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acknowledges, and agrees that the Co-op or CSCS will make all requests for supplier and/or
               distributor approval to Applebee’s Services, on behalf of Members.

                              (b)    The Member understands, acknowledges and agrees to abide by the terms
               of the Co-op Bylaws.  A copy of the Co-op Bylaws is available upon request from CSCS.  The
               Member further  understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Member is hereby making
               certain purchase and other commitments to the Co-op and CSCS and that the Member agrees to
               abide by and to fulfill such commitments in all respects.

                              (c)    The Member understands, acknowledges  and  agrees that the  Co-op and
               CSCS  may from time to time collect from the Member a fee  (an “Administration Fee”) in
               consideration of and to fund the Co-op and CSCS’s supply chain programs and services, and
               authorizes the Co-op and CSCS, from time to time, to cause suppliers and distributors of goods,
               equipment and distribution services to collect Administration Fees, as authorized by the Co-op’s
               Board of Directors, from the Member for the account of the Co-op or CSCS.

                              (d)    The Member understands, acknowledges and agrees to abide by the terms
               of CSCS’s Code of Conduct, as amended from time to time.

                       8.     Patronage Dividend as Gross Income.  The Member understands and agrees to
               be bound by Section 9.6 of the Co-op Bylaws which states in pertinent part:

                       Membership in the Co-op by members shall constitute a consent of each such
                       member to include  in its gross income the amount of any patronage dividend
                       which is paid with respect to direct sales from the  Co-op, and indirect sales
                       through participating distributors in money, “qualified checks,” “qualified written
                       notices of allocation” or other property (except “nonqualified written notices of
                       allocation” as defined in Section 1388(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
                       as amended) and which is received by it during the taxable year from the Co-op.
                       Each member of the Co-op, through initiating or retaining its membership after
                       adoption of this Article  IX of these Bylaws, as amended from time to time,
                       consents to be bound hereby.  The provisions of this Article IX, as amended from
                       time to time, shall be a contract between the Co-op and each member as fully as
                       though each member had signed a specific separate instrument in which the
                       member agreed to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Article IX,
                       as amended from time to time.

                       9.     Existing Distribution Agreements.  Upon the request of CSCS or the Co-op, the
               Member shall deliver to the requesting party true and complete copies of its existing distribution
               agreements and any amendments thereto (the “Existing Distribution Agreements”).  The Member
               represents and warrants that (i) the Existing Distribution Agreements are valid and binding on
               the parties thereto in accordance with their terms, (ii) the Member has performed all payment and
               other obligations  required to be performed by it to date under the  Existing Distribution
               Agreements,  and (iii) the Member does not know, nor does it have any reasonable ground to
               know, that any party is in default (or would be in default on the giving of notice or the lapse of
               time or both) under the Existing Distribution Agreements;  provided however, if there are any





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