ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and among LUBY’S, INC., FUDDRUCKERS, INC., MAGIC BRANDS, LLC, ATLANTIC RESTAURANT VENTURES, INC., R. WES, INC., FUDDRUCKERS OF HOWARD COUNTY, LLC and FUDDRUCKERS OF WHITE MARSH, LLC
by
and among
XXXX’X,
INC.,
FUDDRUCKERS,
INC.,
MAGIC
BRANDS, LLC,
ATLANTIC
RESTAURANT VENTURES, INC.,
R.
XXX, INC.,
FUDDRUCKERS
OF XXXXXX COUNTY, LLC
and
FUDDRUCKERS
OF WHITE XXXXX, LLC
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Article I
DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1
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Certain
Definitions
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2
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1.2
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Terms Defined
Elsewhere in this Agreement
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8
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1.3
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Other Definitional and
Interpretive Matters
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10
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Article II PURCHASE
AND SALE OF ASSETS; ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
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11
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2.1
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Purchase and Sale of
Assets
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11
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2.2
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Excluded
Assets
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13
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2.3
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Assumption of
Liabilities
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14
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2.4
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Excluded
Liabilities
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15
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2.5
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Assignment of
Contracts and Leases
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16
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2.6
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Further Conveyances
and Assumption
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17
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Article III
CONSIDERATION
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17
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3.1
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Purchase
Price
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3.2
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Purchase Price
Deposit
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Article IV CLOSING AND
TERMINATION
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18
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4.1
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Closing
Date
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18
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4.2
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Deliveries by the
Sellers
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18
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4.3
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Deliveries by the
Purchaser
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18
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4.4
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Termination of
Agreement
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19
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4.5
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Procedure Upon
Termination
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20
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4.6
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Effect of
Termination
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20
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Article V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
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20
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5.1
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Organization and Good
Standing
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20
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5.2
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Authorization of
Agreement
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21
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5.3
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Conflicts; Consents of
Third Parties
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21
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5.4
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Title to Purchased
Assets
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22
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5.5
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Taxes
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22
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5.6
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Purchased Intellectual
Property
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22
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5.7
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Permits
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22
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5.8
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Environmental
Matters
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23
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5.9
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Employee
Benefits
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24
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5.10
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Litigation
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24
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5.11
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Material
Contracts
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24
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5.12
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Property
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25
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5.13
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Financial
Statements
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25
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5.14
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Brokers
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26
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5.15
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Employees
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26
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5.16
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Related Party
Transactions
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27
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5.17
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Franchise
Matters
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27
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5.18
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Customer
Programs
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28
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5.19
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No Other
Representations or Warranties; Schedules
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28
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Article VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
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28
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6.1
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Organization and Good
Standing
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28
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6.2
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Authorization of
Agreement
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28
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6.3
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Conflicts; Consents of
Third Parties
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29
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6.4
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Brokers
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6.5
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Condition of the
Purchased Assets
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6.6
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Communications
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30
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6.7
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The Debtors' Privacy
Policy
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Article VII BANKRUPTCY
COURT MATTERS
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30
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7.1
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Competing
Transaction
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30
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7.2
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Submission to
Bankruptcy Court
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30
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7.3
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Sale
Order
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30
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7.4
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Lease
Designation.
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Article VIII
COVENANTS
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31
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8.1
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Access to
Information
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31
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8.2
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Conduct Pending the
Closing
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8.3
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Consents; Liquor
Licenses
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8.4
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Further
Assurances
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8.5
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Preservation of
Records
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8.6
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Publicity
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32
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8.7
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Schedules and
Exhibits
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8.8
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Payment of
Taxes
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8.9
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Motions, Orders,
etc
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8.10
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Recurring
Charges
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8.11
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Adequate
Assurance
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8.12
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Bulk
Sales
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Article IX EMPLOYEES
AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
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9.1
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Transferred and
Retained Employees
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9.2
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Employment Tax
Reporting
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Article X CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
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10.1
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Conditions Precedent
to Obligations of the Purchaser
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10.2
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Conditions Precedent
to Obligations of the Sellers
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39
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10.3
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Conditions Precedent
to Obligations of the Purchaser and the Sellers
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10.4
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Frustration of Closing
Conditions
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Article XI
TAXES
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40
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11.1
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Allocation of
Taxes
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40
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11.2
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Purchase Price
Allocation
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11.3
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Tax
Reporting
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11.4
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Cooperation and
Audits
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Article XII
MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1
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No Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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12.2
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Expenses
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12.3
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Injunctive
Relief
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12.4
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Submission to
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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12.5
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Waiver of Right to
Trial by Jury
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42
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12.6
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Entire Agreement;
Amendments and Waivers
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42
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12.7
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Governing
Law
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42
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12.8
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Notices
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42
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12.9
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Severability
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43
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12.10
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Assignment
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44
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12.11
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Counterparts
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This
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is
entered into and dated as of June 23, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), by
and among Xxxx’x, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”),
Fuddruckers, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Fuddruckers”), Magic
Brands, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Magic”, and together
with Fuddruckers, collectively, the “Company”), Atlantic
Restaurant Ventures, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“ARVI,” and together
with each of Magic and Fuddruckers, the “Debtors”), R. Xxx,
Inc., a Texas corporation (“R. Wes”), Fuddruckers
of Xxxxxx County, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“Xxxxxx County”), and
Fuddruckers of White Xxxxx, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“White Xxxxx,” and
together with R. Wes and Xxxxxx County, the “Non-Debtor Sellers,”
and the Non-Debtor Sellers together with the Debtors, each a “Seller” and,
collectively, the “Sellers”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Sellers are engaged in the business of (i) owning, managing and operating
the chain of Seller-owned restaurants operating under the trade name
“Fuddruckers” in the United States, (ii) franchising the right to operate
Fuddruckers restaurants using the Fuddruckers “System”, and (iii) owning,
managing and operating the chain of restaurants operating under the trade name
“Xxx Xxx Roo” in the United States (the aforementioned Fuddruckers and Xxx Xxx
Roo businesses are collectively referred to as the “Business”);
WHEREAS,
on April 21, 2010, each of the Debtors filed a voluntary petition for relief
(the “Bankruptcy
Case”) under chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C.
§§ 101-1532 (as amended, the “Bankruptcy Code”) in
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy
Court”);
WHEREAS,
on May 18, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered an Order (the “Bidding Procedures
Order”) (I) Approving Bidding Procedures for the Sale of Assets Free and
Clear of All Liens, Claims, Interests and Encumbrances pursuant to Section 363
of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Bidding Procedures”),
(II) Approving Certain Bidding Protections, (III) Approving the Form and Manner
of Notice of the Sale and Assumption and Assignment of Executory Contracts and
Unexpired Leases and (IV) Scheduling an Auction and Sale Hearing;
WHEREAS,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Purchaser
desires to purchase from the Sellers, and the Sellers desire to sell to the
Purchaser, substantially all of the Sellers’ assets (other than the Excluded
Assets (as defined below)) in exchange for the payment to the Sellers of the
Purchase Price (as defined below) and the assumption by the Purchaser of certain
of the Sellers’ liabilities and obligations;
WHEREAS,
the Debtors believe, following consultation with their financial advisors and
consideration of available alternatives, that, in light of the current
circumstances, a sale of their assets is necessary to maximize value and is in
the best interest of the Debtors and their creditors; and
WHEREAS,
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Transactions”) are
subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court and would be consummated only
pursuant to a Sale Order (as defined below) to be entered by the Bankruptcy
Court and applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
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NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, and intending to be
bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 or in
other Sections of this Agreement, as identified in the chart in Section
1.2:
“Acquired Location”
means each Location that is (i) Owned Real Property, or (ii) subject to an
Assumed Lease other than a Location subject to an Assumed Lease and that is
subleased to a Franchisee.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person, and the term “control” (including
the terms “controlled
by” and “under
common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“Asset Price” means
(a) Sixty One Million Dollars ($61,000,000.00), or (b) in the event that the
Purchaser elects to remove the Pepsi Contract from Schedule 2.1(b)(vii)
such that the Pepsi Contract is not an Assumed Contract hereunder, Sixty Three
Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($63,450,000.00).
“Assumed Executory
Contracts” means all Assumed Contracts and Assumed Leases.
“Business Day” means
any day of the year on which national banking institutions in New York are open
to the public for conducting business and are not required or authorized by Law
to close.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Contract(s)” means
any contract, indenture, note, bond, lease, license, purchase or sale order,
warranties, commitments, franchises, or other written or oral agreement, other
than a Lease, in each case to which a Seller is a party and that is related or
beneficial to the Business.
“Cure Costs” means
monetary amounts that must be paid and nonmonetary obligations that otherwise
must be satisfied, including pursuant to Sections 365(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the
Bankruptcy Code, in connection with the assumption and/or assignment of the
Assumed Executory Contracts, including any amounts payable in
connection with the assumption and assignment of the Spirit Lease.
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“Customer Programs”
means all outstanding gift certificates and gift cards relating to the Business,
and all customer loyalty and rewards programs offered with respect to the
Business, including, without limitation, the “Fudds Club”.
“Debtor's DIP Lender”
means Xxxxx Fargo Capital Finance, Inc.
“Development
Agreement” shall mean any master license agreement, master franchise
agreement, multi-unit development agreement, or other agreement pursuant to
which a Franchisee has the right to develop, and/or grant subfranchises or
sublicenses to third parties to develop, multiple Fuddruckers or Fudds Express
Restaurants in a specified territory, including, without limitation, the
Development Agreements described in the current FDD.
“Documents” means all
files, documents, instruments, papers, books, reports, records, tapes,
microfilms, photographs, letters, budgets, forecasts, ledgers, journals,
regulatory filings, operating data and plans, technical documentation,
Intellectual Property records, advertising, marketing and sales documentation
(sales brochures, flyers, pamphlets, web pages, catalogues, etc.), franchise
documentation, personnel files, training and other manuals, maintenance records
and drawings, architectural plans and designs, Tax Returns, financial
statements, supplier lists, title policies, surveys and deeds in the possession
or control of a Seller and relating to the Purchased Assets whether in written
or electronic form.
“Employee Benefit
Plans” means each deferred compensation and each bonus or other incentive
compensation, stock purchase, stock option and other equity compensation plan,
program, agreement or arrangement; each severance or termination pay, medical,
surgical, hospitalization, life insurance and other “welfare” plan, fund or
program (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA); each profit-sharing,
stock bonus or other “pension” plan, fund or program (within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of ERISA); each employment, termination, change in control,
retention or severance plan, agreement or arrangement; and each other employee
benefit plan, fund, program, agreement or arrangement, in each case, that is
sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by the
Company, the Sellers or any of their ERISA Affiliates, or to which the Company,
the Sellers or any of their ERISA Affiliates is a party for the benefit of any
employee or former employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Employees” means all
individuals, as of the Effective Date, who are employed by any of the
Sellers.
“Encumbrances” means
any security interest, lien, collateral assignment, right of setoff, debt,
obligation, liability, pledge, levy, charge, escrow, encumbrance, option, right
of first refusal, transfer restriction, conditional sale contract, title
retention contract, mortgage, lease, deed of trust, hypothecation, indenture,
security agreement, easement, servitude, proxy, voting trust or agreement,
transfer restriction under any shareholder or similar agreement, or any other
agreement, arrangement, contract, commitment, understanding or obligation of any
kind whatsoever, whether written or oral.
“Environmental Laws”
means all federal, state and local Laws relating to pollution or protection of
human health, safety, or the environment from pollution, including, without
limitation, laws relating to releases or threatened releases of Hazardous
Substances into the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land, surface and subsurface strata).
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“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate”
means any entity that with the subject Person is:
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(a)
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a
member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section
414(b) of the Code;
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(b)
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a
member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the
meaning of Section 414(c) of the
Code;
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(c)
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a
member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m)
of the Code; or
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(d)
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a
member of a group of organizations required to be aggregated under Section
414(o) of the Code.
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“Excluded Contract”
means any Contract that is not an Assumed Contract.
“Excluded Executory
Agreement” means any Excluded Contract and/or Excluded
Lease.
“Excluded Lease” means
any Lease that is not an Assumed Lease.
“Excluded Location”
means a Location that is not an Acquired Location.
“Excluded Matter”
means: (i) any material change in the financial or stock markets in the United
States; (ii) any material change that generally affects the industry in which
the Sellers operate; (iii) any material change arising in connection with any
natural disaster or calamity, acts of God, any national or international
political or social conditions, including the declaration by the United States
of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist
attack upon the United States, or any of its territories, possessions, or
diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation, equipment or
personnel of the United States; (iv) any change in applicable Laws or GAAP or
the interpretation thereof; (v) any actions required by Law; (vi) any change
resulting from the Transactions or the public announcement thereof; (vii) any
change resulting from the commencement or continuation of the Bankruptcy Case;
or (viii) any actions taken by the Sellers pursuant to (or as contemplated by)
orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the Bankruptcy Case or otherwise with
the Purchaser’s prior written consent.
“FDD” means the
franchise disclosure document prepared in accordance with the FTC Rule (or its
predecessor) or any applicable Franchise Law.
“Final Order” means an
order of a court of competent jurisdiction as to which the time to file an
appeal, a motion for rehearing or reconsideration or a petition for writ of
certiorari has expired and no such appeal, motion or petition is
pending.
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“Franchise” means any
relationship between any Seller and any other Person which constitutes a
“franchise,” as that term is defined under (a) the FTC Rule, regardless of the
jurisdiction in which the franchised business is located or operates; or (b) the
Franchise Law applicable in the jurisdiction in which the franchised business is
located or operates, if any.
“Franchise Agreement”
means (a) any oral or written agreements pursuant to which any Seller grants or
has granted any Franchise or the right or option (whether or not subject to
certain qualifications or conditions) to acquire any Franchise, together with
any guarantee or other material instrument or agreement relating thereto (for
example, any lease or sublease); and (b) that certain Fuddruckers Trademark and
Technology User Agreement dated as of November 19, 1997 by and between
Fuddruckers, Inc. and Fuddruckers-EMA E.C., as amended. As used in this
Agreement, Franchise Agreement includes Development Agreements.
“Franchise Law” means
the FTC Rule, any other Law regulating the offer and/or sale of Franchises,
business opportunities or seller-assisted marketing plans, and any Law that
regulates the relationship of the parties to a Franchise Agreement in the area
of transfer, termination or non-renewal of a Franchise Agreement.
“Franchisee” means a
Person who is a party to a Franchise Agreement with any Seller.
“FTC Rule” means the
Federal Trade Commission trade regulation rule entitled “Disclosure Requirements
and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising,” 16 C.F.R Section 436.1 et seq.
“Furniture and
Equipment” means all furniture, fixtures, furnishings, equipment,
machinery, computer hardware, tools and tooling, supplies, vehicles, leasehold
improvements, and other tangible personal property owned or used by any of the
Sellers in the conduct of the Business.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied
throughout the specified period.
“Governmental Body”
means any government or governmental or regulatory body thereof, or political
subdivision thereof, whether foreign, federal, state, or local, or any agency,
instrumentality or authority thereof, or any court or arbitrator (public or
private).
“Hazardous Substances”
means any chemical, mixture, waste, substance, material, pollutant, or
contaminant, including without limitation petroleum, asbestos and
asbestos-containing materials, with respect to which liability or standards of
conduct are imposed under any Environmental Laws.
“HSR Act” means the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
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“Intellectual
Property” means all intellectual property arising from or in respect of
the following: (i) all patents and applications therefor, (ii) all trademarks,
service marks, trade names, service names, brand names, all trade dress rights,
logos, Internet domain names and general intangibles of a like nature, together
with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications,
registrations and renewals thereof, (iii) copyrights and registrations and
applications therefor, (iv) inventions, trade secrets and confidential business
information, whether patentable or nonpatentable and whether or not reduced to
practice, know-how, manufacturing and product processes and techniques, research
and development information, copyrightable works, financial, marketing and
business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and
customer and supplier lists and information, (v) all computer software, data and
documentation, (vi) other proprietary rights relating to any of the foregoing
subsections (i) through (v), including remedies against infringements thereof
and rights of protection of interest therein under the Laws of all
jurisdictions, and (vii) all rights to xxx for and collect damages for past
infringement of any of the foregoing subsections (i) through (vi).
“Inventory” shall mean
all inventories, including raw materials, food and beverage (alcoholic and
non-alcoholic) inventories, linens, tableware, glasses, smallwares, dishes,
ingredients, finished product and administrative, cleaning and other supplies
and materials.
“Knowledge of the
Sellers” means the actual knowledge, after due inquiry, of those
individuals listed on Schedule
1.1(k).
“Law” means any
federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, code, ordinance, rule or
regulation or common law requirement.
“Lease(s)” means all
unexpired and previously unterminated leases, subleases, licenses or other
agreements, in each case, pursuant to which the Sellers hold or use any Leased
Real Property, including all amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties or
other agreements with respect thereto.
“Legal Proceeding”
means any judicial, administrative or arbitral actions, suits, proceedings
(public or private) or claims, or any proceedings by or before a Governmental
Body.
“Liability” means any
debt, liability or obligation (whether direct or indirect, known or unknown,
absolute or contingent, accrued or not accrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or
due or to become due), and including all costs and expenses relating
thereto.
“Locations” means all
of the locations listed on Schedule
1.1(l).
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on or change in the Purchased
Assets, taken as a whole, other than to the extent such effect or change results
from or relates to an Excluded Matter; provided, however, that the act
of filing a case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code by any Seller does not
and shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
“Minnesota Locations”
means the two (2) locations listed on Schedule
1.1(m).
“Minnesota Leases”
means the two (2) leases listed on Schedule
1.1(m).
“Order” means any
order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, writ, assessment or arbitration
award of a Governmental Body.
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“Pepsi Contract” means
that certain Fountain Beverage Sales Agreement between Pepsi-Cola Fountain
Company, Inc. and Fuddruckers International, LLC, on behalf of itself and its
various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including, without limitation,
Fuddruckers.
“Permits” means any
approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, permits or certificates of a
Governmental Body, including, without limitation, liquor licenses.
“Permitted Exceptions”
means, with respect to any of the property or assets of the Sellers, whether
owned as of the Effective Date or thereafter, (i) all defects, exceptions,
restrictions, easements, rights of way and encumbrances of record of such
property or asset and which either (x) are listed on Schedule B to the title
policies listed on Schedule 1.1(p), (y)
would not individually (or in the aggregate with others) be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on the use or enjoyment of such asset, or (z)
a title insurer has agreed to affirmatively insure against loss caused thereby
in the applicable title policy by way of ALTA coverage or other affirmative
coverage (except that the Sellers shall be obligated to remove mortgages, deeds
of trust and other Encumbrances of a definite and ascertainable amount (other
than those assumed by the Purchaser as set forth in this Agreement)); (ii) any
statutory liens arising after the Closing for Taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges not
yet due and payable; (iii) zoning, entitlement and other land use and
environmental regulations by any Governmental Body; and (iv) Encumbrances that
constitute or arise from Assumed Liabilities.
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Body or other entity.
“Petition Date” means
April 21, 2010, which is the date on which each of the Debtors filed their
respective petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
“Register Cash” means,
for each Acquired Location, cash in an amount equal to the amount set forth on
Schedule
1.1(r).
“Sale Order” means an
Order entered by the Bankruptcy Court in substantially the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A,
which attached form is acceptable to the Purchaser.
“Specified Litigation
Resolution” means the earliest to occur of (i) the entering into of any
arrangements between the Purchaser and X.X. Management LLC (or its affiliates)
with respect to the Minnesota Locations that would enable the Sellers/Debtors to
deliver to the Purchaser (or its designee, which may in all events be X.X.
Management LLC or its affiliates) possession and control of the Minnesota
Locations free and clear of any legal, equitable and other interest of X.X.
Management LLC and its affiliates (other than pursuant to any such arrangements)
and to assign to the Purchaser (or its designee) the Minnesota Leases and any
Furniture and Equipment owned by the Sellers and located at the Minnesota
Locations free and clear of all Encumbrances, (ii) a settlement of the Specified
Litigation with the written consent of the Purchaser, or (iii) the date a Final
Order that would enable the Sellers/Debtors to deliver to the Purchaser (or its
designee) possession and control of the Minnesota Locations free and clear of
any legal, equitable and other interest of X.X. Management LLC and its
affiliates and to assign to the Purchaser (or its designee) the Minnesota Leases
and any Furniture and Equipment owned by the Sellers and located at the
Minnesota Locations free and clear of all Encumbrances, is entered by such court
and becomes effective; provided that in the
event that one Minnesota Lease (but not the other) has been rejected in
accordance with Section 8.13(c),
“Specified Litigation
Resolution” means the earliest to occur of any of the events described in
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) with respect to the remaining Minnesota
Location.
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“Spirit Lease” means
the Master Lease between Fuddruckers and Spirit Master Funding, LLC, as amended,
including as amended by the Sixth Amendment to Master Lease attached as Schedule 1.1(a). The
Spirit Lease shall constitute one Lease for purposes of Section
2.1(b)(i).
“Subsidiary” means
each of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries, as listed on Schedule
5.1.
“Tax Authority” means
any government, or agency, instrumentality or employee thereof, charged with the
administration of any Law relating to Taxes.
“Taxes” means (i) all
federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges or other assessments, including,
without limitation, all net income, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad
valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock,
license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property and estimated taxes, (ii) any
item described in clause (i) for which a taxpayer is liable as a transferee or
successor, by reason of the regulations under Section 1502 of the Code, or by
contract, indemnity or otherwise, and (iii) all interest, penalties, fines,
additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Tax Authority in
connection with any item described in clause (i) or (ii).
“Tax Return” means all
returns, declarations, reports, estimates, information returns and statements
required to be filed in respect of any Taxes (including any attachments thereto
or amendments thereof).
“Trust Agent” means
Goulston & Storrs - A Professional Corporation.
1.2 Terms Defined Elsewhere in
this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings set forth in the sections indicated:
Term
|
Section
|
|
Additional
Excluded Lease
|
2.1(b)(i)
|
|
Agreement
|
Preamble
|
|
Allocation
Statement
|
11.2
|
|
ARVI
|
Preamble
|
|
Assumed
Contracts
|
2.1(b)(vii)
|
|
Assumed
Leases
|
2.1(b)(i)
|
|
Assumed
Liabilities
|
2.3
|
|
Audited
Financial Statements
|
5.13
|
|
Bankruptcy
Case
|
Recitals
|
|
Bankruptcy
Code
|
Recitals
|
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Bankruptcy
Court
|
Recitals
|
|
Bidding
Procedures
|
Recitals
|
|
Bidding
Procedures Order
|
Recitals
|
|
Business
|
Recitals
|
|
Closing
|
4.1
|
|
Closing
Date
|
4.1
|
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
|
Competing
Transaction
|
7.1
|
|
Confidentiality
Agreement
|
4.6
|
|
Debtors
|
Preamble
|
|
Deposit
|
3.2
|
|
DOJ
|
8.15(a)(ii)
|
|
Effective
Date
|
Preamble
|
|
Employee
List
|
5.15(a)
|
|
Equal
Aggregate Compensation Level
|
9.1(a)
|
|
Estate
Claims
|
2.2(j)
|
|
Excluded
Assets
|
2.2
|
|
Excluded
Entities
|
2.2(m)
|
|
Excluded
Liabilities
|
2.4
|
|
Financial
Statements
|
5.13
|
|
Franchisee
Subtenant
|
2.5(f)
|
|
FTC
|
8.15(a)(ii)
|
|
Fuddruckers
|
Preamble
|
|
Xxxxxx
County
|
Preamble
|
|
Interim
Period
|
9.1(a)
|
|
IP
License Agreements
|
5.6(b)
|
|
Leased
Real Property
|
5.12(b)
|
|
Liquor
License Approvals
|
8.3
|
|
Magic
|
Preamble
|
|
Material
Contracts
|
5.11(a)
|
|
Non-Debtor
Sellers
|
Preamble
|
|
Owned
Real Property
|
5.12(a)
|
|
P&L
Statements
|
5.13
|
|
Periodic
Taxes
|
11.1
|
|
Pre-Resolution
Rejection Notice
|
8.13(c)
|
|
Purchased
Assets
|
2.1(b)
|
|
Purchased
Intellectual Property
|
2.1(b)(x)
|
|
Purchase
Price
|
3.1
|
|
Purchased
Inventory
|
2.1(b)(iii)
|
|
Purchaser
|
Preamble
|
|
R.
Wes
|
Preamble
|
|
Registered
Intellectual Property
|
5.6(a)
|
|
Rejected
Leases
|
2.5(c)
|
|
Retained
Employees
|
9.1(a)
|
|
Salaried
Non-Store Employees
|
9.1(a)
|
|
Seller
or Sellers
|
Preamble
|
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Specified
Benefits
|
9.1(a)
|
|
Specified
Litigation
|
8.13
|
|
Subleased
Lease
|
2.5(f)
|
|
Subsidiary
|
Preamble
|
|
Termination
Date
|
4.4(a)
|
|
Transactions
|
Recitals
|
|
Transferred
Employees
|
9.1(a)
|
|
Unaudited
Financial Statements
|
5.13
|
|
WARN
Act
|
9.1(c)
|
|
White
Xxxxx
|
Preamble
|
1.3
Other Definitional and Interpretive Matters.
(a) Unless
otherwise expressly provided, for purposes of this Agreement, the following
rules of interpretation shall apply:
Calculation of Time
Period. When calculating the period of time before which, within which or
following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement,
the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be
excluded. If the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in
question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day.
Dollars. Any
reference in this Agreement to $ means U.S. dollars.
Exhibits/Schedules.
All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby
incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full
herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise
defined therein shall be defined as set forth in this Agreement.
Gender and Number.
Any reference in this Agreement to gender shall include all genders, and words
imparting the singular number only shall include the plural and vice
versa.
Headings. The
provision of a Table of Contents, the division of this Agreement into Articles,
Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect or be utilized in construing
or interpreting this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to any
“Section” are to the corresponding Section of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
Herein. The words
such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereof” and “hereunder” refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words
appear unless the context otherwise requires.
Including. The word
“including” or
any variation thereof means “including, without
limitation” and shall not be construed to limit any general statement
that it follows to the specific or similar items or matters immediately
following it.
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(b) Construction. The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties
hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring
any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF ASSETS; ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
2.1
Purchase and Sale of Assets.
(a) On
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Sale
Order (and subject to Section 8.13 with
respect to the Minnesota Leases), at the Closing, the Purchaser shall purchase,
acquire and accept from the Sellers, and the Sellers shall sell, transfer,
convey, assign and deliver to the Purchaser, all of the Sellers’ right, title
and interest in, to and under the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all
Encumbrances, other than the Permitted Exceptions and the Assumed Liabilities,
to the maximum extent permitted by Section 363 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
(b) For
all purposes of and under this Agreement, the term “Purchased Assets”
means all of the properties, assets, and rights of the Sellers (other than the
Excluded Assets) existing as of the Closing, real or personal, tangible or
intangible, including but not limited to:
(i)
all Leases of the Sellers set forth in Schedule 2.1(b)(i)
(the “Assumed
Leases”), as such Schedule may be amended from time to time by the
Purchaser, in its sole discretion, to remove up to twenty (20) Leases by
delivering written notice to the Sellers at any time prior to the Closing Date
(each of such Leases so removed is called an “Additional Excluded
Lease”) (provided that the Purchaser shall not amend the Schedule to
include any Rejected Leases), together with the Sellers’ interest in all
security deposits related thereto and all permanent fixtures, improvements and
appurtenances thereto and associated with such Assumed Leases;
(ii) all
Owned Real Property, together with the Sellers’ interest in all fixtures,
improvements and appurtenances thereto and associated with such Owned Real
Property;
(iii) all
Inventory as of the Closing Date, whether at the Acquired Locations or in
transit to any Acquired Location (collectively, the “Purchased
Inventory”);
(iv) all
accounts receivable, notes receivable and other receivables related to the
Purchased Assets, except as specifically provided in Section
2.2(o);
(v) intentionally
omitted;
(vi) all
goodwill incident to the Business and goodwill of the Sellers associated with
the Business or the Purchased Assets;
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(vii) all
Contracts of the Sellers set forth on Schedule 2.1(b)(vii)
or to be set forth thereon after the Effective Date (and until the Closing Date)
at the sole option of the Purchaser (the “Assumed Contracts”),
as such Schedule may be amended from time to time by the Purchaser, in its sole
discretion, by providing written notice to the Sellers up to the Closing Date,
in order to add or remove Contracts listed thereon (unless any such Contract has
already expired, terminated or been rejected), together with the right to
receive income in respect of such Assumed Contracts on or after the Closing
Date, and any causes of action relating to past or present breaches of the
Assumed Contracts;
(viii)
all of the Sellers’ prepaid charges and expenses paid in connection
with or relating to any Purchased Asset;
(ix) all
Furniture and Equipment at any Acquired Location;
(x) all
rights in and to Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Sellers,
including, without limitation, all rights of the Sellers as franchisor under the
Franchise Agreements with respect to the Fuddruckers “System”, and all rights of
the Sellers to franchise operations manuals, franchise training manuals and the
Sellers’ Uniform Franchise Offering Circular, and all rights of the Sellers in
and to the names “Fuddruckers” and “Xxx Xxx Roo”, all, in each case, to the
broadest extent the Sellers are permitted by Law to transfer such Intellectual
Property (the “Purchased Intellectual
Property”);
(xi) All
computers, software, automation systems, accounting systems, point-of-sale
systems (restaurant and corporate level), websites and related systems, master
disks of source codes, and other proprietary information owned or licensed,
whether for general business usage (e.g., accounting, word processing, graphics,
spreadsheet analysis, etc.), or specific, unique-to-the-business usage, and all
computer operating, security or programming software, owned or licensed and used
in the operation of the Business, including all developments and
work-in-progress with regard to any of the foregoing, all, in each case, to the
maximum extent assignable under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable
Law;
(xii) all
Documents that are used in, held for use in or intended to be used in, or that
arise out of, the Business and operations of the Sellers, but excluding any
Documents related to an Excluded Asset; provided, however, that,
following the Closing, the Purchaser shall provide the Sellers copies, upon a
Seller’s reasonable request and at the Sellers’ sole cost and expense, of any
Documents that are Purchased Assets as described in this subclause;
(xiii) all
Permits used by the Sellers that relate to the Purchased Assets, to the maximum
extent assignable under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable
Law;
(xiv) all
rights under insurance policies relating to claims arising prior to the Closing
for losses related to any Purchased Assets, or in lieu of such rights, an amount
equal to the proceeds paid pursuant to any such rights between the Effective
Date and the Closing;
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(xv) any
rights, claims or causes of action of the Sellers against third parties relating
to the Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities (excluding, however, any Estate
Claims, any claims with respect to the matters set forth in Section 2.2(o), and
subject to Section
8.14(b) any claims raised in the Specified Litigation), arising out of
events occurring prior to the Closing Date, including, for the avoidance of
doubt, arising out of events occurring prior to the Petition Date;
(xvi) any
rights under or pursuant to any and all warranties, representations and
guarantees, express, implied or otherwise, made by suppliers and contractors
relating to goods sold, or services provided, to the Sellers, but not including
the Sellers’ causes of action that are identified as Excluded Assets in Section 2.2;
and
(xvii) the
Register Cash.
2.2
Excluded
Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, nothing herein shall be deemed to sell, transfer, assign or convey the
Excluded Assets to the Purchaser, and the Sellers shall retain all right, title
and interest to, in and under, and all obligations with respect to, the Excluded
Assets. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the term “Excluded Assets”
means:
(a) all
accounts receivable, notes receivable and other receivables related solely to
the Excluded Assets;
(b) all
Excluded Locations and the Inventory, Furniture and Equipment located at any
Excluded Location;
(c) all
Excluded Executory Agreements;
(d) all
of the Sellers’ prepaid charges and expenses paid in connection with or relating
solely to any Excluded Asset;
(e) all
deposits (including security deposits for rent, electricity, telephone or
otherwise) and holdbacks (including credit card holdback payments), in each case
related solely to any Excluded Executory Agreement or any other Excluded
Asset;
(f)
all personnel records of any Retained Employees and all Employee
Benefit Plans;
(g) all
Permits that are not assignable, and all Permits used solely in respect of the
Excluded Locations and not also used or held for use in respect of the Acquired
Locations;
(h) all
documents relating to proposals to acquire the Business by Persons other than
the Purchaser;
(i)
all claims, rights, interests and proceeds with
respect to (i) Tax refunds, rebates, abatement or other recovery relating to the
Sellers’ assets or the conduct of the Business for, or attributable to, the
period prior to the Closing and (ii) Tax refunds, rebates, abatement or other
recovery not relating to the Purchased Assets;
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(j) all
rights, claims or causes of action of the Sellers (i) against third parties to
the extent any such claim relates to an Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability,
(ii) under Chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) against any current or
former directors or officers of the Sellers, and all rights under insurance
policies providing insurance to the Sellers’ respective directors and officers,
and the proceeds thereof with respect to such claims or causes of
action (collectively, the “Estate
Claims”);
(k)
all Documents related primarily to any Excluded Asset; provided, that the
Sellers shall provide copies of such Documents to the Purchaser upon request, at
the Purchaser’s cost and expense;
(l) all
rights under insurance policies relating to claims for losses related to any
Excluded Asset;
(m) all
shares of capital stock or other equity interest of any Seller, and of ARVI of
Pikesville, Inc., a Maryland corporation, A.R.I.V. – Rockville, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, and 8725 Xxxxxxx II, Inc., a Kansas corporation (collectively, the
"Excluded
Entities"), or any securities convertible into, exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of capital stock or other equity interest of any Seller
or any Excluded Entity;
(n) all
minute books, stock ledgers, corporate seals and stock certificates of the
Sellers, and other books and records relating to the organization and existence
of the Sellers as legal entities that the Sellers are required by Law to retain
or that the Sellers determine are reasonably necessary to retain, including Tax
Returns, financial statements and corporate or other entity filings, but
excluding Documents that are Purchased Assets; provided, that the
Sellers shall provide the Purchaser reasonable access, upon the Purchaser’s
reasonable request and at the Purchaser’s sole cost and expense, to any books
and records described in this subclause;
(o) (i)
all credit card accounts receivable, deposits and other holdbacks being held by
credit card companies, in each case as of the Closing Date, in connection with
credit cards accepted by the Sellers, and (ii) that certain receivable owing
from X.X. Management LLC to one or more of the Sellers with respect to
obligations under that certain Restaurant Management Agreement dated April 30,
2007;
(p) all
cash, cash equivalents, bank deposits or similar cash items of the Sellers other
than the Register Cash;
(q) all
deposits, retainers or on account cash paid to the Sellers’ professionals and
advisers (whether retained in the Bankruptcy Case or not); and
(r) all
rights of the Sellers under this Agreement.
2.3
Assumption
of Liabilities. On the terms and subject to the conditions and
limitations set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Purchaser shall
assume, effective as of the Closing, and shall pay, perform and discharge in
accordance with their respective terms, only the following Liabilities (without
duplication) existing as of the Closing Date (collectively, the “Assumed
Liabilities”):
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(a) all
Liabilities of the Sellers arising, and to be performed, after the Closing Date
under the Assumed Executory Contracts, but specifically excluding all
obligations or liabilities of any kind whatsoever related to any matter,
circumstance or default existing at or prior to the Closing;
(b) all
Liabilities arising, and to be performed, after the Closing Date with regard to
the Purchased Assets, but specifically excluding all obligations or liabilities
of any kind whatsoever related to any matter, circumstance or default existing
at or prior to the Closing;
(c) all
Liabilities arising and to be performed after the Closing Date with regard to
the employment by Purchaser of any of the Transferred Employees, but
specifically excluding all obligations or liabilities of any kind whatsoever
related to any matter, circumstance or default existing at or prior to the
Closing;
(d) all
Liabilities set forth in Section 2.5(h); and
(e) all
Liabilities of the Sellers with respect to Customer Programs.
2.4
Excluded
Liabilities. Except for the Assumed Liabilities, the Purchaser
shall not assume and shall be deemed not to have assumed any Liabilities of the
Sellers or the Business of whatever nature, whether presently in existence or
arising hereafter, known or unknown, disputed or undisputed, contingent or
non-contingent, liquidated or unliquidated or otherwise, including, without
limitation, any of the Liabilities set forth below (collectively, the “Excluded
Liabilities”):
(a) all
Liabilities of the Sellers with respect to the Excluded Assets;
(b) except
as set forth in Sections 8.8, 8.10 and 11.1, all Liabilities
of the Sellers for Taxes, including (i) any Taxes arising as a result of
Sellers’ operation of the Business or ownership of the Purchased Assets prior to
the Closing Date, (ii) any Taxes that will arise as a result of the
consummation of the Transactions, and (iii) any deferred Taxes of any
nature;
(c) all
Liabilities under any Excluded Executory Agreement or under any Assumed
Executory Agreement which arises after the Closing Date but which is based on or
relates to a breach of such Assumed Executory Agreement occurring prior to the
Closing Date;
(d) all
Cure Costs related to the Assumed Executory Contracts (including, without
limitation, unpaid Lease obligations for the month in which the Petition Date
occurs);
(e) all
Liabilities to distribute to any of Sellers’ stockholders or otherwise apply all
or any part of the Purchase Price, including any Tax withholding obligations of
the Sellers in connection therewith;
(f) all
Liabilities under any employment, severance, retention, termination or other
arrangement or agreement of the Sellers with any Employees;
(g) all
Liabilities under that certain Modified Key Employee Incentive Plan approved by
the Bankruptcy Court on May 17, 2010;
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(h) all
Liabilities arising on or before the Closing Date with regard to the employment
by the Sellers of any Transferred Employees;
(i) all
Liabilities related to any Legal Proceeding existing as of or occurring prior to
the Closing Date or other events, conduct or conditions existing as of or
occurring prior to the Closing Date that constitute a violation or
non-compliance with any Law, any judgment, decree or order of any Governmental
Body, or any Permit; and
(j) all
Liabilities of the Sellers arising under or related to this
Agreement.
2.5 Assignment
of Contracts and Leases.
(a) On
the Closing Date, the Debtors shall, pursuant to the Sale Order, assume and
assign to the Purchaser the Assumed Executory Contracts.
(b) From
the Effective Date through and including the Closing Date, the Debtors shall (i)
not reject any Assumed Executory Contract unless otherwise agreed to, in
writing, by the Purchaser, and (ii) with respect to any Assumed Lease whose
renewal option notice period expires during such period, renew or otherwise
extend such Assumed Lease to the extent permitted pursuant to such Assumed
Lease.
(c) The
Debtors have filed a motion to reject those Leases set forth on Schedule 2.5(c) (the
“Rejected
Leases”).
(d)
The Debtors have served on all counterparties to Assumed
Executory Contracts a notice specifically stating that the Debtors are or may be
seeking to assume and assign the Assumed Executory Contracts and have notified
such parties of the deadline for objecting to the proposed Cure Costs set forth
in such notice. In the event of an objection to the proposed Cure
Costs by a counterparty, the Debtors shall attempt to resolve such objection
(subject to approval by the Purchaser) or, at the Debtors’ sole cost and
expense, shall litigate such objection under such procedures as the Bankruptcy
Court shall approve and proscribe. In the event that a dispute
regarding the Cure Costs with respect to an Assumed Executory Contract has not
been resolved as of the Closing Date, the parties shall nonetheless remain
obligated to consummate the Transactions (subject to satisfaction of the
conditions to Closing set forth in Article
X). Within one (1) Business Day after the date on which the
Purchaser designates in writing a Minnesota Lease to be assumed and assigned or
rejected in accordance with Section 8.13, the
Debtors shall, at no additional cost or expense to the Purchaser, take all
requisite actions (including, without limitation, actions required under section
365 of the Bankruptcy Code) to assume and assign or reject, as applicable, the
subject Minnesota Lease to the Purchaser (or designee identified by the
Purchaser) and the Debtors shall provide notice of such assumption and
assignment or rejection by overnight courier to the applicable
lessor.
(e) On
the later of (i) the Closing Date, or (ii) as soon as practicable following
final determination by the Bankruptcy Court of any disputed Cure Costs in
accordance with Section 2.5(d), the
Debtors shall pay the Cure Costs to the counterparties to each such Assumed
Executory Contract.
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(f) The
Debtors are the tenant under those Leases identified on Schedule 2.5(f)
(each, a “Subleased
Lease”). Pursuant to each Subleased Lease, the Debtors have
subleased the applicable premises to a Franchisee (the “Franchisee
Subtenant”). To the extent requested by the Purchaser and
agreed to by the Franchisee Subtenant, the Debtors agree to use their
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an order of the Bankruptcy Court
approving the assumption and assignment of any Subleased Lease to the Franchisee
Subtenant thereunder, in which event any such Subleased Lease shall not be an
Assumed Lease hereunder.
(g) From
and after the Effective Date and until the Closing Date, the Purchaser and the
Debtors will confer with one another with respect to the assumption and
assignment of certain Leases, together with all associated Inventory, Furniture
and Equipment, to a new Franchisee (together with signing a new Franchise
Agreement with that Franchisee). To the extent mutually agreed upon,
the Debtors agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an
order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the assumption and assignment of any
such Lease, Inventory, Furniture and Equipment to such new Franchisee, in which
event any such Lease shall not be an Assumed Lease hereunder. Each
Lease so assumed and assigned pursuant to this Section 2.5(g) shall
reduce the number of Leases which the Purchaser may remove from Schedule 2.1(b)(i) in
accordance with Section 2.1(b)(i) by
one.
(h) If
(i) the Purchaser provides written notice in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(i) of
an Additional Excluded Lease, (ii) the Debtors provide notice to the applicable
landlord of the rejection of such Additional Excluded Lease within twenty-four
(24) hours of its receipt of notice from the Purchaser, and (iii) the timing of
the rejection of such Additional Excluded Lease results in the Debtors’
incurring rent or other occupancy costs under such Additional Excluded Lease for
the month immediately following the month during which the Closing occurs, then
the Purchaser shall pay such rent or other amounts to the Debtors.
2.6 Further Conveyances and
Assumption. From time to time following the Closing, the
Sellers and the Purchaser shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to,
execute, acknowledge and deliver all such further conveyances, notices,
assumptions, releases and other instruments, and shall take such further
actions, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to assure each of the
Purchaser and the Sellers their respective rights, liabilities and obligations
under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
CONSIDERATION
3.1 Purchase
Price. The aggregate cash consideration for the Purchased
Assets (the “Purchase
Price”) shall be an amount equal to the sum of: (a) the
Asset Price, plus (b) the amount of the Register Cash, plus (c) the amount
of all security deposits (as reflected in Schedule 5.12(d))
held by the landlords under and pursuant to the Assumed Leases as of the
Closing, and plus or minus (d) the aggregate amount payable by the Purchaser or
the Sellers in accordance with Sections 8.10 and
11.1.
3.2 Purchase Price
Deposit. On June 14, 2010, the Purchaser delivered to the
Trust Agent cash equal to Four Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars
($4,320,000.00) (the “Deposit”), which
Deposit shall be held in trust by the Trust Agent in an interest-bearing trust
account and applied as follows:
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(a) if
the Closing shall occur, the Trust Agent shall pay the Deposit (together with
interest thereon) to the Sellers to be applied towards the payment of the
Purchase Price;
(b) if
this Agreement is terminated by the Sellers pursuant to Section 4.4(f), the
Trust Agent shall pay the Deposit (together with interest thereon) to the
Sellers to be retained by the Sellers; and
(c) if
this Agreement is terminated other than by the Sellers pursuant to Section 4.4(f),
the Trust Agent shall pay the Deposit (together with interest thereon) to the
Purchaser.
3.3 Contingent
Payment. If the Specified Litigation Resolution occurs prior
to the Purchaser delivering a Pre-Resolution Rejection Notice with respect to
both of the Minnesota Leases, then not later than five days after the occurrence
of the Specified Litigation Resolution and the Sellers providing written notice
thereof to the Purchaser, the Purchaser shall pay to the Sellers an amount, in
cash, equal to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).
ARTICLE
IV
CLOSING
AND TERMINATION
4.1 Closing
Date. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Sections 10.1,
10.2 and 10.3 hereof (or the
waiver thereof by the party entitled to waive the applicable condition), the
closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and the assumption of
the Assumed Liabilities provided for in Article II (the
“Closing”)
shall take place at the offices of Goulston & Storrs, P.C. in Boston (or at
such other place as the parties may designate in writing) at 10:00 a.m. (Boston
time) on July 26, 2010, unless another time or date, or both, are agreed to in
writing by the parties hereto. In the event that the Closing does not
occur on July 26, 2010, because the conditions set forth in Sections 10.1,
10.2 and 10.3 hereof had not
been satisfied (or waived by the party entitled to waive the applicable
condition) on such date, then, provided that this Agreement has not been
terminated in accordance with Section 4.4, the
Closing shall take place at the offices of Goulston & Storrs, P.C. in Boston
(or at such other place as the parties may designate in writing) at 10:00 a.m.
(Boston time) on the first Business Day thereafter that the conditions set forth
in Article X
are satisfied or waived (other than conditions that by their nature are to be
satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such
conditions), unless another time or date, or both, are agreed to in writing by
the parties hereto. The date on which the Closing shall be held is
referred to as the “Closing
Date.”
4.2 Deliveries by the
Sellers. At the Closing, the Sellers shall deliver to the
Purchaser:
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(a) as
applicable, one or more duly executed bills of sale, and/or special warranty
deeds subject only to the Permitted Exceptions, real estate transfer
declarations, and all other documents, instruments or writings of conveyance and
transfer, including, but not limited to all necessary transfer tax documents,
notice to tenants, and such documents as may be reasonably required by the title
company issuing the applicable owner’s title policy, in a form to be agreed upon
by the parties hereto, as may be necessary to convey the Purchased Assets to the
Purchaser, including without limitation one or more duly executed assignment and
assumption agreements in a form to be agreed upon by the parties hereto with
respect to each of the Assumed Leases and Assumed Contracts;
(b) duly
executed assignments of the U.S. trademark registrations and applications
included in the Purchased Intellectual Property, in a form suitable for
recording in the U.S. trademark office, and general assignments of all other
Purchased Intellectual Property;
(c) or
otherwise put the Purchaser in possession and control of, all of the Purchased
Assets of a tangible nature;
(d) the
officer’s certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 10.1(a)
and 10.1(b);
(e) affidavits
executed by each Seller that such Seller is not a foreign person within the
meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code; and
(f) a
copy of the Sale Order.
4.3 Deliveries by the
Purchaser. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to the
Sellers:
(a) cash
in the amount of the Purchase Price (including through providing instructions to
the Trust Agent to deliver the Deposit, together with any interest thereon, to
the Sellers);
(b) one
or more duly executed bills of sale, and/or deed of transfer, and all other
documents, instruments or writings of conveyance and transfer, in a form to be
agreed upon by the parties hereto, as may be necessary to convey the Purchased
Assets to the Purchaser, and for the Purchaser to assume the Assumed
Liabilities, including without limitation one or more duly executed assignment
and assumption agreements in a form to be agreed upon by the parties hereto with
respect to each of the Assumed Leases and Assumed Contracts; and
(c) the
officer’s certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 10.2(a)
and 10.2(b).
4.4 Termination of
Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the
Closing as follows:
(a) by
the Purchaser or the Sellers, if the Closing shall not have occurred by the
close of business on July 26, 2010 (the “Termination Date”);
provided, however, that if a
request for additional information and documentary material (a so-called “Second
Request”) is made with respect to any premerger notification pursuant to the HSR
Act made in connection with the Transactions, then the Termination Date may be
extended by either the Purchaser or the Sellers by providing written notice
thereof to each other party hereto to such date as may be determined to
accommodate the same, subject to the prior consent of the Debtor’s DIP Lender;
provided, further, however, that if the
Closing shall not have occurred on or before the Termination Date due to a
material breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement by the Purchaser or the Sellers, then the breaching
party may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4.4(a);
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(b) by
mutual written consent of the Sellers and the Purchaser;
(c) by
the Purchaser, if any condition to the obligations of the Purchaser set forth in
Section 10.1 or
10.3 shall have
become incapable of fulfillment other than as a result of a breach by the
Purchaser of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, and such
condition is not waived by the Purchaser;
(d) by
the Sellers, if any condition to the obligations of the Sellers set forth in
Section 10.2 or
10.3 shall have
become incapable of fulfillment other than as a result of a breach by the
Sellers of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, and such
condition is not waived by the Sellers;
(e) by
the Purchaser, if there shall be a breach by the Sellers of any representation
or warranty, or any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement which
would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 10.1 or 10.3 and which breach
has not been cured by the earlier of (i) seven (7) days after the giving of
written notice by the Purchaser to the Sellers of such breach and (ii) the
Termination Date;
(f) by
the Sellers, if there shall be a breach by the Purchaser of any representation
or warranty, or any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement which
would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Sections 10.2 or
10.3 and which
breach has not been cured by the earlier of (i) seven (7) days after the giving
of written notice by the Sellers to the Purchaser of such breach and (ii) the
Termination Date; and
(g) by
the Sellers or the Purchaser if there shall be in effect a final non-appealable
Order of a Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions, it being agreed that
the parties hereto shall promptly appeal any adverse determination which is not
non-appealable (and pursue such appeal with reasonable diligence).
4.5 Procedure Upon
Termination. In the event of termination pursuant to Section 4.4, written
notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other party or parties, and this
Agreement shall terminate, and the Transactions shall be abandoned, without
further action by the Purchaser or the Sellers.
4.6 Effect of
Termination. In the event that this Agreement is validly
terminated as provided herein, then each of the parties shall be relieved of its
duties and obligations arising under this Agreement after the date of such
termination; provided, however, that the
provisions of Articles
VII and XII hereof, and that
certain Confidentiality Agreement dated June 4, 2010 (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”), shall survive any such termination and shall be enforceable
hereunder; provided further, however, that nothing
in this Section
4.6 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to release any party
from liability for any breach of its obligations under this Agreement, except
that if the Purchaser terminates this Agreement under Section 4.4(e) on the
basis that the closing condition in Section 10.1 has
failed to have been satisfied, then such termination shall be the Purchaser’s
sole remedy, and neither the Sellers nor the Purchaser shall have any further
liability or obligation with respect to the same.
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ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
Each
Seller hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that:
5.1 Organization and Good
Standing. Each Seller is an entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization and in each jurisdiction where it is required by applicable Law to
be qualified to do business except where the failure to be so qualified would
not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the ownership and
operation of the Business, and subject to the limitations imposed on such Seller
under the Bankruptcy Code, has the requisite power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now
conducted. Schedule 5.1 sets
forth each Seller and the jurisdiction of its organization. Each
Seller has all requisite power and authority to conduct the Business as
currently conducted and to own and use the assets and properties owned and used
by it. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1, none of
the Sellers directly or indirectly control or have any direct or indirect equity
participation or similar interest in any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other business association or
entity. None of the Non-Debtor Sellers has any assets other than
liquor licenses and none has any Liabilities except as set forth on Schedule
5.3(b).
5.2 Authorization of
Agreement. Subject to such authorization as is required by the
Bankruptcy Court, each Seller has the requisite power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and each other agreement, document or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is a party and to perform its
respective obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and each other agreement, document or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is a party and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by
all requisite corporate or limited liability company action on the part of each
Seller. This Agreement and each other agreement, document or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is a party has been duly
and validly executed and delivered by each Seller and (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and receipt of
such authorizations as is required by the Bankruptcy Court with respect to any
Seller) this Agreement and each other agreement, document or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is a party constitutes legal, valid
and binding obligations of each Seller enforceable against such Seller in
accordance with its respective terms, subject to general principles of equity,
including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in
equity).
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5.3 Conflicts;
Consents of Third Parties.
(a) The
execution and delivery by each Seller of this Agreement and each other
agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is
a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
or compliance by such Seller with any of the provisions hereof and thereof do
not conflict with, or result in any violation of or default (with or without
notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination
or cancellation under any provision of (i) the certificate of incorporation and
by-laws or comparable limited liability company organizational documents of such
Seller; (ii) except to the extent not required if the Sale Order is entered
and except as set forth on Schedule 5.3(a), any
Contract, Lease or Permit to which such Seller is a party or by which any of the
properties or assets of such Seller are bound, other than such conflicts,
violations, defaults, terminations or cancellations that would not reasonably be
expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the ownership and
operation of the Business or to the Acquired Location(s) impacted by the
conflict, violation, default, termination or cancellation; (iii) except to
the extent not required if the Sale Order is entered, any Order of any
Governmental Body applicable to such Seller or any of the properties or assets
of such Seller as of the Effective Date; or (iv) except to the extent not
required if the Sale Order is entered, any applicable Law.
(b) Except
for the notification required under the HSR Act, except as set forth on Schedule 5.3(b) and
except to the extent not required if the Sale Order is entered, no consent,
waiver, approval, Order, or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or
notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is required on the part of the
Sellers in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any
other agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which
it is a party, the compliance by the Sellers with any of the provisions hereof
or thereof, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
the assignment or conveyance of the Purchased Assets, or the taking by the
Sellers of any other action contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) the
entry of the Sale Order and receipt of such other authorizations as is required
by the Bankruptcy Court, and (ii) such consents, waivers, approvals, Orders,
authorizations, declarations, filings and notifications, the failure of which to
obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to be material, individually or
in the aggregate, to the ownership and operation of the Business or to the
Acquired Location(s) impacted by such failure.
5.4 Title to Purchased
Assets. The Sellers own and have good and marketable title to,
and, subject to entry of the Sale Order, have the right to transfer to the
Purchaser, the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than
the Permitted Exceptions, those created by the Purchaser and those set forth on
Schedule
5.4. None of the Excluded Entities owns or has any rights to
any assets used in the operation of the Business.
5.5 Taxes. No
power of attorney currently in force has been granted by the Sellers with
respect to the Business that would be binding on the Purchaser with respect to
taxable periods commencing on or after the Closing Date. Other than
those set forth on Schedule 5.5, there
are no liens for Taxes on any of the Purchased Assets other than Permitted
Exceptions. None of the Sellers is a foreign person within the
meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code.
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5.6 Purchased
Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 5.6(a) lists
each item of Intellectual Property owned by any Seller and used in connection
with the Business as of the Effective Date and for which any Seller has received
or applied for a registration, including, without limitation, any patent, patent
application, copyright registration or application therefor, and trademark,
trade name, service xxxx, domain name registration or application therefor
(“Registered
Intellectual Property”). To the Knowledge of the Sellers, all
of the Registered Intellectual Property is valid and enforceable.
(b) The
Sellers own all right, title and interest in and to, or have a valid and
enforceable right or license to use pursuant to a written agreement set forth on
Schedule 5.6(b)
(collectively, the “IP
License Agreements”), all material Intellectual Property used in or
necessary for, and material to, the operation of the Business as currently
conducted.
(c) To
the Knowledge of the Sellers, no Seller is currently infringing,
misappropriating or otherwise violating, and the operation of the Business as
currently conducted does not infringe, misappropriate or violate, any
Intellectual Property of any Person, except for any infringement,
misappropriation or violation not material to the Business. Except as
set forth on Schedule
5.6(c), to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no Person is currently
infringing, misappropriating or violating any of the material Intellectual
Property owned by any Seller.
(d) Schedule 5.6(d) sets
forth a complete and accurate list of all material licenses, sublicenses and
other agreements, other than the Franchise Agreements, relating to the licensing
of Intellectual Property by any Seller.
5.7 Permits. Schedule 5.7 sets
forth a list of all material Permits held by the Sellers as of the Effective
Date. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7 and as
may have resulted from the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, all Permits are
valid and in full force and effect and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, none of
the Sellers are in default under or in violation of any such Permit, except for
such defaults or violations which would not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to be material to the operation of the Business, as a
whole, as currently conducted or material to the Acquired Location(s) impacted
by the default or violation.
5.8 Environmental
Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.8 and
except as would be material to the ownership and operation of the Business, no
Seller has received written, or to the Knowledge of the Sellers, oral, notice of
any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened claim or
investigation by any Governmental Authority or any other Person concerning
material potential liability of any Seller under Environmental Laws in
connection with the ownership or operation of the Business, the Owned Real
Property or the Leased Real Property. To the Knowledge of the
Sellers, there has not been a release of any Hazardous Substance at, upon, in,
from or under (i) any of the Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property or (ii)
at any location to or from which a Seller has transported or arranged for the
transportation or disposal of Hazardous Substances, in each case, in quantities
or under circumstances that would give rise to any material liability or require
remediation, investigation or clean up pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
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5.9 Employee
Benefits.
(a)
Schedule 5.9
sets forth a complete and correct list of all Employee Benefit Plans of the
Sellers as of the Effective Date. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9, each
Employee Benefit Plan has been operated and administered in all material
respects in accordance with its terms and applicable Law, except where any
failure to be so operated and administered would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be expected to be material to the operation of the Business as
currently conducted and except as may have resulted from the filing of the
Bankruptcy Case. The Sellers have made available to Buyer true and complete
copies of all material Employee Benefit Plans or a description of the benefits
thereunder. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9, each Employee
Benefit Plan intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of
the Code is so qualified and is the subject of a favorable Internal Revenue
Service determination or opinion letter regarding such qualified status and the
trusts maintained thereunder are exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of
the Code. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9, there
are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened claims by or on
behalf of any Employee Benefit Plan, or by any employee or beneficiary covered
under any such Plan with respect to any such Employee Benefit Plan (other than
routine claims for benefits). There are no material outstanding Liabilities of,
or related to, any Employee Benefit Plan, other than Liabilities for benefits to
be paid in the ordinary course to participants in such Employee Benefit Plan and
their beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of such Employee Benefit Plan
or as otherwise resulting from the Bankruptcy Case.
(b) No
Seller or ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains or otherwise contributes to or has
any liability with respect to any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA) which is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA, including
any “multi-employer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), or
subject to Section 412 of the Code.
(c) All
contributions and payments (including salary deferral contributions elected by
employees) with respect to Employee Benefit Plans that are due and owing or
required to be made by a Seller or an ERISA Affiliate with respect to periods
ending on or before the Closing Date (including periods from the first day of
the current plan year or policy year to the Closing Date) have been, or will be,
made before the Closing Date in accordance with applicable law and the
appropriate plan document, actuarial report, collective bargaining agreements or
insurance contracts or arrangements or as otherwise required by ERISA or the
Code. With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, there has not
occurred, and no person or entity is contractually bound to enter into, any
“prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 4975(c) of the Code or
Section 406 of ERISA, which transaction is not exempt under Section 4975(d) of
the Code or Section 408 of ERISA.
(d) No
Employee Benefit Plan provides post-employment medical, health or dental
coverage other than the continuation of coverage requirements of Part 6 of
Title I of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code and any regulations issued
thereunder.
5.10 Litigation. Except
as set forth on Schedule 5.10, there
are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened
against any Seller before any Governmental Body, which, if adversely determined,
would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material
to the operation of the Business as currently conducted. Except as
set forth on Schedule
5.10, there are no Orders outstanding against any Seller which would
reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the
operation of the Business as currently conducted.
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5.11 Material
Contracts.
(a) Schedule 5.11(a)
contains a list, as of the Effective Date, of all Contracts (the “Material Contracts”)
pursuant to which any Seller has any rights or benefits or undertakes any
obligations or liabilities with respect to the Business, that:
(i) has
a duration of one year or more and is not terminable without cause or penalty
upon 90 days or less prior written notice by any party;
(ii) requires
or could reasonably be expected to require any party thereto to pay $100,000 or
more in any 12 month period;
(iii) contains
any non-competition covenant or exclusivity arrangement binding against any
Seller;
(iv) involves
any Contract (A) granting or obtaining any right to use any material Purchased
Intellectual Property (including, without limitation, any Franchise Agreements)
or (B) restricting the Sellers’ rights to the use of any Purchased Intellectual
Property;
(v) regards
the employment, services, consulting, termination or severance from employment
relating to or for the material benefit of any director, officer, employee,
independent contractor or consultant of any Seller;
(vi) constitutes
joint venture, partnership and similar Contracts involving a sharing of profits
or expenses;
(vii) provides
for the supply or distribution of products and that is material to the operation
of the Business as currently conducted;
(viii) is
an IP License Agreement;
(ix) any
agreement for the disposition of any significant portion of the assets,
properties or rights of any Seller or any agreement for the acquisition by any
Seller of the assets, properties or rights of any other Person (other than
purchases of items normally held out for sale by such Person in the ordinary
course of business); or
(x) any
agreement (or group of related agreements) under which any Seller has assumed or
guaranteed (or may assume or guarantee) any Liability of a third party, other
than pursuant to a sublease with a Franchisee.
(b) The
Sellers have delivered to or made available to the Purchaser a complete and
accurate copy of each Material Contract. With respect to each
Material Contract, except as set forth in Schedule
5.11(b): (i) such Material Contract is legal, valid,
binding and enforceable against the Seller and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers,
each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect except as such
enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity, including
principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless
of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); and
(ii) except for breaches and defaults of the type referred to in Section
365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, none of the Sellers or, to the Knowledge of
the Sellers, any of the counterparties to such Material Contract, are in
material default under any of the terms of such Material Contract.
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5.12 Property.
(a) Schedule 5.12(a)
lists all of the locations and parcels of real estate which are owned by any
Seller (the “Owned
Real Property”). Each Seller listed on Schedule 5.12(a) as
the owner of any Owned Real Property has good and marketable title to such Owned
Real Property.
(b) Schedule 5.12(b)
lists all of the leasehold interests of any Seller under leases of real property
(the “Leased Real
Property”). The Sellers have delivered or made available to
the Purchaser a true and complete copy of each of the aforementioned Leases, as
it has been amended, modified, restated or otherwise supplemented.
(c) The
base rents set forth on Schedule 5.12(c)
accurately reflect in all material respects the base monthly rents being paid by
the applicable Seller as tenant, and/or being collected by Seller as landlord,
under the Assumed Leases as of the Effective Date.
(d) Schedule 5.12(d)
lists, as of the Effective Date, the amount of all security deposits held by the
landlords under all Assumed Leases.
5.13 Financial
Statements. The Sellers have provided to the Purchaser a true
and complete copy of: (i) the unaudited balance sheet, statement of income
from operations and profit and loss statement as of and for the eight months
ended February 21, 2010 (the "Unaudited Financial
Statements"); (ii) the unaudited profit and loss statements at
Location levels for the eight months ended February 21, 2010 (“P&L Statements”);
and (iii) the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the
year ended June 28, 2009 (the “Audited Financial
Statements” and together with the Unaudited Financial Statements and the
P&L Statements, the “Financial
Statements”). The Financial Statements together with the
footnotes thereto fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Sellers (as
applicable) for the respective fiscal periods or as of the respective dates set
forth therein in accordance with GAAP, except with respect to the Unaudited
Financial Statements and the P&L Statements for the absence of footnotes and
normal year end adjustments.
5.14 Brokers. Except
for the fees and expenses of FocalPoint Securities, LLC (for which the Sellers
shall be solely responsible), and subject to approval of the Bankruptcy Court,
the Sellers do not have any obligation to pay any fees, commissions or other
similar compensation to any broker, finder, investment banker, financial advisor
or other similar Person in connection with the Transactions.
5.15 Employees.
(a)
Schedule 5.15 is a true and complete
list, as of the Effective Date, of all Employees and independent contractors of
any Seller whose total annual compensation for the current fiscal year is
expected to exceed $40,000 (the “Employee List”),
setting forth for each such individual (i) his or her position (including
whether an employee or independent contractor), (ii) his or her current salary
or hourly wage, (iii) any raises or reductions to his or her salary or hourly
wage received by him or her since January 1, 2009, (iv) a statement as to
whether such person is compensated in whole or in part on a commission basis,
and if so, a description of such commission arrangement, and (v) the amount of
any bonuses, commissions or other compensation paid to him or her in respect of
calendar year 2009 (whether paid in cash, securities or other
property). Except as indicated on the Employee List, no Employee or
consultant on the Employee List has given or received notice terminating his or
her employment with the Seller.
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(b) No
Seller is a party to or otherwise bound by any collective bargaining agreement
or relationship with a labor union or other labor organization. No
Seller is subject to any charge, demand, petition or representation proceeding
seeking to compel, require or demand that it bargain with any labor union or
labor organization.
5.16 Related Party
Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.16, no
officer, director, direct or indirect owner, or Affiliate of any Seller (except
for another Seller) owns any property or right, tangible or intangible, that is
used in the Business.
5.17 Franchise
Matters.
(a) Schedule 5.17(a) sets
forth the Franchisee of record for each Person who has a currently-effective
Franchise Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.17(a),
each of the currently-effective Franchise Agreements is substantially similar to
the form of Franchise Agreement incorporated into the current FDD, a copy of
which form was made available to Purchaser. Except as described in
Schedule
5.17(a), no Seller has waived any material right or benefit of any
Seller, or any material obligation of any Franchisee, under any Franchise
Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.17(a),
there are no other material Contracts in effect between any Seller and any
Franchisee (in its capacity as such) other than the Franchise
Agreements. No Seller nor any of its Affiliates has, since January 1,
2006 and until the Effective Date, (i) sold Franchises anywhere in the world
except for the United States, Canada, and the Middle East, and (ii) offered
Franchises anywhere in the world except for the United States, Canada, Mexico,
the Middle East, Greece and the Dominican Republic.
(b) Either
the current FDD or Schedule 5.17(b)
contains a summary of each Franchise-related Legal Proceeding or formal
mediation proceeding which is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers,
threatened in writing, except where such Legal Proceeding, either individually
or in the aggregate, is not, and would not reasonably be expected to be,
material to the operation of the Business as currently conducted.
(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 5.17(c), no
Franchisee or other Person has any enforceable right of first refusal, option or
other right or arrangement to sign any Franchise Agreement or acquire any
Franchise other than Franchisees under currently-effective Development
Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.17(c),
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any protected
territory or exclusive territory or is otherwise limited in its right to grant
Franchises other than currently-effective Development Agreements and Franchise
Agreements.
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(d) The
Sellers have made available to the Purchaser an accurate and complete copy of
each FDD that any Seller has used to offer or sell Franchises at any time since
October 26, 2009.
5.18 Customer
Programs. Schedule 5.18
contains a summary of the Customer Programs under which any Seller has any
Liability, together with the amount of such Liability as of March 31,
2010.
5.19 No Other Representations or
Warranties; Schedules. Except for the representations and
warranties contained in this Article V (as
modified by the Schedules hereto): (a) none of the Sellers nor any other Person
makes any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to
the Sellers, the Business, the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or the
Transactions, and (b) each Seller disclaims (i) any other representations or
warranties, whether made by the Sellers, any Affiliate of the Sellers, or any of
the Sellers’ or their Affiliates’ respective officers, directors, managers,
employees, agents or representatives, and whether expressed or implied, at
common law, by statute, or otherwise, relating to the condition of the Purchased
Assets (including any implied or expressed warranty of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose) and (ii) all liability and responsibility for
any representation, warranty, projection, forecast, statement, or information
made, communicated, or furnished (orally or in writing) to the Purchaser or its
Affiliates or representatives (including any opinion, information, projection,
or advice that may have been or may be provided to the Purchaser by any
director, manager, officer, employee, agent, consultant, or representative of
the Sellers or any of its Affiliates). Without limiting the
foregoing, the Sellers expressly disclaim and make no representations or
warranties to the Purchaser regarding the probable success or profitability of
the Business. The disclosure of any matter or item in any Schedule
hereto shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment that any such matter
is required to be disclosed or is material or that such matter would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Sellers that:
6.1 Organization and Good
Standing. The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware
and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as now conducted.
6.2 Authorization of
Agreement. The Purchaser has the requisite power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other agreement, document or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is a party and to perform
its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement and each other agreement, document or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby to which the Purchaser is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
requisite action on the part of the Purchaser. This Agreement and
each other agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to
which the Purchaser is a party has been duly and validly executed and delivered
by it and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
parties hereto) this Agreement and each other agreement, document or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is a party constitutes legal, valid
and binding obligations of it enforceable against it in accordance with its
respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally,
and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including
principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless
of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in
equity).
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6.3 Conflicts;
Consents of Third Parties.
(a) The
execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement and each other
agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is
a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
or compliance by it with any of the provisions hereof or thereof do not conflict
with, or result in any violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse
of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination or cancellation
under any provision of (i) its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (ii) any
agreement, contract, indenture, note, bond, lease, license, approval,
authorization, consent, or permit to which it is a party or by which
any of its properties or assets are bound, other than such conflicts,
violations, defaults, terminations or cancellations that would not reasonably be
expected to cause, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect
on the Purchaser or its ability to consummate the Transactions or perform its
obligations under this Agreement; (iii) any Order of any Governmental Body
applicable to it or any of its properties or assets as of the Effective Date; or
(iv) any applicable Law.
(b) Except
for the notification required under the HSR Act, no consent, waiver, approval,
Order, Permit or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or
notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is required in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each other agreement, document
or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which the Purchaser is a party,
the compliance by it with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or its taking
of any other action contemplated hereby or thereby, except for such consents,
waivers, approvals, Orders, Permits, authorizations, declarations, filings and
notifications, the failure of which to obtain or make, would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on
the Purchaser or its ability to consummate the Transactions or perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
6.4 Brokers. The
Purchaser does not have any obligation to pay any fees, commissions or other
similar compensation to any broker, finder, investment banker, financial advisor
or other similar Person in connection with the Transactions.
6.5 Condition of the Purchased
Assets. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary, the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Sellers are not
making any representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, beyond
those expressly given by the Sellers in Article V (as
modified by the Schedules hereto), and the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees
that, except for the representations and warranties contained therein, the
Purchased Assets are being transferred on a “where is” and, as to condition, “as
is” basis. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has conducted and will
conduct its own due diligence and in making the determination to proceed with
the Transaction, the Purchaser has relied and will be relying on the results of
its own independent investigation.
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6.6 Communications. The
Purchaser and its Affiliates and representatives may contact, or engage in any
discussions or otherwise communicate with, any of the Business’s suppliers,
franchisees and others with whom Sellers have material commercial
dealings. The Purchaser shall notify the Sellers in advance of any of
the above-described discussions or communications. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Confidentiality Agreement, nothing in the
Confidentiality Agreement shall prohibit any of the activities contemplated by
and conducted in accordance with this Section 6.6.
6.7 The Debtors' Privacy
Policy. The Purchaser shall be bound by the privacy policy
posted at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx on June 14, 2010 with respect to any personally
identifiable information (as that term is defined in Section 101(41A) of the
Bankruptcy Code) collected and maintained by the Debtors prior to the
Closing.
ARTICLE
VII
BANKRUPTCY
COURT MATTERS
7.1 Court
Approval. This Agreement is subject to approval by the
Bankruptcy Court.
7.2 Submission to Bankruptcy
Court. As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of the
Auction (as defined in the Bidding Procedures), the Debtors shall file with the
Bankruptcy Court a notice designating the Purchaser as the Successful Bidder (as
defined in the Bidding Procedures) and attaching a copy of the Sale
Order. The Debtors and the Purchaser shall cooperate with each other
in obtaining Bankruptcy Court approval of the Sale Order.
7.3 Sale
Order. The Purchaser agrees that it will promptly take such
actions as are reasonably requested by the Debtors to assist in obtaining entry
of the Sale Order and a finding of adequate assurance of future performance by
the Purchaser, including furnishing affidavits or other documents or information
for filing with the Bankruptcy Court for the purposes, among others, of
providing necessary assurances of performance by the Purchaser under this
Agreement and demonstrating that the Purchaser is a “good faith” purchaser under
section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code and that the Purchase Price was not
controlled by an agreement in violation of Section 363(n) of the Bankruptcy
Code. In the event the entry of the Sale Order shall be appealed, the
Debtors and the Purchaser shall use their respective reasonable efforts to
defend such appeal.
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ARTICLE
VIII
COVENANTS
8.1 Access to
Information. The Sellers agree that, prior to the Closing
Date, the Purchaser shall be entitled, through its officers, employees,
consultants and representatives (including, without limitation, its legal
advisors and accountants), to make such investigation of the properties,
business and operations of the Sellers and such examination of the books and
records and financial and operating data of the Sellers, the Business, the
Purchased Assets and the Assumed Liabilities, and access to the officers, key
employees, accountants and other representatives of the Sellers, as it
reasonably requests and to make extracts and copies of such books and
records. Any such investigation and examination shall be conducted
upon reasonable advance notice and under reasonable circumstances and shall be
subject to restrictions under applicable Law. The Purchaser and its
representatives shall cooperate with the Sellers and their representatives and
shall use their reasonable efforts to minimize any disruption to the
Business. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such
investigation or examination shall be permitted to the extent that it would
require the Sellers to disclose information subject to attorney-client
privilege.
8.2 Conduct Pending the
Closing. Except (i) as required by applicable Law, (ii) as
otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) with the prior
written consent of the Purchaser, during the period from the date of this
Agreement to and through the Closing Date, the Sellers shall, to the extent
commercially reasonable, taking into account the filing of the Bankruptcy
Case:
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(A)
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conduct
their business only in the ordinary
course;
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(B)
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after
the Petition Date the Sellers shall not sell gift certificates and gift
cards at any Seller-owned or -operated Acquired Location, provided that
the Sellers may continue to operate the "Fudds Club" program consistent
with past practice; and
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(C)
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use
their commercially reasonable efforts to (y) preserve their present
business operations, organization and goodwill, and (z) preserve their
present relationships with suppliers and
franchisees.
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8.3 Consents; Liquor
Licenses. The Sellers shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts, and the Purchaser shall cooperate with the Sellers, to obtain at the
earliest practicable date those consents and approvals required to consummate
the Transactions that are listed in Schedule 8.3;
provided, however, that neither the Sellers nor the Purchaser shall be obligated
to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom consent or
approval is requested or to initiate any Legal Proceedings to obtain any such
consent or approval; provided, further, that if requested by the Purchaser, the
Sellers shall initiate such Legal Proceedings requested by the Purchaser to
obtain such consents or approvals or an Order but only if the Purchaser pays to
the Sellers, the Sellers’ good faith and reasonable estimate of any and all out
of pocket expenses and costs (including reasonable attorneys fees) related
thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, and for clarity only, the
Sellers shall have no responsibility to procure, and the Purchaser shall, at its
own expense and risk, be responsible for procuring, any and all consents,
authorizations, or approvals from, or make any and all registrations or filings
with, any Governmental Body or other third party to the extent that any of the
same are required with respect to any of the Sellers’ liquor licenses as a
result of or on account of the Transactions (collectively, “Liquor License
Approvals”) and the Purchaser having obtained any or all Liquor License
Approvals is not a condition to the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder and any
failure of the Purchaser to have obtained the same shall not excuse the
Purchaser from full performance of its obligations under this
Agreement. The Sellers shall reasonably cooperate with the Purchaser
in connection with the Purchaser’s efforts to obtain any Liquor License
Approvals, including by entering into temporary management arrangements
acceptable to the Sellers, all at the Purchaser’s sole
expense.
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8.4 Further
Assurances. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement,
each of the Purchaser and the Sellers shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to (i) take all actions necessary or appropriate to consummate the
Transactions and (ii) cause the fulfillment at the earliest practicable date of
all of the conditions to their respective obligations to consummate the
Transactions.
8.5 Preservation of
Records. The Sellers or their successors and the Purchaser
agree that each of them shall preserve and keep the records held by them or
their Affiliates relating to the Purchased Assets for two years after the
Closing Date (except as provided below) and shall make such records (as well as
former employees of any Seller that are then employed by the Purchaser)
available to the other as may be reasonably required by such party in connection
with, among other things, the Sellers’ (or any subsequently appointed fiduciary
of any Seller’s estate) administration of the Bankruptcy Case, the investigation
and pursuit of Estate Claims, any insurance claims by, Legal Proceedings or Tax
audits against or governmental investigations of the Sellers or the Purchaser or
any of their Affiliates or in order to enable the Sellers or the Purchaser to
comply with their respective obligations under this Agreement and each other
agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby. In the event
the Sellers or the Purchaser wish to destroy such records before or within two
years, such party shall first give ninety (90) days prior written notice to the
other and such other party shall have the right at its option and expense, upon
prior written notice given to such party within such ninety (90) day period, to
take possession of the records within one-hundred and eighty (180) days after
the date of such notice. Access pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall be
afforded by the party in possession of such records, upon receipt of reasonable
advance notice, during normal business hours and at the expense of the
requesting party; provided, however, that (i) any review of such records shall
be conducted in such a manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the
operation of the business of any party, (ii) no party shall be required to take
any action that would constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege and
(iii) no party shall be required to supply the other party with any information
which such party is under a legal obligation not to supply. The party
exercising this right of access shall be solely responsible for any costs or
expenses incurred by it pursuant to this Section
8.5.
8.6 Publicity. Before
the Closing Date, none of the parties hereto shall issue any press release
concerning this Agreement or the Transactions without obtaining the prior
written approval of the other party hereto, which approval will not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless, in the sole judgment of the Purchaser
or the Sellers, disclosure is otherwise required by applicable Law or by the
Bankruptcy Court with respect to filings to be made with the Bankruptcy Court in
connection with this Agreement, provided that the
party intending to make such release shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts consistent with such applicable Law or Bankruptcy Court requirement to
consult with the other party with respect to the text
thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement
or the Confidentiality Agreement, nothing in this Agreement or the
Confidentiality Agreement shall prohibit the Purchaser from making any public
disclosures (which may include the filing of this Agreement as an exhibit to a
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission) required, in the sole
judgment of the Purchaser, by the securities laws or the rules and regulations
of The New York Stock Exchange.
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8.7 Schedules and
Exhibits. The Sellers may, at their option, include in the
Schedules items that are not material in order to avoid any misunderstanding,
and such inclusion, or any references to dollar amounts, shall not be deemed to
be an acknowledgement or representation that such items are material, to
establish any standard of materiality or to define further the meaning of such
terms for purposes of this Agreement.
8.8 Payment of
Taxes. The Sellers shall be responsible for paying or
otherwise discharging all of their Taxes for all periods (or portions thereof)
ending on or prior to the Closing Date; provided that the Purchaser shall be
responsible for paying, and shall indemnify the Sellers for, all conveyance,
sales, use, excise, value, value added, registration, stamp, property, transfer,
real property transfer, gains, recording registration and similar Taxes,
together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional
amounts imposed with respect thereto which become payable in connection with the
Transactions (taking into account the provisions of Section 1146 of the
Bankruptcy Code).
8.9 Motions, Orders,
etc. The Debtors shall promptly provide the Purchaser with the
proposed final drafts of all documents, motions, orders, or pleadings that the
Debtors propose to file with the Bankruptcy Court which relate to the approval
of this Agreement, the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Contracts or Assumed Leases
or the consummation of the Transactions, or any provision therein or herein, so
as to provide the Purchaser and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment on such documents, motions, orders, or pleadings prior to
filing with the Bankruptcy Court, and insomuch as is consistent with the
Debtors’ fiduciary duties, consider such comments in good faith.
8.10 Recurring
Charges.
(a) With
respect to any regularly recurring rents, water, telephone, electricity or other
utility charge which relates to the Purchased Assets and is imposed on a
periodic basis and is payable for a period that includes (but does not end on)
the Closing Date, the portion of such charge which relates to the portion of
such period ending prior to the Closing Date shall be deemed to be the amount of
such charge for such entire period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of
which is the number of days in such period ending prior to the Closing Date and
the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire such
period. The Sellers shall be responsible for the payment of the
amount so deemed to relate to the portion of such period prior to Closing, and
the Purchaser shall pay the amount so deemed to relate to the portion of such
period as of and following Closing.
(b) To
the extent any year end adjustments due and payable under any Assumed Leases
including, without limitation, common area maintenance (excluding common area
maintenance under any Assumed Lease with respect to which the prior year’s
reconciliation has already been reflected in the monthly common area maintenance
charge), Taxes and insurance, are not known as of the Closing Date, the
proration with respect thereto between the Sellers and the Purchaser shall be
calculated based on the amounts paid with respect thereto for the prior
year. To the extent any other amounts described in Section 8.10(a) are
not known as of the Closing Date, the proration with respect thereto between the
Sellers and the Purchaser shall be calculated based on the amounts paid with
respect thereto for the prior period. There shall be no further
proration between the Sellers and the Purchaser after the Closing Date based on
the actual amounts payable.
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(c) Any
amounts payable by the Sellers in accordance with this Sections 8.10 and
11.1 shall be
paid and fully satisfied in accordance with Section
3.1. The Purchaser shall pay to any applicable third party all
amounts due and payable after the Closing with respect to the items to which the
proration provisions of this Section 8.10 and
Section 11.1
apply.
8.11 Adequate
Assurance. The Purchaser will timely provide such information
to the Debtors, as the Debtors believe is reasonably necessary to provide
“adequate assurance,” as that term is used in Section 365 of the Bankruptcy
Code, with respect to the Assumed Leases and the Assumed Contracts.
8.12 Bulk
Sales. To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Purchaser and the Sellers hereby waive compliance by the Purchaser and the
Sellers with the terms of any bulk sales or similar laws in any applicable
jurisdiction in respect of the Transactions.
8.13 Specified
Litigation.
(a) The
parties hereby acknowledge that the Minnesota Locations are currently occupied
and operated by X.X. Management LLC (or its affiliates) and are the subject of
litigation which the Sellers are currently pursuing in order to, among other
things, obtain a Final Order enabling the Sellers to deliver possession and
control of the Minnesota Locations to the Purchaser free and clear of any claim
or interest of X.X. Management LLC (or its affiliates) (not
including any claims to collect the account receivable described in Section 2.2(o)(ii),
the “Specified
Litigation”).
(b) After
the Closing: (i) the Sellers will conduct the Specified Litigation in accordance
with the reasonable instructions and direction of the Purchaser, and will
cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with any Specified Litigation
Resolution, all subject to the ethical duties and professional judgments of the
legal advisors to the Sellers, (ii) the Purchaser shall cooperate with and
otherwise assist the Sellers in the Specified Litigation, and incident to such
cooperation, the Purchaser will make available any documents required or useful
in connection with, and any employees of the Purchaser (including former
employees of the Sellers) as may be required to serve as witnesses in, the
Specified Litigation, and (iii) the Purchaser shall, subject to Section 8.13(c),
reimburse the Sellers for (A) the reasonable attorneys’ fees and related
litigation expenses incurred by the Sellers in connection with the Specified
Litigation on or after the Closing Date, and (B) obligations incurred and/or
paid by the Sellers under the Minnesota Leases after the Closing
Date.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Purchaser may provide
written notice to the Sellers at any time prior to the occurrence of the
Specified Litigation Resolution designating one or both of the Minnesota Leases
as rejected (the “Pre-Resolution Rejection
Notice”) in which case the Purchaser shall not be responsible for
reimbursing the Sellers under Section 8.13(b)(iii)
or otherwise for costs and obligations incurred by the Sellers after the date of
such rejection in connection with the rejected Minnesota Lease.
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(d) For
clarity, the Minnesota Locations are Excluded Locations and the Minnesota Leases
are Excluded Leases, provided that within five days after the occurrence of the
Specified Litigation Resolution the Purchaser shall give written notice to the
Sellers designating one or both of the Minnesota Leases as assumed and assigned
to the Purchaser (or its designee) or as rejected. In the event that
no such notice is given, the Minnesota Leases shall not thereafter be eligible
to become Assumed Leases and may be rejected by the Sellers.
(e) In
the event of the assignment and assumption of the Minnesota Leases to the
Purchaser, each of the applicable Seller and the Purchaser shall execute and
deliver to one another an assignment and assumption agreement with respect
thereto, and the Sellers shall transfer title (through appropriate bills of
sale) to the Purchaser of any Furniture and Equipment owned by the Sellers and
located at the Minnesota Locations at such time without additional consideration
(subject to Section
3.3).
(f) At
no time shall the Sellers become or be required to become the employer of any
employees of the Minnesota Locations or to operate the Minnesota
Locations.
(g) The
Sellers shall not be required to settle the Specified Litigation unless such
settlement does not require (i) the payment of money by the Sellers (unless such
payment is made by the Purchaser (it being agreed that the Purchaser shall be
under no obligation to make any such payment)) or (ii) the settlement of the
account receivable described in Section
2.2(o)(ii).
8.14 Fuddruckers
Name.
(a) Immediately,
and in no event later than five days following the Closing, each of the
Sellers shall, and shall cause each of their subsidiaries to, (i) change
its legal name, as necessary, to a name that does not contain the words
“Fuddruckers”, “Xxx Xxx Roo” or any other trade name or trade xxxx constituting
part of the Purchased Intellectual Property, or any designation similar thereto
or derivative thereof, (ii) cease to use any such names or marks on
signage, advertising materials, unused stationery and other material and (c)
cease to use any other Purchased Intellectual Property. Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, each of the Sellers agrees that the
Purchaser, in addition to any other remedies available to it for any breach or
threatened breach of this Section 8.14(a), shall be entitled to a
preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order or other equivalent relief
restraining the Sellers from any such breach or threatened breach.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Purchased Assets include all
rights, claims or causes of action of the Sellers against X.X. Management LLC
and its Affiliates relating to infringing, misappropriating or otherwise
violating any Purchased Intellectual Property.
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8.15 HSR Act.
(a) The
Sellers and the Purchaser shall following the date the Sale Order is entered by
the Bankruptcy Court:
(i) ensure
that the filings required of them or any of their Affiliates under the HSR Act
are made on or before July 2, 2010;
(ii)
comply at the earliest practicable date with any request for
additional information or documentary material received by the Sellers, the
Purchaser or any of their Affiliates from the United States Federal Trade
Commission (the "FTC") or the
Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the "DOJ") pursuant to the
HSR Act;
(iii) cooperate
with each other in connection with any filing under the HSR Act and in
connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry concerning the
Transactions commenced by the FTC or DOJ; and
(iv) advise
the other parties promptly of any material communication received by such party
from the FTC or DOJ regarding any of the Transactions.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to require (i) the Purchaser to divest or hold
separate any assets or agree to limit its future activities, method or place of
doing business, (ii) the Purchaser or any Seller to commence any litigation
against any entity in order to facilitate the consummation of any of the
Transactions or (iii) the Purchaser or any Seller to defend against any
litigation brought by any the FTC, DOJ or other Governmental Body seeking to
prevent the consummation of, or impose limitations on, any of the
Transactions.
ARTICLE
IX
EMPLOYEES
AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
9.1 Transferred
and Retained Employees.
(a)
The parties recognize that the continued employment of the personnel of the
Sellers is significant to the business interests of both the Purchaser and the
Sellers. As a result, the orderly transfer of employment relationships is
important to both parties and the parties shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to accomplish the transition with as little disruption to the
Business as possible. As of the Closing, the Purchaser shall offer employment to
substantially all of the Sellers’ operating Employees associated with all
Acquired Locations (other than the Minnesota Locations and the corporate offices
in Austin Texas, and North Andover, Massachusetts), and the Purchaser may offer
employment to any other Employee of the Sellers, in each case initially at the
Equal Aggregate Compensation Level (each of the Employees that accepts such an
offer and actually commences employment as of or after the Closing Date, the
“Transferred
Employees”, and all other Employees that have not been terminated by the
Sellers prior to the Closing Date, the “Retained Employees”).
The “Equal Aggregate
Compensation Level” means that the applicable Transferred Employee’s
level of base compensation and benefits, taken as a whole, will be substantially
similar to the Employee as his/her current level of aggregate base compensation
and Specified Benefits (defined below), taken as a whole, but excluding and
without considering any Employee Benefit Plans that are not the Specified
Benefits. “Specified
Benefits” means, to the extent the Transferred Employee was a participant
therein, (x) the 13 Employee Benefit Plans listed on Schedule 5.9 under
the heading “Medical, surgical, hospitalization, life insurance and other
“welfare” plans, funds or programs (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of
ERISA)” and the 4 Employee Benefit Plans listed on Schedule 5.9 under the
heading “Other employee benefit plans, funds, programs agreements or
arrangements,” and (y) the Magic Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan. Nothing in this
Agreement shall require the Purchaser to assume any Employee Benefit Plan or
prevent the Purchaser from enacting other plans or benefits.
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In this
Agreement, the “Salaried Non-Store
Employees” means those Transferred Employees who are primarily
compensated on a salary, rather than an hourly or wage, basis and who do not
spend at least eighty percent (80%) of their working time working at one
restaurant. The Purchaser shall either (a) employ each Salaried
Non-Store Employee at the Equal Aggregate Compensation Level for a period of at
least six (6) months after the Closing (the “Interim Period”),
unless such Salaried Non-Store Employee quits employment or is terminated for
cause; or (b) if the Purchaser terminates a Salaried Non-Store Employee’s
employment during the Interim Period without cause, the Purchaser shall pay to
that Salaried Non-Store Employee a severance payment in an amount equal to the
unpaid salary that would have been payable to that Salaried Non-Store Employee
during the remainder of the Interim Period.
The
Purchaser intends to develop and implement one or more appropriate incentive
compensation plans to align compensation with the Purchaser’s business
objectives.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions, the Purchaser shall have no obligation to permit any
Transferred Employee or Retained Employee to rollover or otherwise transfer such
Employee’s account under any Employee Benefit Plan maintained by the Seller to
any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that the
Purchaser offers to the Transferred Employees or the Retained
Employees. To the extent that any of the Employees has or would have
“COBRA” rights pursuant to Section 4980B of the Code or Part 6 of Title I of
ERISA and any regulations issued thereunder as an “M&A qualified
beneficiary” (as defined in such regulations), the Purchaser shall be solely
responsible for providing such required COBRA coverage to such Employees (and to
the spouse or any qualifying child of any such Employee) in accordance with
Treasury Regulation Section 1.4980B-9.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Purchaser shall have no obligation to
provide compensation or benefits with respect to Retained
Employees. Except as otherwise required by law, all employees will be
employees-at-will.
(b) For
purposes of determining eligibility, vesting and the calculation of the amount
of vacation, severance or other benefits under any “employee benefit plan” (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that the Purchaser offers to Transferred
Employees, the Purchaser will credit each Transferred Employee with his or her
months and years of service with the Sellers to the same extent as such
Transferred Employee was entitled immediately prior to the Closing to credit for
such service under any similar Employee Benefit Plan.
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(c) The
Sellers and the Purchaser shall cooperate to comply with and take all actions
necessary to minimize the obligations arising under the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar applicable state or local Law
requiring notice to employees in the event of a closing or layoff (the “WARN Act”) in
connection with any (i) plant closing as defined in the WARN Act affecting any
site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site
of employment of the Sellers; (ii) mass layoff as defined in the WARN Act
affecting any site of employment of the Sellers; or (iii) similar action under
the WARN Act requiring notice to employees in the event of an employment loss or
layoff. The Sellers shall send such notices under the WARN Act as the
Purchaser may reasonably request or as may be reasonably required.
9.2 Employment Tax
Reporting. With respect to Transferred Employees, the
Purchaser and the Sellers shall use the standard procedure set forth in Revenue
Procedure 2004-53, 2004-34 I.R.B. 320, for purposes of employment tax
reporting.
ARTICLE
X
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
10.1 Conditions Precedent to
Obligations of the Purchaser. The obligation of the Purchaser
to consummate the Transactions is subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions (any or all of which may be
waived by the Purchaser in whole or in part to the extent permitted by
applicable Law):
(a) the
representations and warranties of the Sellers contained in this Agreement (i)
that are not qualified by materiality or a Material Adverse Effect shall be true
and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent
expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date, and
except to the extent that the failure of such representations and warranties to
be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) that are qualified by
materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects
on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent expressly made as of an
earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date; and the Purchaser shall
have received a certificate signed by authorized officers of the Sellers, dated
the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect;
(b) the
Sellers shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all
obligations and agreements required in this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by them prior to the Closing Date, and the Purchaser shall have
received a certificate signed by authorized officers of the Sellers, dated the
Closing Date, to the forgoing effect; and
(c) the
Sellers shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchaser all of
the items set forth in Section
4.2.
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10.2 Conditions Precedent to
Obligations of the Sellers. The obligations of the Sellers to
consummate the Transactions are subject to the fulfillment, prior to or on the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions (any or all of which may be
waived by the Sellers in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable
Law):
(a)
The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement
(i) that are not qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all
respects on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent expressly made as
of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date, and except to the
extent that the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and
correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Purchaser or its ability to
consummate the Transactions and perform its obligations under this Agreement,
and (ii) that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all
respects on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent expressly made as
of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date, and the Sellers shall
have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer of the Purchaser,
dated the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect;
(b) the
Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all
obligations and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Sellers
shall have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer of the
Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect; and
(c) the
Purchaser shall have delivered to the Sellers all of the items set forth in
Section
4.3.
10.3 Conditions Precedent to
Obligations of the Purchaser and the Sellers. The respective
obligations of the Purchaser and the Sellers to consummate the Transactions are
subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the
following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by the Purchaser and the
Sellers in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable
Law):
(a) there
shall not be in effect any Order of a Governmental Body of competent
jurisdiction restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of
the Transactions;
(b) the
Bidding Procedures Order shall not have been stayed, vacated, modified or
supplemented in any material respect without the Purchaser’s prior written
consent;
(c) the
Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Sale Order in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Debtors and the Purchaser;
(d) the
Sale Order shall have become a Final Order, unless the Purchaser, in its sole
discretion, waives that requirement; and
(e) if
applicable, the waiting period applicable to the consummation of the
Transactions under the HSR Act shall have expired or been earlier
terminated.
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10.4 Frustration of Closing
Conditions. No party may rely on the failure of any condition
set forth in Sections
10.1, 10.2 or 10.3, as the case may
be, if such failure was caused by such party’s failure to comply with any
provision of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
XI
TAXES
11.1 Allocation of
Taxes. Except with respect to matters provided for in Section 8.10, all
Taxes imposed on or with respect to the Purchased Assets on a periodic basis
(including but not limited to real estate Taxes and assessments) (“Periodic Taxes”)
relating to periods beginning on or before and ending after the Closing Date
shall be allocated on a per diem basis to the Sellers and the Purchaser,
respectively, in accordance with Section 164(d) of the Code. All
Periodic Taxes relating to periods ending on or before the Closing Date shall be
allocated solely to the Sellers. All Periodic Taxes relating to the
periods beginning after the Closing Date shall be allocated solely to the
Purchaser. If the actual amounts to be prorated are not known as of
the Closing Date, the prorations shall be made on the basis of Periodic Taxes
assessed for the prior year. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set forth in this Section 11.1 but
subject to the provisions of Section 8.8,
Liabilities for any Taxes determined by reference to income, capital gains,
gross income, gross receipts, sales, net profits, windfall profits or similar
items or resulting from a transfer of assets incurred during a period beginning
before and ending after the Closing Date shall be allocated solely to the
Sellers if such item accrued during the period ending on and including the
Closing Date.
11.2 Purchase Price
Allocation. The Sellers and the Purchaser shall allocate the
Purchase Price among the Sellers and among the Purchased Assets of each Seller
in accordance with a statement (the “Allocation
Statement”) provided by the Purchaser to the Sellers as soon as
practicable after the Closing. The Purchase Price allocated to each
Seller shall be comprised first of the Assumed Liabilities of each Seller and
then such portion of each item comprising the Purchase Price as determined by
the Purchaser. The Allocation Statement shall be prepared in
accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and in no event shall more than
$15,000,000 of the Purchase Price be allocated to the assets of
Magic. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, the Purchaser
and the Sellers shall file all Tax Returns (including Form 8594) consistent
with, and shall take no tax position inconsistent with the Allocation
Statement.
11.3 Tax
Reporting. The Purchaser and the Sellers shall each be
responsible for the preparation and filing of their own Tax
Returns.
11.4 Cooperation and
Audits. Without expanding the obligations of the parties
pursuant to Section
8.5, the Purchaser and the Sellers shall cooperate fully with each other
regarding tax matters, and shall make available to the other as reasonably
requested all information, records and documents relating to Taxes governed by
this Agreement until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations or
extension thereof or the conclusion of all audits, appeals or litigation with
respect to such Taxes.
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ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 No Survival of
Representations and Warranties. The parties hereto agree that
the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall not survive
the Closing hereunder and no Person shall have any liability for any breach
thereof. The parties hereto agree that the covenants contained in
this Agreement to be performed at or after the Closing shall survive the Closing
hereunder, and each party hereto shall be liable to the other after the Closing
for any breach thereof.
12.2 Expenses. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of the Sellers, on the one hand,
and the Purchaser, on the other hand, shall bear its own expenses incurred in
connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each other
agreement, document and instrument contemplated by this Agreement and the
consummation of the Transactions. The Purchaser shall pay any fee
payable to the FTC in connection with the pre-merger notification required by
the HSR Act.
12.3 Injunctive
Relief. Damages at law may be an inadequate remedy for the
breach of any of the covenants, promises or agreements contained in this
Agreement, and, accordingly, any party hereto shall be entitled to injunctive
relief with respect to any such breach, including without limitation specific
performance of such covenants, promises or agreements or an order enjoining a
party from any threatened, or from the continuation of any actual, breach of the
covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Agreement. The
rights set forth in this Section 12.3 shall be
in addition to any other rights which a party hereto may have at law or in
equity pursuant to this Agreement.
12.4 Submission
to Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Without
limiting any party’s right to appeal any order of the Bankruptcy Court, (i) the
Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction to enforce the terms of
this Agreement and to decide any claims or disputes which may arise or result
from, or be connected with, this Agreement, any breach or default hereunder, or
the Transactions, and (ii) any and all proceedings related to the foregoing
shall be filed and maintained only in the Bankruptcy Court, and the parties
hereby consent to and submit to the jurisdiction and venue of the Bankruptcy
Court and shall receive notices at such locations as indicated in Section 12.8 hereof;
provided, however, that if the
Bankruptcy Case has closed, the parties agree to unconditionally and irrevocably
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware and any appellate court thereof, for the resolution of any
such claim or dispute. The parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any objection which they may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute brought in such court
or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such
dispute. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a judgment in any
such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or
in any other manner provided by Law.
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(b) Each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to process being served by any party to
this Agreement in any suit, action or proceeding by delivery of a copy thereof
in accordance with the provisions of Section
12.8.
12.5 Waiver of Right to Trial by
Jury. Each party to this Agreement waives any right to trial
by jury in any action, matter or proceeding regarding this Agreement or any
provision hereof.
12.6 Entire Agreement; Amendments
and Waivers. This Agreement (including the Schedules and
Exhibits hereto) collectively represent the entire understanding and agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement can be amended, supplemented or changed, and
any provision hereof can be waived, only by written instrument making specific
reference to this Agreement signed by the party against whom enforcement of any
such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver is sought. No
action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, any
investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a
waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein. The waiver by any
party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or
be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of
any other or subsequent breach. No failure on the part of any party
to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. All
remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies
provided by Law.
12.7 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made
and performed in such State.
12.8 Notices. All
notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally by hand, (ii) when sent by
facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission) or (iii) one (1) Business
Day following the day sent by overnight courier (with written confirmation of
receipt), in each case at the following addresses and facsimile numbers (or to
such other address or facsimile number as a party may have specified by notice
given to the other party pursuant to this provision):
If to the
Sellers, to:
c/o Magic
Brands, LLC
0000
Xxxxx XxXxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
X, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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with
copies to:
Goulston
& Storrs, P.C.
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Esq. and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000)
000-0000
If to the
Purchaser, to:
Xxxx'x,
Inc.
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, General Counsel
Fax: (000)
000-0000
With
copies to:
Bracewell
& Xxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
and
Fuqua
& Associates, P.C.
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
and
Morris,
Nichols, Arsht & Xxxxxxx LLP.
0000 X.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx.
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
12.9 Severability. If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable
of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms or provisions of
this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the
economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any
term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, the
parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to
effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an
acceptable manner in order that the Transactions are consummated as originally
contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
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12.10 Assignmen. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this
Agreement shall create or be deemed to create any third party beneficiary rights
in any Person or entity not a party to this Agreement. No assignment
of this Agreement or of any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by any
Seller or the Purchaser (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior
written consent of the other parties hereto and any attempted assignment without
the required consents shall be void; provided that the
Purchaser may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder to one
or more Affiliates formed by it prior to the Closing without the consent of any
Seller. No assignment of any obligations hereunder shall relieve the
parties hereto of any such obligations. Upon any such permitted
assignment, the references in this Agreement to the Sellers or the Purchaser
shall also apply to any such assignee unless the context otherwise
requires.
12.11 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken
together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
written above.
THE
PURCHASER:
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XXXX'X,
INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
written above
THE
SELLERS:
FUDDRUCKERS,
INC.
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R.
XXX, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: President
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Title: President
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MAGIC
BRANDS, LLC
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FUDDRUCKERS
OF XXXXXX COUNTY,
LLC |
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By: KCI,
LLC, its sole Manager
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By: Fuddruckers,
Inc., its Managing Member
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Manager
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Title: President
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ATLANTIC
RESTAURANT VENTURES,
INC. |
FUDDRUCKERS
OF WHITE XXXXX, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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By: Fuddruckers,
Inc., its Managing Member
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Director
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: President
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