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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
11111 WILCREST GREEN, SUITE 350
HOUSTON, TX 77042
(713) 783-0500
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PROXY STATEMENT
for the
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
to be held January 23, 1998
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THE MEETING
MEETING TIME AND PLACE
A Proxy in the accompanying form is being solicited by the Board of
Directors of Watermarc Food Management Co. (the "Company") for use at the
Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") to be held at Billy
Blues Bar & Grill, 6025 Richmond, Houston, Texas 77057, at 3:00 P.M., local
time, on January 23, 1998, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. The
Company will bear the cost of such solicitation. Proxies together with copies of
this Proxy Statement, are being mailed to shareholders of the Company on or
about December 31, 1997.
MATTERS TO BE VOTED ON AND RECORD DATE
This Proxy Statement is being furnished to holders of record of the
common stock, $.05 par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock") as of December
19, 1997 (the "Record Date") in connection with the Meeting the purposes of
which are to:
1. Adopt an amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation
that provides for an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock from 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares.
2. Elect a board of five directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and
qualified.
3. Ratify the appointment of Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C. as independent
public accountants to audit the consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending June 28, 1998.
4. Transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or
any adjournments thereof.
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VOTING AND REVOCABILITY OF PROXY
Execution and return of the enclosed Proxy will not in any way affect a
shareholder's right to attend the Meeting and to vote in person, and any
shareholder giving a Proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before it is
voted by filing with the Secretary of the Company a written revocation or duly
executed Proxy bearing a later date or by voting in person by ballot at the
Meeting. A Proxy, when executed and not revoked, will be voted in accordance
with the instructions thereon. In the absence of specific instructions, Proxies
will be voted by the individuals named in the Proxy (i) "FOR" the adoption of an
amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation that provides for
an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 20,000,000
to 50,000,000 shares, (ii) "FOR" the election as director of those five nominees
named in this Proxy Statement, (iii) "FOR" the appointment of Mann Frankfort
Stein & Lipp, P.C. as the Company's independent public accountants to audit the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the
fiscal year ending June 28, 1998, and (iv) in accordance with their best
judgment and discretion on all other matters that may properly come before the
Meeting.
MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" EACH
OF THE MATTERS SET FORTH ABOVE TO BE VOTED ON AT THE MEETING.
SHARES ENTITLED TO VOTE AND QUORUM
On the Record Date, the Company had 14,263,230 shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding and entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting. The
presence, in person or by Proxy, of the holders of a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote as of the Record Date is
necessary to constitute a quorum at the Meeting. All shares represented in
person or proxy at the Meeting, whether voting "FOR", "AGAINST", "ABSTAIN" or to
"WITHHOLD AUTHORITY" with respect to any matter will be counted for purposes of
determining a quorum. Each holder of Common Stock will be entitled to one vote
per share held on each matter to be voted on at the Meeting. Neither the
Articles of Incorporation nor the Bylaws of the Company, as amended, provide for
cumulative voting rights.
VOTES REQUIRED
The favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common
Stock present in person or by Proxy at the Meeting is required for the approval
of matters presented to the Meeting, except that in the election of directors,
the five individuals receiving the greatest number of votes shall be deemed
elected even though not receiving a majority.
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INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON.
If Proposal One - Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation to
Increase Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock, is approved by the
shareholders, it is likely that the Board of Directors will vote to issue Ghulam
M. Bombaywala, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, President, director and
shareholder, an additional 7,500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock
pursuant to the Common Stock Rights granted to Mr. Bombaywala in the Conversion
and Offset Agreement (See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions"). If
Mr. Bombaywala receives the additional 7,500,000 shares, he will own 14,058,889
shares of the Company's Common Stock or approximately 64.6% of the outstanding
shares, which will result in a change of control of the Company with Mr.
Bombaywala constituting the majority shareholder. Prior to this event, control
of the Company did not rest in any single shareholder.
COSTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
The solicitation is made by the Company. The costs of soliciting
proxies will be borne by the Company. The Company has decided not to retain a
proxy solicitation firm at this time, but may elect to do so prior to the
Meeting. If the Company retains a proxy solicitation firm, the Company will pay
any standard fees charged by such firm and its reasonable out of pocket expenses
(which are not expected to exceed $5,000-$10,000 in the aggregate). In addition,
the Company will reimburse brokerage firms and other persons representing
beneficial owners of shares for their expenses in forwarding solicitation
materials to such beneficial owners. Proxies may also be solicited by certain of
the Company's directors, officers and regular employees without additional
compensation, personally or by telephone, telegram or facsimile.
PROXY STATEMENT INFORMATION
Certain information with respect to the proposed amendment to the
Restated Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock from 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 is provided below under PROPOSAL ONE
- - AMENDMENT TO THE RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE NUMBER OF
AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. Information with respect to the Company
including, Directors and Executive Officers of the Company, Executive
Compensation, Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,
and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions is provided under PROPOSAL
TWO - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Additional information with respect to the Company
is included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year
ended June 29, 1997, filed with the Commission (the "Annual Report on Form
10-K") and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 28, 1997, filed with the Commission, which are being provided to
shareholders of the Company with this Proxy Statement. Information with respect
to the Company's current accountant is under PROPOSAL THREE - RATIFICATION OF
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR FISCAL 1998.
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SUMMARY
The following is a summary of certain information contained
elsewhere in this Proxy Statement and does not purport to be complete. This
summary is qualified in all respects by the remainder of this Proxy Statement
which should be read in its entirety.
THE COMPANY
Watermarc Food Management Co. ........ The Company currently owns and
operates, both directly and through
subsidiaries, full service restaurants
under the names Marco's Mexican
Restaurants (the "Marco's Restaurants"),
The Original Pasta Co. Restaurants (the
"Pasta Co. Restaurants") and Billy Blues
Barbecue Bar & Grill (the "Billy Blues
Restaurant"). The Company also produces
and markets two brands of barbecue sauce
products and a spice rub, Billy Blues
Barbecue Sauce, Chris' & Pitt's Bar-B-Q
Sauce and Chris' & Pitt's Spice Rub.
Historically, the Company's primary
growth strategy has been to expand its
restaurant and barbecue sauce operations
through internal growth and by acquiring
businesses with concepts and themes
compatible with the Company's
operations. This strategy was evidenced
by the Company's acquisition (i) in
March 1994 of the Chris' & Pitt's
Bar-B-Q Sauce line, (ii) in July 1994 of
Marco's Mexican Restaurants, Inc. which
now has twenty-two Marco's Restaurants
operating in the Southwestern region of
the State of Texas, including the
Houston metropolitan area, College
Station, Lake Jackson and Victoria,
Texas, and (iii) in January 1996 of The
Original Pasta Co., which now has
eighteen Pasta Co. Restaurants in the
Houston metropolitan area, Beaumont and
Lufkin, Texas.
The Company's principal executive
offices are located at 11111 Wilcrest
Green, Suite 350, Houston, Texas 77042
and its telephone number is (713)
783-0500. Further information regarding
the Company is provided herein and in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K being
delivered with this Proxy Statement to
the Company's shareholders.
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THE MEETING
Time, Date and Place ................. The Meeting will be held at 3:00
p.m., local time, on Friday, January 23,
1998, at Billy Blues Bar & Grill, 6025
Richmond, Houston, Texas, and at any
adjournments or postponements thereof.
Record Date, Shares Entitled to Vote .. Holders of record of shares of the
Company's Common Stock at the close of
business on December 19, 1997 (the
"Record Date"), are entitled to notice
of and to vote at the Meeting.
On such date, there were 14,263,230
shares of Common Stock outstanding, each
of which will be entitled to one vote.
See "The Meeting."
Purpose of Meeting ................... The purpose of the Meeting is (i) to
adopt an amendment to the Company's
Restated Articles of Incorporation
increasing the number of authorized
shares of Common Stock from 20,000,000
to 50,000,000, (ii) to elect a board of
five directors to serve until the next
Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the
Company and until their successors have
been duly elected and qualified; (iii)
to ratify the appointment of Mann
Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C. as
independent public accountants to audit
the consolidated financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries for the
fiscal year ending June 28, 1998; and
(iv) to transact such other business as
may properly come before the Meeting or
any adjournments thereof. See "The
Meeting."
Votes Required ...................... The favorable vote of the holders of
a majority of shares of Common Stock
present in person or by proxy at the
Meeting is required for approval of all
matters presented to the Meeting except
that with respect to the election of
directors, the five individuals
receiving the greatest number of votes
shall be deemed elected even though not
receiving a majority. See "The Meeting."
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PROPOSAL ONE
AMENDMENT TO RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO INCREASE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
On November 14, 1997, the Board of Directors unanimously adopted a
resolution approving a proposal to amend the Restated Articles of Incorporation
of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's
Common Stock from 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 (the "Amendment"). The text of the
Amendment is set forth in Appendix A and incorporated herein by reference.
If adopted, the Amendment would result in an increase in the number of
shares of Common Stock available from 5,736,770 shares to 23,987,737 shares. Of
the 5,736,770 currently available shares, only 1,487,737 shares are available
for issuance, as a total of 4,249,033 shares have been reserved for issuance
upon the conversion of debt, the conversion of Preferred Stock, the exercise of
various outstanding warrants, and the exercise of options issued pursuant to the
Company's Stock Compensation Plan. The Company currently does not have
sufficient shares of Common Stock reserved and available to issue the 7,500,000
shares to Mr. Bombaywala pursuant to the Common Stock Rights he received under
the Conversion and Offset Agreement (See "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions"). If adopted, the Amendment would allow the Company to issue the
7,500,000 shares to Mr. Bombaywala, while still maintaining 23,987,737 shares
available for future issuance.
DESCRIPTION AND EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
The Restated Articles of Incorporation currently authorize the issuance
of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.05 par value, of which 14,263,230 were
issued and outstanding as of December 19, 1997, and 5,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value, of which 329,540 were issued and outstanding
as of December 19, 1997.
If the Amendment is adopted, the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock will be increased from 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 as of the date on which
the Amendment is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas. The
additional 30,000,000 authorized shares would be part of the existing class of
Common Stock, and, if and when issued, would have the same rights and privileges
as the shares of Common Stock presently issued and outstanding. If adopted,
neither the number of authorized shares nor the par value of the Preferred Stock
will be affected by the Amendment.
The Board of Directors believes that there is an insufficient number of
shares of Common Stock available for effecting possible future transactions,
including recapitalization and financing efforts. The Board of Directors
believes that the increase in the authorized number of shares of Common Stock
will increase the Company's flexibility in its recapitalization efforts and in
meeting possible future financing requirements and other corporate needs as they
arise. In addition, the increase will allow the Company to issue 7,500,000
shares of Common Stock to Ghulam M. Bombaywala, Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer, President, and Director of the Company pursuant to the Common
Stock Rights he received under the Conversion and Offset Agreement.
All unissued shares of Common Stock authorized by the Company's
Restated Articles of Incorporation, including the additional shares of Common
Stock authorized by the Amendment, will be available for issuance at any time in
the future at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Such future issuances
will not require further shareholder approval, unless such approval is required
by law or by the rules of any securities exchanges on which the Common Stock is
then listed. Other than as previously described, the Company has no current
arrangements, agreements, understandings or plans for the issuance of shares of
Common Stock in connection with an offering or an acquisition.
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If additional shares of Common Stock are not authorized for issuance
through the adoption of the Amendment, significant future issuances could not be
effected without the expense and delay associated with soliciting further action
by shareholders at a special meeting. Holders of the Common Stock have no
preemptive right to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of the Stock that
may be issued in the future.
It is not anticipated that the Amendment, if adopted, will affect the
registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
The approval of the Amendment requires the affirmative vote of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT.
PROPOSAL TWO
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Company's Bylaws provide that the Board of Directors shall consist
of not less than three, nor more than fifteen, directors. The Board of Directors
currently consists of five directors, Ghulam M. Bombaywala, Michael S. Chadwick,
Nico B. Letschert, Sarosh J. Collector and Philip M. Mount. Each of the current
directors is a nominee for re-election to the Board of Directors. The names,
ages, positions and offices of each director, nominee and executive officer of
the Company and their business experience is set forth below. Each of the
Company's directors was elected as director of the Company by the Company's
shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on December 13, 1996.
All directors are to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or
until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. All nominees were
designated by the Board of Directors.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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Employed Director
Name Age Position Since Since
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Ghulam Bombaywala 41 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive 1994 1994
Officer, President, Chief Operating
Officer, Secretary and Director
Michael S. Chadwick(1) 45 Director N/A 1994
Nico B. Letschert(2) 42 Director N/A 1994
Philip M. Mount 39 Director N/A 1994
Sarosh J. Collector(1)(2) 50 Director N/A 1995
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(1) Member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
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GHULAM BOMBAYWALA was elected as a director of the Company on
August 5, 1994. Effective September 21, 1994, Mr. Bombaywala was elected
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Effective July 10, 1997, Mr. Bombaywala was also elected President, Chief
Operating Officer and Secretary of the Company. Since 1984, Mr. Bombaywala has
served as sole director of Marco's. Mr. Bombaywala also served as President and
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the publicly traded Two Pesos, Inc. from
April 1990 to June 1993 when it was sold to Taco Cabana, Inc. Mr. Bombaywala is
also a shareholder and President of James Coney Island restaurants serving hot
dogs and chili. Mr. Bombaywala serves on the Board of Directors of the Sam
Houston Area Boy Scouts of America, the National Conference of Christians and
Jews, and the United Way of Texas Gulf Coast.
MICHAEL S. CHADWICK has served as a director of the Company since
August 1994. Mr. Chadwick serves on the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors. Mr. Chadwick is Senior Vice President and a Managing Director of the
Corporate Finance Department of Sanders Morris Mundy Inc., a Houston-based
financial services and investment banking firm. From 1988 to August 1994, Mr.
Chadwick served as President and Co-Owner of Chadwick, Chambers & Associates,
Inc., an investment and merchant banking firm specializing in corporate finance
services. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Chadwick served as Vice President, Corporate
Finance at Lovett Mitchell Webb & Garrison, Inc., a Houston-based investment
banking firm. Mr. Chadwick has been engaged in investment banking since 1978.
Mr. Chadwick presently serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Dolphin Energy
Company and Brazos Sportswear, Inc., both publicly traded corporations, and
Moody-Price Inc., a privately held concern. Mr. Chadwick received an M.B.A. in
finance from Southern Methodist University and a B.A. degree in economics from
the University of Texas.
NICO B. LETSCHERT was elected to the Board of Directors in September
1994 and serves as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors. Mr. Letschert is the CEO of Noesis Capital Corp., a Florida-based
investment banking and money management firm. From 1984 until July 1995, Mr.
Letschert was President of Noble Investment Co. of Palm Beach. A native of The
Netherlands, Mr. Letschert began his career on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
before relocating to the U.S. and becoming involved with venture capital and
corporate finance. Mr. Letschert received his degree from the Dutch Institute
for Banking and Finance and is a Certified Financial Planner. He also serves on
the Board of Directors of the following publicly traded corporations: Celerity
Solutions, Inc., Futuremedia PLC and PSI Industries, Inc.
PHILIP M. MOUNT has been a director of the Company since August 5,
1994 and is a partner with the law firm of Kelly, Sutter, Mount & Kendrick. Mr.
Mount has engaged in the practice of law in Houston, Texas since 1983. Mr.
Mount's principal areas of practice are corporate finance and securities. Mr.
Mount received his B.B.A. with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in
1980 and a J.D. from the University of Houston College of Law in 1983. From
August 1990 until its acquisition in 1993, Mr. Mount served as a director and a
member of the Compensation and Executive Committees of Two Pesos, Inc., a
publicly traded Houston, Texas based restaurant company.
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SAROSH J. COLLECTOR has been a director of the Company since March 17,
1995 and currently serves as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees
of the Board of Directors. Mr. Collector is a certified public accountant and
has served as President of the accounting firm of Collector, Dart & Moore P.C.
since 1987. From 1986 to 1987, Mr. Collector was a manager with the accounting
firm of Spicer & Oppenheim, and from 1981 to 1986 served as a partner with the
accounting firm of Malow Cohen & Co. Mr. Collector's principal areas of practice
are taxation, business consulting and business valuation. Mr. Collector also
served as a director of Two Pesos, Inc., a publicly traded corporation, from
April 1990 to August 1993.
COMMITTEES AND FEES
The Board of Directors of the Company has established an Audit
Committee and a Compensation Committee. The purpose of the Audit Committee is to
review and make recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to the
engagement of the Company's independent public accountants, reviewing with such
accountants the plans for and the results and scope of the auditing engagement
and certain other matters relating to the services provided to the Company,
including the independence of such accountants. The Audit Committee held no
meetings during the fiscal year ended June 29, 1997. The Audit Committee met in
August 1997 and approved a change of principal independent accountants for the
fiscal year 1997 audited financial statements. Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C.
was engaged as the Company's principal independent accountant to replace Coopers
& Lybrand, L.L.P. who resigned on August 20, 1997.
The Compensation Committee reviews on behalf of, and makes
recommendations to, the Board of Directors with respect to compensation of
executive officers and key employees of the Company and administers the
Company's Stock Compensation Plan. All actions undertaken by the Compensation
Committee during the last fiscal year were effected by unanimous consent in lieu
of holding scheduled or special meetings.
Each director who is not an employee of the Company is entitled to be
paid $250 for each meeting of the Board of Directors attended (exclusive of
telephonic meetings) and $250 for each meeting of a Committee of the Board of
Directors attended (exclusive of committee meetings occurring on the same day as
Board Meetings), and are reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending such
meetings. Directors who are employees of the Company are not paid any additional
compensation for attendance at Board of Directors or Committee meetings. During
fiscal 1997, the Directors chose to forego any compensation for attending
meetings. During fiscal 1997, the Board of Directors held its annual meeting on
December 13, 1996, conducted meetings in September 1996, April 1997 and May of
1997, and approved actions undertaken by management of the Company.
SECTION 16 REPORTS
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") requires the Company's officers and directors, and persons who
own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company's equity securities, to
file reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the Company's securities
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
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Based solely on its review of the copies of such report forms received
by it with respect to fiscal year 1997, or written representations from certain
reporting persons, the Company believes that filing requirements applicable to
its directors, officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class
of the Company's equity securities have not been timely complied with in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act as follows. Sarosh J.
Collector, a director of the Company, failed to timely file a Form 4 in August
of 1996. Angelo Pitillo, a former executive officer and director of the Company,
failed to timely file a Form 4 in August 1996, January 1997 and July 1997 for
one transaction each. Thomas Buckley, a former executive officer of the Company,
failed to timely file a Form 4 in August 1996, January 1997 and July 1997 for a
total of six transactions (two each). In addition, all directors and executive
officers of the Company (except Ghulam Bombaywala, who was not required to file
a Form 5) each failed to timely file Form 5 - Annual Changes in Beneficial
Ownership of Securities for fiscal 1997. All late reports were filed in
September and October of 1997.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY COMPENSATION INFORMATION. The following table sets forth certain
information regarding all cash compensation paid or to be paid by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, as well as other compensation paid or accrued, during
the Company's fiscal year ended June 29, 1997, to the Company's Chief Executive
officer and to those other executive officers who received salary and bonus
compensation in excess of $100,000 during the fiscal year (the "named executive
officers").
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Long-Term Compensation
Annual Compensation Awards Payouts
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Restricted Securities
Other Annual Stock Underlying LTIP All Other
Compensation(2) Award(s) Options/SARs(3) Payouts Compensation
Name and Principal Position Year Salary($) Bonus($) ($) ($) (#) ($) ($)
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Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman of 1997 $60,000(1) $60,000(1) $ -0- $ -0- -0- -0- $ -0-
the Board and Chief Executive 1996 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
Officer 1995 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
Angelo Pitillo, former President 1997 $150,000 $ -0- $ -0- $ -0- 80,000 -0- $ -0-
and Chief Operating Officer(4) 1996 150,000 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
1995 121,154 -0- -0- -0- 250,000 -0- -0-
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(1) Includes salary or bonus amounts earned but deferred at the officer's
election.
(2) Excludes certain incidental perquisites, the total of which did not
exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of cash compensation for any named
individual.
(3) Incentive stock options to acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Company's Stock Compensation Plan.
(4) Mr. Pitillo resigned June 1997 and has not been replaced as of the date of
this filing, and has a consulting agreement and severance beginning in
fiscal 1998 of $4,167 per month for twelve months along with 180,000 common
stock warrants exercisable at $.50 per warrant until expiration on June 30,
1999.
OPTION GRANTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 1997
The following table provides information related to options to acquire
shares of Common Stock granted to the Chief Executive Officer and the other
named executive officers of the Company referenced in the Summary Compensation
Table, above, during fiscal year 1997. The Company does not have any outstanding
Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs").
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
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Potential Realizable
value at assumed
annual rates of stock
price appreciation
for option term
Number of Securities % of Total Options/ Exercise or ---------------------
Underlying Options/ SARs Granted to Base Price Expiration
Name SARs Granted (#) (1) Employees in Fiscal Year ($/Sh)(2) Date 5%($) 10%($)
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Ghulam Bombaywala..... -0- -0-% N/A N/A N/A N/A
Angelo Pitillo........ 80,000 40% $ .50 08/01 $-0- $-0-
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(1) Incentive stock options to acquire shares of Common Stock granted pursuant
to the Company's Stock Compensation Plan. Options issued to Mr. Pitillo
vest at 100% commencing six months from the date of the original grant
(August 1996), are nontransferable and are subject to termination under
certain conditions upon cessation of employment. At his termination date,
June 25, 1997, these options, along with all other options granted to Mr.
Pitillo, were canceled and Mr. Pitillo was granted 180,000 Common Stock
warrants exercisable at $.50 per warrant until expiration on June 30,
1999.
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(2) The exercise price per share of each option granted in 1997 was equal to
or greater than 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the
date of grant pursuant to the requirements of the Stock Compensation Plan.
Option Exercises and 1997 Fiscal Year End Holdings
The following table sets forth information with respect to options
exercised by named executive officers of the Company referenced in the Summary
Compensation Table, above, during fiscal year 1997 and the number and value of
options held at fiscal year end.
AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION/SAR VALUES
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Number of Securities Value of Unexercised
Underlying Unexercised In-the-Money Options/SARs
Options/SARs at FY-End(#) At FY-End($)(1)
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Name On Exercise(#) Value Realized($) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
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Ghulam Bombaywala...... -0- $ -0- -0- -0- N/A N/A
Angelo Pitillo......... -0- -0- -0- -0- $ -0- $ -0-
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(1) The closing bid price for the Company's Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ
SmallCap Market on June 29, 1997 was $0.25 per share. The indicated value
is calculated on the basis of the difference between the option exercise
price per share and $0.25, multiplied by the number of shares of Common
Stock underlying each option.
REPORT ON REPRICING OF OPTIONS/SARS
In June 1997, Angelo Pitillo, former President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director of the Company resigned. At the time of his resignation, Mr.
Pitillo had 100,000 and 80,000 vested Common Stock options exercisable at $1.00
per share and $.50 per share, respectively. The Board of Directors determined
that it was in the best interest of the Company to enter into a consulting
agreement with Mr. Pitillo to provide incentive to him to continue to assist the
Company during the transition phase following his resignation. The consulting
agreement provides for monthly payments to Mr. Pitillo of $4,167.00 per month
for one year and 180,000 Common Stock warrants exercisable at $.50 per warrant
(which was above the market price of the Common Stock at the time) until
expiration on June 30, 1999. Mr. Pitillo's 180,000 vested Common Stock options
were canceled at that time.
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TEN-YEAR OPTION/SAR REPRICINGS
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PER SHARE
NUMBER OF MARKET LENGTH OF
SECURITIES PRICE OF EXERCISE ORIGINAL OPTION
UNDERLYING STOCK AT PRICE AT NEW TERM REMAINING AT
OPTIONS TIME OF TIME OF EXERCISE DATE OF REPRICING
NAME DATE REPRICED REPRICING REPRICING PRICE OR AMENDMENT
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Angelo Pitillo, December 29, 1994 250,000 $2.00 $4.63 $2.00 58 months
President (1)
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Angelo Pitillo, May 17, 1996 250,000 $0.75 $2.00 $1.00 43 months
President (1)
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Angelo Pitillo, August 1, 1996 80,000 $0.50 (1) $0.50 $0.50 61 months
President (1) (1)
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(1) All options were canceled June 25, 1997 and replaced with Common Stock
warrants exercisable at $.50 per warrant until expiration on June 30, 1999.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Compensation Committee of the Company is comprised of two
persons selected by the Board of Directors. Throughout fiscal 1997, Nico B.
Letschert and Sarosh J. Collector served on the Compensation Committee. Nico B.
Letschert was the President of Noble Investment Co. of Palm Beach ("Noble") and
is the Chief Executive Officer of Noesis Capital Corp. ("Noesis"). Sarosh J.
Collector is a certified public accountant and President of the Houston based
accounting firm of Collector, Dart & Moore, P.C. Through May 1997, Philip M.
Mount served on the Compensation Committee. Mr. Mount is a shareholder of Kelly,
Sutter, Mount & Kendrick, P.C. ("KSMK"), a Houston based law firm. In May 1997,
Mr. Mount resigned from the Compensation Committee.
During fiscal 1995, 1996, and 1997 KSMK rendered legal services as
counsel to the Company. In June 1995, the Company issued 100,000 shares of
Common Stock to KSMK as partial payment for outstanding invoices. In February
1996, the Company issued an additional 100,000 shares of Common Stock to KSMK as
payment for legal services. Mr. Mount disclaims any beneficial ownership in the
shares issued to KSMK. During fiscal 1997, KSMK returned 100,000 of the shares
in exchange for cash of $1.50 per share and the agreement of the Company to pay
the balance owed to KSMK in monthly installments in the ordinary course of
business.
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In December 1994, in connection with the offering of the Company's $3
million 12% Subordinated Notes, Sanders Morris Mundy, Inc. ("SMM") received
approximately $250,000 as a placement fee. Also in connection with the offering,
the Company entered into an eighteen month advisory agreement with SMM calling
for payments of $10,000 per month and issued warrants to purchase 150,000 shares
of common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share which expire on December
31, 1999. Mr. Chadwick, Senior Vice President and a Managing Director of
Corporate Finance of SMM, and a director of the Company, was assigned 45,000 of
the warrants by SMM. In July 1997, the payment terms of the Subordinated Notes
were extended, the advisory agreement was extended through December 1997 and the
exercise price of the warrants was reduced to $.25 per share.
Noble Investment Co. of Palm Beach received approximately $191,880 in
commissions and a nonaccountable expense allowance in connection with the
Company's 1995 Reg S Offering. Also in connection with the offering, the Company
issued to Noble warrants to purchase 71,250 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $3.00 per share, which expired on May 31, 1997. The warrants
had been subsequently assigned to Mr. Letschert, a director of the Company.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
Effective July 1, 1994, the Company entered into an employment
agreement (the "Bombaywala Agreement") with Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. Under the terms of
the Bombaywala Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala is entitled to receive an annual salary
of $60,000 plus annual cost of living increases. In addition, Mr. Bombaywala is
entitled to receive a bonus in an amount based on such factors as the Board of
Directors of the Company may elect to consider. Mr. Bombaywala has elected to
defer any salary or bonus due and owing to him under this agreement for fiscal
1997 for an indefinite period of time. The Bombaywala Agreement also provides
for health, medical and life insurance benefits and allows participation in the
Company's employee benefit plans. The Bombaywala Agreement expired April 30,
1997, however, during the second quarter of fiscal 1998, the Board of Directors
approved a one year extension of the Bombaywala Agreement, increased Mr.
Bombaywala's base salary to $120,000 and awarded Mr. Bombaywala a bonus of
$60,000 for fiscal 1997. Although Mr. Bombaywala elected to defer receipt of
this bonus for an indefinite period of time, he has elected to receive his
salary in fiscal 1998. The Bombaywala Agreement contains provisions for
employment on a full time basis, as well as payments upon termination and
payment of bonuses. The non-competition provisions of the Bombaywala Agreement
provide that upon termination, Mr. Bombaywala will not engage or participate in
a barbecue or Mexican restaurant business within a radius of ten miles of any
existing or proposed barbecue or Mexican restaurant owned, licensed, managed or
operated by the Company for a period of twelve months beginning on the date of
termination of the Bombaywala Agreement.
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REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Compensation Committee, currently consisting of Messrs.
Collector and Letschert, determines the compensation of the Company's executive
officer, Mr. Bombaywala (C.E.O.).
Mr. Bombaywala decided to forego a salary or bonus in fiscal 1995 and
fiscal 1996 due to the fact that the Company has been and is in the process of a
"turnaround." For fiscal 1997, Mr. Bombaywala deferred a salary of $60,000 per
year and a bonus of $60,000 for an indefinite period of time. Mr. Bombaywala
owns 6,558,889 shares of the Company's Common Stock or approximately 43.8% of
the outstanding shares. Included in this calculation is the following: Mr.
Bombaywala received warrants with the right to purchase 222,222 shares of the
Company's common stock at a price of $1.00 per share issued in connection with
the issue of the 12% Subordinated Notes in December 1994. When Mr. Bombaywala
converted his 12% Subordinated Note to the 11% Convertible Subordinated Note he
received warrants with the right to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company's
Common Stock at $1.50 per share. As incentive to Mr. Bombaywala for converting
his note, his 222,222 warrants were not canceled. Not included in the above
calculation is the following: Mr. Bombaywala received 7,500,000 common stock
rights at a value of $.50 per share in connection with the Conversion and Offset
Agreement in May 1997. (See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions".)
The Compensation Committee believes that Mr. Bombaywala is very motivated due to
his stock ownership and commitment to the Company to represent the interests of
all stockholders and maximize the performance of the Company. The Compensation
Committee agreed with Mr. Bombaywala's decision to forego any salary or bonus
during fiscal 1995 and 1996. The compensation which would have been payable to
Mr. Bombaywala through April 1997 was determined by the Bombaywala Agreement,
which was negotiated between the Company and Mr. Bombaywala when Marco's was
acquired in fiscal 1994.
The Compensation Committee plans to use the Company's Common Stock to
retain and provide incentive to the Company's key employees. The Board of
Directors believes that significant stock ownership is a major factor in
aligning the interests of management and shareholders.
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COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
The graph set forth below compares the cumulative total shareholder
return on the Company's Common Stock commencing on June 30, 1992 and ending on
June 29, 1997 against the cumulative total return of the Nasdaq Stock Market and
a peer group consisting of certain Nasdaq Stocks whose business activities fall
within the same standard industrial classification code as the Company. The
graph assumes a $100 investment in the Company's Common Stock and that all
dividends paid by companies in each index were reinvested.
TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURNS
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YEARS ENDING
--<>-- WATERMARC FOOD MGMT CO --[]-- NASDAQ --/\-- PEER GROUP
PREPARED BY STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT
CUSTOM PRODUCTS DIVISION - 11/7/97
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TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURNS
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DIVIDENDS REINVESTED
ANNUAL RETURN PERCENTAGE
Years Ending
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COMPANY NAME / INDEX JUN93 JUN94 JUN95 JUN96 JUN97
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WATERMARC FOOD MGMT CO 154.29 -44.94 -60.21 -64.10 -67.89
NASDAQ 25.79 0.96 33.48 28.38 21.59
PEER GROUP 25.44 -10.34 5.90 19.35 -19.85
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INDEXED RETURNS
Years ending
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BASE
PERIOD
COMPANY NAME / INDEX JUN92 JUN93 JUN94 JUN95 JUN96 JUN97
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WATERMARC FOOD MGMT CO 100 254.29 140.00 55.70 20.00 6.42
NASDAQ 100 125.79 127.00 169.52 217.63 264.62
PEER GROUP 100 125.44 112.46 119.10 142.15 113.93
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PREPARED BY STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT
CUSTOM PRODUCTS DIVISION - 11/6/97
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Late in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997 the Company sold Pete's
Hospitality Co., Inc., ("Pete's") a wholly-owned subsidiary, pursuant to a Stock
Purchase Agreement, to Angelo Pitillo, former President, Chief Operating Officer
and director of the Company. Mr. Pitillo acquired all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Pete's in exchange for a promissory note payable to the
Company in the principal amount of $300,000 (the "Pete's Note"). The Pete's Note
accrues interest at the rate of 10% per annum over approximately five years. The
Pete's Note is secured by assets of Pete's. The Company recorded a loss of
approximately $750,000 on the transaction.
In August 1996, the Company sold for $350,000 previously mortgaged real
property located at the Victoria, Texas Marco's Restaurant location to the
Bombaywala Family Trust ("The Trust"). The Trust was established by Mr.
Bombaywala's father, M.U. Bombaywala, for the purpose of his grandchildren's
education. The real property and certain assets are now being leased by the
Company from the Trust. The Trust also owns the real property on which one of
the Company's Pasta Co. Restaurants is located, having purchased it from an
unaffiliated third party. The Trust leases this property to the Company. The
Company believes that both leases are at rates comparable to those which could
be attained from unrelated third parties.
In April 1997, the Company agreed to sell equipment associated with
three new restaurants to Mr. Bombaywala and lease the assets back. The three
restaurants were opened in the second and fourth quarters of fiscal 1997. The
Company believes that the selling price of $750,000 and the lease rate are
comparable to those which could be attained from an unrelated third party. There
was no gain or loss to the Company on this transaction.
On July 31, 1994, Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, executed a promissory note in the principal
amount of $2,175,310 made payable to Marco's (the "Bombaywala Note"). The
Bombaywala Note accrues interest at the rate 6% per annum until maturity, with
accrued interest being payable annually on the 1st day of July of each year for
which a principal balance is due and owing. The principal balance of the
Bombaywala Note is due as follows: $200,000 on July 31, 1996, 1997 and 1998,
with all remaining principal and interest due and owing under the Bombaywala
Note to be paid in full on July 31, 1999. The Bombaywala Note is secured by the
securities more particularly set forth in that certain Pledge and Security
Agreement entered into by and between Marco's and Mr. Bombaywala on July 31,
1994. In September of 1995, the Company's Board of Directors voted to defer the
interest payment due July 1, 1995 until December 31, 1995. During fiscal 1997,
the principal amount due under the Bombaywala Note was reduced by $819,202
pursuant to a Conversion and Offset Agreement further described below. During
1997, the Company earned interest of $123,877 on the note receivable from Mr.
Bombaywala and was charged interest of $123,757 on various notes payable to him.
The interest receivable and payable, together with interest receivable at June
30, 1996 of $94,974 were offset with a remaining receivable from Mr. Bombaywala
of $95,093 outstanding at June 29, 1997.
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On June 17, 1992, the Company loaned William J. Gallagher, a former
officer and director of the Company, $53,000 evidenced by an unsecured
promissory note providing for interest at prime. The note was renewed on June
17, 1993, whereby the principal balance due under the note was increased to
$124,000 to include additional advances made by the Company during fiscal 1993.
The principal balance of the note accrues interest at the rate of 6% per annum,
with accrued interest being due and payable annually on July 1. The entire
principal balance is due and payable on July 1, 1999. The note is an unsecured
debt obligation of Mr. Gallagher to the Company. The interest payments due July
1, 1995, 1996 and 1997 had not been made by Mr. Gallagher as of October 1, 1997.
On June 30, 1994, John H. Coleman, III, a former officer and director
of the Company, executed a promissory note in the principal amount of $31,291
for the purpose of evidencing a debt obligation resulting from advances made by
the Company to Mr. Coleman during fiscal 1994. The principal amount of the note
accrues interest at the rate of 6% per annum and is due and payable on the first
day of July for each year the principal balance remains outstanding. The
principal balance of the note is due and payable in full on July 1, 1999. The
note is an unsecured debt obligation of Mr. Coleman to the Company. The interest
payments due July 1, 1995 and 1996 were not made by Mr. Coleman. Mr. Coleman was
also the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Company. As part of the settlement
of this lawsuit, this note was canceled.
Mr. Bombaywala has an ownership interest in and participates in
the management of other businesses, including the Houston-based James Coney
Island restaurant chain.
PASTA CO. ACQUISITION
On September 7, 1995, the Board of Directors of the Company
approved the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares (the
"Shares") of Pasta Co. from Mr. Bombaywala, the sole stockholder and director of
Pasta Co. On September 14, 1995, the Company, Mr. Bombaywala, and Pasta Co.
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") which
provided for the merger of Pasta Co. with and into the Company as the surviving
corporation (the "Merger"). The principal assets of Pasta Co. consisted of its
ownership of ten (10) restaurants in Houston, Texas.
In consideration for the Shares, Mr. Bombaywala received 1,666,667
shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Merger Shares") and two promissory
notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3,750,000 (the "Notes"). The Merger
Shares were valued at $1.78 per share which was the market value of the Common
Stock on the date of the Merger. The total consideration paid to Mr. Bombaywala
was $2,966,667; however, as provided below, a portion of the Merger Shares was
subject to future release and earn out. In addition, the Company assumed
approximately $3.6 million of liabilities and indebtedness of Pasta Co.
outstanding as of January 26, 1996.
Although not required by law, the Board of Directors of the Company
elected to submit the Merger to its independent shareholders for approval at its
Annual Meeting of Shareholders which was held January 9, 1996. Mr. Bombaywala,
who then owned 4,620,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, or 41.6%,
excluding the Merger Shares, did not vote on the Merger at the Annual Meeting.
The Merger was approved, and the effective date of the Merger (the "Effective
Date") was January 26, 1996. As of the
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Escrow Closing Date, the Company was granted the right to manage Pasta Co. and
received a management fee of three percent (3%) of the gross revenues of Pasta
Co. through the Effective Date. Such fees amounted to approximately $137,000.
The Merger Shares are restricted securities but have demand and
incidental registration rights. A total of 350,000 Merger Shares were subject to
a Development Escrow Agreement which provided for the earnout and release of
such shares based upon (i) the opening of five additional Pasta Co. Restaurants
on or before December 31, 1996 at an average cost not to exceed $400,000 per
restaurant, or (ii) the share price for the Company's Common Stock exceeding
$5.00 per share for any ten consecutive business days on or before June 30, 1996
or $7.00 per share on or before June 30, 1997. The Company completed the opening
of the five additional Pasta Co. Restaurants before December 31, 1996 and,
therefore, the Merger Shares have been released to Mr. Bombaywala.
The Notes consisted of (i) a promissory note from Pasta Co. in the
principal amount of $2,750,000, bearing interest at 10% per annum, and due and
payable on September 15, 2002, subject to certain mandatory prepayment
provisions, and (ii) a promissory note from Pasta Co. in the principal amount of
$1,000,000 bearing interest at 10% per annum, the principal amount of which,
subject to certain mandatory prepayment provisions, was due and payable in two
equal annual installments on December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1997. Quarterly
payments of interest were due and payable on the Notes on the 15th day of
December, March, June and September of each year the Notes were outstanding.
Commencing September 15, 2000, the outstanding principal on the $2,750,000 Note
was to be amortized and paid in quarterly installments over the remaining two
year term. The Notes required mandatory prepayment in the amount of and to the
extent of (i) fifty percent of the proceeds from any public offering received by
the Company, and (ii) proceeds from private financings in excess of $1,000,000
received by the Company. Mr. Bombaywala agreed to defer or offset any and all
principal and interest until July 1997. The Company incurred $392,337 in
interest expense on two notes aggregating $3,750,000. In connection with the
Conversion and Offset Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala forgave such interest which has
been recorded as a contribution to capital.
On the Effective Date, a promissory note of Pasta Co. to Mr.
Bombaywala in the principal amount of $1,260,000 was paid by the Company.
Payment was made as follows: $150,000 in cash, transfer of ownership of land and
building valued at $515,000 and a note to Mr. Bombaywala in the amount of
$595,000. Mr. Bombaywala received an additional note from the Company in the
amount of $224,202 for other obligations of Pasta Co. arising prior to the
Effective Date (the $595,000 note and the $224,202 note are collectively
referred to as "Additional Pasta Co. Notes").
The Notes were secured by a guarantee of the Company, a pledge by the
Company of all issued and outstanding shares of Pasta Co. and a security
interest in all of the assets relating to the first ten restaurants opened by
Pasta Co. The lien of Mr. Bombaywala was junior to any prior liens granted by
Pasta Co. on or before the Effective Date.
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On May 15, 1997 Mr. Bombaywala and the Company entered into a
Conversion and Offset Agreement whereby the $3,750,000 of debt evidenced by the
Notes was converted to 7,500,000 Common Stock Rights (the "Rights"). Each of the
Rights shall automatically convert to one share of the Company's Common Stock at
a later date, without further action or consideration by Mr. Bombaywala,
assuming the Company has a sufficient number of shares authorized and freely
issuable. In exchange for the Rights, Mr. Bombaywala forgave the Notes. A value
of $.50 per share was determined by the Board of Directors in connection with
the conversion. The Company's proposal for a reverse stock split will increase
its authorized Common Stock to a sufficient level to enable it to issue all of
the shares.
The Company also agreed with Mr. Bombaywala to offset the $819,202 in
Additional Notes payable to Mr. Bombaywala in connection with the acquisition
of Pasta Co. against the Bombaywala Note receivable from Mr. Bombaywala in
connection with the Marco's merger.
In May of 1995, the Company began factoring accounts receivable through
Catalyst Financial Co., ("Catalyst") paying factoring fees of approximately
$19,000 in fiscal 1995 and $75,000 in fiscal 1996. The Company believes that the
fees paid were comparable to those that would be charged by a competing
factoring company. Mr. Bombaywala is a principal of Catalyst.
The Company acquired 240,000 shares (the "CluckCorp Shares") of the
outstanding common stock, $0.1 par value of CluckCorp International, Inc., a
Texas corporation ("CluckCorp") on June 30, 1994 upon the conversion of, and as
partial payment for, a promissory note of CluckCorp owed to the Company in the
principal amount of $800,000 (the "CluckCorp Note") issued in June 1993 and in
exchange for certain other advances owed to the Company. The CluckCorp Note has
a maturity date of June 30, 1998, and was payable, at the option of CluckCorp,
in whole or in part, in cash or with Common Stock of CluckCorp. During 1994
CluckCorp repaid a portion of the CluckCorp Note in cash and the remaining
portion of the CluckCorp Note and certain advances were paid with the CluckCorp
Shares. The Company subsequently sold the CluckCorp Shares to JEB Investment
Corporation, a Texas corporation ("JEB") in exchange for a $1,800,000
promissory note executed by JEB as maker (the "JEB Note") bearing interest at
9% per annum, payable annually, with a final maturity date of June 30, 1996.
The JEB Note was secured by the CluckCorp Shares pursuant to a Pledge
Agreement. JEB defaulted on the payments required under the JEB Note. In May
1997, JEB and the Company executed an agreement whereby JEB relinquished all
right, title and interest in the CluckCorp Shares to the Company pursuant to
the Company's foreclosure rights in consideration for the Company relinquishing
all of its rights under the JEB Note. The Company sold the CluckCorp Shares
during the first and second quarters of fiscal 1998.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock as of October 1, 1997, by (i)
each person who beneficially owns 5% or more of the Common Stock, (ii) each
Director and named executive officer of the Company, and (iii) all officers and
Directors of the Company as a group. Unless otherwise noted, the persons and
entities named below have sole voting and investment power with respect to such
shares.
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Ghulam Bombaywala(1) 6,558,889 43.8%
Thomas J. Buckley 12,584 *
Michael S. Chadwick(2)(6) 124,444 *
Nico B. Letschert(3)(6) 311,554 2.1%
Philip M. Mount(4)(6) 37,222 *
Sarosh J. Collector(5)(6) 24,000 *
All officers and directors as a group (5 persons)(7) 7,051,109 47.1%
</TABLE>
* Indicates ownership of less than or equal to one percent of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company.
(1) Mr. Bombaywala's address is 11111 Wilcrest Green, Suite 350, Houston,
Texas 77042. Includes warrants to purchase 222,222 shares of Common Stock
issued in connection with the Company's Subordinated Notes. Includes
warrants to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock issued in connection
with the Company's 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes. It does not
include 7,500,000 shares rights of Common Stock issued in connection with
the Company's Conversion and Offset Agreement. These rights are
exercisable only with Board of Directors approval and possible
authorization of new common shares.
(2) Mr. Chadwick's address is 3100 Texas Commerce Tower, Houston, Texas
77002. Includes warrants to purchase 89,444 shares of Common Stock issued
in connection with the Company's Subordinated Notes.
(3) Includes 97,000 Series A Warrants, which may be converted into 97,000
shares of Common Stock upon payment of the $6.50 exercise price. Includes
warrants to purchase 45,000 shares of Preferred Stock, which Preferred
Stock is convertible into 56,250 shares of Common Stock. Includes
warrants to purchase 45,000 shares of Common Stock originally issued to
Noble under the terms of the 1993 Regulation S offering and subsequently
assigned to Mr. Letschert. Includes 21,000 shares of Common Stock
issuable to Mr. Letschert upon the conversion of $105,000 in Debenture
principle, at a conversion ratio of one share of Common Stock for each
$5.00 in principle converted. Mr. Letschert may acquire Debentures in the
principal amount of $105,000 upon the exercise of warrants originally
granted to Noble as placement agent for the Company's offering of
Debentures and subsequently assigned to Mr. Letschert. Includes warrants
to purchase 71,250 shares of Common Stock at $3 per share. Also includes
10,000 Series A Warrants which entitle Mr. Letschert to acquire 10,000
shares of Common Stock upon the payment of the exercise price of $6.50
per share. Mr. Letschert's address is 1801 Clint Moore Road, Suite 100,
Boca Raton, Florida 33487.
(4) Mr. Mount's address is 1600 Smith, Suite 3700, Houston, Texas 77002.
Includes warrants to purchase 22,222 shares of Common Stock issued in
connection with the Company's Subordinated Notes.
(5) Mr. Collector's address is 3000 Richmond Avenue, Suite 270, Houston,
Texas 77002.
(6) Includes options to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock granted
under the Company's Outside Director's Stock Option Plan.
(7) Does not include former Chief Financial Officer (resigned July 1997) Tom
Buckley's 12,584 shares or former President (resigned June 1997) Angelo
Pitillo's 12,382 shares owned.
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PROPOSAL THREE
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
FOR FISCAL 1998
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
On August 20, 1997, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. resigned as the Company's
principal independent accountant (hereafter referred to as "former principal
accountant"). The former principal accountant's report dated September 27, 1996
on the Company's financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1996
and July 2, 1995 was unqualified.
The decision to change accountants was approved by the Audit Committee
of the Company's Board of Directors.
During the Company's fiscal years ended July 2, 1995 and June 30, 1996
and the subsequent interim period through August 20, 1997 preceding the former
principal accountant's August 20, 1997 resignation, there were no disagreements
or reportable events with the former principal accountant on any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing
scope or procedure.
On August 26, 1997, the Company engaged Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp,
P.C. as its new principal accountant to audit the Company's financial statements
for the fiscal year ended June 29, 1997.
RATIFICATION OF ACCOUNTANTS
Although shareholder ratification and approval of the selection of Mann
Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C. as independent public accountants to audit the
Company's consolidated financial statements for fiscal 1998 is not required by
law or otherwise, in keeping with the Company's policy that its shareholders
should be entitled to a voice in this regard and as a matter of good corporate
practice, the Board of Directors is seeking ratification of this appointment. If
the appointment is not ratified, the Board of Directors must then determine
whether to appoint other auditors prior to the end of the current fiscal year,
and in such case, the opinions of shareholders will be taken into consideration.
Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C. expects to have representatives
present at the Meeting who will have the opportunity to make a statement, if
they desire to do so, and who will be available to respond to appropriate
questions.
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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Shareholders are entitled to submit proposals on matters appropriate
for shareholder action consistent with the requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Should a shareholder intend to present a proposal at the
1998 Annual Meeting, the proposal must be in writing and received by the
Company's Corporate Secretary at 11111 Wilcrest Green, Suite 350, Houston, Texas
77042, on or before August 31, 1998, to be eligible for inclusion in the
Company's 1998 Proxy materials. Among such requirements, the shareholder
submitting the proposal must be the record or beneficial owner of either 1% or
$1,000 in market value of the Company's Common Stock for one year.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other matters to be brought
before the Meeting. If, however, any other matters are properly brought before
the Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed Proxy will have discretionary
authority to vote all Proxies in accordance with their best judgment.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
A COPY OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FILED WITH THE
COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 29, 1997, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES THERETO, AND A LIST OF EXHIBITS FILED THEREWITH, IS
BEING PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY'S SHAREHOLDERS TOGETHER WITH THIS PROXY STATEMENT.
EXHIBITS TO THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K WILL BE FURNISHED ONLY IF
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IN WRITING AND UPON PAYMENT TO THE COMPANY OF REASONABLE
COPYING AND HANDLING CHARGES. REQUESTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE COMPANY'S
CORPORATE SECRETARY, 11111 WILCREST GREEN, SUITE 350, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77042. THE
COMPANY IS ALSO PROVIDING ITS SHAREHOLDERS WITH A COPY OF ITS QUARTERLY REPORT
ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 28, 1997, WHICH WAS
PREVIOUSLY FILED WITH THE COMMISSION.
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following portions of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended June 29, 1997, are incorporated by reference in this Proxy Statement:
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(i) Item 1. Description of Business;
(ii) Item 2. Description of Property;
(iii) Item 3. Legal Proceedings;
(iv) Item 5. Market For Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters;
(v) Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data;
(vi) Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations; and
(vii) Item 8. Financial Statements.
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Part 1 - Financial Information on the Company's Form 10-Q for the first
quarter ended September 28, 1997 is also incorporated herein by reference.
Shareholders are referred to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the financial and other information about
the Company referred to above. The rest of the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are not considered to be a part of this Proxy
Statement.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GHULAM M. BOMBAYWALA
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Houston, Texas
December 19, 1997
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APPENDIX A
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 4.04 of the Texas Business
Corporation Act, Watermarc Food Management Co., the undersigned corporation
(the "Corporation") adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its
Restated Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENT
The following amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation was adopted by the Shareholders of the Corporation on January 23,
1998, in order to provide for the issuance of additional shares of common
stock.
Article Four, Section 1 of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE FOUR
CAPITALIZATION, PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS AND VOTING
Section 1. Authorized Shares. The Corporation shall have authority to
issue two classes of shares to be designated respectively, "Common Stock" and
"Preferred Stock". The total number of shares which the Corporation is
authorized to issue is FIFTY-FIVE MILLION (55,000,000) shares of which
FIFTY MILLION (50,000,000) shall be Common Stock and FIVE MILLION (5,000,000)
shall be Preferred Stock. Each share of Common Stock shall have a par value
of FIVE CENTS ($.05), and each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value
of ONE DOLLAR ($1.00).
ARTICLE TWO
OUTSTANDING SHARES
The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of such
adoption was _______ shares of Common Stock, $.05 par value per share; and the
number of shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon was __________.
ARTICLE THREE
VOTE
The number of shares voted for and against such amendment was as follows:
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EXECUTED this _____ day of January, 1998.
WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
By:
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Ghulam M. Bombaywala, Chief Executive Officer
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
PROXY SOLICITED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ANNUAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JANUARY 23, 1998
The undersigned shareholder of Watermarc Food Management Co. (the "Company")
hereby appoints Ghulam M. Bombaywala as attorney and proxy of the undersigned,
with full power of substitution, to vote, as designated below, the number of
shares that the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held at the Billy Blues
Bar & Grill located at 6025 Richmond Avenue, Houston, Texas 77057 at 3:00 p.m.,
local time, on January 23, 1998, on the matters specified below or on such other
business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or
postponement thereof.
1. Proposal to amend the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to
increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, $0.05 par value,
from 20,000,000 to 50,000,000.
[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN
2. FOR the election as a director of all nominees listed below (except as marked
to the contrary below).
[ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed below.
NOMINEES: Ghulam M. Bombaywala, Michael S. Chadwick, Sarosh J. Collector,
Nico B. Letschert and Philip M. Mount
INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR INDIVIDUAL NOMINEES, WRITE
THEIR NAMES IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.
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3. Proposal to ratify the appointment of Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C. as
the Independent Public Accountants of the Company for fiscal 1998.
[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN
4. In their discretion, upon such other matters as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
THIS PROXY MUST BE DATED AND SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE
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This Proxy, when property executed, will be voted in the manner directed
herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this Proxy will
be voted FOR the proposal to amend the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, $0.05
par value, from 20,000,000 to 50,000,000, FOR all nominees as directors, FOR the
proposal to ratify the appointment of Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C. as the
independent public accountants of the Company for fiscal 1998 and in accordance
with the discretion of the person designated above with respect to any other
business properly before the meeting.
Please sign exactly as your name appears on this Proxy Card. When signing as
attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or corporate or partnership
official, please give full title as such and the full name of the entity on
behalf of whom you are signing. If a partnership, please sign in partnership
name by authorized person.
Dated: --------------- ,199 --
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Signature of Shareholder
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Signature if held jointly
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 29, 1997
Commission File No. 0-20143
WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
(Name of Registrant in Its Charter)
TEXAS 74-2605598
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
11111 WILCREST GREEN, SUITE 350 77042
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (713) 783-0500
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Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None
Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
COMMON STOCK, $.05 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
(Title of Class)
9% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, $1.00 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
(Title of Class)
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Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant
to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
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As of October 1, 1997, the aggregate market value of the Common Stock
held by non-affiliates of the issuer was approximately $1,706,000 based on
the average bid and ask prices of $.22 per share of Common Stock as quoted
in the NASDAQ SmallCap Market. As of October 1, 1997, 14,263,230 shares of
the issuer's Common Stock and 329,540 shares of the issuer's Preferred Stock
were outstanding, respectively.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
No documents, other than certain exhibits, have been incorporated by
reference in this report.
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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS.
GENERAL
As of June 29, 1997, Watermarc Food Management Co., a Texas corporation,
(the "Company"), owned and operated, both directly and through subsidiaries,
full-service restaurants under the names Marco's Mexican Restaurants (the
"Marco's Restaurants"), The Original Pasta Co. Restaurants (the "Pasta Co.
Restaurants"), Billy Blues Barbecue Bar & Grill (the "Billy Blues Restaurant")
and Longhorn Cafe. During the first quarter 1998, the Longhorn Cafe was sold to
an unaffiliated party. See "Concepts and Menus".
The Company was organized as Billy Blues Food Corporation, a Texas
corporation, on June 17, 1991 to develop, own and operate restaurants and to
produce and market a uniquely flavored barbecue sauce. In March of 1995, the
name was changed to Watermarc Food Management Co. In the fourth quarter of
fiscal 1994, the Company acquired twenty one Marco's Restaurants. Two Marco's
Restaurants have been subsequently built and one non-performing Marco's
Restaurant sold. In the third quarter of fiscal 1994, the Company acquired
Chris' & Pitt's Bar-B-Q Sauce, a medium priced barbecue sauce product line. In
the third quarter of fiscal 1996, the Company acquired ten Pasta Co.
Restaurants. Furthermore, the Company opened three new Pasta Co. restaurants in
fiscal 1996 and four new restaurants in fiscal 1997. Unless the context
requires otherwise, references to the "Company" refer to Watermarc Food
Management Co., its predecessors and subsidiaries.
CONCEPTS AND MENUS
MARCO'S RESTAURANTS. Marco's Restaurants are full service restaurants
that feature high quality, moderately priced Mexican food. The style and decor
of Marco's Restaurants are distinctive and colorful and are designed to present
a Mexican style motif in a family oriented environment. Marco's Restaurants
have a standardized menu with a variety of offerings, including Black Angus
beef fajitas, tacos, enchiladas and numerous appetizers. Entrees range in price
from $5.49 to $12.99. Marco's Restaurants also offer a full service bar
specializing in various flavored margaritas, as well as numerous brands of
Mexican and domestic beer and wine. The restaurants are open for lunch and
dinner seven days a week. A typical Marco's Restaurant consists of 4,000 to
6,000 square feet for dining and bar facilities, and has a seating capacity for
175 to 300 patrons. The decorative scheme in each restaurant incorporates a
centrally located Tortilla Room where tortillas are prepared and served fresh
to the customer. The exterior design of the Marco's Restaurants normally
conforms to the shopping center in which it is located. The restaurants have
varying floor plans and configurations. As of June 29, 1997, the Company had a
total of twenty-two Marco's Restaurants in operation in Southeast Texas,
including the Houston metropolitan area, College Station, Victoria, and Lake
Jackson, Texas.
PASTA CO. RESTAURANTS. Pasta Co. Restaurants are distinctive, colorful,
Italian-style, family oriented restaurants that feature full-service and offer
moderately priced food and beverages. The restaurants include a brick oven for
the preparation of pizzas, as well as a cooking area where entrees are
produced. Both the oven and the cooking area are visible to customers. The
Pasta Co. Restaurants offer a wide variety of appetizers, soups, salads, pasta
and other entrees, pizzas, desserts and beverages. The restaurants specialize
in generous portions at reasonable prices, with any item on the menu available
for $7.99 or less. A children's menu is also available. Beverages sold consist
of coffee, tea, sodas, bottled water, espresso, cappuccino, beer and wine. Most
menu items are available for take-out. As of June 29, 1997, the Company had a
total of seventeen Pasta Co. Restaurants in operation, all of which were
located in Southeast Texas. The exterior of each of the locations generally
conforms to that of the center of which it is located, with the restaurant's
name and logo prominently displayed. In addition, numerous windows make the
restaurants more inviting from the outside and lighter and brighter on the
inside. Decor items, ingredients and produce displayed on shelves and cases
throughout the restaurants give the impression of an open-air Italian
marketplace. Typical units are approximately 3,600 to 4,000 square feet each,
and most have an outside patio of approximately 400 additional square feet. The
units have seating capacities of 160 to 200 persons. The restaurants are open
for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
BILLY BLUES RESTAURANT AND LONGHORN CAFE. Billy Blues Restaurant and
Longhorn Cafe (collectively, the "Barbecue Restaurants") generate an exciting
and vibrant "Texas Roadhouse" ambiance enhanced by recorded and
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live music, Texas artifacts, neon signage and other memorabilia. The Company's
Barbecue Restaurants feature Texas-style barbecue, steak and other entrees
served in an informal, lively atmosphere intended to appeal to a broad customer
base. The Barbecue Restaurants offer a limited, moderately priced menu of
freshly prepared foods made with high quality ingredients, with full bar
service in a casual atmosphere. As of June 29, 1997, two Barbecue Restaurants,
one operated as Billy Blues Restaurant and one as Longhorn Cafe, were in
operation in Texas.
The Billy Blues Restaurant consists of approximately 8,000 square feet
for dining and bar/entertainment facilities. The restaurant has dining and bar
seating capacity for 240 customers and features a night club called the "Blues
Room" which seats an additional 200 customers. A section of the restaurant is
used for the display and retail sale of Billy Blues Barbecue Sauce and novelty
items featuring the Billy Blues name and logo, including T-shirts, caps and
sweat shirts. The decorative scheme incorporates memorabilia associated with
blues music, focusing on legendary blues figures, photographs, musical
instruments and framed newspaper and other articles relating to the blues
musical culture. The Billy Blues Restaurant serves dinner with full bar
service, featuring a moderately priced, limited menu of high quality smoked
barbecue and other entrees. Entrees range in price from $7.95 to $16.95. In the
Blues Room, full bar service is provided and patrons can enjoy a light snack or
an entire meal with cocktails while being entertained by a blues band or
recorded blues music.
The Longhorn Cafe serves lunch and dinner and features a variety of high
quality, moderately priced menu items featuring Black Angus steaks, fresh
grilled red fish and homemade stuffed jalapenos with full bar service and also
offers several specialty appetizers and homemade desserts. The specialty is
chicken fried steak served with cream gravy and french fries. Entrees range in
price from $5.95 to $14.95. The decor includes wooden booths and tables with an
open layout permitting customers to view the bar and Texas memorabilia. During
the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the Longhorn Cafe was sold to an unaffiliated
party.
FOOD PRODUCTS. The Company also produces and markets two brands of
barbecue sauce products and a spice rub, Billy Blues Barbecue Sauce, Chris' &
Pitt's Bar-B-Q Sauce and Chris' & Pitt's Spice Rub. Billy Blues Barbecue Sauce
is a tangy, coffee-spiked formulation packaged in three different flavors and
is available in supermarkets and other retail outlets. Chris' & Pitt's Bar-B-Q
Sauce is packaged in six different flavors and is available in supermarkets and
other retail outlets located primarily in the State of California. The Company
also markets and packages its Chris' & Pitt's Bar-B-Q Sauce products for food
service distribution to restaurant chains and commissaries. The Company
periodically engages in advertising campaigns to enhance customer awareness of
barbecue sauce products in the areas where they are currently available in
supermarkets and other retail outlets.
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The Company currently engages, on an order to order basis, an
unaffiliated food processor and packaging company (the "Co-Packer") in
Riverside, California for the processing and packaging of its food product
lines. Under its production arrangement with the Co-Packer, the Co-Packer
procures all ingredients and packaging materials, and performs product
preparation and packing at an agreed upon price. The Company engages food
brokers to assist in selling its products to regional and national supermarket
chains. The Company generally pays its food brokers a 5% commission on the
amount they sell. To date, the Company's food brokers have accounted for most
of the Company's sales to supermarket chains. To achieve greater market
penetration, the Company intends to expand its food broker network. The Company
utilizes a distribution warehouse in California and another in Texas for
storage of products. The Company pays handling and storage fees based on the
actual monthly volume shipped to the warehouse. The Company contracts with
independent freight carriers for the delivery of its product lines, or provides
special pricing for customers who pick up the product at a storage warehouse.
The Company's product lines are distributed to supermarkets either through: (1)
direct shipment to a supermarket chain warehouse which then distributes to its
individual supermarkets from the warehouse; (2) direct shipment to an
independent grocery warehouse, which performs the same function as a
supermarket chain warehouse for a fee; or (3) an independent food distributor
who picks up the products at the storage warehouse and delivers directly to the
supermarkets. A fee is paid to the food distributor based on volume. The
Company generally sells its food products pursuant to customer purchase orders
and usually fills the orders within approximately ten days of receipt. Because
orders are filled shortly after receipt, backlog is not material to the
Company's business.
Food product revenues, as a percent of total revenues, for the last three
fiscal years ended June 29, 1997, June 30, 1996 and July 2, 1995 were 4.9%,
7.2% and 8.1% respectively. Even though the Company believes it has achieved
limited consumer awareness and market acceptance of its food products, there
can be no assurance that either of the Company's product lines will ever
achieve significant consumer acceptance or that supermarket and other retail
chains will re-order the Company's food products.
GROWTH STRATEGY
Historically, the Company's primary growth strategy has been to expand
its restaurant and barbecue sauce operations through internal growth and by
acquiring businesses with concepts and themes compatible with the Company's
operations. This strategy was evidenced by the Company's acquisition in March
1994 of the Chris & Pitts Bar-B-Q Sauce line, in July 1994 of Marco's Mexican
Restaurants, Inc. which owned and operated twenty one Marco's Restaurants, and
in January 1996 of The Original Pasta Co. which owned and operated ten Pasta
Co. Restaurants. In addition, the Company has developed a franchise program to
expand the Pasta Co. restaurant concept outside of the Houston, Texas
metropolitan area. As of June 29, 1997 the Company had not yet sold any
franchises.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, management was reorganized.
Previously successful management was engaged to restore the Company to
profitability. Ghulam M. Bombaywala, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, has been elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
The Company's new growth strategy for fiscal 1998 includes the following:
o Controlling food and labor costs.
o Outsourcing labor intensive food preparation processes.
o Increasing restaurant sales through targeted marketing.
o Instituting store management incentives correlating to increased
store performance.
o Increasing customer satisfaction with intensive employee training.
o Remodeling certain Marco's Restaurants.
o Franchising Marco's Restaurants and Pasta Co. Restaurants.
o Closing or selling non-performing restaurants.
o Favorably renegotiating expiring restaurant leases.
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MARCO'S RESTAURANTS. During fiscal 1997, the Company remodeled three
existing restaurants. The restaurants were remodeled after the new prototype
which was introduced in the most recently opened units. These units are
brighter, more upbeat, more entertaining and are expected to position Marco's
Restaurants to be more competitive. The Company plans to continue remodeling
Marco's restaurants from available cash flow at a rate of one restaurant every
three to four months. Additionally, a training coordinator will be focusing on
intensive employee training to better satisfy Marco's customers. In June 1997,
the Company sold one Marco's Restaurant location due to poor operating
performance. The restaurant continues to be operated as a Marco's Restaurant
pursuant to a license agreement. The Company anticipates selling three Marco's
Restaurants during fiscal 1998.
PASTA CO. RESTAURANTS. During fiscal 1997, four new Pasta Co. Restaurants
were opened in Texas. One new Pasta Co. restaurant was opened in the first
quarter of fiscal 1998. Growth in the Pasta Co. concept should be achieved by
concentrating on increasing customer satisfaction, focusing on controlling food
costs and outsourcing labor intensive food preparation processes as a measure
to reduce costs and maximize revenue. Outsourcing products will also aid in
achieving product consistency from restaurant to restaurant.
BARBECUE RESTAURANTS. The Company does not plan to expand its Barbecue
Restaurant concepts. As a measure to reduce costs and maximize revenues, the
Billy Blues Restaurant no longer serves lunch. It is now open exclusively for
dinner and evening entertainment. During the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the
Longhorn Cafe was sold to an unaffiliated party. The Company anticipates
selling the Billy Blues Restaurant in fiscal 1998.
FRANCHISING PROGRAM. To date, no restaurants have been franchised. The
Company intends to establish an aggressive franchise program for Marco's
Restaurants and Pasta Co. Restaurants during fiscal 1998. Management believes
that franchising will provide significant growth for the Company in upcoming
years.
FOOD PRODUCTS. The Company currently markets two brands of barbecue sauce
products and a spice rub. The Company's strategy to increase food product sales
includes reinforcing existing markets, including recapturing lost commercial
customers, expanding distribution to new market areas (primarily in the Sun
Belt states), introducing more aggressive marketing programs, adding methods of
distribution and developing new products.
PROPOSED ACQUISITIONS. The Company continues to investigate possible
acquisition candidates in the restaurant industry, but does not currently have
any arrangements, undertakings or commitments with respect to any acquisition.
RESTAURANT LOCATIONS AND SITE SELECTION
The Company believes that the locations of its restaurants are critical
to its long-term success. Senior management devotes significant time and
resources to analyzing each respective site. The Company utilizes, and
continually enhances, specific site selection criteria which focuses on local
demographics such as target population, density and household income levels;
specific site characteristics such as visibility, accessibility and traffic
volume; proximity to activity centers; parking availability; and potential
competition in the area. Currently, all restaurants are located in Texas.
The Company periodically reevaluates restaurant sites to ensure that site
selection attributes have not deteriorated below minimum standards. In the
event site deterioration occurs, the Company makes a concerted effort to
improve the restaurant's performance by providing physical, operating and
marketing enhancements unique to each restaurant's situation. If efforts to
restore the restaurant's performance to acceptable minimum standards are
unsuccessful, the Company considers relocation to a proximate, more desirable
site, or evaluates closing the restaurant if the Company's criteria, such as
return on investment and area demographic data, do not support a relocation.
Since inception through June 29, 1997, the Company has closed or sold nine
restaurants, including four in fiscal 1997, which were performing below the
Company's standards primarily due to declining trade area demographics. In
addition, the Board of Directors of the Company in late fiscal 1997 approved a
strategic plan targeted to support the Company's long-term growth objectives.
The plan focuses on continued
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development of those restaurant concepts that have the greatest return potential
for the Company and its shareholders. In conjunction with this plan, one
concept, Pete's Hospitality Co., Inc. and its related restaurants, was sold to
the Company's former President (see "Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions") and the Company anticipates selling its barbecue restaurant
concept. These and future closings will be key to a successful reallocation of
resources to the stronger performing concepts.
The following table provides information with respect to the restaurants
which were owned and operated by the Company as of June 29, 1997:
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The Original Pasta Co. 17 3,600 - 4,200
Billy Blues Bar & Grill 1 8,000
Longhorn Cafe 1 2,500
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UNIT ECONOMICS
The average initial cash investment (including leasehold improvements,
furniture and fixtures, equipment, food and beverage inventory, and other pre-
opening expenses) for each Marco's Restaurant and Pasta Co. Restaurant is
approximately $350,000 to $500,000 with pre-opening expenses projected to be
approximately $50,000 for each future restaurant. All of the Company's
restaurants are leased.
RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES. The management staff of the Company's
restaurants consists of a general manager and assistant managers. Each Marco's
Restaurant employs 20 to 30 hourly employees. Each Pasta Co. Restaurant employs
approximately 40 to 50 hourly employees. Each Barbecue Restaurant employs
approximately 50 to 70 hourly employees. At all of the restaurants, the general
manager has the primary responsibility for the day to day operations of the
restaurant and is required to comply with Company established operating
standards. Many of the hourly employees work part-time.
SUPERVISION AND TRAINING. The Company employs general managers with
significant experience in the food service industry. Executive management of
the Company regularly visits the restaurants to insure that the Company's
concept, strategy and standards of quality are being adhered to in all aspects
of restaurant operations. The restaurant general manager and designated
personnel of the Company are responsible for selecting and training the
employees for each restaurant. The training period for new employees lasts
approximately five days and is characterized by on the job supervision by an in
store trainer. Ongoing employee training remains the responsibility of the
restaurant general manager. Written tests and physical observation are used to
evaluate each employee's performance. In addition, a training coordinator has
been hired to focus on improving customer satisfaction through better employee
training for the Marco's Restaurant concept.
PURCHASING AND SUPPLIES. Management negotiates directly with suppliers
for food and beverage products to insure uniform quality and adequate supplies
and to obtain competitive prices. The Company purchases substantially all food
and beverage products and novelty items from local or national suppliers. The
Company does not anticipate any difficulty in continuing to obtain food and
beverage requirements within the localities in which the Company currently
operates.
ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION. The Company pursues advertising and
promotional opportunities within each of its restaurant's geographic locales,
relying principally on the direct mailing of coupons, newspaper, and radio. In
addition, the Company has instituted an intense, targeted marketing effort
focusing on individual locations with poor operating performance. Location
specific research and targeted marketing efforts are being implemented.
RESTAURANT REPORTING. Each restaurant has a stand-alone point of sales
system monitored by its management. The restaurant's staff prepares daily cash
and other reports regarding sales, inventory, sales mix, labor cost and
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the number of customers. Daily reports are forwarded to the Company's corporate
offices in Houston, Texas where weekly summaries of all reported data are
analyzed by the Company's key management.
COMPETITION
The restaurant industry is intensely competitive with respect to price,
service, location and food quality. There are many well established competitors
with substantially greater financial and other resources than the Company. Most
of the Company's competitors have been in existence for substantially longer
periods than the Company and are more established in the markets where the
Company's restaurants are located. The Company's competitors have achieved
significant national, regional and local brand name and product recognition and
engage in extensive advertising and promotional programs, both generally and in
response to efforts by additional competitors to enter new markets or introduce
new products. The restaurant business is often characterized by a high failure
rate and affected by changes in consumer tastes and discretionary spending,
national, regional and local economic conditions, demographic trends, traffic
patterns, and the type, number and location of competing restaurants. Any
change in these factors could adversely affect the Company's restaurant
operations. Multi-unit foodservice operations such as those of the Company can
also be substantially affected by adverse publicity resulting from food
quality, illness, injury, health concerns, or operating issues stemming from a
single restaurant. The Company attempts to manage these factors, but the
occurrence of any one of these factors could cause the Company to be adversely
affected.
TRADEMARKS
The mark "Marco's Mexican Restaurants" was registered in the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office on January 15, 1991 and in the State of Texas in 1987. The
mark "The Original Pasta Co." was registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office on October 8, 1996. The Billy Blues Barbecue Bar & Grill and Billy Blues
Barbecue Sauce logos were registered in the State of Texas in 1991. The Chris'
& Pitt's mark and logo were registered prior to the Company's acquisition of
the Chris' & Pitt's product line. The mark "Billy Blues" was registered in the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on November 17, 1992 as a service mark for
restaurant and bar services. The mark "Billy Blues" as a trademark for the
Company's barbecue sauce was registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
on October 13, 1992. The Company has no reason to believe that there are any
conflicting rights which might impair the Company's use of its marks; however,
there can be no assurance that such conflicting rights do not exist. The
Company believes that these trademarks are valuable to the operation of its
restaurants and marketing of its food products. The Company's policy is to
pursue registration of its marks whenever possible and to vigorously oppose any
infringement of its marks.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
RESTAURANT OPERATIONS. The Company is subject to various federal, state
and local laws and regulations and administrative policies affecting its
business and must comply with provisions regulating health and sanitation,
equal employment, minimum wages and licensing for the sale of food and
alcoholic beverages. Difficulties or failures in obtaining or maintaining the
required licenses or approvals could adversely affect the operations of
existing restaurants or delay or prevent the opening of new restaurants.
Approximately 15% of the revenues generated by the Marco's Restaurants are
attributable to the sale of alcoholic beverages, while approximately 7% of the
revenues generated by the Pasta Co. Restaurant and approximately 25% of the
revenues generated by the Barbecue Restaurants are the result of the sale of
alcoholic beverages. The service of alcoholic beverages is material to the
business of the Company. Alcoholic beverage control regulations require each of
the Company's restaurants to apply to a state authority and, in certain
locations, county or municipal authorities, for a license or permit to sell
alcoholic beverages on the premises and to provide service for extended hours
and on Sundays. Typically, licenses must be renewed annually and may be revoked
or suspended for cause at any time. The Company does not anticipate
experiencing any delays or other problems in obtaining or renewing licenses or
permits to sell alcoholic beverages; however, the failure to receive or retain,
or a delay in obtaining, a liquor license in a particular location could
adversely affect the Company's operations in that location. The Company
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may be subject in certain states to "dram-shop" statutes or common laws, which
generally provide a person injured by an intoxicated person the right to
recover damages from an establishment which wrongfully served alcoholic
beverages to the intoxicated person. The Company carries liquor liability
insurance.
The Company's restaurant operations are also subject to federal and state
minimum wage laws governing such matters as working conditions, overtime and
tip credits; the Immigration and Naturalization Act, which governs employee
citizenship requirements; and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which
governs non-discriminating employment practices and reasonable accommodations
for disabled persons, both employees and customers. Significant numbers of the
Company's food service and preparation personnel are paid at rates related to
the federal minimum wage and, accordingly, future increases in the minimum wage
or decreases in the allowable tip credit will increase the Company's labor
costs.
FOOD PRODUCT OPERATIONS. The Company's and the Co-Packer's food
processing activities are subject to extensive regulation by the United States
Food and Drug Administration, and by other state and local authorities. The
Company believes that it is currently in compliance with all governmental laws
and regulations and that the Company has all material permits and licenses
relating to its food processing operations. The Company has no reason to
believe that the Co-Packer is not in substantial compliance with all material
governmental laws and regulations and believes that the Co-Packer has all
material permits and licenses relating to its food processing operations.
Nevertheless, there can be no assurance that the Company or the Co-Packer will
continue to be in substantial compliance with current laws and regulations or
that the Company or the Co-Packer will be able to comply with any future laws
and regulations. Failure by the Company or the Co-Packer to comply with
applicable laws and regulations could subject the Company to civil remedies,
including fines, injunctions, recalls or seizures which could have a material
adverse effect on the Company.
Federal, state and local environmental regulations are not expected to
have a material effect on the Company's operations, but more stringent and
varied requirements of local governmental bodies with respect to zoning, land
use and environmental factors may restrict the Company's site selection for new
restaurants.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION. The Company has elected to be a non-subscriber
under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. The Company offers, at no cost to
the employees, a Voluntary Employee Injury Benefit Plan ("Benefit Plan") which
provides certain benefits to employees injured during the course and scope of
their employment. The Benefit Plan is funded out of the general assets of the
Company. Management believes that the Benefit Plan will decrease the Company's
overall net cost in future periods. Management intends to review this election
on an annual basis. The Company does not believe it would encounter any
impediments if it elected in the future to become a subscriber under the Texas
Workers' Compensation Act. The Company does not believe that personal injury
claims by current or former employees of the Company, either individually or in
the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company, its
properties or business. The Company does not maintain a reserve fund for
potential claims, but carries catastrophic loss coverage with a limit of
$1,000,000 and a deductible of $150,000 per incident.
EMPLOYEES
At October 1, 1997, the Company employed 1,840 persons of whom 30 are
management and administrative personnel, 130 are restaurant management
personnel, with the remainder serving as hourly restaurant employees. The
Company intends to increase its management and clerical staff as needed. The
Company is not a party to a collective bargaining agreement and considers its
relationship with its employees to be satisfactory.
ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.
As of June 29, 1997, the Company leases all of its Marco's Restaurants,
Pasta Co. Restaurants and Barbecue Restaurants. The leases have terms that
expire between 1997 and 2012 and have an average remaining term of
approximately seven years. The Company obtains real estate and develops its
restaurants using three methods: (i) leasing land and constructing the
restaurant (a "ground lease"); (ii) leasing the land and building (a
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"land/building lease"); or (iii) leasing a "shell" where the landlord may or
may not contribute to the construction of the improvements (a "shell lease").
The method the Company pursues is determined on an individual site basis,
depending on the cost and location of the property and the negotiations between
the Company and the owner of the desired property. Of the Company's
restaurants, one is a ground lease, four are land/building leases, and thirty-
six are shell leases.
The leases generally provide for rental rates based upon a stated minimum
rental and percentage rent payments based upon a certain sales base. The
Company's monthly lease cost for its restaurants ranges from approximately
$4,000 to $9,000 per month. Under substantially all of its leases, the Company
is required to pay real estate taxes, insurance, and maintenance expenses.
The Company's executive office is located in approximately 12,300 square
feet of leased space in Houston, Texas.
The Company considers that its properties are suitable, adequate, well-
maintained and sufficient for the operations contemplated.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
During the second quarter of fiscal 1997, a lawsuit filed by John
Coleman, a former officer of the Company, for wrongful termination, intentional
infliction of emotional distress and breach of employment contract was settled
out of court for an immaterial amount payable to Mr. Coleman. The Company does
not admit any liability by settling this case. The Company believes that it was
in its best interests financially, based on projected defense costs, to settle
this case.
The Company is not a party to any litigation other than ordinary routine
matters which are incidental to the Company's business. The Company believes
that no current legal proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will
have a material adverse effect upon the Company or its business.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders of the Company
during the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
The Company's Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market under
the symbol of WAMA. The following table sets forth the range of low and high
closing bid prices for the Company's Common Stock for the periods indicated as
reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated. These prices represent
inter-dealer prices, without adjustment for retail mark-ups, mark-downs or
commissions and do not necessarily represent actual transactions.
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Common Stock
Bid Price
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<S> <C> <C>
Fiscal Year 1996 Low High
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First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.56 2.50
Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25 2.06
Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 1.88
Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 1.25
Fiscal Year 1997 Low High
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First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 1.06
Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 1.31
Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 .75
Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 .50
</TABLE>
On October 1, 1997, the closing bid price for the Company's Common Stock
was $.22 per share. As of October 1, 1997, 14,263,230 shares of the Company's
Common Stock were outstanding; provided, however, subject to certain conditions,
the Company has agreed to issue to Ghulam M. Bombaywala, Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, 7,500,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock. (See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.")
The Company believes that the actual number of security holders of the Company's
Common Stock is approximately 2,000 holders, including beneficial owners.
The Company has neither paid nor declared any cash dividends on its
shares of Common Stock since inception. The Board of Directors intends to
retain earnings of the Company to support operations and to finance expansion
and does not intend to pay dividends on its shares of Common Stock for the
foreseeable future. The payment of cash dividends in the future will depend
upon such factors as earnings levels, capital requirements, the Company's
financial condition and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of
Directors. The Company is required to pay dividends on its Preferred Stock
before any dividends can be paid on the Common Stock.
With respect to recent sales of unregistered securities and a description
thereof, reference is made to Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Liquidity and Capital
Resources.
Recent amendments adopted to the listing requirements for NASDAQ Small Cap
companies may result in the delisting of the Company's Common Stock, Preferred
Stock and Warrants from NASDAQ. To remain listed on NASDAQ, the Company's
shares must trade at $1.00 or above. The Company plans a substantial reverse
stock split in fiscal 1998 to attempt to maintain its NASDAQ listing. There is
no assurance that the reverse stock split will have the intended effect of
increasing the market price for the Company's Common Stock. In addition, NASDAQ
has proposed certain other conditions for continued listing which may not be met
by the Company, including a standard for minimum tangible net worth of
$2,000,000 which is not met by the Company at this time and which cannot be met
by the Company without obtaining substantial equity capital. If the Company is
unable to maintain its listings on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, it will pursue
the trading of its shares on the OTC Bulletin Board or otherwise in the
non-NASDAQ over-the-counter market in what is commonly referred to as the
electronic bulletin board and the "pink sheets". If the Company is unable to
maintain its NASDAQ Small Cap listing, shareholders may find it more difficult
to dispose of or obtain accurate quotations as to the value of the Company's
securities.
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ITEM 6. SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA.
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FISCAL YEAR
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
(in thousands, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING DATA:
Revenues $49,125 $40,129 $37,652 $37,008 $27,712
Net Income (Loss) (10,913) $49 ($7,037) ($8,360) ($4,483)
Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share * ($0.83) ($0.02) ($0.82) ($1.10) ($0.68)
BALANCE SHEET DATA (end of period)
Total Assets $16,715 $25,865 $17,672 $20,133 $12,916
Long-term Debt $ 4,985 $10,768 $1,709 $1,507 $988
</TABLE>
* After giving effect to preferred stock dividends.
NOTE: Cash dividends have never been paid on Common Stock.
The following lists significant items that may affect the comparability
of the above selected financial data:
o Early in the third quarter of fiscal 1996, ten Pasta Co. restaurants were
acquired (See Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions".)
The Pasta Co. contributed approximately $5 million in revenues in fiscal
1996 and approximately $14 million in revenues in fiscal 1997.
o In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1995 and during fiscal 1996 four Billy
Blues Restaurants and one Longhorn Cafe Restaurant were closed or sold
reducing revenues for 1996 by approximately $2.5 million.
o In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1994 the Marco's Restaurants were
acquired. Marco's contributed approximately $22 million in revenues in
fiscal 1994 and approximately $23 million in revenues in fiscal 1995.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
GENERAL
Effective July 1, 1994, the Company exchanged 4,600,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock for all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
Marco's Mexican Restaurants, Inc. ("Marco's"). The merger was accounted for as a
pooling-of-interests and, accordingly, the Company's Consolidated Financial
Statements have been restated for all periods prior to the merger to combine
the financial position and results of operations of Marco's with the Company.
For additional information concerning business combinations, see Note 2 to
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Additionally, the Company acquired
The Original Pasta Co. on January 26, 1996, Pete's Hospitality on August 24,
1993 and the Chris' & Pitt's product line on March 25, 1994. These acquisitions
have been accounted for as purchases and, accordingly, the Company's
Consolidated Financial Statements include the results of operations of the
acquired companies from their respective dates of acquisition.
During fiscal 1997 the general economy was upbeat. Southeast Texas also
has been rebounding from depressed times. The restaurant industry in general is
supported by a positive economy yet the average failure
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rate in the restaurant business is approximately one in ten in part due to
changing customer tastes, trade demographics and fierce competition. During the
fiscal year the Company spent approximately $500,000 trying a new marketing
strategy using television and radio and temporarily suspended coupon marketing.
The Company had previously been successful using direct mail coupons and
newspaper coupons. The television and radio marketing was not successful. The
Company has returned to coupon marketing and has experienced a small increase in
comparative sales during the first quarter of fiscal 1998 compared to the same
period in fiscal 1997. The Company believes it is in a favorable position within
its market with a strong price to value relationship. The Company continues to
be competitive by additionally offering the consumer healthy alternatives and
daily dinner/lunch specials at an attractive price. Furthermore, the Company
intends to continue its remodeling of its Marco's concept.
The Company utilizes a 52-53 week fiscal year which ends on the Sunday
closest to June 30. References to 1997, 1996 and 1995 are all 52 week periods
ended June 29, 1997, June 30, 1996 and July 2, 1995 respectively.
At the end of each fiscal year, the Company had the following restaurants
in operation:
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<CAPTION>
Restaurants: 1997 1996 1995
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Marco's Mexican Restaurants 22 23 22
Pasta Co. Restaurants 17 13 -
Billy Blues Restaurant 1 1 3
Longhorn Cafe 1 1 2
Pete's Restaurants 0 2 2
Hotspurs 0 1 1
--- -- --
Total 41 41 30
=== === ===
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth for the periods indicated (i) operating
results as a percentage of total revenues and (ii) selected operating data.
The Company's revenues are derived from restaurant sales and food product
sales to third party retail outlets. Certain costs and expenses relate only to
restaurant sales (food and beverage, restaurant labor and other operations) or
food products (cost of food products), while other operating costs and expenses
relate to both restaurant and food products (general and administrative and
depreciation and amortization).
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<CAPTION>
Percentage Change
Fiscal Year -------------------
------------------------------ 1997 vs 1996 vs
1997 1996 1995 1996 1995
------ ------ ------ ------- ------
Statements of Operations Data:
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Restaurants 95.1% 92.8% 91.9% 25.5% 7.6%
Food products 4.9 7.2 8.1 (17.6) ( 4.9)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total revenues 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 22.4% 6.6%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of restaurant food and beverage 25.5 27.3 27.8 14.5 4.6
Cost of restaurant labor 29.2 28.3 30.6 26.2 (1.4)
Cost of other operations 36.0 25.5 26.6 72.9 2.0
Cost of food products 4.6 6.6 8.5 (15.5) (17.7)
General and administrative 8.9 6.9 8.8 58.6 (17.1)
Depreciation and amortization 12.3 5.4 5.5 177.1 5.0
Provision for restaurant closings 2.4 -- 7.6 100.0 (100.0)
Loss on sale of Pete's Hospitality 1.5 -- -- 100.0 --
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Total Costs and Expenses 120.4% 100.0% 115.4% 47.4% (7.7)
Income (loss) from operations (18.8)% 0.0% (15.4)% * 100.5%
Interest income .3 .4 .4 (27.2) 6.4
Interest (expense) (2.5) (2.1) (2.2) 43.6 4.6
Loss on conversion of debt to equity -- -- (3.5) -- (100.0)
Other net 0.3 1.8 .8 (76.2) 130.54
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Other non-operating income (expense) (1.0%) .1% (4.5)% * 101.3
Income tax provision (benefit) -- -- --
Net income (loss) (22.2)% .1% (19.5)% * 100.7%
Operating Data:
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Restaurants open at end of period 41 41 30
Change in comparable restaurant revenues (1) (7.4)% (.8)% (6.8)%
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes only restaurants open during the entire periods under comparison.
* Calculation yields numbers greater than 8,000%.
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For the fiscal years ended June 29, 1997, June 30, 1996 and July 2, 1995 the
Company recorded revenues of $49.1 million, $40.1 million and $37.7 million,
respectively. Before extraordinary items and the effect of preferred stock
dividends, the Company recorded a net loss of $10.9 million, net income of
$49,000 and a net loss of $7.5 million for those same years, respectively. As of
June 29, 1997, the Company had total current assets of $1.7 million and total
current liabilities of $9.8 million, resulting in a working capital deficit of
$8.2 million. As of June 29, 1997, the Company had a bank line of credit of
$300,000 and $25,000 was available for use. The Company has funded its
operating losses and expansion costs primarily through a combination of public
and private offerings of debt and equity. During the fourth quarter of fiscal
1997, the Company reorganized its executive management to strengthen
operational capabilities, sold its Pete's Hospitality concept to its former
President and sold one Marco's restaurant in Texas City, Texas with a
licensing agreement to continue using the "Marco's" name.
The ability of the Company to alleviate its working capital deficit, and to
obtain the necessary capital resources to fund future costs associated with its
operations and to continue as a going concern is dependent upon: (i) its
ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations on a timely
basis; (ii) obtaining additional equity capital or debt financing; and (iii)
ultimately to attain profitable operations. However, even if the Company
achieves some success with its operational strategy, there can be no assurance
that it will be able to generate sufficient revenues to achieve profitable
operations or to continue as a going concern.
During fiscal 1997, the Company experienced significant operating losses.
These losses raise doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern. In an effort to decrease its losses, the Company took the actions
listed below:
o In June 1997, the Company reorganized its top management in order to
attempt to return the Company to profitability.
o In June 1997, the Company sold one of its concepts, Pete's Hospitality Co.,
Inc. ("Pete's"), a wholly owned subsidiary, to a related party in a stock
purchase transaction because of poor concept performance. Pete's owned and
operated two Pete's BBQ Rib and Steakhouse restaurants and the H.D.
Hotspurs Restaurant in the Seattle, Washington area. The Company recorded a
loss of approximately $750,000 recorded in other income (loss), net on this
transaction in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997. Pete's Hospitality
contributed approximately $5.1 million in revenues in fiscal 1997.
o In June 1997, the Company sold fixed assets associated with a Marco's
Mexican Restaurant located in Texas City, Texas, with the actual transfer
of assets in July 1997 to a former district manager of the Company because
the location was performing below the Company's standards primarily due to
declining trade area demographics. The Company recorded a loss of
approximately $75,000 on this transaction in the fourth quarter of fiscal
1997. The Texas City, Texas location contributed approximately $548,000 in
revenues in fiscal 1997.
Until the Company is able to obtain profitable operations and cash flow
from its core restaurant concepts, the Marco's Restaurants and the Pasta Co.
Restaurants, the Company intends to postpone restaurant expansion from new
restaurant construction. The Company plans to sell three more of its non-
performing Marco's stores and its Billy Blues Restaurant in fiscal 1998.
Additionally, the Company plans to proceed with its restaurant franchising
program for the Marco's and Pasta Co. Restaurants. The Company will consider
material restaurant chain acquisition possibilities if the acquisition(s) (i)
could significantly enhance the projected revenues and profitability of the
Company on a consolidated basis, (ii) the restaurant concepts are compatible
with the Company's core concepts, and (iii) the acquired restaurants are
geographically compatible with the Company's existing operations. Any material
acquisition by the Company could substantially change the Company's business
structure, capitalization and operating performance. As of June 29, 1997 the
Company had no agreements or understandings regarding any
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material restaurant acquisitions. Any acquisition, if unsuccessful, could
materially and adversely affect the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern.
FISCAL YEAR 1997 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 1996
REVENUES. Total revenues increased 22.4% or $9.0 million in fiscal 1997 over
fiscal 1996. Revenues increased approximately $9.3 million due to having owned
the Pasta Co. Restaurants for a full year in fiscal 1997 versus roughly half of
fiscal 1996. This increase includes revenues contributed by four new Pasta Co.
Restaurants opened in fiscal 1997, two opened late in the second quarter and two
opened late in the fourth quarter. Revenues related to these new stores were
approximately $1.8 million. Conversely, comparable restaurant revenues declined
7.4% compared to a decline of .8% in fiscal 1996, due to extremely competitive
conditions and a general softness in restaurant sales in the Company's Houston,
Texas market. Management anticipates an increase in restaurant revenues in
fiscal 1998 due to a new training program and an intense concentration on
increasing customer satisfaction. Furthermore, fiscal 1996 contained
approximately $390,000 of revenue related to a fair in the State of Washington
that was not included in fiscal 1997. The sale of one of the Longhorn Cafes
during fiscal 1996 further reduced revenues. The remaining Longhorn Cafe
contributed $.9 million in revenues in fiscal 1997.
Approximately 20% of restaurant revenues were derived from the sale of
alcoholic beverages in fiscal 1997 versus 16% from fiscal 1996.
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES. Generally, all restaurant related and
administrative costs increased due to an overall increase in revenue by 22.4%
and incorporating the Pasta Co. Restaurants operations for a full year versus
one-half year in fiscal 1996. Furthermore, these costs increased due to the
opening of four new Pasta Co. Restaurants in fiscal 1997. Food and beverage
costs increased 14.5% overall due additionally to decreased purchasing leverage
brought on by cash flow limitations. Labor costs increased 26.2% overall
additionally due to an increase in the minimum wage in October 1996 and
increased restaurant staff coverage to meet customers needs. Costs of other
restaurant operations increased 72.9% and include remodeling costs for Marco's
Restaurants, preopening costs for four Pasta Co. Restaurants, research and
development costs for Marco's and Pasta Co. menus, and advertising and
marketing for the restaurant concepts. Advertising and marketing increased by
approximately $987,000 due to new television and radio promotions undertaken in
fiscal 1997. These are not anticipated to be continued in fiscal 1998. The
approximately $300,000 spent for remodeling Marco's Restaurants in fiscal 1997
is expected to be reduced in fiscal 1998 due to less intensive remodels. These
costs additionally increased due to added training costs for the new Pasta Co.
Restaurants. During fiscal 1997 provisions of $1.1 million for the anticipated
losses on the sale or closure of the Billy Blues Restaurant and $75,000 for the
sale of the Texas City, Texas Marco's location were recorded as provisions for
restaurant closings. Management intends to sell or close the Billy Blues
Restaurant in fiscal 1998, which contributed $1.9 million in revenues in fiscal
1997.
General and administrative costs increased 58.6% or $1.6 million over
fiscal 1996 and include corporate salaries and wages, legal fees and
settlements, professional fees and all gains and losses on sales and/or
closures for all Company concepts. Legal fees included approximately $200,000
for settlement of various claims. Additional expenses include costs to develop
and market the Company's franchise program. Corporate salaries for fiscal 1997
include $120,000 of deferred salary and bonus for Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. No salary or bonus was taken by Mr.
Bombaywala in the previous two years.
A loss of approximately $750,000 was recorded on the sale of Pete's
Hospitality concept sold in June 1997.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company made a decision to sell
the remaining Billy Blues Restaurant. Accordingly, the assets were deemed to be
impaired and written down to their estimated fair value. An impairment expense
of $1.1 million was recognized during 1997. Additionally, the Company sold one
Marco's Restaurant in the fourth quarter for a loss of approximately $75,000. In
1997, an impairment expense was recorded to reflect the loss on sale.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company deemed the intangible
assets associated with Chris' & Pitt's Barbeque Sauce to be impaired. Management
estimated the fair value and, accordingly, an impairment expense of
approximately $3.45 million was recorded during 1997 and is included in
depreciation and amortization expense.
NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest expense increased 43.6% primarily due to interest on debt related
to the acquisition of Pasta Co. in January 1996.
INCOME TAX
The Company had no income tax provision nor benefit in 1997 or 1996.
MANAGEMENT'S PLANS
Management's plans to return to profitability include the following:
o Controlling food costs by improving vendor relations and
renegotiating contracts.
o Reducing labor costs by outsourcing certain labor intensive food
preparation processes.
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o Increasing revenues from the sale of food products by reinforcing
existing markets, expanding distribution to new market areas,
introducing more aggressive marketing programs, adding methods of
distribution and developing new products.
o Reducing operating expenses through improved cost controls.
o Reducing general and administrative expenses.
o Increasing revenues in existing restaurants by remodeling certain
Marco's Restaurants and by improving marketing programs and
customer service.
o Franchising new restaurants.
o Selling or closing its Billy Blues Restaurant.
FISCAL YEAR 1996 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 1995
REVENUES.
Total revenues increased 6.6% to $40,129,000 in fiscal 1996 over fiscal
1995. Revenues attributable to the Pasta Co. Restaurants were approximately
$5,100,000. Remaining revenues decreased by approximately $2,500,000 due to the
closing or sale of four Billy Blues Restaurants and the sale of one Longhorn
Cafe Restaurant partially offset by the opening of two Marco's Restaurants
during 1995 and one in 1996. Comparable restaurant revenues declined by .8% for
fiscal 1996 compared to a decline of 6.8% in fiscal 1995. Approximately 16% of
restaurant revenues were derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages for
fiscal 1996 and 1995. Revenues from food products declined by approximately
$150,000 due to the fact that during fiscal 1996, the Company discontinued
service to certain accounts which had proved to be unprofitable.
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES.
Restaurant related operating costs generally increased principally
attributable to the 7.6% increase in restaurant revenues. Food and beverage
costs increased 4.6% in fiscal 1996 compared to fiscal 1995. As a percentage of
restaurant revenues, food and beverage costs declined to 29.4% in 1996 from
30.3% in 1995. The decrease was due to operational efficiencies implemented by
management, new buying programs and the introduction of new menu items with
lower cost percentages. Labor and other restaurant operations include all other
unit-level operating expenses, comprised principally of labor and benefits,
operating supplies, rent, utilities, repair and maintenance, pre-opening
expenses, advertising and other costs. A substantial portion of these expenses
are fixed or indirectly variable. Labor costs declined as a percentage of
restaurant revenues to 30.5% in 1996 from 33.3% in 1995 and other restaurant
operations costs declined to 27.5% in 1996 from 29.0% in 1995, due to
disproportionally higher expenses associated with the Billy Blues Restaurants
which were closed or sold.
The cost of food products declined in proportion to the decrease in food
product revenues in fiscal 1996. Costs declined additionally due to operational
efficiencies implemented in 1996. Food products selling, marketing and
distribution costs, included in the cost of food products, also declined due to
reductions in promotions and allowances granted to customers as well as
efficiencies gained in distribution expenses such as warehousing and freight.
General and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $570,000 to
$2,753,000 in 1996 from $3,321,000 in 1995 due to cost reductions implemented
by management in fiscal 1995, which included the elimination of personnel and a
consolidation of corporate offices.
Depreciation and amortization increased to $2.2 million in 1996 from
$2.1 million in 1995. Of this amount, approximately $457,000 was associated with
The Original Pasta Co. The remaining decline of approximately $350,000 was due
to the closure or sale of Billy Blues Restaurants and to assets becoming fully
depreciated or amortized.
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NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE).
In 1995, the Company recorded a provision for restaurant closings of
approximately $2.9 million as a result of management's decision to either close
or sell its interest in four Billy Blues Restaurants. The provision included
the write-down of assets to net realizable value as well as estimated amounts
for lease and other obligations associated with the restaurants. The Company
utilized substantially all of the provision by the end of fiscal 1996.
Interest income of approximately $167,000 in fiscal 1996 and $157,000 in
fiscal 1995 resulted primarily from a note receivable from Mr. Bombaywala.
Interest expense increased to $850,000 in 1996 from $813,000 in 1995 due to
$257,000 in interest associated with notes associated with The Original Pasta
Co., offset by a decrease of $220,000 of interest on other debt due to
principal reductions made on such debt.
In May of 1995, the Company offered its Debentureholders the right to
convert the principal and accrued interest owed on their Debentures into Common
Stock at a modified conversion rate of $2.3125 of Debenture principal and
interest for one share of Common Stock, as opposed to the stated conversion
rate of $5.00 per share. The Debentureholders, who were owed an aggregate of
approximately $2.5 million, agreed to the conversion and were issued an
aggregate of 1,093,904 shares of Common Stock. The Company recorded a loss on
conversion of approximately $1.3 million, which is equal to the market value of
the shares actually issued less the market value of the shares which would have
been issued had the conversion been at the stated conversion rate.
Other income, net, increased by $399,000 from 1995 to 1996 due to a gain
of approximately $150,000 on the sale of a Longhorn Cafe restaurant, with the
balance of the increase due primarily to consulting fees charged Pasta Co.
prior to its acquisition.
A note payable for the purchase of the Chris' & Pitt's product line was
paid off at a discount from the face amount of the note plus accrued interest.
The amount of the discount is reported as a gain on extinguishment of debt in
fiscal 1995.
The Company had no income tax provision nor benefit in 1995 or 1996.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The following table presents a summary of the Company's cash flows for the
last three fiscal years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In Thousands)
1997 1996 1995
------ ------ -------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating activities $ 386 $ 1,346 ($1,341)
Net cash used in investing activities (606) (1,617) (613)
Net cash provided by
(used in) financing activities 21 (1,368) 3,524
------ ------ -------
Net increase (decrease) in cash
and cash equivalents ($199) ($1,639) $ 1,570
====== ====== =======
</TABLE>
The Company continues to experience substantial losses from operations
and, as of June 29, 1997, has an accumulated deficit of $30.3 million.
During 1997, net cash provided by operating activities of $385,783 was
primarily due to adding back of non-cash deductions from depreciation and
amortization of $6,035,811, provision for restaurant closings of $1,175,434, and
increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $2,027,007. Net cash of
$606,131 used in investing activities was primarily due to cash outflow for
purchases of restaurant property and equipment in excess of proceeds from the
sale of property and equipment. Net cash provided by financing activities
totaling $20,724 was due to proceeds from borrowings in excess of repayments of
borrowings, and purchase of treasury stock.
During 1996, net cash flow from operating activities totaled $1,346,354
primarily due to depreciation and amortization added back to net income, offset
by a reduction in accrued liabilities. Investing activities utilized $1,616,660
of cash, principally resulting from purchases of property and equipment.
Financing activities utilized $1,368,257 of cash, primarily due to net payments
on borrowings. In March of 1996, the Company received proceeds from a $1.2
million bank loan, of which approximately $860,000 was used to pay off an
existing loan.
For fiscal 1995, operating activities utilized $1,340,986 of cash,
primarily due to a net loss less non-cash expenses. Investing activities
utilized $612,575 in cash due to purchases of property and equipment of
approximately $1.4 million offset by a $756,000 collection on a note
receivable. Financing activities provided $3,523,580 in cash primarily due to
the issuance of common stock and an increase in net borrowings. In June 1995,
the Company received proceeds from a $1.0 million loan from an unaffiliated
foreign corporation and approximately $1.1 million from a private placement of
Common Stock.
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In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997 (June 1997) the Company offered a
private placement of $4 Million of 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes due June
30, 2002 (the "Convertible Subordinated Notes") pursuant to exemptions from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation,
Section 4(2) and Regulation D. The Convertible Subordinated Notes are being
offered directly by the Company to qualified accredited investors. The Company
has not retained a broker or underwriter to assist with the offering although
it may elect to do so in the future on terms to be negotiated. Holders of the
Convertible Subordinated Notes received warrants (the "Convertible Subordinated
Note Warrants") to purchase shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $1.50
per share until June 30, 2002. Interest on the Convertible Subordinated Notes
is payable quarterly beginning September 30, 1997. The Convertible Subordinated
Notes are currently unsecured and may be subordinated to certain defined senior
indebtedness. As of September 1997, $700,000 principal amount of the
Convertible Subordinated Notes has been subscribed. The proceeds of the
offering were used to repay a portion of the $3 million principal amount of 12%
Subordinated Notes originally due July 31, 1997. The balance of the
Subordinated Notes was extended to July 10, 1998. Ghulam M. Bombaywala,
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company,
converted the $500,000 principal amount of 12% Subordinated Notes owed to him
into the 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes, pursuant to a Subordinated Note
Conversion Agreement dated June 1, 1997 (the "Conversion Agreement"). Pursuant
to the Conversion Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala canceled the $500,000 principal
amount of 12% Subordinated Notes owed him by the Company and received an 11%
Convertible Subordinated Note of equal principal amount with the same terms and
conditions as the Convertible Subordinated Notes being offered by the Company
to prospective investors. Additionally, in September 1997, the Company
guaranteed a promissory note with United Central Bank for $850,000 due
September 2002. The proceeds of the note were used to repay a portion of the $3
million principal amount of 12% Subordinated Notes originally due July 31,
1997.
In April 1997, the Company secured a $300,000 (at prime + 2%) unsecured
line of credit with MetroBank in Houston, Texas maturing in April 1998. These
funds were used to supplement working capital needs. As of June 29, 1997
approximately $25,000 was available. Also, in April 1997, the Company secured a
$300,000 note (at prime) with United Central Bank in Houston, Texas maturing
April 2004, for the purpose of financing equipment and leasehold improvements
for a Pasta Co. Restaurant.
In February 1997, the Company secured a $250,000 note (at prime +1%) with
Langham Creek National Bank in Houston, Texas for the purpose of financing
equipment and leasehold improvements for a Pasta Co. Restaurant.
The Company frequently has not been able to make timely payments to its
trade and other creditors. The Company has renegotiated new terms with most of
its suppliers and vendors, which include more favorable pricing, extended
payment terms and discounts. If the Company is unable to comply with these
terms, its suppliers and vendors may suspend deliveries and the Company's
ability to continue to operate could be materially affected. The Company is
currently seeking sources of working capital financing sufficient to fund its
ongoing trade obligations.
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FISCAL 1998 CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS.
The Company has a working capital deficit of approximately $8.2 million at
June 29, 1997. The Company's continuation as a going concern is dependent upon
its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations on a
timely basis, to obtain additional financing or capital, refinance its debt and
to ultimately attain profitable operations.
Management's plans include the following:
o Decreasing food and labor cost while increasing revenues.
o Increasing revenues in existing restaurants by remodeling certain
Marco's Mexican Restaurants and by improving marketing programs and
customer service.
o Increasing revenues from the sale of food products by reinforcing
existing markets, expanding distribution to new market areas,
introducing more aggressive marketing programs, adding methods of
distribution and developing new products.
o Franchising new restaurants.
o Obtaining additional equity capital or debt financing.
The material capital commitments of the Company for fiscal 1998 are as
follows:
o Reduction of the Company's working capital deficit, including payments
on notes, accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
o Accumulation of funds for the payment of the principal balance of
$1.25 million owed on the $3 Million 12% Subordinated Notes originally
due July 31, 1997 but extended to July 10, 1998.
o Remodeling Marco's Restaurants.
In the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company opened one new Pasta Co.
Restaurant. Pasta Co. Restaurants require an initial capital investment of
approximately $400,000. Of this amount, the Company financed approximately half
of the investment using the acquired assets as collateral. The Company financed
the balance through cash flow from operations. There are no further plans to
open new restaurants during fiscal 1998.
The Company expects to achieve positive cash flow from operations in fiscal
1998, principally from its Marco's and Pasta Co. Restaurants, if it can increase
its restaurant sales and reduce its labor and operating costs. During the first
quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company sold its Longhorn Cafe Restaurant. The
Company also plans to supplement cash flow from operations by selling its last
barbecue restaurant, Billy Blues. However, cash generated from operations may
not be sufficient to meet all of the Company's fiscal 1998 capital commitments
set forth above. Without debt refinancing or additional debt or equity financing
in the short-term, the Company will not be able to (i) reduce its current
working capital deficit, (ii) repay the $1.25 million balance of the 12%
Subordinated Notes due July 10, 1998, or (iii) continue its remodeling efforts
on the Marco's restaurants. There is no assurance that the Company will be able
to refinance its debt or obtain additional debt or equity financing in the short
term or long-term.
For fiscal 1997 the Company had negative cash flow from operations of
$1,641,224 (after subtracting the increase in accounts payable of $2,027,007).
The Company did not have sufficient cash flow during fiscal 1997 to satisfy its
direct operating expenses and pay its substantial indebtedness and reduce its
accounts payable and short-term liabilities. In order to meet its liabilities
and obligations, the Company was required to obtain additional debt financing
and borrowings as discussed above, renegotiate and extend the terms of various
borrowings and renegotiate and extend the amounts and the timing of payments to
various vendors.
The Company may experience further losses or negative cash flow from
operations in fiscal 1998. Continued losses raise doubt about the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not
reflect any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty. If the substantial losses continue, the value of the Company's
long-lived assets may become impaired resulting in further write-downs to such
assets to their estimated fair value.
The inability of the Company to obtain substantial additional financing
and achieve profitable operations has resulted in the curtailment of the
Company's expansion activities which may continue indefinitely. Cash
generated from operations will not be sufficient to allow the Company to timely
meet its obligations and continue remodeling the Marco's Restaurants and
continue restaurant expansion. Without obtaining profitable operations and
positive cash flow from operations the Company may have to curtail its
operations, sell core assets or seek further financing on terms which may prove
unfavorable to the Company and its shareholders.
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
In May 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 128 "Earnings Per Share" which
changes the manner in which earnings per share are calculated and presented.
The pronouncement is effective for annual and interim periods ending after
December 15, 1997.
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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION. Information in this Annual Report and
Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements and information relating to the
Company that are based on the beliefs of the Company's management, as well as
assumptions made by, and information currently available to the Company's
management. When used in this Annual Report and Form 10-K, words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," and similar
expressions, as they relate to the Company or the Company's management, 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 relating to the operations and results of
operations of the Company, competitive factors and pricing pressures, shifts in
consumer demand, the costs of products and services, general economic
conditions, and the acts of third parties, as well as other factors described in
this Annual Report and Form 10-K, and, from time to time, in the Company's
periodic earnings releases and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or
should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may
vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated,
expected, or intended, or the like.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
The financial information required by this Item is found beginning at page
F-1.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
As previously reported in a Form 8-K filing dated August 20, 1997, the
Company changed its principal independent accountant. (See "Item 10.
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant -- Committees and
Fees").
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The following table sets forth the names, ages, titles and dates of
employment of the members of the Board of Directors and the executive officers
of the Company.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Term of
Office
Name Age Position Since
- ---- --- -------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Ghulam Bombaywala 41 Chairman of the Board, 1994
Chief Executive Officer
and Director
Thomas J. Buckley(3) 50 Former Chief Financial 1994
Officer & Secretary
Michael S. Chadwick(1) 45 Director 1994
Nico B. Letschert(2) 42 Director 1994
Philip M. Mount 39 Director 1994
Sarosh J. Collector(1)(2) 49 Director 1995
</TABLE>
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(1) Member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
(3) Thomas J. Buckley resigned effective July 1, 1997 and as of the date of
this filing has not been replaced.
GHULAM BOMBAYWALA was elected as a director of the Company on August 5,
1994. Effective September 21, 1994, Mr. Bombaywala was elected Chairman of the
Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Since 1984, Mr.
Bombaywala has served as sole director of Marco's. Mr. Bombaywala also served
as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the publicly traded Two
Pesos, Inc. from April 1990 to June 1993 when it was sold to Taco Cabana, Inc.
Mr. Bombaywala is also a shareholder and President of James Coney Island
restaurants serving hot dogs and chili. Mr. Bombaywala serves on the Board of
Directors of the Sam Houston Area Boy Scouts of America, the National
Conference of Christians and Jews, and the United Way of Texas Gulf Coast.
THOMAS J. BUCKLEY was elected Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the
Company in December 1994. From May 1990 to January 1994, Mr. Buckley was Vice
President - Finance and Franchising of Western Sizzlin, Inc. ("WSI"), a
restaurant franchising and operating company. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Buckley
was President of SDO, Inc., a regional franchising company. From 1980 to 1985,
Mr. Buckley was Executive Vice President and a director of the publicly traded
USACafes, franchisor and operator of Bonanza Restaurants. Mr. Buckley has over
15 years experience in the restaurant industry and extensive experience in
franchising. Mr. Buckley received a B.S. degree in accounting from the
University of New Orleans.
MICHAEL S. CHADWICK has served as a director of the Company since August
1994. Mr. Chadwick serves on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr.
Chadwick is Senior Vice President and a Managing Director of the Corporate
Finance Department of Sanders Morris Mundy Inc., a Houston-based financial
services and investment banking firm. From 1988 to August 1994, Mr. Chadwick
served as President and Co-Owner of Chadwick, Chambers & Associates, Inc., an
investment and merchant banking firm specializing in corporate finance
services. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Chadwick served as Vice President, Corporate
Finance at Lovett Mitchell Webb & Garrison, Inc., a Houston-based investment
banking firm. Mr. Chadwick has been engaged in investment banking since 1978.
Mr. Chadwick presently serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Dolphin Energy
Company and Brazos Sportswear, Inc., both publicly traded corporations, and
Moody-Price, Inc., a privately held concern. Mr. Chadwick received an M.B.A. in
finance from Southern Methodist University and a B.A. degree in economics from
the University of Texas.
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NICO B. LETSCHERT was elected to the Board of Directors in September 1994
and serves as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Letschert is the CEO of Noesis Capital Corp., a Florida-based investment
banking and money management firm. From 1984 until July 1995, Mr. Letschert was
President of Noble Investment Co. of Palm Beach. A native of The Netherlands,
Mr. Letschert began his career on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange before
relocating to the U.S. and becoming involved with venture capital and corporate
finance. Mr. Letschert received his degree from the Dutch Institute for Banking
and Finance and is a Certified Financial Planner. He also serves on the Board
of Directors of the following publicly traded corporations: Celerity Solutions,
Inc., Futuremedia PLC and PSI Industries, Inc.
PHILIP M. MOUNT has been a director of the Company since August 5, 1994 and
is a partner with the law firm of Kelly, Sutter, Mount & Kendrick. Mr. Mount
has engaged in the practice of law in Houston, Texas since 1983. Mr. Mount's
principal areas of practice are corporate finance and securities. Mr. Mount
received his B.B.A. with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980
and a J.D. from the University of Houston College of Law in 1983. From August
1990 until its acquisition in 1993, Mr. Mount served as a director and a member
of the Compensation and Executive Committees of Two Pesos, Inc., a publicly
traded Houston, Texas based restaurant company.
SAROSH J. COLLECTOR has been a director of the Company since March 17, 1995
and currently serves as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of
the Board of Directors. Mr. Collector is a certified public accountant and has
served as President of the accounting firm of Collector, Dart & Moore P.C.
since 1987. From 1986 to 1987, Mr. Collector was a manager with the accounting
firm of Spicer & Oppenheim, and from 1981 to 1986 served as a partner with the
accounting firm of Malow Cohen & Co. Mr. Collector's principal areas of
practice are taxation, business consulting and business valuation. Mr.
Collector also served as a director of Two Pesos, Inc., a publicly traded
corporation, from April 1990 to August 1993.
COMMITTEES AND FEES
The Board of Directors of the Company has established an Audit Committee
and a Compensation Committee. The purpose of the Audit Committee is to review
and make recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to the
engagement of the Company's independent public accountants, reviewing with such
accountants the plans for and the results and scope of the auditing engagement
and certain other matters relating to the services provided to the Company,
including the independence of such accountants. The Audit Committee held no
meetings during fiscal 1997. Furthermore, the Audit Committee met in August
1997 and approved a change of principal independent accountants for the
fiscal year 1997 audited financial statements. Mann, Frankfort, Stein & Lipp,
P.C. was engaged as the Company's principal independent accountant to replace
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. who resigned on August 20, 1997. (See Form 8-K and
Form 8-K Amendment No. 1 dated August 20, 1997 and filed on
August 27, 1997 and September 9, 1997, respectively, which are attached hereto
as exhibits and incorporated herein by reference.)
The Compensation Committee reviews on behalf of, and makes recommendations
to, the Board of Directors with respect to compensation of executive officers
and key employees of the Company and administers the Company's 1994 Stock
Compensation Plan (the "Stock Compensation Plan"). All actions undertaken by
the Compensation Committee during the last fiscal year were effected by
unanimous consent in lieu of holding scheduled or special meetings.
Each director who is not an employee of the Company is entitled to be paid
$250 for each meeting of the Board of Directors attended (exclusive of
telephonic meetings) and $250 for each meeting of a Committee of the Board of
Directors attended (exclusive of committee meetings occurring on the same day
as Board Meetings), and are reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending such
meetings. Directors who are employees of the Company are not paid any
additional compensation for attendance at Board of Directors or Committee
meetings. During fiscal 1997 the Directors chose to forego any compensation for
attending meetings. During fiscal 1997, the Board of Directors held its annual
meeting on December 13, 1996, conducted meetings in September 1996, April and
May of 1997, and approved actions undertaken by management of the Company.
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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 officers and directors, and persons who
own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company's equity securities, to
file reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the Company's securities
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
Based solely on its review of the copies of such report forms received by
it with respect to fiscal year 1997, or written representations from certain
reporting persons, the Company believes that filing requirements applicable to
its directors, officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class
of the Company's equity securities have not been timely complied with in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act as follows. Sarosh J.
Collector, a director of the Company, failed to timely file a Form 4 in August
of 1996. Angelo Pitillo, a former executive officer and director of the Company
failed to timely file Form 4 in August 1996, January 1997, and July 1997 for
one transaction each. Thomas Buckley, a former executive officer of the Company
failed to timely file Form 4 in August 1996, January 1997 and July 1997 for a
total of six transactions (two each). In addition, all directors and executive
officers of the Company (except Ghulam Bombaywala, who was not required to file
a Form 5) each failed to timely file Form 5 - Annual Changes in Beneficial
Ownership of Securities for fiscal 1997. All late reports were filed in
September and October of 1997.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION INFORMATION
The following table sets forth certain information regarding all cash
compensation paid or to be paid by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as
well as other compensation paid or accrued, during the Company's fiscal year
ended June 29, 1997, to the Company's Chief Executive officer and to those
other executive officers who received salary and bonus compensation in excess
of $100,000 during the fiscal year (the "named executive officers").
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Long Term Compensation
Annual Compensation Awards Payouts
---------------------------------- -------------------------- -------
Restricted Securities
Other Annual Stock Underlying LTIP All Other
Compensation(2) Award(s) Options/SARs(3) Payouts Compensation
Name and Principal Position Year Salary($) Bonus($) ($) ($) (#) ($) ($)
- --------------------------- ---- --------- -------- -------------- ---------- -------------- ------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
GhulamBombaywala,Chairman of 1997 $60,000(1) $60,000(1) $-0- $-0- -0- -0- $-0-
the Board and Chief Executive 1996 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
Officer 1995 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
Angelo Pitillo, former President 1997 $150,000 $-0- $-0- $-0- 80,000 -0- $-0-
and Chief Operating Officer(4) 1996 $150,000 $-0- $-0- $-0- -0- -0- $-0-
1995 121,154 -0- -0- -0- 250,000 -0- -0-
</TABLE>
(1) Includes salary or bonus amounts earned but deferred at the officer's
election.
(2) Excludes certain incidental perquisites, the total of which did not exceed
the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of cash compensation for any named individual.
(3) Incentive stock options to acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Company's Stock Compensation Plan.
(4) Mr. Pitillo resigned June 1997 and has not been replaced as of the date of
this filing, and has a consulting agreement and severance beginning in
fiscal 1998 of $4,167 per month for twelve months along with 180,000 common
stock warrants exercisable at $.50 per warrant until expiration on June 30,
1999.
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OPTION GRANTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 1997
The following table provides information related to options to acquire
shares of Common Stock granted to the Chief Executive Officer and the other
named executive officers of the Company referenced in the Summary Compensation
Table, above, during fiscal year 1997. The Company does not have any
outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs").
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Individual Grants
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Potential Realizable
value at assumed
annual rates of stock
price appreciation
for option term
Number of Securities % of Total Options/ Exercise or ------------------------
Underlying Options/ SARs Granted to Base Price Expiration
Name SARs Granted(#) (1) Employees in Fiscal Year ($/Sh)(2) Date 5%($) 10%($)
------------------- ------------------------ ---------- ---------- ----- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ghulam Bombaywala -0- -0-% N/A N/A N/A N/A
Angelo Pitillo 80,000 40% $.50 08/01 $ -0- $ -0-
</TABLE>
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(1) Incentive stock options to acquire shares of Common Stock granted pursuant
to the Company's Stock Compensation Plan. Options issued to Mr. Pitillo
vest at 100% commencing six months from the date of the original grant
(August 1996), are nontransferable and are subject to termination under
certain conditions upon cessation of employment. At his termination date,
June 25, 1997, these options, along with all other options granted to Mr.
Pitillo, were canceled and Mr. Pitillo was granted 180,000 Common Stock
warrants exercisable at $.50 per warrant until expiration on June 30,
1999.
(2) The exercise price per share of each option granted in 1997 was equal to or
greater than 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date
of grant pursuant to the requirements of the Stock Compensation Plan.
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OPTION EXERCISES AND FISCAL 1997 YEAR END HOLDINGS
The following table sets forth information with respect to options
exercised by named executive officers of the Company referenced in the Summary
Compensation Table, above, during fiscal year 1997 and the number and value of
options held at fiscal year end.
AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION/SAR VALUES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Securities Value of Unexercised
Underlying Unexercised In-the-Money Options/SARs
Options/SARs at FY-End(#) At FY-End($)(1)
Shares Acquired ------------------------- ----------------------------
Name On Exercise(#) Value Realized($) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ghulam Bombaywala -0- $ -0- -0- -0- N/A N/A
Angelo Pitillo -0- -0- -0- -0- $ -0- $ -0-
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(1) The closing bid price for the Company's Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ
SmallCap Market on June 29, 1997 was $0.25 per share. The indicated value
is calculated on the basis of the difference between the option exercise
price per share and $0.25, multiplied by the number of shares of Common
Stock underlying each option.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Compensation Committee of the Company is comprised of two persons
selected by the Board of Directors. Throughout fiscal 1997, Nico B. Letschert
and Sarosh J. Collector served on the Compensation Committee. Nico B. Letschert
was the President of Noble Investment Co. of Palm Beach ("Noble") and is the
Chief Executive Officer of Noesis Capital Corp. ("Noesis"). Sarosh J. Collector
is a certified public accountant and President of the Houston based accounting
firm of Collector, Dart & Moore, P.C. Through May 1997, Philip M. Mount served
on the Compensation Committee. Mr. Mount is a shareholder of Kelly, Sutter,
Mount & Kendrick, P.C. ("KSMK"), a Houston based law firm. In May 1997, Mr.
Mount resigned from the Compensation Committee.
During fiscal 1995, 1996, and 1997 KSMK rendered legal services as counsel
to the Company. In June of 1995, the Company issued 100,000 shares of Common
Stock to KSMK as partial payment for outstanding invoices. In February, 1996,
the Company issued an additional 100,000 shares of Common Stock to KSMK as
payment for legal services. Mr. Mount disclaims any beneficial ownership in the
shares issued to KSMK. During fiscal 1997, KSMK returned the shares in exchange
for cash of $1.50 per share and the agreement of the Company to pay the balance
owed to KSMK in monthly installments in the ordinary course of business.
In December 1994, in connection with the offering of the Company's $3
million 12% Subordinated Notes, Sanders Morris Mundy, Inc. ("SMM") received
approximately $250,000 as a placement fee. Also in connection with the
offering, the Company entered into an eighteen month advisory agreement with
SMM calling for payments of $10,000 per month and issued warrants to purchase
150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share which
expire on December 31, 1999. Mr. Chadwick, Senior Vice President and a Managing
Director of Corporate Finance of SMM, and a director of the Company, was
assigned 45,000 of the warrants by SMM. In July of 1997, the payment terms of
the Subordinated Notes were extended, the advisory agreement was extended
through December 1997 at a rate of $5,000 per month and the exercise price of
the warrants was reduced to $.25 per share.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
Effective July 1, 1994, the Company entered into an employment agreement
with Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a
director of the Company (the "Bombaywala Agreement"). Under the terms of the
Bombaywala Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala is entitled to receive an annual salary of
$60,000 plus annual cost of living increases. In addition, Mr. Bombaywala is
entitled to receive a bonus in an amount based on such factors as the Board of
Directors of the Company may elect to consider. Mr. Bombaywala has elected to
defer any salary or bonus due and owing to him under this agreement for fiscal
1997 for an
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indefinite period of time. The Bombaywala Agreement also provides for health,
medical and life insurance benefits and allows participation in the Company's
employee benefit plans. The Bombaywala Agreement expired April 30, 1997,
however, the Board of Directors approved a one year extension during the second
quarter of fiscal 1998. The Bombaywala Agreement contains provisions for
employment on a full time basis, as well as payments upon termination and
payment of bonuses. The non-competition provisions of the Bombaywala Agreement
provide that upon termination, Mr. Bombaywala will not engage or participate in
a barbecue or Mexican restaurant business within a radius of ten miles of any
existing or proposed barbecue or Mexican restaurant owned, licensed, managed or
operated by the Company for a period of twelve months beginning on the date of
termination of the Bombaywala Agreement.
REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Compensation Committee, currently consisting of Messrs. Collector and
Letschert, determines the compensation of the Company's executive officer, Mr.
Bombaywala (C.E.O.).
Mr. Bombaywala decided to forego a salary or bonus in fiscal 1995 and
fiscal 1996 due to the fact that the Company has been and is in the process of
a "turnaround." For fiscal 1997, Mr. Bombaywala deferred a salary of $60,000
per year and a bonus of $60,000 for an indefinite period of time. Mr.
Bombaywala owns 6,558,889 shares of the Company's Common Stock or approximately
43.8% of the outstanding shares. Included in this calculation is the following:
Mr. Bombaywala received warrants with the right to purchase 222,222 shares of
the Company's common stock at a price of $1.00 per share issued in connection
with the issue of the 12% Subordinated Notes in December 1994. When Mr.
Bombaywala converted his 12% Subordinated Note to the 11% Convertible
Subordinated Note he received warrants with the right to purchase 50,000 shares
of the Company's Common Stock at $1.50 per share. As incentive to Mr.
Bombaywala for converting his note, his 222,222 warrants were not canceled.
(See "Liquidity and Capital Resources"). Not included in the above calculation
is the following: Mr. Bombaywala received 7,500,000 common stock rights at a
value of $.50 per share in connection with the Conversion and Offset Agreement
in May 1997. (See "Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions".)
The Compensation Committee believes that Mr. Bombaywala is very motivated due
to his stock ownership and commitment to the Company to represent the interests
of all stockholders and maximize the performance of the Company. The
Compensation Committee agreed with Mr. Bombaywala's decision to forego any
salary or bonus during fiscal 1995 and 1996. The compensation which would have
been payable to Mr. Bombaywala through April 1997 was determined by the
Bombaywala Agreement, which was negotiated between the Company and Mr.
Bombaywala when Marco's was acquired in fiscal 1994.
The Compensation Committee plans to use the Company's Common Stock to
retain and provide incentive to the Company's key employees. The Board of
Directors believes that significant stock ownership is a major factor in
aligning the interests of management and shareholders.
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock as of October 1, 1997, by
(i) each person who beneficially owns 5% or more of the Common Stock, (ii) each
Director and named executive officer of the Company, and (iii) all officers and
Directors of the Company as a group. Unless otherwise noted, the persons and
entities named below have sole voting and investment power with respect to such
shares.
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Shares Beneficially Owned
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Name of Beneficial Owner Number Percent
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<S> <C> <C>
Ghulam Bombaywala(1) 6,558,889 43.8%
Thomas J. Buckley 12,584 *
Michael S. Chadwick(2)(6) 124,444 *
Nico B. Letschert(3)(6) 311,554 2.1%
Philip M. Mount(4)(6) 37,222 *
Sarosh J. Collector(5)(6) 24,000 *
All Officers and Directors as a Group (5 Persons) (7) 7,051,109 47.1%
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* Indicates ownership of less than or equal to one percent of the outstanding
Common Stock of the Company.
(1) Mr. Bombaywala's address is 11111 Wilcrest Green, Suite 350, Houston, Texas
77042. Includes warrants to purchase 222,222 shares of Common Stock issued
in connection with the Company's Subordinated Notes. Includes warrants to
purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock issued in connection with the
Company's 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes. It does not include 7,500,000
shares rights of Common Stock issued in connection with the Company's
Conversion and Offset Agreement. These rights are exercisable only with
Board of Directors approval and possible authorization of new common
shares.
(2) Mr. Chadwick's address is 3100 Texas Commerce Tower, Houston, Texas 77002.
Includes warrants to purchase 89,444 shares of Common Stock issued in
connection with the Company's Subordinated Notes.
(3) Includes 97,000 Series A Warrants, which may be converted into 97,000 shares
of Common Stock upon payment of the $6.50 exercise price. Includes warrants
to purchase 45,000 shares of Preferred Stock, which Preferred Stock is
convertible into 56,250 shares of Common Stock. Includes warrants to
purchase 45,000 shares of Common Stock originally issued to Noble under the
terms of the 1993 Regulation S offering and subsequently assigned to Mr.
Letschert. Includes 21,000 shares of Common Stock issuable to Mr. Letschert
upon the conversion of $105,000 in Debenture principle, at a conversion
ratio of one share of Common Stock for each $5.00 in principle converted.
Mr. Letschert may acquire Debentures in the principal amount of $105,000
upon the exercise of warrants originally granted to Noble as placement agent
for the Company's offering of Debentures and subsequently assigned to Mr.
Letschert. Includes warrants to purchase 71,250 shares of Common Stock at $3
per share. Also includes 10,000 Series A Warrants which entitle Mr.
Letschert to acquire 10,000 shares of Common Stock upon the payment of the
exercise price of $6.50 per share. Mr. Letschert's address is 1801 Clint
Moore Road, Suite 100, Boca Raton, Florida 33487.
(4) Mr. Mount's address is 1600 Smith, Suite 3700, Houston, Texas 77002.
Includes warrants to purchase 22,222 shares of Common Stock issued in
connection with the Company's Subordinated Notes.
(5) Mr. Collector's address is 3000 Richmond Avenue, Suite 270, Houston, Texas
77002.
(6) Includes options to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock granted under
the Company's Outside Director's Stock Option Plan.
(7) Does not include former Chief Financial Officer (resigned July 1997) Tom
Buckley's 12,584 shares or former President (resigned June 1997) Angelo
Pitillo's 12,382 shares owned.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
Late in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997 the Company sold Pete's
Hospitality Co., Inc., ("Pete's") a wholly-owned subsidiary, pursuant to a
Stock Purchase Agreement, to Angelo Pitillo, former President, Chief Operating
Officer and director of the Company. Mr. Pitillo acquired all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Pete's in exchange for a promissory note payable to the
Company in the principal amount of $300,000 (the "Pete's Note"). The Pete's
Note accrues interest at the rate of 10% per annum over approximately five
years. The Pete's Note is secured by assets of Pete's. The Company
recorded a loss of approximately $750,000 on the transaction.
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In August 1996, the Company sold for $350,000 previously mortgaged
real property located at the Victoria, Texas Marco's Restaurant location to the
Bombaywala Family Trust ("The Trust"). The Trust is administered by M.U.
Bombaywala, Trustee, for the purpose of his grandchildren's
education. The real property and certain assets are now being leased by the
Company from the Trust. The Trust also owns the real property on which one of
the Company's Pasta Co. Restaurants is located, having purchased it from an
unaffiliated third party. The Trust leases this property to the Company. The
Company believes that both leases are at rates comparable to those which could
be attained from unrelated third parties.
In April 1997, the Company agreed to sell equipment associated with three
new restaurants to Mr. Bombaywala and lease the assets back. The three
restaurants were opened in the second and fourth quarters of fiscal 1997. The
Company believes that the selling price of $750,000 and the lease rate are
comparable to those which could be attained from an unrelated third party.
There was no gain or loss to the Company on this transaction.
On July 31, 1994, Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, executed a promissory note in the principal
amount of $2,175,310 made payable to Marco's (the "Bombaywala Note"). The
Bombaywala Note accrues interest at the rate 6% per annum until maturity, with
accrued interest being payable annually on the 1st day of July of each year for
which a principal balance is due and owing. The principal balance of the
Bombaywala Note is due as follows: $200,000 on July 31, 1996, 1997 and 1998,
with all remaining principal and interest due and owing under the Bombaywala
Note to be paid in full on July 31, 1999. The Bombaywala Note is secured by the
securities more particularly set forth in that certain Pledge and Security
Agreement entered into by and between Marco's and Mr. Bombaywala on July 31,
1994. In September of 1995, the Company's Board of Directors voted to defer the
interest payment due July 1, 1995 until December 31, 1995. During fiscal 1997,
the principal amount due under the Bombaywala Note was reduced by $819,202
pursuant to a Conversion and Offset Agreement further described below. During
1997, the Company earned interest of $123,877 on the note receivable from Mr.
Bombaywala and was charged interest of $123,757 on various notes payable to
him. The interest receivable and payable, together with interest receivable at
June 30, 1996 of $94,974 were offset with a remaining receivable from Mr.
Bombaywala of $95,093 outstanding at June 29, 1997.
On June 17, 1992, the Company loaned William J. Gallagher, a former officer
and director of the Company, $53,000 evidenced by an unsecured promissory note
providing for interest at prime. The note was renewed on June 17, 1993, whereby
the principal balance due under the note was increased to $124,000 to include
additional advances made by the Company during fiscal 1993. The principal
balance of the note accrues interest at the rate of 6% per annum, with accrued
interest being due and payable annually on July 1. The entire principal balance
is due and payable on July 1, 1999. The note is an unsecured debt obligation of
Mr. Gallagher to the Company. The interest payments Due July 1, 1995, 1996 and
1997 had not been made by Mr. Gallagher as of October 1, 1997.
On June 30, 1994, John H. Coleman, III, a former officer and director of
the Company, executed a promissory note in the principal amount of $31,291 for
the purpose of evidencing a debt obligation resulting from advances made by the
Company to Mr. Coleman during fiscal 1994. The principal amount of the note
accrues interest at the rate of 6% per annum and is due and payable on the
first day of July for each year the principal balance remains outstanding. The
principal balance of the note is due and payable in full on July 1, 1999. The
note is an unsecured debt obligation of Mr. Coleman to the Company. The
interest payments due July 1, 1995 and 1996 were not made by Mr. Coleman. Mr.
Coleman was also the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Company (see Item 3
"Legal Proceedings".) As part of the settlement of this lawsuit, this note was
canceled.
Mr. Bombaywala has an ownership interest in and participates in the
management of other businesses, including the Houston-based James Coney Island
restaurant chain.
PASTA CO. ACQUISITION
On September 7, 1995, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares (the "Shares") of Pasta
Co. from Mr. Bombaywala, the sole stockholder and director of Pasta Co. On
September 14, 1995, the Company, Mr. Bombaywala, and Pasta Co. entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") which provided for the
merger of Pasta Co. with and
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into the Company as the surviving corporation (the "Merger"). The principal
assets of Pasta Co. consisted of its ownership of ten (10) restaurants in
Houston, Texas.
In consideration for the Shares, Mr. Bombaywala received 1,666,667 shares
of the Company's Common Stock (the "Merger Shares") and two promissory notes in
the aggregate principal amount of $3,750,000 (the "Notes"). The Merger Shares
were valued at $1.78 per share which was the market value of the Common Stock
on the date of the Merger. The total consideration paid to Mr. Bombaywala was
$2,966,667; however, as provided below, a portion of the Merger Shares was
subject to future release and earn out. In addition, the Company assumed
approximately $3.6 million of liabilities and indebtedness of Pasta Co.
outstanding as of January 26, 1996.
Although not required by law, the Board of Directors of the Company elected
to submit the Merger to its independent shareholders for approval at its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders which was held January 9, 1996. Mr. Bombaywala, who
then owned 4,620,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, or 41.6%, excluding
the Merger Shares, did not vote on the Merger at the Annual Meeting. The Merger
was approved, and the effective date of the Merger (the "Effective Date") was
January 26, 1996. As of the Escrow Closing Date, the Company was granted the
right to manage Pasta Co. and received a management fee of three percent (3%)
of the gross revenues of Pasta Co. through the Effective Date. Such fees
amounted to approximately $137,000.
The Merger Shares are restricted securities but have demand and incidental
registration rights. A total of 350,000 Merger Shares were subject to a
Development Escrow Agreement which provided for the earnout and release of such
shares based upon (i) the opening of five additional Pasta Co. Restaurants on
or before December 31, 1996 at an average cost not to exceed $400,000 per
restaurant, or (ii) the share price for the Company's Common Stock exceeding
$5.00 per share for any ten consecutive business days on or before June 30,
1996 or $7.00 per share on or before June 30, 1997. The Company completed the
opening of the five additional Pasta Co. Restaurants before December 31, 1996
and, therefore, the Merger Shares have been released to Mr. Bombaywala.
The Notes consisted of (i) a promissory note from Pasta Co. in the
principal amount of $2,750,000, bearing interest at 10% per annum, and due and
payable on September 15, 2002, subject to certain mandatory prepayment
provisions, and (ii) a promissory note from Pasta Co. in the principal amount
of $1,000,000 bearing interest at 10% per annum, the principal amount of which,
subject to certain mandatory prepayment provisions, was due and payable in two
equal annual installments on December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1997. Quarterly
payments of interest were due and payable on the Notes on the 15th day of
December, March, June and September of each year the Notes were outstanding.
Commencing September 15, 2000, the outstanding principal on the $2,750,000 Note
was to be amortized and paid in quarterly installments over the remaining two
year term. The Notes required mandatory prepayment in the amount of and to the
extent of (i) fifty percent of the proceeds from any public offering received
by the Company, and (ii) proceeds from private financings in excess of
$1,000,000 received by the Company. Mr. Bombaywala agreed to defer or offset
any and all principal and interest until July of 1997. The Company incurred
$392,337 in interest expense on two notes aggregating $3,750,000. In
connection with the Conversion and Offset Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala forgave
such interest which has been recorded as a contribution to capital.
On the Effective Date, a promissory note of Pasta Co. to Mr. Bombaywala in
the principal amount of $1,260,000 was paid by the Company. Payment was made as
follows: $150,000 in cash, transfer of ownership of land and building valued at
$515,000 and a note to Mr. Bombaywala in the amount of $595,000. Mr. Bombaywala
received an additional note from the Company in the amount of $224,202 for other
obligations of Pasta Co. arising prior to the Effective Date (the $595,000 note
and the $224,202 note are collectively referred to as "Additional Pasta Co.
Notes") .
The Notes were secured by a guarantee of the Company, a pledge by the
Company of all issued and outstanding shares of Pasta Co. and a security
interest in all of the assets relating to the first ten restaurants opened by
Pasta Co. The lien of Mr. Bombaywala was junior to any prior liens granted by
Pasta Co. on or before the Effective Date.
On May 15, 1997 Mr. Bombaywala and the Company entered into a Conversion
and Offset Agreement whereby the $3,750,000 of debt evidenced by the Notes was
converted to 7,500,000 Common Stock Rights (the
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"Rights"). Each of the Rights shall automatically convert to one share of the
Company's Common Stock at a later date, without further action or consideration
by Mr. Bombaywala, assuming the Company has a sufficient number of shares
authorized and freely issuable. In exchange for the Rights, Mr. Bombaywala
forgave the Notes. A value of $.50 per share was determined by the Board of
Directors in connection with the conversion. The Company intends to proceed
with an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to increase its authorized
Common Stock to a sufficient level to enable it to issue all of the shares.
However, there can be no assurance that such amendment will be adopted.
The Company also agreed with Mr. Bombaywala to offset the $819,202 in
Additional Notes payable to Mr. Bombaywala in connection with the acquisition
of Pasta Co. against the Bombaywala Note receivable from Mr. Bombaywala in
connection with the Marco's merger.
In May of 1995, the Company began factoring accounts receivable through
Catalyst Financial Co., ("Catalyst") paying factoring fees of approximately
$19,000 in fiscal 1995 and $75,000 in fiscal 1996. The Company believes that
the fees paid were comparable to those that would be charged by a competing
factoring company. Mr. Bombaywala is a principal of Catalyst.
The Company acquired 240,000 shares (the "CluckCorp Shares") of the
outstanding common stock $0.1 par value of CluckCorp International, Inc., a
Texas corporation ("CluckCorp") on June 30, 1994 upon the conversion of, and as
partial payment for, a promissory note of CluckCorp owed to the Company in the
principal amount of $800,000 (the "CluckCorp Note") issued in June 1993 and in
exchange for certain other advances owed to the Company. The CluckCorp Note has
a maturity date of June 30, 1998, and was payable, at the option of CluckCorp,
in whole or in part, in cash or with Common Stock of CluckCorp. During 1994
CluckCorp repaid a portion of the CluckCorp Note in cash and the remaining
portion of the CluckCorp Note and certain advances were paid with the CluckCorp
Shares. The Company subsequently sold the CluckCorp Shares to JEB Investment
Corporation, a Texas corporation ("JEB") in exchange for a $1,800,000 recourse
promissory note executed by JEB as maker (the "JEB Note") bearing interest at 9%
per annum, payable annually, with a final maturity date of June 30, 1996. The
JEB Note was secured by the CluckCorp Shares pursuant to a Pledge Agreement. JEB
defaulted on the payments required under the JEB Note. In May 1997, JEB and the
Company executed an agreement whereby JEB relinquished all right, title and
interest in the CluckCorp Shares to the Company pursuant to the Company's
foreclosure rights in consideration for the Company relinquishing all of its
rights under the JEB Note. The Company is currently selling the CluckCorp Shares
in public and private transactions.
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
(a) Documents Filed as Part of this Report.
(1) The Consolidated Financial Statements listed in the Index to
the Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1 are filed as
part of this report and are incorporated by reference.
(2) No financial statement schedules are filed as part of this
report.
(3) The Exhibits filed as part of this report are listed on the
Exhibit Index appearing on page E-1 which is incorporated
herein by reference.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company filed Form
8-K, dated May 15, 1997, reporting under "Item 5. Other Events,"
the Conversion and Offset Agreement whereby the Company converted
$3,750,000 of debt owed to Mr. Bombaywala as a result of the
acquisition of The Original Pasta Co. into 7,500,000 Common Stock
Rights, and offset $819,202 in additional notes payable to, against
notes receivable from, Mr. Bombaywala. Furthermore, the Company
filed Form 8-K, Amendment No. 1, dated May 15, 1997, reporting
under "Items 1 and 5. Changes In Control of Registrant; Other
Events", a change in control of the Company should Mr. Bombaywala
be issued the 7,500,000 shares of Common Stock. No financial
statements were included in either Form 8-K.
(c) Exhibits Required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
The Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K and listed in
the Exhibit Index on page E-1 are filed as part of this report.
(d) Financial Statement Schedules
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
(Registrant)
Date: October 13, 1997
By: /s/ Ghulam Bombaywala
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Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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NAME TITLE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Ghulam Bombaywala Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
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Ghulam Bombaywala Executive Officer and acting as
Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer) (1)
/s/ Philip M. Mount
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Philip M. Mount Director October 13, 1997
/s/ Michael S. Chadwick
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Michael S. Chadwick Director October 13, 1997
/s/ Nico B. Letschert
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Nico B. Letschert Director October 13, 1997
/s/ Sarosh J. Collector
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Sarosh J. Collector Director October 13, 1997
</TABLE>
(1) The principal financial and accounting officer resigned in July 1997
and has not been replaced as of the date of this filing. Mr. Bombaywala is
signing as these positions.
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Reports of Independent Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2; F-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations . . . . . . . . . . F-5
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity . . . . . F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows . . . . . . . . . . F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . F-8
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Watermarc Food Management Co.
We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of Watermarc Food Management Co.
and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of June 29, 1997 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
the fiscal year then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated
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
audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Watermarc Food
Management Co. and subsidiaries as of June 29, 1997 and the consolidated
results of their operations and their cash flows for the fiscal year then
ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
MANN, FRANKFORT, STEIN & LIPP, P.C.
Houston, Texas
October 9, 1997
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Watermarc Food Management Co.
We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of Watermarc Food Management Co.
and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of June 30, 1996 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows
for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1996 and July 2, 1995. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these 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 the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on
a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
consolidated 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 consolidated financial position of Watermarc Food
Management Co. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 1996 and the consolidated
results of their operations and their cash flows for the fiscal years ended
June 30, 1996 and July 2, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
September 27, 1996
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSETS June 29, 1997 June 30, 1996
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 263,542 $ 463,166
Accounts receivable, trade 540,406 397,744
Accounts receivable from affiliates 299,518 252,440
Inventories 483,302 715,538
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 73,217 105,779
------------ ------------
Total current assets 1,659,985 1,934,667
Property and equipment, net 6,050,631 9,328,526
Notes and other receivables from affiliate 1,679,374 2,217,784
Intangible assets, net 7,213,457 12,200,047
Other assets 111,381 183,686
------------ ------------
16,714,828 $ 25,864,710
============ ============
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, trade $ 4,780,931 $ 3,186,690
Accrued liabilities 2,263,821 1,831,055
Current portion of long-term debt 2,787,814 1,401,825
------------ ------------
Total current liabilities 9,832,566 6,419,570
Long-term debt, less current portion 4,484,539 5,698,692
Notes payable to stockholder 500,000 5,069,202
Deferred rent 577,976 435,949
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $1 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 329,540 329,540
329,540 issued and outstanding as of June 29, 1997
and June 30, 1996; stated at $10 liquidation preference
Common stock, $.05 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 713,161 671,682
14,263,230 issued and outstanding as of June 29, 1997, and
13,433,658 issued and outstanding as of June 30, 1996
Additional paid-in capital 30,740,131 26,640,385
Accumulated deficit (30,313,085) (19,400,310)
------------ ------------
1,469,747 8,241,297
Less treasury stock, cost method (150,000) --
------------ ------------
Total stockholders' equity 1,319,747 8,241,297
------------ ------------
$ 16,714,828 $ 25,864,710
============ ============
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
52 Weeks Ended
--------------------------------------------
June 29, 1997 June 30, 1996 July 2, 1995
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue:
Restaurants $ 46,734,262 $ 37,227,201 $ 34,600,265
Food products 2,391,099 2,902,242 3,051,392
------------ ------------ ------------
Total revenues: 49,125,361 40,129,443 37,651,657
Costs and expenses:
Cost of restaurant revenues:
Cost of food and beverage 12,539,192 10,956,113 10,471,159
Labor and benefits 14,326,414 11,348,823 11,507,171
Other restaurant operations 17,678,805 10,222,633 10,025,239
Cost of food product revenues 2,235,076 2,643,594 3,210,388
General and administrative 4,364,147 2,752,539 3,321,296
Depreciation and amortization 6,035,811 2,178,218 2,071,972
Provision for restaurant closings 1,175,434 -- 2,856,105
Loss on sale of Pete's Hospitality 751,614 -- --
------------ ------------ ------------
Total costs and expenses 59,106,493 40,101,920 43,463,330
------------ ------------ ------------
Income (loss) from operations (9,981,132) 27,523 (5,811,673)
Non-operating income (expenses):
Interest income 121,260 166,566 156,550
Interest expense (1,220,666) (850,224) (813,153)
Loss on conversion of debt to equity -- -- (1,329,775)
Other, net 167,763 704,831 305,731
------------ ------------ ------------
Total non-operating income (expenses) (931,643) 21,173 (1,680,647)
------------ ------------ ------------
Income (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary item (10,912,775) 48,696 (7,492,320)
Income tax provision (benefit) -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------
Income (loss) before extraordinary item (10,912,775) 48,696 (7,492,320)
Extraordinary item - gain on extinguishment of debt -- -- 455,579
------------ ------------ ------------
Net income (loss) (10,912,775) 48,696 (7,036,741)
Preferred stock dividends 296,586 296,586 294,680
============ ============ ============
Net income (loss) less preferred stock dividends $(11,209,361) $ (247,890) $ (7,331,421)
============ ============ ============
Loss per common share before extraordinary item $ (0.83) $ (0.02) $ (0.87)
Extraordinary item per common share -- -- 0.05
------------ ------------ ------------
Net loss per common share $ (0.83) $ (0.02) $ (0.82)
============ ============ ============
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares 13,451,487 12,040,163 8,921,543
============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Preferred Stock Common Stock Treasury Stock
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, July 3, 1994 330,340 $ 330,340 8,425,815 $ 421,291 -- $ --
Conversion of debentures -- -- 1,093,904 54,695 -- --
Issuance of common stock -- -- 1,458,156 72,907 -- --
Conversion of preferred stock (800) (800) 1,000 50 -- --
Preferred stock dividends:
Cash -- -- -- -- -- --
Common stock -- -- 133,151 6,658 -- --
Issuance of warrants -- -- -- -- -- --
Net loss -- -- -- -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Balance, July 2, 1995 329,540 329,540 11,112,026 555,601 -- --
Issuance of common stock -- -- 2,003,667 100,183 -- --
Preferred stock dividends:
Cash -- -- -- -- -- --
Common stock -- -- 317,965 15,898 -- --
Net income -- -- -- -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Balance, June 30, 1996 329,540 329,540 13,433,658 671,682 -- --
Conversion of stockholder's debt -- -- -- -- -- --
Conversion of interest on
on stockholder's debt -- -- -- -- -- --
Repurchase of common stock -- -- -- -- 100,000 (150,000)
Preferred stock dividends:
Cash -- -- -- -- -- --
Common stock -- -- 829,572 41,479 -- --
Net loss -- -- -- -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Balance, June 29, 1997 329,540 $ 329,540 14,263,230 $ 713,161 100,000 $ (150,000)
============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============
<CAPTION>
Additional Accumulated Total
Paid-In Earnings Stockholders'
Capital (Deficit) Equity
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, July 3, 1994 $ 16,503,549 $(12,412,265) $ 4,842,915
Conversion of debentures 2,474,958 -- 2,529,653
Issuance of common stock 4,448,591 -- 4,521,498
Conversion of preferred stock 750 -- --
Preferred stock dividends:
Cash (4,295) -- (4,295)
Common stock (6,658) -- --
Issuance of warrants 25,750 -- 25,750
Net loss -- (7,036,741) (7,036,741)
------------ ------------ ------------
Balance, July 2, 1995 23,442,645 (19,449,006) 4,878,780
Issuance of common stock 3,214,388 -- 3,314,571
Preferred stock dividends:
Cash (750) -- (750)
Common stock (15,898) -- --
Net income -- 48,696 48,696
------------ ------------ ------------
Balance, June 30, 1996 26,640,385 (19,400,310) 8,241,297
Conversion of stockholder's debt 3,750,000 -- 3,750,000
Conversion of interest on
on stockholder's debt 392,337 -- 392,337
Repurchase of common stock -- -- (150,000)
Preferred stock dividends:
Cash (1,112) -- (1,112)
Common stock (41,479) -- --
Net loss -- (10,912,775) (10,912,775)
------------ ------------ ------------
Balance, June 29, 1997 $ 30,740,131 ($30,313,085) $ 1,319,747
============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
June 29, 1997 June 30, 1996 July 2, 1995
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Operating activities:
Net income (loss) $(10,912,775) $ 48,696 $ (7,036,741)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to
net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 6,035,811 2,178,217 2,071,972
Provision for restaurant closings 1,175,434 -- 2,856,105
Loss on conversion of debt to equity -- -- 1,329,775
(Gain)/loss on disposal of assets 726,399 (163,175) --
Changes in operating assets and liabilities,
net of effects of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable, trade (142,662) (292,209) 312,140
Accounts receivable from affiliates (47,078) 37,542 (245,469)
Inventories 232,236 (192,446) 177,089
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 32,562 255,759 (66,995)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 2,027,007 (673,405) (325,571)
Other assets 1,116,822 (6,031) (331,377)
Noncurrent liabilities 142,027 153,406 (81,914)
------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 385,783 1,346,354 (1,340,986)
------------ ------------ ------------
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment (1,535,684) (1,642,333) (1,438,320)
Proceeds from sale of assets 1,210,345 197,027 --
Collection of note receivable -- 60,391 756,000
Investments in receivables from affiliates (280,792) -- --
Collection of receivables from affiliates -- -- 69,745
Cost of acquisitions, net of cash acquired -- (231,745) --
------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash used in investing activities (606,131) (1,616,660) (612,575)
------------ ------------ ------------
Financing activities:
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock -- -- 2,166,295
Repayment of affiliate borrowings -- (150,000) (519,507)
Proceeds from other borrowings and warrants 1,591,572 1,221,790 4,986,550
Repayment of other borrowings (1,419,736) (2,439,297) (3,105,463)
Cash dividends (1,112) (750) (4,295)
Purchase of treasury stock (150,000)
------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash provided by financing activities 20,724 (1,368,257) 3,523,580
------------ ------------ ------------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (199,624) (1,638,563) 1,570,019
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 463,166 2,101,729 531,710
------------ ------------ ------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 263,542 $ 463,166 $ 2,101,729
============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
ORGANIZATION
Watermarc Food Management Co. (the "Company"), owns and operates 41
restaurants, primarily in the Houston Metropolitan area, under the names
"Marco's Mexican Restaurants" ("Marco's Restaurants"); "The Original Pasta
Co." ("Pasta Co."); "Billy Blues Barbecue Bar & Grill" ("Billy Blues"); and
"Longhorn Cafe". The Company also produces and markets two brands of
barbecue sauce and a spice rub, "Billy Blues Barbecue Sauce", "Chris'
& Pitt's Bar-B-Que Sauce" and "Chris' & Pitt's Spice Rub". They are
marketed to supermarkets, other retail stores and food service outlets.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts
and transactions have been eliminated.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the
Company will be able to continue as a going concern. The Company has a
working capital deficit of approximately $8.2 million at June 29, 1997 and
experienced significant losses in fiscal 1997 which raise doubts about the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's
continuation as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate
sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations on a timely basis,
to obtain additional financing or capital and to refinance its debt and
ultimately attain profitable operations.
Management's plans include the following:
# Increasing revenues in existing restaurants by remodeling certain
Marco's Restaurants and by improving marketing programs and customer
service at Marco's and Pasta Co.
# Increasing revenues from the sale of food products by reinforcing
existing markets, expanding distribution to new market areas,
introducing more aggressive marketing programs, adding methods of
distribution and developing new products.
# Franchising new restaurants.
# Maintaining cost controls while increasing revenues.
# Obtaining additional equity capital or debt financing.
FISCAL YEAR
The Company utilizes a 52-53 week fiscal year which ends on the Sunday
closest to June 30. References to 1997, 1996 and 1995 are all 52 week
periods ended June 29, 1997, June 30, 1996 and July 2, 1995, respectively.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased
with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
The Company places substantially all of its cash and cash equivalents with
nationally recognized financial institutions and money market mutual funds.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or
market and consist primarily of restaurant food, beverages, supplies, and
food products (primarily barbecue sauce) held for sale.
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1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES CONT'D:
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment is stated at cost. Leasehold improvements are
amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the life of the lease
(ranging from approximately ten to fifteen years) or the estimated useful
lives of the improvements. Building, furniture, fixtures and equipment are
depreciated using straight-line and accelerated methods over the estimated
useful life of the assets, which range from five to thirty years. Major
additions which extend service lives are charged to the property accounts
as incurred, whereas minor amounts are expensed. Disposals are removed at
cost less accumulated depreciation with the resulting gain or loss
reflected in current operations.
ORGANIZATION COSTS
Organization costs are included in other assets and are being amortized on
a straight-line basis over five years.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets are associated with the purchase of Pasta Co., Pete's
Hospitality Co., Inc. and Chris' and Pitt's Barbeque Sauce. These assets
are being amortized using the straight-line method over the expected period
to be benefited (fifteen years for The Pasta Co.). The Company's management
periodically assesses the recorded balances of its intangible assets in
light of historic and projected operating trends and profitability and
general economic conditions. Management's assessment includes projecting
cash flows from each intangible asset over the estimated remaining life.
Should this undiscounted amount not equal the unamortized balance related to
the asset, an impairment would be indicated and the asset would be written
down to fair value.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, management deemed the intangible
assets associated with Chris' and Pitt's Barbeque Sauce to be impaired and
charged off $3.45 million to reduce the assets to an estimated fair value of
$250,000. Also, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company sold
Pete's Hospitality Co., Inc. to a related party and wrote off its goodwill.
PREOPENING COSTS
Certain expenses incurred in connection with the opening of a restaurant
(principally the costs of food products and staff training) are accumulated
and then expensed at the date of opening.
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes are provided using the liability method. Under this method,
deferred income taxes are recorded to reflect the tax consequences on
future years, of temporary differences between the tax basis of the assets
and the liabilities and their financial statement amounts. Valuation
allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to
the amount expected to be realized.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenues from food product sales are recognized when the order is shipped
and ownership passes to the buyer.
NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
Net loss per common share is based on the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding during the periods, adjusted for dividends on preferred
stock and interest expense, where applicable, plus common equivalent
shares, reflected under the treasury stock method, unless the effects of
common equivalent shares were antidilutive. Fully diluted loss per share
is not presented as it is antidilutive.
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1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES CONT'D:
IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In May 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 128 "Earnings Per Share" which changes
the manner in which earnings per share are calculated and presented. The
pronouncement is effective for annual and interim periods ending after
December 15, 1997.
MANAGEMENT'S ESTIMATES
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 dates of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during
the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
2. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS:
THE ORIGINAL PASTA CO.
Effective January 26, 1996, the Company acquired all of the outstanding
common stock of The Pasta Co. from the Company's largest shareholder. The
purchase price was $6,716,667, consisting of $3,750,000 of notes and the
issuance of 1,666,667 shares of the Company's common stock valued at
$2,966,667. The acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase and,
accordingly, the assets and liabilities of Pasta Co. have been recorded at
their fair value at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase
price including related acquisition costs of approximately $280,000, over
the fair values of the net identifiable assets acquired less liabilities
assumed, is reported as goodwill and is being amortized over 15 years.
The statement of operations includes the results of Pasta Co. from the date
of acquisition. The following table summarizes the unaudited pro forma
results of operations of the Company as if the acquisition had occurred at
the beginning of each period presented:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Revenues $46,086,307 $44,960,944
Net loss (679,509) (8,201,187)
Net loss per common share (.08) (0.95)
</TABLE>
The allocation of the total purchase price, including related expenses, for
Pasta Co. based on the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired, at
the date of acquisition is as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Net of liabilities over tangible assets $ (768,955)
Intangible Assets 131,250
Goodwill 7,634,255
-------------
Total purchase price allocation $ 6,996,550
=============
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
3. DETAILS OF CERTAIN BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS:
Additional information regarding certain balance sheet accounts at June
29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Inventories:
Food products $ 225,319 $ 399,946
Restaurant food, beverage and other 257,983 315,592
------------ ------------
$ 483,302 $ 715,538
============ ============
Property and Equipment:
Land $ -- $ 50,000
Building and leasehold improvements 6,982,563 7,770,515
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 8,781,908 9,828,449
Transportation equipment 61,246 178,293
------------ ------------
15,825,717 17,827,257
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (9,775,086) (8,498,731)
------------ ------------
$ 6,050,631 $ 9,328,526
============ ============
Intangible Assets:
License agreement $ 4,398,528 $ 4,401,572
Goodwill 7,626,255 8,458,728
Favorable lease -- 209,000
------------ ------------
12,024,783 13,069,300
Less accumulated amortization (4,811,326) (869,253)
------------ ------------
$ 7,213,457 $ 12,200,047
============ ============
Other assets:
Debt issue costs $ -- $ 77,178
Organizational costs -- 2,024
Other 111,381 104,484
------------ ------------
$ 111,381 $ 183,686
============ ============
Accrued liabilities:
Payroll and related costs $ 911,861 $ 487,820
Taxes, other than payroll and income taxes 831,332 409,093
Rent -- 457,673
Interest 104,162 139,182
Other 416,466 337,287
------------ ------------
$ 2,263,821 $ 1,831,055
============ ============
</TABLE>
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4. LONG-TERM DEBT:
At June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996, long-term debt consisted of the
following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Note payable to bank, due in monthly installments with interest
at prime plus 1%, maturing in May 1999, collateralized by certain
property and equipment $ 383,333 $ 583,333
Mortgage note payable, due in monthly installments with interest
at 10%, collateralized by certain land and building -- 254,125
Notes payable to banks and trade vendors, due in monthly
installments with interest ranging from 0% to 12.0%, maturing at
various dates through 1999, collateralized by certain property
and equipment 965,610 840,057
Notes payable to banks, due in monthly installments with interest
rates ranging from 8.5% to 9.5%, maturing at various dates
through January 1998, collateralized by certain vehicles 13,103 26,483
Subordinated notes, interest at 12% payable quarterly, principal
due in July 1997, collateralized by all of the outstanding stock
of Marco's Mexican Restaurants, Inc. (See Subsequent Events.) 2,500,000 2,500,000
Note payable to an unaffiliated foreign investor, interest at 10%
payable quarterly, principal due in June 1999, collateralized by
certain property and equipment 1,000,000 1,000,000
Note payable to bank, due in monthly principal installments with
interest payable monthly at 10%, maturing in August 2000, 415,176 519,878
collateralized by certain property and equipment
Note payable to bank, due in monthly principal installments with
interest payable quarterly at 10% maturing March 2001,
collateralized by certain property and equipment 974,832 1,148,644
9% convertible subordinated debentures due March 1999,
collateralized by inventories and accounts receivable, licenses,
trademarks and equipment 217,000 217,000
Note payable to bank, due in monthly principal installments with
interest payable monthly at the bank's prime rate, maturing in
April 2004, collateralized by real property and guaranteed by
stockholder 295,099 --
Note payable to bank, due in monthly principal installments with
interest payable monthly at the bank's prime plus 1% maturing in
February 2002, guaranteed by stockholder 233,333 --
Note payable to bank, due in monthly principal installments with
interest payable monthly at the bank's prime plus 2% maturing in
April 1998, guaranteed by stockholder 274,867 --
Capital lease obligations -- 10,997
----------- -----------
7,272,353 7,100,517
Less current portion (2,787,814) (1,401,825)
----------- -----------
$ 4,484,539 $ 5,698,692
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
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4. LONG-TERM DEBT CONT'D:
In March 1994, the Company issued $2,691,000 of 9% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures which are due on March 16, 1999. Interest is payable
semi-annually on March 15 and September 15. The debentures are convertible
at any time prior to maturity at the option of the holder, unless
previously redeemed, into shares of common stock at a conversion price of
$5.00 of principal into one share of common stock. The debentures are
redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time,
at prices ranging from 105% of the principal amount in 1994 to 100% of the
principal amount in 1999. The debentures are also subject to mandatory
conversion at the option of the Company if at any time the closing bid
price of the Company's common stock exceeds $12 per share for twenty
consecutive days. The debentures are collateralized by a second lien on
the inventories, licensing, trademarks and other intangibles related to the
Chris' and Pitt's product line and by a continuing security interest in
various restaurant equipment.
In May of 1995, the Company offered the debentureholders the right to
convert (until June 30, 1995) the principal and accrued interest owed on
their debentures into common stock at a modified conversion rate of $2.3125
of debenture principal and interest for one share of common stock. The
Company recorded a $1.3 million charge in 1995 pursuant to "sweetened"
conversion terms. Debentureholders owed an aggregate of $2,474,000 in
principal agreed to the conversion. There is currently outstanding
$217,000 of debentures held by debentureholders who elected not to convert
at the modified conversion rate. In connection with the subordinated
debenture issuance, the Company incurred debt issue costs of approximately
$438,000 which were capitalized and amortized using a method which
approximates the interest method. Unamortized debt issue costs associated
with debentures which were converted to stock were charged to
paid-in-capital.
Annual maturities of long-term debt, as of June 29, 1997 are: $2,787,814
in 1998; $3,296,031 in 1999; $674,268 in 2000; $338,189 in 2001; $81,611 in
2002; and $94,440 thereafter.
The carrying amounts of notes payable approximate fair value.
5. NOTES PAYABLE TO STOCKHOLDER:
At June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996, notes payable to stockholder consisted
of the following (see "Note 11 - Related Party Transactions"):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Note associated with the acquisition of Pasta Co. with principal and
interest at 10% due in July 1997, collateralized by assets related to $ -- $ 595,000
Pasta Co. In May 1997, the Company and the Stockholder agreed to
offset their debts between them. (See Related Party Transactions.)
Note associated with the acquisition of Pasta Co. with interest at 10%
due quarterly with principal due in quarterly payments beginning
September 15, 2000 and ending September 15, 2002, collateralized by -- 2,750,000
assets related to Pasta Co. In May 1997, the Company and the
Stockholder agreed to convert this note to common stock rights.(See
Related Party Transactions.)
Note associated with the acquisition of Pasta Co. with interest at 10%
due quarterly with principal payments due on July 15 and December 31,
1997 at $500,000 each, collateralized by assets related to Pasta Co. In
May 1997, the Company and the Stockholder agreed to convert this note -- 1,000,000
to common stock rights. (See Related Party Transactions.)
Note associated with the acquisition of Pasta Co. with principal and
interest at 6% due July 1997, collateralized by assets related to Pasta -- 224,202
Co. In May 1997, the Company and the Stockholder agreed to offset their
debts between them. (See Related Party Transactions.)
Subordinated note, interest at 11% (12% in 1996) payable quarterly,
principal due in June 2002. (See Subsequent Events.) 500,000 500,000
----------- -----------
$ 500,000 $ 5,069,202
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
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5. PAYABLE TO STOCKHOLDER CONT'D:
The Company and its subsidiaries' various loan agreements contain certain
restrictive financial and other covenants. Additionally, some existing
loan covenants contain provisions which limit the amount of funds available
for transfer from certain subsidiaries to the parent corporation without
the consent of the lender.
At June 29, 1997, the Company had no significant credit facilities
available.
6. LEASE OBLIGATIONS:
The Company leases restaurant facilities and certain equipment and
leasehold improvements under operating lease agreements having terms
expiring at various dates through 2012. The leases have renewal clauses of
5 to 10 years, at the option of the Company, and have provisions for
contingent rentals based upon a percentage of revenues in excess of a
minimum amount. Rental expense under operating lease agreements was
approximately $2,507,000, $2,599,000 and $2,774,000 in 1995, 1996 and 1997
respectively.
Future minimum lease payments, excluding contingent rentals, at June 29,
1997, were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FISCAL YEAR OPERATING
<S> <C>
1998 $ 3,584,000
1999 3,146,000
2000 3,367,000
2001 2,573,000
2002 2,435,000
Thereafter 8,061,000
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Total future minimum lease payments $ 23,166,000
============
</TABLE>
7. CONTINGENCIES:
Effective July 1, 1992, the Company voluntarily discontinued its workers'
compensation coverage in the State of Texas. The Company anticipates that
the ultimate expense of representing itself in the settlement of claims
will be less than the cost of insurance. The Company intends to vigorously
defend and pursue all unreasonable claims. Management does not believe
that any existing claims will have a material adverse impact on the
financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.
At June 29, 1997, the Company has accrued for all anticipated settlements.
8. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS:
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996 1995
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Interest paid $585,000 $624,855 $608,074
Income taxes paid -- -- --
</TABLE>
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8. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS CONT'D:
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996 1995
---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Restaurant development rights received in satisfaction
of note receivable $ -- $ -- $ 150,000
Conversion of preferred stock to common stock -- -- 800
Conversion of subordinated debt to equity, net of issuance cost -- -- 2,171,912
Issuance of warrants in lieu of payment of brokers fees -- -- 25,752
Issuance of common stock in lieu of payment of liabilities -- 347,904 1,418,761
Issuance of common stock for preferred stock dividend 41,479 15,898 6,658
Issuance of debt in payment of liabilities -- 548,680 --
Conversion of stockholder's debt and interest to equity 4,142,337 -- --
Note receivable from sale of Pete's Hospitality 300,000 -- --
Offset of stockholder debt and interest against receivables 819,202 -- --
Assumption of debt by buyer upon sale of Pete's Hospitality 79,491 -- --
</TABLE>
During 1996, the Company acquired Pasta Co. Components of cash used for
the acquisition, as reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for 1996 are summarized as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Fair value of current assets, net of cash acquired $ 125,352
Fair value of noncurrent assets 2,891,627
Goodwill and other intangible assets 7,634,255
Liabilities assumed (2,733,620)
Notes payable to stockholder (4,719,202)
Stock issued at closing (2,966,667)
-----------
Cash paid, net of cash acquired $ 231,745
===========
</TABLE>
9. INCOME TAXES:
The significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and
liabilities, as of June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996, were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Intangible assets $ 1,020,000 $ --
Accrued liabilities 196,000 275,723
Net operating loss 8,262,000 6,117,025
Property and equipment 442,000 44,044
----------- -----------
Total deferred tax assets 9,920,000 6,436,792
----------- -----------
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deductible intangible assets -- 421,350
----------- -----------
Total deferred tax liabilities -- 421,350
----------- -----------
Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance 9,920,000 6,015,442
Valuation allowance (9,920,000) (6,015,442)
----------- -----------
Net deferred tax asset $ -- $ --
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
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9. INCOME TAXES CONT'D:
The reconciliation of the provision for income taxes to the income tax
expense resulting from the application of the federal statutory tax rates
to pretax income is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996 1995
----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Tax provision (benefit) at statutory rate ($ 3,710,344) $ 16,557 $(2,392,492)
Amortization of goodwill 37,590 69,382 --
Loss on conversion of debt to equity -- -- 452,124
Merger transaction expenses -- -- --
Change in valuation allowance 3,904,558 (103,797) 1,695,325
Other 231,804 17,858 245,043
----------- ----------- -----------
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes $ -- $ -- $ --
=========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
As of June 29, 1997, the Company had consolidated net operating loss
carryforwards (NOL's) of approximately $24.3 million which expire in varying
amounts through the fiscal years 2006 through 2011. Due to the merger with
Marco's Restaurants in 1994, the consolidated pre-acquisition NOL's of
approximately $11 million are not available to offset any future taxable
income that may be generated by Marco's Restaurants. In addition, the
utilization of pre-acquisition NOL's is further limited due to a greater
than 50% change in ownership.
10. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
ISSUANCES OF COMMON STOCK
FISCAL YEAR 1997:
In December 1996, the Company issued 236,607 shares of common stock as
payment of a dividend to preferred shareholders.
In June 1997, the Company declared 592,965 shares of common stock as
payment of a dividend to preferred shareholders.
FISCAL YEAR 1996:
In December 1995, the Company issued 225,000 shares of common stock valued
at approximately $180,000 in partial satisfaction of a settlement of a
lawsuit.
In January 1996, the Company issued 112,598 shares of common stock as
payment of a dividend to preferred shareholders.
In January 1996, the Company issued 1,666,667 shares of common stock valued
at $2,966,667 in connection with the acquisition of Pasta Co.
In February 1996, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock as
payment of legal fees of $150,000.
In February of 1996, the Company issued 12,000 shares of common stock
valued at $18,000 in settlement of a lawsuit.
In June 1996, the Company issued 205,367 shares of common stock as payment
of a dividend to preferred shareholders.
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FISCAL YEAR 1995:
In July 1994, the Company issued 40,000 shares of common stock valued at
$260,000 in satisfaction of a commission in connection with the merger with
Marco's Restaurants, of which 20,000 shares were issued to a director of
the Company.
In August 1994, the Company issued 53,516 shares of common stock valued at
approximately $241,000 in satisfaction of construction liabilities related
to a Billy Blues restaurant in Dallas, Texas.
In September 1994, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $1.0
million from a private placement of 375,438 shares of common stock.
In September 1994, the Company issued 16,435 shares of common stock in lieu
of cash equivalent interest payments of $47,250 related to its subordinated
debentures.
In November 1994, the Company issued 33,493 shares of common stock valued
at $70,000 in satisfaction of construction liabilities related to a Billy
Blues restaurant in Dallas, Texas.
In December 1994, the Company issued 69,132 shares of common stock as
payment of a dividend to preferred stockholders.
In February 1995, a preferred stockholder converted 800 shares of preferred
stock into 1,000 shares of common stock.
In March 1995, the Company issued 16,435 shares of common stock in lieu of
cash equivalent interest payments of $47,250 related to its subordinated
debentures.
In June 1995, the Company issued 153,477 shares of common stock in
satisfaction of trade payables of approximately $321,000.
In June 1995, the Company issued 39,750 shares of common stock in
satisfaction of approximately $80,000 in construction liabilities related
to its Billy Blues restaurant in Denver, Colorado.
In June 1995, the Company issued 13,000 shares of common stock in
satisfaction of a liability of approximately $40,000 related to a
consulting agreement.
In June 1995, the Company issued 68,800 shares of common stock in
satisfaction of an employment contract settlement of $172,000.
In June 1995, the Company issued 26,312 shares of common stock in
satisfaction of notes payable of $50,000.
In June 1995, the Company issued 64,019 shares of common stock as payment
of a dividend to preferred stockholders.
In June 1995, the Company issued 1,093,904 shares of common stock for the
conversion of approximately $2.5 million of subordinated principal and
accrued interest on debentures.
In June 1995, the Company issued 621,500 shares of common stock in a
private placement and received net proceeds of approximately $1.2 million.
PREFERRED STOCK
In February 1993, the Company issued 450,000 shares of 9% Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock") with a face amount of $10
per share. Dividends are cumulative and are payable in semi-annual
installments, on June 30 and December 31, at a rate of $.90 per share per
annum. Dividends may be paid in either cash or an equivalent value of
common stock. The Preferred Stock has no voting rights and has a
liquidation preference of $10 per share plus accumulated and unpaid
dividends.
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10. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY CONT'D:
Holders of the shares of Preferred Stock have the right, at the holder's
option, to convert any or all such shares into common stock at any time.
If at any time the closing sale price of the Company's common stock exceeds
$10 per share, the Company may convert the Preferred Stock to common stock.
The Preferred Stock is convertible at a rate of one share of common stock
for each $8 in face value of Preferred Stock converted. The Preferred Stock
is redeemable at the Company's option at $12 per share.
At the close of the Company's public offering of its Preferred Stock, the
Company issued, to the underwriter, warrants to purchase 45,000 shares of
preferred stock at an exercise price of $12 per share extended until
January 1998. None of these warrants have been exercised.
COMMON STOCK WARRANTS AND STOCK OPTION PLANS
The Company has the following common stock warrants and option plans:
o SERIES A WARRANTS - The Company has 875,500 Series A Warrants
outstanding at June 29, 1997. Each warrant entitles the holder
to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $6.50 per
share, subject to certain adjustments, until the warrants
expire. The expiration date has been extended to May 15, 1998.
The Company has the right to redeem the warrants at $.01 per
warrant, upon written notice, if the daily common stock
closing price exceeds $7.80 per share during any twenty
consecutive business days.
o OTHER WARRANTS - In connection with the issuance of $3 million
in subordinated notes, the Company issued 1,333,320 warrants,
each of which evidence the right to purchase a share of the
Company's common stock at a purchase price of $2.25 per share
until December 31, 1999. In connection with an agreement to
extend the repayment date of the notes, the purchase price was
reduced to $ .25 per share.
Also, in connection with the subordinated notes, the Company
issued warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock to
the placement agent at an exercise price of $2.50 per share,
which expire on December 31, 1999. In connection with an
agreement to extend the repayment date of the notes, said
purchase price was reduced to $ .25 per share.
In connection with the subordinated note conversion of Mr.
Bombaywala from the 12% Subordinated Note to the 11%
Subordinated Note in June 1997, 50,000 warrants to purchase
common stock at $1.50 per share were issued to Mr. Bombaywala.
In connection with a borrowing of $1 million from an
unaffiliated foreign corporation, the Company issued warrants
to purchase 75,000 shares of common stock to said corporation
at a purchase price of $3 per share until May 31, 1997. The
Company extended the expiration date to January 1998. In
January 1996, the Company issued additional warrants to this
corporation to purchase (1) 50,000 shares of common stock at
$3.00 per share exercisable until January 1, 1999 and (2)
50,000 shares of common stock at $4.00 per share exercisable
until January 1, 2001.
In connection with the issuance of common stock in a private
offering, the Company issued warrants to purchase 71,250
shares of common stock to the placement agent at a purchase
price of $3 per share until May 31, 1997. The Company
extended the expiration date to January 1998.
In June 1997, the Company issued warrants to the former
President of the Company to purchase 180,000 shares of common
stock exercisable at $.50 until June 30, 1999.
o STOCK OPTION PLAN - The Company has a Stock Compensation Plan
under which either incentive stock options or non-qualified
stock options may be issued to officers, key employees and
non-employee directors of the Company. All options granted
under the plan have been at fair market value or greater on
the date of grant and expire five years from the date of
grant.
The Company has reserved a total of 1,000,000 shares of common
stock for the plans and an additional 589,500 options were
available for grant at June 29, 1997.
The Company has elected to follow Accounting Board Opinion No.
25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" (APB 25) and
related interpretations in accounting for its employee stock
options because, as discussed below, the alternative fair value
accounting provided for under FASB Statement No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," requires use of
option valuation models that were not developed for use by the
Company in valuing employee stock options. Under APB 25,
because the exercise price of the Company's employee stock
options either exceeds or equals the market price of the
underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense
has been recognized.
The existing stock option valuation models were developed for
use in estimating the fair value of traded options which have
no vestings restrictions and are fully transferable. In
addition, option valuation models require the input of highly
subjective assumptions including the expected price
volatility. Because the Company's stock options have
characteristics significantly different from those of traded
options, and because changes in subjective input assumptions
can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management's
opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a
reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee
stock options.
Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per
share is required by FASB Statement No. 123, and has been
determined as if the Company had accounted for its employee
stock options under the fair value based accounting method of
that Statement. In the opinion of the management, the pro
forma net income and earnings per share under the fair value
based accounting method were not materially different than
those accounted for using the intrinsic value based accounting
method prescribed by APB 25.
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A summary of stock option activities during 1997, 1996 and 1995 is as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF OPTION PRICE
SHARES PER SHARE
<S> <C> <C>
Options outstanding at July 3, 1994 457,000 4.63 to 5.09
Granted 747,000 2.00 to 2.88
Canceled (687,000) 4.63 to 5.09
--------- ------- ----
Options outstanding at July 2, 1995 517,000 2.00 to 4.63
Granted 134,500 1.00
Canceled (40,000) 2.00 to 4.63
--------- ------- ----
Options outstanding at June 30, 1996 611,500 1.00 to 2.88
Granted 180,000 .25 to .50
Canceled (381,000) 1.00 to 4.63
--------- ------- ----
Options outstanding at June 29, 1997 410,500 .25 to 1.00
========= ------- ----
Exercisable at June 29, 1997 188,700 .25 to 1.00
========= ------- ====
</TABLE>
11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On September 7, 1995, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares (the "Shares") of
Pasta Co. from Mr. Bombaywala, the sole stockholder and director of Pasta
Co. On September 14, 1995, the Company, Mr. Bombaywala, Pasta Co. and the
Company, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement") which provided for the merger of Pasta Co. with and into the
Company as the surviving corporation (the "Merger"). The principal assets
of Pasta Co. consisted of its ownership of ten (10) restaurants in Houston,
Texas.
In consideration for the Shares, Mr. Bombaywala received 1,666,667 shares
of the Company's Common Stock (the "Merger Shares") and two promissory
notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3,750,000 (the "Notes"). The
Merger Shares were valued at $1.78 per share which was the market value of
the Common Stock on the date of the Merger. The total consideration paid
to Mr. Bombaywala was $2,966,667; however, as provided below, a portion of
the Merger Shares was subject to future release and earn out. In addition,
the Company assumed approximately $3.6 million of liabilities and
indebtedness of Pasta Co. outstanding as of January 26, 1996, including
amounts due to Mr. Bombaywala as noted below.
Although not required by law, the Board of Directors of the Company elected
to submit the Merger to its independent shareholders for approval at its
Annual Meeting of Shareholders which was held January 9, 1996. Mr.
Bombaywala, who then owned 4,620,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock,
or 41.6%, excluding the Merger Shares, did not vote on the Merger at the
Annual Meeting. The Merger was approved, and the effective date of the
Merger (the "Effective Date") was January 26, 1996. As of the Escrow
Closing Date, the Company was granted the right to manage Pasta Co. and
received a management fee of three percent (3%) of the gross revenues of
Pasta Co. through the Effective Date. Such fees amounted to approximately
$137,000.
The Merger Shares are restricted securities but have demand and incidental
registration rights. A total of 350,000 Merger Shares were subject to a
Development Escrow Agreement which provided for the earnout and release of
such shares based upon (i) the opening of five additional Pasta Co.
restaurants on or before December 31, 1996 at an average cost not to exceed
$400,000 per restaurant, or (ii) the share price for the Company's Common
Stock exceeding $5.00 per share for any ten consecutive business days on or
before June 30, 1996 or $7.00 per share on or before June 30, 1997. The
Company completed the opening of the five additional Pasta Co. Restaurants
before December 31, 1996 and, therefore, the Merger Shares have been
released to Mr. Bombaywala.
On the Effective Date, a promissory note of Pasta Co. to Mr. Bombaywala in
the principal amount of $1,260,000 was paid by the Company. Payment was
made as follows: $150,000 in cash, transfer of ownership of land and
building valued at $515,000 and a note to Mr. Bombaywala in the amount of
$595,000. Management is of the opinion that the value represented its fair
value at the time of transfer. Mr. Bombaywala received an additional note
from the Company in the amount of $224,202 for other obligations of Pasta
Co. arising prior to the Effective Date. These notes payable, totaling
$819,202, were offset against notes receivable from Mr. Bombaywala. (See
below.)
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11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS CONT'D:
At June 30, 1996, the Company had a noncurrent, 6% note receivable from
Ghulam Bombaywala ("Mr. Bombaywala"), the majority shareholder, officer and
a director of the Company in the amount of $2,175,310, payable in three
annual principal installments of $200,000 each beginning July 31, 1996, and
a final payment of the remaining principal and interest on July 31, 1999.
The note is collateralized by certain assets of the shareholder. Accrued
interest of $170,844 as of July 2, 1995 was due July 31, 1995. In
September of 1995, the Board of Directors voted to modify the terms of the
note by deferring payment of the interest due until December 31, 1995. In
May 1996, the Company and Mr. Bombaywala agreed to offset interest due from
Mr. Bombaywala under the note against interest due to Mr. Bombaywala under
notes associated with the purchase of Pasta Co. At June 30, 1996, $206,388
of interest payable to Mr. Bombaywala was offset against interest
receivable from Mr. Bombaywala. The remaining balance of interest
receivable at June 30, 1996 was $94,974. Such amount, along with amounts
accruing in the future will be offset against interest payable to Mr.
Bombaywala. During 1997, the Company earned interest of $123,877 on the
note receivable from Mr. Bombaywala and was charged interest of $123,757 on
various notes payable to him. The interest receivable and payable,
together with interest receivable at June 30, 1996 of $94,974 were offset
with a remaining receivable from Mr. Bombaywala of $95,093 outstanding at
June 29, 1997. Additionally, the Company incurred $392,337 in interest
expense on two notes aggregating $3,750,000. In connection with the
Conversion and Offset Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala forgave such interest
which has been recorded as a contribution to capital.
On May 15, 1997 Mr. Bombaywala and the Company entered into a Conversion
and Offset Agreement whereby the parties to the notes agreed to convert the
$3,750,000 of debt evidenced by the Notes to 7,500,000 Common Stock Rights
(the "Rights"). Each of the Rights shall automatically convert to one
share of the Company's Common Stock at a later date without further action
or consideration by Mr. Bombaywala, assuming the Company has a sufficient
number of shares authorized and freely issuable. In exchange for the
Rights, Mr. Bombaywala forgave the Notes. A value of $.50 per share was
determined by the Board of Directors in connection with the conversion.
The Company intends to proceed with an amendment to its Articles of
Incorporation to increase its authorized Common Stock to a sufficient level
to enable it to issue all of the shares. However, there can be no
assurance that such amendment will be adopted. The Company also agreed
with Mr. Bombaywala to offset $819,202 in additional notes payable to,
against notes receivable from, Mr. Bombaywala.
During 1997, the Company sold the stock of Pete's Hospitality Co., Inc. to
its former president for a 10% note receivable of $300,000 payable over
approximately five years. The Company recorded a loss on disposal of
approximately $750,000 during 1997.
In April 1997, the Company agreed to sell equipment associated with three
new restaurants to Mr. Bombaywala and lease the assets back. The three
restaurants were opened in the second and fourth quarters of fiscal 1997.
The Company believes that the selling price of $750,000 and the lease rate
are comparable to those which could be attained from an unrelated third
party. There was no gain or loss to the Company on this transaction.
During fiscal 1997, 100,000 shares of common stock were returned to the
Company from a Director of the Company in exchange for cash of $1.50 per
share and the agreement of the Company to pay the balance owed to the
Director's law firm in monthly installments in the ordinary course of
business.
In December 1994, Mr. Bombaywala purchased $500,000 principal amount of the
Company's subordinated notes and received 222,222 warrants to purchase a
like number of shares of common stock. Mr. Bombaywala is also obligated to
purchase the remaining $2.5 million of the Subordinated Notes if they have
not been paid in full at maturity. In June 1997, Mr. Bombaywala converted
this 12% subordinated debt to 11% subordinated debt, due June 2002.
Mr. Bombaywala has also guaranteed other obligations of the Company,
including notes payable and leases associated with Marco's and Pasta Co.
restaurants.
In August 1996, the Company sold for $350,000 previously mortgaged real
property located at the Victoria, Texas Marco's Restaurant location to the
Bombaywala Family Trust ("The Trust"). The Trust is administered by
M.U. Bombaywala, Trustee, for the purpose of his grandchildrens' education.
The real property and certain assets are now being leased by the Company
from the Trust. The Trust also owns the real property on which one of the
Company's Pasta Co. Restaurants is located, having purchased it from an
unaffiliated third party. The Trust leases this property to the Company.
The Company believes that both leases are at rates comparable to those which
could be attained from unrelated third parties.
In May of 1995, the Company began factoring accounts receivable through
Catalyst Financial Co., ("Catalyst") paying factoring fees of approximately
$19,000 in fiscal 1995 and $75,000 in fiscal 1996. The Company believes
that the fees paid were comparable to those that would be charged by a
competing factoring company. Mr. Bombaywala is a principal of Catalyst.
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11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS CONT'D:
In connection with the private offering of the Subordinated Notes, the
Company entered into an 18-month Financial Advisory Agreement (the
"Advisory Agreement") with Sanders Morris Mundy Inc. ("SMM"), the placement
agency in the offering. As placement agent, SMM received a 10% commission
on the sale of the Subordinated Notes, excluding the $500,000 of
Subordinated Notes purchased by Mr. Bombaywala.
Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Company also agreed to pay
SMM a monthly fee of $10,000 in consideration for assistance in the
Company's acquisition efforts and capital raising endeavors. Furthermore,
pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Company also issued to SMM warrants
to purchase 150,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.50
per share (the "SMM Advisory Warrants"), which expire on December 31, 1999.
SMM subsequently transferred 45,000 of the SMM Advisory Warrants to Mr.
Chadwick, Senior Vice President and a Managing Director of SMM and a
director of the Company. In July 1997, in connection with an extension on
the payment terms of the Subordinated Notes, the exercise price of the
warrants was reduced to $.25 per share and the Advisory Agreement was
extended until December 31, 1997.
In September of 1995, the Company entered into an eight month financial
advisory agreement with Noesis Capital Corp. ("Noesis"), in order to obtain
assistance in identifying sources of financing, developing its acquisition
program and with shareholder relations. Under the terms of the agreement,
the Company paid $60,000 to Noesis during fiscal 1996. Nico B. Letschert
is President of Noesis and a director of the Company.
12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997 (June 1997) the Company offered a
private placement of $4 Million of 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
June 30, 2002 (the "Convertible Subordinated Notes") pursuant to exemptions
from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act")
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without
limitation, Section 4(2) and Regulation D. The Convertible Subordinated
Notes are being offered directly by the Company to qualified accredited
investors. The Company has not retained a broker or underwriter to assist
with the offering although it may elect to do so in the future on terms to
be negotiated. Holders of the Convertible Subordinated Notes received
warrants (the "Convertible Subordinated Note Warrants") to purchase shares
of Common Stock at a purchase price of $1.50 per share until June 30, 2002.
Interest on the Convertible Subordinated Notes is payable quarterly
beginning September 30, 1997. The Convertible Subordinated Notes are
currently unsecured and may be subordinated to certain defined senior
indebtedness. As of September 30, 1997, $700,000 principal amount of the
Convertible Subordinated Notes has been subscribed. The proceeds of the
offering were used to repay a portion of the $3 million principal amount of
12% Subordinated Notes originally due July 31, 1997. The balance of the
Subordinated Notes was extended to July 10, 1998. Ghulam M. Bombaywala,
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the
Company, converted the $500,000 principal amount of 12% Subordinated Notes
owed to him into the 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes, pursuant to a
Subordinated Note Conversion Agreement dated June 1, 1997 (the "Conversion
Agreement"). Pursuant to the Conversion Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala canceled
the $500,000 principal amount of 12% Subordinated Notes owed him by the
Company and received an 11% Convertible Subordinated Note of equal
principal amount with the same terms and conditions as the Convertible
Subordinated Notes being offered by the Company to prospective investors.
Additionally, in September 1997, the Company guaranteed a promissory note
with United Central Bank for $850,000 due September 2002. The proceeds of
the note were used to repay a portion of the $3 million principal amount of
12% Subordinated Notes originally due July 31, 1997.
The Company acquired 240,000 shares (the "CluckCorp Shares") of the out-
standing common stock, $0.1 par value of CluckCorp International, Inc., a
Texas corporation ("CluckCorp") on June 30, 1994 upon the conversion of and
as partial payment for, a promissory note of CluckCorp owed to the Company
in the principal amount of $800,000 (the "CluckCorp Note") issued in June
1993 and in exchange for certain other advances owed to the Company. The
CluckCorp Note has a maturity date of June 30, 1998, and was payable, at the
option of CluckCorp, in whole or in part, in cash or with Common Stock of
CluckCorp. During 1994 CluckCorp repaid a portion of the CluckCorp Note in
cash and the remaining portion of the CluckCorp Note and certain advances
were paid with the CluckCorp Shares. The Company subsequently sold the
CluckCorp Shares to JEB Investment Corporation, a Texas corporation ("JEB")
in exchange for a $1,800,000 recourse promissory note executed by JEB as
maker (the "JEB Note") bearing interest at 9% per annum, payable annually,
with a final maturity date of June 30, 1996. The JEB Note was secured by
the CluckCorp Shares pursuant to a Pledge Agreement. JEB defaulted on the
payments required under the JEB Note. In May 1997, JEB and the Company
executed an agreement whereby JEB relinquished all right, title and interest
in the CluckCorp Shares to the Company pursuant to the Company's foreclosure
rights in consideration for the Company relinquishing all of its rights
under the JEB Note. The Company is currently selling the CluckCorp Shares in
public and private transactions.
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13. IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS:
Property and Equipment. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company
made a decision to sell the remaining Billy Blues Restaurant. Accordingly,
the assets were deemed to be impaired and written down to their estimated
fair value. An impairment expense of $1.1 million was recognized during
1997. Additionally, the Company sold one Marco's Restaurant in the fourth
quarter for a loss of approximately $75,000. In 1997, an impairment
expense was recorded to reflect the loss on sale.
Intangible Assets. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company
deemed the intangible assets associated with Chris' & Pitt's Barbeque
Sauce to be impaired. Management estimated the fair value and,
accordingly, an impairment expense of approximately $3.45 million was
recorded during 1997 and is included in depreciation and amortization
expense.
14. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS:
An incentive savings plan has been established which is a qualified profit
sharing plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Contributions to the incentive savings plan are determined by the board of
directors. Employees may also make contributions to the incentive savings
plan based upon a percentage of qualified compensation in accordance with
the Internal Revenue Service rules and regulations. No contributions were
made to this plan by the Company during 1997, 1996 or 1995.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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2.1 Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 29, 1997 between Watermarc Food
Management Co. (the "Company") and Angelo Pitillo
4.1 Amendment No. 3 to Warrant Agreement covering Series A Warrants
4.2 Notice of Extension of Warrant Expiration Date to May 15, 1998
4.3 Second Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated effective as of July 31,
1997, among the Company and the Purchasers relating to $3,000,000 12%
Subordinated Notes due July 31, 1997
4.4 Second Amendment to Financial Advisory Agreement dated July 31, 1997
between the Company and Sanders Morris Mundy, Inc.
4.5 Conversion and Offset Agreement dated May 15, 1997 between The
Original Pasta Co., Marco's Mexican Restaurants, Inc., the Company
and Ghulam M. Bombaywala
4.6 Subordinated Note Conversion Agreement dated June 1, 1997 between the
Company and Ghulam M. Bombaywala
4.7 Specimen of Purchase Agreement for 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes
due June 30, 2002
4.8 Form of 11% Convertible Subordinated Promissory Note due June 30, 2002
4.9 Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of the Company expiring on
June 30, 2002 issued to purchasers of 11% Subordinated Notes
10.1 License Agreement dated June 29, 1997 between Marco's Mexican
Restaurants, Inc. and Mohammed S. and Rubina S. Akhtar licensing the
use of the name Marco's in the operation of a restaurant
10.2 $300,000 promissory note from the Company to MetroBank dated April 11,
1997
10.3 $300,000 promissory note from the Company to United Central Bank
dated April 7, 1997
10.4 $250,000 promissory note from the Company to Langham Creek National
Bank dated February 14, 1997
11.1 Statement regarding computation of per share earnings
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant
27.0 Financial Data Schedule
99.1 Form 8-K dated August 20, 1997
99.2 Form 8-K Amendment No. 1 dated August 20, 1997
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES EXHIBIT 11.1
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS (LOSS) PER COMMON
AND COMMON EQUIVALENT SHARES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
52 Weeks Ended
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June 29, 1997 June 30, 1996 July 2, 1995
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Computation of primary earnings (loss) per
common and common equivalent shares:
Net loss applicable to common stock $(11,209,361) $ (247,890) $ (7,331,421)
============ ============ ============
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 13,451,487 12,040,163 8,921,543
============ ============ ============
Primary loss per common share $ (0.83) $ (0.02) $ (0.82)
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Computation of earnings (loss) per common share assuming
full dilution (A):
Net loss applicable to common stock $(11,209,361) $ (247,890) $ (7,331,421)
Dividends on preferred stock 296,586 296,586 294,680
Interest on 9% convertible subordinated debentures 19,530 19,530 222,660
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Income (loss) assuming full dilution $(10,893,245) $ 68,226 $ (6,814,081)
============ ============ ============
Weighted average number of shares outstanding 13,451,487 12,040,163 10,003,426
Common shares issuable from stock option plans
and from warrants 2,998,903 3,121,633 2,814,320
Less shares assumed repurchased with proceeds (14,299,639) (6,098,472) (3,620,946)
Shares assumed issued upon conversion of
preferred stock 411,925 411,925 411,925
Shares assumed issued upon conversion of 9%
subordinated debentures 43,400 43,400 43,400
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Common shares outstanding assuming full dilution 2,606,076 9,518,649 9,652,125
============ ============ ============
Earnings (loss) per common and common equivalent
share assuming full dilution $ (4.18) $ 0.01 $ (0.71)
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</TABLE>
(A) This calculation is submitted in accordance with the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, Release No. 9083, although it is contrary to
paragraph 40 of APB Opinion No. 15 because it produced an anti-dilutive
result for years ended June 30, 1996 and July 2, 1995.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 28, 1997
or
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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Commission File Number: 0-20143
Watermarc Food Management Co.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-2605598
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(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
11111 Wilcrest Green, Suite 350 Houston, Texas 77042
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(713) 783-0500
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(Registrant's telephone number)
N/A
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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As of September 28, 1997, the registrant had 14,263,230 shares of its common
stock and 329,540 shares of its preferred stock outstanding, respectively.
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION PAGE NO.
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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Balance Sheets -
September 28, 1997 and June 29, 1997 2
Statements of Operations - Thirteen Weeks Ended
September 28, 1997 and September 29, 1996 3
Statements of Cash Flows - Thirteen Weeks Ended
September 28, 1997 and September 29, 1996 4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 5
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 8
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 11
ITEM 2. Changes in Securities and
Use of Proceeds
ITEM 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 28, 1997 JUNE 29, 1997
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 77,453 $ 263,542
Accounts receivable, trade 227,132 540,406
Accounts receivable from affiliates 338,702 299,518
Inventories 438,034 483,302
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 770,768 73,217
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Total current assets 1,852,089 1,659,985
Property and equipment, net 5,592,657 6,050,631
Notes and other receivables from affiliate 1,398,583 1,679,374
Intangible assets, net 7,031,831 7,213,457
Other assets 718,415 111,381
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$ 16,593,575 $ 16,714,828
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, trade $ 4,469,243 $ 4,780,931
Accrued liabilities 1,936,473 2,263,821
Current portion of long-term debt 1,589,208 2,787,814
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Total current liabilities 7,994,924 9,832,566
Long-term debt, less current portion 6,267,903 4,484,539
Notes payable to stockholder 950,994 500,000
Deferred rent 576,391 577,976
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock 329,540 329,540
Common stock 713,161 713,161
Additional paid-in capital 30,740,084 30,740,131
Accumulated deficit (30,829,422) (30,313,085)
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953,363 1,469,747
Less treasury stock, cost method (150,000) (150,000)
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Total stockholders' equity 803,363 1,319,747
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$ 16,593,575 $ 16,714,828
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
13 WEEKS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 28, 1997 SEPTEMBER 29, 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Revenues $ 10,868,076 $ 11,483,050
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Costs and expenses:
Costs of revenues 3,448,816 3,455,687
Other restaurant operations 6,903,597 6,114,629
Selling, marketing and distribution 209,250 440,764
General and administrative 724,583 706,624
Depreciation and amortization 561,788 644,914
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Total costs and expenses 11,848,034 11,362,618
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Income (loss) from operations (979,958) 120,432
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest income 30,075 29,855
Interest expense (185,299) (323,767)
Other, net 618,845 192,178
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Total non-operating income (expense) 463,621 (101,734)
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Income (loss) before income taxes (516,337) 18,698
Income taxes -- --
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Net income (loss) $ (516,337) $ 18,698
Preferred stock dividends 47 74,149
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Net income (loss) less preferred stock dividends $ (516,384) $ (55,451)
=============== ===============
Net income (loss) per common share $ (0.04) $ 0.00
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Weighted average common and common equivalent
shares outstanding 14,263,230 13,433,658
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</TABLE>
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
13 WEEKS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 28, 1997 SEPTEMBER 29, 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Operating activities:
Net income (loss) for the period $ (516,337) $ 18,698
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to
net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 561,788 644,914
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, trade 313,274 (130,017)
Accounts receivable from affiliates 241,607 (217,553)
Inventories 45,268 105,719
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (697,551) (179,452)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (639,036) (339,118)
Other assets (336,371) 20,038
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (1,027,358) (76,771)
Investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment (266,307) (203,424)
Proceeds from sale of assets 470,663 350,000
Collection of Bad Debt 453,864 --
Investment in note receivable (270,663) --
Repayment of notes receivable 5,653 --
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 393,210 146,576
--------------- ---------------
Financing activities:
Net proceeds from borrowings 2,255,047 --
Cash dividends (46) (695)
Payments on borrowings (1,806,942) (471,631)
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 448,059 (472,326)
--------------- ---------------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (186,089) (402,521)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 263,542 463,166
--------------- ---------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 77,453 $ 60,645
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</TABLE>
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
ORGANIZATION
Watermarc Food Management Co. (the "Company"), owns and operates 41
restaurants, primarily in the Houston Metropolitan area, under the names
"Marco's Mexican Restaurants" ("Marco's Restaurants"); "The Original Pasta
Co." ("Pasta Co."); and Billy Blues Barbecue Bar & Grill ("Billy Blues").
The Company also produces and markets two brands of barbecue sauce and a
spice rub, "Billy Blues Barbecue Sauce", "Chris' & Pitt's Bar-B-Que Sauce"
and "Chris' & Pitt's Spice Rub". They are marketed to supermarkets, other
retail stores and food service outlets.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts
and transactions have been eliminated.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited financial information for the quarters ended
September 28, 1997 and September 29, 1996 includes the results of
operations of the Company. In the opinion of management, the information
reflects all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments)
which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations
for such periods but should not be considered as indicative of results for
a full year.
The June 29, 1997 condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived
from the audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures
required by generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, the
condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction
with the audited consolidated financial statements.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the
Company will be able to continue as a going concern. The Company has a
working capital deficit of approximately $6,142,835 at September 28, 1997
and a net loss of $516,337 for the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 1997
and experienced significant losses in fiscal 1997 which raise doubts about
the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's
continuation as a going concern in both the short-term and the long-term is
dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its
obligations on a timely basis, to obtain additional financing or capital
and to refinance its debt and ultimately attain profitable operations.
For a further discussion of the Company's liquidity and capital resources,
see pages 9 and 10 hereof.
Management's plans include the following:
- Increasing revenues in existing restaurants by remodeling certain
Marco's Restaurants and by improving marketing programs and customer
service at Marco's and Pasta Co.
- Increasing revenues from the sale of food products by reinforcing
existing markets, expanding distribution to new market areas,
introducing more aggressive marketing programs, adding methods of
distribution and developing new products.
- Franchising new restaurants.
- Maintaining cost controls while increasing revenues.
- Obtaining additional equity capital or debt financing.
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IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In May 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 128 "Earnings Per Share" which
changes the manner in which earnings per share are calculated and
presented. The pronouncement is effective for annual and interim periods
ending after December 15, 1997.
MANAGEMENT'S ESTIMATES
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 dates of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during
the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
2. CONTINGENCIES:
The Company is involved in various lawsuits arising in the ordinary course
of its business, but believes that the resolution of these matters will not
have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997 (June 1997) the Company offered a
private placement of $4 Million of 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
June 30, 2002 (the "Convertible Subordinated Notes") pursuant to exemptions
from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act")
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without
limitation, Section 4(2) and Regulation D. The Convertible Subordinated
Notes are being offered directly by the Company to qualified accredited
investors.
The Company has not retained a broker or underwriter to assist with the
offering although it may elect to do so in the future on terms to be
negotiated. Holders of the Convertible Subordinated Notes received warrants
(the "Convertible Subordinated Note Warrants") to purchase shares of Common
Stock at a purchase price of $1.50 per share until June 30, 2002. Interest
on the Convertible Subordinated Notes is payable quarterly beginning
September 30, 1997. The Convertible Subordinated Notes are currently
unsecured and may be subordinated to certain defined senior indebtedness.
As of September 30, 1997, $700,000 principal amount of the Convertible
Subordinated Notes had been subscribed. The proceeds of the offering were
used to repay a portion of the $3 million principal amount of 12%
Subordinated Notes originally due July 31, 1997. The balance of the
Subordinated Notes was extended to July 10, 1998. Ghulam M. Bombaywala,
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the
Company, converted the $500,000 principal amount of 12% Subordinated Notes
owed to him into the 11% Convertible Subordinated Notes, pursuant to a
Subordinated Note Conversion Agreement dated June 1, 1997 (the "Conversion
Agreement"). Pursuant to the Conversion Agreement, Mr. Bombaywala canceled
the $500,000 principal amount of 12% Subordinated Notes owed him by the
Company and received an 11% Convertible Subordinated Note of equal
principal amount with the same terms and conditions as the Convertible
Subordinated Notes being offered by the Company to prospective investors.
Additionally, in September 1997, the Company guaranteed a promissory note
with United Central Bank for $850,000 due September 2002. The proceeds of
the note were used to repay a portion of the $3 million principal amount of
12% Subordinated Notes originally due July 31, 1997.
The Company acquired 240,000 shares (the "CluckCorp Shares") of the
outstanding common stock, $0.1 par value of CluckCorp International, Inc.,
a Texas corporation ("CluckCorp") on June 30, 1994 upon the conversion of,
and as partial payment for, a promissory note of CluckCorp owed to the
Company in the principal amount of $800,000 (the "CluckCorp Note") issued
in June 1993 and in exchange for certain other advances owed to the
Company.
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The CluckCorp Note has a maturity date of June 30, 1998, and was payable, at
the option of CluckCorp, in whole or in part, in cash or with Common Stock of
CluckCorp. During 1994 CluckCorp repaid a portion of the CluckCorp Note in cash
and the remaining portion of the CluckCorp Note and certain advances were paid
with the CluckCorp Shares. The Company subsequently sold the CluckCorp Shares
to JEB Investment Corporation, a Texas corporation ("JEB") in exchange for a
$1,800,000 promissory note executed by JEB as maker (the "JEB Note") bearing
interest at 9% per annum, payable annually, with a final maturity date of June
30, 1996. The JEB Note was secured by the CluckCorp Shares pursuant to a Pledge
Agreement. JEB defaulted on the payments required under the JEB Note. In May
1997, JEB and the Company executed an agreement whereby JEB relinquished all
right, title and interest in the CluckCorp Shares to the Company pursuant to
the Company's foreclosure rights in consideration for the Company relinquishing
all of its rights under the JEB Note. The Company sold the CluckCorp Shares in
the first and second quarters of fiscal 1998. The Company realized income
during the first quarter in the amount of $453,864.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS.
INTRODUCTION
The Company utilizes a 52-53 week fiscal year which ends on the Sunday
closest to June 30. References to the first quarter of fiscal years 1998
and 1997 are to the thirteen week periods ended September 28, 1997 and
September 29, 1996, respectively.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
THIRTEEN WEEKS ENDED SEPTEMBER 29, 1996 COMPARED TO THE
THIRTEEN WEEKS ENDED SEPTEMBER 28, 1997.
REVENUES. Revenues decreased $614,974 or 5.4% to $10,868,076 for the
first quarter of fiscal 1998 as compared to $11,483,050 for the first
quarter of fiscal 1997. The decrease is due primarily to the sale of
Pete's Hospitality Co., Inc. and one Marco's Mexican Restaurant during
fiscal 1997.
To counteract the decline in comparable revenues, management is currently
taking action in an attempt to increase sales, including a new training
program and an intense concentration on increasing customer satisfaction.
However, there can be no assurance that such actions will result in the
desired sales increases. Management is also implementing cost reduction
strategies in order to decrease the impact of the sales decline on the
Company's bottom line.
COSTS AND EXPENSES. Total cost of revenues increased to 31.7% of revenues
in 1998 as compared to 30.1% of revenues in 1997. The increase is due to
increases in prices of certain high volume products used in menu item
preparation.
Restaurant operations include all other unit-level operating expenses,
comprised principally of labor, supplies, rent, utilities, repairs and
maintenance, and other direct expenses. As a percentage of restaurant
revenues, these costs increased from 53.2% of revenues in fiscal 1997 to
63.5% of revenues in fiscal 1998 primarily due to the decline in comparable
sales and increases in minimum wage requirements.
Selling, marketing and distribution expenses decreased by $231,514
primarily due to a reduction of marketing activities during the quarter.
General and administrative expenses increased by $17,959.
Depreciation and amortization decreased by $83,126 primarily due to the
sale of Pete's Hospitality Co., Inc. and one Marco's Mexican Restaurant
location.
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NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE). Interest expense decreased by $138,468 due
to the partial payment of the 12% Subordinated Notes.
NET INCOME (LOSS). As a result of the changes in the relationship between
revenues and costs and expenses discussed above, the Company showed net
loss of $516,337 for the first quarter of fiscal 1998 compared to net
income of $18,698 for the first quarter of fiscal 1997. The fiscal 1998
loss is generally due to increase in restaurant operating cost. If such
trends continue, the Company will incur substantial losses in the future
which would have a material impact upon its cash flow.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
OPERATING ACTIVITIES. The Company continues to experience losses from
operations and, as of September 28, 1997, has an accumulated deficit of
$30,829,422.
During the thirteen weeks ended September 28, 1997, net cash flow used in
operating activities equaled $1,027,358 which resulted from reductions in
accrued liabilities and increases in current assets, partially offset by
depreciation and amortization added back to net income. Investing
activities generated $393,210 in cash due to the sale of fixed assets and
collection of bad debt, partially offset by purchases of property and
equipment. Financing activities contributed $448,059 in cash created by
borrowing from banks and a stockholder.
For the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 1996 net cash flow used in
operating activities equaled $76,771 which resulted from reductions in
accrued liabilities and increases in current assets, partially offset by
depreciation and amortization added back to net income. Investing
activities generated $146,576 in cash due to the sale of fixed assets
partially offset by purchases of property and equipment. Financing
activities utilized $472,326 in cash due to payments on borrowings.
As of September 28, 1997, the Company had negative working capital of
$6,142,835, as compared to negative working capital of $8,172,581 at June
29, 1997. The decrease is due primarily to payment of $1,250,000 on the 12%
Subordinated Notes.
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. The Company's continuation as a going concern is
dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its
obligations on a timely basis, to obtain additional financing or capital,
refinance its debt and to ultimately attain profitable operations.
The material capital commitments of the Company for fiscal 1998 are as
follows:
- Reduction of the Company's working capital deficit, including
payments on notes, accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
- Accumulation of funds for the payment of the principal balance of
$1.25 million owed on the $3 Million 12% Subordinated Notes
originally due July 31, 1997 but extended to July 10, 1998.
- Remodeling Marco's Restaurants.
Management's plans include the following:
- Decreasing food and labor cost while increasing revenues.
- Increasing revenues in existing restaurants by remodeling certain
Marco's Mexican Restaurants and by improving marketing programs
and customer service.
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- Increasing revenues from the sale of food products by reinforcing
existing markets, expanding distribution to new market areas,
introducing more aggressive marketing programs, adding methods of
distribution and developing new products.
- Franchising new restaurants.
- Obtaining additional equity capital or debt financing.
In the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company opened one new Pasta Co.
Restaurant. Pasta Co. Restaurants require an initial capital investment of
approximately $400,000. Of this amount, the Company financed approximately
half of the investment using the acquired assets as collateral. The Company
financed the balance through cash flow from operations. There are no
further plans to open new restaurants during fiscal 1998.
The Company currently does not have positive cash flow from operations
with respect to its Marco's and Pasta Co. Restaurants. The Company can
only achieve positive cash flow from operations if it can increase its
restaurant sales and reduce its labor and operating costs. During the
first quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company sold its Longhorn Cafe
Restaurant. The Company also plans to supplement cash flow from operations
by selling its last barbecue restaurant, Billy Blues, and three Marco's
Mexican Restaurant locations. However, cash generated from operations may
not be sufficient to meet all of the Company's fiscal 1998 capital
commitments set forth above. Without debt refinancing or additional debt or
equity financing in the short-term, the Company will not be able to (i)
reduce its current working capital deficit, (ii) repay the $1.25 million
balance of the Subordinated Notes due July 10, 1998, or (iii) continue its
remodeling efforts on the Marco's restaurants. There is no assurance that
the Company will be able to refinance its debt or obtain additional debt or
equity financing in the short term or long-term.
The Company may experience further losses or negative cash flow from
operations during the remainder of fiscal 1998. Continued losses raise
doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The
financial statements do not reflect any adjustments that might result from
the outcome of this uncertainty. If the substantial losses continue, the
value of the Company's long-lived assets may become impaired resulting in
write-downs to such assets to their estimated fair value.
The inability of the Company to obtain substantial additional financing and
achieve profitable operations has resulted in the curtailment of the
Company's expansion activities which may continue indefinitely. Cash
generated from operations will not be sufficient to allow the Company to
timely meet its obligations and continue remodeling the Marco's Restaurants
and continue restaurant expansion. Without obtaining profitable operations
and positive cash flow from operations the Company may have to curtail its
operations, sell core assets or seek further financings on terms which may
prove unfavorable to the Company and its shareholders.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION.
Information contained in this report on Form 10-Q which are not historical
facts, contains forward-looking statements and information relating to the
Company that are based on the beliefs of the Company's management, as well
as assumptions made by, and information currently available to the
Company's management. When used in this Form 10-Q, words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," and similar
expressions, as they relate to the Company or the Company's management,
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 relating to the operations
and results of operations of the Company, competitive factors and pricing
pressures, shifts in consumer demand, the costs of products and services,
general economic conditions, and the acts of third parties, as well as
other factors described in this Form 10-Q, and, from time to time, in the
Company's periodic earnings releases and reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results or outcomes may vary materially from those described herein as
anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, or intended, or the like.
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The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation,
to publicly release the results of any revisions which may be made to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the
date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.
(c) With respect to the information required by this Item 2(c) with
respect to the recent sale of unregistered securities, reference
is made to Part I, Item 1, Note 3 to the Interim Consolidated
Financial Statements.
ITEM 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
(a) Exhibit 11.1 and Exhibit 27 required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are
filed as part of this report.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K. During the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the
Company filed Form 8-K and Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K reporting Item
4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, dated August 20,
1997. No financial statement was filed with the reports.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO.
Date: 11/17/97 By: /s/ Ghulam Bombaywala
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Ghulam Bombaywala, Chairman of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Duly Authorized Signatory
and Principal Executive Officer and
acting as Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer) (1)
(1) The principal financial and accounting officer resigned in July 1997
and has not been replaced as of the date of this filing. Mr.
Bombaywala is signing as these positions.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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11.1 Computation of Per Share Earnings
27 Financial Data Schedule
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Exhibit 11.1
WATERMARC FOOD MANAGEMENT CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Computation of Earnings (Loss) per Common and Common Equivalent Shares
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<CAPTION>
13 Weeks Ended
September 28, 1997 September 29, 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Computation of primary earnings (loss) per
common and common equivalent shares:
Net earnings (loss) applicable to common stock ($516,384) ($55,451)
=============== ==============
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 14,263,230 13,433,658
=============== ==============
Primary earnings per common share ($0.04) ($0.00)
=============== ==============
Computation of earnings (loss) per common share
assuming full dilution (A):
Net earnings (loss) applicable to common stock ($516,384) ($55,451)
Dividends on preferred stock 47 74,149
Interest on 9% convertible subordinated debentures 4,883 4,883
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Earnings assuming full dilution ($521,314) $23,581
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding 14,263,230 13,433,658
Common shares issuable from stock option plans
and from warrants 3,880,108 3,564,070
Less shares assumed repurchased with proceeds (14,756,569) (12,845,221)
Shares assumed issued upon conversion of
preferred stock 411,925 411,925
Shares assumed issued upon conversion of 9%
subordinated debentures 43,400 43,400
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Common shares outstanding assuming full dilution 3,842,094 4,607,832
=============== ==============
Earnings (loss) per common and common equivalent
share assuming full dilution ($0.14) $0.01
=============== ==============
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(A) This calculation is submitted in accordance with the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, Release No. 9083, although it is contrary to
paragraph 40 of APB Opinion No. 15 because it produced an anti-dilutive
result.
