Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 28, 2020 the Company entered into an Agreement with James C. Pappas
and certain entities affiliated with Mr. Pappas (the "Agreement"), whereby the
Company agreed to expand the size of its Board of Directors (the "Board") to
seven and within ten business days of the date of the Agreement to appoint
Messrs. James C. Pappas and Mark Schmulen (the "New Directors") to fill the
newly created vacancies.
The Agreement also provides, among other things, that:
(i) if JCP (as defined in the Agreement to be Mr. Pappas and certain of his
affiliated entities signatory to the Agreement) meets certain minimum
shareholder ownership standards, as described in the Agreement, the Company (x)
will support the continued directorships of the New Directors at the next two
annual meetings and (y) after 18 months will appoint another nominee of JCP to
the Board and support such nominee at the next annual meeting, provided that
such nominee shall be subject to the approval (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld) of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and
the Board after exercising their good faith customary due diligence process and
fiduciary duties;
(ii) once the New Directors take office JCP will withdraw its letter to the
Company dated August 15, 2019 nominating certain director candidates for
election to the Company's board of directors (the "Board") at the Company's 2019
annual meeting of shareholders;
(iii) at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Company occurring
during the Standstill Period (as defined in the Agreement), JCP will vote all of
its Shares (as defined in the Agreement) in favor of the election of directors
nominated by the Board and, subject to certain limited exceptions, otherwise in
accordance with the recommendations of the Board; and
(iv) JCP (including its Affiliates and Associates, as such terms are defined in
the Agreement) agreed to certain standstill provisions, as more fully described
in the Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this
Report and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
10.1 Agreement dated as of January 28, 2020 by and between the Company, James
C. Pappas and the affiliated JCP entities set forth in the signature page
thereto
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