
               
Cost of services
    238,305       213,302  
Selling, general and administrative
    52,487       47,410  
Depreciation and amortization
    13,254       11,797  
Restructuring charges, net
          757  
Impairment losses
          176  
 
           
Total operating expenses
    304,046       273,442  
 
           
 
               
Income from operations
    28,486       9,980  
 
               
Other income (expense), net
               
Interest income
    393       169  
Interest expense
    (1,284 )     (887 )
Other, net
    (171 )     (509 )
 
           
Total other income (expense), net
    (1,062 )     (1,227 )
 
           
 
               
Income before income taxes and minority interest
    27,424       8,753  
 
               
Provision for income taxes
    (9,663 )     (2,981 )
 
           
 
               
Income before minority interest
    17,761       5,772  
 
               
Minority interest
    (434 )     (384 )
 
           
 
               
Net income
  $ 17,327     $ 5,388  
 
           
 
               
Other comprehensive income (loss)
               
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ 1,915     $ 1,446  
Derivatives valuation, net of tax
    1,370       (1,557 )
 
           
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
    3,285       (111 )
 
           
 
               
Comprehensive income
  $ 20,612     $ 5,277  
 
           
 
               
Weighted average shares outstanding
               
Basic
    70,335       68,928  
Diluted
    72,880       70,344  
 
               
Net income per share
               
Basic
  $ 0.25     $ 0.08  
Diluted
  $ 0.24     $ 0.08  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
                                                                 
                                            Accumulated                
                                    Additional     Other             Total  
    Common Stock     Preferred Stock     Paid-in     Comprehensive     Retained     Stockholders’  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Income     Earnings     Equity  
     
Balance as of December 31, 2006
    70,103     $ 701           $     $ 162,519     $ 5,730     $ 194,457     $ 363,407  
Net income
                                        17,327       17,327  
Cumulative effect of adoption of FIN 48
                                        (609 )     (609 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments
                                  1,915             1,915  
Derivatives valuation, net of tax
                                  1,370             1,370  
Exercise of stock options
    602       6                   8,965                   8,971  
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                            3,974                   3,974  
Compensation expense from stock options
                            2,892                   2,892  
     
Balance as of March 31, 2007
    70,705     $ 707           $     $ 178,350     $ 9,015     $ 211,175     $ 399,247  
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three-Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2007     2006  
Cash flows from operating activities
               
Net income
  $ 17,327     $ 5,388  
Adjustment to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    13,254       11,797  
Amortization of contract acquisition costs
    672       884  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    266       676  
Loss on disposal of assets
          8  
Impairment losses
          176  
Deferred income taxes
    137       (1,961 )
Minority interest
    434       384  
Compensation expense from stock options
    2,892       1,402  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    45       7,497  
Prepaids and other assets
    (2,675 )     (7,500 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    2,263       (211 )
Other liabilities
    (2,764 )     (1,820 )
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    31,851       16,720  
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
    (13,506 )     (14,572 )
Payment for contract acquisition costs
          (173 )
Purchases of intangible assets
          (602 )
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (13,506 )     (15,347 )
 
               
Cash flows from financing activities
               
Proceeds from line of credit
    113,300       119,700  
Payments on line of credit
    (139,300 )     (113,900 )
Payments on long-term debt
          (183 )
Payments of debt refinancing fees
    (17 )      
Payments to minority shareholder
    (810 )      
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    8,369       2,887  
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options
    3,974       554  
Purchases of common stock
          (8,079 )
 
           
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
    (14,484 )     979  
 
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    937       (374 )
 
           
 
               
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
    4,798       1,978  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    60,484       32,505  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 65,282     $ 34,483  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental disclosures
               
Cash paid for interest
  $ 1,109     $ 868  
 
           
Cash paid for income taxes
  $ 3,919     $ 4,011  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

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TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
(1) OVERVIEW AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Overview
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“TeleTech” or the “Company”) serve their clients through two primary businesses: (i) Business Process Outsourcing (“BPO”), which provides outsourced business process, customer management and marketing services for a variety of industries via operations in the United States (“U.S.”), Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore and Spain; and (ii) Database Marketing and Consulting, which provides outsourced database management, direct marketing and related customer acquisition and retention services for automotive dealerships and manufacturers in North America.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared without audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring entries) which, in the opinion of Management, are necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2007, and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Certain amounts in 2006 have been reclassified in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements to conform to the 2007 presentation.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 and its impact is discussed in Note 6.
(2) ACQUISITION
On June 30, 2006, the Company acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common shares of Direct Alliance Corporation (“DAC”) from Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT). DAC is a provider of outsourced direct marketing services to third parties in the U.S. and its acquisition is consistent with the Company’s strategy to grow and focus on providing outsourced marketing, sales and BPO solutions to large multinational clients. DAC is included in the Company’s North American BPO segment.
The preliminary total purchase price of $46.4 million in cash was funded utilizing the Company’s revolving line of credit (“Credit Facility”). The purchase agreement provides for the seller to (i) receive a future payment of up to $11.0 million based upon the earnings of DAC for the last six months of 2006 exceeding specified amounts and (ii) the Company to receive up to $5.0 million in the event certain conditions are not met with respect to the renewal of two customer contracts. DAC did not meet the base targets set forth in the purchase agreement for 2006 and therefore no adjustment to the purchase price was made for item (i). The Company is in the process of assessing whether the conditions under item (ii) have been met and if a purchase price adjustment is necessary.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
The preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed was based upon the Company’s 338 election for income tax reporting and was as follows (amounts in thousands):
         
Assets acquired
       
Current assets
  $ 14,548  
Property, plant and equipment
    4,410  
Intangible assets
    9,100  
Goodwill
    24,438  
 
     
Total assets acquired
    52,496  
 
       
Liabilities assumed
    (6,123 )
 
     
Total liabilities assumed
    (6,123 )
 
     
 
       
Net assets acquired
  $ 46,373  
 
     
The Company acquired identifiable intangible assets as a result of the acquisition of DAC. The intangible assets acquired, excluding costs in excess of net assets acquired, are preliminarily classified and valued as follows (amounts in thousands):
               
    Value     Amortization Period  
Trade name
  $ 1,800     None; indefinite life  
Customer relationships
    7,300     10 years  
 
           
Total
  $ 9,100        
 
           
These amounts are included as components of Other Intangible Assets, which are included in Other Assets in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following table presents the pro-forma combined results of operations assuming (i) DAC’s historical unaudited financial results; (ii) the DAC acquisition closed on January 1, 2006; (iii) pro-forma amortization expense of the intangible assets and (iv) pro-forma interest expense assuming the Company utilized its Credit Facility to finance the acquisition (amounts in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    2007   2006
Revenue
  $ 332,532     $ 300,557  
Income from operations
  $ 28,486     $ 11,489  
Net income
  $ 17,327     $ 5,860  
 
               
Weighted average shares outstanding
               
Basic
    70,335       68,928  
Diluted
    72,880       70,344  
 
               
Net income per share
               
Basic
  $ 0.25     $ 0.08  
Diluted
  $ 0.24     $ 0.08  
The pro-forma results above are not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have actually occurred if the acquisition had been in effect on the date indicated, nor are they necessarily indicative of future results of the combined companies.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
(3) SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company serves its clients through two primary businesses, BPO and Database Marketing and Consulting. In previous filings, the North American BPO segment was referred to as “North American Customer Management” and the International BPO segment was referred to as “International Customer Management.”
BPO provides business process, customer management and marketing services for a variety of industries via delivery centers throughout the world. When the Company begins operations in a new country, it determines whether the country is intended to primarily serve U.S. based clients, in which case the country is included in the North American BPO segment, or if the country is intended to serve both domestic clients from that country and U.S. based clients, in which case the country is included in the International BPO segment. Operations for each segment of BPO are conducted in the following countries:
     
North American BPO   International BPO
United States
  Argentina
Canada
  Australia
India
  Brazil
Philippines
  China
 
  England
 
  Germany
 
  Malaysia
 
  Mexico
 
  New Zealand
 
  Northern Ireland
 
  Scotland
 
  Singapore
 
  Spain
The Database Marketing and Consulting segment, which consists of one of the Company’s subsidiaries, provides outsourced database management, direct marketing and related customer acquisitions and retention services for automobile dealerships and manufacturers in North America.
The Company allocates to each segment its portion of corporate-level operating expenses. All inter-company transactions between the reported segments for the periods presented have been eliminated.
One of our strategies is to secure additional business through the lower cost opportunities offered by certain foreign countries. Accordingly, the Company contracts with certain clients in one country to provide services from delivery centers in other foreign countries including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, Malaysia and the Philippines. Under this arrangement, the contracting subsidiary invoices and collects from its local clients, while also entering into a contract with the foreign operating subsidiary to reimburse the foreign subsidiary for its costs plus a reasonable profit. This reimbursement is reflected as revenue by the foreign subsidiary. As a result, a portion of the revenue from these client contracts is recorded by the contracting subsidiary, while a portion is recorded by the foreign operating subsidiary. For U.S. clients served from Canada, India and the Philippines, which represents the majority of these arrangements, all the revenue remains within the North American BPO segment. For U.S. clients served from Argentina and Mexico, a portion of the revenue is reflected in the International BPO segment. For European and Asia Pacific clients served from the Philippines, a portion of the revenue is reflected in the North American BPO segment. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, approximately $3.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of income from operations in the North American BPO segment was generated from these arrangements. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, approximately $0.3 million and $0.0 million, respectively, of income from operations in the International BPO segment was generated from these arrangements.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
The following tables present certain financial data by segment (amounts in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2007     2006  
Revenue
               
North American BPO
  $ 234,237     $ 179,737  
International BPO
    92,405       86,084  
Database Marketing and Consulting
    5,890       17,601  
 
           
Total
  $ 332,532     $ 283,422  
 
           
 
               
Income (loss) from operations
               
North American BPO
  $ 32,389     $ 13,111  
International BPO
    217       (2,166 )
Database Marketing and Consulting
    (4,120 )     (965 )
 
           
Total
  $ 28,486     $ 9,980  
 
           
The following tables present Revenue based upon the geographic location where the services are provided or the assets are physically located (amounts in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2007     2006  
Revenue
               
United States
  $ 112,001     $ 106,639  
Asia Pacific
    77,313       51,708  
Canada
    51,457       55,380  
Europe
    36,876       34,102  
Latin America
    54,885       35,593  
 
           
Total
  $ 332,532     $ 283,422  
 
           
(4) SIGNIFICANT CLIENTS
Significant Clients
The Company had one client (“Client A”) that contributed in excess of 10% of total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, which operates in the communications industry. The revenue from this client as a percentage of total revenue was as follows:
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    2007   2006
Client A
    14.0 %     16.7 %
Accounts receivable from this client was as follows (amounts in thousands):
                 
    March 31,   December 31,  
    2007   2006  
Client A
  $ 33,052     $ 30,862  

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
The loss of one or more of its significant clients could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operating results, or financial condition. The Company does not require collateral from its clients. To limit the Company’s credit risk, Management performs ongoing credit evaluations of its clients and maintains allowances for uncollectible accounts. Although the Company is impacted by economic conditions in various industry segments, Management does not believe significant credit risk exists as of March 31, 2007.
(5) DERIVATIVES
The Company conducts a significant portion of its business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the currency in which the consolidated financial statements are reported. Correspondingly, the Company’s operating results could be adversely affected by foreign currency exchange rate volatility relative to the U.S. dollar. The Company’s subsidiaries in Argentina, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines use the local currency as their functional currency for paying labor and other operating costs. Conversely, revenue for these foreign subsidiaries is derived principally from client contracts that are invoiced and collected in U.S. dollars. To hedge against the risk of a weaker U.S. dollar, the Company’s U.S. entity has contracted on behalf of its foreign subsidiaries with several financial institutions to acquire (utilizing forward, non-deliverable forward and/or option contracts) the functional currency of the foreign subsidiary at a fixed U.S. dollar exchange rate at specific dates in the future. The Company pays up-front premiums to obtain option hedge instruments.
While the Company has implemented certain strategies to mitigate risks related to the impact of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, it cannot ensure that it will not recognize gains or losses from international transactions, as this is part of transacting business in an international environment. Not every exposure is or can be hedged and, where hedges are put in place based on expected foreign exchange exposure, they are based on forecasts which may vary or which may later prove to be inaccurate. Failure to successfully hedge or anticipate currency risks properly could adversely affect the Company’s operating results.
As of March 31, 2007, the notional amount of these derivative instruments is summarized as follows (amounts in thousands):
                         
    Local              
    Currency     U.S. Dollar     Dates Contracts are  
    Amount     Amount     Through  
Canadian Dollar
    220,450     $ 196,439     December 2010
Philippine Peso
    4,115,000       82,666     December 2008
Argentine Peso
    40,300       12,609     October 2008
Mexican Peso
    94,500       8,458     December 2007
 
                     
 
          $ 300,172          
 
                     
These derivatives, including option premiums, are classified as Prepaids and Other Current Assets of $3.3 million and $2.9 million; Other Long-term Assets of $2.5 million and $0.6 million; Other Accrued Expenses of $2.5 million and $3.2 million and Other Long-term Liabilities of $2.3 million and $3.3 million as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company recorded deferred tax assets of $0.6 million and $1.5 million related to these derivatives as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. A total of ($1.0) million and ($2.4) million of deferred losses, net of tax, on derivative instruments as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, were recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded (losses) gains of ($0.3) million and $1.6 million, respectively, for settled hedge contracts and the related premiums. These are reflected in Revenue in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.
(6) INCOME TAXES
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”) and has adopted FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007. FIN 48 defines the threshold for recognizing the tax benefits of a tax return filing position in the financial statements as “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the taxing authority. This is different than the accounting practice previously followed by the Company, which was to recognize the best estimate of the impact of a tax position only when the position is “probable” of being sustained on audit based solely on the technical merits of the position.
The Company previously had a $17.3 million reserve for unrecognized tax benefits that it did not consider “probable” under SFAS No. 5 “Accounting for Contingencies.” Upon adoption of FIN 48 and re-evaluation of the $17.3 million, it did not meet the “more-likely-than-not” criteria either, and therefore, there was no change in the unrecognized tax benefit. However, for other uncertain tax positions upon adoption of FIN 48, the Company recorded a $0.6 million increase in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which was accounted for as a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings. The total liability for unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2007 was $17.9 million. The Company recorded an additional $0.4 million in unrecognized tax benefits during the first quarter of 2007 as a result of tax positions taken during the quarter. As of March 31, 2007, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate is $18.3 million. The total amount of interest and penalties relating to the $0.6 million increase in uncertain tax benefits recorded at the time of adoption is $49 thousand. This amount was also recorded as a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings.
Upon adopting FIN 48, the Company changed its accounting practice for penalties and interest. In prior accounting periods, interest and penalties relating to income taxes were accounted for in interest expense and other expenses, respectively. Under FIN 48, interest and penalties relating to income taxes will be accrued net of tax in income tax expense. In adopting FIN 48, the Company is permitted to change its accounting practice at the time of adoption under a one-time “safe harbor” provision. In changing its accounting practice, the Company recorded a one-time entry to reclassify interest payable on income taxes recorded during prior accounting periods from interest payable to income taxes payable. The change in accounting practice resulted in no change to net income, net income per share or retained earnings reported in any prior period.
The Company has recorded $0.6 million of FIN 48 tax liability related to several items. At this time, we are unable to determine when ultimate payment will be made for any of these items. If cash settlement for all of these items occurred in the same year, there would not be a material impact to cash flow.
The total amount of interest and penalties recognized in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income as of March 31, 2007 was approximately $10 thousand and the total amount of interest and penalties recognized in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at adoption and as of March 31, 2007 was approximately $61 thousand and $71 thousand, respectively.
The Company and its domestic and foreign subsidiaries (including Percepta LLC and its domestic and foreign subsidiaries) file income tax returns as required in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, most notably Mexico, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. income tax examinations or assessment of taxes by tax authorities with respect to years ending on, or prior to, December 31, 2001. In Mexico, the Company is no longer subject to examination or assessment of tax by tax authorities with respect to years ending on, or prior to, December 31, 2000. The Company’s U.S. income tax returns filed for the tax years ending December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are currently under audit by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). It is reasonably possible that this audit will be completed by December 31, 2007. As of March 31, 2007, the IRS has not proposed any adjustment to the tax returns as filed that have not already been accounted for in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. There are no other tax audits in process in major tax jurisdictions that would have a significant impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
It is more likely than not that within the 12 month period from the date of adoption the amount of unrecognized tax benefits may be reduced by up to $17.4 million. In the third quarter of 2005, the Company filed amended 2002 income tax returns claiming tax deductions of $43.4 million with respect to its investment in its Spanish subsidiary. In the second quarter of 2006, the IRS began reviewing the amended 2002 income tax return and the Company’s claim for refund. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the IRS review was raised to the level of an audit and expanded to include the 2003 and 2004 tax years. It is reasonably possible that the Company will reach an agreement with the IRS concerning the 2002 to 2004 audit periods and the related refund claims resulting in the recognition of up to $17.3 million in tax benefits. Additionally, it is reasonably possible that within the next twelve months the statute of limitations for the assessment of tax will expire on various state income tax return positions resulting in the recognition of up to $0.1 million in tax benefits.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had $54.8 million of deferred tax assets (after a $17.3 million valuation allowance) and net deferred tax assets (after deferred tax liabilities) of $48.3 million related to the U.S. and international tax jurisdictions whose recoverability is dependent upon future profitability.
The effective tax rate, after minority interest, for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was 35.8%. In the future, our effective tax rate could be adversely affected by several factors, many of which are outside our control. Our effective tax rate is affected by the proportion of revenues and income before taxes in the various domestic and international jurisdiction in which we operate. Further, we are subject to changing tax laws, regulations and interpretations in multiple jurisdictions in which we operate, as well as the requirements, pronouncements and rulings of certain tax, regulatory and accounting organizations. We estimate our annual effective tax rate each quarter based on a combination of actual and forecasted results of subsequent quarters. Consequently, significant changes in our actual quarterly or forecasted results may impact the effective tax rate for the current or future periods.
(7) RESTRUCTURING CHARGES
A rollforward of the activity in the Company’s restructuring accruals is as follows (amounts in thousands):
                         
    Closure of              
    Delivery     Reduction in        
    Centers     Force     Total  
Balance as of December 31, 2006
  $ 1,087     $ 191     $ 1,278  
Payments
    (113 )     (89 )     (202 )
 
                 
Balance as of March 31, 2007
  $ 974     $ 102     $ 1,076  
 
                 

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(8) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Letters of Credit
As of March 31, 2007, outstanding letters of credit and other performance guarantees totaled approximately $11.7 million, which primarily guarantee workers’ compensation, other insurance related obligations and facility leases.
Guarantees
The Company’s Credit Facility is guaranteed by all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Company may be involved in claims or lawsuits that arise in the ordinary course of business. Accruals for claims or lawsuits have been provided for to the extent that losses are deemed both probable and estimable. Although the ultimate outcome of these claims or lawsuits cannot be ascertained, on the basis of present information and advice received from counsel, it is Management’s opinion that the disposition or ultimate determination of such claims or lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(9) NET INCOME PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share for the periods indicated:
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2007     2006  
Shares used in basic earnings per share calculation
    70,335       68,928  
Effect of dilutive securities:
               
Stock options
    2,545       1,416  
Restricted stock
           
 
           
Total effect of dilutive securities
    2,545       1,416  
 
           
Shares used in dilutive earnings per share calculation
    72,880       70,344  
 
           
For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, 0.1 million and 1.7 million, respectively, of options to purchase shares of common stock were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted net income per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.
(10) EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS
The Company has adopted SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004) “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”) and applies the modified prospective method. SFAS 123(R) requires all equity-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income at the fair value of the award on the grant date. The fair values of all stock options granted by the Company are estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton Model.

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TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2007
As of March 31, 2007, there was approximately $17.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost (including the impact of expected forfeitures as required under SFAS 123(R)) related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the equity plans that the Company had not recorded. That cost is expected to be recognized over the weighted-average period of four years (the Company recognizes compensation expense straight-line over the vesting term of the option grant). The Company recognized compensation expense related to these options of $2.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007.
Restricted Stock Grant
In January 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company granted an aggregate of approximately 1.5 million restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to members of the Company’s Management team. The grants replace the Company’s January 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan and are intended to provide management with additional incentives to promote the success of the Company’s business, thereby aligning their interests with the interests of the Company’s stockholders. Two-thirds of the RSUs granted vest pro rata over three years based solely on the Company exceeding specified operating income performance targets in each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. If the performance target for a particular year is not met, the RSUs scheduled to vest in that year are cancelled. The remaining one-third of the RSUs vest pro-rata over five years based on the individual recipient’s continued employment with the Company. Settlement of the RSUs shall be made in shares of the Company’s common stock by delivery of one share of common stock for each RSU then being settled.
The Company recognized compensation expense related to these RSUs of $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007.
(11) OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
As of March 31, 2007, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets consisted of $10.0 million and ($1.0) million of foreign currency translation adjustments and derivatives valuation, net of tax, respectively. As of December 31, 2006, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income consisted of $8.1 million and ($2.4) million of foreign currency translation adjustments and derivatives valuation, net of tax, respectively.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Introduction
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. Except for historical information, the discussion below contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The projections and statements contained in these forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
All statements not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. In accordance with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, following are important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the following: our belief that we are continuing to see strong demand for our services and that sales cycles are shortening; risks associated with successfully integrating Direct Alliance Corporation (“DAC”), which we acquired on June 30, 2006 and achieving anticipated future revenue growth, profitability and synergies; estimated revenue from new, renewed and expanded client business as volumes may not materialize as forecasted or be sufficient to achieve our business outlook; achieving continued profit improvement in our International BPO operations; the ability to close and ramp new business opportunities that are currently being pursued or that are in the final stages with existing and/or potential clients in order to achieve our business outlook; our ability to execute our growth plans, including sales of new products (such as OnDemand); our ability to achieve our year-end 2007 financial goals, including those set forth in our business outlook; the possibility of our Database Marketing and Consulting segment not increasing revenue, lowering costs, or returning to profitability resulting in an impairment of its $13.4 million of goodwill; the possibility of lower revenue or price pressure from our clients experiencing a business downturn or merger in their business; greater than anticipated competition in the BPO services market, causing adverse pricing and more stringent contractual terms; risks associated with losing or not renewing client relationships, particularly large client agreements, or early termination of a client agreement; the risk of losing clients due to consolidation in the industries we serve; consumers’ concerns or adverse publicity regarding our clients’ products; our ability to find cost effective locations, obtain favorable lease terms and build or retrofit facilities in a timely and economic manner; risks associated with business interruption due to weather, pandemic, or terrorist-related events; risks associated with attracting and retaining cost-effective labor at our delivery centers; the possibility of additional asset impairments and restructuring charges; risks associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates; economic or political changes affecting the countries in which we operate; changes in accounting policies and practices promulgated by standard setting bodies; and new legislation or government regulation that impacts the BPO and customer management industry. See Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Executive Overview
We serve our clients through two primary businesses, BPO and Database Marketing and Consulting. Our BPO business provides outsourced business process, customer management and marketing services for a variety of industries through delivery centers throughout the world and represents approximately 98% of total revenue. When we begin operations in a new country, we determine whether the country is intended to primarily serve U.S. based clients, in which case we include the country in our North American BPO segment, or if the country is intended to serve both domestic clients from that country and U.S. based clients, in which case we include the country in our International BPO segment. Operations for each segment of our BPO business are conducted in the following countries:
     
North American BPO   International BPO
United States
  Argentina
Canada
  Australia
India
  Brazil
Philippines
  China
 
  England
 
  Germany
 
  Malaysia
 
  Mexico
 
  New Zealand
 
  Northern Ireland
 
  Scotland
 
  Singapore
 
  Spain
On June 30, 2006, we acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common shares of DAC. DAC is a provider of outsourced direct marketing services to third parties in the U.S. and its acquisition is consistent with our strategy to grow and focus on providing outsourced marketing, sales and BPO solutions to large multinational clients. DAC is included in our North American BPO segment and has been slightly accretive to earnings for the first nine months of combined operations. Database Marketing and Consulting provides outsourced database management, direct marketing and related customer acquisition and retention services for automobile dealerships and manufacturers. See Note 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion regarding our preparation of segment information.
BPO Services
The BPO business generates revenue based primarily on the amount of time our associates devote to a client’s program. We primarily focus on large global corporations in the following industries: automotive, communications, financial services, government, healthcare, retail, technology and travel and leisure. Revenue is recognized as services are provided. The majority of our revenue is from multi-year contracts and we expect that it will continue to be. However, we do provide certain client programs on a short-term basis.
We have historically experienced annual attrition of existing client programs of approximately 7% to 15% of our revenue. Attrition of existing client programs during the first three months of 2007 was 7%. However, during the first three months of 2007, we experienced net attrition of existing client programs of 4%. We believe this is attributable to our investment in an account management and operations team focused on client service.
Our invoice terms with clients typically range from 30 to 60 days, with longer terms in Europe.

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The BPO industry is highly competitive. We compete primarily with the in-house business processing operations of our current and potential clients. We also compete with certain companies that provide BPO on an outsourced basis. Our ability to sell our existing services or gain acceptance for new products or services is challenged by the competitive nature of the industry. There can be no assurance that we will be able to sell services to new clients, renew relationships with existing clients, or gain client acceptance of our new products.
We have improved our revenue and profitability in both the North American and the International BPO segments by:
    Selling new business to existing clients;
 
    Securing new clients;
 
    Continuing to focus sales efforts on large, complex, global BPO opportunities;
 
    Differentiating our products and services from those of our competitors by developing and offering new solutions to clients;
 
    Expansion of off-shore capabilities to support client growth;
 
    Increasing sales to absorb unused capacity in existing global delivery centers;
 
    Reducing costs and continued focus on cost controls; and
 
    Managing the workforce in our delivery centers in a cost-effective manner.
Our ability to enter into new or renew multi-year contracts, particularly large complex opportunities, is dependent upon the macroeconomic environment in general and the specific industry environments in which our clients operate. A weakening of the U.S. or the global economy could lengthen sales cycles or cause delays in closing new business opportunities.
Our potential clients typically obtain bids from multiple vendors and evaluate many factors in selecting a service provider including, among other factors, the scope of services offered, the service record of the vendor and price. We generally price our bids with a long-term view of profitability and, accordingly, we consider all of our fixed and variable costs in developing our bids. We believe that our competitors, at times, may bid business based upon a short-term view, as opposed to our longer-term view, resulting in a lower price bid. While we believe our clients’ perceptions of the value we provide results in our being successful in certain competitive bid situations, there are often situations where a potential client may prefer a lower cost.
Our industry is labor-intensive and the majority of our operating costs relate to wages, employee benefits and employment taxes. An improvement in the local or global economies where our delivery centers are located could lead to increased labor-related costs. In addition, our industry experiences high personnel attrition and the length of training time required to implement new programs continues to increase due to increased complexities of our clients’ businesses. This may create challenges if we obtain several significant new clients or implement several new, large-scale programs and need to recruit, hire and train qualified personnel at an accelerated rate.
As discussed above, our profitability is influenced, in part, by the number of new or expanded client programs. We defer revenue for the initial training that occurs upon commencement of a new client contract (“Start-Up Training”) if that training is billed separately to the client. Accordingly, the corresponding training costs, consisting primarily of labor and related expenses, are also deferred. In these circumstances, both the training revenue and costs are amortized straight-line over the life of the contract. In situations where Start-Up Training is not billed separately, but rather included in the production rates paid by the client over the life of the contract, no deferral is necessary as the revenue is recognized over the life of the contract and the associated training expenses are expensed as incurred. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, we incurred $0.3 million of training expenses for client programs for which we did not separately bill Start-Up Training.

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The following summarizes the impact of the deferred Start-Up Training for the three months ended March 31, 2007 (amounts in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31, 2007     March 31, 2006  
            Income             Income  
            from             from  
    Revenue     Operations     Revenue     Operations  
Amounts deferred due to new business
  $ (1,018 )   $ (743 )   $ (3,514 )   $ (1,414 )
Amortization of prior period deferrals
    2,826       2,088       1,035       717  
 
                       
Net increase (decrease) for the period
  $ 1,808     $ 1,345     $ (2,479 )   $ (697 )
 
                       
As of March 31, 2007, we had $6.0 million of net deferred Start-Up Training that will be amortized straight-line over the remaining life of the corresponding client contracts (approximately 21 months).
We may have difficulties managing the timeliness of launching new or expanded client programs and the associated internal allocation of personnel and resources. This could cause a decline or delay in recognition of revenues and an increase in costs, either of which could adversely affect our operating results. In the event we do not successfully expand our capacity or launch new or expanded client programs, we may be unable to achieve the revenue and profitability targets set forth in the “Business Outlook” section below.
Quarterly, we review our capacity utilization and projected demand for future capacity. In connection with these reviews, we may decide to consolidate or close under-performing delivery centers, including those impacted by the loss of a major client program, in order to maintain or improve targeted utilization and margins. In addition, because clients may request that we serve their customers from off-shore delivery centers with lower prevailing labor rates, in the future we may decide to close one or more of our domestic delivery centers, even though it is generating positive cash flow, because we believe the future profits from conducting such work outside the current delivery center may more than compensate for the one-time charges related to closing the facility.
Our profitability is significantly influenced by our ability to increase capacity utilization in our delivery centers. We attempt to minimize the financial impact resulting from idle capacity when planning the development and opening of new delivery centers or the expansion of existing delivery centers. As such, Management considers numerous factors that affect capacity utilization, including anticipated expirations, reductions, terminations, or expansions of existing programs and the potential size and timing of new client contracts that we expect to obtain. We continue to win new business with both new and existing clients.
To respond more rapidly to changing market demands, to implement new programs and to expand existing programs, we may be required to commit to additional capacity prior to the contracting of additional business, which may result in idle capacity. This is largely due to the significant time required to negotiate and execute large, complex BPO client contracts and the difficulty of predicting specifically when new programs will launch.

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We internally target capacity utilization in our delivery centers at 85% to 90% of our available workstations. As of March 31, 2007, the overall capacity utilization in our multi-client centers was 78%. The table below presents workstation data for our multi-client centers as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006. Dedicated and managed centers (10,316 workstations) are excluded from the workstation data as unused workstations in these facilities are not available for sale. Our utilization percentage is defined as the total number of utilized production workstations compared to the total number of available production workstations. We may change the designation of shared or dedicated centers based on the normal changes in our business environment and client needs.
                                                 
    March 31, 2007     December 31, 2006  
    Total                     Total                
    Production             % In     Production             % In  
    Workstations     In Use     Use     Workstations     In Use     Use  
North American BPO
    12,636       10,059       80 %     13,137       10,362       79 %
International BPO
    9,811       7,341       75 %     10,121       8,129       80 %
 
                                       
Total
    22,447       17,400       78 %     23,258       18,491       80 %
 
                                       
Database Marketing and Consulting
The revenue from this segment is generated utilizing a database and contact system to promote the sales and service business of automobile dealership customers using targeted marketing solutions through the phone, mail, e-mail and the Web. As of March 31, 2007, our Database Marketing and Consulting segment had relationships with more than 2,300 automobile dealers representing 27 different automotive brand names. These contracts generally have terms ranging from one month to 24 months. For a few major automotive manufacturers, the automotive manufacturer collects from the individual automobile dealers on our behalf. Our average collection period is 30 to 60 days. A combination of factors described below contributed to this segment generating a loss from operations of approximately $4.1 million after corporate allocations for the three months ended March 31, 2007.
In 2006, our agreement with Ford (whose dealers represented approximately 34% of the revenue of our Database Marketing and Consulting segment for the three months ended March 31, 2007) was modified to provide services to Ford’s automotive dealerships on a preferred basis, rather than on an exclusive basis. Due to this modification and Ford offering a competing product, our dealer attrition rate exceeded our new account growth in 2006 resulting in a significant decrease in revenue.
The clients of our Database Marketing and Consulting segment, as well as our joint venture with Ford, come from the automotive industry. The U.S. automotive industry is currently reporting declining earnings, which may result in client losses, lower volumes, or additional pricing pressures on our operations.
As we work to implement the plans outlined below to return this segment to profitability, we anticipate this segment will incur a loss from operations in the second quarter of 2007 in the range of $3.5 million to $4.5 million.
In 2007, we plan to continue our focus on the following to return this segment to profitability:
    Diversifying our client base by establishing relations with new automotive manufacturers and dealer groups;
 
    Reducing our client attrition rate by improving customer service and increasing customer contact; and
 
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Overall
As shown in the “Results of Operations” section below, we have improved income from operations for our North American and International BPO segments. The increases are attributable to a variety of factors such as expansion of work on certain client programs, our multi-phased cost reduction plan, transitioning work on certain client programs to lower cost operating centers and improving individual client program profit margins and/or eliminating such programs.
As we pursue acquisition opportunities, it is possible that the contemplated benefits of any future acquisitions may not materialize within the expected time periods or to the extent anticipated. Critical to the success of our acquisition strategy in the future is the orderly, effective integration of acquired businesses into our organization. If this integration is unsuccessful, our business may be adversely impacted. There is also the risk that our valuation assumptions and models for an acquisition may be overly optimistic or incorrect.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, sales and expenses as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We regularly review our estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions, which are based upon historical experience and on various other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Reported amounts and disclosures may have been different had Management used different estimates and assumptions or if different conditions had occurred in the periods presented. Below is a discussion of the policies that we believe may involve a high degree of judgment and complexity.
Revenue Recognition
For each client arrangement, we determine whether evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery of our service has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collection is probable. If all criteria are met, we recognize revenue at the time services are performed. If any of these criteria are not met, revenue recognition is deferred until such time as all of the criteria are met.
Our BPO segments recognize revenue under three models:
Production Rate - Revenue is recognized based on the billable time or transactions of each associate, as defined in the client contract. The rate per billable time or transaction is based on a predetermined contractual rate. This contractual rate can fluctuate based on our performance against certain pre-determined criteria related to quality and performance.
Performance-based - - Under performance-based arrangements, we are paid by our clients based on the achievement of certain levels of sales or other client-determined criteria specified in the client contract. We recognize performance-based revenue by measuring our actual results against the performance criteria specified in the contracts. Amounts collected from clients prior to the performance of services are recorded as customer advances.
Hybrid - - Under hybrid models, we are paid a fixed fee or production element as well as a performance-based element.
Certain client programs provide for increases or decreases to monthly billings based upon whether we meet or exceed certain performance criteria as set forth in the contract. Increases or decreases to monthly billings arising from such contract terms are reflected in revenue as earned or incurred.
Our Database Marketing and Consulting segment recognizes revenue when services are rendered. Most agreements require the billing of predetermined monthly rates. Where the contractual billing periods do not coincide with the periods over which services are provided, we recognize revenue straight-line over the life of the contract (typically six to 24 months).

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From time-to-time, we make certain expenditures related to acquiring contracts (recorded as contract acquisition costs in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets). Those expenditures are capitalized and amortized in proportion to the initial expected future revenue from the contract, which in most cases results in straight-line amortization over the life of the contract. Amortization of these costs is recorded as a reduction of revenue.
Income Taxes
We account for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”), which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future income tax consequences of transactions that have been included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. When circumstances warrant, we assess the likelihood that our net deferred tax assets will more likely than not be recovered from future projected taxable income.
As required by SFAS 109, we continually review the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be realized in future tax periods under the more likely than not criteria. In making this judgment, SFAS 109 requires that all available evidence, both positive and negative, should be considered to determine whether, based on the weight of that evidence, a valuation allowance is required.
In the future, our effective tax rate could be adversely affected by several factors, many of which are outside our control. Our effective tax rate is affected by the proportion of revenues and income before taxes in the various domestic and international jurisdictions in which we operate. Further, we are subject to changing tax laws, regulations and interpretations in multiple jurisdictions in which we operate, as well as the requirements, pronouncements and rulings of certain tax, regulatory and accounting organizations. We estimate our annual effective tax rate each quarter based on a combination of actual and forecasted results of subsequent quarters. Consequently, significant changes in our actual quarterly or forecasted results may impact the effective tax rate for the current or future periods.
We adopted Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”) effective January 1, 2007. As a result of adopting FIN 48, the Company recorded a $0.6 million increase in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits and interest expense related to these unrecognized tax benefits of $49 thousand. These amounts were recorded as a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings. In adopting FIN 48, the Company also changed its accounting practice for penalties and interest. In prior accounting periods, interest and penalties relating to income taxes were accounted for in interest expense and other expenses, respectively. Under FIN 48, interest and penalties relating to income taxes will be accrued net of tax in income tax expense. In adopting FIN 48, the Company is permitted to change its accounting practice at the time of adoption under a one-time “safe harbor” provision. In changing its accounting practice, the Company recorded a one-time entry to reclassify interest payable on income taxes recorded during prior accounting periods from interest payable to income taxes payable. The change in accounting practice resulted in no change to net income or earnings per share or retained earnings reported in any prior period.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
We have established an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for uncollectible accounts receivable. Each quarter, Management reviews the receivables on an account-by-account basis and assigns a probability of collection. Management’s judgment is used in assessing the probability of collection. Factors considered in making this judgment include, among other things, the age of the receivable, client financial condition, previous client payment history and any recent communications with the client.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
We evaluate the carrying value of our individual delivery centers in accordance with SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 144”). SFAS 144 requires that a long-lived asset group be reviewed for impairment only when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the long-lived asset group may not be recoverable. When the operating results of a delivery center have deteriorated to the point it is likely that losses will continue for the foreseeable future, or we expect that a delivery center will be closed or otherwise disposed of before the end of its estimated useful life, we select the delivery center for further review.
For delivery centers selected for further review, we estimate the probability-weighted future cash flows using EBITDA (see “Presentation of Non-GAAP Measurements”) as a surrogate for cash flows, resulting from operating the delivery center over its useful life. Significant judgment is involved in projecting future capacity utilization, pricing, labor costs and the estimated useful life of the delivery center. We do not subject the same test to delivery centers that have been operated for less than two years or those delivery centers that have been impaired within the past two years (the “Two Year Rule”) because we believe sufficient time is necessary to establish a market presence and build a client base for such new or modified delivery centers in order to adequately assess recoverability. However, such delivery centers are nonetheless evaluated in case other factors would indicate an impairment had occurred. For impaired delivery centers, we write the assets down to their estimated fair market value. If the assumptions used in performing the impairment test prove insufficient, the fair market value estimate of the delivery centers may be significantly lower, thereby causing the carrying value to exceed fair market value and indicating an impairment had occurred.
The following table presents a sensitivity analysis of the impairment evaluation assuming that the future results were 10% less than the two-year forecasted EBITDA for all delivery centers containing Company assets. As shown in the table below, the analysis indicates that an impairment of approximately $3.0 million (a decrease of $0.4 million from the fourth quarter of 2006) would arise. However, we determined that no impairment had occurred as of March 31, 2007 (amounts in thousands, except number of delivery centers):
                         
                    Additional  
            Number     Impairment  
    Net     of     Under  
    Book     Delivery     Sensitivity  
    Value     Centers     Test  
Delivery centers tested based on the Two Year Rule
                       
Positive cash flow in the period
  $ 47,063       41     $ 545  
Negative cash flow in the period
    3,970       7       1,035  
 
                 
Subtotal
  $ 51,033       48     $ 1,580  
 
                       
Delivery centers not tested based on the Two Year Rule
                       
Positive cash flow in the period
  $ 40,332       16     $  
Negative cash flow in the period
    10,000       4       1,442  
 
                 
Subtotal
  $ 50,332       20     $ 1,442  
 
                       
Total
                       
Positive cash flow in the period
  $ 87,395       57     $ 545  
Negative cash flow in the period
    13,970       11       2,477  
 
                 
Total
  $ 101,365       68     $ 3,022  
 
                 
We also assess the realizable value of capitalized software development costs on a quarterly basis based upon current estimates of future cash flows from services utilizing the underlying software (principally utilized by our Database Marketing and Consulting segment). No impairment had occurred as of March 31, 2007.

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Goodwill
Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually at the segment level for the Database Marketing and Consulting segment (which consists of one subsidiary company) and for reporting units one level below the segment level for the other two segments in accordance with SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). Impairment occurs when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its estimated fair value. The impairment, if any, is measured based on the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. Fair value can be determined based on discounted cash flows, comparable sales, or valuations of other similar businesses. Our policy is to test goodwill for impairment in the fourth quarter of each year unless an indicator of impairment arises during a prior period.
The most significant assumptions used in these analyses are those made in estimating future cash flows. In estimating future cash flows, we generally use the financial assumptions in our internal forecasting model such as projected capacity utilization, projected changes in the prices we charge for our services and projected labor costs. We then use a discount rate we consider appropriate for the country where the business unit is providing services. If actual results are less than the assumptions used in performing the impairment test, the fair value of the reporting units may be significantly lower, causing the carrying value to exceed the fair value and indicating an impairment had occurred. Based on the analyses performed in the first quarter of 2007, there was no impairment to the March 31, 2007 goodwill balance of our North American and International BPO segments of $36.3 million and $8.7 million, respectively. If projected revenue used in the analysis of goodwill was 10% less than forecasted (the projections assumed revenue growth rates ranging from 0% to 25% per annum over a three-year period), there would still be no impairment to goodwill.
Our Database Marketing and Consulting segment has experienced operating losses. We have implemented plans to improve the future profitability of this segment. The goodwill for our Database Marketing and Consulting segment is $13.4 million as of March 31, 2007. As a result of this segment’s financial performance in the three months ended March 31, 2007, we updated our cash flow analyses (which assumes annual revenue increases of approximately 10% per annum, calculated on a smaller revenue base than our historical revenue base and following our planned efforts to sell business to non-Ford dealers). Our analyses indicated that an impairment in goodwill had not occurred as of March 31, 2007. In addition, we engaged an independent appraisal firm to assess the fair value of this segment. The independent firm also indicated that no impairment of goodwill had occurred as of March 31, 2007. However, a sensitivity analysis of the forecast indicated that, without considering corresponding reductions in future operating expenses that we would implement in the event of a further revenue decline, it would not take a material change in the revenue forecast for an impairment to arise.
Restructuring Liability
We routinely assess the profitability and utilization of our delivery centers and existing markets. In some cases, we have chosen to close under-performing delivery centers and complete reductions in workforce to enhance future profitability. We follow SFAS No. 146 “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities” (“SFAS 146”), which specifies that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, rather than upon commitment to a plan.
A significant assumption used in determining the amount of the estimated liability for closing delivery centers is the estimated liability for future lease payments on vacant centers, which we determine based on a third-party broker’s assessment of our ability to successfully negotiate early termination agreements with landlords and/or our ability to sublease the facility. If our assumptions regarding early termination and the timing and amounts of sublease payments prove to be inaccurate, we may be required to record additional losses, or conversely, a future gain.

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Equity-Based Compensation
Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004) “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”) applying the modified prospective method. SFAS 123(R) requires all equity-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income based on the grant date fair value of the award. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), we accounted for equity-based awards under the intrinsic value method, which followed recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations and equity-based compensation was included as pro-forma disclosure within the notes to the financial statements.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, we recorded expense of $2.9 million for equity-based compensation. We expect that equity-based compensation expense for fiscal 2007 and 2008 from existing awards will be approximately $9.2 million and $8.4 million, respectively. This amount represents both stock option awards and restricted stock unit grants (“RSU”). The performance based portion of the RSUs are not included in the equity-based compensation expense described above. In the event the performance targets of the RSUs become probable, the equity-based compensation expense would increase by approximately $8.9 million annually in 2007 and 2008. Any future significant awards of RSUs or changes in the estimated forfeiture rates of stock options and RSUs may impact this estimate. See Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Contingencies
We record a liability in accordance with SFAS No. 5 “Accounting for Contingencies” for pending litigation and claims where losses are both probable and reasonably estimable. Each quarter, Management, with the advice of legal counsel, reviews all litigation and claims on a case-by-case basis and assigns probability of loss and range of loss based upon the assessments of in-house counsel and outside counsel, as appropriate.
Explanation of Key Metrics and Other Items
Cost of Services
Cost of services principally include costs incurred in connection with our BPO operations and database marketing services, including direct labor, telecommunications, printing, postage, sales and use tax and certain fixed costs associated with delivery centers. In addition, cost of services includes income related to grants we may receive from time-to-time from local or state governments as an incentive to locate delivery centers in their jurisdictions which reduce the cost of services for those facilities.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily include costs associated with administrative services such as sales, marketing, product development, legal settlements, legal, information systems (including core technology and telephony infrastructure) and accounting and finance. It also includes equity-based compensation expense, outside professional fees (i.e. legal and accounting services), building maintenance expense for non-delivery center facilities and other items associated with general business administration.
Restructuring Charges, Net
Restructuring charges, net primarily include costs incurred in conjunction with reductions in force or decisions to exit facilities, including termination benefits and lease liabilities, net of expected sublease rentals.
Interest Expense
Interest expense includes interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs associated with our grants, debt and capitalized lease obligations.

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Other Income
The main components of other income are miscellaneous receipts not directly related to our operating activities, such as foreign exchange transaction gains and corporate legal settlements.
Other Expenses
The main components of other expenses are expenditures not directly related to our operating activities, such as corporate legal settlements and foreign exchange transaction losses.
Presentation of Non-GAAP Measurements
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP liquidity measurement. We believe that free cash flow is useful to our investors because it measures, during a given period, the amount of cash generated that is available for debt obligations and investments other than purchases of property, plant and equipment. Free cash flow is not a measure determined by GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for “income from operations,” “net income,” “net cash provided by operating activities,” or any other measure determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe this non-GAAP liquidity measure is useful, in addition to the most directly comparable GAAP measure of “net cash provided by operating activities,” because free cash flow includes investments in operational assets. Free cash flow does not represent residual cash available for discretionary expenditures, since it includes cash required for debt service. Free cash flow also excludes cash that may be necessary for acquisitions, investments and other needs that may arise.
The following table reconciles free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities for our consolidated results (amounts in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2007     2006  
Free cash flow
  $ 18,345     $ 2,148  
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
    13,506       14,572  
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 31,851     $ 16,720  
 
           
We discuss factors affecting free cash flow between periods in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section below.
EBIT and EBITDA
EBIT is defined as net income before interest and taxes. EBITDA is calculated by adding depreciation and amortization for the period to EBIT. EBIT and EBITDA are not defined GAAP measures and should not be considered alternatives to net income determined in accordance with GAAP as either an indicator of operating performance, or an alternative to cash flows from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP as a measure of liquidity. Because others may not calculate EBIT and EBITDA in the same manner as TeleTech, the EBIT and EBITDA information presented below may not be comparable to similar presentations by others.
However, we believe that EBIT and EBITDA provide investors and Management with a valuable and alternative method for assessing our operating results. Management evaluates the performance of our subsidiaries and operating segments based on EBIT and believes that EBIT is useful to investors to demonstrate the operational profitability of our business segments by excluding interest and taxes, which are generally accounted for across the entire Company on a consolidated basis. EBIT is also one of the measures Management uses to determine resource allocations and incentive compensation. Further, we use EBITDA to evaluate the profitability and cash flow of our delivery centers when testing the impairment of long-lived assets.

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The following table reconciles net income to EBIT and EBITDA for our consolidated results (amounts in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2007     2006  
Net income
  $ 17,327     $ 5,388  
Interest income
    (393 )     (169 )
Interest expense
    1,284       887  
Provision for income taxes
    9,663       2,981  
 
           
EBIT
    27,881       9,087  
Depreciation and amortization
    13,254       11,797  
 
           
EBITDA
  $ 41,135     $ 20,884  
 
           

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Results of Operations
Operating Review
The following table is presented to facilitate an understanding of our Management’s Discussion and Analysis and presents our results of operations by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 (amounts in thousands):
                                                 
    Three-Months Ended March 31,              
            % of             % of              
    2007     Revenue     2006     Revenue     $ Change     % Change  
Revenue
                                               
North American BPO
  $ 234,237       70.4 %   $ 179,737       63.4 %   $ 54,500       30.3 %
International BPO
    92,405       27.8 %     86,084       30.4 %     6,321       7.3 %
Database Marketing and Consulting
    5,890       1.8 %     17,601       6.2 %     (11,711 )     (66.5 %)
 
                                   
 
  $ 332,532       100.0 %   $ 283,422       100.0 %   $ 49,110       17.3 %
 
                                               
Cost of services
                                               
North American BPO
  $ 162,716       69.5 %   $ 136,780       76.1 %   $ 25,936       19.0 %
International BPO
    71,553       77.4 %     67,880       78.9 %     3,673       5.4 %
Database Marketing and Consulting
    4,036       68.5 %     8,642       49.1 %     (4,606 )     (53.3 %)
 
                                   
 
  $ 238,305       71.7 %   $ 213,302       75.3 %   $ 25,003       11.7 %
 
                                               
Selling, general and administrative
                                               
North American BPO
  $ 31,981       13.7 %   $ 23,940       13.3 %   $ 8,041       33.6 %
International BPO
    15,971       17.3 %     15,661       18.2 %     310       2.0 %
Database Marketing and Consulting
    4,535       77.0 %     7,809       44.4 %     (3,274 )     (41.9 %)
 
                                   
 
  $ 52,487       15.8 %   $ 47,410       16.7 %   $ 5,077       10.7 %
 
                                               
Depreciation and amortization
                                               
North American BPO
  $ 7,151       3.1 %   $ 5,906       3.3 %   $ 1,245       21.1 %
International BPO
    4,664       5.0 %     3,776       4.4 %     888       23.5 %
Database Marketing and Consulting
    1,439       24.4 %     2,115       12.0 %     (676 )     (32.0 %)
 
                                   
 
  $ 13,254       4.0 %   $ 11,797       4.2 %   $ 1,457       12.4 %
 
                                               
Restructuring charges, net
                                               
North American BPO
  $       0.0 %   $       0.0 %   $       0.0 %
International BPO
          0.0 %     757       0.9 %     (757 )     (100.0 %)
Database Marketing and Consulting
          0.0 %           0.0 %           0.0 %
 
                                   
 
  $       0.0 %   $ 757       0.3 %   $ (757 )     -100.0 %
 
                                               
Impairment losses
                                               
North American BPO
  $       0.0 %   $       0.0 %   $       0.0 %
International BPO
          0.0 %     176       0.2 %     (176 )     0.0 %
Database Marketing and Consulting
          0.0 %           0.0 %           0.0 %
 
                                   
 
  $       0.0 %   $ 176       0.1 %   $ (176 )     0.0 %
 
                                               
Income (loss) from operations
                                               
North American BPO
  $ 32,389       13.8 %   $ 13,111       7.3 %   $ 19,278       147.0 %
International BPO
    217       0.2 %     (2,166 )     (2.5 %)     2,383       (110.0 %)
Database Marketing and Consulting
    (4,120 )     (69.9 %)     (965 )     (5.5 %)     (3,155 )     326.9 %
 
                                   
 
  $ 28,486       8.6 %   $ 9,980       3.5 %   $ 18,506       185.4 %
 
                                               
Other income (expense), net
  $ (1,062 )     (0.3 %)   $ (1,227 )     (0.4 %)   $ 165       (13.4 %)
 
                                               
Provision for income taxes
  $ 9,663       2.9 %   $ 2,981       1.1 %   $ 6,682       224.2 %

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 Compared to March 31, 2006
Revenue
Revenues for the North American BPO for 2007 compared to 2006 were $234.2 million and $179.7 million, respectively. The increase in revenue for the North American BPO between periods was due to new client programs, expansion of existing client programs and $15.6 million resulting from the acquisition of DAC.
Revenues for the International BPO for 2007 compared to 2006 were $92.4 million and $86.1 million, respectively. The increase in revenue for the International BPO between periods was due to new client programs and the expansion of existing client programs.
Revenues for Database Marketing and Consulting for 2007 compared to 2006 were $5.9 million and $17.6 million, respectively. The decrease is due to a net decrease in the customer base as previously discussed.
Cost of Services
Cost of services for the North American BPO for 2007 compared to 2006 were $162.7 million and $136.8 million, respectively. Cost of services as a percentage of revenue in the North American BPO decreased compared to the prior year due to the expansion of off-shore services with a lower cost structure. In absolute dollars, the increase in cost of services corresponds to revenue growth from the implementation of new and expanded client programs and $9.0 million resulting from the acquisition of DAC.
Cost of services for the International BPO for 2007 compared to 2006 were $71.6 million and $67.9 million, respectively. Cost of services as a percentage of revenue in the International BPO decreased due to our expansion of off-shore services with lower cost structure. The increase in absolute dollars is due to revenue growth from the implementation of new and existing client programs.
Cost of services for Database Marketing and Consulting for 2007 compared to 2006 were $4.0 million and $8.6 million, respectively. The decrease from the prior year was primarily due to the decrease in revenue and cost reductions.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the North American BPO for 2007 compared to 2006 were $32.0 million and $23.9 million, respectively. The increase in absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to the acquisition of DAC and increased equity and incentive compensation expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the International BPO for 2007 compared to 2006 were $16.0 million and $15.7 million, respectively. These expenses for the International BPO remained relatively constant in absolute dollars but decreased as a percentage of revenue. The decrease as a percentage of revenue reflects reduced salaries and benefits expense resulting from headcount reductions in our operations.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for Database Marketing and Consulting for 2007 compared to 2006 were $4.5 million and $7.8 million, respectively. The decrease was primarily due to cost reductions and lower allocations of corporate-level operating expenses.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense on a consolidated basis for 2007 compared to 2006 was $13.3 million and $11.8 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense in both the North American BPO and the International BPO as a percentage of revenue remained relatively consistent with the prior year. The increase in absolute dollars is due to our continued capacity expansion.

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Depreciation and amortization expense in Database Marketing and Consulting decreased compared to the prior year due to assets reaching the end of their depreciable lives.
Other Income (Expense)
For the first quarter of 2007, interest income increased moderately as compared to the same period in 2006. Interest expense increased by $0.4 million due to increased borrowings compared to the prior year due primarily to the acquisition of DAC. The remaining change is primarily the result of foreign currency transaction losses and unfavorable settlements of non-operating items.
Income Taxes
The effective tax rate (after minority interest) for the first quarter of 2007 was 35.8%. Without the increase recorded in the first quarter for unrecognized tax positions and the change in accounting practice for interest and penalties relating to income taxes, the rate would have been 34.1%. This compares to an effective tax rate (after minority interest) of 35.6% in the same period of 2006.
We expect that our effective tax rate (after minority interest) in future periods will continue to be approximately 35%. It is reasonably possible, as discussed in Note 6 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, that our effective tax rate could be materially impacted during the next twelve months by recording previously unrecognized tax benefits as a result of reaching a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service on our ongoing income tax audit of the years 2002 through 2004.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity during the first quarter of 2007 were existing cash balances, cash generated from operations and borrowings under the Company’s revolving line of credit (“Credit Facility”). We expect that our future working capital, capital expenditures and debt service requirements will be satisfied primarily from existing cash balances and cash generated from operations. Our ability to generate positive future operating and net cash flows is dependent upon, among other things, our ability to sell new business, expand existing client relationships and efficiently manage our operating costs.
The amount of capital required in 2007 will also depend on our levels of investment in infrastructure necessary to maintain, upgrade, or replace existing assets. Our working capital and capital expenditure requirements could increase materially in the event of acquisitions or joint ventures, among other factors. These factors could require that we raise additional capital in the future.
The following discussion highlights our cash flow activities during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider all liquid investments purchased within 90 days of their maturity to be cash equivalents. Our cash and cash equivalents totaled $65.3 million and $60.5 million as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
We reinvest our cash flows from operating activities in our business or in the purchases of treasury stock. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, we reported net cash flows provided by operating activities of $31.9 million and $16.7 million, respectively. The increase from 2006 to 2007 resulted from higher net income during 2007.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
We reinvest cash in our business primarily to grow our client base and to expand our infrastructure. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, we reported net cash flows used in investing activities of $13.5 million and $15.3 million, respectively. The decrease from 2006 to 2007 resulted from less capital expenditures.

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Cash Flows from Financing Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, we reported net cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities of ($14.5) million and $1.0 million, respectively. The change from 2006 to 2007 resulted from no purchases of treasury stock in 2007 as compared to $8.1 million in 2006, additional proceeds from the exercise of stock options and increased borrowings during the current quarter which were offset by additional repayments on the Credit Facility.
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow (see “Presentation of Non-GAAP Measurements” for definition of free cash flow) was $18.3 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase from 2006 to 2007 primarily resulted from the increase in cash provided by operating activities as discussed above.
Obligations and Future Capital Requirements
Future maturities of our outstanding debt and contractual obligations are summarized as follows:
                                         
    Less                          
    than 1     2 to 3     4 to 5     Over 5        
    Year     Years     Years     Years     Total  
Line of credit1
  $     $     $ 39,000     $     $ 39,000  
Capital lease obligations1
    601       918                   1,519  
Grant advances1
                      8,027       8,027  
Purchase obligations2
    14,596       8,036       4,644             27,276  
Operating lease commitments2
    26,762       39,467       25,189       33,379       124,797  
 
                             
Total
  $ 41,959     $ 48,421     $ 68,833     $ 41,406     $ 200,619  
 
                             
 
1   Reflected in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
2   Not reflected in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Purchase Obligations
Occasionally we contract with certain of our communications clients (which currently represents approximately 24% of our annual revenue) to provide us with telecommunication services. We believe these contracts are negotiated on an arms-length basis and may be negotiated at different times and with different legal entities.
Income Tax Obligations
We have recorded a FIN 48 tax liability of $0.6 million related to several items. At this time, we are unable to determine when ultimate payment will be made for any of these items. If cash settlement for all of these items were to occur in the same quarter or year, there would not be a material impact to our cash flows.
Future Capital Requirements
We expect total capital expenditures in 2007 to be approximately $60.0 million. Of the expected capital expenditures in 2007, approximately 70% are related to the opening and/or expansion of delivery centers and approximately 30% relates to the maintenance capital required for existing assets and internal technology projects. The anticipated level of 2007 capital expenditures is primarily dependent upon new client contracts and the corresponding requirements for additional delivery center capacity as well as enhancements to our technology infrastructure.
We may consider restructurings, dispositions, mergers, acquisitions and other similar transactions. Such transactions could include the transfer, sale or acquisition of significant assets, businesses or interests, including joint ventures, or the incurrence, assumption, or refinancing of indebtedness and could be material to our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
The launch of large client contracts may result in negative working capital because of the time period between incurring the costs for training and launching the program and the beginning of the accounts receivable collection process. As a result, periodically we may generate negative cash flows from operating activities.

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Debt Instruments and Related Covenants
We discuss debt instruments and related covenants in Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our borrowing capacity as of March 31, 2007 under the Credit Facility was approximately $131 million.
Client Concentration
Our five largest clients accounted for 39.9% and 46.0% of our revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. In addition, these five clients accounted for an even greater proportional share of our consolidated earnings. The profitability of services provided to these clients varies greatly based upon the specific contract terms with any particular client. In addition, clients may adjust business volumes served by us based on their business requirements. The relative contribution of any single client to consolidated earnings is not always proportional to the relative revenue contribution on a consolidated basis. We believe that the risk of this concentration is mitigated, in part, by the long-term contracts we have with our largest clients. Although certain client contracts may be terminated for convenience by either party, this risk is mitigated, in part, by the service level disruptions that would arise for our clients.
The contracts with our five largest clients expire between 2008 and 2010. Additionally, a particular client can have multiple contracts with different expiration dates. We have historically renewed most of our contracts with our largest clients. However, there is no assurance that future contracts will be renewed, or if renewed, will be on terms as favorable as the existing contracts.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
We discuss the potential impact of recent accounting pronouncements in Note 1 and Note 6 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Business Outlook
For the full year 2007, we estimate that revenue will grow approximately 15% over 2006 as we focus on achieving our previously stated goal of reaching a $1.5 billion revenue run-rate by the fourth quarter of 2007. Furthermore, we believe that fourth quarter 2007 operating margin will increase to 10%, excluding unusual charges, if any.
For 2008, we believe that revenue will grow between 12% and 15% and operating margin will improve by approximately 200 basis points over 2007.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our consolidated financial position, consolidated results of operations, or consolidated cash flows due to adverse changes in financial and commodity market prices and rates. We are exposed to market risk in the areas of changes in U.S. interest rates, LIBOR and foreign currency exchange rates as measured against the U.S. dollar. These exposures are directly related to our normal operating and funding activities. As of March 31, 2007, we had entered into financial hedge instruments with several financial institutions to manage and reduce the impact of changes, principally the U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rates.
Interest Rate Risk
The interest rate on our Credit Facility is variable based upon the Prime Rate and LIBOR and, therefore, is affected by changes in market interest rates. As of March 31, 2007, there was a $39.0 million outstanding balance under the Credit Facility. If the Prime Rate or LIBOR increased 100 basis points, there would not be a material impact to our financial position or results of operations.

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Foreign Currency Risk
We have operations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore and Spain. The expenses from these operations and in some cases the revenue, are denominated in local currency, thereby creating exposures to changes in exchange rates. As a result, we may experience substantial foreign currency translation gains or losses due to the volatility of other currencies compared to the U.S. dollar, which may positively or negatively affect our results of operations attributed to these subsidiaries. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, revenue from non-U.S. countries represented 66.3% and 62.4% of our consolidated revenue, respectively.
A global business strategy for us is to serve certain clients from delivery centers located in other foreign countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, Malaysia, Mexico and the Philippines, in order to leverage lower operating costs in these foreign countries. In order to mitigate the risk of these foreign currencies from strengthening against the functional currency of the contracting subsidiary, which thereby decreases the economic benefit of performing work in these countries, we may hedge a portion, though not 100%, of the foreign currency exposure related to client programs served from these foreign countries. While our hedging strategy can protect us from adverse changes in foreign currency rates in the short-term, an overall strengthening of the foreign currencies would adversely impact margins in the segments of the contracting subsidiary over the long-term.
The majority of this exposure is related to work performed from delivery centers located in Canada and the Philippines. During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Canadian dollar appreciated against the U.S. dollar by 1.1% and weakened against the U.S. dollar by 0.1%, respectively. We have contracted with several financial institutions on behalf of our Canadian subsidiary to acquire a total of $220.5 million Canadian dollars through December 2010 at a fixed price in U.S. dollars not to exceed $196.4 million. However, certain contracts, representing $98.4 million in Canadian dollars, give us the right (but not obligation) to purchase the Canadian dollars. If the Canadian dollar depreciates relative to the contracted exchange rate, we will elect to purchase the Canadian dollars at the then beneficial market exchange rate.
During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Philippine peso appreciated against the U.S. dollar by 1.8% and 3.6%, respectively. We have contracted with several financial institutions on behalf of our Philippine subsidiary to acquire a total of 4.1 billion Philippine pesos through December 2008 at a fixed price of $82.7 million U.S. dollars.
As of March 31, 2007, we had total derivative assets and (liabilities) associated with foreign exchange contracts of $5.8 million and ($4.8) million, respectively. The Canadian dollar derivative assets and (liabilities) represented $2.8 million and ($4.8) million, respectively of the consolidated balance. Further, approximately 32% of the asset value and 52% of the liability balance settles within the next twelve months. The Philippine peso derivative assets represented $2.7 million of the consolidated balance. Further, 80% of the asset value settles within the next twelve months. If the U.S./Canadian dollar or U.S. dollar/Philippine peso exchange rate were to increase or decrease by 10% from current period-end levels, we would incur a material gain or loss on the contracts. However, any gain or loss would be mitigated by corresponding gains or losses in our underlying exposures.
Other than the transactions hedged as discussed above and in Note 5 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the majority of the transactions of our U.S. and foreign operations are denominated in the respective local currency while some transactions are denominated in other currencies. For example, the inter-company transactions that are expected to be settled are denominated in the local currency of the billing subsidiary. Since the accounting records of our foreign operations are kept in the respective local currency, any transactions denominated in other currencies are accounted for in the respective local currency at the time of the transaction. Upon settlement of such a transaction, any foreign currency gain or loss results in an adjustment to income. We do not currently engage in hedging activities related to these types of foreign currency risks because we believe them to be insignificant as we endeavor to settle these accounts on a timely basis.

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Fair Value of Debt and Equity Securities
We did not have any investments in debt or equity securities as of March 31, 2007.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We have established disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms. Our disclosure controls and procedures have also been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to Management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Part I, Item 1, Financial Statements, Note 8 – Commitments and Contingencies in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Excluding the risk factors associated with the Company’s Form S-3 filed on March 19, 2007 (Registration No. 333-141423), there are no material changes to the risk factors as reported in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description
 
   
10.41
  Underwriting Agreement with Citigroup Global Markets and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated as representatives of the several underwriters named therein dated March 29, 2007
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)
 
   
32.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)
 
   
32.2
  Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)

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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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
   
TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: May 9, 2007  By:   /s/ KENNETH D. TUCHMAN    
    Kenneth D. Tuchman   
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   
     
Date: May 9, 2007  By:   /s/ JOHN R. TROKA, JR.    
    John R. Troka, Jr.   
    Interim Chief Financial Officer   
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No   Exhibit Description
 
   
10.41
  Underwriting Agreement with Citigroup Global Markets and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated as representatives of the several underwriters named therein dated March 29, 2007
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)
 
   
32.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)
 
   
32.2
  Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)

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exv10w41
 

Exhibit 10.41
EXECUTION COPY
TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
5,000,000 Shares 1
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
March 29, 2007
To the Representatives named
in Schedule I hereto of the
several Underwriters named in
Schedule III hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     The stockholders named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) of TeleTech Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), propose to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule III hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, the number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company set forth in Schedule I hereto (said shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders collectively being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”). The Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II hereto also propose to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to the number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth in Schedule II to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. In addition, to the extent that there is more than one Selling Stockholder named in Schedule II, the term Selling Stockholder shall mean either the singular or plural. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of
 
1   Plus an option to purchase from the Selling Stockholders, up to 750,000 additional Securities to cover over-allotments.

 


 

any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 20 hereof.
          1. Representations and Warranties.
          (i) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
     (a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, including a related prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of the Registration Statement or an amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectuses relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
     (b) (i) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a “settlement date”), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; (ii) at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and (iii) on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Company makes no

 


 

representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
     (c) (i) The Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Final Prospectus, when taken together as a whole and (ii) each electronic road show when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Final Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
     (d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, the Company was or is (as the case may be) a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
     (e) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities, the Company was not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
     (f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter

 


 

through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
     (g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
     (h) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body in respect of the Company is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
     (i) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
     (j) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
     (k) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company.
     (l) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
     (m) Neither the sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for conflicts, breaches, violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,

 


 

earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the ability of the Company to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
     (n) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
     (o) Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, which violation or default would, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, either individually or in the aggregate with all other violations and defaults referred to in this paragraph (o) (if any), have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
     (p) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
     (q) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with

 


 

respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
     (r) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
     (s) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
     (t) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 


 

     Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
     (ii) Each Selling Stockholder severally, but not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
     (a) The Selling Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner of the Securities free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims and has duly executed a stock power in blank with respect to such Securities, and assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”)) as of the Closing Date, each Underwriter that has purchased Securities delivered on the date hereof to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) by making payment therefor, as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC), may be asserted as of the Closing Date against such Underwriter with respect to such Securities.
     (b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder.
     (c) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
     (d) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as may have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other approvals as have been obtained.
     (e) Neither the sale of the Securities being sold by such Selling Stockholder nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated by such Selling Stockholder or the fulfillment of the terms hereof by such Selling Stockholder will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under (i) any law which would, either individually or in the aggregate with all other breaches and violations referred to in this paragraph (e) (if any), have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Stockholder to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the partnership agreement, trust agreement, charter or by-laws of the Selling Stockholder, (iii) the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or bound, or (iv) any judgment, order or decree

 


 

applicable to such Selling Stockholder of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder.
(f) The sale of Securities by such Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(g) In respect of any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto used by the Company or any Underwriter, as the case may be, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company or to the Underwriters by any Selling Stockholder specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof, such Selling Stockholder hereby makes the same representations and warranties to each Underwriter as the Company makes to such Underwriter under paragraphs (i)(b) (excluding clause (i) therein), (i)(c) or (i)(f) of this Section.
     Any certificate signed by any partner, officer, or trustee of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
     2. Purchase and Sale. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Stockholders, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto, the number of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule III hereto.
     (b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II hereto hereby grant an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to the number of Option Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the 30th day after the date of the Final Prospectus upon written notice by the Representatives to the Company and such Selling Stockholders setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. In the event that the Underwriters exercise less than their full over-allotment option, the number of Option Securities to be sold by each Selling Stockholder listed on Schedule II shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same proportion as the maximum number of Option Securities to be sold by each Selling Stockholder and the number of Option Securities to be sold. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total

 


 

number of Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
          3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Securities being sold by each of the Selling Stockholders to or upon the order of the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the accounts specified by the Selling Stockholders. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
          Each Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling Stockholder and the respective Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes involved in further transfers.
          If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II hereto will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Selling Stockholders) to the Representatives on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be at least three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the accounts specified by the Selling Stockholders. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company and such Selling Stockholders will deliver to the Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, if requested by the Representatives, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
          4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
          5. Agreements.
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     (a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus) to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, except that the Company may file any report that, in the written opinion of Company’s outside counsel, is required to be filed so as to cause the Company to be in compliance with the Rules of the Exchange Act. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
     (b) If any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or, if then available provide the Final Prospectus to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
     (c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the

 


 

Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
     (d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
     (e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
     (f) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
     (g) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule IV hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164

 


 

and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
     (h) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto, provided, however, that the Company may (i) grant options to purchase shares of Common Stock and issue shares of Common Stock under the Company’s equity incentive plans in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) issue Common Stock upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants or options outstanding or granted under the Company’s equity incentive plans in effect at the Execution Time and (iii) issue Common Stock in connection with acquisitions of businesses or assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of such restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 6(m) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
     (i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
     (j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably

 


 

requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the NASD, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder will not, without the prior written consent of each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Selling Stockholder or any affiliate of the Selling Stockholder or any person in privity with the Selling Stockholder or any affiliate of the Selling Stockholder) directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any shares of Common Stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto, other than (i) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents as a bona fide gift or gifts; to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of such Selling Stockholder or such Selling Stockholder’s family; as a distribution to partners, members or stockholders of such Selling Stockholder, to such Selling Stockholder’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by such Selling Stockholder; to any beneficiary of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; or to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the Selling Stockholder or the immediate family members of such Selling Stockholder; in each case provided that (1) the recipient or recipients thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, and (3) the Selling Stockholder is not required to, or does not otherwise, make any public filing or report regarding such transfers; and (ii) the

 


 

surrender of options to purchase shares of Common Stock to satisfy the applicable aggregate exercise price (and applicable withholding taxes, if applicable, required to be paid) of options to purchase shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
     (b) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
     (c) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, of any material change in information in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to such Selling Stockholder.
     (d) Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
     (e) The Selling Stockholders (in proportion to the number of Securities being offered by each of them, including any Option Securities which the Underwriters shall have elected to purchase) agree to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Selling Stockholders and (ii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder.
          6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
     (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be

 


 

filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
     (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
     (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; any required filing of any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened, and the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; and such counsel has no reason to believe that at the Execution Time the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus as of its date and on the Closing Date included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion);
     (ii) such counsel has no reason to believe that the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Execution Time, and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, when taken together as a whole, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion);
     (iii) the Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; the Securities being sold by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities being sold by the Selling Stockholders are duly listed, and admitted and

 


 

authorized for trading, on the NASDAQ Global Select Market; and the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities;
     (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
     (v) the Company is not required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
     (vi) the statements included in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” fairly summarize in all material respects the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company relating to the Common Stock; and
     (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body under United States federal or New York state law that in such counsel’s experience is normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the States of New York and Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
     (c) The Company shall have requested and caused Alan Schutzman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives his opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
     (i) each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing

 


 

would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, earnings or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
     (ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except with respect to liens created by the Amended and Restated Credit Arrangement among TeleTech Holdings, Inc., as Borrower, the Lenders named therein, as Lenders and Keybank National Association, as Lead Arranger, Sole Book Runner and Administrative Agent dated as of September 28, 2006, all outstanding             shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest and, to the knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance;
     (iii) the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding;
     (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required;
     (v) neither the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for conflicts, breaches, violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, earnings or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the ability of the

 


 

Company to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and
     (vi) no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
     In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the States of New York, Colorado and Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
     (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
     (i) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholders, and each Selling Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to sell, transfer and deliver in the manner provided in this Agreement the Securities being sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder;
     (ii) assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased from such Selling Stockholder without notice of an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) as of the Closing Date, each Underwriter that has purchased such Securities delivered on the Closing Date to The Depository Trust Company or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained with The Depository Trust Company or such other securities intermediary, will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC) to such security entitlement may be asserted as of the Closing Date against such Underwriter with respect to such Securities;
     (iii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by any Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as may have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained; and

 


 

     (iv) neither the sale of the Securities being sold by any Selling Stockholder nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated by any Selling Stockholder or the fulfillment of the terms hereof by any Selling Stockholder will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any law or under the partnership agreement, trust agreement, charter or By-laws of the Selling Stockholder or, except as already waived, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel and to which any Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any judgment, order or decree known to such counsel to be applicable to any Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over any Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the States of New York, Delaware, and Illinois, or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of the Selling Stockholders and public officials.
     (e) The Representatives shall have received from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
     (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:
     (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
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for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and
     (iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
     (g) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, signed by the partner, the trustee, the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of such Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto and this Agreement, and that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date.
     (h) The Company shall have requested and caused Ernst & Young, LLP to have furnished to the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to one or more of the Representatives), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
     (i) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
     (j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 


 

     (k) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Representatives.
     (l) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 and A-2 hereto from each officer that is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and director of the Company, addressed to the Representatives.
          If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
          The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered on the Closing Date at the closing location specified in Schedule I hereto.
          7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or any Selling Stockholder to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities. If the Company is required to make any payments to the Underwriters under this Section 7 because of any Selling Stockholder’s refusal, inability or failure to satisfy any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6, the Selling Stockholders pro rata in proportion to the percentage of Securities to be sold by each shall reimburse the Company on demand for all amounts so paid.
          8. Indemnification and Contribution.
     (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer

 


 

Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
     (b) Each of the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter, each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and the Company against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only with reference to written information relating to such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company or the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, which, for the purposes of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree is only the information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Selling Stockholder about such Selling Stockholder set forth in “Selling Stockholders” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Selling Stockholder may otherwise have. The liability of each Selling Stockholder under such Selling Stockholder’s representations and warranties contained in Section 1 hereof and under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 shall be limited to an amount equal to the initial public offering price of the Securities sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters. The Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they shall be responsible.
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of their officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company or each Selling Stockholder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and each Selling Stockholder acknowledge that the statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and, under the heading “Underwriting”, (ii) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (iii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iv) the paragraph related to stabilization, and syndicate covering transactions in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
     (d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim,

 


 

action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
     (e) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company, the Selling Stockholders and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand, and by the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by them, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company or the Selling Stockholders on the one hand, or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (e), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each trustee, partner, director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, each person who controls a Selling Stockholder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of a Selling Stockholder shall have the same rights to

 


 

contribution as such Selling Stockholder and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (e).
          9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter, the Selling Stockholders or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company, the Selling Stockholders and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
          10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Selling Stockholders and the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such payment and delivery (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NASDAQ Global Select Market or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Select Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on either of such exchanges, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
          11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers, of each Selling Stockholder and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder or the Company or any of the officers, directors,

 


 

employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
          12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be (a) mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10013, Attention: General Counsel; and (b) mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated General Counsel (fax no.: (212) 761-0316) and confirmed to the General Counsel, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York, 10036; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (303) 397-5654 and confirmed to it at TeleTech Holdings, Inc., 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112-5833, attention: General Counsel; or if sent to any Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to it at the address set forth in Schedule II hereto.
          13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
          14. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby acknowledge that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and (c) the engagement of the Underwriters by the Selling Stockholders in connection with            the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that they are solely responsible for making their own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Selling Stockholders on related or other matters). The Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to them, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
          15. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
          16. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
          17. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by

 


 

jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
          18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
          19. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
          20. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
     “Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
     “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
     “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule IV hereto, and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
     “Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.
     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
     “Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
     “Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.
     “Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
     “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
     “Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(i)(a) above which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus.

 


 

     “Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(i)(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto.
     “Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430B”, and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Act.
     “Significant Subsidiary” shall mean a subsidiary of the Company which is a “significant subsidiary” of the Company as defined in Item 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.
     “Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405.

 


 

          If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.
         
    Very truly yours,
 
       
    TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
       
    Kenra Family, LLP
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
       
    Tuchman Limited Liability Limited Partnership
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
       
    Tuchman Family Irrevocable Trust
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
       
    Tuchman Family Foundation
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

 


 

         
    KDT Family, LLLP
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

 


 

         
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date specified in Schedule I hereto.    
 
       
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.    
 
       
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    
 
       
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated    
 
       
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    
 
       
For themselves and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule III to the foregoing Agreement.    

 


 

SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated March 29, 2007
Registration Statement No. 333-141423
     
Representative(s):
  Citigroup Global Markets
 
  Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Number of Underwritten Securities and Purchase Price:
Aggregate Number of Underwritten Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders: 5,000,000
Aggregate Number of Option Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders: 750,000
Price per Share to Public: $36.50
Price per Share to the Underwriters: $34.74625
Closing Date, Time and Location: April 4, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. at Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017
Date referred to in Section 5(i)(h) after which the Company may offer or sell securities issued by the Company without the consent of the Representative(s): The date 90 days after the date of this Agreement.
Date referred to in Section 5(ii)(a) after which the Selling Stockholders may offer or sell securities issued by the Company without the consent of the Representative(s): The date 120 days after the date of this Agreement.
Modification of items to be covered by the letter from Ernst & Young, LLP delivered pursuant to Section 6(h) at the Execution Time: None

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SCHEDULE II
                 
    Number of     Maximum Number of  
    Underwritten Securities     Option Securities  
Selling Stockholders:   to be Sold     to be Sold  
Kenra Family, LLP
c/o Mantucket Capital Management Corporation
5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 995
Englewood, CO 80111
Fax no.: (303) 397-8889
    100,000       0  
KDT Family, LLLP
c/o Mantucket Capital Management Corporation
5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 995
Englewood, CO 80111
Fax no.: (303) 397-8889
    4,475,194       750,000  
Tuchman Limited Liability Limited Partnership
c/o Mantucket Capital Management Corporation
5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 995
Englewood, CO 80111
Fax no.: (303) 397-8889
    106,895       0  
Tuchman Family Irrevocable Trust
c/o Mantucket Capital Management Corporation
5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 995
Englewood, CO 80111
Fax no.: (303) 397-8889
    17,911       0  
Tuchman Family Foundation
c/o Mantucket Capital Management Corporation
5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 995
Englewood, CO 80111
Fax no.: (303) 397-8889
    300,000       0  
 
           
Total
    5,000,000       750,000  
 
           

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SCHEDULE III
         
    Number of Underwritten  
Underwriters   Securities to be Purchased  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    1,548,000  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
    1,548,000  
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
    833,500  
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
    595,500  
Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
    295,000  
Janco Partners, Inc.
    180,000  
 
     
Total
    5,000,000  
 
     

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SCHEDULE IV
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
None

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[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]
EXHIBIT A-1
[Letterhead of officer or director of TeleTech Holdings, Inc.]
TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
Public Offering of Common Stock
March     , 2007
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among TeleTech Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II thereto and each of you as representatives of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.
     In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, other than (i) transfers of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents as a bona fide gift or by will or intestacy, provided that the recipient or recipients thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein; (ii) the surrender of options to purchase shares of Common Stock to satisfy the applicable aggregate exercise price (and applicable withholding taxes, if applicable, required to be paid) of options to purchase shares of Common Stock; (iii) transactions pursuant to a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in existence as of the date the Underwriting Agreement is signed and delivered; or (iv) the establishment of a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities

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[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]
EXHIBIT A-1
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, so long as any sales made under the plan are made after the expiration of the lock-up period established by this letter.
     If (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the lock-up period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the lock-up period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, the restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated waives, in writing, such extension. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned.

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[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]
EXHIBIT A-1
     If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
Yours very truly,
[Signature of officer or director]
[Name and address of officer or director]

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[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]
EXHIBIT A-2
[CEO’s Letterhead]
TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
Public Offering of Common Stock
March     , 2007
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among TeleTech Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II thereto and each of you as representatives of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.
     In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 120 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, other than:
     (i) transfers of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents:
  (a)   as a bona fide gift or gifts;
 
  (b)   to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned;
 
  (c)   as a distribution to partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned,

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      to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned;
 
  (d)   to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; or
 
  (e)   to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the undersigned or immediate family members of the undersigned;
provided, that (1) the recipient or recipients thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, and (3) the undersigned is not required to, or does not otherwise, make any public filing or report regarding such transfers; or
     (ii) the surrender of options to purchase shares of Common Stock to satisfy the applicable aggregate exercise price (and applicable withholding taxes, if applicable, required to be paid) of options to purchase shares of Common Stock.
     If (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the lock-up period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the lock-up period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, the restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated waives, in writing, such extension. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
     
 
  Yours very truly,
 
   
 
   
 
  Kenneth D. Tuchman
Chief Executive Officer
TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
9197 S. Peoria Street
Englewood, CO 80112

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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Kenneth D. Tuchman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TeleTech Holdings, Inc., certify that:
  1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of TeleTech Holdings, Inc.;
 
  2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
  3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 9, 2007
         
     
  By:   /s/ KENNETH D. TUCHMAN    
    Kenneth D. Tuchman   
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) 
 
 

 

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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, John R. Troka, Jr., Interim Chief Financial Officer of TeleTech Holdings, Inc., certify that:
  1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of TeleTech Holdings, Inc.;
 
  2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
  3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 9, 2007
         
     
  By:   /s/ JOHN R. TROKA, JR.    
    John R. Troka, Jr.   
    Interim Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 
 
 

 

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Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, to his knowledge on the date hereof:
  (a)   the Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (b)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
  By:   /s/ KENNETH D. TUCHMAN    
    Kenneth D. Tuchman   
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   
 
Date: May 9, 2007

 

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Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned, the Interim Chief Financial Officer of TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, to his knowledge on the date hereof:
  (a)   the Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (b)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
  By:   /s/ JOHN R TROKA, JR.    
    John R. Troka, Jr.   
    Interim Chief Financial Officer   
 
Date: May 9, 2007