Amended Annual Report (10-k/a)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

Amendment No. 1

☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal year ended December 31, 2019

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 001-35965

GTT Communications, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



Delaware		20-2096338
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

7900 Tysons One Place

Suite 1450

McLean, Virginia 22102

(703) 442-5500

(Address including zip code, and telephone number, including area

code, of principal executive offices)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol (s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.0001 per share	GTT	NYSE
Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☑

No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☑

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 (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):



Large Accelerated Filer	☑	Accelerated Filer	☐
Non-Accelerated Filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant (45,737,472 shares) based on the $17.60 closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the NYSE on June 30, 2019, was $804,979,505. For purposes of this computation, all officers, directors and 10% beneficial owners of the registrant are deemed to be affiliates. Such determination should not be deemed to be an admission that such officers, directors or 10% beneficial owners are, in fact, affiliates of the registrant.

As of February 28, 2020, 56,737,341 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, of the registrant were outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

The following documents (or parts thereof) are incorporated by reference into the following parts of this Form 10-K/A: None

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of GTT Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 2, 2020 (the "Original Filing") is being filed solely to (i) incorporate certain updates to the cover page of Form 10-K that were inadvertently not incorporated on the cover page of the Original Filing, and (ii) file an Exhibit 4.17, Description of GTT Communications, Inc. Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which was inadvertently omitted from the Original Filing.

This Form 10-K/A contains only the cover page, this explanatory note, the exhibit index, the signature page and the exhibits described above.

Except as described above, this Amendment does not alter or update any other information contained in the Original Filing. The Original Filing continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing, and the Company has not updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events that have occurred as of a date subsequent to the date of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing, and the Company's filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing.

PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) Financial Statements


1.	Financial Statements are listed in the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1 of the Original Filing.


2.	Financial Statement Schedules. The Financial Statement Schedule described below were filed as part of the Original Filing.

Description

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.

All other financial statement schedules are not required under the relevant instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.

(b) Exhibits

The following exhibits, which are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K, are filed herewith or, as noted, incorporated by reference herein:



2.1	Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of the entire issued share capital of Interoute Communications Holdings S.A., dated February 23, 2018, by and among Emasan AG, Turbo Holdings Lux II Sarl, Interoute Communications Holdings S.A., GTT Americas, LLC, as Purchaser, and GTT Communications, Inc., as Purchaser Guarantor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 27, 2018).
2.2	Management Warranty Deed, dated February 23, 2018, by and among the Management Warrantors, as named therein, and GTT Americas, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 27, 2018).
3.1	Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated October 16, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006).
3.2	Certificate of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated December 31, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 6, 2014).
3.3	Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, dated August 7, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 8, 2019).
3.4	Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated April 16, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 22, 2019).



3.5	Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated February 19, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 25, 2020).
4.1	Specimen of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2006).
4.2	Section 382 Rights Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2019, between GTT Communications, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 8, 2019).
4.3	Form of Right Certificate (included as Exhibit B to the Section 382 Rights Agreement and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 8, 2019).
4.4	Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of 2005, among the Registrant, Universal Telecommunications, Inc., Hackman Family Trust, Charles Schwab & Company Custodian FBO David Ballarini IRA and Mercator Capital L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-122303) filed January 26, 2005)
4.5	Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 30, 2012, among the Registrant, Jordon Lowe and Daniel Brosk Trust dated December 22, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 4, 2012).
4.6	Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2018, by and between GTT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and The Spruce House Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 27, 2018).
4.7	Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2018, by and among GTT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Acacia Partners, L.P. and the funds affiliated with Acacia Partners, L.P. named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 27, 2018).
4.8	Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2018, by and between GTT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Aleph Tiger Investors LP, a Guernsey limited partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 27, 2018).
4.9	Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2018, by and between GTT Communications, Inc. and The Spruce House Partnership LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 6, 2018).
4.10	Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2018, by and among GTT Communications, Inc., Acacia Partners, L.P and the funds affiliated with Acacia Partners, L.P. named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 6, 2018).
4.11	Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2018, by and among GTT Communications, Inc., The Spruce House Partnership LP, Acacia Partners, LP, and the funds affiliated with Acacia Partners, L.P. named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 6, 2018).
4.12	Amendment No. 2, dated November 27, 2019 to the Investor Rights Agreement, dated May 31, 2018, by and among GTT Communications, Inc., The Spruce House Partnership LP and Acacia Partners, L.P. and certain of its affiliated funds (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 29, 2019).
4.13	Letter Agreement, dated November 27, 2019 between the Company and The Spruce House Partnership LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 29, 2019).
4.14	Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2018, by and between GTT Communications, Inc. and Aleph Tiger Investors LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 6, 2018).
4.15	Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2016, by and between GTT Escrow Corporation and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee December 22, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 22, 2016).
4.16	First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 9, 2017, by and among the Registrant, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 13, 2017).



4.17*	Description of GTT Communications, Inc. Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
10.1 +	2006 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Annex E to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed October 2, 2006).
10.2 +	2011 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 29, 2011).
10.3 +	2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 30, 2015).
10.4 +	GTT Communications, Inc. 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 30, 2018 (file number 001-35965))
10.5 +	Employment Agreement for H. Brian Thompson, dated October 15, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006).
10.6 +	Employment Agreement for Richard D. Calder, Jr., dated May 7, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 10, 2007).
10.7 +	Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement for Richard D. Calder, Jr., dated July 18, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 4, 2008).
10.8 +	Amendment No. 2 to the Employment Agreement for Richard D. Calder, Jr., dated September 7, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 16, 2011).
10.9 +	Amendment No. 3 to the Employment Agreement for Richard D. Calder, Jr., dated May 4, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 10-Q filed May 9, 2017).
10.10 +	Employment Agreement for Christopher McKee, dated September 12, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 16, 2011).
10.11 +	Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement for Christopher McKee, dated May 4, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 10-Q filed May 9, 2017).
10.12 +	Employment Agreement for Michael Sicoli, dated as of April 13, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 7, 2015).
10.13 +	Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement for Michael Sicoli, dated May 4, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 10-Q filed May 9, 2017).
10.14	Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2018, by and among by and among (1) the Company, as U.S. Borrower, (2) GTT Communications B.V., a subsidiary of the Company formed under the laws of The Netherlands, as EMEA Borrower, (3) KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent and letter of credit issuer, and (4) the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 6, 2018).
10.15	Credit Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2017, by and among (1) the Registrant, as borrower, (2) KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent and as an LC Issuer, (3) KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, (4) Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, and SunTrust Bank, as the syndication agents, (5) Citizens Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and ING Capital LLC, as the documentation agents and (6) the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 13, 2017).
10.16	Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 10, 2017, among GTT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the borrower, the lenders party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent and as the Additional Tranche B Term Loan Lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 14, 2017).
10.17	Credit Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2015, among: (i) the Registrant, as the borrower; (ii) the lenders from time to time party hereto; (ii) KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent, as the Swing Line Lender, and as LC Issuer, (iv) SunTrust Bank, as a Lender and as the syndication agent; (v) KeyBank Capital Markets Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; and (vi) MUFG Union Bank, N.A., Pacific Western Bank, CIT Bank, N.A., ING Capital LLC, Société Générale and CoBank, ACB as Co-Documentation Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 27, 2015).



10.18	Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2016, among (1) the Registrant, as the borrower, (2) KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent, and (3) KeyBank National Association, as the Initial Term Lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 5, 2016).
10.19	Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 28, 2016, to the October 15, 2015 Credit Agreement among the Registrant, as the borrower, the lenders party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent and as the Additional Tranche B Term Loan Lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 29, 2016).
10.20	Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2017, among GTT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the borrower, KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent, and the Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders party hereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 10-Q filed November 3, 2017).
10.21	Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2019, by and among GTT Communications, Inc., KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent and a letter of credit issuer, and the incremental revolving credit lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 11, 2019).
10.22	Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2019, among GTT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the borrower, GTT Communications B.V., KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed August 8, 2019).
10.23	Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2020, among GTT Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the borrower, GTT Communications B.V., KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company's Annual Report on From 10-K filed March 2, 2020).
21.1***	Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
23.1***	Consent of CohnReznick LLP.
24.1***	Power of Attorney
31.1*	Section 302 Certification of Richard D. Calder, Jr., Chief Executive Officer
31.2*	Section 302 Certification of Steven Berns, Chief Financial Officer
32.1***	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2***	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
99.1 +	2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-210488) filed March 30, 2016).
101.SCH,*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL,*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF,*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB,*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE,*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104*	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.*)

*	Filed herewith
**	Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and otherwise are not subject to liability.

***	Filed or furnished as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by GTT Communications, Inc. on March 2, 2020.




+	Denotes a management or compensatory plan or arrangement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



	GTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	By:	/s/ Richard D. Calder, Jr.
		Richard D. Calder, Jr.
		President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: May 8, 2020

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