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As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on December 30, 1997
Registration No. 33-85538
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 ON
FORM S-1 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM SB-2
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
COLORADO 7900 81-1094630
(State or other jurisdiction Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or Classification Code No. Identification
organization) No.)
4410 ARAPAHOE AVENUE, SUITE 200
BOULDER, CO 80303
(303) 444-8273
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
CHARLES S. LEAVELL
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION.
4410 ARAPAHOE AVENUE, SUITE 200
BOULDER, COLORADO 80303
(303) 444-8273
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. / /
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
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If delivery of the Prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES
AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE
A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a),
MAY DETERMINE.
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Subject to completion, dated December __, 1997.
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION
3,655,530 SHARES
COMMON STOCK, ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF
REDEEMABLE CLASS A WARRANTS AND REDEEMABLE CLASS B WARRANTS
This Prospectus relates to the sale of up to 3,655,530 shares of common
stock, $.03 par value, of Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, a Colorado
corporation ("Renaissance" or the "Company"), which are reserved for issuance
upon the exercise of Class A Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the
"Class A Warrants" or "A Warrants") and Class B Redeemable Common Stock
Purchase Warrants (the "Class B Warrants" or "B Warrants"; hereafter the
Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants will collectively be referred to as the
"Warrants" or the "Public Warrants"). The Warrants were part of 1,035,000
Units sold in early 1995.
Each Class A Warrant entitles the registered holder thereof to purchase one
share of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share, subject to adjustment in
certain circumstances, from April 27, 1995 (the "Separation Date") through and
including January 27, 2000. Each Class B Warrant entitles the registered holder
thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $2.625 per share,
subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, from the Separation Date through
and including January 27, 2000. The Warrants are redeemable by the Company
after January 27, 1997, or sooner with the consent of Duke & Co., Inc., the
underwriter of the Unit offering ("Underwriter"), at a price of $0.01 per
Warrant upon 30 days' notice mailed within three (3) days after the closing bid
price of the Common Stock has equaled or exceeded 150% of the then current
respective Warrant exercise price (currently $3.00 per share with respect to the
Class A Warrants and $3.9375 per share with respect to the Class B Warrants) for
a period of 20 consecutive trading days. The holders of the Warrants called for
redemption are granted exercise rights until the close of business on the date
preceding the date fixed for redemption. See "DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES."
The Company's Common Stock, the Class A Warrants and the Class B
Warrants is traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market under the symbols "FAIR,"
"FAIRW," and "FAIRZ" respectively. On December 22, 1997, the last reported
sale price of Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market was
$0.4375. See "CERTAIN MARKET INFORMATION."
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVED A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK AND SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED ONLY BY PERSONS WHO CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. SEE
"RISK FACTORS."
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT APPLICABLE TO AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR THE RESALE OF THE
COMMON STOCK ACQUIRED UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS.
The Date of This Prospectus is December __, 1997
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE DETAILED
INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS APPEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. POTENTIAL
INVESTORS SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE INFORMATION UNDER THE HEADING "RISK
FACTORS."
THE COMPANY
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation operates five Renaissance Faires
in the United States. With these five Faires currently drawing close to 750,000
visitors annually, the Company believes that it is the largest operator of
Renaissance Faires and Renaissance entertainment events in the United States.
The Renaissance entertainment industry consists of over 100 separate events of
varying sizes with a Renaissance theme and has an estimated attendance in excess
of 4,000,000 visitors annually.
The Renaissance Faire is a recreation of a Renaissance village, a fantasy
experience transporting the visitor back into sixteenth century England. This
fantasy experience is created through authentic craft shops, food vendors and
continuous live entertainment throughout the day, both on the street and the
stage including actors, jugglers, jousters, magicians, dancers and musicians.
The Company owns and operates the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha,
Wisconsin, serving the Chicago/Milwaukee metropolitan region; the Northern
California Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Novato, California, serving the San
Francisco Bay area; the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire in
Devore, California, serving the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area; the New
York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, New York, serving the New York City
metropolitan area; and the Virginia Renaissance Faire in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, serving the Washington D.C. and Richmond metropolitan areas. The
Company is currently negotiating for a permanent location for the Southern
California Renaissance Pleasure Faire and is seeking an alternative site for the
Northern California faire. See "Risk Factors."
In July 1995, the Company acquired approximately 250 acres of land in
Fredericksburg, Virginia in order to construct a Renaissance Faire on that
site. The Virginia Renaissance Faire opened in May 1996.
In February 1996, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding
stock of Creative Faires, Ltd., which owns and operates the New York Renaissance
Faire. In connection with this acquisition, the Company issued 540,000 shares
of Common Stock.
The Company's strategic plan is to grow through internal growth and by
developing and acquiring additional Renaissance Faires located throughout the
United States. The Company believes that with a long-term strategy of internal
growth and acquisitions, the Company will strengthen its market position.
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The Company maintains its principal executive offices at 4410 Arapahoe
Avenue, Suite 200, Boulder, Colorado 80303, where its telephone number is (303)
444-8273.
RISK FACTORS
An investment in the securities offered hereby involves a high degree of
risk. See "Risk Factors."
THE OFFERING
Securities Offered: Up to 3,655,530 shares of Common Stock reserved
for issuance upon the exercise of Class A
Warrants and Class B Warrants. See
"DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES."
Common Stock Outstanding
Before the Offering:(1) 10,263,247 shares
After the Offering: (1) 13,918,777 shares. Assumes exercise of all
outstanding Class A and Class B Warrants.
The Warrants:
Exercise Terms: Each Class A Warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one share of Common Stock at a price
of $2.00, subject to adjustment in certain
circumstances, and each Class B Warrant
entitles the holder to purchase one share of
Common Stock at a price of $2.625, subject to
adjustment in certain circumstances. See
"DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES."
Expiration Date: January 27, 2000, unless earlier redeemed by
the Company.
Redemption: Each Warrant is redeemable by the Company at
any time after January 27, 1997 or earlier with
the consent of the Underwriter, at a price of
$0.01 per Warrant (the "Redemption Price"),
upon not less than 30 days' notice and mailed
within three (3)
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(1) As of December 23, 1997, does not include shares of Common Stock reserved
for issuance upon exercise of options granted under the Company's 1993 Stock
Incentive Plan, or the conversion of certain convertible notes or other
convertible securities.
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days after the closing bid price of the Common
Stock has equaled or exceeded 150% of the then
current respective exercise price (currently
$3.00 per share with respect to the Class A
Warrants, and $3.9375 per share with respect to
the Class B Warrants) for a period of twenty
(20) consecutive trading days. The holders of
the Class A Warrants or Class B Warrants shall
have exercise rights until the close of
business on the date preceding the date fixed
for redemption. See "DESCRIPTION OF
SECURITIES."
Use of Proceeds: The proceeds received by the Company upon
exercise of the Warrants will be utilized for
working capital purposes.
NASDAQ SYMBOLS:
Common Stock. . . . . . . .FAIR
Class A Warrants. . . . . .FAIR W
Class B Warrants. . . . . .FAIR Z
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
The following summary financial data was derived from the Company's
financial statements included elsewhere herein and should be read in conjunction
with such financial statements and the notes thereto. On June 21, 1996, the
Company changed its fiscal year end from March 31, to December 31. The data
presented as of and for the nine months ended December 31, 1996, represents the
transition period for the new fiscal year end. All information is in thousands,
except per share amounts.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:
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NINE MONTHS ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
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1994 1995 1996 1995 1996 1996 1997
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Revenue ............... $ 1,973 $12,540 $12,811 $10,470 $14,554 $13,242 $13,094
Gross Profit .......... 1,694 9,327 8,984 7,265 9,741 8,851 8,826
Net Income (Loss) ..... (98) 576 (1,274) 264 (1,852) (1,522) (420)
Net Income (Loss) to
Common Stockholders (98) 533 (1,274) 264 (1,852) (1,522) (420)
Net Income (Loss) per
Common Share ....... (.05) .11 (.16) .03 (.21) (.17) (.04)
Weighted average
number of shares
outstanding ......... 1,901 4,801 7,824 7,644 8,907 8,813 9,574
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
September 30, 1997
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Working capital (deficit) ($560)
Total assets 9,636
Total liabilities 4,022
Stockholders' equity 5,614
RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information contained in this Prospectus,
prospective investors should carefully consider the following risk factors in
evaluating the Company and its business before purchasing the Shares offered
hereby.
RECENT LOSSES. Although the Company was profitable in its fiscal year
ended March 31, 1995, it incurred a net loss of $1,273,671 in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 1996 and a net loss of $1,851,725 for the nine months ended
December 31, 1996. In addition, the Company expects to incur a net loss for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 1997. There is no assurance that the Company
will return to profitability in any subsequent period. The New York and
Virginia Faires each operated at a loss during 1996 and the Virginia Faire
operated at a loss during 1997. If the performance of these Faires does not
improve in subsequent periods, the Company's ability to achieve and sustain
profitability in subsequent periods will be adversely affected. See "POSSIBLE
SUSPENSION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIRE FOR 1998."
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CAPITAL. The Company had a working capital deficit of
($560,398) as of September 30, 1997 and ($1,506,284) as of December 31, 1996.
During the first five months of fiscal 1997, the Company obtained $1,350,000 of
additional working capital through the placement of convertible loans and on
March 31, 1997, obtained an extension for the payment of short-term bank lines
of credit in the amount of $1,000,000, all of which lines of credit have been
paid as of the date of this Prospectus. See "MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS." While the Company
believes that it has adequate working capital to fund anticipated operations for
fiscal 1997, it will need additional funds to sustain operations after that
time. In addition, the Company would require additional funding to move either
its Southern or Northern California Faires to a new location (see "POSSIBLE
SUSPENSION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIRE FOR 1998" and "POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIRE"), and to expand its business, and may require
additional funding in order to develop a new site for the Northern California
Faire (see "POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIRE FOR 1998"). The
Company recently sold its Wisconsin faire site to a group of investors who
leased the site to the Company. This transaction resulted in an increase of
approximately $1,600,000 in the Company's working capital. The Company believes
that it needs to raise from $500,000 to $1,000,000 of short-term working capital
to fund its working capital requirements during fiscal 1998. This additional
capital would not, however, be sufficient to fund the relocation of either the
Southern or Northern California Faires. Therefore, additional
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capital may be sought through borrowings or from additional equity financing.
Such additional equity financing may result in additional dilution to
investors. In any case, there can be no assurance that any additional capital
can be satisfactorily obtained if and when required.
POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIRE FOR 1998. The Company
operates its Northern California Faire during the Fall of each year at a site in
Novato, California. The Company's current lease for that site, which is on a
year-to-year basis, expires in 1997. The Company understands that the owner of
the site is seeking to develop the site for commercial construction purposes,
although the owner's efforts to do so are currently being blocked by pending
litigation in which the use of the site for such purpose is being challenged.
The Company is investigating new sites for the Faire. There is no assurance
that the Company will be successful in locating a new site for the Northern
California Faire for the 1998 or subsequent faire seasons or, if located,
successful in obtaining all necessary approvals for a site to be available for
the Faire in 1998 or any subsequent period. In addition, the Company estimates
that it could be required to spend from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for development
of a site prior to the opening of the Faire at a new site. See "BUSINESS -
EXISTING RENAISSANCE FAIRES AND SITES - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RENAISSANCE PLEASURE
FAIRE."
POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIRE. Since April 1994, the
Company has operated its Southern California Faire in Devore, California.
The Company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with the owner of
a site in Pomona, California which contemplates that the Company will
commence operation of the Southern California Faire at that site starting in
1998. The letter of intent calls for the Company to construct a new village
for the Faire. The Company estimates that the cost of such construction would
be approximately $2,000,000. The Company would need additional funds from
one or more third parties to finance such construction. Subsequent to the
execution of the letter of intent for the new site, the owner of the existing
faire site indicated that it was willing to enter into a long-term lease for
the site. This would allow the Company to construct permanent structures on
the site and significantly reduce setup cost for this faire. As of the date
of this Prospectus, the Company had not decided whether it should enter into
a long-term lease for the current faire site or relocate the faire to the
proposed site in Pomona, California, although the Company intends to remain
at the current site through at least the 1998 faire season. See "BUSINESS -
EXISTING RENAISSANCE FAIRES AND SITES-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RENAISSANCE
PLEASURE FAIRE."
DEPENDENCE UPON MANAGEMENT. The Company's future success depends in a
large part on the continued service of its key marketing, sales, promotional and
management personnel and on its ability to continue to attract, motivate and
retain highly qualified employees. The loss of the services of key personnel
could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's operations and
development efforts. There can be no assurance of the continued service to the
Company of its key executive officers. The Company does not have key person
life insurance covering its management personnel or other key employees.
COMPETITION. The Company faces significant competition from numerous
organizations throughout the country which offer Renaissance Faires and other
entertainment events, including amusement parks, theme parks, local and county
fairs and festivals, some of which possess
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significantly greater resources than the Company and in many cases greater
expertise and industry contacts. The Company estimates that there are currently
20 major Renaissance Faires produced each year. In addition, the Company
estimates that there are 100 minor Renaissance Faire events held throughout the
United States each year, ranging in duration from one day to two weekends. See
"BUSINESS - COMPETITION."
LACK OF TRADEMARK PROTECTION. Because of the large number of existing
Renaissance Faires, it is unlikely that the Company will be able to rely upon
trademark or service mark protection for the name "Renaissance Faire." As a
result, there is no protection against others using the name "Renaissance Faire"
for the production of entertainment events similar to those produced by the
Company. The Company's own Faires could be negatively impacted by association
with substandard productions. See "BUSINESS - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY."
PUBLIC LIABILITY AND INSURANCE. As a producer of a public entertainment
event, the Company has exposure for claims of personal injury and property
damage suffered by visitors to the Faires. To date, the Company has experienced
only minimal claims which it has been able to resolve without litigation. The
Company maintains comprehensive liability insurance which it considers to be
adequate against this risk; however, there can be no assurance that a
catastrophic event or claim which could result in damage or liability in excess
of this coverage will not occur. See "BUSINESS - PUBLIC LIABILITY AND
INSURANCE."
DEPENDENCE UPON VENDORS. A substantial portion of the Company's revenues
generated at each Faire are derived from arrangements that the Company has with
vendors who construct elaborate booths at the Faires and sell a variety of food,
crafts and souvenirs. This arrangement consists of either a fixed rental paid
by the vendors to the Company or a percent of revenues. In either case, the
success of a Faire is dependent upon the Company's ability to attract
responsible vendors who sell high quality goods. See "BUSINESS - VENDORS."
SEASONALITY. The Company's Renaissance Faires are located in traditionally
seasonal areas which attract the greatest number of visitors during the warm
weather months in the spring, summer and early fall. Unless the Company
acquires or develops additional Faire sites in areas which are counter-seasonal
to the present sites located in temperate climates, the Company's revenues and
income will be highly concentrated in the six months ended September 30th of
each year. See "BUSINESS - SEASONALITY AND WEATHER."
DEPENDENCE UPON WEATHER. Each Renaissance Faire operated by the Company is
scheduled for a finite period, typically consecutive weekends during a seven to
nine-week period, which are determined substantially in advance in order to
facilitate advertising and other promotional efforts. The success of each Faire
is directly dependent upon public attendance, which is directly affected by
weather conditions. While each of the Company's faires, other than the Northern
and Southern California faires, are open, rain or shine, poor weather, or even
the forecast of poor weather, can result in substantial declines in attendance
and, as a result, loss of revenues. The Northern and Southern California faires
are closed if it is raining. Further, as the Renaissance Faires are outdoor
events, they are vulnerable to severe weather conditions that can cause damage
to the Faire's infrastructure and buildings, as well as injuries to patrons and
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employees. Risks associated with the weather are beyond anyone's control but
have a direct and material impact upon the relative success or failure of a
given Faire. See "BUSINESS - SEASONALITY AND WEATHER."
LICENSING AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION. For each Faire operated by
the Company, it is necessary for the Company to apply for and obtain permits and
other licenses from local governmental authorities controlling the conduct of
the Faire, service of alcoholic beverages, service of food, health and
sanitation and other matters at the Faire sites. Each governmental jurisdiction
has its own regulatory requirements which can impose unforeseeable delays or
impediments in preparing for a Faire production. While the Company has been
able to obtain all necessary permits and licenses in the past, there can be no
assurance that future changes in governmental regulation or the adoption of more
stringent requirements may not have a material adverse impact upon the Company's
future operations. See "BUSINESS - GOVERNMENT REGULATION."
FAIRE SITES. The Company's Northern and Southern California Faire sites
have been held pursuant to short-term leases. The Bristol Renaissance Faire and
the New York Faire are also operated on leased sites. It is expected that
future Faires that may be developed by the Company, if any, will also be
presented on leased sites. The terms and conditions of each lease will vary
from location and to a large extent are beyond the control of the Company.
Further, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to continue to
lease existing Faire sites on terms acceptable to the Company, or be successful
in obtaining other sites on favorable locations. The Company's dependence upon
leasing Faire sites creates a substantial risk of fluctuation in the Company's
operations from year to year. See "POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
FAIRE FOR 1998" and "POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIRE."
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE UNDER RULE 144. The Company estimates that
in excess of 3,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock currently
outstanding are "restricted securities" which have been outstanding for more
than two years and can be sold publicly in compliance with Rule 144 adopted
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Holders of restricted
securities must comply with the requirements of Rule 144 in order to make a
public sale of their shares without violating the Securities Act. In general,
under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person who has beneficially owned
restricted securities for at least one year, including persons who may be deemed
affiliates of the Company, would be entitled to sell within any three-month
period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then
outstanding shares of Common Stock or the average weekly trading volume in the
Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding such sale, provided that
the Company has filed certain periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the sale is made in a "broker's transaction" or in a transaction
directly with a "market maker" as those terms are used in Rule 144. A person
who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of the Company at any time during
the 90 days preceding a sale by such person, and who has beneficially owned
restricted shares for at least two years, would be entitled to sell such shares
under Rule 144 without regard to the volume limitations and public information
and manner of sale requirements described above. The possibility that
substantial amounts of Common Stock may be sold in the public market under Rule
144 may adversely effect the prevailing market price for the Common Stock.
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MARKET OVERHANG FROM WARRANTS AND OUTSTANDING OPTIONS AND CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES. As of September 1, 1997, the Company had outstanding options,
warrants and convertible notes and debentures to purchase a total of 8,495,852
shares, including Class A and Class B warrants to purchase an aggregate of
3,761,558 shares issued in a public offering in 1995 ("Public Warrants"). To
the extent that such stock options or warrants are exercised or the convertible
securities converted, dilution to the interests of the Company's shareholders
may occur. Exercise of these options or warrants or the conversion of the
convertible securities or even the potential of their exercise or conversion may
have an adverse effect on the trading price and market for the Company's Common
Stock. The holders of the options, warrants or convertible securities are
likely to exercise or convert them at times when the market price of the shares
of Common Stock exceeds the exercise price of the options or warrants or the
conversion price of the convertible securities. Accordingly, the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the options or warrants or conversion of
the convertible securities may result in dilution of the equity represented by
the then outstanding shares of Common Stock. Furthermore, holders of such
securities can be expected to exercise or convert them at a time when the
Company would, in all likelihood, be able to obtain any needed capital on terms
which are more favorable to the Company than the exercise or conversion terms
provided by such securities.
POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECT OF REDEMPTION OF PUBLIC WARRANTS. The Public
Warrants may be redeemed by the Company after January 27, 1997, at a price of
$0.01 per Warrant, upon 30 days' notice, mailed within three days after the
closing bid price of the Common Stock has equaled or exceeded 150% of the then
current respective warrant exercise prices (currently $3.00 per share with
respect to the Class A Warrants, and $3.9375 per share with respect to the Class
B Warrants), for a period of 20 or more consecutive trading days.
Warrantholders shall have exercise rights until the close of the business day
preceding the date fixed for redemption. Redemption of the Public Warrants
could have an adverse effect on the prevailing market price of the Common Stock.
PROPOSED NEW LISTING STANDARDS FOR NASDAQ SECURITIES. The Nasdaq Stock
Market recently adopted certain changes to the standards for issuers with
securities listed on Nasdaq. One of the changes included increasing the
maintenance requirements for continued listing in the Nasdaq Small Cap Market,
on which the Company's Common Stock is currently listed. While the Company
currently is in compliance with all of the new maintenance requirements other
than the $1.00 minimum stock price requirement, it could cease to be in
compliance with certain of these requirements in the future if it continues to
incur substantial losses from operations. In addition, the Company may be
required to complete a reverse stock split before February 22, 1998 to comply
with the minimum stock price requirement of the new rules. If the Company does
not comply with the new maintenance requirements, its Common Stock would be
delisted from the Nasdaq Small Cap Market.
Broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in "penny
stocks" are regulated by certain penny stock rules adopted by the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a
price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain
national securities exchanges or quoted on the Nasdaq system, provided that
current price
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and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is
provided by the exchange or system). The penny stock rules require a
broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from
the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides
information about penny stocks and the risks in the penny stock market. The
broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer
quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its
salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the
market value of each penny stock held in the customer's account. In addition,
the penny stock rules generally require that prior to a transaction in a penny
stock the broker-dealer make a special written determination that the penny
stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's
written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements may have
the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for
a stock that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. If the Company's
securities become subject to the penny stock rules, investors in this offering
may find it more difficult to sell their securities.
SEC INVESTIGATION OF DUKE & CO., INC. The underwriter of the Company's
1995 public offering, Duke & Co., Inc. ("Duke"), is aware that the Securities
and Exchange Commission is investigating certain of Duke's trading practices and
mark-ups in connection with trading in securities of the Company following the
public offering. Historically, Duke has been the principal market maker for the
Company's Common Stock and Public Warrants. There can be no assurance that the
investigation will not adversely and materially affect subsequent trading in the
Company's securities.
AUTHORIZATION OF PREFERRED STOCK. The Company's Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, authorize the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares
of preferred stock. The Board of Directors has been granted the authority to
fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of preferred shares, as
well as the authority to issue such shares, without further stockholder
approval. As a result, the Board of Directors could authorize the issuance
of a series of preferred stock which would grant to holders preferred rights
to the assets of the Company upon liquidation, the right to receive dividend
coupons before dividends would be declared to common stockholders, and the
right to the redemption of such shares, together with a premium, prior to the
redemption of Common Stock. Common stockholders have no redemption rights.
In addition, the Board could issue large blocks of voting stock to fend
against unwanted tender offers or hostile takeovers without further
shareholder approval.
AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES. The Company's Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, authorize the issuance of up to 50,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, of which 9,636,262 shares were outstanding on September 1, 1997.
The Company's Board of Directors has the authority to issue additional shares of
Common Stock and to issue options and warrants to purchase shares of the
Company's Common Stock without shareholder approval. In addition, the Board
could issue large blocks of voting stock to fend off unwanted tender offers or
hostile takeovers without further shareholder approval. In addition, the
Company had outstanding at September 1, 1997 options, warrants and convertible
securities to purchase 8,495,852 shares of Common Stock. Exercise or conversion
of these securities may have a further dilutive effect on
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existing shareholders and warrant holders. See "MARKET OVERHANG FROM WARRANTS
AND OUTSTANDING OPTIONS AND CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES."
MARKET FOR THE COMMON EQUITY
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Since August 21, 1997, the Company's Common Stock has been traded in the
Nasdaq Small Cap Market and from September 1, 1995 to August 21, 1997, it traded
on the Nasdaq National Market. From January 27, 1995 to August 31, 1995, it
traded on the Nasdaq Small-Cap Market and on the Boston Stock Exchange, and
prior to that time, the stock was traded over-the-counter on the OTC Electronic
Bulletin Board. Since December 9, 1996, the Company's Common Stock has also
been traded on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. The following table reflects the
high and low prices of the Company's Common Stock for each quarterly period of
the two most recent calendar years and the subsequent interim quarters
retroactively adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split in October 1996. From the
fourth quarter of 1995 forward, the prices reflect the high and low sales
prices. For the first, second and third quarters of 1995, the prices reflect
the high and low bid prices as quoted by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
The quotations represent prices between broker-dealers and do not include retail
mark-ups and mark-downs or any commission to the broker-dealer and may not
reflect prices in actual transactions.
Calendar Years Ended December 31 High Low
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1995
First Quarter ended March 31 $4.50 $3.38
Second Quarter ended June 30 4.88 3.63
Third Quarter ended September 30 4.69 3.88
Fourth Quarter ended December 31 6.44 4.00
1996
First Quarter ended March 31 7.19 5.19
Second Quarter ended June 30 6.81 5.63
Third Quarter ended September 30 7.00 5.25
Fourth Quarter ended December 31 7.50 5.00
1997
First Quarter ended March 31 6.88 5.06
Second Quarter ended June 30 5.00 1.00
Third Quarter 1.25 0.50
Fourth Quarter - through December 22 1.69 .28
As of November 30, 1997, there were approximately 104 shareholders of
record. The Company estimates that there are approximately 1,530 beneficial
owners of its Common Stock.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds received by the Company upon exercise of the Warrants will be
utilized for working capital purposes, construction of permanent faire sites in
Northern and Southern California, and improvement of existing facilities.
CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth (i) the current liabilities and
capitalization of the Company as of September 30, 1997.
September 30, 1997
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Current liabilities $1,972,313
Long-term liabilities, net of current portion $2,049,687
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Total liabilities $4,022,000
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value, 1,000,000
shares authorized, none issued and outstanding --
Common Stock, $.03 par value, 50,000,000 shares
authorized, 9,636,262 issued and outstanding;(1) $289,088
Accumulated (deficit) ($3,712,921)
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Total stockholders' equity $5,614,265
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $9,636,265
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(1) Does not include shares issuable upon exercise or conversion of outstanding
options, warrants or convertible securities.
DIVIDEND POLICY
The Company has never paid any cash dividends on its Common Stock and does
anticipate that it will pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Instead,
the Company intends to apply any earnings to the development and expansion of
its business.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The information set forth below should be read in conjunction with "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and
the financial statements and
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related notes included elsewhere in this Prospectus. Information is not
provided for or at the end of fiscal 1993 as the financial statements for this
period, which would be for a predecessor company, are not available to the
Company. The information for fiscal 1993 would, as is the information for and
at the end of fiscal 1994, be for only one of the Company's faires (the Bristol
Renaissance Faire) and would not be, in the Company's opinion, material to an
understanding of the Company's current financial information. The acquisition
in 1996 of Creative Fairs Ltd. was accounted for as a pooling of interest. The
income statement data for the nine months ended December 31, 1996 and 1995
include the accounts of Creative Fairs Ltd. for the year ended December 31, 1996
and 1995 and accounts for the Company for the nine-month periods ended December
31, 1996 and 1995. The income statement data for the years ended March 31, 1996
and 1995 include the accounts of Creative Fairs Ltd. for the two years ended
December 31, 1995 and 1994 and the consolidated accounts of the Company for the
years ended March 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively. The balance sheet data as of
December 31, 1996 and 1995 include the accounts of Creative Fairs Ltd. as of
December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995, respectively. The balance sheet data
as of March 31, 1996 and 1995, also include the accounts of Creative Fairs Ltd.
as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively. The income statement data for
the year ended March 31, 1994 and as of March 31, 1994 do not include
information regarding Creative Fairs Ltd. as audited financial statements for
periods prior to January 1, 1994 were not available to the Company.
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NINE MONTHS
NINE MONTHS ENDED
YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, ENDED DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
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INCOME STATEMENT DATA 1994 1995 1996 1995 1996 1996 1997
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue $1,973 $12,540 $12,811 $10,470 $14,554 $13,242 $13,094
Gross Profit 1,694 9,327 8,984 7,265 9,741 8,851 8,826
Net Operating Income (Loss) (39) 757 (1,475) 111 (1,753) (1,432) (428)
Net Income (Loss) After Taxes (98) 576 (1,274) 309 (1,852) (1,522) (420)
Net Income (Loss) to Common
Shareholders (98) 533 (1,274) 264 (1,852) (1,522) (420)
Net Income (Loss) Per Common
Share (.05) .11 (.16) .03 (.21) (.17) (.04)
Weighted Average Common
Shares Outstanding 1,901 4,801 7,824 7,644 8,907 8,813 9,574
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MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
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BALANCE SHEET DATA 1994 1995 1996 1995 1996 1997
(IN THOUSANDS) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
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Working capital (deficiency) $ (524) $3,123 $ 15 $ 768 $(1,506) $ (560)
Total current assets 167 4,012 2,120 1,308 931 1,412
Total assets 1,257 6,853 10,433 8,226 9,872 9,636
Total current liabilities 691 889 2,105 539 2,438 1,972
Long-term debt (less current maturities) 434 451 2,531 846 2,379 2,050
Stockholders' equity 132 5,513 5,797 6,841 5,055 5,614
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
GENERAL
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company's
Consolidated Financial Statements, including the footnotes for the fiscal period
ended December 31, 1996. On June 21, 1996, the Company changed its fiscal year
end from March 31 to December 31.
The Company operates five Renaissance Faires in the United States and is engaged
in a strategy to develop and acquire additional Renaissance Faires nationwide.
The Company's newest Faire opened on May 4, 1996 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a
project which was designed and constructed by the Company. On February 5, 1996,
the Company acquired Creative Faires, Ltd., the owner and operator of the New
York Renaissance Faire. With its five faires currently drawing close to 750,000
visitors annually, the Company believes that it is the largest operator of
Renaissance Faires and Renaissance entertainment events in the United States.
The Renaissance Faire is a re-creation of a Renaissance village, a fantasy
experience transporting the visitor back into sixteenth century England.
Although the Company was profitable in its fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, it
incurred a net loss of ($1,273,671) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, and
a net loss of ($1,851,725) for the nine months ended December 31, 1996. In
addition, the Company will incur a net loss for the fiscal year ending December
31, 1997. The New York and Virginia Faires operated at a loss during 1996. In
addition, the Virginia Faire, which ran from April 26, 1997 through June 8,
1997, operated at a loss in 1997. The Company believes both of these Faire's
results were adversely affected in 1996 and the Virginia Faire in 1997 by
unusually inclement weather in their respective areas. It is typical for a new
faire such as the Virginia Faire to operate at a loss for two or more years
until it is able to build a significant customer base and awareness of the
faire. Due to the fact that the New York Faire was acquired in 1996, the
Company had limited ability to affect the operations of this Faire during the
1996 faire season. The Company has hired a new manager for this Faire and has
introduced several new entertainment acts and implemented additional promotional
efforts for this faire's 1997 season, which began on July 26, 1997 and ended on
September 14, 1997. Revenue for the New York Faire increased approximately
$200,000 for the 1997 season compared to the 1996 season and the faire is
expected to have operated at close to a break even in 1997.
The owner of the site for the Company's Northern California Faire is seeking to
develop this site for commercial construction purposes, although the owner's
efforts to do so are currently being blocked by pending litigation in which the
use of the site for such purposes is being challenged. While the Company is
investigating new sites for the Northern California Faire, there can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to secure a new site for this faire for
the 1998 or following faire seasons.
The Company is also considering relocation of its Southern California Faire. On
November 4, 1996, the Company entered into a non-binding letter of intent with
the owner of a site in Pomona, California, which contemplated that the Company
would commence operation of the Southern
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California Faire at that site starting in 1998. Subsequent to the signing of
the letter of intent, the owner of the current site for the Southern California
Faire indicated that it was willing to enter into a long-term lease for the
current site. The ability to enter into a long-term lease for this site
increases its value to the Company, as the Company could construct temporary
structures on the site and significantly reduce setup costs for the faire. As
of the date of this Prospectus, the Company has not decided if it should enter
into a long-term lease for the current site or relocate the Faire to the
proposed site in Pomona, although the Company intends to remain at the current
site through at least the 1998 faire season. The Company estimates that the
cost of the construction and relocation to the new site would be approximately
$2,000,000.
The Company had a working capital deficit ($1,506,284) and ($560,398) as of
December 31, 1996 and September 30, 1997, respectively. During the first five
months of fiscal 1997, the Company obtained $1,350,000 of additional working
capital. While the Company believes that it has adequate working capital to
fund operations for fiscal 1997, it believes it must obtain additional working
capital for future fiscal periods. See "LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES."
PROSPECTIVE INFORMATION
This Prospectus contains certain forward-looking statements and information
relating to the Company that are based on the beliefs and assumptions made by
the Company's management as well as information currently available to
management. When used in this document, the words "anticipate," "believe,"
"estimate," "expect," and similar expressions, are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of the
Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated,
believed, estimated or expected. The Company does not intend to update these
forward-looking statements.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 COMPARED TO NINE
MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
Revenues decreased $147,909 or 1% from $13,241,878 in 1996 to $13,093,969 in
1997. This decrease was primarily the result of a decrease in revenues for the
Virginia Faire of approximately $100,000 and a decrease in revenues for the
Southern California Faire of approximately $225,000. The decreased revenues for
the Virginia Faire were due to unusually inclement weather - six of the seven
faire weekends had substantial rain which severely impacted attendance. The
decreased revenues for the Southern California Faire were due to being open one
less weekend in 1997 than in 1996. Although revenues were down in Virginia, the
operating loss was reduced by approximately $250,000, from a loss of
approximately $680,000 for the 1996 period to a loss of approximately $430,000
for the 1997 period, through expense control.
Operating expenses (year-round operating costs and corporate overhead) decreased
$1,029,928 or 10%, from $10,283,166 in 1996 to $9,253,238 in 1997. The primary
causes of this decrease were the $380,000 of goodwill writedown and unusual
expenses of a one time nature of approximately $400,000 applicable to the
initial start-up of the Virginia Faire included in 1996 results.
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Of the operating expenses, salaries increased 5%, from $3,722,829 in 1996 to
$3,907,931 in 1997, reflecting normal salary increases.
Advertising expense decreased $460,661, or 19%, from $2,450,985 in 1996 to
$1,990,324 in 1997. This decrease was due to spending more in 1996 for
advertising the first year of the Virginia Faire as well as the utilization of
more cost efficient methods of advertising in 1997.
Depreciation and amortization increased 10%, from $479,862 in 1996 to $529,732
in 1997. This increase is primarily the result of depreciation on the
approximately $4,000,000 invested in buildings and improvements to the Virginia
property. This increase would have been greater had the Company not
standardized the depreciable lives used for buildings from a range of between 7
to 30 years in 1996 to 15 years for temporary buildings and 30 years for
permanent buildings in 1997.
Other operating expenses (all other general and administrative expenses of the
Company) decreased $424,239 or 13%, from $3,249,490 in 1996 to $2,825,251 in
1997. Included in this decrease is the $400,000 of one-time expenses discussed
above, incurred in 1996 in connection with the initial start-up of the Virginia
Faire. The balance of the decrease is due to management's implementation of a
variety of cost saving measures.
As a result of the foregoing, net operating income (before interest charges and
other income) increased $1,004,743 from a loss of ($1,432,391) for the 1996
period to a loss of ($427,648) for the 1997 period.
A 57% increase in interest expense from $187,972 in 1996 to $295,275 in 1997
resulted from an increase in the Company's borrowing levels throughout the 1997
period as compared to the 1996 period.
Other income/expense increased $458,886, from other expense of ($199,951) in
1996 to other income of $258,935 in 1997. The primary source of the other
income in 1997 was the reversal of $309,694 of expense which had been accrued in
1996 for expenses expected to have been incurred in 1997 to evaluate a new site
for the Northern California Faire. During the second quarter it became apparent
that this site would not be available and that these costs would not be
incurred. In addition, it is not possible at this time to determine what
expenses may be incurred if the Company is required to find a new site for this
Faire. The primary source of the other expense in 1996 was the reversal of
$200,000 of other income which had been recorded in the quarter ended December
31, 1995. In late 1995, the State of Virginia paid the Company $200,000 which
upon initial evaluation was considered income. Upon further review, it was
determined that the more appropriate treatment of this amount was as a reduction
of fixed assets. The appropriate adjustment in the last quarter of the fiscal
year ended March 31, 1996 (which is the first quarter of the calendar year)
resulted in the $200,000 charge to expense.
Combining net operating income with other income/expense resulted in a
$1,341,718 increase in net income before taxes, from a loss of ($1,761,443) for
the 1996 period to a loss of ($419,725) for the 1997 period.
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As a result of operating losses for the entire fiscal year ended March 31, 1996
(the Company's fiscal year previously ended March 31), a refund of taxes paid in
prior years was available in the 1996 period. This resulted in a credit to
Income Taxes of $239,273 for the nine month period ended September 30, 1996.
Net income to common stockholders increased $1,102,445, from a loss of
($1,522,170) for the 1996 period to a loss of ($419,725) for the 1997 period.
Finally, the net loss per common share improved from a loss of ($.17) for the
1996 period to a loss of ($.04) for the 1997 period, based on 8,813,137 weighted
average shares outstanding during the 1996 period and 9,574,197 weighted average
shares outstanding during the 1997 period.
NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 COMPARED TO NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1995
On June 21, 1996, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a change in the
Company's fiscal year from April 1 to March 31 to January 1 to December 31. As
a result, the fiscal period ended December 31, 1996 is for a nine-month period,
rather than for a full twelve months. In order to make the comparison of the
fiscal period ended December 31, 1996 with the prior fiscal year more
meaningful, the following discussion compares the results of operations for the
fiscal period ended December 31, 1996 to the results of operations for the nine
months ended December 31, 1995, rather than to the full fiscal year ended March
31, 1996. See "Selected Financial Data," for information regarding the
unaudited results of operations for the nine months ended December 31, 1995, as
well as information for the audited fiscal periods ended March 31, 1995 and 1996
and December 31, 1996.
The results of operations of the Company for the nine-month period ended
December 31, 1996 reflect the nineteen-day run of the Southern California Faire,
the eighteen-day run of the Wisconsin Faire, the fifteen-day run of the Northern
California Faire, the seventeen-day run of the New York Faire and the
fifteen-day run of the Virginia Faire. The comparable period of 1995 included
the same number of days for the Southern California, Wisconsin, and Northern
California Faires, but did not include the New York or Virginia Faires. The New
York Faire was acquired on February 5, 1996, and although accounted for as a
pooling of interest and therefore included in the Company's fiscal year ended
March 31, 1996, due to the different fiscal periods for the Company and the New
York Faire, the entire twelve-month results of operations for the New York Faire
for the year ended December 31, 1995 (the New York Faire's fiscal period) were
reflected in the Company's operating results for the January 1, 1996 through
March 31, 1996 quarter (the Company's fiscal year end prior to its change on
June 21, 1996) and not in the nine-month period ended December 31, 1995. The
Virginia Renaissance Faire, which was under construction as of December 31,
1995, did not generate any revenues during the nine-month period ended December
31, 1995. Thus, these financial statements include the results of five
operating faires for the period in 1996, but only three faires for the same
period in 1995.
Revenue increased from $10,469,824 for the nine-month period ended December 31,
1995 to $14,553,577 for the nine-month period ended December 31, 1996, an
increase of $4,083,753 or 39%. The increase in revenues resulted from the
additional revenues of $949,304 and $2,360,941
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for the Virginia and New York Faires, respectively, for the period ended
December 31, 1996, as compared to the same period of 1995. The increased
revenues from the new faires were partially offset by a decrease of
approximately $500,000 in revenues for the Southern California Faire as compared
to the same period of 1995. Management believes that unusually inclement
weather in Virginia, New York and Southern California reduced the expected
revenues from these faire operations. In addition, the Virginia Faire, as is
typical of new faires, operated at a loss in 1996, its first year of operation,
and is expected to incur an operating loss in the 1997 faire season. During the
1996 season the Bristol Renaissance Faire revenues increased approximately
$500,000 over the 1995 season due, in part, to good weather during each of the
nine weekends of this faire. This was the eighth consecutive year that
attendance increased at the Bristol faire.
Faire operating expenses (expenses directly related to faire operations, such as
rent, grounds maintenance, contract services, contract entertainment, food,
beverage and merchandise costs) increased $1,607,464 or 50%, from $3,205,152 in
the 1995 period to $4,812,616 in the 1996 period. This increase in expenses
resulted from the additional operation of the Virginia and New York Faires for
the period ended December 31, 1996, as compared to the same period in 1995, plus
higher overall costs related to faire operations. The gross profit,
representing operating income from faire operations before overhead expenses,
increased 34% from $7,264,672 in 1995 to $9,740,961 in 1996. This increase is
attributable to the increased revenues from the Virginia and New York Faires,
partially offset by the higher overall costs related to all faire operations.
Operating expenses (year-round operating costs and corporate overhead) increased
$4,340,783 or 61%, from $7,153,674 in 1995 to $11,494,457 in 1996. Of these
amounts, salaries increased 34% from $3,030,208 in 1995 to $4,048,603 in 1996,
representing the expansion of staffing levels resulting from the two additional
faires. Depreciation and amortization expense increased 88% from $337,208 in
1995 to $633,819 in 1996. This increase is primarily the result of depreciation
on the approximately $3,200,000 investment in buildings and improvements to the
Virginia property, as well as the New York Faire, both of which were not
included in the same period of 1995. Advertising expenditures increased 142%
from $1,036,508 in 1995 to $2,511,973 in 1996, again reflecting the necessary
advertising for the two additional faires as well as moderate increases in
advertising and rates for the other three faires. Additionally, due to
contracting out certain advertising activities previously done by faire
personnel, additional advertising expenses of approximately $136,000 were
charged to advertising expenses during the 1996 period.
The Company wrote down goodwill applicable to the Southern California Faire by
$380,000 in 1996, based on this faire's disappointing performance over the past
two operating seasons. The Company recognized as expense in the nine-month
period ended December 31, 1996, $450,000 of costs originally expected to be
incurred in 1997, which costs are the result of the decision made in 1996 to
examine an alternative site for the Company's Northern California Faire. See
"GENERAL" above regarding the possible relocation of the Northern California
Faire.
Other operating expenses (all other general and administrative expenses of the
Company) increased $720,808 or 26%, from $2,749,254 in 1995 to $3,470,062 in
1996. This increase is primarily the result of increased operating expenses
(approximately $570,000) resulting from the two additional faires, and also
greater overhead costs (approximately $100,000 in the aggregate) at each faire
site
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plus an increase in other corporate activities (approximately $50,000) which
support faire operations and pursue new ventures. As a result of the foregoing,
net operating income (before interest charges and other income) decreased
$1,864,495, from $110,999 in 1995 to a loss of $1,753,496 in 1996.
A 27% decrease in interest income from $94,090 in 1995 to $68,571 in 1996
resulted from a more than 40% decrease in the Company's cash balances during the
1996 period. A 153% increase in interest expense from $100,266 in 1995 to
$253,740 in 1996 resulted from increases in the Company's borrowing levels
throughout the 1996 period as compared to 1995. Combined net interest expense
(interest expense less interest income) reflected an increase of $178,993 for
the period, from $6,176 in 1995 to $185,169 in 1996. Miscellaneous expenses
decreased from $224,612 in 1995 to $86,940 in 1996. Combining net operating
income with other income resulted in a $2,161,159 decrease in net income before
taxes, from income of $309,434 in the 1995 period to a loss of $1,851,725 in the
1996 period.
Although the Company incurred a net loss for the entire fiscal year ended March
31, 1996, for the nine-month period ended December 31, 1995, a provision for
income tax in the amount of $45,470 was recorded. As a result of the Company's
loss for the nine-month period ended December 31, 1996, no income tax expense
was recorded.
Net income to common stockholders decreased $2,115,689, from $263,964 net income
for the 1995 period to a loss of $1,851,725 for the 1996 period. Finally, net
income per common share decreased from $0.03 during the 1995 period to a loss of
$.21 for the 1996 period, based on 7,643,702 weighted average number of shares
outstanding during the 1995 period and 8,907,049 weighted average number of
shares outstanding during the 1996 period.
MARCH 31 FISCAL 1996 COMPARED TO FISCAL 1995
Comparisons of the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996 with the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1995 include Creative Faires, Ltd. (owner of the New York Renaissance
Faire) acquired February 5, 1996. The acquisition has been accounted for as a
pooling of interests, which means that the financial results of Creative Faires,
Ltd. have been retroactively merged into those of the Company. Accordingly, the
Company's results of operations for fiscal 1995 and fiscal 1996 include the
results of Creative Faires. Because the Company's fiscal year previously ended
on March 31 and Creative Faires' fiscal year ended on December 31, the income
statements of Creative Faires for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1994 and
December 31, 1995 have been consolidated into the Company's income statements
for the fiscal years ended March 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, respectively.
Results of operations for Creative Faires, Ltd. includes three crafts shows and
a Halloween Forest of Fear in addition to the New York Renaissance Faire,
although the Faire represents most of its revenue.
The results of operations of the Company for the fiscal year ended March 31,
1996 reflect the nineteen-day run of the Los Angeles Faire, the eighteen-day run
of the Wisconsin Faire, the fifteen-day run of the San Francisco Faire, and the
seventeen-day run of the New York Faire. The comparable period of fiscal 1995
included the same number of days for Los Angeles, Wisconsin
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and New York Faires, but included an additional three days for the San Francisco
Faire. The Virginia Renaissance Faire, under construction as of March 31, 1996,
did not generate any revenues during fiscal 1996. Thus, these financial
statements include the results of four operating faires and one faire under
construction during fiscal 1996, as against four operating faires during fiscal
1995. As a further note, as a result of the acquisition of the Los Angeles
Faire on April 1, 1994, the comparable figures for the 1995 fiscal year do not
reflect advance ticket sales and certain prepaid expenses of the Los Angeles
Faire which were recognized by the prior owner.
Revenue increased modestly from $12,539,653 for the fiscal year ended March 31,
1995 to $12,810,617 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, an increase of
$270,964 or 2%. During fiscal 1995 beverage operations for the Los Angeles and
San Francisco Faires were handled by an outside contractor, and accordingly only
the fee earned from that contractor was reported as revenue, whereas in fiscal
1996 the Company ran the beverage operation itself and recorded all revenue.
Faire operating expenses (expenses directly related to faire operations, such as
rent, grounds maintenance, contract services, contract entertainment, food,
beverage and merchandise costs) increased $614,377 or 19%, from $3,212,491 in
fiscal 1995 to $3,826,868 in fiscal 1996. This increase is partially due to the
inclusion of beverage costs for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Faires, which
were not reported during the previous period when handled by an outside
contractor, plus higher overall costs related to faire operations. The gross
profit, representing operating income from faire operations before overhead
expenses, decreased 4% from $9,327,162 in fiscal 1995 to $8,983,749 in fiscal
1996. This decrease is attributable to the shorter run of the San Francisco
Faire in fiscal 1996 and growing operating costs which were not offset by
increased attendance.
Operating expenses (year-round operating costs and corporate overhead) increased
$1,888,568 or 22%, from $8,570,320 for fiscal 1995 to $10,458,888 for fiscal
1996. Of these amounts, salaries increased 17% from $3,474,799 in fiscal 1995
to $4,082,271 in fiscal 1996, representing a modest expansion of staffing levels
Company wide. Depreciation and amortization expense increased 42% from $351,215
in fiscal 1995 to $500,203 in fiscal 1996. This increase is largely the result
of the Company's increased investment in property and equipment for the expanded
Wisconsin Faire, as well as investment in furniture and equipment for the
corporate office, which moved to new quarters in April 1995. The approximately
$3,200,000 investment in buildings and improvements to the Virginia property
were not subject to depreciation in fiscal 1996, because at March 31, 1996 the
Virginia Faire had not yet opened. Under accounting rules those assets
(categorized on the balance sheet as construction-in-progress) were not yet
depreciable. Advertising expenditures increased 28% from $1,211,798 in fiscal
1995 to $1,546,701 in fiscal 1996.
Other operating expenses (all other general and administrative expenses of the
Company) increased $797,205 or 23%, from $3,532,508 for fiscal 1995 to
$4,329,713 for fiscal 1996. This increase is the result of greater overhead
costs at each faire site plus other corporate activities which support faire
operations and pursue new ventures. For example, during the 1996 fiscal year,
approximately $225,000 was spent developing new products and distribution
opportunities. Second, approximately $90,000 in product design costs, which had
been capitalized during the 1995 fiscal year, had to be expensed when changing
circumstances required a different accounting treatment of
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that transaction. Third, approximately $160,000 in expenses were incurred
searching for and negotiating for the rights to new sites for the Los Angeles
and San Francisco Faires. Management believes that those Faires have the
potential to be more profitable once they are located on long-term sites with
permanent structures, since the substantial costs of re-establishing the faires
each season will be eliminated and also, the opportunity for revenue enhancement
will improve in conjunction with additional improvements to the property.
Fourth, the Company expensed approximately $300,000 in overhead costs during
construction of the new site in Virginia, including such costs as salaries,
office rent and overhead costs related to overseeing construction. As a result
of the foregoing, net operating income (before interest charges and other
income) decreased $2,231,981, from $756,842 for fiscal 1995 to a loss of
$1,475,139 for fiscal 1996.
A 128% increase in interest income from $48,132 in fiscal 1995 to $109,652 in
fiscal 1996 resulted from the investment of cash proceeds from the January 1995
stock offering. Offsetting this was a 159% increase in interest expense from
$53,223 in fiscal 1995 to $138,036 in fiscal 1996. The increase was due to a
new $1,500,000 mortgage and $250,000 note on the Virginia property, plus a
larger mortgage on the Wisconsin property. Combining interest income with
interest expense resulted in an increase in net interest expense from $5,091 in
fiscal 1995 to $28,384 in fiscal 1996. Miscellaneous expenses (primarily loss
on sale of assets) of $28,327 in fiscal 1995 changed to $36,049 in miscellaneous
income (rental income and vendor refunds) in fiscal 1996. Combining net
operating income with other income resulted in a $2,190,898 decrease in net
income before taxes, from income of $723,424 for fiscal 1995 to a loss of
$1,467,474 in fiscal 1996.
Since the Company incurred a net loss for the 1996 fiscal year, it applied that
loss against taxable income during the previous fiscal year, resulting in a
credit of $193,803 in taxes previously booked. The excess in operating losses
above what has been applied against the previous year (approximately $1,400,000)
was carried forward to reduce taxable income in future periods. During the 1995
fiscal year, a year of net income, income tax expense of $147,000 was incurred.
Net income to common stockholders decreased $1,806,980, from $533,309 in fiscal
1995 to a loss of $1,273,671 for fiscal 1996. Net income to common stockholders
for fiscal 1995 is net of $43,115 paid in dividends on preferred stock. The
Company's preferred stock was fully redeemed on January 27, 1995 in conjunction
with the public offering, and there has been no preferred stock outstanding
since that date. Finally, net income per common share decreased from $0.11
during fiscal 1995 to a loss of $0.16 during fiscal 1996, based on 4,801,044
weighted average number of shares outstanding during fiscal 1995 and 7,824,182
weighted average number of shares outstanding during fiscal 1996.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's working capital deficit was narrowed during the nine months ended
September 30, 1997, from $1,506,284 at December 31, 1996 to $560,398 at
September 30, 1997. This improvement resulted from a number of cost reductions
implemented by management in order to reduce the Company's working capital
requirements and the issuance of $1,000,000 of convertible debentures during the
first five months of the year.
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The Company's working capital requirements are greatest during the period from
January 1 through April 30, when it is incurring start-up expenses for its first
faires of the faire season, the Southern California and Virginia Faires. The
Company has historically relied upon various revolving credit facilities to meet
its working capital requirements during this period. At December 31, 1996, the
Company had outstanding $1,000,000 in short-term bank lines of credit borrowings
which was the maximum amount available under the lines and did not therefore
have any unused credit available for the 1997 faire season. Subsequent to year
end, the Company entered into an agreement with the banks which required the
Company to pay these lines from 1997 operations. As of September 30, 1997, the
entire balance of these lines was repaid. Since December 31, 1996, the Company
has also raised $1,000,000 of working capital through the issuance of
convertible debentures, of which $250,000 was issued to Charles S. Leavell,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and the balance to Mr.
Leavell's father and an unrelated party, and also raised $350,000 of working
capital from the sale of convertible notes to a number of private investors.
The debentures which were secured by mortgages on the Company's Wisconsin and
Virginia faire sites, were repaid upon completion of the sale/lease back of the
Wisconsin faire site described below. The notes were secured by a mortgage on
the Company's Wisconsin Faire site. Upon the sale/lease back of the Wisconsin
faire site, the noteholders consented to a termination of the mortgage on this
property in consideration for which they were granted a mortgage on the Virginia
Faire site. The debentures were convertible into common stock at the lesser of
$4.50 per share or 70% of the fair market value of the Company's common stock,
and the notes are convertible into common stock at the lesser of $1.75 per share
or 50% of the fair market value for the Company's common stock. The debenture
holders were also granted warrants to purchase an aggregate of 200,000 shares of
the Company's common stock at the lesser of $3.00 per share or 70% of the fair
market value of the Company's common stock. The warrants were canceled upon
payment of the debentures.
Management believes that the Company should raise additional working capital in
order to more adequately fund its operations. During November 1997, the Company
completed the sale of its Wisconsin Faire site for $4,000,000. The purchaser
leased this property back to the Company for a period of 20 years with lease
payments of $400,000 per year during each of the first two years, and increasing
to $543,333 per year in years 13 through 20. The Company has the right to
reacquire the property during the term of the lease at an aggregate price of
$4,433,333 during the first three years, increasing to $4,900,000 during years
13 through 20. The sale/leaseback transaction required a security deposit of
$666,667, $333,333 of which is to be released in four years and the balance
released in eight years. The purchasers of the property were granted a six-year
warrant representing the right to acquire an aggregate of 766,667 shares of the
Company's Common Stock at an exercise price of $1 per share. The Company's
working capital was increased by approximately $1,600,000 as the result of this
transaction. The Company believes that it will need to raise an additional
$500,000 to $1,000,000 of short-term working capital to fund working capital
requirements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1998. Such additional
funds will not, however, be adequate to fund the relocation of the Company's
Northern or Southern California Faires. Additional capital will be sought
through borrowings or from additional equity financing.
Reviewing the change in financial position over the nine months, current assets,
largely comprised of cash and prepaid expenses, increased from $931,451 at
December 31, 1996 to $1,411,915 at September 30, 1997, an increase of $480,464
or 52%. Of these amounts, cash and cash equivalents
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increased from $374,289 at December 31, 1996 to $375,222 at September 30, 1997.
Accounts receivable increased from $99,551 at December 31, 1996 to $765,154 at
September 30, 1997. This is a normal condition, reflecting outstanding balances
due from vendors for recently completed faires. Prepaid expenses decreased from
$139,167 at December 31, 1996 to $100,010 at September 30, 1997.
Current liabilities decreased from $2,437,735 at December 31, 1996 to $1,972,313
at September 30, 1997, a decrease of $465,422 or 19%. This decrease is due to
the pay off in the first nine months of the $1,000,000 in bank lines of credit
borrowing discussed above. The current portion of notes payable decreased from
$1,209,119 at December 31, 1996 to $1,112,684 at September 30, 1997. Of this
amount, $1,000,000 was repaid during November 1997 from the proceeds of the
sale/leaseback transaction discussed above. Unearned income, which consists of
the sale of admission tickets to upcoming faires and deposits received from
craft vendors for future faires, decreased from $160,588 at December 31, 1996 to
$85,350 at September 30, 1997.
Total assets decreased from $9,872,349 at December 31, 1996 to $9,636,265 at
September 30, 1997, a decrease of $236,084 or 2%. Of this amount, the increase
in current assets of $480,464 was more than offset by moderate decreases in the
other non-current asset categories. Property, plant and equipment (net of
depreciation) decreased by $131,045 or 2% from $7,176,755 at December 31, 1996
to $7,045,710 at September 30, 1997 as a result of depreciation of assets for
the period. Goodwill, which arose from the purchase of the two California
Faires and is being amortized over 15 years, decreased from $620,826 at December
31, 1996 to $582,819 at September 30, 1997 as the result of normal amortization.
Other miscellaneous assets (organizational costs and vendor deposits) increased
from $253,201 at December 31, 1996 to $285,714 at September 30, 1997.
Total liabilities decreased from $4,816,897 at December 31, 1996 to $4,022,000
at September 30, 1997, a decrease of $794,897 or 17%. Total liabilities at
September 30, 1997 include $1,972,313 in current liabilities (discussed above),
plus $2,049,687 from the long-term portion of the following bank loans: a
$700,000 mortgage on the Bristol Faire property and a $1,000,000 mortgage on the
Virginia Faire property. The $700,000 mortgage on the Bristol Faire property
was repaid during November 1997 from the proceeds of the sale/leaseback
transaction discussed above. In August 1997, the Company had approximately
$615,000 of certificates of deposit mature which were previously held as
additional collateral by the lending bank of the two Virginia loans. The
Company elected to apply this amount to the two loans, thereby paying off the
$250,000 loan for construction of vendor booths in Virginia, and applying the
balance to reduce the mortgage on the Virginia property.
Stockholders' Equity increased from $5,055,452 at December 31, 1996 to
$5,614,265 at September 30, 1997, an increase of $558,813 or 11%. This increase
resulted from the net loss of ($419,725), more than offset by additional
contributed capital received as the result of the exercise of 140,292 Class A
Warrants at $2.00 per share, the exercise of 68,000 Class B Warrants at $2.625
per share, and the exercise of 111,716 employee stock options at prices ranging
from $1.125 to $3.50 per share. As of September 30, 1997, the Company had
outstanding 9,636,262 shares of common stock, 1,673,564 Class A Warrants
representing the right to purchase common stock at $2.00 per
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share, and 1,981,966 Class B warrants representing the right to purchase common
stock at $2.625 per share.
The Company has no significant commitment for capital expenses during the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1997.
BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation operates five Renaissance Faires in the
United States, and is engaged in a strategy to develop and acquire additional
Renaissance Faires nationwide. The newest Faire opened on May 4, 1996 in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, a project which was designed and constructed by the
Company. On February 5, 1996, the Company acquired Creative Faires, Ltd., the
owner and operator of the New York Renaissance Faire. With its five Faires
currently drawing close to 750,000 visitors annually, the Company believes that
it is the largest operator of Renaissance Faires and Renaissance entertainment
events in the United States. The Renaissance entertainment industry consists of
over 100 separate events of varying size with a Renaissance theme and has an
estimated attendance in excess of 4,000,000 visitors annually.
The Renaissance Faire is a recreation of a Renaissance village, a fantasy
experience transporting the visitor back into sixteenth century England. This
fantasy experience is created through authentic craft shops, food vendors and
continuous live entertainment throughout the day, both on the street and the
stage, including actors, jugglers, jousters, magicians, dancers and musicians.
STRATEGIC PLAN
The Company's long-term strategic plan is to grow internally as well as through
the acquisition of additional Renaissance Faires located throughout the United
States. At this time, the Company has no agreements or commitments to acquire
additional Renaissance Faires or faire sites.
The Company estimates that there are currently 20 major Renaissance Faires
produced in various locations throughout the country each year which are owned
by approximately 13 different owner/entities. These Faires are predominantly in
major metropolitan areas and in many cases have a history of decades of
profitable operation. Because of the fragmented nature of the industry, the
Company believes that it has an opportunity to acquire existing major Faire
productions as well as develop productions in areas which are not currently
serviced.
EXISTING RENAISSANCE FAIRES AND SITES
The Company presently owns and produces five Renaissance Faires: the Bristol
Renaissance Faire in Kenosha, Wisconsin, serving the Chicago/Milwaukee
metropolitan region; the Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire in
Novato, California, serving the San Francisco Bay area; the Southern California
Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Devore, California serving the greater Los Angeles
metropolitan area; the New York Renaissance Faire serving the New York City
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metropolitan area; and the Virginia Renaissance Faire in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, serving the Washington, D.C. and Richmond metropolitan areas.
The following table shows the attendance, number of vendors and net operating
income for the Company's faires during the 1996 and 1995 faire seasons.
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Approximate
Attendance Number of Vendors Net Operating Income
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1995 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996
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Bristol 165,174 190,604 150 150 $422,544 $987,660
Northern CA 184,444 184,548 150 150 * 352,964
Southern CA 193,761 166,283 150 150 * 745,634
New York 114,403 150,773 100 100 9,179 (301,291)
Virginia 0 60,943 0 50 -- (644,813)
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Total 657,782 753,151 $1,163,634 $1,140,154
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* Combined net operating income for the Northern and Southern California
faires for the 1995 faire season was $731,911.
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE. The Bristol Renaissance Faire is conducted at the
Kenosha, Wisconsin site owned by the Company. It has been in existence for 10
years. The Bristol Renaissance Faire is presented annually for nine weekends
beginning the last weekend in June and ending the third weekend in August.
The Bristol Renaissance Faire was originally located on 80 acres. In May 1995,
the Company purchased an adjacent 80 acres of real estate which in the past it
had used under lease, for a purchase price of $850,000. During November 1997,
the Company sold this site and leased it back for a period of 20 years. See
"Property." Improvements which have been constructed on the site, including the
vendor booths, are permanent. Craft shops and vendor booths are built by the
individual craft vendors at their cost. In many cases, vendors invest
substantial sums of money in the construction of these shops.
While the Company believes that the property is amenable to some
income-producing off-season activity, historically, the Company has only
utilized the site for the Renaissance Faire, and the property has been vacant
during the off-season. The Company is considering year-round uses which could
include campgrounds, a micro-brewery, an Octoberfest and music festivals. To
date, however, there exist no agreements, arrangements or other understandings
with respect to alternate year-round uses, and there can he no assurance that
the Company will be successful in developing any income-producing, off-season
activities.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE. The Northern Renaissance
Pleasure Faire has been held in the San Francisco Bay area for the past 30
years. This Faire is conducted annually for six to seven weekends, typically
beginning Labor Day weekend and running through the first or second weekend of
October.
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The Northern California Faire is located on leased property in Novato,
California. The lease is currently on a year-by-year basis which, unless
extended, will expire before the 1998 faire season. The rent was $350,000 in
1996 and $300,000 in 1997. The Company is investigating new sites for the Faire
which, if acceptable and available, will not be available until at least 1998.
The Company estimates that it will be required to spend from $800,000 to
$1,300,000 for the investigation and development of a new site prior to the
opening of the Faire at the site. Due to the time required to locate a site,
obtain approval to hold a faire on the site and to prepare the site for a faire,
the Company believes it will be difficult to hold this faire on a new site for
the 1998 faire season.
In contrast to the permanent structures constructed at the Bristol Renaissance
Faire, all structures, including the gates, stages, booths, shops and arenas
utilized in the California Renaissance Pleasure Faires are mobile. These props
are loaded into the Company's semi-tractor/trailers and transported between the
Northern and Southern California Renaissance Faires and, during the off-season,
are stored at the Northern Renaissance Faire site. The booths and craft shops
utilized by vendors are owned by the individual vendors and moved onto the site
for the Faire and then removed by them. The Faire is constructed and removed
much in the same way as a circus or traveling carnival.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE. The Southern California
Renaissance Pleasure Faire has been conducted for the past 34 years in the Los
Angeles metropolitan area. This Faire is held annually for eight weekends
beginning the last week of April and ending Mid-June.
The Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faire is held in Glenn Helen Regional Park
located near Devore, California. The site is leased from the San Bernardino
County Parks and Recreation Department, under a one year lease for the 1997
Faire. Rental under the lease is equal to 3.5% of gross revenues. The Company
has the option of leasing the San Bernardino site in the future, but is
currently investigating new sites for the Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
The Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faire site is only occupied during the Faire
season and must be vacated following completion of the Faire. Accordingly, all
structures are mobile and transported to the Northern Renaissance Faire site for
storage during the off-season.
Although the Company has operated that Faire during the past three years at a
profit, management believes that it will either have to relocate the Faire or
obtain a long-term lease for the current faire site in order to improve its
profitability in the future. On November 4, 1996, the Company entered into a
non-binding letter of intent with the owner of a site in Pomona, California
which contemplated that the Company would commence operation of the Southern
California Faire at that site starting in 1998. The letter of intent calls for
the Company to construct a new village for the Faire. The Company estimates
that the cost of such construction would be approximately $2,000,000. The
Company would need additional funds from one or more third parties to finance
such construction. Following execution of the letter of intent, the owner of
the current site for this faire indicated that it would be willing to enter into
a long-term lease for the faire site. With a long-term lease, the Company would
be able to make permanent improvements to the site and reduce its annual set-up
cost for the faire. The Company has not, as
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of the date of this Prospectus, determined whether it should relocate this faire
to the new proposed site in Pomona or enter into a long-term lease for the
existing faire site, although the Company intends to hold this faire at the
current site in 1998.
NEW YORK RENAISSANCE FAIRE. The Company acquired Creative Faires, Ltd., the
owner and operator of the New York Renaissance Faire in February of 1996. The
New York Renaissance Faire opened in July 1978 and recreates a 16th century
English country Faire on 65 leased acres in Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, New York.
Creative Faires, Ltd. also produces Sterling Forest's Forest of Fear as well as
other arts and crafts shows in the New York tri-state area. The Company issued
540,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock in consideration for all of the
outstanding shares of Creative Faires, Ltd. The Company valued this faire based
on the Company's estimate of net operating income which could be achieved under
the Company's management, the cost of developing a new faire in the New York
metropolitan area and the benefits of having a renaissance faire in the greater
New York metropolitan area. Since the faire was acquired during the 1996 faire
season, the Company did not have a significant opportunity to affect the results
of this faire during the 1996 faire season. A new manager has been hired for
this faire and a number of new promotional activities and entertainment acts
were introduced during the 1997 faire season.
VIRGINIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE. The Company's newest Faire is located in
Fredericksburg, Virginia on 250 acres of land purchased by the Company in July
of 1995 for $925,000. Like the Bristol Faire, this is a permanent facility,
which opened for business on May 4, 1996 and operated for seven weekends. All
buildings on the property, including performance stages, restaurants, ale stands
and craft shops, were designed in a unified style appropriate to the Renaissance
period and were constructed by the Company during the year prior to opening.
This is the first time the Company has developed a Faire on its own, since all
other Faires owned by the Company represented acquisitions of existing
businesses. The Virginia Faire, as is typical of new faires, operated at a loss
in 1996, its first year of operation, and incurred an operating loss in the 1997
faire season. These losses may continue for one or more future faire seasons
until the Company is able to establish a regular customer base and increase the
awareness of the faire.
The construction of the Faire was financed with a $1.5 million mortgage,
repayable over 15 years at an initial interest rate of 8.65% annually, plus the
use of corporate funds. The Company also borrowed $250,000 to finance the
construction of buildings for crafts vendors, with repayment over five years at
an interest rate of 9.5% annually. Some vendors have paid for their buildings
outright, others have utilized the financing provided by the Company, while
others rent space with an option to purchase. The Company arranged for vendor
financing in order to attract desirable vendors to the new Faire, and to develop
a permanent contingent of Faire participants.
Some of the management of the Virginia Faire is handled by employees of the
Bristol Faire, including such areas as entertainment and public relations.
Although there are currently no other activities scheduled on the property for
1997 other than the Virginia Renaissance Faire, the Company expects to develop
other income-producing activities, which may include a Halloween forest of
fright, music festivals, Christmas activities and other special events. To
date, however,
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there exist no agreements, arrangements or other understandings with respect to
alternate year-round uses.
VENDORS
Approximately 13% of the revenues realized from presenting the Company's
Renaissance Faires are generated from the Company's relationships with vendors
and craftsmen who sell food and crafts, and offer games and rides. During the
1996 faire season, there were approximately 150 vendors at each of the Bristol,
Northern California and Southern California faires, 100 vendors at the New York
faire and 50 vendors at the Virginia faire. Typically, there is little turnover
in vendors from one faire season to the next. The loss of any one or more
vendors would not have a material adverse effect upon a particular faire.
At the Bristol Renaissance Faire site, the vendors and craftsmen are required to
construct their shops and booths at their own cost and then occupy the
structures on a year-to-year basis for an annual fee of $900.
At the Virginia Renaissance Faire site, shops and booths are constructed by the
vendors. All buildings so constructed become a permanent part of the Faire and
are the property of the Company. All vendors at the Virginia Renaissance Faire
pay the Company a fee of 6% to 15% of gross revenues.
At the Northern and Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faires, craft shops
and booths are owned by the vendors and transported onto the site for the
duration of the Faire and then removed. In lieu of a flat fee to participate,
vendors at the California Faires pay the Company a fee equal to 15% of their
gross revenues.
The decision to charge a flat fee or a percentage of revenues is based on
several factors, including the custom of a particular faire and the extent to
which vendors must invest in the construction of their booths. The advantage to
the Company of the flat fee method is that it is easier to monitor and is more
predictable. The advantage to the Company of the percentage method is that the
Company may participate to a greater extent as attendance at the faire
increases. Vendors occupy their booths and shops pursuant to written lease
agreements with the Company which have a term of one year, and require renewal
by both the vendor and the Company each year. Under these agreements, each
vendor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from any liability
which may arise by virtue of the vendors' activities at the Faire.
Nevertheless, the Company maintains general public liability insurance which
also provides coverage for such risks.
REVENUE SOURCES
A Renaissance Faire generates revenues from numerous sources, including gate
admissions, beverage sales, parking fees, food sales, craft fees, game fees,
camping fees, souvenir sales and sponsorship fees. The following table shows
the Company's revenues during the 1995 and 1996 faire seasons from each of these
activities.
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1995 1996
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Gate Admissions $ 6,143,974 $ 6,443,461
Beverage Revenue 2,495,423 2,797,683
Parking Revenue 833,342 808,008
Food Revenue 1,125,489 1,328,339
Craft Fees 1,072,043 1,319,805
Game Fees 133,327 224,542
Souvenir Revenue 536,972 724,518
Sponsorship Fees 121,540 230,020
Camping Fees 173,688 241,084
Miscellaneous Fees 171,819 436,117
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Total $12,810,617 $14,553,577
GATE ADMISSIONS. Gate admissions are set from $14.00 to $17.50 for adults,
$5.95 to $6.95 for children, with children under the age of five admitted free.
Discounts for senior's and military personnel are $1.00 to $2.00. Off premises
discount ticket sales are available at Cub Foods, K-Mart, Sentry Foods, Shoprite
and Kits Camera. Discount coupons are available at retail outlets operated by
the Company's sponsors, including McDonalds, Subway, White Castle, Vons super
markets and Amoco Stations. The Company has a large group sale and advance sale
program that provides discounted tickets. Admission provides the guest with
all-day continuous entertainment on multiple stages. Major entertainment acts
include full contact jousting, falconry, variety acts, sword duels,
Shakespearean vignettes and authentic belly-dancing.
BEVERAGE INCOME. The Company sells beer, wine and soft drinks at each Faire.
PARKING INCOME. The California Faires charge $6.00 per car for regular parking
and $10 for preferred close-in parking. The Bristol and New York Faires have
preferred parking for $2.00 and $5.00. The Virginia Faire charges $2 for
regular parking.
FOOD REVENUE. At the California and New York Faires, all food concessions are
run by independent vendors. These vendors pay the Company a commission equal to
approximately 15% of their gross revenues. At the Bristol Faire, the Company
owns certain high volume food items such as turkey legs, pizza, roast beef and
brats (sausages). These items comprise approximately 40% of the total food
sales. Additional food items are sold by independent food vendors who pay the
Company approximately 15% of their gross revenues. At the Virginia Faire, the
Company currently owns all of the food concessions.
CRAFT FEES. Each Faire has from 50 to 150 independent craft vendors who sell
their goods to Faire patrons. Most of the craft items are handmade by the
artists who often demonstrate the making of their wares at the Faire. The
glassblowers and lace-makers are generally very popular. The craft vendors in
California pay the Company a fee of approximately 15% of their gross revenue.
At the Bristol, New York and Virginia Faires, craft vendors are required to
build their own booth or shop, and either pay a flat annual fee or a percentage
of their gross income.
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GAME FEES. Many games and rides are operated by independent contractors. The
Company receives 15% of the gross revenues from these games and rides.
SOUVENIR REVENUE. The sale of souvenir tee-shirts, sweatshirts, beer mugs,
books and other high quality merchandise appropriate to the Renaissance era is
believed by the Company to represent an area of excellent future opportunity.
It is intended that the Company's products will also be sold through other
outlets, such as catalogues, department stores, and on-line via the Company's
Internet Web site. There can, however, be no assurance that the Company will be
successful in marketing its products and memorabilia through alternative means
in the future.
SPONSORSHIP FEES. The Company solicits sponsorship arrangements with major
sponsors including Coca-Cola Company, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Miller Brewing
Company, Amoco Oil Company, Eastman Kodak Company, Pepsi Cola Company and
Guinness Import Co. The sponsors also participate in joint advertising
campaigns.
CAMPING FEES. The Company allows employees and independent vendors limited
camping at the Faire sites during the Faire season. The Company provides
portable rest room facilities, showers and security for campers. The campers
are charged and pay a fee for these services.
MARKETING
The Company markets its Faires as entertainment events for the whole family,
which also include shopping and food. Marketing is accomplished through local
television and radio stations which, from time-to-time, and, often in
conjunction with other advertisers, conduct live broadcasts from the Faires.
Supplementing this television and radio advertising, newspapers and billboards
provide essential information to the general public regarding the cost of
admission, location and times of operation. Artistic brochures and fliers are
directed toward groups for advanced sales campaigns.
The Company has also undertaken a "Sponsorship" campaign. Major sponsors have
included Eastman Kodak Company, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Coca-Cola
Company, Miller Brewing Company, Amoco Production Company and Sentry Foods, Inc.
Agreements with such sponsors have included joint advertising, sponsorship fees,
and product giveaways.
SEASONALITY AND WEATHER
The Company generates its revenue primarily from the production of Renaissance
Faires. Since, at this point, they are exclusively outdoor events, each Faire
is scheduled for the time of year most likely to minimize the risks and hazards
of inclement weather. With a total of five Faires in various U.S. locations,
the Company has been able to extend the period of revenue generation from late
April (the start of the Southern California and Virginia Faires) through early
October (the end of the Northern California Faire), with the Bristol Renaissance
Faire being held during July and August, and the New York Faire during August
and September. The spread of Faires over a six-month period, and the geographic
spread across the West coast, the East coast and the mid-West, helps to assure
that inclement weather in one particular geographic area at any particular time
does not
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adversely threaten the Company's entire source of revenue. It is normal,
however, for adverse weather, or even the forecast of adverse weather, to harm
the financial results during certain weekends of any particular Faire.
During the period from the middle of October through the third week of April,
the Company currently has no material income-generating activity and must meet
its working capital requirements from cash flow earned during the Faire season
augmented by short-term debt. Creative Faires, Ltd. operates craft shows and
the Forest of Fear on the New York site during the fall and spring. The Company
plans to continue those events and also to develop fall events at certain of the
Company's other Faire sites.
Each Faire is scheduled for a finite period which is determined substantially in
advance in order to facilitate advertising and other promotional efforts. Since
attendance at each Faire is dependent upon the weather, poor weather conditions
can result in substantial declines in attendance and loss of revenues. The
Bristol, New York and Virginia faires are open "rain or shine." The Northern
and Southern California sites, which have temporary buildings, are closed on
rain days. The Company is also vulnerable to severe climatic events which are
similarly beyond its control but nevertheless could have a direct and material
impact upon the Company's relative success or failure.
COMPETITION
As a promoter and operator of family entertainment events, the Company faces
significant competition from other more traditional entertainment alternatives,
including amusement parks, theme parks, local and county fairs, and specialty
festivals. At each of the markets in which the Company competes, there are many
entertainment events which compete for the consumers' entertainment dollars.
Many of these entertainment events have attendance and revenues substantially
greater than the Company's fairs in such markets. The Company competes on the
basis of entertainment value and uniqueness of the Renaissance event. The
Company emphasizes its fairs as an activity which appeals to the whole family.
While there are more than 100 annual entertainment events produced in the
country with a Renaissance theme, there are only 20 major Renaissance Faire
productions operated in major metropolitan areas throughout the country. As
families typically do not travel to distant metropolitan areas in order to
attend a Renaissance Faire, the Company does not experience direct competition
with those other major productions. More significant competition comes from
other entertainment alternatives and smaller fair events.
Further, by the very nature of Renaissance Faires and the lack of protection
afforded by trademark, service mark and unfair competition laws, there exist few
barriers to entry into the industry, and there can be no assurance that other
companies with substantially greater resources will not develop competing Faires
in the metropolitan areas where the Company has established productions.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Because of the number of existing Faire productions with Renaissance themes, it
is unlikely that the Company will be able to rely upon trademark or service mark
protection for the name "Renaissance Faire" in connection with its business.
However, the Company did obtain in connection with its acquisition of Living
History Center assets an assignment of a California registration of the mark
"Renaissance Pleasure Faire" which applies only to the state of California. The
Company also has a Virginia service mark for the "Virginia Renaissance Faire."
Further, it is possible that the Company could apply for and obtain trademark or
service mark registrations on a state level for its other individual Faires,
such as "Bristol Renaissance Faire" and other name-specific marks associated
with the "Renaissance Faire" description as those names are acquired or
developed. While the Company may be able to protect a site-specific name for
its productions, the Company does not consider this protection a significant
deterrent to the entry of competitors into existing markets, given the limited
barriers to such entry.
PUBLIC LIABILITY AND INSURANCE
As a producer of public entertainment events, the Company has exposure for
claims of personal injury and property damages suffered by visitors to the
Company's Renaissance Faires. To date, however, the Company has experienced
only minimum claims which have been resolved quickly without litigation. The
Company maintains comprehensive public liability insurance in the amount of
$1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 in the aggregate, which it considers to
be adequate against this exposure. Independent vendors operating food
concessions, games and rides are required to obtain liability insurance
protection, and to provide the Company with proof of such coverage.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
Since food and alcoholic beverages are sold at the various Faire sites, the
Company, its vendors and/or subsidiaries must comply with all applicable rules,
regulations and/or ordinances pertaining to the handling and sale of such items.
Any material violation of these regulations would subject the Company, its
vendors and/or its subsidiaries to the possibility of having necessary food
service permits and liquor licenses revoked. Material violations may also
result in penalties and fines being assessed against the Company. The Company
must also comply with all state and federal labor laws and regulations,
including all minimum wage and overtime provisions.
The Company believes that it is in compliance with all such laws, and does not
anticipate that any existing law will have a material adverse impact upon the
proposed business and operations of the Company. Although future compliance
cannot be assured in the event of future changes in such laws or the addition of
regulations governing the proposed business and operations of the Company, the
Company will, at all times, endeavor to take all feasible and required actions
necessary to maintain compliance with such laws.
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EMPLOYEES
At September 30, 1997, the Company had 16 full-time employees working in its
Colorado headquarters. Each Faire has its own full-time staff as well as
seasonal and part-time employees who are engaged during the Faire presentation.
At September 30, 1997, the Bristol Faire had 6 full-time employees, the
California Faires had 12 full-time employees, the New York Faire had 6 full-time
employees and the Virginia Faire had 6 full-time employees.
During Faire presentations, there are over 100 street actors interacting with
Faire patrons at any given time, with over 1,000 seasonal employees and
volunteers. The Company trains its professional street actors, who perform
under contract with the Company for a fixed fee. In addition, the Company
invites numerous apprentice actors and actresses to its training programs to
perform during the Faire on a volunteer basis. Only after an actor or actress
has gained a particular proficiency are they invited to become a fully-paid
contract actor for the Company.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, the Company is a party to legal proceedings arising in the
ordinary course of business. On June 5, 1997, Carl Jablonski, a former employee
of the Company, commenced an action against the Company, Charles S. Leavell,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, Howard C. Hamburg, a Vice
President of the Company, and Duke & Co., Inc. in Superior Court of the State of
California in and for the County of Marin alleging breach of implied contract of
employment, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, promissory
estoppel, negligent misrepresentation, unlawful discrimination based on age and
intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The complaint seeks
damages, including punitive damages, in an unspecified amount.
PROPERTY
The Company's corporate headquarters are located at 4410 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite
200, in Boulder, Colorado. This property measures 3,868 square feet and is
currently leased at $7,854 per month, with increases of 5% per annum each
November 1, expiring October 31, 2001. The Company considers these offices to
be suitable for its needs for the duration of the lease term. The Company has
an option to renew the lease for an additional five year period.
The Company leases approximately 160 acres in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, which
is home to the Bristol Renaissance Faire. The lease is for a period of 20 years
with lease payments of $400,000 per year during each of the first two years
beginning in November 1997 and increasing to $543,333 per year in years 13
through 20. The Company has the right to acquire the property during the term
of the lease at an aggregate price of $4,433,333 during the first three years,
increasing to $4,900,000 during years 13 through 20. The Company has made a
security deposit of $666,667, $333,333 of which is to be released in four years
and the balance released in eight years.
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The Company has leased the property where the Northern California Renaissance
Pleasure Faire is held, located at 1410 Highway 37, Novato, California 94945.
Office quarters for all California personnel is included in the overall lease
covering the Faire site, which expires at the end of the 1997 faire season. See
"Business--Existing Renaissance Faires and Sites--Northern California
Renaissance Faire."
The New York Faire is operated on 65 acres of leased land in Tuxedo, New York.
This lease expires December 31, 2000. The Company also leases offices in New
York City.
On July 27, 1995, the Company acquired approximately 250 acres of land in
Stafford County, Virginia, for a purchase price of $925,000. The funds for this
purchase were provided from the proceeds of a sale of the Company's Common Stock
early in 1995. This property houses the Virginia Renaissance Faire. The
construction of the Faire was financed with a $1.5 million mortgage, repayable
over 15 years at an initial interest rate of 8.65% annually, plus the use of
corporate funds. The Company also borrowed $250,000 to finance the construction
of buildings for crafts vendors, with repayment over five years at an interest
rate of 9.5% annually.
MANAGEMENT
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Name, position with the Company, age of each Director or officer, and the period
during which each Director has served are as follows:
Director
Name Age Position Since
---- --- -------- --------
Charles S. Leavell 55 Chairman of the Board of 1993
Directors & Chief Executive
Officer
Sanford L. Schwartz 47 Director 1993
Robert M. Geller 44 Director 1994
Dean Petkanas 33 Director 1996
Charles J. Weber 51 Director 1997
J. Stanley Gilbert 59 President and Chief Operating --
Officer
James R. McDonald 51 Chief Financial Officer --
Howard Hamburg 60 Vice President --
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Gloria Constantin 46 Secretary --
Sue Brophy 41 Controller --
CHARLES S. LEAVELL was elected Chief Executive Officer effective June 20,
1996. From April 1993 to March 31, 1995, he was Chief Executive Officer, and
from April 1, 1995 to present he has served as Chairman of the Board of the
Company. From 1988 to present, Mr. Leavell has served as President and Chairman
of the Board of Leavell Management Group, Inc. and Ellora Corporation. In that
capacity, he has acquired, developed, and managed numerous ventures, including
the Bristol Renaissance Faire; the 4UR Guest Ranch in Creede, Colorado, a 3,000
acre luxury ranch; and South Meadow, an exclusive 96 unit single family
development in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to his affiliation with Leavell
Management Group and Ellora Corporation, Mr. Leavell worked with Columbia
Pictures in Los Angeles, California, where he was producer of the feature film,
"The Quick and the Dead," about Grand Prix automobile racing, and was the
executive producer of another film, "Evil Ways," about street gangs in East Los
Angeles. Mr. Leavell also produced a rock musical for the stage entitled
"Goosebumps." Mr. Leavell currently sits on the Board of Directors of The
Leavell Company and CK Properties, L.C., of El Paso, Texas, both of which are
real estate development and management corporations with extensive holdings in
apartments and office buildings. Mr. Leavell's former affiliations include
Board of Directors of the Denver International Film Festival, Denver, Colorado,
and Vice-Chair of Colorado Venture Capital Corporation, a regional investment
firm. Mr. Leavell graduated from Stanford University in 1965 with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in history.
SANFORD L. SCHWARTZ has been a Director of the Company since April, 1993.
Mr. Schwartz has been a founder, senior executive or director of nine
publicly-traded companies over the last nineteen years. From 1992 to present,
Mr. Schwartz has been the Chairman of Creative Business Strategies, Inc.
("CBSI"), a business consulting firm. Prior to starting CBSI, Mr. Schwartz was,
from 1989 to 1991, Chief Executive Officer of HealthWatch, Inc., a
publicly-traded medical equipment manufacturer. Mr. Schwartz serves on the
Board of Directors of HealthWatch, Inc.
ROBERT M. GELLER has been a Director of the Company since April 1, 1994.
He served as Chief Financial Officer of Online System Services, Inc., a provider
of internet services, from March 1995 to October 1996. Mr. Geller has also
served as the President of The Growth Strategies Group, a consulting firm
specializing in executive/board services for emerging growth companies since
August 1991. From April, 1990 to July, 1991, he was Executive Vice-President
for HealthWatch, Inc., a publicly-traded medical equipment manufacturer. Mr.
Geller is currently a director of Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. and Online
System Services, Inc., publicly-held corporations, and Integral Peripherals,
Inc., Requisite, Inc., and Chernow Communications, Inc., all privately-held
corporations. Mr. Geller graduated from the University of Colorado Business
School, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and
organizational behavior in 1976.
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DEAN PETKANAS was elected a director of the Company in 1996. He has been
President of Briarwood Investment Counsel, a broker/dealer registered with the
National Association of Securities Dealers since 1981. From 1992 to 1994, Mr.
Petkanas was Director of Corporate Finance for Kensington Wells, Inc. of New
York. From 1989 to 1992, he served as a Vice President of Corporate Finance and
Assistant Director of Research for Stratton Oakmont of Lake Success, New York, a
broker/dealer.
CHARLES J. WEBER has been a successful key executive in the
Entertainment/Communications Industry since the early 1970's. During this
time, he has also been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Weber
Communications, Inc., an international consulting firm providing professional
management, consulting, business development, and financial services. He
specializes in strategic alliances in the multimedia, broadcasting,
entertainment, and communications fields. In this capacity, Mr. Weber has been
instrumental in the production and financing of motion pictures, public and
private corporate financing, domestic and international distribution, and
mergers and acquisitions. He has also served in an executive role for Fortune
500, real estate and entertainment companies and has executive produced a number
of feature films. In addition, from 1994-1995, he was President and Chief
Executive Officer of Canwest International Corp; from 1995-1996 he was President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Producer's Entertainment Group; from
1996-1997 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Greenlight
Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Weber graduated from Manhattan College in New York in
1965, with a B.B.A. degree in Accounting. He received an M.B.A. degree in
Finance and Management from Hofstra University in New York in 1967.
J. STANLEY GILBERT became President and Chief Operating Officer in January,
1997. In 1996 Mr. Gilbert was a Vice President of the Company and he managed
the Bristol Renaissance Faire from 1988 until 1996. Prior to that he worked in
the commercial banking field in senior management. Prior to that, he was senior
vice president of Cinema America, a film and video production company. Mr.
Gilbert is the president of Just in Jest, Inc., an art studio featuring
Renaissance and fantasy handmade sculptures, whose works have been displayed in
galleries and museums, including the Delaware Museum of Fine Art. Mr. Gilbert
has served as a board member of the Kenosha Area Convention and Business Bureau.
He holds a degree in Business Administration.
JAMES R. MCDONALD became Chief Financial Officer of the Company in
November, 1996. From August, 1996 until October, 1996, he served as Chief
Financial Officer of Mountain Solutions, a personal communications services
company. From January, 1994 until August, 1996, Mr. McDonald was Controller of
Omnipoint Corporation, another personal communications services company. Mr.
McDonald also was a principal of James R. McDonald, CPA, from August, 1991 until
December, 1993. Mr. McDonald received a Bachelor of Science degree in
Accounting from California State University at Fullerton in 1978, and a Masters
of Business Administration in Finance from Loyola University of Chicago in 1980.
HOWARD HAMBURG was Chief Operating Officer of the Company from April 1,
1994 to June 20, 1996, at which time he was elected a Vice President of the
Company. From 1989 to March 31, 1994, Mr. Hamburg served as Treasurer and
Planning Director of the Living History
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Centre, Inc., a California non-profit, public benefit corporation and producer
of the California Renaissance Pleasure Faires. In addition to his work with
LHC, Mr. Hamburg served, from 1990 to 1993, as Vice-President of the Patent
Protection Institute, Inc., an intellectual property licensing and royalty
recovery corporation. Mr. Hamburg graduated from New York City Community
College in 1957 with an AA degree in Engineering. In 1969 Mr. Hamburg received
a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science from California State University at
Sonoma.
GLORIA CONSTANTIN has been Secretary of the Company since 1993. She has
also been in-house Investor Relations since 1993. From 1991 to 1993, she was
employed by Leavell Management Group, Inc. Ms. Constantin holds degrees in
English and Theatre, and is an honors graduate of the Denver Paralegal
Institute.
SUE BROPHY has been Controller of the Company since August, 1995. From
1994 until 1995, Ms. Brophy was employed by Clifton, Gunderson & Co., a public
accounting firm in accounting services. From 1990 to 1993, she was
self-employed. From 1991 to 1992, she was an accountant with Rigden, Inc., a
software development company.
Each Director is elected to serve for a term of one year and until the next
Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until a successor is duly elected and
qualified.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth certain information for the Company's fiscal
periods ended December 31, 1996 (D1996), March 31, 1996 (M1996) and 1995 (M1995)
regarding compensation earned by or awarded to the Company's chief executive
officer and the other executive officers whose total annual salary and bonus
exceeded $100,000 (the "Named Executive Officers").
TABLE I
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Long Term Compensation
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Annual Compensation Awards Payouts
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Other All
Annual Restricted Other
Name and Compen- Stock LTIP Compen-
Principal Salary Bonus sation Award(s) Options/ Payouts sation
Position Year ($) ($) ($)(1) ($) SARs ($) ($)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Charles S.
Leavell
Chairman, D1996 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
CEO and M1996 -0- -0- $48,000(1) -0- -0- -0- -0-
President M1995 $92,000 $23,894 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
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<CAPTION>
Long Term Compensation
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Annual Compensation Awards Payouts
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other All
Annual Restricted Other
Name and Compen- Stock LTIP Compen-
Principal Salary Bonus sation Award(s) Options/ Payouts sation
Position Year ($) ($) ($)(1) ($) SARs ($) ($)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Miles
Silverman,
CEO D1996 $95,147 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
President M1996 $131,442 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
M1995 $80,000 $28,894 -0- -0- 80,000 -0- -0-
Howard
Hamburg,
COO,VP D1996 $78,182 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
M1996 $114,391 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
M1995 $84,359 -0- -0- -0- 30,000 -0- -0-
</TABLE>
(1) Includes $48,000 received under a Consulting Agreement that terminated
March 31, 1996.
(2) All executive officers of the Company participate in the Company's group
health insurance plan. However, no Named Executive Officer received
perquisites and other personal benefits which, in the aggregate, exceeded
the lesser of either $50,000 or 10% of the total of annual salary and bonus
paid during the respective years.
OPTIONS GRANTED DURING FISCAL 1996
During the Company's fiscal period ended December 31, 1996, no options were
granted to Named Executive Officers
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES DURING FISCAL 1996 AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
The following table provides information related to the number and value of
options held by the Named Executive Officers as of December 31, 1996. The
Company does not have any outstanding stock appreciation rights.
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Value of Number of Unexercised
Unexercised In-the-Money
Options/SARs at Option/SARs
FY-End(#) at FY-End ($)(1)
Shares Acquired Value Realized Exercisable/ Exercisable/
Name on Exercise(#) ($) Unexercisable Unexercisable
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Charles S. Leavell -0- $-0- 0/0 $0/$0
Miles Silverman -0- $-0- 0/0 $0/$0
Howard Hamburg -0- $-0- 84,266/30,000 $296,502/$67,500
</TABLE>
(1) The value of unexercised options is determined by calculating the
difference between the fair market value of the securities underlying the
options at fiscal period end and the exercise price of the options.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
The Company has Employment Agreements with several of its executive officers and
key employees, the material provisions of which are summarized as follows:
HOWARD HAMBURG. Effective April 1, 1994, the Company entered into an
Employment Agreement with Mr. Hamburg as Treasurer of Renaissance Pleasure
Faires, Inc. Effective April 28, 1995, Mr. Hamburg was also appointed the
Company's COO. Effective June 20, 1996, Mr. Hamburg resigned as COO and was
appointed a Vice President. The current Employment Agreement, which supersedes
the agreement dated April 1, 1994, has a term of one year from the date of
termination notice from the Company. His current annual salary is $110,250.
KEVIN PATTERSON. Effective April 1, 1994, the Company entered into an
Employment Agreement with Mr. Patterson as Chief Executive Officer of
Renaissance Pleasure Faires, Inc. Mr. Patterson also served as a Vice President
of the Company from August 1994 to November 1997. The current Agreement, which
supersedes the agreement dated April 1, 1994, expires in November 1998. His
base salary is $78,750.
BARBARA HOPE. On February 5, 1996, the Company entered into an Employment
Agreement with Ms. Hope as an officer of Creative Faires, Ltd. in connection
with the acquisition of Creative Faires, Ltd. The Agreement has a term of two
years, subject to termination only for cause, and provides for a base salary of
$100,000, with bonuses and salary increases payable at the discretion of the
Company. Ms. Hope and Mr. Gaiti are in charge of the Company's faire
merchandise program.
DONALD C. GAITI. On February 5, 1996, the Company entered into an
Employment Agreement with Mr. Gaiti as an officer of Creative Faires, Ltd. in
connection with the acquisition of Creative Faires, Ltd. The Agreement has a
term of two years, subject to termination only for cause, and provides for a
base salary of $100,000, with bonuses and salary increases payable at the
discretion of the Company. Ms. Hope and Mr. Gaiti are in charge of the
Company's faire merchandise program.
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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
During the fiscal period ended December 31, 1996, Directors, other than Mr.
Geller and Mr. Leavell, received no cash compensation for their services as
such, however they were reimbursed for their expenses associated with attendance
at meetings or otherwise incurred in connection with the discharge of their
duties as Directors of the Company. During July 1997, the Board of Directors
authorized the granting of options to outside directors representing the right
to acquire up to 40,000 shares for each year that a director serves on the
Board. These options are to be granted in lieu of cash compensation. Directors
who are also executive officers of the Company receive no additional
compensation for their services as Directors.
GELLER AGREEMENT
Effective April 1, 1994, the Company appointed Robert M. Geller to serve as a
director of the Company and entered into an agreement with him pursuant to which
the Company agreed to include his name on the slate of nominees to be elected to
serve as directors of the Company, and Mr. Geller consented to the inclusion of
his name as a nominee through the 1996 annual meeting of shareholders. Pursuant
to the terms of the agreement, Mr. Geller was granted non-qualified options
exercisable to acquire up to 83,333 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an
exercise price of $2.25 per share. Further, the Company has agreed to pay him
$300 for each Board of Directors meeting he attends and to reimburse him for
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending those meetings.
The Company has also agreed to reimburse Mr. Geller for his out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with his services rendered as a consultant to
the Company for which he also receives $75 an hour. Under this agreement, Mr.
Geller received $30,137 in the 1996 fiscal year and $9,421 in the nine-month
period ended December 31, 1996.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Geller, Schwartz and Leavell.
Mr. Leavell, who is Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company,
participates in all discussions and decisions regarding salaries, benefits and
incentive compensation for all employees of the Company, except discussions and
decisions relating to his own salary, benefits and incentive compensation.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
During May 1997, the Company raised $1,000,000 through the issuance of
convertible debentures, of which $250,000 principal amount was issued to Charles
S. Leavell, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the balance
to Mr. Leavell's father and an unrelated party. The investments by Mr. Leavell
and his father were made through the conversion of short-term loans they had
made to the Company earlier in fiscal 1997. The debentures were secured by
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mortgages on the Company's Wisconsin and Virginia faire sites and were
convertible into Common Stock at the lesser of $4.50 per share or 70% of the
fair market value of the Company's Common Stock at the time of conversion. The
debenture holders were also granted warrants to purchase an aggregate of 200,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock at the lesser of $3.00 per share or 70% of
the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock at the date of exercise of
the warrants. During November 1997, the debentures were paid and the warrants
were canceled.
CBSI CONSULTATION AGREEMENT
Sanford L. Schwartz was elected to serve as a member of the Company's Board of
Directors in April, 1993. Mr. Schwartz is President, Director and a principal
stockholder of Creative Business Strategies, Inc., ("CBSI"), a business
consulting firm. The Company had a Consultation Agreement with CBSI which
expired December 31, 1996, pursuant to which CBSI performed financial and public
relations services for the Company and assisted the Company in the evaluation of
acquisition candidates, including Creative Faires, Ltd. In consideration of
those services, the Company paid CBSI a fee of $4,500 per month and $200 per
hour for services rendered in excess of 20 days per month. A total of $36,000
was paid to CBSI during the nine months ended December 31, 1996, pursuant this
agreement.
CREATIVE FAIRES, LTD. AGREEMENT
On February 5, 1996, the Company, its newly-created and wholly-owned subsidiary
Cfaires Acquisition Corp., Creative Faires, Ltd., and Barbara Hope and Donald C.
Gaiti, the sole shareholders of Creative Faires, Ltd., entered into an Agreement
and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Cfaires Acquisition Corp. was merged with
and into Creative Faires, Ltd. In connection with the merger, Ms. Hope and Mr.
Gaiti who are married to each other, received an aggregate of 540,000 shares of
the Company's Common Stock, and the Company became the sole shareholder of
Creative Faires, Ltd. The Company also agreed to employ Mr. Gaiti and Ms. Hope
as officers of Creative Faires, Ltd. for two-year periods. The market value for
the 540,000 shares of Common Stock at the time of the transaction was
$3,071,250. The shares were "restricted" shares as defined in Rule 144
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company believes that the foregoing transactions were on terms as favorable
to the Company as could have been obtained from non-affiliated parties.
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock, as of September 1, 1997, by:
(i) each of the directors of the Company, (ii) all officers and directors of the
Company as a group, and (iii) holders of 5% or more of the Company's Common
Stock. Each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the
shares shown, except as noted.
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Name and Address Percent of
of Beneficial Owner Number of Shares Class (1)
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Charles S. Leavell 1,259,374 (2) 13.1%
1881 Ninth Street, Suite 319
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Legacy Fund, LLC 900,000 (3) 8.5%
4900 Woodway
Suite 650
Houston, Texas 77056
Robert M. Geller 226,666 (4) 2.3%
Sanford L. Schwartz 6,350 (5) *
Gregg Adam Thaler (6) 0 *
Dean Petkanas 0 *
Charles J. Weber(6) 0 *
All Directors & Officers as a Group
(Nine [9] Persons) 2,920,130 (7) 29.6%
* Less than one percent
(1) Shares not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the
individual's right to acquire them as of September 1, 1997, or within 60
days of such date, are treated as outstanding when determining the percent
of the class owned by such individual and when determining the percent
owned by the group.
(2) Includes 880,000 shares of Common Stock held of record by Leavell
Management Group, Inc., a controlled corporation of Mr. Leavell who would
be deemed to exercise the voting and investment power with respect to the
securities held by LMG. 133,334 shares of Common Stock held of record by
LMG are subject to an option granted in favor of Mr. Leavell, exercisable
at a price of $.937 per share. Mr. Leavell disclaims beneficial ownership
of the securities held by LMG for purposes of Section 16 under the Exchange
Act.
(3) Represents shares issuable upon conversion of Notes at an assumed
conversion price of $.25 per share. See "Description of Securities --
Convertible Secured Notes."
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(4) Includes non-qualified options to purchase 166,666 shares of Common Stock
at an exercise price of $1.125 per share and non-qualified options to
purchase 60,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.50 per
share.
(5) Includes 6,350 shares owned by Creative Business Strategies, Inc., a
corporation of which Mr. Schwartz is an officer, director and shareholder.
(6) Mr. Thaler's term as a director expired and Mr. Weber was elected to the
Board during November 1997.
(7) Includes 226,666 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options exercisable
within 60 days of September 1, 1997.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
GENERAL
The Company is authorized to issue 51,000,000 shares of capital stock, including
50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.03 par value, and 1,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value. As of September 1, 1997, there were 9,636,262
shares of Common Stock outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.
COMMON STOCK
No share of Common Stock is entitled to preference over any other share of
Common Stock, and each share of Common Stock is equal to every other share of
Common Stock in all respects. Holders are entitled to one vote for each share
of Common Stock held of record at each meeting of the shareholders, and to
receive dividends when and as declared by the Board of Directors. To date, the
Company has not paid cash dividends. There is no cumulative voting for the
election of directors. Accordingly, the owners of a majority of the shares of
Common Stock outstanding may elect all of the directors to be elected by the
holders of the Common Stock, if they choose to do so, and the owners of the
balance of such shares would not be able to elect any directors. The holders of
Common Stock do not have preemptive rights. The shares of Common Stock offered
hereby will be, upon issuance, fully paid and non-assessable.
PREFERRED STOCK
The Board of Directors is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, in any one or more classes or series, to fix the dividend,
redemption, liquidation, retirement, conversion, voting and other preference
rights for such shares, and to issue options and warrants for the purchase of
such shares, on such terms and for such consideration as the Board may deem
appropriate without further shareholder action. Such additional shares may have
disproportionately higher voting rights or class voting rights, may be
convertible into shares of Common Stock, and may rank prior to the Common Stock
as to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation or
dissolution. The Board of Directors, without
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shareholder approval can issue shares of Preferred Stock with voting and
conversion rights which could adversely affect the voting power of the holders
of Common Stock. Currently, no shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding and
the Company does not have plans to issue any Preferred Stock.
CONVERTIBLE SECURED NOTES
During April 1997, the Company issued $350,000 principal amount of its 10%
Convertible Secured Notes due October 31, 1997 (the "Notes"). The Notes are
secured by a mortgage on the Company's faire site in Virginia and are
convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock at the lesser of $1.75 per
share or 50% of the market value of the Company's Common Stock at the time of
conversion.
WARRANTS
REDEEMABLE CLASS A WARRANTS
Each Class A Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of
Common Stock at a price, subject to adjustment, of $2.00, through and including,
January 27, 2000.
The Class A Warrants are redeemable by the Company, after January 27, 1997,
or sooner with the consent of the Underwriter, at a price of $0.01 per Class A
Warrant, upon 30 days' notice mailed within 10 days after the closing bid price
of the Common Stock has equaled or exceeded 150% of the then current exercise
price, (currently $3.00 per share) for a period of 20 consecutive trading days.
The holders of Class A Warrants called for redemption have exercise rights until
the close of business on the date next preceding the date fixed for redemption.
The Class A Warrants are in registered form under a Warrant Agreement
between the Company and Corporate Stock Transfer, as Warrant Agent. Reference
is made to said Warrant Agreement (filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement) for a complete description of the terms and conditions therein (the
description herein contained being qualified in its entirety by reference
thereto).
The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock or other securities
issuable on exercise of the Class A Warrants are subject to adjustment in
certain circumstances, including in the event of a merger, consolidation,
recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, stock dividend, stock split
or similar transaction. However, no Class A Warrant is subject to adjustment
for issuances of Common Stock at a price below the exercise price of that Class
A Warrant, including the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Company's stock option plans.
The Class A Warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the Class A Warrant
certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the Warrant
Agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the certificate completed
and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price (by
certified check payable to the Company) to the Warrant Agent
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for the number of Class A Warrants being exercised. The Warrantholders do not
have the rights or privilege of holders of Common Stock.
REDEEMABLE CLASS B WARRANTS
Each Class B Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of
Common Stock at a price, subject to adjustment, of $2.625, through and
including, January 27, 2000.
The Class B Warrants are redeemable by the Company, after January 27, 1997,
sooner with the consent of the Underwriter, at a price of $0.01 per Class B
Warrant upon 30 days' notice mailed within 10 days after the closing bid price
of the Common Stock has equaled or exceeded 150% of the then current exercise
price (currently $3.9375 per share) for a period of 20 consecutive trading days.
The holders of Class B Warrants called for redemption have exercise rights until
the close of business on the date fixed for redemption.
The Class B Warrants are in registered form under a Warrant Agreement
between the Company and Corporate Stock Transfer, as Warrant Agent. Reference
is made to said Warrant Agreement (filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement) for a complete description of the terms and conditions therein (the
description herein contained being qualified in its entirety by reference
thereto).
The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock or other securities
issuable on exercise of the Class B Warrants are subject to adjustment in
certain circumstances, including in the event of a merger, consolidation,
recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, stock dividend, stock split
or similar transaction. However, no Class B Warrant is subject to adjustment
for issuances of Common Stock at a price below the exercise price of that Class
B Warrant, including the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Company's stock option plans.
The Class B Warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the Class B Warrant
certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the Warrant
Agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the certificate completed
and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price (by
certified check payable to the Company) to the Warrant Agent for the number of
Class B Warrants being exercised. The Warrantholders do not have the rights or
privilege of holders of Common Stock.
GENERAL
The Company has undertaken to maintain a current prospectus with the SEC
covering shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Warrants and to
register or qualify such shares under the securities law of the state of
residence of the holder of such warrant. The Company will use its best efforts
to have all such shares so registered or qualified on or before the exercise
date and to maintain a current prospectus relating thereto until the expiration
of the Class A and Class B Warrants, subject to the terms of the Warrant
Agreement. While it is the Company's intention to do so, there is no assurance
that it will be able to do so. If the Company
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has not qualified its Common Stock underlying the Class A or Class B Warrants
for sale in particular states, holders of the Company's Warrants in those states
will have no choice but to either sell such Warrants or let them expire.
No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Class A and Class
B Warrants. However, if a holder exercises all Class A or Class B Warrants
owned of record by such holder, the Company will pay to such holder, in lieu of
the issuance of any fractional share which is otherwise issuable, an amount in
cash based on the closing bid price of the Common Stock on the last trading day
prior to the exercise date.
In the event the Company adopts a resolution for the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company's business, the Company will give
written notice of the adoption of such resolution to the registered holders of
the Warrants. Thereupon, all liquidation and dissolution rights under the
Warrants will terminate at the end of 30 days from the date of the notice to the
extent not exercised within those 30 days. Holders of the Class A Warrants and
Class B Warrants have no voting, preemptive, liquidation or other rights of a
shareholder, and no dividends will be declared on the Warrants. The Company has
authorized and reserved for issuance the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants.
The foregoing descriptions of the Company's securities are qualified in all
respects by reference to the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the
Company, and the Warrant Agreement by and between the Company and Corporate
Stock Transfer, Inc., copies of which are filed as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
WARRANT SOLICITATION FEES
The Company has agreed to pay to the Underwriter a Warrant Solicitation Fee
under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions and restrictions.
See "UNDERWRITING -- Warrant Solicitation Fees."
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Corporate Stock Transfer, Denver, Colorado, has been appointed as the
Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Common Stock and the A and B Warrants.
UNDERWRITING
WARRANT SOLICITATION FEES
The Company has agreed to pay to the Underwriter a Warrant Solicitation Fee
on the exercise of Class A Warrants or Class B Warrants exercised more than one
year from the date of issuance. The fee will be equal to 3% of the exercise
price for Warrants exercised in the second year from the date of issuance, and
1% of the Warrant exercise price if exercised after 24 months from the date of
issuance. In order to qualify to receive the Solicitation Fee, the Underwriter
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must be designated by the Warrantholder as having solicited the exercise of the
Warrant, and the compensation payable to the Underwriter in connection with the
exercise of the Warrant must have been disclosed to the Warrantholder. No
Solicitation Fee will be paid with respect to the exercise of Warrants directly
by Warrantholders without the assistance or participation of the Underwriter.
The Underwriter will not be entitled to receive the Solicitation Fee if (i) the
exercise of the Warrants is made at a time when the market price of the
Company's Common Stock is lower than the exercise price of the Warrants or (ii)
the Warrant to be exercised is held in a discretionary account.
In connection with receiving the Solicitation Fee, the Underwriter will be
required to provide the following undertaking: In connection with the exercise
of any Warrant and in order to qualify to receive the Warrant exercise
Solicitation Fee, the undersigned broker/dealer which is a member of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. represents to the Company that
(i) it did not within ten (10) business days immediately preceding the exercise
of the Warrants, bid for or purchase the Company's Common Stock or any security
of the Company which is immediately convertible into or exchangeable for the
Company's Common Stock (including the Warrants) and (ii) it did not, within the
ten (10) business days immediately preceding the date of exercise of the
Warrants, otherwise engage in any activity that would be prohibited by Rule
10b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act to one engaged in the distribution of
the Company's securities.
LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the Common Stock has been passed upon for the Company by
the firm of Newmann & Cobb.
EXPERTS
The audited financial statements of the Company for the fiscal periods
ended December 31, 1996 and March 31, 1996, which are included herein have been
examined and reported on by Schumacher and Associates, Inc., as indicated in
their reports with respect thereto, and are incorporated by reference, in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission may be
inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549, and inspected at the Commission's regional offices at Suite 1400,
500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such material can
also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth
Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates.
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In addition, the Commission maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy
and information statements and other information regarding the Company at
http://www.sec.gov.
The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to the
securities offered hereby. This Prospectus omits certain information
included in such Registration Statement. For further information about the
Company and its securities, reference is made to such Registration Statement
and to the exhibits filed as part thereof or otherwise incorporated therein.
Each summary in this Prospectus of information included in the Registration
Statement or any exhibit thereto is qualified in its entirety by this
reference to such information or exhibit.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants F-2
Audited Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-5
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-9
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 1997 (unaudited) F-28
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited) F-29
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited) F-30
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) F-31
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Board of Directors
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
and Consolidated Subsidiary
We have audited the combined balance sheet of Renaissance Entertainment
Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiary as of March 31, 1996 and December 31,
1996 and the related consolidated statements of operations and changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the nine month period ended December
31, 1996 and for the years ended March 31, 1995 and 1996. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion of these combined financial statements
based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Renaissance Entertainment
Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiary as of March 31, 1996 and December 31,
1996 and the combined results of operations, changes in stockholders' equity and
cash flows for the nine period ended December 31, 1996 and the years ended March
31, 1995 and 1996 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Schumacher & Associates, Inc.
Certified Public Accountants
12835 E. Arapahoe Road
Tower II, Suite 110
Englewood, CO 80112
March 31, 1997
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
March 31, December 31,
1996 1996
------------ ------------
Current Assets:
Cash and equivalents $ 631,063 $ 374,289
Income tax refunds receivable (Note 6) 323,380 --
Stock subscription receivable (Note 13) -- 133,749
Accounts receivable, net of allowance
for doubtful accounts of $8,341 69,434 99,551
Inventory, at lower of cost or market 116,221 184,695
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 979,769 139,167
------------ ------------
Total Current Assets 2,119,867 931,451
Property and equipment, net of accumulated
depreciation of $1,372,060 and $1,982,765
at March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1996
respectively (Note 7) 5,156,217 7,176,755
Construction in progress 1,080,895 --
Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization
of $160,960 and $206,410 at March 31,
1996 and December 31, 1996
respectively (Note 5) 1,046,285 620,826
Covenant not to compete, net of
accumulated amortization of $40,000
and $55,000 at March 31, 1996 and
December 31, 1996 respectively (Note 5) 60,000 45,000
Restricted cash (Note 11) 848,296 890,116
Other assets 121,909 208,201
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Total Assets $ 10,433,469 $ 9,872,349
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
March 31, December 31,
Current Liabilities: 1996 1996
---- ----
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 1,181,090 $ 1,068,028
Notes payable, current portion (Note 3) 437,956 1,209,119
Unearned income 485,798 160,588
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Total Current Liabilities 2,104,844 2,437,735
Notes payable, net of current
portion (Note 3) 2,531,187 2,341,987
Other -- 37,175
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Total Liabilities 4,636,031 4,816,897
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Commitments (Notes 3, 4, 8 and 12) -- --
Stockholders' Equity (Notes 2, 8, 10, 12 and 13):
Preferred stock, $1.00 par value, 1,000,000
shares authorized, none issued and
outstanding -- --
Common stock, $.03 par value, 50,000,000
shares authorized, 8,721,706 and
9,233,772 issued and outstanding
at March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1996
respectively 261,652 277,013
Additional paid-in capital 6,977,256 8,071,634
Accumulated (deficit) (1,441,470) (3,293,195)
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Total Stockholders' Equity 5,797,438 5,055,452
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $ 10,433,469 $ 9,872,349
------------ -----------
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended Nine Month Period Ended
---------------------------------- -------------------------------------
REVENUE: March 31, 1995 March 31, 1996 December 31, 1995 December 31, 1996
-------------- -------------- ----------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(Unaudited)
Sales $12,539,653 $12,810,617 $10,469,824 $14,553,577
Faire operating costs 3,212,491 3,826,868 3,205,152 4,812,616
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Gross Profit 9,327,162 8,983,749 7,264,672 9,740,961
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Salaries and wages 3,474,799 4,082,271 3,030,205 4,048,603
Depreciation and amortization 351,215 500,203 337,708 633,819
Advertising 1,211,798 1,546,701 1,036,508 2,511,973
Other operating expenses 3,532,508 4,329,713 2,749,254 4,300,062
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total Operating Expenses 8,570,320 10,458,888 7,153,674 11,494,457
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Operating Income (Loss) 756,842 (1,475,139) 110,999 (1,753,496)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Other Income (Expenses):
Interest income 48,312 109,652 94,090 68,571
Interest (expense) (53,223) (138,036) (100,266) (253,740)
Other income (expense) (28,327) (36,049) 204,612 (98,229)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total Other Income (expenses) (33,418) 7,665 198,436 (98,229)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Income (Loss) before (Provision)
Credit for Income Taxes 723,424 (1,467,474) 309,434 (1,851,725)
(Provision) Credit for Income Taxes (147,000) 193,803 45,470
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Income (Loss) 576,424 (1,273,671) 263,964 (1,851,725)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Dividends on Preferred Stock (43,115)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Income (Loss) to Common
Stockholders $ 533,309 $(1,273,671) $ 263,964 $(1,851,725)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Income (Loss) per Common Share $ .11 $ (.16) $ .03 $ (.21)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
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Weighted Average Number of Shares
Outstanding 4,801,044 7,824,182 7,643,702 8,907,049
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
From March 31, 1994 through December 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Common Stock
------------------------ Additional Paid-in Accumulated
Shares Amount Capital (Deficit) Total
--------- --------- ------------------ ------------ ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, March 31, 1994 3,204,356 $ 96,130 $ 966,585 $ (701,108) $ 361,607
Common stock issued, acquisition of assets 1,136,666 34,100 498,711 -- 532,811
Common stock issued, private placements 800,000 24,000 216,000 -- 240,000
Common stock issued, services 133,384 4,002 120,998 -- 125,000
Common stock issued, public offering, net of
offering costs of $646,056 2,070,000 62,100 2,914,344 -- 2,976,444
Common stock issued in exchange for preferred
stock issued 583,334 17,500 794,695 -- 812,195
Preferred dividends -- -- -- (43,115) (43,115)
Net income for the year ended March 31, 1995 -- -- -- 576,424 576,424
--------- --------- --------- ---------- ----------
Balance March 31, 1995 7,927,740 237,832 5,511,333 (167,799) 5,581,366
Treasury stock acquired in cashless transaction
and retired (20,626) (618) (81,886) -- (82,504)
Cashless exercise of stock options 66,666 2,000 80,504 -- 82,504
Common stock issued for cash 678,200 20,346 1,334,402 -- 1,354,748
Exercise of stock options 69,726 2,092 132,903 -- 134,995
Net Loss for the year ended March 31, 1996 -- -- -- (1,273,671) (1,273,671)
--------- --------- --------- ---------- ----------
Balance march 31, 1996 8,721,706 261,652 6,977,256 (1,441,470) 5,797,438
Exercise of Class A warrants at $2.00 per share 125,328 3,760 246,896 -- 250,656
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Common Stock
------------------------- Additional Paid-in Accumulated
Shares Amount Capital (Deficit) Total
---------- ---------- ------------------ ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Exercise of Class B warrants at $2.63 per share 34,000 1,020 88,230 -- 89,250
Exercise of stock options 324,998 9,749 610,224 -- 619,973
Issuance of stock for services 27,740 832 151,118 -- 151,950
Fees incurred in connection with exercising
warrants -- -- (2,090) -- (2,090)
Net loss for the nine month period ended
December 31, 1996 -- -- -- (1,851,725) (1,851,725)
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Balance December 31, 1996 $9,233,772 $ 277,013 $8,071,634 $(3,293,195) $ 5,055,452
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- -----------
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended Nine Months Ended
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
March 31, 1995 March 31, 1996 December 31, 1995 December 31, 1996
-------------- -------------- ----------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(Unaudited)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: $ 576,424 $(1,273,671) $ 263,964 $(1,851,725)
Net Income (loss) -- -- -- --
Adjustments to reconcile net income
to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 351,214 500,200 337,708 633,819
Impairment of goodwill -- -- -- 380,000
Stock issued for services 125,000 -- -- 151,950
(Increase) decrease in:
Income tax refund receivable -- (323,380) -- 323,380
Accounts receivable (50,124) (19,310) (178,844) (163,866)
Prepaid expenses (570,332) (396,276) 291,995 840,602
Inventory (82,900) (33,321) (13,134) (68,474)
Other assets (49,657) (38,811) -- (86,292)
Increase (decrease) in:
Income taxes payable 48,175 (48,175) (25,738) --
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses 274,940 742,368 (117,449) (113,062)
Unearned revenue and other 322,083 42,681 (313,197) (294,030)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Cash Provided by Operating
Activities 946,823 (847,695) 245,305 (247,698)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment in restricted cash -- (848,296) (846,449) (41,820)
Repayment of advances 351,150 -- -- --
Acquisition and construction of
property and equipment, goodwill
and covenant note to compete (896,551) (4,920,023) (3,490,356) (1,507,008)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Cash (Used in) Investing Activities (545,401) (5,768,319) (4,336,775) (1,548,828)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Common stock issued and additional
paid-in capital 3,278,450 1,489,743 1,100,908 957,789
Preferred dividends paid (43,115) -- -- --
Advances from officers 60,500 -- -- --
Proceeds from notes payable -- 3,053,989 1,068,729 1,000,000
Principal payments on notes payable (438,793) (595,400) (593,340) (418,037)
Other -- -- (36,458) --
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Cash Provided by (Used in)
Financing Activities 2,857,042 3,948,332 1,539,839 1,539,752
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash 3,258,464 (2,667,682) (2,551,631) (256,774)
Cash beginning of period 40,281 3,298,745 3,296,652 631,063
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Cash, end of period $ 3,298,745 $ 631,063 $ 745,021 $ 374,289
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
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Interest paid $ 54,506 $ 112,248 $ 100,267 $ 268,605
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
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Income tax paid $ 98,825 $ 237,752 $ 129,577 $ --
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Cashless exercise of stock option $ -- $ 82,504 $ 82,504 $ --
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
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</TABLE>
Note: The Company issued common and preferred stock for assets totaling
$1,408,000 during the year ended March 31, 1995. During the year ended March
31, 1996 the Company issued 540,000 shares of its common stock to consummate the
business combination with CFL, which was accounted for as a pooling of
interests, effective for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. The accompanying
notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
This summary of significant accounting policies of Renaissance
Entertainment Corporation (Company) (REC) is presented to assist in
understanding the Company's financial statements. The financial statements
and notes are representations of the Company's management who is
responsible for their integrity and objectivity. These accounting policies
conform to generally accepted accounting principles and have been
consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.
(a) GENERAL
REC was incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado on June 24,
1988. On April 6, 1993, REC acquired one hundred percent of the common
stock of Ellora Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation which owned and
operated the Bristol Renaissance Faire located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In
the acquisition, REC issued a total of 1,784,800 shares of common stock to
the shareholders of Ellora Corporation, representing ninety-one percent of
the total issued and outstanding shares of REC following the exchange. The
acquisition was accounted for as a reverse acquisition since the
controlling shareholders of Ellora became the controlling shareholders of
REC. During the year ended March 31, 1994 REC formed a wholly-owned
subsidiary called Heroes and Villains, Ltd. This entity was formed to
provide entertainment services and had limited activity during the year.
During February, 1994 REC formed Renaissance Pleasure Faires, Inc. (RPFI)
for the purpose of acquiring the assets and the business of two Renaissance
Faires in California. In connection with this acquisition and the
formation of RPFI, the Company issued 1,136,666 shares of its common stock
and 875,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Voting Stock and
assumed certain liabilities and guaranteed certain lease obligations of the
seller. The preferred shares were later exchanged for common stock. Of
the common shares issued, 524,000 common shares were issued to the seller
and 612,666 common shares were issued to shareholders of Western
Renaissance Fair Presentation, Inc. (Western) a newly formed California
corporation, formed for the purpose of providing management services to
operators of renaissance festivals.
Western was owned by certain employees of the seller. Subsequent to its
acquisition,
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
(a) GENERAL
Western was merged into a subsidiary of REC. For accounting purposes, the
acquisition of the California Faires net assets and business and the
acquisition of Western was treated as one combined acquisition with the
excess of cost over fair value of net assets acquired accounted for as
goodwill. The preferred shares had an annual 6% dividend provision payable
monthly in arrears. The preferred shares had equal voting rights per share
as the common shares outstanding (583,334 votes after giving effect to the
reverse common stock splits described in note 10). The preferred shares
had a conversion provision that they could be converted by the holders at
any time during the first two years into common stock on a one-for-three
basis. REC had the right at any time to redeem these shares at $1.00 per
share. During January, 1995 these preferred shares were converted to
583,334 shares of common stock. The Company also forgave loans to the
seller totaling $62,805 which reduced additional paid-in capital related to
this conversion transaction. Prior to conversion, the Company paid
dividends totaling $43,115 related to these preferred shares. All
documents related to this closing and all shares issued were signed and
dated in March, 1994. The bill of sale related to the transfer of the
assets was effective April 1, 1994. In connection with this transaction,
certain controlling shareholders have entered into a stock pooling and
voting agreement requiring the voting for certain individuals to serve as
directors of the Company. In connection with this acquisition, the Company
incurred approximately $50,000 of legal and professional fees and issued
233,066 shares of common stock valued at $72,833 for consulting services
related to assistance with negotiations regarding the acquisition. The
business combination as of April 1, 1994 was accounted for as a purchase by
REC. See Note 10 for additional information related to this business
combination.
Effective December 31, 1995 REC acquired 100% ownership of Creative Faires,
Ltd. (CFL) in exchange for the issuance of 540,000 restricted common shares
of REC stock. REC entered into employment agreements with the two former
owners of CFL and one of the two former owners became a director of REC.
The business combination with CFL was accounted for as a pooling of
interests. The Company changed its year end to December 31, effective
December 31, 1996. The March 31, 1996 consolidated balance sheet includes
the accounts of
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
(a) GENERAL
CFL as of December 31, 1995 and the consolidated accounts of REC and
subsidiaries as of March 31, 1996. The consolidated statements of
operations and cash flows include the accounts of CFL for the two years
ended December 31, 1995 and the consolidated accounts of REC and
subsidiaries for the two years ended March 31, 1996. The consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows include the accounts of CFL for the
year ended December 31, 1996 and accounts of REC for the nine month period
ended December 31, 1996. During the three-month period ended March 31,
1996, REC loaned $141,179 to CFL which was not eliminated in the
consolidated financial statements because of the different year ends. The
majority of the advances to CFL were used for start-up costs for the
upcoming New York Faire described in Note 9. The $141,179 has been
included with prepaid expenses in the March 31, 1996 consolidated balance
sheet.
All subsidiaries of the Company were merged into REC as of March 31, 1996
with the exception of Creative Faires, Ltd.
All references to the "Company" refer to REC and its subsidiaries. All
intercompany transactions and account balances have been eliminated in the
financial statements other than as noted above.
(b) PER SHARE INFORMATION
Per share information is determined using the weighted average number of
shares outstanding during the periods after giving effect to the common
stock splits described in Note 10.
(c) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment is carried at cost, net of accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is computed using principally accelerated methods over the
useful lives of the assets ranging from three to thirty years, as follows:
Useful lives (years)
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Computers 5
Vehicles 5
Trailers 7
Office Furniture 7
Costumes 7
Faire Equipment 7
Buildings - Temporary 15
Buildings - Permanent 30
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
(d) REVENUE AND EXPENSE RECOGNITION AND COST OF SALES
The Company recognizes revenues from the renaissance fairs as earned during
the period when the fairs are in operation.
These revenues consist principally of gate entrance fees, food and beverage
concessions sales, lease revenue and fees charged to craft vendors. At
various dates subsequent to the end of the operation of the prior years
fairs, and prior to the opening of the next years fairs, the Company
receives deposits from the craft vendors and others. These deposits are
carried as unearned revenue until applied to fees charged and then earned
on a pro-rata basis during the operation of the fair.
Cost of sales as shown in the statement of operations includes all direct
costs associated with the production of the Renaissance Faire, including
cost of food, beverage and merchandise sold, labor costs for seasonal help
and other direct costs of the production. All other expenses related to
operation of the fair are shown as operating expenses in the statement of
operations.
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Direct costs related to the
setting up of the fairs are capitalized as prepaid expenses and expensed
during the period of the operation of the applicable fairs. Also, included
in prepaid expenses at March 31, 1996 is $141,179 of advances from REC to
CFL. CFL has a December 31 year end and REC had a March 31 year end, which
was changed to December 31, effective December 31, 1996. These advances
relate principally to cost related to setting up the New York Faire but
also include operating expenses which apply to the short period after the
CFL year end. See a description above of the business combination with CFL
accounts for a pooling of interest.
(e) STOCK SPLIT
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, the Company effected a
one-for-three reverse stock split and changed the par value of the common
stock from $.01 to $.03 per share. During the period ended December 31,
1996, the Company effected a two-for-one stock split. The financial
statements were retroactively adjusted for this split.
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
(f) CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISKS
Financial instruments that potentially subject the company to
concentrations of credit risk consist principally of temporary cash
investments and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivables. At March
31, 1996 and December 31, 1996 respectively, the Company had approximately
$1,370,000 and $1,065,000 of its cash and cash equivalents in financial
institutions in excess of amounts insured by agencies of the U.S.
Government. Most of the trade receivables are from customers in one
geographic location, principally California. The Company does not require
collateral for its trade accounts receivables.
(g) CASH EQUIVALENTS
The Company considers all short term investments in securities that mature
in 90 days or less to be cash equivalents.
(h) INVENTORY
The Company's inventory consists principally of merchandise held for sale.
The Company carries its inventory at the lower of cost or market. Cost is
determined on an average cost basis.
(i) ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS
The Company provides an allowance for bad debts based on prior collection
experience.
(j) USE OF ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
(k) GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF OPERATIONS AND INTEREST RATES
The Company owns and operates Renaissance Faires principally in five major
metropolitan areas of the U.S.A. The potential for severe financial impact
can result from negative effects of economic conditions within the markets
or geographic areas. Since the Company's business is principally in five
areas, this concentration of operations results in an associated risk and
uncertainty.
(l) CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
As of March 31, 1996 the Company had incurred $1,080,895 of construction
costs related to the Company building a fair site in Virginia. These
construction costs incurred consisted of buildings and land improvements.
The construction was completed subsequent to March 31, 1996.
(m) IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS
The Company regularly evaluates the recoverability of assets for its faires
and reviews its assets to assure that the amount therefor carried on the
Company's financial statements is commensurate with the future economic
benefit to be recovered over time from use of such assets. The Company
determined that the goodwill associated with its acquisition of the
California Faires net assets and its acquisition of Western was impaired
after estimating the expected gross profit from future revenues, based on
declining attendance for these faires in 1996 and prior periods, as
compared to the net book value. The Company wrote down the intangible
assets by $380,000 through a charge to other operating expenses during the
period December 31, 1996. At December 31, 1996, the remaining goodwill
associated with this acquisition was $620,826.
(2) COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK
The Articles of Incorporation of the Company authorize issuance of a
maximum of 50,000,000 shares of $.03 par value common stock and 1,000,000
shares of $1.00 par value preferred stock. See note 1 for a description of
the preferred stock issued and then subsequently converted to common stock.
During January, 1995 the Company sold in a public offering 1,035,000 units
of its securities at $3.50 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of
common stock and one Class A warrant and one Class B warrant. Each Class A
warrant entitles the warrant holder thereof to purchase one share of common
stock at a price of $4.00 per share through January 27, 2000. Each Class B
warrant entitles the holder thereof to
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(2) COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK, CONTINUED
purchase one share of common stock at a price of $5.25 per share through
January 27, 2000. These warrants were immediately exercisable. The
warrants are redeemable by the Company after 24 months from January 27,
1995, the date of the prospectus, or sooner with the consent of the
Underwriter, at a price of $.01 per warrant upon 30 days' notice mailed
within ten days after the closing bid price of the Company's common stock
has equaled or exceeded 150% of the then current respective warrant
exercise price for a period of 20 consecutive trading days. The holders of
the warrants called for redemption are granted exercise rights until the
close of business on the date preceding the date fixed for redemption.
The Company incurred $646,056 of costs related to this offering. These
offering costs have been offset against the proceeds of the offering.
(3) NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable at December 31, 1996 and March 31, 1996 are summarized as
follows:
March 31, December 31,
1996 1996
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Note payable to bank at 8.65%,
interest quarterly until June, 1996
then monthly principal and interest
payment of $5,082 through May, 2011
collateralized by land, improvements
and jumbo CD's. See Note 11. $1,500,000 $1,475,950
Note payable to bank at 9.5%, 60
equal monthly payments of $5,251
through March, 2001 collateralized
by land, improvements and jumbo
CD's. See Note 11. 250,000 219,605
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(3) NOTES PAYABLE, CONTINUED
Mortgage payable to Bank One Kenosha
at 9.5 % at March 31, 1996 and 9.25%
at 9.25% at December 31, 1996;
interest quarterly, two annual
payments of $100,000 each with a
balloon payment of $700,000 due
January, 1998; collateralized by land
and improvements. 900,000 800,000
Note payable to Bank One Colorado at
the bank reference rate plus 1%, 9.25%
at December 31, 1996, due September 1,
1996; collateralized by inventory,
accounts and equipment. - 746,132
Note payable to Bank One Kenosha at
the bank reference rate plus 2% with a
minimum rate of 10.25%; interest paid
monthly with the balance due September
1996, extended to December 15, 1997;
collateralized by equipment, fixtures
and inventory. 250,000 250,000
Various notes payable to financial
institutions collateralized by certain
vehicles. Payable in monthly
installments of principal and interest;
final payments due in 2000, interest
ranging from 10% to 12%. 69,144 59,419
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Total 2,969,144 3,551,106
Less current portion 437,957 1,209,119
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Long-term portion $2,531,187 $2,341,987
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In March 1997, the Company entered into a loan workout agreement with Bank
One Colorado and Bank One Kenosha (Bank One Wisconsin). The agreement
provides that the Company make principal payments
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(3) NOTES PAYABLE, CONTINUED
of $50,000 each to Bank One Colorado and Bank One Wisconsin. Upon
execution of this agreement, the Company executed a real estate mortgage in
favor of Bank One Colorado subordinated to the Bank One Wisconsin's
mortgage. Bank One Colorado agreed to subordinate its mortgage to a
potential new loan from a third party lender to the Company in the amount
of from $750,000 to $1.5 million, so long as the new loan is funded prior
to June 1, 1997 and the Company is not otherwise in default under the
loans. As part of this agreement, Bank One Colorado changed the terms of
its loan agreement to provide the Company interest monthly on its loan
starting April 30, 1997 with principal payments of $150,000 on June 30,
1997, $200,000 on July 31, 1997, $250,000 on August 31, 1997 and final
principal payment of $90,189 on September 30, 1997. Additionally Bank One
Wisconsin modified the terms of its loan agreement to provide for monthly
interest payments starting April 30, 1997 with four monthly principal
payments of $50,000 starting June 30, 1997. If the Company complies with
all terms of this agreement, Bank One Wisconsin agrees to renew its real
estate mortgage to provide for quarterly principal payments of $50,000
beginning in March 1998 with the remaining balance due and payable in
December 1998. The Company agreed, if it obtains alternative financing in
excess of $2.5 million during calendar year 1997, then the Company will
immediately pay off all amounts then due and owing Bank One Colorado and
Bank One Wisconsin, excluding the Bank One Wisconsin mortgage.
Maturities of notes payable for each of the next five fiscal years ending
December 31 and in the aggregate thereafter, are as follows:
1997 $1,210,214
1998 2,188,583
1999 66,108
2000 68,807
2001 17,394
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$3,551,106
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(4) LEASES
The Company leases a vehicle under a four year lease which commenced June 8,
1992 with monthly lease payments of $336. Effective April 1, 1995 the Company
entered into an operating lease at 4440 Arapahoe in Boulder, Colorado for office
facilities. Initial monthly rental payments are $3,066 with annual increases of
5% per annum. Commencing November 1, 1996,
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(4) LEASES, CONTINUED
the Company leased additional office space at 4410 Arapahoe in Boulder,
Colorado and subleased its original office space at 4440 Arapahoe. This
lease provides initial monthly lease payments of $5,969 increasing to
$7,255 for the five year term of the lease. In addition the Company will
be allocated certain operating expenses. The Company also leases various
other properties in New York with terms expiring through the year 2001.
Annual lease payments on the New York Faire site range from approximately
$270,000 to $312,000 over the next five years.
Future minimum rentals under all operating leases with terms exceeding
twelve months are as follows:
Year Ending
December 31,
1997 436,177
1998 456,623
1999 476,237
2000 468,370
2001 79,807
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Total $1,917,214
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Effective January 1, 1997, the Company entered into a three year
sublease agreement to sublease its old office space at 4440 Arapahoe.
The sublessee assumes every obligation of the Company under its lease.
The Company remains liable under its lease.
Future minimum sublease rentals are as follows:
Year ending
December 31,
1997 $ 28,979
1998 30,428
1999 31,949
2000 24,849
2001 -
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Total $ 116,205
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
Rent expense for the nine-month period ended December 31, 1996 and for the
years ended March 31, 1995 and 1996 totaled approximately $431,292,
$404,495 and $788,375, respectively.
(5) GOODWILL AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE
The cost of the acquisition of the California Faire assets and business as
described in Notes 1 and 10 in excess of the fair value of assets acquired
has been recorded as goodwill in the accompanying financial statements.
Goodwill is being amortized on a straight-line basis over fifteen years.
Management reviews the carrying value of goodwill on a periodic basis, at
least annually, to determine if there is any impairment in value. If
management determines that the carrying value is not recoverable over the
remaining amortization term, the excess balance, if any, will be expensed.
During the period ended December 31, 1996, the Company determined that the
goodwill was impaired and wrote off $380,000 as a charge to other operating
expenses. As of March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1996 the Company's net
carrying value for goodwill was $1,046,285 and $620,826 after amortization
and write down of $160,960 and $586,419 respectively.
In addition, the Company allocated $100,000 for certain covenants not to
compete for certain officers and employees of The Living History Centre
related to the asset and business acquisition. These covenants not to
compete are being amortized on a straight-line basis over five years.
(6) INCOME TAXES
The Company files income tax returns with its subsidiaries.
During the year ended March 31, 1995 the Company utilized loss carryovers
to offset taxable income totaling approximately $386,000 resulting in
realization of tax benefits of approximately $154,000. During the year
ended March 31, 1996 the Company incurred an operating loss resulting in a
carryback to prior years. As of March 31, 1996 the Company had income tax
refunds receivable resulting from the carryback and refunds receivable from
excess estimated payments which together totaled $323,380.
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RECONCILIATION OF STATUTORY TAX
TO ACTUAL INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)
The following is a reconciliation of the statutory tax rates to actual income
tax expense:
For the year ended March 31, 1995:
Expected tax at statutory rates $311,072
Benefit of Net Operating Loss (93,124)
Benefit of graduated tax rates (28,937)
Benefit of Federal deduction for state income taxes (13,745)
All other differences (28,266)
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Provision for Income Taxes $147,000
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For the year ended March 31, 1996:
Expected tax at statutory rates $ -0-
Benefit of carryback of Net Operating Loss (193,803)
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Provision (Credit) for Income Taxes ($193,803)
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(7) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
December 31, 1996 March 31, 1996
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Land $3,415,798 $2,888,350
Buildings and Improvements 3,018,450 1,171,794
Office Furniture and Equipment 490,975 366,171
Costumes, Props and Other Assets 2,180,297 2,101,962
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Sub-total 9,105,520 6,528,277
Less Accumulated Depreciation (1,928,765) (1,372,060)
---------- ----------
Total $7,176,755 $5,156,217
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(8) WARRANTS ISSUED FOR SERVICES AND STOCK OPTIONS
In January, 1994 the Company issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of
266,666 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $1.87
per share. These warrants were issued pursuant to a Form S-8 registration
statement for various consulting services. These warrants were exercised
during the year ended March 31, 1995. These 266,666 warrants were valued
at $.15 per warrant and expensed in the total amount of $40,000 in the
financial statements.
Pursuant to the Company's stock option plans, the Company has granted
options to acquire 1,186,318 shares of the Company's common stock. Of
this amount 136,392 options have been exercised and 11,998 have expired
during the year ended March 31, 1996. The options are exercisable at
prices ranging from $1.13 per share to $3.50 per share. During the period
ended December 31, 1996, 105,000 options were granted with a weighted
average price of $5.74, 324,998 options were exercised at a weighted
average price of $1.87 and 150,000 options terminated with a weighted
average price of $4.09. The remaining number of options outstanding at
December 31, 1996 totaled 571,762 with a weighted average price of $2.60
which are exercisable at various dates through 2001.
(9) BUSINESS COMBINATION, NEW YORK FAIRE
Effective December 31, 1995 the Company issued 540,000 shares of its
restricted common stock for 100% ownership of Creative Faires, Ltd. (CFL)
The transaction was accounted for as a pooling of interests as described
in Note 1. CFL principally conducted a New York Faire.
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(9) BUSINESS COMBINATION, NEW YORK FAIRE, CONTINUED
REC and consolidated subsidiaries previously reported revenue of
$10,459,476 and net income of $624,609 during the year ended March 31,
1996. The revenues and net loss of CFL included in the combined
statement of operations for the year ended March 31, 1995 amounted to
$2,081,177 and $(48,185), respectively. Revenues of $2,308,378 and a net
loss of $(37,756) of CFL, incurred prior to the business combination have
been included in the combined statement of operations for the year ended
March 31, 1996.
(10) BUSINESS COMBINATION, CALIFORNIA FAIRES
Effective April 1, 1994 the Company acquired the assets and certain
liabilities of The Living History Centre, (LHC) a California,
not-for-profit corporation. The Company issued 1,136,666 shares of its
common stock and 875,000 shares of its preferred stock as consideration
for the net assets acquired. The preferred stock was converted into
common stock during January, 1995. In addition to acquiring certain
assets and liabilities of LHC, the Company has acquired the rights to
operate two California Renaissance Faires.
See Note 1 financial statements for additional information related to the
business combination. The transaction was accounted for as a purchase by
REC. The results of operations of the LHC Faire operations are included
in the income statement of REC commencing April 1, 1994. The cost of this
acquisition was approximately $2,534,000, including assumption of
liabilities and issuance of the common and convertible preferred stock.
The following table shows the allocation of the purchase price assets:
Cash $ 63,000
Prepaid faire costs 318,000
Inventory 56,000
Accounts receivable 87,000
Property and equipment 664,000
Covenant not to compete 100,000
Goodwill 1,207,000
Other assets 39,000
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$ 2,534,000
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(10) BUSINESS COMBINATION, CALIFORNIA FAIRES, CONTINUED
Liabilities assumed 640,000
Preferred stock issued 875,000
Common stock issued 533,000
Cash advanced and acquisition
expenses incurred 486,000
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$ 2,534,000
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Assets and liabilities acquired or assumed were recorded at estimated fair
value at April 1, 1994 the date of acquisition.
The amount assigned to the common stock was $532,812 ($.9375 per share)
approximately one half of the market trading price of the Company's common
stock as of April 1, 1994. This value was used due to the large number of
shares and their restrictive nature. LHC, a non-profit corporation,
obtained an appraisal of its business for the purpose of determining an
approximate valuation necessary to obtain regulatory approval for sale of
its assets. Although this appraisal indicated a valuation in an amount
such that the common stock of REC exchanged for the certain net assets and
the business of LHC would have been recorded at $1.56 per share, management
of REC did not believe that such a valuation was appropriate under the
circumstances. The appraiser based the valuation on projected net income
from the California Faires of $500,000 per year. The California Faires
have not been historically profitable and to assume that the Faires will
earn $500,000 per year is, as explained in the appraisal, inherently highly
speculative. Therefore, management believes that the appraisal is
unsuitable for determining a value of the business acquired. Management
gave consideration to the following transactions and events when it
determined the appropriate valuation of the shares issued in the
acquisition:
a. In the fall of 1993, the Company sold 253,334 shares at a cash price
of $.75 per share. Following this private offering of a small number
of shares, the Company incurred substantial operating losses and
accumulated deficits.
b. For the two years prior to their acquisition, the two California
Renaissance Faires had generated substantial net operating loss of
$(869,953) and $(928,569) in the years 1992 and 1993, respectively.
c. In August 1994, the Company sold in a private offering 800,000 shares
at a price of $.30 per share, principally to raise working capital to
cover the anticipated cost of the public offering.
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AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(10) BUSINESS COMBINATION, CALIFORNIA FAIRES, CONTINUED
d. The public market of the Company's common stock was highly illiquid,
with only 300,000 shares in the public float eligible for trading.
Management believes that the price of $1.875 per share of the
publicly-traded shares was not indicative of the fair market value of
substantially larger blocks of restricted shares.
e. The Company issued 77,688 shares and warrants to purchase an
additional 133,334 shares at an exercise price of $.9375, to an entity
affiliated with a director of the Company. The shares and the
exercise price of the warrants were valued at 100% of the public
trading price due to (I) the transaction having been between the
Company and a related party, and (ii) the fact that the shares were
registered on a Form S-8 which rendered them free-trading.
f. The Company has granted to executive officers and key employees
incentive stock options at an exercise price of $1.875 per share. In
order to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code, the options must be priced at 100% of the
public trading market of the Company's common stock.
Management believes that recording the shares issued for the LHC
acquisition at 50% of the publicly traded value is reasonable, appropriate
and normal for this large of a block of restricted securities. Goodwill is
being amortized on a straight-line basis over a fifteen year period and the
covenant not to compete is being amortized on a straight-line basis over a
five year period. The Company believes that a 15 year estimated life over
which goodwill is being amortized is reasonable due to the fact the
California Faires have been in existence approximately 30 years and the
fact that the average life of other currently successful Renaissance Faires
in the United States is over 15 years and there is no reason to believe
that those Faires will not be in existence for another 15 years.
It is the Company's policy that management on a periodic basis, at least
quarterly, will evaluate the Carrying value of goodwill and other
intangibles to determine if there is an impairment of value or the
remaining estimated life is less than the remaining unamortized period. If
the evaluation indicates write-downs or adjustments to the amortization are
necessary, such write-downs or adjustments will be made immediately.
(11) RESTRICTED CASH
Certificates of Deposit in the amount of $890,116 at December 31, 1996 are
collateral to an 8.65% and a 9.5% loan maturing in 2011 and 2001,
respectively, and Certificates of
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(11) RESTRICTED CASH, CONTINUED
Deposit totaling $275,000 may be released annually beginning March 1, 1997
and each year thereafter provided that projected net operating income goals
are realized in each of the three operating seasons commencing in 1996. If
the Certificates of Deposit have not been released for any of the previous
years but the projected income goal for the current year is reached, the
Certificates of Deposit for the previous year and the current year shall be
released. If projected goals are not reached by year three, then the
certificates shall be released in any subsequent year that the third year
goal amount is reached.
(12) COMMITMENTS AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Effective December 16, 1994 the Company entered into an agreement with a
consulting firm to provide to the Company certain promotional services for
the Company's fairs. The Company has agreed to pay commissions to the
consulting firm of 17.65% of the actual net billings by advertisers for
media placed pursuant to plans approved by the Company. The Company has
also agreed to pay $7,500 per month for the five year term of the
agreement. The Company has also granted an option to the consulting firm
to allow the firm to acquire a minimum of 66,000 and a maximum of 132,000
shares of the Company's common stock at $1.625 per share with the increase
depending on the results of the services performed by the consulting firm.
Effective October 1, 1994 the Company entered into a consulting agreement
with a company owned by a director of Renaissance Entertainment
Corporation. The Company has agreed to pay the consulting company $4,500
per month for twenty hours per month for services. Additional hours will
be compensated at $200 per hour. The term of the agreement continues until
December 31, 1996. Effective April 1, 1995 the Company agreed to pay
$4,000 per month for consulting services to a director of the Company which
expired effective December 31, 1995. The Company also has a consulting
agreement with another company that is owned by a director of the Company.
This agreement is for $75 per hour plus $300 per Board meeting and can be
terminated at any time.
On August 1, 1996, the Company entered into a one year agreement with a
consultant. The agreement provides that the Company pay the consultant a
fee equal to 5% of any debt or equity infusion to the Company initiated or
introduced to the Company
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(12) COMMITMENTS AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, CONTINUED
by the consultant. Additionally, the Company will pay the consultant a fee
equal to 5% of the total value of the merger or acquisition, including the
value of stock, cash and other assets of the merged entities.
Subsequent to December 31, 1996 the Company issued 54,738 shares of its
common stock as payment of the Company's liabilities.
During the year ended March 31, 1995 the Company adopted a non-qualified
deferred compensation plan for ten employees of the Company. Monthly
contributions to the plan total approximately $3,500. Beginning April 1,
1996 monthly contributions are approximately $1,152.
(13) STOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVABLE
At December 31, 1996 the Company had stock subscriptions receivable in the
amount of $133,749 which was collected in full in January, 1997.
(14) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company incurred substantial losses from operations during 1995 and
1996 and incurred significant cost overruns in the construction of its
Virginia faire. As described in note 3, the Company has entered into loan
workout agreements with two banks which will require total bank principal
loan payments of $1,100,000 during 1997.
Subsequent to December 31, 1996, the Company raised $750,000 from an
officer of the Company and a related party through the issuance of
convertible debt and has commitments from investors for $600,000 of
convertible debt and additional equity capital. In order to reduce the
Company's working capital requirements, management has implemented a number
of cost reductions which it estimates will reduce the Company's operating
expenses by approximately $1,300,000 during the fiscal year ending December
31, 1997.
Management believes that the additional capital raised, plus the additional
capital to be received from investors, in conjunction with the reductions
in operating expenses are sufficient for the Company to be able to meet its
financial commitments in 1997.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1996
(14) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, CONTINUED
The Company's lease for the site of its Northern California faire expires
April 30, 1997. While the Company believes that its lease for this site
will be renewed for the 1997 faire, there can be no assurance of such
renewal. If the lease is not renewed, it is doubtful that the Company
would conduct a faire in Northern California in 1997.
(15) FOURTH QUARTER ADJUSTMENTS
The Company recognized as expense in the nine-month period ended December
31, 1996, $450,000 of costs to be incurred in 1997, which costs are the
result of changing conditions at the Company's Northern California Faire
which became apparent to the Company in 1996. This adjustment, which was
made in the fourth quarter, was material to fourth quarter operation.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
September 30,
1997
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Current Assets:
Cash and equivalents $ 375,222
Stock subscription receivable 133,749
Accounts receivable (net) 765,154
Inventory 171,529
Prepaid expenses and other 100,010
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Total Current Assets 1,411,915
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation 7,045,710
Covenant not to compete 29,999
Goodwill 582,819
Restricted cash 310,107
Other assets 255,715
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TOTAL ASSETS $9,636,265
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 774,279
Notes payable, current portion 1,112,684
Unearned income 85,350
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Total Current Liabilities 1,972,313
Notes payable, net of current portion, unrelated parties 1,748,365
Notes Payable, related parties 250,000
Other 51,322
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Total Liabilities 4,022,000
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Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, $.03 par value, 50,000,000
shares authorized, 9,636,262 shares
issued and outstanding at September 30, 1997 289,088
Additional paid-in capital 9,038,098
Accumulated earnings (deficit) (3,712,921)
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Total Stockholders' Equity 5,614,265
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY $9,636,265
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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1997 1996
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REVENUE:
Sales $ 13,093,969 $ 13,241,878
Faire operating costs 4,268,379 4,391,103
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Gross Profit 8,825,590 8,850,775
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OPERATING EXPENSES:
Salaries 3,907,931 3,722,829
Depreciation and amortization 529,732 479,862
Goodwill Writedown -- 380,000
Advertising 1,990,324 2,450,985
Other operating expenses 2,825,251 3,249,490
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Total Operating Expenses 9,253,238 10,283,166
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Net Operating (Loss) Income (427,648) (1,432,391)
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Other Income (Expenses):
Interest income 44,263 58,871
Interest (expense) (295,275) (187,972)
Other income (expense) 258,935 (199,951)
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Total Other Income (Expenses) 7,923 (329,052)
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Net Income (Loss) before (Provision)
Credit for Income Taxes (419,725) (1,761,443)
(Provision) Credit for Income Taxes -- 239,273
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Net Income (Loss) to Common Stockholders $ (419,725) $ (1,522,170)
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Net Income (Loss) per Common Share $ (.04) $ (.17)
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Weighted Average Number of Common
Shares Outstanding 9,574,197 8,813,137
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Nine Months ended
September 30,
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1997 1996
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (Loss) $ (419,725) $ (1,522,170)
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Adjustments to reconcile net income (Loss) to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 529,732 859,862
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets 1,363 25,981
(Increase) decrease in:
Stock subscription receivable 133,749
Inventory 13,166 (91,783)
Receivables (665,603) (277,136)
Prepaid expenses and other (15,036) 89,095
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (293,749) 1,143,478
Unearned revenue and other (61,091) 53,352
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Total adjustments (357,469) 1,802,849
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Net Cash Provided by Operating
Activities (777,193) 280,679
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment in restricted cash 580,009 (26,182)
Acquisition of property and equipment (340,363) (2,678,888)
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Net Cash (Used in) Investing Activities 239,646 (2,705,070)
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Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Common stock issued and additional
paid-in capital 978,539 957,661
Proceeds from notes payable 1,350,000 3,092,628
Principal payments on notes payable (1,790,059) (751,541)
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Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities 538,480 3,298,748
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Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash 933 874,357
Cash, beginning of period 374,289 732,553
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Cash, end of period $ 375,222 $ 1,606,910
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Interest paid $ 295,275 $ 187,972
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Income tax paid $ 374 $ (239,273)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION AND
CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 1997 (Unaudited)
1. UNAUDITED STATEMENTS
The balance sheet as of September 30, 1997, the statements of operations
and the statements of cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30,
1997 and 1996, have been prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion
of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments)
necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and
changes in financial position at September 30, 1997 and for all periods
presented, have been made.
These statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
2. CALCULATION OF EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
The earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing the net income
(loss) to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding.
3. CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING ESTIMATE
The Company standardized the depreciable lives used for buildings from a
range of between 7 to 30 years in 1996 to 15 years for temporary buildings and
30 years for permanent buildings in 1997. The effect of this change on net
income of the current period (nine months ended September 30, 1997) was an
increase of approximately $292,950 over the amount that would have been
reported. The effect of this change on earnings per share of the current period
(nine months ended September 30, 1997) was a reduction in the loss per share of
approximately $.03 per share from the amount that would have been reported.
4. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
During November 1997, the Company completed a sale and leaseback of its real
property in Wisconsin. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations."
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No dealer, salesman, Selling Shareholder or any other person has been
authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than
those contained in this Prospectus in connection with the offer made by this
Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not
be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company. This Prospectus does
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy any
security other than the shares of the Common Stock offered by this Prospectus,
nor does it constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy
the shares of Common Stock by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making such offer or
solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to any person to whom it is unlawful
to make such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor
any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication
that information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the
date hereof.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Prospectus Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Market for the Common Equity and Related
Stockholder Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Use of Proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dividend Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selected Financial Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Certain Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Principal Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Description of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Underwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Legal Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Experts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Index to Financial Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F-1
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3,655,530 Shares
RENAISSANCE
ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION
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PROSPECTUS
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December ___, 1997
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Article VIII of the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation provides that the Company shall indemnify any director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation made or threatened to be made a party to a
proceeding, by reason of the former or present official act of the person,
against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if certain standards
are met.
Article XI of the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
eliminates certain personal liability of the directors of the Company for
monetary damages for certain breaches of director's fiduciary duties.
ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
1. For unregistered sales of the Company's securities prior to February
27, 1996, reference is made to Item 26 of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 33-85538), declared effective by the Commission
on January 27, 1995, and the post-effective amendments thereto.
2. During April 1997, the Company issued $350,000 principal amount of its
10% Convertible Secured Notes to three investors. The Notes were acquired
for investment purposes and were issued without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, in reliance upon Section 4(2) thereof for offerings
not involving a public offering of securities. No underwriters were
involved in such offering and no commissions were paid for the solicitation
of the investors. The Notes are convertible into shares of the Company's
Common Stock at the lesser of $1.75 per share or 50% of the market price
for such stock at the time of conversion.
3. During May 1997, the Company issued $1,000,000 principal amount of its
9% Convertible Debentures to three investors. The holders of the
Debentures were also granted warrants representing the right to acquire
200,000 shares of the Company's common stock at a warrant exercise price of
the lesser of $3.00 per share or 70% of the market price for such stock at
the time of exercise of the warrants. The securities were acquired for
investment purposes and were issued without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, in reliance upon Section 4(2) thereof for offerings
not involving a public offering of securities. No underwriters
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were involved in such offering and no commissions were paid for the
solicitation of the investors. The Debentures were convertible into shares
of the Company's common stock at the lesser of $4.50 per share or 70% of
the market price for such stock at the time of conversion. During November
1997 the debenture were paid and the warrants were canceled.
4. During November 1997, the Company entered into a sale/lease back
transaction with respect to its Wisconsin faire site. In connection with
this transaction, the purchasers of the property were granted a six-year
warrant representing the right to acquire an aggregate of 766,667 shares of
the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share. The
warrants were acquired for investment purposes and were issued without
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, in reliance upon Section
4(2) thereof for offerings not involving a public offering of securities.
No underwriters were involved in such offering and no commissions were paid
for the solicitation of the investor.
5. During November 1997, the Company entered into a Consulting and
Warrant Compensation Agreement with Wall Street Financial. Pursuant to
this agreement, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 200,000
shares of the Company's common stock and agreed to issue an additional
100,000 shares of common stock to Consultant in payment of expenses. These
securities were issued without registration under the Securities Act of
1933, in reliance on Section 4(2).
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No Title
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3.0(i) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by
reference from the Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 12,
1994.
3.0(ii) By-Laws, incorporated by reference from the Amendment No. 1 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission on April 12, 1994.
3.1 Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.
4.1 Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, incorporated by reference
from the Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 12, 1994.
4.2 Specimen Class A Warrant Certificate.
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Exhibit No Title
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4.3 Specimen Class B Warrant Certificate.
4.4 Warrant Agreement.
4.15 Renaissance Entertainment Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive Plan.
5.1 Opinion of Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.--filed
herewith.
10.1 Employment Agreement with Howard Hamburg, incorporated by
reference from the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 31, 1995.
10.2 Office Lease with Diana Wilkins dated August 15, 1996,
incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the nine months ended December 31, 1996.
10.3 Letter Agreement with Rob Geller dated July 19, 1994.
10.4 Specimen Vendor and Exhibitor Agreement for the Bristol
Renaissance Faire.
10.5 Specimen Vendor and Exhibitor Agreement for the Northern and
Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faires.
10.6 Specimen Bristol Renaissance Faire Concession Agreement.
10.7 Specimen Bristol Renaissance Faire Games Concession Agreement.
10.8 License Agreement and Lease with San Bernardino County for the
Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faire site.
10.9 Investment Banking Agreement with Duke & Co., Inc.
10.10 Lease Agreement between Creative Faires, Ltd. and Sterling Forest
Corporation dated June 12, 1996 incorporated by reference from
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
March 31, 1996.
10.11 Employment Agreement dated February 5, 1996 with Barbara Hope.
10.12 Employment Agreement dated February 5, 1996 with Donald C. Gaiti.
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Exhibit No Title
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10.13 Mortgage with Union Bank & Trust in the amount of $1,500,000 with
respect to the Virginia property, incorporated by reference from
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
March 31, 1996.
10.14 Subscription and Purchase Agreement for 9% Convertible
Debentures, incorporated herein by reference from the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-26677)
declared effective by the Commission in October 30, 1997.
10.15 Consulting and Warrant Compensation Agreement dated November 4,
1997 between the Company and Wall Street Financial - filed
herewith.
10.16 Supplemental Agreement and Subscription and Purchase Agreement
for 10% Convertible Secured Notes - filed herewith.
10.17 Purchase Agreement dated November 12, 1997 between Faire
Partners, LLC and Renaissance Entertainment Corporation,
including Lease Agreement and Warrant to Purchase Common Stock as
exhibits thereto - filed herewith.
21.0 Subsidiaries, incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended March 31, 1996.
23.1 Independent Auditor's Consent--filed herewith.
23.2 Consent of Newmann & Cobb.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page of initial
Registration Statement).
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
A. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement : (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 19(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement; and (iii) to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
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(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
B. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the registrant as discussed above, or otherwise, the registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boulder,
State of Colorado, on December 29, 1997.
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION
By /s/ Charles S. Leavell
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Charles S. Leavell
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Charles S. Leavell and James R. McDonald, and
each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each
acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below on the 29th day of December, 1997,
by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature Position
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/s/ Charles S. Leavell Director and Chairman of the Board
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Charles S. Leavell and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ James R. McDonald Chief Financial Officer
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James R. McDonald
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Signature Position
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/s/ Sue Brophy Chief Accounting Officer
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Sue Brophy
/s/ Sanford L. Schwartz Director
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Sanford L. Schwartz
/s/ Robert M. Geller Director
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Robert M. Geller
/s/ Dean Petkanas Director
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Dean Petkanas
/s/ Charles J. Weber Director
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Charles J. Weber
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 ON FORM S-1
TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM SB-2
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No Title
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3.0(i) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by
reference from the Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 12,
1994.
3.0(ii) By-Laws, incorporated by reference from the Amendment No. 1 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission on April 12, 1994.
3.1 Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.
4.1 Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, incorporated by reference
from the Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 12, 1994.
4.2 Specimen Class A Warrant Certificate.
4.3 Specimen Class B Warrant Certificate.
4.4 Warrant Agreement.
4.15 Renaissance Entertainment Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive Plan.
5.1 Opinion of Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.--filed
herewith.
10.1 Employment Agreement with Howard Hamburg, incorporated by
reference from the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 31, 1995.
10.2 Office Lease with Diana Wilkins dated August 15, 1996,
incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the nine months ended December 31, 1996.
10.3 Letter Agreement with Rob Geller dated July 19, 1994.
10.4 Specimen Vendor and Exhibitor Agreement for the Bristol
Renaissance Faire.
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Exhibit No Title
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10.5 Specimen Vendor and Exhibitor Agreement for the Northern and
Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faires.
10.6 Specimen Bristol Renaissance Faire Concession Agreement.
10.7 Specimen Bristol Renaissance Faire Games Concession Agreement.
10.8 License Agreement and Lease with San Bernardino County for the
Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faire site.
10.9 Investment Banking Agreement with Duke & Co., Inc.
10.10 Lease Agreement between Creative Faires, Ltd. and Sterling Forest
Corporation dated June 12, 1996 incorporated by reference from
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
March 31, 1996.
10.11 Employment Agreement dated February 5, 1996 with Barbara Hope.
10.12 Employment Agreement dated February 5, 1996 with Donald C. Gaiti.
10.13 Mortgage with Union Bank & Trust in the amount of $1,500,000 with
respect to the Virginia property, incorporated by reference from
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
March 31, 1996.
10.14 Subscription and Purchase Agreement for 9% Convertible
Debentures, incorporated herein by reference from the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-26677)
declared effective by the Commission in October 30, 1997.
10.15 Consulting and Warrant Compensation Agreement dated November 4,
1997 between the Company and Wall Street Financial - filed
herewith.
10.16 Supplemental Agreement and Subscription and Purchase Agreement
for 10% Convertible Secured Notes - filed herewith.
10.17 Purchase Agreement dated November 12, 1997 between Faire
Partners, LLC and Renaissance Entertainment Corporation,
including Lease Agreement and Warrant to Purchase Common Stock as
exhibits thereto - filed herewith.
21.0 Subsidiaries, incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended March 31, 1996.
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Exhibit No Title
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23.1 Independent Auditor's Consent--filed herewith.
23.2 Consent of Newmann & Cobb.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page of initial
Registration Statement).
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WALL STREET FINANCIAL
CONSULTING AND WARRANT COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is executed and made effective this 4th day of November
1997, between Renaissance Entertainment, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the
"Company"), and Wall Street Financial ("Consultant").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
contained in this Agreement the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. CONSULTATION.
The Company hereby retains the services of Consultant, as an independent
contractor, which retention is accepted and agreed to be performed by
Consultant, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth below.
2. TERM.
The term of this Agreement shall begin on the date hereof, and shall
continue for a period of 12 months (or such longer period as the Company and
the Consultant may agree in writing) unless earlier terminated by the Company
for Cause, as defined in Section 6.4 hereof.
3. CONSULTANT'S STATUS.
It is understood and agreed that Consultant shall be at all times and
for all purposes hereunder an independent contractor to the Company and under
no circumstances shall be deemed an employee, partner or joint venturer of or
with the Company. Consultant agrees that he shall not directly or indirectly
imply or represent to others, or permit another to imply or represent to
others that Consultant has any authority to act for, represent or bind the
Company in any matter by virtue of this Agreement.
4. SERVICES OF CONSULTANT.
4.1 Upon the request of the Company, Consultant shall consult with
and advise the Company wit respect to matters concerning: (i) investor
relations; (ii) dissemination of quarterly and annual reports as filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (iii) communications
with analysts; and (iv) potential acquisitions. Said services shall not
relate to any capital raising transaction.
4.2 Consultant agrees to exercise its best efforts, skill and
diligence in the performance of its services hereunder and shall perform all
services in a workmanlike fashion.
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4.4 Throughout the term of this Agreement, Consultant shall
provide services to the Company on a part-time basis and may perform the same
or similar services for other persons or entities not inconsistent with its
undertakings hereunder.
5. COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF CONSULTANT.
5.1 Consultant covenants and agrees for itself and its Affiliates
(hereinafter defined) that it will not, during the term of this Agreement or
thereafter, communicate, divulge or otherwise disclose to any other person,
firm, association, or corporation, or use; without the express written
consent of the Company, any Confidential Information (hereinafter defined) of
the Company.
5.2 For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall
mean all information relating to the Company or its subsidiaries provided to
the Consultant in writing except for that information contained (i) in its
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and prior press releases
or (ii) in a writing received by the Consultant from the Company which is not
marked "confidential."
5.3 Consultant shall not make an untrue statement of material fact
regarding the Company or omit to state a material fact in the judgment of
Consultant necessary in order to make any statement regarding the Company
made by the Consultant not misleading, PROVIDING, HOWEVER, that the
Consultant shall be entitled to rely on (i) reports filed by the Company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) written press releases issued by
the Company without the Consultant's advice or consultation, and (iii)
written press releases issued by the Company with the Consultant's advice or
consultation which it has, based on reasonable investigation, reasonable
grounds to believe and believes make no untrue statement of a material fact
and omit to state no material fact necessary to make any statement made not
misleading.
6. COMPENSATION.
6.1 As consideration for all services to be rendered by Consultant
pursuant to Section 4 above, the Company agrees to issue to Consultant Common
Stock Purchase Warrants ("Warrants") exercisable to purchase 200,000 shares
of Common Stock of the Company at $.50.
6.2 All 200,000 Warrants shall be exercisable for a period of 1
year commencing upon the date hereof and expiring on November 10, 1998,
unless the expiration date of the Warrants shall be extended to a later date
in writing by the Company.
6.3 The warrant certificates (the "Warrant Certificates") to be
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be in the form set forth as
Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as required or permitted by this Agreement (Exhibit A to
follow).
6.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrants described in
Section 6.1 above shall terminate and be of no further legal force or effect
it prior to their exercise, this Agreement is terminated by the Company for
Cause. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "for Cause" shall mean
(i) Consultant shall commit a material breach of this Agreement
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unless such breach shall be cured by the Consultant within a period of thirty
(30) days after written notice by the Company of such breach, (ii)
Consultant, or its officers, directors and/or employees, are shown to have
engaged in any act of fraud or dishonesty detrimental to the Company, or its
subsidiaries, or any of its customers or clients, or (iii) Consultant has
been grossly negligent in the performance of its duties or responsibilities
hereunder.
7. EXPENSES.
Company agrees to issue an additional 100,000 Shares of Common Stock for
Consultants expenses which will include travel, accommodations, broker
presentations, etc. The Consultant will pay for all of its expenses related
to its work, running its operations including its employees, affiliates, and
general administrative expenses. The Company will be responsible for
providing copies of its normal printed information.
8. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
8.1 On or before November 10, 1997, the Company shall cause to be
prepared and filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-S or other
appropriate form registering all the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants (the "Registration Statement").
8.2 In connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement, the Company agrees to (i) use its bests efforts to
cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective; (ii)
prepare and file with the SEC such, amendments and supplements to such
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration
Statement effective for the entire period warrants remain outstanding; (iii)
furnish to the Consultant such number of copies of a prospectus, in
conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as
Consultant may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
the shares of Common Stock; and (iv) use its best efforts, at the
Consultant's request, to register and qualify the shares of such states that
Consultant gives notice to the Company, provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith to (i) qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to
qualify, (ii) subject itself to any tax or obligation to collect any tax in
any such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general services or process in
such jurisdiction. The Consultant agrees to cooperate in all reasonable
respects with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement.
8.3 All fees and other expenses incurred in connection with the
registration of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants shall be
borne by the Company, including, without limitation, fees of the Company's
legal counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees, printing
costs, accounting fees and costs, transfer agent fees and any other
miscellaneous costs and disbursements. The Consultant shall be liable for
any and all underwriting discounts, brokerage commissions or other fees or
expenses incurred in connection with the sale or other disposition by the
Consultant of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration
Statement.
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8.4 To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and
hold harmless Consultant, including its officers, directors, employees,
agents, and representatives, against any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, or expenses, including without limitation attorney's fees and
disbursements, to which Consultant may become subject under the Act to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are
based upon any violation by the Company of the Act or under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder
applicable to the Company, or arises out of or are based upon any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, or arise out of any violation
by the Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act applicable
to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in
connection with such Registration Statement; provided, however, that such
indemnity contained in this paragraph shall not apply to any loss, damage or
liability to the extent that same arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or omission made in connection with such Registration Statement in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing
expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement by
Consultant.
8.5 Except for the obligations of the Company set forth in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 above, all obligations relating to compliance with
applicable laws and regulations governing the distribution of securities in
connection with Consultant's sale of common stock of the Company acquired
pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants shall be the sole obligation of the
Consultant.
9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONSULTANT.
The Consultant hereby represents and warrants to the Company that there
are no agreements or binding obligations enforceable against the Consultant
which would be violated by its entering into this agreement or providing the
services to be provided hereunder.
10. INDEMNIFICATION'S.
10.1 The Consultant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
the Company, and officers, directors, shareholders, agents, employees
(hereafter "Affiliates") of the Company, attorneys, successors and assigns,
from and against, and pay or reimburse each of them for, any and all claims,
losses, damages, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, costs and legal,
accounting or other expenses that any of them may sustain or incur as a
result of any misrepresentation, any inaccuracy in, or any breach of, any
warranty or representation or any non-performance of any covenant or other
obligation on the part of the Consultant contained in this Agreement.
10.2 The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Consultant and its Affiliates, attorneys, successors and assigns, from and
against, and pay or reimburse each of them for, any and all claims, losses,
damages, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, costs and legal,, accounting
or other expenses that any of them may sustain or incur as a result of any
misrepresentation, any inaccuracy in, or any breach of, any warranty or
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representation or any non-performance of any covenant or other obligation on
the part of the Company contained in this Agreement.
11. ATTORNEYS' FEES.
In the event there is any litigation or arbitration between the parties
concerning this Agreement, the successful party shall be awarded its
reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation costs, including the costs incurred
in the collection of any judgment.
12. NOTICES.
Any notice, request, instruction, or other document to be given
hereunder by any party hereto to any other party hereto shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by overnight courier or sent by facsimile
transmission, if to Consultant to:
Wall Street Financial
5353 Manhattan Circle, Suite 201
Boulder, CO 80303
Attention: David Lilja
if to the Company:
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
4410 Arapahoe
Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80303
Attention: Pete Leavell
with a copy to:
Company
Address
City, ST ZIP
Attention:
or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice.
13. PARTIAL INVALIDITY.
If any provisions of this Agreement are in violation of any statute or
rule of law of any state or district in which it may be sought to be
enforced, then such provisions shall be deemed null and void only to the
extent that they may be in violation thereof, but without invalidating the
remaining provisions.
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14. NON-ASSIGNABILITY.
14.1 The obligations of the Consultant to perform hereunder shall
not be assignable by it without prior written consent of the Company.
14.2 This Agreement shall be binding upon the respective parties
hereto and their successors and permitted assigns.
15. WAIVER.
No waiver of any breach of any one of the agreements, terms, conditions
or covenants of this Agreement by the Company shall be deemed to imply or
constitute a waiver of any other agreement, term, condition or covenant of
this Agreement. The failure of either party to insist on strict performance
of any agreement, term, condition or covenant, herein set forth, shall not
constitute or become construed as a waiver of the right of either or the
other thereafter to enforce any other default of such agreement, term,
condition or covenant; neither shall such failure to insist upon strict
performance be deemed sufficient grounds to enable either party hereto to
forego or subvert or otherwise disregard any other agreement, term, condition
or covenant of this Agreement.
16. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties shall be
construed enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado.
17. FAX/COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed by telex, telecopy or other facsimile
transmission, and such facsimile transmission shall be valid and binding to
the same extent as if it were an original. Further, this Agreement may be
signed in one or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall
constitute the same document
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto
with respect to the subject mater hereof. There are no representations,
warranties, conditions or obligations except as herein specifically provided.
Any amendment or modification hereof must be in writing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have duly executed
this Agreement effective on the day and year first above written.
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT
By: /s/ Pete Leavell
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Pete Leavell, President
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WALL STREET FINANCIAL
By: /s/ David Lilja
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David Lilja, President
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SERVICES PROVIDED BY WALL STREET FINANCIAL
1. Daily communication with existing brokers that are active in the Company's
stock.
2. Introducing our existing broker network to the Company.
3. Research and develop new relationships with brokers and investment banking
firms interested in retailing the Company's stock.
4. Development of a high quality investor package on the Company to be sent
out to brokers and institutional investors.
5. Communicate with research analyst(s) to write research reports on the
Company and distribute with investor package.
6. Develop a corporate profile and include in investor package.
7. Mail, at our own expense, investor packages to interested brokers for the
Company.
8. Meet with brokers in different parts of the country to introduce the
Company.
9. Distribute news releases and updates from the Company.
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Exhibit 10.16
SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO
SUBSCRIPTION AND FOR PURCHASE AGREEMENT
10% CONVERTIBLE SECURED NOTES
This Supplemental Agreement ("Supplemental Agreement") amends that
certain Subscription and Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of the
_____ day of April, 1997, by and between Renaissance Entertainment
Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the "Company"), and
______________________ (the "Investor").
In consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties,
covenants and conditions set forth in this Supplemental Agreement and the
Agreement, the Company and the Investor mutually agree as follows:
1. Section 7.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.1 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS. The Company shall pay
interest to the registered holders of the Notes (the "Holders") on
the principal amount of the Notes outstanding from time to time at
the time of payment of the principal of the Notes, commencing on the
first such day to occur after Closing with respect to the purchase of
such Note, at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, accruing from
the date of issuance after as well as before maturity and default and
after judgment. Accrued but unpaid interest shall bear interest at
the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum until paid, commencing on the
date on which such interest was due and payable. Unless earlier
converted into Common Stock in accordance with Article 8 hereof, or
accelerated in accordance with Article 11, the entire outstanding
amount of the Notes and all accrued but unpaid interest shall be due
and payable in full on October 31, 1999."
2. SECURITY INTEREST. Investor hereby agrees to release Investor's
security interest in the real estate of the Company situated in the County of
Kenosha, State of Wisconsin. In substitution for such security interest and
in order to secure the payment of the Notes and the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and under the Agreement and such other
obligations of the Company to the Note Holders which may arise from time to
time during the term of the Notes, the Company hereby grants to the Note
Holders a security interest in certain real estate of the Company situated in
the County of Stafford, State of Virginia, such security interest to grant to
the Investor a security interest in the Virginia property substantially
similar to the security interest originally granted in the Wisconsin property
as set forth in the Agreement and the attachments thereto.
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3. Section 14.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
"14.1 REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company has caused an aggregate
of 1,400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Notes to be registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Registration Statement
with respect thereto having been declared effective by the Commission
on October 31, 1997. In the event that it appears that the number of
shares of Common Stock subject to such Registration Statement will
not be adequate to cover potential conversions of the Notes, the
Company shall, at any time that the number of shares subject to such
Registration Statement is less than 400,000 shares of Common Stock,
if requested by Note Holders who hold 25% or more of the principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding, shall cause to be registered
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, a sufficient number of
additional shares of Common Stock to cover any such potential
conversions and will cause such Registration Statement to be filed
with the Commission within 30 days of the receipt of the written
request for such registration from the Note Holders. Any such
registration shall be at the expense of the Company and the Company
will use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement and the
Registration Statement which has previously been declared effective
by the Commission effective until the earlier of April 30, 1999, or
until all of the Registerable Securities (as defined in the
Agreement) have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statements.
It is understood that a failure to comply with the provisions of this
Section shall be a default under the Supplemental Agreement and
Agreement."
4. For purposes of the Agreement, the "as soon as practicable
thereafter" in Section 8.2 of the Agreement shall be interpreted to require
that the Company request its transfer agent to cause certificates for any
shares being converted pursuant to Article 8 of the Agreement to be prepared
and delivered to the Holder in accordance with the Holder's request, such
request of the transfer agent to be made within two business days of the
receipt of such conversion request and to require that the certificates
representing such shares be issued by the transfer agent and delivered to the
Holder within 15 days of the receipt of such conversion request. It is
understood that the failure to comply with the foregoing shall be deemed to
be a default under the Supplemental Agreement and Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Investor have executed this
Supplemental Agreement as of the _____ day of November, 1997.
GRAND AVENUE PARTNERS RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION
By________________________________ By_________________________________
Partner Its_____________________________
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EXHIBIT 10.17
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made this 12th day of November, 1997, by and between
Faire Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Purchaser"), and
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, a Colorado corporation ("Seller").
In consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings contained
herein the parties agree as follows:
1. SALE AND PURCHASE OF PROPERTY. Seller agrees to sell, and
Purchaser agrees to purchase, certain real property situated in the State of
Wisconsin, consisting of certain land legally described in Exhibit A hereto,
together with all the appurtenant rights, mineral rights, privileges, and
easements belonging thereto (collectively the "Land") TOGETHER WITH all
buildings, structures, and other improvements located on the Land as well as
all fixtures located therein and thereon (collectively the "Improvements")
(the Land and Improvements are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Property".)
2. PURCHASE PRICE. Purchaser agrees to pay to Seller, as the purchase
price for the Property and the warrants (the "Purchase Price"), the sum of
$4,000,000. The Purchase Price shall be payable on the Closing Date in cash
or other immediately available funds. Seller and Purchaser agree that the
Purchase Price shall be allocated as follows: Land, $1,100,000; Land
Improvements, $60,000; Buildings, $2,740,000; and Warrants, $100,000.
3. TITLE. Seller has delivered to Purchaser a commitment for an
owner's title insurance policy issued by Landmark Title Corporation with
respect to the Property naming Purchaser as the proposed owner-insured of the
Property in the amount of the Purchase Price (collectively the "Commitment").
The Commitment shall commit to insure marketable title in Purchaser, free
and clear of exceptions other than the exceptions identified in Exhibit B
hereto (the "Permitted Exceptions"). Purchaser will be allowed 10 days after
the date set forth above for examination thereof and for making any
objections to the marketability of the title to the Property, said objections
to be made by written notice or to be deemed waived. If any objections are
so made to the marketability of the title to the Property, Seller shall be
allowed 90 days after the making of such objections by Purchaser to cure such
objections and make the title to the Property good and marketable of record
in Seller and to obtain and deliver to Purchaser appropriate endorsements to
the Commitment, and an updated Survey indicating that any such objections
have been cured. Pending the correction of the title, the Closing Date and
the payments hereunder required shall be postponed, but upon correction of
the title and within 5 days after written notice of such correction given by
Seller to Purchaser, Seller and Purchaser shall perform this Agreement
according to its terms.
If the title to the Property, as evidenced by the Commitment and Survey
together with any appropriate endorsements and updated Survey, is not good
and marketable of record in Seller and is not made so within 90 days after
the date of making written objections thereto, or is not good and marketable
of record in Seller at the Closing Date, Purchaser may either:
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a. Terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to Seller
in which event this Agreement shall become null and void and neither
party shall have any further right or obligation hereunder; or
b. Elect to accept the title in its unmarketable condition by
giving written notice to Seller, in which event Purchaser shall
proceed to purchase the Property subject to such defects as exist in
Seller's title thereto and without any reduction in the Purchase
Price on account thereof.
4. SURVEY. Seller agrees to promptly obtain and deliver to Purchaser
a survey of the Land, prepared by a registered land surveyor at Seller's sole
cost and expense, showing the legal description and boundary lines of the
Land and the nature and location of all easements and encroachments from or
onto the Land (the "Survey").
5. ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY. Seller has provided to Purchaser a current
phase I environmental report (the "Phase I Environmental Report") for the
Property. In the event that the Phase I Environmental Report shows an
environmental problem with respect to any portion of the Property, Purchaser
may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by written notice given
to Seller within 10 days after the date of this Purchase Agreement, as set
forth on the top of the first page in which event this Agreement shall become
null and void and neither party shall have any further rights, obligations,
or liabilities hereunder. In the event that Purchaser shall fail to give
such written notice, Purchaser shall be deemed to have waived its right to
object to any environmental problem disclosed by the Phase I Environmental
Report.
6. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER. Seller covenants
and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
a. Seller will pay the costs of the Phase I Environmental
Report referred to in paragraph 5 above, all charges incurred in the
preparation of the survey referred to in paragraph 4 above, all
premiums and fees charged in connection with the issuance of the
title commitment referred to in paragraph 3 above and the title
policy issued pursuant thereto as referred to in paragraph 7(d)
below, including all closing and escrow fees and charges, the
transfer taxes and stamps and filing fees required to record the
Limited Warranty Deed referred to in paragraph 7(a) below. Seller
will also pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Purchaser's
attorney for services in connection with this transaction and all
other expenses of Purchaser in connection with this transaction.
b. Seller has received no notice, order or other written
communication from any governmental body having jurisdiction over the
Property requiring any improvement to or alteration of the Property.
c. There is no action, litigation, investigation, condemnation
or proceeding of any kind pending or, to the best of Seller's
knowledge, threatened against Seller or the Property, or any interest
therein which could adversely affect
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the Property, any portion thereof or title thereto, and Seller has no
knowledge of any reasonable basis for the commencement of any such
action, litigation, investigation, condemnation or proceeding. Seller
shall give Purchaser prompt written notice if any such action,
litigation, investigation, condemnation, or proceeding is commenced on
or prior to the Closing Date.
d. The proceeds of the sale of the Property to Purchaser will
be used to retire all outstanding indebtedness of Seller other than
trade payables and other than with respect to the indebtedness (the
"Grand Avenue Partners Debt") owed to Grand Avenue Partners, Legacy
Fund LLC and Davstar II Managed Investments Corp. N.V., specifically
including convertible notes and convertible debentures, or as
specifically agreed to by Purchaser. Consent of the holders of these
securities to payment at closing will be obtained, if necessary.
e. The Grand Avenue Partners Debt is secured only by land and
improvements owned by Seller and located in Stafford County,
Virginia.
f. To the best knowledge of Seller, no toxic or hazardous
substances or waste, including without limitation, any asbestos or
other chemical, material, or substance, exposure to which is
prohibited, limited or regulated by any Federal, State, County,
Regional or Local authority or, which even if not so regulated may or
could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the occupants of the
Property or the owners of property adjacent to the Property
("Hazardous Materials") have been used, generated, treated, stored or
disposed of on the Property or used in connection with the Property
other than any such Hazardous Materials as have been used by Seller
in the conduct of its business. Seller shall indemnify, defend, and
hold Purchaser harmless from and against any and all liability
arising out of the use, generation, treatment, storage or disposal of
Hazardous Materials occurring on the Property on or before the
Closing, including, without limitation, the cost of any required or
necessary repair and clean up of the Property or replacement of the
materials in any improvements located on the Property.
7. CLOSING. The closing shall take place on November ___, 1997,
or such other date as is mutually agreed upon. Such date or such other
date as this transaction actually closes as determined in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement is herein referred to as the
"Closing Date". At the closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser:
a. A Limited Warranty Deed, properly executed on behalf of
Seller in recordable form with all applicable transfer taxes paid and
stamps, if any, affixed thereto, conveying the Property to Purchaser
and warranting title thereto subject to no exceptions other than the
Permitted Exceptions, matters waived or deemed waived by Purchaser,
and the Lease, hereinafter defined..
b. All certificates, instruments and other documents required
to be executed by Seller in order to permit the recording of the
Limited Warranty Deed.
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c. A standard Seller's Affidavit stating the signer's
knowledge as to judgments, bankruptcies, tax liens, mechanics liens,
parties in possession, unrecorded interests, encroachments or
boundary line questions, and related matters, properly executed on
behalf of Seller.
d. A policy of title insurance issued pursuant to the
Commitment.
e. An affidavit of Seller in form and content satisfactory to
Purchaser stating that Seller is not a "foreign person" within the
meaning of Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue code.
f. Two copies of a lease (the "Lease") in the form of that
attached hereto as Exhibit C, both properly executed by Seller as the
Tenant thereunder.
g. Such other instruments and documents as are necessary to
vest title to the Property in Purchaser and to enable Purchaser to
enjoy the benefits of ownership thereof.
h. Evidence that the Seller has called all outstanding
warrants, if any, then subject to redemption.
i. A warrant duly executed by Seller and representing the
right to purchase up to 766,667 shares of Purchaser's common stock,
such warrant to be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Upon delivery of the foregoing items, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller
the Purchase Price, shall execute both copies of the Lease, as the
Landlord thereunder and shall deliver one fully executed copy thereof to
Seller.
8. TAXES AND UTILITY CHARGES. Real estate taxes, installments of
special assessments and utility charges due and payable for the period
preceding the Closing Date shall be paid by Seller and those payable on
or after the Closing Date shall continue to be payable by Seller, as
Tenant, pursuant to the Lease.
9. INCOME AND EXPENSES, POSSESSION. Subsequent to the Closing
Date, Seller shall be entitled to retain possession of the Property in
accordance with and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the
Lease. All expenses of the Property shall continue to be paid by
Seller, as Tenant pursuant to the Lease.
10. RISK OF LOSS. Risk of loss to the Property prior to the time
of closing shall remain in Seller. In the event that, prior to the time
of closing, proceedings for the condemnation of the Property, or any
interest therein, or any portion thereof are commenced by governmental
authority having jurisdiction to do so, or the Property, or any interest
therein, or any portion thereof, is damaged or destroyed, either
Purchaser or Seller may, at its option, terminate this
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Agreement by written notice to the other. In the event of any such
condemnation of the Property, or any interest therein, or any portion
thereof, Seller shall retain all rights to any such condemnation award
or insurance proceeds and, if this Purchase Agreement is not terminated
on account thereof, there shall be no reduction in either the Purchase
Price or the rent payable pursuant to the Lease. In the event of any
such destruction of or damage to the Property, if this Purchase
Agreement is not terminated, the insurance proceeds shall be delivered
to Purchaser, the Seller and Purchaser shall proceed with the
restoration of the Property in accordance with the provisions of Article
XII of the Lease, and there shall be no reduction in either the Purchase
Price or the rent payable pursuant to the Lease.
11. NOTICES. All documents to be delivered and all correspondence
and notices to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and given by personal delivery or sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
follows:
If to Seller: Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
4410 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 200
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Attn: Charles S. Leavell
With a copy to: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.
3400 City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3796
Attn: Lindley S. Branson
If to Purchaser: Faire Partners, LLC
4855 North Mesa, Suite 120
El Paso, Texas 77912-5937
With a copy to: Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond, P.C.
2000 Norwest Plaza
El Paso, Texas 79901-1447
Attn: Chris A. Paul
Each such mailed notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given
to or served upon, the party to whom it is addressed on the date the same is
either personally delivered or deposited in the United States registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, properly addressed
in the manner above provided. Either party hereto may change such party's
address for the service of notice hereunder by written notice of said change
to the other party hereto, in the manner above specified ten (10) days prior
to the effective date of said change.
12. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each of the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns. Neither party shall assign this Agreement or any of its interests
hereunder without the written consent of the other party.
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13. COMMISSIONS. Seller warrants and represents that it has dealt with
no realtors or brokers in connection with this transaction and that it will
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser against any claim made by an
agent or broker for a commission or fee based on acts or agreements of
Seller. Purchaser warrants and represents that it has dealt with no realtor
or broker in connection with this transaction and that it will indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Seller against any claim made by an agent or broker
for a commission or fee based on acts or agreements of Purchaser.
14. SURVIVE CLOSING. All of the covenants, warranties, and provisions
of this Agreement shall survive and be enforceable after the closing of this
transaction.
15. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This is a final Agreement between the parties
and contains their entire agreement and supersedes all previous
understandings and agreements, oral or written, relative to the subject
matter of this Agreement.
16. TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence in the performance of
this Agreement.
17. CONTROLLING LAW. This Agreement has been made and entered into
under the laws of the State of Colorado, and said laws shall control the
interpretation hereof provided that all issues, questions of real estate law
and other laws relative to the Property shall be determined in accordance
with the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
18. CAPTIONS. The paragraph headings or captions appearing in this
Agreement are for convenience only, are not a part of this Agreement, and are
not to be considered in interpreting this Agreement.
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
By /s/ Charles S. Leavell
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Charles S. Leavell
Its Chief Executive Officer
Faire Partners, LLC
By /s/ Charles H. Leavell
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Charles H. Leavell
Its Manager
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
PARCEL I:
Part of the Southeast Quarter and part of the Northeast Quarter of Section
36, Town 1 North, Range 21 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, lying and
being in the Town of Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and being more
particularly described as: Beginning on the South line of the Southeast
Quarter of said Section at a point 600.7 feet South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50
seconds West from the Southeast corner of said Quarter Section; thence South
89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West along the South line of said Quarter
Section 729.8 feet and to the West line of the East half of said Quarter
Section; thence North 1 degree 53 minutes 10 seconds West along the West line
of the East Half of said Quarter Section 2675.0 feet and to the North line of
said Quarter Section; thence North 1 degree 46 minutes 40 seconds West along
the West line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said
Section 1325.36 feet and to the North line of said Quarter Quarter Section;
thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes East along the North line of said Quarter
Quarter Section 1051.34 feet and to the Westerly right-of-way line of
Interstate Highway 94; thence South 2 degrees 03 minutes East along said
right-of-way line 131.93 feet; thence South 21 degrees 06 minutes West along
said right-of-way line 788.49 feet; thence South 2 degrees 03 minutes East
along said right-of-way line 700 feet; thence South 17 degrees 45 minutes 50
seconds East along said right-of-way line 1167.69 feet; thence South 10
degrees 58 minutes 40 seconds East along said right-of-way line 482.66 feet;
thence South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West parallel to the South line
of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 395.04 feet; thence South 0 degree
35 minutes 10 seconds East at right angles to the South line of said Quarter
Section 851.72 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL II:
The East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter and the Southwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section Thirty-six (36), in Town One (1)
North, Range Twenty-one (21) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; in the
Town of Bristol, County of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin.
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EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
1. General and special taxes and assessments not yet due.
2. Public or private rights, if any, in such portions of the insured premises
as may be used, laid out, taken or dedicated in any manner whatsoever for
highway or road purposes.
3. Right of Way Authorization from Theodore Dooper to General Telephone
Company of Wisconsin, dated September 21, 1965 and recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Kenosha County, Wisconsin on October 12, 1965 in
Volume 713 of Records at page 504, as Document No. 479482 (as to Parcel I).
4. Easement from Theodore E. Dooper to Wisconsin Electric Power Company,
dated July 23, 1963 and recorded in said Register's office on August 14, 1963
in Volume 645 of Records at page 235-36, as Document No. 453071 (as to Parcel
I).
5. Distribution Easement granted Wisconsin Electric Power Company and
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. dated November 9, 1993 and recorded in the Kenosha
County Register of Deeds office on November 17, 1993 in Volume 1637 of
Records, Page 434-35, as Document No. 945420 (as to Parcel I).
6. Holding Tank Agreement recorded in the Kenosha County Register of Deeds
office on March 30, 1982 in Volume 1109 of Records, page 865, as Document No.
688487; and on June 30, 1988 in Volume 1316 of Records, Page 607, as Document
No. 803280 (as to Parcel II).
7. Easement granted by Victoria Slavik to Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
by instrument dated December 7, 1936 and recorded in said Register's office
July 10, 1937 in Volume 198 of Deeds, Page 528 (as to Parcel II).
8. Terms and conditions contained in Holding Tank Agreement dated 3/28/95 and
recorded in said Register's office on April 6, 1995 as Document No. 988072.
9. Matters shown on survey dated October 13, 1997 (revised November 6,
1997), prepared by Glen A. Marescalco, Land Surveyor.
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EXHIBIT C
LEASE AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT C
LEASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FAIRE PARTNERS, LLC ("LANDLORD")
AND
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ("TENANT")
DATED
NOVEMBER ___, 1997
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LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT OF LEASE, made this 13th day of November, 1997, by
and between Faire Partners, LLC, a limited liability company organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Texas, hereinafter designated and
referred to as "Landlord," and Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado,
hereinafter designated and referred to as "Tenant."
WITNESSETH:
Landlord, for and in consideration of the rents, covenants and
agreements hereinafter reserved, mentioned and contained on the part of Tenant,
its successors and assigns, to be paid, kept, observed and performed, has
leased, rented, let and demised, and by these presents does lease, rent, let and
demise unto Tenant, and Tenant does hereby take and hire, upon and subject to
the conditions and limitations hereinafter expressed, all those parcels of land
situated in the State of Wisconsin, described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
made a part hereof (hereinafter collectively called the "Land"), together with
all improvements, machinery, building equipment, fixtures and other property,
real, personal or mixed, except Tenant's trade fixtures, installed or located
thereon, together with all additions, alterations and replacements thereof
(hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Improvements"). The Land and the
Improvements are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Demised Premises."
The Demised Premises are subject to the easements, restrictions, reservations
and other "permitted encumbrances" set forth on said Exhibit "B". The
structures located upon and being a part of the Demised Premises which are
constructed for human occupancy or for storage of goods, merchandise, equipment,
or other personal property are collectively called the "Buildings".
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ARTICLE I
TERM OF LEASE
1.1 The term of this Lease Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the day
of execution hereof, (the "Commencement Date") and shall end on the 31st day of
October, 2017.
ARTICLE II
BASIC RENT
2.1 In consideration of the leasing of the Demised Premises, Tenant
covenants to pay Landlord, without previous demand therefor and without any
right of setoff or deduction whatsoever, at:
Faire Partners, LLC
4855 North Mesa
Suite 120
El Paso, Texas 79912-5937
or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate in writing,
an annual rental for each year of the Term of this Lease Agreement of:
$52,602.74 for the portion of Lease Year 1 commencing
on the Commencement Date and expiring on December
31, 1997
$333,150.56 for the portion of Lease Year 1 commencing
on January 1, 1998 and expiring on October 31, 1998
$400,000 per year for Lease Year 2
$440,000 per year for Lease Years 3, 4, 5 and 6
$486,666.67 per year for Lease Years 7, 8 and 9
$533,333.33 per year for Lease Years 10, 11 and 12
$543,333.33 per year for Lease Years 13 through 20,
both years inclusive.
For the purposes of this Lease the First Lease Year shall be the period
commencing on the Commencement Date and expiring on October 31, 1998 and all
subsequent Lease Years shall be a period of one year commencing on the first day
of November and expiring on the last day of the immediately succeeding October.
For example, the second Lease Year shall be the 12 month period commencing on
November 1, 1998 and expiring on October 31, 1999. An amount equal to
$52,602.74 of the Basic Rent for the first Lease Year is being paid to Landlord
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this lease. The balance of
the Basic Rent for the first Lease Year, $333,150.56 is being contemporaneously
deposited by Tenant in an escrow established pursuant to an Escrow Agreement
executed among Landlord, Tenant and Lawyers Title of El Paso, Inc. of even date
herewith. Landlord acknowledges that the making of such deposit, together with
the payment of $52,602.74 referred to above, fully satisfies the obligations of
the Tenant to pay Basic Rent for the first Lease Year and that Tenant shall have
no further duty or obligation on account thereof. Basic Rent for subsequent
Lease Years shall be paid in monthly installments commencing on the first day of
November, 1998 and continuing on the same day of each month thereafter for the
succeeding months during the balance of each
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Lease Year. Each such monthly installment shall be in an amount equal to 1/12
of the Annual Basic Rent payable for the Lease Year in which the month in which
such monthly installment is due falls. The rent provided for in this Paragraph
2.1 is hereinafter called the "Basic Rent".
2.2 The Basic Rent shall be absolutely net to Landlord so that this Lease
Agreement shall yield, net to Landlord, the Basic Rent specified in Paragraph
2.1 in each year of the term of this Lease Agreement and that all impositions,
insurance premiums, utility charges, maintenance, repair and replacement
expenses, all expenses relating to Compliance with Laws, and all other costs,
fees, charges, expenses, reimbursements and obligations of every kind and nature
whatsoever relating to the Demised Premises (excepting only Landlord's portion
of the proration of real estate taxes and special assessments for the last year
of the term of this Lease Agreement referred to in Paragraph 4.1 of this Lease
Agreement) which may arise or become due during the term or by reason of events
occurring during the term of this Lease Agreement shall be paid or discharged by
Tenant as additional rent (all such items being sometimes hereinafter
collectively referred to as "Additional Rent").
2.3 All payments of Basic Rent and Additional Rent shall be payable without
previous demand therefor and without any right of setoff or deduction whatsoever
except as set forth in Section 17.5 hereof, and in case of nonpayment of any
item of Additional Rent by Tenant when the same is due, Landlord shall have, in
addition to all its other rights and remedies, all of the rights and remedies
available to Landlord under the provisions of this Lease Agreement or by law in
the case of nonpayment of Basic Rent. The performance and observance by Tenant
of all the terms, covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed or
observed by Tenant hereunder shall be performed and observed by Tenant at
Tenant's sole cost and expense. Any installment of Basic Rent or Additional Rent
or any other charges payable by Tenant under the provisions hereof which shall
not be paid when due shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to fifteen
percent (15%) per annum (the "Maximum Rate of Interest") from the date when the
same is due hereunder until the same shall be paid, but in no event in excess of
the maximum lawful rate permitted to be charged by Landlord against Tenant.
ARTICLE III
USE OF DEMISED PREMISES
3.1 The Demised Premises including all buildings or other improvements
hereafter erected upon the same shall be used for such activities as may be
lawfully carried on in and about the Demised Premises. Tenant shall not use or
occupy the same, or knowingly permit them to be used or occupied, contrary to
any statute, rule, order, ordinance, requirement or regulation applicable
thereto, or in any manner which would violate any certificate of occupancy
affecting the same, or which would make void or voidable any insurance then in
force with respect thereto or which would make it impossible to obtain fire or
other insurance thereon required to be furnished hereunder by Tenant, or which
would cause structural injury to the improvements or cause the value or
usefulness of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, substantially to
diminish (reasonable wear and tear excepted), or which would constitute a public
or private nuisance or waste, and Tenant agrees that it will promptly, upon
discovery of any such use, take all necessary steps to compel the discontinuance
of such use. Further, Tenant shall not use, store, or dispose of any so-called
"hazardous wastes" or "hazardous substances" as defined by federal, state, or
local environmental laws (including so-called "Superfund" laws) on the Demised
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Premises except for any such materials used by Tenant in the normal operation of
its business, which materials shall be kept and used in compliance with
applicable laws.
3.2 Tenant shall not use, suffer, or permit the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, to be used by Tenant, any third party or the public, as such,
without restriction or in such manner as might reasonably tend to impair
Landlord's title to the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or in such
manner as might reasonably make possible a claim or claims of adverse usage or
adverse possession by the public, as such, or third persons, or of implied
dedication of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof. Nothing in this
Lease Agreement contained and no action or inaction by Landlord shall be deemed
or construed to mean that Landlord has granted to Tenant any right, power or
permission to do any act or make any agreement that may create, or give rise to
or be the foundation for any such right, title, interest, lien, charge or other
encumbrance upon the estate of Landlord in the Demised Premises.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENT OF TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ETC.
4.1 Tenant covenants and agrees to pay during the term of this Lease
Agreement, as Additional Rent, before any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be
added thereto for the nonpayment thereof, all real estate taxes, special
assessments, water rates and charges, sewer rates and charges, including any sum
or sums payable for present or future sewer or water capacity, charges for
public utilities, street lighting, excise levies, licenses, permits, inspection
fees, other governmental charges, and all other charges or burdens of whatsoever
kind and nature (including costs, fees, and expenses of complying with any
restrictive covenants or similar agreements to which the Demised Premises are
subject) incurred in the use, occupancy, ownership, operation, leasing or
possession of the Demised Premises, without particularizing by any known name or
by whatever name hereafter called, and whether any of the foregoing be general
or special, ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen (all of which are
sometimes herein referred to as "Impositions"), which at any time during the
term may have been or may be assessed, levied, confirmed, imposed upon, or
become a lien on the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or any
appurtenance thereto, rents or income therefrom, and such easements or rights as
may now or hereafter be appurtenant or appertain to the use of the Demised
Premises. Tenant shall pay all special (or similar) assessments for public
improvements or benefits which, during the term of this Lease Agreement shall be
laid, assessed, levied or imposed upon or become payable or become a lien upon
the Demised Premises, any portion thereof; provided, however, that if by law any
special assessment is payable (without default) or, at the option of the owner,
may be paid (without default) in installments (whether or not interest shall
accrue on the unpaid balance of such special assessment), Tenant may pay the
same, together with any interest accrued on the unpaid balance of such special
assessment in installments as the same respectively become payable and before
any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be added thereto for the nonpayment of
any such installment and the interest thereon. Tenant shall pay all special
assessments or installments thereof (including interest accrued thereon),
whether heretofore or hereafter laid, assessed, levied or imposed upon the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, which are due and payable during the
term of this Lease Agreement. Landlord shall pay all installments of special
assessments (including interest accrued on the unpaid balance) which are payable
after the termination date of the term of this Lease Agreement. Tenant shall
pay all real estate taxes, whether heretofore or hereafter levied or assessed
upon the Demised Premises, or
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any portion thereof, which are due and payable during the term of
this Lease Agreement. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Landlord
shall pay that portion of the real estate taxes and installments of special
assessments due and payable in respect to the Demised Premises during the year
the Term ends which the number of days in said year not within the term of this
Lease Agreement bears to 365, and Tenant shall pay the balance of said real
estate taxes and installments of special assessments during said years.
4.2 Tenant shall have the right at its own expense to contest the amount or
validity, in whole or in part, of any Imposition by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted in good faith, but only after payment of such Imposition,
unless such payment, or a payment thereof under protest, would operate as a bar
to such contest or interfere materially with the prosecution thereof, in which
event, notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 4.1 hereof, Tenant may
postpone or defer payment of such Imposition if neither the Demised Premises nor
any portion thereof would, by reason of such postponement or deferment, be in
danger of being forfeited or lost. Upon the termination of any such proceedings,
Tenant shall pay the amount of such Imposition or part thereof, if any, as
finally determined in such proceedings, the payment of which may have been
deferred during the prosecution of such proceedings, together with any costs,
fees, including attorney's fees, interest, penalties, fines, and other liability
in connection therewith. Tenant shall be entitled to the refund of any
Imposition, penalty, fine and interest thereon received by Landlord which have
been paid by Tenant or which have been paid by Landlord but for which Landlord
has been previously reimbursed in full by Tenant. Landlord shall not be required
to join in any proceedings referred to in this Paragraph 4.2 unless the
provisions of any law, rule or regulation at the time in effect shall require
that such proceedings be brought by or in the name of Landlord, in which event
Landlord shall join in such proceedings or permit the same to be brought in
Landlord's name and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any costs or expenses
Landlord may incur as a result of such joinder or permission.
4.3 Tenant covenants to furnish Landlord, promptly upon the request of
Landlord, receipts of the appropriate taxing authority, or other appropriate
proof satisfactory to Landlord, evidencing the payment of any Imposition.
ARTICLE V
INSURANCE
5.1 Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall obtain and continuously
maintain in full force and effect during the Term of this Lease Agreement,
commencing with the date that rental (full or partial) commences, policies of
insurance covering the Improvements constructed, installed or located on the
Demised Premises for the benefit of Landlord, as the named insured, against loss
or damage by fire and such other risks or hazards now or hereafter embraced by
an "Extended Coverage Endorsement". At all times, such insurance coverage shall
be in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the then "Full
Replacement Cost" of the Improvements and shall include a so-called "Agreed
Value Endorsement". Full Replacement Cost shall be interpreted to mean the cost
of replacing the Improvements without deduction for depreciation or wear and
tear.
5.2 During the term of this Lease Agreement, Tenant, at its sole cost and
expense, but for the mutual benefit of Landlord and Tenant, shall obtain and
continuously maintain in full force and
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effect Comprehensive general liability and business automobile liability
insurance against any loss, liability or damage on, about or relating to the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, and including coverage for assault and
battery, liquor liability and punitive or exemplary damages with limits
(including any coverage afforded by umbrella policies) of not less than Four
Million Dollars ($4,000,000) per occurrence and Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000) in the aggregate. Any such insurance obtained and maintained by
Tenant shall name both Landlord (and if Landlord so requests, any holder of any
mortgages now or hereafter becoming a lien on the fee of the Demised Premises or
any portion thereof) and Tenant as named insureds therein and shall be obtained
and maintained from and with a reputable and financially sound insurance company
authorized to issue such insurance in the state in which the Demised Premises
are located.
5.3 All policies of insurance required by Paragraph 5.1 shall provide that
the proceeds thereof shall be payable to Landlord and if Landlord so requests
shall also be payable to any holder of any mortgages now or hereafter becoming a
lien on the fee of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, as the interest
of such purchaser or holder appears pursuant to a standard named insured or
mortgagee clause. Tenant shall not, on Tenant's own initiative or pursuant to
request or requirement of any third party, take out separate insurance
concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required in
Paragraph 5.1 hereof, unless Landlord is included therein as a named insured
with loss payable as in said Paragraph 5.1 provided. Tenant shall immediately
notify Landlord whenever any such separate insurance is taken out and shall
deliver to Landlord duplicate originals thereof or original certificates
evidencing the same with true copies of such insurance policies attached. All
such policies of insurance shall provide that any loss shall be payable to
Landlord notwithstanding any act or omission of Tenant which might otherwise
result in a forfeiture or reduction of such insurance.
Each policy required under this Article V shall have attached thereto
(i) an endorsement that such policy shall not be canceled or materially changed
without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Landlord and any party
holding a mortgage on the Demised Premises which has provided evidence of such
fact and its address to which notices should be sent (a "Registered Mortgagee"),
and (ii) an endorsement to the effect that the insurance as to the interest of
Landlord shall not be invalidated by any act or neglect of any person. All
policies of insurance shall be written in companies reasonably satisfactory to
Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee and licensed in the state in which the
Demised Premises are located, and shall be written in such form and shall be
distributed in such companies as shall be reasonably satisfactory to Landlord
and any Registered Mortgagee. Such policies (or certificates of insurance
acceptable to Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee) shall be delivered to
Landlord endorsed "Premium Paid" by the company or agent issuing the same or
accompanied by other evidence satisfactory to Landlord and any Registered
Mortgagee that the premiums thereon have been paid. Such policies (or
certificates of insurance acceptable to Landlord) and evidence of payment shall
be delivered to Landlord upon commencement of the term; and prior to expiration
of such policy, a new policy (or certificates of insurance acceptable to
Landlord), plus evidence of premium payment, shall be delivered to Landlord not
less than twenty (20) days prior to the expiration of the then current policy
term.
5.4 Landlord agrees that Tenant may cause to be inserted in the policy or
policies of insurance required by Paragraph 5.1 hereof a so-called "Waiver of
Subrogation Clause" as to
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5.5 Tenant hereby waives, releases, discharges and agrees to indemnify and
defend Landlord, its agents and employees from and against all claims whatsoever
arising out of loss, claim, expense or damage to or destruction of any personal
property of Tenant or to Tenant's business notwithstanding that such loss,
claim, expense or damage may have been caused by Landlord, its agents or
employees, and Tenant agrees to look to any insurance coverage maintained by
Tenant only in the event of such loss.
5.6 Upon expiration of the term of this Lease Agreement, the unearned
premiums upon any insurance policies or certificates thereof lodged with
Landlord by Tenant shall, subject to the provisions of Article XII hereof, be
payable to Tenant, provided that Tenant shall not then be in default in keeping,
observing or performing the terms and conditions of this Lease Agreement.
5.7 Nothing in this Article shall prevent Tenant from taking out insurance
of the kind and in the amount provided for under the preceding paragraphs of
this Article under a blanket insurance policy or policies (copies of which or
certificates thereof satisfactory to Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee shall
be delivered to Landlord) which may cover other properties owned or operated by
Tenant as well as the Demised Premises; provided, however, that any such policy
of blanket insurance of the kind provided for shall (i) specify therein the
amounts thereof exclusively allocated to the Demised Premises or Tenant shall
furnish Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee with a written statement from the
insurers under such policies specifying the amounts of the total insurance
exclusively allocated to the Demised Premises, and (ii) not contain any clause
which would result in the insured thereunder being required to carry any
insurance with respect to the property covered thereby in an amount not less
than any specific percentage of the Full Replacement Cost of such property in
order to prevent the insured therein named from becoming a co-insurer of any
loss with the insurer under such policy; and further provided, however, that
such policies of blanket insurance shall, as respects the Demised Premises,
contain the various provisions required of such an insurance policy by the
foregoing provisions of this Article V.
ARTICLE VI
UTILITIES
During the term of this Lease Agreement, Tenant will pay, when due, all
charges of every nature, kind or description for utilities furnished to the
Demised Premises or chargeable against the Demised Premises, including all
charges for water, sewage, heat, gas, light, garbage, electricity, telephone,
steam, power, or other public or private utility services.
ARTICLE VII
REPAIRS
7.1 Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, throughout the term of this Lease
Agreement, shall take good care of the Demised Premises (including any
improvements hereafter erected or installed on the Land), and shall keep the
same in good order and condition and shall make and perform all maintenance and
replacements thereof and all necessary repairs thereto, interior and exterior,
structural and nonstructural, ordinary and extraordinary, foreseen and
unforeseen, of
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every nature, kind and description which are necessary for the continued
operation of Renaissance Fairs on the Demised Premises. All repairs made by
Tenant shall be made by Tenant in accordance with all laws, ordinances and
regulations whether heretofore or hereafter enacted. The necessity for or
adequacy of maintenance and repairs shall be measured by the standards which are
appropriate for improvements of similar construction and class, provided that
Tenant shall in any event make all repairs necessary to avoid any structural
damage or other damage or injury to the Improvements.
7.2 Landlord shall not be required to furnish any services or facilities or
to make any repairs or alterations in, about or to the Demised Premises or any
improvements hereafter erected thereon. Tenant hereby assumes the full and sole
responsibility for the condition, operation, repair, replacement, maintenance
and management of the Demised Premises and all improvements hereafter erected
thereon, and Tenant hereby waives any rights created by any law now or hereafter
in force to make repairs to the Demised Premises or improvements hereafter
erected thereon at Landlord's expense.
7.3 Tenant shall not do or suffer any waste or damage, disfigurement or
injury to the Demised Premises, or any improvements hereafter erected thereon,
or to the fixtures or equipment therein.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND ORDINANCES
8.1 Tenant shall, throughout the term of this Lease Agreement, and at
Tenant's sole cost and expense, promptly comply or cause compliance with or
remove or cure any violation of any and all present and future laws, ordinances,
orders, rules, regulations and requirements of all federal, state, municipal and
other governmental bodies having jurisdiction over the Demised Premises and
whether the compliance, curing or removal of any such violation and the costs
and expenses necessitated thereby shall have been foreseen or unforeseen,
ordinary or extraordinary, and whether or not the same shall be presently within
the contemplation of Landlord or Tenant or shall involve any change of
governmental policy, or require structural or extraordinary repairs, alterations
or additions by Tenant and irrespective of the costs thereof.
8.2 After prior written notice to Landlord, Tenant, at its sole cost and
expense and without cost or expense to Landlord, shall have the right to contest
the validity or application of any law or ordinance referred to in this Article
VIII in the name of Tenant or Landlord, or both, by appropriate legal
proceedings diligently conducted but only if the terms of any such law or
ordinance, compliance therewith pending the prosecution of any such proceeding,
may legally be delayed without the incurrence of any lien, charge or liability
of any kind against the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, and without
subjecting Landlord or Tenant to any liability, civil or criminal, for failure
to comply therewith until the final determination of such proceeding; provided,
however, if any lien, charge or civil liability would be incurred by reason of
any such delay, Tenant nevertheless, on the prior written consent of Landlord,
may contest as aforesaid and delay as aforesaid, provided that such delay would
not subject Tenant or Landlord to criminal liability and Tenant (i) prosecutes
the contest with due diligence and in good faith, and (ii) agrees to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Landlord and the Demised Premises from any charge,
liability or expense whatsoever.
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If necessary or proper to permit Tenant so to contest the validity or
application of any such law or ordinance, Landlord shall, at Tenant's sole cost
and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by Landlord, execute
and deliver any appropriate papers or other documents; provided, Landlord shall
not be required to execute any document or consent to any proceeding which would
result in the imposition of any cost, charge, expense or penalty on Landlord or
the Demised Premises.
ARTICLE IX
MECHANIC'S LIENS AND OTHER LIENS
9.1 Tenant shall not suffer or permit any mechanic's lien or other lien to
be filed against the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, by reason of
work, labor, skill, services, equipment or materials supplied or claimed to have
been supplied to the Demised Premises at the request of Tenant, or anyone
holding the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, through or under Tenant.
If any such mechanic's lien or other lien shall at any time be filed against the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, Tenant shall cause the same to be
discharged of record within thirty (30) days after the date of filing the same.
The foregoing notwithstanding, after prior written notice to Landlord, Tenant
shall have the right, at its sole cost and expense and without cost or expense
to Landlord, to contest the validity of any such mechanics lien provided that
the Tenant (i) prosecutes the contest with due diligence and in good faith, and
(ii) agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord and the Demised
Premises from any charge, liability or expense whatsoever in connection with
such contest and/or the mechanics lien being contested.
All materialmen, contractors, artisans, mechanics, laborers and any
other person now or hereafter furnishing any labor, services, materials,
supplies or equipment to Tenant with respect to the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, are hereby charged with notice that they must look exclusively
to Tenant to obtain payment for the same. Notice is hereby given that Landlord
shall not be liable for any labor, services, materials, supplies, skill,
machinery, fixture or equipment furnished or to be furnished to Tenant upon
credit, and that no mechanic's lien or other lien for any such labor, services,
materials, supplies, machinery, fixtures or equipment shall attach to or affect
the estate or interest of Landlord in and to the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof.
9.2 Tenant shall not create, permit or suffer, and shall promptly discharge
and satisfy of record, any other lien, encumbrance, charge, security interest,
or other right or interest which shall be or become a lien, encumbrance, charge
or security interest upon the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or the
income therefrom, or on the interest of Landlord or Tenant in the Demised
Premises, or any portion thereof, save and except for those liens, encumbrances,
charges, security interests, or other rights or interests consented to, in
writing, by Landlord, or those mortgages, assignments of rents, assignments of
leases and other mortgage documentation placed thereon by Landlord in financing
or refinancing the Demised Premises.
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ARTICLE X
INTENT OF PARTIES
10.1 Landlord and Tenant do each state and represent that it is their
respective intention that this Lease Agreement be interpreted and construed as
an absolute net lease and all Basic Rent and Additional Rent shall be paid by
Tenant to Landlord without abatement, deduction, diminution, deferment,
suspension, reduction, setoff, defense or counterclaim with respect to the same;
and the obligations of Tenant shall not be affected by reason of any
condemnation, eminent domain or like proceedings (except as provided in Article
XIII hereof); nor shall the obligations of Tenant be affected by reason of any
other cause whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing or by any laws or
customs to the contrary. It is the further express intent of Landlord and Tenant
that (i) the obligations of Landlord and Tenant hereunder shall be separate and
independent covenants and agreements and that the Basic Rent and Additional
Rent, and all other charges and sums payable by Tenant hereunder, shall commence
at the times provided herein and shall continue to be payable in all events
unless the obligations to pay the same shall be terminated pursuant to an
express provision in this Lease Agreement; (ii) all costs and expenses of
whatsoever character or kind, general or special, ordinary or extraordinary,
foreseen or unforeseen, and of every kind and nature whatsoever that may be
necessary or required in and about the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof,
and Tenant's possession or authorized use thereof during the term of this Lease
Agreement, shall be paid by Tenant and all provisions of this Lease Agreement
are to be interpreted and construed in light of the intention expressed in this
Paragraph 10.1; (iii) the Basic Rent specified in Paragraph 2.1 shall be
absolutely net to Landlord so that this Lease Agreement shall yield net to
Landlord the Basic Rent specified in Paragraph 2.1 in each year during the term
of this Lease Agreement (unless extended or renewed at a different Basic Rent);
(iv) all Impositions, insurance premiums, utility expense, repair and
maintenance expense, and all other costs, fees, interest, charges, expenses,
reimbursements and obligations of every kind and nature whatsoever relating to
the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, which may arise or become due
during the term of this Lease Agreement, or any extension or renewal thereof,
shall be paid or discharged by Tenant as Additional Rent; and (v) Tenant hereby
agrees to indemnify, defend and save Landlord harmless from and against such
costs, fees, charges, expenses, reimbursements and obligations, and any interest
thereon.
10.2 If Tenant shall at any time fail to pay any Imposition in accordance
with the provisions of Article IV, or to take out, pay for, maintain and deliver
any of the insurance policies or certificates of insurance provided for in
Article V, or shall fail to make any other payment or perform any other act on
its part to be made or performed, then Landlord, after fifteen (15) days prior
written notice to Tenant (or without notice in case of emergency), and without
waiving or releasing Tenant from any obligation of Tenant contained in this
Lease Agreement, may, but shall be under no obligation to do so, (i) pay any
Imposition payable by Tenant pursuant to the provisions of Article IV; (ii) take
out, pay for and maintain any of the insurance policies provided for in this
Lease Agreement; or (iii) make any other payment or perform any other act on
Tenant's part to be paid or performed as in this Lease Agreement provided, and
Landlord may enter upon the Demised Premises for any such purpose and take all
such action therein or thereon as may be necessary therefor. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed as a waiver or release of Tenant from any obligation
of Tenant in this Lease Agreement contained.
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10.3 All sums so paid by Landlord and all costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by Landlord in connection with the
performance of any such act, together with interest thereon at the Maximum Rate
of Interest hereof, from the respective dates of Landlord's making of each
payment of such cost and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be
paid by Tenant to Landlord on demand. If Tenant shall fail to perform any act
required of it, Landlord may perform the same, but shall not be required to do
so, in such manner and to such extent as Landlord may deem necessary or
desirable, and in exercising any such right to employ counsel and to pay
necessary and incidental costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's
fees. All sums so paid by Landlord and all necessary and incidental costs and
expenses in connection with the performance of any such act by Landlord,
together with interest thereon at the Maximum Rate of Interest hereof from the
date of making such expenditure by Landlord, shall be deemed Additional Rent
hereunder and, except as is otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be
payable to Landlord on demand or, at the option of Landlord, may be added to any
monthly rental then due or thereafter becoming due under this Lease Agreement,
and Tenant covenants to pay any such sum or sums, with interest as aforesaid,
and Landlord shall have, in addition to any other right or remedy of Landlord,
the same rights and remedies in the event of nonpayment thereof by Tenant as in
the case of default by Tenant in the payment of monthly Basic Rent.
ARTICLE XI
DEFAULTS OF TENANT
11.1 If any one or more of the following events (in this Article sometimes
called "Events of Default") shall happen:
(a) If default shall be made in the due and punctual payment
of any Basic Rent and such default shall continue for a
period of ten (10) days;
(b) If a default shall be made in the due and punctual
payment of any Additional Rent payable under this Lease
Agreement or in the payment of any obligation to be paid
by Tenant, when and as the same shall become due and
payable, and such default shall continue for a period of
ten (10) days after the mailing of written notice thereof
given by Landlord to Tenant;
(c) If default shall be made by Tenant in keeping, observing
or performing any of the terms contained in this Lease
Agreement, other than those referred to in Subparagraphs
(a) and (b) of this Paragraph 11.1, and such default
shall continue for a period of fifteen (15) days after
the mailing of written notice thereof given by Landlord
to Tenant, or in the case of such a default or
contingency which cannot with due diligence and in good
faith be cured within fifteen (15) days, and Tenant fails
to proceed promptly and with due diligence and in good
faith to cure the same and thereafter to prosecute the
curing of such default with due diligence and in good
faith, it being intended that in connection with a
default not susceptible of being cured with due diligence
and in good faith within fifteen (15) days, that the time
allowed Tenant within which to cure the same shall be
extended for such period as may be necessary for the
curing thereof promptly with due diligence and in good
faith;
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then, and in any such event, Landlord, at any time thereafter during the
continuance of any such Event of Default, may give written notice to Tenant
specifying such Event of Default or Events of Default and stating that this
Lease Agreement and the terms hereby demised shall expire and terminate on the
date specified in such notice, and upon the date specified in such notice this
Lease Agreement and the terms hereby demised, and all rights of Tenant under
this Lease Agreement shall terminate, or in the alternative or in addition to
the foregoing remedy, Landlord may assert and have the benefit of any other
remedy allowed herein, at law, or in equity, including the right to regain
possession of the Demised Premises.
11.2 Upon any expiration or termination of this Lease Agreement, Tenant shall
quit and peaceably surrender the Demised Premises, and all portions thereof, to
Landlord, and Landlord, upon or at any time after any such expiration or
termination, may, without further notice, enter and reenter the Demised
Premises, and all portions thereof, and possess and repossess itself thereof, by
force, summary proceeding, ejectment or otherwise, and may dispossess Tenant and
remove Tenant and all other persons and property from the Demised Premises, and
all portions thereof, and may have, hold and enjoy the Demised Premises and the
right to receive all rental and other income of and from the same.
11.3 At any time, or from time to time after any such termination, Landlord
may relet the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, in the name of Landlord
or otherwise, for such term or terms (which may be greater or less than the
period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the term of this
Lease Agreement) and on such conditions (which may include concessions or free
rent) as Landlord, in its sole discretion, may determine and may collect and
receive the rents therefor. Landlord shall in no way be responsible or liable
for any failure to relet the Demised Premises, or any part thereof, or for any
failure to collect any rent due upon any such reletting.
11.4 No such expiration or termination of this Lease Agreement or retaking of
possession shall relieve Tenant of its liabilities and obligations under this
Lease Agreement (as if this Lease Agreement had not been so terminated), and
such liabilities and obligations shall survive any such termination. In the
event of any such termination, whether or not the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, shall have been relet, Tenant shall pay to Landlord a sum equal
to the Basic Rent, and the Additional Rent and any other charges required to be
paid by Tenant, up to the time of such expiration or termination of this Lease
Agreement or retaking of possession by Landlord, and thereafter Tenant, until
the end of what would have been the term of this Lease Agreement in the absence
of such expiration or termination, shall be liable to Landlord for, and shall
pay to Landlord, as and for agreed current damages for Tenant's default:
(a) The equivalent of the amount of the Basic Rent and
Additional Rent which would be payable under this Lease
Agreement by Tenant if this Lease Agreement were still in
effect, less
(b) The net proceeds of any reletting effected pursuant to
the provisions of Paragraph 11.3 hereof after deducting
all of Landlord's expenses in connection with such
reletting, including, without limitation, all
repossession costs, brokerage commissions, legal
expenses, reasonable attorney's fees, alteration costs,
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expenses of preparation of the Demised Premises, or any portion
thereof, for such reletting.
Tenant shall pay such current damages in the amount determined in accordance
with the terms of Paragraph 12.3, as set forth in a written statement thereof
from Landlord to Tenant (hereinafter called the "Deficiency"), to Landlord in
monthly installments on the days on which the Basic Rent would have been payable
under this Lease Agreement if this Lease Agreement were still in effect, and
Landlord shall be entitled to recover from Tenant each monthly installment of
the Deficiency as the same shall arise.
11.5 At any time after any such termination or retaking of possession,
whether or not Landlord shall have collected any monthly Deficiencies as set
forth in Paragraph 12.3, Landlord shall be entitled to recover from Tenant, and
Tenant shall pay to Landlord, on demand, as and for damages for Tenant's
default, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the then present worth of the
aggregate of the Basic Rent and Additional Rent and any other charges to be paid
by Tenant hereunder for the unexpired portion of the term of this Lease
Agreement (assuming this Lease Agreement had not been so terminated), and the
then present worth of the then aggregate fair and reasonable fair market rent of
the Demised Premises for the same period. In the computation of present worth, a
discount at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum shall be employed. If the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, be relet by Landlord for the unexpired
term of this Lease Agreement, or any part thereof, before presentation of proof
of such damages to any court, commission or tribunal, the amount of rent
reserved upon such reletting shall, prima facie, be the fair and reasonable fair
market rent for the part or the whole of the Demised Premises so relet during
the term of the reletting. Nothing herein contained or contained in Paragraph
12.3 shall limit or prejudice the right of Landlord to prove for and obtain, as
damages by reason of such expiration or termination, an amount equal to the
maximum allowed by any statute or rule of law in effect at the time when, and
governing the proceedings in which, such damages are to be proved, whether or
not such amount be greater, equal to or less than the amount of the excess
referred to above.
11.6 No failure by Landlord or by Tenant to insist upon the performance of
any of the terms of this Lease Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy
consequent upon a breach thereof, and no acceptance by Landlord of full or
partial rent from Tenant or any third party during the continuance of any such
breach, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of any of the terms of
this Lease Agreement. None of the terms of this Lease Agreement to be kept,
observed or performed by Landlord or by Tenant, and no breach thereof, shall be
waived, altered or modified except by a written instrument executed by Landlord
and/or by Tenant, as the case may be. No waiver of any breach shall affect or
alter this Lease Agreement, but each of the terms of this Lease Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect with respect to any other then existing or
subsequent breach of this Lease Agreement. No waiver of any default of Tenant
herein shall be implied from any omission by Landlord to take any action on
account of such default, if such default persists or is repeated and no express
waiver shall affect any default other than the default specified in the express
waiver and that only for the time and to the extent therein stated. One or more
waivers by Landlord shall not be construed as a waiver of a subsequent breach of
the same covenant, term or condition.
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11.7 In the event of any breach of threatened breach by Tenant of any of the
terms contained in this Lease Agreement, Landlord shall be entitled to enjoin
such breach or threatened breach and shall have the right to invoke any right or
remedy allowed at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise as though entry,
reentry, summary proceedings and other remedies were not provided for in this
Lease Agreement. Each remedy or right of Landlord provided for in this Lease
Agreement shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other right or
remedy provided for in this Lease Agreement, or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the exercise or the beginning of
the exercise by Landlord of any one or more of such rights or remedies shall not
preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by Landlord of any or all other
rights or remedies.
11.8 If, during the term of this Lease Agreement, (i) Tenant shall make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) a voluntary petition be filed by
Tenant under any law having for its purpose the adjudication of Tenant a
bankrupt, or Tenant be adjudged a bankrupt pursuant to an involuntary petition
in bankruptcy, (iii) a receiver be appointed for the property of Tenant, or (iv)
any department of the state or federal government, or any officer thereof duly
authorized, shall take possession of the business or property of Tenant, the
occurrence of any such contingency shall be deemed a breach of this Lease
Agreement and this Lease Agreement shall, ipso facto upon the happening of any
of said contingencies, be terminated and the same shall expire as fully and
completely as if the day of the happening of such contingency were the date
herein specifically fixed for the expiration of the term, and Tenant will then
quit and surrender the Demised Premises, but Tenant shall remain liable as
hereinafter provided. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Lease Agreement,
or any present or future law, Landlord shall be entitled to recover from Tenant
or Tenant's estate (in lieu of the equivalent of the amount of all rent and
other charges unpaid at the date of such termination) as damages for loss of the
bargain and not as a penalty, an aggregate sum which at the time of such
termination represents the excess of the then present worth of the aggregate of
the Basic Rent and Additional Rent and any other charges payable by Tenant
hereunder that would have accrued for the balance of the term of this Lease
Agreement (assuming this Lease Agreement had not been so terminated), over the
then present worth of the aggregate fair market rent of the Demised Premises for
the balance of such period, unless any statute or rule of law covering the
proceedings in which such damages are to be proved shall limit the amount of
such claim capable of being so proved, in which case Landlord shall be entitled
to prove as and for liquidated damages by reason of such breach and termination
of this Lease Agreement the maximum amount which may be allowed by or under any
such statute or rule of law without prejudice to any rights of Landlord against
any guarantor of Tenant's obligations herein. In the computation of present
worth, a discount rate of eight percent (8%) per annum shall be employed.
Nothing contained herein shall limit or prejudice Landlord's right to prove and
obtain as liquidated damages arising out of such breach and termination the
maximum amount allowed by any such statute or rule of law which may govern the
proceedings in which such damages are to be proved, whether or not such amount
be greater than, equal to, or less than the amount of the excess of the present
value of the rent and other charges required herein over the present value of
the fair market rents referred to above. Specified remedies to which Landlord
may resort under the terms of this Paragraph 11.8 are cumulative and are not
intended to be exclusive of any other remedies or means of redress to which
Landlord may be lawfully entitled.
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11.9 Tenant hereby expressly waives, so far as permitted by law, any and all
right of redemption or reentry or repossession or to revive the validity and
existence of this Lease Agreement in the event that Tenant shall be dispossessed
by a judgment or by order of any court having jurisdiction over the Demised
Premises or the interpretation of this Lease Agreement or in case of entry,
reentry or repossession by Landlord or in case of any expiration or termination
of this Lease Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION
12.1 Tenant covenants and agrees that in case of damage to or destruction of
the Improvements after the commencement date of the term of this Lease
Agreement, by fire or otherwise, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall
promptly restore, repair, replace and rebuild the same as nearly as possible to
the condition that the same were in immediately prior to such damage or
destruction with such changes or alterations (made in conformity with Article
XVIII hereof) as may be reasonably acceptable to Landlord or required by law.
Tenant shall forthwith give Landlord written notice of such damage or
destruction upon the occurrence thereof and specify in such notice, in
reasonable detail, the extent thereof. Such restoration, repairs, replacements,
rebuilding, changes and alterations, including the cost of temporary repairs for
the protection of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, pending
completion thereof are sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Restoration."
The Restoration shall be carried on and completed in accordance with the
provisions and conditions of Paragraph 12.2 and Article XVIII hereof. If the net
amount of the insurance proceeds (after deduction of all costs, expenses and
fees related to recovery of the insurance proceeds) recovered by Landlord or any
mortgagee is deemed insufficient by Landlord to complete the Restoration of such
Improvements (exclusive of Tenant's personal property and trade fixtures which
shall be restored, repaired or rebuilt out of Tenant's separate funds), Tenant
shall, pay the deficiency out of Tenant's funds prior to the disbursement of any
insurance proceeds.
12.2 All insurance moneys recovered by Landlord or any mortgagee on account
of such damage or destruction, less the costs, if any, to Landlord of such
recovery, shall be applied to the payment of the costs of the Restoration and
shall be paid out from time to time as the Restoration progresses upon the
written request of Tenant, accompanied by a certificate of the architect or a
qualified professional engineer in charge of the Restoration stating that as of
the date of such certificate (i) the sum requested is justly due to the
contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, laborers, engineers, architects, or
persons, firms or corporations furnishing or supplying work, labor, services or
materials for such Restoration, or is justly required to reimburse Tenant for
any expenditures made by Tenant in connection with such Restoration, and when
added to all sums previously paid out does not exceed the value of the
Restoration performed to the date of such certificate by all of said parties;
(ii) except for the amount, if any, stated in such certificates to be due for
work, labor, services or materials, there is no outstanding indebtedness known
to the person signing such certificate, after due inquiry, which is then due for
work, labor, services or materials in connection with such Restoration which, if
unpaid, might become the basis of a mechanic's lien or similar lien with respect
to the Restoration or a lien upon the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof;
and (iii) the costs, as estimated by the person signing such certificate, of the
completion of the Restoration required to be done subsequent to the date of such
certificate in order to complete the Restoration do not exceed the sum of the
remaining
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insurance moneys, plus the amount deposited by Tenant, if any, remaining in the
hands of Landlord after payment of the sum requested in such certificate.
Tenant shall furnish Landlord at the time of any such payment with
evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that there are no unpaid bills in
respect to any work, labor, services or materials performed, furnished or
supplied in connection with such Restoration. Landlord shall not be required to
pay out any insurance moneys where Tenant fails to supply satisfactory evidence
of the payment of work, labor, services or materials performed, furnished or
supplied, as aforesaid. Upon completion of the Restoration and payment in full
thereof by Tenant, Landlord and any mortgagee holding the same shall, within a
reasonable period of time thereafter, turn over to Tenant any insurance moneys
then remaining upon submission of proof reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that
the Restoration has been paid for in full and the damage or destroyed Buildings
and other improvements repaired, restored or rebuilt as nearly as possible to
the condition they were in immediately prior to such damage or destruction, or
with such changes or alterations as may be made in conformity with Paragraph
12.1 and Article XVIII hereof.
12.3 No destruction of or damage to the Demised Premises, or any portion
thereof, by fire, casualty or otherwise shall permit Tenant to surrender this
Lease Agreement or shall relieve Tenant from its liability to pay to Landlord
the Basic Rent and Additional Rent payable under this Lease Agreement or from
any of its other obligations under this Lease Agreement, and Tenant waives any
rights now or hereafter conferred upon Tenant by present or future law or
otherwise to quit or surrender this Lease Agreement or the Demised Premises, or
any portion thereof, to Landlord or to any suspension, diminution, abatement or
reduction of rent on account of any such damage or destruction.
12.4 To the extent that any insurance moneys which would otherwise be payable
to Landlord and used in the Restoration of the damaged or destroyed improvements
are paid to any mortgagee of Landlord and applied in payment of or reduction of
the sum or sums secured by any such mortgage or mortgages made by Landlord on
the Demised Premises, Landlord shall make available, for the purpose of
Restoration of such improvements, an amount equal to the amount payable to its
mortgagee out of such proceeds and such sum shall be applied in the manner
provided in Paragraph 12.2 hereof.
ARTICLE XIII
CONDEMNATION
13.1 If, during the Term of this Lease Agreement, the entire Demised Premises
shall be taken as the result of the exercise of the power of eminent domain
(hereinafter referred to as the "Proceedings"), then, subject to the provisions
of Section 20.6 hereof, this Lease Agreement and all right, title and interest
of Tenant hereunder shall cease and come to an end on the date of vesting of
possession in the condemning authority to such Proceedings and Landlord and
Landlord's mortgagee shall be entitled to and shall receive the total award made
in such Proceedings, Tenant hereby assigning any interest in such award,
damages, consequential damages and compensation to Landlord and Landlord's
mortgagee and Tenant hereby waiving any right Tenant has now or may have under
present or future law to receive any separate award
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for damages for its interest in the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or
its interest in this Lease Agreement. If Tenant has exercised its option to
purchase pursuant to Article XX, upon closing of such purchase Tenant shall be
entitled to and shall receive the total award made in such Proceedings, Landlord
and Landlord's mortgagee assigning any interest in such award, damages,
consequential damages and compensation to Tenant.
13.2 If, during the Term of this Lease Agreement, or any extension or renewal
thereof, less than the entire Demised Premises, but more than fifty percent
(50%) of the land area of the Demised Premises shall be taken in any such
Proceedings, this Lease Agreement shall, upon delivery of possession to the
condemning authority pursuant to the Proceedings, terminate as to the portion of
the Demised Premises so taken, and Tenant may, at its option, terminate this
Lease Agreement as to the remainder of the Demised Premises. Tenant shall not
have the right to terminate this Lease Agreement pursuant to the preceding
sentence unless (i) the business of Tenant conducted in the portion of the
Demised Premises taken cannot reasonably be carried on with substantially the
same utility and efficiency in the remainder of the Demised Premises (or any
substitute space securable by Tenant pursuant to clause [ii] hereof) and (ii)
Tenant cannot construct or secure substantially similar space to the space so
taken, on the Demised Premises or any adjacent property (if made available by
Landlord). Such termination as to the remainder of the Demised Premises shall be
effected by notice in writing given not more than sixty (60) days after the date
of delivery of possession to the condemning authority pursuant to the
Proceedings, and shall specify a date not more than sixty (60) days after the
giving of such notice as the date for such termination. Upon the date specified
in such notice, the term of this Lease Agreement, and all right, title and
interest of Tenant hereunder, shall cease and come to an end. If this Lease
Agreement is terminated as in this Paragraph 13.2 provided, Landlord shall be
entitled to and shall receive the total award made in such Proceedings, Tenant
hereby assigning any interest in such award, damages, consequential damages and
compensation to Landlord, and Tenant hereby waiving any right Tenant has now or
may have under present or future law to receive any separate award of damages
for its interest in the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or its
interest in this Lease Agreement. Tenant may not terminate this Lease Agreement,
as in this Paragraph 13.2 provided, at any time that Tenant is in default in the
performance of any of the terms, covenants, or conditions of this Lease
Agreement on its part to be performed, and any termination upon Tenant's part
shall become effective only upon compliance by Tenant with all such terms,
covenants and conditions to the date of such termination.
13.3 If fifty percent (50%), or less, of the land area of the Demised
Premises, shall be taken in such Proceedings, or if more than fifty percent
(50%) of the land area of the Demised Premises is taken (but less than the
entire Demised Premises), and this Lease Agreement is not terminated as in
Paragraph 13.2 hereof provided, this Lease Agreement shall, upon vesting of
possession in the condemning authority pursuant to the Proceedings, terminate as
to the parts so taken, and Tenant shall have no claim or interest in the award,
damages, consequential damages and compensation, or any part thereof. Landlord
and Landlord's mortgagee shall be entitled to and shall receive the total award
made in such Proceedings, Tenant hereby assigning any interest in such award,
damages, consequential damages and compensation to Landlord, and Tenant hereby
waiving any right Tenant has now or may have under present or future law to
receive any separate award of damages for its interest in the Demised Premises,
or any portion thereof, or its interest in this Lease Agreement. Tenant, in such
case, covenants and agrees, at Tenant's sole cost and expense (subject to
reimbursement to the extent hereinafter provided), promptly to restore that
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the Improvements on the Demised Premises not so taken to a complete
architectural and mechanical unit and to the condition necessary for the
continued use and occupancy by Tenant for Renaissance Fair purposes as in this
Lease Agreement provided. In the event that the net amount of the award (after
deduction of all costs and expenses, including attorney's fees of recovering
such award) that may be received by Landlord or Landlord's mortgagee in any such
Proceedings for physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking
is insufficient to pay all costs of such restoration work, Tenant shall provide
funds in the amount of such deficiency. The provisions and conditions in
Article XIII applicable to changes and alterations shall apply to Tenant's
obligations to restore that portion of the Improvements to a complete
architectural and mechanical unit. Landlord agrees in connection with such
restoration work to apply so much of the net amount of any award (after
deduction of all costs and expenses, including attorney's fees of recovering
such award) that may be received by Landlord or Landlord's mortgagee in any such
Proceedings for physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking
to the costs of such restoration work thereof and the said net award for
physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking shall be paid out
from time to time to Tenant, or on behalf of Tenant, as such restoration work
progresses upon the written request of Tenant, which shall be accompanied by a
certificate of the architect or the registered professional engineer in charge
of the restoration work stating that (i) the sum requested is justly due to the
contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, laborers, engineers, architects or
other persons, firms or corporations furnishing or supplying work, labor,
services or materials for such restoration work or as is justly required to
reimburse Tenant for expenditures made by Tenant in connection with such
restoration work, and when added to all sums previously paid out by Landlord
does not exceed the value of the restoration work performed to the date of such
certificate; and (ii) the net amount of any such award for physical damage to
the Improvements as a result of such taking remaining in the hands of Landlord
or Landlord's mortgagee, together with the funds, if any, supplied by Tenant
pursuant to the provisions hereof, will be sufficient upon the completion of
such restoration work to pay for the same in full. If payment of the award for
physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking, as aforesaid,
shall not be received by Landlord in time to permit payments as the restoration
work progresses, Tenant shall, nevertheless, perform and fully pay for such work
without delay (except such delays as are referred to in Article XVII hereof),
and payment of the amount to which Tenant may be entitled shall thereafter be
made by Landlord out of the net award for physical damage to the Improvements as
a result of such taking as and when payment of such award is received by
Landlord. Tenant shall also furnish Landlord with each certificate hereinabove
referred to, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that
there are no unpaid bills in respect to any work, labor, services or materials
performed, furnished or supplied, or claimed to have been performed, furnished
or supplied, in connection with such restoration work, and that no liens have
been filed against the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof. Landlord shall
not be required to pay out any funds when there are unpaid bills for work,
labor, services or materials performed, furnished or supplied in connection with
such restoration work, or where a lien for work, labor, services or materials
performed, furnished or supplied has been placed against the Demised Premises,
or any portion thereof. To the extent that any award, damages or compensation
which would otherwise be payable to Landlord and applied to the payment of the
cost of restoration of the Improvements is paid to any mortgagee of Landlord and
applied in payment or reduction of the sum or sums secured by any such mortgage
or mortgages made by Landlord on the Demised Premises, Landlord shall make
available for the use of Tenant, in
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connection with the payment of the cost of restoring the Improvements an amount
equal to the amount of such net award payable to the mortgagee.
13.4 In any taking of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, whether
or not this Lease Agreement is terminated as in this Article provided, Tenant
shall not be entitled to any portion of the award for the taking of the Demised
Premises or damage to the Improvements, except as otherwise provided for in
Paragraph 13.3 with respect to the restoration of the Improvements, or for the
estate or interest of Tenant therein, all such award, damages, consequential
damages and compensation being hereby assigned to Landlord, and Tenant hereby
waives any right it now has or may have under present or future law to receive
any separate award of damages for its interest in the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, or its interest in this Lease Agreement, except that Tenant
shall have, nevertheless, the limited right to prove in the Proceedings and to
receive any separate award which may be made for damages to or condemnation of
Tenant's movable trade fixtures and equipment and for moving expenses, so long
as such claims by Tenant do not reduce Landlord's award below what it would be
absent such claim.
13.5 In the event of any termination of this Lease Agreement, or any part
thereof, as a result of any such Proceedings, Tenant shall pay to Landlord all
Basic Rent and all Additional Rent and other charges payable hereunder with
respect to that portion of the Demised Premises so taken in such Proceedings
with respect to which this Lease Agreement shall have terminated justly
apportioned to the date of such termination. From and after the date of delivery
of possession pursuant to such Proceedings, Tenant shall continue to pay the
Basic Rent and Additional Rent and other charges payable hereunder, as in this
Lease Agreement provided, to be paid by Tenant, subject to an abatement of a
just and proportionate part of the Basic Rent according to the extent and nature
of such taking as provided for in Paragraphs 13.3 and 13.6 hereof in respect to
the Demised Premises remaining after such taking.
13.6 In the event of a partial taking of the Demised Premises under Paragraph
13.3 hereof, or a partial taking of the Demised Premises under Paragraph 13.2
hereof, followed by Tenant's election not to terminate this Lease Agreement, the
fixed Basic Rent payable hereunder during the period from and after the date of
delivery of possession pursuant to such Proceedings to the termination of this
Lease Agreement shall be reduced to a sum equal to the product of the Basic Rent
provided for herein multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
greater of : (a) $4,000,000; or (b) the fair market value of the Demised
Premises immediately prior to such taking; less in either case the net amount of
the condemnation award (after deduction of all costs and expenses, including
attorney's fees of recovering such award) and the denominator of which is the
greater of: (a) $4,000,000; or (b) the fair market value of the Demised Premises
immediately prior to such taking. In no event, however, shall such reduction in
annual Basic Rent exceed ten percent (10%) of the net award received by Landlord
as a result of such taking after deduction of all costs of the Proceedings,
including the costs of Restoration.
ARTICLE XIV
ASSIGNMENT, SUBLETTING, ETC.
14.1 Tenant shall not sublet the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof,
nor assign, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise encumber or dispose of this
Lease Agreement, or any interest therein, or in any manner assign, mortgage,
pledge, transfer or otherwise encumber or
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dispose of its interest or estate in the Demised Premises, or any portion
thereof, without obtaining Landlord's prior written express consent in each and
every instance, which consent, however, to an assignment of this Lease Agreement
or subletting of the Demised Premises shall not be unreasonably withheld,
provided the following conditions are complied with:
(a) Any assignment of this Lease Agreement shall transfer to
the assignee all of Tenant's right, title and interest in
this Lease Agreement and all of Tenant's estate or
interest in the Demised Premises;
(b) At the time of any assignment or subletting, and at the
time when Tenant requests Landlord's written consent
thereto, this Lease Agreement must be in full force and
effect, without any breach or default thereunder on the
part of Tenant.
(c) Any such assignee shall assume, by written, recordable
instrument, in form and content satisfactory to Landlord,
the due performance of all of Tenant's obligations under
this Lease Agreement, including any accrued obligations
at the time of the effective date of the assignment, and
such assumption agreement shall state that the same is
made by the assignee for the express benefit of Landlord
as a third party beneficiary thereof. A copy of the
assignment and assumption agreement, both in form and
content satisfactory to Landlord, fully executed and
acknowledged by assignee, together with related documents
and agreements and a certified copy of a properly
executed corporate resolution (if the assignee be a
corporation) authorizing the execution and delivery of
such assumption agreement, shall be sent to Landlord ten
(10) days prior to the effective date of such assignment,
and in any event within ten (10) days after execution
thereof.
(d) In the case of a subletting, a copy of any sublease fully
executed and acknowledged by Tenant and sublessee shall
be mailed to Landlord ten (10) days prior to the
effective date of such subletting, and in any event
within ten (10) days after execution thereof.
(e) Such assignment or subletting shall be subject to all the
provisions, terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease
Agreement, and Tenant-Assignor and the assignee or
assignees shall continue to be and remain liable under
the Lease Agreement, as it may be amended from time to
time without notice to any assignor of Tenant's interest
or to any guarantor.
(f) Each sublease permitted under this Paragraph 14.1 shall
contain provisions to the effect that (i) such sublease
is only for actual use and occupancy by the sublessee;
(ii) such sublease is subject and subordinate to all of
the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease
Agreement and to all of the rights of Landlord hereunder;
and (iii) in the event this Lease Agreement shall
terminate before the expiration of such sublease, the
sublessee thereunder will, at Landlord's option, attorn
to Landlord and waive any rights the sublessee may have
to terminate the sublease or to surrender possession
thereunder, as a result of the termination of this Lease
Agreement. Further, no subtenant or occupant of the
Demised Premises shall have any greater rights in respect
to Landlord than such party would have if such party
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had assumed all obligations of and limitation of rights of Tenant
hereunder at the time such party became a subtenant or occupant,
and Tenant shall cause each subtenant and occupant to so agree.
(g) Tenant agrees to pay on behalf of Landlord any and all
costs of Landlord, including reasonable attorney's fees,
occasioned by such assignment or subletting.
(h) The use to which the assignee or sublessee may put the
Premises shall not involve the use of so-called
"hazardous materials" or constitute a use which will
materially increase the physical depreciation over the
use to which the assignor is using such Premises.
14.2 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Lease Agreement to the
contrary and notwithstanding any consent by Landlord to any sublease of the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or to any assignment of this Lease
Agreement or of Tenant's interest or estate in the Demised Premises, no
sublessee shall assign its sublease nor further sublease the Demised Premises,
or any portion thereof, and no assignee shall further assign its interest in
this Lease Agreement or its interest or estate in the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, nor sublease the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof,
without Landlord's prior written consent in each and every instance. No such
assignment or subleasing shall relieve Tenant (or any assignor of Tenant's
interest) from any of Tenant's obligations in this Lease Agreement contained.
ARTICLE XV
SUBORDINATION, NONDISTURBANCE,
NOTICE TO MORTGAGEE AND ATTORNMENT
15.1 Unless subordinated by written subordination agreement signed by Tenant
and subordinating the Lease and the rights of Tenant hereunder, this Lease
Agreement and all rights of Tenant herein, and all interest or estate of Tenant
in the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, including, without limitation
Tenant's option to purchase the Property provided in Article XX hereof, shall be
superior and prior to the lien of any mortgage, deed of trust, security
instrument or other document of like nature, hereinafter referred to as
"Mortgage," and to any other easement or other interest which at any time may be
placed upon the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, by Landlord, and to
any replacements, renewals, amendments, modifications, extensions or refinancing
thereof, and to each and every advance made under any Mortgage.
15.2 In the event of any act or omission of Landlord constituting a default
by Landlord, Tenant shall not exercise any remedy until Tenant has given
Landlord and any mortgagee of the Demised Premises a prior thirty (30) day
written notice of such act or omission and until a reasonable period of time to
allow Landlord or the mortgagee to remedy such act or omission shall have
elapsed following the giving of such notice; provided, however, if such act or
omission cannot, with due diligence and in good faith, be remedied within such
thirty (30) day period, the Landlord and mortgagee shall be allowed such further
period of time as may be reasonably necessary provided that it commence
remedying the same with due diligence and in good faith within said thirty (30)
day period. Nothing herein contained shall be construed or interpreted as
requiring any mortgagee to remedy such act or omission.
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15.3 If any mortgagee shall succeed to the rights of Landlord under this
Lease Agreement or to ownership of the Demised Premises, whether through
possession or foreclosure or the delivery of a deed to the Demised Premises,
then, upon the written request of such mortgagee so succeeding to Landlord's
rights hereunder, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize such mortgagee as
Tenant's landlord under this Lease Agreement, and shall promptly execute and
deliver any instrument that such mortgagee may reasonably request to evidence
such attornment (whether before or after making of the mortgage). In the event
of any other transfer of Landlord's interest hereunder, upon the written request
of the transferee and Landlord, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize such
transferee as Tenant's landlord under this Lease Agreement and shall promptly
execute and deliver any instrument that such transferee and Landlord may
reasonably request to evidence such attornment.
ARTICLE XVI
SIGNS
16.1 Tenant, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, may erect such signs on the
Demised Premises and the Buildings as Tenant may desire, provided that such sign
or signs do not violate applicable governmental laws, ordinances, rules or
regulations.
ARTICLE XVII
DEPOSIT
17.1 Contemporaneously with the execution of this Lease Agreement, Tenant has
deposited with Landlord the sum of $666,667 (the "Deposit"). The Deposit shall
be held, applied, returned to Tenant and otherwise managed by Landlord in
accordance with all of the provisions of this Article XVII.
17.2 The Deposit may be used by members in Landlord for their business
purposes and shall not be required to be maintained in any trust or other
special account. The repayment to Tenant of the Deposit when, as and if due,
and the payment of all interest owing thereon as herein provided shall be the
obligation of Landlord, which obligation is guaranteed by the members of
Landlord pursuant to a separate guaranty executed as of even date herewith.
17.3 The Deposit, or such portion thereof as may, from time to time, remain
on deposit with Landlord pursuant hereto shall bear interest at the rate of 6%
per annum which interest shall be paid by Landlord to Tenant in monthly
installments due on the first day of each calendar month during the term of this
Lease, each such monthly installment being in the amount of interest accrued
during the immediately prior month.
17.4 Subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 17.4, $333,333.50 of
the principal amount of the Deposit shall be repaid to Tenant on November __,
2001 and the remaining portion of the Deposit shall be repaid to Tenant on
November __, 2005. The foregoing not withstanding, in the event that Tenant
shall default in the payment of Basic Rent or Additional Rent due hereunder, and
shall continue in such default for a period of 60 days from date when such Rent
was due and if, following such 60 day period: (i) Landlord shall give Tenant
written notice that unless such default is cured within 20 days following such
notice the Deposit shall be
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forfeited to Landlord; and (ii) Tenant shall fail to cure such default within 20
days after the giving of such written notice by Landlord; then any portion of
the Deposit then held by Landlord shall be forfeited to Landlord and Tenant
shall have no further interest therein.
17.5 In the event that Landlord shall fail to return any portion of the
Deposit when required to do so pursuant to this Lease Agreement and/or to pay
interest to Tenant when required to do so pursuant to this Lease Agreement,
and/or to make funds available to Tenant as provided in Sections 12.4 and 13.3
hereof (provided, however, that no right of set off shall be exercisable by
Tenant with respect to said Sections 12.4 or 13.3 hereof so long as there exists
any good faith dispute as to the amounts, if any, owing pursuant to said
section, Tenant shall have the right to apply the amount so owing from Landlord
to Tenant in reduction of Basic Rent and other amounts thereafter coming due
pursuant to the provisions of this Lease Agreement.
ARTICLE XVIII
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS
18.1 Tenant shall have the right at any time, and from time to time during
the term of this Lease Agreement, to make such changes and alterations,
structural or otherwise, to the Building, Improvements and fixtures hereafter
erected on the Demised Premises as Tenant shall deem necessary or desirable in
connection with the requirements of its business, which such changes and
alterations (other than changes or alterations of Tenant's movable trade
fixtures and equipment) shall be made in all cases subject to the following
conditions, which Tenant covenants to observe and perform:
(a) No change or alteration shall be undertaken until Tenant
shall have procured and paid for, so far as the same may
be required from time to time, all municipal, state and
federal permits and authorizations of the various
governmental bodies and departments having jurisdiction
thereof, and Landlord agrees to join in the application
for such permits or authorizations whenever such action
is necessary, all at Tenant's sole cost and expense,
provided such applications do not cause Landlord to
become liable for any cost, fees or expenses.
(b) Any change or alteration shall, when completed, be of
such character as not to reduce the value or utility of
the Demised Premises or the Buildings to which such
change or alteration is made below its value or utility
to Landlord immediately before such change or alteration,
nor shall such change or alteration alter the exterior of
the Improvements or reduce the area or cubic content of
the Buildings, nor change the character of the Demised
Premises or the Buildings as to use without Landlord's
express written consent.
(c) All Work done in connection with any change or alteration
shall be done promptly and in a good and workmanlike
manner and in compliance with all building and zoning
laws of the place in which the Demised Premises are
situated, and with all laws, ordinances, orders, rules,
regulations and requirements of all federal, state and
municipal governments. The cost of any such change or
alteration shall be paid for by Tenant so that the
Demised Premises and all portions thereof shall at all
times be free of liens for labor and materials supplied
to the Demised Premises,
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or any portion thereof. The Work of any change or alteration
shall be prosecuted with reasonable dispatch, delays due to
strikes, lockouts, acts of God, inability to obtain labor or
materials, governmental restrictions or similar causes beyond the
control of Tenant excepted. Tenant shall obtain and maintain, at
its sole cost and expense, during the performance of the Work,
workers' compensation insurance covering all persons employed in
connection with the Work and with respect to which death or
injury claims could be asserted against Landlord or Tenant or
against the Demised Premises or any interest therein, together
with comprehensive general liability insurance of not less than
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the event of injury to one
person, Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) in respect to any
one accident or occurrence, and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) for property damage, and the fire insurance with
"extended coverage" endorsement required by Paragraph 5.1 hereof
shall be supplemented with "builder's risk" insurance on a
completed value form or other comparable coverage on the Work.
All such insurance shall be in a company or companies authorized
to do business in the state in which the Demised Premises are
located and reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, and all such
policies of insurance or certificates of insurance shall be
delivered to Landlord endorsed "Premium Paid" by the company or
agency issuing the same, or with other evidence of payment of the
premium satisfactory to Landlord.
(d) All improvements and alterations (other than Tenant's
movable trade fixtures and equipment) made or installed
by Tenant shall immediately, upon completion or
installation thereof, become the property of Landlord
without payment therefor by Landlord, and shall be
surrendered to Landlord on the expiration of the term of
this Lease Agreement.
(e) No change, alteration, restoration or new construction
shall be in or connect the Improvements with any
property, building or other improvement located outside
the boundaries of the parcel of land described in Exhibit
"A" attached, nor shall the same obstruct or interfere
with any existing easement.
(f) As a condition to granting approval for any changes or
alterations, Landlord may require Tenant to agree that
Landlord, by written notice to Tenant, given at or prior
to termination of this Lease Agreement, may require
Tenant to remove any improvements, additions or
installations installed by Tenant in the Demised Premises
at Tenant's sole cost and expense, and repair and restore
any damage caused by the installation and removal of such
improvements, additions, or installations; provided,
however, the only improvements, additions or
installations which Tenant shall remove shall be those
specified in such notice.
ARTICLE XIX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
19.1 Tenant agrees to permit Landlord and authorized representatives of
Landlord to enter upon the Demised Premises at all reasonable times during
ordinary business hours for the purpose of inspecting the same and making any
necessary repairs to comply with any laws,
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ordinances, rules, regulations or requirements of any public body. Nothing
herein contained shall imply any duty upon the part of Landlord to do any such
work which, under any provision of this Lease Agreement, Tenant may be required
to perform and the performance thereof by Landlord shall not constitute a waiver
of Tenant's default in failing to perform the same. Landlord may, during the
progress of any work, keep and store upon the Demised Premises all necessary
materials, tools and equipment. Landlord shall not in any event be liable for
inconvenience, annoyance, disturbance, loss of business or other damage to
Tenant by reason of making repairs or the performance of any work in or about
the Demised Premises, or on account of bringing material, supplies and equipment
into, upon or through the Demised Premises during the course thereof, and the
obligations of Tenant under this Lease Agreement shall not be thereby affected
in any manner whatsoever.
19.2 Landlord is hereby given the right during usual business hours at any
time during the term of this Lease Agreement to enter upon the Demised Premises
and to exhibit the same for the purpose of mortgaging or selling the same.
During the final one (1) year of the term, Landlord shall be entitled to display
on the Demised Premises, in such manner as to not unreasonably interfere with
Tenant's business, signs indicating that the Demised Premises are for rent or
sale and suitably identifying Landlord or its agent. Tenant agrees that such
signs may remain unmolested upon the Demised Premises and that Landlord may
exhibit said premises to prospective tenants during said period.
19.3 To the fullest extent allowed by law, Tenant shall at all times
indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless against and from any and all claims
by or on behalf of any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or
corporations, arising from the conduct or management, or from any work or things
whatsoever done in or about the Demised Premises, and will further indemnify,
defend and hold Landlord harmless against and from any and all claims arising
during the term of this Lease Agreement, from any condition of the Improvements
or any street, curb or sidewalk adjoining the Demised Premises, or of any
passageways or space therein or appurtenant thereto, or arising from any breach
or default on the part of Tenant in the performance of any covenant or agreement
on the part of Tenant to be performed, pursuant to the terms of this Lease
Agreement, or arising from any act or negligence of Tenant, its agents,
servants, employees or licensees, or arising from any accident, injury or damage
whatsoever caused to any person, firm or corporation occurring during the term
of this Lease Agreement, in or about the Demised Premises, or upon the sidewalk
and the land adjacent thereto, and from and against all costs, attorney's fees,
expenses and liabilities incurred in or about any such claim or action or
proceeding brought thereon; and in case any action or proceeding be brought
against Landlord by reason of any such claim, Tenant, upon notice from Landlord,
covenants to defend such action or proceeding by counsel reasonably satisfactory
to Landlord. The foregoing or anything else contained in this Lease Agreement
to the contrary notwithstanding, Tenant shall not be required to indemnify,
defend or hold Landlord harmless against or from any claims arising out of any
act or negligence of Landlord, its agents, servants, employees or licensees.
19.4 All notices, demands and requests which may be or are required to be
given, demanded or requested by either party to the other shall be in writing.
All notices, demands and requests by Landlord to Tenant shall be sent by United
States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to Tenant at:
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Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
4410 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 200
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Attn: Charles S. Leavell
or at such other place as Tenant may from time to time designate by written
notice to Landlord. All notices, demands and requests by Tenant to Landlord
shall be sent by United States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to Landlord at:
Faire Partners, LLC
4855 North Mesa
Suite 120
El Paso, Texas 79912-5937
Attn: Stephen L. Feinberg
or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate by written
notice to Tenant. Notices, demands and requests which shall be served upon
Landlord by Tenant, or upon Tenant by Landlord, in the manner aforesaid, shall
be deemed to be sufficiently served or given for all purposes hereunder at the
time such notice, demand or request shall be mailed.
19.5 Tenant shall, upon termination of this Lease Agreement for any reason
whatsoever, surrender to Landlord the Demised Premises together with all
buildings, structures, fixtures and building equipment or real estate fixtures
upon the Demised Premises, together with all additions, alterations and
replacements thereof (except Tenant's movable trade fixtures and equipment) in
good order, condition and repair, except for reasonable wear and tear, and
except as is otherwise provided for in Article XII and XVIII hereof.
19.6 Landlord covenants and agrees that Tenant, upon paying the Basic Rent
and Additional Rent, and upon observing and keeping the covenants, agreements
and conditions of this Lease Agreement on its part to be kept, observed and
performed, shall lawfully and quietly hold, occupy and enjoy the Demised
Premises (subject to the provisions of this Lease Agreement) during the term of
this Lease Agreement without hindrance or molestation by Landlord or by any
person or persons claiming under Landlord.
19.7 Landlord and Tenant shall, each without charge at any time and from time
to time, within ten (10) days after written request by the other party, certify
by written instrument, duly executed, acknowledged and delivered to any
mortgagee, assignee of a mortgagee, proposed mortgagee, or to any purchaser or
proposed purchaser, or to any other person dealing with Landlord, Tenant or the
Demised Premises:
(a) That this Lease Agreement is unmodified and in full force
and effect (or, if there have been modifications, that
the same is in full force and effect, as modified, and
stating the modifications);
(b) The dates to which the Basic Rent or Additional Rent have
been paid in advance;
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(c) Whether or not there are then existing any breaches or
defaults by such party or the other party known by such
party under any of the covenants, conditions, provisions,
terms or agreements of this Lease Agreement, and
specifying such breach or default, if any, or any setoffs
or defenses against the enforcement of any covenant,
condition, provision, term or agreement of this Lease
Agreement upon the part of Landlord or Tenant, as the
case may be, to be performed or complied with (and, if
so, specifying the same and the steps being taken to
remedy the same); and
(d) Such other statements or certificates as Landlord or any
mortgagee may reasonably request.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that any statement delivered pursuant
to this Paragraph 19.7 may be relied upon by any of such parties dealing with
Landlord, Tenant or the Demised Premises.
19.8 Upon not less than ten (10) days prior written request by either party,
the parties hereto agree to execute and deliver to each other a Memorandum
Lease, in recordable form, setting forth the following:
(a) The date of this Lease Agreement;
(b) The parties to this Lease Agreement;
(c) The term of this Lease Agreement;
(d) The legal description of the Demised Premises; and
(e) Such other matters reasonably requested by Landlord to be
stated therein.
19.9 If any covenant, condition, provision, term or agreement of this Lease
Agreement shall, to any extent, be held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
covenants, conditions, provisions, terms and agreements of this Lease Agreement
shall not be affected thereby, but each covenant, condition, provision, term or
agreement of this Lease Agreement shall be valid and in force to the fullest
extent permitted by law. This Lease Agreement shall be construed and be
enforceable in accordance with the law of the state in which the Demised
Premises are located.
19.10 The covenants and agreements herein contained shall bind and inure to
the benefit of Landlord, its successors and assigns, and Tenant and its
permitted successors and assigns.
19.11 The caption of each article of this Lease Agreement is for convenience
and reference only, and in no way defines, limits or describes the scope or
intent of such article or of this Lease Agreement.
19.12 This Lease Agreement does not create the relationship of principal and
agent, or of partnership, joint venture, or of any association or relationship
between Landlord and Tenant, the sole relationship between Landlord and Tenant
being that of landlord and tenant.
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19.13 All preliminary and contemporaneous negotiations are merged into and
incorporated in this Lease Agreement. This Lease Agreement contains the entire
agreement between the parties and shall not be modified or amended in any manner
except by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto.
19.14 All obligations (together with interest or money obligations at the
Maximum Rate of Interest) accruing prior to expiration of the term of this Lease
Agreement shall survive the expiration or other termination of this Lease
Agreement.
ARTICLE XX
OPTION TO PURCHASE
20.1 Tenant shall have the Option (the "Option") to purchase the Demised
Premises together with all appurtenance rights, mineral rights, privileges, and
easements belonging thereto (collectively, the "Property") upon all the terms
and conditions of this Article XX.
20.2 The purchase price to be paid for the Property (the "Purchase Price")
shall be determined by the Lease Year in which the Option is exercised in
accordance with the table set forth below:
Lease Years Purchase Price
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1-3 $4,433,333.33
4 4,477,666.67
5 4,522,443.34
6 4,567,667.34
7 4,613,344.67
8 4,659,478.00
9 4,706,072.67
10 4,753,133.34
11 4,800,664.66
12 4,848,671.33
13-20 4,900,000.00
20.3 In order to exercise the Option, Tenant shall give Landlord written
notice of such exercise, which notice shall specify a closing date not later
than 45 days after the date of exercise of said Option. At the closing,
Landlord shall deliver to Tenant:
a. A Limited Warranty Deed, properly executed on behalf of Landlord
in recordable form with all applicable transfer taxes paid and
stamps, if any, affixed thereto, conveying the Property to
Purchaser subject only to the Permitted Exceptions described in
Exhibit B hereto and any other exceptions created solely as a
result of acts or agreements of Tenant.
b. All certificates and instruments and other documents necessary to
permit the recording of the Limited Warranty Deed.
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c. Standard Seller's Affidavit properly signed on behalf of Landlord
and stating the signer's knowledge as to judgments, bankruptcies,
tax liens, mechanics liens, parties in possession, unrecorded
interests, encroachment or boundary line questions, and related
matters.
d. An affidavit of Landlord in form and content satisfactory to
Tenant stating that Landlord is not a "foreign person" within the
meaning of Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code.
e. Such other instruments and documents as are necessary to vest
title to the Property in Tenant and to enable Tenant to enjoy the
benefits of ownership thereof.
f. If requested by Tenant, an agreement properly executed on behalf
of Landlord confirming the termination of this Lease Agreement.
Upon delivery of the foregoing items, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord the
applicable Purchase Price and shall pay all costs of any title insurance
obtained by Tenant and all transfer taxes and recording fees payable with
respect to the Limited Warranty Deed and the documents to be delivered at
closing.
20.4 All real estate taxes, installments of special assessments, utility
charges, income and expenses of the Property shall be paid by Lessee, either as
Lessee pursuant to the Lease prior to closing or as owner of the Property
subsequent to closing.
20.5 In the event that Landlord is unable to convey title to the Property
subject only to the Permitted Exceptions and other exceptions described in
Subsection 20.3 above, Tenant shall have the option to either: (a) terminate its
exercise of the Option by giving written notice to Landlord in which event the
exercise of the Option shall become null and void and neither party shall have
any further right or obligation with respect to Tenant's Option or the exercise
thereof; or (b) elect to proceed to close its purchase of the Property by giving
written notice to Landlord, in which event: (i) Tenant shall proceed to purchase
the Property; (ii) Landlord shall remain liable to cure any title defects
required to be cured in order to establish title to the Property in the
condition required in Subsection 20.3(a) above; and (iii) there shall be
withheld from the Purchase Price payable to Landlord an amount equal to the
anticipated costs of establishing title to the Property in the condition
required by said Subsection 20.3. If Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree on
the amount to be withheld from the Purchase Price as described in the preceding
sentence, the amount thereof shall be determined by any title insurance company
retained by Tenant to provide title insurance for Tenant's acquisition of the
Property. Landlord shall remain liable for the payment of any costs of
establishing title to the Property in the condition required by Subsection
20.3(a) above in excess of those so withheld from the Purchase Price. Any
portion of the amounts so withheld from the Purchase Price not necessary to cure
title shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord when the amount of such costs of
curing title has been determined.
20.6 In the event that prior to the time of closing, proceedings for
condemnation of the Property, or any interest therein, or any portion thereof
are commenced by any governmental authority having jurisdiction to do so, Tenant
may, at its option, terminate its exercise of the
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Option by written notice to the Landlord. In the event of any such condemnation
without the exercise of right of termination by Tenant, Tenant shall proceed to
purchase the Property pursuant to its exercise of its Option and Landlord and
Landlord's mortgagee shall assign to Tenant all rights to any condemnation
proceedings and any award paid pursuant thereto and there shall be no reduction
in the Purchase Price. In the event that, at any time subsequent to the date of
this Lease Agreement, but prior to the closing of the sale of the Property to
Tenant pursuant to an exercise of its Option, Landlord receives any award for
condemnation of the Property, or any interest therein, or any portion thereof,
the amount of the award so received by Landlord shall be deducted from the
Purchase Price otherwise payable by Tenant on exercise of its Option.
20.7 Upon closing of the purchase of the Property by Tenant pursuant to an
exercise of the Option, any portion of the Deposit, any amounts held by Landlord
pursuant to Articles XVII or XVIII hereof and any other amounts deposited by
Tenant hereunder then held by Landlord and any prorated portion of any Basic
Rent or other amounts paid by Tenant hereunder and properly allocable to the
period from and after the closing date shall be paid by Landlord to Tenant at
closing.
ARTICLE XXI
COVENANT REGARDING INDEBTEDNESS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
21.1 During the term of this Lease, Tenant shall not incur Indebtedness (as
hereinafter defined) in excess of the sum of: (a) $500,000; and (b) any
indebtedness owing by Tenant as of the date of this Lease which is secured by a
lien on property presently owned by Tenant in Stafford County Virginia without
the prior written consent of Landlord. "Indebtedness" means the principal on
any and all items of indebtedness which, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, would be included in determining total liabilities of
Tenant, incurred in connection with the borrowing of money.
21.2 Tenant will not, except as permitted herein, (a) declare or pay any
dividend or make any other distribution on any shares of the Common Stock or
other equity securities of the Tenant or to its shareholders, except dividends
or distributions payable in equity securities of the Tenant or (b) purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any shares of the Common Stock
or other equity securities of the Tenant, except equity securities acquired upon
conversion thereof into other equity securities of the Tenant, or (c) permit a
subsidiary of Tenant to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value any equity securities of the Tenant, provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section shall not prevent the retirement of any equity
securities of the Tenant by exchange for, or upon conversion of, or out of the
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a subsidiary of
Tenant) of, other equity securities of the Tenant.
ARTICLE XXII
SOLE AGREEMENT
22.1 This Lease supersedes and terminates all prior agreements, negotiations,
representations, discussions, and proposals between Landlord and Tenant related
to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Lease
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Faire Partners, LLC
(Landlord)
By /s/ Charles H. Leavell
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Charles H. Leavell
Its Manager
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
(Tenant)
By /s/ Charles S. Leavell
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Charles S. Leavell
Its Chief Executive Officer
STATE OF TEXAS )
) ss
COUNTY OF EL PASO )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 12th day of
November, 1997, by Charles H. Leavell, the Manager of Faire Partners, LLC, a
Texas limited liability company on behalf of the company.
/s/ Lori A. Andrulis
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Notary Public
STATE OF COLORADO )
) ss
COUNTY OF BOULDER )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 11th day of
November, 1997, by Charles S. Leavell, the Chief Executive Officer of
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, a Colorado corporation, on behalf of the
corporation.
/s/ Frances Combs
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Notary Public
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GUARANTY
The Leavell Company, a Texas corporation, Dorsar Partners, L.P., a Texas limited
partnership and William A. Wise (hereinafter collectively the "Guarantors")
being all of the members of the Landlord identified in the Lease Agreement to
which this Guaranty is attached, hereby jointly and severally guarantee to
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, the Tenant identified in the Lease
Agreement to which this Guaranty is attached, the prompt and full repayment by
Landlord to Tenant of all portions of the Deposit, as that term is defined in
Article XVII of the Lease Agreement to which this Guaranty is attached, required
to be repaid to Tenant in accordance with the provisions of said Article XVII of
the Lease.
GUARANTORS further covenants and agrees:
1. The Tenant may from time to time without notice to or consent of
the Landlord and upon such terms and conditions as the Tenant may deem advisable
without affecting this Guaranty: a) release any of the Landlord, any maker,
surety or other person liable for payment of all or any part of the Deposit; b)
make any agreement with the Landlord either extending or otherwise modifying or
altering the time for or the terms of payment of all or any part of the Deposit;
c) waive, compromise, release, subordinate, resort to, exercise or refrain from
exercising any right the Tenant may have hereunder or under the Lease Agreement;
d) accept additional security or guarantees of any kind; e) endorse, transfer or
assign the Deposit and/ or Tenant's right to receive any part thereof; f) accept
partial payment or payments on account of the Deposit; g) make any election
under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
2. Guarantors unconditionally and absolutely waive: a) any
obligation on the part of the Tenant to protect, secure or insure any of the
security given for the payment of the Deposit; b) any right to participate in
any of the security given for the payment of Deposit; c) notice of acceptance
of this Guaranty by the Tenant; d) notice of presentment, demand for payment,
notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor,
notice of non-payment or partial payment; e) notice of any default under the
Lease Agreement , or in the performance of any of the covenants and agreements
contained therein; f) any defense to liability hereunder based on any limitation
or exculpation of liability on the part of the Landlord whether contained in the
Lease Agreement or otherwise; g) the transfer or sale by the Landlord or the
diminution in value of any security given for the Deposit; h) any failure,
neglect or omission on the part of the Tenant to realize or protect Tenant's
right to the repayment of any part of the Deposit or any security given
therefor; i) any right to insist that the Tenant prosecute collection of the
Deposit or resort to any instrument or security given to secure the repayment of
any part of the Deposit or to proceed against the Landlord under the Lease
Agreement or against any other guarantor or surety prior to enforcing this
Guaranty provided, however, at its sole discretion the Tenant may either in a
separate action or an action pursuant to this Guaranty pursue its remedies
against the Landlord or any other guarantor or surety, without affecting its
rights under this Guaranty; j) any right to participate in or direct any
proceeding(s) referenced in subparagraph (i) above; k) notice to Guarantors of
the existence of or the payment of the Deposit to the Landlord;
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or) any order, method or manner of application of any payments on the
obligations of Landlord to Tenant on account of the Deposit.
3. Guarantors will not assert against the Tenant any defense of
waiver, release, discharge in bankruptcy of the Landlord, statute of
limitations, res judicata, statute of frauds, anti-deficiency statute, fraud by
Landlord or any other person other than Tenant, merger of clauses under this
Guaranty with the obligations under the Lease Agreement, ultra vires acts,
usury, illegality or unenforceability which may be available to the Landlord in
respect of the obligations under the Lease Agreement and the Landlord shall be
and remain liable for any portion of the Deposit owing to Tenant and remaining
unpaid notwithstanding provisions of law or contract that may otherwise prevent
the Tenant from enforcing the obligation to pay such Deposit against the
Landlord. The liability of Guarantors shall not be affected or impaired by any
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities,
receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar
event or proceeding affecting Landlord or any of its assets and that upon the
institution of any of the above actions, at the Tenant's sole discretion and
without notice thereof or demand therefor, Guarantor's obligations shall become
due and payable and enforceable against Guarantors whether or not the Deposit is
then due and payable.
4. No act or thing, except for payment in full, which but for this
provision might or could in law or in equity act as a release of the liabilities
of the Guarantors shall in any way affect or impair this Guaranty and this shall
be a continuing absolute and unconditional Guaranty and shall be in full force
and effect until all amounts owing on the Deposit have been paid.
5. If any payment applied to the Deposit is thereafter set aside,
recovered, rescinded or required to be returned for any reason (including the
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Landlord or any other obligor), the
portion of the Deposit to which such payment was applied shall for the purpose
of this Guaranty be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such
application, and this Guaranty shall be enforceable as to such portion of the
Deposit as fully as if such application had never been made.
6. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein to the contrary,
Guarantors agree that they shall have no right of subrogation, reimbursement or
indemnity whatsoever or any right of recourse to security for the debts and
obligations of the Landlord to the Tenant and waive and renounce any and all
rights they have or may have for subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or
contribution for amounts paid under this Guaranty until all obligations of
Landlord to Tenant under the Lease Agreement have been satisfied in full. This
waiver is expressly intended to prevent the existence of any claim in respect to
such reimbursement by Guarantors against the estate of the Landlord within the
meaning of Section 101 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, and to prevent
Guarantors from constituting a creditor of the Landlord in respect of such
reimbursement within the meaning of Section 547(b) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code in the event of a subsequent insolvency proceeding involving the
Landlord.
7. This Guaranty is executed in order to induce the Tenant to enter
into the Lease Agreement to which this Guaranty is attached, with the intent
that it will be relied upon by
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the Tenant in doing so and with the knowledge that the Tenant would not execute
the Lease Agreement but for this Guaranty.
8. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Tenant is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies but
each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given under this Guaranty, the Lease Agreement, or as may now or
hereafter exist at law or in equity. No waiver, amendment, release or
modification of this Guaranty shall be established by conduct, custom or course
of dealing, but only by an instrument in writing duly executed by the Tenant.
9. This Guaranty and each and every part thereof shall be binding
upon the Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure
to the pro rata benefit of each and every future holder of the rights of the
Tenant to the repayment of the Deposit when and to the extent provided in the
Lease Agreement.
The Leavell Company
By /s/ Charles H. Leavell
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Charles H. Leavell
Its Chairman of the Board
Dorsar Partners, L. P.
By /s/ Steven L. Feinberg
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Steven L. Feinberg
Its General Partner
/s/ William A. Wise
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William A. Wise
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
PARCEL I:
Part of the Southeast Quarter and part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 36,
Town 1 North, Range 21 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, lying and being in
the Town of Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and being more particularly
described as: Beginning on the South line of the Southeast Quarter of said
Section at a point 600.7 feet South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West from
the Southeast corner of said Quarter Section; thence South 89 degrees 24 minutes
50 seconds West along the South line of said Quarter Section 729.8 feet and to
the West line of the East half of said Quarter Section; thence North 1 degree 53
minutes 10 seconds West along the West line of the East Half of said Quarter
Section 2675.0 feet and to the North line of said Quarter Section; thence North
1 degree 46 minutes 40 seconds West along the West line of the Southeast Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 1325.36 feet and to the North line of
said Quarter Quarter Section; thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes East along the
North line of said Quarter Quarter Section 1051.34 feet and to the Westerly
right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 94; thence South 2 degrees 03 minutes
East along said right-of-way line 131.93 feet; thence South 21 degrees 06
minutes West along said right-of-way line 788.49 feet; thence South 2 degrees 03
minutes East along said right-of-way line 700 feet; thence South 17 degrees 45
minutes 50 seconds East along said right-of-way line 1167.69 feet; thence South
10 degrees 58 minutes 40 seconds East along said right-of-way line 482.66 feet;
thence South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West parallel to the South line of
the Southeast Quarter of said Section 395.04 feet; thence South 0 degree 35
minutes 10 seconds East at right angles to the South line of said Quarter
Section 851.72 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL II:
The East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter and the Southwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section Thirty-six (36), in Town One (1)
North, Range Twenty-one (21) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; in the Town
of Bristol, County of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin.
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EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED EXCEPTIONS
1. General and special taxes and assessments not yet due.
2. Public or private rights, if any, in such portions of the insured premises
as may be used, laid out, taken or dedicated in any manner whatsoever for
highway or road purposes.
3. Right of Way Authorization from Theodore Dooper to General Telephone
Company of Wisconsin, dated September 21, 1965 and recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds for Kenosha County, Wisconsin on October 12, 1965
in Volume 713 of Records at page 504, as Document No. 479482 (as to Parcel
I).
4. Easement from Theodore E. Dooper to Wisconsin Electric Power Company, dated
July 23, 1963 and recorded in said Register's office on August 14, 1963 in
Volume 645 of Records at page 235-36, as Document No. 453071 (as to Parcel
I).
5. Distribution Easement granted Wisconsin Electric Power Company and
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. dated November 9, 1993 and recorded in the Kenosha
County Register of Deeds office on November 17, 1993 in Volume 1637 of
Records, Page 434-35, as Document No. 945420 (as to Parcel I).
6. Holding Tank Agreement recorded in the Kenosha County Register of Deeds
office on March 30, 1982 in Volume 1109 of Records, page 865, as Document
No. 688487; and on June 30, 1988 in Volume 1316 of Records, Page 607, as
Document No. 803280 (as to Parcel II).
7. Easement granted by Victoria Slavik to Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
by instrument dated December 7, 1936 and recorded in said Register's office
July 10, 1937 in Volume 198 of Deeds, Page 528 (as to Parcel II).
8. Terms and conditions contained in Holding Tank Agreement dated 3/28/95 and
recorded in said Register's office on April 6, 1995 as Document No. 988072.
9. Matters shown on survey dated October 13, 1997 (revised November 6, 1997),
prepared by Glen A. Marescalco, Land Surveyor.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF WARRANT
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EXHIBIT D
No. W-SLB-1
Warrant to
Purchase 766,667 Shares
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
THIS CERTIFIES THAT for value received FAIRE PARTNERS, LLC is entitled,
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to purchase from
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation (the
"Company"), 766,667 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of
the Company (herein called the "Common Stock"), upon presentation and
surrender of this Warrant with the Subscription Form duly executed, at any
time during the term hereof, at the principal office of the Company or at
such other office as shall have theretofore been designated by the Company by
notice pursuant hereto and upon payment therefor of the Purchase Price, in
lawful money of the United States of America, determined as set forth below.
The term of this Warrant shall commence on the date hereof, and terminate, if
not exercised prior thereto, at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, on November 11, 2003
(the "Expiration Date").
This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants issued pursuant to that
certain Purchase Agreement dated November 12, 1997, (the "Purchase
Agreement").
This Warrant is subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable at
any time after November 11, 1998 and prior to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the
Expiration Date, at the option of the registered holder hereof (the
"Holder"), in whole or in part (but not as to a fractional share of Common
Stock). In the case of the purchase of less than all the shares purchasable
under this Warrant, the Company shall cancel this Warrant upon the surrender
hereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor for the
balance of the shares purchasable hereunder.
2. The purchase price for each share of Common Stock purchasable
pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant shall be One Dollar ($1.00) per
share (the "Initial Purchase Price") or the adjusted price, if applicable,
determined as set forth in Section 9 hereof. The Initial Purchase Price, and
from time to time the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase
hereunder are subject to adjustment in certain circumstances provided for
below. The purchase price, as defined above, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Purchase Price".
(a) In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in shares of
its capital stock (other than an issuance of shares of capital stock
to holders of Common Stock who have elected to receive a dividend in
shares in lieu of cash), (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of
Common Stock, (iii) reduce, consolidate or combine its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue
by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock any shares of the
Company, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the
Company which the Warrant Holder would have owned or would have been
entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events
described above had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to
the happening of such event. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever any such effective date or record date shall
occur. An adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a) shall
become effective retroactively, immediately after the record date in
the case of a dividend and shall become effective immediately after
the effective date in the case of a subdivision, reduction,
consolidation, combination or reclassification.
(b) If the Company shall at any time issue or sell or be deemed
pursuant to the provisions of subsections 2(c) and (d) hereof to have
issued or sold shares of its Common Stock for consideration per share
less than the Initial Purchase Price then in effect with respect to
such Common Stock, then the Initial Purchase Price shall be reduced
by multiplying it by a fraction, the
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numerator of which equals the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding prior to the sale or issuance plus the number of shares of
Common Stock which would have been issued in the transaction if the
Initial Purchase Price had been applied, and the denominator of which
equals the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after the sale
or issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued in
the transaction.
(c) In case at any time after the date hereof the Company shall in
any manner grant (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or
otherwise) any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options
for the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or other securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such rights or
options being herein called "Options" and such convertible or
exchangeable stock or securities being herein called "Convertible
Securities") at an option or conversion price per share of Common Stock
(determined by dividing: (i) the total amount, if any, received or
receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting of such
Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration
payable upon the exercise of such Options, plus, in the case of such
Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate
amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or
sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange
thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock of
the Company, issuable upon the exercise of such Options and in the case
of Convertible Securities, upon conversion thereof) less than the
Initial Purchase Price then in effect with respect to such Common Stock,
then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise and conversion of such Options and Convertible Securities
shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by
the Company as of the date of the issue or sale of the Options, for such
price per share. No sale, issuance or transfer of shares of Common
Stock shall be deemed to have been made upon the actual issuance of such
Common Stock except as otherwise provided in subsection 2(e) hereof.
(d) In case at any time after the date hereof the Company shall in
any manner issue or sell (whether directly or by assumption in merger or
otherwise) any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to
exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or
exchange (determined by dividing: (i) the total amount received or
receivable by the Company, as consideration for the issue or sale of
such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the
conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all
such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Initial Purchase
Price then in effect with respect to such Common Stock, then the total
maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all
such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to be outstanding and to
have been issued and sold by the Company as of the date of the issue or
sale of the Convertible Securities, for such price per share. No sale,
issuance or transfer of shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have
been made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock except as
otherwise provided in subsection 2(e) hereof.
(e) If the purchase price payable or number of shares of Common
Stock subject to purchase as provided for in any Options referred to in
subsection 2(c) hereof, the additional consideration, if any, payable
upon the conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities referred
to in subsections 2(c) or (d), or the rate at which any Convertible
Securities referred to in subsections 2(c) or (d) are convertible into
Common Stock shall change so as to reduce the deemed sale price of
Common Stock previously calculated under subsections 2(c) and/or (d),
then a sale of shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have occurred
for the purposes of subsections 2(c) and/or (d), as applicable, with
appropriate adjustments to be made to the number of shares of Common
Stock deemed to have been sold to reflect the prior related deemed sale
and such adjustments by the adjustment of the Initial Purchase Rate and
Initial Purchase Price pursuant to subsections 2(c) or (d), as
applicable.
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(f) In case of any consolidation of the Company with or merger of
the Company with or into another corporation or in case of any sale,
transfer or lease to another corporation of all or substantially all of
the property of the Company, the Company or such successor or purchasing
corporation, as the case may be, shall execute an agreement that the
Holder of a Warrant shall have the right thereafter upon payment of the
Initial Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such action to
purchase upon exercise of the Warrant the kind and amount of shares and
other securities and property which the Holder would have owned or would
have been entitled to receive after the happening of such consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or lease had the Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such action. The Company shall give prompt written
notice of the execution of any such agreement to the Holder of each
Warrant at the address of such Holder as shown on the records of the
Company. Such agreement shall provide for subsequent adjustments, which
shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
provided for in this section 2, after the happening of such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease. The provisions of this
subsection 2(f) shall similarly apply to successive consolidations,
mergers, sales, transfers or leases.
(g) The provisions of this section 2 shall not apply to any
currently outstanding securities of the Company or any management stock
grants or sales, stock options or shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of stock options issued to officers, directors, employees or
consultants of the Company pursuant to a plan heretofore adopted and
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(h) Upon the expiration of any Option or the termination of any
right to convert or exchange any Convertible Securities without the
issuance of shares of Common Stock, then with respect to any Warrants
which then remain outstanding, the Initial Purchase Price shall be
readjusted to the Initial Purchase Price which would have prevailed
absent the adjustment made as a result of the issuance of such Options
or Convertible Securities.
(i) In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the
issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising
one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated
to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to
have been issued without consideration.
(j) In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities shall be issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold
for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the
amount received therefor by the Company. In case any shares of Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a
consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other
than cash received by the Company shall be the fair market value of such
consideration, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
3. In case at any time:
(a) The Company shall declare any cash dividend on its Common
Stock at a rate in excess of the rate of the last cash dividend
theretofore paid;
(b) The Company shall pay any dividend payable in stock upon
its Common Stock or make any distribution (other than regular cash
dividends) to the holders of its Common stock;
(c) The Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the
holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any
class or other rights;
(d) There shall be any capital reorganization, or
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company or consolidation
or merger of the Company with, or sales of all or substantially all
of its assets to, another corporation; or
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(e) There shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company;
then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give written
notice, by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Holder at the
address of such holder as shown on the books of the Company, of the date on
which (1) the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for
such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or (2) such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up shall take place, as the case may be. Such notice
shall also specify the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record
shall participate in such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or
shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding up, as the
case may be. Such written notice shall be given at least 20 days prior to
the action in question and not less than 20 days prior to the record date or
the date on which the Company's transfer books are closed in respect thereto.
4. If any event occurs as to which, in the sole opinion of the Board
of Directors of the Company, the other provisions of this Warrant are not
strictly applicable or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the
rights of the Holder in accordance with the essential intent and principles
of such provisions, then the Board of Directors shall make such adjustment in
the application of such provisions as may be necessary, in the sole judgment
of such Board, in accordance with such essential intent and principles, to
protect such rights as aforesaid.
5. Exercise of this Warrant shall be made by the surrender hereof by
the Holder to the Company at its principal office together with (i) the
attached Subscription Form designating the number of shares of Common Stock
being purchased, (ii) a certified check or cash in payment for such shares
and (iii) a letter of transmittal setting forth the computation of the amount
of said payment. The Company shall thereafter promptly (in any event within
seven (7) business days after such exercise) issue certificates for the
number of shares of the Common Stock of the Company purchased at the Purchase
Price in effect at the time of such exercise. The Holder shall be deemed to
be the record owner of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of
business on the date of such exercise. The Holder shall not be entitled to
receive a fractional share, but in lieu thereof the Company shall pay in cash
an amount equal to the market value of such fractional share if the Common
Stock has a market value, or if not, the book value of such fractional share.
The Company shall thereupon cancel this Warrant; and in the event that less
than the entire number of shares purchasable are purchased, shall issue a new
Warrant for the number not so purchased.
6. The Company covenants and agrees that all shares which may be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon issuance, be duly and
validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof; and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants and agrees
that it will, from time to time, take all such action as may be requisite to
assure that the par value or stated value per share of the Common Stock to be
acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant is at all times equal to or less
than the then effective Purchase Price per share of the Common Stock issuable
pursuant to exercise of this Warrant. The Company further covenants and
agrees that during the period within which this Warrant may be exercised, the
Company will at all times have authorized and reserved for the purpose of the
issue upon exercise of this Warrant a sufficient number of shares of its
Common Stock to provide for such exercise.
7. (a) The Holder represents that he is acquiring this Warrant
and, in the absence of an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1993 (the "1933 Act") for the shares of Common
Stock issuable hereunder, such shares for the purpose of investment
and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof. The Holder and the holder of any shares of
Common Stock issued upon exercise hereof, by his acceptance hereof,
agrees that he will notify the Company in writing before selling or
otherwise disposing of this Warrant or any shares of Common Stock
issued to him upon exercise hereof, describing briefly the nature of
any such sale or other disposition, and no such sale or other
disposition shall be made unless and until (i) the Company has
received an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to it that no
registration (or perfection of an exemption) under the 1933 Act is
required with respect to such sale or disposition (which opinion may
be conditioned upon the transferee's assuming the Holder's obligation
under this section 7) or (ii) an appropriate registration statement
with respect to such Warrant or such Common Stock, or both, has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
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"Commission") and declared effective by the Commission. The Company may
require that this Warrant and certificates representing shares of
Common Stock issued upon exercise hereof be stamped or imprinted with an
appropriate legend reflecting the foregoing restrictions. For the
purposes of this section 7, the term "Securities" shall include this
Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the
exercise hereof.
(b) The restrictions imposed by this section 7 on the transfer
of the Securities shall terminate as to any portion of the Securities
when:
(i) Such portion of the Securities shall have been
effectively registered under the 1933 Act and sold by the
holder thereof in accordance with such registration or
exemption; or
(ii) Written opinions to the effect that such a
registration is no longer required or necessary under any
Federal or State law or regulation of governmental
authority shall have been received from legal counsel for
the Company and counsel for the holder of such portion of
the Securities; or, if a favorable opinion is obtained from
holder's counsel, and counsel for the Company declines to
render such an opinion, upon the holder's undertaking to
indemnify the Company, on terms satisfactory to the
Company, against all liability or loss the Company may
sustain in connection with such transfer; or
Whenever the restrictions imposed by this section 7 shall
terminate, as provided above, any holder of the Securities as to
which such restrictions shall have terminated shall be entitled to
receive promptly from the Company, without expense to him, a new
certificate, not bearing the restrictive legend referred to in clause
(a) hereof.
8. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Registerable Securities")
to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the
Company's expense, under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") prior to
November 11, 1998. The Company will use its best efforts to keep such
Registration Statement effective until the earlier of November 11, 2003 or
until all of the Registerable Securities have been sold pursuant to such
Registration Statement. In the event that the Registration Statement to be
filed with the Commission as set forth in this section 8 has not been
declared effective by the Commission by November 11, 1998, the purchase price
of the Warrants shall be reduced as follows: the Initial Purchase Price shall
be reduced by 2% for every 30 days following November 11, 1998, until the
Registration Statement is declared effective. In connection with such
registration:
(a) The Company will pay all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the registration of the Registerable Securities,
including all registration filing fees, printing fees, fees and
disbursements of counsel and accountants of the Company and one set
of counsel for the Investors. Transfer taxes, brokerage commissions
and underwriters' discounts attributable to the Registerable
Securities shall be for the account of the Investors;
(b) The Company will furnish at its expense to the Investors
such number of copies of the preliminary, final, supplemental or
amended prospectus in conformity with the requirements of the 1933
Act and rules and regulations thereunder, as may be reasonably
required in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registerable
Securities;
(c) Unless preempted by Federal law, the Company will register
or qualify the Registerable Securities under any applicable state
securities or blue sky laws in such jurisdictions as the Investors
shall reasonably request;
(d) The Company will cause the Registerable Securities to be
listed on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market (or principal exchange if
applicable) on which the Common Stock is then listed; and
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(e) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the full
extent permitted by law, each Investor, its officers and directors and
each person who controls such Investor within the meaning of the 1933
Act and any investment adviser against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses caused by any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement,
prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar
as the same are caused by or contained in any information with respect
to the Investor furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor
expressly for use therein. The Company will indemnify the underwriters,
if any, of the Registerable Securities, their officers and directors and
each person who controls any such underwriter to the same extent. The
Company will reimburse each indemnified party for all legal expenses
incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claims.
Each Investor severally, but not jointly, shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Company against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
and expenses caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement or a
material fact in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary
prospectus or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; except that such indemnification
shall be available in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon information and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by Investor
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. If the indemnification
provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities referred to above (a) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Investors on the other; or (b) if
the allocation provided by clause (a) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits referred to in clause (a) above but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Investors on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Investor and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. For purposes of
this subsection, the term "damages" shall include any counsel fees or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or the Investors in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is
the subject of the contribution provisions of this section.
Each party entitled to contribution agrees that upon the service of
a summons or other initial legal process upon it in any action
instituted against it in respect of which contribution may be sought, it
shall promptly give written notice of such service to the party or
parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to
notify such party or parties of any such service shall not relieve the
party from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it may
have hereunder or otherwise.
9. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the
Holder at the principal office of the Company, for new warrants of like tenor
and date representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of
shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the
right to purchase such number of shares as shall be designated by said Holder
at the time of such surrender. Subject to section 7 hereof, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder are transferable in whole or in part by the Holder, in
person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant duly
endorsed, at the principal office of the Company.
10. Upon the receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in
case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable
expenses incidental thereto, and
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upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company
will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor, in lieu of this Warrant.
11. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been made when delivered or
mailed first-class postage prepaid or delivered to a telegraph office for
transmission:
(a) If to the Holder at such address as may have been furnished
by such holder to the Company in writing; and
(b) If to the Company at such address as may have been
furnished by the Company to the Holder of this Warrant in writing.
12. This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the
Company.
13. This Warrant shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of Colorado.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date set forth below by one of its officers
thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 12, 1997.
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
By /s/ Charles S. Leavell
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Its Chief Executive Officer
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant
The undersigned the holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably
elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to
purchase thereunder, __________ of the shares of Common Stock of RENAISSANCE
ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION to which such Warrant relates and herewith makes
payment of $__________, therefor in cash or by certified check and requests
that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name of, and be
delivered to, ______________________________, the address for which is set
forth below the signature of the undersigned.
Dated: ____________________
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(Signature)
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(Address)
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To be signed only upon transfer of Warrant
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto _______________ ______________________________ the right to purchase
shares of Common Stock of RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION to which the
within Warrant relates and appoints ______________________________, attorney,
to transfer said right on the books of RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ____________________
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(Signature)
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(Address)
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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
We hereby consent to the use of our report dated March 31, 1997,
accompanying the consolidated financial statements of Renaissance Entertainment
Corporation as of March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1996 and for the periods ended
March 31, 1995, March 31, 1996, and December 31, 1996 included in the Company's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 on Form S-1 to Registration Statement No.
33-85538 on Form SB-2 and to the reference made to our firm under the caption
"Experts" in the Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the that Registration
Statement.
Schumacher & Associates, Inc.
December 22, 1997
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