LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
−Removed: On January 6, 2020, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, Scott Crane, filed suit in the U.S.
−Removed: District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging various claims in connection with
−Removed: the Company’s termination of his employment in July 2019.
−Removed: In general, the suit asserted that the Company terminated Crane for the purpose of depriving him of certain equity compensation that otherwise would have been due to him on October 15,
−Removed: The Company asserted that Crane failed to meet the contractual qualifications for the equity, as well as other defenses.
−Removed: The matter proceeded to trial which resulted in a verdict in favor of Crane, and the trial court entered judgment in
−Removed: Crane’s favor.
−Removed: The Company appealed the judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which on May 31, 2023 issued an opinion reversing the trial court and rendering judgment in favor of the Company on all claims brought by Crane, and returning
−Removed: the matter to the trial court for consideration of costs and attorney fees to be awarded to the Company as the prevailing party in the litigation.
−Removed: The Company is subject to other claims and legal actions in the ordinary course of its business.
−Removed: The Company believes that all such claims and actions currently pending
−Removed: against it are either adequately covered by insurance or would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s annual results of operations, cash flows or financial condition if decided in a manner that is unfavorable to the Company.
+Added: The Company is subject to various claims and contingencies related to employment agreements, franchise disputes, lawsuits, taxes, food product purchase contracts and other
+Added: matters arising out of the normal course of business.
+Added: Management believes that any such claims and actions currently pending are either covered by insurance or would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s annual results of
+Added: operations or financial condition if decided in a manner that is unfavorable to the Company.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
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