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Other General Expenses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2019
Other General Expenses |
Schedule of Other General Expenses | Other general expenses are included within General and administrative expenses and primarily consist of the following (in thousands): ​
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​ | Three Months Ended | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 29, | ​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | September 29, | ​ | ​ | September 30,
​ | ​ | 2019 | ​ | ​ | 2018 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 2019 | ​ | ​ | 2018
Provision for uncollectible accounts and notes receivable (a) | $ | 736 | ​ | $ | 388 | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | 1,276 | ​ | $ | 2,724
(Gain) loss on disposition of fixed assets | ​ | (190) | ​ | ​ | 1,037 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 1,100 | ​ | ​ | 1,497
Other (income) expense | ​ | (116) | ​ | ​ | 774 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (833) | ​ | ​ | 1,534
Other general expenses | ​ | 430 | ​ | ​ | 2,199 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 1,543 | ​ | ​ | 5,755
Special charges (b) (c) | ​ | 7,844 | ​ | ​ | 14,949 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 21,720 | ​ | ​ | 14,949
Administrative expenses (d) | ​ | 45,229 | ​ | ​ | 38,563 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 130,093 | ​ | ​ | 113,975
General and administrative expenses | $ | 53,503 | ​ | $ | 55,711 | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | 153,356 | ​ | $ | 134,679
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(a) | Bad debt recorded on accounts receivable and notes receivable.
(b) | The three-month period ended September 29, 2019 includes a $5.0 million marketing fund investment and $2.4 million that primarily includes severance costs for the Company’s former CEO and costs related to the termination of a license agreement for intellectual property no longer being utilized. The nine-month period ended September 29, 2019 includes $7.5 million of marketing fund investments, $5.9 million of legal and advisory fees primarily associated with the review of a wide range of strategic opportunities that culminated in
| Starboard’s strategic investment in the Company by affiliates of Starboard and $5.9 million related to a one-time mark-to-market adjustment from the increase in value of the Starboard option to purchase Series B Preferred Stock that culminated in the purchase of $50.0 million of Series B Preferred Stock in late March. See Note 8 for additional information.
(c) | The three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 include $11.3 million of advisory and legal costs primarily associated with the review of a wide range of strategic opportunities that culminated in Starboard’s strategic investment in the Company by affiliates of Starboard and a third-party audit of the culture at Papa John’s commissioned by a Special Committee of the Board of Directors and $3.6 million of reimaging costs at nearly all domestic restaurants including costs to replace or write-off certain branded assets.
(d) | The increases in administrative expenses of $6.7 million and $16.2 million for the three- and nine- month periods ended September 29, 2019, respectively, compared to the prior year comparable periods were primarily due to higher management incentive costs and higher professional fees.

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