An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained in this Preliminary Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the offering statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is qualified. This Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Final Offering Circular or the offering statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.
Preliminary Offering Circular dated October 26, 2016
MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC.
840 Shares of
Common Stock
We are offering on a best efforts basis a maximum of 840 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares) at a price of $5,000 per Share. In order to participate in this offering, potential investors must subscribe for between five and 20 Shares. This offering will terminate the earlier of January 31, 2017 (the Offer Termination Date), the date when the maximum number of Shares being offered are sold, or a date determined by the Companys Board of Directors in their sole discretion prior to the Offer Termination Date. If $3,700,000 in aggregate subscriptions for the Shares (the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount) is not deposited with UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent) on or before the Offer Termination Date or the date when the offering is terminated by the Companys Board of Directors, all subscriptions will be refunded to investors without deduction of interest. The proposed sale of Shares in this offering will begin as soon as practicable after our offering statement on Form 1-A is qualified by both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the applicable state regulators. All funds received in connection with this offering will be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent until the offering is terminated.
Currently, no public market exists for the Shares, we do not expect one to develop, and we do not intend to apply to have the Shares listed on any exchange or over-the-counter market. Additionally, in order to participate in this offering, each investor must execute a shareholders agreement, which among other things will contain restrictions on the transfer of the Shares being offered in this offering as well as grant us certain redemption rights. See Securities Being Offered Shareholders Agreement for further information.
Investing in our Shares is speculative and involves substantial risks. You should carefully review the Risk Factors section of this offering circular beginning on page 5, which contains a detailed discussion of the material risks you should consider before investing in our Shares.
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| (1) | We do not intend to use commissioned sales agents or underwriters. |
| (2) | Does not include expenses of the offering, including legal accounting and other costs of approximately $200,000. See Plan of Distribution and Use of Proceeds. |
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not pass upon the merits of or give its approval to any securities offered or the terms of the offering, nor does it pass upon the accuracy or completeness of any offering circular or other solicitation materials. These securities are offered pursuant to an exemption from registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission; however, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not made an independent determination that the securities offered are exempt from registration.
The mailing address for our principal executive offices is: 8215 SE 59th St. Mercer Island, Washington 98040. Our telephone number is 206-550-9120.
We are providing the disclosure in the disclosure in the format prescribed by Part II of Form I-A
The date of this Preliminary Offering Circular is October 26, 2016
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You should rely only on the information contained in this offering circular. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where an offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this offering circular is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this offering circular. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
Except as otherwise indicated, the information concerning Roanoke Inn, LLC included with this offering circular has been provided to us by the Roanoke Inn, LLC. Although the Company has no knowledge that would indicate that any of the statements contained within the offering circular concerning the Roanoke Inn, LLC taken from or based upon such information provided to us are untrue or incomplete, neither the Company nor any of its directors or officers assumes any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information, including any of the Roanoke Inn, LLCs financial information or statements, or for any failure by the Roanoke Inn, LLC to disclose events or facts which may have occurred or which may affect the significance or accuracy of any such information but which are unknown to the Company. The Company has limited means of verifying the accuracy or completeness of any of the information contained herein that is derived from the information or financial statements provided to us by the Roanoke Inn, LLC or whether there has been any failure by the Roanoke Inn, LLC to disclose to us events that may have occurred or may affect the significance or accuracy of any information provided to us.
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The following summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this offering circular. It may not contain all the information that may be important to you. You should read this entire offering circular carefully, including the sections entitled Risk Factors beginning on page 5 of this offering circular. In this offering circular, unless the context requires otherwise, references to the Company, the issuer, we, our, or us refer to Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc.
Our Company
We were organized in September 2016 with the intention of acquiring certain assets (the Business Assets) used in the operation of the Roanoke Inn, located at 1825 72nd Ave. SE, Mercer Island Washington (the Roanoke). The Company has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Roanoke Inn, LLC dated October 4, 2016 (the APA), pursuant to which the Company will acquire the Business Assets. See Summary of Asset Purchase Agreement for a summary of the APA. The Company intends on financing the $5,500,000 purchase price for the Business Assets with a $2,000,000 commercial loan secured by the Business Assets and $3,500,000 through the offering of the Shares to investors, including 8.5 Shares valued at $42,500 to be issued to Dorothy Reeck, the sole member of the entity that currently owns the Roanoke, as partial consideration for the Business Assets in accordance with the terms of the APA. The Company intends on raising a maximum of $4,200,000 in order to cover the purchase price of the Business Assets, potential renovations to the Roanoke after completion of the transactions contemplated in the APA and costs of this offering and the acquisition of the Business Assets. See Use of Proceeds Upon completion of the transactions contemplated in the APA, the Company intends to continue to operate the Roanoke as a local restaurant.
Investment Objective
We have designed the Company for the purposes of acquiring certain assets used in the operations of the Roanoke and to oversee the continued operations of the Roanoke as a local restaurant and bar.
Capitalization of the Company
The Companys authorized capital consists of 100,000 Shares. Currently, a total 10 shares are outstanding, of which five are owned by John Naye and five owned by Christian Schiller.
Company Management
The management of the Company will be overseen by a board of directors (the Board), which will consist of two permanent members and three additional members elected annually by the shareholders at the Companys annual meeting. John Naye and Christian Schiller, who currently serve as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, will serve as the two permanent members of the Board. Bret Chatalas was appointed to the Board on October 18, 2016, and the Board plans to appoint the current owner of the Roanoke, Dorothy Reeck, to the Board upon the successful completion of the transactions contemplated in the APA. Each of Mr. Chatalas and Ms. Reeck, along with an additional director to be appointed by the Board at some point after the completion of the acquisition of the Roanoke, will serve on the Board until the first annual meeting of our shareholders to be held at some point in 2017. See Directors and Executive Officers for more information on the initial directors and officers of the Company.
The Offering
The Company is seeking $4,200,000 in gross proceeds from the sale of up to 840 Shares. The Shares are being offering at $5,000 per share. Potential investors are required to subscribe for a minimum of five Shares or
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$25,000 in total investment value in order to participate in this offering, and are prohibited from acquiring in excess of 20 Shares or $100,000 in total investment value. If the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount is not deposited with the Escrow Agent on or before the Offer Termination Date or the date when the offering is terminated by the Board, all subscriptions will be refunded to investors without the deduction of interest. As partial consideration for the Business Assets, Ms. Dorothy Reeck will be offered 8.5 Shares valued at $42,500 as part of this offering. See The Offering
Escrow Agent
The Company has retained UMB Bank, N.A. to act as the Escrow Agent in the offering. The Escrow Agent will hold all funds tendered by investors until the offering is terminated, at which time the Escrow Agent will distribute the proceeds of the offering either to the Company (in the event that total gross proceeds from the offering are greater than or equal to the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount) or to the investors to refund their respective subscription amounts (in the event that total gross proceeds from the offering are less than the Minimum Aggregate Amount). All refunds to investors will be made within five business days of the date of such termination without the deduction of interest.
Risk Factors
Investing in the Shares involves a high degree of risk. As an investor, you should be able to bear a complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the information set forth in the Risk Factors section of this offering circular.
Use of Proceeds
The net proceeds of this offering will be used to fund the acquisition of the Business Assets, potential renovations to the Roanoke after completion of the transactions contemplated in the APA and costs of this offering and the acquisition of the Business Assets.
Shareholders Agreement
In order to subscribe for the Shares in this offering, each investor must become party to a shareholders agreement dated October 19, 2016 (the Shareholders Agreement) between the Company and the other shareholders, which amongst other things modifies the term of certain directors on the Board, restricts the transfer the Shares, and provides the Company with redemption rights upon the occurrence of certain events. See Securities Being Offered Shareholders Agreement
Transferability of Shares and Company Redemption Rights
All transfers of Shares must be approved by both the Board, and upon such approval, will in certain instances be subject to a repurchase right by the Company. In connection with potential transfers of Shares that receive Board approval, prior to the completion of such transfer, the Company shall have a right to purchase some or all of the Shares subject to the potential transfer on the same terms as are being offered in the potential transfer. Additionally, transfers of Shares that result from the death of a Shareholder, in connection with a dissolution of marriage proceeding, or in bankruptcy proceeding will be subject to repurchase by the Company, in the sole discretion of the Board, for the fair market value of the Shares subject to such transfer. Further, the Board can repurchase Shares from a shareholder who is determined by the Board to have violated the terms of the Shareholders Agreement or the code of conduct of shareholders or other code of ethics developed by the Board from time to time. See the Securities Being Offered Shareholders Agreement
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Our Corporate Information
We are a Washington corporation. Our principal executive offices are currently located at 8215 SE 59th St. Mercer Island, WA 98040 and our telephone number is (206) 550-9120.
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THE OFFERING
| Issuer: |
Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. |
| Common stock offered by the Company: |
Up to 840 Shares. |
| Price per Share: |
$5,000 |
| Minimum number of Shares per investor: |
5 Shares, or $25,000 in total investment. |
| Maximum number of Shares per investor: |
20 Shares, or $100,000 in total investment. |
| Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount: |
740 Shares or $3,700,000 in aggregate proceeds. |
| Escrow Agent |
UMB Bank, N.A. |
| Offer Termination Date: |
the earlier of January 31, 2017, the date the offering is fully subscribed, or a date determined by the Board in their sole discretion prior to the Offer Termination Date. |
| Common stock outstanding after the offering: |
Prior to the commencement of this offering, there were 10 Shares outstanding. Following the consummation of this offering, and assuming the maximum number of the Shares are issued, the Company will have 850 Shares outstanding |
| Use of proceeds: |
The net proceeds of this offering will be used to fund the acquisition of the Business Assets, potential renovations to the Roanoke after completion of the transactions contemplated in the APA and costs of this offering and the acquisition of the Business Assets. |
| Federal securities exemption relied on: |
Tier 1 under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
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An investment in our Shares involves substantial risks. You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to other information in this offering circular before purchasing our Shares. The occurrence of any of the following factors might cause you to lose a significant part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties discussed below are not the only ones we face, but do represent those risks and uncertainties we believe are most significant to our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition. Some statements in this offering circular, including statements in the following risk factors constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the section entitled Statements Regarding Forward Looking Information
Risks Associated with the Companys Structure and Operation of Roanoke
No Assurance of Company Profitability
The Company cannot anticipate what earnings if any it will experience in any future period and as a consequence we can offer no assurances when or whether the Company will generate enough cash for any dividend distribution. In particular, no assurances can be given that the operations of the Roanoke will generate any profit, and even if the Company does generate a profit, the Companys management has complete discretion to reinvest such profits in the Roanoke rather than distribute them to shareholders.
Operational Focus not on Profitability
According to the Companys current business plan, the investment and operational goals of the Company after the acquisition of the Business Assets are not to maximize growth or profitability of the Roanoke, rather the main goal of the Company is to maintain the original character, spirit and environment of the Roanoke. Consequently, management of the Company will not be focused on maximizing profits through the operation of the Roanoke and as result there is possibility that shareholders will not see any positive financial returns from their investment in the Company.
No Experience Operating a Restaurant
None of the Companys executive officers, nor the majority of the current members of the Board (including the chair) have any experience operating a restaurant or being involved in any organization that operates a restaurant. Although the Company intends to retain the Roanokes current managers who each have significant experience at the Roanoke, ultimate authority for the operation of the Company and the Roanoke will rest with persons who have no experience in the restaurant industry. Due to their lack of industry experience, our executive officers unknowingly may make poor strategic or operational discussions that may limit the profitability of the Roanoke or result in a decline in value of the Company.
Limited Time Commitment of Executive Officers
Since each of our executive officers has significant work commitments outside of the operation of the Roanoke, none of our executive officers will be able to devote a substantial amount of time to the management of the Company. Although it is expected that the current managers of the Roanoke will continue to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Roanoke, senior level management decisions will still need to be made by our executive officers, who may not be able to make such decisions in a timely manner based on their other work commitments. Additionally, because of such other work commitments, the ability of our executive officers to supervise the managers of the Roanoke will be limited.
Company has Previously Generated no Revenues from Operations.
Since the Company was created for the sole purpose of acquiring the Business Assets and to operate the Roanoke after such acquisition, as of the date of this offering circular, we have not generated any revenues. As a
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consequence, it is difficult, if not impossible, to forecast our future results as we have no historical financial results or operations. Because of the related uncertainties, we may be hindered in our ability to anticipate and timely adapt to increases or decreases in sales, revenues or expenses. If we make poor budgetary decisions as a result of our lack of operating history, we may never become profitable or incur losses, which may result in a decline in the value of the Company and the Shares.
No Assets or Operations
Since the Company was created for the sole purpose of acquiring the Business Assets, the Company currently has no assets or operations. If the Company is unable to complete the transactions contemplated in the APA, the Company will continue to have no operations or assets other than cash received from investors in connection with this offering. Although in the event the Company is not able to complete the transactions contemplated in the APA the Companys management currently intends to terminate this offering and return all funds advanced by investors, the completion of the offering is not contingent on completion of the transactions contemplated in the APA.
Reliance on Board
Subject to certain very limited exceptions, all major decisions regarding the Company will be made exclusively by the Board and the executive officers and managers chosen by the Board. The shareholders will not have any right or power to take part in the management of the Company or to select or define the Companys actions or decisions. Accordingly, no prospective Investor should invest in the Company unless such investor is willing to entrust all aspects of the management of the Company to the Board and executive officers chosen by the Board.
Real Property Ownership
The investment by the Company in the Roanoke will be subject to risks incidental to real estate investments in general including: adverse changes in general economic conditions, relative illiquidity of real estate, changes in the investment climate for real estate investment, changes in local market conditions, changes in property tax rates and other operating expenses, the uncertainty of cash flow to meet fixed or variable obligations, changes in government regulations and fiscal policies, environmental liabilities, and the risk of floods, earthquakes and other natural hazards or acts of God which may result in uninsured losses. For these and other reasons, we can offer no assurance that the Roanoke will operate profitably.
Hazardous Waste and Other Environmental Matters
Under current law, owners of real property may be liable for clean-up costs or for damages caused by hazardous waste, toxic substances or other environmental problems associated with the property. Such responsibility may exist even if hazardous waste or toxic substances were present on the property prior to the property being acquired by the current property owner.
Although we currently do not anticipate problems associated with hazardous wastes or toxic substances at the Roanoke, it is possible that prior owners of the property or nearby properties may have created conditions that could cause the Company to incur liability for cleanup costs or property or bodily injury damages.
The Company may be exposed to substantial risk of loss from environmental claims based on undisclosed or unknown environmental problems of the Roanoke or for which inadequate reserves had been established. Environmental claims with respect to the Roanoke could, under certain circumstances render the Company insolvent.
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Zoning
Although the property where the Roanoke is located is zoned for residential use, the Company believes that it is likely that the operation of the Roanoke as a restaurant qualifies as a legally nonconforming use under the applicable municipal laws of the City of Mercer Island Washington. However, this exception is limited in scope in that non-conforming status will be lost if a new nonconformance is created. As a consequence, any future expansion or development of the Roanoke beyond its existing use may jeopardize the Roanokes legal nonconforming status. If legal nonconforming status is lost, or it is determined that the Roanokes operations do not qualify as a legal nonconforming use under the applicable municipal laws, the structure, site or use of the Roanoke must be brought into conformance with all applicable municipal code requirements which would limit our operations as a restaurant and/or result in the Company incurring significant financial expenses in order to become compliant with the relevant municipal codes.
Risk of Dilution
Certain events may result in immediate and substantial book value dilution, such as the issuance by the Company of its equity securities, including additional Shares or other securities convertible into or exercisable for our Shares in connection with any financing, as part of any employee compensation, stock purchase or incentive program, or for any other corporate purpose. Although we currently have no intention of issuing Shares beyond those issued in this offering, we can give no assurances that we will not issue Shares in connection with any future financing or employee compensation plan.
Possible Need for Additional Capital
The Company may require additional equity or debt financing to finance its future needs, to cover unanticipated expenses, or to provide financing to take advantage of business opportunities. Although the Company may in the future explore raising capital, due to volatility in the capital markets generally, the Company may not be able to secure this financing when needed, in adequate amounts, or on acceptable terms, if at all. Consequently, the Company may have to issue additional Shares at a price lower than the price at which the Shares will be issued to you in this offering. The Company may also seek debt financing and may be forced to incur significant interest expenses or commit to financial operating covenants as a result. If financing is not available on satisfactory terms, the Companys operating results may be adversely affected. In addition, debt financing increases expenses and must be repaid regardless of operating results.
Litigation
By its nature, ownership of real property involves potential disputes with, and liability to, third parties. The Companys exposure to litigation includes (but is not limited to) potential claims of trespass, adverse possession, personal injury or death occurring at or on the Roanoke, disputes with patrons, defaults or disputes under loans, mortgages or financing terms, and claims involving environmental liability. Claims, if successful, could result in damage awards against the Company which exceed any available insurance coverage, or that fall outside the scope of applicable insurance policies. In particular, successful environmental claims against the Company could result in significant damage awards outside the scope or in excess of the limits of any applicable insurance coverage. The cost to the Company of defending or prosecuting such litigation could be significant and reduce the Companys returns to its shareholders, even if the Company were the prevailing party. Moreover, the Board has absolute discretion and authority as to whether to settle, defend or pursue litigation, and the Boards determination as to an appropriate course of action in litigation may differ from the shareholders judgment.
Planned Indebtedness
In order to partially finance the acquisition of the Business Assets, the Company intends to enter into a $2,000,000 Commercial Loan (discussed further below under Management Discussion and Analysis
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Liquidity) which is expected to be secured by a priority deed of trust and assignment of rents and leases on the property the Roanoke is situated on and the remaining Business Assets. The Commercial Loan is also expected to have a minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1:35:1.00 to be measured annually. Failure to comply with this potential covenant or other potential covenants associated with the Commercial Loan or any similar loan or debt instrument could result in an event of default in such loan that could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, results of operations and financial condition. Further, since the Commercial Loan is expected to be secured by the property containing the Roanoke as well as all other Business Assets, any default in the Commercial Loan could result in us losing ownership of the Roanoke, which is expected to be our only operating asset.
Our ability to repay or refinance the Commercial Loan, or any similar loan or debt instrument, will depend on our future financial and operating performance. Our performance will depend in significant part on the extent to which we develop and successfully implement a business strategy and will be subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions beyond our control. We cannot assure you that we will be able to develop and successfully implement a business strategy for the operation of the Roanoke or that external factors will not limit the profitability of the Roanoke.
Reliance on Planned Indebtedness
Although we anticipate entering the Commercial Loan with the Lender (defined below), we have not entered into any binding loan agreement with the Lender and the Lender is under no obligation to advance us any funds under the planned Commercial Loan. It is also our understanding that before the Lender will enter any Loan Agreement in connection with the Commercial Loan, we must provide the Lender with: i) a new MAI appraisal of the property containing the Roanoke by an appraiser hired by the Lender; ii) completion of environmental due diligence by the Lender; iii) an ALTA ACSM Survey certified to the Lender; and (iv) receipt and satisfactory review by the Lender of the APA, our new organizational documents and this offering circular. We can give no assurance that we will be able to meet all of these conditions, or that even if we do, that the Lender will decide to advance us the $2,000,000 Commercial Loan. If we do not receive the proceeds of the Commercial Loan we will need to seek alternative forms of financing to acquire the Business Assets which might not be on as favorable terms as the anticipated terms of the Commercial Loan. If we are not able to acquire the Commercial Loan or an alternative form of financing we will not be able to acquire the Business Assets.
Retaining Key Personnel
The Companys ability to operate the Roanoke successfully will depend upon the ability of the Company to hire and retain qualified personnel, including managers. Given that the Companys executive officers and current directors have no restaurant experience, attracting qualified personal to manage the day-today operations of the Roanoke will be integral to the success of the Companys business. However, the Company may not be able to attract and/or retain personnel with the skills and expertise necessary to manage the Roanokes ongoing activities. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in attracting or retaining such personnel, and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition, and operating results.
Financial Statements of Roanoke
The financial statements of the Roanoke included with this offering circular have been provided to us by the management of the Roanoke and have not been audited or prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Therefore, investors cannot place the same reliance on the accuracy or completeness of such financial statements as they could were they prepared in accordance with GAAP and audited. Additionally, since the Company has limited means of verifying the accuracy or completeness of such financial statements provided to us, neither the Company nor any of our directors or officers are able to assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such financial statements of the Roanoke contained herein.
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Completion of Planned Renovations
Although upon the completion of the acquisition of the Business Assets the Company plans to commence renovations to the second floor of the Roanoke using the proceeds of this offering, there is not guarantee that we will be able to complete such renovations or if completed such renovations would add value to the Roanoke. Although we have met with architects as well as inspectors from the City of Mercer Island regarding the permit requirements and the economic feasibility of the proposed renovations, we can give no assurances at this time as to whether the Company will be able to acquire the required permits from the City of Mercer Island or if the renovations are practically feasible from an economic standpoint.
Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
Under the Companys articles of incorporation and corporate bylaws, the members of the Board will not be personally liable to the Company or the shareholders for errors in judgment or other acts or omissions where such person believes the act to be within the scope of authority to act on behalf of the Company and in the best interest of the Company, provided that the action or omission did not constitute intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or acts or omissions that constitute a violation of the implied contractual duty of good faith and fair dealing. Further, the sole obligation of the Board in connection with the Company will be to act in good faith on the basis of information in the actual possession of the Board.
The Companys articles of incorporation and corporate bylaws further provide that the Company will hold the Board members harmless and provide them indemnification against liabilities arising out of or incidental to the business or activities of the Company or relating to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such persons will not be held harmless and indemnified against liabilities arising out of intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or acts or omissions that constitute a violation of the implied contractual duty of good faith and fair dealing.
To the extent that the indemnification provisions of the Companys articles of incorporation and corporate bylaws are exercised, the assets of the Company could be reduced.
Risks Associated with the Shares
Limited Liquidity and Transferability of Shares
There is no public market for the Shares, and we do not anticipate that a public market will develop for such Shares. We have no intention of listing the Shares on any securities exchange or automated dealer quotation system. Shareholders may not, therefore, be able to liquidate their investments, even in the event of an emergency. The Shares also may not be readily accepted as collateral for a loan. Consequently, the Shares should be considered only as long-term investments.
Pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement, transfers of Shares by shareholders may be made only with the approval of the Board, and even if such approval is acquired, the Shares that are subject to the approved transfer are subject to a right of first refusal granted to the Company to purchase such Shares on the same terms offered to the third party purchaser. Additionally, in the sole discretion of the Board, the Company has the right to repurchase Shares that are subject to certain transfers such as in connection with the death of a shareholder, in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, in connection with a dissolution of marriage proceeding or if the shareholder violates the terms of a code of conduct developed by the Board, for the fair market value of the Shares subject to such a transfer (as determined as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year prior to the transfer).
Companys Right to Repurchase upon Violation of Code of Conduct
The terms of the Shareholders Agreement provide the Board with the ability to repurchase the Shares held by a Shareholder who has been determined by the Board to have violated either a term of the Shareholders
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Agreement or the code of conduct of shareholders developed by the Board. The code of conduct developed by the Board requires that all shareholders conduct themselves at the Roanoke in a respectful manner at all times and not engage in activities that could jeopardize the Companys liquor license or otherwise reflect poorly on the Roanoke. Since the Board has complete discretion to determine what constitutes a violation of the Shareholders Agreement, the code of conduct or any other code of ethics, an investor could be forced to sell any Shares purchased in this offering back to the Company at the sole determination of the Board. If this happens and the fair market value of the Shares to be repurchased as determined in accordance with the terms of the Shareholders Agreement is less than the purchase price the investor paid for such Shares in this offering, the investor will suffer an economic loss in their investment in the Shares.
No Right to Receive Dividends
We have not declared or paid any dividends on the Shares since our inception and none of the Companys articles of incorporation, bylaws or the Shareholders Agreement require the Company to distribute any of its earnings to shareholders. Although we may elect to distribute earnings, if any, to shareholders through a dividend distribution, we may elect to retain any such future earnings for use in the operation of the Roanoke. We may not pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future, even in the event the Company becomes profitable.
Determination of Offering Price
Due to the limited nature and valuation of this offering and because there is currently no public market for the Shares, the Company did not seek or obtain a professional fair market valuation of the Company, and the price for the each of the Shares being offered has been determined solely by the Company. There is not necessarily any direct correlation between the price determined for the Shares and the assets, book value or projected operating results of the Company or the Roanoke.
Subordination of Distributions to Company Liabilities
The Shares are equity interests and as such are subordinated to all of the Companys liabilities, including the potential Commercial Loan (discussed below) and operating expenses of the Roanoke. As a result, the financial risk of the Company and the operation of the Roanoke is borne primarily by the shareholders.
Limited Voting Rights
Under the Companys articles of incorporation, bylaws and the Shareholders Agreement, holders of the Shares will have very limited voting rights. In general, voting rights associated with the Shares are limited to (i) removal of members of the Board with or without cause upon the approval of shareholders holding 3/4 or more of the total outstanding Shares, (ii) election of three of the five members of the Board at an annual meeting of the Company, (iii) the approval of any sale of the Roanoke (requiring approval of shareholders holding an aggregate of 2/3 of the total outstanding Shares), (iv) dissolution of the Company, and (v) amendments to Shareholders Agreement (requiring shareholders holding an aggregate of 2/3 of the total outstanding Shares). As a result, shareholders holding Shares will have little or no say in the management of their investment in the Company or the operation of the Roanoke.
Risks Related to the Restaurant Industry
Dependence on Factors beyond the Companys Control
The success of the Roanoke will depend upon numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including: (a) the hiring, training and retention of qualified operating personnel; (b) securing and maintaining required governmental approvals and permits in a timely manner, or at all; (c) cost and availability of capital; (d) competition in our markets; and (e) general economic conditions. It may take us longer to reach projected sales, if at all.
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Competition
The restaurant industry is highly competitive and the Roanoke will compete for customers with other restaurants on both Mercer Island and the greater Seattle region. The Roanoke will compete based on a number of factors, including quality and consistency of food and service, as well as attractiveness of location, price, and marketing. Many of the Roanokes competitors will have substantially greater marketing and financial resources than the Roanoke will, and if the Roanoke is unable to successfully compete in these areas, its operating results could be adversely affected, and the return realized by the Company would be negatively affected.
Ability to Obtain and Maintain Required Licenses
The restaurant industry is subject to various federal, state and local government regulations. Delays or failure to obtain and maintain licenses, permits and approvals, including food and alcohol licenses, could have adverse consequences to the operations of the Roanoke. Local authorities may suspend or deny renewal of our food or alcohol licenses if they determine that our conduct does not meet applicable standards or if there are changes in regulations, which would disrupt our operations and damage our reputation in the community.
Guest Complaints
Guest complaints could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation, financial condition and business prospects. As a participant in the restaurant industry, we may be the subject of complaints or litigation from guests alleging illness, injury or other food quality, health or operational concerns. Adverse publicity resulting from these allegations could harm us, regardless of whether the allegations are valid or whether we are liable. Further, employee claims against us based on, among other things, discrimination, harassment or wrongful termination may divert our financial and management resources.
Liability from Serving Alcohol
The Roanoke will serve beer, wine and liquor. Under the Washington State liquor laws, we have potential liability for customers actions under the influence of alcohol purchased at the Roanoke. Although we intend to acquire insurance coverage concerning such potential liabilities there is no assurance that such insurance will be sufficient in the event of a problem.
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STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
We make statements in this offering circular that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws. The words believe, estimate, expect, anticipate, intend, plan, seek, may, continue, could, might, potential, predict, should, will, would, and similar expressions or statements regarding future periods or the negative of these terms are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to differ materially from any predictions of future results, performance or achievements that we express or imply in this offering circular or in the information incorporated by reference into this offering circular.
The forward-looking statements included in this offering circular are based upon our current expectations, plans, estimates, assumptions and beliefs that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include among others, the factors set forth above under Risk Factors.
Any of the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements could be inaccurate. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements included in this offering circular. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this offering circular and the risk that actual results will differ materially from the expectations expressed in this offering circular will increase with the passage of time. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date of this offering circular, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included in this offering circular, including, without limitation, the risks described under Risk Factors, the inclusion of such forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the objectives and plans set forth in this offering circular will be achieved.
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On September 19, 2016, in connection with the organization of the Company, each of Christian Schiller and John Naye were issued five Shares each as founders of the Company. The price per Share for each such Share issued was the $0.01, which is the par value of the Shares. Consequently, there is a material difference between the $0.01 offering price per Share to the founders of the Company (who are also current Board members and our sole executive officers) and the $5,000 offering price to investors in this offering.
We are offering a total of up to 840 Shares at a price of $5,000 per Share in a best-efforts direct offering under Tier 1 of Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), without any involvement of underwriters or broker-dealers. If the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount of $3,700,000 is not deposited with the Escrow Agent on or before the Offer Termination Date of January 31, 2017, all subscriptions will be refunded to investors without deduction of interest. There can be no assurance that all or any of the offering will be subscribed.
In order to subscribe for Shares in this offering, investors must purchase at least five (5) Shares equal to $25,000 in aggregate gross proceeds from the subscription of Shares in this offering. If an investor does not subscribe for at least $25,000 in Shares, such investor will not be able to participate in this offering, will not receive the Shares subscribed for and will have all funds paid to the Company in connection with this offering returned.
No single investor either directly, or indirectly through an entity controlled by such investor, may subscribe for in excess of twenty (20) Shares (equal to a $100,000 investment) in this offering. All funds provided to the Company to subscribe for Shares in excess of $100,000 will be returned to such investor.
Subscriptions for Shares are irrevocable once made, and funds will only be returned to an investor upon (i) the Companys rejection of such investors subscription, (ii) the investors aggregate subscription in the offering not meeting the minimum subscription amount discussed above, (iii) the investor advancing funds to acquire Shares in excess of $100,000 or (iv) if the Company does not receive subscriptions equal to at least the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount by the Offer Termination Date or the date the offering is terminated by the Board in its sole discretion. All funds advanced to the Company in connection with this Offering will be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent. Once the offering is terminated, the Escrow Agent will distribute the proceeds of the offering either to the Company (in the event that total gross proceeds from the offering are greater than or equal to the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount) or to the investors to refund their respective subscription amounts (in the event that total gross proceeds from the offering are less than the Minimum Aggregate Amount). All refunds to investors will be made within five business days of the date of such termination without the deduction of interest.
Our permanent Board members Christian Schiller (who also serves as our Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board) and John Naye (who also serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer), will participate in the offer and sale of our Shares in this offering by soliciting purchasers to participate in the offering. Mr. Naye will rely on the safe harbor from broker-dealer registration set out in Rule 3a4-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Regarding, Mr. Schiller, he is currently a registered broker dealer for Cascadia Capital LLC (Cascadia), a Seattle based investment bank. Mr. Schiller is acting in his personal capacity in connection with this offering and not acting on behalf of Cascadia, who has not been retained by the Company to provide any investment banking or broker dealer services in connection with this offering. Neither Mr. Schiller nor any registered broker-dealer employed by Cascadia will receive any commission or other compensation in connection with this offering. Further, Mr. Schiller will not utilize any of Cascadias investment banking or brokerage services or resources in connection with soliciting investors in this offering.
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With the exception of Mr. Schiller and Mr. Naye, no other current director or officer of the Company is expected to participate in this offering.
We have not retained a broker for the sale of securities being offered. In the event we retain a broker who may be deemed an underwriter, an amendment to this offering circular will be filed.
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Assuming this offering is fully subscribed, we anticipate receiving gross cash proceeds of $4,157,500 (after including the 8.5 Shares valued at $42,500 to be issued to Dorothy Reeck as partial consideration for the Business Assets). The gross proceeds of this offering will be used to fund the acquisition of the Business Assets, potential renovations to the Roanoke after completion of the transactions contemplated in the APA and costs of this offering and the acquisition of the Business Assets. See Description of Property and Summary of Asset Purchase Agreement for details concerning the Business Assets.
In accordance with the terms of the APA, the Company intends to purchase the Business Assets for an aggregate purchase price of $5,500,000 of which $2,000,000 is expected to be financed through a $2,000,000 commercial real estate term loan with Columbia Bank and $3,500,000 from the proceeds of this offering (including the 8.5 Shares valued at $42,500 to be issued directly to Dorothy Reeck as partial consideration for the Business Assets). After deducting estimated expenses of $200,000 associated with both this offering and the acquisition of the Business Assets, the remaining $500,000 is intended to be invested in renovations to the Roanoke, that include establishing a speakeasy venue on the second floor of the Roanoke whereby it is anticipated that members of the Board and certain of the Companys Shareholders will be able to socialize privately with guests and hold private functions such as birthday parties. If for whatever reason, including failure to get permit approval from the City of Mercer Island, the Company is not able to complete these intended renovations the remaining proceeds of the offering will be used for working capital purposes, a portion of which may be used for employee compensation. However, none of the proceeds of this offering will be used for compensation of our directors or executive officers.
Accordingly, assuming the offering is fully subscribed for, we expect to use the proceeds of this offering as follows:
| USE | AMOUNT | PERCENTAGE | ||||||
| Acquisition of the Business Assets |
$ | 3,500,000 | 83.33 | % | ||||
| Renovations to the Roanoke (1) |
$ | 500,000 | 11.90 | % | ||||
| Estimated expenses associated with this offering |
$ | 100,000 | 2.38 | % | ||||
| Estimated expenses associated with the acquisition of the Business Assets |
$ | 100,000 | 2.38 | % | ||||
| TOTAL |
4,200,000 | 100.00 | % | |||||
| (1) | In the event the Company is not able to proceed with the planned renovations any portion of the $500,000 not already invested in such renovations will be used for working capital purposes, a portion of which may be used for employee compensation (but not for director or executive officer compensation). |
The expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our intentions and is an estimate based on our current business plan, which could change in the future as business conditions evolve. We may find it necessary or advisable to re-allocate portions of the net proceeds reserved for one category to another, and we will have broad discretion in doing so.
In the event that upon termination of the offering we receive gross proceeds from the offering in an amount between the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount and $4,200,000, we intend to apply proceeds equal to the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount to cover the acquisition of the Business Assets and the expenses associated with both this offering and the acquisition of such assets. We intend to utilize any additional proceeds in excess of the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount towards either the planned renovations to the second floor of the Roanoke discussed above, or if we determine such funds to be insufficient to complete such renovations, towards general working capital purposes.
We will not complete this offering, and the Escrow Agent will return all funds provided to us by investors, if we have not received subscriptions for Shares equal to at least the Minimum Aggregate Subscription Amount by the Offer Termination Date or the date upon which the offering is terminated by the Board in their sole discretion.
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Overview
We were organized in September 2016 with the intention of acquiring the Business Assets used in the operation of the Roanoke. We intend to continue to operate the Roanoke as a local restaurant and bar on Mercer Island Washington.
The Companys primary purpose in acquiring the Roanoke is to allow the Mercer Island community, through this offering, to have an ownership interest in a restaurant that has served the community for over 75 years. In keeping with this philosophy, the investment and operational goals of the Company after the acquisition of the Business Assets are not to maximize growth or profitability of the Roanoke, rather the main goal of the Company is to maintain the original character, spirit and environment of the Roanoke. In order to ensure continuity in the operations of the Roanoke, the Company intends to hire the current owner of the Roanoke, Dorothy Reeck, as a consultant and to retain the current restaurant and kitchen managers as well as most of the other employees, including the current bartenders, servers, cooks and accountants. We intend to hire a total of 28 part time employees to operate the Roanoke after the completion of the acquisition of the Business Assets. We intend to compensate all of the Roanokes employees on an hourly basis and do not intend to hire any full time employees.
Products and Services
The Roanoke currently offers customers a full service bar with a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic selections. Regarding food choices, the Roanoke currently offers a variety of salads, hamburgers, sandwiches as well as entrees consisting of steak, burritos, quesadillas, fettucine alfredo, teriyaki and pineapple chicken and BBQ chicken. Although the management of the Company may decide to add additional items to the Roanokes menu, the intention of the Company is to mostly keep the Roanokes current menu unchanged after the acquisition of the Business Assets.
Competition
Mercer Island Washington has a broad range of restaurants and bars that will compete at various levels with the Roanoke. Management of the Company believes that the main competition for the Roanoke will come from other full service restaurants on Mercer Island who serve alcoholic beverages as well as food. Such establishments include: Mos Pizza Wine and Dive, Bennetts (upscale American bistro), The Islander Restaurant (American pub), Seven Star (Chinese), El Sombrero (Mexican), Pagliaccis (pizza), Robertos Pizza and Pasta (Italian), Pon Proem (Thai), and Phat 12 Island Broiler (American & Thai fusion).
Additionally, Mercer Island has several food only establishments that function mainly as take-out restaurants. These include: Freshys Seafood Market, Homegrown (sandwiches), I Luv Pho (Vietnamese), and Zaw (artisan pizza). Management of the Company believes these establishments compete against the Roanoke on a more indirect level than other full service restaurants
Finally, Mercer Island has several fast-food establishments that include: McDonalds, Subway, Qdoba, Noahs Bagels, and Starbucks. Management of the Company do not believe any of these establishments will compete with the Roanoke mainly because of their quick serve focus, and the fact they do not offer a bar experience.
Competitive Strengths
Management believes the competitive strengths of the Roanoke include the following:
| | Adult only patron environment. The Roanoke is the only restaurant and bar on Mercer Island that does not allow children at any time. Management of the Company believes this is a key differentiator for the Roanoke compared to its competitors as the Roanoke is the only establishment on Mercer Island where adults can socialize without children; |
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| | Historic designation and community icon. The Roanoke is the only restaurant or bar on Mercer Island which is designated by the Mercer Island Historical Society as a historical site. Management of the Company believes this is a key competitive advantage, as we do not expect that there would be other restaurants or bars that would achieve this same designation. Additionally, management of the Company believes that the Roanoke is recognized as a strong supporter of the Mercer Island community through various community and charitable investments; |
| | Casual environment. The Roanoke currently offers a broad range of seating and environment alternatives for patrons, including several inside rooms, a bar seating, an outdoor front deck, and on a seasonal basis outside patio and backyard tables. Management of the Company believes this is the broadest range of seating and environment alternatives for any restaurant/bar on Mercer Island, and is a key element of patrons ability to feel at home in whatever environment they prefer. Additionally, the Roanoke often serves as a central meeting location for post-sports gatherings, get-togethers among friends, date nights, reunions, business meetings, community related meetings, and as such serves a wide range of people and events; and |
| | Attractive range of food and beverage alternatives. The Roanoke serves a very broad range of food, including certain items that would be considered specialties such as nachos, fish & chips, burgers, and Mexican food items. Additionally, the Roanoke offers a wide range of beverage alternatives including a wide range of beers, wine, and alcohol options. As such, management of the Company believes the Roanoke has among the broadest range of options for lunch, dinner, and later evening food and beverage, which serves as a strong differentiator compared with other Mercer Island venues. |
Regulatory Matters
In order for the Company to continue to serve alcoholic beverages after the acquisition of the Business Assets, the Company will need to obtain a Washington Business License with a Restaurant, Beer, Wine, and Spirits endorsement from the Washington Business Licensing Services and the Washington State Liquor Control Board. In order to obtain this license, the Company will need to provide certain disclosures regarding the Company and the Roanoke to the appropriate regulatory authorities in advance of closing of the transactions contemplated in the APA (although the license will not be approved until the day of closing). Such disclosures include: information regarding the Companys directors and officers, proof of funding sources for the purchase of the Roanoke, a copy of the APA, entity formation documents for the Company, and other information related to the Roanoke (such as the restaurants floor plan).
Because it is anticipated that no individual shareholder will own more than 10% of the Shares in the Company, the Companys management does not believe any shareholders (other than the management) will need to provide personal disclosures in connection with the liquor license, although the name, address, and ownership percentage of each shareholder will need to be provided to the regulatory authorities. Additionally, shareholders may be required to disclose to the regulatory authorities any ownership interest in an entity that manufactures or distributes alcohol in Washington or any other state.
The Companys liquor license application for the Roanoke is expected to be submitted approximately six weeks prior to the closing date of the transactions contemplated in the APA in order to avoid the liquor license application from being rejected by the Washington State Liquor Control Board as premature or stale.
Legal Proceedings
There are no legal proceedings material to our business or financial condition pending, and to the best of our knowledge there are not such legal proceedings contemplated or threatened.
We are also not aware of any legal proceedings pending or threatened against any of the Business Assets.
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The Company currently owns no real property and does not have any operations on any real property.
However, upon the acquisition of the Business Assets, the Company intends to operate the Roanoke as a restaurant and bar at:
1825 72nd Ave. SE, Mercer Island Washington
The Company also intends to acquire the real property adjacent to the Roanoke located at:
7037 North Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this offering circular, particularly in Risk Factors.
Overview
Since the Company was only recently formed on September 2, 2016, the Company has no operations to date, nor with the exception of issuing five Shares to each of the Companys two founders has the Company issued any other securities.
Results of Operations
Since the Company was formed on September 2, 2016 for the sole purpose of acquiring the Business Assets and operating the Roanoke after the acquisition of such assets, the Company has no operations to date and does not have any assets or liabilities.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
The Company was formed on September 2, 2016 and was not in existence during either the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 or the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.
Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013
The Company was formed on September 2, 2016 and was not in existence during either the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 or the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
The Company was formed on September 2, 2016 and was not in existence during either the six months ended June 30, 2016 or the six months ended June 30, 2015.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since the Company was formed on September 2, 2016 for the sole purpose of acquiring the Business Assets and operating the Roanoke after the acquisition of such assets, the Company currently does not have any assets or liabilities and has not recorded any cash flows in any prior periods.
Cash Flow Analysis
Since the Company was formed on September 2, 2016 for the sole purpose of acquiring the Business Assets and operating the Roanoke after the acquisition of such assets, the Company has not recorded any cash flows in any prior periods.
Debt Obligations
In connection with the acquisition of the Business Assets the Company intends to enter into a Commercial Real Estate Term Loan with Columbia Bank (the Lender) in an amount up to $2,000,000 (the Commercial Loan). The Commercial Loan is expected to have a term of 5 to 7 years and carry an interest rate of either a 5-year Federal Reserve H15 interest rate swap + 2.40% (current indicative rate of 3.56%) and a 7-year Federal reserve H15 interest rate swap + 2.50% (indicative rate of 3.84%). The Company is also expected to pay an origination fee of between 0.50% and 0.625% of the total final loan amount and be subject to a prepayment penalty of between 1 and 5% if prepaid in full during the first five years.
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The Commercial Loan is expected to be secured by a priority deed of trust and assignment of rents and leases on the property the Roanoke is situated on and the remaining Business Assets. The Commercial Loan is also expected to have a minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1:35:1.00 to be measured annually. The Company is also expected to be required to provide the Lender with financial statements annually within 120 days of its fiscal year end, tax returns annually upon filing and interim financial statements quarterly within 45 days of quarter end.
The Company currently has not entered into a binding agreement with the Lender in connection with the Commercial Loan. If and when the Company does execute a binding agreement with the Lender in connection with the Commercial Loan or other similar loan or mortgage, the Company will file such agreement as an exhibit to this Offering Circular.
Plan of Operations
The Companys primary purpose in acquiring the Roanoke is to allow the Mercer Island community, through this offering, to have an ownership interest in a restaurant that has served the community for over 75 years. In keeping with this philosophy, the Company plans to operate the Roanoke after acquiring the Business Assets primarily in the same manner as the Roanoke is currently being operated, as a local restaurant and bar. The Company intends to retain the current owner of the Business Assets, Dorothy Reeck as a consultant, and plans to appoint her as a director on the Board after the acquisition of the Business Assets. The Company also plans on retaining the current restaurant and kitchen managers of the Roanoke as well as most of the other employees, including the current bartenders, servers, cooks and accountants. In order to insure consistency of operations after the acquisition of the Business Assets, it is intended that Ms. Reeck will serve as a general advisor to the managers of the Roanoke, as well as handling various elements of the maintenance, expenditures and capital investment to keep the Roanokes physical building and infrastructure operating in a consistent manner.
Overall, the investment and operational goals of the Company after the acquisition of the Business Assets are not to maximize growth or profitability of the Roanoke, rather the main goal of the Company is to maintain the original character, spirit and environment of the Roanoke. However, within this framework, the Company is considering several changes to the Roanoke, including the creation of a private investors club on the second floor of the Roanoke, which is expected to cost approximately $500,000 and is expected to be financed through the proceeds of this offering. It is anticipated that this private investors club will function as a speakeasy venue that will be limited to members of the Board and shareholders owning 10 or more Shares who would be able to use the venue to socialize privately with guests and hold private functions such as birthday parties. Further, the Company is considering adding new food and beverage options to those already offered at the Roanoke, and to review prices and purchasing/sourcing efficiencies in order to potentially improve profitability. Additionally, since the Company will directly own all of the real property being acquired as part of the Business Assets, the rental expenses currently incurred by the Roanoke will not be incurred by the Company after the acquisition of the Business Assets. We expect this change will increase the net operating income and cash flows generated by the Roanoke.
The Company currently anticipates that the proceeds from this offering will satisfy the cash commitments associated with operating the Roanoke after the acquisition of the Business Assets for at least six months from the date of such acquisition, and we do not anticipate that it will be necessary for the Company to raise additional funds over that time period in order to implement our plan of operations for the Roanoke.
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SUMMARY OF ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This section contains a summary of the material provisions of the APA. Because it is a summary, it does not include all the information that may be important to you. The following summary of the APA is subject, and qualified in its entirety by reference, to the APA included as exhibit 7.1 to this offering circular. We urge you to carefully read the entire APA included as exhibit 7.1, for a more complete understanding of the acquisition of the Business Assets.
The Asset Sale
The APA provides the Company will acquire the Business Assets (which includes certain assets used in the operation of the Roanoke) from the Roanoke Inn, LLC (the Seller) for aggregate consideration of $5,500,000, which shall be subject to adjustment at closing for prorations and the allocation of income pursuant to the terms of the APA. The Business Assets include:
| | Fee simple title to the land at 1825 72nd Ave. SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040 and 7037 North Mercer Way, Mercer Island WA 98040 and all buildings structures and improvements located on or affixed thereto, together with all appurtenant easements and any other rights and interests appurtenant thereto and benefiting such land; |
| | All equipment, supplies, tools, spare parts, furniture, appliances and fixtures used or held for use by the Seller in conducting the business of the Roanoke.; |
| | All inventories of supplies, raw materials, finished goods and merchandise owned by Seller; |
| | All of the Sellers rights under the contracts personal property or equipment leases, licenses, distribution agreements, purchase orders, other contracts with customers and suppliers, and other agreements related to the Business Assets and the business of the Roanoke; |
| | All deposits, prepayments, progress payments and similar payments made by the Seller; |
| | All right, title, claim and interest of the Seller in and to any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name or copyright held, owned or licensed by Seller and used or held for use in the business of the Roanoke, including but not limited to the name Roanoke Inn; |
| | All other intangible assets, rights and claims of the Seller of every kind and nature; |
| | All books of account, forms, records, files, invoices, business records and other data owned, associated with, used or employed by the Seller in connection with the business of the Roanoke; |
| | All rights and claims of the Seller in respect of the business of the Roanoke; and |
| | All other assets, properties and rights of every kind and nature owned or held by the Seller (known or unknown) which are used or held for use in the business of the Roanoke. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all of the cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, notes receivable and credit card receipts as determined at the close of the business day immediately prior to the closing of the transaction contemplated in the APA are expressly excluded from the Acquired Assets and shall be retained by the Seller.
Contemporaneously with the purchase of the Business Assets, the Seller will assign to the Company any contract being assigned to the Company under the APA arising out of or to be performed after the closing of the transactions contemplated in the APA as well as the gift card liability as described in the APA.
Consideration to be Paid
The consideration for the Business Assets shall consist of the issuance of 8.5 Shares (having an estimated post-closing fair market value equal to $42,500) to Dorothy Reeck, the sole member of Roanoke, LLC, the current owner of the Roanoke, and $5,455,000 in cash (collectively, the Purchase Price). Payment of the Purchase Price and the conveyance of the Business Assets will be through an escrow agent.
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The Seller has also agreed to deliver usual and customary working capital in the amount of $25,000 for the continued operations of the Roanoke as of the closing of the transactions contemplated in the APA, including inventory and at least $615 of cash in the till.
Title and Survey
Promptly after the effective date of the APA, the Seller is required to obtain and deliver to the Company a standard ALTA form of Owner Title Insurance Policy, from First American Title Insurance Company for the Roanoke (the Title Commitment), together with a copy of all documents referenced therein. Within ten (10) days after the Companys receipt of the Title Commitment, the Company shall notify the Seller in writing of the Companys acceptance of the title as shown on such Title Commitment or any objections to such Title Commitment. The absence of a timely notice by the Company of a title objection shall be deemed to be a notice to the Seller of the Companys acceptance of title as shown on the Title Commitment. Seller may, though it is not obligated to, cure any title objections made by the Company and if the Seller expressly agrees to cure a title objection, the cure of such title objection shall become a condition precedent to the Companys obligations to consummate the closing of the transactions contemplated under the APA. If the Seller does not agree to cure all title objections identified by the Company at or prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated under the APA, Seller shall not be required to cure such title objections (other than any title objections that relate to any mortgages, deeds of trust or other security interests with which the seller voluntarily encumbered to the Business assets), and the Companys sole recourse shall be to terminate the Agreement.
Representations and Warranties
The APA contains customary general representations and warranties made by the Seller regarding aspects of the business of the Roanoke, the Roanokes financial condition and structure, as well as other facts pertinent to the sale of the Business Assets. These representations and warranties are subject to materiality, knowledge and other similar qualifications in many respects and expire at the effective time of the asset sale. The representations and warranties of the Seller to the Company include representations related to:
| | The corporate organization and power and authority of the Seller; |
| | Proper authorization and enforceability of the APA; |
| | Absence of certain conflicts with the Sellers corporate organizational documents, contracts to be assigned to the Company and any law, order, injunction or decree applicable to the Seller or any of the Business Assets; |
| | Title to the Business Assets; |
| | Environmental matters; |
| | Inventory; |
| | Contracts; |
| | Intellectual; property and intangibles used in the operation of the Roanoke; |
| | Licenses, permits and authorizations; |
| | Labor matters |
| | Financial statements; |
| | Absence of material changes; |
| | Litigation; |
| | Taxes; and |
| | Undisclosed liabilities. |
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The Companys representations and warranties are more limited than those of the Seller, and include the following:
| | The corporate organization and power and authority of the Company; |
| | Proper authorization and enforceability of the APA; |
| | Litigation; |
| | Non-contravention; |
| | Governmental authorization; and |
| | An acknowledgement relating to the condition of the Business Assets. |
Operations and Covenants
The members of the Seller have agreed not engage in or invest in any hospitality industry business related to the service of food and beverage within the City of Mercer Island, or to request or encourage any employees, suppliers or customers of the Seller to curtail, reduce or cancel their employment or business done with the Company for a period of five years commencing on the closing date of the transactions contemplated under the APA.
Seller also agreed to (i) conduct the business of the Roanoke in the ordinary course and consistent with past practices, (ii) maintain and preserve the Business Assets, (iii) preserve and protect the goodwill and relationships of the Seller with its suppliers and customers, (iv) preserve and maintain in force all of the permits, intellectual property rights and intangibles associated with the Business Assets, and (v)comply in all materials respects with all laws applicable to the business of the Roanoke.
Seller further agreed that between the date of the APA and the closing of the transaction thereunder, they will not, with limited exceptions,(i) increase the rate or terms of compensation payable or to become payable by the Seller to its employees or enter into any new employment agreement, (ii) materially modify the terms of any employee benefit plan or the terms of any existing employment agreement, (iii) enter into any material contracts or commitments outside the normal course of business and not consistent with past practice, (iv) amend its corporate charter, bylaws or operating agreement, or (v) sell, lease, pledge or otherwise dispose of any Business Assets, other than inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices.
Seller has also agreed not to entertain, negotiate for or solicit proposals for the possible disposition of the membership interests of the Seller or the Business Assets by way of sale, merger consolidation, liquidation or otherwise from the date of the APA until the closing of the transactions contemplated thereunder.
Effective immediately before the closing of the transaction contemplated in the APA, the Seller will terminate all of its employees and fully satisfy all obligations owing to them or make adequate provision therefor. Following the acquisition of the Business Assets, the Company may offer employment to each or some of the employees terminated by the Seller and the Seller agrees to cooperate with the Company in introducing the Company to any and all employees.
Conditions to the Closing
The obligations of the Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by the APA are subject to the satisfaction, on or before the closing date of such transactions to the following conditions:
| | The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the APA are accurate in all material respects as of the closing date of the transactions contemplated thereunder; |
| | No suit or other proceeding shall have been threatened or instituted that would prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the APA; and |
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| | The Company has provided evidence satisfactory to the Seller that the Company has the funds to pay the Purchase Price. |
The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by the APA are subject to the satisfaction, on or before the closing date of such transactions, to the following conditions:
| | The representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in the APA are accurate in all material respects as of the closing date of the transactions contemplated thereunder; |
| | Seller shall have obtained the consent or approval of all third parties whose consent is required for the consummation by the Seller of the transactions outlined in the APA; |
| | The Company has approved any and all amendments to the Sellers disclosure schedules; |
| | There has not been since the date of the APA any material adverse change in the condition or results of operations of the Roanoke or the Business Assets; |
| | No suit or other proceeding shall have been threatened or instituted that would prevent the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the APA; |
| | The Company shall have obtained debt and equity financing to pay the Purchase Price; |
| | The Company shall have received approval from the applicable state regulatory agencies a full on-premises liquor license for the Company; and |
| | The Title Company will issue a title policy along with endorsements as the Company deems necessary and appropriate based on the Title Commitment. |
Proration and Accounts Receivable
Several items of revenue and expense with respect to the Business Assets shall be prorated between the Seller and the Company as of the closing date of the transaction contemplated in the APA. Outside of expenses paid by the Seller (for which the Seller shall receive a credit for such payment) the following expenses shall be prorated as of 12:01 a.m. on the closing date of the transactions contemplated in the APA (the Cut-Off Time):
| | Taxes; |
| | Any amounts prepared, accrued, or due and payable under the contracts to be assigned to the Company under the APA; |
| | All amounts prepaid and accrued of due and payable expenses under any licenses and permits (other than utilities addressed below); |
| | All utility services (including without limitation, gas, electricity, water and sewer); and |
| | All other items of income and expense as are customarily adjusted or prorated upon the sale of a restaurant property similar to the Roanoke not specifically addressed in the APA. |
All wages, salaries and employee benefits, including accrued personal time off and severance payments for the period prior to the Cut-off time will be paid by the Seller. The Seller shall also have rights to all monies from vending machines and other coin operated equipment up until the Cut-Off Time and shall have rights to call cash not otherwise required to be left for the Company in accordance with the terms of the APA. Seller will also pay in the ordinary course of business all amount payable to vendors or other suppliers of goods or services delivered to the Roanoke prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated in the APA, and will receive a credit for all advance payments or deposits made with respect to its ordered prior to, but not delivered until after such closing date.
Seller is also entitled to receive a credit of 70% for all opened but, unspoiled inventory (including alcohol inventory, if in accordance with applicable state liquor laws)
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Transaction Costs
Each of the Company and the Seller will be responsible for the fees and expenses of their own attorneys, accountants and consultants and will split equally the recordation and escrow agent costs. The Company is responsible for all the fees and expenses of any inspections or surveys of the Roanoke it conducts. The Seller is responsible for the premium for a standard owner title insurance policy in the amount of the Purchase Price and insuring marketable title, while the Company is responsible for the costs of upgrading the standard owner title insurance policy of the Roanoke to an ALTA extended title policy and any amounts payable in connection with any financing obtained by the Company.
Settlement Statement
No later than the day prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated in the APA, Seller and the Company, through the direction of the Seller, jointly shall make such examinations, audits and inventories of the business Assets as may be necessary to make adjustments and prorations to the Purchase Price pursuant to the terms of the APA. Based upon such examinations, audits and inventories, Seller and Company jointly shall prepare and execute prior to closing of the transactions contemplated by the APA a settlement statement, which shall set forth Sellers and Companys final best estimate of the amounts of the items to be adjusted and prorated under the APA.
Defaults, Remedies and Indemnification
If any failure by either party to the APA to comply with or to perform any term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in the APA (other than a failure to pay money) is curable, it may be cured upon written notice demanding cure of such failure, (a) and the default party cures the failure within thirty (30) days; or (b), if the cure requires more than thirty (30) days, immediately initiates steps sufficient to cure the failure and thereafter continues and completes all reasonable and necessary steps sufficient to produce compliance within ninety (90) days after notice is sent.
The Company shall have no liability hereunder in the event the Company is unable to acquire either debt or equity financing under terms acceptable to Company in the Companys sole discretion in order to purchase the Business Assets.
All representations and warranties contained in the APA shall terminate two years from the closing date of the transactions contemplated thereunder. Seller agrees to indemnify the Company against all liabilities and obligation arising out of the operation of the Roanoke prior to the close of business on the day before the closing date of the transactions contemplated in the APA, and the Company agrees to indemnify Seller all liabilities and obligation arising out of the operation of the Roanoke on or after such date.
Governing Law
The APA is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington.
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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the members of our Board and our executive officers. In accordance with the terms of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, our Board currently consists of up to five directors. Further, the Shareholders Agreement provides that out of these five directors, Messrs. John Naye and Christian Schiller will serve on the Board as permanent directors until their resignation or removal for Cause (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) and will not be subject to the annual election by our shareholders. The remaining three directors on the Board are elected annually by shareholders at the annual meeting of the Companys shareholders to serve a one year term or until their resignation. Despite the expiration of a directors term, the director shall continue to serve until the directors successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors. The Company currently has no significant employees but intends to hire such employees after the acquisition of the Business Assets. Each of the individuals has served as director on our Board or as an officer, as the case may be, since the dates indicated below in their biographical data.
| Name |
Age | Position |
Term of Office |
Approximate hours per week | ||||
| John Naye |
70 | President and Chief Executive Officer and Director | Appointed to an indefinite term of office on the Board on September 19, 2016. Appointed on the same date as the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer until a successor is duly elected and qualified | 3 | ||||
| Christian Schiller |
43 | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Director | Appointed to an indefinite term of office on the Board on September 19, 2016. Appointed the same date as the Companys Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board until a successor is duly elected and qualified | 3 | ||||
| Bret Chatalas |
48 | Director | Appointed to the Board on October 18, 2016 and will serve on the Board until the next annual meeting of the Companys shareholders to be held in 2017 | | ||||
There are no family relationships among any of our current directors, executive officers or significant employees. Additionally none of our directors or executive officers has been subject to any petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law or was convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) over the past five years. The following provides certain background information about each of our directors, executive officers:
John Naye, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
John Naye has been the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a permanent director on the Board since the September 19, 2016. John Naye is the Owner and Principal of Trekworks, a real estate investment, management, and development company based in Mercer Island, Washington. Trekworks has formed various partnerships to purchase or develop income producing properties, with an emphasis on multi-residential projects and recreational vehicle parks. Existing and past projects are located in Washington, Oregon,
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Alaska, California, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, South Dakota, and Texas. Mr. Naye is also a past President and former director of the Commercial Brokers Association in Washington. His community activities include serving on the Board of Directors of the King County Boys and Girls Club, Past President of the Mercer Island Rotary Club, Past President of Sahalee Country Club, Past Chair of the Eastside Business Roundtable, and coaching several community athletic teams. He is also a Past-President of the North American Snowsports Journalists Association and has written newspaper columns about skiing since 1975.
Mr. Naye holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and after serving as a carrier-based naval aviator, he obtained an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Christian Schiller, Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director
Christian Schiller has been Chairman of the Board, the Companys Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and a permanent director on the Board since September 19, 2016. Mr. Schiller is a Managing Director at Cascadia Capital in Seattle Washington, where he is responsible for sourcing and executing buy side and sell side M&A, equity and debt private placement, and strategic advisory transactions with private and public companies in the middle market. Prior to joining Cascadia in 2004, Mr. Schiller was Managing Director for Cook Associates in Chicago where he focused on private equity transactions with private and family held companies.
Mr. Schiller holds a B.A. with Honors in Economics from Carleton College. He is on the board of the Austin Family Business program at Oregon State University, and of Wellspring Family Services in Seattle (Chairman 2014 2016).
Bret Chatalas, Director
Bret Chatalas was appointed as a director to the Board on October 18, 2016 to serve until the next annual meeting of the Companys shareholders to be held in 2017. Mr. Chatalas is the founding member and operator of an assortment of local restaurants with a 20 year career in management in the restaurant industry. Since 1991, Mr. Chatalas owns and manages the Cactus group of restaurants which now includes five locations in the greater Seattle area. Mr. Chatalas is also the co-founder and current part owner of Tavern Hall, a restaurant and bar that opened in Bellevue Washington in 2014. Mr. Chatalas has also previously owned several other smaller restaurants over his career including Mad Pizza and Cookin Kitchen Store.
Mr. Chatalas graduated in 1990 with a Finance degree from Washington State University.
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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The Company has not yet paid any of its current directors or executive officers any cash or other form of compensation, and will not compensate them from the proceeds of this offering. We have not entered into any employment agreements or other compensation arrangements with any of our executive officers or other employees to date and we have not adopted any plan or arrangement to provide for future compensation of any of our directors, executive officers or employees. We may enter into employment agreements with our executive officers in the future and may develop a compensation plan to compensate our directors for their service on the Board.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITY HOLDERS
The following table shows information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Shares as of October 25, 2016, and shows the number of and percentage owned by:
| | each person who is known by us to own beneficially more than 10% of our outstanding Shares; |
| | each member of our Board; |
| | each of our executive officers; and |
| | all members of our Board and our executive officers as a group. |
Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares attributable to such person:
| Title of Class |
Name and Address of |
Amount and Nature of |
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership Acquirable |
Percentage of Class | ||||
| Common Stock |
Christian Schiller 1000 2nd Ave #1200 Seattle, WA 98104 |
5 shares directly owned | N/A | 50% | ||||
| Common Stock |
John Naye 8215 SE 59th St. Mercer Island, WA 98040 |
5 shares directly owned | N/A | 50% | ||||
| Common Stock |
Bret Chatalas 350 Terry Ave. N Seattle, WA 98109 |
| N/A | N/A | ||||
| Common Stock |
All directors and executive officers as a group (3 persons) | 10 shares directly owned | N/A | 100% | ||||
Additionally, Dorothy Reeck is expected to acquire 8.5 Shares as part of this offering as partial consideration for the sale of the Business Assets to the Company. These Shares are expected to represent approximately 1% of the total outstanding Shares, assuming this offering is fully subscribed.
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INTERESTS OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
During the last two completed fiscal years and in the current fiscal year there have been no transactions, or proposed transactions where the amount involved exceeds $50,000, in which any director, director nominee, executive officer or beneficial holder of more than 5% of our outstanding Shares, or any of their respective relatives, spouses, associates or affiliates, has had or will have any direct or indirect material interests. We have no policy regarding entering into transactions with affiliated parties.
No expert named in this offering circular as having prepared or certified any part of this offering circular was employed for such purposes on a contingent basis, or at the time of such preparation or certification or at any time thereafter, had a material interest in the Company or any of its parents or subsidiaries or was connected with the Company or any of its subsidiaries as a promoter, underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer or employee.
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The following summary of certain provisions of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to our articles of incorporation, our corporate bylaws and the Shareholders Agreement. Copies of our articles of incorporation, corporate bylaws and the Shareholders Agreement are filed as exhibits to this offering circular. For a complete description of the Companys shares of common stock you should refer to our articles of incorporation, corporate bylaws, the Shareholders Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Washington Business Corporations Act.
Authorized Capitalization
Our authorized capital stock consists of 100,000 Shares. Currently, 10 Shares are outstanding and held by our two executive officers and Board members, Christian Schiller and John Naye. If this offering is fully subscribed, there will be 850 Shares outstanding. All Shares to be outstanding upon completion of this offering will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Characterization of Common Stock
Dividends. Each holder of Shares will be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of ours as may be declared by the Board from time to time out of our assets or funds legally available for dividends or other distributions.
Voting rights. Each holder of our Shares is entitled to one vote per Share on each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders. Our corporate bylaws provide that the presence of holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote at a shareholders meeting shall constitute a quorum. When a quorum is present, in order to pass any action other than the election of directors or the sale of substantially all of the Companys assets, requires the affirmative vote of the holders of Shares present in person or by proxy in favor of an action exceeds the votes cast against such action. The election of directors is determined by a plurality vote (the director candidates receiving the most votes are elected) and the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company or the merger of the Company with another entity requires the approval of holders holding at least 2/3 of the outstanding Shares. Holders of our Shares have no cumulative voting rights.
Rights upon liquidation. If the Company is involved in a consolidation, merger, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar event, each holder of Shares will receive the same amount of consideration per share.
Shareholders Agreement
Each order to participate in the offering, each purchaser of Shares must execute the Shareholders Agreement, which provides for the following:
Composition of the Board
The Board shall initially consist of five (5) directors that include John Naye and Christian Schiller as permanent directors and three (3) directors elected by shareholders at each annual meeting of the Company. Each of Mr. Naye and Mr. Schiller will not be subject to election by shareholders and will serve as directors until their death, resignation or removal by either (i) the Board for Cause as defined in the Shareholder Agreement or (ii) by the vote of shareholders holding three-quarter ( 3⁄4) or more of the total outstanding Shares. Christian Schiller shall serve as the chairman of the Board to conduct the meetings of the Board.
Transfer of Shares
General Transfer Restrictions
All sales or transfers of Shares must be approved by the Board and are subject to rights of first refusal.
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Right of First Refusal
After receiving the approval of the potential transfer of Shares by the Board, the Company shall have forty-five (45) calendar days (the Offer Period) within which to make a written election to purchase all the Shares subject to the potential transfer upon the same terms and conditions set forth in the proposed transfer. If the Company does not elect to purchase all (but not less than all) of the Shares subject to the rights of first refusal within the Offer Period, the selling shareholder may affect the sale of the Shares to the proposed purchaser upon the terms and conditions previously approved by the Board; provided, that, if such sale of the Shares is not completed within sixty (60) calendar days after expiration of the Offer Period, the selling shareholder may not transfer the Shares without again granting the Company the right of first refusal to purchase the Shares subject to the potential transfer.
Company Repurchase Rights
Upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events or conditions (each, a Repurchase Event) with respect to a shareholder, such shareholder shall be deemed to offer to sell to the Company all Shares owned by such shareholder (the Repurchase Shares):
| (a) | Upon the death or adjudicated incompetence of a shareholder, such shareholders Shares are subject to transfer to such shareholders heirs, executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries; |
| (b) | Any transfer, award, or confirmation of any Shares (or interest therein) held by a shareholder to the spouse (or former spouse) of the shareholder other than pursuant to a transfer approved by the Board and subject to the right of first refusal discussed above; |
| (c) | The shareholder makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or applies for appointment of a trustee, liquidator, or receiver of any substantial part of its assets, or commences any proceedings relating to himself under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, or similar law; |
| (d) | If any application for appointment of a trustee, liquidator, or receiver of any part of a shareholders assets is filed or a proceeding relating to any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, or similar law is commenced against any shareholder, and such shareholder indicates its consent thereto or an order is entered appointing a trustee, liquidator, or receiver or approving the petition in any such proceeding, which order remains in effect for more than sixty (60) calendar days; |
| (e) | If any shareholder institutes any proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for sale of all or any portion of such shareholders Shares; |
| (f) | With respect to any shareholder that is an entity, any Change of Control (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) in the shareholder occurs; |
| (g) | The shareholder becomes ineligible to be an owner of an entity holding a liquor license issued by the Washington State Liquor Control Board; |
| (h) | The shareholder is determined by the Board to violate the code of conduct of shareholders developed by the Board and included with the Shareholders Agreement or any similar ethics rules or regulations as established by the Board from time to time; |
| (i) | The shareholder materially breaches any term of the Shareholders Agreement; |
| (j) | Any other event which, were it not for the Shareholders Agreement, would cause any Shares to be transferred, for consideration or otherwise, by a shareholder to any person, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of law under circumstances that would not result in a transfer approved by the Board and subject to the rights of first refusal discussed above. |
Within thirty (30) calendar days after the occurrence of a Repurchase Event, the shareholder in question or such shareholders trustee in bankruptcy, personal representative, guardian, executor, or administrator, as the case may
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be, shall give written notice of such event to the Company, specifying the date of such event, describing in reasonable detail the nature of the event, the number of Repurchase Shares, and, if applicable, the purchase price for the Repurchase Shares offered by any person or decreed by a court in connection with such event (the Offer Notice). If the Company has not received the Offer Notice upon the expiration of said period, any shareholder who has knowledge of such event shall give written notice to the Company as soon as is reasonably practical. Alternatively, if the Board becomes aware of any Repurchase Event, the Board in its discretion may commence repurchase proceedings.
After delivery of the Offer Notice to the Board, or the Boards discovery of a Repurchase Event, the Board shall have forty-five (45) calendar days within which to make a written election to repurchase all or any portion of the Repurchase Shares.
Unless a purchase price has otherwise been established, the cumulative purchase price for the portion of Repurchase Shares acquired by the Company shall be the fair market value of such Repurchase Shares as of the last day of the calendar year immediately preceding the date of the Repurchase Event.
Washington State Anti-Takeover Law and Certain Article and Bylaw Provisions
Election and Removal of Directors
Outside of John Naye and Christian Schiller, who pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement described above are not subject to election by shareholders, the remaining directors are elected annually by our shareholders at the Companys annual meeting of shareholders (or alternatively appointed by the Board) and shall hold office until the earlier of the first annual meeting subsequent to their appointment or election as a director, the death of such director, or the date on which such director resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders holding two-thirds or more of the total outstanding Shares eligible to vote at a special meeting of shareholders called for such purpose.
Our articles of incorporation and bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.
Vacancies
Vacancies on the Board can be filled by the remaining directors on the Board. All directors appointed by the Board serve until the next annual meeting of the Companys shareholders.
Board Meetings
Our bylaws provide that the chairman of the Board, the Companys chief executive officer (if a director), the Companys president (if a director), or a majority of the directors, may call special meetings of the Board.
Shareholder Meetings
An annual meeting of shareholders to elect directors to serve on the Board and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on a date not later than August 31 in each calendar year, such date, time and place to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion. Special meetings of directors are not required, but may be called by the Board, the Companys president or by shareholders holding an aggregate of twenty five percent (25%) or more of the total number of outstanding Shares. No business shall be transacted at any special meeting except as is specified in the notice calling such special meeting.
For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to vote at any shareholder meeting, the date on which notice of the meeting is first delivered or mailed is the record date for such determination of shareholders entitled
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to vote at such meeting. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter by the shareholders that are entitled to vote and be counted collectively upon such matter, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of shareholders at such shareholder meeting.
Shareholders holding an aggregate twenty five percent (25%) or more of the total number of outstanding Shares may propose matters to be heard at both annual and special meetings (including the nomination of directors to serve on the Board) upon providing notice of the proposal (along with certain details about both the proposal and the shareholders making it) within the timeframes established in the Companys bylaws.
Requirements for Advance Notification of Shareholder Nominations and Proposals
Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to shareholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the Board.
Shareholder Action by Written Consent
Our bylaws provide that shareholder action may be taken by holders of a majority of our outstanding Shares. Our bylaws provide that shareholders may take action without a meeting, and without a vote, if a consent in writing, signed by the holders of outstanding Shares having no fewer than the minimum number of votes required to approve that particular corporate action, is delivered to the Company.
Anti-takeover Provisions under Washington Law
We are subject to the provisions of Chapter 23B.19 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, contained within the Revised Code of Washington (the Washington Corporation Act), which prohibits a Washington corporation, with certain exceptions, from engaging in certain significant business transactions with an acquiring person (defined generally as a person or group of persons who beneficially own or acquire 10% or more of the Companys voting securities) for a period of five years following the acquiring persons share acquisition date. The prohibited transactions include, among others, mergers or consolidations with, disposition of assets to, or issuance or redemption of stock to or from, the acquiring person, or any other receipt by the acquiring person of a disproportionate benefit as a shareholder.
Exceptions to this statutory prohibition include approval of the significant business transaction at a shareholders meeting by holders of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the transaction, not counting shares as to which the acquiring person has beneficial ownership or voting control, significant business transactions approved by a majority of the members of our board of directors prior to the acquiring person first becoming an acquiring person, or a merger, share exchange, consolidation, liquidation, distribution or certain other significant business transactions entered into with the acquiring person where certain requirements regarding the fairness of the consideration to be received by the shareholders have been met. We may not exempt ourself from coverage of this statute. These statutory provisions may have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of the Company.
Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Section 23B.08.310, Section 23B.08.320 and Sections 23B.08.500 to 23B.08.603 of the Washington Corporation Act, set out provisions relating to the limitation of liability and indemnification of directors and officers of a corporation. Section 23B.08.320 of the Washington Corporation Act provides that a corporations articles of incorporation may contain provisions not inconsistent with law that eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, other than for certain acts or omissions, including those that involve the intentional misconduct by a director or a knowing violation of law by a director. Specifically, Section 23B.08.560 of the Washington Corporation Act provides that if authorized by (i) the articles of incorporation, (ii) a bylaw adopted or ratified by the shareholders, or (iii) a resolution adopted or ratified, before or after the event, by the shareholders, a company will have the
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power to indemnify a director made party to a proceeding, or to obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses incurred in a proceeding, without regard to the limitations on indemnification contained in Section 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 of the Washington Corporation Act, provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any director (i) for acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct by the director or a knowing violation of the law by the director, (ii) for conduct violating Section 23B.08.310 of the Washington Corporation Act, or (iii) for any transaction from which the director will personally receive a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled.
Furthermore, Section 23B.08.580 of the Washington Corporation Act provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of such corporation, is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, against liability asserted against or incurred by such individual in that capacity or arising from such individuals status as a director, officer, employee, or agent, whether or not such corporation would have power to indemnify such individual against the same liability under Section 23B.08.510 or 23B.08.520 of the Washington Corporation Act.
Our articles of incorporation provides that that the Company may indemnify, in the manner and to the full extent permitted by applicable law, any person who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or complete action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of the Company, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Company may, to the full extent permitted by law, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability which may be asserted against such person. To the full extent permitted by law, the indemnification provided in the Companys articles of incorporation does include expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF COMPANY
As the Company was formed in September 2016 for the sole purpose of acquiring the Business Assets, and as of the date of this preliminary offering circular, it has no operations and only a de-minimus level of capitalization, the Company has no financial statements.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ROANOKE
The following financial statements of the Roanoke Inn, LLC (the owner of the Business Assets) have been prepared on a cash basis by Dean LaFontaine of LaFontaine Financial and provided to us by the management of the Roanoke for inclusion in this offering circular. None of these financial statements have been audited or prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Although the Company has no knowledge that would indicate that any of the financial statements of the Roanoke Inn, LLC contain any untrue or incomplete information, the Company has limited means of verifying the accuracy or completeness of such financial statements, and therefore neither the Company nor any of its directors or officers assumes any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such financial statements of the Roanoke Inn, LLC contained herein.
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ROANOKE INN, LLC
Financial Statements
As at and for the year ended December 31, 2015
(unaudited)
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ROANOKE INN, LLC
Balance Sheet
As at December 31,
(unaudited)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| ASSETS |
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| Current Assets |
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| Checking/Savings |
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| New Key Bank Acct#2073 |
8,701.17 | 28,819.33 | 112,173.27 | |||||||||
| Key Bank Savings# 0887 |
62,182.80 | 67,248.58 | 9,007.63 | |||||||||
| Banner Savings #2736 |
40,013.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Banner Checking #3202 |
200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Petty Cash |
3,010.93 | 2,103.18 | 2,119.92 | |||||||||
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| Total Checking/Savings |
114,108.27 | 98,171.09 | 123,300.82 | |||||||||
| Accounts Receivable |
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| 1200 · Accounts Receivable |
-148.08 | -148.08 | -148.08 | |||||||||
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| Total Accounts Receivable |
-148.08 | -148.08 | -148.08 | |||||||||
| Other Current Assets |
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| Inventory |
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| Inventory, Wine |
2,325.64 | 2,325.64 | 3,144.04 | |||||||||
| Inventory, Beer |
3,596.99 | 3,596.99 | 4,446.32 | |||||||||
| Inventory, Liquor |
5,773.46 | 7,899.48 | 10,553.99 | |||||||||
| Inventory, Food |
8,321.51 | 8,321.51 | 6,136.61 | |||||||||
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| Total Inventory |
20,017.60 | 22,143.62 | 24,280.96 | |||||||||
| 1499 · Undeposited Funds |
148.08 | 148.08 | 0.00 | |||||||||
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| Total Other Current Assets |
20,165.68 | 22,291.70 | 24,280.96 | |||||||||
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| Total Current Assets |
134,125.87 | 120,314.71 | 147,433.70 | |||||||||
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| Machinery & Equipment |
143,685.26 | 171,320.36 | 176,215.01 | |||||||||
| Land |
100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | |||||||||
| Buildings |
19,367.00 | 19,367.00 | 19,367.00 | |||||||||
| Accumulated Depreciation |
-125,858.00 | -235,274.00 | -235,274.00 | |||||||||
| Fixed assets Other |
60,721.62 | 60,721.62 | 60,721.62 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Fixed assets |
197,915.88 | 116,134.98 | 121,029.63 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Fixed Assets |
197,915.88 | 116,134.98 | 121,029.63 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS |
332,041.75 | 236,449.69 | 268,463.33 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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F-4
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY |
||||||||||||
| Liabilities |
||||||||||||
| Current Liabilities |
||||||||||||
| Credit Cards |
||||||||||||
| American Express card#2005 |
206.19 | 194.78 | 3,005.76 | |||||||||
| B of A #0870 |
-6,611.57 | -4,034.14 | 3,550.20 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Credit Cards |
-6,405.38 | -3,839.36 | 6,555.96 | |||||||||
| Other Current Liabilities |
||||||||||||
| Gift Certificates Outstanding |
-4,353.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Gift Cards Outstanding |
||||||||||||
| Gift Cards Redeemed |
-51,130.41 | -63,958.00 | -75,861.91 | |||||||||
| Gift Cards Sold |
84,318.05 | 95,920.97 | 107,802.97 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Gift Cards Outstanding |
33,187.64 | 31,962.97 | 31,941.06 | |||||||||
| Payroll Tax Liabilities |
6,171.83 | 3,822.09 | 4,885.96 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Other Current Liabilities |
35,005.81 | 35,785.06 | 36,827.02 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Current Liabilities |
28,600.43 | 31,945.70 | 43,382.98 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Liabilities |
28,600.43 | 31,945.70 | 43,382.98 | |||||||||
| Equity |
||||||||||||
| Proprietors Draw |
||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous |
||||||||||||
| Chase CC #8477 |
2,680.52 | 2,680.52 | 2,680.52 | |||||||||
| Bank of America card |
-35,557.40 | -35,557.40 | -35,557.40 | |||||||||
| American Express credit card |
-15,382.92 | -15,446.77 | -15,446.77 | |||||||||
| Alaska Airlines credit card |
-42,065.49 | -44,786.78 | -44,786.78 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Miscellaneous |
-90,325.29 | -93,110.43 | -93,110.43 | |||||||||
| Federal Income Tax Payments |
-184,563.06 | -294,563.06 | -334,563.06 | |||||||||
| Health Insurance & Medical Cost |
||||||||||||
| Dorothys Medical Bills |
-2,587.14 | -2,673.14 | -2,747.34 | |||||||||
| Dorothys Health Insurance Cost |
-12,856.25 | -18,613.71 | -23,099.82 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Health Insurance & Medical Cost |
-15,443.39 | -21,286.85 | -25,847.16 | |||||||||
| Proprietors Draw Other |
-434,297.81 | -443,244.73 | -530,019.93 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Proprietors Draw |
-724,629.55 | -852,205.07 | -983,540.58 | |||||||||
| 3900 · Retained Earnings |
845,530.97 | 947,674.87 | 1,056,709.06 | |||||||||
| Net Income |
182,539.90 | 109,034.19 | 151,911.87 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Equity |
303,441.32 | 204,503.99 | 225,080.35 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY |
332,041.75 | 236,449.69 | 268,463.33 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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F-5
ROANOKE INN, LLC
Income Statement
For the years ended December 31,
(unaudited)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Ordinary Income/Expense |
||||||||||||
| Income |
||||||||||||
| Income, Beer |
486,020.73 | 473,414.65 | 474,248.78 | |||||||||
| Income, Food |
883,768.92 | 899,284.56 | 937,653.92 | |||||||||
| Income, Games |
2,946.00 | 2,525.66 | 2,785.75 | |||||||||
| Income, Liquor |
173,561.72 | 167,633.21 | 195,807.78 | |||||||||
| Income, Merchandise |
2,472.65 | 10,738.25 | 4,960.27 | |||||||||
| Income, Room Rent |
20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Income, Snacks & Non-Alcohol |
54,673.80 | 52,980.49 | 52,900.58 | |||||||||
| Income, Wine |
132,679.57 | 163,207.12 | 170,691.93 | |||||||||
| Income, Sales Tax Collected |
162,281.65 | 163,207.12 | 170.691.93 | |||||||||
| Oil Recycle Income |
68.69 | 240.62 | 178.83 | |||||||||
| Garnishment Collection Income |
0.00 | 70.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Gift Card Income |
0.00 | 0.00 | 4,115.84 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Income |
1,898,493.73 | 1,894,625.75 | 1,974,203.06 | |||||||||
| Cost of Goods Sold |
||||||||||||
| Employment Costs |
||||||||||||
| Bar Staff Wages |
180,024.36 | 194,300.38 | 187,660.03 | |||||||||
| Employee Bonuses |
14,095.00 | 10,339.01 | 9,575.00 | |||||||||
| Kitchen Staff Wages |
239,398.88 | 228,100.84 | 224,779.34 | |||||||||
| Payroll Tax Expenses |
75,644.76 | 79,751.56 | 88,047.82 | |||||||||
| Office Wages |
983.75 | 16,070.48 | 28,768.60 | |||||||||
| Maintenance and Janitorial Wages |
19,042.95 | 27,825.14 | 40,992.85 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Employment Costs |
529,189.70 | 556,387.41 | 479,823.64 | |||||||||
| Product Costs |
||||||||||||
| Cost, Beer |
150,956.87 | 146,392.03 | 152,930.19 | |||||||||
| Cost, Coffee |
3,498.23 | 3,364.97 | 3,569.34 | |||||||||
| Cost, Food |
317,412.15 | 325,658.70 | 324,028.02 | |||||||||
| Cost, Liquor |
27,131.49 | 24,161.55 | 39,850.52 | |||||||||
| Cost, Merchandise |
3,746.00 | 12,702.35 | 3,855.00 | |||||||||
| Cost, Non-Alcohol, Mixers |
1,529.68 | 1,610.71 | 3,114.23 | |||||||||
| Cost, Pop |
6,006.01 | 6,612.12 | 8,360.13 | |||||||||
| Cost, Syrup Tax |
240.00 | 210.00 | 220.00 | |||||||||
| Cost, Snacks |
1,322.24 | 1,600.69 | 1,220.33 | |||||||||
| Cost, Water Perrier |
1,739.21 | 967.60 | 869.42 | |||||||||
| Cost, Wine |
55,287.05 | 53,056.24 | 38,536.76 | |||||||||
| Total Product Costs |
568,868.93 | 576,336.96 | 576,553.93 | |||||||||
| Total COGS |
1,098,058.63 | 1,132,724.37 | 1,156,377.57 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Gross Profit |
800,435.10 | 761,901.38 | 817,825.49 | |||||||||
| Expense |
||||||||||||
| Administrative Expenses |
||||||||||||
| Auto expenses |
2,148.79 | 2,910.94 | 3,144.30 | |||||||||
| Bank charges |
-232.87 | 64.27 | -3.26 | |||||||||
| Bankcard discounts |
||||||||||||
| American Express |
8,350.64 | 7,706.94 | 9,042.63 | |||||||||
| VISA & Mastercard |
38,471.58 | 39,358.84 | 42,890.20 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Bankcard discounts |
46,822.22 | 47,065.78 | 51,932.83 | |||||||||
F-6
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Business Taxes |
||||||||||||
| City of Mercer Island |
813.14 | 829.43 | 853.02 | |||||||||
| St of WA/DOfR B&O tax |
8,065.43 | 7,918.65 | 8,299.94 | |||||||||
| St of WA/Sales Tax Paid |
164,300.76 | 163,211.65 | 171,018.15 | |||||||||
| Total Business Taxes |
173,179.33 | 171,959.73 | 180,171.11 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Professional Fees |
||||||||||||
| Accounting |
29,005.00 | 33,895.00 | 33,425.00 | |||||||||
| Legal |
138.00 | 188.00 | 222.00 | |||||||||
| Computer, etc. |
13,869.27 | 895.62 | 3,950.00 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Professional Fees |
43,012.27 | 34,978.62 | 37,597.00 | |||||||||
| Customer Relations |
3,175.32 | 4,738.23 | 3,226.69 | |||||||||
| Decorations |
210.97 | 365.16 | 3,353.82 | |||||||||
| Depreciation |
0.00 | 3,674.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Employee Relations |
1,051.81 | 1,151.18 | 801.21 | |||||||||
| Insurance Facility |
25,911.00 | 27,641.00 | 15,097.00 | |||||||||
| Interest expense |
||||||||||||
| Finance Charge |
7.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Interest expense |
7.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Licenses |
||||||||||||
| Alcohol/Liquor License |
2,009.00 | 2,011.00 | 2,011.00 | |||||||||
| Business License |
533.00 | 610.00 | 547.00 | |||||||||
| Public Health |
911.00 | 1,192.00 | 947.00 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Licenses |
3,453.00 | 3,813.00 | 3,505.00 | |||||||||
| Meals |
||||||||||||
| Promotional Meals |
32.42 | 667.01 | 494.99 | |||||||||
| Research & Development |
719.21 | 1,233.71 | 1,659.64 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Meals |
751.63 | 1,900.72 | 2,154.63 | |||||||||
| Memberships |
975.00 | 1,010.00 | 1,085.00 | |||||||||
| Office supplies |
6,208.98 | 11,079.55 | 7,337.66 | |||||||||
| Overage/Shortage |
406.57 | 287.57 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Postage |
202.50 | 308.94 | 1,081.17 | |||||||||
| Printing |
150.00 | 860.17 | 375.88 | |||||||||
| Property taxes |
7,963.98 | 7,830.51 | 7,960.99 | |||||||||
| Subscriptions |
908.42 | 847.44 | 866.06 | |||||||||
| Telephone |
4,578.70 | 2,474.88 | 1,993.16 | |||||||||
| Travel & entertainment |
0.00 | 0.00 | 509.44 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Administrative Expenses |
320,885.27 | 324,961.69 | 322,189.69 | |||||||||
| Facility Operational Expenses |
||||||||||||
| Advertising & Promo |
3,913.34 | 22,238.36 | 22,143.70 | |||||||||
| Bar Supplies |
14,075.84 | 17,506.47 | 16,360.68 | |||||||||
| Casual labor |
0.00 | 285.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Chemicals & sanitizing |
12,833.29 | 11,014.06 | 8,763.04 | |||||||||
| Computer expense |
6,267.10 | 5,078.43 | 910.30 | |||||||||
| Durable Goods |
0.00 | 175.16 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Equipment rental |
1,104.72 | 471.42 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Kitchen supplies |
24,808.17 | 27,917.42 | 26,288.00 | |||||||||
| Laundry |
4,917.63 | 5,015.36 | 6,050.68 | |||||||||
| Newspaper |
0.00 | 163.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Pest Control |
1,133.37 | 1,750.40 | 1,526.16 | |||||||||
F-7
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Rental Expense |
||||||||||||
| Parking Rent |
12,900.00 | 14,550.00 | 15,000.00 | |||||||||
| Land Rent |
127,000.00 | 130,000.00 | 143,000.00 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Rental Expense |
139,900.00 | 144,550.00 | 158,000.00 | |||||||||
| Repairs & Maintenance |
32,653.81 | 31,417.94 | 42,727.40 | |||||||||
| Security |
720.09 | 665.74 | 1,902.50 | |||||||||
| Service Ware |
||||||||||||
| Bar Service Ware |
998.78 | 611.41 | 557.53 | |||||||||
| Kitchen Service Ware |
54.27 | 1,066.75 | 302.69 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Service Ware |
1,053.05 | 1,678.16 | 860.22 | |||||||||
| Tap Cleaning |
1,138.80 | 1,309.43 | 1,201.50 | |||||||||
| Uniform |
0.00 | 437.25 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Utilities |
||||||||||||
| Electric/Gas |
21,239.94 | 20,723.05 | 21,229.69 | |||||||||
| Cable Television |
2,999.71 | 5,260.62 | 5,434.23 | |||||||||
| Garbage |
10,547.05 | 10,413.08 | 11,138.50 | |||||||||
| Sewer & Water |
13,210.08 | 12,761.77 | 15,018.35 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Utilities |
47,996.78 | 49,158.52 | 52,820.77 | |||||||||
| Yard maintenance |
2,076.30 | 3,692.81 | 2,425.10 | |||||||||
| Facility Operational Expenses Other |
399.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Facility Operational Expenses |
294,991.61 | 324,524.93 | 341,980.05 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Expense |
615,876.88 | 649,486.62 | 664,169.74 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Net Ordinary Income |
184,558.22 | 112,414.76 | 153,655.75 | |||||||||
| Other Income/Expense |
||||||||||||
| Other Income |
||||||||||||
| Other Income |
1,928.93 | 2,378.24 | 1,675.12 | |||||||||
| Interest Income |
250.38 | 84.37 | 35.45 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Other Income |
2,179.31 | 2,462.61 | 1,710.57 | |||||||||
| Other Expense |
||||||||||||
| Charitable Donations |
4,197.63 | 5,315.00 | 3,380.89 | |||||||||
| Penalties |
0.00 | 0.00 | 73.56 | |||||||||
| Suspense Acct |
0.00 | 528.18 | 0.00 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total Other Expense |
4,197.63 | 5,843.18 | 3,454.45 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Net Other Income |
-2,018.32 | -3,380.57 | -1,743.88 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Net Income |
182,539.90 | 109,034.19 | 151,911.87 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
F-8
ROANOKE INN, LLC
Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended December 31, 2015
(unaudited)
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
||||
| Net Income |
162,154.92 | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to net cash provided by operations: |
||||
| Inventory:Inventory, Wine |
-818.40 | |||
| Inventory:Inventory, Beer |
-849.33 | |||
| Inventory:Inventory, Liquor |
-2,654.51 | |||
| Inventory:Inventory, Food |
2,184.90 | |||
| Citi #2230 (formerly Amex#2005) |
2,810.98 | |||
| B of A #0870 |
7,584.34 | |||
| Gift Cards Outstanding:Gift Cards Redeemed |
-11,903.91 | |||
| Gift Cards Outstanding:Gift Cards Sold |
11,882.00 | |||
| Payroll Tax Liabilities |
1,063.87 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash provided by Operating Activities |
171,454.86 | |||
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
||||
| Fixed assets:Machinery & Equipment |
-23,891.65 | |||
| Fixed assets:Buildings |
-6,761.00 | |||
| Fixed assets:Accumulated Depreciation |
15,855.00 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash provided by Investing Activities |
-14,797.65 | |||
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
||||
| Proprietors Draw |
-86,712.20 | |||
| Proprietors Draw:Federal Income Tax Payments |
-40,000.00 | |||
| Proprietors Draw:Health Insurance & Medical Cost:Dorothys Medical Bills |
-74.20 | |||
| Proprietors Draw:Health Insurance & Medical Cost:Dorothys Health Insurance Cost |
-4,486.11 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash provided by Financing Activities |
-131,272.51 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash increase for period |
25,384.70 | |||
| Cash at beginning of period |
98,319.17 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Cash at end of period |
123,703.87 | |||
|
|
|
F-9
ROANOKE INN, LLC
Financial Statements
As at and for the six months ended June 30, 2016
(unaudited)
F-10
ROANOKE INN, LLC
Balance Sheet
As at June 30, 2016
(unaudted)
| ASSETS |
||||
| Current Assets |
||||
| Checking/Savings |
||||
| New Key Bank Acct#2073 |
73,960.55 | |||
| Key Bank Savings# 0887 |
9,009.87 | |||
| Tax & Insurance Acct |
25,000.00 | |||
| Petty Cash |
3,918.60 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Checking/Savings |
111,889.02 | |||
| Accounts Receivable |
||||
| 1200 · Accounts Receivable |
-148.08 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Accounts Receivable |
-148.08 | |||
| Other Current Assets |
||||
| Inventory |
||||
| Inventory, Wine |
3,144.04 | |||
| Inventory, Beer |
4,446.32 | |||
| Inventory, Liquor |
10,553.99 | |||
| Inventory, Food |
6,136.61 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Inventory |
24,280.96 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Other Current Assets |
24,280.96 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Current Assets |
136,021.90 | |||
| Fixed Assets |
||||
| Fixed assets |
||||
| Machinery & Equipment |
199,089.11 | |||
| Land |
100,000.00 | |||
| Buildings |
26,128.00 | |||
| Accumulated Depreciation |
-251,129.00 | |||
| Fixed assets Other |
60,721.62 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Fixed assets |
134,809.73 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Fixed Assets |
134,809.73 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| TOTAL ASSETS |
270,831.63 | |||
|
|
|
F-11
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY |
||||
| Liabilities |
||||
| Current Liabilities |
||||
| Credit Cards |
||||
| Citi #2230 (formerly Amex#2005) |
4,090.37 | |||
| B of A #0870 |
-6,644.82 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Credit Cards |
-2,554.45 | |||
| Other Current Liabilities |
||||
| Gift Cards Outstanding |
||||
| Gift Cards Redeemed |
-80,181.02 | |||
| Gift Cards Sold |
113,157.97 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Gift Cards Outstanding |
32,976.95 | |||
| Payroll Tax Liabilities |
10,453.44 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Other Current Liabilities |
43,430.39 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Current Liabilities |
40,875.94 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Liabilities |
40,875.94 | |||
| Equity |
||||
| Proprietors Draw |
||||
| Miscellaneous |
||||
| Chase CC #8477 |
2,680.52 | |||
| Bank of America card |
-35,557.40 | |||
| American Express credit card |
-15,446.77 | |||
| Alaska Airlines credit card |
-44,786.78 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Miscellaneous |
-93,110.43 | |||
| Federal Income Tax Payments |
-369,563.06 | |||
| Health Insurance & Medical Cost |
||||
| Dorothys Medical Bills |
-2,846.93 | |||
| Dorothys Health Insurance Cost |
-24,788.41 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Health Insurance & Medical Cost |
-27,635.34 | |||
| Proprietors Draw Other |
-592,576.11 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Proprietors Draw |
-1,082,884.94 | |||
| 3900 · Retained Earnings |
1,218,863.98 | |||
| Net Income |
93,976.65 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Equity |
229,955.69 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY |
270,831.63 | |||
|
|
|
F-12
ROANOKE INN, LLC
Income Statement
For the six months ended June 30, 2016
(unaudited)
| Ordinary Income/Expense |
||||
| Income |
||||
| Income, Beer |
242,659.27 | |||
| Income, Food |
477,976.39 | |||
| Income, Games |
2,563.00 | |||
| Income, Liquor |
108,456.60 | |||
| Income, Merchandise |
1,312.31 | |||
| Income, Snacks & Non-Alcohol |
25,812.67 | |||
| Income, Wine |
64,959.32 | |||
| Income, Sales Tax Collected |
87,454.48 | |||
| Oil Recycle Income |
21.80 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Income |
1,011,215.84 | |||
| Cost of Goods Sold |
||||
| Employment Costs |
||||
| Bar Staff Wages |
99,928.44 | |||
| Employee Bonuses |
7,125.00 | |||
| Kitchen Staff Wages |
111,096.09 | |||
| Payroll Tax Expenses |
43,938.98 | |||
| Office wages |
16,652.32 | |||
| Maintenance and Janitorial Wage |
23,944.62 | |||
| Recruiting |
360.00 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Employment Costs |
303,045.45 | |||
| Product Costs |
||||
| Cost, Beer |
77,233.50 | |||
| Cost, Coffee |
1,418.67 | |||
| Cost, Food |
160,089.60 | |||
| Cost, Liquor |
23,529.82 | |||
| Cost, Non-Alcohol, Mixers |
1,669.40 | |||
| Cost, Pop |
3,247.91 | |||
| Cost, Syrup Tax |
80.00 | |||
| Cost, Snacks |
345.92 | |||
| Cost, Water Perrier |
768.70 | |||
| Cost, Wine |
19,680.10 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Product Costs |
288,063.62 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total COGS |
591,109.07 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Gross Profit |
420,106.77 | |||
| Expense |
||||
| Administrative Expenses |
||||
| Auto expenses |
672.17 | |||
| Bank charges |
75.00 | |||
| Bankcard discounts |
||||
| American Express |
3,916.02 | |||
| VISA & Mastercard |
18,224.85 | |||
| Bankcard discounts Other |
3,058.97 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Bankcard discounts |
25,199.84 |
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| Business Taxes |
||||
| City of Mercer Island |
377.90 | |||
| St of WA/DofR B&O tax |
4,021.00 | |||
| St of WA/Sales Tax Paid |
82,145.63 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Business Taxes |
86,544.53 | |||
| Professional Fees |
||||
| Accounting |
16,650.00 | |||
| Legal |
5,193.75 | |||
| Restaurant Management |
1,000.00 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Professional Fees |
22,843.75 | |||
| Customer Relations |
933.20 | |||
| Decorations |
328.63 | |||
| Employee Relations |
854.51 | |||
| Insurance Facility |
0.00 | |||
| Licenses |
||||
| Alcohol/Liquor License |
2,135.00 | |||
| Business License |
619.00 | |||
| Public Health |
947.00 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Licenses |
3,701.00 | |||
| Meals |
||||
| Research & Development |
762.73 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Meals |
762.73 | |||
| Memberships |
40.00 | |||
| Office supplies |
2,922.38 | |||
| Postage |
89.95 | |||
| Printing |
245.66 | |||
| Property taxes |
4,269.58 | |||
| Subscriptions |
784.11 | |||
| Telephone |
752.05 | |||
| Travel & entertainment |
1,669.62 | |||
| Administrative Expenses Other |
398.36 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Administrative Expenses |
153,087.07 | |||
| Facility Operational Expenses |
||||
| Advertising & Promo |
11,441.74 | |||
| Bar Supplies |
8,420.29 | |||
| Chemicals & sanitizing |
4,618.13 | |||
| Computer expense |
938.94 | |||
| Durable Goods |
4,796.10 | |||
| Kitchen supplies |
11,737.34 | |||
| Laundry |
2,861.67 | |||
| Pest Control |
766.50 | |||
| Rental Expense |
||||
| Parking Rent |
6,350.00 | |||
| Land Rent |
72,100.00 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Rental Expense |
78,450.00 |
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| Repairs & Maintenance |
15,324.83 | |||
| Security |
280.00 | |||
| Service Ware |
||||
| Bar Service Ware |
753.31 | |||
| Kitchen Service Ware |
153.05 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Service Ware |
906.36 | |||
| Tap Cleaning |
693.00 | |||
| Utilities |
||||
| Electric/Gas |
10,403.77 | |||
| Cable Television |
2,915.75 | |||
| Garbage |
5,278.83 | |||
| Sewer & Water |
4,327.46 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Utilities |
22,925.81 | |||
| Yard maintenance |
5,374.05 | |||
| Facility Operational Expenses Other |
1,510.58 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Facility Operational Expenses |
171,045.34 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Expense |
324,132.41 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net Ordinary Income |
95,974.36 | |||
| Other Income/Expense |
||||
| Other Income |
||||
| Interest Income |
2.24 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Other Income |
2.24 | |||
| Other Expense |
||||
| Charitable Donations |
1,962.00 | |||
| Suspense Acct |
37.95 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Total Other Expense |
1,999.95 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net Other Income |
-1,997.71 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net Income |
93,976.65 | |||
|
|
|
F-15
ROANOKE INN, LLC
Statement of Cash Flows
Six months ended June 30, 2016
(unaudited)
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
||||
| Net Income |
92,560.37 | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to net cash provided by operations: |
||||
| 2000 · Accounts Payable |
1,416.28 | |||
| Citi #2230 (formerly Amex#2005) |
1,084.61 | |||
| B of A #0870 |
-10,195.02 | |||
| Gift Cards Outstanding:Gift Cards Redeemed |
-4,319.11 | |||
| Gift Cards Outstanding:Gift Cards Sold |
5,355.00 | |||
| Payroll Tax Liabilities |
5,567.48 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash provided by Operating Activities |
91,469.61 | |||
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
||||
| Fixed assets:Machinery & Equipment |
-3,877.10 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash provided by Investing Activities |
-3,877.10 | |||
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
||||
| Proprietors Draw |
-62,619.18 | |||
| Proprietors Draw:Federal Income Tax Payments |
-35,000.00 | |||
| Proprietors Draw:Health Insurance & Medical Cost:Dorothys Medical Bills |
-99.59 | |||
| Proprietors Draw:Health Insurance & Medical Cost:Dorothys Health Insurance Cost |
-1,688.59 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash provided by Financing Activities |
-99,407.36 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Net cash increase for period |
-11,814.85 | |||
| Cash at beginning of period |
123,703.87 | |||
|
|
|
|||
| Cash at end of period |
111,889.02 | |||
|
|
|
F-16
The following exhibits are filed as part of this offering circular.
| Item 17 Number |
Exhibit | |
| 2.1 | Articles of Incorporation* | |
| 2.2 | Corporate Bylaws* | |
| 3.1 | Form of stock certificate* | |
| 3.2 | Shareholders Agreement, dated October 19, 2016.* | |
| 3.3 | Loan Agreement between the Company and Columbia Bank** | |
| 4.1 | Form of Subscription Agreement* | |
| 6.1 | Consulting Agreement between the Company and Dorothy Reeck** | |
| 7.1 | Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 4, 2016 between the Company and Roanoke Inn, LLC* | |
| 8.1 | Escrow Agreement dated October 25, 2016 between the Company and UMB Bank, N.A.* | |
| 10.1 | Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this offering circular) | |
| 11.1 | Consent of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (including with Exhibit 12.1) | |
| 11.2 | Consent of Dean LaFontaine of LaFontaine Financial, LLC* | |
| 12.1 | Opinion of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP* | |
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | To be filed by amendment. |
III-1
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, this issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on this 26 day of October, 2016.
| MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC. | ||
| BY: |
/s/ John Naye | |
| John Naye | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Christian Schiller and John Naye, or any of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Form 1-A offering statement, and to file the same with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent fill power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This offering statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicted:
| Signature: | Title: | Date: | ||
| /s/ John Naye John Naye |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | October 26, 2016 | ||
| /s/ Christian Schiller Christian Schiller |
Chairman, Chief Financial Officer Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
October 26, 2016 | ||
| /s/ Bret Chatalas Bret Chatalas |
Director |
October 26, 2016 | ||
III-2
Exhibit 2.1
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC.
Pursuant to RCW 23B.02.020 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the Act), the undersigned does hereby submit these Articles of Incorporation for the purpose of forming a business corporation.
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of this corporation is Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
This corporation is organized for the purpose of engaging in any business, trade or activity which may be conducted lawfully by a corporation organized under the Act.
ARTICLE III
SHARES
This corporation is authorized to issue One Hundred Thousand (100,000) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share.
ARTICLE IV
NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
Except as may otherwise be provided by the Board of Directors, no preemptive rights shall exist with respect to shares of stock or securities convertible into shares of stock of this corporation.
ARTICLE V
NO CUMULATIVE VOTING
At each election for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote at such election has the right to vote in person or by proxy the number of shares held by such shareholder for as many persons as there are directors to be elected. No cumulative voting for directors shall be permitted.
ARTICLE VI
BYLAWS
The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws. Nothing herein shall deny the concurrent power of the shareholders to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VII
REGISTERED AGENT AND OFFICE
The name of the initial registered agent of this corporation and the address of its initial registered office are as follows:
| Name |
Address | |
| National Registered Agents, Inc. |
505 Union Avenue SE, Suite 120 Olympia, WA 98501 | |
ARTICLE VIII
DIRECTORS
Section 8.1 Number. The number of directors of this corporation shall be determined in the manner specified by the Bylaws and may be increased or decreased from time to time in the manner provided therein.
Section 8.2 Term. The term of the initial directors shall be until the first annual meeting of the shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified, unless removed in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws.
ARTICLE IX
SHAREHOLDER ACTION ON LESS THAN
UNANIMOUS CONSENT
In any matter requiring shareholder action, the shareholders may act by consent of the shareholders holding of record, or otherwise entitled to vote in the aggregate, the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted. No period of advance notice is required to be given to any nonconsenting shareholders.
ARTICLE X
INCORPORATOR
The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:
| Name |
Address | |
| Andrew Bond |
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200 Seattle, WA 98101 | |
ARTICLE XI
LIMITATION OF DIRECTORS LIABILITY
A director shall have no liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except for acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct by the director, or a knowing violation of law by the director, or for conduct violating RCW 23B.08.310, or for any transaction from which the director will personally
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receive a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled. If the Act is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the full extent permitted by the Act, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification for or with respect to an act or omission of such director occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE XII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 12.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was, or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation or, while a director or officer, he or she is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation, to the full extent permitted by applicable law as then in effect, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 12.2 of this Article with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors of the corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section 12 shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the payment of such expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon physical delivery to the corporation of a written undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 12 or otherwise.
Section 12.2 Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 12.1 of this Article is not paid in full by the corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, except in the case of a claim for expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, to the extent successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. The claimant shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Article upon submission of a written claim (and, in an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding
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in advance of its final disposition, where the required undertaking has been tendered to the corporation), and thereafter the corporation shall have the burden of proof to overcome the presumption that the claimant is so entitled. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of or reimbursement or advancement of expenses to the claimant is proper in the circumstances nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) that the claimant is not entitled to indemnification or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant is not so entitled.
Section 12.3 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 12.4 Insurance, Contracts and Funding. The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Act. The corporation may, without further shareholder action, enter into contracts with any director or officer of the corporation in furtherance of the provisions of this Article and may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided in this Article.
Section 12.5 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The corporation may, by action of its board of directors from time to time, provide indemnification and pay expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding to employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the provisions of this Article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the corporation or pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or otherwise.
Dated this 1st day of September, 2016.
| /s/ Andrew Bond |
| Andrew Bond, Incorporator |
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CONSENT TO APPOINTMENT AS REGISTERED AGENT
National Registered Agents, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby consents to serve as Registered Agent, in the State of Washington, for Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. National Registered Agents, Inc. understands that as agent for the company, it will be responsible to receive service of process in the name of the company; to forward all mail to the company; and to immediately notify the office of the Secretary of State in the event of its resignation, or of any changes in the registered office address of Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc.
Dated this 1st day of September, 2016.
| National Registered Agents, Inc. | ||
| By: |
/s/ Carol Berg | |
| Name: |
Carol Berg | |
| Title: |
Assistant Secretary | |
| Address: |
||
| 505 Union Avenue SE | ||
| Suite 120 | ||
| Olympia, WA 98501 | ||
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Exhibit 2.2
BYLAWS
OF
MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC.
Adopted effective September 19, 2016.
Amendments are listed on page iii.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||||||
| ARTICLE I REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT |
1 | |||||
| ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS |
1 | |||||
| Section 2.1 | Annual Meetings |
1 | ||||
| Section 2.2 | Special Meetings |
1 | ||||
| Section 2.3 | Notice of Meetings |
1 | ||||
| Section 2.4 | Waiver of Notice |
2 | ||||
| Section 2.5 | Record Date |
2 | ||||
| Section 2.6 | Shareholders List for Meeting |
3 | ||||
| Section 2.7 | Quorum and Adjourned Meetings |
3 | ||||
| Section 2.8 | Proxies |
3 | ||||
| Section 2.9 | Voting of Shares |
4 | ||||
| ARTICLE III DIRECTORS |
4 | |||||
| Section 3.1 | General Powers |
4 | ||||
| Section 3.2 | Number |
4 | ||||
| Section 3.3 | Tenure and Qualifications |
4 | ||||
| Section 3.4 | Election |
4 | ||||
| Section 3.5 | Vacancies |
4 | ||||
| Section 3.6 | Resignation |
4 | ||||
| Section 3.7 | Removal of Directors |
5 | ||||
| Section 3.8 | Meetings. |
5 | ||||
| Section 3.9 | Quorum and Voting. |
6 | ||||
| Section 3.10 | Compensation |
6 | ||||
| Section 3.11 | Presumption of Assent |
6 | ||||
| Section 3.12 | Committees |
7 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV SPECIAL MEASURES FOR CORPORATE ACTION |
7 | |||||
| Section 4.1 | Action Without a Meeting |
7 | ||||
| Section 4.2 | Meetings by Conference Telephone |
7 | ||||
| ARTICLE V OFFICERS |
8 | |||||
| Section 5.1 | Officers Designated |
8 | ||||
| Section 5.2 | Election, Qualification and Term of Office |
8 | ||||
| Section 5.3 | Powers and Duties. |
8 | ||||
| Section 5.4 | Removal |
9 | ||||
| Section 5.5 | Vacancies |
9 | ||||
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| Section 5.6 | Compensation |
9 | ||||
| ARTICLE VI SHARE CERTIFICATES |
9 | |||||
| Section 6.1 | Issuance, Form and Signing of Certificates |
9 | ||||
| Section 6.2 | Transfers |
10 | ||||
| Section 6.3 | Loss or Destruction of Certificates |
10 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII BOOKS AND RECORDS |
10 | |||||
| Section 7.1 | Books of Accounts, Minutes and Share Register |
10 | ||||
| Section 7.2 | Financial Statements |
11 | ||||
| Section 7.3 | Copies of Resolutions |
11 | ||||
| ARTICLE VIII CORPORATE SEAL |
11 | |||||
| ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS |
11 | |||||
| Section 9.1 | By the Shareholders |
11 | ||||
| Section 9.2 | By the Board of Directors |
11 | ||||
| ARTICLE X FISCAL YEAR |
11 | |||||
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MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC.
AMENDMENTS
| Date of Amendment |
Article |
Effect of Amendment | ||
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BYLAWS
OF
MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC.
ARTICLE I
REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
The registered office of the corporation shall be located in the State of Washington at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors upon filing of such notices as may be required by law, and the registered agent shall have a business office identical with such registered office. Any change in the registered agent or registered office shall be effective upon filing such change with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Washington.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS
Section 2.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders of this corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may come before it, shall be held at such place and time which may be within or without the State of Washington, as may be determined by the board of directors and specified in the notice of the meeting. The annual meeting shall be held on a date not later than August 31 in each calendar year.
Section 2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of this corporation may be called at any time by the holders of twenty five percent (25%) of the voting shares of the corporation, or by the president, or by the board of directors. No business shall be transacted at any special meeting of shareholders except as is specified in the notice calling for said meeting. The place of any special meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation or as otherwise determined, within or without the State of Washington, by the board of directors and specified in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.3 Notice of Meetings. Notice of annual or special meetings of shareholders stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given by the secretary or persons authorized to call the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Such notice shall be given no fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date, except that notice of a meeting to act on an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, a plan of merger or share exchange, a proposed sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation other than in the usual or regular course of business, or the dissolution of the corporation shall be given no fewer than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date. Notice provided in a tangible medium may be transmitted by mail, private carrier, or personal delivery; telegraph or teletype; or telephone, wire, or wireless equipment which transmits a facsimile of the notice. Notice may be provided in
an electronic transmission and be electronically transmitted (through email). Notice to shareholders in an electronic transmission is effective only with respect to shareholders that have consented, in the form of a record (as defined in section 7.1), to receive electronically transmitted notices under the Washington Business Corporation Act (hereinafter the Act) and designated in the consent the address, location, or system to which these notices may be electronically transmitted and with respect to a notice that otherwise complies with any other requirements of the Act and applicable federal law. Notice in a tangible medium, if correctly addressed to the shareholders address shown on the corporations stock transfer books, is effective: (a) when deposited in the United States mail, if mailed with first class postage prepaid; and (b) when dispatched, if prepaid, by air courier. Otherwise, notice in a tangible medium shall be effective when received. Notice provided in an electronic transmission is effective when it: (a) is electronically transmitted to an address, location, or system designated by the recipient for that purpose; or (b) has been posted on an electronic network and a separate record (as defined in section 7.1) of the posting has been delivered to the recipient together with comprehensible instructions regarding how to obtain access to the posting on the electronic network. For purposes of these bylaws, deliver includes (a) mailing; and (b) for purposes of delivering a demand, consent, notice, or waiver to the corporation or one of its officers, directors, or shareholders, transmission by facsimile equipment and delivery by electronic transmission.
Section 2.4 Waiver of Notice. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of any meeting may be waived (either before or after such meeting). The waiver must be delivered (as defined in section 2.3) by the shareholder entitled to notice to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records, which waiver shall be set forth either (a) in an executed and dated record (as defined in section 7.1) or (b) if the corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the waiver may be electronically transmitted and the waiver is electronically transmitted to the designated address, location, or system, in an executed and dated electronically transmitted record. Execute means (a) signed with respect to a written record, or (b) electronically transmitted along with sufficient information to determine the senders identity with respect to an electronic transmission. Notice of the time or place of a meeting will be waived by any shareholder by that shareholders attendance in person or by proxy, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting. Objection to consideration of a particular matter that is not within the purposes described in a special meeting notice will be waived unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. Any shareholder so waiving shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
Section 2.5 Record Date. The board of directors may fix in advance a record date in order to determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders meeting, to vote, or to take any other action, such date to be not more than seventy (70) days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a share dividend or a distribution (other than one involving the purchase, redemption, or other acquisition of the corporations shares), the day before the date on which notice of the meeting is effective or the date on which the board of directors authorizes such share dividend or distribution, as the case may be, shall be
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the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination is effective for any adjournment thereof, unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.
Section 2.6 Shareholders List for Meeting. After fixing a record date for a shareholders meeting, the corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all shareholders on the record date who are entitled to notice of the shareholders meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group, and within each voting group by class or series of shares, and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder. A shareholder, shareholders agent, or shareholders attorney may inspect the shareholder list, beginning ten (10) days prior to the shareholders meeting and continuing through the meeting, at the corporations principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held, during regular business hours and at the shareholders expense. The shareholders list shall be kept open for inspection during such meeting or any adjournment.
Section 2.7 Quorum and Adjourned Meetings. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter by a voting group shall constitute a quorum of that voting group at a meeting of shareholders. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, in person or by proxy, other than solely to object to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting, unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.
Section 2.8 Proxies. A shareholder may vote the shareholders shares in person or by proxy. A shareholder or the shareholders agent or attorney-in-fact may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for the shareholder by: (a) executing (as defined in section 2.4) a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for the shareholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the shareholder or the shareholders authorized officer, director, employee, or agent signing the writing or causing his or her signature to be affixed to the writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature; or (b) authorizing another person or persons to act for the shareholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a recorded telephone call, voice mail, or other electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization, or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive the transmission, provided that the transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information, including any security or validation controls used, from which it can reasonably be determined that the transmission was authorized by the shareholder. An appointment of a proxy is effective when a signed appointment form or telegram, cablegram, recorded telephone call, voicemail, or other transmission of the appointment is received by the inspectors of election or the officer or agent of the corporation authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven (11) months unless a longer period is expressly provided in the appointment.
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Section 2.9 Voting of Shares. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or in these Bylaws, every shareholder of record shall have the right at every shareholders meeting to one vote for every share standing in his or her name on the books of the corporation. If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than election of directors, is approved by a voting group of shareholders if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast within the voting group opposing the action, unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by the Washington Business Corporation Act or by the Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 3.1 General Powers. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the board of directors except as otherwise provided by the laws under which this corporation exists or in the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 3.2 Number. The number of directors of the corporation shall be five (5). The number of directors can be increased or decreased by resolution of the board of directors or the shareholders; provided, that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Section 3.3 Tenure and Qualifications. Unless otherwise specified in a shareholders agreement entered into among the shareholders of the corporation, the term of each director shall expire at the next annual meeting of shareholders. Despite the expiration of a directors term, the director shall continue to serve until the directors successor shall have been elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors. Directors need not be residents of the state or shareholders of the corporation.
Section 3.4 Election. Unless otherwise specified in a shareholders agreement entered into among the shareholders of the corporation, the directors shall be elected at the shareholders annual meeting each year; and if, for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose in the manner provided by these Bylaws. Directors shall be elected by the holders of classes or series of shares entitled to elect them.
Section 3.5 Vacancies. In case of any vacancy in the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, the board of directors, a majority of the remaining directors if they do not constitute a quorum, or the shareholders may fill the vacancy.
Section 3.6 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering (as defined in section 2.3) an executed (as defined in section 2.4) notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, chief executive officer, president or secretary of the corporation. A resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date.
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Section 3.7 Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise specified in a shareholders agreement entered into among the shareholders of the corporation, at a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, the entire board of directors, or any member thereof, may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of the shares entitled to vote at an election of such directors. A director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the directors removal.
Section 3.8 Meetings.
(a) The board of directors shall hold an annual meeting immediately after the annual shareholders meeting, at the same place as the annual shareholders meeting or at such other place and at such time as may be determined by the directors. No notice of the annual meeting of the board of directors shall be necessary.
(b) Special meetings may be called at any time and place by the chief executive officer, president, secretary, or any one-third (1/3rd) of all of the directors of the corporation. Notice of the time and place of each special meeting shall be given by the secretary, or the persons calling the meeting. The notice may be provided in the form of a record (as defined in section 7.1) or given orally. The notice shall be given at least two (2) days in advance of the meeting. The purpose of the meeting need not be given in the notice. Notice provided in a tangible medium may be transmitted by mail, private carrier, or personal delivery; electronic mail; or telephone, wire, or wireless equipment which transmits a facsimile of the notice. Notice may be provided in an electronic transmission and be electronically transmitted. Notice to directors in an electronic transmission is effective only with respect to directors that have consented, in the form of a record (as defined in section 7.1), to receive electronically transmitted notices under the Act and designated in the consent the address, location, or system to which these notices may be electronically transmitted and with respect to a notice that otherwise complies with any other requirements of the Act and applicable federal law. Oral notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, wire, or wireless equipment which does not transmit a facsimile of the notice, or by any electronic means which does not create a record. Notice provided in a tangible medium shall be effective at the earlier of (i) when it is received, or (ii) five (5) days after it is deposited in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, and correctly addressed. Notice provided in an electronic transmission is effective when it: (i) is electronically transmitted to an address, location, or system designated by the recipient for that purpose; or (ii) has been posted on an electronic network and a separate record (as defined in section 7.1) of the posting has been delivered (as defined in section 2.3) to the recipient together with comprehensible instructions regarding how to obtain access to the posting on the electronic network. Oral notice is effective when received. Notice of any special meeting may be waived (either before or after such meeting). The waiver must be delivered by the director entitled to the notice to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records, which waiver shall be set forth either (i) in an executed (as defined in section 2.4) record or (ii) if the corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the waiver may be electronically transmitted and the waiver has been electronically transmitted to the designated address, location, or system, in an executed electronically transmitted record. Notice of the special meeting will be waived by any director by that directors attendance at or participation in the meeting, unless the director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the directors arrival, objects and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.
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(c) Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at such place and on such day and hour as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution of the board of directors. No notice of regular meetings of the board of directors shall be necessary.
(d) At any meeting of the board of directors, any business may be transacted, and the board may exercise all of its powers.
Section 3.9 Quorum and Voting.
(a) A majority of the number of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given.
(b) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at the meeting is the act of the board of directors. If enough directors withdraw from a meeting to leave less than a quorum, the remaining directors may not continue to transact business at such meeting.
Section 3.10 Compensation. By resolution of the board of directors, the directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 3.11 Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be deemed to have assented to the action taken unless:
(a) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the directors arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting;
(b) the directors dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or
(c) the director delivers (as defined in section 2.3) notice of the directors dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation within a reasonable time after adjournment of the meeting.
The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.
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Section 3.12 Committees. The board of directors, by resolution approved by a majority of the full board of directors, may designate from among its members one or more committees, each of which must have two (2) or more members and, to the extent provided in such resolution, such committees shall have and may exercise all the authority of the board of directors, except that no such committee shall have the authority to: authorize or approve a distribution except according to a general formula or method prescribed by the board of directors; approve or propose to shareholders action that the Washington Business Corporation Act requires to be approved by shareholders; fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees; adopt amendments to the Articles of Incorporation not requiring shareholder approval; adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws; approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval; or authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the board of directors may authorize a committee, or a senior executive officer of the corporation, to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the board of directors.
ARTICLE IV
SPECIAL MEASURES FOR CORPORATE ACTION
Section 4.1 Action Without a Meeting. Any corporate action required or permitted by the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, or the Washington Business Corporation Act, to be voted upon or approved at a duly called meeting of the directors, committee of directors, or shareholders may be accomplished without a meeting if one or more consents of the respective directors, committee members, or shareholders entitled to vote on the actions, setting forth the actions so taken, shall be executed (as defined in section 2.4) by all the directors, or committee members, entitled to vote thereon, or by the shareholders holding of record or otherwise entitled to vote in the aggregate the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted, as the case may be. Such consents may be executed in counterpart. In the case of action by the directors or a committee of the directors, the consents may be executed before or after the action is taken. Action taken by unanimous consent of the directors or a committee of the directors is effective when the last director or committee member executes the consent, unless the consent specifies a later effective date. Action taken by nonunanimous consent of the shareholders is effective when consents sufficient to authorize taking the action have been delivered (as defined in section 2.3) to the corporation unless the consent specifies a later effective date.
Section 4.2 Meetings by Conference Telephone. Members of the board of directors, members of a committee of directors, or shareholders may participate in or conduct their respective meetings by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 5.1 Officers Designated. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, one or more vice presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the board of directors), a secretary, and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. Such other officers (such as chief executive officer) and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the board of directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person.
The board of directors may, in its discretion, elect a chairperson of the board of directors and, if a chairperson has been elected, the chairperson shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the board of directors and the shareholders and shall have such other powers as the board may prescribe.
Section 5.2 Election, Qualification and Term of Office. Each of the officers shall be elected by the board of directors. The officers shall be elected by the board of directors at each annual meeting of the board of directors. Except as hereinafter provided, each of said officers shall hold office from the date of his or her election until the next annual meeting of the board of directors and until a successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
Section 5.3 Powers and Duties.
(a) Chairman of the Board. If elected by the board of directors, the chairman of the board shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shareholders. The chairman shall assist and act as consultant of the other officers of the corporation at their request with respect to the operation and control of the company. The chairman shall actively cooperate with the officers in the formulation of business policy and the development of new business and facilities on behalf of the corporation.
(b) Chief Executive Officer. If elected by the board of directors, the chief executive officer shall have general supervision of the affairs of the corporation, and shall perform all other duties as are incident to the office or are properly required by the board of directors.
(c) President. Unless otherwise determined by the board of directors and, subject to the direction and control of the board of directors, the president shall have general charge and supervision over the corporations property, business, and affairs. If the president is a director, the president shall, unless a chairperson of the board of directors has been elected and is present, preside at meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors.
(d) Vice President. In the absence of the president or the presidents inability to act, the senior vice president shall act in the presidents place and stead and shall have all the powers and authority of the president, except as limited by resolution of the board of directors.
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(e) Secretary. The secretary shall: (i) keep the minutes of the shareholders and of the board of directors meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (ii) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (iii) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and affix the seal of the corporation to all documents as may be required; (iv) keep, or cause to be kept, a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such shareholder; (v) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (vi) in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the secretary by the president or by the board of directors.
(f) Treasurer. Subject to the direction and control of the board of directors, the treasurer shall have the custody, control, and disposition of the funds and securities of the corporation and shall account for the same, and at the expiration of term of office, the treasurer shall turn over to his or her successor all property of the corporation in his or her possession.
(g) Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or the treasurer, respectively, or by the president or the board of directors.
Section 5.4 Removal. The board of directors shall have the right to remove any officer whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby.
Section 5.5 Vacancies. The board of directors shall fill any office which becomes vacant with a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until a successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
Section 5.6 Compensation. The compensation of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.
ARTICLE VI
SHARE CERTIFICATES
Section 6.1 Issuance, Form and Signing of Certificates. No shares of the corporation shall be issued unless authorized by the board. Such authorization shall include the maximum number of shares to be issued, the consideration to be received for each share, and a statement that the board has determined that such consideration is adequate. Certificates for shares of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act and shall state:
(a) the name of the corporation and that the corporation is organized under the laws of this state;
(b) the name of the person to whom issued; and
(c) the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents.
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Certificates shall be signed by two (2) officers of the corporation, and the seal of the corporation may be affixed thereto. If any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if the person were such officer at the date of its issue. Certificates may be issued for fractional shares. No certificate shall be issued for any share until the consideration established for its issuance has been paid.
Section 6.2 Transfers. Shares may be transferred by delivery of the certificate therefor, accompanied either by an assignment in writing on the back of the certificate or by a written power of attorney to assign and transfer the same, signed by the record holder of the certificate. The board of directors may, by resolution, provide that beneficial owners of shares shall be deemed holders of record for certain specified purposes. Except as otherwise specifically provided in these Bylaws, no shares shall be transferred on the books of the corporation until the outstanding certificate therefor has been surrendered to the corporation.
Section 6.3 Loss or Destruction of Certificates. In case of loss or destruction of any certificate of shares, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory indemnity bond to the corporation. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the board of directors, it is proper to do so.
ARTICLE VII
BOOKS AND RECORDS
Section 7.1 Books of Accounts, Minutes and Share Register. The corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders and board of directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors exercising the authority of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation. The corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records. The corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each. The corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office: the Articles or Restated Articles of Incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect; the Bylaws or Restated Bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect; the minutes of all shareholders meetings and records of all actions taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three (3) years; its financial statements for the past three (3) years, including balance sheets showing in reasonable detail the financial condition of the corporation as of the close of each fiscal year, and an income statement showing the results of its operations during each fiscal year; all communications in the form of a record to shareholders generally within the past three (3) years; a list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers; and its most recent annual report delivered (as defined in section 2.3) to the Secretary of State of Washington. Record means information inscribed on a tangible medium or contained in an electronic transmission.
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Section 7.2 Financial Statements. The annual financial statements for shareholders shall be prepared not later than four (4) months after the close of each fiscal year and in any event prior to the annual meeting of shareholders. If financial statements are prepared by the corporation for any purpose on a particular basis (i.e., on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles or on some other basis), the annual financial statements must be prepared, and disclose that they are prepared, on that same basis. If the annual financial statements are reported upon by a public accountant, the accountants report must accompany them. If not, the statements must be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the corporations accounting records, stating the persons reasonable belief whether the statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation, and describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the basis used for statements prepared for the preceding year.
Section 7.3 Copies of Resolutions. Any person dealing with the corporation may rely upon a copy of any of the records of the proceedings, resolutions, or votes of the board of directors or shareholders, when certified by the president or secretary.
ARTICLE VIII
CORPORATE SEAL
The board of directors may provide for a corporate seal which shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year and state of incorporation and the words corporate seal.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
Section 9.1 By the Shareholders. These Bylaws may be amended, altered, or repealed at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders; provided that, in the case of a special meeting, notice of the proposed alteration or amendment is contained in the notice of the meeting.
Section 9.2 By the Board of Directors. These Bylaws may be amended, altered, or repealed by the board of directors at any annual, regular or special meeting of the board.
ARTICLE X
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be set by resolution of the board of directors.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION
The undersigned Secretary of Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. does hereby certify that the foregoing was duly adopted as the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the corporation by the Board of Directors effective September 19, 2016.
| /s/ Matthew LeMaster |
| Matthew LeMaster, Secretary |
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Exhibit 3.1
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR RESTRICTIVE LEGEND(S)
| Number [ ] | *[ ]* Shares |
Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc.
A Washington Corporation
THIS CERTIFIES THAT [ ] is the record holder of [ ] ([ ]) shares of Common Stock of Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder, in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed or assigned.
This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation and any amendments thereto, a copy of each of which is on file at the office of the Corporation and made a part hereof as fully as though the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws were imprinted in full on this Certificate, to all of which the holder of this certificate, by acceptance hereof, assents.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests in writing, the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of each class of stock or series thereof and the variations in rights, preferences, and limitations for each series, and the authority of the board of directors to determine variations for future series.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers this day of , 2016.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO SHARES REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN CERTIFICATE AND DOES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER THE SAID SHARES ON THE SHARE REGISTER OF THE WITHIN NAMED CORPORATION WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES.
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE ON THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF OCTOBER 19, 2016 AMONG THE CORPORATION AND ALL THE SHAREHOLDERS THEREOF, WHICH AGREEMENT CONTAINS RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHT OF THE HOLDER HEREOF TO SELL, EXCHANGE, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, GIFT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBER, HYPOTHECATE OR OTHERWISE ALIENATE THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND NOTICE OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS IS HEREBY GIVEN.
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (THE ACT) OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Exhibit 3.2
MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC.
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
October 19, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION | 1 | |||||
| 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
| 1.2 |
Meaning of Control | 1 | ||||
| 1.3 |
Accounting Terminology | 2 | ||||
| 1.4 |
Headings | 2 | ||||
| 1.5 |
Exhibits | 2 | ||||
| ARTICLE 2 DIRECTORS | 2 | |||||
| 2.1 |
Composition of Board of Directors | 2 | ||||
| 2.2 |
Elected Directors | 2 | ||||
| 2.3 |
Permanent Directors | 2 | ||||
| 2.4 |
Removal for Cause | 3 | ||||
| 2.5 |
Director Remuneration | 3 | ||||
| 2.6 |
Meetings and Proceedings of the Board | 3 | ||||
| 2.7 |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers | 3 | ||||
| 2.8 |
Electronic Communications | 3 | ||||
| ARTICLE 3 RESTRICTIONS OF TRANSFERS OF COMMON SHARES | 4 | |||||
| 3.1 |
Restriction on Transfer | 4 | ||||
| 3.2 |
Board Approval | 4 | ||||
| 3.3 |
Right of First Refusal | 5 | ||||
| 3.4 |
Further Restriction of Transfer | 5 | ||||
| ARTICLE 4 COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS | 5 | |||||
| 4.1 |
In General | 5 | ||||
| 4.2 |
Repurchase Process | 6 | ||||
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Repurchase Rights | 6 | ||||
| 4.4 |
Terms and Conditions | 7 | ||||
| 4.5 |
Failure to Repurchase | 7 | ||||
| ARTICLE 5 DEFAULT | 8 | |||||
| 5.1 |
Events of Default | 8 | ||||
| 5.2 |
Remedies | 8 | ||||
| 5.3 |
Monies Held | 8 | ||||
| ARTICLE 6 TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT | 8 | |||||
| 6.1 |
Method of Termination | 8 | ||||
| 6.2 |
Termination Shall Not Affect Right to Receive Money | 9 | ||||
| ARTICLE 7 GENERAL | 9 | |||||
| 7.1 |
Confidentiality | 9 | ||||
| 7.2 |
Amendments | 9 | ||||
| 7.3 |
Legend on Share Certificates | 9 | ||||
| 7.4 |
Governing Law | 10 | ||||
| 7.5 |
Jurisdiction and Venue; Dispute Resolution | 10 | ||||
| 7.6 |
Severability | 11 | ||||
| 7.7 |
Notices | 11 | ||||
| 7.8 |
Agreement Supersedes Statutory Authority | 12 | ||||
| 7.9 |
Company to be Bound | 12 | ||||
| 7.10 |
Entire Agreement | 12 | ||||
| 7.11 |
Creditors | 12 | ||||
| 7.12 |
Remedies | 12 | ||||
| 7.13 |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 12 | ||||
| 7.14 |
Construction | 12 | ||||
| 7.15 |
Waivers | 13 | ||||
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| 7.16 |
Spousal Acknowledgement | 13 | ||||
| 7.17 |
Counterparts; Electronic Transmission | 13 | ||||
| 7.18 |
Enurement | 13 | ||||
| Exhibit A NAMES, ADDRESSES AND SHAREHOLDINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS |
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| Exhibit B DEFINITIONS |
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| Exhibit C FORM OF JOINDER TO SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT |
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| Exhibit D FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT |
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| Exhibit E CODE OF CONDUCT |
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SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
THIS SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of October 19, 2016 by and among Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., a Washington corporation (the Company), and the persons identified on the signature page hereof (the Shareholders).
WHEREAS:
| A. | The Company was formed on September 2, 2016 with the purpose of acquiring certain assets used in the operation of the Roanoke Inn, located at 1825 72nd Ave SE, Mercer Island Washington 98040 and a rental property located at 7037 North Mercer Way, Mercer Island Washington 98040; |
| B. | The authorized capital of the Company consist of 100,000 shares of common stock (the Shares); |
| C. | Each of the Shareholders is the registered and beneficial owner or has the right to acquire of the number of Shares listed in Exhibit A to this Agreement; and |
| D. | The Shareholders have agreed that this Agreement establishes the terms governing: |
| (i) | The composition of the Companys Board of Directors; |
| (ii) | The ability of Shareholders to transfer their Shares in the Company; and |
| (iii) | The ability of the Company to redeem the Shares under certain circumstances. |
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, all parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
| 1. | Interpretation |
| 1.1 | Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement (including the recitals), the terms in Exhibit B shall have the meanings given to them in that Exhibit. |
| 1.2 | Meaning of Control. For the purposes of this Agreement, control where used in connection with a Shareholder which is a corporation means: |
| (a) | the right to exercise a majority of the votes which may be voted at a general meeting of such corporation; or |
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| (b) | the right to elect or appoint directly or indirectly a majority of the directors of such corporation or other persons who have the right to manage or supervise the management of the affairs and business of the corporation. |
| 1.3 | Accounting Terminology. All accounting terms not expressly defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings usually ascribed to them in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States. |
| 1.4 | Headings. The headings used in the Agreement are for convenience and reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. |
| 1.5 | Exhibits. The Exhibits to this Agreement which are incorporated and form part of this Agreement are as follows: |
A Names, Addresses and Shareholdings of Shareholders
B Definitions
C Form of Joinder
D Form of Spousal Consent
E Code of Conduct
ARTICLE 2
DIRECTORS
| 2.1 | Composition of Board of Directors. The Board shall consist of five (5) Directors and the initial composition of the Board shall consist of the following Directors: |
| (i) | Christian Schiller, as Chairman |
| (ii) | John Naye |
| (iii) | Up to three (3) directors elected by Shareholders. |
| 2.2 | Elected Directors. Except for Christian Schiller and John Naye, each of the Directors will be subject to election by Shareholders in accordance with the requirements of the Companys articles of incorporation, the Companys bylaws and the Washington Business Corporations Act. The Board may remove any Director from the Board for Cause. |
| 2.3 | Permanent Directors. Each of Christian Schiller and John Naye shall not be subject to the shareholder election requirements found in the Companys articles of incorporation, the Companys bylaws and the Washington Business Corporation Act and instead shall serve on the Board until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal by either (i) the Board for Cause, or (ii) by the vote of Shareholders holding three-quarters ( 3⁄4) or more of the outstanding Shares at a meeting of Shareholders held for such purpose. |
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| 2.4 | Removal for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, removal for Cause shall include removal of a Director from the Board because such Director: (i) is adjudged guilty of a felony, any crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust or any crime involving a breach of his fiduciary duties to the Company; (ii) is willfully and continually failing to comply with any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease and desist order of a regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the Company; (iii) commits a material act of dishonesty or disloyalty related to the business of the Company; (iv) is unable to substantially perform his duties with the Company due to drug addiction or chronic alcoholism; or (v) has been deemed by the Board to have suffered a Permanent Incapacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Director shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to him a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less a majority of the remaining Directors on the Board at a meeting of the Board called for such purpose (after reasonable notice to such Director and an opportunity for him, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board, he was guilty of conduct that constitutes Cause (as defined above) and specifying the conduct in detail |
| 2.5 | Director Remuneration. The Board will determine the compensation to Directors. |
| 2.6 | Meetings and Proceedings of the Board. Meetings and proceedings of the Board shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Companys governing documents and the Washington Business Corporations Act respecting proceedings of directors. |
| 2.7 | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Subject to the limitations contained in the Washington Business Corporation Act and except in respect of an action by or on behalf of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, the Company shall indemnify each director and officer of the Company, or person who acts or acted at the Companys request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor, and his or her heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including any amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of being or having been a Director or officer of the Company or such body corporate, if: |
| (a) | he or she acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company; and |
| (b) | in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. |
The Company shall obtain and pay for director and officer liability insurance for all directors and officers of the Company in an amount acceptable to the Board.
| 2.8 | Electronic Communications. Each of the Shareholders hereby consents to the delivery by the Corporation of any notices, documents or other information to the Shareholder by |
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| electronic means, and designates transmission via e-mail to the latest e-mail address of the Shareholders as shown in the records of the Company, with attachments in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint formats, Adobe PDF format or such other formats as are generally accessible to users of e-mail in the United States, as the system to be used by the Company to send such notices, documents or other information to the Shareholder by electronic means. |
ARTICLE 3
RESTRICTIONS OF TRANSFERS OF COMMON SHARES
| 3.1 | Restriction on Transfer. No Shareholder shall Transfer Shares to any person, whether a Shareholder or not, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Further, all potential Transfers of Shares must be approved by the Board in accordance with Section 3.2 and are subject to rights of first refusal outlined in Section 3.3. |
| 3.2 | Board Approval. |
| (a) | Except for a Transfer made to the Company pursuant to Article 4 below, no Shares may be transferred by any Shareholder to any other Person without first receiving approval of such Transfer by the Board, who shall have complete discretion to either approve or not approve all potential transfers of Shares not made pursuant to Article 4 below. |
| (b) | If a Shareholder either (a) receives an offer to purchase all or a portion of his, her or its Shares from a Person and desires to accept it, or (b) decides to convey or contract to convey all or a portion of his, her or its Shares to any Person (the Selling Shareholder), prior to accepting such offer or entering into an unconditional agreement for sale, the Seller Shareholder will provide to the Company written notification of such intentions (the Offer), which Offer shall specify the material terms and conditions of the conveyance proposed, the Purchase Price therefore (which must consist entirely of monetary consideration), the manner in which such Purchase Price is to be paid, and all other material terms and conditions of the transaction, including the number of Shares to be sold (the Offered Shares), together with the names and addresses of the proposed purchaser and a brief description of their financial status. Upon Board approval of a potential transfer, the secretary of the Board will provide the Selling Shareholder with written notification of the Boards approval of the Offer in accordance with the notice requirements outlined in the Companys bylaws. |
| (c) | Any attempt to make any Transfer of all or any of a Shareholders Shares not in compliance with this Agreement or applicable law shall be null and void and of no force and effect, the purported Transferee shall have no rights or privileges in or with respect to the Company, and the Company shall not give any effect in the Companys records to such attempted Transfer. In the case of a Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Shares contrary to this Agreement or applicable law, the Shareholder engaging or attempting to engage in such Transfer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of the other Shareholders |
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| from all losses that such indemnified Persons may incur (including, without limitation, incremental tax liability and attorneys fees and expenses) in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement. |
| 3.3 | Right of First Refusal. Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement ,after receiving the approval of the potential Transfer of Shares by the Board, the Company shall have forty-five (45) calendar days (the Offer Period) within which to make a written election to purchase the Offered Shares, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer. If the Company does not respond or elect to purchase all of the Offered Shares (but not less than all) within the Offer Period, the Selling Shareholder may affect the sale of the Offered Shares to the proposed purchaser identified in the Offer upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer; provided, that, if such sale of the Offered Shares is not completed within sixty (60) calendar days after expiration of the Offer Period, the Selling Shareholder may not Transfer the Offered Shares pursuant to this Section 3.3 without again complying with the provisions of this Section 3.3; |
| 3.4 | Further Restriction of Transfer. No Shareholder shall Transfer all or any part of its Shares to any person, whether a Shareholder or not, who is not a party to or has not agreed to be bound by this Agreement until such person subscribes to or agrees to be bound by this Agreement. The Shareholders and the Company will not recognize or treat as a shareholder of the Company any person who acquires any interest or control over any Shares or afford any such person the rights afforded by this Agreement or any of the incidents connected with being a shareholder of the Company until such person subscribes to or agrees to be bound by this Agreement by executing a Joinder Agreement, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C hereto. |
ARTICLE 4
COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS
| 4.1 | In General. Upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events or conditions (each, a Repurchase Event) with respect to a Shareholder, such Shareholder (or Shareholders estate) shall be deemed to offer to sell to the Company in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article 4 all Shares owned by such Shareholder (the Repurchase Shares): |
| (a) | Upon the death or adjudicated incompetence of a Shareholder, such Shareholders Shares are subject to transfer to such Shareholders heirs, executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries; |
| (b) | Any Transfer, award, or confirmation of any Shares (or interest therein) held by a Shareholder to the spouse (or former spouse) of the Shareholder other than pursuant to a Transfer made in accordance with the procedures in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 above; |
| (c) | The Shareholder makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or applies for appointment of a trustee, liquidator, or receiver of any substantial part of its assets, or commences any proceedings relating to himself under any bankruptcy (including Chapter XI), reorganization, arrangement, or similar law; |
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| (d) | If any application for appointment of a trustee, liquidator, or receiver of any part of a Shareholders assets is filed or proceeding relating to any bankruptcy (including Chapter XI), reorganization, arrangement, or similar law is commenced against any Shareholder, and such Shareholder indicates its consent thereto or an order is entered appointing a trustee, liquidator, or receiver or approving the petition in any such proceeding, which order remains in effect for more than sixty (60) calendar days; |
| (e) | If any Shareholder institutes any proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for sale of all or any portion of such Shareholders Shares; |
| (f) | With respect to any Shareholder that is an entity, any Change of Control in the Shareholder occurs; |
| (g) | The Shareholder becomes ineligible to be an owner of an entity holding a liquor license issued by the Washington State Liquor Control Board; |
| (h) | The Shareholder is determined by the Board to violate the code of conduct of Shareholders attached hereto as Exhibit E or any other similar ethics rules or regulations as established by the Board from time to time; |
| (i) | An event of Default has occurred with respect to the Shareholder causing the Shareholder to become a Defaulting Shareholder; |
| (j) | Any other event which, were it not for this Agreement, would cause any Shares to be Transferred, for consideration or otherwise, by a Shareholder to any Person, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of law under circumstances that would not be in complaint with the provisions of Section 3.2 and 3.3 above. |
| 4.2 | Repurchase Process. Within thirty (30) calendar days after the occurrence of a Repurchase Event, the Shareholder in question or such Shareholders trustee in bankruptcy, personal representative, guardian, executor, or administrator, as the case may be, shall give written notice of such event to the Company, specifying the date of such event, describing in reasonable detail the nature of the event, the number of Repurchase Shares, and, if applicable, the Purchase Price for the Repurchase Shares offered by any Person or decreed by a court in connection with such event (the Offer Notice). If the Company has not received the Offer Notice upon the expiration of said period, any Shareholder who has knowledge of such event shall give written notice to the Company as soon as is reasonably practical. Alternatively, if the Board becomes aware of any Repurchase Event, the Board in its discretion may commence the repurchase proceedings outlined in this Article 4. |
| 4.3 | Repurchase Rights. After delivery of the Offer Notice to the Board, or the Boards discovery of a Repurchase Event, the Board shall have forty-five (45) calendar days within which to make a written election to repurchase all or any portion of the |
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| Repurchase Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a Repurchase Event specified in Section 4.1(b) with respect to an individual Shareholder, the term Repurchase Shares shall be deemed to mean only the Shares (or interest therein) awarded to his or her spouse (or former spouse). |
| 4.4 | Terms and Conditions. |
| (a) | Unless a Purchase Price has otherwise been established, the cumulative purchase price for the portion of Repurchase Shares acquired by the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Article 4, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Repurchase Shares as at the end of the most recent fiscal year. |
| (b) | The Company may pay the cumulative Purchase Price determined under Section 4.4(a) in full at Closing (which shall take place at the principal office of the Company, or such other place as the parties may agree, on a date set by the parties which shall be no more than sixty (60) days after expiration of the 45-day period described in Section 4.3) or, alternatively, it may be paid in installments. If the Company elects to pay the Purchase Price in installments, a down payment equal to not less than ten percent (10%) of the Purchase Price shall be paid by the Company at Closing in immediately available funds. The Company shall pay the balance of the Purchase Price in not more than five (5) equal annual installments, together with interest accruing on the unpaid balance at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate. Such installments shall commence on the first anniversary of the Closing date and continue until the Company has paid its share of the Purchase Price in full. If the Company elects to make installment payments, it may prepay any part of the unpaid balance without penalty at any time. |
| (c) | A Shareholder subject to this Article 4 hereby makes and constitutes the Company as his, her or its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in his, her or its respective name, place and stead to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear by, record and file on behalf of the Shareholder all documents and other instruments, and to take such other acts on the Shareholders behalf as may be necessary, to consummate such Transfer of Repurchase Shares to the Company pursuant to this Section 4.4. The foregoing power of attorney shall be irrevocable, shall survive the death or incapacity of the Shareholder and shall be binding on the Shareholders respective estate and the heirs, beneficiaries, successors and assigns, as the case may be. |
| 4.5 | Failure to Repurchase. In the event that the Company does not purchase the entire Repurchase Shares of a Shareholder, the Transferee of that portion of the Repurchase Shares shall become a Shareholder of the Company upon the Transferee executing a Joinder Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. |
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ARTICLE 5
DEFAULT
| 5.1 | Events of Default. An event of default (a Default) arises if a Shareholder (a Defaulting Shareholder) fails to observe, perform or carry out any of its obligations under this Agreement, or is otherwise in material breach of the terms of this Agreement and such failure continues for 30 days after the Company gives a written notice of such default or breach to the Defaulting Shareholder, which notice shall set out particulars of the Default or breach and demand that the Default or breach be cured. |
| 5.2 | Remedies. If a Default occurs under subsection 5.1, the Company may: |
| (a) | pursue any remedy available in law or in equity, and the Company and each Shareholder acknowledge that specific performance, injunctive relief (mandatory or otherwise) or other equitable relief may be the only adequate remedy for a Default; |
| (b) | take all actions in their own name or in the name of the Defaulting Shareholder as may reasonably be required to cure the Default. All payments, costs and expenses incurred by the Company shall be payable by the Defaulting Shareholder to the Company on demand with interest at the Prime Rate plus 2% per annum; |
| (c) | implement the repurchase procedures outlined in Article 4 of this Agreement; and |
| (d) | waive the Default, provided that any waiver of a particular Default shall only be effective if it is in writing, signed by the Company, and shall not operate as a waiver of any subsequent or continuing Default, |
| 5.3 | Monies Held. If and so long as a Shareholder is a Defaulting Shareholder, all monies payable to that Defaulting Shareholder by the Company by way of dividends, repayment of loans or other distributions shall be held by the Company until such time as the Shareholder is no longer a Defaulting Shareholder. |
ARTICLE 6
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
| 6.1 | Method of Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following events, namely, |
| (a) | the liquidation, dissolution or indefinite cessation of the business operations of the Company; |
| (b) | the execution by the Company of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or the appointment of a receiver or trustee to take possession of the property and assets of the Company; |
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| (c) | the execution of an agreement of termination of this Agreement in writing by all of the Shareholders; or |
| (d) | the number of Shareholders being reduced to one (1). |
| 6.2 | Termination Shall Not Affect Right to Receive Money. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the right of any party to whom money is owed at the time of termination to receive that money according to the provisions of this Agreement, or affect any other rights of that party under this Agreement. |
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL
| 7.1 | Confidentiality. Each Shareholder agrees that any and all information delivered to, obtained by or that otherwise becomes in the possession of such Shareholder or any of its representatives or advisors pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and any other proprietary information of the Company or relating to the Companys business or assets shall be kept in strict confidence by such Shareholder and/or its representatives and/or advisors while he, she or it is a Shareholder and thereafter, except for disclosures made with the consent of the Board and except for any such information that (i) was or becomes generally available to the public (but not as a result of a breach of any duty of confidentiality by which such Shareholder or its representative or advisors are bound), (ii) was disclosed to such Shareholder by a third party not, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, subject to any duty of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Affiliates or (iii) is required, or deemed advisable by counsel, to be disclosed pursuant to applicable law or any judicial or administrative proceeding. |
| 7.2 | Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended except by the written agreement of Board and Shareholders holding sixty-six and two thirds percent (66-2/3%) or more of the outstanding Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its discretion, make (i) any amendment to reflect the admission, substitution or withdrawal of Shareholders or the Transfer of Shares or issuance of additional Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) any amendment to reflect a change in the name of the Company, its registered agent, or the registered office of the Company, or (iii) any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification that the Board determines to be required to comply with applicable law. |
| 7.3 | Legend on Share Certificates. All share certificates issued by the Company (including existing certificates) shall have typed or otherwise written thereon the following legends: |
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF OCTOBER 19, 2016 AMONG THE CORPORATION AND ALL THE SHAREHOLDERS THEREOF, WHICH AGREEMENT CONTAINS RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHT OF THE HOLDER HEREOF TO SELL, EXCHANGE, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, GIFT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBER, HYPOTHECATE OR OTHERWISE ALIENATE THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND NOTICE OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS IS HEREBY GIVEN.
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THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (THE ACT) OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
| 7.4 | Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Washington (including the Washington Business Corporation Act) without regard to the laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of laws principles of the State of Washington. |
| 7.5 | Jurisdiction and Venue; Dispute Resolution. |
| (a) | Subject to Section 7.5(b), if any suit is brought arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the parties consent to the jurisdiction of, and agree that sole venue will lie, in the state and federal courts located in King County, Washington. |
| (b) | It is the goal and objective of the Shareholders to work cooperatively and in good faith in the best interests of the Company and without the need for formal dispute resolution. In fulfillment of this goal and objective, the parties agree any disputes or disagreements arising from or relating in any way to the interpretation and/or enforcement of this Agreement and/or the ownership, operation, and/or management of the Company (a Dispute) shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures specified in this Section 7.5(b). |
| (i) | The parties shall attempt, whenever possible, to discuss and resolve any Disputes on an informal basis, in order to avoid the expense and delay associated with arbitration. A party invoking these dispute resolution procedures shall deliver a notice to the other parties (a Dispute Notice) of the claims it intends to bring and the relief sought, including sufficient details regarding the factual, contractual or other legal bases for the partys claim as reasonably required to enable the parties receiving the Dispute |
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| Notice to evaluate the claim and respond thereto. No arbitrator shall have authority to consider or resolve any Dispute that is not first the subject of a Dispute Notice and subject to informal resolution under this clause (i). |
| (ii) | If the parties are unable to resolve one or more Disputes informally, any party to the Dispute may initiate a binding arbitration proceeding for the final resolution of such remaining Dispute(s). A party shall initiate arbitration by delivering a notice to the other parties (an Arbitration Notice) describing the Dispute(s) to be arbitrated. Within fifteen (15) calendar days of receiving an Arbitration Notice, the receiving party may deliver its own Arbitration Notice, specifying additional Disputes to be submitted to arbitration. If more than one Dispute is to be arbitrated, the subject matters of the various Disputes need not be related to each other. |
| (iii) | The arbitration, which shall take place in King County, Washington unless otherwise agreed by the parties, shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA), or any successor thereto, in accordance with the AAA Rules, except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.5. The arbitration shall be held before and decided by a single neutral arbitrator (the Arbitrator). The arbitration decision shall be binding and final upon the parties thereto, and judgment on any award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. |
| (iv) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (b), any party may seek emergency or temporary injunctive remedies exclusively in any federal or state court located in King County, Washington, in aid of its claims for relief in the arbitration notwithstanding this agreement to arbitrate; provided that such action shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to arbitrate the merits of the dispute. Each party hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any such court in any such action or proceeding. |
| (v) | In any judicial or arbitration proceeding hereunder, the prevailing party shall be entitled to receive its reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred in connection with such proceeding in addition to its judgment. |
| 7.6 | Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application thereof shall not be affected and shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. |
| 7.7 | Notices. Unless otherwise provided for under this Agreement, all notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or if by facsimile or e-mail, upon written confirmation of receipt by facsimile, e-mail or otherwise, (b) on the first (1st) Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier service or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the third |
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| (3rd) Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered, if to the Company, to National Registered Agents, Inc. 505 Union Avenue SE, Suite 120 Olympia, WA 98501, if to any Shareholder, to the address set forth in Exhibit A, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice. |
| 7.8 | Agreement Supersedes Statutory Authority. Each Shareholder acknowledges that the provisions of this Agreement supersede the provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act, contained within the Revised Code of Washington, as applicable to the Company. |
| 7.9 | Company to be Bound. The Company, so far as its powers apply, shall be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall do and perform all such acts and things and execute all such documents and assurances as it has power to do and as is necessary to fully and effectually carry out the terms of this Agreement. |
| 7.10 | Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits attached hereto), together with any Spousal Consent or other agreement to be bound by this Agreement and any employment agreement or subscription agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; it supersedes any prior agreement or understandings among the parties as to such matters, oral or written, all of which are hereby canceled. |
| 7.11 | Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company. |
| 7.12 | Remedies. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall not be mutually exclusive, and the exercise of any one right or remedy shall not preclude or waive the right to exercise any other remedies. Said rights and remedies are in addition to any other rights the parties may have by law or otherwise. |
| 7.13 | Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. |
| 7.14 | Construction. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine, or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns, and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The words including, or, either and any shall be ascribed their non-exclusive meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise. The language used herein shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual agreement; any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all references to money are to currency of the United States of America. |
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| 7.15 | Waivers. The failure of any Person to seek redress for violation of or to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant or condition of this Agreement shall not prevent a subsequent act, which would have originally constituted a violation, from having the effect of an original violation. |
| 7.16 | Spousal Acknowledgement. To the extent that any Shares constitute the community property of an individual Shareholders marital community, such Shareholder must, within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of such Shares, provide to the Company a fully executed version of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. If a Shareholder marries or remarries after the date hereof, such Person shall deliver an executed Spousal Consent to the Company within thirty (30) calendar days following such marriage. A Shareholders failure to deliver an executed consent in the form of Exhibit D at any time when such Person would otherwise be required to deliver such consent pursuant to this Section 7.16 shall constitute such Persons continuing representation and warranty that such Person is not legally married as of such date. |
| 7.17 | Counterparts; Electronic Transmission. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The delivery of signed counterparts by facsimile or email transmission (including PDF and TIF formats) that includes a copy of the sending partys signature is as effective as signing and delivering the counterpart in person). |
| 7.18 | Enurement. This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and, except as otherwise provided or as would be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. |
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AS EVIDENCE OF THEIR AGREEMENT, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
| MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC., a Washington corporation | ||
| By: |
/s/ John Naye | |
| Name: |
John Naye | |
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President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| SHAREHOLDERS: | ||
| /s/ John Naye | ||
| Name: | John Naye | |
| /s/ Christian Schiller | ||
| Name: | Christian Schiller | |
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EXHIBIT A
Names, Addresses and shareholdings of Shareholders
| John Naye PO Box 747 Mercer Island WA 98040 |
Five (5) Shares | |
| Christian Schiller 1000 2nd Ave #1200 Seattle, WA 98104 |
Five (5) Shares | |
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EXHIBIT B
DEFINITIONS
The following words shall whenever used in this Agreement have the following meanings:
AAA means the American Arbitration Association;
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person: (i) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Person, (ii) any Person owning or controlling more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting interests of such Person, (iii) any officer, director, or general partner of such Person, or (iv) any officer, director, general partner, trustee, or holder of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests of any Person described in clauses (i) through (iii). For purposes of this definition, the term controls, is controlled by or is under common control with shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
Arbitrator has the meaning given to that term in subsection 7.5;
Arbitration Notice has the meaning given to that term in subsection 7.5;
Board means the board of directors of the Company;
Business Day means any day except Saturdays, Sundays or federal holiday;
Cause has the meaning given to that term in subsection 2.4;
Change of Control means a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person (including dissolution of such Person in connection with such sale, transfer or other disposition), or a sale, transfer, merger, consolidation, share exchange, reorganization, recapitalization or other transaction or series of related transactions where the holders of equity interests in such Person immediately prior to the transaction hold less than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests of such Person or the surviving entity or its ultimate parent immediately after the transaction.
Closing means any closing of the purchase and sale of Shares of a Shareholder as provided in this Agreement;
Default has the meaning given to that term in subsection 5.1;
Defaulting Shareholder has the meaning given to that term in subsection 5.1;
Director means a voting member of the Board;
Dispute has the meaning given to that term in subsection 7.5;
Dispute Notice has the meaning given to that term in subsection 7.5;
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Fair Market Value means the value of the Shares that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party. Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined in good faith by the Board at the end of each fiscal year using the services of a third-party appraiser selected by the Board;
Joinder Agreement means a joinder to shareholders agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C;
Offer has the meaning given to that term in subsection 3.2;
Offer Notice has the meaning given to that term in subsection 4.2;
Offer Period has the meaning given to that term in subsection 3.3;
Offered Shares has the meaning given to that term in subsection 3.2;
Permanent Incapacity means, with respect to any Person, the condition that will be deemed to exist where:
| (a) | such person has been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be mentally incompetent and such declaration has not, at the relevant time, been revoked; or |
| (b) | such person becomes unable, by reason of illness, mental or physical disability or incapacity or otherwise, to perform his or her normal duties as a director or officer of the Company or as a full-time employee of the Company: |
| (i) | for a period of 180 consecutive days; or |
| (ii) | for 270 days in the aggregate during any period of 365 consecutive days; |
provided that in the event a qualified medical doctor certifies that the persons illness, disability or incapacity is not permanent but merely temporary and that the person shall be fully recovered and able to perform his or her normal duties as a director, officer and full-time employee of the Company within 180 days of the date of the certificate, then such illness, disability or incapacity shall not be deemed to constitute Permanent Incapacity;
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, syndicate, person, trust, association, organization or other entity, including any governmental authority, and including any successor, by merger or otherwise, of any of the foregoing.
Prime Rate means on any day the publicly announced prime rate of interest of Bank of America N.A., or if Bank of America N.A. shall not be publicly announcing such rate, a comparable base lending rate publicly announced by a commercial bank, selected by the Board.
Purchase Price means, with respect to any sale and purchase of Shares of a Shareholder, the amount payable to purchase such Shares;
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Repurchase Event has the meaning given to that term in subsection 4.1;
Repurchase Shares has the meaning given to that term in subsection 4.1
Selling Shareholder has the meaning given to that term in subsection 3.2;
Shareholder has the meaning given to that term in the preamble;
Shares has the meaning given to that term in the recitals;
Transfer of a Shares includes any sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, alienation or other transaction, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law, whether in whole or in part, by which the legal or beneficial ownership of, or any security interest or other interest in the Shares, passes from one person to another, or to the same person in a different capacity, whether or not for value, and to transfer, transferred and similar expressions have corresponding meanings;
Transferee means the Person who will acquire ownership of Shares subject to the Transfer by a Shareholder.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF JOINDER TO SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER to the Shareholders Agreement between Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., a Washington corporation (the Company), dated as of October 19, 2016, as amended or restated from time to time (the Agreement), is made and entered into as of , , by and between the Company and (Holder). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Holder has acquired Shares in the capital of the Company and the Agreement and the Company require Holder, as a holder of such Shares, to become a party to the Agreement, and Holder agrees to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Joinder hereby agree as follows:
1. Agreement to be Bound. Holder hereby (i) acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a complete copy of the Agreement and (ii) agrees that upon execution of this Joinder, it shall become a party to the Agreement and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Agreement as though an original party thereto.
2. Shareholder Schedule. For purposes of the Companys registry of Shareholders, the address of the Holder is as follows:
[Name]
[Address]
[Shares]
3. Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
4. Counterparts. This Joinder may be executed in separate counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
5. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Joinder are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Joinder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement as of the date set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT
I hereby consent to the execution, delivery and performance of the Shareholders Agreement between Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. (the Company) and the Companys shareholders dated October 19, 2016 (the Agreement) by my spouse, and agree that such actions and the obligations of my spouse under the Agreement shall be binding upon my marital community. I declare that I have had the opportunity to fully and carefully read the Agreement and to seek the advice of independent counsel with respect to the Agreement and this consent.
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EXHIBIT E
Shareholder Code of Conduct
The Board of Directors (the Board) of Mercer Island Investors Group Inc. (the Company) believes as part of the spirit of the Companys intended ownership of the Roanoke Inn, maintaining the positive ethos of the key tenets that underpin this planned community-based ownership structure are critical to the long term success of the Company. The Board believes retaining the essence of the Where Friends Meet Friends spirit that makes the Roanoke Inn so unique and wonderful is central to its success.
As such, the Board believes it is important to publish and maintain a shareholder code of conduct guideline to ensure that no attitudes nor actions of the Companys shareholders serve to negatively influence the special nature of the Roanoke Inns atmosphere. The number one priority of this code of conduct is to preserve the value of the Roanoke Inn for shareholders, patrons and the community alike.
The following guidelines are applicable to all of the Companys shareholders, and as noted in the shareholders agreement between the Company and each of the Companys shareholders (the Shareholders Agreement) the failure to abide by any of these guidelines can result in the Company repurchasing a shareholders shares of the Companys common stock pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement:
| 1) | Shareholders of the Company are not entitled to any special rights in the business operations of the Roanoke Inn, and shareholders are prohibited from expecting treatment that is different from any other patrons that are not shareholders. |
| 2) | All shareholders agree to maintain respect for all employees of the Roanoke Inn, and not to demand/request/expect any special treatment as a shareholder from any employee. Rather, a shareholder is expected to treat all of the Roanoke Inns employees as is typical of a regular patron. |
| 3) | A shareholder will not take any public action that could serve to denigrate, disparage, nor devalue the brand and community status of the Roanoke Inn. |
| 4) | A shareholder will not take any action or engage in any activity that could jeopardize the Companys liquor license for the Roanoke Inn. |
| 5) | A shareholder will act in a respectful manner vis-à-vis other non-shareholder patrons of the Roanoke Inn, and will not publicly nor privately denigrate any non-shareholder patron. |
| 6) | A shareholder will abide by the same general rules and procedures of a regular patron of the Roanoke Inn, including abiding by regular opening and closing hours, potential denial of service in case of excess inebriation, or other matters at the discretion of the Roanoke Inns staff. |
In the event that a potential violation of one or more of the above guidelines is discovered by the Board, the Board will convene a meeting to discuss the incident and possible sanctions. At such Board meeting, the Board shall offer the shareholder subject to the inquiry an opportunity to state his/her case.
Following the Board discussion at the same meeting, the Board will determine the extent of any penalty. The extent of penalties could include a written warning, a formal conditional review period, or the repurchase of the shareholders shares of the Companys common stock pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement.
Exhibit 4.1
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC.
Dated as of [ ]
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY ARE HIGHLY SPECULATIVE AND INVESTING IN SHARES OF MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC. (THE COMPANY) INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT RISKS. THIS INVESTMENT IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR PERSONS WHO CAN BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK OF HOLDING THE COMPANYS SHARES FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME AND WHO CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. FURTHERMORE, INVESTORS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANYS SHARES IS ILLIQUID AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE ILLIQUID FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. NO PUBLIC MARKET EXISTS FOR THE COMPANYS SHARES, AND NO PUBLIC MARKET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOLLOWING THIS OFFERING.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. ALTHOUGH AN OFFERING STATEMENT HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE SEC), THAT OFFERING STATEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS MAY NOT TREAT THE CONTENTS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, THE OFFERING CIRCULAR OR ANY OF THE OTHER MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED TO INVESTORS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING (COLLECTIVELY, THE OFFERING MATERIALS) OR ANY PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (INCLUDING TESTING THE WATERS MATERIALS) AS INVESTMENT, LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE. IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE COMPANY AND THE TERMS OF THIS OFFERING, INCLUDING THE MERITS AND THE RISKS INVOLVED. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT THE INVESTORS OWN COUNSEL, ACCOUNTANT AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR AS TO INVESTMENT, LEGAL, TAX AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS CONCERNING THE INVESTORS PROPOSED INVESTMENT.
THE OFFERING MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANYS MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS ESTIMATE, PROJECT, BELIEVE, ANTICIPATE, INTEND, EXPECT AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENTS CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANYS ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE OFFERING THE SECURITIES IN EVERY STATE. THE OFFERING MATERIALS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SECURITIES ARE NOT BEING OFFERED.
THE INFORMATION CONCERNING ROANOKE INN, LLC INCLUDED WITH THE OFFERING MATERIALS HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY BY THE ROANOKE INN, LLC. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS ASSUMES ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF SUCH INFORMATION, INCLUDING ANY OF THE ROANOKE INN, LLCS FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR STATEMENTS, OR FOR ANY FAILURE BY THE ROANOKE INN, LLC TO DISCLOSE EVENTS OR FACTS WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED OR WHICH MAY AFFECT THE SIGNIFICANCE OR ACCURACY OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION BUT WHICH ARE UNKNOWN TO THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY HAS LIMITED MEANS OF VERIFYING THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS THAT IS DERIVED FROM THE INFORMATION OR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY BY THE ROANOKE INN, LLC OR WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN ANY FAILURE BY THE ROANOKE INN, LLC TO DISCLOSE TO THE COMPANY EVENTS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED OR MAY AFFECT THE SIGNIFICANCE OR ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY.
ALL INVESTORS WHO PURCHASE SHARES OF THE COMPANYS COMMON STOCK IN THIS OFFERING ARE REQUIRED TO BECOME A PARTY TO A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE COMPANYS SHAREHOLDERS. THIS SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, RESTRICTS THE ABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS TO ELECT CERTAIN DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY, REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPANYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ANY POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF SHARES, AND GRANTS THE COMPANY REDEMPTION RIGHTS UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. INVESTORS WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS SHOULD NOT INVEST IN THIS OFFERING.
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THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER TO MODIFY, AMEND AND/OR WITHDRAW ALL OR A PORTION OF THE OFFERING AND/OR ACCEPT OR REJECT IN WHOLE OR IN PART ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES OR TO ALLOT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES SUCH INVESTOR DESIRES TO PURCHASE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE OFFERING MATERIALS SPEAK AS OF THEIR DATE. NEITHER THE DELIVERY NOR THE PURCHASE OF THE SECURITIES SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THAT DATE. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS IS OR SHOULD BE RELIED UPON AS A PROMISE OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY.
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This Subscription Agreement (this Agreement) is made as of , (the Effective Date) by and among Mercer Island Investors Group Inc., a Washington corporation (the Company) and the party signing this Agreement as a prospective investor (Subscriber).
RECITALS:
| A. | This Subscription Agreement is intended to set forth certain representations, covenants and agreements between the Subscriber and the Company with respect to the offering (the Offering) for sale by the Company of shares of its common stock (the Shares) as described in the Companys Offering Circular dated ,2016 (the Offering Circular), a copy of which has been delivered to the Subscriber. |
| B. | Subscriber wishes to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to issue and sell to Subscriber, the number of Shares set forth below in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement |
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, conditions and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | SUBSCRIPTION FOR SHARES. |
1.1 Share Purchase. The undersigned Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase Shares of the Company, at a purchase price of $5,000 per Share, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement. The rights and restrictions of the Shares are as set forth in the Companys Articles of Incorporation, Corporate Bylaws and Shareholders Agreement dated October 19, 2016 (the Shareholders Agreement), each as included as an exhibit to Companys Offering Statement on Form 1-A (the Offering Statement) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
1.2 Company Discretion. This Subscription may be accepted or rejected in whole or in part, at any time prior to a Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), by the Company at its sole discretion. In addition, the Company, at its sole discretion, may allocate to Subscriber only a portion of the number of Shares Subscriber has subscribed for. The Company will notify Subscriber whether this subscription is accepted (whether in whole or in part) or rejected. If Subscribers subscription is rejected, Subscribers payment (or portion thereof if partially rejected) will be returned to Subscriber without interest and all of Subscribers obligations hereunder shall terminate.
1.3 Purchase Thresholds. Subscriber acknowledges that the minimum number of Shares the Subscriber may subscribe for in this Offering is five Shares (the Minimum Purchase Amount), while the maximum number of Shares Subscriber may subscribe for is 20 Shares. Any Shares subscribed for by Subscriber in excess of 20 Shares will not be
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delivered to Subscriber and all funds provided to the Company for any such additional Shares will be returned to Subscriber. No Shares will be issued to Subscriber in the event the Subscriber does not purchase the Minimum Purchase Amount of Shares, and all funds advanced to the Company will be returned to Subscriber without the payment of any interest.
1.4 Offer Period. The Company may accept subscriptions until the early of (i) the date the Company receives $4,200,000 in aggregate gross proceeds from the Offering, (ii) January 31, 2017, (the Termination Date), or (iii) a date chosen by the Companys Board of Directors in their sole discretion prior to the Termination Date. If the Company does not receive at least $3,700,000 in gross proceeds (the Minimum Subscription Amount) from subscriptions of Shares in this Offering by the Termination Date or on the date the Offering is terminated by the Companys Board of Directors, all subscription will be refunded to subscribers without the deduction of interest.
1.5 Shareholders Agreement. The Subscriber agrees to be bound by the terms of Shareholders Agreement and agrees to execute the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement).
1.6 Termination of Offer. In the event of rejection of this subscription in its entirety, or in the event the sale of the Shares (or any portion thereof) is not consummated for any reason, this Subscription Agreement and the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement shall each have no force or effect, except for Section 5 hereof, which shall remain in force and effect.
1.7 Information Received. By executing this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has received this Subscription Agreement, a copy of the Offering Circular, Shareholders Agreement and any other information required by the Subscriber to make an investment decision.
| 2. | PURCHASE PROCEDURE. |
2.1 Payment. The purchase price for the Shares shall be paid simultaneously with the execution and delivery to the Company of the signature page of this Subscription Agreement and the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement. Subscriber shall deliver a signed copy of this Subscription Agreement and the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement, along with payment for the aggregate purchase price of the Shares by a check for available funds made payable to UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., by wire transfer to an account designated by the Escrow Agent (defined below), or by any combination of such methods.
2.2 Escrow Agreement. All payments made by Subscriber under Section 2.1 above shall be held in escrow by UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent) until the Closing or the termination of the Offering. Upon such Closing, the Escrow Agent shall release such funds to the Company on the Closing Date. In the event that the Company does not receive gross proceeds in the Offering equal to the Minimum Subscription Amount on either the Termination Date or the date the Offering is terminated by the Companys Board of Directors in their sole discretion, all funds advanced to the Company under Section 2.1 will be refunded by the Escrow Agent to the Subscriber within five business days of the date of such termination without deduction of interest.
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2.3 Closing and Delivery. The closing of the subscription for the Shares subject to this Subscription Agreement (the Closing) shall take place two business days following the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company receives $4,200,000 in aggregate gross proceeds from subscriptions in this Offering, (ii) a date determined by the Companys Board of Directors in their sole discretion prior to the Termination Date, or (iii) the Termination Date, and in the case of (ii) and (iii), the gross proceeds of the Offering as deposited with the Escrow Agent are greater than or equal to the Minimum Purchase Amount on such date (such date of Closing shall be referred to as the Closing Date). The Shares shall be issued and registered on Closing in the name of the Subscriber (including the details as to the Subscribers address) as set forth on the signature page hereof. At Closing, the Company will deliver, or cause the Companys transfer agent to deliver to Subscriber a certificate representing the Shares that are subject to this Subscription Agreement
| 3. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. |
The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that the following representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of the date of both this Subscription Agreement and the Closing Date, except as otherwise indicated. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, the Company will be deemed to have knowledge of a particular fact or other matter if one of the Companys current officers has, or at any time had, actual knowledge of such fact or other matter.
3.1 Organization and Standing. The Company is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Washington and has all requisite authority to own, lease, and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being owned, leased and operated and as presently proposed to be owned, leased or operated.
3.2 Due Authorization. The Company has full power and authority to enter into this Subscription Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Subscription Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company and its Board of Directors and no other actions or proceedings on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Upon execution by the Subscriber, this Subscription Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors rights generally, (b) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies, and (c) considerations of public policy and by federal or state securities laws with respect to provisions relating to indemnification and contribution.
3.3 Valid Issuance. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares in accordance with this Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Shares, when so issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Subscription Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
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3.4 Capitalization. The outstanding Shares immediately prior to the commencement of this Offering is as set forth in the Offering Circular.
3.5 Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Shares as set forth in Use of Proceeds in the Offering Circular.
3.6 Litigation. There is no pending action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, complaint, claim, charge or investigation before any court, arbitrator, mediator or governmental body, or to the Companys knowledge, currently threatened in writing against the Company.
| 4. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SUBSCRIBER |
By executing this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber (and, if Subscriber is purchasing the Shares subscribed for hereby in a fiduciary capacity, the person or persons for whom Subscriber is so purchasing) represents and warrants, which representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of both the date of this Subscription Agreement and the Closing Date. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, an individual shall be deemed to have knowledge of a particular fact or other matter if such individual is actually aware of such fact.
4.1 Requisite Power and Authority. Such Subscriber has all necessary power and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement and other agreements required hereunder and to carry out their provisions. All action on Subscribers part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement and other agreements required hereunder have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing. Upon their execution and delivery, this Subscription Agreement, the Joinder to the Shareholders Agreement and other agreements required hereunder will be valid and binding obligations of Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors rights generally, (b) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies, and (c) considerations of public policy and by federal or state securities laws with respect to provisions relating to indemnification and contribution.
4.2 Investment Representations. Subscriber understands that the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Subscriber also understands that the Shares are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the Securities Act.
4.3 Illiquidity and Continued Economic Risk. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that there is no ready public market for the Shares and that there is no guarantee that a market for their resale will ever exist. Subscriber also understands that the Shares are subject to transfer restrictions contained in the Shareholders Agreement, which among other things requires approval of the Companys Board of Directors prior to any potential transfer of the Shares. Consequently, Subscriber acknowledges that they must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely and the Company has no obligation to approve any transfer of the Shares or to list
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the Shares on any market or take any steps (including registration under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to facilitating trading or resale of the Shares. Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk of losing Subscribers entire investment in the Shares. Subscriber also understands that an investment in the Company involves significant risks and has taken full cognizance of and understands all of the risk factors relating to the purchase of Shares.
4.4 Shareholders Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that upon purchase of the Shares the Subscriber will be subject to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement, including but not limited to, the provisions restricting the transfer of the Shares and the redemption rights of the Company contained therein. Subscriber also acknowledges and agrees that pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement, shareholders of the Company will only have the opportunity to elect up to three members of the Companys Board of Directors, and that two members of such board will not be subject to election by shareholders.
4.5 Shareholder Information. Within five calendar days after receipt of a request from the Company, the Subscriber hereby agrees to provide such information with respect to its status as a shareholder (or potential shareholder) and to execute and deliver such documents as may reasonably be necessary to comply with any and all laws and regulations to which the Company is or may become subject.
4.6 Company Information. Subscriber understands that the Company is subject to all the risks that apply to early-stage companies, whether or not those risks are explicitly set out in the Offering Circular. Subscriber has had an opportunity to discuss the Companys business, management and financial affairs with officers of the Company. Subscriber has also had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company and its management regarding the terms and conditions of this investment. Subscriber acknowledges that except as set forth herein or in the Offering Circular, no representations or warranties have been made to Subscriber, or to Subscribers advisors or representatives, by the Company or others with respect to the business or prospects of the Company or its financial condition.
4.7 Valuation. The Subscriber acknowledges that the price of the Shares was set by the Companys Board of Directors without any independent valuation and that no warranties are made as to the value of the Shares. The Subscriber further acknowledges that future offerings of Shares may be made at lower valuations, with the result that the Subscribers investment will bear a lower valuation.
4.8 Residency. Subscriber maintains Subscribers domicile (and is not a transient or temporary resident) at the address shown on the signature page.
4.9 Tax Consequences. The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that he or she is solely responsible for determining the tax consequences of investment in the Shares. The Subscriber further acknowledges that the Company gives no opinion and makes no representation with respect to the tax consequences to the Subscriber under United States federal, state, or local, or foreign tax law of an acquisition, or disposition of the Shares.
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4.10 No Brokerage Fees. There are no claims for brokerage commission, finders fees or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement or related documents based on any arrangement or agreement binding upon Subscriber. The undersigned will indemnify and hold the Company harmless against any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim.
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5.1 Survival; Indemnification. The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Subscriber herein shall survive (a) the acceptance of this Subscription Agreement by the Company, (b) changes in the transactions, documents and instruments described herein which are not material or which are to the benefit of Subscriber, and (c) the death or disability of Subscriber. The representations, warranties and covenants contained herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon Subscriber and its heirs, executors, administrators and successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns The Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its respective officers, directors and affiliates, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable attorneys fees, including attorneys fees on appeal) and expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any false representation or warranty or breach or failure by the Subscriber to comply with any covenant or agreement made by the Subscriber herein, in the Shareholders Agreement or in any other document furnished by the Subscriber in connection with the Offering.
| 6. | GENERAL PROVISIONS. |
6.1 Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Subscription Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Subscription Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Subscription Agreement. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Subscriber without the prior written consent of the Company.
6.2 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE UNDERSIGNED IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.
6.3 Governing Law. This Subscription Agreement, including all matters of construction, validity and performance, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, as applied to contracts made, executed and to be fully performed in such jurisdiction by citizens of such jurisdiction, without regard to its choice of law and conflict of laws rules.
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6.4 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
6.5 Counterparts; Facsimile. This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile signature (including without limitation any method of electronic signature recognized as binding by applicable law) and in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
6.6 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon actual receipt by delivery: (a) in person to the party to be notified, (b) by electronic mail or facsimile, provided that such delivery is confirmed by electronic receipt and telephone confirmation of such receipt by the party to be notified, (c) by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, freight prepaid, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Subscriber at the address set forth on the signature page hereto or to such physical or electronic mail address or facsimile number as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 6.6. If notice is given to the Company, it shall be sent to 8215 SE 59th St. Mercer Island, Washington 98040, Attention: John Naye; and a copy (which shall not constitute notice) shall also be sent to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200, Seattle, Washington USA 98101, Attention: Andrew Bond.
6.7 Attorneys Fees. If any action at law or in equity (including arbitration) is necessary to enforce the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled. Each party shall pay all costs and expenses that it incurs with respect to the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of the Subscription Agreement.
6.8 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any provisions hereof shall be modified, changed, discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the party against whom any waiver, change, discharge or termination is sought.
6.9 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
6.10 Notification of Changes. Each party hereto hereby covenants and agrees to notify the other party hereto upon the occurrence of any event prior to the Closing which would cause any representation, warranty, or covenant of such party contained in this Subscription Agreement to be false or incorrect.
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6.11 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party under this Subscription Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Subscription Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Subscription Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Subscription Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Subscription Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
6.12 Entire Agreement. This Subscription Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto) and the Shareholders Agreement constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties are expressly canceled.
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Securities Subscribed For: Shares of Common Stock
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ACCEPTANCE OF SUBSCRIPTION
The above subscription has been approved by the Company for the total number of Shares being subscribed for by the Subscriber.
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EXHIBIT A
JOINDER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 7.1
FINAL
Roanoke Restaurant
Asset Purchase Agreement
Roanoke Inn, LLC
and
Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc.
October 4, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Section 1. |
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS. | 1 | ||||
| 1.1 Definitions | 1 | |||||
| Section 2. |
ASSETS PURCHASED; LIABILITIES ASSUMED | 2 | ||||
| 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets |
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| 2.2 Excluded Assets |
4 | |||||
| 2.3 Assumption of Liabilities |
4 | |||||
| 2.4 Retained Liabilities |
4 | |||||
| Section 3. |
PURCHASE PRICE; EARNEST MONEY | 4 | ||||
| 3.1 Purchase Price |
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| 3.2 Allocation of Purchase Price |
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| 3.3 Earnest Money |
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| 3.4 Payment of Purchase Price |
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| 3.5 Escrow |
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| Section 4. |
Due DILIGENCE, TITLE AND SURVEY SECTION | 5 | ||||
| 4.1 Due Diligence |
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| 4.2 Title and Survey |
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| Section 5. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER. | 6 | ||||
| 5.1 Seller |
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| Section 6. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER. | 11 | ||||
| Section 7. |
OPERATIONS AND COVENANTS | 12 | ||||
| 7.1 Covenant Not To Compete |
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| 7.2 Seller Affirmative Covenants |
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| 7.3 Seller Negative Covenants |
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| 7.4 Contribution |
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| 7.5 Access; Confidentiality |
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| 7.6 Consents and Approvals |
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| 7.7 Employees |
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| 7.8 Supplements to Disclosure Schedule |
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| 7.9 No Solicitations or Offers |
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| Section 8. |
CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING. | 15 | ||||
| 8.1 Conditions to Obligations of Seller |
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| 8.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser |
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| Section 9. |
CLOSING | 16 | ||||
| 9.1 Closing |
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| 9.2 Closing Deliveries by Seller |
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| 9.3 Closing Deliveries by Purchaser |
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| Section 10. |
PRORATIONS; ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE; TRANSACTION COSTS | 17 | ||||
| 10.1 Prorations |
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| 10.2 Allocation of Income |
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| 10.3 Transaction Costs |
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| 10.4 Other Transaction Costs |
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| Section 11. |
SETTLEMENT STATEMENT | 20 | ||||
| 11.1 Settlement Statement |
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| Section 12. |
DEFAULT; REMEDIES | 20 | ||||
| 12.1 Other Defaults |
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| Section 13. |
INDEMNIFICATION; OTHER POST-CLOSING MATTERS | 21 | ||||
| 13.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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| 13.2 Sellers Indemnification |
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| 13.3 Purchasers Indemnification |
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| 13.4 Matters Involving Third Parties |
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| Section 14. |
MISCELLANEOUS | 22 | ||||
| 14.1 Purchasers Acceptance |
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| 14.2 Risk of Loss |
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| 14.3 Notices |
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| 14.4 Section Headings |
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| 14.5 Incorporation of Exhibits and Schedules |
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| 14.6 Governing Law |
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| 14.7 Severability |
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| 14.8 Integration; Amendment |
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| 14.9 Waiver |
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| 14.10 Attorneys Fees |
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| 14.11 Continuing Agreement; Binding Effect |
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| 14.12 Assignment |
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| 14.13 No Third Party Beneficiary Rights |
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| 14.14 Counterparts |
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| EXHIBITS |
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Statutory Warranty | |
| Exhibit B |
Bill of Sale | |
| Exhibit C |
Intangible Property Assignment | |
| Exhibit D |
Consulting Agreement | |
| SCHEDULES | ||
| Disclosure Schedule | ||
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FINAL
ROANOKE RESTAURANT
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
| Parties: | Roanoke Inn, LLC, a Washington limited liability company |
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| and | Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., a Washington corporation |
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RECITALS:
A. Seller is the owner of certain assets used in the operation of the Roanoke Inn, located at 1825 72nd Ave SE, Mercer Island, Washington 98040 (the Acquired Business).
B. Purchaser desires to acquire certain of the assets used or held for use in the Acquired Business and Seller is willing to sell such assets on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this agreement (the Agreement).
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS.
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms, when used herein, shall have the following meanings:
Agreement, this Agreement, hereto, hereof, hereunder, hereby, and similar expressions refer to this Asset Purchase Agreement, including the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, and not any particular article, section, subsection or other subdivision hereof or thereof.
Business Day shall mean a day, other than Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in Seattle, Washington are open to the public for the transaction of their normal banking business.
Environmental Laws means all Laws relating to health or safety of persons, natural resources, conservation, wildlife, waste management, Hazardous Substances, and pollution (including without limitation, regulation of releases and disposals to air, soil, land water and groundwater).
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Escrow Agent shall mean First American Title, through its offices in Seattle, WA.
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, foreign or domestic, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government, including, without limitation, all taxing authorities.
Hazardous Substance or Hazardous Substances means any chemical, wastes, compounds, byproducts, pollutants, contaminants, flammable materials, petroleum, PCBs, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances, asbestos containing material or any other substance or material now or hereafter defined as hazardous or toxic pursuant to Environmental Laws, and any other material that, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or pose a present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly used, treated, stored, disposed, generated, manufactured, transported or otherwise handled.
Inspections means Purchasers review and evaluation of the Acquired Business.
Law or Laws means any statute, rule, common law, ordinance, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, or award enacted or promulgated by a Governmental Authority.
Lien means any interest, consensual or otherwise, in property securing a monetary obligation owed to, or a claim by, a person other than the owner of the property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract.
Owned Real Property has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
Title Company shall mean First American Title Insurance Company.
Section 2. ASSETS PURCHASED; LIABILITIES ASSUMED
2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase, acquire and accept from Seller, the following assets and properties (the Assets):
(a) Owned Real Property. Fee simple title to the land described in Schedule 2.1(a) and all buildings, structures and improvements located on or affixed thereto which constitute real property under applicable Law, together with all appurtenant easements and any other rights and interests appurtenant thereto and benefiting such land, including, without limitation, all of Sellers right, title and interest, if any, in and to (i) all minerals, oil or gas under such land, (ii) all development rights, air rights and water rights with
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respect to such land, (iii) all easements, rights of way or other real property interests in, or under any land, highway, alley, street or right of way abutting or adjoining such land, (iv) utilities for such land, (v) to the extent transferable, zoning or other benefits with respect to such land, and (vi) all vault space agreements affecting such land (the Owned Real Property);
(b) all equipment, supplies, tools, spare parts, furniture, appliances, and fixtures used or held for use by Seller in conducting the Acquired Business, including, without limitation, such items of personal property of Seller substantially as listed and described in Schedule 2.1(b) attached hereto (the Personal Property), together with any replacements thereof or additions thereto made between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date;
(c) All inventories of supplies, raw materials, finished goods and merchandise owned by Seller on the Closing Date (the Inventory);
(d) All of Sellers rights under the contracts, personal property or equipment leases, licenses, distribution agreements, purchase orders, other contracts with customers and suppliers, and the other agreements relating to the Assets and the Acquired Business as are listed and described in Schedule 2.1(d) attached hereto (each, an Assigned Contract and collectively, the Assigned Contracts);
(e) All deposits, prepayments, progress payments and similar payments made by Seller;
(f) All right, title, claim and interest of Seller in and to any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, or copyright held, owned or licensed by Seller and used or held for use in the Acquired Business, whether registered or unregistered, and any applications therefor, including but not limited to all right, title and interest of Seller in and to the name Roanoke Inn and any variations thereof and all logos of Seller used or held for use in connection with the Acquired Business (the Intellectual Property Rights);
(g) All other intangible assets, rights and claims of Seller of every kind and nature, including, without limitation, associated goodwill, and business information currently used by Seller in connection with the Acquired Business, including but not limited to all recipes, technologies, methods, formulations, data bases, trade secrets, inventions, know-how, customer lists and files, and advertising and marketing programs and plans (the Intangibles);
(h) All books of account, forms, records, files, invoices, business records, correspondence, memoranda, and other data (in all mediums) owned, associated with, used, or employed by Seller in connection with the Acquired Business or otherwise pertaining to the Assets or the Acquired Business;
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(i) All rights, chooses in action and claims (known or unknown, matured or unmatured, accrued or contingent) of Seller in respect of the Acquired Business or relating to the Assets;
(j) All other assets, properties and rights of every kind and nature owned or held by Seller or in which Seller has an interest on the Closing Date, known or unknown, fixed or unfixed, choate or inchoate, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, which are used or held for use in the Acquired Business, whether or not specifically referred to in this Agreement, other than the Excluded Assets.
2.2 Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.1, the following properties, assets and rights used in or related to the Acquired Business and listed on Schedule 2.2 are expressly excluded from the Acquired Business and shall be retained by Seller. (collectively, the Excluded Assets).
2.3 Assumption of Liabilities. Contemporaneously with the purchase of the Assets, Seller shall assign and Purchaser shall assume the following obligations of Seller (collectively, the Assumed Liabilities):
(a) All liabilities and obligations of Seller under any Assigned Contract arising out of or to be performed after the Closing;
(b) The liabilities and obligations of Seller described on Schedule 2.3(b) attached hereto.
2.4 Retained Liabilities. Purchaser is not assuming, and shall not be deemed to have assumed any liabilities of Seller other than the Assumed Liabilities. Except for the Assumed Liabilities, Purchaser shall not have any obligation for or with respect to any liability or obligation of Seller of any nature whatsoever, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, or determined or determinable, and whether incurred prior to, on, or after the Closing Date (such liabilities not assumed by Purchaser hereinafter referred to as the Retained Liabilities.)
Section 3. PURCHASE PRICE; EARNEST MONEY
3.1 Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Assets is Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,500,000) (the Purchase Price), which shall be adjusted at Closing for the Prorations and the Allocation of Income pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2, respectively and subject to Section 3.5 below, and paid as follows: (i) a portion of the Purchase Price shall be paid in the form of an amount equal to 1% of the Purchaser (the Equity Portion) along with (ii) the balance paid in cash (the Cash Portion) and as set forth on Exhibit 3.1 (the Consideration Schedule).
3.2 Allocation of Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Owned Real Property, the improvements, and the Personal Property (the Allocation) in accordance with Schedule 3.2 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Seller and
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Purchaser agree to (i) be bound by the Allocation, (ii) act in accordance with the Allocation in the preparation of financial statements and filing of all tax returns and in the course of any tax audit, tax review or tax litigation relating thereto, and (iii) refrain from, and cause their affiliates to refrain from, taking a position inconsistent with the Allocation for all tax purposes.
3.3 Earnest Money. Purchaser is not delivering any earnest money in connection with this transaction.
3.4 Payment of Purchase Price. At Closing, Purchaser shall pay to Seller by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. federal funds the Cash Portion of Purchase Price and shall deliver the Equity Portion in exchange for a subscription agreement for the Equity Portion of the Purchase Price (as applicable) (the Subscription Agreement).
3.5 Escrow. Payment of the Purchase Price and conveyance of the Assets shall be through Escrow Agent. At Closing, an agreed upon amount equal to the gift card liability as of the month end preceding the Closing Date shall be retained by Escrow Agent (the Gift Card Retention). Amounts from the Gift Card Retention shall be distributed to the Purchaser each month equal to the face value of gift cards issued prior to Closing, and redeemed after Closing for such month. Each month payment shall be made against the gift cards and an accounting thereof presented to the Escrow Agent by Purchaser. Twelve (12) months following Closing, the Purchaser shall present a final request for payment from the Escrow Agent, and following payment thereof, any amount remaining in the account shall be distributed to Seller. Seller shall have no other liability in connection with gift cards, except for the Gift Card Retention. The parties estimate the Gift Card Retention as of December 31, 2016 shall be in the vicinity of $35,000 and if that is the case, the Cash Portion would be reduced by $35,000.
3.6. Working Capital. Seller covenants that it shall deliver usual and customary working capital in the amount of $25,000 for continued operations as of the Closing Date, inclusive of Inventory and inclusive of at least $615 of cash in the till.
Section 4. DUE DILIGENCE, TITLE AND SURVEY SECTION
4.1 Due Diligence. Purchaser has completed its diligence Investigation.
4.2 Title and Survey.
(a) Title Commitment. Promptly after the Effective Date, Seller shall obtain and cause to be delivered to Purchaser a commitment for a standard ALTA form of Owner Title Insurance Policy from the Title Company for the Owned Real Property (the Title Commitment), together with a copy of all documents referenced therein obtained from the Title Company.
(b) Survey. Promptly after the Effective Date, Purchaser may, at its option and cost, obtain a survey of the Owned Real Property, prepared by a duly licensed surveyor, in accordance with the ALTA/ACSM Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys, certified to Seller, Purchaser and the Title Company (the Survey).
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(c) Title Objections. Within ten (10) days after Purchasers receipt of the Title Commitment, Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing of Purchasers acceptance of title as shown on such Title Commitment, or (ii) any objections to such Title Commitment. Any objections to the Title Commitment of which Purchaser timely notifies Seller pursuant to this Agreement are hereinafter referred to as Title Objections. The absence of a timely notice by Purchaser of Title Objections in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a notice to Seller of Purchasers acceptance of title as shown on the Title Commitment and all such title matters shall constitute Permitted Exceptions. Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of Purchasers Title Objections (Sellers Title Response Period), Seller shall deliver to Purchaser written notice of whether it agrees to cure the Title Objections; provided that except as expressly set forth below Seller shall have no obligation to cure Purchasers Title Objections. Any Title Objections that Seller expressly agrees in writing to cure shall be cured by Seller prior to Closing, and the cure of such Title Objections shall be a condition precedent to Purchasers obligation to consummate Closing hereunder. If Seller does not agree in writing, during Sellers Title Response Period, to cure all Title Objections identified by Purchaser at or prior to Closing, Seller shall not be obligated to cure such Title Objections, and Purchasers sole recourse shall be to terminate this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall not have the right to refuse to cure any Title Objection which relates to any mortgages, deeds of trust or other security interests with which Seller voluntarily encumbered the Property, provided, however, such liens may continue to encumber the Property at Closing if the Title Company is willing to insure over such liens in a manner acceptable to Purchaser and such liens are released promptly following the Closing. Sellers obligation to cause the release of any such liens pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall survive Closing.
(d) Updated Title Commitment. If any updates of the Title Commitment from time to time disclose any additional exceptions to title or other matters (Additional Title Matters) not previously disclosed on the Title Commitment, which Additional Title Matters are not acceptable to Purchaser, then Purchaser shall have the right to make additional Title Objections within three (3) days after receipt of such updated Title Commitment (as the case may be), in which case any Additional Title Matters for which a Title Objection is made shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4.2(c).
Section 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER.
5.1 Seller. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser the following statements are true and correct on the date hereof and will be true and correct on the Closing Date as though made on such date:
(a) Company Organization. Seller is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of the State of Washington.
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(b) Company Power and Authority. Seller has all requisite company power and authority to own, lease, possess and operate the Assets. Seller has all requisite company power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all instruments, documents and agreements to be executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement by Seller.
(c) Authorization; Enforceability. Sellers Members have duly approved and on the Closing Date Seller will have taken all company action necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Seller. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or the availability of equitable remedies subject to the discretion of the court.
(d) Absence of Certain Conflicts. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.1(d) attached hereto, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of the Articles of Organization or operating agreement of Seller; (ii) to the knowledge of Seller, require the payment or the incurring of any obligation on the part of Seller, or result in a loss of rights or default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration), with or without notice or lapse of time, under any of the provisions of any Assigned Contract, except for such defaults (or rights of termination, cancellation or acceleration) as to which requisite waivers or consents have been obtained, which necessary waivers or consents are listed on Schedule 5.1(d)(ii) attached hereto; (iii) require Seller to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or make any filing with or provide any notification to, any Governmental Authority, except as listed on Schedule 5.1(d)(iii) attached hereto; or (iv) to the knowledge of Seller, violate any judgment, decree, order, injunction, or any Law applicable to Seller or any of the Assets or the Acquired Business.
(e) Title to Assets. Seller has good and valid title to all of the Assets, free and clear of all Liens, claims, charges, restrictions and encumbrances, except for the Lien of current taxes not yet due and payable.
(f) Leased Property. Schedule 5.1(f) attached hereto contains a complete and accurate description of any leased real property.
(g) Owned Real Property. Schedule 2.1(a) sets forth the legal description of Owned Real Property. At Closing and compliance with Section 7.4 of this Agreement, Seller will have fee simple title to the Owned Real Property, free and clear of all encumbrances, except (i) Permitted Exceptions and (ii) those encumbrances set forth on Schedule 5.1(g). Seller has not received any written notice of any existing, pending or threatened (i) condemnation proceedings affecting the Owned Real Property, or (ii) zoning, building code or other moratorium violations or proceedings, or similar matters that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability to operate
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the Assets on the Owned Real Property as currently operated. Neither the whole nor any material portion of any Owned Real Property has been damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty.
(h) Environmental Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(h) attached hereto: (i) Seller has not used the Owned Real Property to generate, manufacture, refine, transport, treat, store, handle, or dispose of any Hazardous Substances except in accordance with Environmental Laws; (ii) to the knowledge of Seller, the Owned Real Property is not contaminated with any Hazardous Substances in a manner which could require remedial action under Environmental Laws, and there are no hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities, as those terms are defined under Environmental Laws, located at the Owned Real Property; (iii) Seller has not transported or disposed of, or allowed or arranged for any third person to transport or dispose of, any waste containing Hazardous Substances except in accordance with Environmental Laws; (iv) Seller has not transported or disposed of, or allowed or arranged for any third person to transport or dispose of, any waste containing Hazardous Substances at any location included on the National Priorities List, as defined under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or any location proposed for inclusion on that list; (v) Seller has not received a citation, directive, letter, notice of violation, or other communication, written or oral, from any person or Governmental Authority concerning the presence of any Hazardous Substances on the Owned Real Property or concerning Sellers actual or potential liability under any Environmental Laws resulting from such presence; (vi) Seller has no knowledge of or information that there are any Hazardous Substances present at adjacent properties, which Hazardous Substances could migrate to, through, or under the Owned Real Property; (vii) no action has been commenced or threatened in writing regarding Sellers compliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws at or concerning the Owned Real Property; and (viii) Seller has provided true and complete copies of all environmental reports and studies conducted by Seller with respect to the Owned Real Property, and to the knowledge of Seller, there are no other environmental reports or studies with respect thereto.
(i) Personal Property. Schedule 5.1(i) attached hereto contains a complete and accurate description of all tangible personal property used or held for use by Seller in connection with the Acquired Business (except for the Inventory). The Personal Property is in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted. All of the Personal Property is in the possession of Seller.
(j) Inventory. The Inventory of Seller consists of items of a quality and quantity useable and saleable in the ordinary course of business by Seller, except for obsolete and slow-moving items and items below standard quality, all of which have been written down on the books of Seller or have been provided for by adequate reserves.
(k) Contracts. Schedule 5.1(k) attached hereto sets forth a full and complete list of all written or oral contracts and commitments of Seller relating to the Acquired Business that cannot be terminated by Seller without penalty on not more than thirty (30)
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days notice. Seller has delivered to Purchaser true and complete copies of all the written Assigned Contracts, with all amendments thereto and a summary of all oral Assigned Contracts. To Sellers knowledge, and except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(k), (i) Seller is not in breach or violation of, or in default under, any of the Assigned Contracts, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not constitute a default or breach under any of the Assigned Contracts, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not give rise to any consent requirement under any of the Assigned Contracts. No party to any of the Assigned Contracts has given Seller written notice of its intention to cancel, terminate or fail to renew such Assigned Contract. With respect to each Assigned Contract that requires the consent of other parties thereto to transfer the Assets as contemplated hereby, Seller has obtained or will obtain prior to the Closing Date, all such consents, and has provided or will provide Purchaser with copies thereof.
(l) Intellectual Property and Intangibles. Schedule 5.1(l) attached hereto sets forth a complete list of all patents, trademarks, domain names, service marks, trade names or copyrights held, owned or licensed by Seller and used or held for use in the Acquired Business, whether registered or unregistered, and all applications therefor. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(l): (i) Seller owns, possesses or has the right to use all Intellectual Property Rights that are used in the Acquired Business as presently conducted; (ii) no royalties, honorariums or fees are payable by Seller to other persons by reason of ownership, sale, license or use of the Intellectual Property Rights or the Intangibles; (iii) to Sellers knowledge, no product or service manufactured, marketed or sold by Seller violates any licenses or infringes any intellectual property rights of another; (iv) there is no pending, or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened, claim or litigation against Seller contesting the validity of or right to use any of the Intellectual Property Rights or the Intangibles; and (v) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not breach, violate or conflict with any instrument or agreement governing the Intellectual Property Rights and will not cause the forfeiture or termination or give rise to a right of forfeiture or termination of any of the Intellectual Property Rights or Intangibles or in any way impair the right of Purchaser to use, sell, license or dispose of or to bring any action for the infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights or Intangibles.
(m) Licenses, Permits and Authorizations. Schedule 5.1(m) attached hereto contains a complete list of all material approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, franchises, orders, certifications and other permits issued by any Governmental Authority which are necessary or required for the ownership of the Assets or the conduct of the Acquired Business (the Permits). Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(m): (i) Seller has obtained and will as of the Closing Date continue to have all Permits and will have made prior to the Closing Date all filings with any Governmental Authority which may be required under the terms of any Permit; (ii) to Sellers knowledge, the Permits are in full force and effect and no material violations are or have been recorded with respect to any Permit; (iii) no proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing, to revoke or limit any Permit.
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(n) Labor Matters. Schedule 5.1(n) contains a true and complete list of the persons employed by Seller as of the date of this Agreement (the Current Employees), their respective dates of hire by Seller, current positions, current compensation under Sellers existing employment policies, and the amount and nature of any severance obligations that Seller would have to pay them in the event of their termination of employment by Seller. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(n) attached hereto, (i) to the knowledge of Seller no material grievance exists between Seller and any of the Current Employees; and (ii) Seller is not delinquent in the payments to any of the Current Employees for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses or other direct or indirect compensation for any services performed by them to the date of this Agreement or for any amounts required to be reimbursed to the Current Employees. Seller has delivered or made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of all handbooks and manuals. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(n), Seller is in material compliance with all applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and is not engaged in any unfair labor practices. There is no collective bargaining agreement in effect with respect to the Current Employees. Seller has not experienced any strike or work stoppage or other industrial dispute involving the employees of the Acquired Business in the past five years.
(o) Brokers and Finders. Seller nor any person acting on behalf of Seller has employed any broker, agent or finder or incurred any liability or obligation for any brokerage fees, agents commissions or finders fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(p) Financial Statements. Seller has furnished to Purchaser copies of (i) unaudited balance sheets of Seller and unaudited statements of income, changes in shareholders equity and statements of cash flow for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2014, and December 31, 2015, (the Unaudited Financial Statements), (ii) corporate tax returns for Seller for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015; and (iii) an unaudited balance sheet of Seller as of June 30, 2016, and unaudited statements of income, changes in owners equity and statements of cash flow for the two (2) month period then ended (the Interim Financial Statements) (the financial statements in clauses (i) and (iii) being collectively referred to herein as the Financial Statements). The Unaudited Financial Statements have not been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis from year to year (except as noted otherwise therein); and are true and correct and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of Seller and the results of operations and changes in cash flow of Seller for the periods to which each relates. The Interim Financial Statements are true and correct and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of Seller and the results of operations and changes in cash flow of Seller for the periods to which each relates.
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(q) Absence of Material Changes. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(q) attached hereto, since the date of the Interim Financial Statements, the Acquired Business has been operated in the ordinary course and consistent with past practice. Since the date of the Unaudited Financial Statements there have not been any material adverse changes in the results of operations, financial condition, assets, liabilities, business or prospects of the Acquired Business.
(r) Litigation. There is no action or suit pending or, to Sellers knowledge, threatened which alone or in the aggregate with other actions and suits could reasonably be expected to restrict Sellers ability to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(s) Taxes. Seller has filed accurate and complete tax returns each year since Sellers inception.
(t) Undisclosed Liabilities. The Seller has no liability, except for: (i) liabilities set forth on the face of the financial statements; and (ii) liabilities which have arisen after the date of the financial statements in the ordinary course of business
(u) Disclosure. The representations and warranties contained in this Section 5 do not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statement and information contained in this Section 5 not misleading.
Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER.
6.1 Purchaser represents and warrants to Seller that the following statements are true and correct on the date hereof and will be true and correct on the Closing Date as though made on such date:
(a) Corporate Organization. Purchaser is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of the State of Washington.
(b) Corporate Power and Authority. Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Authorization; Enforceability. On the Closing Date Purchaser will have taken or caused to be taken all corporate action necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Purchaser and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or the availability of equitable remedies subject to the discretion of the court.
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(d) Brokers and Finders. Neither Purchaser nor any person acting on behalf of it has employed any broker, agent or finder or incurred any liability or obligation for any brokerage fees, agents commissions or finders fees in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Litigation. There is no action or suit pending or, to Purchasers knowledge, threatened which alone or in the aggregate with other actions and suits could reasonably be expected to restrict Purchasers ability to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of, and the performance of the actions contemplated by this Agreement by Purchaser will not violate any applicable Law.
(g) Governmental Authorization. On the closing date Purchaser will have obtained all Governmental Authorizations required by or with respect to Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) Condition of the Purchased Assets. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) it is purchasing the Assets and assuming the Assumed Liabilities based on the results of its own independent investigations and the representations and warranties of Seller expressly set forth in this Agreement, and not on any representation or warranty of Seller or any of its representatives not expressly set forth in this Agreement and (ii) except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Assets are sold as is, where is and Purchaser accepts the Assets in the condition they are in and at the place where they are located on the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions hereof. In light of these investigations and the representations and warranties expressly made to Purchaser by Seller herein, Purchaser is relinquishing any right to any claim based on any representations and warranties other than those expressly set forth in this Agreement. Any claims Purchaser may have for breach of representation or warranty shall be based solely on the representations and warranties of Seller expressly set forth in this Agreement. ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES ARISING UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (OR SIMILAR APPLICABLE FOREIGN LAWS), ARE HEREBY WAIVED BY PURCHASER.
Section 7. OPERATIONS AND COVENANTS
7.1 Covenant Not To Compete. In consideration for this Agreement, and subject to the Closing having occurred, Sellers Members hereby covenant and agree that for a period of five (5) years commencing on the Closing Date, Sellers Members will not (a) Compete with
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Purchaser in the Business; or (b) directly or indirectly suggest, request, or encourage any prior employees, suppliers, or customers of Seller to curtail, reduce, or cancel their employment or business done with Purchaser. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Business shall mean any hospitality industry business related to the service of food or beverage within the City of Mercer Island. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Compete shall mean to engage or invest in the Business, whether individually, as an employee, agent, partner, joint venturer, sole proprietor, shareholder, consultant or otherwise, provided that such terms shall not preclude parties from purchasing less than one percent (1%) of the stock of a publicly held company.
7.2 Seller Affirmative Covenants. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, except as otherwise consented to in writing by Purchaser (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, Seller will:
(a) conduct the Acquired Business in the ordinary course and consistent with past practices, and use its reasonable efforts to preserve its business organization, keep available the services of its key employees, and its other officers and employees, and maintain satisfactory relationships with employees;
(b) use its best efforts to obtain all third party approvals, if any, necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) maintain and preserve the Assets;
(d) preserve and protect the goodwill and relationships of Seller with its suppliers, customers and all other persons having business dealings with Seller;
(e) maintain in good standing all Assigned Contracts, except as modifications may be required in the ordinary course of the Acquired Business, or as consented to by Purchaser in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);
(f) maintain its books, accounts and records in the usual and regular manner, in accordance with past practice and in compliance with all applicable Law;
(g) preserve and maintain in force all of the Permits, Intellectual Property Rights and Intangibles; and
(h) comply in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the conduct of the Acquired Business.
7.3 Seller Negative Covenants. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, except as required or permitted herein or as otherwise consented to in writing by Purchaser (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), Seller shall not:
(a) take any action or omit to take any action that could reasonably be expected to render inaccurate any representation or warranty of Seller contained in this Agreement (as if such representation or warranty was made on each date from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date);
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(b) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or for normal periodic payments or increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or existing employee plans or employment agreements: (i) increase the rate or terms of compensation payable or to become payable by Seller to its employees, or (ii) materially modify the terms of any employee benefit plan, or (iii) enter into any new employment agreement or materially modify the terms of any existing employment agreement;
(c) enter into any material contracts or commitments, except those made in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice;
(d) amend its corporate charter, bylaws, or operating agreement; or
(e) sell, lease, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, encumber, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or agree to sell, lease, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, encumber, transfer, license, or otherwise dispose of any of the Assets, other than Inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
7.4 Contribution. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.1(c), Seller shall cause Sellers affiliates to contribute the real property described on Schedule 7.4 to Seller.
7.5 Access; Confidentiality. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller shall, during normal business hours (a) give Purchaser and its representatives and advisors access to all books , records, offices and other facilities and properties of the Acquired Business, (b) permit Purchaser and its representatives and advisors to make such Inspections thereof as Purchaser may reasonable request, and (c) cause its officers and advisors to furnish Purchaser with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the Acquired Business as Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request. Purchaser will hold such information in strict confidence in accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
7.6 Consents and Approvals. The parties hereto will use their respective best efforts to obtain, and each party shall cooperate with and assist the other party in obtaining, all consents, waivers, amendments, modifications, approvals, authorizations, Permits and licenses which are required to be obtained by such party to effectuate this Agreement and the Closing Documents and to transfer the Assets to Purchaser.
7.7 Employees. Effective immediately before Closing, Seller shall terminate all of its employees and fully satisfy all obligations owing to them or make adequate provision therefor. In particular, but not by way of limitation, Seller shall be responsible for payment when due of all salaries, wages, accrued vacation and other leave rights, fringe benefits, health benefits and severance pay rights which are accrued or earned and unpaid as of the Closing under the terms of its employment arrangement with each such employee; and with respect to those of Sellers
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employees who are salaried, its usual and customary policies concerning compensation, vacation and severance. Seller shall give all notices and shall provide all continuation coverages that may be required by the provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989. Seller shall comply with any applicable provisions of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, and any similar state Law. Any promise to any employee of Seller for a share in the Purchase Price is the Sellers obligation only. Following Closing, Purchaser may offer employment to each or some of the employees terminated by Seller and Seller agrees to cooperate with Purchaser in introducing Purchaser to any or all employees. Purchaser may offer employment to any employees of Seller with no obligation to recognize any past service of employees to Seller.
7.8 Supplements to Disclosure Schedule. From time to time prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall promptly supplement or amend the Disclosure Schedules of Seller with respect to any material matter hereafter arising, but Purchaser may terminate this Agreement in the event of any amendment thereto prior to Closing.
7.9 No Solicitations or Offers. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller shall not, and shall not allow Sellers representatives to offer, entertain, negotiate for, or discuss any solicited or unsolicited inquiries or proposals for the possible disposition of the membership interests of Seller or of the business or assets of Seller by way of sale, merger, consolidation, liquidation, or otherwise. In the event that Seller or Sellers representatives receive any inquiries or proposals referred to in the preceding sentence, Seller shall immediately notify Purchaser in writing of such inquiries or proposals.
Section 8. CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING.
8.1 Conditions to Obligations of Seller. The obligation of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of the following conditions:
(a) On the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of Purchaser set forth in Section 6 shall be accurate in all material respects; and
(b) No suit, action or other proceeding shall have been threatened or instituted to restrain, enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Five (5) Business Days before the Closing, Purchaser shall provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to Seller that Purchaser has funds, both debt and equity, to pay the Purchase Price.
8.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. The obligation of Purchaser to purchase the Assets is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of the following conditions:
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(a) On the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be accurate in all material respects;
(b) Seller shall have obtained the consent or approval of all third persons whose consent or approval is required for the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) Purchaser must approve of any disclosures by Seller pursuant to Section 7.8 above;
(d) There shall not have been, since the date of this Agreement, any material adverse change in the condition or results of operation of the Assets or the Acquired Business;
(e) No suit, action or other proceeding shall have been threatened or instituted to restrain, enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby;
(f) Purchaser shall have obtained debt and equity financing to pay the Purchase Price;
(g) Washington State Liquor Control Board shall have approved a full on-premises liquor license for Purchaser; and
(h) The Title Company will issue a title policy along with endorsements as Purchaser deems necessary and appropriate based on the Title Commitment.
Section 9. CLOSING
9.1 Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the Closing) will take place at the offices of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200, Seattle, WA 98101 on December 31, 2016 (the Closing Date) at 10:00 a.m., or at such other place or time as may be mutually agreed upon in writing by the parties hereto. The parties agree that time is of the essence with respect to the Closing Date; the parties may adjust the Closing until the conditions set forth in Section 8 are fulfilled; provided this Agreement shall terminate if the Closing does not occur by December 31, 2016.
9.2 Closing Deliveries by Seller. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser (such documents, the Closing Documents):
(a) A Statutory Warranty Deed substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto for the Owned Real Property.
(b) A Bill of Sale substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto for the Assets, executed by Seller (the Bill of Sale); and
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(c) Intangible Property assignment in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto for the Assets, executed by Seller;
(d) The Consulting Agreement in the form of Exhibit D attached here, executed by Seller
(e) Such other instruments and documents as Purchaser may reasonably require to vest in Purchaser all right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Assets.
9.3 Closing Deliveries by Purchaser. At the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller:
(a) The Purchase Price in immediately available funds by certified or bank cashiers check;
(b) A counterpart to the Intangible Property Assignment;
(c) A counterpart to the Consulting Agreement;
(d) The Subscription Agreement; and
(e) Such documents, certificates, instruments and agreements as may be required herein.
Section 10. PRORATIONS; ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE; TRANSACTION COSTS
10.1 Prorations. The items of revenue and expense with respect to the Assets set forth in this Section 10.1 shall be prorated between Seller and Purchaser (the Prorations) as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date, or such other time expressly provided in this Section 10.1 (the Cut-Off Time), so that the Closing Date is a day of income and expense for Purchaser. Seller shall receive a credit for any of the items of expense in this Section 10.1 which have been paid prior to or at the Closing or will be paid by Seller after the Closing to the extent such payment relates to any period of time after the Cut-Off Time.
(a) Taxes. All taxes shall be prorated as of the Cut-Off Time between Purchaser and Seller. If the amount of any such taxes is not ascertainable on the Closing Date, the proration for such taxes shall be based on the tax rates set forth in the most recent available bill and the latest assessed valuation of the Assets; provided, however, that after the Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall reprorate the taxes and pay any deficiency in the original proration to the other party promptly upon receipt of the actual bill for the relevant taxable period. The reproration obligation under this Section 10.1(a) shall survive the Closing.
(b) Contracts. Any amounts prepaid, accrued or due and payable under the Assigned Contracts (other than for utilities which proration is addressed separately in
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Section 10.1(d)) shall be prorated as of the Cut-Off Time between Seller and Purchaser. Seller shall receive a credit for all deposits made by Seller under the Assigned Contracts (together with all interest thereon to the extent required by applicable Law or the Assigned Contract in question) which are transferred to Purchaser or remain on deposit for the benefit of Purchaser.
(c) Licenses and Permits. All amounts prepaid, accrued or due and payable under any licenses and Permits (other than for utilities which proration is addressed separately in Section 10.1(d)) transferred to Purchaser shall be prorated as of the Cut- Off Time between Seller and Purchaser. Seller shall receive a credit for all deposits made by Seller under the licenses and Permits which are transferred to Purchaser or which remain on deposit for the benefit of Purchaser.
(d) Utilities. All utility services (including, without limitation, electricity, gas, water and sewer) shall be prorated as of the Cut-Off Time between Purchaser and Seller. To the extent practicable, readings shall be obtained for all utilities as of the Cut- Off Time. If not practicable, the cost of such utilities shall be prorated between Seller and Purchaser by estimating such cost on the basis of the most recent bill for such service; provided, however, that after the Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall reprorate the amount for such utilities and pay any deficiency in the original proration to the other party promptly upon receipt of the actual bill for the relevant billing period. Seller shall receive a credit for all deposits transferred to Purchaser or which remain on deposit for the benefit of Purchaser with respect to such utility contracts. The reproration obligation in this Section 10.1(d) shall survive the Closing.
(e) Compensation. Wages, salaries and employee benefits, including accrued Personal Time Off (PTO) and severance payments, if any, shall be paid by Seller to its employees in accordance with applicable Law on or promptly after the Closing Date for the period prior to Cut-Off Time. Purchaser shall be responsible for the payroll costs of all persons beginning employment with Purchaser incurred after Cut-Off Time.
(f) Vending Machines. Seller shall remove all monies from all vending machines, and other coin-operated equipment as of the Cut-Off Time and shall retain all monies collected therefrom as of the Cut-Off Time, and Purchaser shall be entitled to any monies collected therefrom after the Cut-Off Time.
(g) Trade Payables. Except to the extent an adjustment or proration is made under another subsection of this Section 10.1, Seller shall pay in the ordinary course of business all amounts payable to vendors or other suppliers of goods or services to the Assets (the Trade Payables) which are due and payable as of the Closing Date for which goods or services have been delivered to the Acquired Business prior to Closing, and Seller shall receive a credit for all advance payments or deposits made with respect to furniture, fixtures, equipment, supplies, food and beverage and retail merchandise ordered, but not delivered to the Assets prior to the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall pay the amounts which become due and payable for such furniture, fixtures, equipment, supplies, food and beverage and retail merchandise which were ordered prior to Closing.
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All accounts payable with respect to any purchases or services incurred prior to Cut-Off Time on the Closing Date in connection with the Assets shall be paid by Seller. The proration obligation in this Section 10.1(g) shall survive the Closing.
(h) Inventory. Seller shall receive a credit for all unopened Inventory on a dollar- for-dollar basis. Seller shall receive a credit of 70% for all opened but, unspoiled Inventory. All spoilt or bad as Seller and Purchaser reasonably agree shall be disposed of.
(i) Alcohol Inventory. 10.1(h) shall apply to the transfer for of alcohol Inventory, except any and all transfers shall be in accordance with applicable Washington State Law.
(j) Cash. Except for the cash described in Section 3.6, all cash on hand is an Excluded Asset, Seller shall remove all of Sellers cash at Closing. Purchaser shall be responsible for assuring that sufficient cash is available in the house accounts for operations after the Cut-Off Time.
(k) Other Adjustments and Prorations. To the extent not inconsistent with any of the foregoing, all other items of income and expense as are customarily adjusted or prorated upon the sale and purchase of a restaurant property similar to the Acquired Business shall be adjusted and prorated between Seller and Purchaser accordingly.
10.2 Allocation of Income. Income from the Assets shall be prorated as of the Cut-Off Time on the Closing Date. Seller shall be entitled to the income attributable to the period ending on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall be entitled to the income attributable to period beginning on the Closing Date.
10.3 Transaction Costs
(a) Sellers Transaction Costs. In addition to the other costs and expenses to be paid by Seller set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, Seller shall pay for the following costs in connection with this transaction: (i) the fees and expenses of its own attorneys, accountants and consultants; (ii) one-half (1/2) of the cost of recordation tax of the Closing Documents, to the extent applicable; (iii) one-half (1/2) of the fees and expenses for the Escrow Agent; (iv) the premium for a standard Owner Title Insurance Policy in the amount of the Purchase Price and insuring marketable title; and (v) any excise tax associated with the sale of the Owned Real Property. This Section 10.3(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Closing.
(b) Purchasers Transaction Costs. In addition to the other costs and expenses to be paid by Purchaser set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, Purchaser shall pay for the following costs in connection with this transaction: (i) the fees and expenses of its own attorneys, accountants and consultants; (ii) the fees and expenses incurred by Purchaser for Purchasers inspectors or otherwise in connection with the Inspections; (iii) the fees and expenses for the Survey; (iv) one-half (1/2) of the cost of recordation tax of the Closing Documents to the extent applicable; (v) the costs associated with upgrading
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the standard Owner Title Insurance Policy to an ALTA extended title insurance policy and any mortgage tax, title insurance premiums and fees and expenses for any loan title insurance policies, recording charges or other amounts payable in connection with any financing obtained by Purchaser; (vi) one-half (1/2) of the fees and expenses for the Escrow Agent; (vii) any transfer or sales tax associated with the sale of and Personal Property. This Section 10.3(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Closing.
10.4 Other Transaction Costs. All other fees, costs and expenses not expressly addressed in this Section 10.3 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be allocated between Seller and Purchaser in accordance with applicable local custom for similar transactions.
Section 11. SETTLEMENT STATEMENT
11.1 Settlement Statement. No later than the day prior to Closing, Seller and Purchaser, at the direction of Seller, through their respective employees, agents or representatives, jointly shall make such examinations, audits and inventories of the Acquired Business as may be necessary to make the adjustments and prorations to the Purchase Price as set forth in Section 10.1 and 10.2 or any other provisions of this Agreement. Based upon such examinations, audits and inventories, Seller and Purchaser jointly shall prepare prior to Closing a settlement statement (the Settlement Statement), which shall set forth Sellers and Purchasers best estimate of the amounts of the items to be adjusted and prorated under this Agreement. The Settlement Statement shall be approved and executed by Seller and Purchaser, and such adjustments and prorations shall be final with respect to the items set forth in the Settlement Statement, except to the extent any such items shall be reprorated after the Closing as expressly set forth in Section 10.1.
Section 12. DEFAULT; REMEDIES
12.1 Other Defaults. Failure of either party to comply with or to perform any other term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in this Agreement. If any such failure, other than a failure to pay money, is curable, it may be cured upon written notice demanding cure of such failure, (a) and the default party cures the failure within thirty (30) days; or (b), if the cure requires more than thirty (30) days, immediately initiates steps sufficient to cure the failure and thereafter continues and completes all reasonable and necessary steps sufficient to produce compliance within ninety (90) days after notice is sent.
12.2 Specific Performance. In the event Seller defaults hereafter, Purchaser along with all other remedies available under law, may specifically enforce Sellers obligations under this Agreement.
12.3 Purchaser Financing. Purchaser shall have no liability hereunder in the event Purchaser is unable to acquire either debt or equity financing under terms acceptable to Purchaser in Purchasers sole discretion in order to purchase the Acquired Business.
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Section 13. INDEMNIFICATION; OTHER POST-CLOSING MATTERS
13.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto, whether express or implied, shall terminate two (2) years from the Closing Date and thereafter shall be of no force or effect, except for any claim with respect to which notice has been given to the party to be charged prior to such expiration date.
13.2 Sellers Indemnification. Seller hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Purchaser, its successors and assigns, harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities and obligations of every kind and description, contingent or otherwise, arising out of or related to the operation of the Acquired Business prior to the close of business on the day before the Closing Date, and any and all damage or deficiency resulting from any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or covenant, or nonfulfillment of any agreement on the part of Seller under this Agreement.
13.3 Purchasers Indemnification. Purchaser agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Seller harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities and obligations of every kind and description arising out of or related to the operation of the Acquired Business on or after the Closing Date, and any and all damage or deficiency resulting from any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or covenant, or nonfulfillment of any agreement on the part of Purchaser under this Agreement.
13.4 Matters Involving Third Parties.
(a) If any third party shall notify any Party (the Indemnified Party) with respect to any matter (a Third Party Claim) which may give rise to a claim for indemnification against any other Party (the Indemnifying Party) under this Section, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly (and in any event within five Business Days after receiving notice of the Third Party Claim) notify each Indemnifying Party thereof in writing.
(b) Any Indemnifying Party will have the right at any time to assume and thereafter conduct the defense of the Third Party Claim with counsel of his or its choice reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party will not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to the Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (not to be withheld unreasonably) unless the judgment or proposed settlement involves only the payment of money damages and does not impose an injunction or other equitable relief upon the Indemnified Party.
(c) Unless and until an Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of the Third Party Claim as provided in Section 13.4(b) above, however, the Indemnified Party may defend against the Third Party Claim in any manner he or it reasonably may deem appropriate.
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(d) In no event will the Indemnified Party consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to the Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of each of the Indemnifying Parties (not to be withheld unreasonably).
Section 14. MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 Purchasers Acceptance. Purchaser acknowledges that it has entered into this Agreement on the basis of its own examination, personal knowledge and opinion of the value of the Assets. Purchaser has not relied on any representations made by Seller other than those specified in this Agreement. Purchaser further acknowledges that Seller has made no agreement or promise to repair or improve any of the Assets.
14.2 Risk of Loss. The risk of loss, damage or destruction to any of the Assets shall be borne by Seller to the time of Closing, and thereafter by Purchaser.
14.3 Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing. Notices may be served by certified or registered mail, postage paid with return receipt requested; by private courier, prepaid; by email, facsimile, or other telecommunication device capable of transmitting or creating a written record; or personally. Mailed notices shall be deemed delivered three (3) days after mailing, properly addressed to the address set forth in the signature blocks below. Couriered notices shall be deemed delivered on the date that the courier warrants that delivery will occur. Email or telecommunicated notices shall be deemed delivered when receipt is either confirmed by confirming transmission equipment or acknowledged by the addressee or its office. Personal delivery shall be effective when accomplished. Unless a party changes its address by giving notice to the other party as provided herein, notices shall be delivered to the parties at the addresses set forth below their respective signatures.
14.4 Section Headings. The section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only; they do not give full notice of the terms of any portion of this Agreement and are not relevant to the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
14.5 Incorporation of Exhibits and Schedules. All schedules and exhibits referenced in and attached to this Agreement are by this reference incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.
14.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Washington applicable to contracts made and wholly performed within Washington by persons domiciled in Washington.
14.7 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is deemed invalid or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability, without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
14.8 Integration; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. There are no promises, terms,
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conditions, obligations, or warranties other than those contained in this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior communications, representations, or agreements, verbal or written, among the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended except in writing executed by the parties.
14.9 Waiver. No provision of this Agreement shall be waived unless the waiver is in writing signed by the waiving party. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any provision of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach, of such provision or of any other provision. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement or a waiver of such provision with respect to any subsequent breach, unless expressly provided in writing.
14.10 Attorneys Fees. If any suit or action arising out of or related to this Agreement is brought by any party, the prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover the costs and fees including without limitation reasonable attorneys fees, the fees and costs of experts and consultants, copying, courier and telecommunication costs, and deposition costs and all other costs of discovery incurred by such party or parties in such suit or action, including without limitation any post-trial or appellate proceeding, or in the collection or enforcement of any judgment or award entered or made in such suit or action.
14.11 Continuing Agreement; Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors, heirs, and permitted assigns.
14.12 Assignment. Neither party may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, without the express, written consent of the other party.
14.13 No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. No person not a party to this Agreement is an intended beneficiary of this Agreement, and no person not a party to this Agreement shall have any right to enforce any term of this Agreement.
14.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which when taken together shall constitute one agreement binding on all parties, notwithstanding that all parties are not signatories to the same counterpart.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
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| ROANOKE INN, LLC, a Washington limited liability company |
| /s/ Dorothy Reeck |
| Dorothy Reeck, Member |
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| MERCER ISLAND INVESTORS GROUP, INC., a Washington corporation |
| /s/ Christian Schiller |
| Christian Schiller, Chairman |
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Exhibit 3.1
Consideration Schedule
| Purchase Price |
$5,500,000 | |
| Amount Equal to 1% of Purchaser |
$42,500 | |
| Cash Balance Payable to Seller |
$5,457,500 (subject to prorations and escrow) |
EXHIBIT 3.1
EXHIBIT A
After Filing Return To:
Matthew D. LeMaster
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Suite 220
1201 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-3045
STATUTORY WARRANTY DEED
Grantors:
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Grantee:
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Abbreviated Legal Description (lot, block and plat name, or section-township-range):
Situate in King County, Washington.
☒ Additional legal description is on page 3 of document
Assessors Property Tax Parcel Account Number:
EXHIBIT A STATUTORY WARRANTY DEED
STATUTORY WARRANTY DEED
The Grantor, Roanoke Inn, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, for and in consideration of Ten Dollars ($10) and other good and valuable consideration in hand paid, conveys and warrants to Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., a Washington corporation, the Grantee, the real estate situated in King County, Washington, legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
Subject to the exceptions set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
Dated this day of , 2016.
a Washington limited liability company
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On this day of , 2016, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, personally appeared , personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the persons who executed this instrument, on oath stated that they were authorized to execute the instrument, and acknowledged it as the members of to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said limited liability company for the uses and purposes mentioned in the instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A STATUTORY WARRANTY DEED
EXHIBIT A
Legal Description
EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION
EXHIBIT B
Permitted Exceptions
1.
EXHIBIT B PERMITTED EXCEPTIONS
EXHIBIT B
BILL OF SALE
Roanoke Inn, LLC, a Washington limited liability company (Seller), for Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration in hand paid, hereby grants, bargains, sells, and conveys to Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. (Purchaser), all items of tangible personal property which are located on the property commonly known as the Roanoke Inn and that is located at the address commonly known as 1825 72nd Ave SE, Mercer Island, Washington, WA 98040 (the Personal Property).
Except as expressly provided in the Roanoke Restaurant Asset Purchase Agreement dated September , 2016, between Seller and Purchaser, Seller makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, concerning the Personal Property.
DATED this day of , 2016.
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EXHIBIT B BILL OF SALE
EXHIBIT C
INTANGIBLE PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (this Assignment and Assumption) dated as of [ , 2016] (the Effective Date) is entered into between Roanoke Inn, LLC, a Washington limited liability corporation (Assignor) and Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., a Washington corporation (Assignee). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (defined below).
WHEREAS, Assignor holds various assets related to its restaurant business;
WHEREAS, in connection with the sale of the Business, Assignor and Assignee have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated September , 2016 herewith (the Asset Purchase Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, Assignor has agreed to assign all intangible assets relating to the Acquired Business, as that term is defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement, with the exception of the Excluded Assets to Assignee (the Assets);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and other premises set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, Assignor and Assignee hereby agree as follows:
1. Assignment. Assignor does hereby irrevocably assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Assignee, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, all of such Assignors right, title and interest in and to all Assets, including the contracts identified on Exhibit A together with any and all rights (including ownership of intellectual property or work product produced thereunder, if and to the extent Assignor received, or had the right to receive, any such rights thereunder) accruing to Assignor thereunder.
2. Assumption. Assignee hereby assumes from Assignor the Assets.
3. No Amendment. This Assignment and Assumption shall not alter, modify or amend the terms of any of the Agreements in any respect, nor shall it subject Assignee to any greater liabilities, obligations or duties in connection therewith than would have been enforceable against Assignor.
4. Binding Effect. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
5. Governing Law. This Assignment and Assumption shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Washington.
6. Waiver; Modification. None of the provisions of this Assignment and Assumption may be waived, changed or altered except in a signed writing by the party against whom enforcement of the same is sought.
EXHIBIT C INTANGIBLE PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
7. Conflict. To the extent there is a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Asset Purchase Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Asset Purchase Agreement will govern.
8. Further Assurances. On the Effective Date and from time to time thereafter, the Assignor shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to execute and deliver such other instruments of conveyance, transfer, or assumption, as the case may be, and take such other action as may be reasonably requested to implement more effectively the conveyance and transfer of the Assets to the Assignee.
9. Counterparts. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Assignment and Assumption delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Assignment and Assumption.
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EXHIBIT C INTANGIBLE PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Assumption to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT C INTANGIBLE PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
EXHIBIT A
Contracts
EXHIBIT A CONTRACTS
EXHIBIT D
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
This Consulting Agreement (Agreement) is dated as of this day of , 2016, by and between Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc, a Washington corporation (the Company), and Dorothy Reeck, an individual (Consultant).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Company wishes to engage Consultant to provide consulting services ( the Services) for that certain restaurant named the Roanoke Inn, located at 1825 72nd Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040 (the Restaurant), and
WHEREAS, Consultant wishes to provide the Services to Company,
NOW, THERFORE, the parties agree:
Section 1. Services and Title. During the Term, Consultant will provide the Services as set forth in the Job Description attached as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and incorporated by reference herein.
Section 2. Term and Business Weeks. The term shall commence on , 2016 and will continue for a period of Six (6) Months, ending on (the Term).
Section 3. Renewal. This Agreement is subject to renewal by the mutual consent of the parties and upon the terms and conditions as they may agree. Assuming the Agreement remains in effect, the parties agree to meet no later than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of the Term to discuss the terms and conditions of renewal, if any.
Section 4. Compensation and Expense Reimbursement.
4.1 As consideration for the Services, Company will pay Consultant an hourly rate of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per hour (the Base Hourly Rate). Consultant shall use the Companys regular time card system to track her hours. Consultant and Company shall communicate regularly regarding expected time commitments for any given month, and Consultant shall use all reasonable commercial efforts to perform the Services requested in a timely fashion. Payments to Consultant shall be made as part of the Companys regular payroll system.
4.2 Additionally, the Company shall reimburse Consultant for all reasonable actual and verifiable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred directly in connection with the performance of the Services described herein. Consultant will consult with Company prior to incurring any business expenses, and shall provide the Company with a detailed monthly statement of expenses along with the monthly invoice, after which expenses shall be reimbursed to Consultant within ten (10) days unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
4.3 Consultant is an employee and any compensation paid to Consultant under this Agreement shall be subject to withholdings or deductions of employment-related taxes by the Company.
Section 5. Employee. The relationship of the parties is that of employer and employee. This Agreement shall not create the relationship of a partnership or a joint venture. Consultant shall not hold herself out as an agent of Company and has no authority to bind the Company.
Section 6. Taxes. Consultants compensation shall be subject to Federal Income Tax withholding and FICA withholding.
Section 7. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of: (a) the expiration of the Term; (b) the mutual agreement of Consultant and the Company; or (c) a material breach by any party that is not cured within fifteen (15) days written notice of the non-breaching party.
Section 8. Effect of Termination. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement: (a) Company shall pay Consultant all amounts due and owing hereunder; and (b) each party shall immediately cease and desist using the names, likeness, trademark, logos of the other and/or their principals and cause any third party using the same by virtue of any agreement to immediately discontinue such use.
Section 9. Ownership of Work Product Produced in Connection with Services. Consultant agrees that all inventions, discoveries, developments, recipes, and trade secrets, whether or not patented, and whether or not reduced to writing or practice, that are or have been conceived or developed during Consultants performance of the Services for Company, either alone or jointly with others, if on Companys time, using Companys facilities, relating to Company or to Companys industry shall be owned exclusively by Company, and Consultant hereby assigns to Company all Consultants right, title, and interest in all such intellectual property.
Section 10. Nondisclosure. Consultant acknowledges that in the course of performing the Services for Company, Consultant will have access to confidential information. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information about Company client accounts, menu, menu positioning, operations manuals, cooking methods, business methods, business accounts, recipes, business plans, business opportunities, customers, clients, pricing information, servicing information, manuals, computer programs, data, marketing plans and tactics, salary and wage information, and any other information that is designated by Company or its affiliates as confidential or that Consultant knows or should know is confidential. Confidential Information also includes information provided by third parties that Company or its affiliates are obligated to keep confidential; and all other proprietary information of Company or its affiliates. Consultant acknowledges that all Confidential Information is and shall continue to be the exclusive property of Company or its affiliates, whether or not prepared in whole or in part by Consultant and whether or not disclosed to or entrusted to Consultant in connection with employment by Company. Consultant agrees not to disclose Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, under any circumstances or by any means, to any third persons without the prior written consent of Company.
Section 11. Non-Solicitation. During the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years following the termination date, Consultant shall not directly or indirectly solicit for employment or for independent contractor work any employee of Company or its affiliates, and shall not encourage any employee to leave the employment of Company or its affiliates.
Section 12. Non-Disparagement. During the Term and for two (2) years thereafter, the parties and their principals, representatives, affiliates and agents shall not make any affirmative public statement or representation expressing a negative opinion or view of another party, their products services, or principals other than (i) as required by law or legal process, or (ii) statements contained in and relevant to any claim or defense contained in a pleading filed in connection with a court proceeding between the parties to enforce or judicially construe this Agreement.
Section 13. Assignment. This Agreement with Consultant is personal in nature and may not be assigned without Companys express written consent. Company may assign this Agreement to a wholly-owned affiliate or subsidiary of Company without Consultants consent.
Section 14. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either party of any breach by the other of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the other party.
Section 15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington.
Section 16. Entire Agreement. Except as set forth below, this document contains the entire agreement of the parties concerning the details of this consulting arrangement, and all promises, representations, understandings, arrangements and prior agreements concerning the details of the consulting arrangement are merged herein and superseded hereby. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified, repealed, waived, extended or discharged except by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any amendment, modification, repeal, waiver, extension or discharge is sought.
Section 17. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the other provisions herein shall be remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate the purpose and intent of this Agreement, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
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SCHEDULE 1
Job Description
EXHIBIT D CONSULTING AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 2.1(a)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF OWNED REAL PROPERTY
Rental Property 7037 North Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040
THE EAST 100 FEET OF TRACTS 23 AND 24, ROANOKE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 18 OF PLATS, PAGE 59, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON; EXCEPT THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN NORTH MERCER WAY.
Roanoke Inn 1825 72nd Ave. SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
TRACT 22, ROANOKE, ACCORDING TO PLAT RECORDED IN VOL. 18 OF PLATS, PAGE 59, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
SCHEDULE 2.1(b)
PERSONAL PROPERTY
To be added 10 days from the Effective Date.
SCHEDULE 2.1(d)
ASSIGNED CONTRACTS
| 1. | SilverWare Annual Service Contract dated July 1, 2016 by and between SilveWare POS Inc. and The Roanoke Inn. |
SCHEDULE 2.2
EXCLUDED ASSETS
Cash
Cash Equivalents
Accounts Receivable
Notes Receivable
Credit Card Receipts
All of the above amounts are to be determined at the close of business day on the day immediately prior to Closing; provided that credit card receipts for the day preceding closing shall be determined on the morning of the day of Closing when such are electronically transmitted to Incom. For the avoidance of doubt, the cash amounts included in the working capital pursuant to Section 3.6 are not Excluded Assets.
SCHEDULE 2.3(b)
ASSUMED LIABILITIES
The gift card liability as described in Section 3.5 of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
SCHEDULE 3.2
ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
| Land - Roanoke |
$ | 1,800.000.00 | ||
| Building - Roanoke |
$ | 200,000.00 | ||
| F, F & E |
$ | 25,000.00 | ||
| Working Capital |
$ | 25,000.00 | ||
| Goodwill |
$ | 2,450,000.00 | ||
| Land - Rental |
$ | 950,000.00 | ||
| Building Rental |
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$ | 5,500,000.00 | ||
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SCHEDULE 5.1(d)
CONFLICTS
None.
SCHEDULE 5.1(d)(ii)
WAIVERS AND/OR CONSENTS
None.
SCHEDULE 5.1(d)(iii)
REQUIRED GOVERNMENT CONSENTS, PERMITS, FILINGS,
AND/OR NOTIFICATIONS
None.
SCHEDULE 5.1(f)
LEASED PROPERTY
None.
SCHEDULE 5.1(g)
ENCUMBERANCES
None.
SCHEDULE 5.1(h)
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
| 1. | Underground storage tank used for heating oil that was removed in 2008. |
SCHEDULE 5.1(i)
TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY USED IN ACQUIRED BUSINESS
(OTHER THAN INVENTORY)
All items reflected on Schedule 2.1(b) as tangible personal property and as updated.
SCHEDULE 5.1(k)
SELLERS CONTRACTS THAT CANNOT BE TERMINATED
ON LESS THAN 30 DAYS NOTICE
None.
SCHEDULE 5.1(l)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Trade name: Roanoke Inn
Facebook Group: Roanoke Inn accessible at https://www.facebook.com/RoanokeInn/?fref=ts
Twitter Account: @RoanokeInn accessible at https://twitter.com/RoanokeInn
Domain name: None
Phone number: 206-232-0800
Fax Number: 206-232-7628
SCHEDULE 5.1(m)
GOVERNMENT APPROVALS, AUTHORIZATIONS, CONSENTS, LICENSES, FRANCHISES, ORDERS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND PERMITS
| 1. | City of Mercer Island Business License for The Roanoke Inn expiring on December 31, 2016. |
| 2. | State of Washington Business License for The Roanoke Inn expiring on May 31, 2017. |
| 3. | King County Health Department Seating License for The Roanoke Inn expiring on March 31, 2017. |
| 4. | Washington State Liquor License |
| 5. | Washington State Employment Security Registration |
| 6. | Washington State Labor and Industries Registration |
| 7. | L&I (through Washington Restaurant Association) |
SCHEDULE 5.1(n)
SELLERS CURRENT EMPLOYEES
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12/30/15 | Terminated | N.A. | |||||||
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3/17/15 | Kitchen | $16.00/hourly | |||||||
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7/10/03 | Kitchen | $22.50/hourly | $100 Bonus | ||||||
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4/11/15 | Maintenance | $17.50/hourly | |||||||
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1/18/16 | Terminated | N.A. | |||||||
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6/13/16 | Kitchen | $13.50/hourly | |||||||
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10/1/15 | Maintenance | $65.00/hourly | |||||||
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10/1/15 | Maintenance | $65.00/hourly | |||||||
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6/9/16 | Term. | N.A. | |||||||
| 10 |
6/4/08 | Kitchen | $17.00/hourly | |||||||
| 11 |
3/14/13 | Kitchen | $14.75/hourly | |||||||
| 12 |
6/11/14 | Bar | $11.50/hourly | |||||||
| 13 |
4/21/10 | Maintenance | $20.00/hourly | |||||||
| 14 |
8/10/08 | Bar | $10.50/hourly | |||||||
| 15 |
9/11/07 | Bar | $10.50/hourly | |||||||
| 16 |
7/25/15 | Bar | $10.50/hourly | |||||||
| 17 |
5/13/16 | Bar | $10.50/hourly | |||||||
| 18 |
6/6/16 | Bar | $10.50/hourly | |||||||
| 19 |
7/3/00 | Office Bar |
$27.00/hourly $15.00/hourly |
$100 Bonus | ||||||
| 20 |
4/15/15 | Bar | $10.75/hourly | |||||||
| 21 |
5/1/07 | Kitchen | $15.50/hourly | |||||||
| 22 |
3/11/14 | Kitchen | $14.50/hourly | |||||||
| 23 |
11/22/13 | Kitchen | $16.00/hourly | |||||||
| 24 |
5/7/16 | Bar | $10.50/hourly | |||||||
| 25 |
6/13/16 | Bar | $10.50/hourly | |||||||
| 26 |
12/9/15 | Bar | $11.00/hourly | |||||||
| 27 |
4/20/15 | Kitchen | $15.00/hourly | |||||||
| 28 |
3/17/12 | Bar | $12.00/hourly | |||||||
| 29 |
3/11/14 | Bar | $12.00/hourly | Office-Hourly | ||||||
| 30 |
2/21/12 | Bar | $12.00/hourly | |||||||
| 31 |
3/22/05 | Bar | $11.00/hourly | |||||||
| 32 |
9/24/13 | Bar Office |
$12.00/hourly $20.00/hourly |
$100 Bonus | ||||||
| 33 |
7/14/15 | Maintenance | $15.00/hourly | |||||||
| 34 |
4/28/15 | Kitchen | $14.50/hourly | |||||||
|
35 |
8/6/16 | Bar | $10.50 Hourly | |||||||
SCHEDULE 5.1(q)
MATERIAL CHANGES IN OPERATION OF ACQUIRED BUSINESS
None.
SCHEDULE 7.4
REAL PROPERTY CONTRIBUTED BY SELLERS AFFILIATES
Rental Property - 7037 North Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040
THE EAST 100 FEET OF TRACTS 23 AND 24, ROANOKE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 18 OF PLATS, PAGE 59, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON; EXCEPT THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN NORTH MERCER WAY.
Roanoke Inn - 1825 72nd Ave. SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
TRACT 22, ROANOKE, ACCORDING TO PLAT RECORDED IN VOL. 18 OF PLATS, PAGE 59, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
Exhibit 8.1
ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of this 25th day of October, 2016 by and among Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., a Washington corporation (the Company), and UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (the Escrow Agent).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to offer and sell shares of its common stock ( the Shares) on a best-efforts basis, for up to $4.2 million of gross offering proceeds, at an initial purchase price of $5,000 per Share (the Offering) to investors pursuant to the Companys Offering Statement on Form 1-A, as amended from time to time (the Offering Document).
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed that the subscription price paid for Shares by subscribers in the Offering (the Subscribers) will be refunded to such Subscribers if at least $3,700,000 (the Minimum Subscription Amount) in gross offering proceeds has not been raised prior to the termination of the Offering.
WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish an escrow account (the Escrow Account) as further described herein, in which funds received from Subscribers will be deposited and the Company desires that the Escrow Agent act as escrow agent to the Escrow Account and Escrow Agent is willing to act in such capacity.
WHEREAS, the funds received from Subscribers will remain in the Escrow Account until the conditions of Section 3 have been met.
WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent has engaged DST Systems (the Processing Agent), to receive and examine for good order subscriptions and to act as record keeper, maintaining on behalf of the Escrow Agent the ownership records for the Escrow Account. In so acting, Processing Agent shall be acting solely in the capacity of agent for the Escrow Agent and not in any capacity on behalf of the Company.
WHEREAS, in order to subscribe for Shares during the Escrow Period (as defined below), Subscribers must deliver the full amount of the purchase price for the Shares: (i) by check made payable to the order of UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. in U.S. dollars; or (ii) by draft or wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. dollars, made payable as provided in Section 11(b) (collectively, the Payment Instruments).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, the Dealer Manager, the Company and Escrow Agent agree to the terms of this Agreement as follows:
1. Establishment of Escrow Account; Escrow Period. On or prior to the commencement of the Offering of Shares pursuant to the Offering Document, the Company shall establish the Escrow Account with the Escrow Agent, which shall be entitled UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. This Agreement shall be effective on the date
first written above. The Escrow Period shall commence upon the effectiveness of this Agreement and shall continue until the earliest of the following (hereinafter the Termination Date): (a) the date upon which the Escrow Agent receives written confirmation from the Company that the Company has raised $4,200,000 in gross proceeds in the Offering, (b) January 31, 2017 or (c) the date upon which the Escrow Agent receives written notice of the termination of the Offering by the Company.
2. Deposits in the Escrow Account. During the Escrow Period, Subscribers subscribing to purchase Shares will be instructed by the Company, to make Payment Instruments for subscriptions payable to the order of UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. Completed subscription agreements and Payment Instruments for the purchase price for the Shares shall be remitted by the broker dealers or registered investment advisors, as applicable, on behalf of persons subscribing to purchase shares directly to the Processing Agent by the end of the next business day following receipt of any such Payment Instruments or, if final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location, by the end of the next business day following receipt of any such Payment Instruments by the office conducting final internal supervisory review. The Escrow Agent hereby agrees to maintain the funds contributed by Subscribers in a manner in which they may be separately accounted for by the records of the Processing Agent so that the requirements of Section 3 of this Agreement can be met. Deposits shall be held in the Escrow Account until such funds are disbursed in accordance with Sections 3. Prior to disbursement of the funds deposited in the Escrow Account, upon receipt of any Payment Instruments, Escrow Agent shall fax or scan a listing of the subscriber name and purchase price to Processing Agent, together with all other subscription documents sent with the Payment Instruments. Prior to disbursement of the funds deposited in the Escrow Account, such funds shall not be subject to claims by creditors of the Company or any of its affiliates. If any of the Payment Instruments are returned to the Escrow Agent for nonpayment prior to disbursement of the funds deposited in the Escrow Account, the Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Processing Agent and the Company in writing via mail, email or facsimile of such nonpayment, and the Escrow Agent is authorized to debit the Escrow Account, as applicable in the amount of such returned payment and the Processing Agent shall delete the appropriate account from the records maintained by the Processing Agent. Within 30 days from the date of receipt of each subscription, the Company will determine whether or not the subscription is to be accepted or rejected in whole or in part. Within 10 business days of receipt by the Escrow Agent of written notice from the Company, or as soon thereafter as practicable, that a subscription has been rejected, the Escrow Agent shall transfer by check the funds and all interest, if any, earned thereon, of any Subscriber whose subscription has been rejected since the commencement of the Offering directly to such Subscriber. The Processing Agent will maintain a written account of each sale, which account shall set forth, among other things, the following information: (i) the Subscribers name and address; (ii) the Subscribers social security number; (iii) the number of Shares purchased by such Subscriber; and (iv) the amount paid by such Subscriber for such Shares. Prior to the Escrow Agents receipt of written notice from the Company that it has received the Minimum Subscription Amount, the Company will not be entitled to any principal funds received into the Escrow Account.
3. Distribution of the Funds from Arizona Subscribers.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, disbursements of funds contributed by Subscribers may only be distributed in compliance with the provisions of this Section 3. The Escrow Agent will place deposits from Subscribers into the Escrow Account until the Terminate Date. At such time as the Company notifies the Escrow Agent in writing that gross offering proceeds raised in the Offering either (i) equal $4,200,000 or (ii) equal or exceed the Minimum Subscription Amount at or prior to the Termination Date of the Offering, the Escrow Agent shall: (i) disburse to the Company, at the Companys request, the principal amount of the funds from Subscribers received by the Escrow Agent for accepted subscriptions; and (ii) disburse directly to the Company any interest earned on Subscribers subscription payments while such payments were held in the Escrow Account. However, the Escrow Agent shall not disburse those funds of a Subscriber, the subscription of which has been rejected or rescinded, if the Escrow Agent has been notified by the Company of such rejection or rescission.
(b) If the Company has not received the Minimum Subscription Amount at or prior to the Termination Date of the Offering, all funds in the Escrow Account that were contributed by Subscribers will be promptly returned in full to such Subscribers, together with their pro rata share of any interest earned thereon pursuant to instructions made by the Company upon which the Escrow Agent may conclusively rely. The subscription payments returned to each Subscriber shall be free and clear of any and all claims of the Company or any of its creditors.
4. Escrowed Funds.
(a) Upon receipt of funds from Subscribers, the Escrow Agent shall hold such funds in escrow pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. All such funds held in the Escrow Account shall be invested and reinvested in UMB Money Market Special, a bank money market account permitted under Rule 15c2-4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All funds in the Escrow Account shall at all times be placed in interest-bearing accounts.
(b) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to sell or redeem any such investment as necessary to make any distributions required under this Agreement and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from any such sale or redemption.
(c) Income, if any, resulting from the investment of the funds received from Subscribers shall be distributed according to this Agreement.
(d) The Escrow Agent shall provide to the Company monthly statements (or more frequently as reasonably requested by the Company) on the account balance of the Escrow Account and the activity in the account since the last report.
5. Duties of the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities other than those expressly set forth in this Agreement, and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent is not a party to, or bound by, any other agreement among the other parties hereto, and the Escrow Agents duties shall be determined solely by reference to this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty to enforce any obligation of any person, other than as provided herein. The Escrow Agent shall be under no liability to anyone by reason of any failure on the part of any party hereto or any maker, endorser or other signatory of any document or any other person to perform such persons obligations under any such document.
6. Liability of the Escrow Agent and the Processing Agent; Indemnification.
(a) The Escrow Agent acts hereunder as a depository only. The Escrow Agent is not responsible or liable in any manner for the sufficiency, correctness, genuineness or validity of this Escrow Agreement or with respect to the form of execution of the same. Each of the Escrow Agent and the Processing Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith, and in the exercise of its own best judgment, and may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Escrow Agent or the Processing Agent), statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained) which is believed by the Escrow Agent or the Processing Agent to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person(s). Each of the Escrow Agent and the Processing Agent shall not be held liable for any error in judgment made in good faith by an officer or employee of either unless it shall be proved that the Escrow Agent or the Processing Agent, as appropriate, was grossly negligent or reckless in ascertaining the pertinent facts or acted intentionally in bad faith. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by any notice of demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a writing delivered to the Escrow Agent signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Escrow Agent are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto.
(b) Either of the Escrow Agent and the Processing Agent may consult legal counsel and shall exercise reasonable care in the selection of such counsel, in the event of any dispute or question as to the construction of any provisions hereof or its duties hereunder, and it shall incur no liability and shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with the reasonable opinion or instructions of such counsel.
(c) Each of the Escrow Agent and the Processing Agent shall not be responsible, may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected, indemnified and held harmless by the Company, for the sufficiency or accuracy of the form of, or the execution, validity, value or genuineness of any document or property received, held or delivered by it hereunder, or of the signature or endorsement thereon, or for any description therein; nor shall the Escrow Agent or the Processing Agent be responsible or liable in any respect on account of the identity, authority or rights of the persons executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver any document, property or this Agreement.
(d) In the event that either the Escrow Agent or the Processing Agent shall become involved in any arbitration or litigation relating to the funds received from Subscribers, each is authorized to comply with any decision reached through such arbitration or litigation.
(e) The Company hereby agrees to indemnify both the Escrow Agent and the Processing Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection herewith without gross negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of either of the Escrow Agent or the Processing Agent, including without limitation legal or other fees arising out of or in connection with its entering into this Agreement and carrying out its duties hereunder, including without limitation the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises or any action for interpleader. Neither the Escrow Agent, nor the Processing Agent, shall be
under any obligation to institute or defend any action, suit, or legal proceeding in connection herewith, unless first indemnified and held harmless to its satisfaction in accordance with the foregoing, except that neither shall be indemnified against any loss, liability or expense arising out of its own gross negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct. Such indemnity shall survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement or resignation of the Escrow Agent.
7. The Escrow Agents Fee. Escrow Agent shall be entitled to fees and expenses for its regular services as Escrow Agent as set forth in Exhibit A. Additionally, Escrow Agent is entitled to reasonable fees for extraordinary services and reimbursement of any reasonable out of pocket and extraordinary costs and expenses related to its obligations as Escrow Agent under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees. All of the Escrow Agents compensation, costs and expenses shall be paid by the Company.
8. Security Interests. No party to this Escrow Agreement shall grant a security interest in any monies or other property deposited with the Escrow Agent under this Escrow Agreement, or otherwise create a lien, encumbrance or other claim against such monies or borrow against the same.
9. Dispute. In the event of any disagreement between the undersigned or the person or persons named in instructions given pursuant to this Agreement, or any other person, resulting in adverse claims and demands being made in connection with or for any papers, money or property involved herein, or affected hereby, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse to comply with any demand or claim, as long as such disagreement shall continue, and in so refusing to make any delivery or other disposition of any money, papers or property involved or affected hereby, the Escrow Agent shall not be or become liable to the undersigned or to any person named in such instructions for its refusal to comply with such conflicting or adverse demands, and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse and refrain to act until: (a) the rights of the adverse claimants shall have been fully and finally adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction over the parties and money, papers and property involved herein or affected hereby; or (b) all differences shall have been adjusted by agreement and the Escrow Agent shall have been notified thereof in writing, signed by all the interested parties.
10. Resignation of Escrow Agent. Escrow Agent may resign or be removed, at any time, for any reason, by written notice of its resignation or removal to the proper parties at their respective addresses as set forth herein, at least 60 days before the date specified for such resignation or removal to take effect; upon the effective date of such resignation or removal:
(a) all cash and other payments and all other property then held by the Escrow Agent hereunder shall be delivered by it to such successor escrow agent as may be designated in writing by the Company, whereupon the Escrow Agents obligations hereunder shall cease and terminate; or
(b) if no such successor escrow agent has been designated by such date, all obligations of the Escrow Agent hereunder shall, nevertheless, cease and terminate, and the Escrow Agents sole responsibility thereafter shall be to keep all property then held by it and to deliver the same to a person designated in writing by the Company or in accordance with the directions of a final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; and
(c) further, if no such successor escrow agent has been designated by such date, the Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor agent; further the Escrow Agent may pay into such court all monies and property deposited with Escrow Agent under this Agreement.
11. Notices. All notices, demands and requests required or permitted to be given under the provisions hereof must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given, upon receipt, if (i) personally delivered, (ii) sent by telecopy and confirmed by phone or (iii) mailed by registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested, delivered to the addresses set forth below, or to such other address as a party shall have designated by notice in writing to the other parties in the manner provided by this paragraph:
| (a) If to Company: | Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. 8215 SE 59th St. Mercer Island, Washington 98040 | |||
| Company Wire Instructions: | ||||
| To be provided by the Company | ||||
| (b) If to the Escrow Agent: | UMB Bank, N.A. | |||
| 1010 Grand Blvd., 4th Floor | ||||
| Mail Stop: 1020409 | ||||
| Kansas City, Missouri 64106 | ||||
| Attention: Lara Stevens | ||||
| Corporate Trust & Escrow Services | ||||
| Telephone: (816) 860-3017 | ||||
| Facsimile: (816) 860-3029 | ||||
| Escrow Agent Wiring Instructions: | ||||
| UMB Bank, N.A. | ||||
| ABA Routing Number: 101000695 | ||||
| Account Number: 9872191145 | ||||
| Account Name: UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. | ||||
| Checks Payable Information: | ||||
| UMB Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. | ||||
| Attention: Lara Stevens, Corporate Trust & Escrow Services 1010 Grand Boulevard, 4th Floor M/S 1020409 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 | ||||
12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.
13. Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the permitted successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
14. Modification. This Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated at any time by a writing executed by the Company and the Escrow Agent.
15. Assignability. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Escrow Agent without the Companys prior written consent.
16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Copies, telecopies, facsimiles, electronic files and other reproductions of original executed documents shall be deemed to be authentic and valid counterparts of such original documents for all purposes, including the filing of any claim, action or suit in the appropriate court of law. The parties hereto agree the transactions described herein may be conducted and related documents may be sent and stored by electronic means.
17. Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, and shall not affect in any way, the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
18. Severability. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings of the parties in connection herewith. No failure or delay of any party to this Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy may be, or may be deemed to be, a waiver thereof; nor may any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or remedy. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement, shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement.
19. Earnings Allocation; Tax Matters; Patriot Act Compliance; OFAC Search Duties. The Company or its agent shall be responsible for all tax reporting under this Escrow Agreement. The Company shall provide to Escrow Agent upon the execution of this Agreement a Form W-9 and any documentation requested and any information reasonably requested by the Escrow Agent to comply with the USA Patriot Act of 2001, as amended from time to time. The Escrow Agent, or its agent, shall complete an OFAC search, in compliance with its policy and procedures, of each Payment Instrument and shall inform the Company if a Payment Instrument fails the OFAC search.
20. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall not be construed against the party preparing it, and shall be construed without regard to the identity of the person who drafted it or the party who caused it to be drafted and shall be construed as if all parties had jointly prepared this Agreement and it shall be deemed their joint work product, and each and every provision of this Agreement shall be construed as though all of the parties hereto participated equally in the drafting hereof; and any uncertainty or ambiguity shall not be interpreted against any one party. As a result of the foregoing, any rule of construction that a document is to be construed against the drafting party shall not be applicable.
21. Third Party Beneficiaries. The Processing Agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement, entitled to enforce any rights, duties or obligations owed to it under this Agreement notwithstanding the terms of any other agreements between the Processing Agent and any Party hereto.
22. Termination of the Escrow Agreement. This Agreement, except for Sections 6 and 10 hereof, which shall continue in effect, shall terminate upon written notice from the Company to the Escrow Agent. Unless otherwise provided, final termination of this Agreement shall occur on the date that all funds held in the Escrow Account are distributed either: (a) to the Company or to Subscribers and the Company has informed the Escrow Agent in writing to close the Escrow Account; or (b) to a successor escrow agent upon written instructions from the Company.
23. Relationship of Parties. The Company is unaffiliated with the Escrow Agent, and this Agreement does not create any partnership or joint venture among the Company and the Escrow Agent.
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written hereinabove.
| COMPANY:
Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Christian Schiller | |
| Name: | Christian Schiller | |
| Title: | Chairman and CFO | |
|
ESCROW AGENT:
UMB BANK, N.A. | ||
| By: | /s/ Lara L. Stevens | |
| Name: | Lara L. Stevens | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
EXHIBIT A
ESCROW FEES AND EXPENSES
| Acceptance Fee |
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| Review agreements; establish accounts |
$3,500/one-time | |||
| DST Agency Engagement |
$250/one-time | |||
| Annual Escrow Agent Fee |
$3,500/per year | |||
| Transaction Fees |
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| Daily BAI File Transmission to DST |
$2.50 per Bus Day | |||
| Wire Ripping Transmission to DST |
$10 per Bus Day | |||
| Outgoing Wire Transfers |
$35 each | |||
| Subscription Processing |
$25 each | |||
| Overnight Delivery/Mailings |
$16.50 each | |||
| Online Account Access (UMB Direct) |
$60 per Month | |||
| IRS Tax Reporting |
$50 per 1099 | |||
Fees specified are for the regular, routine services contemplated by the Escrow Agreement, and any additional or extraordinary services, including, but not limited to disbursements involving a dispute or arbitration, or administration while a dispute, controversy or adverse claim is in existence, will be charged based upon time required at the then standard hourly rate. In addition to the specified fees, all expenses related to the administration of the Escrow Agreement (other than normal overhead expenses of the regular staff) such as, but not limited to, travel, postage, shipping, courier, telephone, facsimile, supplies, legal fees, accounting fees, etc., will be reimbursable.
Acceptance fee and first year Annual Escrow Agent fee will be payable at the initiation of the escrow. Thereafter, the Annual Escrow Agent fee will be billed in advance and transaction fees will be billed in arrears. Other fees and expenses will be billed as incurred.
Exhibit 11.2
CONSENT OF BOOKKEEPER
I hereby consent, both on behalf of myself and for LaFontaine Financial, LLC, to the inclusion in this Offering Statement on Form 1-A of the internal financial statements (unaudited) of Roanoke Inn, LLC for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 and for the six months ended June 30, 2016, each of which I have prepared for the Roanoke Inn, LLC. I also consent to the reference to both myself and LaFontaine Financial, LLC under the heading Financial Statements of the Roanoke in such Offering Statement on Form 1-A.
| /s/ Dean LaFontaine |
| Dean LaFontaine |
| LaFontaine Financial, LLC Mercer Island, Washington October 26, 2016 |
Exhibit 12.1
Opinion of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
October 26, 2016
Board of Directors
Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc.
8215 SE 59th St.
Mercer Island, WA 98040
| Re: | Offering Statement on Form 1-A |
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to Mercer Island Investors Group, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Washington (the Company), in connection with the filing of an Offering Statement on Form 1-A (the Offering Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the offering (the Offering) by the Company of up to 840 shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares).
In connection with this opinion, we have reviewed, among other things, the Companys Articles of Incorporation, the Companys Bylaws, the Offering Statement, and related agreements and records of corporate proceedings and other actions taken or proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares in the Offering. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof, and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof. We have not verified any of those assumptions.
Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, it is our opinion that the Shares being sold pursuant to the Offering Statement will be, when sold pursuant to the terms outlined in the Offering Statement, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
This opinion is limited to the laws under the Washington Business Corporation Act as in effect as of the date of this opinion letter, and we disclaim any opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. We do not express any opinion regarding the Securities Act or any federal laws or regulations or any Blue Sky securities laws of any state.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Offering Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Davis Wright Tremaine LLP