UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 


 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 29, 2007

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number 001-04762

 


ARAMARK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


Delaware   95-2051630

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

ARAMARK Tower  
1101 Market Street  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19107
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(215) 238-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


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   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨    Non-accelerated filer   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨     No   x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practical date.

Common stock outstanding at July 27, 2007: 1,000 shares

 



PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1 . FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands, Except Share Amounts)

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
    

June 29,

2007

         

September 29,

2006

 
ASSETS           

Current Assets:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 77,830         $ 47,679  

Receivables

     859,572           870,909  

Inventories, at lower of cost or market

     510,198           494,176  

Prepayments and other current assets

     124,497           114,080  
                    

Total current assets

     1,572,097           1,526,844  
                    

Property and Equipment, net

     1,175,200           1,196,830  

Goodwill

     4,606,982           1,747,094  

Other Intangible Assets

     2,400,536           297,986  

Other Assets

     658,573           494,563  
                    
   $ 10,413,388         $ 5,263,317  
                    
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY           

Current Liabilities:

          

Current maturities of long-term borrowings

   $ 41,954         $ 40,203  

Accounts payable

     604,794           642,778  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     926,561           903,715  
                    

Total current liabilities

     1,573,309           1,586,696  
                    

Long-Term Borrowings

     5,893,683           1,763,088  

Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities

     1,333,134           391,941  

Common Stock Subject to Repurchase

     166,638           —    

Shareholders’ Equity:

          

Successor:

          

Common stock, par value $.01 (authorized: 1,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 1,000 shares)

     —             —    

Predecessor:

          

Class A common stock, par value $.01 (authorized: 600,000,000 shares; issued: 75,129,722 shares; outstanding: 56,245,418 shares)

     —             751  

Class B common stock, par value $.01 (authorized: 1,000,000,000 shares; issued: 156,170,782 shares; outstanding: 123,882,195 shares)

     —             1,562  

Capital surplus

     1,435,925           1,210,300  

Earnings retained for use in the business

     3,786           1,538,760  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     6,913           12,524  

Treasury stock (shares held in treasury: 51,172,891 shares at September 29, 2006)

     —             (1,242,305 )
                    

Total shareholders’ equity

     1,446,624           1,521,592  
                    
   $ 10,413,388         $ 5,263,317  
                    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

1


ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands)

 

     Successor            Predecessor
     Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
           Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2006

Sales

   $ 3,144,104          $ 2,933,638
                   

Costs and Expenses:

         

Cost of services provided

     2,837,707            2,676,846

Depreciation and amortization

     122,232            85,542

Selling and general corporate expenses

     53,123            44,152

Goodwill impairment

     —              35,000
                   
     3,013,062            2,841,540
                   

Operating income

     131,042            92,098

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net

     133,608            36,382
                   

Income (Loss) before income taxes

     (2,566 )          55,716

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     (1,839 )          20,733
                   

Net income (loss)

   $ (727 )        $ 34,983
                   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

2


ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands)

 

     Successor            Predecessor
    

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

           Period from
September 30, 2006
through
January 26, 2007
   Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2006

Sales

   $ 5,289,724          $ 3,945,868    $ 8,689,061
                          

Costs and Expenses:

            

Cost of services provided

     4,770,187            3,586,961      7,898,818

Depreciation and amortization

     201,452            116,438      251,053

Selling and general corporate expenses

     78,289            173,934      129,884

Goodwill impairment

     —              —        35,000
                          
     5,049,928            3,877,333      8,314,755
                          

Operating income

     239,796            68,535      374,306

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net

     237,629            48,672      105,543
                          

Income before income taxes

     2,167            19,863      268,763

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     (1,619 )          5,063      82,028
                          

Net income

   $ 3,786          $ 14,800    $ 186,735
                          

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

3


ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands)

 

     Successor            Predecessor  
    

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

          

Period from
September 30, 2006
through

January 26, 2007

   

Nine Months
Ended

June 30, 2006

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

           

Net income

   $ 3,786          $ 14,800     $ 186,735  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

           

Depreciation and amortization

     201,452            116,438       251,053  

Income taxes deferred

     (105,075 )          (11,640 )     (38,313 )

Goodwill impairment

     —              —         35,000  

Changes in noncash working capital

     201,973            (269,729 )     (127,783 )

Net proceeds from sale of receivables

     29,000            —         —    

Other operating activities

     (868 )          73,980       (9,639 )
                             

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     330,268            (76,151 )     297,053  
                             

Cash flows from investing activities:

           

Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments

     (126,111 )          (81,534 )     (226,085 )

Disposals of property and equipment

     7,177            20,055       44,572  

Proceeds from sale of investment

     285,982            —         —    

Acquisition of certain businesses, net of cash acquired

     (26,111 )          (81,718 )     (120,597 )

Acquisition of ARAMARK Corporation

     (6,099,980 )          —         —    

Other investing activities

     5,270            3,245       6,625  
                             

Net cash used in investing activities

     (5,953,773 )          (139,952 )     (295,485 )
                             

Cash flows from financing activities:

           

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     5,937,856            416,956       129,307  

Payment of long-term borrowings

     (2,075,116 )          (130,986 )     (26,231 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     —              9,666       41,501  

Capital contributions

     1,841,069            —         —    

Repurchase of stock

     (626 )          —         (113,460 )

Payment of dividends

     —              (12,624 )     (37,808 )

Other financing activities

     (138,452 )          22,016       2,160  
                             

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     5,564,731            305,028       (4,531 )
                             

Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (58,774 )          88,925       (2,963 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     136,604            47,679       56,066  
                             

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 77,830          $ 136,604     $ 53,103  
                             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

4


ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands)

 

     Common
Stock
   Class A
Common
Stock
    Class B
Common
Stock
   Capital
Surplus
   

Earnings
Retained

for Use in
the

Business

    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
    Treasury
Stock
    Total  

Predecessor

                  

Balance, September 29, 2006

   $ —      $ 751     $ 1,562    $ 1,210,300     $ 1,538,760     $ 12,524     $ (1,242,305 )   $ 1,521,592  

Comprehensive income:

                  

Net income

               14,800           14,800  

Foreign currency translation adjustments (net of tax)

                 525         525  

Change in fair value of cash flow hedges (net of tax)

                 8,926         8,926  
                        

Total comprehensive income

                     24,251  
                        

Payment of dividends

               (12,624 )         (12,624 )

Conversion of Class A to Class B

        (51 )     51              —    

Issuance of common stock

        7       3      25,006             25,016  

Compensation expense related to stock incentive plans

             90,580             90,580  

Reclassification of share-based awards from equity to liability

             (142,567 )           (142,567 )

Purchases of common stock for the treasury

                   (3,602 )     (3,602 )

Adoption of SFAS No. 158

                 (15,321 )       (15,321 )
                                                              

Balance, January 26, 2007

   $ —      $ 707     $ 1,616    $ 1,183,319     $ 1,540,936     $ 6,654     $ (1,245,907 )   $ 1,487,325  
                                                              

Successor

                  

Investment by Parent Company

   $ —      $ —       $ —      $ 1,848,527     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ 1,848,527  

Deemed dividend to continuing shareholder

             (408,000 )           (408,000 )

Comprehensive income:

                  

Net income

               3,786           3,786  

Foreign currency translation adjustments (net of tax)

                 (2,768 )       (2,768 )

Change in fair value of cash flow hedges (net of tax)

                 9,681         9,681  
                        

Total comprehensive income

                     10,699  
                        

Compensation expense related to stock incentive plans

             17,593             17,593  

Increase in Parent Company common stock subject to repurchase obligation, net

             (21,569 )           (21,569 )

Purchases of Parent Company common stock

             (626 )           (626 )
                                                              

Balance, June 29, 2007

   $ —      $ —       $ —      $ 1,435,925     $ 3,786     $ 6,913     $ —       $ 1,446,624  
                                                              

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

5


ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

(1) BASIS OF PRESENTATION:

ARAMARK Corporation (the “Company”) was acquired on January 26, 2007 through a merger transaction with RMK Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation controlled by investment funds associated with GS Capital Partners, CCMP Capital Advisors, J.P. Morgan Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Warburg Pincus LLC (collectively, the “Sponsors”), Joseph Neubauer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ARAMARK, and certain other members of the Company’s management. The acquisition was accomplished through the merger of RMK Acquisition Corporation with and into ARAMARK Corporation with ARAMARK Corporation being the surviving company (the “Transaction”).

The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ARAMARK Intermediate Holdco Corporation, which is wholly-owned by ARAMARK Holdings Corporation (the “Parent Company”). ARAMARK Holdings Corporation, ARAMARK Intermediate Holdco Corporation and RMK Acquisition Corporation were formed for the purpose of facilitating the Transaction.

Although ARAMARK Corporation continued as the same legal entity after the Transaction, the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and shareholders’ equity are presented for two periods: Predecessor and Successor, which relate to the period preceding the Transaction and the period succeeding the Transaction, respectively. The Company refers to the operations of ARAMARK Corporation and subsidiaries for both the Predecessor and Successor periods.

On March 30, 2007, ARAMARK Corporation was merged with and into ARAMARK Services, Inc. with ARAMARK Services, Inc. being the surviving corporation. In connection with the consummation of the merger, ARAMARK Services, Inc. changed its name to ARAMARK Corporation.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. The condensed consolidated financial statements exclude the accounts of ARAMARK Holdings Corporation and ARAMARK Intermediate Holdco Corporation, but do reflect the Sponsors’ investment cost basis allocated to the assets and liabilities acquired on January 26, 2007.

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the Predecessor’s audited consolidated financial statements, and the notes to those statements, included in the Predecessor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2006. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of the Company, the statements include all adjustments (which, other than the effects of the Transaction and the goodwill impairment charge described in Note 5, include only normal recurring adjustments) required for a fair statement of financial position, results of operations, cash flows and shareholder’s equity for such periods. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year, due to the seasonality of some of the Company’s business activities and the possibility of changes in general economic conditions.

 

(2) ACQUISITION OF ARAMARK CORPORATION :

As discussed in Note 1, the Transaction was completed on January 26, 2007 and was financed by a combination of borrowings under a new senior secured credit agreement, the issuance of 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015, and equity investments of the Sponsors and certain members of ARAMARK’s management. See Note 6 for a description of the Company’s indebtedness.

The sources and uses of funds in connection with the acquisition are summarized below (in millions):

 

Sources

    

Senior secured credit agreement borrowings

   $ 4,314

8.50% senior notes due 2015

     1,280

Senior floating rate notes due 2015

     500

Equity contributions

     1,839
      

Total sources

   $ 7,933
      

 

6


NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Uses

    

Purchase price

   $ 6,022

Refinance of existing indebtedness

     1,698

Fees and expenses

     213
      

Total uses

   $ 7,933
      

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation

Following business combination accounting, the total purchase price was allocated to the Company’s net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on the estimated fair values as of January 26, 2007 as set forth below. The excess of the purchase price over the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets was recorded as goodwill. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price to property and equipment, intangible assets and deferred income taxes was based upon preliminary valuation data and estimates; estimates or assumptions and allocations to segments are subject to change.

 

     (in millions)  

Purchase consideration, including carryover basis of $146 million

   $ 6,168  

Direct acquisition costs

     71  

Deemed dividend adjustment

     (408 )
        
   $ 5,831  
        

Net current assets

   $ 297  

Property and equipment

     1,179  

Customer relationship assets

     1,705  

Tradename

     765  

Other assets

     754  

Goodwill

     4,576  

Debt assumed

     (2,036 )

Non-current liabilities and deferred taxes

     (1,409 )
        
   $ 5,831  
        

Mr. Neubauer held an equity investment in the Company prior to the Transaction and continues to hold an equity interest in the Parent Company subsequent to the Transaction. In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 88-16, “Basis in Leveraged Buyout Transactions,” Mr. Neubauer’s investment is included in the purchase consideration at the carryover basis and an adjustment of $408 million was made to reduce “Capital surplus” reflecting the deemed dividend.

Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma results of operations (in thousands) assume that the Transaction occurred at the beginning of the respective fiscal periods, adjusted for the impact of certain acquisition related items, such as: additional amortization of identified intangible assets, increased interest expense on acquisition debt, exclusion of Transaction-related charges (including nonvested share compensation cost in Note 10) and the related income tax effects. This unaudited pro forma information should not be relied upon as necessarily being indicative of the results that would have been obtained if the Transaction had actually occurred on those dates, nor of the results that may be reported in the future.

 

7


NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

    

For the Three Months

Ended

   

For the Nine Months

Ended

 
     June 29,
2007
   June 30,
2006
    June 29,
2007
    June 30,
2006
 

Sales

   $ 3,144,104    $ 2,933,638     $ 9,235,592     $ 8,689,061  

Operating income

     140,166      61,685       389,755       279,013  

Interest and other financing costs, net

     133,608      134,808       402,496       402,096  

Net income (loss)

     4,875      (44,124 )     (2,765 )     (53,859 )

Transaction-Related Costs

During the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007, the Company recorded costs of $112.1 million related to the Transaction. These costs, which are included in “Selling and general corporate expenses,” consist of $11.2 million of accounting, investment banking, legal and other costs associated with the Transaction, a compensation charge of approximately $77.1 million related to the accelerated vesting and buyout of employee stock options and restricted stock units, and a charge of approximately $23.8 million related to change in control payments to certain executives. During the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Company recorded costs of approximately $4.6 million related to legal fees associated with the Transaction, which are also included in “Selling and general corporate expenses.”

During the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Company recorded a charge of $12.8 million for the cost of obtaining a bridge financing facility, which is included in “Interest and Other Financing Costs, net.”

 

(3) SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION :

The Company made interest payments of approximately $189.6 million, $52.9 million and $108.3 million during the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. The Company made income tax payments of approximately $15.3 million, $50.0 million and $132.7 million during the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. Pension expense related to defined benefit plans was not material for the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, respectively.

 

(4) COMPREHENSIVE INCOME :

Pursuant to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” comprehensive income includes all changes to shareholders’ equity during a period, except those resulting from investment by and distributions to shareholders. Components of comprehensive income include net income (loss), changes in foreign currency translation adjustments (net of tax), changes in minimum pension liability (net of tax) and changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges (net of tax). Total comprehensive income follows (in thousands):

 

     Successor           Predecessor
     Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
          Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
   $ 32,414         $ 42,312
                  

 

8


NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

     Successor           Predecessor
    

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

          Period from
September 30, 2006
through
January 26, 2007
   Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
   $ 10,699         $ 24,251    $ 204,892
                         

As of June 29, 2007 and September 29, 2006, “Accumulated other comprehensive income” consists of minimum pension liability adjustment (net of tax) of $0.0 million and approximately ($17.9) million, respectively, foreign currency translation adjustment (net of tax) of approximately ($2.8) million and $27.5 million, respectively, and fair value of cash flow hedges (net of tax) of approximately $9.7 million and $3.0 million, respectively.

 

(5) GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS :

The Company follows the provisions of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” Changes in total goodwill during the nine months ended June 29, 2007 follow (in thousands):

 

Predecessor

  

Balance at September 29, 2006

   $ 1,747,094

Acquisitions by the Company from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007

     36,742

Effect of foreign currency translation

     5,239
      

Balance at January 26, 2007

   $ 1,789,075
      

Successor

  

Acquisition of ARAMARK Corporation

   $ 4,576,469

Acquisitions by the Company from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007

     20,000

Effect of foreign currency translation

     10,513
      

Balance at June 29, 2007

   $ 4,606,982
      

During the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007, the increase in goodwill resulted principally from the acquisition of Overall Laundry Services, Inc., a regional uniform rental company. During the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the increase in goodwill resulted principally from the acquisition of ARAMARK Corporation by its Parent Company and the Company’s acquisition of the remaining 10% ownership in its Irish food service affiliate. These amounts may be revised upon final determination of the purchase price allocation.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2006, a goodwill impairment charge of $35.0 million was recorded in the “Uniform and Career Apparel – Direct Marketing” segment associated with the WearGuard-Crest reporting unit. The primary reason for the goodwill impairment was the continuing decline in operating results, particularly in the healthcare uniform division, due to competitive pressures resulting in reduced sales and operating income. To determine the amount of the charge, the Company estimated the fair value of the WearGuard-Crest reporting unit using a discounted cash flow valuation methodology, and measured the goodwill impairment following the provisions of SFAS No. 142. The analysis included making assumptions about the future profitability and cash flows of the business, which the Company believed to be reasonable.

 

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Other intangible assets consist of (in thousands):

 

     Successor           Predecessor
     June 29, 2007           September 29, 2006
    

Gross

Amount

  

Accumulated

Amortization

   

Net

Amount

         

Gross

Amount

  

Accumulated

Amortization

   

Net

Amount

Customer relationship assets

   $ 1,710,214    $ (74,197 )   $ 1,636,017         $ 575,947    $ (278,359 )   $ 297,588

Tradename

     764,519      —         764,519           —        —         —  

Other

     —        —         —             7,928      (7,530 )     398
                                                
   $ 2,474,733    $ (74,197 )   $ 2,400,536         $ 583,875    $ (285,889 )   $ 297,986
                                                

Acquisition-related intangible assets consist of customer relationship assets and the ARAMARK tradename. Customer relationship assets are amortizable and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected period of benefit, 2 to 15 years, with a weighted average life of about 11 years. The ARAMARK tradename is an indefinite lived intangible asset and is not amortizable.

The estimated amortization expense of the amortizable intangible assets through 2011 reflects the Transaction. Since the allocation of the Transaction purchase price is preliminary and subject to finalization of independent appraisals and evaluation of additional information, the estimated annual amortization expense will continue to be updated as the appraisals are finalized and the additional information is evaluated. Based on preliminary valuation data and amounts recorded at June 29, 2007, total estimated amortization of all acquisition-related intangible assets during the period from June 30, 2007 through September 28, 2007 and for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 follows (in thousands):

 

June 30, 2007 through September 28, 2007

   $ 43,844

2008

     178,747

2009

     175,228

2010

     174,723

2011

     174,431

 

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(6) BORROWINGS :

Long-term borrowings at June 29, 2007 and September 29, 2006 are summarized in the following table (in thousands):

 

     Successor            Predecessor  
     June 29,
2007
           September 29,
2006
 

Senior secured revolving credit facility borrowings (A)

   $ 23,970          $ —    

Senior secured term loan facility (A)

     3,807,673            —    

8.50% senior notes, due February 2015 (B)

     1,280,000            —    

Senior floating rate notes, due February 2015 (B)

     500,000            —    

Senior unsecured revolving credit facility borrowings (D)

     —              326,103  

Senior European unsecured revolving credit facility borrowings (D)

     —              262,930  

Bank term loan due March 2007 (D)

     —              20,000  

Japanese borrowings due March 2007 (D)

     —              45,902  

5.00% senior notes, due June 2012 (C)

     228,075            249,976  

6.375% senior notes, due February 2008 (D)

     —              297,311  

7.00% senior notes, due May 2007 (D)

     —              299,933  

7.10% senior notes, due December 2006 (D)

     —              124,998  

7.25% senior notes and debentures, due August 2007 (D)

     —              30,730  

Capital leases

     54,395            54,309  

Other (D)

     41,524            91,099  
                     
     5,935,637            1,803,291  

Less – current portion

     (41,954 )          (40,203 )
                     
   $ 5,893,683          $ 1,763,088  
                     

In connection with the completion of the Transaction on January 26, 2007, the Company (i) entered into a new $4.15 billion senior secured term loan facility, (ii) issued $1.28 billion of 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and $500 million of senior floating rate notes due 2015, (iii) entered into a new $600 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a six-year maturity, and (iv) entered into a new synthetic letter of credit facility for up to $250 million.

(A) Senior Secured Credit Facilities

The senior secured revolving credit facility consists of the following subfacilities:

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in U.S. dollars to the Company with aggregate commitments of $435 million;

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in sterling or U.S. dollars to the Company or a U.K. subsidiary with aggregate commitments of $40 million;

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in Euros or U.S. dollars to the Company or an Irish subsidiary with aggregate commitments of $20 million;

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in Euros or U.S. dollars to the Company or German subsidiaries with aggregate commitments of $30 million; and

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars to the Company or a Canadian subsidiary with aggregate commitments of $75 million.

The senior secured term loan facility consists of the following subfacilities:

 

   

A U.S. dollar denominated term loan to the Company in the amount of $3,547 million;

 

   

A yen denominated term loan to the Company in the amount of ¥5,422 million;

 

   

A U.S. dollar denominated term loan to a Canadian subsidiary in the amount of $170 million;

 

   

A Euro denominated term loan to an Irish subsidiary in an amount of €44 million;

 

   

A sterling denominated term loan to a U.K. subsidiary in an amount of £122 million; and

 

   

A Euro denominated term loan to German subsidiaries in the amount of €70 million.

 

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The senior secured credit facilities provide that the Company has the right at any time to request up to $750 million of incremental commitments in the aggregate under one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or synthetic letter of credit facilities and/or revolving credit facilities and/or by increasing commitments under the revolving credit facility. The lenders under these facilities will not be under any obligation to provide any such incremental facilities or commitments, and any such addition of or increase in facilities or commitments will be subject to pro forma compliance with an incurrence-based financial covenant and customary conditions precedent. The Company’s ability to obtain extensions of credit under these incremental facilities or commitments will be subject to the same conditions as extensions of credit under the existing credit facilities.

Borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at the Company’s option, either (a) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for deposits in the currency of such borrowing for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs, (b) with respect to borrowings denominated in U.S. Dollars, a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the prime rate of the administrative agent, and (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or (c) with respect to borrowings denominated in Canadian dollars, (1) a base rate determined by reference to the prime rate of Canadian banks or (2) a BA (bankers’ acceptance) rate determined by reference to the rate offered for bankers’ acceptances in Canadian dollars for the interest period relevant to such borrowing.

The applicable margin spread for borrowings under the revolving credit facility are 1.25% to 2.00% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.00%) with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 0.25% to 1.00% (as of June 29, 2007 – 1.00%) with respect to base-rate borrowings.

Prior to April 16, 2007, the applicable margin spreads for borrowings under the term loan facilities were 2.00% to 2.125% with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 1.00% to 1.125% with respect to base-rate borrowings. On March 28, 2007, the Company amended the senior secured credit agreement (i) to lower the interest rate spread on the U.S. dollar and Euro term loans, (ii) to reduce the fees that it pays on the synthetic letter of credit facility, (iii) to add a provision requiring payment of a prepayment fee upon certain repayments for the purpose of reducing the interest rate spread effected within one year of the date of the amendment and (iv) to make certain other modifications set forth in the amendment. Effective on April 16, 2007, the applicable margin spreads under the U.S. dollar and Euro term loan facilities and the synthetic letter of credit facilities are 1.875% to 2.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.00%) with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 0.875% to 1.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 1.00%) with respect to base-rate borrowings. The applicable margin spreads under the yen and sterling term loan facilities are 2.00% to 2.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.125%) with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 1.00% to 1.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 1.125%) with respect to base-rate borrowings.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the senior secured credit facilities, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee to the lenders under the revolving credit facility in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder. The commitment fee rate ranges from 0.375% to 0.50% per annum (as of June 29, 2007 – 0.50%).

Prior to April 16, 2007, fees on the $250 million synthetic letter of credit facility ranged from 2.00% to 2.125%. Effective on April 16, 2007, fees on the synthetic letter of credit facilities are 1.875% to 2.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.00%).

The actual spreads within all ranges referred to above are based on a ratio of Consolidated Secured Debt to EBITDA, each as defined in the senior secured credit agreement.

All obligations under the senior secured credit facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all assets of the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries.

The senior secured credit facilities require the Company to prepay outstanding term loans, subject to certain exceptions, with (i) 50% of the Company’s Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the senior secured credit agreement) commencing with fiscal year 2008, (ii) 100% of the net cash proceeds of all nonordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property subject to certain exceptions and customary reinvestment rights, and (iii) 100% of the net cash proceeds of any incurrence of debt, including debt incurred by any business securitization subsidiary in respect of any business securitization facility, but excluding proceeds from the Company’s receivables facilities and other debt permitted under the senior secured credit agreement. Any mandatory prepayments would be applied to the term loan facilities as directed by the Company. The Company may voluntarily repay outstanding loans under the senior secured credit facilities at any time without premium or penalty, other than customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans.

 

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The Company is required to repay the senior secured term loan facilities in quarterly principal amounts of 0.25% of the funded total principal amount for the first six years and nine months, with the remaining amount payable on January 26, 2014. On March 30, 2007 and June 29, 2007, the Company voluntarily prepaid an additional $40.0 million and $300.0 million, respectively, representing all required annual installments of the U.S. term loan through its maturity in January 2014.

Principal amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility are due and payable in full at maturity, January 26, 2013, on which day the commitments thereunder will terminate.

Principal amounts outstanding under the synthetic letter of credit facility are due and payable in full at maturity, January 26, 2014, on which day the commitments thereunder will terminate.

The senior secured credit agreement contains a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the Company’s ability to: incur additional indebtedness; issue preferred stock or provide guarantees; create liens on assets; engage in mergers or consolidations; sell assets; pay dividends, make distributions or repurchase its capital stock; make investments, loans or advances; repay or repurchase any notes, except as scheduled or at maturity; create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to the Company from its restricted subsidiaries; make certain acquisitions; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; amend material agreements governing the Company’s outstanding notes (or any indebtedness that refinances the notes); and fundamentally change the Company’s business. In addition, the senior secured revolving credit facility requires the Company to maintain a maximum senior secured leverage ratio and imposes limitations on capital expenditures. The senior secured credit agreement also contains certain customary affirmative covenants, such as financial and other reporting, and certain events of default. At June 29, 2007, the Company was in compliance with all of these covenants.

Beginning with the twelve months ended March 30, 2007, the senior secured credit agreement requires the Company to maintain a maximum Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, defined as consolidated total indebtedness secured by a lien to Adjusted EBITDA, of 5.875x, being reduced over time to 4.25x by the end of 2013 (as of June 29, 2007 – 5.875x). Consolidated total indebtedness secured by a lien is defined in the senior secured credit agreement as total indebtedness outstanding under the senior secured credit agreement, capital leases, advances under the Receivables Facility and certain other indebtedness secured by a lien reduced by the lesser of cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet that is free and clear of any lien, or $75 million. Non-compliance with the maximum Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio could result in the requirement to immediately repay all amounts outstanding under such agreement, which, if the Company’s lenders failed to waive any such default, would also constitute a default under the indenture. The actual ratio at June 29, 2007 was 4.02x.

The senior secured credit agreement establishes an incurrence-based minimum Interest Coverage Ratio, defined as Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense, the achievement of which is a condition for the Company to incur additional indebtedness and to make certain restricted payments. If the Company does not maintain this minimum Interest Coverage Ratio calculated on a pro forma basis for any such additional indebtedness or restricted payments, it could be prohibited from being able to incur additional indebtedness, other than the additional funding provided for under the senior secured credit agreement and pursuant to specified exceptions, and make certain restricted payments, other than pursuant to certain exceptions. The minimum Interest Coverage Ratio is 2.00x for the term of the senior secured credit agreement. Consolidated interest expense is defined in the senior secured credit agreement as consolidated interest expense excluding interest income, adjusted for acquisitions (including the Transaction) and dispositions, further adjusted for certain non-cash or nonrecurring interest expense and the Company’s estimated share of interest expense from one equity method investee. The actual ratio was 2.00x for the twelve months ended June 29, 2007. Pursuant to the specified exceptions in the senior secured credit agreement and availability under the senior secured revolving credit facility, as of July 27, 2007, the Company generally would be permitted to incur approximately $1.3 billion of additional indebtedness before becoming subject to this ratio limitation.

(B) 8.50% Senior Notes due 2015 and Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2015

The senior floating rate notes due 2015 bear interest equal to three-month LIBOR (as defined in the indenture) plus a spread of 3.50%. Additional interest on the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 may accrue at a rate of 0.25% per annum (which rate will be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period that such additional interest continues to accrue, provided that the rate at which such additional interest accrues may in no event exceed 1.00% per annum) if the Company does not complete an offer to exchange the initial unregistered notes for notes that are substantially identical but are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 within 240 days after the original issue date of the notes. The exchange offer is expected to be completed in August 2007. In certain circumstances, the Company is required to maintain a shelf registration statement covering resales of the notes. If the Company does not maintain the effectiveness of such

 

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registration statement as required, additional interest would accrue. If any existing registration default is corrected, the additional interest will cease to accrue. Since management does not expect any payments will be required pursuant to this arrangement, no amount has been accrued at June 29, 2007.

The 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.

The Company may redeem some or all of the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 at any time on or after February 1, 2011 and some or all of the senior floating rate notes due 2015 at any time on or after February 1, 2009, in each case at varying redemption prices that generally include premiums, which are defined in the indenture. The Company may redeem some or all of the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 prior to February 1, 2011 and some or all of the senior floating rate notes due 2015 prior to February 1, 2009, in each case at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus the applicable “make-whole” premium as defined in the indenture. The Company may also redeem up to 35% of the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 at any time before February 1, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 108.5% of the principal amount and up to 35% of the senior floating rate notes due 2015 at any time before February 1, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus a premium equal to the rate per annum on the senior floating rate notes due 2015 applicable on the date on which notice of redemption is given, using the proceeds of certain equity offerings.

If the Company experiences specific kinds of “changes in control,” it will be required to make an offer to purchase the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 at a purchase price of 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date. If the Company sells assets under certain circumstances, it will be required to make an offer to purchase the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date.

The indenture governing the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and the senior floating rate notes due 2015 restricts the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends and make certain other distributions, investments and other restricted payments. As of June 29, 2007, the Company was in compliance with the covenants of the indenture.

(C) 5.00% Senior Notes due 2012

During the third quarter of fiscal 2005, ARAMARK Services, Inc. issued $250 million of 5.00% senior unsecured notes due 2012. The notes are recorded at $228.1 million as of June 29, 2007 as a result of the fair value accounting made in connection with the Transaction. The discount of $21.9 million will be accreted as interest expense over the remaining period to maturity.

(D) Repayment of Indebtedness

With a portion of the proceeds of the new borrowings and the equity contributions in connection with the Transaction, the Company repaid the outstanding balances of its senior unsecured revolving credit facility, senior European unsecured revolving credit facility, bank term loan due March 2007, Japanese borrowings due March 2007, 6.375% senior notes due 2008, 7.00% senior notes due 2007, 7.25% senior notes and debentures due 2007 and certain other obligations. In connection with the repayment of the 6.375% senior notes due 2008 and 7.00% senior notes due 2007, the Company incurred prepayment penalties of approximately $2.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, which were included in the purchase price of the Transaction.

At June 29, 2007, annual maturities on long-term borrowings maturing in the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

 

2007

   $ 41,954

2008

     21,430

2009

     22,561

2010

     19,591

2011

     17,824

Thereafter

     5,834,202

 

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(7) ACCOUNTING FOR DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS :

The Company follows the provisions of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended. Derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swaps, forward exchange contract agreements and natural gas swap agreements, are used to manage changes in market conditions related to debt obligations, foreign currency exposures and exposure to fluctuating natural gas prices. All derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each quarter. The counterparties to the Company’s derivative agreements are all major international financial institutions. The Company continually monitors its positions and the credit ratings of its counterparties, and does not anticipate nonperformance by the counterparties.

Successor

The Company entered into $2.68 billion, £50 million and ¥5.0 billion of forward starting interest rate swap agreements, which are designated as cash flow hedging instruments, fixing the rate on a like amount of variable rate term loan borrowings. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as and meets all the required criteria for a cash flow hedge are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings as the underlying hedged item affects earnings. Amounts reclassified into earnings related to interest rate swap agreements are included in interest expense. As of June 29, 2007, approximately $10.3 million of unrealized gains, net of tax, related to the interest rate swaps were included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income.” There was no hedge ineffectiveness for these cash flow hedging instruments during the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007.

The Company entered into a $169.6 million amortizing forward starting cross currency swap to mitigate the risk of variability in principal and interest payments on the Canadian subsidiary’s variable rate debt denominated in U.S. dollars. The agreement, which is designated as cash flow hedging instrument, fixes the rate on the variable rate borrowings and mitigates changes in the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as and meets all the required criteria for a cash flow hedge are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings as the underlying hedged item affects earnings. Amounts reclassified into earnings related to the cross currency swap agreement are included in interest expense. During the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, approximately $9.3 million of unrealized loss, net of tax, related to the swap was added to “Accumulated other comprehensive income” and approximately $8.7 million was reclassified to offset transaction gains on the foreign currency denominated debt. The hedge ineffectiveness for this cash flow hedging instrument during the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 was immaterial.

As of June 29, 2007, the Company had foreign currency forward exchange contracts outstanding with notional amounts of €3.2 million and £5.0 million to mitigate the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on short-term intercompany loans to certain international subsidiaries. Gains and losses on these foreign currency exchange contracts are recognized in income currently as the contracts were not designated as hedging instruments, substantially offsetting currency transaction gains and losses on the short-term intercompany loans. As of June 29, 2007, the fair value of these foreign exchange contracts was immaterial.

Beginning in November 2005, the Company entered into a series of pay fixed/receive floating natural gas swap agreements based on a NYMEX price in order to limit its exposure to price increases for natural gas, primarily in the Uniform and Career Apparel – Rental segment. As of June 29, 2007, the Company has contracts for approximately 258,000 MMBtu’s outstanding for the remainder of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008. On January 27, 2007, the contracts were not designated as cash flow hedging instruments. Changes in the market value of the outstanding contracts are recorded in operating income and were not material in the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007. The total realized net loss on settled contracts in the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 was $0.5 million. As of June 29, 2007, the fair value of these natural gas swap agreements was immaterial.

Subsequent to June 29, 2007, the Company entered into an additional series of pay fixed/receive floating natural gas swap agreements based on a NYMEX price for approximately 510,000 MMBtu’s outstanding for the remainder of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008, primarily in the Uniform and Career Apparel – Rental segment. The contracts were designated as cash flow hedging instruments.

As part of the Transaction, the Company entered into a Japanese yen denominated term loan in the amount of ¥5,422 million (see Note 6). The term loan was designated as a hedge of the Company’s net Japanese currency exposure represented by the equity investment in our Japanese affiliate, AIM Services Co., Ltd.

 

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Predecessor

The Company had $300 million and £93 million of interest rate swap agreements, which were designated as cash flow hedging instruments, fixing the rate on a like amount of variable rate borrowings, and $100 million of swap agreements designated as fair-value hedging instruments. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as and meets all the required criteria for a cash flow hedge are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings as the underlying hedged item affects earnings. Amounts reclassified into earnings related to interest rate swap agreements are included in interest expense. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as and meets all the required criteria for a fair value hedge are recognized currently in earnings, offset by recognizing currently in earnings the change in the fair value of the underlying hedged item. The hedge ineffectiveness for the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 was not material.

Both of the cash flows swaps and the fair value hedge were terminated in January 2007. The realized gain of approximately $14.0 million on the cash flow swaps was deferred and was to be amortized to interest expense over the remaining life of the original swaps. The loss of approximately $2.2 million on the fair value hedge was also deferred and was to be amortized to interest expense over the life of the hedged bonds. Upon completing the Transaction, the net deferred gain was considered as part of the preliminary purchase price allocation.

As of January 26, 2007, the Company had foreign currency forward exchange contracts outstanding with notional amounts of €7.1 million to mitigate the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on short-term intercompany loans to certain international subsidiaries. Gains and losses on these foreign currency exchange contracts are recognized in income currently as the contracts were not designated as hedging instruments, substantially offsetting currency transaction gains and losses on the short-term intercompany loans. The fair value of these foreign exchange contracts was immaterial. Net foreign currency transaction gains and losses were not material during the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007. The Successor assumed the contracts as part of the Transaction.

During prior fiscal years, the Company terminated $500 million of pay floating/receive fixed interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges. The net gain of approximately $13.5 million was deferred and was being amortized to interest expense over the remaining life of the hedged bonds. Upon completing the Transaction, the net deferred gain was eliminated as part of the preliminary purchase price allocation.

During fiscal 2004, the Company entered into a Japanese yen denominated borrowing agreement and borrowed the equivalent of $50 million. The note was designated as a hedge of the Company’s net Japanese currency exposure represented by the equity investment in our Japanese affiliate, AIM Services Co., Ltd. As of January 26, 2007, hedge accounting was discontinued as a result of the borrowing being repaid as part of the Transaction.

Beginning in November 2005, the Company entered into a series of pay fixed/receive floating natural gas swap agreements based on a NYMEX price in order to limit its exposure to price increases for natural gas, primarily in the Uniform and Career Apparel – Rental segment. The Company had contracts for approximately 707,000 MMBtu’s outstanding on January 26, 2007 for the remainder of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008. The contracts, designated as cash flow hedging instruments, were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings as the underlying hedged item affected earnings. Amounts reclassified into earnings related to the natural gas swap agreements were included in “Cost of services provided.” The total realized loss reclassified into earnings during the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 was approximately $1.2 million. As of January 26, 2007, hedge accounting was discontinued and the Successor assumed the contracts at fair value. There was no hedge ineffectiveness for the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007.

 

(8) INCOME TAXES :

Effective January 27, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109. The adoption of FIN 48 has not had a material impact on the Company’s financial statements through June 29, 2007 and has not materially impacted the effective tax rate.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to tax contingencies as a component of the provision for income taxes and accrued $4.9 million as of January 26, 2007.

 

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As of January 26, 2007, the Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $51.0 million. If the tax attributes become realizable in the future, goodwill will be reduced with no impact on the Company’s effective tax rate.

For federal purposes, tax years 2004 through 2006 remain open for examination by the tax authorities. Generally, for state purposes, tax years 2004 through 2006 remain open for examination under a three year statute of limitations; however, New York remains open for tax years 1999 through 2006 and Texas for tax years 2002 through 2006.

 

(9) CAPITAL STOCK :

Effective January 26, 2007 upon completion of the Transaction, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company was amended to provide for the authorization of 1,000 shares of common stock to replace the previously authorized, issued and outstanding Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Each share of common stock entitled the holder to one vote per share. Upon completion of the Transaction, ARAMARK Intermediate Holdco Corporation held all 900 shares of common stock issued by the Company. On March 30, 2007, ARAMARK Corporation and ARAMARK Services, Inc. merged, with ARAMARK Services, Inc. being the surviving company and being renamed ARAMARK Corporation. As a result of that merger, ARAMARK Intermediate Holdco Corporation holds 1,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, which represent all of the authorized and issued capital stock.

Pursuant to Stockholders Agreement of the Parent Company, upon termination of employment from the Company or one of its subsidiaries, members of the Company’s management (other than Mr. Neubauer) who hold shares of common stock of the Parent Company can cause the Parent Company to repurchase all of their initial investment shares at fair market appraised value. Generally, payment for shares repurchased could be, at the Parent Company’s option, in cash or installment notes, which would be effectively subordinated to all indebtedness of the Company. The Stockholders’ Agreement imposes limits on the amounts of such share repurchases. The amount of this potential repurchase obligation has been classified outside of shareholders’ equity as part of the Transaction accounting which reflects the Parent Company’s investment basis and capital structure in the Company’s financial statements. The amount as of June 29, 2007 was $166.6 million, which is based on approximately 14.5 million shares of common stock of the Parent Company valued at $11.53 per share. During the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, approximately $0.6 million of common stock of the Parent Company was repurchased. As described in Note 6, the senior secured credit agreement and the indenture also contain limitations on the amount the Company can expend for share repurchases.

During the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007, the Company paid a cash dividend of $0.07 per share, which totaled approximately $12.6 million.

 

(10) SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION :

Effective October 1, 2005, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment,” and related interpretations and began expensing the grant-date fair value of employee stock options. Prior to October 1, 2005, the Company applied Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations in accounting for its stock option plans.

Successor

In connection with the Transaction, the Parent Company established the ARAMARK Holdings Corporation 2007 Management Stock Incentive Plan (2007 MSIP). Incentive awards under the 2007 MSIP may be granted to employees or directors of, or consultants to, the Parent Company or one of its affiliates, including the Company, in the form of non-qualified stock options, unvested shares of common stock, the opportunity to purchase shares of common stock and other awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, the fair market value of the Parent Company’s shares. The 2007 MSIP permits the granting of awards of up to 37.7 million shares of common stock of the Parent Company. As of June 29, 2007, there were 11.5 million shares available for grant. Under the 2007 MSIP, the terms of the awards are fixed at the grant date.

Compensation cost charged to expense by the Successor for the three months ended June 29, 2007 and the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 for share-based compensation programs was approximately $10.4 million, before taxes of $4.0 million, and $17.6 million, before taxes of $6.7 million, respectively. The compensation cost recognized is classified as “Selling and general corporate expenses” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. No cost was capitalized.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

For the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the amount of tax benefits included in “Other financing activities” in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows was immaterial.

Information on the valuation and accounting for the 2007 MSIP is provided below.

Stock Options

Each award of stock options under the 2007 MSIP is comprised of two types of stock options. One-half of the options awarded vest solely based upon continued employment over a specific period of time, generally four years (“Time-Based Options”). One-half of the options awarded vest based both upon continued employment and upon the achievement of a predetermined level of earnings before interest and taxes (“EBIT”) over time, generally four years (“Performance-Based Options”). The Performance-Based Options may also vest in part or in full upon the occurrence of specific return-based events. The exercise price for Time-Based Options and Performance-Based Options equals the fair value of the Parent Company’s stock on the date of the grant. All options remain exercisable for ten years from the date of grant.

Time-Based Options

The fair value of the Time-Based Options granted was estimated using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the assumptions noted in the table below. Expected volatility is based on actual historical experience of the predecessor Company’s stock and the expected future performance of the Parent Company’s stock. The expected life represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding and is calculated using the simplified method prescribed by the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury security with terms equal to the expected time of exercise as of the grant date.

 

    

Period from

January 27, 2007

through

June 29, 2007

Expected volatility

   20.00%

Expected dividend yield

   0.00%

Expected life (in years)

   6.25

Risk-free interest rate

   4.46% - 5.09%

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of Time-Based Options granted during the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 was $3.32 per option.

Compensation cost for Time-Based Options is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period during which employees perform related services. Approximately $2.6 million and $4.5 million was charged to expense during the three months ended June 29, 2007 and the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 for Time-Based Options, respectively. The Company has applied a forfeiture assumption of 8.7% per annum in the calculation of such expense.

As of June 29, 2007, there was approximately $31.9 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested Time-Based Options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3.6 years.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

A summary of Time-Based Options activity is presented below:

 

Options

  

Shares

(000s)

   

Weighted-

Average
Exercise

Price

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic Value

($000s)

Outstanding at January 27, 2007

   —       $ —     

Granted

   13,288     $ 10.09   

Exercised

   —       $ —     

Forfeited/Cancelled

   (199 )   $ 10.00   
               

Outstanding at June 29, 2007

(weighted-average remaining term of 9.6 years)

   13,089     $ 10.09    $ 18,823
                   

Exercisable at June 29, 2007

   —       $ —      $ —  
                   

Expected to vest at June 29, 2007

(weighted-average remaining term of 9.6 years)

   10,948     $ 10.09    $ 15,785
                   

Performance-Based Options

The fair value of the Performance-Based Options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the assumptions noted in the table below and assuming the performance targets will be achieved. Expected volatility is based on actual historical experience of the predecessor Company’s stock and the expected future performance of the Parent Company’s stock. The expected life represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding and is calculated using the simplified method prescribed by the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury security with terms equal to the expected time of exercise as of the grant date.

 

    

Period from

January 27, 2007

through

June 29, 2007

Expected volatility

   20.00%

Expected dividend yield

   0.00%

Expected life (in years)

   5.5 - 7.0

Risk-free interest rate

   4.46% -5.09%

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of the Performance-Based Options granted during the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 was $3.32 per option.

Compensation cost for Performance-Based Options is recognized using the Black-Scholes grant-date fair value on an accelerated basis over the requisite performance and service periods. Approximately $5.1 million and $8.4 million was charged to expense during the three months ended June 29, 2007 and the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 for Performance-Based Options, respectively. The Company has applied a forfeiture assumption of 8.7% per annum in the calculation of such expense.

As of June 29, 2007, there was approximately $27.8 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested Performance-Based Options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3.6 years.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

A summary of Performance-Based Options activity is presented below:

 

Options

  

Shares

(000s)

   

Weighted-

Average
Exercise

Price

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic Value

($000s)

Outstanding at January 27, 2007

   —       $ —     

Granted

   13,288     $ 10.09   

Exercised

   —       $ —     

Forfeited/Cancelled

   (199 )   $ 10.00   
               

Outstanding at June 29, 2007

(weighted-average remaining term of 9.6 years)

   13,089     $ 10.09    $ 18,823
                   

Exercisable at June 29, 2007

   —       $ —      $ —  
                   

Expected to vest at June 29, 2007

(weighted-average remaining term of 9.6 years)

   10,948     $ 10.09    $ 15,785
                   

Nonvested Shares

The grant-date fair value of nonvested shares is based on the fair value of the Parent Company’s common stock, and compensation cost is amortized to expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period during which employees perform related services, generally one year.

 

Nonvested Shares

  

Units

(000s)

   

Weighted-Average

Grant-Date Fair Value

Nonvested at January 27, 2007

   —       $ —  

Granted

   1,023     $ 10.00

Vested

   (26 )   $ 10.00

Forfeited

   —       $ —  
            

Nonvested at June 29, 2007

   997     $ 10.00
            

The compensation cost charged to expense during the three months ended June 29, 2007 and the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 for nonvested share awards was approximately $2.7 million and $4.4 million, respectively. As of June 29, 2007, there was approximately $5.8 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 0.6 years.

Deferred Stock Units

Deferred stock units are issued only to non-employee members of the Board of Directors who are not representatives of one of the Sponsors and represent the right to receive shares of the Parent Company’s common stock in the future. Each deferred stock unit will be converted to one share of the Parent Company’s common stock six months and one day after the date on which such director ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. The grant-date fair value of deferred stock units is based on the fair value of the Parent Company’s common stock. Since the deferred stock units are fully vested upon grant, compensation cost for the entire award is recognized immediately upon grant. The compensation cost charged to expense during the three months ended June 29, 2007 and the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 for deferred stock units was $0.0 million and approximately $0.3 million, respectively.

Predecessor

Prior to the Transaction, the Company had various share-based compensation programs, which included stock options and restricted stock units. The ARAMARK 2001 Equity Incentive Plan (2001 EIP) provided for the initial issuance of up to 30 million shares of either Class A or Class B common stock, with an additional 3% of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the end of the prior calendar year becoming available under the plan on each January 1 following the adoption of the plan. Pursuant to the Transaction (described in Notes 1 and 2), all outstanding stock options and restricted stock units became fully vested and the holders became entitled to receive cash consideration equal to the difference between the exercise price and $33.80 per share for stock options and $33.80 per share for restricted stock units. The Predecessor share-based compensation programs were discontinued in connection with the Transaction. Under all programs, the terms of the awards were fixed at the grant date.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

For the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, approximately $11.2 million and $12.3 million of tax benefits were included in “Other financing activities,” respectively.

Compensation cost charged to expense in the Predecessor period from December 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor three months ended June 30, 2006 for all share-based compensation programs was approximately $78.9 million, before taxes of $30.0 million, and $4.8 million, before taxes of $1.8 million, respectively. Compensation cost charged to expense in the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006 for share-based compensation programs was approximately $84.1 million, before taxes of $31.9 million, and $17.0 million, before taxes of $6.4 million, respectively. The compensation cost recognized is classified as “Selling and general corporate expenses” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. No cost was capitalized.

Stock Options

Compensation cost was recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period during which employees perform related services. Approximately $48.0 million and $3.4 million was charged to expense during the Predecessor period from December 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor three months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. Approximately $51.4 million and $12.5 million was charged to expense during the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. The Company applied a forfeiture assumption of 8.7% per annum in the calculation of such expense.

Pursuant to the Transaction, all nonvested stock options vested immediately, which resulted in a charge of approximately $21.1 million during the Predecessor period from December 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 for the recognition of all unrecognized compensation cost. In addition, due to provisions included in the 2001 EIP that allowed for the cash settlement of stock options upon a change in control, the Predecessor period from December 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 also include a charge of approximately $26.1 million for the reclassification of stock options from equity awards to liability awards.

Restricted Stock Units

Compensation cost was recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period during which employees perform related services. Approximately $30.9 million and $1.5 million was charged to expense during the Predecessor period from December 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor three months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. Approximately $32.7 million and $4.5 million was charged to expense during the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. The Company applied a forfeiture assumption of 8.7% per annum in the calculation of such expense.

Pursuant to the Transaction, all nonvested restricted stock units vested immediately, which resulted in a charge of approximately $21.1 million during the Predecessor period from December 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 for the recognition of all unrecognized compensation cost. In addition, due to provisions included in the 2001 EIP that allowed for the cash settlement of restricted stock units upon a change in control, the Predecessor period from December 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 also include a charge of approximately $8.8 million for the reclassification of restricted stock units from equity awards to liability awards.

 

(11) ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SECURITIZATION :

The Company has an agreement (the Receivables Facility) with several financial institutions whereby it sells on a continuous basis an undivided interest in all eligible trade accounts receivable, as defined in the Receivables Facility. Pursuant to the Receivables Facility, the Company formed ARAMARK Receivables, LLC, a wholly-owned, consolidated, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary. ARAMARK Receivables, LLC was formed for the sole purpose of buying and selling receivables generated by certain subsidiaries of the Company. Under the Receivables Facility, certain subsidiaries of the Company transfer without recourse all of their accounts receivable to ARAMARK Receivables, LLC. ARAMARK Receivables, LLC, in turn, has sold and, subject to certain conditions, may from time to time sell an undivided interest in these receivables. As part of the Transaction, the Company amended and restated the Receivables Facility, increasing the maximum sales amount from $225 million to $250 million. The Company has retained collection and administrative responsibility for the participating interest sold, and has retained an undivided interest in the transferred receivables of approximately $192.5 million and $306.1 million at

 

21


NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

June 29, 2007 and September 29, 2006, respectively, which is subject to a security interest. This two-step transaction is accounted for as a sale of receivables following the provisions of SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities—a Replacement of FASB Statement No. 125.” At June 29, 2007 and September 29, 2006, $239.8 million and $187.8 million of accounts receivable were sold and removed from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively. The loss on the sale of receivables was $6.0 million, $4.1 million and $8.2 million for the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, respectively, and is included in “Interest and Other Financing Costs, net.”

 

( 12) BUSINESS SEGMENTS :

Sales and operating income (loss) by reportable segment follow (in thousands):

 

     Successor           Predecessor

Sales

   Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
          Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2006

Food and Support Services—United States

   $ 1,981,752         $ 1,874,045

Food and Support Services—International

     744,304           661,214

Uniform and Career Apparel—Rental

     328,481           301,462

Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing

     89,567           96,917
                  
   $ 3,144,104         $ 2,933,638
                  

 

     Successor           Predecessor

Sales

  

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

          Period from
September 30, 2006
through
January 26, 2007
   Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2006

Food and Support Services—United States

   $ 3,354,207         $ 2,477,624    $ 5,542,114

Food and Support Services—International

     1,234,519           911,361      1,926,327

Uniform and Career Apparel—Rental

     549,254           416,573      896,459

Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing

     151,744           140,310      324,161
                         
   $ 5,289,724         $ 3,945,868    $ 8,689,061
                         

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

     Successor            Predecessor  

Operating Income (Loss)

   Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
           Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
 

Food and Support Services—United States

   $ 70,204          $ 88,657  

Food and Support Services—International

     29,520            30,540  

Uniform and Career Apparel—Rental

     33,042            34,231  

Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing

     567            (45,888 )
                     
     133,333            107,540  

Corporate

     (2,291 )          (15,442 )
                     

Operating Income

     131,042            92,098  

Interest, net

     (133,608 )          (36,382 )
                     

Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

   $ (2,566 )        $ 55,716  
                     

 

     Successor            Predecessor  

Operating Income (Loss)

  

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

           Period from
September 30, 2006
through
January 26, 2007
    Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
 

Food and Support Services—United States

   $ 136,745          $ 115,832     $ 272,802  

Food and Support Services—International

     58,217            37,524       88,786  

Uniform and Career Apparel—Rental

     52,198            45,917       98,682  

Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing

     83            5,244       (39,238 )
                             
     247,243            204,517       421,032  

Corporate

     (7,447 )          (135,982 )     (46,726 )
                             

Operating Income

     239,796            68,535       374,306  

Interest, net

     (237,629 )          (48,672 )     (105,543 )
                             

Income Before Income Taxes

   $ 2,167          $ 19,863     $ 268,763  
                             

In the first and second fiscal quarters, within the “Food and Support Services—United States” segment, historically there has been a lower level of activity at the higher margin sports, entertainment and recreational food service operations which is partly offset by increased activity in the educational operations. However, in the third and fourth fiscal quarters, historically there has been a significant increase at sports, entertainment and recreational accounts which is partially offset by the effect of summer recess on the educational accounts. In addition, there is a seasonal increase in volume of directly marketed work clothing during the first fiscal quarter.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Operating income for the Successor periods reflect incremental amortization of acquisition-related customer relationship intangible assets resulting from the Transaction as follows (in thousands):

 

     Successor
     Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
  

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

Food and Support Services—United States

   $ 24,633    $ 36,334

Food and Support Services—International

     2,120      4,879

Uniform and Career Apparel—Rental

     5,290      10,206

Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing

     192      166
             
   $ 32,235    $ 51,585
             

Operating income for the “Food and Support Services—United States” segment for the Successor three months ended June 29, 2007 includes approximately $2.9 million of insurance proceeds and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006 includes approximately $6.2 million of insurance proceeds related to business disruptions in the Gulf Coast region caused by Hurricane Katrina. The third quarter of fiscal 2006 includes costs related to the termination of two unprofitable client contracts of approximately $4.5 million.

“Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing” operating losses for the Predecessor three and nine-month periods of fiscal 2006 include the goodwill impairment charge of $35.0 million (Note 5) and charges of approximately $8.0 million to adjust asset and liability carrying values at WearGuard-Crest in connection with certain business realignment initiatives.

During the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007, the Company recorded as Corporate expense costs of approximately $112.1 million related to the Transaction, which included $11.2 million of accounting, investment banking, legal and other costs associated with the Transaction, a compensation charge of approximately $77.1 million related to the accelerated vesting and buyout of employee stock options and restricted stock units, and a charge of approximately $23.8 million related to change in control payments to certain executives.

During the Successor three months ended June 29, 2007 and the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Company recorded as Corporate expense, charges of approximately $4.3 million and $4.6 million, respectively, related to legal fees associated with the Transaction. The Company also recorded a gain of $21.2 million from the sale of its 50% interest in SMG (see Note 14).

During the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007, the Company recorded a charge of $12.8 million for the cost of obtaining a bridge financing facility for the Transaction, which is included in “Interest, net.”

 

(13) NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS :

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which allows companies to elect fair-value measurement when an eligible financial asset or financial liability is initially recognized or when an event, such as a business combination, triggers a new basis of accounting for that financial asset or financial liability. The election must be applied to individual contracts, is irrevocable for every contract chosen to be measured at fair value, and must be applied to an entire contract, not to only specified risks, specific cash flows, or portions of that contract. Changes in the fair value of contracts elected to be measured at fair value are recognized in earnings each reporting period. SFAS No. 159 is effective for ARAMARK beginning in fiscal 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the Statement.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,” which requires an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan (other than a multiemployer plan) as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income. The funded status for defined-benefit pension plans is measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit obligation on a plan-by-plan basis. This Statement also requires an employer to measure the funded status of a plan as of the date of its year-end statement of financial position, with limited exceptions. The Company early adopted SFAS No. 158 as of January 26, 2007. Upon adoption, the Company recorded a reduction in “Other Assets” of $17.5 million, an increase in “Other Noncurrent Liabilities” of $9.8 million, and a charge to “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” of $27.3 million (before taxes).

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for ARAMARK beginning in fiscal 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the Statement.

In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109. The Company adopted the Interpretation on January 27, 2007 (see Note 8).

 

(14) ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES :

During the Successor three months ended June 29, 2007, the Company sold its 50% partnership interest in SMG for approximately $285 million, net of transaction fees, which exceeded the historical basis of the investment prior to the Transaction by approximately $217 million. The excess is fully taxable, resulting in a current income tax liability of approximately $76 million. In connection with the Transaction accounting, the SMG investment was written up to its estimated acquisition date fair value, except for the portion (approximately 10%) related to the carryover investor basis (see Note 2). As a result, for financial reporting purposes a gain of $21.2 million, related to the Predecessor basis portion of the investment, was recognized as a reduction of “Cost of services provided.”

During the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007, the Company acquired Overall Laundry Services, Inc., a regional uniform rental company, for approximately $80 million in cash. The Company’s pro forma results of operations for the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006 would not have been materially different than reported, assuming that the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the respective fiscal periods.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company increased its ownership in its Chilean subsidiary from 51% to 80%, for approximately $28 million in cash. Additionally, the Company completed the acquisition of a food service company in China and a regional uniform company. During the third quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company acquired the stock of an online catering services company and a refreshment services company for approximately $80 million and future consideration of up to $85 million, to be determined based upon operating results of the catering business during the next five years. Additionally, the Company completed the acquisition of two regional uniform companies. The Company’s pro forma results of operations for the Predecessor nine months of fiscal 2006 would not have been materially different than reported, assuming that these acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of fiscal 2006.

 

(15) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES :

Certain of the Company’s operating lease arrangements, primarily vehicle leases, with terms of one to eight years, contain provisions related to residual value guarantees. The maximum potential liability to ARAMARK under such arrangements was approximately $74.3 million at June 29, 2007 if the terminal fair value of vehicles coming off lease was zero. Consistent with past experience, management does not expect any significant payments will be required pursuant to these arrangements. No amounts have been accrued for these arrangements at June 29, 2007.

During the Predecessor nine months ended June 30, 2006, the Company reduced the provision for income taxes by approximately $14.9 million, based upon the settlement of certain of its open tax years.

From time to time, the Company is a party to various legal actions, proceedings or investigations involving claims incidental to the conduct of its business, including actions by clients, customers, employees and third parties, including under federal and state employment laws, wage and hour laws, customs, import and export control laws and dram shop laws. Based on information currently available, advice of counsel, available insurance coverage, established reserves and other resources, the Company does not believe that any such current actions, proceedings or investigations are likely to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, in the event of unexpected further developments, it is possible that the ultimate resolution of these matters, or other similar matters, if unfavorable, may be materially adverse to the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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In July 2004, the Company learned that it was under investigation by the United States Department of Commerce, among others, relating to Galls, a division of the Company, in connection with record keeping and documentation of certain export sales. The Government obtained and received numerous records from the Company, which is cooperating in the investigation. The Company can give no assurance as to the outcome of this investigation.

On January 18 and 19, 2005, a New Jersey jury found ARAMARK Corporation and certain affiliates liable for approximately $30 million in compensatory damages and $75 million in punitive damages in connection with an automobile accident caused by an intoxicated driver who attended a professional football game at which certain affiliates of the Company provided food and beverage service. The Company and its affiliates appealed the judgment to the Appellate Division of Superior Court of New Jersey on April 13, 2005. On August 3, 2006, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court issued its decision reversing the entire verdict of the trial court. The Appellate Division cited multiple errors by the trial court and reversed the finding of liability against the Company and its affiliates. The Appellate Division reversed both the compensatory and punitive damage awards and remanded the matter back to the trial court for a new trial. On June 1, 2007, the Company and certain affiliates entered into a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs, which settlement would not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position. The settlement agreement must be approved by the Superior Court of New Jersey.

In June 2006, the Bermuda Monetary Authority presented a winding-up petition to the Supreme Court of Bermuda as to Hatteras Reinsurance Ltd (Hatteras), a Bermuda reinsurance company which participated in a portion of the Company’s casualty insurance program. Hatteras was thereupon placed into provisional liquidation and Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs) were appointed to assume control of Hatteras’ business. At a November 9, 2006 official meeting of creditors of Hatteras, the JPLs were elected the permanent Joint Liquidators (JLs) and the Company was elected a member of Hatteras’ Committee of Inspection. During the provisional and a portion of the permanent liquidation proceedings, the Company’s insurance claims were paid by Hatteras under the direction of the JLs through the use of various trusts established under the Hatteras program. On March 12, 2007, the Company and the JLs consummated a settlement whereby the JLs released all funds in the trusts to the Company in consideration for a payment of $1.5 million to the JLs and the Company then novated the Hatteras insurance policies to another insurer. The settlement with the JLs also included an allowed unsecured claim against the Hatteras estate for $10.225 million (the Claim), with $5 million of the Claim subordinated to the claims of other Hatteras unsecured creditors. The JLs are in settlement negotiations with the principals of Hatteras and other potentially responsible third parties that may produce funds available for payment of all or a portion of the Claim; however, since recovery of any portion of the Claim is uncertain, no amount has been recorded.

On May 1, 2006, two cases were filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County against the Company and each of the Company’s directors. The two cases were putative class actions brought by stockholders alleging that the Company’s directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company in connection with the proposal from a group of investors led by Mr. Neubauer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company. On May 22, 2006, two additional cases making substantially identical allegations were brought against the Company and certain of its directors, one in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (in which only the Company and Mr. Neubauer were named as defendants) and another in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County (in which the Company and all directors were named as defendants). All of the cases made claims for monetary damages, injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees and expenses. On June 7, 2006, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware consolidated the three pending Delaware actions as In re: ARAMARK Corporation Shareholders Litigation. On or around August 11, 2006, a fourth putative class action complaint was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County by the City of Southfield Police and Fire Retirement System purportedly on behalf of the Company’s stockholders. The complaint named the Company and each of the Company’s directors as defendants and alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the stockholders in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company’s outstanding shares and made claims for monetary damages, injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees and expenses. On August 25, 2006, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware consolidated this action with In re: ARAMARK Corporation Shareholders Litigation. The parties subsequently entered into agreements to settle the Delaware consolidated actions and the action pending in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. As part of the agreements, each share of Class A common stock beneficially owned by members of ARAMARK’s management committee at that time (Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Bart J. Colli, Timothy P. Cost, Andrew C. Kerin, Lynn B. McKee, Ravi K. Saligram and Thomas J. Vozzo) was to be counted as one vote for purposes of the additional vote to approve the adoption of the merger agreement. In connection with settling the Delaware action, counsel for the plaintiffs agreed to seek court approval of no more than $2.1 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses, which amount the Company agreed not to oppose. On April 12, 2007, the Delaware Chancery Court approved the settlement between the parties in the consolidated action, and awarded plaintiffs’ counsel $2.1 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses. In connection with settling the Pennsylvania action,

 

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counsel for the plaintiffs agreed to seek court approval of no more than $1.55 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses, which amount the Company agreed not to oppose. On May 16, 2007, the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas dismissed the Pennsylvania action in connection with the Delaware Chancery Court settlement approval and awarded the plaintiffs’ counsel $1.55 million in fees and expenses.

 

(16) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS :

In connection with the Transaction, the Company and its Parent Company paid the Sponsors and certain affiliates $163.6 million in fees and expenses for financial and structural advice and analysis as well as assistance with due diligence investigations and debt financing negotiations. This amount has been included in the total purchase price of the Transaction or expensed as incurred, as appropriate.

 

(17) CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES :

The following condensed consolidating financial statements of ARAMARK Corporation and subsidiaries have been prepared pursuant to Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X.

These condensed consolidating financial statements have been prepared from the Company’s financial information on the same basis of accounting as the condensed consolidated financial statements. The interest expense and certain administrative costs are only partially allocated to all of the other subsidiaries of the Company. Goodwill and other intangible assets have been allocated to all of the other subsidiaries of the Company based on management’s estimates. On January 26, 2007, in connection with the Transaction, the Company issued 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 as described in Note 6. The senior notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by substantially all of the Company’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries (excluding the receivables facility subsidiary) (“Guarantors”). Each of the Guarantors is wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company. All other subsidiaries of the Company, either direct or indirect, do not guarantee the senior notes (“Non-Guarantors”). The Guarantors also guarantee certain other unregistered debt.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

June 29, 2007 (Successor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
   Guarantors    Non
Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated
ASSETS              

Current Assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 8.3    $ 32.4    $ 37.1    $ —       $ 77.8

Receivables

     6.6      268.8      584.1      —         859.5

Inventories, at lower of cost or market

     17.9      428.6      63.7      —         510.2

Prepayments and other current assets

     24.5      85.8      14.2      —         124.5
                                   

Total current assets

     57.3      815.6      699.1      —         1,572.0
                                   

Property and Equipment, net

     54.0      944.7      176.5      —         1,175.2

Goodwill

     177.5      3,919.4      510.1      —         4,607.0

Investment in and Advances to Subsidiaries

     6,885.6      202.8      294.1      (7,382.5 )     —  

Other Intangible Assets

     91.4      2,013.9      295.2      —         2,400.5

Other Assets

     161.6      305.8      193.2      (2.0 )     658.6
                                   
   $ 7,427.4    $ 8,202.2    $ 2,168.2    $ (7,384.5 )   $ 10,413.3
                                   
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY              

Current Liabilities:

             

Current maturities of long-term borrowings

   $ 2.0    $ 12.5    $ 27.4    $ —       $ 41.9

Accounts payable

     137.4      243.7      223.6      —         604.7

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     203.1      580.2      143.2      0.1       926.6
                                   

Total current liabilities

     342.5      836.4      394.2      0.1       1,573.2
                                   

Long-Term Borrowings

     5,269.4      31.6      592.6      —         5,893.6

Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities

     202.2      947.9      183.1      —         1,333.2

Intercompany Payable

     —        6,027.1      801.6      (6,828.7 )     —  

Common Stock Subject to Repurchase

     166.6      —        —        —         166.6

Shareholders’ Equity

     1,446.7      359.2      196.7      (555.9 )     1,446.7
                                   
   $ 7,427.4    $ 8,202.2    $ 2,168.2    $ (7,384.5 )   $ 10,413.3
                                   

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

September 29, 2006 (Predecessor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
   Guarantors    Non
Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated
ASSETS              

Current Assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 3.8    $ 20.1    $ 23.8    $ —       $ 47.7

Receivables

     4.9      209.4      656.6      —         870.9

Inventories, at lower of cost or market

     17.7      414.8      61.7      —         494.2

Prepayments and other current assets

     19.1      80.6      14.3      —         114.0
                                   

Total current assets

     45.5      724.9      756.4      —         1,526.8
                                   

Property and Equipment, net

     53.6      967.3      175.9      —         1,196.8

Goodwill

     74.4      1,353.4      361.4      (42.1 )     1,747.1

Investment in and Advances to Subsidiaries

     4,124.6      1,801.7      119.6      (6,045.9 )     —  

Other Intangible Assets

     1.4      203.8      92.8      —         298.0

Other Assets

     40.0      304.0      150.6      —         494.6
                                   
   $ 4,339.5    $ 5,355.1    $ 1,656.7    $ (6,088.0 )   $ 5,263.3
                                   
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY              

Current Liabilities:

             

Current maturities of long-term borrowings

   $ 1.5    $ 14.0    $ 24.7    $ —       $ 40.2

Accounts payable

     122.7      316.0      204.1      —         642.8

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     127.6      627.3      148.7      —         903.6
                                   

Total current liabilities

     251.8      957.3      377.5      —         1,586.6
                                   

Long-Term Borrowings

     1,405.7      29.0      328.4      —         1,763.1

Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities

     136.6      175.6      79.7      —         391.9

Intercompany Payable

     1,023.7      —        507.7      (1,531.4 )     —  

Shareholders’ Equity

     1,521.7      4,193.2      363.4      (4,556.6 )     1,521.7
                                   
   $ 4,339.5    $ 5,355.1    $ 1,656.7    $ (6,088.0 )   $ 5,263.3
                                   

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the three months ended June 29, 2007 (Successor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated  

Sales

   $ 297.1     $ 2,029.5     $ 817.5    $ —       $ 3,144.1  

Equity in Net Income of Subsidiaries

     94.2       —         —        (94.2 )     —    
                                       
     391.3       2,029.5       817.5      (94.2 )     3,144.1  

Costs and Expenses:

           

Cost of services provided

     305.1       1,787.9       744.7      —         2,837.7  

Depreciation and amortization

     4.0       98.1       20.2      —         122.3  

Selling and general corporate expenses

     24.7       22.5       5.9      —         53.1  
                                       
     333.8       1,908.5       770.8      —         3,013.1  
                                       

Operating income

     57.5       121.0       46.7      (94.2 )     131.0  

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net:

           

Interest expense, net

     118.5       0.6       14.5      —         133.6  

Intercompany interest, net

     (0.2 )     (1.7 )     1.9      —         —    
                                       

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net

     118.3       (1.1 )     16.4      —         133.6  
                                       

Income (Loss) before income taxes

     (60.8 )     122.1       30.3      (94.2 )     (2.6 )

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     (60.1 )     47.7       10.5      —         (1.9 )
                                       

Net income (loss)

   $ (0.7 )   $ 74.4     $ 19.8    $ (94.2 )   $ (0.7 )
                                       

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 (Successor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated  

Sales

   $ 495.7     $ 3,444.3     $ 1,349.7    $ —       $ 5,289.7  

Equity in Net Income of Subsidiaries

     149.1       —         —        (149.1 )     —    
                                       
     644.8       3,444.3       1,349.7      (149.1 )     5,289.7  

Costs and Expenses:

           

Cost of services provided

     480.8       3,054.0       1,235.4      —         4,770.2  

Depreciation and amortization

     7.7       159.4       34.4      —         201.5  

Selling and general corporate expenses

     30.6       38.3       9.4      —         78.3  
                                       
     519.1       3,251.7       1,279.2      —         5,050.0  
                                       

Operating income

     125.7       192.6       70.5      (149.1 )     239.7  

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net:

           

Interest expense, net

     215.8       1.0       20.8      —         237.6  

Intercompany interest, net

     (0.2 )     (2.8 )     3.0      —         —    
                                       

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net

     215.6       (1.8 )     23.8      —         237.6  
                                       

Income (Loss) before income taxes

     (89.9 )     194.4       46.7      (149.1 )     2.1  

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     (93.6 )     76.2       15.8      —         (1.6 )
                                       

Net income

   $ 3.7     $ 118.2     $ 30.9    $ (149.1 )   $ 3.7  
                                       

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 (Predecessor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated

Sales

   $ 357.4     $ 2,608.5     $ 980.0    $ —       $ 3,945.9

Equity in Net Income of Subsidiaries

     101.8       —         —        (101.8 )     —  
                                     
     459.2       2,608.5       980.0      (101.8 )     3,945.9

Costs and Expenses:

           

Cost of services provided

     317.8       2,350.9       918.3      —         3,587.0

Depreciation and amortization

     9.2       84.8       22.4      —         116.4

Selling and general corporate expenses

     137.8       29.0       7.1      —         173.9
                                     
     464.8       2,464.7       947.8      —         3,877.3
                                     

Operating income (loss)

     (5.6 )     143.8       32.2      (101.8 )     68.6

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net:

           

Interest expense, net

     35.2       0.6       12.9      —         48.7

Intercompany interest, net

     (0.2 )     (2.0 )     2.2      —         —  
                                     

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net

     35.0       (1.4 )     15.1      —         48.7
                                     

Income (Loss) before income taxes

     (40.6 )     145.2       17.1      (101.8 )     19.9

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     (55.4 )     55.1       5.4      —         5.1
                                     

Net income

   $ 14.8     $ 90.1     $ 11.7    $ (101.8 )   $ 14.8
                                     

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the three months ended June 30, 2006 (Predecessor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated

Sales

   $ 283.3     $ 1,916.8     $ 733.5    $ —       $ 2,933.6

Equity in Net Income of Subsidiaries

     39.9       —         —        (39.9 )     —  
                                     
     323.2       1,916.8       733.5      (39.9 )     2,933.6

Costs and Expenses:

           

Cost of services provided

     241.2       1,763.5       672.1      —         2,676.8

Depreciation and amortization

     4.3       65.1       16.1      —         85.5

Selling and general corporate expenses

     16.6       22.5       5.1      —         44.2

Goodwill impairment

     —         35.0       —        —         35.0
                                     
     262.1       1,886.1       693.3      —         2,841.5
                                     

Operating income

     61.1       30.7       40.2      (39.9 )     92.1

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net:

           

Interest expense, net

     27.2       0.5       8.7      —         36.4

Intercompany interest, net

     —         (1.4 )     1.4      —         —  
                                     

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net

     27.2       (0.9 )     10.1      —         36.4
                                     

Income before income taxes

     33.9       31.6       30.1      (39.9 )     55.7

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     (1.1 )     11.2       10.6      —         20.7
                                     

Net income

   $ 35.0     $ 20.4     $ 19.5    $ (39.9 )   $ 35.0
                                     

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the nine months ended June 30, 2006 (Predecessor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated

Sales

   $ 847.7     $ 5,720.8     $ 2,120.5    $ —       $ 8,689.0

Equity in Net Income of Subsidiaries

     183.8       —         —        (183.8 )     —  
                                     
     1,031.5       5,720.8       2,120.5      (183.8 )     8,689.0

Costs and Expenses:

           

Cost of services provided

     718.4       5,231.8       1,948.6      —         7,898.8

Depreciation and amortization

     12.8       191.5       46.8      —         251.1

Selling and general corporate expenses

     49.9       64.6       15.4      —         129.9

Goodwill impairment

     —         35.0       —        —         35.0
                                     
     781.1       5,522.9       2,010.8      —         8,314.8
                                     

Operating income

     250.4       197.9       109.7      (183.8 )     374.2

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net:

           

Interest expense, net

     79.6       1.4       24.5      —         105.5

Intercompany interest, net

     (0.3 )     (4.0 )     4.3      —         —  
                                     

Interest and Other Financing Costs, net

     79.3       (2.6 )     28.8      —         105.5
                                     

Income before income taxes

     171.1       200.5       80.9      (183.8 )     268.7

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     (15.6 )     67.5       30.1      —         82.0
                                     

Net income

   $ 186.7     $ 133.0     $ 50.8    $ (183.8 )   $ 186.7
                                     

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007 (Successor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ 603.1     $ (239.2 )   $ (15.5 )   $ (18.2 )   $ 330.2  

Cash flows from investing activities:

          

Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments

     (7.1 )     (92.2 )     (26.9 )     —         (126.2 )

Disposals of property and equipment

     1.3       5.0       0.9       —         7.2  

Proceeds from sale of investment

     —         286.0       —         —         286.0  

Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

     —         (2.4 )     (23.7 )     —         (26.1 )

Acquisition of ARAMARK Corporation

     (6,100.0 )     —         —         —         (6,100.0 )

Other investing activities

     54.0       (43.3 )     (186.2 )     180.8       5.3  
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (6,051.8 )     153.1       (235.9 )     180.8       (5,953.8 )
                                        

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from additional long-term borrowings

     5,382.8       —         555.1       —         5,937.9  

Payment of long-term borrowings

     (1,630.7 )     (5.9 )     (438.5 )     —         (2,075.2 )

Capital contributions

     1,841.1       —         —         —         1,841.1  

Repurchase of stock

     (0.6 )     —         —         —         (0.6 )

Other financing activities

     (136.4 )     —         (2.1 )     —         (138.5 )

Change in intercompany, net

     (76.6 )     93.2       146.0       (162.6 )     —    
                                        

Net cash provided by financing activities

     5,379.6       87.3       260.5       (162.6 )     5,564.8  
                                        

Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (69.1 )     1.2       9.1       —         (58.8 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     77.4       31.2       28.0       —         136.6  
                                        

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 8.3     $ 32.4     $ 37.1     $ —       $ 77.8  
                                        

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 (Predecessor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (624.5 )   $ 366.9     $ 183.2     $ (1.9 )   $ (76.3 )

Cash flows from investing activities:

          

Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments

     (4.0 )     (64.6 )     (12.9 )     —         (81.5 )

Disposals of property and equipment

     0.5       16.9       2.6       —         20.0  

Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

     —         (80.0 )     (1.7 )     —         (81.7 )

Other investing activities

     (18.7 )     27.8       (3.6 )     (2.2 )     3.3  
                                        

Net cash used in investing activities

     (22.2 )     (99.9 )     (15.6 )     (2.2 )     (139.9 )
                                        

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from additional long-term borrowings

     260.0       —         157.0       —         417.0  

Payment of long-term borrowings

     (126.6 )     (4.4 )     —         —         (131.0 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     9.7       —         —         —         9.7  

Payment of dividends

     (12.6 )     —         —         —         (12.6 )

Other financing activities

     22.0       —         —         —         22.0  

Change in intercompany, net

     567.8       (251.5 )     (320.4 )     4.1       —    
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     720.3       (255.9 )     (163.4 )     4.1       305.1  
                                        

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     73.6       11.1       4.2       —         88.9  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     3.8       20.1       23.8       —         47.7  
                                        

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 77.4     $ 31.2     $ 28.0     $ —       $ 136.6  
                                        

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the nine months ended June 30, 2006 (Predecessor)

(In Millions)

 

     ARAMARK
Corporation
    Guarantors     Non
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (21.6 )   $ 153.4     $ 173.2     $ (7.9 )   $ 297.1  

Cash flows from investing activities:

          

Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments

     (13.3 )     (175.3 )     (37.5 )     —         (226.1 )

Disposals of property and equipment

     2.3       39.9       2.4       —         44.6  

Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

     —         (87.8 )     (32.8 )     —         (120.6 )

Other investing activities

     (69.8 )     (4.9 )     (9.5 )     90.7       6.5  
                                        

Net cash used in investing activities

     (80.8 )     (228.1 )     (77.4 )     90.7       (295.6 )
                                        

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from additional long-term borrowings

     66.1       —         63.2       —         129.3  

Payment of long-term borrowings

     (1.2 )     (8.9 )     (16.1 )     —         (26.2 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     41.5       —         —         —         41.5  

Repurchase of stock

     (113.5 )     —         —         —         (113.5 )

Payment of dividends

     (37.8 )     —         —         —         (37.8 )

Other financing activities

     2.2       —         —         —         2.2  

Change in intercompany, net

     138.3       84.8       (140.3 )     (82.8 )     —    
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     95.6       75.9       (93.2 )     (82.8 )     (4.5 )
                                        

Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (6.8 )     1.2       2.6       —         (3.0 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     10.8       19.6       25.7       —         56.1  
                                        

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 4.0     $ 20.8     $ 28.3     $ —       $ 53.1  
                                        

 

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ITEM 2 . MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

The following discussion and analysis of our results of operations and financial condition for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2007 and June 30, 2006 should be read in conjunction with the Predecessor’s audited consolidated financial statements, and the notes to those statements, included in the Predecessor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2006.

ARAMARK Corporation (the “Company”) was acquired on January 26, 2007 through a merger transaction with RMK Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation controlled by investment funds associated with GS Capital Partners, CCMP Capital Advisors, J.P. Morgan Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Warburg Pincus LLC (collectively, the “Sponsors”), Joseph Neubauer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ARAMARK, and certain other members of the Company’s management. The acquisition was accomplished through the merger of RMK Acquisition Corporation with and into ARAMARK Corporation with ARAMARK Corporation being the surviving company (the “Transaction”).

The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ARAMARK Intermediate Holdco Corporation, which is wholly-owned by ARAMARK Holdings Corporation (the “Parent Company”). ARAMARK Holdings Corporation, ARAMARK Intermediate Holdco Corporation and RMK Acquisition Corporation were formed for the purpose of facilitating the Transaction.

Although ARAMARK Corporation continued as the same legal entity after the Transaction, the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and shareholders’ equity are presented for two periods: Predecessor and Successor, which relate to the period preceding the Transaction and the period succeeding the Transaction, respectively. The Company refers to the operations of ARAMARK Corporation and subsidiaries for both the Predecessor and Successor periods. We have prepared our discussion of the results of operations by comparing the mathematical combination of the Successor and Predecessor periods in the three and nine months ended June 29, 2007 to the Predecessor three and nine month periods ended June 30, 2006. Although this presentation does not comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we believe that it provides a meaningful method of comparison. The combined operating results have not been prepared as pro forma results under applicable regulations and may not reflect the actual results we would have achieved absent the Transaction and may not be predictive of future results of operations.

On March 30, 2007, ARAMARK Corporation was merged with and into ARAMARK Services, Inc. with ARAMARK Services, Inc. being the surviving corporation. In connection with the consummation of the merger, ARAMARK Services, Inc. changed its name to ARAMARK Corporation.

Our discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, opinions, expectations, anticipations, intentions and beliefs. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in those forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth under the Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements and elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. In the following discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition, certain financial measures may be considered “non-GAAP financial measures” under Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules. These rules require supplemental explanation and reconciliation, which is provided in Exhibit 99.1 to this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and is incorporated by reference herein.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Predecessor’s fiscal 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. As described in such notes, the Company recognizes sales in the period in which services are provided pursuant to the terms of our contractual relationships with our clients.

In preparing our financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that, among other things, affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, sales and expenses. These estimates and assumptions are most significant where they involve levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or matters susceptible to change, and where they can have a material impact on our financial condition and operating performance. We discuss below the more significant estimates and related assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. If actual results were to differ materially from the estimates made, the reported results could be materially affected.

 

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Asset Impairment Determinations

As a result of the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” goodwill and tradename are no longer amortized. Under this accounting standard, goodwill and tradename are subject to an impairment test that we conduct at least annually, using a discounted cash flow technique.

With respect to our other long-lived assets, we are required to test for asset impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. We apply SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” in order to determine whether or not an asset is impaired. This standard requires an impairment analysis when indicators of impairment are present. If such indicators are present, the standard indicates that if the sum of the future expected cash flows from the asset, undiscounted and without interest charges, is less than the carrying value, an asset impairment must be recognized in the financial statements. The amount of the impairment is the difference between the fair value of the asset and the carrying value of the asset.

In making future cash flow analyses of various assets, the Company makes assumptions relating to the following:

 

   

The intended use of assets and the expected future cash flows resulting directly from such use.

 

   

Comparable market valuations of businesses similar to ARAMARK’s business segments.

 

   

Industry specific economic conditions.

 

   

Competitor activities and regulatory initiatives.

 

   

Client and customer preferences and behavior patterns.

We believe that an accounting estimate relating to asset impairment is a critical accounting estimate because the assumptions underlying future cash flow estimates are subject to change from time to time and the recognition of an impairment could have a significant impact on our income statement.

Environmental Loss Contingencies

Accruals for environmental loss contingencies (i.e., environmental reserves) are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can reasonably be estimated. Management views the measurement of environmental reserves as a critical accounting estimate because of the considerable uncertainty surrounding estimation, including the need to forecast well into the future. We are involved in legal proceedings under state, federal and local environmental laws in connection with operations of our uniform rental segment or businesses conducted by our predecessors or companies that we have acquired. The calculation of environmental reserves is based on the evaluation of currently available information, prior experience in the remediation of contaminated sites and assumptions with respect to government regulations and enforcement activity, changes in remediation technology and practices, and financial obligations and credit worthiness of other responsible parties and insurers.

Litigation and Claims

The Company is a party to various legal actions and investigations including, among others, employment matters, compliance with government regulations, including import and export controls and customs laws, federal and state employment laws, including wage and hour laws, dram shop laws, environmental laws, contractual disputes and other matters, including matters arising in the ordinary course of business. These claims may be brought by, among others, the government, clients, customers, employees and third parties. Management considers the measurement of litigation reserves as a critical accounting estimate because of the significant uncertainty in some cases relating to the outcome of potential claims or litigation and the difficulty of predicting the likelihood and range of potential liability involved, coupled with the material impact on our results of operations that could result from litigation or other claims. In determining legal reserves, management considers, among other issues:

 

   

Interpretation of contractual rights and obligations.

 

   

The status of government regulatory initiatives, interpretations and investigations.

 

   

The status of settlement negotiations.

 

   

Prior experience with similar types of claims.

 

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Whether there is available insurance.

 

   

Advice of counsel.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We encounter risks associated with sales and the collection of the associated accounts receivable. We record a provision for accounts receivable that we consider to be uncollectible. In order to calculate the appropriate provision, management analyzes the creditworthiness of specific customers and the aging of customer balances. Management also considers general and specific industry economic conditions, industry concentrations, such as exposure to the non-profit healthcare sector and the airline industry, and contractual rights and obligations.

Management believes that the accounting estimate related to the allowance for doubtful accounts is a critical accounting estimate because the underlying assumptions used for the allowance can change from time to time and uncollectible accounts could potentially have a material impact on our results of operations.

Inventory Obsolescence

We record an inventory obsolescence reserve for obsolete, excess and slow-moving inventory, principally in the uniform and career apparel segments. In calculating our inventory obsolescence reserve, management analyzes historical data regarding customer demand within specific product categories and makes assumptions regarding economic conditions within customer specific industries, as well as style and product changes. Management believes that its accounting estimate related to inventory obsolescence is a critical accounting estimate because customer demand in certain of our businesses can be variable and changes in our reserve for inventory obsolescence could materially affect our financial results.

Income Taxes

We use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and for deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns. We must make assumptions, judgments and estimates to determine our current provision for income taxes and also our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance to be recorded against a deferred tax asset. Our assumptions, judgments and estimates relative to the current provision for income tax take into account current tax laws, our interpretation of current tax laws and possible outcomes of current and future audits conducted by foreign and domestic tax authorities. Changes in tax law or our interpretation of tax laws and the resolution of current and future tax audits could significantly impact the amounts provided for income taxes in our consolidated financial statements. Our assumptions, judgments and estimates relative to the amount of deferred income taxes take into account estimates of the amount of future taxable income, and actual operating results in future years could render our current assumptions, judgments and estimates inaccurate. Any of the assumptions, judgments and estimates mentioned above could cause our actual income tax obligations to differ from our estimates.

Share-Based Compensation

As discussed in our financial statements, we value our employee stock options using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The Black-Scholes option valuation model uses assumptions of the expected volatility of our stock, the expected dividend yield of our stock, the expected life of the options and the risk free interest rate. The expected term of stock options represents the weighted-average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. The expected term was calculated using the simplified method permitted under SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107. We used a combination of actual historical experience of the predecessor Company’s stock and the expected future performance of the Parent Company’s stock in deriving the expected volatility assumption. The selection of the historical, rather than the implied, volatility approach was based upon the paucity of relevant information relating to traded options on our stock. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon the rate applicable to the U.S. Treasury security with a maturity equal to the expected term of the option on the grant date. The dividend yield assumption is based on our history and expected future of dividend payouts.

As share-based compensation expense recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. SFAS No. 123R requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Forfeitures were estimated based on our historical experience.

 

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Management believes that the accounting estimate related to the expense of stock options is a critical accounting estimate because the underlying assumptions can change from time to time and, as a result, the compensation expense that we record in future periods under SFAS No. 123R may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period with respect to similar instruments.

Critical accounting estimates and the related assumptions are evaluated periodically as conditions warrant, and changes to such estimates are recorded as new information or changed conditions require revision.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

These tables present our sales and operating income (loss), and related percentages, attributable to each operating segment, for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2007 and June 30, 2006 (dollars in millions).

 

     Successor            Predecessor  
    

Three Months

Ended

June 29, 2007

          

Three Months

Ended

June 30, 2006

 

Sales by Segment

   $    %            $    %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 1,981.7    63 %        $ 1,874.0    64 %

Food and Support Services - International

     744.3    24 %          661.2    23 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     328.5    10 %          301.5    10 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     89.6    3 %          96.9    3 %
                               
   $ 3,144.1    100 %        $ 2,933.6    100 %
                               

 

     Successor           Predecessor    Combined (1)     Predecessor  
     Period from
January 27,
2007 through
June 29, 2007
         

Period from
September 30, 2006

through
January 26, 2007

  

Nine Months
Ended

June 29, 2007

   

Nine Months
Ended

June 30, 2006

 

Sales by Segment

   $           $    $    %     $    %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 3,354.2         $ 2,477.6    $ 5,831.8    63 %   $ 5,542.1    64 %

Food and Support Services - International

     1,234.5           911.4      2,145.9    23 %     1,926.3    22 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     549.2           416.6      965.8    11 %     896.5    10 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     151.8           140.3      292.1    3 %     324.2    4 %
                                             
   $ 5,289.7         $ 3,945.9    $ 9,235.6    100 %   $ 8,689.1    100 %
                                             

 

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     Successor            Predecessor  
     Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
           Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
 

Operating Income (Loss) by Segment

   $     %            $     %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 70.2     54 %        $ 88.7     96 %

Food and Support Services - International

     29.5     23 %          30.5     33 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     33.0     25 %          34.2     37 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     0.6     0 %          (45.9 )   -50 %
                                 
     133.3     102 %          107.5     116 %

Corporate

     (2.3 )   -2 %          (15.4 )   -16 %
                                 
   $ 131.0     100 %        $ 92.1     100 %
                                 

 

     Successor            Predecessor     Combined (1)     Predecessor  
    

Period from
January 27,
2007

through
June 29, 2007

           Period from
September 30, 2006
through
January 26, 2007
    Nine Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
    Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
 

Operating Income (Loss) by Segment

   $            $     $     %     $     %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 136.7          $ 115.9     $ 252.6     82 %   $ 272.8     73 %

Food and Support Services - International

     58.2            37.5       95.7     31 %     88.8     24 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     52.2            45.9       98.1     32 %     98.7     26 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     0.1            5.2       5.3     2 %     (39.3 )   -11 %
                                                 
     247.2            204.5       451.7     147 %     421.0     112 %

Corporate

     (7.4 )          (136.0 )     (143.4 )   -47 %     (46.7 )   -12 %
                                                 
   $ 239.8          $ 68.5     $ 308.3     100 %   $ 374.3     100 %
                                                 

(1)

Our combined results for the nine months ended June 29, 2007 represent the mathematical sum of the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007. This combination does not comply with GAAP or with the rules for pro forma presentation, but is presented because we believe it provides the most meaningful comparison of our results.

Consolidated Overview

Sales of $3.1 billion for the fiscal 2007 third quarter and $9.2 billion for the nine-month period represented an increase of 7% and 6%, respectively, over the prior year periods. Excluding the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency translation, the consolidated sales increase was 5% and 4% for the three and nine-month periods, respectively.

Operating income was $131.0 million for the fiscal 2007 third quarter and $308.3 million for the nine-month period compared to $92.1 million and $374.3 million in the prior year periods, respectively. The third quarter of fiscal 2007 includes Transaction-related costs of $4.3 million, a gain of $21.2 million from the sale of our 50% interest in SMG and $2.9 million of insurance proceeds related to Hurricane Katrina. The nine-month period of fiscal 2007 includes Transaction-related costs of $116.7 million, a gain of $21.2 million from the sale of our 50% interest in SMG, $2.9 million of insurance proceeds related to Hurricane Katrina and a $3.8 million currency transaction gain. The three and nine-month periods of fiscal 2006 include Transaction-related fees of $0.8 million, costs related to the termination of two unprofitable client contracts of $4.5 million, and a charge of approximately $43.0 million for the write-down of goodwill and adjustments to asset and liability carrying values in the Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing

 

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segment. Excluding the items described above, operating income decreased for both the three and nine-month periods as the increase in intangible asset amortization resulting from the Transaction ($32.2 million and $51.6 million, respectively) more than offset the favorable impact of business growth.

Interest and other financing costs, net, for the three and nine-month periods of fiscal 2007 increased approximately $97.2 million and $180.8 million, respectively, from the prior year periods due to the significant increase in debt levels and the interest rates payable on debt of the Company resulting from the Transaction and the charge of $12.8 million for the cost of obtaining a bridge financing facility for the Transaction. The effective income tax rate for the fiscal 2007 nine-month period was 15.6% compared to 30.5% in fiscal 2006. The rate for the 2007 period reflects the significant Transaction-related costs, which reduced taxable income, while the tax credits remained approximately the same. The favorable adjustment of $14.9 million in the 2006 first quarter, related to the settlement of certain open tax years, reduced the 2006 nine-month period effective rate.

Net income (loss) for the three and nine-month periods of fiscal 2007 were $(0.7) million and $18.6 million, respectively, compared to $35.0 million and $186.7 million in the prior year periods, also reflecting the significant Transaction-related costs and increased interest expense.

Segment Results

The following tables present a fiscal 2007/2006 comparison of segment sales and operating income (loss) together with the amount of and percentage change between periods (dollars in millions).

 

     Successor           Predecessor             
     Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
          Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
   Change  

Sales by Segment

   $           $    $     %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 1,981.7         $ 1,874.0    $ 107.7     6 %

Food and Support Services - International

     744.3           661.2      83.1     13 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     328.5           301.5      27.0     9 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     89.6           96.9      (7.3 )   -8 %
                             
   $ 3,144.1         $ 2,933.6    $ 210.5     7 %
                             

 

     Successor           Predecessor    Combined (1)    Predecessor             
    

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

         

Period from
September 30,
2006

through
January 26, 2007

   Nine Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
   Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
   Change  

Sales by Segment

   $           $    $    $    $     %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 3,354.2         $ 2,477.6    $ 5,831.8    $ 5,542.1    $ 289.7     5 %

Food and Support Services - International

     1,234.5           911.4      2,145.9      1,926.3      219.6     11 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     549.2           416.6      965.8      896.5      69.3     8 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     151.8           140.3      292.1      324.2      (32.1 )   -10 %
                                           
   $ 5,289.7         $ 3,945.9    $ 9,235.6    $ 8,689.1    $ 546.5     6 %
                                           

 

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     Successor            Predecessor              
     Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
           Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
    Change  

Operating Income (Loss) by Segment

   $            $     $     %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 70.2          $ 88.7     $ (18.5 )   -21 %

Food and Support Services - International

     29.5            30.5       (1.0 )   -3 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     33.0            34.2       (1.2 )   -3 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     0.6            (45.9 )     46.5     n/m (2)

Corporate

     (2.3 )          (15.4 )     13.1     -85 %
                               
   $ 131.0          $ 92.1     $ 38.9     42 %
                               

 

     Successor            Predecessor     Combined (1)     Predecessor              
    

Period from
January 27, 2007
through

June 29, 2007

          

Period from
September 30,
2006

through
January 26, 2007

    Nine Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
    Nine Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
    Change  

Operating Income (Loss) by Segment

   $            $     $     $     $     %  

Food and Support Services - United States

   $ 136.7          $ 115.9     $ 252.6     $ 272.8     $ (20.2 )   -7 %

Food and Support Services - International

     58.2            37.5       95.7       88.8       6.9     8 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Rental

     52.2            45.9       98.1       98.7       (0.6 )   -1 %

Uniform and Career Apparel - Direct Marketing

     0.1            5.2       5.3       (39.3 )     44.6     n/m (2)

Corporate

     (7.4 )          (136.0 )     (143.4 )     (46.7 )     (96.7 )   n/m (2)
                                               
   $ 239.8          $ 68.5     $ 308.3       374.3     $ (66.0 )   -18 %
                                               

(1)

Our combined results for the nine months ended June 29, 2007 represent the mathematical sum of the Predecessor period from September 30, 2006 through January 26, 2007 and the Successor period from January 27, 2007 through June 29, 2007. This combination does not comply with GAAP or with the rules for pro forma presentation, but is presented because we believe it provides the most meaningful comparison of our results.

(2)

Not meaningful

Food and Support Services—United States Segment

Food and Support Services—United States segment sales for the three and nine-month periods of fiscal 2007 increased 6% and 5%, respectively, over the prior year periods, primarily due to growth in the Sports & Entertainment, Education, Corrections and Healthcare businesses. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, sales also increased 6% and 5% for both the three and nine-month periods, respectively. For the third quarter, sales growth in the Business Services sector was in the mid single digits, resulting from growth in the Corrections and Refreshment Services businesses. Business Dining Services sales increased slightly compared to the prior year period. The Education sector experienced mid single digit sales growth, principally as a result of base business growth. The Healthcare sector reported low double digit sales growth from both new business and base business growth. The Sports & Entertainment sector experienced mid single digit sales growth driven principally by base business growth in our Stadiums & Arenas and Convention Center businesses.

Segment operating income was $70.2 million compared to $88.7 million in the 2006 third quarter. The 2007 period includes a charge of approximately $24.6 million representing the incremental amortization of acquisition-related customer relationship intangible assets resulting from the Transaction offset by approximately $2.9 million of insurance proceeds related to Hurricane Katrina. The third quarter of fiscal 2006 includes costs related to the termination of two unprofitable client contracts of approximately $4.5 million. Improved profit performance in the Business Services sector and growth in the Healthcare business were more than offset by lower operating income in the Sports & Entertainment and Education sectors.

 

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Food and Support Services—International Segment

Sales in the Food and Support Services—International segment for the three and nine-month periods increased 13% and 11%, respectively, compared to the prior year periods due principally to foreign currency translation (approximately 6% in each period) and increased volume (approximately 3% and 4%, respectively). In addition, the 2007 periods reflect an increase (approximately 4% and 1%, respectively) resulting from conforming the fiscal reporting period of a subsidiary to that of the Company. The increases were driven by strong growth in the U.K., Ireland, Chile and Korea offset by declines in Spain due to contract terminations and in Germany, for which the 2006 results included the World Cup soccer matches.

Third quarter 2007 operating income was $29.5 million compared to $30.5 million in the prior year period, as incremental amortization of acquisition-related customer relationship intangible assets in 2007 of approximately $2.1 million was substantially offset by the positive effect of currency translation. In addition, the World Cup matches in Germany favorably affected the 2006 third quarter operating income.

Uniform and Career Apparel—Rental Segment

Uniform and Career Apparel—Rental segment sales increased 9% and 8% for the three and nine-month periods, respectively, compared to the prior year periods. Sales growth, excluding the effects of acquisitions, was 6% for the third quarter and 5% for the nine-month period due principally to net new business sold and price increases.

Segment operating income decreased approximately 3% in the third quarter of fiscal 2007 due to incremental amortization of acquisition-related customer relationship intangible assets resulting from the Transaction of approximately $5.3 million. For the nine-month period of fiscal 2007, segment operating income was about equal to the prior year period as higher sales and lower fuel costs offset the effect of increased intangible asset amortization. Operating income margin increased slightly.

Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing Segment

Uniform and Career Apparel—Direct Marketing segment sales for 2007 decreased 8% from the prior year quarter to $89.6 million, reflecting the exit from the healthcare uniform line in fiscal 2006 and continued soft demand at WearGuard-Crest. The segment reported a small profit in the fiscal 2007 third quarter compared to a loss of $45.9 million in the prior year period, which was driven by a $35.0 million goodwill impairment charge and approximately $8.0 million of other asset and liability adjustments, resulting from business realignment initiatives at WearGuard-Crest.

Corporate

Corporate expenses, those administrative expenses not allocated to the business segments, were $2.3 million and $143.4 million for the three and nine-month periods of fiscal 2007, respectively, compared to $15.4 million and $46.7 million for the corresponding prior year periods. The decrease for the fiscal 2007 third quarter from the prior year period was due principally to the $21.2 million gain the Company recognized on the sale of its 50% interest in SMG offset by increased stock-based compensation expense and $4.3 million of costs related to the Transaction. For the nine-month period of fiscal 2007, the increase was due principally to $116.7 million of costs related to the Transaction and increased stock-based compensation expense offset by the $21.2 million gain on the sale of SMG and a currency transaction gain of approximately $3.8 million. The costs related to the Transaction included $15.8 million of accounting, investment banking, legal and other costs associated with the Transaction, a compensation charge of approximately $77.1 million related to the accelerated vesting and buyout of employee stock options and restricted stock units, and a charge of approximately $23.8 million related to change in control payments to certain executives.

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY

Cash provided by operating activities was $254.1 million in the fiscal 2007 nine-month period compared to $297.1 million in the comparable nine-month period of fiscal 2006, a decrease of $43.0 million. The principal components (in millions) of the net change were:

 

•     Decrease in the total of net income and noncash charges

   $ (132.0 )

•     Increase in accounts receivable sale proceeds

     29.0  

•     Decreased working capital requirements

     60.0  
        
   $ (43.0 )
        

The decrease in the total of net income and noncash charges results from Transaction-related expenses (including related tax effects) and increased interest expense. The accounts receivable sale proceeds increased as a result of increasing the size of the Receivables Facility in connection with the Transaction. The change in working capital requirements relates principally to the timing of income tax payments on the gain from the sale of the SMG investment and interest payments.

 

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In June 2007, the Company sold its 50% partnership interest in SMG for approximately $285 million, net of transaction fees, which exceeded the historical basis of the investment prior to the Transaction by approximately $217 million. The excess is fully taxable, resulting in a current income tax liability of approximately $76 million. In connection with the Transaction accounting, the SMG investment was written up to its estimated acquisition date fair value, except for the portion (approximately 10%) related to the carryover investor basis (see Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements). As a result, for financial reporting purposes a gain of $21.2 million, related to the Predecessor basis portion of the investment, was recognized as a reduction of “Cost of services provided.”

At July 27, 2007, there was approximately $569.7 million of unused committed credit availability under our new senior secured revolving credit facility. As of June 29, 2007, there was approximately $494.6 million outstanding in foreign currency borrowings.

The Transaction

In connection with the completion of the Transaction on January 26, 2007, the Company (i) entered into a new $4.15 billion senior secured term loan facility, (ii) issued $1.28 billion of 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and $500 million of senior floating rate notes due 2015, (iii) entered into a new $600 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a six-year maturity, and (iv) entered into a new synthetic letter of credit facility for up to $250 million.

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

The senior secured revolving credit facility consists of the following subfacilities:

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in U.S. dollars to the Company with aggregate commitments of $435 million;

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in sterling or U.S. dollars to the Company or a U.K. subsidiary with aggregate commitments of $40 million;

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in Euros or U.S. dollars to the Company or an Irish subsidiary with aggregate commitments of $20 million;

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in Euros or U.S. dollars to the Company or German subsidiaries with aggregate commitments of $30 million; and

 

   

A revolving credit facility available for loans in Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars to the Company or a Canadian subsidiary with aggregate commitments of $75 million.

The senior secured term loan facility consists of the following subfacilities:

 

   

A U.S. dollar denominated term loan to the Company in the amount of $3,547 million;

 

   

A yen denominated term loan to the Company in the amount of ¥5,422 million;

 

   

A U.S. dollar denominated term loan to a Canadian subsidiary in the amount of $170 million;

 

   

A Euro denominated term loan to an Irish subsidiary in an amount of €44 million;

 

   

A sterling denominated term loan to a U.K. subsidiary in an amount of £122 million; and

 

   

A Euro denominated term loan to German subsidiaries in the amount of €70 million.

The senior secured credit facilities provide that the Company has the right at any time to request up to $750 million of incremental commitments in the aggregate under one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or synthetic letter of credit facilities and/or revolving credit facilities and/or by increasing commitments under the revolving credit facility. The lenders under these facilities will not be under any obligation to provide any such incremental facilities or commitments, and any such addition of or increase in facilities or commitments will be subject to pro forma compliance with an incurrence-based financial covenant and customary conditions precedent. The Company’s ability to obtain extensions of credit under these incremental facilities or commitments will be subject to the same conditions as extensions of credit under the existing credit facilities.

Borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at the Company’s option, either (a) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for deposits in the currency of such borrowing for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs, (b) with respect to borrowings denominated in U.S. Dollars, a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the prime rate of the administrative agent, and (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or (c) with respect to borrowings denominated in Canadian dollars, (1) a base rate determined by reference to the prime rate of Canadian banks or (2) a BA (bankers’ acceptance) rate determined by reference to the rate offered for bankers’ acceptances in Canadian dollars for the interest period relevant to such borrowing.

 

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The applicable margin spread for borrowings under the revolving credit facility are 1.25% to 2.00% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.00%) with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 0.25% to 1.00% (as of June 29, 2007 – 1.00%) with respect to base-rate borrowings.

Prior to April 16, 2007, the applicable margin spreads for borrowings under the term loan facilities were 2.00% to 2.125% with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 1.00% to 1.125% with respect to base-rate borrowings. On March 28, 2007, the Company amended the senior secured credit agreement (i) to lower the interest rate spread on the U.S. dollar and Euro term loans, (ii) to reduce the fees that it pays on the synthetic letter of credit facility, (iii) to add a provision requiring payment of a prepayment fee upon certain repayments for the purpose of reducing the interest rate spread effected within one year of the date of the amendment and (iv) to make certain other modifications set forth in the amendment. Effective on April 16, 2007, the applicable margin spreads under the U.S. dollar and Euro term loan facilities and the synthetic letter of credit facilities are 1.875% to 2.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.00%) with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 0.875% to 1.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 1.00%) with respect to base-rate borrowings. The applicable margin spreads under the yen and sterling term loan facilities are 2.00% to 2.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.125%) with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 1.00% to 1.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 1.125%) with respect to base-rate borrowings.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the senior secured credit facilities, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee to the lenders under the revolving credit facility in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder. The commitment fee rate ranges from 0.375% to 0.50% per annum (as of June 29, 2007 – 0.50%).

Prior to April 16, 2007, fees on the $250 million synthetic letter of credit facility ranged from 2.00% to 2.125%. Effective on April 16, 2007, fees on the synthetic letter of credit facilities are 1.875% to 2.125% (as of June 29, 2007 – 2.00%).

The actual spreads within all ranges referred to above are based on a ratio of Consolidated Secured Debt to EBITDA, each as defined in the senior secured credit agreement.

All obligations under the senior secured credit facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all assets of the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries.

The senior secured credit facilities require the Company to prepay outstanding term loans, subject to certain exceptions, with (i) 50% of the Company’s Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the senior secured credit agreement) commencing with fiscal year 2008, (ii) 100% of the net cash proceeds of all nonordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property subject to certain exceptions and customary reinvestment rights, and (iii) 100% of the net cash proceeds of any incurrence of debt, including debt incurred by any business securitization subsidiary in respect of any business securitization facility, but excluding proceeds from the Company’s receivables facilities and other debt permitted under the senior secured credit agreement. Any mandatory prepayments would be applied to the term loan facilities as directed by the Company. The Company may voluntarily repay outstanding loans under the senior secured credit facilities at any time without premium or penalty, other than customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans.

The Company is required to repay the senior secured term loan facilities in quarterly principal amounts of 0.25% of the funded total principal amount for the first six years and nine months, with the remaining amount payable on January 26, 2014. On March 30, 2007 and June 29, 2007, the Company voluntarily prepaid an additional $40.0 million and $300.0 million, respectively, representing all required annual installments of the U.S. term loan through its maturity in January 2014.

Principal amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility are due and payable in full at maturity, January 26, 2013, on which day the commitments thereunder will terminate.

Principal amounts outstanding under the synthetic letter of credit facility are due and payable in full at maturity, January 26, 2014, on which day the commitments thereunder will terminate.

8.50% Senior Notes due 2015 and Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2015

The senior floating rate notes due 2015 bear interest equal to three-month LIBOR (as defined in the indenture) plus a spread of 3.50%. Additional interest on the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 may accrue at a rate of 0.25% per annum (which rate will be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period that such additional interest continues to accrue, provided that the rate at which such additional interest accrues may in no event exceed 1.00% per annum) if the Company does not complete an offer to exchange the initial unregistered notes for notes that are substantially identical but are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 within 240 days after the original issue date of the notes. The exchange offer is expected to be completed in August 2007. In certain circumstances, the Company is required to maintain a shelf registration statement covering resales of the notes. If the Company does not maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement as required, additional interest would accrue. If any existing registration default is corrected, the additional interest will cease to accrue. Since management does not expect any payments will be required pursuant to this arrangement, no amount has been accrued at June 29, 2007.

 

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The 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.

The Company may redeem some or all of the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 at any time on or after February 1, 2011 and some or all of the senior floating rate notes due 2015 at any time on or after February 1, 2009, in each case at varying redemption prices that generally include premiums, which are defined in the indenture. The Company may redeem some or all of the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 prior to February 1, 2011 and some or all of the senior floating rate notes due 2015 prior to February 1, 2009, in each case at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus the applicable “make-whole” premium as defined in the indenture. The Company may also redeem up to 35% of the 8.50% senior notes due February 2015 at any time before February 1, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 108.5% of the principal amount and up to 35% of the senior floating rate notes due 2015 at any time before February 1, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus a premium equal to the rate per annum on the senior floating rate notes due 2015 applicable on the date on which notice of redemption is given, using the proceeds of certain equity offerings.

If the Company experiences specific kinds of “changes in control,” it will be required to make an offer to purchase the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 at a purchase price of 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date. If the Company sells assets under certain circumstances, it will be required to make an offer to purchase the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and senior floating rate notes due 2015 at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date.

5.00% Senior Notes due 2012

During the third quarter of fiscal 2005, ARAMARK Services, Inc. issued $250 million of 5.00% senior unsecured notes due 2012. The notes are recorded at $228.1 million as of June 29, 2007 as a result of the fair value accounting adjustments made in connection with the Transaction. The discount of $21.9 million will be accreted as interest expense over the remaining period to maturity.

Repayment of Indebtedness

With a portion of the proceeds of the new borrowings and the equity contributions in connection with the Transaction, the Company repaid the outstanding balances of its senior unsecured revolving credit facility, senior European unsecured revolving credit facility, bank term loan due March 2007, Japanese borrowings due March 2007, 6.375% senior notes due 2008, 7.00% senior notes due 2007, 7.25% senior notes and debentures due 2007 and certain other obligations. In connection with the repayment of the 6.375% senior notes due 2008 and 7.00% senior notes due 2007, the Company incurred prepayment penalties of approximately $2.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, which were included in the purchase price of the Transaction.

Covenant Compliance

The senior secured credit agreement contains a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability to: incur additional indebtedness; issue preferred stock or provide guarantees; create liens on assets; engage in mergers or consolidations; sell assets; pay dividends, make distributions or repurchase our capital stock; make investments, loans or advances; repay or repurchase any notes, except as scheduled or at maturity; create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to us from our restricted subsidiaries; make certain acquisitions; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; amend material agreements governing the notes (or any indebtedness that refinances the notes); and fundamentally change the Company’s business. The indenture governing the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and the senior floating rate notes due 2015 contains similar provisions. As of June 29, 2007, we are in compliance with these covenants.

Under the senior secured credit agreement and the indenture, we are required to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests and covenants. Our continued ability to meet those financial ratios, tests and covenants can be affected by events beyond our control, and we cannot assure you that we will meet those ratios, tests and covenants.

EBITDA is defined as income (loss) from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle plus interest and other financing costs, net, provision for income taxes, and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA, further adjusted to give effect to adjustments required in calculating covenant ratios and compliance under our senior secured credit agreement and the indenture. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not presentations made in accordance with GAAP, are not measures of financial performance or condition, liquidity or profitability, and should not be considered as an alternative to (1) net income, operating income or any other performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP or (2) operating cash

 

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flows determined in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not intended to be measures of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as they do not consider certain cash requirements such as interest payments, tax payments and debt service requirements.

Our presentation of EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because not all companies use identical calculations, these presentations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. We believe that the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is appropriate to provide additional information about the calculation of certain financial covenants in the senior secured credit agreement and the indenture. Adjusted EBITDA is a material component of these covenants. For instance, our senior secured credit agreement and the indenture contain financial ratios that are calculated by reference to Adjusted EBITDA. Non-compliance with the maximum Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio contained in our senior secured credit agreement could result in the requirement to immediately repay all amounts outstanding under such agreement, while non-compliance with the Interest Coverage Ratio contained in our senior secured credit agreement and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio contained in the indenture could prohibit us from being able to incur additional indebtedness, other than the additional funding provided for under the senior secured credit agreement and pursuant to specified exceptions, and make certain restricted payments.

The following is a reconciliation of income (loss) from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, which is a GAAP measure of our operating results, to Adjusted EBITDA as defined in our debt agreements. The terms and related calculations are defined in the senior secured credit agreement and indenture.

 

     Successor            Predecessor       

(in millions)

   Three Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
    Period from
January 27, 2007
through
March 30, 2007
          

Period from
December 30, 2006

through
January 26, 2007

    Three Months
Ended
December 29, 2006
    Three Months
Ended
September 29, 2006
   Twelve Months
Ended
June 29, 2007
 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   $ (0.7 )   $ 4.5          $ (72.9 )   $ 87.7     $ 74.6    $ 93.2  

Interest and other financing costs, net

     133.6       104.0            12.8       35.9       34.4      320.7  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     (1.8 )     0.2            (43.6 )     48.7       47.2      50.7  

Depreciation and amortization

     122.2       79.2            28.8       87.6       88.3      406.1  
                                                    

EBITDA

     253.3       187.9            (74.9 )     259.9       244.5      870.7  

Stock-based compensation expense (1)

     10.4       7.2            78.9       5.2       5.4      107.1  

Unusual or non-recurring gains and losses (2)

     (24.1 )     (3.8 )          —         —         2.8      (25.1 )

Pro forma EBITDA for equity method investees (3)

     0.1       (0.1 )          0.5       (2.2 )     1.9      0.2  

Pro forma EBITDA for certain transactions (4)

     —         (0.2 )          —         0.3       0.6      0.7  

Costs related to the Transaction (5)

     4.3       —              32.4       2.6       5.7      45.0  

Other (6)

     (0.4 )     3.4            —         1.5       5.9      10.4  
                                                    

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 243.6     $ 194.4          $ 36.9     $ 267.3     $ 266.8    $ 1,009.0  
                                                    

(1) Represents stock-based compensation expense resulting from the application of SFAS No. 123R for stock options, restricted stock units, restricted stock and deferred stock unit awards, including the repurchase of stock options and restricted stock units on January 26, 2007 (see Note 10 to the condensed consolidated financial statements).

 

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(2) Unusual or non-recurring gains and losses consist of the following:

 

     Successor            Predecessor  

(in millions)

   Three
Months
Ended
June 29,
2007
    Period
from
January 27,
2007
through
March 30,
2007
          

Period from
December 30,
2006

through
January 26,
2007

   Three
Months
Ended
December 29,
2006
  

Three

Months
Ended
September 29,
2006

 

WearGuard-Crest asset/liability adjustments

   $ —       $ —            $ —      $ —      $ 3.4  

Delayed re-start of operations at the New Orleans Convention Center post Hurricane Katrina

     —         —              —        —        0.8  

Insurance proceeds related to Hurricane Katrina

     (2.9 )     —              —        —        (1.4 )

Currency transaction gain

     —         (3.8 )          —        —        —    

Gain on sale of 50% interest in SMG

     (21.2 )     —              —        —        —    
                                           

Total

   $ (24.1 )   $ (3.8 )        $ —      $ —      $ 2.8  
                                           

 

(3) Represents our estimated share of EBITDA from our AIM Services Co., Ltd. equity method investment not already reflected in our EBITDA. EBITDA for this equity method investee is calculated in a manner consistent with consolidated EBITDA but does not represent cash distributions received from this investee. Due to the sale of our 50% interest in SMG in June 2007, our estimated share of EBITDA from SMG that was previously included in Adjusted EBITDA was eliminated as follows:

 

     Successor            Predecessor  

(in millions)

   Period
from
January 27,
2007
through
March 30,
2007
          

Period from
December 30,
2006

through
January 26,
2007

    Three
Months
Ended
December 29,
2006
   

Three

Months
Ended
September 29,
2006

 

Pro forma EBITDA for equity method investees as reported in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2007

   $ 3.6          $ 2.4     $ 5.0     $ 5.0  

Elimination of adjustment for the estimated share of EBITDA for the SMG equity method investment

     (3.7 )          (1.9 )     (7.2 )     (3.1 )
                                     

Pro forma EBITDA for equity method investees as reported in this Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2007

   $ (0.1 )        $ 0.5     $ (2.2 )   $ 1.9  
                                     

 

(4) Represents the annualizing of EBITDA from acquisitions made during the period.
(5) Costs related to the merger include $21.2 million of accounting, investment banking, legal and other costs associated with the Transaction and a charge of approximately $23.8 million related to change in control payments to certain executives.
(6) Other includes certain other miscellaneous items such as senior management severance and reorganization costs ($2.8 million) and unusual receivables write-offs ($5.3 million).

Beginning with the twelve months ended March 30, 2007, our senior secured credit agreement requires us to maintain a maximum Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, defined as consolidated total indebtedness secured by a lien to Adjusted EBITDA, of 5.875x, being reduced over time to 4.25x by the end of 2013 (as of June 29, 2007 – 5.875x). Consolidated total indebtedness secured by a lien is defined in the senior secured credit agreement as total indebtedness outstanding under the senior secured credit agreement, capital leases, advances under the Receivables Facility and certain other indebtedness secured by a lien reduced by the lesser of cash and cash equivalents on our balance sheet that is free and clear of any lien, or $75 million. Non-compliance with the maximum Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio could result in the requirement to immediately repay all amounts outstanding under such agreement, which, if our lenders failed to waive any such default, would also constitute a default under our indenture. The actual ratio at June 29, 2007 was 4.02x.

 

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Our senior secured credit agreement establishes an incurrence-based minimum Interest Coverage Ratio, defined as Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense, the achievement of which is a condition for us to incur additional indebtedness and to make certain restricted payments. If we do not maintain this minimum Interest Coverage Ratio calculated on a pro forma basis for any such additional indebtedness or restricted payments, we could be prohibited from being able to incur additional indebtedness, other than the additional funding provided for under the senior secured credit agreement and pursuant to specified exceptions, and make certain restricted payments, other than pursuant to certain exceptions. The minimum Interest Coverage Ratio is 2.00x for the term of the senior secured credit agreement. Consolidated interest expense is defined in the senior secured credit agreement as consolidated interest expense excluding interest income, adjusted for acquisitions (including the Transaction) and dispositions, further adjusted for certain non-cash or nonrecurring interest expense and our estimated share of interest expense from one equity method investee. The indenture includes a similar requirement which is referred to as a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The actual ratio was 2.00x for the twelve months ended June 29, 2007. Pursuant to the specified exceptions in the senior secured credit agreement and indenture and availability under the senior secured revolving credit facility, as of July 27, 2007, we generally would be permitted to incur approximately $1.3 billion of additional indebtedness before becoming subject to this ratio limitation.

The Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates or significant shareholders may from time to time, in their sole discretion, purchase, repay, redeem or retire any of the Company’s outstanding debt securities (including any publicly issued debt securities), in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer or otherwise.

The following table summarizes the Company’s future obligations for debt repayments, estimated interest payments, and other long-term liabilities reflected on the balance sheet, as well as contingent obligations related to outstanding letters of credit as of June 29, 2007 (in thousands). The Company’s other contractual obligations and other commercial commitments have not changed significantly from those disclosed in the Predecessor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2006:

 

     Payments Due by Period

Contractual Obligations as of June 29, 2007

   Total    Fiscal
2007
   Fiscal 2008 –
Fiscal 2009
   Fiscal 2010 –
Fiscal 2011
   Fiscal 2012 and
Thereafter

Long-term borrowings

   $ 5,903,167    $ 28,313    $ 24,039    $ 19,797    $ 5,831,018

Estimated interest payments (1)

     3,019,900      134,200      872,800      861,500      1,151,400

Other long-term liabilities reflected on the balance sheet (2)

     185,806      —        —        —        185,806

 

          Amount of Commitment Expiration Per Period

Other Commercial Commitments as of June 29, 2007

   Total
Amounts
Committed
   Fiscal 2007    Fiscal 2008 –
Fiscal 2009
   Fiscal 2010 –
Fiscal 2011
   Fiscal 2012 and
Thereafter

Letters of credit

   $ 151,440    $ 151,440    $ —      $ —      $ —  

(1) These amounts represent future interest payments related to our existing debt obligations based on fixed and variable interest rates specified in the associated debt agreements. Payments related to variable debt are based on applicable rates at June 29, 2007 plus the specified margin in the associated debt agreements for each period presented. The amounts provided relate only to existing debt obligations and do not assume the refinancing or replacement of such debt. The average debt balance for each fiscal year from 2007 through 2015 is $5,857,700, $5,827,600, $5,780,600, $5,733,600, $5,685,700, $5,432,200, $5,349,000, $3,408,600 and $890,000, respectively. The average interest rate (after giving effect to interest rate swaps) for each fiscal year from 2007 through 2015 is 7.52%, 7.52%, 7.52%, 7.53%, 7.55%, 7.67%, 7.72%, 7.96%, and 8.60%, respectively. Refer to Note 6 of the condensed consolidated financial statements for the terms and maturities of existing debt obligations.
(2) Includes certain unfunded employee retirement obligations.

The Company has excluded from the table above uncertain tax liabilities as defined in FASB Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” due to the uncertainty of the amount and period of payment. Upon adoption of FIN 48, the Company had uncertain tax liabilities of $51.0 million (see Note 8 of the condensed consolidated financial statements).

The Company has an agreement (the Receivables Facility) with several financial institutions whereby it sells on a continuous basis an undivided interest in all eligible trade accounts receivable, as defined in the Receivables Facility. Pursuant to the Receivables Facility, the Company formed ARAMARK Receivables, LLC, a wholly-owned, consolidated, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary. ARAMARK Receivables, LLC was formed for the sole purpose of buying and selling receivables generated by certain subsidiaries of the Company. Under the Receivables Facility, certain subsidiaries of the Company transfer without recourse all of their accounts receivable to ARAMARK Receivables, LLC. ARAMARK Receivables, LLC, in turn, has sold and, subject to certain conditions, may

 

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from time to time sell an undivided interest in these receivables. As part of the Transaction, the Company amended and restated the Receivables Facility, increasing the maximum sales amount from $225 million to $250 million. The Company has retained collection and administrative responsibility for the participating interest sold, and has retained an undivided interest in the transferred receivables of approximately $192.5 million and $306.1 million at June 29, 2007 and September 29, 2006, respectively, which is subject to a security interest. This two-step transaction is accounted for as a sale of receivables following the provisions of SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities—a Replacement of FASB Statement No. 125.” At June 29, 2007 and September 29, 2006, $239.8 million and $187.8 million of accounts receivable were sold and removed from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively.

The Company’s business activities do not include the use of unconsolidated special purpose entities, and there are no significant business transactions that have not been reflected in the accompanying financial statements. The Company is self-insured for a limited portion of the risk retained under its general liability and workers’ compensation arrangements. When required, self-insurance reserves are recorded based on actuarial analyses.

In July 2004, the Company learned that it was under investigation by the United States Department of Commerce, among others, relating to Galls, a division of the Company, in connection with record keeping and documentation of certain export sales. The Government obtained and received numerous records from the Company, which is cooperating in the investigation. The Company can give no assurance as to the outcome of this investigation.

On January 18 and 19, 2005, a New Jersey jury found ARAMARK Corporation and certain affiliates liable for approximately $30 million in compensatory damages and $75 million in punitive damages in connection with an automobile accident caused by an intoxicated driver who attended a professional football game at which certain affiliates of the Company provided food and beverage service. The Company and its affiliates appealed the judgment to the Appellate Division of Superior Court of New Jersey on April 13, 2005. On August 3, 2006, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court issued its decision reversing the entire verdict of the trial court. The Appellate Division cited multiple errors by the trial court and reversed the finding of liability against the Company and its affiliates. The Appellate Division reversed both the compensatory and punitive damage awards and remanded the matter back to the trial court for a new trial. On June 1, 2007, the Company and certain affiliates entered into a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs, which settlement would not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position. The settlement agreement must be approved by the Superior Court of New Jersey.

In June 2006, the Bermuda Monetary Authority presented a winding-up petition to the Supreme Court of Bermuda as to Hatteras Reinsurance Ltd (Hatteras), a Bermuda reinsurance company which participated in a portion of the Company’s casualty insurance program. Hatteras was thereupon placed into provisional liquidation and Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs) were appointed to assume control of Hatteras’ business. At a November 9, 2006 official meeting of creditors of Hatteras, the JPLs were elected the permanent Joint Liquidators (JLs) and the Company was elected a member of Hatteras’ Committee of Inspection. During the provisional and a portion of the permanent liquidation proceedings, the Company’s insurance claims were paid by Hatteras under the direction of the JLs through the use of various trusts established under the Hatteras program. On March 12, 2007, the Company and the JLs consummated a settlement whereby the JLs released all funds in the trusts to the Company in consideration for a payment of $1.5 million to the JLs and the Company then novated the Hatteras insurance policies to another insurer. The settlement with the JLs also included an allowed unsecured claim against the Hatteras estate for $10.225 million (the Claim), with $5 million of the Claim subordinated to the claims of other Hatteras unsecured creditors. The JLs are in settlement negotiations with the principals of Hatteras and other potentially responsible third parties that may produce funds available for payment of all or a portion of the Claim; however, since recovery of any portion of the Claim is uncertain, no amount has been recorded.

On May 1, 2006, two cases were filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County against the Company and each of the Company’s directors. The two cases were putative class actions brought by stockholders alleging that the Company’s directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company in connection with the proposal from a group of investors led by Mr. Neubauer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company. On May 22, 2006, two additional cases making substantially identical allegations were brought against the Company and certain of its directors, one in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (in which only the Company and Mr. Neubauer were named as defendants) and another in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County (in which the Company and all directors were named as defendants). All of the cases made claims for monetary damages, injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees and expenses. On June 7, 2006, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware consolidated the three pending Delaware actions as In re: ARAMARK Corporation Shareholders Litigation. On or around August 11, 2006, a fourth putative class action complaint was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County by the City of Southfield Police and Fire Retirement System purportedly on behalf of the Company’s stockholders. The complaint named the Company and each of the Company’s directors as defendants and alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the stockholders in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company’s outstanding shares and made claims for monetary damages, injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees and expenses. On August 25, 2006, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware consolidated this action with In re: ARAMARK Corporation Shareholders Litigation. The parties subsequently entered into agreements to settle the Delaware consolidated actions and the action pending in the Pennsylvania Court of

 

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Common Pleas. As part of the agreements, each share of Class A common stock beneficially owned by members of ARAMARK’s management committee at that time (Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Bart J. Colli, Timothy P. Cost, Andrew C. Kerin, Lynn B. McKee, Ravi K. Saligram and Thomas J. Vozzo) was to be counted as one vote for purposes of the additional vote to approve the adoption of the merger agreement. In connection with settling the Delaware action, counsel for the plaintiffs agreed to seek court approval of no more than $2.1 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses, which amount the Company agreed not to oppose. On April 12, 2007, the Delaware Chancery Court approved the settlement between the parties in the consolidated action, and awarded plaintiffs’ counsel $2.1 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses. In connection with settling the Pennsylvania action, counsel for the plaintiffs agreed to seek court approval of no more than $1.55 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses, which amount the Company agreed not to oppose. On May 16, 2007, the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas dismissed the Pennsylvania action in connection with the Delaware Chancery Court settlement approval and awarded the plaintiffs’ counsel $1.55 million in fees and expenses.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which allows companies to elect fair-value measurement when an eligible financial asset or financial liability is initially recognized or when an event, such as a business combination, triggers a new basis of accounting for that financial asset or financial liability. The election must be applied to individual contracts, is irrevocable for every contract chosen to be measured at fair value, and must be applied to an entire contract, not to only specified risks, specific cash flows, or portions of that contract. Changes in the fair value of contracts elected to be measured at fair value are recognized in earnings each reporting period. SFAS No. 159 is effective for ARAMARK beginning in fiscal 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the Statement.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,” which requires an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan (other than a multiemployer plan) as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income. The funded status for defined-benefit pension plans is measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit obligation on a plan-by-plan basis. This Statement also requires an employer to measure the funded status of a plan as of the date of its year-end statement of financial position, with limited exceptions. The Company early adopted SFAS No. 158 as of January 26, 2007. Upon adoption, the Company recorded a reduction in “Other Assets” of $17.5 million, an increase in “Other Noncurrent Liabilities” of $9.8 million, and a charge to “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” of $27.3 million (before taxes).

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for ARAMARK beginning in fiscal 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the Statement.

In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109. The Company adopted the Interpretation on January 27, 2007 (see Note 8 of the condensed consolidated financial statements).

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that reflect our current views as to future events and financial performance with respect to our operations. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “are confident,” “estimate,” “expect,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe” and other words and terms of similar meaning in conjunction with a discussion of future operating or financial performance.

These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include: unfavorable economic conditions; ramifications of any future terrorist attacks or increased security alert levels; increased operating costs, including increased food costs, labor-related, energy and product sourcing or distribution costs; shortages of qualified personnel or increases in labor costs; costs and possible effects of further unionization of our workforce; currency risks and other risks associated with international markets; risks associated with acquisitions, including acquisition integration issues and costs; our ability to integrate and derive the expected benefits from our recent acquisitions; competition; decline in attendance at client facilities; unpredictability of sales and expenses due to contract terms and terminations; the impact of natural disasters on our sales and operating results; the risk that clients may become insolvent; the risk that our insurers may become insolvent or may liquidate; the contract intensive nature of our business, which may

 

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lead to client disputes; high leverage; claims relating to the provision of food services; costs of compliance with governmental regulations and government investigations; liability associated with noncompliance with our business conduct policy and governmental regulations, including regulations pertaining to food services, the environment, the Federal school lunch program, Federal and state employment and wage and hour laws and import and export controls and customs laws; dram shop compliance and litigation; contract compliance and administration issues, inability to retain current clients and renew existing client contracts; determination by customers to reduce their outsourcing and use of preferred vendors; seasonality; our competitor’s activities or announced planned activities; merger related risks; the effect on our operations of increased leverage and limitations on our flexibility as a result of increased restrictions in our debt agreements; potential future conflicts of interest between our Sponsors and other stakeholders; the impact on our business if were are unable to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness; the inability of our subsidiaries to generate enough cash flow to repay our debt; risks related to the structuring of our debt; our potential inability to repurchase our notes upon a change of control; a court’s ability to void our guarantees under federal and state fraudulent transfer laws; and other risks that are set forth in the “Risk Factors,” “Legal Proceedings” and “Management Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition” sections and other sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect the events or circumstances arising after the date as of which they are made. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements included in this report or that may be made in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or elsewhere from time to time by, or on behalf of, us.

ITEM 3 . QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes and manage this exposure through the use of variable-rate and fixed-rate debt and by utilizing interest rate swaps. We do not enter into contracts for trading purposes and do not use leveraged instruments. The information below summarizes our market risks associated with debt obligations and other significant financial instruments as of June 29, 2007 (see Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements). Fair values were computed using market quotes, if available, or based on discounted cash flows using market interest rates as of the end of the respective periods. For debt obligations, the table presents principal cash flows and related interest rates by contractual fiscal year of maturity. Variable interest rates disclosed represent the weighted-average rates of the portfolio at June 29, 2007. For interest rate swaps, the table presents the notional amounts and related weighted-average interest rates by fiscal year of maturity. The variable rates presented are the average forward rates for the term of each contract.

 

     Expected Fiscal Year of Maturity              

As of June 29, 2007

   2007     2008     2009     2010     2011     2012     Thereafter     Total     Fair
Value
 
     (US$ equivalent in millions)              

Debt:

                  

Fixed rate

   $ 14     $ 10     $ 11     $ 8     $ 10     $ 253 (a)   $ 1,280 (b)   $ 1,586     $ 1,600  

Average interest rate

     6.0 %     6.0 %     5.9 %     6.0 %     6.0 %     5.0 %     8.5 %     7.9 %  

Variable rate

   $ 28 (d)   $ 12 (d)   $ 12 (d)   $ 12 (d)   $ 8 (d)   $ 6 (d)   $ 4,295 (c)(d)   $ 4,373     $ 4,395  

Average interest rate

     6.2 %     6.5 %     6.5 %     6.5 %     6.8 %     7.2 %     7.2 %     7.2 %  

Interest Rate Swaps:

                  

Receive variable/pay fixed

         $ 783       $ 2,041     $ 170       $ (2.4 )

Average pay rate

           5.2 %       5.2 %     6.6 %    

Average receive rate

           5.4 %       5.4 %     7.5 %    

(a) Balance includes $250 million of senior notes callable by us at any time.
(b) Balance consists of $1,280 million of senior notes callable by us at any time with any applicable prepayment penalty.
(c) Balance includes $500 million of senior notes callable by us at any time with any applicable prepayment penalty.
(d) Balance includes $6 million each for fiscal 2007 through 2012 and $3,771 million for Thereafter of senior secured term loan facilities callable by us any time.

As of June 29, 2007, the Company had foreign currency forward exchange contracts outstanding, with notional amounts of €3.2 million and £5.0 million to mitigate the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on short-term intercompany loans to certain international subsidiaries. As of June 29, 2007, the fair value of these foreign exchange contracts was immaterial.

Beginning in November 2005, the Company entered into a series of pay fixed/receive floating natural gas swap agreements based on a NYMEX price in order to limit its exposure to price increases for natural gas, primarily in the Uniform and Career Apparel – Rental

 

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segment. As of June 29, 2007, the Company has contracts for approximately 258,000 MMBtu’s outstanding for the remainder of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008. As of June 29, 2007, the fair value of these natural gas swap agreements was immaterial.

Subsequent to June 29, 2007, the Company entered into an additional series of pay fixed/receive floating natural gas swap agreements based on a NYMEX price for approximately 510,000 MMBtu’s outstanding for the remainder of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008, primarily in the Uniform and Career Apparel – Rental segment.

ITEM 4 . CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, are functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. A controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

 

(c) Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the Company’s third fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1 . LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we are a party to various legal actions, proceedings or investigations involving claims incidental to the conduct of our business, including actions by clients, customers, employees and third parties, including under federal and state employment laws, wage and hour laws, customs, import and export control laws and dram shop laws. Based on information currently available, advice of counsel, available insurance coverage, established reserves and other resources, we do not believe that any such current actions, proceedings or investigations are likely to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, in the event of unexpected further developments, it is possible that the ultimate resolution of these matters, or other similar matters, if unfavorable, may be materially adverse to our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In July 2004, the Company learned that it was under investigation by the United States Department of Commerce, among others, relating to Galls, a division of the Company, in connection with record keeping and documentation of certain export sales. The Government obtained and received numerous records from the Company, which is cooperating in the investigation.

In March 2000, Antonia Verni, by guardian ad litem, and Fazila Verni sued the Company and certain affiliates, along with Ronald Verni, David Lanzaro, the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, the N.Y. Giants, Harry M. Stevens, Inc. of New Jersey, Shakers, The Gallery, Toyota Motors of North America, Inc. and the National Football League, for monetary damages for injuries they suffered. On January 18 and 19, 2005, a New Jersey jury found ARAMARK Corporation and certain affiliates liable for approximately $30 million in compensatory damages and $75 million in punitive damages in connection with an automobile accident caused by an intoxicated driver who attended a professional football game at which certain affiliates of the Company provided food and beverage service. The Company and its affiliates appealed the judgment to the Appellate Division of Superior Court of New Jersey on April 13, 2005. On August 3, 2006, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court issued its decision reversing the entire verdict of the trial court. The Appellate Division cited multiple errors by the trial court and reversed the finding of liability against the Company and its affiliates. The Appellate Division reversed both the compensatory and punitive damage awards and remanded the matter back to the trial court for a new trial. On June 1, 2007, the Company and certain affiliates entered into a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs, which settlement would not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position. The settlement agreement must be approved by the Superior Court of New Jersey.

On May 1, 2006, two cases were filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County against the Company and each of the Company’s directors. The two cases were putative class actions brought by stockholders alleging that the Company’s directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company in connection with the proposal from a group of investors led by Mr. Neubauer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company. On May 22, 2006, two additional cases making substantially identical allegations were brought against the Company and certain of its directors, one in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (in which only the Company and Mr. Neubauer were named as defendants) and another in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County (in which the Company and all directors were named as defendants). All of the cases made claims for monetary damages, injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees and expenses. On June 7, 2006, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware consolidated the three pending Delaware actions as In re: ARAMARK Corporation Shareholders Litigation. On or around August 11, 2006, a fourth putative class action complaint was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County by the City of Southfield Police and Fire Retirement System purportedly on behalf of the Company’s stockholders. The complaint named the Company and each of the Company’s directors as defendants and alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the stockholders in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company’s outstanding shares and made claims for monetary damages, injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees and expenses. On August 25, 2006, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware consolidated this action with In re: ARAMARK Corporation Shareholders Litigation. The parties subsequently entered into agreements to settle the Delaware consolidated actions and the action pending in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. As part of the agreements, each share of Class A common stock beneficially owned by members of ARAMARK’s management committee at that time (Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Bart J. Colli, Timothy P. Cost, Andrew C. Kerin, Lynn B. McKee, Ravi K. Saligram and Thomas J. Vozzo) was to be counted as one vote for purposes of the additional vote to approve the adoption of the merger agreement. In connection with settling the Delaware action, counsel for the plaintiffs agreed to seek court approval of no more than $2.1 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses, which amount the Company agreed not to oppose. On April 12, 2007, the Delaware Chancery Court approved the settlement between the parties in the consolidated action, and awarded plaintiffs’ counsel $2.1 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses. In connection with settling the Pennsylvania action, counsel for the plaintiffs agreed to seek court approval of no more than $1.55 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses, which amount the Company agreed not to oppose. On May 16, 2007, the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas dismissed the Pennsylvania action in connection with the Delaware Chancery Court settlement approval and awarded the plaintiffs’ counsel $1.55 million in fees and expenses.

 

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ITEM 1A . RISK FACTORS

Risks related to our business

General

Unfavorable economic conditions and increased operating costs adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Each of our business segments has been adversely affected by weaker economic conditions in the United States during the past several years, including with respect to manufacturing, technology and service industry clients. Layoffs and business downturns among our business clients have negatively affected our sales and operating results. A national or international economic downturn reduces demand for our services in each of our operating segments, which has resulted, and may in the future result, in the loss of business or increased pressure to contract for business on less favorable terms than our generally preferred terms. In addition, insolvency experienced by clients, especially larger clients, particularly in the non-profit healthcare and airline industries, could make it difficult for us to collect amounts we are owed and could result in the voiding of existing contracts. Similarly, financial distress or insolvency, if experienced by our key vendors and service providers such as insurance carriers, could significantly increase our costs. Any future terrorist attacks, and the national and global military, diplomatic and financial response to such attacks or other threats also may adversely affect our sales and operating results. Natural disasters also may affect our sales and operating results. For example, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which badly damaged the Gulf Coast of the United States in August and September of 2005, impacted many of ARAMARK’s food service, facilities and uniform clients in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. ARAMARK experienced lost and closed client locations, business disruptions and delays, the loss of inventory and other assets, and the effect of the temporary conversion of a number of ARAMARK client locations to provide food and shelter to those left homeless by the storms.

Our profitability can be adversely affected to the extent we are faced with cost increases for food, wages, other labor related expenses (including workers’ compensation, state unemployment insurance and healthcare costs), insurance, fuel, utilities, piece goods, clothing and equipment, especially to the extent we were unable to recover such increased costs through increases in the prices for our products and services, due to general economic conditions, competitive conditions, or both. For example, oil and natural gas prices have fluctuated significantly in the last several years. Substantial increases in the cost of fuel and utilities have historically resulted in substantial cost increases in our uniform services business, and to a lesser extent in our food and support services segment. We also have experienced recent increases in our food costs. While we believe a portion of these increases is attributable to rising fuel prices, we believe the increases also result from rising global food demand and the increased production of biofuels such as ethanol. In addition, food prices can fluctuate as a result of temporary changes in supply, including as a result of incidences of severe weather such as droughts, heavy rains and late freezes. Approximately 74% of our food and support services sales are from profit and loss contracts under which we have limited ability to pass on cost increases to our clients.

Our business may suffer if we are unable to hire and retain sufficient qualified personnel or if labor costs increase.

In the past, the United States has periodically experienced reduced levels of unemployment, which has created a shortage of qualified workers at all levels. Given that our workforce requires large numbers of entry level and skilled workers and managers, low levels of unemployment can compromise our ability in certain of our businesses to continue to provide quality service or compete for new business. From time to time, we have had difficulty in hiring and maintaining qualified management personnel, particularly at the entry management level. We will continue to have significant requirements to hire such personnel. Our success also depends to a substantial extent on the ability, experience and performance of our management, particularly our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Neubauer. We also regularly hire a large number of part-time workers, particularly in our food and support services segments. Any difficulty we may encounter in hiring such workers could result in significant increases in labor costs which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Competition for labor has resulted in wage increases in the past and future competition could substantially increase our labor costs. Due to the labor intensive nature of our businesses and the fact that 74% of our Food and Support Services segment’s sales are from profit and loss contracts under which we have limited ability to pass along cost increases, a shortage of labor or increases in wage levels in excess of normal levels could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Our expansion strategy involves risks.

We may seek to acquire companies or interests in companies or enter into joint ventures that complement our business, and our inability to complete acquisitions, integrate acquired companies successfully or enter into joint ventures may render us less competitive. We may be evaluating acquisitions or engaging in acquisition negotiations at any given time. We cannot be sure that we will be able to continue to identify acquisition candidates or joint venture partners on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we make additional acquisitions, we also cannot be sure that any benefits anticipated from the acquisitions will actually be realized. Likewise, we cannot be sure that we will be able to obtain necessary financing for acquisitions. Such financing could be

 

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restricted by the terms of our debt agreements or it could be more expensive than our current debt. The amount of such debt financing for acquisitions could be significant and the terms of such debt instruments could be more restrictive than our current covenants. In addition, our ability to control the planning and operations of our joint ventures and other less than majority owned affiliates may be subject to numerous restrictions imposed by the joint venture agreements and majority shareholders. Our joint venture partners may also have interests which differ from ours.

The process of integrating acquired operations into our existing operations may result in operating, contract and supply chain difficulties, such as the failure to retain clients or management personnel and problems coordinating technology and supply chain arrangements. Also, in connection with any acquisition, we could fail to discover liabilities of the acquired company for which we may be responsible as a successor owner or operator in spite of any investigation we make prior to the acquisition. In addition, labor laws in certain countries may require us to retain more employees than would otherwise be optimal from entities we acquire. Such difficulties may divert significant financial, operational and managerial resources from our existing operations, and make it more difficult to achieve our operating and strategic objectives. The diversion of management attention, particularly in a difficult operating environment, may affect our sales. Similarly, our business depends on effective information technology systems and implementation delays or poor execution of the integration of different information technology systems could disrupt our operations and increase costs. Possible future acquisitions could result in the incurrence of additional debt and related interest expense or contingent liabilities and amortization expenses related to intangible assets, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, operating results and/or cash flow. In addition, goodwill resulting from business combinations represents a significant portion of our assets. If the goodwill were deemed to be impaired, we would need to take a charge to earnings to write down the goodwill to its fair value.

If we fail to comply with requirements imposed by applicable law or other governmental regulations, we could become subject to lawsuits and other liabilities and restrictions on our operations that could significantly and adversely affect our business.

We are subject to governmental regulation at the federal, state, national, provincial and local levels in many areas of our business, such as food safety and sanitation, the sale of alcoholic beverages, minimum wage, overtime, wage payment, wage and hour and employment discrimination, human health and safety, federal motor carrier safety, environmental protection, the import and export of goods and customs regulations and the services we provide in connection with governmentally funded entitlement programs.

From time to time, both federal and state governmental agencies have conducted audits of our billing practices as part of investigations of providers of services under governmental contracts, or otherwise. We also receive requests for information from governmental agencies in connection with these audits. While we attempt to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, we cannot assure you that we are in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations or interpretations of these laws and regulations at all times or that we will be able to comply with any future laws, regulations or interpretations of these laws and regulations.

In July 2004, the Company learned that it was under investigation by the United States Department of Commerce, among others, relating to Galls, a division of the Company, in connection with record keeping and documentation of certain export sales. The Government obtained and received numerous records from the Company which is cooperating in the investigation.

If we fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including with respect to the export matters related to the Galls division described above, we may be subject to criminal sanctions or civil remedies, including fines, injunctions, prohibitions on exporting, seizures or debarments from government contracts. The cost of compliance or the consequences of non-compliance, including debarments, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. In addition, governmental units may make changes in the regulatory frameworks within which we operate that may require either the corporation as a whole or individual businesses to incur substantial increases in costs in order to comply with such laws and regulations.

Changes in or new interpretations of the governmental regulatory framework may affect our contract terms and may reduce our sales or profits.

A portion of our sales, estimated to be approximately 15% in fiscal 2006, is derived from business with U.S. federal, state and local governments and agencies. Changes or new interpretations in, or changes in the enforcement of, the statutory or regulatory framework applicable to services provided under governmental contracts or bidding procedures, particularly by our food and support services businesses, could result in fewer new contracts or contract renewals, modifications to the methods we apply to price government contracts, or in contract terms of shorter duration than we have historically experienced, any of which could result in lower sales or profits than we have historically achieved, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

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Our failure to retain our current clients and renew our existing client contracts could adversely affect our business.

Our success depends on our ability to retain our current clients and renew our existing client contracts. Our ability to do so generally depends on a variety of factors, including the quality, price and responsiveness of our services, as well as our ability to market these services effectively and differentiate ourselves from our competitors. We cannot assure you that we will be able to renew existing client contracts at the same or higher rates or that our current clients will not turn to competitors, cease operations, elect to self-operate or terminate contracts with us. The failure to renew a significant number of our existing contracts would have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We may be adversely affected if customers reduce their outsourcing or use of preferred vendors.

Our business and growth strategies depend in large part on the continuation of a current trend toward outsourcing services. Clients will outsource if they perceive that outsourcing may provide higher quality services at a lower overall cost and permit them to focus on their core business activities. We cannot be certain that this trend will continue or not be reversed or that clients that have outsourced functions will not decide to perform these functions themselves. In addition, labor unions representing employees of some of our current and prospective clients have occasionally opposed the outsourcing trend to the extent that they believed that current union jobs for their memberships might be lost. In these cases, unions typically seek to ensure that jobs that are outsourced continue to be unionized and thus, the unions seek to direct to union employees the performance of the types of services we offer. We have also identified a trend among some of our clients toward the retention of a limited number of preferred vendors to provide all or a large part of their required services. We cannot be certain that this trend will continue or not be reversed or, if it does continue, that we will be selected and retained as a preferred vendor to provide these services. Unfavorable developments with respect to either of these trends could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our international business results are influenced by currency fluctuations and other risks that could have an effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

A significant portion of our sales is derived from international business. During fiscal 2006, approximately 22% of our sales were generated outside the United States. We currently have a presence in 17 countries outside of the United States with approximately 75,000 personnel. The operating results of our international subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars and such results are affected by movements in foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. Our international operations are also subject to other risks, including the requirement to comply with changing and conflicting national and local regulatory requirements; potential difficulties in staffing and labor disputes; differing local labor laws; managing and obtaining support and distribution for local operations; credit risk or financial condition of local customers; potential imposition of restrictions on investments; potentially adverse tax consequences, including imposition or increase of withholding, VAT and other taxes on remittances and other payments by subsidiaries; foreign exchange controls; and local political and social conditions. There can be no assurance that the foregoing factors will not have a material adverse effect on our international operations or on our consolidated financial condition and results of operations. We intend to continue to develop our business in emerging countries over the long term. Emerging international operations present several additional risks, including greater fluctuation in currencies relative to the U.S. dollar; economic and governmental instability; civil disturbances; volatility in gross domestic production; Foreign Corrupt Practice Act compliance issues; and nationalization and expropriation of private assets.

Our operations are seasonal and quarter to quarter comparisons may not be a good indicator of our performance.

In the first and second fiscal quarters, within the Food and Support Services—U.S. segment, there historically has been a lower level of sales at the historically higher margin sports, entertainment and recreational food service operations, which is partly offset by increased activity in the educational sector. In the third and fourth fiscal quarters, there historically has been a significant increase in sales at sports, entertainment and recreational accounts, which is partially offset by the effect of summer recess in the educational sector. The sales of WearGuard, one of our direct marketing companies, generally increase during the first quarter of the fiscal year because of the onset of colder weather in the northern tier of the United States, as well as the gift-giving holidays. For these reasons, a quarter-to-quarter comparison is not a good indication of our performance or how we will perform in the future.

Further unionization of our workforce may increase our costs.

Approximately 37,000 employees in our U.S. operations are represented by unions and covered by collective bargaining agreements. Certain unions representing employees in our U.S. Food and Support Services and Uniform and Career Apparel segments have begun a union campaign targeting us and the other major companies in our industry for increased representation of our workforce. We have always respected our employees’ right to unionize or not to unionize. However, the unionization of a significantly greater portion of our workforce could increase our overall costs at the affected locations and affect adversely our flexibility to run our business in the most efficient manner to remain competitive or acquire new business. In addition, any significant increase in the number of work stoppages at our various operations could affect adversely our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

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Environmental regulations may subject us to significant liability and limit our ability to grow.

We are subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations, including the federal Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and similar state statutes and regulations. For example, industrial laundries in our uniform rental segment use and must discharge wastewater containing detergents and other residues from the laundering of garments and other merchandise through publicly operated treatment works or sewer systems and are subject to volume and chemical discharge limits and penalties and fines for non-compliance. In the course of our business, we settle, or contribute to the settlement of, actions or claims brought against us relating to the disposal of hazardous materials. We may, in the future, be required to expend material amounts to rectify the consequences of any such disposal. Under federal and state environmental laws, as an owner or operator of real estate we may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances located on or in or emanating from our owned or leased property, as well as related costs of investigation and property damage. Liability may be imposed upon us without regard to whether we knew of or were responsible for the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. There can be no assurances that locations that we own, lease or otherwise operate or that we may acquire in the future have been operated in compliance with environmental laws and regulations or that future uses or conditions will not result in the imposition of liability upon us under such laws or expose us to third party actions such as tort suits. In addition, such regulations may limit our ability to identify suitable sites for new or expanded plants. In connection with our operations and the operations of our predecessors or companies that we have acquired, hazardous or toxic substances may migrate from properties on which we operate or which were operated by our predecessors or companies we acquired to other properties. We may be subject to significant liabilities to the extent that human health is damaged or the value of such properties is diminished by such migration.

Our Sponsors control us and may have conflicts of interest with us or you in the future.

Our Sponsors indirectly own, through their ownership in our parent companies, a substantial portion of our capital stock on a fully-diluted basis because of the Transaction. As a result, the Sponsors have control over our decisions to enter into any corporate transaction and have the ability to prevent any transaction that requires the approval of stockholders regardless of whether noteholders believe that any such transactions are in their own best interests. For example, the Sponsors could cause us to make acquisitions that increase the amount of indebtedness that is secured or to sell assets, which may impair our ability to make payments under the notes. Additionally, the Sponsors are in the business of making investments in companies and may from time to time acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us. One or more of the Sponsors may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us. So long as the Sponsor Funds, or other funds controlled by or associated with the Sponsors, continue to own a significant amount of the outstanding shares of our ultimate parent company’s common stock, even if such amount is less than 50%, the Sponsors will continue to be able to strongly influence or effectively control our decisions.

Food and Support Services

Competition in our industry could adversely affect our results of operations.

There is significant competition in the food and support services business from local, regional, national and international companies, of varying sizes, many of which have substantial financial resources. Our ability to successfully compete depends on our ability to provide quality services at a reasonable price and to provide value to our customers. Certain of our competitors have been and may in the future be willing to underbid us or accept a lower profit margin or expend more capital in order to obtain or retain business. This has been observed particularly in our business and industry sector in recent years. Also, certain regional and local service providers may be better established than we are within a specific geographic region. In addition, existing or potential clients may elect to self operate their food service, eliminating the opportunity for us to serve them or compete for the account. While we have a significant international presence, should business sector clients require multinational bidding, we may be placed at a competitive disadvantage because we may not be able to offer services in as many countries as some of our competitors.

Sales of sports, entertainment and recreational services would be adversely affected by a decline in attendance at client facilities or by a reduction or cessation of events.

The portion of our food and support services business which provides services in public facilities such as convention centers and tourist and recreational attractions is sensitive to an economic downturn, as expenditures to take vacations or hold or attend conventions are funded to a partial or total extent by discretionary income. A decrease in such discretionary income on the part of potential attendees at our clients’ facilities could result in a reduction in our sales. Further, because our exposure to the ultimate consumer of what we provide is limited by our dependence on our clients to attract customers to their facilities and events, our ability to respond to such a reduction in attendance, and therefore our sales, is limited. There are many factors that could reduce the numbers

 

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of events in a facility or attendance at an event, including labor disruptions involving sports leagues, poor performance by the teams playing in a facility and inclement weather, which would adversely affect sales and profits. For example, on September 17, 2004, the owners of the National Hockey League (“NHL”) teams locked out the NHL players and the 2004-2005 season was subsequently cancelled. The cancelled 2004-2005 season resulted in a loss of sales and reduced profits at the National Hockey League venues we service. In July 2005, the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association announced they had reached an agreement that became effective for the 2005-2006 season.

The pricing and cancellation terms of our food and support services contracts may constrain our ability to recover costs and to make a profit on our contracts.

The amount of risk that we bear and our profit potential vary depending on the type of contract under which we provide food and support services. We may be unable to fully recover costs on contracts that limit our ability to increase prices. In addition, we provide many of our services under contracts of indefinite term, which are subject to termination on short notice by either party without cause. Some of our profit and loss contracts contain minimum guaranteed remittances to our client regardless of our sales or profit at the facility involved. If sales do not exceed costs under a contract which contains minimum guaranteed commissions, we will bear any losses which are incurred, as well as the guaranteed commission. Generally, our contracts limit our ability to raise prices on the food, beverages and merchandise we sell within a particular facility without the client’s consent. In addition, some of our contracts exclude certain events or products from the scope of the contract, or give the client the right to modify the terms under which we may operate at certain events. The refusal by individual clients to permit the sale of some products at their venues, the imposition by clients of limits on prices which are not economically feasible for us, or decisions by clients to curtail their use of the services we provide could adversely affect our sales and results of operations.

Our business is contract intensive and may lead to client disputes.

Our business is contract intensive and we are parties to many contracts with clients all over the world. Our client interest contracts, provide that client billings, and for some contracts the sharing of profits and losses, are based on our determinations of costs of service. Contract terms under which we base these determinations may be subject to differing interpretations which could result in disputes with our clients from time to time. Clients generally have the right to audit our contracts, and we periodically review our compliance with contract terms and provisions. If clients were to dispute our contract determinations, the resolution of such disputes in a manner adverse to our interests could negatively affect sales and operating results. While we do not believe any reviews, audits or other such matters would result in material adjustments, if a large number of our client arrangements were modified in response to any such matter, the effect could be materially adverse to our business or results of operations. Claims of illness or injury associated with the service of food and beverage to the public could adversely affect us. Claims of illness or injury relating to food quality or food handling are common in the food service industry, and a number of these claims may exist at any given time. As a result, we could be adversely affected by negative publicity resulting from food quality or handling claims at one or more of the facilities that we serve. In addition to decreasing our sales and profitability at our facilities, adverse publicity could negatively impact our service reputation, hindering our ability to renew contracts on favorable terms or to obtain new business. In addition, future food product recalls and health concerns may from time to time disrupt our business.

In fiscal 2006, one distributor provided approximately 53% of our food and non-food products in the United States and Canada, and if our relationship or their business were to be disrupted, we could experience disruptions to our operations and cost structure in such countries.

If our relationship with, or the business of, SYSCO, our main U.S. distributor of our food and non-food products were to be disrupted, we would have to arrange alternative distributors and our operations and cost structure could be adversely affected in the short term. Similarly, a sudden termination of the relationship with a significant provider in other geographic areas could in the short term adversely affect our ability to provide services and disrupt our customer relationships in such areas.

Governmental regulations relating to food and beverages may subject us to significant liability.

The regulations relating to each of our food and support service sectors are numerous and complex. A variety of regulations at various governmental levels relating to the handling, preparation and serving of food (including in some cases requirements relating to the temperature of food), and the cleanliness of food production facilities and the hygiene of food-handling personnel are enforced primarily at the local public health department level. We cannot assure you that we are in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations at all times or that we will be able to comply with any future laws and regulations. Furthermore, additional or amended regulations in this area may significantly increase the cost of compliance.

We serve alcoholic beverages at many facilities, and must comply with applicable licensing laws, as well as state and local service laws, commonly called dram shop statutes. Dram shop statutes generally prohibit serving alcoholic beverages to certain persons such as an individual who is intoxicated or a minor. If we violate dram shop laws, we may be liable to the patron and/or third parties for the

 

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acts of the patron. Although we sponsor regular training programs designed to minimize the likelihood of such a situation, we cannot guarantee that intoxicated or minor patrons will not be served or that liability for their acts will not be imposed on us. There can be no assurance that additional regulation in this area would not limit our activities in the future or significantly increase the cost of regulatory compliance. We must also obtain and comply with the terms of licenses in order to sell alcoholic beverages in the states in which we serve alcoholic beverages. Some of our contracts require us to pay liquidated damages during any period in which our liquor license for the facility is suspended, and most contracts are subject to termination if we lose our liquor license for the facility.

Uniform and Career Apparel

Competition in the uniform rental industry could adversely affect our results of operations.

We have a number of major national competitors in the uniform rental industry with significant financial resources. In addition, there are regional and local uniform suppliers whom we believe may have strong customer loyalty. While most customers focus primarily on quality of service, uniform rental also is a price-sensitive service and if existing or future competitors seek to gain customers or accounts by reducing prices, we may be required to lower prices, which would reduce our sales and profits. The uniform rental business requires investment capital for growth. Failure to maintain capital investment in this segment would put us at a competitive disadvantage. In addition, due to competition in our Direct Marketing segment, it has become increasingly important for us to source garments and other products overseas, particularly in Asia. To the extent we are not able to effectively source such products in Asia and gain the related cost savings, we may be at a further disadvantage in relation to some of our competitors.

Economic and business conditions affecting our customer base and our operating costs could negatively impact our sales and operating results.

We supply uniform services to the airline, hospitality, retail and manufacturing industries, among others, all of which have been subject to one or more of shifting employment levels, changes in worker productivity, uncertainty regarding the impacts of rehiring and a shift to offshore manufacturing. Economic hardship among our client base could cause some of our clients to restrict expenditures or even cease to conduct business, both of which could negatively affect our sales and operating results.

Our operations are exposed to fluctuations in garment and fuel prices. The cost of gasoline and natural gas has fluctuated significantly in the United States in the last several years. To the extent we are not able to mitigate or pass on our increased costs to customers—for fuel expenses or any other of our costs that may increase—our operating results may be negatively affected.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

Our substantial leverage could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, expose us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate debt and prevent us from meeting our obligations under our senior notes.

We are highly leveraged. As of June 29, 2007, our indebtedness was $5,935.6 million, including our senior notes. We also had an additional $569.7 million available for borrowing under our revolving credit facility at that date. In addition, approximately $238.3 million of funding was outstanding under our receivables facility as of June 29, 2007. The following table shows our level of indebtedness and certain other information:

 

    

As of

June 29,

2007

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Senior secured revolving credit facility(1)

   $ 24.0

Senior secured term loan facility(2)

     3,807.7

Senior notes due 2015

     1,780.0

Senior notes due 2012(3)

     228.1

Other existing debt(4)

     95.8
      

Total balance sheet debt

   $ 5,935.6
      

(1) Upon the closing of the Transaction, we entered into a $600.0 million revolving credit facility with a six-year maturity.
(2) Upon the closing of the Transaction, we entered into a new $4,150.0 million term loan facility with a seven-year maturity, the full amount of which was borrowed on the closing date. Through June 29, 2007, we have paid down $351.9 million of outstanding term loan principal. We also entered into a $250.0 million synthetic letter of credit facility. As of June 29, 2007, we had issued approximately $138.3 million in letters of credit under this facility.

 

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(3) Consists of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2012 recorded at $228.1 million on our balance sheet as of June 29, 2007 as a result of fair value adjustments related to purchase accounting. The discount of $21.9 million is being accreted as interest expense over the remaining period to maturity.
(4) Consists of $54.4 million of capital lease obligations and $41.4 million of other indebtedness, consisting primarily of borrowings by our foreign subsidiaries.

Our high degree of leverage could have important consequences, including:

 

   

making it more difficult for us to make payments on our notes;

 

   

increasing our vulnerability to general economic and industry conditions;

 

   

requiring a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness, therefore reducing our ability to use our cash flow to fund our operations, capital expenditures and future business opportunities;

 

   

exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates as certain of our borrowings, including borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities and our receivables facility will be at variable rates of interest;

 

   

restricting us from making strategic acquisitions or causing us to make non-strategic divestitures;

 

   

limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; and

 

   

limiting our ability to adjust to changing market conditions and placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who are less highly leveraged.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, subject to the restrictions contained in our senior secured credit facilities and the indenture governing our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes. If new indebtedness is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we now face could intensify. If the Transaction had occurred on October 1, 2005, our pro forma interest expense for the twelve months ended September 29, 2006 would have been $537.6 million. At June 29, 2007, we had $3,831.7 million of funded debt under our senior secured credit agreement (the interest rate on $2,680.0 million, £50.0 million and ¥5.0 billion of which has been fixed pursuant to interest rate swap agreements) in addition to $500.0 million of senior floating rate notes and $238.3 million outstanding under our receivables facility, which are based on a floating rate index. A 0.125% increase in these floating rates would increase annual interest expense by approximately $2.0 million.

Our debt agreements contain restrictions that limit our flexibility in operating our business.

Our senior secured credit agreement and the indenture governing our senior fixed rate notes and senior floating rate notes contain various covenants that limit our ability to engage in specified types of transactions. These covenants limit our and our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred shares;

 

   

pay dividends on, repurchase or make distributions in respect of our capital stock, make unscheduled payments on our notes, repurchase or redeem our notes or make other restricted payments;

 

   

make certain investments;

 

   

sell certain assets;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; and

 

   

enter into certain transactions with our affiliates.

Our senior notes due 2012 contain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to merge or consolidate with or into any person, enter into liens on principal property, enter into sale and lease back transactions, or to sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of our assets.

In addition, the senior secured revolving credit facility requires us to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. Our ability to meet those financial ratios and tests can be affected by events beyond our control, and we cannot assure you that we will meet those ratios and tests. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under the senior secured credit agreement. Upon our failure to maintain compliance with these covenants that is not waived by the lenders under the revolving credit facility, the lenders under the senior secured credit facilities could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under the senior secured credit facilities to be immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit under such facilities. If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders under the senior secured credit facilities could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness. We have pledged a significant portion of our assets as collateral under the senior secured credit agreement. If the lenders under the senior secured credit facilities accelerate the repayment of borrowings, we cannot assure you that we will have sufficient assets to repay those borrowings, as well as our unsecured indebtedness, including our notes.

 

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Risks to Our Noteholders

Repayment of our debt is dependent on cash flow generated by our subsidiaries.

Our subsidiaries own a significant portion of our assets and conduct a significant portion of our operations. Accordingly, repayment of our indebtedness, including each series of our notes, is dependent, to a significant extent, on the generation of cash flow by our subsidiaries and their ability to make such cash available to us, by dividend, debt repayment or otherwise. Unless they are guarantors of our notes, our subsidiaries do not have any obligation to pay amounts due on the notes or to make funds available for that purpose. Our subsidiaries may not be able to, or may not be permitted to, make distributions to enable us to make payments in respect of our indebtedness, including each series of our notes. Each subsidiary is a distinct legal entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries. While the indenture governing our senior fixed rate and senior floating rate notes limits the ability of our subsidiaries to incur consensual restrictions on their ability to pay dividends or make other intercompany payments to us, these limitations are subject to certain qualifications and exceptions. In the event that we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries, we may be unable to make required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, including our notes.

The right to receive payments on each series of our notes is effectively junior to those lenders who have a security interest in our assets.

Our obligations under our notes and our guarantors’ obligations under their guarantees of the senior fixed rate and senior floating rate notes are unsecured, but our obligations under our senior secured credit facilities and each guarantor’s obligations under their respective guarantees of the senior secured credit facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our domestic tangible and intangible assets, including the stock of most of our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries and the stock of certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries. If we are declared bankrupt or insolvent, or if we default under our senior secured credit agreement, the lenders could declare all of the funds borrowed thereunder, together with accrued interest, immediately due and payable. If we were unable to repay such indebtedness, the lenders could foreclose on the pledged assets to the exclusion of holders of any series of our notes, even if an event of default exists under the indenture governing the applicable notes at such time. Furthermore, in the case of our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes, if the lenders foreclose and sell the pledged equity interests in any subsidiary guarantor under those notes, then that guarantor will be released from its guarantee of the senior fixed rate and senior floating rate notes automatically and immediately upon such sale. In any such event, because our senior fixed rate and senior floating rate notes are not secured by any of our assets or the equity interests in subsidiary guarantors, it is possible that there would be no assets remaining from which noteholder claims could be satisfied or, if any assets remained, they might be insufficient to satisfy fully the claims of our noteholders.

As of June 29, 2007, we had $3,894.5 million of senior secured indebtedness, most of which was indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities and which does not include availability of $558.4 million under our revolving credit facility. In addition, $238.3 million of funding was outstanding under our receivables facility. The indenture governing our notes permits us and our restricted subsidiaries to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, including senior secured indebtedness.

Claims of noteholders will be structurally subordinate to claims of creditors of all of our non-U.S. subsidiaries and some of our U.S. subsidiaries because they did not guarantee the notes.

Our senior fixed rate notes and senior floating rate notes are not guaranteed by any of our non-U.S. subsidiaries, our receivables subsidiaries or certain other U.S. subsidiaries. In addition, our senior notes due 2012 are not guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries. Accordingly, claims of holders of our notes are structurally subordinate to the claims of creditors of these non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade creditors. All obligations of our non-guarantor subsidiaries have to be satisfied before any of the assets of such subsidiaries are available for distribution, upon a liquidation or otherwise, to us or a guarantor of our notes.

If we default on our obligations to pay our indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on our notes.

Any default under the agreements governing our indebtedness, including a default under the senior secured credit agreement, that is not waived by the required lenders thereunder, and the remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness, could prevent us from paying principal, premium, if any, and interest on our notes and substantially decrease the market value of our notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing our indebtedness (including covenants in our senior secured credit facilities and the

 

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indentures under which the notes were issued), we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness, including our senior secured credit agreement and the indentures under which our notes were issued. In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest, the lenders under our senior secured credit facilities could elect to terminate their commitments thereunder, cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required lenders under our senior secured credit facilities to avoid being in default. If we breach our covenants under our senior secured credit facilities and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders. If this occurs, we would be in default under our senior secured credit agreement, the lenders could exercise their rights, as described above, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.

We may not be able to repurchase the senior fixed rate notes and the senior floating rate notes upon a change of control.

Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase all of our outstanding senior fixed rate notes and senior floating rate notes at 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The source of funds for any such purchase of our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes will be our available cash or cash generated from our subsidiaries’ operations or other sources, including borrowings, sales of assets or sales of equity. We may not be able to repurchase our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes upon a change of control because we may not have sufficient financial resources to purchase all of our senior fixed rate notes and senior floating rate notes that are tendered upon a change of control. Further, we are contractually restricted under the terms of our senior secured credit agreement from repurchasing all of the notes tendered by holders upon a change of control. Accordingly, we may not be able to satisfy our obligations to purchase our notes unless we are able to refinance or obtain waivers under our senior secured credit agreement. Our failure to repurchase our notes upon a change of control will cause a default under the indenture under which the senior fixed rate notes and the senior floating rate notes were senior fixed rate notes and the senior floating rate issued and a cross-default under the senior secured credit agreement. The senior secured credit agreement also provides that a change of control is a default that permits lenders to accelerate the maturity of borrowings thereunder. Any of our future debt agreements may contain similar provisions.

The lenders under our senior secured credit facilities have the discretion to release the guarantors under the senior secured credit agreement in a variety of circumstances, which will cause those guarantors to be released from their guarantees of our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes.

While any obligations under the senior secured credit facilities remain outstanding, any guarantee of our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes may be released without action by, or consent of, any holder of our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes or the trustee under the indenture governing our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes at the discretion of lenders under our senior secured credit facilities, if the related guarantor is no longer a guarantor of obligations under our senior secured credit facilities or any other indebtedness. The lenders under our senior secured credit facilities have the discretion to release the guarantees under our senior secured credit facilities in a variety of circumstances. Noteholders will not have a claim as a creditor against any subsidiary that is no longer a guarantor of our senior fixed rate notes and our senior floating rate notes, and our indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, whether secured or unsecured, of those subsidiaries will effectively be senior to claims of noteholders.

Federal and state fraudulent transfer laws may permit a court to void our guarantees, and, if that occurs, noteholders may not receive any payments on our senior fixed rate notes and senior floating rate notes.

Federal and state fraudulent transfer and conveyance statutes may apply to the issuance of our notes and the incurrence of our guarantees. Under federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws, which may vary from state to state, our notes or guarantees could be voided as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance if (1) we or any of our guarantors, as applicable, issued our notes or incurred our guarantees with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors or (2) we or any of our guarantors, as applicable, received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for either issuing our notes or incurring our guarantees and, in the case of (2) only, one of the following is also true at the time thereof:

 

   

we or any of our guarantors, as applicable, were insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of our issuance of our notes or our incurrence of our guarantees;

 

   

the issuance of our notes or the incurrence of our guarantees left us or any of our guarantors, as applicable, with an unreasonably small amount of capital to carry on our business;

 

   

we or any of our guarantors intended to, or believed that we or such guarantor would, incur debts beyond our or such guarantor’s ability to pay as they mature; or

 

   

we or any of our guarantors was a defendant in an action for money damages, or had a judgment for money damages docketed against us or such guarantor if, in either case, after final judgment, the judgment is unsatisfied.

 

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If a court were to find that the issuance of our notes or the incurrence of our guarantee was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the court could void the payment obligations under our notes or such guarantee or further subordinate our notes or such guarantee to presently existing and future indebtedness of ours or of the related guarantor, or require the holders of our notes to repay any amounts received with respect to such guarantee. In the event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance occurred, our noteholders may not receive any repayment on our notes. Further, the voidance of our notes could result in an event of default with respect to our and our subsidiaries’ other debt that could result in acceleration of such debt.

As a general matter, value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied. A debtor will generally not be considered to have received value in connection with a debt offering if the debtor uses the proceeds of that offering to make a dividend payment or otherwise retire or redeem equity securities issued by the debtor.

We cannot be certain as to the standards a court would use to determine whether or not we or our guarantors were solvent at the relevant time or, regardless of the standard that a court uses, that the issuance of our guarantees would not be further subordinated to our or any of our guarantors’ other debt.

ITEM 5 . OTHER INFORMATION

On August 8, 2007, the Board of Directors of our Parent Company approved an amendment to Schedule 1 of its outstanding Non Qualified Stock Option Agreements (the “Agreements”), including the Agreements of the named executive officers, and approved a new form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement for future grants of stock options. Schedule 1 to the Agreements was amended to revise the performance targets for fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2009 that determine the vesting of performance-based stock options. The new form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement is substantially similar to the current form, but contains a new Schedule 1 that reflects the revised performance targets described above and new performance targets for fiscal 2011. The amended Schedule 1 and the new form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreements are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 and are incorporated by reference herein.

On August 8, 2007, the Board of Directors of our Parent Company also approved an Amended and Restated 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Amended Deferred Compensation Plan”) that complies with the final deferred compensation rules set forth in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Amended Deferred Compensation Plan is substantially similar to the 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, except for certain changes that are required by the final deferred compensation rules, including the following:

 

   

The “savings clause” with respect to payments on termination of employment was modified to expressly state that upon a separation from service of a “specified employee” (generally, the top 50 most highly compensated employees), any payments made under the Amended Deferred Compensation Plan must be delayed for six months after such separation from service.

 

   

Certain technical references to Section 409A requirements relating to the limitation on the timing of deferral elections were added to the Amended Deferred Compensation Plan.

On August 8, 2007 the Board of Directors of our Parent Company also approved the Amended and Restated Savings Incentive Retirement Plan (the “Amended SIRP”) that complies with the final deferred compensation rules set forth in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Amended SIRP is substantially similar to the Savings Incentive Retirement Plan, except for certain changes that are required by the final deferred compensation rules, including the following:

 

   

The “savings clause” with respect to payments on termination of employment was modified to expressly state that upon a separation from service of a “specified employee”, any payments made under the SIRP must be delayed for six months after such separation from service.

 

   

The definition of “separation from service” was amended to refer to specific Section 409A requirements regarding the extent to which an employee may be deemed to have separated from service for purposes of Section 409A in connection with leaves of absence or in connection with a substantial reduction in service.

 

   

The eligibility requirements for new employees were amended to refer to specific Section 409A requirements, including that any deferral election made by such a participant must relate only to compensation paid for services performed after the date of the election.

 

   

The provision on withdrawals due to the occurrence of an “Unforeseeable Emergency” was amended to refer to specific Section 409A requirements.

 

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The Amended SIRP modified the de minimis cashout provision for balances of less than $10,000 to include a requirement that balances under similar categories of deferred compensation plans be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the $10,000 threshold is met.

 

   

The termination provision has been amended to limit the ability to accelerate payments in connection with a termination of the plan to certain narrow circumstances permitted by Section 409A.

On August 8, 2007, the Board of Directors of our Parent Company approved amendments to the Survivor Income Protection Plan (the “Amended Survivor Plan”) to ensure that the Amended Survivor Plan now complies with the final deferred compensation rules set forth in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Amended Survivor Plan entitles a surviving spouse or domestic partner and dependent children to receive the participant’s full base salary for one year after the participant’s death and one-half of the participant’s base salary for the subsequent nine years. A participant in the Amended Survivor Plan who is 65 and has attained 5 years of employment with the Company is entitled to a benefit equal to one times his or her base salary payable in January of the year following his or her year of retirement, subject to further delay for participants who are “specified employees.”

The foregoing descriptions of the Amended Deferred Compensation Plan, the Amended SIRP and the Amended Survivor Plan do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the plan documents that are attached hereto as exhibits and incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 6 . EXHIBITS

 

3.1    Certificate of Incorporation of ARAMARK Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to ARAMARK Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 5, 2007, pursuant to the Exchange Act (file number 001-16807)).
3.2    By-laws of ARAMARK Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to ARAMARK Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 5, 2007, pursuant to the Exchange Act (file number 001-16807)).
10.1    Schedule 1 to Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement.
10.2    Form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement.
10.3    Amended and Restated 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan.
10.4    Amended and Restated Savings Incentive Retirement Plan.
10.5    Amended Survivor Income Protection Plan.
31.1    Certification of Joseph Neubauer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification of L. Frederick Sutherland pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification of Joseph Neubauer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2    Certification of L. Frederick Sutherland pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
99.1    Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

  ARAMARK CORPORATION
August 8, 2007  

/s/ JOHN M. LAFFERTY

  John M. Lafferty
  Senior Vice President, Controller
  and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.1

Schedule 1

EBIT Targets

(in millions )

 

Year

   Annual EBIT
Target
  

Cumulative

EBIT Target

2007

   $ 705.0      N/A

2008

   $ 764.4    $ 1,469.4

2009

   $ 821.7    $ 2,291.1

2010

   $ 887.4    $ 3,178.5

EBIT shall mean for any Fiscal Year, net income increased by (i) net interest expense and (ii) the provision for income taxes; all determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) consistently applied on a consolidated basis. For this purpose EBIT shall:

 

a) Exclude any extraordinary gains or losses, cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, income or loss from disposed or discontinued operations and any gains or losses on disposed or discontinued operations, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

b) Exclude any gain or loss greater than $2 million attributable to asset dispositions, contract terminations and similar items, provided that losses on contract terminations and asset dispositions in connection with client contract terminations shall be limited in any given Fiscal Year to $5 million.

 

c) Exclude any increase in amortization or depreciation resulting from the application of purchase accounting to the Transaction, including the current amortization of existing acquired intangibles.

 

d) Exclude any gain or loss from the early extinguishment of indebtedness including any hedging obligations or other derivative instrument.

 

e) Exclude any impairment charge or similar asset write off required by GAAP.

 

f) Exclude any non cash compensation expense resulting from the application of SFAS No. 123R or similar accounting requirements.

 

g) Exclude any expenses or charges related to any equity offering, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, refinancing or similar transaction, including the Transaction.

 

h) Exclude any transaction, management, monitoring, consulting, advisory and related fees and expenses paid or payable to the Sponsor Stockholders.


i) Exclude the effects of changes in foreign currency translation rates from such rates used in the calculation of the EBIT Targets.

 

j) Exclude the impact that the 53rd week of operations will have on the Company’s financial results during Fiscal 2008.

The final EBIT calculation for any Fiscal Year will be subject to review and approval by the Committee.

The EBIT Targets shall be adjusted for acquisitions as follows:

 

  a) For acquisitions having purchase consideration of less than $20 million each, there shall be no adjustment until the aggregate consideration for all such acquisitions exceeds $20 million in any Fiscal Year and then the EBIT Targets shall be adjusted to the extent the consideration for all such acquisitions exceeds $20 million. The amount of the adjustment shall be based on the last twelve months earnings of the acquired business, provided however, that the last twelve months earnings shall be adjusted, if necessary, to reflect the sustainable underlying profitability of the acquired business. If the purchase consideration for all such acquisitions is less than $20 million in any Fiscal Year, the amount by which $20 million exceeds such aggregate consideration shall be carried forward to future Fiscal Years for purposes of making this determination under this sub paragraph a).

 

  b) For acquisitions having purchase consideration of more than $20 million each, the EBIT Targets shall be adjusted based on the pro forma used to approve the acquisition.

The EBIT Targets will be adjusted for divestitures of a business by the amount of the last twelve months earnings of the divested business.

Exhibit 10.2

FORM OF NON QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of [DATE] between ARAMARK HOLDINGS CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the Optionee set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (the “ Optionee ”).

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”) made and entered into as of the 8th day of August, 2006, by and among RMK Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ MergerCo ”), RMK Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Aramark Corporation, MergerCo has been merged with and into Aramark Corporation, with Aramark Corporation surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “ Transaction ”);

WHEREAS, the Company, acting through the Committee (as such term is defined in the Plan) with the consent of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) has agreed to grant to the Optionee, as of [DATE] (the “ Grant Date ”) an option under the Aramark Holdings Corporation 2007 Management Stock Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS , the Optionee is, in connection with the execution of this Agreement, to become a party to the Stockholders Agreement (as such term is defined in the Plan).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. The Plan . The terms and provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated into this Agreement as if set forth herein in their entirety. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Agreement shall control. A copy of the Plan has been provided to the Optionee. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, as the case may be.

Section 2. Option; Option Price . Effective on the Grant Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee the option (the “ Option ”) to purchase the number of Shares set forth on the signature page hereto, at the Option Price equal to $[ the most recent quarterly appraisal price of one share of Common Stock ]. One-half of the Option consists of options with time-based vesting (“ Time-Based Options ”), and one-half of the Option consists of options with performance-based vesting (“ Performance-Based Options ”). The payment of the Option Price may be made, at the election of the Optionee, in any manner authorized under Section 5.5 of the Plan as such section is in effect on the date of this Agreement. The Option is not intended to qualify for federal income tax purposes as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

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Section 3. Term . The term of the Option (the “ Option Term ”) shall commence on the Grant Date and expire on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date, unless the Option shall have sooner been terminated in accordance with the terms of the Plan (including, without limitation, Article V of the Plan) or this Agreement.

Section 4. Vesting . Subject to the Optionee’s not having a Termination of Relationship and except as otherwise set forth in Section 7 , the Options shall become non-forfeitable and exercisable (any Options that shall have become non-forfeitable and exercisable pursuant to Section 4 , the “ Vested Options ”) according to the following provisions:

(a) Time-Based Options .

(i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Time-Based Options shall become Vested Options on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date (each, a “ Vesting Date ”), subject to the Optionee’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable Vesting Date.

(ii) Notwithstanding Section 4(a)(i), in the event of (A) a Change of Control, each outstanding Time-Based Option which has not theretofore become a Vested Option pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) shall become a Vested Option concurrently with consummation of such event, and (B) a Termination of Relationship as a result of the Optionee’s death, Disability, or Retirement (each, a “ Special Termination ”), the installment of Time-Based Options scheduled to vest during the 12-month period immediately following such Special Termination shall become Vested Options, and the remaining Time-Based Options which are not then Vested Options shall be forfeited.

(b) Performance-Based Options .

(i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance-Based Options shall become Vested Options on each Vesting Date, subject to the Optionee’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable Vesting Date and the achievement of the applicable EBIT performance target for the applicable fiscal year of the Company ending immediately prior to the applicable Vesting Date (each such fiscal year, a “ Fiscal Year ”, and each such EBIT performance target, an “ EBIT Target ”, all as set forth on Schedule 1 to this Agreement).

(ii) Notwithstanding Section 4(b)(i), but, except as otherwise provided in Section 4(b)(ii)(E) below, subject to the Optionee’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting event:

(A) in the event that the EBIT Target is not achieved for any particular Fiscal Year set forth on Schedule 1 to this Agreement (other than the 2010 Fiscal Year) (any such Fiscal Year, a “ Missed Year ”), if the cumulative EBIT earned as of the end of any subsequent Fiscal Year equals or exceeds the Cumulative EBIT Target (as set forth on Schedule 1 to this Agreement) for such subsequent Fiscal Year (any such Fiscal Year, a “ Catch-up Year ”), then all installments of Performance-Based Options that did not become vested in respect of any Missed Year will nevertheless become Vested Options on the same date that the installment of Performance-Based Options that otherwise vests in respect of such Catch-up Year pursuant to this Section 4(b) (see the attached Schedule 2 for an example hereof);

 

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(B) upon the consummation of a Return-Based Vesting Event (as defined below), all then-unvested Performance-Based Options shall become Vested Options concurrently with the consummation of such event;

(C) upon the consummation of a Qualified Partial Liquidity Event (as defined below), a portion of the then-unvested Performance-Based Options (in the order set forth below) shall become Vested Options concurrently with the consummation of such event, such that the total percentage of Performance-Based Options that have become Vested Options immediately after the consummation of such Qualified Partial Liquidity Event shall, after taking into account any Performance-Based Options that had become Vested Options pursuant to any other provision of Section 4(b) prior to such Qualified Partial Liquidity Event, be equal to the Partial Liquidity Vesting Percentage (as defined below) (see the attached Schedule 2 for an example hereof);

(D) upon the occurrence, prior to the conclusion of the Company’s 2010 Fiscal Year, of a Change of Control that is not a Return-Based Vesting Event, a percentage of the then-unvested Performance-Based Options which would have been eligible for vesting based on EBIT performance for the Fiscal Year during which the Change in Control occurs and those eligible for any subsequent Fiscal Years, equal to (x) 100% multiplied by (y) a quotient, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Performance-Based Options that previously became Vested Options prior to the Fiscal Year in which such Change of Control occurs, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Performance-Based Options that were eligible to become Vested Options if all EBIT Targets were achieved prior to the Fiscal Year during with the Change in Control occurs, shall become Vested Options concurrently with consummation of such a Change of Control (see the attached Schedule 2 for an example hereof); and

(E) in the event of a Special Termination, all installments of unvested Performance-Based Options that would have vested during the 12-month period immediately following such Special Termination (the “ Special Termination Vesting Period ”) in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 4(b) if no such termination had occurred during such period (including in the event that any such installments would have vested based on (x) the achievement of the Cumulative EBIT Target for the Fiscal Year immediately following the Fiscal Year in which the Special Termination occurs in accordance with Section 4(b)(ii)(A), or (y) the occurrence during the Special Termination Vesting Period of a Return-Based Vesting Event, a Qualified Partial Liquidity Event or a Change of Control that is not a Return-Based Vesting Event, in accordance with Section 4(b)(ii)(B), Section 4(b)(ii)(C), or Section 4(b)(ii)(D), respectively) shall become Vested Options on the applicable Vesting Date(s) that occur during the Special Termination Vesting Period (see the attached Schedule 2 for an example hereof).

For purposes of Section 4(b)(ii)(C) above, the then-unvested Performance-Based Options shall become Vested Options in the manner set forth therein, in the following order, to the extent

 

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applicable: first, any then-unvested Performance-Based Options from any prior Missed Years (beginning with the earliest Missed Year and each subsequent Missed Year); second, the then-unvested Performance-Based Options eligible for vesting based on EBIT performance for the Fiscal Year in which the Qualified Partial Liquidity Event occurs; and third, any then-unvested Performance-Based Options eligible for vesting based on EBIT performance for the Fiscal Year immediately subsequent to the Fiscal Year in which the Qualified Partial Liquidity Event occurs and each subsequent Fiscal Year.

(c) Except as otherwise provided above with respect to a Special Termination, upon a Termination of Relationship for any reason, the unvested portion of the Option ( i.e. , that portion which does not constitute Vested Options) shall terminate and cease to be outstanding on the date the Termination of Relationship occurs and shall no longer be eligible to become Vested Options, provided, however, that if upon the date the Termination of Relationship occurs, the Committee is unable to determine if the EBIT Target for the Fiscal Year immediately preceding the year in which the Termination of Relationship occurs has been met, any unvested portion of the Option that could vest based upon such determination shall not terminate until such determination is made (and shall vest if the applicable EBIT Target is achieved in accordance with Section 4(6)(ii) above)).

(d) Certain Definitions .

(i) A “ Return-Based Vesting Event ” shall be deemed to occur upon the achievement of either of the following performance goals: (x) on or after the third anniversary of the Grant Date, the Sponsor IRR (or, during the Special Termination Vesting Period, the Special Termination Sponsor IRR) is equal to or exceeds 22% or (y) the Sponsor Stockholders have, prior to the third anniversary of the Grant Date, received a Sponsor Return (or, during the Special Termination Vesting Period, the Special Termination Sponsor Return) that equals or exceeds 200% of the Sponsor Investment.

(ii) A “ Qualified Partial Liquidity Event ” shall mean any disposition, whether in an IPO or other public offering, or any sale or other private transaction to any person or entity, of a portion of the Sponsor Investment (including any Change of Control, transfer from one Investor Group to another Investor Group, or LP Transfer (as defined below), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, a Spin-off, unless and until such shares are themselves disposed of or realized upon for cash and/or liquid or marketable equity or debt securities), or a recapitalization, resulting in (x) on or after the third anniversary of the Grant Date, the achievement by the Sponsor Stockholders of a Sponsor IRR (or, during the Special Termination Vesting Period, the Special Termination Sponsor IRR) that would equal or exceed 22%, or (y) prior to the third anniversary of the Grant Date, the receipt of a Sponsor Return (or, during the Special Termination Vesting Period, the Special Termination Sponsor Return) that equals or exceeds 200% of the Sponsor Investment, in either case, when measured with respect to such disposed or otherwise realized upon portion (and all previously liquidated, disposed of or otherwise realized (in cash or marketable securities, taking into account Section 4(d)(vi)) upon portions) of the Sponsor Investment.

 

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(iii) The “ Partial Liquidity Vesting Percentage ” shall equal the percentage of the Sponsor Investment liquidated, disposed of or otherwise realized upon in a Qualified Partial Liquidity Event; provided that, if immediately following such event, the Sponsor Stockholders have liquidated, disposed of or otherwise realized upon 80% or more of the Sponsor Investment, then the Partial Liquidity Vesting Percentage shall equal 100%.

(iv) “ Sponsor IRR ” means the pretax compounded annual internal rate of return realized by the Sponsor Stockholders on the Sponsor Investment, based on the aggregate amount invested by the Sponsor Stockholders for all Sponsor Investment and the aggregate value and amount of cash and liquid or marketable debt or equity securities (excluding securities of the Company and, in the event of a Spin-off, securities of a Subsidiary (“ Subsidiary Stock ”), unless and until such shares are themselves disposed of or realized upon for cash and/or liquid or marketable equity or debt securities) actually received by the Sponsor Stockholders or in respect of all Sponsor Investment, assuming all Sponsor Investment were purchased by one Person and were held continuously by such Person. The Sponsor IRR shall be determined based on the actual time of each Sponsor Investment and the actual cash and liquid or marketable debt or equity securities received (in each case, measured at the time of receipt) by the Sponsor Stockholders in respect of all Sponsor Investment and including, as a return on each Sponsor Investment, any cash dividends, cash distributions or cash sales by the Company or any Affiliate in respect of such Sponsor Investment during such period, any transaction fees received in connection with the Transaction, and, in the event of any distribution of Shares by a Sponsor Stockholder to its general or limited partners, members, managers or stockholders (in each such case, other than a distribution by a Sponsor Stockholder to another member of such Sponsor Stockholder’s Investor Group) in accordance with such Sponsor Stockholder’s governing documents (an “ LP Transfer ”), the Fair Market Value of such Shares on such distribution date (the “ LP Transfer Value ”), but excluding any amounts payable to the Sponsor Stockholders as expense reimbursements and indemnification payments.

(v) “ Sponsor Return ” shall mean, on an aggregate basis, the value and amount of cash and liquid or marketable equity or debt securities (excluding securities of the Company or, in the event of a Spin-off, Subsidiary Stock, unless and until such Subsidiary Stock are themselves disposed of or realized upon for cash and/or liquid or marketable equity or debt securities) actually received by the Sponsor Stockholders in respect of all Sponsor Investment, assuming all Sponsor Investment were purchased by one Person and were held continuously by such Person. The Sponsor Return shall be determined based on the actual time of each Sponsor Investment and actual cash and/or liquid or marketable equity or debt securities received (in each case, measured at the time of receipt) by the Sponsor Stockholders in respect of all Sponsor Investment and including, as a return on each Sponsor Investment, any cash dividends, cash distributions, cash sales made by the Company or any Affiliate in respect of such Sponsor Investment during such period, any transaction fees received in connection with the Transaction, and, in the event of an LP Transfer, the LP Transfer Value, but excluding any amounts payable to the Sponsor Stockholders as expense reimbursements and indemnification payments.

 

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(vi) In the event of a Special Termination, the term “ Special Termination Sponsor IRR ” shall have the same meaning as “Sponsor IRR”, except that the Sponsor IRR shall also be determined by including in such calculation the following, as of the date of such termination: (x) if no IPO has occurred at such time, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock and the fair market value (determined in a manner consistent with the manner in which the Fair Market Value is determined under the Plan) of any Subsidiary Stock then held by the Sponsor Stockholders; or (y) following an IPO, the fair market value of each of the Common Stock and any Subsidiary Stock then held by the Sponsor Stockholders, calculated based on the average trading price of the applicable stock over the 30 trading-day period prior to the applicable potential Vesting Date (the amounts in clauses (x) and (y), collectively, the “ Special Termination Valuations ”); and the term “ Special Termination Sponsor Return ” shall have the same meaning as “Sponsor Return”, except that the Sponsor Return shall also be determined by including in such calculation the Special Termination Valuations.

All decisions by the Committee with respect to any calculations pursuant to this Section 4 shall be made in good faith after consultation with senior management and shall be final and binding on the Optionee absent manifest error by the Committee.

Section 5. Restriction on Transfer/ Stockholders Agreement . The Option may not be transferred, pledged, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of in any way by the Optionee, except (i) if permitted by the Board or the Committee, (ii) by will or the laws of descent and distribution or (iii) pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company. The Option shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of Options hereunder will be subject to the Stockholders Agreement. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of the Option contrary to the provisions of this Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement shall be null and void and without effect.

Section 6. Optionee’s Employment . Nothing in this Agreement or in the Option shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in their sole discretion, to terminate the Optionee’s employment or to increase or decrease the Optionee’s compensation at any time.

Section 7. Termination . The Option shall automatically terminate and shall become null and void, be unexercisable and be of no further force and effect upon the earliest of:

(a) so long as the Optionee remains employed by the Company or one of its Affiliates, the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date;

(b) in the case of a Termination of Relationship due to a Special Termination, (i) with respect to any Time-Based Options and Performance-Based Options that are vested as of the Termination of Relationship, the first anniversary of the Termination of Relationship, and (ii) with respect to any Performance-Based Option that becomes a Vested Option pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii)(E), the later of the first anniversary of the Termination of Relationship and the 90 th day following the last Vesting Date (if any) that occurs during the Special Termination Vesting Period;

 

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(c) in the case of a Termination of Relationship other than (x) for Cause or (y) due to a Special Termination, the 90 th day following the Termination of Relationship; and

(d) the day of the Termination of Relationship in the case of a Termination of Relationship for Cause.

Section 8. Securities Law Representations . The Optionee acknowledges that the Option and the Shares are not being registered under the Securities Act, based, in part, on either (i) reliance upon an exemption from registration under Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or (ii) the fact that the Optionee is an “accredited investor” (as defined under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), and, in each of (i) and (ii) above, a comparable exemption from qualification under applicable state securities laws, as each may be amended from time to time. The Optionee, by executing this Agreement, hereby agrees that the Optionee shall make such representations as may be required to be made by the Optionee upon any acquisition of Shares hereunder as set forth in the Stockholders Agreement, as such representations shall be required to be made at such time. The Optionee further represents the following, as of the date hereof:

 

   

The Optionee represents and warrants that (i) such party has full legal power, authority and right to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Agreement, and (ii) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

 

   

The Optionee has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the Option and the restrictions imposed on any Shares purchased upon exercise of the Option.

 

   

The Optionee is aware that the Option may be of no practical value, that any value it may have depends on its vesting and exercisability as well as an increase in the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares to an amount in excess of the Option Price, and that any investment in common shares of a closely held corporation such as the Company is non-marketable, non-transferable and could require capital to be invested for an indefinite period of time, possibly without return, and at substantial risk of loss.

 

   

The Optionee has read and understands the restrictions and limitations set forth in the Stockholders Agreement, the Plan and this Agreement.

 

   

The Optionee has not relied upon any oral representation made to the Optionee relating to the Option or the purchase of the Shares on exercise of the Option or upon information presented in any meeting or material relating to the Option or the Shares.

 

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The Optionee understands and acknowledges that, if and when the Optionee exercises the Option, (a) any certificate evidencing the Shares (or evidencing any other securities issued with respect thereto pursuant to any stock split, stock dividend, merger or other form of reorganization or recapitalization) when issued shall bear any legends which may be required by applicable federal and state securities laws, and (b) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or under the Stockholders Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement (as such term is defined in the Stockholders Agreement), the Company has no obligation to register the Shares or file any registration statement under federal or state securities laws.

Section 9. Designation of Beneficiary . The Optionee may appoint any individual or legal entity in writing as the Optionee’s beneficiary to receive any Option (to the extent not previously terminated or forfeited) under this Agreement upon the Optionee’s death or Disability. The Optionee may revoke the Optionee’s designation of a beneficiary at any time and appoint a new beneficiary in writing. To be effective, the Optionee must complete the designation of a beneficiary or revocation of a beneficiary by written notice to the Company under Section 11 of this Agreement before the date of the Optionee’s death. In the absence of a beneficiary designation, the legal representative of the Optionee’s estate shall be deemed the beneficiary.

Section 10. [Intentionally Omitted.]

Section 11. Notices . All notices, claims, certifications, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and delivered if personally delivered or if sent by nationally-recognized overnight courier, by telecopy, email or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Company, to it at:

If to the Company, to:

ARAMARK Corporation

ARAMARK Tower

1101 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107-2988

Attention: Head of Human Resources

With a copy to:

ARAMARK Corporation

ARAMARK Tower

1101 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107-2988

Attention: General Counsel

 

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If to the Optionee, to him at the address set forth on the signature page hereto; or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party in writing in accordance herewith. Any such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been received (a) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery (or if such date is not a business day, on the next business day after the date of delivery), (b) in the case of nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day after the date sent, (c) in the case of telecopy transmission, when received (or if not sent on a business day, on the next business day after the date sent), and (d) in the case of mailing, on the third business day following that on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted.

The Company shall, reasonably promptly upon the occurrence of any vesting pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii)(E) above, provide notice to the Optionee of such vesting (it being understood that a failure to so provide such notice shall not result in an extension of the applicable Option exercise period, but shall constitute a breach of this Agreement).

Section 12. Waiver of Breach . The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement must be in writing and shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

Section 13. Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

Section 14. Withholding . As a condition to exercising this Option in whole or in part, the Optionee will pay, or make provisions satisfactory to the Company for payment of, any Federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld in connection with such exercise in a manner that is set forth in Section 5.6 of the Plan.

Section 15. Adjustment to Option; Registration of Shares . In the event of any event described in Article VII of the Plan occurring after the Grant Date, the adjustment provisions (including cash payments) as provided for under Article VII of the Plan shall apply. The Company shall, concurrently with the closing of a Public Offering, register all Shares subject to an Option by filing a Form S-8 with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.

Section 16. Section 409A of the Code . If any term, distribution or settlement of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company (including by the Committee) pursuant to the terms of the Plan or this Agreement, would subject the Optionee to tax under Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Optionee for any taxes, interest and penalties the Optionee may incur under Section 409A of the Code as a result thereof, such that on a net-after-tax basis, the Optionee shall not be liable for any such taxes, interest or

 

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penalties, or for any taxes, interest or penalties imposed upon the Company’s provision of such indemnity. The Company and the Optionee shall cooperate in good faith, and consult with tax counsel to the Company, to restructure the Option and this Agreement (which may require the provision of an alternative payment or benefit, but which shall not convey an economic benefit to the Optionee that is diminished in value to the Optionee other than in a de minimis manner) in a manner that will cause the Optionee to not be subject to such taxes, interest and penalties in respect of the Option and this Agreement (or any such restructured arrangement).

Section 17. Modification of Rights; Entire Agreement . The Optionee’s rights under this Agreement and the Plan may be modified only to the extent expressly provided under this Agreement or under Article X or Article XIV of the Plan. This Agreement and the Plan (and the other writings referred to herein, including the Stockholders Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior written or oral negotiations, commitments, representations and agreements with respect thereto.

Section 18. Severability . It is the desire and intent of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 19. Waiver of Jury Trial; Legal Fees . Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, trial by jury in any suit, action or proceeding arising hereunder. In the event of any dispute regarding any term of this Option, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Optionee for all legal fees and expenses the Optionee incurs in connection with such dispute if the Optionee prevails in such dispute on a substantial portion of the claims under such dispute.

Section 20. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ARAMARK HOLDINGS CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
OPTIONEE

 

[NAME]

 

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Schedule 1

EBIT Targets

(in millions )

 

Year

   Annual EBIT
Target
   Cumulative
EBIT Target

2008

   $ 764.4    $ 1,469.4

2009

   $ 821.7    $ 2,291.1

2010

   $ 887.4    $ 3,178.5

2011

   $ 952.6    $ 4131.1

EBIT shall mean for any Fiscal Year, net income increased by (i) net interest expense and (ii) the provision for income taxes; all determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) consistently applied on a consolidated basis. For this purpose EBIT shall:

 

a) Exclude any extraordinary gains or losses, cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, income or loss from disposed or discontinued operations and any gains or losses on disposed or discontinued operations, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

b) Exclude any gain or loss greater than $2 million attributable to asset dispositions, contract terminations and similar items, provided that losses on contract terminations and asset dispositions in connection with client contract terminations shall be limited in any given Fiscal Year to $5 million.

 

c) Exclude any increase in amortization or depreciation resulting from the application of purchase accounting to the Transaction, including the current amortization of existing acquired intangibles.

 

d) Exclude any gain or loss from the early extinguishment of indebtedness including any hedging obligations or other derivative instrument.

 

e) Exclude any impairment charge or similar asset write off required by GAAP.

 

f) Exclude any non cash compensation expense resulting from the application of SFAS No. 123R or similar accounting requirements.

 

g) Exclude any expenses or charges related to any equity offering, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, refinancing or similar transaction, including the Transaction.

 

h) Exclude any transaction, management, monitoring, consulting, advisory and related fees and expenses paid or payable to the Sponsor Stockholders.

 

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i) Exclude the effects of changes in foreign currency translation rates from such rates used in the calculation of the EBIT Targets.

 

j) Exclude the impact that the 53rd week of operations will have on the Company’s financial results during Fiscal 2008.

The final EBIT calculation for any Fiscal Year will be subject to review and approval by the Committee.

The EBIT Targets shall be adjusted for acquisitions as follows:

 

  a) For acquisitions having purchase consideration of less than $20 million each, there shall be no adjustment until the aggregate consideration for all such acquisitions exceeds $20 million in any Fiscal Year and then the EBIT Targets shall be adjusted to the extent the consideration for all such acquisitions exceeds $20 million. The amount of the adjustment shall be based on the last twelve months earnings of the acquired business, provided however, that the last twelve months earnings shall be adjusted, if necessary, to reflect the sustainable underlying profitability of the acquired business. If the purchase consideration for all such acquisitions is less than $20 million in any Fiscal Year, the amount by which $20 million exceeds such aggregate consideration shall be carried forward to future Fiscal Years for purposes of making this determination under this sub paragraph a).

 

  b) For acquisitions having purchase consideration of more than $20 million each, the EBIT Targets shall be adjusted based on the pro forma used to approve the acquisition.

The EBIT Targets will be adjusted for divestitures of a business by the amount of the last twelve months earnings of the divested business.

 

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Schedule 2

Examples of Application of Certain Provisions of Section 4(b)(ii)

Section 4(b)(ii)(A)

FY 2007: EBIT is $700.0. No Performance-Based Options for FY 2007 vest.

FY 2008: Annual EBIT is $780.0, Cumulative EBIT is $1,480.0. Performance-Based Options for FY 2008 vest because annual EBIT Target is achieved, Performance-Based Options for FY 2007 do not vest because Cumulative EBIT Target is not achieved .

FY 2009: Annual EBIT is $850.0, Cumulative EBIT is $2,330.0. Performance-Based Options for FY 2009 vest because annual EBIT is achieved; Performance-Based Options for FY 2007 also vest because Cumulative EBIT Target is achieved .

Section 4(b)(ii)(C)

FY 2007: EBIT is $710.0. Performance-Based Options for FY 2007 vest (i.e., 25% of all Performance-Based Options are vested).

FY 2008: EBIT is $760.0. No Performance-Based Options for FY 2008 vest (i., Optionee is still only vested in 25% of all Performance-Based Options).

June 2009: A Qualified Partial Liquidity Event occurs where the Partial Liquidity Vesting Percentage is 75%. Performance-Based Options for FY 2008 vest and, whether or not either of the EBIT Targets for FY 2009 is achieved, the Performance-Based Options for FY 2009 will also vest, such that the Optionee will be 75% vested in all Performance-Based Options .

Section 4(b)(ii)(D)

FY 2007: EBIT is $710.0. Performance-Based Options for FY 2007 vest (i.e., 100% of all Performance-Based Options that were eligible to vest in FY 2007 are vested).

FY 2008: EBIT is $760.0. No Performance-Based Options for FY 2008 vest (i.e., Optionee is only 50% vested in all Performance-Based Options that were eligible to vest in FY 2007and FY 2008 combined).

June 2009: A Change of Control that is not a Return-Based Vesting Event occurs. 50% of the Performance-Based Options for FY 2009 and FY 2010 will become vested .

Section 4(b)(ii)(B) and (E)

FY 2007: EBIT is $700.0. No Performance-Based Options for FY 2007 vest.

FY 2008: EBIT is $760.0. No Performance-Based Options for FY 2007 or FY 2008 vest.

January 2009: Optionee’s employment terminates due to Retirement.

August 2009: A Return-Based Vesting Event occurs. All Performance-Based Options (for FY 2007-2010) vest, even though the event occurs after the Optionee’s employment terminates, because the event occurs within 12 months after the termination of employment.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

ARAMARK

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

 

I. PURPOSE

The Amended and Restated ARAMARK 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) allows eligible executives of the Company and its subsidiaries to defer the payment of their Salary and/or Bonus until a specified date in the future.

 

II. DEFINITIONS

Bonus ” means amounts that are not salary or wages that are earned by the Executive from the Company or a subsidiary in the form of an incentive or performance bonus.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Committee ” means the committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company to administer the Plan. As of the date of the adoption of the Plan, the Committee shall be the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Company ” means ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

Deferral Account ” means the bookkeeping account pursuant to which the Company records amounts deferred by the Executive under the Plan.

Effective Date ” means January 1, 2005.

Executive ” means an employee of the Company or any subsidiary who is a member of senior management and is identified as a key employee.

Plan ” means this Amended and Restated ARAMARK 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan.

Plan Administrator ” means the individual(s) appointed by the Committee for purposes of determining eligibility to make deferrals under the Plan and administering deferral elections under the Plan.

Plan Year ” means the fiscal year of the Company; provided that the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on October 1, 2005 shall be the initial Plan Year.

Salary ” means an Executive’s base salary, wages and sales commissions (but excludes bonuses, overtime pay, or incentive pay) earned by the Executive from the Company or a subsidiary.


Unforeseeable Emergency ” means a severe financial hardship to the Executive resulting from an illness or accident of the Executive, the Executive’s spouse or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Executive, loss of the Executive’s property due to casualty or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Executive.

 

III. ELIGIBILITY

The Plan Administrator shall determine, in its sole discretion, the Executives eligible to participate in the Plan for purposes of deferring Salary and/or Bonuses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Executive who, immediately prior to the Effective Date, was a participating executive making deferrals under the ARAMARK 2001 Deferred Compensation Plan, shall be eligible to participate in this Plan on the Effective Date and to make deferrals of Salary and/or Bonus, as applicable, earned in respect of periods on and after the Effective Time.

 

IV. DEFERRAL PROVISIONS

Salary and/or Bonuses may be deferred under this Plan pursuant to rules and procedures established from time to time by the Committee, provided that such rules and procedures meet the applicable requirements under Section 409A of the Code. Such rules and procedures may establish, among other things: (1) deadlines for filing deferral elections under the Plan, (2) any applicable limits on the amount of Salary and Bonus that may be deferred under the Plan, (3) any applicable limits on the period or length of deferrals, (4) any conditions and limitations on changing or revoking deferral elections during a Plan Year, including applicable penalties, and (5) any conditions and limitations on withdrawals and distributions while the Executive’s deferral election remains in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Executives who first become eligible to participate in this Plan on the Effective Date as a result of the Executive’s participation in the ARAMARK 2001 Deferred Compensation Plan, such Executive’s elections under that ARAMARK 2001 Deferred Compensation Plan, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall continue to apply under this Plan with respect to Salary and/or Bonuses, as applicable, earned in respect of periods on and after the Effective Date to the extent consistent with the rules and procedures under the Plan until changed by the Executive in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Plan.

 

V. EARNINGS ON DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS

Deferral Accounts shall be credited with earnings, losses, interest, or other forms of investment return pursuant to rules and procedures adopted by the Committee, in its sole discretion. Deferrals shall be deemed to begin to accrue earnings as of the date they would otherwise have been paid to the Executive.

 

VI. PAYMENT PROVISIONS

Payment of deferrals shall be made pursuant to rules and procedures established from time to time by the Committee.

 

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VII. Hardship Withdrawals

The Committee may establish rules and procedures permitting Executives to withdraw all or a portion of the amount then credited to the Executive’s Deferral Account solely due to the Unforeseeable Emergency, to the extent permitted under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Code, if approved by the Committee in its sole discretion. The amounts distributed due to an Unforeseeable Emergency cannot exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Executive’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship). The Committee may delegate responsibility for administering and reviewing hardship withdrawal requests to one or more individuals.

 

VIII. NO ASSIGNMENT OR ALIENATION OF BENEFITS

Except as hereinafter provided, amounts deferred under this Plan may not be voluntarily or involuntarily assigned, pledged, or alienated. Unless required by law, no execution or attachment of any amount that becomes payable pursuant to any provision of this Plan shall be valid or recognized by the Company.

 

IX. NO RIGHT TO COMPANY ASSETS

Amounts credited to the Executive’s Deferral Account will not be held by the Company in trust, escrow, or similar fiduciary capacity, and benefits paid under the Plan shall be paid from general funds of the Company. Neither the Executive, a beneficiary, nor any legal representative will have any right against the Company with respect to any portion of the Deferral Account or any assets of the Company or any subsidiary, except as a general, unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

X. ADMINISTRATION

A. The Committee shall administer the Plan and shall be the sole interpreter and arbiter of this Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may delegate to other persons such of its functions as it deems appropriate. The Committee has the right to amend the Plan’s provisions at any time, provided that such amendments do not (1) decrease the balance of the Executive’s Deferral Account at the time of such amendment, or (2) retroactively decrease the applicable rate of interest, earnings or other investment return prior to the time of such amendment. The individuals serving on the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from any and all liability, costs, and expenses, arising out of any action taken by any member with respect to the Plan to the maximum extent permitted by law.

B. Deferral forms, payment elections and other forms utilized under the Plan shall be in the form approved by the Executive Vice President, Human Resources.

C. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time amend or terminate the Plan as to all or any group of Executives. If the Plan is terminated, the affected Executive’s Deferral Account will be distributed over the period elected by the Executive.

 

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XI. MISCELLANEOUS

A. The rights and obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries under this Plan shall be binding on their successors and assigns.

B. This Plan shall not confer upon any person any right to be continued in the employment of the Company or any subsidiary.

C. In the event any provision of the Plan is held invalid, void or unenforceable, the same shall not affect, in any respect, the validity of the other provisions of the Plan.

D. The Company is authorized to withhold amounts necessary to satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding requirements and social security or other employee tax requirements applicable with respect to the deferral or payment of amounts hereunder.

E. This Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code. In furtherance thereof, no payments may be accelerated under the Plan other than to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code. To the extent that any provision of the Plan violates Section 409A of the Code such that amounts would be taxable to an Executive prior to payment or would otherwise subject an Executive to a penalty tax under Section 409A, such provision shall be automatically reformed or stricken to preserve the intent hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if at the time of an Executive’s separation from service with the Company the Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (and any related regulations or other pronouncements thereunder) and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such separation from service is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company shall defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until the date that is six months following the Executive’s separation from service (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code) and (ii) if any other payments due to an Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Committee, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. The Committee shall implement the provisions of this Section XI(E) in good faith; provided that neither the Company, the Committee, nor any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ employees or representatives shall have any liability to Executives with respect to this Section XI(E).

F. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for a select group of management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA and therefore to be exempt from Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA.

 

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G. The Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflicts of law provisions thereof, except to the extent pre-empted by ERISA.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

Amended and Restated ARAMARK Savings Incentive Retirement Plan

(A Successor Plan to the “ARAMARK 2005 Stock Unit Retirement Plan”)

Effective as of February 6, 2007

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I.

  Definitions and Construction.    2

ARTICLE II.

  Participation.    5

ARTICLE III.

  Employee Salary Deferrals.    7

ARTICLE IV.

  Matching Contributions.    7

ARTICLE V.

  Accounts and Investment Treatment of Deferred Compensation.    8

ARTICLE VI.

  Distribution on Separation from Service.    8

ARTICLE VII.

  Withdrawals During Employment.    9

ARTICLE VIII.

  Breaks in Service.    9

ARTICLE IX.

  Administration.    10

ARTICLE X.

  No Segregation of Assets    11

ARTICLE XI.

  Amendment and Termination.    11

ARTICLE XII.

  Miscellaneous.    11


ARTICLE I. Definitions and Construction .

1.1 Definitions . Whenever used in this Plan:

Account means any account established for a Participant as provided in Section 5.1.

Account Balance means for each Participant, the total balance standing to the Participant’s Accounts under the Plan at the date of reference.

Affiliate means, with respect to any Company, (a) any corporation (other than such Company) that is a member of a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code), of which such Company is a member; (b) any other related corporation designated as an affiliate by the Parent Company; or (c) an organization which is a member of an affiliated service group of which the Company is a member.

Age means age on last birthday.

Approved Form means the form or online process provided, in a manner prescribed by the Committee, for a particular purpose.

ARAMARK means ARAMARK Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Basic Salary Deferrals means, for each Participant, the deferrals authorized by the Participant in accordance with Section 3.1(a).

Break in Service means, for an Employee or a former Employee, a period of at least twelve consecutive months during which such individual is not an Employee. Employees shall be given credit for periods of employment with Parent Company and its Affiliates (and any respective predecessor entities) prior to the Merger.

Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the ARAMARK Holdings Corporation 2007 Management Stock Incentive Plan.

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Committee means the Committee described in Section 9.2.

Company means, each with respect to its own employees, ARAMARK and such subsidiary or affiliated companies as may from time to time participate in the Plan by authorization of the Parent Company.

Compensation means, for any Eligible Employee for any Plan Year, such Eligible Employee’s annual base salary and sales commissions (including amounts allocable to paid time off for vacations, holidays, sick leave, and salary deferrals under the ARAMARK 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan and excluding overtime, shift differentials, commissions other than sales commissions, pay allowances, deferred compensation, bonuses and related benefits) earned from the Company and paid to the Employee, computed before reduction by Salary Deferrals under Section 3.1 of this Plan.

Covered Employee means an Employee employed by the Company or an Affiliate on a salaried basis who is not (a) an employee employed by a joint venture in which the Company is a joint venturer, or (b) a person in a position designated by the Company or Affiliate as a “Consultant.” An Employee who is neither a United States citizen nor a United States resident shall not become a Covered Employee and any employee

 

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who is a citizen of a country outside of the U.S. who is currently participating in one of the Company’s or its affiliate’s retirement or pension benefit plan in such country shall not be permitted to participate in this Plan while participating in such other plan.

Early Retirement means, for any Employee, (a) attainment of Age 60 and completion of five or more Years of Service, or (b) incurrence of a total and permanent disability within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code.

Effective Date means February 6, 2007.

Eligible Employee means a Covered Employee who is eligible to make contributions under the Plan as provided in Article II.

Employee means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate.

Employment Date means, for each Employee, the first day on which the Employee completes an hour for which the Employee is paid or entitled to payment, direct or indirect, from the Company or Affiliate (or the former ARAMARK Corporation or one of its Affiliates, if the Employee was employed by ARAMARK Corporation or one of its Affiliates prior to the Merger), for the performance of duties. If an Employee’s Years of Service are canceled under Section 8.1 and cannot be restored (because the Employee cannot satisfy the requirement of Section 8.1(b)), the Employee’s Employment Date shall be the first day thereafter on which the Employee completes such an hour.

Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Parent Company.

Key Employee means any individual approved for participation in this Plan and who is a management or highly compensated employee.

Matching Contributions Account means, for each Participant, the Account established under Section 5.3 to credit the Company’s contributions under Section 4.1.

Merger means the merger of RMK Acquisition Corporation, RMK Finance LLC and ARAMARK Corporation which occurred on January 26, 2007.

Normal Retirement means, for any Employee, attainment of Age 65.

Parent Company means ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

Participant means an Employee or former Employee who has an Account Balance under the Plan.

Period of Service means, for any Employee, the elapsed time between the Employee’s Employment Date and the date of reference, inclusive, disregarding any Break in Service or any period during which such individual is not an Employee to the extent such period falls within a period of at least twelve consecutive months in which the Employee has a Separation from Service by reason of resignation, discharge, or retirement and completes no hours for which the Employee is paid or entitled to payment, direct or indirect, for the performance of duties. Where any portion of an Employee’s Period of Service is to be disregarded in determining Years of Service so that non-successive periods must be aggregated, less than whole year periods shall be aggregated on the basis that 365 days equal a whole year. Employees shall be given credit for periods of employment with the former ARAMARK Corporation or one of its Affiliates prior to the Merger.

 

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Period of Severance means, for any former Employee, the elapsed time between the former Employee’s Separation from Service and the date the former Employee again becomes an Employee.

Plan means the Amended and Restated ARAMARK Savings Incentive Retirement Plan.

Plan Administrative Committee means the Committee described in Article IX which is charged with the responsibilities of administering the Plan in accordance with the Rules. As of the Effective Date, the Corporate Governance and Human Resources Committee shall be the Plan Administrative Committee.

Plan Year means each twelve-consecutive-month period ending on September 30.

Prior Plans means the Amended and Restated ARAMARK 2001 Stock Unit Retirement Plan and the ARAMARK 2005 Stock Unit Retirement Plan.

Qualified Retirement Plan means any retirement plan maintained by the Company that is qualified under Code Section 401(a).

Retirement Savings Plan means the ARAMARK Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees, a Qualified Retirement Plan under which contributions are made pursuant to Code Section 401(k).

Rules means the rules adopted by the Plan Administrative Committee relating to the administration of the Plan.

Salary Deferral Account means, for each Participant, the Account established for crediting the portion of the Participant’s Account Balance attributable to Salary Deferrals as provided in Section 5.1.

Salary Deferral Percentage(s) means the percentage(s) of a Participant’s Compensation that the Participant elects to defer under Section 3.1(a) and/or 3.1(b).

Salary Deferrals means, for each Participant, the deferrals authorized by the Participant as provided in Section 3.1(a) and/or 3.1(b).

Separation from Service means termination of an Employee’s status as an Employee (which for these purposes also shall relate to the Employee’s status as an employee of any Company or predecessor entity thereto, determined in accordance with Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. To the extent consistent with Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code, a Separation from Service shall be measured from the earlier of (a) the date the Employee terminates employment, or (b) the first anniversary of the first day of a leave of absence for any other reason. In the case of an Employee who is absent from work for maternity or paternity reasons, the twelve-consecutive month period beginning on the first anniversary of the first date of such absence shall not constitute a Break in Service. For purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence due to pregnancy of the Employee; a birth of a child to the Employee; placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child by the Employee; or care for such child for the period beginning immediately following birth or placement.

Sharing Participant means, for any Plan Year, a person who is an Eligible Employee on the last day of the Plan Year (or is absent for reasons not constituting a Separation from Service); or who has died during the Plan Year while an Eligible Employee of the Company; or who has retired on account of Early or Normal Retirement; or who was an Eligible Employee during the Plan Year and who is an Employee (other than an Eligible Employee) on the last day of the Plan Year, provided, however, that such Employee’s Compensation shall be determined by reference to the Employee’s Compensation paid during the Employee’s service as an Eligible Employee. The term Sharing Participant shall not include any Employee who has not yet completed one Year of Service.

 

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Specified Employee means a Participant who is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code.

Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.

Year of Participation means, for any Employee, twelve consecutive months during which the Employee is a participant under this Plan, any Prior Plan or any twelve consecutive month period during which the Employee participated in any Qualified Retirement Plan.

Year of Service refers to a credit used to determine whether a Participant is eligible for a Company contribution or has sufficient service to have a nonforfeitable interest in the Participant’s Account Balance attributable to the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account. Each Employee shall be credited with a number of Years of Service equal to the length of the Participant’s Period of Service, except that the following shall be disregarded:

(a) any Break in Service (including any period immediately following a Separation from Service which has lasted less than twelve months as of the date of reference but ultimately does last at least twelve months); and

(b) any period for which the Employee’s Years of Service are canceled under Section 8.3 and are not restored under that Section.

1.2 Gender . The masculine gender shall include the feminine.

1.3 Notices . Any notice or filing to be made with the Committee or any Company shall be made in accordance with the Rules.

ARTICLE II. Participation .

2.1 Eligible Employees . Each Covered Employee who was eligible to participate in the Prior Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date also shall be eligible to participate in this Plan as of the Effective Date. Each other Covered Employee who satisfies the following requirements shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the date the Covered Employee first satisfies such requirements:

(a) the Employee is identified as a Key Employee, and

(b) the Employee is in active employment.

Covered Employees who satisfy the foregoing requirements shall be eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of the month following one full calendar month during which the Covered Employee meets the requirements.

2.2 Participation . Participation in the Plan by an Eligible Employee is entirely voluntary and is subject to the following rules:

(a) Participation on Effective Date of Employees who Participated in Prior Plans . Each Employee who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan as of the Effective Date as a result of such Employee’s participation in the Prior Plans, as described in Section 2.1 above, shall be deemed to have elected to participate in this Plan as of the Effective Date, and such Employee’s elections under the Prior Plans, including any Salary Deferral elections and beneficiary designations, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall continue to apply under this Plan until changed by the Participant in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. Any other Eligible Employee that did not participate as of the Effective Date may elect to participate at a later date, in accordance with the provisions of this Plan, by completing and submitting an Approved Form, provided such individual is an Eligible Employee at such later date.

 

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(b) Participation on or after Effective Date of Newly-Eligible Employees . Any Employee who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan on or after the Effective Date may elect to participate at any time prior to the 30th day after the Employee completes the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1, to the extent permitted under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-2(a)(7); provided, such Employee is an Eligible Employee at the time the Employee elects to participate.

(c) Participation on or after Effective Date of all Other Employees . Each Eligible Employee that does not become a Participant under Section 2.2(a) or (b) may elect to become a Participant as of the first day of any succeeding calendar year by electing to make deferrals as set forth in Article III.

(d) Effective Date of Participation . The effective date of an Employee’s participation in the Plan shall be the first day of the payroll period immediately following the date an Eligible Employee files notice with the Plan Administrative Committee and becomes eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 2.2(a), (b) or (c) above.

(e) Continuation of Participation . If an Employee who becomes a participant of this Plan ceases to be a Key Employee, the Employee’s eligibility for continued participation in this Plan shall be subject to the Rules.

(f) No Duplication of Participation . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, any Employee who is eligible to participate in a Qualified Retirement Plan shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan for the same period.

(g) Exceptions to Participation Requirements . The Plan Administrative Committee, acting in accordance with the Rules, may waive the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1 with respect to any individuals the Committee specifically designates.

2.3 Beneficiary Designation . Each Participant shall designate the beneficiary or beneficiaries who shall receive the death benefit, if any, payable under Section 6.2. Such designation shall be made by filing an Approved Form for that purpose in accordance with the Rules. A Participant who previously had participated in the Prior Plan shall be deemed to have designated the beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Prior Plan as his or her beneficiary under this Plan unless and until such Participant shall have made a subsequent designation of a beneficiary. A Participant may also revoke or change a beneficiary designation at any time by filing an Approved Form in accordance with the Rules. If a Participant fails to elect a beneficiary, or is not survived by a designated beneficiary, the Participant’s beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate.

 

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ARTICLE III. Employee Salary Deferrals.

3.1 Salary Deferrals .

(a) Salary Deferrals . Under an election procedure established by the Committee, each Eligible Employee who is participating in the Plan may direct the Company to defer a percentage of the Eligible Employee’s Compensation. The amount of the Salary Deferrals under this Section for an Eligible Employee shall be at least 1% of the Eligible Employee’s Compensation for the period to which the election applies, and may, in multiples of 1%, be up to 25% (or such higher percentage as the Parent Company may select from time to time) of the Eligible Employee’s Compensation.

(b) Notice to Plan Administrative Committee . An Eligible Employee who wishes to defer Compensation under this Section for any period shall, in the manner specified in the Rules, so notify the Plan Administrative Committee and authorize the Committee to reduce the Eligible Employee’s Compensation for such period by the amount of the Eligible Employee’s Salary Deferral Percentage election provided, however, that except as provided in Section 2.2(a) such Eligible Employee’s election to defer such Compensation must be made not later than the close of the preceding calendar year, unless the Eligible Employee first becomes a participant pursuant to Section 2.2(b), in which case such Eligible Employee must make an election to defer any as yet unearned Compensation at any time prior to the 30th day after the date such Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan.

3.2 Change in Contributions . A Participant is not permitted to stop, increase, decrease or resume the Participant’s Salary Deferral Percentage(s) during the calendar year, unless the Participant has incurred a Separation from Service or the Participant is no longer eligible to participate in the Plan, in which case the Participant’s Salary Deferrals will immediately cease (to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code).

ARTICLE IV. Matching Contributions .

4.1 Amount of Contributions . As soon as administratively practicable after the end of each Plan Year, the Parent Company may make a discretionary matching contribution (“Matching Contributions”) to the Matching Contributions Accounts of Sharing Participants of between a minimum of 25% and a maximum of 75% of such Sharing Participants’ Salary Deferrals for such Plan Year, excluding:

(a) Salary Deferrals made by the Sharing Participant prior to such Sharing Participant’s completion of one Year of Service;

(b) Salary Deferrals in excess of the first 6% of a Participant’s Compensation for any payroll period; and

(c) Salary Deferrals in excess of the maximum elective deferrals permitted under a qualified cash or deferred plan pursuant to Section 401(g) of the Code for the calendar year in which the Plan Year ends.

The percentage of Salary Deferrals on which the amount of Matching Contributions is to be based shall be the matching percentage contributed by the Parent Company to the Retirement Savings Plan for the same Fiscal Year.

4.2 Allocations to Participants . Matching Contributions made with respect to a Plan Year shall be credited only to the Matching Contributions Account of each Participant who is a Sharing Participant for the Plan Year based upon the Participant’s Salary Deferral for such Plan Year.

 

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ARTICLE V. Accounts and Investment Treatment of Deferred Compensation.

5.1 Credits to Participants’ Accounts . Accounts shall be established for each Participant. Each Participant’s Salary Deferrals shall be credited to the Participant’s Salary Deferral Account and each Participant’s Matching Contributions shall be credited to the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account.

5.2 Interest Credited to Salary Deferrals . Any amount credited to either a Participant’s Salary Deferral Account and Matching Contributions Account shall accrue interest in the manner specified by the Committee in accordance with the Rules.

5.3 Valuation of Salary Deferral and Matching Contributions Accounts . As of the last day of each month or such shorter period as is specified by the Plan Administrative Committee in accordance with the Rules, all interest accrued during that period shall be credited to the Salary Deferral Accounts and Matching Contributions Accounts of Participants.

5.4 Effect of Distributions or Withdrawals . If a distribution or withdrawal is made, the payment determination date shall be the last day of the month (or such shorter period as is specified by the Plan Administrative Committee in accordance with the Rules) in which the distribution is due or the withdrawal is requested. The Participant’s appropriate Account or Accounts shall be reduced by the amount distributed or withdrawn. Subject to Section 6.5, a distribution or withdrawal shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable and, in any case, no more than 30 days after the payment determination date. The amount due any Participant with respect to the Participant’s Salary Deferral Account and Matching Contributions Account shall be determined by the valuation under Section 5.3.

ARTICLE VI. Distribution on Separation from Service .

6.1 Termination of Employment on Account of Retirement, After Completion of Two Years of Participation or Three Years of Service, or Following a Change in Control . A Participant’s entire Account Balance may be payable to the Participant, in accordance with Section 6.5, following a Separation from Service but only if such Separation from Service: (a) is on account of Early or Normal Retirement, (b) except as provided in Section 6.4 below, occurs after the Participant has completed two or more Years of Participation or has been credited with three or more Years of Service, or (c) occurs on or after, or results in a distribution on or after, a Change in Control.

6.2 Death . Upon the death of a Participant at any time, the Participant’s entire Account Balance shall be payable, in accordance with Section 6.5, to the beneficiary designated or otherwise applicable pursuant to Section 2.3.

6.3 Termination of Employment Prior to Completing Two Years of Participation or Three Years of Service and Prior to a Change in Control . Except as provided in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, a Participant who ceases to be an Employee before completing two Years of Participation or before receiving credit for three or more Years of Service shall be paid the Participant’s entire Account Balance other than the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account, which shall be forfeited, in accordance with Section 6.5.

6.4 Separation from Service for Cause . A Participant who ceases to be an Employee receiving credit for three or more Years of Service and whose Separation from Service is on account of “cause,” i.e., commission of a crime or other conduct which directly and adversely affects the Company, or disclosure of confidential information, or other aid and assistance to a competitor of the Company, shall be paid the Participant’s entire Account Balance other than the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account, which shall be forfeited, in accordance with Section 6.5. The determination of cause under this Section shall be made by the Committee, and shall be final and binding on all parties. This Section 6.4 shall have no effect following a Change in Control.

 

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6.5 Method of Payment . Payment of any Accounts upon a distribution or withdrawal shall be made in accordance with Section 5.4. Distribution of a Participant’s Accounts may be made in a lump sum cash payment or in installments pursuant to a valid election made by the Participant in accordance with Sections 3.1 and 9.2 and the Rules. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, distributions to Specified Employees, may not be made before the date that is six (6) months after such Specified Employee’s Separation from Service.

6.6 Small Balances . Balances of less than $10,000 at time of termination (including amounts deferred under any other non-qualified deferred compensation plan that is aggregated with the SIRP under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(c)(2)) are issued in a lump sum cash distribution as soon as administratively possible following termination of employment, regardless of any other distribution election on file; provided, that distributions to “specified employees” (as defined under Section 409A) may not be made before the date that is six months after such specified employee’s termination of employment unless the termination of employment is due to the employee’s death.

ARTICLE VII. Withdrawals During Employment .

7.1 Withdrawal of Salary Deferral Account . A Participant may make withdrawals from the Participant’s Salary Deferral Account solely due to the occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency if approved by the Plan Administrative Committee in its sole discretion, to the extent such withdrawal is permitted under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Code. The Participant shall certify in writing to the Plan Administrative Committee that the purpose of the withdrawal is due to an Unforeseeable Emergency and shall provide such documentation to that effect as may be requested by the Plan Administrative Committee to assist it in its determination. The amounts distributed due to an Unforeseeable Emergency cannot exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship).

7.2 Withdrawal of Matching Contributions Account . A Participant is not permitted to withdraw any amounts from the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account while still an Employee.

ARTICLE VIII. Breaks in Service .

8.1 Cancellation of Years of Service . An Employee’s Years of Service and Years of Participation shall be canceled for purposes of computing the Employee’s nonforfeitable interest in the Employee’s Account Balance under Articles VI and VII if the Employee has a Separation from Service before the Employee has met the requirements for Early or Normal Retirement, and before the Employee is credited with two Years of Participation, or three Years of Service. If a former Employee again becomes an Employee the Employee’s Years of Service and Years of Participation shall be restored if the Employee becomes an Employee before incurring five consecutive Breaks in Service, or if the Employee was at any time a Participant in the Plan, and

(a) the Employee is credited with a Year of Service after the Employee’s prior Years of Service were canceled; and

(b) the Employee had to the Employee’s credit when the Employee’s Years of Service were canceled a Period of Service longer than the Employee’s longest Period of Severance that follows the date the Employee’s Years of Service were canceled.

 

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ARTICLE IX. Administration .

9.1 Overall Responsibility . Parent Company, acting by resolution of its Board of Directors or of a duly authorized Committee, shall have overall responsibility and authority for the Plan including control and management of the Accounts of the Plan, design of the Plan, the right to amend the Plan, the exercise of all administrative functions provided in the Plan or necessary to the operation of the Plan, except such functions as are assigned to other persons pursuant to the Plan.

9.2 Committee .

(a) Appointment and Tenure . Parent Company shall appoint a Plan Administrative Committee, which shall consist of not less than three members, each of whom (1) shall be a member of the Board of Directors of the Parent Company, and (2) shall be a non-employee director (within the meaning of Section (c) (2) of SEC Rule 16b-3, or any successor provision). The Committee shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board of Directors of Parent Company, and such Board of Directors shall fill all vacancies on the Committee. As of the Effective Date, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the ARAMARK Holdings Corporation Board of Directors shall serve as the Plan Administrative Committee.

(b) Administrator of the Plan . The Plan Administrative Committee shall be sole administrator of the Plan and as such have sole responsibility and authority to control the operation and administration of the Plan, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) determination of benefit eligibility and amount and certification thereof, (ii) issuance of directions to pay any fees, taxes, charges, or other costs incidental to the operation and management by the administrator of the Plan; (iii) issuance of directions as to the cash needs of the Plan; (iv) the preparation and filing of all reports required to be filed with any agency of the government; (v) compliance with all disclosure requirements imposed by law; (vi) maintenance of all books of account, records and other data as may be necessary for proper administration of the Plan, (vii) approval of the amount of employer contribution referred to in Section 4.1, provided, however, that the Plan Administrative Committee may delegate to other persons such of its functions (other than (vii) above) as it deems appropriate.

(c) Rules of Administration . The Plan Administrative Committee shall adopt such Rules and regulations for administration of the Plan as it considers desirable, provided they do not conflict with the Plan, and may construe the Plan, correct defects, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies to the extent necessary to effectuate the Plan and such action shall be conclusive.

(d) Claims Procedure . The Committee shall adopt a written procedure whereunder a Participant or beneficiary shall appeal any denial of benefits claimed to be due such Participant or beneficiary.

(e) Compensation and Expenses . The members of the Committee shall serve without compensation for services as such, but all normal and reasonable expenses of the Committee shall be paid by ARAMARK.

(f) Reliance on Reports and Certificate . The Committee will be entitled to rely conclusively upon all tables, valuations, certificates, opinions and reports which will be furnished by any accountant, controller, counsel, or other person who is employed or engaged for such purposes.

(g) Liability and Responsibility of Committee . The members of the Committee shall be fully protected in respect to any action taken or suffered by them in good faith in reliance upon the advice of its advisors. To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify members of the Committee against

 

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any liability or loss sustained by reason of any act or failure to act in such capacity as Committee members, if such act or failure to act does not involve willful misconduct. Such indemnification includes attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses reasonably incurred in defense of any action brought against such members by reason of any such act or failure to act. No bond or other security shall be required of any member of the Committee.

(h) The Plan Administrative Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Participants to change their deferral elections under the Plan without meeting the conditions set forth above provided that such deferral election changes comply with transitional relief rules or other regulations promulgated by the Treasury Department under Section 409A.

9.3 Forms. Deferral forms, payment elections and other forms utilized under the Plan shall be in the form approved by the Executive Vice President, Human Resources.

9.4 Services of the Plan . Parent Company and the Committee may contract for legal, investment advisory, medical, accounting, clerical, and other services to carry out the Plan. The costs of such services shall be paid by ARAMARK.

9.5 Liability for Administration . Neither the Committee, the Company, Parent Company, nor any of its directors, officers, or employees shall be liable for any loss due to its error or omission in administration of the Plan unless the loss is due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be charged.

ARTICLE X. No Segregation of Assets

The Plan shall at all times be entirely unfunded and no provision shall at any time be made with respect to segregating assets of the Company, or any Affiliate, for payment of any benefits hereunder. No Participant or other person shall have any interest in any particular assets of the Company by reason of the right to receive a benefit under the Plan and any such Participant or other person shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of ARAMARK with respect to any rights under the Plan.

ARTICLE XI. Amendment and Termination .

11.1 Amendment or Termination of Plan . The Board of Directors of the Parent Company may amend or terminate the Plan at any time, to the extent permitted under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix). Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective upon a Change in Control, no amendment or termination of the Plan shall modify, without the consent of the affected Participants, any provision relating to amounts contributed or deferred under the Plan on or prior to the Change in Control.

11.2 Sale of Affiliate . In the event that a Participant in this Plan ceases to be an Employee by reason of the sale or spin-off of an Affiliate that constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of, such Affiliate under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v), such Participant shall be treated as a terminated employee and distribution of the Participant’s Account Balance under this Plan shall be made in accordance with Article VI.

ARTICLE XII. Miscellaneous .

12.1 No Assignment or Alienation of Benefits . Except as hereinafter provided with respect to domestic relations orders (as defined in Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code), a Participant’s Account may not be

 

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voluntarily or involuntarily assigned or alienated. In cases of domestic relations orders, the Company will observe the terms of the Plan unless or until ordered to do otherwise by a state or Federal court. As a condition of participation, a Participant agrees to hold the Company harmless from any claims that arise out of the Company’s obeying the final order of any state or Federal court, whether such order effects a judgment of such court or is issued to enforce a judgment or order of another court. In addition, for application only to Plan Participants subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the requirements of SEC Rule 16a-12 (or any successor provision) are specifically incorporated herein by reference.

12.2 Effect on Employment . This Plan shall not confer upon any person any right to be continued in the employment of the Company or an Affiliate.

12.3 Facility of Payment . If ARAMARK deems any person incapable of receiving benefits to which such person is entitled by reason of age of minority, illness, infirmity, or other incapacity, it may direct that payment be made directly for the benefit of such person or to any person selected by ARAMARK to disburse it, whose receipt shall be a complete acquittance therefore. Such payments shall, to the extent thereof, discharge all liability of ARAMARK, the Company, and the party making the payment.

12.4 Tax Withholding . Distributions from the Plan may be subject to tax withholding for Federal, state, and local taxes. Participant, by agreeing to participate in the Plan, consents to the timely withholding of such taxes, either through a reduction in the amount of the distribution, withholding from other amounts payable by Company to Participant, including salary and bonus payments, or by payment to ARAMARK in cash of an appropriate amount in taxes.

12.5 Applicable Law . Except as provided by Federal law, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

12.6 Effective Date . The foregoing provisions of this Plan shall apply to individuals (or beneficiaries of individuals) who are Employees on or after the Effective Date, except as may otherwise be provided in the Plan. The rights of any other individual (or beneficiary) shall be determined by the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the date of such individual’s latest Separation from Service except as may be provided by specific reference in any amendment adopted thereafter.

12.7 SEC Rule 16b-3 . Transactions pursuant to this Plan are intended to come within the exemptions provided by SEC Rule 16b-3 (or any successor provision) with respect to persons who are subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to the full extent provided thereby. Any provision required by such Rule to be set forth in this Plan is incorporated herein by reference, and any inconsistent provision herein (other than Section 11.1) is superseded.

12.8 Deferred Compensation Provisions . This Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code. In furtherance thereof, no payments may be accelerated under the Plan other than to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code. To the extent that any provision of the Plan violates Section 409A of the Code such that amounts would be taxable to a Participant prior to payment or would otherwise subject a Participant to a penalty tax under Section 409A, such provision shall be automatically reformed or stricken to preserve the intent hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if at the time of a Participant’s Separation from Service the Participant is a Specified Employee and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such Separation from Service is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company shall defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Participant) until the

 

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date that is six months following the Participant’s Separation from Service (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code) and (ii) if any other payments due to a Participant hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Committee, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. The Committee shall implement the provisions of this Section 12.8 in good faith; provided that neither the Company, the Committee, nor any of the Company’s or its Affiliates’ employees or representatives shall have any liability to Participants with respect to this Section 12.8.

 

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Exhibit 10.5

SURVIVOR INCOME PROTECTION PLAN

The Survivor Income Protection Plan is available to you in lieu of Term Life Insurance. It provides your surviving spouse or domestic partner and dependent children with protection against financial difficulties in the event of your death. Subject to certain restrictions and offsets, the Plan pays a percentage of your base salary for up to ten years to your eligible survivors. Note that benefits are paid from ARAMARK Corporation general company assets and not from an insured policy. You have no right to continue coverage following termination of employment.

ELIGIBILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE

You must be a member of the Executive Leadership Council (unless you have retired from the Company at age 65 or older after five or more years of service).

If you die at age 65 or later, the Plan requires that you also have at least five years of service with the ARAMARK Corporation or its subsidiaries or affiliates (“ARAMARK” or the “Company”). “Service” includes your employment with ARAMARK prior to your Executive Leadership Council membership.

Enrollment is contingent upon two factors:

 

   

you sign and return the standard Executive Leadership Council Agreement Relating to Employment and Post Employment Competition, and

 

   

you complete any enrollment/acknowledgment forms as well as participate in and satisfy any medical examination the insurance carrier which in part underwrites this benefit requires.

DEATH BENEFITS

The Plan provides for two levels of benefits based on your age.

Benefits If Death Occurs Before Age 65

If you die before reaching age 65 and you are still working for ARAMARK, your eligible survivors would receive for the first year following your death a benefit equal to 100% of your base salary from ARAMARK (excluding bonus, commissions) at the time of death; thereafter, annual benefits will equal 50% of your base salary. The total series of payments are made for up to 10 years. Your eligible survivor(s) will receive benefit payments in equal monthly installments.

For example: If your salary was $210,000 at the time of death, the first year benefit under this Plan would be $210,000 or $17,500 per month. In years 2 through 10, your survivor(s) would receive $105,000 per year ($8,750 per month), bringing the total potential benefit payments to your survivor(s) to $1,155,000.

 

   

This first year payment will be offset by up to 1 times salary which is paid pursuant to your ARAMARK Line of Business (“LOB”) basic life insurance plan. This offset will be applied to your eligible survivor(s)’ benefit calculation under this Plan, even if the ARAMARK LOB group life insurance beneficiary is different than the eligible survivor(s) under this Plan.

Eligible Survivors

Benefits will be paid only to these survivor(s) in the following order:

 

   

your spouse or domestic partner, and

 

   

your surviving dependent children in equal shares and the survivor of them.

Your spouse is eligible for survivor benefits if not legally separated from you at the time of your death, or if a common-law spouse, if recognized as such by law in the state where you live at the time of your death, or your domestic partner, if you meet the definition of a Domestic Partner.


ARAMARK reserves the right to request proof of the domestic partnership relationship.

Your child is considered an eligible dependent survivor if:

 

   

he or she was primarily supported (50% or more) by you immediately prior to your death, and is under age 19 and unmarried (or if age 19-25, is a full-time student at an accredited educational institution), or

 

   

he or she was primarily supported (50% or more) by you immediately prior to your death and is physically or mentally handicapped, regardless of his or her age. The child will continue to be considered a dependent as long as he or she remains handicapped.

Children include natural born children, legally adopted and foster children, stepchildren, or any other children under your legal guardianship. In the event of divorce, determination of coverage will be made according to court decree, if such is addressed.

Duration of Benefits

The duration of benefits depends on your age and your family composition at the time of your death:

 

   

At the time of your death, if you had a surviving spouse or domestic partner but no eligible or surviving dependent child or children, ARAMARK will pay the monthly survivor benefits to your spouse or domestic partner until the earliest of:

 

   

your spouse’s or domestic partner’s death,

 

   

10 years have elapsed since your death, or

 

   

the first day of the month following the date you would have reached age 65.

 

   

At the time of your death, if you had a surviving spouse or domestic partner and an eligible, surviving dependent child or children, ARAMARK will pay the monthly survivor benefits to your spouse or domestic partner during their lifetime, then to the dependent child or children (or the survivor of them) until the earliest of:

 

   

the first day of the month following the date that the youngest child’s dependent status ends,

 

   

10 years have elapsed since your death, or

 

   

the first day of the month following the date you would have reached age 65.

If your spouse or domestic partner is living when your youngest child’s dependent status ends, benefits will be paid to your spouse or domestic partner as described in the first bullet point above.

 

   

At the time of your death, if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner but there is an eligible, surviving dependent child or children, the monthly survivor benefits will be paid to the dependent child or children (or the survivor of them) in equal shares until the earliest of:

 

   

the first day of the month following the date that the youngest child’s dependent status ends,

 

   

10 years have elapsed since your death, or

 

   

the first day of the month following the date you would have reached age 65.

Form of Payout

In the event you die prior to age 65, benefits will be paid monthly to the beneficiaries as previously described. Your ARAMARK LOB group life insurance amount (used as an offset in this Plan) will be paid in accordance with that plan.

Benefits If You Die or Retire at Age 65 or Over

Effective for participants who attain the age of 65 on or after August 8, 2007, once you reach age 65 and have at least 5 or more years of service with ARAMARK (service is not limited to Council membership and includes

 

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past service related to acquisitions), you become eligible for a post-age 65 benefit equal to one times your base salary payable at death or, if you retire, in January of the calendar year following the year of your retirement. In the event that your benefit becomes payable upon your retirement and you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code at that time, this benefit will be paid to you at the later of:

 

   

January of the calendar year following the year of your retirement; or

 

   

six months following the date of your retirement.

This benefit is not offset by any benefits paid under your ARAMARK LOB basic life insurance plan.

The post-age 65 benefit will not be available under this Plan if you have not reached the 5 years of service requirement with ARAMARK. However, if you continue working and subsequently attain the 5 years of service, you then will become eligible for the post-age 65 benefit.

EXCLUSIONS

Death resulting from any of the following causes will eliminate any potential benefits under the Survivor Income Protection Plan:

 

   

intentional self-inflicted injury, while sane or insane, or

 

   

war or acts of war.

Dismissal for cause from ARAMARK employment or employment competing with ARAMARK, either directly or indirectly, will also eliminate any potential benefits under the Plan.

WHEN YOUR PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILTY FOR PAYMENT ENDS

Unless you or your beneficiaries are already eligible to receive or are receiving benefits, your participation in the Plan ends on the earliest date of:

 

   

your last day of employment,

 

   

when you are no longer a member of the Executive Leadership Council, or

 

   

when the Plan ends.

CONVERSION PROVISION

There are no rights to convert this coverage when it ends under this plan.

IMPUTED INCOME

Currently there is no assessment of imputed income under this Plan. However, should federal and state tax law changes, or the underlying funding arrangement for this Plan change in future, we may be required to assess imputed income at some future date. The value is determined by an IRS Table and your age as of December 31.

DEFINITIONS

Active Service – As an employee, you are in Active Service on a day which is one of your scheduled work days if any of the following conditions are met:

 

   

You are actively at work. This means you are performing your regular occupation on a full-time basis, either at one of the ARAMARK’s usual places of business or at some location to which the ARMAMARK business requires you to travel.

 

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The day is a scheduled holiday, vacation day or period of approved paid leave of absence.

 

   

You are in active service on a day which is not one of your scheduled workdays only if you were in active service on the preceding scheduled workday.

Annual Base Salary – Your annual wage or salary as reported for work performed as of the date the covered loss occurs. It does not include amounts received as bonuses, commissions, overtime pay or other extra compensation.

Domestic Partner – A person in a relationship with an ARAMARK employee, such that they meet the following criteria:

 

   

for at least twelve (12) months have shared the same permanent address in an exclusive, emotionally committed relationship,

 

   

intend for the domestic partnership to be permanent,

 

   

are financially interdependent such that each are jointly responsible for common welfare and financial obligations of the household, or the non-employee domestic partner is chiefly dependent upon the employee for care and financial assistance,

 

   

are not legally married to any individual, and, if previously married, a legal divorce or annulment has been obtained or the former spouse is deceased,

 

   

are mentally competent to enter into a contract according to the laws of the state in their state of residence,

 

   

are both at least 18 years of age and are old enough to enter into marriage according to the laws in their state of residence,

 

   

do not have a blood relationship that would bar marriage under applicable laws of their state of residence,

 

   

do not have a different domestic partner at the time nor a different domestic partner within the last twelve months, and

 

   

are not in this relationship solely for purposes of obtaining benefits.

 

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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Joseph Neubauer, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ARAMARK Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 8, 2007  

/s/    JOSEPH NEUBAUER        

  Joseph Neubauer
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, L. Frederick Sutherland, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ARAMARK Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 8, 2007  

/s/    L. FREDERICK SUTHERLAND        

  L. Frederick Sutherland
 

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of ARAMARK Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Joseph Neubauer, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/    JOSEPH NEUBAUER        

Joseph Neubauer

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of ARAMARK Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, L. Frederick Sutherland, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/    L. FREDERICK SUTHERLAND        

L. Frederick Sutherland

Exhibit 99.1

ARAMARK CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES

ADJUSTED SALES GROWTH

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

Management believes that presentation of sales growth, adjusted to eliminate the effects of acquisitions, divestitures and the impact of currency translation, provides useful information to investors because it enhances comparability between the current year and prior year reporting periods. Elimination of the currency translation effect provides constant currency comparisons without the distortion of currency rate fluctuations.

 

     Three Months Ended    

%

Change

 
     June 29, 2007     June 30, 2006    

ARAMARK Corporation Consolidated Sales (as reported)

   $ 3,144,104     $ 2,933,638     7 %

Effect of Currency Translation

     —         33,875    

Effect of Acquisitions and Divestitures

     (43,481 )     (14,175 )  
                  

ARAMARK Corporation Consolidated Sales (as adjusted)

   $ 3,100,623     $ 2,953,338     5 %
                  
     Nine Months Ended    

%

Change

 
     June 29, 2007     June 30, 2006    

ARAMARK Corporation Consolidated Sales (as reported)

   $ 9,235,592     $ 8,689,061     6 %

Effect of Currency Translation

     —         109,983    

Effect of Acquisitions and Divestitures

     (91,702 )     (44,390 )  
                  

ARAMARK Corporation Consolidated Sales (as adjusted)

   $ 9,143,890     $ 8,754,654     4 %