EXHIBIT 1
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
(Planet Hollywood International, Inc.)
THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into as of
________________, 2000, by and between PLANET HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") and MAGNETIC LIGHT PROFITS LIMITED, a
company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the "New Money
Investor").
WHEREAS, on October 12, 1999, the Company and certain of its affiliates
(collectively, the "Debtors") commenced cases under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of
the United States Code by filing voluntary petitions in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Case No. 99-03612 (the
"Bankruptcy Court").
WHEREAS, on November 8, 1999, the Debtors filed their Joint Plan of
Reorganization and Disclosure Statement with the Bankruptcy Court, which was
supported by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for the Debtors.
WHEREAS, following a hearing held on December 9, 1999, the Bankruptcy
Court approved the Disclosure Statement as amended and scheduled a hearing on
confirmation of the reorganization plan for January 20, 2000.
WHEREAS, on December 13, 1999 the Debtors filed their First Amended
Joint Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") and First Amended Disclosure Statement
(the "Disclosure Statement") with the Bankruptcy Court.
WHEREAS, a hearing on the confirmation of the Plan was held on January
20, 2000 and the Plan, as modified by the Confirmation Order, was confirmed by
the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to an order entered January 21, 2000 (the
"Confirmation Order").
WHEREAS, this Agreement is being entered into in accordance with the
terms of the Plan, such terms outlining the investment of approximately $30
million in the Company by certain persons or entities (collectively, the "New
Money Investors") in order to acquire seven million shares of the Company's New
Class B Common Stock (as defined in the Plan) to be issued upon consummation of
the Plan.
WHEREAS, the New Money Investor desires to purchase from the Company,
and the Company desires to issue and sell to the New Money Investor 933,336
shares of the Company's New Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
(the "Shares"),
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in a transaction exempt from registration under state and federal securities
laws, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. SALE AND PURCHASE. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, and in reliance on the respective representations, warranties and
covenants of the parties contained herein, the Company hereby agrees to sell the
Shares to the New Money Investor, and the New Money Investor hereby agrees to
purchase the Shares from the Company.
2. PURCHASE PRICE, ESCROW AND CLOSING.
2.1 The aggregate purchase price for the Shares is
Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) (approximately $4.2857 per Share), payable
by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds. The New Money Investor
agrees that said purchase price shall be deposited in an interest bearing escrow
account (the "Escrow Account") with Gray, Harris & Xxxxxxxx, P.A. acting as
escrow agent, within five (5) business days of the Company's request for such
deposit.
2.2 In accordance with the terms hereof, all monies
deposited into the Escrow Account (the "Escrowed Funds") shall be released to
the Company on that date (the "Closing Date") which is on or after the Effective
Date of the Plan (as such date is defined in the Plan); provided, that all of
the following conditions have been satisfied:
(i) all modifications to the Plan subsequent
to the date of this Agreement have been approved by the New Money Investor;
(ii) the Company has delivered to the New
Money Investor, or its designee, stock certificates representing the Shares,
other than the Celebrity Shares (as defined herein) (the "Delivered Shares");
(iii) the Company and the New Money Investor
have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Delivered
Shares (as described in Section 4.2 hereof);
(iv) the Company and the New Money Investor
have entered into a Voting Agreement relating to the Delivered Shares (as
described in Section 4.3 hereof);
(v) the Company shall have delivered a
certificate to
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the New Money Investor representing that the representations and warranties of
the Company under this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects when made and shall continue to be true and correct as of the Closing
Date as though such representations and warranties were made on the Closing
Date, and that the Company has complied with all covenants required of the
Company under this Agreement; and
(vi) the Company (and any other appropriate
parties) shall have delivered a certificate to the New Money Investor
representing that the Plan has been declared effective and that all conditions
to the effectiveness of the Plan have been satisfied or otherwise waived.
2.3 Unless otherwise agreed to between the parties,
in the event the Effective Date has not occurred by _______________, 2000, the
Escrowed Funds (and all interest accruing thereon) shall be returned to the New
Money Investor.
2A. CELEBRITY SHARES AND DELIVERY. The New Money Investor
acknowledges that the terms of the Plan contemplate the New Money Investors
agreeing to allow the Company to redirect up to approximately one million of
their seven million shares of New Class B Common Stock to celebrities in
consideration for their involvement with the Company. Consequently, the New
Money Investor agrees and acknowledges that the Company will withhold from
delivery to the New Money Investor approximately fourteen and 29/100 percent
(14.29%) of the Shares (the "Celebrity Shares") in order to deliver the
Celebrity Shares to certain celebrities and other parties in consideration for
their involvement with the Company. Such delivery shall be at the discretion of
the Company, and the New Money Investor shall not be entitled to the return of
any of the Celebrity Shares. The New Money Investor also acknowledges that under
the terms of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws,
upon delivery of the Celebrity Shares to such celebrities and other parties,
such shares shall automatically convert to an equal number of the Company's New
Class A Common Stock (as defined in the Plan).
3. NEW MONEY INVESTOR'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The
New Money Investor represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
3.1 RESIDENCE. The New Money Investor's principal
residence or principal office is as shown next to the New Money Investor's
signature hereto.
3.2 INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION. The New Money Investor
is acquiring the Shares for its own account and not on behalf of other persons
and for investment purposes only and not with a view to or for resale or
distribution of the Shares; the New Money Investor has no contract, agreement or
arrangement with any person or entity, to sell, transfer, or pledge to such
person or entity, the Shares nor has any present intention of distributing the
Shares or of selling the Shares under any contract, agreement, or arrangement.
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3.3 ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
(i) The New Money Investor has had an
opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, appropriate executive
officers of the Company concerning the Company and the terms and conditions of
the issuance of the Shares.
(ii) The New Money Investor has had access
to full and fair disclosure of all material information concerning the Company,
including, but not limited to, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, all material
books and records of the Company and all material contracts and documents
relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares.
(iii) The Company has made available for
inspection all material documents relating to the Company's business and has not
refused in any way to permit the New Money Investor to inspect any document
requested by the New Money Investor.
3.4 SUITABILITY.
(i) The New Money Investor is an "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). If the New Money Investor is an individual,
the New Money Investor has adequate means for providing for his/her current
anticipated needs and personal contingencies without respect to his/her
investment in the Company and any income therefrom, if any, and does not
anticipate any need to sell, assign, transfer or hypothecate his/her interest in
the Shares purchased by him/her in the foreseeable future.
(ii) The New Money Investor also has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of investing in the Shares.
3A. COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company
represents and warrants to the New Money Investor as follows:
3A.1 ORGANIZATION; AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY OF
AGREEMENT. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate
power to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the
Company's obligations hereunder have been, or will have been on the Closing
Date, duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and/or the
Bankruptcy Court, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company
are necessary to authorize such execution, delivery and performance. This
Agreement has been duly executed by the Company and is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company.
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3A.2 CAPITALIZATION. On the Effective Date and the
Closing Date, there shall be approximately ten million (10,000,000) shares of
New Class A Common Stock and New Class B Common Stock, in the aggregate, issued
and outstanding, with such number including the Celebrity Shares. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of New Class A Common Stock and New Class B Common
Stock have been, or will be on the Effective Date duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. Except as provided in the Plan: (i) there
are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, purchase rights,
subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, or other contracts or
commitments that could require the Company to issue, sell, or otherwise cause to
become outstanding any of its capital stock and (ii) there are no outstanding or
authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or similar
rights with respect to the Company.
3A.3 NO CONFLICT OR VIOLATION. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement do not and will not
violate or conflict with any provision of the amended certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company, and do not and will not violate any
provision of any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other
governmental or regulatory authority to which the Company is subject.
3A.4 TITLE. Subject only to the retention of the
Celebrity Shares by the Company in accordance with Section 2A hereof (i) the
Shares are and, as of the Closing Date, will be legally and beneficially owned
by the New Money Investor, and (ii) the Shares will be, on the Closing Date,
free from and unaffected by any option or right to acquire, interest or other
equity or encumbrance whatsoever in favor of any other person.
4. NEW MONEY INVESTOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The New Money
Investor hereby acknowledges and agrees:
4.1 RESTRICTIONS. The Shares purchased pursuant to
this Agreement have been acquired pursuant to certain investment representations
by the New Money Investor and shall not be sold, pledged, hypothecated, donated
or otherwise transferred, whether or not for consideration, by the New Money
Investor, and the Company may not permit the transfer of such Shares, except
upon the registration of the Shares under the Act and any applicable state
securities laws, or issuance to the Company of a favorable opinion of counsel
satisfactory to counsel for the Company, or the submission to the Company of
such other evidence as may be satisfactory to counsel for the Company, in any
case, to the effect that any such transfer shall not be in violation of the Act
and any applicable state securities laws. The New Money Investor acknowledges
and agrees that a conspicuous and appropriate legend shall be placed on any
certificate or certificates delivered to it in connection with this Agreement in
substantially the following form:
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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED PURSUANT
TO AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION ON THE PART OF THE PURCHASER
HEREOF AND SHALL NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, DONATED,
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, WHETHER OR NOT FOR CONSIDERATION, BY
THE PURCHASER EXCEPT UPON THE REGISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR
THE ISSUANCE TO THE COMPANY OF A FAVORABLE OPINION OF COUNSEL,
SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, OR THE SUBMISSION TO
THE COMPANY OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY BE SATISFACTORY TO
SUCH COUNSEL, IN ANY CASE TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY SUCH TRANSFER
SHALL NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
The certificates will also bear any other legends required by
applicable securities laws.
4.2 REGISTRATION. The parties acknowledge and agree
that in connection with this Agreement, and in accordance with the terms of the
Plan, the parties shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement
simultaneously herewith (the "Registration Agreement"), providing for the filing
of a "shelf" registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
covering the resale of the Delivered Shares. The registration of the Delivered
Shares shall be in accordance with the terms of the Registration Agreement.
4.3 VOTING AGREEMENT. The parties acknowledge and
agree that in connection with this Agreement, and in accordance with the terms
of the Plan, the parties shall enter into a Voting Agreement simultaneously
herewith (the "Voting Agreement"), providing for the election of certain
directors of the Company. The New Money Investor shall be required to vote the
Delivered Shares in accordance with the terms of the Voting Agreement.
4.4 OPERATING HISTORY. The Company is in the process
of emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and does not have a recent
history of profitable operations. The New Money Investor acknowledges that the
ownership of the Shares involves a high degree of risk of loss of the New Money
Investor's entire investment. The New Money Investor has made such investigation
of the business and prospects of the Company as it deems adequate and
specifically recognizes there is no assurance of any income from this
investment.
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5. INDEMNIFICATION. In the event any litigation or controversy
arises out of or in connection with this Agreement, the New Money Investor
agrees that in consideration for the issuance and transfer of the Shares, the
New Money Investor will indemnify the Company, and any officer, director,
employee, agent, or any other person controlling any of them against all
liabilities, damages, expenses, or claims, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
expenses and costs, including those associated with any appellate or
post-judgment collection proceedings, incurred by the Company or such persons,
if such liabilities, damages or claims arise from a misrepresentation or a
breach of warranty made by the New Money Investor in connection with this
Agreement.
6. NOTICES. Any and all notices, designations, consents,
offers, acceptances, or any other communication provided for herein shall be
given in writing by registered or certified mail, which shall be addressed to
the addresses of the parties set forth herein, or, if none, to the last known
address of the addressee.
7. INVALID PROVISION. The invalidity or unenforceability of
any term or provision of this Agreement or the nonapplication of any such term
or provision to any person or circumstance shall not impair or affect the
remainder of this Agreement, and the remaining terms and provisions hereof shall
not be invalidated, but shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
construed as if such invalid, unenforceable, or nonapplicable provision were
omitted.
8. WAIVER OR MODIFICATION. No waiver or modification of this
Agreement or of any covenant, condition or limitation herein contained shall be
valid unless in writing and duly executed by the party to be charged therewith.
Furthermore, no evidence of any waiver or modification shall be offered or
received in evidence in any proceeding, arbitration or litigation between the
parties arising out of or affecting this Agreement, or the rights or obligations
of any party hereunder, unless such waiver or modification is in writing and
duly executed as aforesaid. The provision of this paragraph may not be waived
except as herein set forth.
9. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement and supersedes any and all previous agreements between the parties,
whether written or oral, with respect to such subject matter (including the
Initial Agreement).
10. APPLICABLE LAW AND BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be
construed and regulated under and by the laws of the State of Florida, U.S.A.,
excluding the choice of law rules thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representatives, successors and assigns. All references herein to "Dollars" and
"$" shall refer to United States Dollars.
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11. ARBITRATION. In the event a dispute arises under this
Agreement which cannot be resolved, such dispute shall be submitted to
arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American
Arbitration Association then in effect. All such arbitration shall take place at
the office of the American Arbitration Association located in Orlando, Florida.
The award or decision rendered by the arbitrator(s) (including an allocation of
the costs of arbitration) shall be final, binding and conclusive and judgment
may be entered upon such award by any court. The arbitration provisions of this
Agreement shall not prevent any party from obtaining injunctive relief from a
court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the obligations of the other party
hereunder for which such party may require provisional relief pending a decision
on the merits by the arbitrator(s). The arbitrator(s) shall have authority to
award any remedy or relief that a court of the State of Florida could grant in
conformity to applicable law, including the authority to award attorneys' fees
or punitive damages. If any party to this Agreement brings an arbitration or
action to enforce its rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including without limitation
reasonable attorneys' fees and fees of experts, incurred in connection with such
action, including any appeal of such action.
12. SECTION AND PARAGRAPH HEADINGS. Section and paragraph
headings used throughout this Agreement are for reference and convenience and in
no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of this Agreement or affect
is provisions.
13. MULTIPLE COPIES OR COUNTERPARTS OF AGREEMENT. The original
and one or more copies of this Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties hereto. In such event, all of such executed copies shall have the same
force and effect as the executed original and all of such counterparts taken
together shall have the effect of a fully executed original.
14. NUMBER AND GENDER. Whenever used herein, singular numbers
shall include the plural, the plural the singular, and the use of any gender
shall include all genders.
15. SURVIVAL. The warranties, representations and
acknowledgments contained in this Agreement shall survive execution of this
Agreement by the parties hereto and issuance of the Shares by the Company to the
New Money Investor. Notwithstanding any investigation made by or on behalf of
the New Money Investor or the Company, whether before or after the date hereof,
the New Money Investor and the Company shall be entitled to rely upon the
respective representations, warranties and acknowledgments given or made by each
to the other herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and
delivered this Agreement on the day and year first above written.
NEW MONEY INVESTOR:
MAGNETIC LIGHT PROFITS LIMITED
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Entity Name, if any
Address:
__________________________ ____________________________________
Signature
__________________________ ____________________________________
Please Print Name and Title
COMPANY:
Address:
Planet Hollywood International, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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By:_________________________________
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 Name: ______________________________
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