SALE GUIDELINES Exhibit 8.1 To Agency Agreement - And - Exhibit C To Approval Order

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Exhibit 10.2

 

SALE GUIDELINES

 

Exhibit 8.1

To

Agency Agreement

 

- And -

 

Exhibit C

To

Approval Order

 



 

EXHIBIT 8.1

 

STORE CLOSING GUIDELINES

 

The following procedures shall apply to the Sale1 to be held at the closing Stores and the disposal of the Owned FF&E in the closing Stores:

 

1.                                       The Sale shall be conducted so that the closing Stores in which sales are to occur remain open no longer than the normal hours of operation provided for in the respective leases or other occupancy agreements for the closing Stores.

 

2.                                       The Sale shall be conducted in accordance with applicable state and local “Blue Laws,” and thus, where applicable, no Sale shall be conducted on Sunday unless the Merchant had been operating such Stores on a Sunday.

 

3.                                       All display and hanging signs used by the Merchant and the Agent in connection with Sale shall be professionally produced and all hanging signs shall be hung in a professional manner. The Merchant and the Agent may advertise the Sale as a “sale on everything”, “store closing”, or similar theme sale at the closing Stores as provided by the Agency Agreement.  Neither the Merchant, nor the Agent shall advertise the Sale as a “going-out-of-business” sale.  The Merchant and the Agent shall not use neon or day-glo signs. Furthermore, with respect to enclosed mall locations no exterior signs or signs in common areas of a mall shall be used. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to create or impose upon the Merchant and the Agent any additional restrictions not contained in the applicable lease or other occupancy agreement. In addition, the Merchant and the Agent shall be permitted to utilize exterior banners at non-enclosed mall Stores; provided, however, that such banners shall be located or hung so as to make clear that the Sale is being conducted only at the affected store and shall not be wider than the closing Storefront of the closing Store. In addition, the Merchant and the Agent shall be permitted to utilize sign walkers and street signage, notwithstanding any state, county or local law or ordinance; provided however the use of sign walkers and use of street signage shall be done in a safe manner and shall not be permitted on mall or shopping center property.

 

4.                                       Conspicuous signs shall be posted in the cash register areas of each Store to the effect that all sales are “final” and that customers with any questions or complaints subsequent to the conclusion of the Sale may contact a named representative of the Merchant or the Agent at a specified telephone number.  Agent shall make available consumers inserts identifying that that  the manufacturer’s warranty, if any, may still exist and you should consult the packaging materials to see what, if any, manufacturer’s warranties are available, and Agent shall instruct the cashiers to place such inserts in the consumer’s shopping bag.

 


1                                            Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agency Agreement.

 



 

5.                                       Within a “Shopping Center”, the Agent shall not distribute handbills, leaflets or other written materials to customers outside of any of the closing Stores, unless permitted by the applicable lease or, if distribution is customary in the shopping center in which the closing Store is located. Otherwise, the Agent may solicit customers in the closing Stores themselves. The Agent shall not use any flashing lights or amplified sound to advertise the Sale or solicit customers, except as permitted under the applicable lease or agreed to by the landlord.

 

6.                                       At the conclusion of the Sale, Agent shall vacate the closing Stores in “broom-clean” condition, and shall otherwise leave the closing Stores in the same condition as on the commencement of the Sale, ordinary wear and tear excepted; provided, however, that the Merchant and Agent hereby do not undertake any greater obligation than as set forth in an applicable lease with respect to a Stores. The Merchant may abandon any FF&E or other materials (the “Abandoned Property”) not sold in the Sale at the closing Store premises at the conclusion of the Sale. Any Abandoned Property left in a Store after a lease is rejected shall be deemed abandoned with the landlord having the right to dispose of the same as the landlord chooses without any liability whatsoever on the part of the landlord to any party and without waiver of any damage claims against the Merchant.

 

7.                                       Subject to the provisions of Section 15.9 of the Agency Agreement, the Agent shall have the right to sell Owned FF&E located in the closing Stores; provided, however, Merchant shall have the right (subject to the const of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders), at any time prior to the date that is fourteen days after the Sale Commencement Date, to designate certain FF&E located in the closing Stores that Merchant intends to keep for its own use and which Agent shall not be permitted or entitled to sell. The Agent may advertise the sale of the Owned FF&E consistent with the guidelines provided in paragraphs 4 and 6 hereof. Additionally, the purchasers of any Owned FF&E sold during the Sale shall only be permitted to remove the Owned FF&E either through the back shipping areas or through other areas after store business hours.  For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Sale Termination Date, Agent may abandon, in place, and without further responsibility, any unsold FF&E located at the closing Stores.

 

8.                                       The Agent shall not make any alterations to interior or exterior Store lighting. No property of any landlord of a Store shall be removed or sold during the Sale. The hanging of exterior banners or other signage shall not constitute an alteration to a Store.

 

9.                                       At the conclusion of the Sale at each Store, pending assumption or rejection of applicable leases, the landlords of the closing Stores shall have reasonable access to the closing Store premises as set forth in the applicable leases. The Merchant, the Agent and their agents and representatives shall continue to have exclusive and unfettered access to the closing Stores.

 

10.                                 Post-petition rents shall be paid shall be performed by the Merchant as required by the Bankruptcy Code until the rejection or assumption and assignment of each lease.

 

11.                                 The rights of the landlords for any damages to the closing Stores shall be reserved in accordance with the applicable leases.

 



 

12.                                 The Merchant shall notify a representative of the relevant landlord of the date on which the Sale is scheduled to conclude at a given Store, within three business days of the Merchant’s receipt of such notice from the Agent.

 

13.                                 To the extent that any Store landlord affected hereby contends that the Merchant is in breach or default under these Store Closing Guidelines, such landlord shall provide at least five (5) days’ written notice, served by facsimile and overnight delivery, on the Merchant and the Merchant’s counsel, and the Agent and the Agent’s counsel, at the following facsimile numbers and addresses:

 

If to the Merchant:

LINENS HOLDING CO.

 

6 Brighton Road

 

Clifton, NJ 07012

 

Attn:

Frank Rowan

 

 

Dave Coder

 

Fax:

(973) 836-0309

 

Email:

***@***

 

 

***@***

 

 

With a copy to:

ASSET DISPOSITION ADVISORS, LLC

 

499 Park Avenue

 

New York, NY 10022

 

Attn:

Paul Traub

 

 

Steven Fox

 

Tel:

(212) 573-9084

 

Fax:

(212) 652-3863

 

 

 

RICHARDS, LAYTON, & FINGER, P.A.

 

920 N. King Street

 

Wilmington, DE 19801

 

Attn:

Mark D. Collins

 

 

Michael J. Merchant

 

Tel:

(302) 651-7700

 

Fax:

(302) 651-7701

 

Email:

***@***

 

 

***@***

 



 

 

GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL LLP

 

1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000

 

Dallas, TX 75201

 

Attn:

Stephen A. McCartin, Esq.

 

 

Randy Ray, Esq.

 

Fax:

(214) 999-3544

 

Email:

***@***

 

 

***@***

 

 

 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

 

101 Park Avenue

 

New York, NY 10178

 

Attn:

Neil E. Herman, Esq.

 

Fax:

(212) 309-6001

 

Email:

***@***

 

 

If to the Agent:

SB CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

 

1010 Northern Blvd, Suite 340

 

Great Neck, NY 11021

 

Attn:

Robert Raskin

 

Tel:

(516) 829-2400

 

Fax:

(516) 829-2404

 

Email:

***@***

 

 

 

TIGER CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

 

84 State Street, Suite 420

 

Boston, MA 02109

 

Attn:

Steve Goldberger

 

 

Dan Kane

 

Tel:

(617) 523-7002

 

Fax:

(617) 523-3007

 

Email:

***@***

 

 

***@***

 

 

With a copy to:

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ

 

51 West 52nd Street

 

New York, NY 10019

 

Attn:

Scott Charles

 

 

Josh Feltman

 

Tel:

(212) 403-1200

 

Fax:

(212) 403-2200

 

Email:

***@***

 

 

***@***

 



 

If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute between themselves, either the landlord or the Merchant shall have the right to schedule a “status hearing” before the Bankruptcy Court on no less than five (5) days notice to the other parties.