Attachment ACSC Transfer of Con

This document pretains to SCL-T/C-20131219-00017 for Transfer of Control on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ANTILLES CROSSING – ST. CROIX, INC. Application for Authority Pursuant to Cable Landing License Act for Transfer of Control File No. _________________ Transfer of Control Application Streamlined Processing Requested Pursuant to An Act Relating to the Landing and Operation of Submarine Cables in the United States1 and Section 1.767 of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) rules,2 Global Caribbean Fiber SAS (“GCF”) and Fibre Investments Holdings Limited IBC (“FIHL” and, together with GCF, “Applicants”) hereby request that the FCC consent to the transfer of control of Antilles Crossing – St. Croix, Inc. (“ACSC”), the holder of a submarine cable landing license to operate the Antilles Crossing private fiber-optic cable system (File No. SCL-LIC-20031125-00032),3 to FIHL. The License is operated on a non-common carrier basis, and the submarine cable provides connections between the U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, and Barbados. 1 47 U.S.C. §§ 34-39 (the “Cable Landing License Act”). 2 47 C.F.R. § 1.767. 3 Hereinafter, the license associated with the ACSC cable system will be referred to as “the License.” -1-

I. BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED TRANSACTION The application is being submitted pursuant to the terms of a Share and Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) between, on the one hand, GCF, the current owner of ACSC, and certain affiliates of GCF, and, on the other hand, FIHL, a newly-formed company organized under the laws of St. Lucia, and Digicel Investments France SAS (“DIF”), a newly-formed company organized under the laws of France and an affiliate of FIHL. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, GCF has agreed to sell to FIHL, and FIHL has agreed to purchase, all of GCF’s shares in ACSC, which owns the subsea portion of the Antilles Crossing system in U.S. territorial waters and the St. Croix cable landing station, and in AC (Barbados) IBC (“AC Barbados”), a Barbados international business company, and its direct subsidiary Antilles Crossing (St. Lucia) Limited (“AC St. Lucia”), a St. Lucia limited company that owns the subsea portion of the Antilles Crossing private fiber-optic cable system in St. Lucia’s territorial waters and the St. Lucia cable landing station and holds a license to provide telecommunications service in St. Lucia. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, GCF has agreed to sell to DIF, and DIF has agreed to purchase, control of other GCF operating companies that do not hold FCC licenses or authorizations, including (1) a 99.99% interest in AC Barbados LP (“ACBLP”),4 a Delaware limited partnership that owns the subsea portion of the Antilles Crossing private fiber-optic cable system in Barbados territorial waters and the Barbados cable landing station, (2) a 74.9% interest in Antilles Crossing LP (“ACLP”),5 a Delaware limited partnership that holds a license to provide telecommunications service in Barbados, and (3) a 99.99% interest in Antilles 4 The remaining 0.01% of ACBLP will continue to be held by GCC. 5 ACLP will continue to be held by LPH Telecom Limited (25%) and Global Caribbean Crossing SARL (“GCC”) (0.1%). DIF will own 100% of GCC. -2-

Crossing International, LP (“ACI”),6 a Delaware limited partnership that owns the subsea portions of the Antilles Crossing system in international waters. Through ACI, DIF will also acquire an indefeasible right of use (“IRU”) for a fiber pair on the network of Global Caribbean Network (“GCN”), another GCF subsidiary holding a submarine cable landing license issued by the FCC. As a result of this transaction, control of ACSC will transfer from GCF, ACSC’s current sole shareholder, to FIHL. Ownership and control of GCN will not be transferred by the proposed transaction.7 II. PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT Approval of the proposed transaction is in the public interest because it will assist FIHL’s affiliates (collectively, “Digicel”) in becoming more effective competitors in the provision of enhanced international voice capacity and improved broadband service delivery to the customers they serve across various markets. Digicel’s operations are heavily reliant on off-island fiber capacity to enable international call and termination services and broadband internet connectivity. Through FIHL’s acquisition of ACSC, Digicel will gain increased off-island capacity, which will enable it to better serve each of its markets and international communication service providers. III. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 1.767 OF THE FCC’S RULES In support of this Application and in accordance with Section 1.767(a)(11) of the FCC’s rules, the Applicants provide the following information: 6 The remaining 0.01% of ACI will continue to be held by GCC. 7 Upon closing, DIF will hold a call option which, upon exercise, will allow it to purchase 100% of GCF and thus to acquire indirect control of GCN. -3-

(1) Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Each Applicant a) Transferor Global Caribbean Fiber SAS Attn: Denis Lesueur Tour Secid, 6th Floor Place de la Renovation Point-a-Pitre, F-97110 Guadeloupe, French West Indies Phone: 590-590-90-11-85 Email: denis.lesueur@loret.net b) Transferee Fibre Investments Holdings Limited IBC Attn: Andy Thorburn First Floor, Financial Centre Bridge Street Castries, St. Lucia Phone: 876-619-5000 Email: andy.thorburn@digicelgroup.com c) Licensee Antilles Crossing – St. Croix, Inc. Attn: Attn: Denis Lesueur Tour Secid, 6th Floor Place de la Renovation Point-a-Pitre, F-97110 Guadeloupe, French West Indies Phone: 590-590-90-11-85 Email: denis.lesueur@loret.net (2) Government, State, or Territory Under the Laws of Which Each Applicant Is Organized GCF, a société par actions simplifiée organized under the laws of France, is at present jointly owned by (a) Auto-Guadeloupe Investissement, S.A. d/b/a Loret Group (“AGI”), a private limited company organized under the laws of France, and Outre-Mer Numérique Holding SAS, a société par actions simplifiée organized under the laws of France and a wholly owned AGI subsidiary (60% in the aggregate), and (b) Caribbean Fiber -4-

Holdings, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leucadia National Corporation (40%).8 FIHL, an international business company organized under the laws of St. Lucia, is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Digicel Investments Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of St. Lucia. ACSC is a corporation organized under the laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands. (3) Contact Information Copies of all pleadings, correspondence, notices, and other communications should also be sent to Applicants’ counsel as follows: For GCF: Attn: Denis Lesueur Tour Secid, 6th Floor Place de la Renovation Point-a-Pitre, F-97110 Guadeloupe, French West Indies Phone: 590-590-90-11-85 Email: denis.lesueur@loret.net With copies to: Eric Fishman Fishman Advisors PLLC 400 Central Park West #3R New York, NY 10025 Phone: 240-475-0620 Email: eric@fishmanadvisors.com For FIHL: Richard Fraser Chief Operating Officer Digicel (Jamaica) Limited 14 Ocean Boulevard Kingston, Jamaica, W.I. 8 Pursuant to a concurrently signed Stock Purchase Agreement, Leucadia National Corporation has agreed to sell to GCF, and GCF has agreed to purchase, Leucadia’s 40% share in GCF at the closing of the transaction. -5-

Phone: 876-878-0409 Email: richard.fraser@digicelgroup.com With copies to: Michael G. Jones Mia Guizzetti Hayes Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K St., NW Washington, DC 20010 Phone: 202-303-1141 202-303-1197 Fax: 202-303-2141 202-303-2197 Email: mjones@willkie.com mhayes@willkie.com (4)–(7) are inapplicable to this transfer of control application. (8) Certification and Ownership Information Required by Section 1.767(8), including Sections 63.18(h)-(k) and (o) of the FCC’s Rules Information requested by Section 63.18(h): Following the proposed transaction, ACSC will be directly and wholly owned by FIHL. Information regarding FIHL’s 10% or greater direct or indirect shareholders is as follows: Name/Address %Held Citizenship Principal Business Direct Owner of Fibre Investments Holdings Limited IBC: Fibre Investments Ltd (St. Lucia) IBC 100% St. Lucia Telecommunications First Floor, Financial Centre Bridge Street Castries, St. Lucia Direct Owner of Fibre Investments Ltd (St. Lucia) IBC: Digicel International Finance Limited 100% St. Lucia Telecommunications Pointe Seraphine Castries, St. Lucia -6-

Name/Address %Held Citizenship Principal Business Direct Owner of Digicel International Finance Limited: Digicel Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd 100% Bermuda Telecommunications 7 Church Street Hamilton, Bermuda Direct Owner of Digicel Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd: Digicel Limited 100% Bermuda Telecommunications Church Street Hamilton, Bermuda Direct Owner of Digicel Limited: Digicel Group Limited 100% Bermuda Telecommunications 7 Church Street Hamilton, Bermuda Direct Owner of Digicel Group Limited: Digicel Investments Limited 99.9% Bermuda Telecommunications 7 Church Street Hamilton, Bermuda Direct Owner of Digicel Investments Limited: Mr. Denis O’Brien 100% Ireland Telecommunications Flat 6, Suite F, 60 Tigne Street Sliema, SLM 3172 Malta Interlocking Directorates With Foreign Carriers: Seamus Lynch is a Director of Digicel USA, Inc., which holds an International Section 214 authorization (File No. ITC- 214-20031031-00520). (Digicel USA, Inc. is an affiliate of FIHL, but does not own a direct or indirect interest in FIHL.) Mr. Lynch also holds the position of Director in Digicel (Jamaica) Limited, Digicel (Samoa) Limited, Digicel (Tonga) Limited, Digicel (Nauru) Corporation, and Digicel (Fiji) Limited, each of which is an affiliate of Digicel -7-

USA, and which provide telecommunications services in Jamaica, Samoa, Tonga, Nauru and Fiji, respectively, under the trade name “Digicel.” Richard Fraser is a Director of Digicel USA, Inc. and also holds the position of Company Secretary in Digicel (Jamaica) Limited, which provides telecommunications services in Jamaica under the trade name “Digicel.” Information requested by Section 1.767(8) and Section 63.18(i): FIHL certifies that it is not a foreign carrier within the meaning of Section 63.09(d) of the FCC’s rules. FIHL is affiliated with the following foreign carriers: Foreign Carrier Affiliate Country Digicel (Jamaica) Limited Jamaica Digicel (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited Trinidad and Tobago Digicel Unigestion Holding S. A. (t/a Digicel Haiti) Republic of Haiti Antigua Wireless Ventures Limited Antigua Antillano Por N.V. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Curacao Telecom NV Curacao Digicel Antilles Francaises Guyane Martinique Digicel (Barbados) Limited Barbados Digicel (Cayman) Limited Cayman Digicel (Grenada) Limited Grenada Digicel (Nauru) Corporation Nauru Digicel Panama S.A. Panama Digicel (St. Lucia) Limited St. Lucia Digicel (St. Vincent) Limited St. Vincent Digicel (Suriname) Limited Suriname Digicel (Turks & Caicos) Limited Turks and Caicos Islands Digicel, Sociedad Anonima De Capital Variable (Digicel S.A. De El Salvador C.V.) New Millenium Telecom Services NV (t/a Digicel Aruba) Aruba Telecommunications Bermuda & West Indies Limited (t/a Digicel Bermuda Bermuda) -8-

Foreign Carrier Affiliate Country U-Mobile (Cellular) Inc. (t/a Digicel Guyana) Guyana Wireless Ventures (Anguilla) Limited * (t/a Digicel Anguilla) Anguilla Wireless Ventures (Dominica) Limited * (t/a Digicel Dominica) Dominica Wireless Ventures (St. Kitts & Nevis) Limited - St. Kitts & Nevis (Digicel St. Kitts & Nevis) Digicel FIJI Limited Fiji Digicel Papua New Guinea (PNG) Limited Papua New Guinea Digicel Vanautu Ltd Vanuatu Digicel Tonga Ltd Tonga Digicel Samoa LTD Samoa Digicel (BVI) Limited British Virgin Islands Oceanic Digital Jamaica Limited Jamaica As noted above, following the proposed transaction through which FIHL will acquire control of ACSC, FIHL will also acquire control of AC Barbados, a Barbados international business company, and its direct subsidiary AC St. Lucia, a St. Lucia limited company that owns the subsea portion of the Antilles Crossing system in St. Lucia’s territorial waters and the St. Lucia cable landing station. An affiliate of FIHL, DIF, will acquire control of the following foreign carriers: • ACLP, a Delaware limited partnership that holds a license to provide telecommunications service in Barbados; • Middle Caribbean Network SAS, a société par actions simplifiée organized under the laws of France that operates a fiber optic submarine cable network with landing stations in Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique; and • Southern Caribbean Fiber SAS (“SCF”), a société par actions simplifiée organized under the laws of France that operates a fiber optic cable network with landing -9-

stations in Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad, Barbados, and Antigua. Information requested by Sections 63.18(j) and (k): FIHL seeks to provide international telecommunications services to two countries, St. Lucia and Barbados, where its ultimate controlling parent, Digicel Investments Limited, controls foreign carriers. Specifically, FIHL is affiliated with Digicel (St. Lucia) Limited and Digicel (Barbados) Limited, which provide mobile voice, data, and broadband services in St. Lucia and Barbados, respectively.9 Following the proposed transaction, FIHL will be affiliated with the following foreign carriers in countries where the Antilles Crossing submarine cable lands: • AC St. Lucia, which owns the subsea portion of the Antilles Crossing system in St. Lucia’s territorial waters and the St. Lucia cable landing station and holds a license to provide telecommunications service in St. Lucia; • ACLP, which holds a license to provide telecommunications service in Barbados; and • SCF, which operates a fiber optic cable network with landing stations in St. Lucia and Barbados. Both St. Lucia and Barbados are members of the World Trade Organization. In both St. Lucia and Barbados, Digicel (St. Lucia) Limited, Digicel (Barbados) Limited, AC St. Lucia, ACLP, and SCF hold less than fifty percent market share in the international transport and local access markets. Moreover, Digicel (St. Lucia) Limited, Digicel (Barbados) 9 ACSC has notified the FCC of proposed affiliations with Digicel (St. Lucia) Limited and Digicel (Barbados) Limited in a Section 1.768 foreign carrier affiliation notice filed concurrently with this application. ACSC previously notified the FCC of affiliations with Antilles Crossing LP in Barbados and Antilles Crossing (Saint Lucia) Limited in St. Lucia (File No. FCN-NEW-20051116-00038) and Southern Caribbean Fiber SAS in Barbados and St. Lucia (File No. FCN-NEW-20070621-00043). - 10 -

Limited, AC St. Lucia, ACLP, and SCF do not appear on the FCC’s list of foreign telecommunications carriers presumed to possess market power in foreign telecommunications markets. Therefore, FIHL qualifies for a presumption of non- dominance pursuant to Sections 63.12(c) and 63.10(a)(3) of the FCC’s rules. Information requested by Section 63.18(o): FIHL certifies, pursuant to Sections 1.2001 through 1.2003 of the FCC’s rules, that neither it, nor any of its affiliates, nor any officer or director of it or its affiliates is subject to a denial of Federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1998, 21 U.S.C. § 853a. (9) Certification of Compliance with Routine Conditions FIHL certifies that it accepts and will abide by the routine conditions set forth in Section 1.767(g) of the FCC’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(g). IV. ELIGIBILITY FOR STREAMLINED PROCESSING Pursuant to Section 1.767(i) of the FCC’s rules, Applicants request streamlined processing of the instant Application. The Application is eligible for streamlined processing pursuant to Section 1.767(k)(1) of the FCC’s rules because, as described in Section III of this application, FIHL qualifies for a presumption of non-dominance pursuant to Sections 63.12(c) and 63.10(a)(3) of the FCC’s rules. FIHL’s current and future affiliates in St. Lucia and Barbados, the foreign countries where the submarine cable lands, hold less than fifty percent market share in the international transport and local access markets. V. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Applicants respectfully request that the FCC grant this application and request for streamlined treatment. - 11 -

Respectfully submitted, Global Caribbean Fiber SAS By: /s/ Denis Lesueur Denis Lesueur President and Fibre Investments Holdings Limited IBC By: /s/ Tom Reynolds Tom Reynolds Group General Counsel December 19, 2013 - 12 -

Pre-Transaction Structure Global Caribbean Fiber SAS (France) 99.99% 100% 100% 74.9% 99.99% 99% Antilles Crossing St. Croix, Inc. AC (Barbados) IBC Antilles Crossing International, LP* Antilles Crossing LP** Global Caribbean Crossing SARL AC Barbados LP* (U.S.) (Barbados) (U.S.) (U.S.) (France) (U.S.) 100% Antilles Crossing (St. Lucia) Limited (St. Lucia) *Global Caribbean Crossing SARL holds the remaining 0.01% interest. **Global Caribbean Crossing SARL holds a 0.1% interest.

Mr. Denis O’Brien (Ireland) 100% Post-Transaction Digicel Investments Limited Structure (Bermuda) 99.94% Digicel Group Limited (Bermuda) 100% Digicel Limited (Bermuda) 100% Digicel Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd (Bermuda) 100% Digicel International Finance Ltd (St. Lucia) IBC (St. Lucia) 100% Digicel Holdings Ltd (Barbados) IBC 100% 0.1% (Barbados) 99.9% Fibre Investments Ltd (St. Lucia) IBC Digicel Investments NL Cooperative U.A. (St. Lucia) (Netherlands) 100% 100% Fibre Investments Holdings Ltd IBC Digicel Investments France SAS (St. Lucia) (France) 99.99% 99.99% 100% 100% 74.9% 99% Antilles Crossing St. Croix, Inc. AC (Barbados) IBC Antilles Crossing International, LP* Antilles Crossing LP** Global Caribbean Crossing SARL AC Barbados LP* (U.S.) (Barbados) (U.S.) (U.S.) (France) (U.S.) 100% Antilles Crossing (St. Lucia) Limited (St. Lucia) *Global Caribbean Crossing SARL holds the remaining 0.01% interest. **Global Caribbean Crossing SARL holds a 0.1% interest.

Certificate of Service I, Mia Guizzetti Hayes, do hereby certify that I have on this 19th day of December, 2013, caused a copy of the foregoing “Application for Authority Pursuant to Cable Landing License Act for Transfer of Control” to be served by first class mail or electronic mail (*designates electronic mail service only) upon the following: U.S. Coordinator, EB/CIP U.S. Department of State 2201 C St., N.W. Washington, DC 20520-5818 Office of Chief Counsel National Telecommunications & Information Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 14th St. & Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20230 Defense Information Systems Agency ATTN: GC/DO1 6910 Cooper Ave. Fort Meade, MD 20755-7088 * David Krech david.krech@fcc.gov * George Li george.li@fcc.gov * Jodi Cooper jodi.cooper@fcc.gov * Adrienne Downs adrienne.downs@fcc.gov International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, DC 20554 /s/ Mia Guizzetti Hayes Mia Guizzetti Hayes


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