Exhibit 99.1
Execution Version
VOTING AGREEMENT
THIS VOTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 2, 2021, is entered into by and among SPB Hospitality LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Titan Merger Sub, Inc., a Tennessee corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the shareholder of J. Alexander’s Holdings, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), listed on Schedule A hereto (“Shareholder”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein), among other things, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and as an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, this Agreement is being entered into in connection with, and all rights and obligations hereunder are being created pursuant to and in connection with, the Merger Agreement to which the Company is a party and the Merger to be effected in accordance with the Merger Agreement and the TBCA;
WHEREAS, Shareholder is the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, which meaning will apply for all purposes of this Agreement whenever the terms “beneficial owner,” “beneficial ownership” or “own beneficially” are used) of the number of shares of Company Common Stock set forth on Schedule A hereto (with respect to Shareholder, the “Owned Shares”; the Owned Shares and any additional shares of Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company of which Shareholder acquires record or beneficial ownership after the date hereof, including, without limitation, by purchase, by grant, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities, Shareholder’s “Covered Shares”); provided, however, that Covered Shares shall not include any Company Common Stock that Shareholder sells or otherwise disposes of following the date of this Agreement as and to the extent expressly permitted hereby;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement and to proceed with the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, Parent, Merger Sub and the Shareholder are entering into this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Shareholder acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of the Shareholder set forth in this Agreement and would not enter into the Merger Agreement if Shareholder did not enter into this Agreement.
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