Exhibit 10.10
EXECUTION COPY
NON-COMPETE AND COVENANT
AGREEMENT
This NON-COMPETE AND COVENANT
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of
May 14, 2004 by and among Lazy Days’ R.V. Center, Inc.,
a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), RV
Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer
”), Donald W. Wallace (“ Wallace ”), and
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. II, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (“ BRS ”). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
ascribed to such terms in Section 5.
WHEREAS, Wallace is a seller of
certain securities of LD Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ Holdings ”), the parent of the Company, to
Buyer pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement by and among the
Company, Buyer, Holdings, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan and
Trust for the Employees of Lazy Days and the other stockholders of
Holdings, dated as of April 27, 2004 (the “ Stock
Purchase Agreement ”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 8.2(t) of the Stock Purchase Agreement, a condition of
the Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated under the
Stock Purchase Agreement is Wallace’s agreement to be bound
by this Agreement, and accordingly, the parties desire to enter
into this Agreement to fulfill such condition.
WHEREAS, Wallace is entering into
the Employment Agreement, dated as of the date hereof by and among
the Company, Wallace, Buyer and BRS (the “ Employment
Agreement ”), which provides for the employment of
Wallace as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company.
WHEREAS, a condition of the Company
to enter into the Employment Agreement, is Wallace’s
agreement to be bound by this Agreement, and accordingly, the
parties desire to enter into this Agreement to fulfill such
condition.
WHEREAS, Buyer owns, directly or
indirectly, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Stock Purchase
Agreement and the Employment Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency are hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Public
Bonds . As a material
inducement for BRS and Buyer to enter into the transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, Wallace hereby agrees
that he shall not at any time hold, directly or indirectly, in
excess of $15,200,000 (the “ Notes Threshold ”)
of the aggregate principal amount of 11.75% Senior Notes due 2012
of the Company (the “ Notes ”); provided
, that in the event that BRS acquires any of the Notes (the
aggregate principal amount of such Notes, the “ BRS Notes
Amount ”), Wallace shall have the right to exceed the
Notes Threshold by an amount bearing the same ratio to the BRS
Notes Amount as Wallace’s ownership of common equity
securities of Buyer bears to BRS’ ownership of common equity
securities of Buyer.
2.
Confidential
Information . Wallace acknowledges
that he has obtained and will obtain information concerning the
business or affairs of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
other affiliated entities (“ Confidential Information
”). Therefore, Wallace agrees that he shall not,
directly or indirectly, use for or disclose to any unauthorized
person or use for his own purposes any Confidential Information
unless (i) such Confidential Information becomes
generally known to and available for
use by the public other than as a result of Wallace’s acts or
omissions to act; (ii) such Confidential Information is
rightfully received by Wallace from a party who was not subject to
any obligations of confidentiality; or (iii) Wallace is
required by order of a court of competent jurisdiction (by subpoena
or similar process) to disclose or discuss any Confidential
Information; provided , that in such case, Wallace shall
promptly inform the Company of such order, shall cooperate with any
reasonable effort by the Company to obtain a protective order or to
otherwise restrict such disclosure, and shall only disclose
Confidential Information to the minimum extent necessary to comply
with any such court order. If in the absence of a protective
order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, Wallace, on the advice
of counsel, is compelled to disclose any Confidential Information
to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt, Wallace shall
promptly inform the Company of such obligation, shall cooperate
with any reasonable effort by the Company to obtain a protective
order or to otherwise restrict such disclosure, and shall only
disclose Confidential Information to the minimum extent necessary
to comply with any such obligation. Wallace shall deliver to
the Company at the termination of the Employment Period, or at any
other time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans,
records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents
and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential
Information, Work Product and the business of the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or other affiliated entities which he may then
possess or have under his control.
3.
Inventions and
Patents . Wallace agrees that
all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods,
designs, analyses, drawings, reports, and all similar or related
information which relates to the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ actual or anticipated business, research and
development or existing or future products or services and which
are conceived, developed or made by Wallace while employed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“ Work Product
”) belong to the Company or such Subsidiary. Wallace
will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and perform
all actions reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or
after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm such
ownership (including, without limitation, assignments, consents,
powers of attorney and other instruments).
4.
Noncompete,
Nonsolicitation .
(a)
Wallace
acknowledges that in the course of his employment with the Company
and its Subsidiaries he has become familiar, and he will become
familiar, with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
trade secrets and with other Confidential Information and that his
services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary
value to the Company and its Subsidiaries. Therefore, Wallace
agrees that during the period beginning on the date hereof and
ending on the later of (i) the fifth anniversary of the date
hereof, and (ii) the third anniversary of the termination of
Wallace’s employment with the Company for any reason,
(the
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“
Noncompete Period ”), he shall not shall not directly
or indirectly own, manage, control, participate in, consult with,
render services for, or in any manner engage in any business
(including by himself or through any other entity) competing with
the businesses of the Company or its Subsidiaries in The United
States of America, Canada or The United States of Mexico (the
“ Territory ”) as such businesses exist or are
in process on the date of the termination of Wallace’s
employment with the Company. Nothing herein shall prohibit
Wallace from being a passive owner of not more than 5% of the
outstanding stock of a corporation which is publicly traded, so
long as Wallace has no active participation in the business of such
corporation.
(b)
During the
Noncompete Period, Wallace shall not directly or indirectly through
another entity (i) influence or attempt to influence any of
the customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries to divert their
business or patronage from the Company or its Subsidiaries to any
other person or company engaged in a similar business,
(ii) disclose to any person or entity the names, addresses, or
requirements of, or other confidential information or trade secrets
relating to any customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the
prices charged to such customers or the practices used in servicing
such customers (other than in the course of Wallace’s
employment and consistent with his duties as the President and
Chief Executive Officer), (iii) make any statement or do any
act intended to cause existing or potential customers of the
Company or its Subsidiaries to make use of the services or purchase
the products of any competitive business, (iv) hire or attempt
to hire any person who was employed by the Company or its
Subsidiaries for any type of employment one hundred eighty days
prior to the date of Termination, (v) induce or attempt to
induce any employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries to leave his
or her employ or in any way interfere with the relationship between
the Company or its Subsidiaries and any of their employees, or
(vi) in any way interfere with relationship between the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any of their
suppliers.
(c)
The parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company will suffer
irreparable harm from a breach by Wallace of any of the covenants
or agreements contained in Sections 2 , 3 and
4 .
Wallace further
acknowledges that the restrictive covenants set forth in
Sections 2 , 3 and 4 are of a special,
unique, unusual and extraordinary character, the loss of which
cannot be adequately compensated by damages. Wallace agrees
that the periods of restriction and geographic area of restriction
imposed by the provisions of this Section 4 are fair
and reasonable and are reasonably required for the protection of
the Company in whose favor such restrictions operate. The
Company acknowledges that, but for Wallace’s agreements to be
bound the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 2
, 3 and 4 , neither the Company, Buyer nor BRS would
not have entered into this Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement
or the Employment Agreement. The restrictive covenants set
forth in this Agreement supersede any restrictive covenants with
respect to the subject matters addressed by the restrictive
covenants set forth in Sections 2 , 3 and
4 set forth in any current agreement between Wallace and the
Company. Wallace agrees that the Company has a
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legitimate
business interest to protect justifying the restrictive covenants
set forth in Sections 2 , 3 and 4 .
Such legitimate business interests include: (i) trade
secrets, as defined in Florida Statute 688.002(4);
(ii) valuable confidential business information that does not
otherwise qualify as a trade secret; (iii) substantial
relationships with prospective or existing customers; and
(iv) customer goodwill.
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