SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
9 Months Ended |
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Oct. 01, 2017 | |
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| Subsequent Events Disclosure [Text Block] | (18) Subsequent Events The Company evaluated for the occurrence of subsequent events through the issuance date of the Company’s financial statements. No other recognized or non-recognized subsequent events occurred that require recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements, except as noted below. Personnel Costs On October 9, 2017, the Company committed to a plan that will result in the Company incurring a reserve for cash charges of approximately $600,000 to $1.0 million, primarily related to one-time personnel costs in connection with its previously announced plan to sell and close Company-owned restaurants. The majority of these charges are expected to be recognized in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, with the remainder recognized through the second quarter of fiscal 2019, when the Company believes that it will have substantially completed its plan to sell or close its remaining Company-owned stores. Refranchising of Mid-Atlantic Restaurants On November 1, 2017, the Company simultaneously entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Mid-Atlantic APA”) and completed a transaction to effect the sale of seven restaurants in Maryland and Virginia (the “Mid-Atlantic Restaurants”) to Capital Blue Ribbon Restaurants, LLC and Commonwealth Blue Ribbon Restaurants, LLC (the “Mid-Atlantic Purchasers”). Pursuant to the Mid-Atlantic APA, the contract purchase price for the Mid-Atlantic Restaurants was $2,350,000 and included a repairs and maintenance credit of $750,000, which must be exhausted within one year. Also pursuant to the Mid-Atlantic APA, the Company and the Mid-Atlantic Purchasers entered into a line of credit agreement in the amount of $750,000 (the “LOC Agreement”) on which the Mid-Atlantic Purchasers can draw funds to pay for necessary repairs and maintenance work. The LOC Agreement has a four year term with interest payable at a rate of 4.25% per annum and a balloon payment at maturity. The Mid-Atlantic Purchasers also agreed to purchase inventory and petty cash on hand ten days after closing. Also effective November 1, 2017, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Frederick APA”) to effect the sale of its Frederick, Maryland restaurant (“Frederick”) to Capital Blue Ribbon Restaurants, LLC (the “Frederick Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Frederick APA, the contract purchase price for Frederick shall be an amount equal to (i) 50% of the rent, fees, charges, taxes and other amounts payable to the landlord or another third party pursuant to the lease agreement, plus (ii) 50% of that portion of Frederick’s EBITDA (as defined in the Frederick APA) attributable to Frederick that exceeds $25,000 in any 12-month period and $37,500 in any 18-month period (the “Frederick Purchase Price”); however, the Company has guaranteed the 12-month and 18-month EBITDA performance of Frederick. Installments of the Frederick Purchase Price shall be payable by the Frederick Purchaser to the Company monthly in arrears until the month following the month in which Frederick is closed. The Company will remain the primary obligor on the lease agreement. The Frederick Purchaser also agreed to purchase inventory and petty cash on hand ten days after closing. As of the date that these financial statements were available to be issued, the initial accounting for the sale of the Mid-Atlantic Restaurants and Frederick was incomplete; however, the Company expects to incur a loss on the sale of the Mid-Atlantic Restaurants and Frederick of approximately $3.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Rights Offering and Chief Executive Officer Change On November 10, 2017, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) by and between the Company and PW Partners, LLC (“PW Partners”). Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 418,169 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $3.50 per share to FS Special Opportunities I, L.P., a client of PW Partners, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $1,463,591.50. Also on November 10, 2017, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with PW Partners, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to register the shares of common stock issued to FS Special Opportunities I, L.P. pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement. In connection with the Stock Purchase Agreement, Jeffery Crivello, currently a member of the Company’s board of directors, will replace Michael Lister as the Company’s CEO effective as of November 14, 2017. |