Exhibit 10.24
Conformed Copy
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT
DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1997
BETWEEN XXXXX XXXXXXXX LICENSING, INC.
AND XXXXX XXXXXXXX EUROPE B.V. AND
PEPE JEANS LONDON CORPORATION
AGREEMENT entered into this 8th day of May, 1998, by and among XXXXX
XXXXXXXX LICENSING, INC., having an address at 000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000 (hereinafter referred to as "Licensor"), XXXXX XXXXXXXX EUROPE
B.V., having its offices at Atlanta Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 0000 XX
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx (hereinafter referred to as "Licensee"), and PEPE
JEANS LONDON CORPORATION, having its registered address at Craigmuir Xxxxxxxx.
X.X. Xxx 00, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (hereinafter referred to
as "PJLC").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Licensor and PJLC entered into a license agreement dated
February 1, 1997, which license agreement was assigned, on June 1, 1997, by PJLC
to Licensee and thereafter was amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated
December 1, 1997 (as amended, the "License Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Corporation, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx U.S.A., Inc.,
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx (Eastern Hemisphere) Limited and PJLC have entered into that
certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 1998 (the "Stock
Purchase Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Stock Purchase Agreement contemplates that the parties
hereto will amend the License Agreement effective as of the closing of the
transactions under the Stock Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement
and the mutual agreements herein contained and promises herein expressed, and
for other good and valuable consideration acknowledged by each of them to be
satisfactory and adequate, do hereby agree as follows:
1. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the License Agreement.
2. Paragraph 1.12 of the License Agreement shall be deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
"1.12 LICENSED PRODUCTS shall mean mens and boys
sportswear, and mens, womens and childrens jeanswear and jeans
related apparel (including womens and girls casualwear). In
addition, Licensed Prroducts shall, to the extent permitted by
Licensor from time to time, include accessories and other
products which are produced by licensees of Licensor."
3. Paragraph 1.13 of the License Agreement shall be deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
"1.13 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS shall mean Licensed Products
which are manufactured by or for Licensee through sources
approved by Licensor other than Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx (Eastern
Hemisphere) Limited ("THEH") and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx U.S.A., Inc.
("THUSA"), or any of their designated subsidiaries."
4. The second and third sentences of Subparagraph 2.12(a) of the
License Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the
following:
"Licensee shall enter into exclusive buying office agreements
with THEH and THUSA or their designated subsidiaries, for the
purchases of Purchased Products. Pursuant to such buying office
agreements, Licensee shall pay to THEH or THUSA or such
designated subsidiaries a buying office commission of * of
the F.O.B. price of all Purchased Products."
5. Subparagraph 2.12(b) of the License Agreement shall be deleted in
its entirety and replaced with the following:
"(b) In the event Licensee purchases Purchased Products
(other than mens and boys sportswear, and mens, womens and
childrens jeanswear and jeans related apparel (including womens
and girls casualwear)) from a source other than Licensor or its
designee, which shall in all events be a source approved by
Licensor, Licensee shall pay to Licensor an administrative fee in
the amount equal to * of the invoice price of all such
Purchased Products."
6. The first two sentences of Subparagraph 2.12(c) of the License
Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:
"Licensee may only source Licensed Products directly, without
THEH or THUSA or their designated subsidiaries, if the type of
approved Licensed Product is not then being sourced by THEH or
THUSA or such designated subsidiaries. For example, if THEH or
THUSA or
* This information has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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any of their designated subsidiaries are, at the applicable time,
not in the business of sourcing tailored clothing through their
sources approved by Licensor, then Licensee may source the
tailored clothing through its sources approved by Licensor."
7. The chart following the second sentence of Paragraph 4.2 of the
License Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
"Annual Period Minimum Sales Level
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First *
Second *
Third *
Fourth *
Fifth *
each Annual Period thereafter *
8. The chart following the second sentence of Subparagraph 5.2(a)
of the License Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
"Annual Period Guaranteed Minimum Royalty
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First *
Second *
Third *
Fourth *
Fifth *
each Annual Period thereafter *
9. The first sentence of Paragraph 7.2 of the License Agreement
shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following
"Licensee agrees that, during each of the First and Second Annual
Periods, it shall spend the greater of * or * of the
actual Net Sales, and for each Annual Period thereafter, shall
spend the greater of * of the Minimum Sales Level or *
of the Actual Net Sales for each such Annual Period, for direct
media advertising of the Licensed Products not including any
cooperative advertising, trade shows, sampling, or any other
promotional or sales material normally produced for the sale of
the Licensed Products (the "Advertising Expenditure")."
* This information has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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10. Article 17 of the License Agreement shall be deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
"ARTICLE 17. ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
17.1 NO ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT CONSENT. The license and rights
granted to Licensee hereunder are personal in nature, and Licensee may
not and shall not sell, transfer, lease, sublicense or assign this
Agreement or its rights and interests hereunder, or any part hereof,
by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of
Licensor, which consent may be withheld by Licensor in its sole and
absolute discretion, except that Licensor shall not unreasonably
withhold its consent to an assignment or sublicense of this Agreement
to Affiliates of Licensee.
17.2 SALE OF ASSETS. A sale or other transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of Licensee shall be deemed an
assignment of Licensee's rights and interests under this Agreement to
which the terms and conditions of Article 17.1 of this Agreement shall
apply.
17.3 ASSIGNMENT BY LICENSOR. Licensor shall have a complete and
unrestricted right to sell, transfer, lease or assign its rights and
interests in this Agreement to any domestic or foreign corporation or
other business entity, providing that such transferee agrees to be
bound by all of the terms hereof and is the holder of the Trademark in
the Territory. When Licensor wishes to sell, transfer, lease or
assign its rights and interests in this Agreement, Licensor shall do
so on notice to Licensee.
17.4 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Article 17, the
following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
"DESIGNEE" shall mean an affiliate or affiliates of Licensor
designated by it.
"IPO" shall mean the closing of a public offering of any Pepe
Europe Shares pursuant to a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any
similar securities laws of any foreign jurisdiction.
"PEPE EUROPE BUSINESS" shall mean the business conducted by
Licensee under this Agreement, or, if this Agreement shall have been
assigned to another affiliate of PJLC, by such affiliate.
"PEPE EUROPE SHARES" shall mean the shares of capital stock of
Licensee, or such other affiliate of PJLC or Licensee as shall then be
conducting the Pepe Europe Business, having the right generally to
vote in the election of directors of such Licensee or such affiliate,
as the case may be.
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"THIRD PARTY" shall mean any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity that is not an
affiliate of PJLC or Licensee.
17.5 INITIAL PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS. Subject to Paragraph
17.11, during the period beginning May 8, 1998 until May 8, 2000 (the
"Initial Restriction Period"), without the prior written consent of
Licensor, which consent may be withheld by Licensor in its sole and
absolute discretion, PJLC shall not, and shall cause Licensee and its
affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, sell, contract
to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option
or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or
otherwise dispose of any Pepe Europe Shares or (ii) enter into any
swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in
part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Pepe Europe
Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii)
above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock, in cash
or otherwise (any such transaction, whether or not for consideration,
being referred to herein as a "Transfer"). The issuance of Pepe Europe
Shares to other than the existing shareholders or their affiliates
shall be deemed to be a Transfer of those Pepe Europe Shares for the
purposes of this Article 17.
17.6 NO TRANSFER OF GREATER THAN 50% WITHOUT CONSENT. From and
after the Initial Restriction Period until the first anniversary of an
IPO, without the prior written consent of Licensor, which consent may
be withheld by Licensor in its sole and absolute discretion, PJLC
shall not, and shall cause Licensee and its affiliates not to,
Transfer, in one or a series of transactions, an aggregate of 50% or
more of the Pepe Europe Shares to any Third Party or Third Parties.
17.7 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON CERTAIN TRANSFERS OF LESS THAN
50%. (a) From and after the Initial Restriction Period, if PJLC or
Licensee or any of its affiliates shall propose to Transfer to any
Third Party less than 50% of the Pepe Europe Shares other than
pursuant to an IPO, PJLC shall, in accordance with the provisions of
subparagraph (b) hereof, first offer to Transfer the same to Licensor
(or its Designee).
(b) The offer shall be made by sending to Licensor a notice (the
"Offering Notice") setting forth: (i) the number of Pepe Europe Shares
proposed to be Transferred; (ii) that PJLC has received a bona fide
written offer from a prospective purchaser of said Pepe Europe Shares;
(iii) the name and address of the prospective purchaser; (iv) the
terms and conditions of such proposed transaction; and (v) that PJLC
is offering to transfer the said Pepe Europe Shares to Licensor (or
its Designee) on the same terms and conditions as contained in the
bona fide offer.
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(c) Licensor (or its Designee) may elect to purchase all of the
Pepe Europe Shares so offered by giving written notice of such
acceptance to PJLC within thirty (30) days after the date the Offering
Notice was received by Licensor.
(d) Each acceptance made hereunder shall constitute a separate,
binding contract obligating PJLC to transfer, and Licensor (or its
Designee) to purchase, the Pepe Europe Shares accepted at the price
and upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Offering Notice.
The transaction shall be closed at such place as shall have been
designated in the Offering Notice, not later than sixty (60) days
after the date the Offering Notice was given as such period may be
extended by any applicable waiting periods required by the Xxxx-Xxxxx-
Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"),
or any other applicable law. At the closing, PJLC shall deliver to
Licensor (or its Designee) such Pepe Europe Shares, together with duly
executed and acknowledged instruments of assignment and transfer, and
simultaneously therewith Licensor (or its Designee) shall pay PJLC for
such Pepe Europe Shares in accordance with the terms of the Offering
Notice. Such other instruments shall be executed and delivered at the
closing as shall be called for by the terms of the Offering Notice.
(e) If all of the Pepe Europe Shares so offered shall not be
accepted by Licensor (or its Designee) in the manner and within the
period herein provided, the offer shall be deemed revoked and
cancelled as though never made. In such event, PJLC shall have the
right, within sixty (60) days after the expiration of the thirty (30)
day period required for acceptance (as such period may be extended by
the applicable requirements of the HSR Act or other applicable laws),
to Transfer the Pepe Europe Shares to the Third Party designated in
the Offering Notice, at the price and upon the terms and conditions
set forth therein and such Third Party shall be entitled to receive
such Pepe Europe Shares free of all restrictions of this Agreement.
If, for any reason whatsoever, such transaction is not consummated
within the said sixty (60) day period (as so extended, if applicable),
the Pepe Europe Shares so offered shall remain subject to the
restrictions of this Agreement and PJLC may not otherwise Transfer the
Pepe Europe Shares, or any part thereof, without again first complying
with the provisions of this Article 17.
17.8 RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER ON IPO. (a) From and after the
Initial Restriction Period, if PJLC or Licensee (or such other
affiliate of PJLC or Licensee as shall then be conducting the Pepe
Europe Business) proposes to Transfer in an IPO less than 50% of the
Pepe Europe Shares then outstanding (after giving effect to any
primary issuance of Pepe Europe Shares in the proposed IPO), it shall
first give written notice of such proposed IPO to
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Licensor (the "IPO Notice"), which notice shall specify the number of
Pepe Europe Shares proposed to be Transferred in the IPO. Licensor
may, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the IPO Notice, give
written notice to PJLC of Licensor's (or its Designee's) irrevocable
offer to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Pepe Europe
Shares then outstanding (the "Licensor Offer"), which Licensor Offer
shall set forth the price proposed to be paid per Pepe Europe Share.
(b) PJLC shall have the right to accept the terms of the offer
contained in the Parent Offer by giving written notice (the "Offer
Acceptance") to Licensor within thirty (30) days after the date the
Licensor Offer was received. The transaction shall be closed at such
place as shall have been designated in the Licensor Offer, not later
than sixty (60) days after the date the IPO Notice was given as such
period may be extended by any applicable waiting periods required by
the HSR Act or any other applicable law. At the closing, PJLC shall
deliver to Licensor (or its Designee) all of the outstanding Pepe
Europe Shares duly executed and acknowledged instruments of assignment
and transfer, and simultaneously therewith Licensor (or its Designee)
shall pay PJLC for such Pepe Europe Shares at the purchase price per
Pepe Europe Share specified in the Licensor Notice.
(c) In the event that PJLC rejects the offer contained in the
Licensor Offer or does not give the Offer Acceptance within the thirty
day period required for such acceptance, PJLC or Licensee (or such
other affiliate of PJLC or Licensee as shall then be conducting the
Pepe Europe Business) shall have the right, within six months after
the expiration of the thirty (30) day period referred to in
subparagraph (a) above, to consummate the IPO as specified in the IPO
Notice at a price to public per share equal to not less than 110% of
of the price per share specified in the Licensor Offer.
(d) In the event that Licensor shall not have given the Licensor
Offer within the thirty (30) day time period referred to in
subparagraph (a) above, PJLC or Licensee (or such other affiliate of
PJLC or Licensee as shall then be conducting the Pepe Europe Business)
shall have the right, within six months after the expiration of the
thirty (30) day period required by subparagraph (a) above, to
consummate an IPO with respect to no greater than that number of Pepe
Europe Shares as specified in the IPO Notice, and the Pepe Europe
Shares sold in the IPO shall thereafter be free of all restrictions of
this Agreement. If, for any reason whatsoever, such IPO is not
consummated within the said six month time period, the Pepe Europe
Shares shall remain subject to the restrictions of this Agreement and
PJLC may not otherwise Transfer the Pepe Europe Shares, or any part
thereof, without again first complying with the provisions of this
Agreement.
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17.9 CALL RIGHT FOLLOWING IPO. (a) From and after the six
month anniversary of the IPO until the first anniversary thereof,
Licensor (or its Designee) shall have the right to purchase all, but
not less than all, of the then outstanding Pepe Europe Shares, other
than those Pepe Europe Shares which shall have theretofore been
Transferred in the IPO in accordance with subparagraph (b) below.
(b) Licensor (or its Designee) may exercise such right by giving
written notice of such exercise to PJLC (the "Call Notice"). The
transaction shall be closed at such place as shall have been
designated in the Call Notice, not later than sixty (60) days after
the date such Call Notice was given as such period may be extended by
any applicable waiting periods required by the HSR Act or any other
applicable law. At the closing, PJLC shall deliver to Licensor (or
its Designee) the Pepe Europe Shares subject to the Call Notice
together with duly executed and acknowledged instruments of assignment
and transfer, and simultaneously therewith Licensor (or its Designee)
shall pay PJLC for such Pepe Europe Shares a purchase price per Pepe
Europe Share equal to the average closing market price (as reported on
the principal securities exchange on which the Pepe Europe Shares are
then listed) of the Pepe Europe Shares over the thirty (30) trading
day period ending on the last trading day prior to the date that the
Call Notice was given.
17.10 OTHER PERMITTED TRANSFERS. From and after the first
anniversary of an IPO, PJLC or Licensee (or such other affiliate of
PJLC or Licensee as shall then be conducting the Pepe Europe Business)
shall have the right to Transfer Pepe Europe Shares (a) in a public
offering pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities
Act, (b) pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act,
(c) pursuant to the securities laws of a foreign jurisdiction in a
transaction that does not violate the Federal securities laws of the
United States or (d) to a Third Party; provided that prior to any
Transfer pursuant to clause (d) above, PJLC shall first have first
offered to sell such Pepe Europe Shares to Licensor and shall have
complied with the provisions of subparagraphs (b) through (e) of
Paragraph 17.7 with respect to the Pepe Europe Shares proposed to be
so Transferred.
17.11 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS TO AFFILIATES. During the term
of this Agreement, any Transfer of Pepe Europe Shares to an affiliate
of PJLC shall be subject to the prior written consent of Licensor,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that the
transferee pursuant to any such Transfer shall agree in writing to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement as and to the extent that PJLC
was so bound prior to such Transfer.
17.12 ACCESS TO INFORMATION. During the term of this Agreement,
PJLC shall, and shall cause Licensee and its affiliates to, afford to
the
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representatives of Licensor (and its Designee) reasonable access to
the business and financial records of Licensee or such affiliate of
PJLC or Licensee as is then conducting the Pepe Europe Business,
including financial projections prepared by the management of Licensee
or such affiliate, during normal business hours, in order that
Licensor may have full opportunity to make such investigations as
Licensor desires in connection with the exercise of its rights under
this Article 17."
11. Except as modified hereby, all other paragraphs contained in
the License Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and nothing
contained herein shall alter them in any way and they are hereby in all
respects ratified and affirmed.
12. This Amendment may be executed in two (2) or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same document.
13. This Amendment shall be interpreted and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York with the same force and
effect as if fully executed and to be performed therein.
14. The parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York and any of the
courts of the state of New York in any dispute arising under this Amendment
and agree further that service of process or notice in any such action, suit
or proceeding shall be effective if in writing and delivered in person or sent
as provided in Section 20.1 of the License Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Licensor, Licensee and PJLC have signed this
Amendment as of the date first written above.
XXXXX XXXXXXXX LICENSING, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
By: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
XXXXX XXXXXXXX EUROPE B.V.
/s/ Sydney R. Neil
By: Sydney R. Neil
Title: Director
PEPE JEANS LONDON CORPORATION
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Stroll
By: Xxxxxxxx X. Stroll
Title: Group CEO
