EXHIBIT 10.6
Confidential Treatment has been requested with respect to portions of the
agreement indicated with an asterisk [*]. A complete copy of this agreement,
including the redacted terms, has been separately filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
E-COMMERCE VENTURE AGREEMENT
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This Amendment No 1 to E-Commerce Venture Agreement (the "Amendment") is
made and entered into on this 14th day of May, 1999, by and between GLOBAL
SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation ("GSI"), and THE SPORTS
AUTHORITY, INC., a Delaware corporation ("TSA").
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to that certain E-Commerce Venture
Agreement dated May 7, 1999 (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement as set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendments. Sections 2.11, 3.3, 9.2(e) and 11.2 of the Agreement and
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the definition of "Fair Market Value" contained in Section 9.5 of the Agreement
are amended in their entirety to read as follows:
2.11 "Net Sales" shall mean as defined by GAAP in the United
States.
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3.3. Initial Capital Contributions. The Certificate of
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Incorporation of XXX.xxx shall authorize the issuance of up to
16,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, and no
other class of equity securities. The Parties agree to cause
XXX.xxx to issue and sell to (i) GSI 8,001 shares of XXX.xxx
common stock for the aggregate cash purchase price of $[*], (ii)
TSA 1,999 shares of XXX.xxx common stock for the aggregate cash
purchase price of $[*] and (iii) TSA 6,000 shares of XXX.xxx
common stock in consideration of the Names (as defined and
provided for in the License Agreement) provided that such 6,000
shares shall only be issued and delivered, on or after February
1, 2002, promptly after the first to occur of the following: (a)
TSA"s gross revenues for any TSA fiscal year, commencing with
fiscal year 2001 and fiscal years thereafter, shall exceed $[*]
or (b) XXX.xxx"s operating income
(excluding extraordinary items) for any XXX.xxx Fiscal Year,
commencing with Fiscal Year 2001 and Fiscal Years thereafter,
shall exceed $[*].
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9.2 (e):
(e) TSA shall have the option to terminate this
Agreement in the event that (i) either XXX.xxx"s operating
income, excluding extraordinary items of income or expense, for
the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2009 shall be less than [*]%
of XXX.xxx"s Net Sales for the Fiscal Year ended December 31,
2009, or (ii) XXX.xxx"s Net Sales for the Fiscal Year ended
December 31, 2009 and determined in accordance with GAAP, shall
be less than $[*]. In order to exercise such option to terminate
this Agreement, TSA shall give GSI written notice of termination
during the period commencing January 1, 2010 and ending 30 days
after final XXX.xxx financial statements for the Fiscal year
ended December 31, 2009 are delivered to TSA. The Parties agree
to cause such financial statements to be prepared and delivered
to TSA prior to February 15, 2010.
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11.2. Exclusive.
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(a) During the term of this Agreement (i) TSA and
its Subsidiaries agree not to engage in the E-Commerce Business
except as permitted under Section 2.6(a) of the License
Agreement, except that if TSA acquires another business selling
sporting goods, athletic footwear and/or athletic apparel and
related goods and services either through land based stores or
through catalog sales which is engaged in e-commerce business,
TSA can continue to operate the e-commerce business of the
acquired business until such time, if ever, that TSA changes 50%
or more of the acquired business"s land based stores to stores
operating under the name "The Sports Authority" or any variation
thereof, or changes the catalog name to "The Sports Authority" or
any variation thereof, (ii) GSI agrees not to engage in and
XXX.xxx shall not engage in the sale of goods over the Internet
as a shareholder, partner or investor in any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity or venture
which generates in excess of 20% of its revenues from the sale of
sporting goods, athletic footwear and athletic apparel (other
than with TJX Companies, Inc., Xxxx Stores, Inc. and any other
such party which does not engage in the sale of sporting goods,
athletic footwear and athletic apparel in the United States,
Canada, Japan, any other nation in which the predominant language
is English or any other nation in which TSA, any of its
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Subsidiaries or any corporation, LLC or other entity or venture in which
TSA has more than a 19% interest engages in the sale of sporting goods,
athletic footwear and athletic apparel or has announced its intention to
commence doing so within six months and in fact does so) (the foregoing
shall not prevent GSI from taking the actions permitted in Section
11.2(b)).
(b) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 0, 0000, XXX agrees to devote its e-commerce
related activities to developing the TSA Site and the sites of other
retailers which have executed e-commerce services agreements with GSI prior
to the date of this Agreement, provided that (i) GSI may enter into
additional e-commerce services or e-commerce license agreements with other
retailers of sporting goods, athletic footwear or athletic apparel, (ii)
GSI may not commence providing any services to develop any web site for
such retailers until after the Launch Date (as defined in the E-Commerce
Agreement) and (iii) GSI may not launch any web site for such retailers
prior to January 1, 2000.
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"Fair Market Value" of the XXX.xxx common stock held by the Seller
means (A) the value of the XXX.xxx common stock, considering XXX.xxx as a
going concern being sold as an entirety, taking into account net worth,
past, present and prospective earnings and cash flow, market conditions and
prices paid in previous acquisitions of similar businesses and specific
valuations given to Internet-related business and considering XXX.xxx as if
XXX.xxx owned the Customer Data, multiplied by (B) the percentage of the
XXX.xxx common stock held by the Seller.
2. Deletions. The penultimate sentence of Section 3.5 and all of Section
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3.6 of the Agreement are hereby deleted.
3. Continuing Effect. Except to the extent expressly amended pursuant to
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this Amendment, the parties agree that each of the provisions of the Amendment
remain in full force and effect.
4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts and both
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such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Amendment to be executed
on the date first above written.
GLOBAL SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Title:
THE SPORTS AUTHORITY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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