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Exhibit 10.13  

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

        MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") made as of this 22nd day of August, 2001 by and among Castle Harlan, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CHI"), Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., LLC. ("BRS"), a Delaware limited liability company ("BRS"), McCormick & Schmick Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and McCormick & Schmick
Restaurant Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Restaurant Corp."). 

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS,
the Company desires to retain CHI to provide business and organizational strategy, financial and investment management, advisory and merchant and investment banking services to
the Company upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and CHI is willing to undertake such obligations. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: 

        1.    Appointment.    The Company hereby engages CHI, and CHI hereby agrees, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, to provide certain services to the Company as described in Section 3 hereof. 

        2.    Term.    The term of this Agreement (the "Term") shall be for an initial term expiring ten years after the date
hereof. Such term shall be renewed automatically for additional one-year terms thereafter unless CHI or the Company shall give notice in writing within 90 days before the expiration
of the initial term or any one-year renewal thereof of its desire to terminate this Agreement. The provisions of Section 6 and such other provisions of this Agreement as the context
so requires shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 

        3.    Duties of CHI.    CHI shall provide the Company with business and organizational strategy, financial and
investment management, advisory and merchant and investment banking services, as the Company may reasonably request from time to time (collectively, the "Services"). 

        The
Company will use the Services of CHI and CHI will make itself available for the performance of the Services upon reasonable notice. CHI will perform the Services at the times and
places reasonably requested by the Company to meet its needs and requirements, taking into account other engagements that CHI may have. 

        3.1.    Exclusions from Services.    Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the following services
are specifically excluded from the definition of "Services": 

        (i)    Independent Accounting Services.    Accounting services rendered to the Company or CHI by an independent
accounting firm or accountant (i.e., an accountant who is not an employee of CHI); 

        (ii)    Legal Services.    Legal services rendered to the Company or CHI by an independent law firm or attorney (i.e.,
an attorney who is not an employee of CHI); 

        (iii)    Transaction Services.    Services rendered in connection with any transaction (including, without limitation,
any merger, acquisition, divestiture or financing) in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates may be, or may consider becoming, involved ("Transaction Services"); it being
understood that before the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates engages any person or entity to provide any Transaction Services, CHI and BRS shall be first approached and shall have a
thirty day period during which they may decide (upon the mutual agreement of BRS and CHI) to perform (either jointly or severally), for an additional fee to be established at such time, any such
Transaction Services; and 

 

        (iv)    Independent Actuarial Services.    Actuarial services rendered to the Company or CHI by an independent
actuarial firm or actuary (i.e., an actuary who is not an employee of CHI). 

        4.    Powers of CHI.    So that it may properly perform its duties hereunder, CHI shall, subject to Section 7
hereof, have the authority to do all things necessary and proper to carry out the duties set forth in Section 3. 

        5.    Compensation and Reimbursement.    (a) As consideration payable to CHI or any of its affiliates for
providing the Services to the Company, the Company shall pay to CHI a management fee as follows: (i) $1,100,000 on the date hereof as an advance payment of the management fee for the first
12 months of the Term (the "Annual Payment"); (ii) $275,000 as advance payment of the management fee for each of the Company's fiscal quarters, beginning on the first day of the
Company's fourth fiscal quarter of 2002 and thereafter throughout the Term (each such payment, a "Quarterly Payment"), which Quarterly Payment shall be due and payable (A) for so long as the
Company is required to deliver a Compliance Certificate to its senior lenders under Section 9.4(d) of the Credit Agreement, on the date during each of the Company's fiscal quarters which is
three (3) business days after the date on which the Administrative Agent receives the Compliance Certificate that is to be delivered with the financial statements referred to in
Section 9.4(b) of the Credit Agreement, and (B) once the Company is no longer required to deliver a Compliance Certificate under Section 9.4(d) of the Credit Agreement, on the
first day of each of the Company's fiscal quarters; and (iii) on the first anniversary of the date hereof, an amount equal to (A) $275,000, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the
numerator of which shall equal the number of days from and including the date of the first anniversary of the date hereof to and including the last day of the Company's third fiscal quarter of 2002,
and the denominator of which shall equal the number of days in the Company's third fiscal quarter of 2002 (the "Stub Payment"); provided, however, that if the Company fails for any reason to pay any
portion of the Quarterly Payment or the Stub Payment on the dates specified in subsections (ii) and (iii) above (such unpaid portion, the "Unpaid Amount"), the Company shall pay, subject
to the limitations on the Company's obligation to pay as set forth in Section 5(c) below, an amount equal to the Unpaid Amount plus interest calculated at the rate of 12 percent per
annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in any year) from and including the date on which the Unpaid Amount was to be paid under subclauses
(ii) or (iii) above to and including the date on which such Unpaid Amount is actually paid (such interest, the "Additional Amount"). For purposes of this Section 5(a),
(x) "Credit Agreement" shall mean the Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, Fleet National Bank, as administrative agent, the lenders
named therein and certain other parties, as amended, restated or modified from time to time, and (y) the terms "Administrative Agent", "Compliance Certificate" and "Reference Period" shall have
the meanings set forth for such terms in the Credit Agreement. 

        (b)   In
addition to the payments required under Section 5(a) above, the Company shall, at the direction of CHI, pay directly or reimburse CHI for
Out-of-Pocket Expenses (as hereinafter defined), For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Out-of-Pocket Expenses" shall mean the reasonable amounts
incurred by CHI and/or its personnel in connection with the Services including, without limitation, (i) fees and disbursements of any independent professionals and organizations, including,
without limitation, independent auditors and outside legal counsel, investment bankers or other financial advisors or consultants, (ii) costs of any outside services of independent contractors
such as financial printers, couriers, business publications or similar services and (iii) transportation, per diem, telephone calls, entertainment and all other reasonable expenses actually
incurred by CHI in rendering the Services. All direct payments and reimbursements for Out-of-Pocket Expenses shall be made promptly upon or as soon as practicable after
presentation by CHI to the Company of a statement in connection therewith. 

        (c)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company's obligation to pay the full amount of the Quarterly Payment, the Stub Payment, the Unpaid Amount, the Additional Amount and
the 

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Out-of-Pocket
Expenses shall be subject to applicable restrictions contained in the Company's senior debt financing facilities, including, without limitation, the Credit
Agreement. If any such restrictions prohibit the payment of any portion of the Quarterly Payment, the Stub Payment, the Unpaid Amount, the Additional Amount or the
Out-of-Pocket Expenses which the Company would otherwise be required to make pursuant to this Section 5 or if the payment of any portion would cause a default under any
of the Company's senior debt financing facilities, including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement, then the Company shall not be obligated to pay such portion until (i) it is permitted to
do so under such restrictions and (ii) such payment would not cause such a default, it being understood that it is the intent of the parties that, subject to subclauses (i) and
(ii) immediately above, CHI shall receive payment of such portion in the event of a sale of the Company, but that such payment shall be subordinated to the prior payment of the Company's senior
lenders under the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5(c), the Company shall be obligated to pay the Quarterly Payment, Stub Payment, Unpaid Amount,
Additional Amount and Out-of-Pocket Expenses set forth in Section 5(a) and 5(b) above, and the unpaid portion of such payments shall be immediately due and payable, upon
the first to occur of (y) the last day of the Term, and (z) the date that (1) the Company makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (2) an order, judgment or
decree is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or (3) the Company petitions or applies to any tribunal for the appointment of a
custodian, trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company, or (4) any such petition or application is filed against the Company and such petition or application is not dismissed within
90 days; provided, if any payment made as a result of subclause (z) immediately above is received by CHI at a time when CHI is not
entitled to receive such payment wider the Credit Agreement (such payment, the "Received Payment") and the Company's senior lenders under the Credit Agreement have not been paid in cash the full
amount due to them under the Credit Agreement at such time (the "Due Amount"), then.CHI shall promptly deliver the Received Payment to such senior lenders for application against the Due Amount until
and unless the Due Amount has been paid in full. 

        (d)   The
parties hereto acknowledge that the Company is entering into that certain Management Agreement with BRS simultaneously herewith (the "BRS Agreement") and that
pursuant to the terms of such agreement, the Company shall be obligated to make payments to BRS of the fees and expenses set forth therein. The parties hereto agree that payments to be made to CHI
under this Agreement and payments to be made to BRS under the BRS Agreement shall be made pro rata and neither CHI nor BRS shall receive a preference or priority with respect to such payment unless
CHI and BRS otherwise agree in writing. 

        6.    Indemnification.    The Company will indemnify and hold harmless CHI and its officers, directors, principals,
partners, members, employees, agents, representatives and affiliates (each being an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all losses, claims, actions, damages and liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under any applicable federal or state law, made by any third party or otherwise, relating to or arising out of the Services or other matters
referred to in or contemplated by this Agreement or the engagement of such Indemnified Party pursuant to, and the performance by such Indemnified Party, of the Services or other matters referred to or
contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) as they are
incurred in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense of any pending or threatening claim, or any action or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party
is a party thereto. The Company will not be liable under the foregoing indemnification provision to the extent that any loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense is determined by a court, in a
final judgment from which no further appeal may be taken, to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. The reimbursement and indemnity obligations
of the Company under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise 

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have,
shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to any affiliate of CHI and the stockholders, officers, directors, principals, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives, affiliates
and controlling persons (if any), as the case may be, of CHI and any such affiliate and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of
the Company, CHI, any such affiliate and any such person. The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 

        7.    Independent Contractors.    Nothing herein shall be construed to create a joint venture or partnership between
the parties hereto or an employee/employer relationship. CHI shall be an independent contractor pursuant to this Agreement. Neither party hereto shall have any express or implied right or authority to
assume or create any obligations on behalf of or in the name of the other party or to bind the other party to any contract, agreement or undertaking with any third party. 

        8.    Notices.    Any notice or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered by hand or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by telecopier to the party to whom it is to be given at its address set forth herein, or to such other
address as the party shall have specified by notice similarly given and the mailing date shall be deemed the date from which all time periods pertaining to a date of notice shall run. 

	 	(i)	 	If to the Company or Restaurant Corp., to them at:
	 	 	 	McCormick & Schmick Acquisition Corp.

c/o McCormick & Schmick Management Group

720 Southwest Washington Street, Suite 550

Portland, OR 97205

Tel: (503) 226-3440 Fax:

(503) 220-1861

Attention: Douglas Schmick
	

 	

(ii)	
 	

If to CHI, to it at:
	 	 	 	150 East 58th Street

New York, New York 10155

Tel: (212) 644-8600

Fax: (212) 207-8042

Attention: David B. Pittaway

              Justin Wender
	

 	

with a copy to:
	

 	

 	
 	

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Tel: (212) 756-2000

Fax: (212) 593-5955

Attention: Marc Weingarten

              Michael R. Littenberg

        If
to BRS, to the address set forth in the BRS Agreement. 

        9.    Assignment.    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors
and assigns. However, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights of the parties hereunder may be transferred or assigned by any party hereto, except that (i) if the Company shall merge or
consolidate with or into, or sell or otherwise transfer substantially all its assets to, another corporation which assumes the Company's obligations under this Agreement, the Company may assign its
rights hereunder to that corporation and (ii) CHI may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to 

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any
other person or entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by John K. Castle and/or Leonard M. Harlan. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation of this Section 9 shall be void. 

        10.    Permissible Activities.    Nothing herein shall in any way preclude CHI or its affiliates or its respective
officers, directors and partners from engaging in any business activities or from performing services for its or their own account or for the account of others, including, without limitation,
companies which may be in competition with the business conducted by the Company. 

        11.    General.    No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or consent to any departure by any party
from any such provision, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by each of the parties to this Agreement and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. The waiver of any party of any breach of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed to be a waiver of any
subsequent breach. 

        12.    Entire Agreement.    This Agreement. contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes
all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

        13.    Section Headings; Counterparts.    The section headings contained herein are included for convenience of
reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose, The Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument 

        14.    Applicable Law.    This agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by,
and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principals thereof Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Federal court sitting in the Southern District of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this agreement.
Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted or not prohibited by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such
suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably
consents to the service of process in any suit, action or proceeding by sending the same by certified mail, return receipt requested or by overnight courier service, to the address of such party set
forth in Section 8 or in the records of the Company. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT HEREUNDER OR ARISING OUT OF
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

        15.    Severability.    Any section, subsection, clause, sentence, provision, subparagraph or paragraph of this
Agreement held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or ineffective shall not impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder of this Agreement, but the effect thereof shall be such
section, subsection, clause, sentence, provision, subparagraph or paragraph so held to be invalid, illegal or ineffective. 

        16.    No Joint Obligations of CHI and BRS.    The obligations of CHI hereunder relate only to itself and not to BRS
and any obligations of CHI and BRS under their respective management agreements with the Company are several and not joint. 

        17.    Guarantee of Restaurant Corp.    The obligations of the Company hereunder are jointly and severally guaranteed
by Restaurant Corp. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 

	 	 	CASTLE HARLAN, INC.	 	 
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DAVID B. PITTAWAY      
	
 	

 
	 	 	Name: David B. Pittaway

Title: Senior Managing Director	 	 
	

 	
 	

McCORMICK & SCHMICK ACQUISITION CORP.	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DOUGLAS SCHMICK      
	
 	

 
	 	 	Name: Douglas Schmick

Title: President	 	 
	

 	
 	

McCORMICK & SCHMICK RESTAURANT CORP.	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DOUGLAS SCHMICK      
	
 	

 
	 	 	Name: Douglas Schmick

Title: President	 	 
	

 	
 	

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 5(d), 11, 12, 13, 14 AND 15:

BRUCKMANN, ROSSER, SHERRILL & CO., LLC	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  
	
 	

 
	 	 	Name:

Title:

	 	 

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Exhibit 10.14  

 
  Termination of BRS and Castle Harlan Management Agreements    
    

        This Termination of BRS and Castle Harlan Management Agreements ("Termination") is effective as of June 25, 2004 between McCormick & Schmick
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("MSAC"), McCormick & Schmick Restaurant Corp., a Delaware corporation ("MSRC"), McCormick & Schmick Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("Holdings"), McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. ("MSSR"), Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability corporation ("BRS") and
Castle Harlan, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Castle Harlan"). 

Recitals  

        A.    MSAC, MSRC, BRS and Castle Harlan are parties to Management Agreements, dated as of August 22, 2001 (the
"Management Agreements"), under which each of BRS and Castle Harlan provide services to MSAC and MSRC in consideration of annual payments to each of $1.1 million. 

        B.    MSSR, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings which is the indirect parent of MSAC and MSRC, has filed a registration
statement on Form S-1 to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission shares of common stock in an underwritten initial public offering (the "IPO"). 

        C.    In connection with the IPO, the parties have determined that it is in the best interest of Holdings and MSSR and their
respective equity holders to terminate the Management Agreements. 

Agreement  

        1.     Termination; Release. As of the effective date of this Termination (the "Termination Date"), the Management Agreements are
terminated. Each of the parties hereby releases the others from any obligations or claim, whether known or unknown, under the Management Agreements effective upon the Termination Date;  provided, however,
 that the obligation of the MSAC to indemnify each of BRS and Castle Harlan under Section 6 of the Management Agreements, and
the guarantee of MSRC of that obligation under Section 17 of the Management Agreements, shall survive the termination of the Management Agreements; provided
further, that if MSSR determines not to proceed with the IPO, the parties shall enter into management agreements with terms substantially similar to the Management Agreements,
which agreements shall be effective as of the Termination Date. 

        2.     Consideration. In consideration of the termination of the Management Agreements, MSSR agrees to pay to each of BRS and
Castle Harlan $1.1 million cash (the "Termination Fee"), which amount shall be payable within 30 days of the Termination Date; provided,
however, that if MSSR determines not to proceed with the IPO and the parties enter into new management agreements, each of BPS and Castle Harlan shall return the Termination
Fee to MSSR. 

        3.     Counterparts. This Termination may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the
same effect as if the signatures thereto were upon one instrument. 

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page follows] 

        In witness whereof, the Parties have executed this Termination of BRS and Castle Harlan Management Agreements as of the date first written
above. 

	McCormick & Schmick Acquisition Corp.	 	Bruckmann, Rosser Sherrill & Co., L.L.C.
	

By:	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	
	 	 	

	 	Douglas L. Schmick, President	 	Name:	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	 	

	
McCormick & Schmick Restaurant Corp.	
 	

Castle Harlan, Inc.
	

By:	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	
	 	 	

	 	Douglas L. Schmick, President	 	Name:	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	 	

	
McCormick & Schmick Holdings LLC	
 	

 	

 
	

By:	

 	
 	

 	

 
	 	
 Douglas L. Schmick, President	 	 	 
	
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.	
 	

 	

 
	

By:	

 	
 	

 	

 
	 	
 Douglas L. Schmick, President	 	 	 

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