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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K/A NO. 1
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED] for the fiscal year ended December 29, 1997.
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
For the transition period from________________ to ________________________
Commission file number ______________
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CHECKERS DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
Delaware 58-1654960
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
600 CLEVELAND STREET, EIGHTH FLOOR, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 34615
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (813)441-3500
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO AMEND ITEMS 10, 11, 12 AND 13 IN THEIR
ENTIRETY TO READ AS SET FORTH HEREIN.
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ITEMS 10, 11, 12 AND 13 ARE HEREBY AMENDED TO READ IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS SET
FORTH BELOW.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS OF THE
REGISTRANT.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the names and ages of the Directors and
executive officers of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company") and
the positions they hold. Executive officers serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Directors.
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NAME AGE POSITION
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William P. Foley, II 53 Chairman of the Board of Directors (term expiring
in 1999)
James J. Gillespie 47 President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(term expiring in 1998); Nominee for Director with
term expiring in 2001
Harvey Fattig 57 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
Joseph N. Stein 37 Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative
Officer
Richard A. Peabody 37 Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
James T. Holder 39 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Terry N. Christensen 57 Director (term expiring in 1998); Nominee for
Director with term expiring in 2001
Frederick E. Fisher 67 Director (term expiring in 1998)
Clarence V. McKee 55 Director (term expiring in 1999)
Burt Sugarman 58 Director (term expiring in 2000)
C.Thomas Thompson 48 Director (term expiring in 1999)
Jean Giles Wittner 63 Director (term expiring in 2000)
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William P. Foley, II has served as a Director of the Company since
November 1996 and as Chairman of the Board since June 1997. Mr. Foley has been
the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity National
Financial, Inc., which through its subsidiaries is a title insurance
underwriting company ("Fidelity"), since its formation in 1984. Mr. Foley was
also President of Fidelity from 1984 until December 31, 1994. He has been
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity National Title
Insurance Company since April 1981. Mr. Foley is also currently serving as
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of CKE
Restaurants, Inc., developer, owner, operator and franchisor of the Carl's Jr.
restaurant ("CKE"), and as Chairman of the Board of Rally's Hamburgers, Inc.,
developer, owner, operator and franchisor of quick-service "double drive-thru"
restaurants under the name "Rally's" and is a director of Micro General
Corporation.
James J. Gillespie has served as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rally's, since November
1997 and as a Director of the Company and Rally's since December 1997. Mr.
Gillespie has served as President of the Company since February 1998. He served
as President of the Applebee's Division of Apple South, Inc., franchisee of 254
Applebee restaurants from January to October 1997. Prior thereto, Mr. Gillespie
served since 1976 in various capacities with Long John Silver's, Inc., operator
and franchisor of Long John Silver's restaurants, including as Senior Vice
President-Franchise Operations and, prior to that position, as Divisional Vice
President, Southwest Division. The Company and Rally's share the costs related
to the employment of Mr. Gillespie and other shared executive officers. See
"Executive Compensation" and "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation."
Harvey Fattig has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and
Rally's since March 1998. Mr. Fattig served as Regional Vice President of Long
John Silver's, Inc. from March 1990 through February 1998.
Joseph N. Stein has served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer of the Company since January 1997 and as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Rally's since December 1997. He served
as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from January 1997 to February 1998.
From May 1995 through December 1996, Mr. Stein was Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer for Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc. For more than five
years prior to his employment with Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., Mr. Stein was
Senior Vice President, Director, National Agency Operation at Fidelity National
Title Company.
Richard A. Peabody has served as Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company since January 1998. From December 1996 to December 1997,
Mr. Peabody was Chief Administrative Officer of Taco Bueno Restaurants, Inc., a
subsidiary of CKE. For more than five years prior to his employment with Taco
Bueno Restaurants, Inc., Mr. Peabody was Division Controller at Black-eyed Pea
Management Corp.
James T. Holder has served as a Senior Vice President and General
Counsel of the Company since January 1997 and as Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel and Secretary of Rally's since December 1997. He served as Chief
Financial Officer of the Company from May to December 1996 and has served as
Secretary of the Company since October 1995. Mr. Holder served as Vice President
and General Counsel of the Company from September 1995 to June 1996, as senior
legal counsel for the Company from December 1994 through April 1995 and
corporate counsel from November 1993 through November 1994. Mr. Holder was
engaged in the private practice of law from January 1991 to November 1993, in
Tampa, Florida.
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Terry N. Christensen has served as a Director of the Company since
November 1996. Mr. Christensen has been a partner in the law firm of
Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP since May 1988.
Mr. Christensen is a director of GIANT GROUP, LTD. ("GIANT"), Rally's and MGM
Grand, Inc.
Frederick E. Fisher has served as a Director of the Company since
February 1995 and as Chairman of the Board from November 1996 to June 1997. Mr.
Fisher is a private investor and has been a leader in many community and state
charitable organizations since his retirement in 1983. He is a founder and
director of Peoples Bank of Palm Harbor, Florida. Mr. Fisher was Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Capital Corporation, a resort development
company, from 1982 until his retirement in 1983. Mr. Fisher served as the Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Home Corporation from 1969 to 1981,
during which time it grew from a local building company to the nation's largest
home builder.
Clarence V. McKee has served as a Director of the Company since June
1996. Mr. McKee has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of McKee
Communications, Inc., a Tampa, Florida based company engaged in the acquisition
and management of communications companies, since October 1992. From 1987 to
October 1992, Mr. McKee was the co-owner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of WTVT-Inc., the licensee of television channel 13 in Tampa, Florida. Mr. McKee
is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Florida Progress Corporation and
its subsidiary, Florida Power Corporation, and Barnett Banks, Inc. He is a
former chairman of the Florida Association of Broadcasters.
Burt Sugarman has served as a Director of the Company since June 1997.
Mr. Sugarman has been the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of GIANT for more than the past five years and served as the Chief
Executive Officer of Rally's from 1990 and as the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Rally's from 1991, resigning from these offices in February 1994.
Mr. Sugarman resumed the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Rally's in November 1994 and resigned such office in October 1997. Mr. Sugarman
is a Director of GIANT and Rally's.
C. Thomas Thompson has served as a Director of the Company since
November 1996 and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since December
1996. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from December
1996 to November 1997. Mr. Thompson has been President and Chief Operating
Officer of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE,
since October 1994 and as President of CKE since December 1984. Since 1984, Mr.
Thompson has been a partner in a partnership which owns and operates 15
restaurants under the Carl's Jr. franchise system. Mr. Thompson is a director of
Rally's.
Jean Giles Wittner has served as a Director of the Company since August
1996. She has served as President of Wittner & Company, a diversified company
specializing in life insurance brokerage, employee benefit consulting, benefit
administration and commercial property management, from 1988 to the present. She
is a director or First Progress Corporation, Raymond James Bank and the Pinellas
County Education Foundation and a trustee of Florida Progress Foundation, Eckerd
College and Menorah Manor. She also serves on the Pinellas Work Force
Development Board.
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No family relationships exist between any of the Directors of the
Company, the persons listed as nominees for election as Directors at the Meeting
and the executive officers of the Company. There are no arrangements or
understandings between any Director or nominee and any other person concerning
service or nomination as a Director.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), requires the Company's Directors, officers and holders of more
than 10% of the Company's Common Stock to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in
ownership of Common Stock and any other equity securities of the Company. To the
Company's knowledge, based solely upon a review of the forms, reports and
certificates filed with the Company by such persons, all such Section 16(a)
filing requirements were complied with by such persons in 1997, except as
follows:
Messrs. Stein and Fortman and Ms. Wittner each filed their Form 3 late.
Messrs. Christensen, Fisher, Foley, Sugarman and Holder and Ms. Beck each filed
one Form 5 late, each of which related to one option grant. Mr. McKee filed one
Form 5 late relating to two option grants.
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Set forth below is information concerning the annual and long-term
compensation for services in all capacities to the Company for the last three
fiscal years, of any person who served as the Chief Executive Officer during any
portion of 1997, and the other four most highly compensated executive officers
of the Company as of December 29, 1997 who received in excess of $100,000
(collectively, the "Named Executives") (as the term is defined in Item 402
(a)(3) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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LONG TERM COMPENSATION
ANNUAL COMPENSATION AWARDS
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SECURITIES
OTHER ANNUAL UNDERLYING
NAME AND SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION OPTIONS ALL OTHER
PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($) $ (1) (#) (2) COMPENSATION
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James J. Gillespie(3) 1997 $ 22,534 $ 25,000 $ 3,818 (4) -- --
Chief Executive Officer
Joseph N. Stein(5) 1997 $189,230 $ -- $ 108,441 (6) 250,000 --
Executive Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer
Richard E. Fortman(7) 1997 $189,230 $ -- $ 508 (8) 250,000 $ --
President and Chief
Operating Officer
James T. Holder 1997 $179,231 $ -- $ 287 (8) 100,000 $ --
Senior Vice President, 1996 140,350 23,077 120 (8) 90,500 --
General Counsel and 1995 80,617 -- 3,112 (9) -- --
Secretary
Michael T. Welch(10) 1997 $137,837 $ 22,000 $ 543 (8) -- $ --
Vice President, 1996 125,390 2,467 372 (8) 80,000 --
Operations Services and 1995 99,773 15,200 13,261 (11) -- --
Research and Development
C. Thomas Thompson(12) 1997 $ -- $ -- $ -- 160,000 --
Vice Chairman 1996 -- -- -- -- --
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(1) Certain perquisites were provided to certain of the Named Executive
Officers, but in no event did the value of the perquisites provided in
any year exceed 10% of the amount of the executive's salary for that
year.
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(2) With the exception of Messrs. Stein and Fortman, the Options listed
were granted pursuant to the Company's 1991 Stock Option Plan.
(3) Mr. Gillespie was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company in
November 1997.
(4) Includes relocation expenses ($3,708) and life insurance premiums
($109).
(5) Mr. Stein was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer in January 1997 and subsequently assumed the
Chief Financial Officer position. He relinquished his position as Chief
Financial Officer in January 1998.
(6) Consists of relocation expenses ($108,221) and life insurance premiums
($220).
(7) Mr. Fortman was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in
January 1997. He relinquished his position as President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company in February 1998.
(8) Consists of life insurance premiums.
(9) Consists of automobile allowance.
(10) Mr. Welch became an executive officer of the Company in March 1995, and
relinquished his position with the Company in March 1998.
(11) Consists of relocation expenses ($8,815) and automobile allowance
($4,446).
(12) Mr. Thompson was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of
the Company in December 1996. He relinquished his position as Chief
Executive Officer in November 1997.
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OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
The following table sets forth information regarding options granted to
the Named Executive Officers during fiscal 1997 pursuant to the Company's 1991
Stock Option Plan.
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POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE AT
ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
PRICE APPRECIATION FOR OPTION
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS(1) TERM (2)
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NUMBER OF % OF TOTAL
SECURITIES OPTIONS
UNDERLYING GRANTED EXERCISE OR
OPTIONS TO BASE PRICE EXPIRATION
NAME GRANTED (#) EMPLOYEES ($/SH) DATE 5%($) 10%($)
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James J. Gillespie -0- -0- -- -- -- --
C. Thomas Thompson 160,000 19.1% $ 1.77 1/6/07 $178,103 $451,348
James T. Holder 100,000 11.9% 1.77 1/6/07 111,314 282,092
Joseph N. Stein 250,000 29.9% 1.77 1/6/07 278,286 705,231
Richard E. Fortman 250,000 29.9% 1.77 1/6/07 278,286 705,231
Michael T. Welch -0- -0- -- -- --
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(1) With the exception of Messrs. Stein and Fortman, all options were
granted pursuant to the 1991 Stock Option Plan.
(2) The 5% and 10% assumed annual rates or stock price appreciation are
provided in compliance with Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. The
Company does not necessarily believe that these appreciation
calculations are indicative of actual future stock option values or
that the price of the Common Stock will appreciate at such rates.
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AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR END OPTION
VALUES
Set forth below is information with respect to options exercised by the
Named Executive Officers during fiscal 1997 and the number and value of
unexercised stock options held by the Named Executive Officers at the end of the
fiscal year.
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NUMBER OF UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS AT FY-END (#) IN-THE-MONEY
OPTIONS AT FY-END($) (1)
SHARES VALUE
ACQUIRED ON REALIZED
NAME EXERCISE (#) ($) EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE
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James J. Gillespie -0- -0- -0-/-0- -0-/-0-
C. Thomas Thompson -0- -0- 160,000/-0- -0-/-0-
James T. Holder -0- -0- 149,083/50,917 -0-/-0-
Joseph N. Stein -0- -0- 250,000/-0- -0-/-0-
Richard E. Fortman -0- -0- 250,000/-0- -0-/-0-
Michael T. Welch -0- -0- 50,001/59,999 -0-/-0-
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(1) Based upon the difference between the exercise price and the closing
price of the Common Stock ($.813) as reported on the NASDAQ National
Market on December 29, 1997.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors who are not employees are compensated on the basis of $1,000
plus out-of-pocket expenses for each Board and committee meeting attended.
Non-employee Directors also participate in the 1994 Stock Option Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, which provides for the automatic grant to each
non-employee Director, upon election to the Board of Directors, of a
non-qualified, ten-year option to acquire 100,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock, with the subsequent automatic grant on the first day of each fiscal year
thereafter during the time such person is serving as a non-employee Director of
a non-qualified, ten-year option to acquire an additional 20,000 shares of
Common Stock. All such options have an exercise price equal to the closing sale
price of the Common Stock on the date of grant. One-fifth of each initial option
granted pursuant to such Plan prior to August 6, 1997 become exercisable on a
cumulative basis on each of the first five anniversaries of the date of the
grant of such option. One-third of each annual option granted pursuant to such
Plan prior to August 6, 1997 becomes exercisable on a cumulative basis on each
of the first three anniversaries of the date of the grant of such option. All
options granted pursuant to this Plan on or after August 6, 1997 are exercisable
immediately upon grant. Options are exercisable whether or not the Non-Employee
Director is, at the time of exercise, an eligible member of the Board of
Directors, unless the Director is removed for cause. Directors who are employees
of the Company receive no extra compensation for their services as Directors.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
Effective November 10, 1997, the Company, Rally's and James J.
Gillespie entered into an employment agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Gillespie
serves as the Chief Executive Officer and a
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Director of the Company and President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of
Rally's. The term of employment is for two years, subject to automatic renewal
by the Company and Rally's for one-year periods thereafter, at an annual base
salary of $282,500. Mr. Gillespie is also entitled to participate in the
incentive bonus plans of the Company and Rally's. Upon execution of the
employment agreement, Mr. Gillespie was granted an option to purchase 300,000
shares of Rally's common stock, $.10 per value per share ("Rally's Common
Stock"), and became entitled to receive a signing bonus of $50,000. The option
vests in three equal annual installments commencing on November 10, 1998;
provided, that if the term of the agreement is not extended to November 10,
2000, the option becomes fully vested on November 10, 1999. Mr. Gillespie is
entitled to choose to participate in either the Company's or Rally's employee
benefit plans and programs and is entitled to reimbursement of his reasonable
moving expenses and a relocation fee of $5,000. The agreement may be terminated
at any time for cause. If Mr. Gillespie is terminated without cause, he will be
entitled to receive his base annual salary, and any earned unpaid bonus, through
the unexpired term of the agreement, payable in a lump sum or as directed by Mr.
Gillespie. Cause is defined as (i) a material default or breach under the
agreement, (ii) the willful and habitual failure to perform duties under the
agreement or corporate policies, or (iii) misconduct, dishonesty,
insubordination or other act that has a direct substantial and adverse effect on
the reputation of the Company or Rally's or their relationships with their
customers or employees. Mr. Gillespie has agreed to keep confidential all
nonpublic information about the Company and Rally's during the term of his
employment and for a two-year period thereafter. In addition, Mr. Gillespie has
agreed that he will not during his employment, engage in, any business which is
competitive with either the Company or Rally's. The Company and Rally's intend
to share the costs associated with this agreement. See "Compensation Committee
Interlocks and Insider Participation."
In February 1998, the Company, Rally's and Harvey Fattig entered into a
letter agreement pursuant to which Mr. Fattig is employed. Pursuant to the
agreement, Mr. Fattig serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of the Company and Rally's and is paid by Checkers at an annual rate of
$175,000. Mr. Fattig is entitled to be considered for an annual bonus and
received options to purchase 108,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock and
42,000 shares of Rally's Common Stock. The options vest in equal annual
installments over a three-year period. Mr. Fattig is entitled to reimbursement
of his relocation expenses and to six months' severance pay if terminated
without cause prior to the third anniversary of his employment.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors is responsible for
executive compensation decisions as described above. The Committee has been
comprised of Messrs. Foley and McKee during 1997. Mr. Foley is Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity and CKE, which, as of April 23,
1998, beneficially owned approximately 30.9% and 12.2% respectively, of the
outstanding shares of Rally's Common Stock. Rally's holds approximately 26.1% of
the outstanding Checkers Common Stock.
On November 22, 1996, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement (the "Restated Credit Agreement") with CKE, as agent of the
various lenders named therein (the "Lenders"). The Lenders include CKE,
Fidelity, C. Thomas Thompson, William P. Foley, II, Burt
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Sugarman and KCC Delaware Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of GIANT. Pursuant
to the Restated Credit Agreement, the Company's primary debt aggregating
approximately $35.8 million principal amount, which had been acquired by the
Lenders on November 14, 1996, was restructured by, among other things, extending
its maturity by one year to July 31, 1999, fixing the interest rate at 13.0% per
annum, eliminating or relaxing certain covenants, delaying scheduled principal
payments until May 19, 1997 and eliminating $6.0 million in restructuring fees
and charges. In connection with the restructuring, the Company issued to the
Lenders warrants to purchase an aggregate of 20 million shares of Common Stock
at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, the approximate market price of the
Common Stock on the day prior to the announcement of the acquisition of the
Company's debt by the Lenders. The Lenders specified above received warrants in
the following amounts: CKE, 7,350,428; Fidelity, 2,108,262; C. Thomas Thompson,
28,490; William P. Foley, II, 854,700; Burt Sugarman, 712,250; and KCC Delaware
Company, 2,849,002. The Lenders also received certain piggyback and demand
registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying their
warrants.
On February 20, 1997, the Company received $19.5 million in
consideration for issuing an aggregate of 8,771,929 shares of Common Stock and
87,719 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred in a private placement. The
per share purchase price for the Common Stock was $1.14, based upon the closing
price ($1.34) of the Common Stock on December 16, 1996, the day prior to the
approval of the transaction by the Board of Directors, less a discount for the
fact that such shares are not freely transferable for a one-year period. The
purchasers in the private placement included: CKE (6,162,299 shares of Common
Stock and 61,636 shares of Series A Preferred Stock); Fidelity (438,5965 shares
of Common Stock and 4,385 shares of Series A Preferred Stock); C. Thomas
Thompson (21,929 shares of Common Stock and 219 shares of Series A Preferred
Stock); William P. Foley, II (219,298 shares of Common Stock and 2,192 shares of
Series A. Preferred Stock); and Burt Sugarman (54,824 shares of Common Stock and
2,192 shares of Series A. Preferred Stock). The purchasers in the private
placement also received certain piggyback and demand registration rights and
agreed not to sell any shares of Common Stock received in the private placement
in the open market for a one-year period. The Series A Preferred stock was
converted into an aggregate of 9,383,118 shares of Common Stock upon approval of
such conversion by the Company's stockholders on August 6, 1997.
Effective November 30, 1997, the Company and Rally's entered into a
management services agreement (the "Management Services Agreement") pursuant to
which the Company is providing key services to Rally's, including executive
management, financial planning and accounting, franchise, purchasing and human
resources. In addition, the Company and Rally's share certain of their executive
officers, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer.
Management believes that entering into the Management Services Agreement and
sharing certain executive officers will enable the Company and Rally's to take
advantage of cost savings opportunities by facilitating the combination of
administrative and operational functions. The total cost of the services
provided by the Company in 1997 was $95,000.
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ITEM 12. STOCK OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL HOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT.
The following table sets forth, as of April 23, 1998, information as to
the beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock by: (i) each person
serving the Company as a Director on such date and each nominee for Director;
(ii) each person who qualifies as a Named Executive Officer; (iii) all of the
current Directors and executive officers of the Company as a group; and (iv)
each person known to the Company as having beneficial ownership of more than 5%
of the Company's Common Stock.
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Number of Shares Percent of
Name Beneficially Owned(1) Class(2)
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William P. Foley, II 1,378,100 (3) 1.8%
James J. Gillespie --
Joseph P. Stein 270,000 (4) *
Richard Fortman 250,000 (5) *
James T. Holder 149,083 (6) *
Michael T. Welch 53,334 (7) *
Terry N. Christensen 523,400 (8) *
Frederick E. Fisher 530,200 (9) *
Clarence V. McKee 526,800 (10) *
Burt Sugarman 1,234,651 (11) 1.7%
C. Thomas Thompson 382,400 (12) *
Jean Giles Wittner 320,000 (13) *
All current Directors and executive 5,617,968 (14)
officers as a group (12 persons) 7.1%
NAME AND ADDRESS OF 5%
BENEFICIAL OWNER
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Rally's Hamburgers, Inc. 19,130,930 26.1%
600 Cleveland Street, Eighth Floor
Clearwater, Florida 34615
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 7,350,428 (15) 1.0%
1700 N. Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92801
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* Less than 1% (footnotes on following page)
(1) Based upon information furnished to the Company by the named persons
and information contained in filings with the SEC. Under the rules of
the SEC, a person is deemed to beneficially own shares over which the
person has or shares voting or investment power or which the person has
the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days ("Exercisable
Securities"). Unless otherwise indicated, the named persons have sole
voting and investment power with respect to their respective shares.
(2) Based on 73,395,983 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April
23, 1998. Shares of Common Stock subject to options or warrants
exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding for computing the
percentage of class of the persons holding such options or warrants but
are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of class for
any other person.
(3) Includes 1,378,100 shares subject to Exercisable Securities. Excludes
2,108,262 shares subject to Exercisable Securities held by Fidelity and
7,350,428 shares subject to Exercisable Securities held by CKE, as to
which Mr. Foley disclaims beneficial ownership. Mr. Foley is the
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity and CKE.
(4) Includes 250,000 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(5) Includes 250,000 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(6) Includes 149,083 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(7) Includes 53,334 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(8) Includes 523,400 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(9) Includes 530,200 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(10) Includes 525,800 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(11) Includes 1,234,651 shares subject to Exercisable Securities. Excludes
2,849,002 shares subject to Exercisable Securities held by KCC Delaware
Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of GIANT, of which Mr. Sugarman is
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, as to
which Mr. Sugarman disclaims beneficial ownership.
(12) Includes 382,400 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(13) Includes 320,000 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
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(14) Includes 5,596,968 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
(15) Includes 7,350,428 shares subject to Exercisable Securities.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
"Item 10. Executive Compensation - Compensation Interlocks and Insider
Participation" is incorporated herein by reference. Christensen, Miller, Fink,
Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP has performed legal services for the Company
during 1997 and will perform legal services for the Company in 1998. Such
services have related to compliance with securities laws and other business
matters.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CHECKERS DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS, INC.
Date: April 24, 1998
By: /s/ James T. Holder
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James T. Holder
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
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