EXHIBIT 10.6
 
FORM OF SWINGLINE NOTE
 
$5,000,000.00
Atlanta, Georgia
 
October 21, 2010

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, EASYLINK SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to
SUNTRUST BANK (the “Swingline Lender”) or its registered assigns, at the office
of SunTrust Bank (“SunTrust”) at 303 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30308, on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (as defined in the Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of October 21, 2010, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the
“Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the several banks and other
financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto (the
“Lenders”) and SunTrust, as administrative agent for the Lenders), the lesser of
the principal sum of FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00) and the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by the Swingline
Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in lawful money of the
United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest
from the date hereof on the principal amount thereof from time to time
outstanding, in like funds, at said office, at the rate or rates per annum and
payable on such dates as provided in the Credit Agreement.  In addition, should
legal action or an attorney-at-law be utilized to collect any amount due
hereunder, the Borrower further promises to pay all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket costs of collection, including the reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees actually incurred by the Swingline Lender.
 
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, at the rate or rates provided in
the Credit Agreement.
 
All Borrowings evidenced by this Swingline Note and all payments and prepayments
of the principal hereof and the date thereof shall be endorsed by the holder
hereof on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a
continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or
otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided, that the
failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such
notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make the payments
of principal and interest in accordance with the terms of this Swingline Note
and the Credit Agreement.
 
This Swingline Note is issued in connection with, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Credit Agreement which, among other things, contains provisions
for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain
events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and
for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all
upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
 
(Signature on following page)
 
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THIS SWINGLINE NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
 

 
EASYLINK SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation
       
By:
   
Name: 
   
Title:
       
[CORPORATE SEAL]

 
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LOANS AND PAYMENTS
 
Date
Amount and
Type of Loan
Payments of
Principal
Unpaid
Principal
Balance of
Note
Name of Person 
Making
Notation
                                                                               
                                                                               

 
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