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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INTELIQUENT,
INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>550 West Adams Street, 9th Floor</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>60661</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Neutral Tandem, Inc. (n/k/a Inteliquent, Inc.) Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>G. Edward
Evans </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Inteliquent, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>550
West Adams Street, 9th Floor </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, IL 60661 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (312)&nbsp;384-8000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gerald T. Nowak </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Theodore
A. Peto </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>300 North LaSalle Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60654 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (312)&nbsp;862-2000 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(check one) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">669,169&nbsp;shares(3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$17.815</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$11,921,245.74</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the
Neutral Tandem, Inc. (n/k/a Inteliquent, Inc.) Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common stock. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The proposed maximum offering price is calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule 457 under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for the shares of common
stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market on January&nbsp;22, 2015 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents additional shares of common stock authorized as of January&nbsp;1, 2015 under the evergreen provision of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Inteliquent, Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) for the purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) under the Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each of the Company&#146;s fiscal years beginning in 2009 and ending in 2017 equal to the lesser of (i)&nbsp;two percent (2%)&nbsp;of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on
the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (ii)&nbsp;such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the &#147;Evergreen Provision&#148;). Accordingly, the number of
shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan was increased by 669,169 shares effective January&nbsp;1, 2015. This Registration Statement registers the 669,169 additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan as
a result of the Evergreen Provision. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are of the same class
of securities as the shares of Common Stock registered for issuance under the Plan pursuant to the currently effective Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-147202) filed on November&nbsp;7, 2007. On April&nbsp;21, 2009, the
Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-158668) to register an additional 647,147 shares under the Plan effective January&nbsp;1, 2009 as a result of the Evergreen Provision. On May&nbsp;5, 2010, the
Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-166535) to register an additional 672,570 shares under the Plan effective January&nbsp;1, 2010 as a result of the Evergreen Provision. In addition, on
May&nbsp;10, 2011, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-174092) to register an additional 663,324 shares under the Plan effective January&nbsp;1, 2011 as a result of the Evergreen Provision.
In addition, on February&nbsp;17, 2012, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-179566) to register an additional 630,402 shares under the Plan effective January&nbsp;1, 2012 as a result of the
Evergreen Provision. In addition, on February&nbsp;27, 2013, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-186923) to register an additional 646,692 shares under the Plan effective January&nbsp;1, 2013
as a result of the Evergreen Provision. In addition, on September&nbsp;30, 2013, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-191466) to register an additional 111,826 shares under the Plan in
connection with certain antidilutive adjustments permitted under the terms of the Plan with respect to the payment of a special cash dividend. In addition, on February&nbsp;4, 2014, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-193750) to register an additional 644,292 shares under the Plan effective January&nbsp;1, 2014 as a result of the Evergreen Provision. Such previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 are referred to herein as the
&#147;Original Registration Statements.&#148; The contents of the Original Registration Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by this reference. Any items in the Original Registration
Statements not expressly changed hereby shall be as set forth in the Original Registration Statements. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 the contents of the Original Registration Statements and the
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) (excluding any portion of such documents that have been &#147;furnished&#148; but not &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;)): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;11, 2014; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2014, filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;30, 2014; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)
The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2014, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2014; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;16, 2015; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November, 10, 2014;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;21, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;27, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;21, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;8, 2014; and </P>
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of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act initially on October&nbsp;29, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-33778), as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other
than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a
corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly
violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that
no director shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except to the extent required from time to
time by applicable law, (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of Title&nbsp;8 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that
the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A similar standard of care is applicable in the case
of actions by or in the right of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court shall deem proper. </P>
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fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and except as otherwise provided in the Company&#146;s amended and restated bylaws, none of the Company&#146;s directors shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for a breach of fiduciary duty. The Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify each person who is or was or had agreed to become a director or
officer of the Company or who is or was serving or who had agreed to serve at the request of our Board of Directors or an officer of the Company as an employee or agent of the Company or as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee,
administrator, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise (including without limitation any employee benefit plan or any trust associated therewith), to the full extent
permitted from time to time by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws as presently or hereafter in effect. In addition to the indemnification provided for in the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, the Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with certain of our directors and executive officers which may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
These indemnification agreements may require the Company, among other things, to indemnify it&#146;s directors and executive officers for some expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director
or executive officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his service as one of our directors or executive officers, or any of our subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request. The
Company believes that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as directors and executive officers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy to insure our directors and officers against liability
for actions or omissions occurring in their capacity as a director or officer, subject to certain exclusions and limitations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption
from Registration Claimed. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is made
to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:17%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:17%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement; and </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:17%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on January&nbsp;26, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">INTELIQUENT, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ G. Edward Evans</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: G. Edward Evans</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Chief Executive
Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints G. Edward Evans,
Kurt J. Abkemeier and Richard L. Monto, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his or her true and lawful attorney-in fact and agent, with full powers to each of them to sign for us, in our names and in
the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said
Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts and all capacities to sign any and all amendments. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January&nbsp;26, 2015. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">/s/ G. Edward Evans</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">G. Edward Evans</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">/s/ Kurt J. Abkemeier</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Kurt J. Abkemeier</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">/s/ James P. Hynes</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Edward M. Greenberg</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of the Company to file future amendments (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement) *</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2013 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;001-33778)</FONT> and incorporated herein by
reference. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July&nbsp;1, 2013 (File No.&nbsp;001-33778) and incorporated herein by reference. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-140127) and incorporated herein by reference. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;001-33778)</FONT> and incorporated herein by
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INTELIQUENT,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
31-1786871
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
550 West Adams Street, 9th Floor
Chicago, Illinois
60661
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Neutral Tandem, Inc. (n/k/a Inteliquent, Inc.) Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
G. Edward
Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Inteliquent, Inc.
550
West Adams Street, 9th Floor
Chicago, IL 60661
Telephone: (312) 384-8000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Gerald T. Nowak
Theodore
A. Peto
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Telephone: (312) 862-2000
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(check one)
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount
to be
registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share(2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
669,169 shares(3)
$17.815
$11,921,245.74
$1,385.25
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the
Neutral Tandem, Inc. (n/k/a Inteliquent, Inc.) Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price is calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for the shares of common
stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market on January 22, 2015 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3)
Represents additional shares of common stock authorized as of January 1, 2015 under the evergreen provision of the Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Inteliquent, Inc.
(the "Company") for the purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock") under the Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each of the Company's fiscal years beginning in 2009 and ending in 2017 equal to the lesser of (i) two percent (2%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on
the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (ii) such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Evergreen Provision"). Accordingly, the number of
shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan was increased by 669,169 shares effective January 1, 2015. This Registration Statement registers the 669,169 additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan as
a result of the Evergreen Provision.
The shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are of the same class
of securities as the shares of Common Stock registered for issuance under the Plan pursuant to the currently effective Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-147202) filed on November 7, 2007. On April 21, 2009, the
Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-158668) to register an additional 647,147 shares under the Plan effective January 1, 2009 as a result of the Evergreen Provision. On May 5, 2010, the
Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-166535) to register an additional 672,570 shares under the Plan effective January 1, 2010 as a result of the Evergreen Provision. In addition, on
May 10, 2011, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-174092) to register an additional 663,324 shares under the Plan effective January 1, 2011 as a result of the Evergreen Provision.
In addition, on February 17, 2012, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-179566) to register an additional 630,402 shares under the Plan effective January 1, 2012 as a result of the
Evergreen Provision. In addition, on February 27, 2013, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-186923) to register an additional 646,692 shares under the Plan effective January 1, 2013
as a result of the Evergreen Provision. In addition, on September 30, 2013, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-191466) to register an additional 111,826 shares under the Plan in
connection with certain antidilutive adjustments permitted under the terms of the Plan with respect to the payment of a special cash dividend. In addition, on February 4, 2014, the Company filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-193750) to register an additional 644,292 shares under the Plan effective January 1, 2014 as a result of the Evergreen Provision. Such previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 are referred to herein as the
"Original Registration Statements." The contents of the Original Registration Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by this reference. Any items in the Original Registration
Statements not expressly changed hereby shall be as set forth in the Original Registration Statements.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 the contents of the Original Registration Statements and the
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (excluding any portion of such documents that have been "furnished" but not "filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")):
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on March 11, 2014;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2014, filed with the Commission on October 30, 2014;
(c)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014, filed with the Commission on July 25, 2014;
(d) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014, filed with the
Commission on May 2, 2014;
(e) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
January 16, 2015;
(f) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November, 10, 2014;
(g) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 13, 2014;
(h) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 21, 2014;
(i) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 8, 2014;
(j) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 10, 2014;
(k) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2014;
(l) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 5, 2014;
(m) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 21, 2014;
(n) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 8, 2014; and
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(o) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in Item 1
of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act initially on October 29, 2007 (File No. 001-33778), as amended.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other
than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a
corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly
violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that
no director shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except to the extent required from time to
time by applicable law, (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of Title 8 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that
the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A similar standard of care is applicable in the case
of actions by or in the right of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court shall deem proper.
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The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and except as otherwise provided in the Company's amended and restated bylaws, none of the Company's directors shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for a breach of fiduciary duty. The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify each person who is or was or had agreed to become a director or
officer of the Company or who is or was serving or who had agreed to serve at the request of our Board of Directors or an officer of the Company as an employee or agent of the Company or as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee,
administrator, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise (including without limitation any employee benefit plan or any trust associated therewith), to the full extent
permitted from time to time by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws as presently or hereafter in effect. In addition to the indemnification provided for in the Company's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, the Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with certain of our directors and executive officers which may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
These indemnification agreements may require the Company, among other things, to indemnify it's directors and executive officers for some expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director
or executive officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his service as one of our directors or executive officers, or any of our subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request. The
Company believes that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as directors and executive officers.
The Company maintains a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy to insure our directors and officers against liability
for actions or omissions occurring in their capacity as a director or officer, subject to certain exclusions and limitations.
Item 7. Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made
to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on January 26, 2015.
INTELIQUENT, INC.
By:
/s/ G. Edward Evans
Name: G. Edward Evans
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints G. Edward Evans,
Kurt J. Abkemeier and Richard L. Monto, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his or her true and lawful attorney-in fact and agent, with full powers to each of them to sign for us, in our names and in
the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said
Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts and all capacities to sign any and all amendments.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 26, 2015.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Signature
Title
/s/ G. Edward Evans
G. Edward Evans
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Kurt J. Abkemeier
Kurt J. Abkemeier
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ James P. Hynes
James P. Hynes
Director
/s/ Rian J. Wren
Rian J. Wren
Director
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/s/ Lawrence M. Ingeneri
Lawrence M. Ingeneri
Director
/s/ Timothy A. Samples
Timothy A. Samples
Director
/s/ Edward M. Greenberg
Edward M. Greenberg
Director
/s/ Joseph A. Beatty
Joseph A. Beatty
Director
/s/ Lauren F. Wright
Lauren F. Wright
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (1)
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws (2)
4.3
Specimen certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock (3)
4.4
Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (4)
5.1
Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP with respect to the legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered hereby *
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP *
23.2
Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) *
24.1
Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of the Company to file future amendments (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement) *
*
Filed herewith.
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013
(File No. 001-33778)
and incorporated herein by
reference.
(2)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2013 (File No. 001-33778) and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-140127) and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
(File No. 001-33778)
and incorporated herein by
reference.
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