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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.5

                               OPERATING AGREEMENT
                                       FOR
                               CAP CITY BREAD, LLC
                      A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 NOR REGISTERED NOR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, DELIVERED AFTER SALE,
OR TRANSFERRED, UNLESS QUALIFIED AND REGISTERED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE AND
FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY, SUCH QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. ANY TRANSFER OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS AGREEMENT IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO OTHER
RESTRICTIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHICH ARE SET FORTH HEREIN.

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ARTICLE  I   DEFINITIONS...................................................................1
             1.1     "Act".................................................................1
             1.2     "Additional Purchase Price"...........................................1
             1.3     "Affiliate"...........................................................1
             1.4     "Agreement"...........................................................2
             1.5     "Annual Business Plan"................................................2
             1.6     "Appraisal Period"....................................................2
             1.7     "Approval Date".......................................................2
             1.8     "Area Development Agreement"..........................................2
             1.9     "Artisan".............................................................2
             1.10    "Assignee"............................................................2
             1.11    "Bakery-Cafe Cash Flow"...............................................2
             1.12    "Bankruptcy"..........................................................2
             1.13    "Capital Account".....................................................3
             1.14    "Capital Contribution"................................................3
             1.15    "Cash Flow"...........................................................3
             1.16    "Cause"...............................................................3
             1.17    "Certificate".........................................................3
             1.18    "Code"................................................................3
             1.19    "Company".............................................................3
             1.20    "Company Minimum Gain"................................................3
             1.21    "Competitive Activity"................................................3
             1.22    "Controlling Member"..................................................4
             1.23    "Development Plan"....................................................4
             1.24    "Disability"..........................................................4
             1.25    "Distributable Cash"..................................................4
             1.26    "Distribution Percentages"............................................4
             1.27    "Economic Interest"...................................................4
             1.28    "Employment Agreement"................................................4
             1.29    "Excluded Expenses"...................................................4
             1.30    "Existing Bakery-Cafes"...............................................5
             1.31    "Fair Market Value"...................................................5
             1.32    "Fiscal Year".........................................................5
             1.33    "Gross Sales".........................................................5
             1.34    "Included Expenses"...................................................5
             1.35    "Initial Purchase Price"..............................................5
             1.36    "Majority Interest"...................................................5
             1.37    "Marks"...............................................................5
             1.38    "Member"..............................................................5
             1.39    "Member Nonrecourse Debt".............................................5
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             1.40    "Member Nonrecourse Deductions"..............................................................5
             1.41    "Membership Interest"........................................................................5
             1.42    "Net Profits" and "Net Losses"...............................................................6
             1.43    "Nonrecourse Liability"......................................................................6
             1.44    "Note".......................................................................................6
             1.45    "Operating Fee"..............................................................................6
             1.46    "Operating Member"...........................................................................6
             1.47    "Option".....................................................................................6
             1.48    "Option A"...................................................................................6
             1.49    "Option B"...................................................................................6
             1.50    "Option C"...................................................................................6
             1.51    "Option D"...................................................................................6
             1.52    "Option Event"...............................................................................6
             1.53    "Option Event Date"..........................................................................6
             1.54    "Panera".....................................................................................6
             1.55    "Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe"...................................................................6
             1.56    "Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes"...........................................................6
             1.57    "Percentage Interest"........................................................................6
             1.58    "Period".....................................................................................7
             1.59    "Person".....................................................................................7
             1.60    "Proprietary Information"....................................................................7
             1.61    "Postle".....................................................................................7
             1.62    "President"..................................................................................7
             1.63    "Purchase Notice"............................................................................7
             1.64    "Regulations"................................................................................7
             1.65    "Restricted Interest"........................................................................7
             1.66    "Supermajority Interest".....................................................................7
             1.67    "System".....................................................................................7
             1.68    "Tax Matters Partner"........................................................................7
             1.69    "Term of Employment".........................................................................7
             1.70    "Territory"..................................................................................7
             1.71    "Termination Date"...........................................................................7

ARTICLE II   ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS...............................................................................8
             2.1     Formation....................................................................................8
             2.2     Name.........................................................................................8
             2.3     Term.........................................................................................8
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             2.4     Office and Agent.............................................................................8
             2.5     Addresses of the Members and the Controlling Member..........................................8
             2.6     Purpose and Business of the Company..........................................................8

ARTICLE III  CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS................................................................................9
             3.1     Initial Capital Contributions................................................................9
                     A.       Operating Member Contributions......................................................9
                     B.       Artisan Contributions...............................................................9
                     C.       Other Agreements....................................................................9
             3.2     Additional Capital Contributions............................................................10
                     A.       Operating Member Contributions.....................................................10
                     B.       Artisan Contributions..............................................................11
                     C.       No Further Capital Contributions Required..........................................12
                     D.       Exhibit A..........................................................................12
             3.3     Capital Accounts............................................................................12
             3.4     Percentage Interest.........................................................................12
             3.5     No Interest on Capital Contributions........................................................13
             3.6     Failure to Make Contributions...............................................................13
             3.7     Area Development Agreement..................................................................14

ARTICLE IV   MEMBERS 14
             4.1     Limited Liability...........................................................................14
             4.2     Admission of Additional Members.............................................................14
             4.3     Withdrawals or Resignations.................................................................15
             4.4     Termination of Membership Interest..........................................................15
             4.5     Competing Activities........................................................................15
             4.6     Transactions With The Company...............................................................15
             4.7     Remuneration To Members.....................................................................15
             4.8     Members Are Not Agents......................................................................15
             4.9     Voting Rights...............................................................................16
             4.10    Meetings of Members.........................................................................16

ARTICLE V    MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE COMPANY...............................................................17
             5.1     Management of the Company by Controlling Member.............................................17
             5.2     Powers of Controlling Member................................................................17
                     A.       Powers of Controlling Member.......................................................17
                     B.       Limitations on Power of Controlling Member.........................................18
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             5.3     Performance of Duties; Liability of Controlling Member......................................19
             5.4     Devotion of Time............................................................................20
             5.5     Competing Activities........................................................................20
             5.6     Transactions between the Company and the Controlling Member.................................20
             5.7     Payments to Controlling Member or its Affiliates............................................20
             5.8     Officers....................................................................................21
             5.9     Limited Liability...........................................................................22

ARTICLE VI   ALLOCATIONS OF NET PROFITS AND NET LOSSES AND
             DISTRIBUTIONS.......................................................................................22
             6.1     Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss......................................................22
                     A.       Net Loss...........................................................................22
                     B.       Net Profit.........................................................................23
                     C.       Acknowledgment of Special Allocation...............................................23
             6.2     Special Allocations.........................................................................24
                     A.       Minimum Gain Chargeback............................................................24
                     B.       Chargeback of Minimum Gain Attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt.................24
                     C.       Nonrecourse Deductions.............................................................24
                     D.       Member Nonrecourse Deductions......................................................24
                     E.       Qualified Income Offset............................................................24
             6.3     Code Section 704(c) Allocations.............................................................25
             6.4     Allocation of Net Profits and Losses and Distributions in Respect of a Transferred Interest.25
             6.5     Distributions...............................................................................25
                     A.       Partial Return of Capital..........................................................25
                     B.       Operating Fee......................................................................26
                     C.       Cash Flow..........................................................................27
                     D.       Distributable Cash.................................................................27
                     E.       Holders of Record..................................................................27
             6.6     Form of Distribution........................................................................27
             6.7     Restriction on Distributions................................................................28
             6.8     Return of Distributions.....................................................................28
             6.9     Obligations of Members to Report Allocations................................................28

ARTICLE VII  TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF INTERESTS................................................................28
             7.1     Transfer and Assignment of Interests........................................................28
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             7.2     Substitution of Members.....................................................................29
             7.3     Effective Date of Transfers.................................................................29
             7.4     Rights of Legal Representatives.............................................................29
             7.5     No Effect to Transfers in Violation of Agreement............................................29

ARTICLE VIII PURCHASE AND SALE RIGHTS............................................................................30
             8.1     Grant of Rights.............................................................................30
                     A.       Option A...........................................................................30
                     B.       Option B...........................................................................30
                     D.       Option D...........................................................................33
                     E.       Purchase Price Adjustment..........................................................33
                     F.       Right to Assign....................................................................34
             8.2     Purchase Notice.............................................................................34
             8.3     Closing of Option Exercise..................................................................34
                     A.       Payment of Purchase Price..........................................................34
                     B.       Closing............................................................................35
                     C.       Additional Purchase Price..........................................................35

ARTICLE IX   ACCOUNTING, RECORDS, REPORTING BY MEMBERS...........................................................35
             9.1     Books and Records...........................................................................35
             9.2     Delivery to Members and Inspection..........................................................36
             9.3     Annual Statements...........................................................................36
             9.4     Filings.....................................................................................37
             9.5     Bank Accounts...............................................................................37
             9.6     Accounting Decisions and Reliance on Others.................................................37
             9.7     Tax Matters for the Company Handled by Controlling Member and Tax Matters Partner...........37

ARTICLE X    DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP..........................................................................37
             10.1    Dissolution.................................................................................37
             10.2    Winding-Up..................................................................................37
             10.3    Distributions in Kind.......................................................................38
             10.4    Order of Payment Upon Dissolution...........................................................38
             10.5    Limitations on Payments Made in Dissolution.................................................38

ARTICLE XI   INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.......................................................................38
             11.1    Indemnification of Agents...................................................................38
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             11.2    Insurance...................................................................................39

ARTICLE XII  CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-COMPETITION.................................................................39
             12.1    Noncompetition..............................................................................39
             12.2    Confidentiality.............................................................................39
                     A.       Definition.........................................................................39
                     B.       No Disclosure, Use, or Circumvention...............................................40
                     C.       Maintenance of Confidentiality.....................................................40
             12.3    Non-Solicitation............................................................................40
             12.4    Reasonableness of Restrictions; Reformation; Enforcement....................................40
             12.5    Specific Performance........................................................................41

ARTICLE XIII INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS..........................................................................41
             13.1    Preexisting Relationship or Experience......................................................41
             13.2    No Advertising..............................................................................41
             13.3    Investment Intent...........................................................................42
             13.4    Consultation with Attorney..................................................................42
             13.5    Tax Consequences............................................................................42
             13.6    No Assurance of Tax Benefits................................................................42

ARTICLE XIV  MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................................................42
             14.1    Complete Agreement..........................................................................42
             14.2    Binding Effect..............................................................................42
             14.3    Parties in Interest.........................................................................42
             14.4    Pronouns; Statutory References..............................................................43
             14.5    Headings....................................................................................43
             14.6    Interpretation..............................................................................43
             14.7    References to this Agreement................................................................43
             14.8    Jurisdiction................................................................................43
             14.9    Limitations on Legal Actions................................................................43
             14.10   Mediation...................................................................................43
             14.11   Exhibits....................................................................................44
             14.12   Severability................................................................................44
             14.13   Additional Documents and Acts...............................................................44
             14.14   Notices.....................................................................................44
             14.15   Amendments..................................................................................44
             14.16   Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement...........................................44
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             14.17   No Interest in Company Property; Waiver of Action for Partition.............................44
             14.18   Multiple Counterparts.......................................................................44
             14.19   Attorney Fees...............................................................................45
             14.20   Time is of the Essence......................................................................45
             14.21   Remedies Cumulative.........................................................................45
             14.22   Special Power of Attorney...................................................................45
                     A.       Attorney in Fact...................................................................45
                     B.       Irrevocable Power..................................................................46
                     C.       Signatures.........................................................................46
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                               OPERATING AGREEMENT
                                       FOR
                               CAP CITY BREAD, LLC
                      A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

         This Operating Agreement, is made as of October 7, 2001, by and among
the parties listed on the signature pages hereof, with reference to the
following facts:

         A. On October 1, 2001, a Certificate of Formation for CAP CITY BREAD,
LLC (the "Company"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware, was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.

         B. The parties desire to adopt and approve a limited liability company
operating agreement for the Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties by this Agreement set forth the operating
agreement for the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware upon the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

         When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below (all terms used in this Agreement that are not defined
in this Article I shall have the meanings set forth elsewhere in this
Agreement):

         1.1 "Act" shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act as the
same may be amended from time to time.

         1.2 "Additional Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1.E.

         1.3 "Affiliate" of a Member or Controlling Member shall mean any
Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with a Member or Controlling Member, as
applicable. The term "control," as used in the immediately preceding sentence,
shall mean with respect to a corporation or limited liability company the right
to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting
rights attributable to the controlled corporation or limited liability company,
and, with respect to any individual, partnership, trust, other entity or
association, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled entity.

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         1.4 "Agreement" shall mean this Operating Agreement, as originally
executed and as amended from time to time.

         1.5 "Annual Business Plan" shall mean the detailed business plan for
the Company on a consolidated basis, which plan shall contain an operating
budget by bakery-cafe, a capital budget by bakery-cafe, a marketing plan, cash
flow projections, sources of cash analysis, an operating plan (including plans
related to the strategic business plan), and detailed quantifiable key
performance indicators (people, pegs and cost balancing) for the plan year. Such
business plan shall specify the cash needs of the Company as of the last day of
each calendar quarter. The cash needs of the Company shall include all cash
needed for day-to-day operations, for capital goods replacement and acquisition,
for reserves, and for expansion purposes. All cash flow projections shall be on
a thirteen (13) Period basis.

         1.6 "Appraisal Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.1B.

         1.7 "Approval Date" shall mean, with respect to each Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe to be developed by the Company or any subsidiary or joint venture to
be formed by the Company, the date that the Controlling Member, in its sole
discretion, approves in writing the Development Plan for such Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe.

         1.8 "Area Development Agreement" shall mean that certain Area
Development Agreement of even date herewith between Panera and the Company.

         1.9 "Artisan" shall mean Artisan Bread, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.

         1.10 "Assignee" shall mean the owner of an Economic Interest who has
not been admitted as a substitute Member in accordance with Article VII.

         1.11 "Bakery-Cafe Cash Flow" shall mean, for any specified Period, the
total profit (or loss) of a Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe for such Period, net of the
payments to Artisan and Panera which are described in Section 5.7 and net of
such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe's proportionate share of the Operating Fee
(determined on the basis of the number of the Company's Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes then in operation), plus depreciation and amortization expense for
such Period with respect to such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe's assets, determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied.

         1.12 "Bankruptcy" of a Member shall mean: (a) the filing of a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy by a Member; (b) the Member is adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the entry of an order for relief with respect to a Member in any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; (c) the making by a Member of a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; (d) the Member seeks, consents to or
acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Member
or of all or any substantial part of the Member's properties; (e) the Member
files a petition or answer seeking for the Member any reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar
relief under any statute, law or regulation; or (f) the Member files an answer
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admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed
against the member in any proceeding of such nature.

         1.13 "Capital Account" shall mean with respect to any Member the
capital account which the Company establishes and maintains for such Member
pursuant to Section 3.3.

         1.14 "Capital Contribution" shall mean the total amount of cash
contributed to the Company by the Members and the net book value of property
contributed to the Company by Artisan as such value is determined in accordance
with Section 3.1B.

         1.15 "Cash Flow" shall mean, for any specified Period, the total profit
(or loss) of the Company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries for such Period
after taking into account the Operating Fee, the royalty and administrative fee
described in Section 5.7 and any loan repayments made by the Company and its
direct or indirect subsidiaries to its Members or any other lender, plus the
Company's depreciation and amortization expense for such Period, determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

         1.16 "Cause" shall have the meaning set forth in the Employment
Agreement.

         1.17 "Certificate" shall mean the Certificate of Formation for the
Company originally filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and as amended
from time to time.

         1.18 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, the provisions of succeeding law, and to the extent
applicable, the Regulations.

         1.19 "Company" shall mean CAP CITY BREAD, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.

         1.20 "Company Minimum Gain" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term
"Partnership Minimum Gain" in the Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

         1.21 "Competitive Activity" shall include the following:

         (i) directly or indirectly engaging in, being employed by, advising,
consulting in, or acting as an agent for, any business competitive with or
adverse to the business of the Company or its Affiliates (including, without
limitation, Artisan and Panera), which shall include, but is not limited to, the
Corner Bakery; LeMadeline; Atlanta Bread Company; any retail food establishment
(including, but not limited to, any restaurant or bakery) in which any of the
following categories constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of gross sales:
(i) bakery goods and breads; (ii) sandwiches; (iii) coffee and coffee-based
drinks; or (iv) soups and salads; or any other business that is the same as or
similar to the Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe concept, as it may evolve or change over
time, or any business that manufactures, wholesales and/or distributes fresh or
frozen dough or bakery products; and

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         (ii) having, or acquiring any interest in (whether as proprietor,
partner, stockholder, consultant, officer, director, or any type of principal
whatsoever) any Person which is directly or indirectly engaged in any business
competitive with or adverse to the Company's business, except that the direct or
indirect ownership of (a) a Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe franchise through the
Company or as otherwise expressly authorized in the Area Development Agreement
or in this Agreement, or (b) five percent (5%) or less of the stock of a company
whose shares are listed on a national securities exchange or are quoted on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, shall not
be deemed having or acquiring any such interest.

         1.22 "Controlling Member" shall mean Artisan or any other Person that
succeeds it as the Controlling Member of the Company.

         1.23 "Development Plan" shall mean, with respect to each Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe to be developed by the Company or any subsidiary or joint venture to
be formed by the Company, the detailed development plan for such Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe, which plan shall include a site analysis, development budget, cash
flow projections, operating plan and such other information, and in such format,
as the Controlling Member may request.

         1.24 "Disability" shall have the meaning set forth in the Employment
Agreement.

         1.25 "Distributable Cash" shall mean such amount of cash which the
Controlling Member deems available for distribution to the Members, taking into
account all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the Company then due, the
Annual Business Plan, Development Plans, and working capital and other amounts
which the Controlling Member deems necessary for the Company's business or to
place into reserves for customary and usual claims with respect to such
business.

         1.26 "Distribution Percentages" shall mean (a) with respect to the
Operating Member, (i) the Percentage Interest of the Operating Member as of the
date of determination less 10%, divided by (ii) 90%, and (b) with respect to
Artisan, 100% less the Distribution Percentage, if any, of the Operating Member;
in each case, expressed as a percentage. By way of example, if the Percentage
Interest of the Operating Member is 20%, the Distribution Percentages of the
Operating Member and Artisan would be 11.11% and 88.89%, respectively.

         1.27 "Economic Interest" shall mean the right to receive distributions
of the Company's assets and allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit
and similar items from the Company pursuant to this Agreement and the Act, but
shall not include any other rights of a Member, including, without limitation,
the right to vote or participate in the management of the Company.

         1.28 "Employment Agreement" shall mean that certain Employment
Agreement of even date herewith between Postle and the Company.

         1.29 "Excluded Expenses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.5B.

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         1.30 "Existing Bakery-Cafes" shall mean those Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes
described on Exhibit C.

         1.31 "Fair Market Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.1B.

         1.32 "Fiscal Year" shall mean the Company's fiscal year, which shall
end on the last Saturday in December of each year, which fiscal year may be
changed at the discretion of the Controlling Member.

         1.33 "Gross Sales" shall mean the aggregate gross amount of all sales
of food, beverages and other products and merchandise sold and services rendered
in connection with the Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes owned directly or indirectly by
the Company, including monies derived from sales at or away from the Panera
Bread Bakery-Cafes whether for cash or credit, but excluding (i) all federal,
state or municipal sales or service taxes collected from customers and paid to
the appropriate taxing authorities; and (ii) all customer refunds and
adjustments and promotional discounts made by Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes.

         1.34 "Included Expenses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.5B.

         1.35 "Initial Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1.E.

         1.36 "Majority Interest" shall mean those Members who hold a majority
of the Percentage Interests.

         1.37 "Marks" shall mean the current and future tradenames, trademarks,
service marks, and trade dress used to identify the services and/or products
offered by Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes, including the marks "PANERA BREAD," and
the distinctive building design and color scheme.

         1.38 "Member" shall mean each Person who (a) is an initial signatory to
this Agreement, has been admitted to the Company as a Member in accordance with
the Certificate or this Agreement or is an Assignee who has become a Member in
accordance with Article VII, and (b) has not ceased to be a Member for any
reason.

         1.39 "Member Nonrecourse Debt" shall have the meaning ascribed to the
term "Partner Nonrecourse Debt" in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

         1.40 "Member Nonrecourse Deductions" shall mean items of Company loss,
deduction, or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures which are attributable to
Member Nonrecourse Debt.

         1.41 "Membership Interest" shall mean a Member's entire interest in the
Company including the Member's Economic Interest, the right to vote on or
participate in the management, and the right to receive information concerning
the business and affairs, of the Company.

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         1.42 "Net Profits" and "Net Losses" shall mean the income, gain, loss
and deductions of the Company in the aggregate or separately stated, as
appropriate, determined in accordance with the method of accounting at the close
of each Fiscal Year on the Company's information tax return filed for federal
income tax purposes, after taking into account, among other things, the royalty
and the administrative fee described in Section 5.7.

         1.43 "Nonrecourse Liability" shall have the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).

         1.44 "Note" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3A.

         1.45 "Operating Fee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5B.

         1.46 "Operating Member" shall mean Capitol Dough, Inc., a Missouri
corporation.

         1.47 "Option" shall mean any of Option A, Option B, Option C or Option
D, and "Options" shall mean collectively Option A, Option B, Option C and Option
D.

         1.48 "Option A" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1A.

         1.49 "Option B" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1B.

         1.50 "Option C" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1C.

         1.51 "Option D" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1D.

         1.52 "Option Event" shall mean, in the case of Option A, Option B,
Option C, or Option D, any of the events described in Section 8.1A, 8.1B, 8.1C
or 8.1D, respectively.

         1.53 "Option Event Date" shall mean the date that an Option Event
occurs except that if the Option Event results from either Postle or the Company
notifying the other party of his or its election not to renew the Term of
Employment, the Option Event Date shall be the date of the termination or
expiration of the Term of Employment.

         1.54 "Panera" shall mean Panera, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         1.55 "Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe" shall mean any bakery, restaurant
and/or cafe which uses the Marks (or the Mark "Saint Louis Bread" or "Saint
Louis Bread Company") and System.

         1.56 "Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes" shall mean those Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes under development and/or construction which are described on
Exhibit C.

         1.57 "Percentage Interest" shall mean the percentage of a Member as
determined at any time in accordance with Section 3.4. The initial Percentage
Interest is set forth opposite the name

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of such Member under the column "Member's Percentage Interest" in Exhibit A
hereto and shall be adjusted from time to time by the Controlling Member to
reflect the then current Percentage Interests of the Members.

         1.58 "Period" shall mean any of the thirteen (13) four-week periods
which constitute the Company's Fiscal Year.

         1.59 "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association
or any other entity.

         1.60 "Proprietary Information" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.2.

         1.61 "Postle" shall mean Richard Postle.

         1.62 "President" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

         1.63 "Purchase Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.

         1.64 "Regulations" shall, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, mean the regulations in force as final or temporary that have been
issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to its authority under the
Code, and any successor regulations.

         1.65 "Restricted Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.1.

         1.66 "Supermajority Interest" shall mean those Members who hold 95% of
the Percentage Interests; provided, however, that if the Term of Employment ends
or terminates for any reason, Supermajority Interest shall instead have the same
meaning as Majority Interest.

         1.67 "System" shall mean the business methods, designs and arrangements
for developing and operating Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes, which include the Marks,
building design and layouts, equipment, ingredients, recipes, methods of
preparation and specifications for authorized food products, methods of
inventory control and certain operating and business standards and policies, all
of which may be improved, further developed, or otherwise modified from time to
time.

         1.68 "Tax Matters Partner" (as defined in Code Section 6231) shall be
Artisan or its successor as designated pursuant to Section 9.8.

         1.69 "Term of Employment" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Employment Agreement.

         1.70 "Territory" shall mean the areas described on Exhibit B.

         1.71 "Termination Date" shall mean the date of the expiration or
termination of Postle's employment with the Company.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                             ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

         2.1 Formation. The Members have formed a Delaware limited liability
company under the laws of the State of Delaware by filing the Certificate with
the Delaware Secretary of State and entering into this Agreement. The rights and
liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant to the Act and this
Agreement. To the extent that the rights or obligations of any Member are
different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the
absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the
Act, control.

         2.2 Name. The name of the Company shall be "CAP CITY BREAD, LLC." The
business of the Company may be conducted under that name or, upon compliance
with applicable laws, any other name that the Controlling Member deems
appropriate or advisable. The Controlling Member shall file any fictitious name
certificates and similar filings, and any amendments thereto, that the
Controlling Member considers appropriate or advisable.

         2.3 Term. The term of this Agreement commenced on the filing of the
Certificate and shall continue indefinitely, unless extended or sooner
terminated as hereinafter provided.

         2.4 Office and Agent. The Company shall continuously maintain a
registered office and agent in the State of Delaware. The principal office of
the Company shall be at 6710 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, Missouri 63117, or
as the Controlling Member may determine. The Company may also have such offices,
anywhere within and without the State of Delaware, as the Controlling Member may
determine from time to time, or the business of the Company may require. The
registered agent shall be as stated in the Certificate or as otherwise
determined by the Controlling Member.

         2.5 Addresses of the Members and the Controlling Member. The
respective addresses of the Members and the Controlling Member are set forth on
Exhibit A. A Member may change its address upon notice thereof to the
Controlling Member.

         2.6 Purpose and Business of the Company. The purpose of the Company is
to engage in any lawful activity for which a limited liability company may be
organized under the Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of
all of the Members, the Company shall not engage in any business other than the
following:

         A. The acquisition, development, ownership, management, operation and
sale of the Existing Bakery-Cafes, the Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes and
other Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes;

         B. Acquiring a controlling interest in and managing other limited
liability companies or other entities which will engage in any of the foregoing
businesses; and

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         C. Such other activities directly related to and in furtherance of the
foregoing business as may be necessary, advisable, or appropriate, in the
reasonable opinion of the Controlling Member.

                                   ARTICLE III

                              CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

     3.1 Initial Capital Contributions.

         A. Operating Member Contributions. As its initial Capital Contribution,
Operating Member shall, concurrent with the execution of this Agreement,
contribute the sum of (i) $300,000, and (ii) $0, and shall receive a
corresponding credit to its Capital Account.

         B. Artisan Contributions. As its initial Capital Contribution, Artisan
shall, concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, contribute all of its
right, title and interest in and to the Existing Bakery-Cafes and the Partially
Developed Bakery-Cafes. In connection with such Capital Contributions, the
Company shall assume all obligations of Artisan in connection with the Existing
Bakery-Cafes and Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes, including without limitation,
all accrued obligations relating to the development of the Partially Developed
Bakery-Cafes and the development and operation of the Existing Bakery-Cafes and
all obligations relating to such development and operations from and after the
date of such contributions, but excluding obligations, if any, for money
borrowed by Artisan or Panera in connection with the Existing Bakery-Cafes and
Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes. Artisan shall receive a credit to its Capital
Account equal to the net book value of the Existing Bakery-Cafes and the
Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes (including capitalized overhead), as of July
14, 2001, plus all capital expenditures made by Artisan or its
predecessor-in-interest with respect to the Existing Bakery-Cafes and the
Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes since July 14, 2001 through the date hereof,
minus the $300,000 which shall be distributed by the Company to Artisan as a
return of capital pursuant to Section 6.5A. Artisan and Operating Member
acknowledge that such net book value was $4,892,555 as of July 14, 2001 and that
the capital expenditures made with respect to the Existing Bakery-Cafes and the
Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes after July 14, 2001 shall be determined by
Artisan after the date hereof, at which time Artisan shall amend Exhibit A to
reflect such expenditures.

         C. Other Agreements. In addition to such initial Capital Contributions,
Artisan has agreed to have Panera enter into the Area Development Agreement and
Operating Member has agreed to provide the services of Postle pursuant to the
Employment Agreement; provided, however, that neither Member shall receive a
credit to its Capital Account in connection with their agreement to enter into
the Area Development Agreement or the Employment Agreement and Postle shall have
no Membership Interest or Economic Interest in connection with his entering into
the Employment Agreement. Operating Member and Postle represent and warrant to
Artisan that Postle is the sole shareholder of Operating Member and owns such
interest free and clear of any lien, option, claim or encumbrance.

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               3.2  Additional Capital Contributions.

                    A. Operating Member Contributions.

                       (i) Mandatory Contributions. If the Controlling Member
approves a Development Plan and final site approval for a Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe, the Controlling Member shall notify Operating Member of such
approval and the Approval Date with respect to such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe.
Within five (5) business days of the delivery of such notice, Operating Member
shall make an additional Capital Contribution of $25,000 to the Company with
respect to such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe. By way of example only, if the
Controlling Member approves the development of twenty (20) Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes, Operating Member shall be required under this paragraph to make
twenty (20) additional Capital Contributions of $25,000 each within five (5)
business days of the delivery of the respective notices, or $500,000 of
additional Capital Contributions in the aggregate.

                       (ii) Optional Contributions for New Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes. Provided that Operating Member has timely made all Capital
Contributions required under Section 3.2A(i), and subject to the terms and
conditions contained in this paragraph, Operating Member shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to make additional Capital Contributions from time to
time with respect to any Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe being developed by the Company
(or any subsidiary or joint venture formed by the Company) other than the
Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes. If Operating Member desires to exercise such
right, it must, within seven (7) days of the Approval Date for a Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe, notify the Controlling Member of its election and the amount of the
additional Capital Contribution that it desires to make with respect to such
Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe, which amount shall either be in multiples of $10,000
or equal to 19% of the development budget for such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe;
provided, however, that such amount may not exceed 19% of the actual development
costs for such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe. All additional Capital Contributions
made pursuant to this paragraph shall be made within thirty (30) days of demand
by the Controlling Member; provided, however, that such demand may not be made
until the commencement of construction for such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe.

                       (iii) Optional Contributions for Other Company
Obligations. Provided that Operating Member has timely made all Capital
Contributions required under Section 3.2A(i), and subject to the terms and
conditions contained in this paragraph, Operating Member shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to make additional Capital Contributions from time to
time with respect to obligations that the Company will incur in the completion
of development of any Partially Developed Bakery-Cafe or to pay accrued
obligations assumed by the Company with respect to Existing Bakery-Cafes or
Partially Developed Bakery-Cafes. If Operating Member desires to exercise such
right, it must, within seven (7) days of the execution of this Agreement (or in
the case of any payments for assumed obligations to be made by the Company,
within seven (7) days of delivery of notice by the Controlling Member to the
Operating Member of such payment), notify the Controlling Member of its election
and the amount of the additional Capital Contribution that it desires to make
with respect to such Partially Developed Bakery-Cafe or payment, which amount
shall either be in multiples of $10,000 or equal to 19% of the remaining
development budget for such

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Partially Developed Bakery-Cafe or the amount of such payment obligation, as the
case may be; provided, however, that such amount may not exceed 19% of the
actual development costs incurred by the Company for such Partially Developed
Bakery-Cafe or the amount of such payment obligation, as the case may be. All
additional Capital Contributions made pursuant to this paragraph shall be made
within thirty (30) days of demand by the Controlling Member.

                        (iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, Operating Member may not make additional Capital Contributions under
Section 3.2A(ii) or (iii) if such Capital Contributions would in the aggregate
exceed at any time 19% of the total Capital Contributions made by all Members,
and any Capital Contributions made by Operating Member under Section 3.2A(ii)
and (iii) in excess of 19% of the total Capital Contributions made by all
Members shall be returned to Operating Member.

                  B. Artisan Contributions. With respect to the Partially
Developed Bakery-Cafes and each Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe approved by the
Controlling Member, Artisan shall make an additional Capital Contribution equal
to (i) the lesser of (a) the remaining development budget for a
Partially-Developed Bakery-Cafe and in all other cases the development budget
set forth in the Development Plan for such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe, or (b) all
costs of developing Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes (other than costs relating to
Partially Completed Bakery-Cafes which are included in the initial Capital
Contributions made by Artisan), including development costs directly related to
the site, including but not limited to architects, impact, expeditor, legal and
broker fees, leasehold improvements, furniture, fixtures, equipment, signage,
small wares and the standard capitalized overhead (including, but not limited
to, real estate, construction and design administration), as such costs and
overhead may be in effect from time to time, and the like, as are reflected in
the books and records of the Company for its Company-owned Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes, minus (ii) the sum of the Capital Contributions received by the
Company from Operating Member pursuant to Section 3.2A(i), (ii) and (iii)
herein. Such additional Capital Contributions shall be made at such times as
deemed appropriate by the Controlling Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
such development costs exceed the development budget, Artisan may elect to fund
(but has no obligation to elect to fund) such excess by an additional Capital
Contribution, a loan or such combination of Capital Contributions or loans, upon
such terms, and in such amounts, as Artisan deems reasonable in its sole
discretion, including without limitation, that all loans must be repaid prior to
the Company making any distributions under Section 6.5C. By way of example, if,
with respect to a Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe, the development costs for developing
and opening are $800,000, the development budget was $700,000, and Operating
Member's Capital Contribution pursuant to Section 3.2A(i), (ii) and (iii) was
$50,000, then Artisan would be required to make Capital Contributions of
$650,000 and could elect to loan the Company and/or make additional Capital
Contributions of up to $100,000.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Artisan elects to so fund such excess in
whole or part, Artisan shall notify Operating Member of its election to fund,
the amount of funds being contributed or loaned to the Company and the terms of
such contribution and/or loan. Operating Member shall have the right, upon the
terms set forth in this paragraph, to fund such excess upon the same terms
described in such notice, but in a proportion equal to the Capital Contributions
made by Operating Member under Section 3.2A(ii) and (iii) divided by the total
Capital Contributions made by all

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Members without taking into account any Capital Contributions necessary to fund
such excess. To exercise such right, Operating Member shall deliver notice of
exercise and its proportionate share of the funds being contributed and/or
loaned to the Company, to Artisan within seven (7) days of the delivery of the
notice by Artisan. If such right is not so exercised within such period, such
right shall automatically expire.

         C. No Further Capital Contributions Required. Except as provided in
Section 3.1 and Section 3.2A and B, no Member shall be required to make any
additional Capital Contributions. To the extent approved by the Controlling
Member, from time to time, the Members may be permitted to make additional
Capital Contributions if and to the extent they so desire, and if the
Controlling Member determines that such additional Capital Contributions are
necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the Company's business. In that
event, the Members shall have the opportunity, but not the obligation, to
participate in such additional Capital Contributions on a pro rata basis in
accordance with their Percentage Interests. Each Member shall receive a credit
to its Capital Account in the amount of any additional capital which it
contributes to the Company.

         D. Exhibit A. From time to time, the Controlling Member shall revise
Exhibit A to reflect the total Capital Contributions made by the Members.

     3.3 Capital Accounts. The Company shall establish and maintain an
individual Capital Account for each Member in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If a Member transfers all or a part of its Membership
Interest in accordance with this Agreement, such Member's Capital Account
attributable to the transferred Membership Interest shall carry over to the new
owner of such Membership Interest pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(1).

     3.4 Percentage Interest. The Percentage Interest of Operating Member shall
be determined from time to time as follows: (a) if Operating Member has timely
made all Capital Contributions required under Sections 3.1A(i) and 3.2A(i), its
Percentage Interest shall be ten percent (10%), and (b) if Operating Member also
has made Capital Contributions in accordance with Section 3.1A(ii), 3.2A(ii),
3.2A(iii), 3.2B and/or 3.2C, its Percentage Interest shall be increased by an
amount, calculated as percentage, equal to the aggregate Capital Contributions
made by Operating Member pursuant to such Sections divided by the sum of the
Capital Contributions made to the Company by all of the Members but which amount
cannot in any event exceed nineteen percent (19%), or (c) if Operating Member
has not timely made all Capital Contributions required under Sections 3.1A(i)
and 3.2A(i), its Percentage Interest shall be an amount, calculated as a
percentage, equal to its aggregate Capital Contributions divided by the sum of
the Capital Contributions made to the Company by all of the Members. The
Percentage Interest of Artisan shall be determined from time to time as an
amount equal to 100% minus the Percentage Interest of Operating Member. By way
of example, if Operating Member has timely made all Capital Contributions
required under Sections 3.1A(i) and 3.2A(i), but has not elected to make any
other Capital Contributions, then the Percentage Interest of Operating Member
and Artisan would be 10% and 90%, respectively.

     3.5 No Interest on Capital Contributions. No Member shall be entitled to
receive any interest on its Capital Contributions.

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     3.6 Failure to Make Contributions. If a Member does not timely contribute
capital when required, that Member shall be in default under this Agreement. In
such event, the Controlling Member shall send the defaulting Member written
notice of such default, giving it fourteen (14) days from the date such notice
is given to contribute the entire amount of its required Capital Contribution.
If the defaulting Member does not contribute its required capital to the Company
within said fourteen (14)-day period, the Controlling Member may elect any one
or more of the following remedies:

         A. The non-defaulting Members may advance funds to the Company to cover
those amounts which the defaulting Member fails to contribute. Amounts which a
non-defaulting Member so advances on behalf of the defaulting Member shall
become a loan due and owing from the defaulting Member to such non-defaulting
Member and bear interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, payable
monthly. All cash distributions otherwise distributable to the defaulting Member
under this Agreement shall instead be paid to the non-defaulting Members making
such advances until such advances and interest thereon are paid in full. In any
event, any such advances shall be evidenced by a promissory note in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Controlling Member and be due and payable by the
defaulting Member six (6) months from the date that such advance was made. Any
amounts repaid shall first be applied to interest and thereafter to principal.
Effective upon a Member becoming a defaulting Member, each Member grants to the
non-defaulting Members who advance funds under this Section 3.6A a security
interest in its Economic Interest to secure its obligation to repay such
advances and agrees to execute and deliver a promissory note as described herein
together with a security agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Controlling Member and such UCC-1 financing statements as such non-defaulting
Members may reasonably request.

         B. The defaulting Members shall have no right to receive any
distributions from the Company until the non-defaulting Members have first
received distributions in an amount equal to the additional capital contributed
by each non-defaulting Member to the Company plus a cumulative, non-compounded
return thereon at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.

         C. The defaulting Member shall lose its voting and approval rights
under the Act, the Certificate and this Agreement until such time as the
defaulting Member cures the default.

         D. The Company or the non-defaulting Members may purchase the
defaulting Member's entire Membership Interest in accordance with the same terms
and conditions as those set forth in Section 8.1A except that the purchase price
shall be an amount equal to the defaulting Member's Capital Account balance
determined as of the date of the notice of election to purchase.

     Each Member acknowledges and agrees that (i) a default by any Member in
making a required Capital Contribution will result in the Company and the
non-defaulting Members incurring certain costs and other damages in an amount
that would be extremely difficult or impractical to ascertain and (ii) the
remedies described in this Section 3.6 bear a reasonable relationship to the
damages which the Members estimate may be suffered by the Company and the
non-defaulting Members by reason of the failure of a defaulting Member to make
any required Capital Contribution and the election of any or all of the above
described remedies is not unreasonable under the circumstances existing as of
the date hereof.

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     The election of the Controlling Member to pursue any remedy provided in
this Section 3.6 shall not be a waiver or limitation of the right to pursue an
additional or different remedy available hereunder or of law or equity with
respect to any subsequent default.

     3.7 Area Development Agreement. Pursuant to the Area Development Agreement,
Panera is granting to the Company the right to develop, own and operate Panera
Bread Bakery-Cafes in the Territory upon the terms and conditions described
therein. Operating Member acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding the
execution of the Area Development Agreement by Panera, Artisan has no
obligations hereunder, as the Controlling Member or otherwise, to approve any
Development Plan; to approve the development of any minimum number or specific
number of Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes; to use consistent criteria for development
decisions, it being acknowledged that the approval of a Development Plan shall
not obligate Artisan to approve any other Development Plan; or to contribute
capital or otherwise finance the development of Panera Bread Bakery Cafes
(except to the extent that Artisan, as the Controlling Member, has approved the
Development Plan for a Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe) and that if Controlling Member
does not approve a Development Plan, Operating Member shall have the right to
develop the Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe upon the terms set forth in the Area
Development Agreement. Operating Member further acknowledges and agrees that the
failure of Operating Member to timely make all Capital Contributions required
under Sections 3.1A(i) and 3.2A(i) may result in the termination of the
Company's right under the Area Development Agreement to continue developing
Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                     MEMBERS

     4.1 Limited Liability. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or
required by law, no Member shall be personally liable, or shall be obligated to
provide a guaranty or indemnity, for any debt, obligation, or liability of the
Company, whether that liability or obligation arises in contract, tort, or
otherwise.

     4.2 Admission of Additional Members. The Controlling Member, with the
approval of a Supermajority Interest, may admit to the Company additional
Members. Any additional Members shall obtain Membership Interests and will
participate in the management, Net Profits, Net Losses, and distributions of the
Company on such terms as are determined by the Controlling Member and approved
by a Majority Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Assignees may only be
admitted as substitute Members in accordance with Article VII and the approval
of a Majority Interest is not required for the admission of a substitute Member.

     4.3 Withdrawals or Resignations. No Member may withdraw or resign from the
Company. The Bankruptcy of a Member shall not result in a Member ceasing to be a
Member of the Company.

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     4.4 Termination of Membership Interest. Upon the transfer of a Member's
Membership Interest in violation of Article VII, the Membership Interest of such
Member shall be terminated by the Controlling Member and thereafter that Member
shall be an Assignee only. Each Member acknowledges and agrees that such
termination of a Membership Interest upon the occurrence of the foregoing event
is not unreasonable under the circumstances existing as of the date hereof.

     4.5 Competing Activities. Neither Operating Member, as a Member, nor
Postle, as its sole shareholder, nor any of their respective Affiliates shall,
anywhere in the world (whether within the Territory or outside of the
Territory), individually or jointly within others, directly or indirectly,
whether for their own account or for that of any other Person, operate, engage
in, own or hold any ownership interest in, have any interest in or lend any
assistance to any Competitive Activity. Except to the extent limited by the Area
Development Agreement, Artisan, as both a Member and the Controlling Member, may
engage in Competitive Activities and may develop, own, operate, manage,
franchise, license or invest in Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes located in the
Territory or outside of the Territory.

     4.6 Transactions With The Company. A Member or Affiliate of a Member may
lend money to and transact other business with the Company (including, without
limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, or exchange of any property or the
rendering of any service, or the establishment of any salary, other
compensation, or other terms of employment) on such terms as the Controlling
Member determines are reasonable. Subject to other applicable law, such Member
has the same rights and obligations with respect thereto as a Person who is not
a Member.

     4.7 Remuneration To Members. Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this Agreement or approved by a Supermajority Interest, no Member is entitled to
remuneration for acting in the Company business. The Operating Member has agreed
to provide the services of Postle to the Company pursuant to the Employment
Agreement. Except as specifically provided in the Employment Agreement, the
Operating Member shall be responsible for compensating Postle for services that
he renders to the Company.

     4.8 Members Are Not Agents. Pursuant to Section 5.1 and the Certificate,
the management of the Company is vested in the Controlling Member. The Members
shall have no power to participate in the management of the Company except as
expressly authorized by this Agreement or the Certificate and except as
expressly required by the Act. No Member, acting solely in the capacity of a
Member, is an agent of the Company nor does any Member, unless expressly and
duly authorized in writing to do so by the Controlling Member, have any power or
authority to bind or act on behalf of the Company in any way, to pledge its
credit, to execute any instrument on its behalf or to render it liable for any
purpose.

     4.9 Voting Rights. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the
Certificate, Members shall have no voting, approval or consent rights. Except as
otherwise set forth in this Agreement, in all matters in which a vote, approval
or consent of the Members is required, a vote, consent or approval of a Majority
Interest (or, in instances in which there are defaulting or remaining members,
non-defaulting or remaining Members who hold a majority of the Percentage
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by all non-defaulting or remaining Members) shall be sufficient to authorize or
approve such act. All votes, approvals or consents of the Members may be given
or withheld, conditioned or delayed as the Members may determine in their sole
and absolute discretion and each Member may vote, approve or consent to any
matter without regard to whether such matter furthers the Member's self-interest
or may present a conflict of interest for such Member.

     4.10 Meetings of Members. No annual or regular meetings of Members are
required. Meetings of the Members may be requested by any Member holding more
than ten percent (10%) of the Percentage Interests for the purpose of addressing
any matters on which the Members may vote by delivery of a request to hold a
meeting to the Controlling Member. Within fourteen (14) days of receiving such
request, the Controlling Member shall call for a meeting to be held not less
than seven (7) nor more than sixty (60) days after such receipt and shall
deliver written notice of the meeting to each Member. The notice shall specify
the place, date and hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business
to be transacted.

     The actions taken at any meeting of Members however called and noticed, and
wherever held, have the same validity as if taken at a meeting duly held after
regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy,
and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the Members entitled to
vote, who was not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of
notice or consents to the holding of the meeting or approves the minutes of the
meeting. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the Company
records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

     Any action that may be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a
meeting, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed
and delivered to the Company within sixty (60) days of the record date for that
action by Members having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be
necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all Members
entitled to vote on that action at a meeting were present and voted. All such
consents shall be filed with the Controlling Member or the secretary, if any, of
the Company and shall be maintained in the Company records. Any Member giving a
written consent, or the Member's proxy holders, may revoke the consent by a
writing received by the Controlling Member or secretary, if any, of the Company
before written consents of the number of votes required to authorize the
proposed action have been filed.

     Unless the consents of all Members entitled to vote have been solicited in
writing, prompt notice shall be given of the taking of any other action approved
by Members without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent, to those
Members entitled to vote who have not consented in writing.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                      MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE COMPANY

     5.1 Management of the Company by Controlling Member. The Company shall have
one (1) manager (as such term as defined in the Act), who shall be Artisan or
any transferee of Artisan's Membership Interest and shall be referred to herein
as the "Controlling Member." Except as described in the preceding sentence, the
Controlling Member may be removed or replaced by a Majority Interest only upon
its dissolution.

     The business, property and affairs of the Company shall be managed
exclusively by the Controlling Member; provided, however, that subject to the
control and oversight of the Controlling Member, Postle, as President, shall
manage the day-to-day operations of the Company as described in Section 5.8.
Except for situations in which the approval of the Members is expressly required
by this Agreement, the Controlling Member shall have full, complete and
exclusive authority, power, and discretion to manage and control the business,
property and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions regarding those
matters, and to perform any and all other acts or activities customary or
incident to the management of the Company's business, property and affairs. The
Controlling Member is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidence
of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, sign all checks,
drafts, and other instruments obligating the Company to pay money, sign
contracts and obligations on behalf of the Company, and may authorize other
Persons with the right to do the foregoing.

     5.2 Powers of Controlling Member.

         A. Powers of Controlling Member. Without limiting the generality of
Section 5.1, but subject to Section 5.2B and to the express limitations set
forth elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Member shall have all
necessary powers to manage and carry out the purposes, business, property, and
affairs of the Company, including, without limitation, the power to:

            (i) develop, acquire, purchase, lease, operate, renovate, improve,
alter, rebuild, demolish, replace, and own Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe and any
other real property and any other personal property or assets that the
Controlling Member determines is necessary or appropriate or in the interest of
the business of the Company, and to form subsidiaries or joint ventures to
engage in any of the foregoing;

            (ii) sell, exchange, lease, or otherwise dispose of Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes and other property and assets owned by the Company, or any part
thereof, or any interest therein;

            (iii) borrow money from any party, issue evidences of indebtedness
in connection therewith, refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend, or
change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of any indebtedness or
obligation of the Company, and secure such indebtedness by mortgage, deed of
trust, pledge, security interest, or other lien on Company assets;

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            (iv) sue on, defend, or compromise any and all claims or liabilities
in favor of or against the Company; submit any or all such claims or liabilities
to arbitration; and confess a judgment against the Company in connection with
any litigation in which the Company is involved (other than relating to the
Members or its Affiliates);

            (v) retain legal counsel, auditors, and other professionals in
connection with the Company business and to pay therefor such remuneration as
the Controlling Member may determine;

            (vi) delegate the right to exercise any of the foregoing powers to
the President or any other Person; and

            (vii) review, modify, approve or disapprove any Development Plan or
Annual Business Plan.

         B. Limitations on Power of Controlling Member. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Agreement, the Controlling Member shall not have
authority hereunder to cause the Company to engage in the following transactions
without first obtaining the affirmative vote or written consent of a Majority
Interest (or such greater Percentage Interests set forth below) of the Members:

            (i) The sale, exchange or other disposition of all, or substantially
all, of the Company's assets occurring as part of a single transaction, except
in the orderly liquidation and winding up of the business of the Company upon
its duly authorized dissolution;

            (ii) The merger of the Company with another Person; provided in no
event shall a Member be required to become a general partner in a merger with a
general or limited partnership without its express written consent;

            (iii) An alteration of the primary purpose or business of the
Company as set forth in Section 2.6 shall require the consent of all Members;

            (iv) To file a bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Company;

            (v)  Any act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary
business of the Company; and

            (vi) Any other transaction described in this Agreement as requiring
the vote, consent, or approval of the Members.

         If the Controlling Member determines in its sole discretion that the
Company should engage in a transaction described in paragraph (i) or (ii) of
this Section 5.2B, the Controlling  Member shall notify the Operating  Member of
such determination. For a period of twenty-one (21) days following the delivery
of such notice, the Operating Member shall have the exclusive right to negotiate
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the Company and the Controlling Member with respect to the Operating Member
engaging in such transaction. If agreement is reached, the parties shall proceed
to close such transaction upon the terms and conditions so agreed to. If
agreement is not reached during such period or if the Operating Member does not
pursue such right, the Controlling Member and the Company may engage in
discussions with respect to, and consummate, such transaction with another
Person.

     5.3 Performance of Duties; Liability of Controlling Member. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, whether express or implied, neither the
Controlling Member, an Affiliate of the Controlling Member or any officer,
employee or agent of the Controlling Member shall be liable to the Company or
any Member or any agent or Affiliate of any Member for any act or omission taken
or omitted in good faith by the Controlling Member or other Person, unless and
then only to the extent that such act or omission constituted fraud, willful
violation of applicable law, or willful violation of this Agreement. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Members waive any and
all rights any of them may have to recover punitive damages from the Company or
the Controlling Member, any Affiliate of the Controlling Member or any officer,
employee or agent of the Controlling Member.

     Under no circumstances will any member, Controlling Member, officer,
employee, agent, or other Affiliate of the Controlling Member have any personal
liability for any liability or obligation of the Company (whether on a theory of
alter ego, piercing the company veil, or otherwise) and any recourse permitted
under this Agreement or otherwise of the Members, any former Member, and the
Company against the Controlling Member shall be limited to the assets of the
Controlling Member except to the extent and only to the extent that a written
guaranty of obligations of the Controlling Member under the Note is executed by
Panera as described in Section 8.3B.

     To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Controlling Member or its
Affiliates have duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating
thereto to the Company or to a Member, the Controlling Member acting under this
Agreement and any other Affiliates of the Controlling Member acting in
connection with the Company's business or affairs shall not be liable to the
Company or to any such Member for its good faith reliance on the provisions of
this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they
restrict, reduce or eliminate the duties and liabilities of the Controlling
Member or its Affiliates otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by
the Members to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Controlling
Member and its Affiliates. The Controlling Member and its Affiliates shall be
fully protected in relying in good faith upon information, opinions, reports, or
statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Controlling
Member or such Affiliates reasonably believe are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Company. The Controlling Member and its Affiliates,
officers, employees and agents do not violate any duty or obligation hereunder
merely because approving or disapproving a matter, taking an action or engaging
in any conduct furthers the interest of the Controlling Member, its Affiliates,
officers, employees and agents, or may be detrimental to the interest of
Operating Member.

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     5.4 Devotion of Time. The Controlling Member is not obligated to devote all
of its time or business efforts to the affairs of the Company. The Controlling
Member shall devote whatever time, effort, and skill as it deems appropriate for
the operation of the Company.

     5.5 Competing Activities. Except to the extent limited by the Area
Development Agreement, the Controlling Member and its shareholders, directors,
officers, agents, employees and Affiliates may engage or invest in,
independently or with others, any Competitive Activities and may develop, own,
operate, manage, franchise, license or invest in Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes
located in the Territory or outside of the Territory. Neither the Company nor
any Member shall have any right in or to such other ventures or activities or to
the income or proceeds derived therefrom. The Controlling Member shall not be
obligated to present any investment opportunity or prospective economic
advantage to the Company, even if the opportunity is of the character that, if
presented to the Company, could be taken by the Company. The Controlling Member
shall have the right to hold any investment opportunity or prospective economic
advantage for its own account or to recommend such opportunity to Persons other
than the Company. The Members acknowledge that the Controlling Member and its
Affiliates own and/or manage other businesses, including businesses that compete
with the Company and for the Controlling Member's time. The Members hereby waive
any and all rights and claims which they may otherwise have against the
Controlling Member and its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees
and Affiliates as a result of any of such activities.

     5.6 Transactions between the Company and the Controlling Member.
Notwithstanding that it may constitute a conflict of interest, the Controlling
Member may, and may cause its Affiliates to, engage in any transaction
(including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, or exchange of any
property or the rendering of any service, or the establishment of any salary,
other compensation, or other terms of employment) with the Company on such terms
as the Controlling Member deems reasonable.

     5.7 Payments to Controlling Member or its Affiliates. Subject to the terms
and conditions of the Area Development Agreement, the Company shall pay Panera a
royalty equal to five percent (5%) of Gross Sales and such other fees and costs
as are described therein, which fees and costs shall be paid at the times and in
the manner described therein. As the Controlling Member, Artisan shall utilize
its personnel (or, at is sole discretion, shall arrange to utilize the personnel
of Panera) to provide the following services: accounting; contract
administration and employment administration; benefit and payroll
administration; information technology administration; research and development;
development services; purchasing administration and tax preparation. In
consideration of such services, the Company shall pay to Artisan an
administrative fee equal to three percent (3%) of Gross Sales, which fee shall
be paid with respect to any Period, within twenty-one (21) days after the end of
such Period. Artisan shall also permit the Company and its employees to
participate in any service or benefit purchased by Artisan with respect to its
employees to the extent that such participation by Affiliates of Artisan is
permitted both by applicable law and regulations and the agreements with the
providers of such service or benefit; provided, that the Company, neither
Artisan nor Panera shall be responsible for all costs associated with such
participation. In addition, the Company shall pay the Controlling Member or
Affiliates of the Controlling Member for products sold to the Company
(consistent with the provisions of the Area Development Agreement) and shall
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Controlling Member and its Affiliates for non-routine or extraordinary costs
incurred or those services which the Controlling Member determines should
instead be rendered by third parties, including without limitation, costs for
outside legal counsel, accountants and consultants for the Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company. The Company shall
also pay or reimburse the Controlling Member or its Affiliates for
organizational expenses (including, without limitation, legal and accounting
fees and costs) incurred to form the Company and prepare and file the
Certificate and this Agreement.

     5.8 Officers. The Company shall have a president (the "President") who
shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as specified in this
Agreement, the Employment Agreement or as shall be determined from time to time
by the Controlling Member. The Operating Member has agreed to provide the
services of Postle, its sole shareholder, as the initial President and to be
responsible for compensating Postle for all services that he renders to the
Company (other than the benefits described in the Employment Agreement). Postle
has agreed to provide such services pursuant to this Agreement and the
Employment Agreement and also agreed that, except for such benefits, he shall
have no right to receive any compensation from the Company for any service that
he renders. Subject to Postle entering into the Employment Agreement and the
terms and conditions contained therein, Postle is appointed as the initial
President.

     Subject to the right of the Controlling Member to modify, reduce or
eliminate any or all of the President's responsibilities, Postle, as President,
shall be responsible for the following: developing "deal flow" for the Company;
securing suitable locations for Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes in the Territory as
the Controlling Member, in its sole discretion, may approve; coordinating with
Panera on the supervision of the development and construction of the Panera
Bread Bakery-Cafes and ensuring that such development and construction is in
accordance with the Area Development Agreement, including without limitation,
the development schedule therein; supervising and maintaining the operations of
the Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes in accordance with the methods, quality standards
and operations developed by Artisan or its Affiliates and local store marketing
as coordinated by Artisan or its Affiliates; preparing and executing the
Company's Annual Business Plan and Development Plans; and diligently and
faithfully performing all other functions as may be assigned to him in such
capacity by the Controlling Member, including without limitation, serving as an
officer of any subsidiary or joint venture formed by the Company; provided,
however, that Postle shall not be required to perform other assignments for
Artisan or its Affiliates to the extent that such assignments shall have a
material adverse effect on Postle's ability to perform his primary duties as
President. Subject to the foregoing, all decisions as to the day-to-day
operations of the Company shall be made by the President. The President shall
not, however, have the right or power to do any of the following without the
approval of the Controlling Member in writing:

         (i) Confess a judgment against the Company or any of its Affiliates;

         (ii) Admit any person as a Member;

         (iii) Declare Bankruptcy on behalf of the Company or any of its
Affiliates;

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         (v) Enter into any loan transaction, or incur any indebtedness or enter
into any agreement which may obligate the Company or its Affiliates in excess of
$25,000;

         (vi) Purchase any real property;

         (vii) Establish or modify the compensation paid to, or the benefit
programs available to, any personnel of the Company or its subsidiaries other
than personnel whose compensation is determined on an hourly basis; or

         (viii) Undertake any such other matter(s) as the Controlling Member may
deem inappropriate.

         The Controlling Member, with the consent of a Supermajority Interest,
may appoint additional officers and establish their duties and compensation at
any time.

     5.9 Limited Liability. No Person who is a Controlling Member or officer or
both a Controlling Member and officer of the Company shall be personally liable
under any judgment of a court, or in any other manner, for any debt, obligation,
or liability of the Company, whether that liability or obligation arises in
contract, tort, or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Controlling Member or
officer or both a Controlling Member and officer of the Company.

                                   ARTICLE VI

           ALLOCATIONS OF NET PROFITS AND NET LOSSES AND DISTRIBUTIONS

     6.1 Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss.

         A. Net Loss. Subject to Section 6.1C, Net Loss shall be allocated to
the Members in the following order of priority:

            (i) First, if the Operating Fee is less than zero, the absolute
amount of the Operating Fee shall be allocated to the Operating Member as Net
Loss;

            (ii) Then, to the Members in the inverse of the order in which the
remaining Net Loss so allocated equals the aggregate Net Profit previously
allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1B(ii) and (iii); and

            (iii) Any such additional Net Loss shall be allocated to the Members
in accordance with their Percentage Interests.

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Notwithstanding the previous subsections, loss allocations to a Member shall be
made only to the extent that such loss allocations will not create a deficit
Capital Account balance for that Member in excess of an amount, if any, equal to
such Member's share of Company Minimum Gain. Any loss not allocated to a Member
because of the foregoing provision shall be allocated to the other Members (to
the extent the other Members are not limited in respect of the allocation of
losses under this Section 6.1A). Any loss reallocated under this Section 6.1A
shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations of income and
losses pursuant to this Article VI, so that the net amount of any item so
allocated and the income and losses allocated to each Member pursuant to this
Article VI, to the extent possible, shall be equal to the net amount that would
have been allocated to each such Member pursuant to this Article VI if no
reallocation of losses had occurred under this Section 6.1A.

         B. Net Profit. Subject to Section 6.1C, Net Profit shall be allocated
to the Members in the following order of priority:

            (i) First, if the Operating Fee is more than zero, the amount of the
Operating Fee shall be allocated to the Operating Member as Net Profit;

            (ii) Then, to the Members in the inverse of the order in which Net
Loss has previously been allocated among the Members pursuant to Sections
6.1A(ii) and (iii) until the remaining aggregate Net Profit so allocated equals
the aggregate Net Loss previously allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1A(ii) and
(iii); and

            (iii) Any remaining Net Profit to the Members in proportion to their
Percentage Interests.

         C. Acknowledgment of Special Allocation. The allocations set forth in
Section 6.1A(i) and Section 6.1B(i) are to be made without reference to the
aggregate Net Profit or Net Loss. The Members acknowledge that, as a result of
such allocations:

            (i) The amount allocated pursuant to Section 6.1A(i) or Section
6.1B(i) shall reduce the Net Profit or Net Loss otherwise allocable to the
Members, and could result in Net Loss being allocated to the Members even though
the Company otherwise would have a Net Profit;

            (ii) The Operating Member may receive an allocation of Net Loss
pursuant to Section 6.1A(i) during a period in which Net Profit is allocated to
the Members pursuant to Section 6.1B(ii) or (iii); and

            (iii) The Operating Member may receive an allocation of Net Profit
pursuant to Section 6.1B(i) during a period in which Net Loss is allocated to
the Members pursuant to Section 6.1A(ii) or (iii).

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     6.2 Special Allocations. Notwithstanding Section 6.1:

         A. Minimum Gain Chargeback. If there is a net decrease in Company
Minimum Gain during any Fiscal Year, each Member shall be specially allocated
items of Company income and gain for such Fiscal Year (and, if necessary, in
subsequent fiscal years) in an amount equal to the portion of such Member's
share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain that is allocable to the
disposition of Company property subject to a Nonrecourse Liability, which share
of such net decrease shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(g)(2). Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.2A shall be made in
proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each Member under this
Section 6.2A. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 6.2A is intended to comply
with the minimum gain chargeback requirement contained in Regulations Section
1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

         B. Chargeback of Minimum Gain Attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt.
If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain attributable to a Member
Nonrecourse Debt, during any Fiscal Year, each member who has a share of the
Company Minimum Gain attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt (which share
shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5)) shall
be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such Fiscal Year
(and, if necessary, in subsequent Fiscal Years) in an amount equal to that
portion of such Member's share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain
attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt that is allocable to the
disposition of Company property subject to such Member Nonrecourse Debt (which
share of such net decrease shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(5)). Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.2B shall be made
in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each Member under this
Section 6.2B. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). This Section 6.2B is intended to comply
with the minimum gain chargeback requirement contained in Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

         C. Nonrecourse Deductions. Any nonrecourse deductions (as defined in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) for any Fiscal Year or other period shall be
specially allocated to the Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests.

         D. Member Nonrecourse Deductions. Those items of Company loss,
deduction, or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures which are attributable to
Member Nonrecourse Debt for any Fiscal Year or other period shall be specially
allocated to the Member who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the
Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such items are attributable in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).

         E. Qualified Income Offset. If a Member unexpectedly receives any
adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), or any other event creates a deficit
balance in such Member's Capital Account in excess of such Member's share of
Company Minimum Gain, items of Company income and gain shall be specially
allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate such
excess deficit balance as

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quickly as possible. Any special allocations of items of income and gain
pursuant to this Section 6.2E shall be taken into account in computing
subsequent allocations of income and gain pursuant to this Article VI so that
the net amount of any item so allocated and the income, gain, and losses
allocated to each Member pursuant to this Article VI to the extent possible,
shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such
Member pursuant to the provisions of this Article VI if such unexpected
adjustments, allocations, or distributions had not occurred.

     6.3 Code Section 704(c) Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Article VI, in accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations
promulgated thereunder, income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any
property contributed to the capital of the Company shall, solely for tax
purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take account of any variation
between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for federal income
tax purposes and its fair market value on the date of contribution. Allocations
pursuant to this Section 6.3 are solely for purposes of federal, state and local
taxes. As such, they shall not affect or in any way be taken into account in
computing a Member's Capital Account or share of profits, losses, or other items
of distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

     6.4 Allocation of Net Profits and Losses and Distributions in Respect of a
Transferred Interest. If any Economic Interest is transferred, or is increased
or decreased by reason of the admission of a new Member or otherwise, during any
Fiscal Year of the Company, Net Profit or Net Loss for such Fiscal Year shall be
assigned pro rata to each day in the particular period of such Fiscal Year to
which such item is attributable (i.e., the day on or during which it is accrued
or otherwise incurred) and the amount of each such item so assigned to any such
day shall be allocated to the Member or Assignee based upon its respective
Economic Interest at the close of such day.

     However, for the purpose of accounting convenience and simplicity, the
Company shall treat a transfer of, or an increase or decrease in, an Economic
Interest which occurs at any time during a semi-monthly period (commencing with
the semi-monthly period including the date hereof) as having been consummated on
the last day of such semi-monthly period, regardless of when during such
semi-monthly period such transfer, increase, of decrease actually occurs (i.e.,
sales and dispositions made during the first fifteen (15) days of any month will
be deemed to have been made on the 15th day of the month).

     Notwithstanding any provision above to the contrary, gain or loss of the
Company realized in connection with a sale or other disposition of any of the
assets of the Company shall be allocated solely to the parties owning Economic
Interests as of the date such sale or other disposition occurs.

     6.5 Distributions.

         A. Partial Return of Capital. Following the Company's receipt of the
initial Capital Contribution to be made by Operating Member pursuant to Section
3.1A, the Controlling Member shall distribute $300,000 to Artisan as a partial
return of its Capital Contribution.

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         B. Operating Fee. In consideration of providing the services of Postle
to act as the President, the Operating Member shall be entitled to receive an
amount (the "Operating Fee") equal to the difference between: (i) the sum of (a)
four percent (4%) of the Gross Sales during the Term of Employment, and (b)
$40,000 (which amount, as it may be increased from time to time, shall increase
by 3.5% on January 1, 2003 and each January 1st thereafter) for each Panera
Bread Bakery-Cafe (other than Existing Bakery-Cafes) which the Company (or an
entity which is wholly-owned by the Company) opens after the date hereof, and
(ii) all expenses incurred by the Company or its subsidiaries or joint ventures
in connection with their retail operations during the Term of Employment and all
expenses incurred by Postle as described in Section 6 of the Employment
Agreement, other than (a) the royalty and the administrative fee described in
Section 5.7, and (b) the expenses which are incurred solely with respect to an
individual Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe which are of the types reflected on the form
of store operating statement generally used by Panera for its individual Panera
Bread Bakery-Cafes as such form may be modified by Panera from time-to-time so
long as the nature of the expenses (as opposed to the categorization of such
expenses) is not modified (a current version of such form is attached as Exhibit
D), except that expenses incurred by Postle as described in Section 6 of the
Employment Agreement and the royalty and administrative fee shall not be
considered expenses incurred solely with respect to an individual Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe (such expenses relating to an individual Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe
and such royalty and administrative fee which are excluded from the
determination of the Operating Fee are referred to herein as the "Excluded
Expenses" and the expenses which are included in such determination are referred
to herein as the "Included Expenses").

     Without limiting the foregoing, Included Expenses shall include, without
limitation, all costs relating to district, regional and area supervision above
the store level, bakery supervision, field training, training functions,
neighborhood marketing and recruiting and relocation, donation credit or as
otherwise designated in the books and records of the Company. With respect to
the form of store operating statement, the Controlling Member shall revise
Exhibit D from time to time to reflect the then current form of store operating
statement used by Panera.

     The Operating Fee shall be determined for each Period and shall be paid
within twenty-one (21) days after each Period with respect to the preceding
Period; provided, however, that (i) the $40,000 relating to the opening of
Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes shall be paid as follows: (a) $15,000, two (2) months
prior to the scheduled opening date, (b) $15,000, one (1) month prior to the
scheduled opening date, and (c) $10,000, within thirty (30) days after the
opening date, and (ii) if the Included Expenses for any period exceeds 4% of the
Gross Sales for such period (in which event the Operating Fee for such period
would be less than zero), such excess shall be carried over to the next Period
or Periods, and applied against the Operating Fee payable for such Period or
Periods, until such time as the earlier of (a) after applying the remaining
excess, the Operating Fee for such Period or Periods is a positive number, or
(b) the Term of Employment ends, in which event the Company shall reduce the
Operating Member's Capital Account by the amount of the remaining excess.

     The Company may elect to advance the Operating Fee to the Operating Member
from time to time, in which event the Company may offset such advances against
the Operating Fee payable to the Operating Member, and, if there is insufficient
Operating Fee to offset the advances, the

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Company may reduce the Operating Member's Capital Account balance by the amount
of such excess.

         C. Cash Flow. Subject to applicable law and any limitations contained
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Member shall make distributions of
the Cash Flow for any Period within twenty-one (21) days after the end of such
Period, to the Members as follows:

            (i) During the Term of Employment, (A) ten percent (10%) of the Cash
Flow for the preceding Period shall be distributed to the Operating Member, (B)
seventy-five percent (75%) of the remaining Cash Flow for such Period shall be
distributed to the Members in proportion to the Distribution Percentages, and
(C) twenty-five percent (25%) of the remaining Cash Flow for such Period shall
be retained as a reserve by the Company and shall not be distributed until such
time as a reserve of $100,000 has been accumulated, at which time amounts in
excess of $100,000 shall be distributed to the Members in proportion to their
Distribution Percentages; or

            (ii) Following the Term of Employment, then to the Members in
proportion to their Percentage Interests.

     To the extent that any Operating Fee which is paid or advanced to the
Operating Member pursuant to the Employment Agreement is to be applied against
the Operating Member's Capital Account as provided in Section 6.5B, any such
amounts shall be deemed a distribution of Cash Flow to the Operating Member and
shall be offset against distributions otherwise payable to it. By way of
example, if $2,000 in advances are to be applied to the Operating Member's
Capital Account, the Operating Member's Percentage Interest is 10% and a
distribution of $25,000 is to be made, then the Operating Member would receive a
distribution of only $500 instead of $2,500 and the remaining $2,000 shall be
retained by the Company. From and after the date that Artisan or the Operating
Member exercises an Option (if earlier, the Termination Date), the Operating
Member shall have no further right to receive distributions from the Company.

         D. Distributable Cash. Subject to applicable law and any limitations
contained elsewhere in this Agreement, to the extent that Distributable Cash
exceeds the amount of cash being distributed and received as described in
Section 6.5C, the Controlling Member may make periodic distributions of such
excess, as it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, to the Members in
proportion to their Percentage Interests.

         E. Holders of Record. All such distributions shall be made only to the
Persons who, according to the books and records of the Company, are the holders
of record of the Economic Interests in respect of which such distributions are
made on the actual date of distribution. Subject to Section 6.7, neither the
Company nor the Controlling Member shall incur any liability for making
distributions in accordance with this Section 6.5.

     6.6 Form of Distribution. A Member, regardless of the nature of the
Member's Capital Contribution, has no right to demand and receive any
distribution from the Company in any form other than money. Except as provided
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the Company a distribution of any asset in kind in lieu of a proportionate
distribution of money being made to other Members and no Member may be compelled
to accept a distribution of any asset in kind.

     6.7 Restriction on Distributions. No distribution shall be made if, after
giving effect to the distribution, all liabilities of the Company, other than
liabilities to Members on account of their Membership Interests and liabilities
for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specified property of the
Company, exceed the fair value of the assets of the Company, except that the
fair value of property that is subject to a liability for which the recourse of
creditors is limited shall be included in the assets of the Company only to the
extent that the fair value of that property exceeds that liability. No
distribution shall be made with respect to any Period in which the Cash Flow is
negative.

     6.8 Return of Distributions. Members and Assignees who receive
distributions made in violation of the Act or this Agreement shall return such
distributions to the Company. Except for those distributions made in violation
of the Act or this Agreement, no Member or Assignee shall be obligated to return
any distribution to the Company or pay the amount of any distribution for the
account of the Company or to any creditor of the Company. The amount of any
distribution returned to the Company by a Member or Assignee or paid by a Member
or Assignee for the account of the Company or to a creditor of the Company shall
be added to the account or accounts from which it was subtracted when it was
distributed to the Member or Assignee.

     6.9 Obligations of Members to Report Allocations. The Members are aware of
the income tax consequences of the allocations made by this Article VI and
hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this Article VI in reporting their
shares of Company income and loss for income tax purposes.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                      TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF INTERESTS

     7.1 Transfer and Assignment of Interests. A Member who is designated on
Exhibit A as holding a "Restricted Interest" ("Restricted Interest") shall not
be entitled to transfer, assign, convey, sell, encumber or in any way alienate
all or any part of its Membership Interest (collectively, "transfer") except
with (i) the prior written consent of Members holding a majority of the
non-Restricted Interests, which consent may be given or withheld, conditioned or
delayed, as such Members may determine in their sole and absolute discretion
except that in the case of transfers for estate planning purposes which do not
result in a change in control, such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
and (ii) compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
Members who do not hold Restricted Interests may transfer their Membership
Interests without obtaining the consent of the Members and such transferee
shall, upon agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, automatically
become admitted as a substitute Member and shall have all of the rights and
obligations of a Member. Transfers in violation of this Article VII shall only
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effective to the extent set forth in Section 7.5. After the consummation of any
transfer of any part of a Restricted Interest, the Restricted Interest so
transferred shall continue to be subject to the terms and provisions of this
Agreement and any further transfers shall be required to comply with all the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.

     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the sale or exchange of
any voting stock of a Member who holds a Restricted Interest, if a Member is a
corporation, or the transfer of an interest in the capital or profits of a
Member who holds a Restricted Interest (whether accomplished by the sale or
exchange of interests or by the admission of new partners or members), if a
Member is a partnership or limited liability company, will be deemed to
constitute a transfer of a Membership Interest subject to this Article VII.

     7.2 Substitution of Members. An Assignee of a Restricted Interest shall
have the right to become a substitute Member only if the requirements of Section
7.1 are met, the Assignee executes an instrument satisfactory to the Controlling
Member accepting and adopting the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and
the Assignee pays any reasonable expenses in connection with its admission as a
new Member. The admission of an Assignee as a substitute Member shall not result
in the release of the Member who assigned the Membership Interest from any
liability that such Member may have to the Company.

     7.3 Effective Date of Transfers. Any transfer of all or any portion of a
Membership Interest or an Economic Interest shall be effective as of the date
provided in Section 6.4 following the date upon which the requirements of
Section 7.1 and 7.2 have been met. The Controlling Member shall provide the
Members with written notice of such transfer as promptly as possible after the
requirements of Sections 7.1 and 7.2 have been met. Any transferee of a
Membership Interest shall take subject to the restrictions on transfer imposed
by this Agreement.

     7.4 Rights of Legal Representatives. If a Member who is an individual dies
or is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be incompetent to manage
the Member's person or property, the Member's executor, administrator, guardian,
conservator, or other legal representative may exercise all of the Member's
rights for the purpose of settling the Member's estate or administering the
Member's property, including any power the Member has under the Certificate or
this Agreement to give an assignee the right to become a Member. If a Member is
a corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity and
is dissolved or terminated, the powers of that Member may be exercised by its
legal representative or successor.

     7.5 No Effect to Transfers in Violation of Agreement. Upon any transfer of
a Restricted Interest in violation of this Article VII, the transferee shall
have no right to vote or participate in the management of the business, property
and affairs of the Company or to exercise any rights of a Member. Such
transferee shall only be entitled to become an Assignee and thereafter shall
only receive the share of one or more of the Company's Net Profits, Net Losses
and distributions of the Company's assets to which the transferor of such
Economic Interest would otherwise be entitled.

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     Upon and contemporaneously with any transfer (whether arising out of an
attempted charge upon that Member's Economic Interest by judicial process, a
foreclosure by a creditor of the Member or otherwise) of a Member's Economic
Interest which does not at the same time transfer the balance of the rights
associated with the Membership Interest transferred by the Member (including,
without limitation, the rights of the Member to vote or participate in the
management of the business, property and affairs of the Company), the Company
shall purchase from the Member, and the Member shall sell to Company for a
purchase price of $100, all remaining rights and interests retained by the
Member that immediately before the transfer were associated with the transferred
Economic Interest. Such purchase and sale shall not, however, result in the
release of the Member from any liability to the Company as a Member.

     Each Member acknowledges and agrees that the right of the Company to
purchase such remaining rights and interests from a Member who transfers a
Restricted Interest in violation of this Article VII is not unreasonable under
the circumstances existing as of the date hereof.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                            PURCHASE AND SALE RIGHTS

     8.1  Grant of Rights.

          A.   Option A. In the event that Postle's employment with the Company
is terminated: (i) at any time for Cause; or (ii) at any time within five (5)
years of the date hereof because Postle voluntarily ceases or voluntarily
resigns or terminates his employment with the Company (other than a resignation
which shall be deemed to constitute Cause); then, in either such event, Artisan
shall, subject to the remaining terms of this Article VIII, purchase from the
Operating Member, and the Operating Member shall have the obligation to sell to
Artisan, the Membership Interest of the Operating Member (such purchase and sale
obligation is referred to as "Option A") for a purchase price equal to the
balance in the Capital Account of the Operating Member determined as of the
Termination Date.

          B.   Option B.

               (i)  In the event that Postle's employment with the Company is
terminated due to Postle's death or Disability, then, in either such event
Artisan shall, subject to the remaining terms of this Article VIII, purchase
from the Operating Member, and the Operating Member shall sell to Artisan, the
Membership Interest of the Operating Member (such purchase and sale obligation
is referred to as "Option B") for a purchase price equal to the fair market
value of the Operating Member's Membership Interest (as further described in
subsection (ii) herein, the "Fair Market Value") determined as of the
Termination Date; but in no event shall the purchase price be less than the
Capital Account balance of the Operating Member as of the Termination Date.

               (ii) The Fair Market Value shall be determined in the following
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                    (a)  The Operating Member and Artisan shall attempt to agree
upon the Fair Market Value of the Membership Interest within ten (10) days after
the date of the Purchase Notice. If there is no agreement, the Operating Member
and Artisan shall appoint an appraiser or appraisers as described in subsection
(c) for the purpose of determining the fair market value of the Company, as of
the Termination Date or as of the date of the Purchase Notice, as the case may
be. Such fair market value shall be determined solely by reference to the Panera
Bread Bakery-Cafes owned directly or indirectly by the Company on the
assumptions that such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes shall continue as franchisees of
Panera and that the Company shall have no further development rights for Panera
Bread Bakery-Cafes under the Area Development Agreement, this Agreement or
otherwise, and without discounting for lack of control or marketability.
Accordingly, in determining the fair market value of the Company, the
appraiser(s) shall not consider, take into account or attribute any value to
(and shall be so instructed in writing by the parties) any goodwill or other
value attributable to Panera's system or trademarks (other than the right to
utilize the system and trademarks in the operation of the Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafe pursuant to Panera's then current form of franchise agreement), no
value shall be attributed to any other restaurant or asset of Panera or Artisan,
no value shall be attributed to development rights, no alternative use for such
assets shall be considered, and the value shall not be reduced by any
indebtedness of the Company.

                    (b)  If three appraisers are appointed, the fair market
value of the Company shall be equal to the numerical average of three appraised
determinations; provided, however, that if the difference between any two
appraisals is not more than ten percent (10%) of the lower of the two, and the
third appraisal differs by more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the lower of
the other two appraisals, the numerical average of such two appraisals shall be
determinative. Using the appropriate numerical average (or, if only one
appraiser is appointed, the fair market value of the Company as determined by
such appraiser), the Controlling Member shall determine the amount that the
Operating Member would receive upon a dissolution of the Company if the Company
sold all of its assets and liabilities (other than indebtedness) for a cash
amount equal to such average, paid all of the Company's indebtedness, and
allocated the Net Profit or Net Loss from the sale to the Members in accordance
with Article VI. The amount so determined shall be the Fair Market Value.

                    (c)  If the Operating Member and Artisan cannot agree upon
the Fair Market Value within ten (10) days after the date of the Purchase
Notice, they shall jointly agree upon a mutually acceptable appraiser within
fifteen (15) days following the date of the Purchase Notice, or, in the event
such persons fail to so agree, two (2) appraisers with the qualifications
described in subsection (e) shall be appointed within twenty (20) days following
the date of the Purchase Notice, one by the Operating Member, and one by
Artisan. If the Operating Member, on the one hand, or Artisan, on the other
hand, fails to appoint an appraiser within the twenty (20) day period specified
herein, the sole appraiser appointed within such twenty (20) day period shall be
the sole appraiser for the purposes of determining the fair market value of the
Company as described in subsection (a). The Operating Member and Artisan shall
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party to the other. A third appraiser, if the initial two appraisers are
appointed, shall be appointed by the mutual agreement of the first two
appraisers so appointed, or, if such first two appraisers fail to agree upon a
third appraiser within thirty (30) days following the date of the Purchase
Notice, either the Operating Member or Artisan may demand the appointment of an
appraiser be made by the then director of the Regional Office of the American
Arbitration Association located nearest to the Company's then current principal
office, in which event the appraiser appointed thereby shall be the third
appraiser. Each of the appraisers shall submit to the Operating Member and
Artisan, within thirty (30) days after the final appraiser has been appointed
("Appraisal Period"), a written appraisal of the fair market value of the
Company prepared in accordance with subsection (a).

                    (d)  In connection with any appraisal conducted pursuant to
this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that any appraiser appointed hereunder
shall be given full access during normal business hours to all information
required and relevant to a valuation of the Company.

                    (e)  Any appraiser, to be qualified to conduct an appraisal
hereunder, shall be an independent appraiser (i.e., not affiliated with the
Company, Artisan, the Operating Member or Postle), an M.A.I. appraiser or its
equivalent, and shall be reasonably competent as an expert to appraise the value
of the Company. If any appraiser initially appointed under this Agreement shall,
for any reason, be unable to serve, a successor appraiser shall be promptly
appointed in accordance with the procedures pursuant to which the predecessor
appraiser was appointed.

                    (f)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the determination of
the fair market value of the Company by appraisal is not completed and all
appraisal reports delivered as provided herein within the Appraisal Period, then
all closing, payment and similar dates subsequent thereto shall be automatically
extended one (1) day for each day delivery of the appraisal reports is delayed
beyond the end of the Appraisal Period.

                    (g)  The cost of the appraiser appointed by each party shall
be borne by each such party. The cost of the third appraiser, if any, or the
sole appraiser, in the event the Operating Member and Artisan agree upon a
single appraiser, shall be borne equally by the Operating Member and Artisan.

          C.   Option C. In the event that at any time which is at least five
(5) years from the date hereof, Postle's employment with the Company is
terminated by the Company for any reason other than Cause, death or Disability,
or in the event that the Company at any time notifies Postle of its election not
to renew the Term of Employment; then, in any such event Artisan shall, subject
to the remaining terms of this Article VIII, purchase from the Operating Member
(such purchase and sale obligation is referred to as "Option C"), and the
Operating Member shall sell to Artisan, the Membership Interest of the Operating
Member for a purchase price equal to (i) the product of the following: (a) the
Cash Flow for the twenty-six (26) Periods immediately preceding the Period in
which the Option Event Date occurs, divided by 2, (b) multiplied by 6.0, and (c)
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percentage equal to the Operating Member's Percentage Interest as of the Option
Event Date, minus (ii) the sum of all indebtedness of the Company multiplied by
a percentage equal to the Operating Member's Percentage Interest. By way of
example, if the Cash Flow for the twenty-six (26) Periods immediately preceding
the Period in which the triggered event occurs is $6,000,000, the Operating
Member's Percentage Interest is 10%, and the Company had $500,000 of
indebtedness outstanding, the purchase price would be equal to $6,000,000
divided by 2 multiplied by 6.0 multiplied by 10%, and then subtracting $500,000
multiplied by 10%, or $1,750,000.

          D.   Option D. In the event that Postle voluntarily ceases or
voluntarily resigns or terminates his employment with the Company at any time
which is at least five (5) years from the date hereof or in the event that
Postle at any time notifies the Company of his election not to renew the Term of
Employment; then, the Operating Member shall, subject to the remaining terms of
this Article VIII, sell to Artisan (such purchase and sale obligation is
referred to as "Option D"), and Artisan shall purchase from the Operating
Member, the Membership Interest of the Operating Member for a purchase price
equal to (i) the product of the following: (a) the Cash Flow for the twenty-six
(26) Periods immediately preceding the Period in which the Option Event Date
occurs, divided by 2, (b) multiplied by 5.0, and (c) multiplied by a percentage
equal to the Operating Member's Percentage Interest as of the Option Event Date,
minus (ii) the sum of any indebtedness of the Company multiplied by a percentage
equal to the Operating Member's Percentage Interest. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any of the other Options has been exercised, Option D shall not be
exercisable unless and until Artisan or its assignee defaults in the performance
of its purchase obligations thereunder other than as a result of a default by
Operating Member.

          E.   Purchase Price Adjustment. If, as of the Option Event Date, the
Company has any Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes which have been open for less than
twenty-six (26) Periods, the purchase price payable under Option C or Option D,
as the case may be, shall be adjusted as follows and divided into an initial
purchase price ("Initial Purchase Price") and an additional purchase price
("Additional Purchase Price"):

               (i)  The Initial Purchase Price shall be determined in the manner
described in Section 8.1.C or 8.1.D, as the case may be, for determining the
purchase price except that instead of using Cash Flow to determine the Initial
Purchase Price, the parties shall use the Bakery-Cafe Cash Flow for the
twenty-six (26) Periods immediately preceding the Period in which the Option
Event Date occurs for only those Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes which have been open
for at least twenty-six (26) Periods immediately preceding the Period in which
the Option Event Date occurs.

               (ii) The Additional Purchase Price shall be determined not later
than two (2) years after the Option Event Date, and shall be determined in the
manner described in Section 8.1C or 8.1D, as the case may be, for determining
the purchase price, except that (A) instead of using Cash Flow to determine the
Additional Purchase Price, the parties shall use the Bakery-Cafe Cash Flow for
the initial fourteenth (14th) through twenty-sixth (26th) Periods of operation
for only those Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes which have not been open for at least
twenty-six (26) Periods as of the Option Event Date, (B) the Bakery-Cafe Cash
Flow shall not be divided by 2, and (C) no deduction shall be made for any
indebtedness of the Company.

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     By way of example, if as of the Option Event Date resulting under Option D,
ten (10) Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes have been open for at least twenty-six (26)
Periods and the Bakery-Cafe Cash Flow for such Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes for the
twenty-six (26) Periods immediately preceding the Period in which the Option
Event Date occurs is $6,000,000, five (5) Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes have been
open for less than twenty-six (26) Periods, the Operating Member's Percentage
Interest is 10%, and the Company had $500,000 of indebtedness outstanding, then:
(A) the Initial Purchase Price would be equal to $6,000,000 divided by 2,
multiplied by 5.0, multiplied by 10% and then subtracting $500,000 multiplied by
10%, or an Initial Purchase Price of $1,450,000, and (B) the Additional Purchase
Price would be equal to the Bakery-Cafe Cash Flow for the initial fourteenth
(14th) through twenty-sixth (26th) Periods of operation for each of the five (5)
Panera Bread Bakery-Cafes which have not been open for at least twenty-six (26)
Periods, multiplied by 5.0 and then multiplied by 10%.

          F.   Right to Assign. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, Artisan may assign its rights and obligations under any Option
to the Company or any other assignee, without the consent of the Operating
Member.

     8.2  Purchase Notice. If an Option Event occurs, Artisan shall, as soon as
practicable following the Option Event Date, deliver to the Operating Member a
written notice (the "Purchase Notice") stating the purchase price (or, if
applicable, the Initial Purchase Price or in the case of Option B, the Fair
Market Value), a detailed explanation of the valuation methodology and
supporting information utilized in arriving at said purchase price (or Fair
Market Value). The Operating Member shall have a period of thirty (30) days from
the delivery of the Purchase Notice in which to agree to the purchase price (or,
if applicable, the Initial Purchase Price or Fair Market Value) or assert any
challenges to the calculation of the purchase price (or, if applicable, the
Initial Purchase Price or Fair Market Value). If the Members cannot agree on the
purchase price (or, if applicable, the Initial Purchase Price or Fair Market
Value) calculation forty-five (45) days from receipt of the Purchase Notice (ten
(10) days in the case of Option B), the calculation shall be determined by the
Company's independent certified public accountants in the case of the exercise
of Option A, Option C or Option D or by appraisal in the case of the exercise of
Option B. Following the determination of the purchase price, the parties shall
proceed to close the purchase and sale in accordance with Section 8.3.

     8.3  Closing of Option Exercise.

          A.   Payment of Purchase Price. Notwithstanding Sections 8.1 and 8.2,
the purchase price (if applicable, the Initial Purchase Price) payable to the
Operating Member pursuant to the exercise of any Option shall be reduced by the
amount, if any, of the aggregate outstanding obligations of the Operating Member
and Postle to the Company, Artisan or its Affiliates (including payments made to
the Operating Member in excess of the Operating Fee earned by it and any accrued
interest). The purchase price (if applicable, the Initial Purchase Price) to be
paid for all Membership Interests purchased pursuant to the exercise of any
Option shall be paid in twenty-four (24) equal monthly installments of principal
and interest, commencing one (1) month following the closing of the purchase.
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promissory note (the "Note") of the purchasing party (which may be Artisan, the
Company or any of their assignees) bearing simple interest at the "prime rate"
of interest published in The Wall Street Journal on the business day immediately
preceding the date of closing, and the payment obligations under the Note shall
be guaranteed by Panera.

          B.   Closing. The closing for the purchase and sale shall be held at
10:00 a.m. at the principal office of Company no later than thirty (30) days
after the determination of the purchase price, except that if the closing date
falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then the closing shall be held on
the next succeeding business day.

          At the Closing, the Operating Member shall execute and deliver to the
purchasing party such documents, affidavits and instruments of conveyance as are
necessary, in the opinion of legal counsel for the purchasing party, to
transfer, convey and validly vest in the purchasing party, as the case may be,
good, marketable and absolute title to all of the Membership Interest being
conveyed free and clear of any lien, claim, pledge, security interest, equities
or other encumbrance or interest of any kind or character whatsoever, and the
purchasing party, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver the Note to the
Operating Member and Panera shall execute and deliver to the Operating Member a
guaranty of the payment obligations under the Note. All documentary stamps and
other costs shall be paid equally by the purchasing party, as the case may be,
and the Operating Member.

          C.   Additional Purchase Price. If an Additional Purchase Price is
payable with respect to any Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe, Artisan or its assignee
shall pay such Additional Purchase Price to the Operating Member no later than
sixty (60) days after the determination of such Additional Purchase Price.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                    ACCOUNTING, RECORDS, REPORTING BY MEMBERS

     9.1  Books and Records. The books and records of the Company shall be kept,
and the financial position and the results of its operations recorded, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
The books and records of the Company shall reflect all the Company transactions
and shall be appropriate and adequate for the Company's business. The Company
shall maintain at its principal office all of the following:

          A.   A current list of the full name and last known business or
residence address of each Member and Assignee, together with the current Capital
Contributions, Capital Account and Percentage Interest of each Member and
Assignee;

          B.   A current list of the full name and business or residence address
of the Controlling Member;

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          C.   A copy of the Certificate and any and all amendments thereto
together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which the
Certificate or any amendments thereto have been executed;

          D.   Copies of the Company's federal, state, and local income tax or
information returns and reports, if any, for the six (6) most recent taxable
years;

          E.   A copy of this Agreement and any and all amendments thereto
together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which this
Agreement or any amendments thereto have been executed;

          F.   Copies of the financial statements of the Company, if any, for
the four (4) most recent Fiscal Years; and

          G.   The Company's books and records as they relate to the internal
affairs of the Company for at least the current and past four (4) Fiscal Years.

     9.2  Delivery to Members and Inspection.

          Each Member, Controlling Member and Assignee has the right, upon
reasonable request for purposes reasonably related to the interest of the Person
as Member, Controlling Member or Assignee, to:

          (i)  inspect and copy during normal business hours any of the Company
records described in Sections 9.1A through F and such other information as may
be required by law; and

          (ii) obtain from the Controlling Member, promptly after their becoming
available, a copy of the Company's federal, state, and local income tax or
information returns for each Fiscal Year.

Any request, inspection or copying by a Member or Assignee under this Section
9.2 may be made by that Person or that Person's agent or attorney. The
Controlling Member shall have the right to keep confidential from the Members,
for such period of time as the Controlling Member deems reasonable, any
information which the Controlling Member reasonably believes to be in the nature
of trade secrets or other information the disclosure of which the Controlling
Member in good faith believes is not in the best interest of the Company or
could damage the Company or its business or which the Company is required by law
or by agreement with a third party to keep confidential.

     9.3  Annual Statements. The Controlling Member shall cause to be prepared
at least annually, at Company expense, information necessary for the preparation
of the Members' and Assignees' federal and state income tax returns. The
Controlling Member shall send or cause to be sent to each Member or Assignee
within ninety (90) days after the end of each taxable year such information as
is necessary to complete federal and state income tax or information returns.

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     9.4  Filings. The Controlling Member, at Company expense, shall cause the
income tax returns for the Company to be prepared and timely filed with the
appropriate authorities. The Controlling Member, at Company expense, shall also
cause to be prepared and timely filed, with appropriate federal and state
regulatory and administrative bodies, amendments to, or restatements of, the
Certificate and all reports required to be filed by the Company with those
entities under the Act or other then current applicable laws, rules, and
regulations.

     9.5  Bank Accounts. The Controlling Member shall maintain the funds of the
Company in one or more separate bank accounts in the name of the Company.

     9.6  Accounting Decisions and Reliance on Others. All decisions as to
accounting matters, except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, shall be
made by the Controlling Member. The Controlling Member may rely upon the advice
of its accountants as to whether such decisions are in accordance with
accounting methods followed for federal income tax purposes.

     9.7  Tax Matters for the Company Handled by Controlling Member and Tax
Matters Partner. The Controlling Member shall from time to time cause the
Company to make such tax elections as they deem to be in the best interests of
the Company and the Members. The Tax Matters Partner shall represent the Company
(at the Company's expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company's
affairs by tax authorities, including resulting judicial and administrative
proceedings, and shall expend the Company funds for professional services and
costs associated therewith. The Tax Matters Partner shall oversee the Company
tax affairs in the overall best interests of the Company. If for any reason the
Tax Matters Partner can no longer serve in that capacity or ceases to be a
Member or Controlling Member, as the case may be, a Majority Interest may
designate another to be Tax Matters Partner.

                                    ARTICLE X

                           DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP

     10.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved, its assets shall be
disposed of, and its affairs wound up on the first to occur of the following:

          A.   The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution; or

          B.   The sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Company.

Dissolution shall not occur upon the occurrence of any other event.

     10.2 Winding-Up. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section
10.1, the Company shall continue solely for the purpose of winding up its
affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims
of its creditors. The Controlling Member shall be responsible for overseeing the
winding up and liquidation of Company, shall take full account of the

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liabilities of Company and assets, shall either cause its assets to be sold or
distributed, and if sold shall cause the proceeds therefrom, to the extent
sufficient therefor, to be applied and distributed as provided in Section 10.4.
The Persons winding up the affairs of the Company shall give written notice of
the commencement of winding up by mail to all known creditors and claimants
whose addresses appear on the records of the Company.

     10.3 Distributions in Kind. Upon dissolution, Artisan shall have the right
to elect to receive a distribution of any or all of the Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes. Operating Member shall have no right to receive any Panera Bread
Bakery-Cafes as a result of the Company's dissolution. Any non-cash asset
distributed to one or more Members shall first be valued at its fair market
value to determine the Net Profit or Net Loss that would have resulted if such
asset were sold for such value, such Net Profit or Net Loss shall then be
allocated pursuant to Article VI, and the Members' Capital Accounts shall be
adjusted to reflect such allocations. The amount distributed and charged to the
Capital Account of each Member receiving an interest in such distributed asset
shall be the fair market value of such interest (net of any liability secured by
such asset that such Member assumes or takes subject to) taking into account the
use of the Company's assets as franchises of Panera. The fair market value of
such asset shall be determined by the Controlling Member or if any Member
objects by an independent appraiser (any such appraiser must be recognized as an
expert in valuing the type of asset involved) selected by the Controlling Member
or liquidating trustee and approved by the Members.

     10.4 Order of Payment Upon Dissolution. After determining that all known
debts and liabilities of the Company, including, without limitation, debts and
liabilities to Members who are creditors of the Company, have been paid or
adequately provided for, the remaining assets shall be distributed to the
Members in accordance with their positive Capital Account balances, after taking
into account income and loss allocations for the Company's taxable year during
which liquidation occurs. Such liquidating distributions shall be made by the
end of the Company's taxable year in which the Company is liquidated, or, if
later, within ninety (90) days after the date of such liquidation.

     10.5 Limitations on Payments Made in Dissolution. Each Member shall only be
entitled to look solely at the assets of the Company for the return of its
positive Capital Account balance and shall have no recourse for its Capital
Contribution and/or share of Net Profits (upon dissolution or otherwise) against
the Controlling Member or any other Member; provided, however, that this Section
10.5 shall not limit the right of a Member or Controlling Member to seek damages
for a breach of this Agreement or the Employment Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                          INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

     11.1 Indemnification of Agents. The Company shall defend and indemnify any
Member or Controlling Member and may indemnify any other Person who was or is a
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to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Member, Controlling
Member, officer, employee or other agent of the Company or that, being or having
been such a Member, Controlling Member, officer, employee or agent, he or she is
or was serving at the request of the Company as a Controlling Member, director,
officer, employee or other agent of another limited liability company,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such
persons being referred to hereinafter as an "agent"), to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law in effect on the date hereof and to such greater
extent as applicable law may hereafter from time to time permit. The Controlling
Member shall be authorized, on behalf of the Company, to enter into indemnity
agreements from time to time with any Person entitled to be indemnified by the
Company hereunder, upon such terms and conditions as the Controlling Member
deems appropriate in their business judgment.

     11.2 Insurance. The Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was an agent of the Company against
any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any
such capacity, or arising out of such Person's status as an agent, whether or
not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Person against such
liability under the provisions of Section 11.1 or under applicable law.

                                   ARTICLE XII

                       CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-COMPETITION

     12.1 Noncompetition.

          A.   So long as Operating Member is a Member and for two (2) years
thereafter, neither the Operating Member, Postle nor any of their respective
Affiliates shall, anywhere in the world (whether within or outside of the
Territory), individually or jointly with others, directly or indirectly, whether
for their own account or for that of any other Person, operate, engage in, own
or hold any ownership interest in, have any interest in or lend any assistance
to, any Competitive Activity.

     12.2 Confidentiality.

          A.   Definition. For the purpose of this Agreement, "Proprietary
Information" shall include all information designated by the Company or the
Controlling Member, either orally or in writing, as confidential or proprietary,
or which reasonably would be considered proprietary or confidential to the
business of the Company, including but not limited to suppliers, customers,
trade or industrial practices, marketing and technical plans, technology,
personnel, organization or internal affairs, plans for products and ideas,
recipes, menus, wine lists and proprietary techniques and other trade secrets.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Proprietary Information" shall not include
information which (i) has entered the public domain or became known other than
due to a breach of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the owner of such
information; (ii) was known prior to the disclosure of such information other
than a result of rendering services for Artisan, Panera or their

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Affiliates; (iii) became known to the recipient from a source other than a
Member or its Affiliate, provided there was no breach of an obligation of
confidentiality owed to said Member or its Affiliate; or (iv) was independently
developed by the party receiving such information other than a result of
rendering services for Artisan, or their Affiliates.

          B.   No Disclosure, Use, or Circumvention. No Member (other than
Artisan) or its Affiliates shall disclose any Proprietary Information to any
third parties and will not use any Proprietary Information in that Member's or
Affiliate's business or any affiliated business without the prior written
consent of the Controlling Member, and then only to the extent specified in that
consent. Consent may be granted or withheld at the sole discretion of the
Controlling Member. No Member shall contact any suppliers, customers, employees,
affiliates or associates to circumvent the purposes of this provision.

          C.   Maintenance of Confidentiality. Each Member (other than Artisan)
shall take all steps reasonably necessary or appropriate to maintain the strict
confidentiality of the Proprietary Information and to assure compliance with
this Agreement.

     12.3 Non-Solicitation. During the term of this Agreement and, with respect
to each Member, for a period two (2) years following the earlier of (A) the date
that such Member transfers all of its Membership Interest in the Company or (B)
the dissolution of the Company pursuant to Article X, neither the Member nor
Postle shall offer employment to, or hire, any employee of the Company or of a
Member, or their Affiliates or of a franchise of Artisan's Affiliates, or
otherwise solicit or induce any employee of any of them to terminate their
employment, nor shall any of the Members act as an officer, director, employee,
partner, independent contractor, consultant, principal, agent, proprietor, owner
or part owner, or in any other capacity, for any person or entity which solicits
or otherwise induces any employee of the Company or of a Member, or their
Affiliates, to terminate their employment with such entity; provided, however,
that this Section 12.3 shall not apply to Artisan.

     12.4 Reasonableness of Restrictions; Reformation; Enforcement. The parties
hereto recognize and acknowledge that the geographical and time limitations
contained in Section 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3 hereof are reasonable and properly
required for the adequate protection of the Company's and Members' interests. It
is agreed by the parties hereto that if any portion of the restrictions
contained in Section 12.1, 12.2 or 12.3 are held to be unreasonable, arbitrary,
or against public policy, then the restrictions shall be considered divisible,
both as to the time and to the geographical area, with each month of the
specified period being deemed a separate period of time and each radius mile of
the restricted territory being deemed a separate geographical area, so that the
lesser period of time or geographical area shall remain effective so long as the
same is not unreasonable, arbitrary, or against public policy. The parties
hereto agree that in the event any court of competent jurisdiction determines
the specified period or the specified geographical area of the restricted
territory to be unreasonable, arbitrary, or against public policy, a lesser time
period or geographical area which is determined to be reasonable, nonarbitrary,
and not against public policy may be enforced. If any of the covenants contained
herein are violated and if any court action is instituted by the Company or a
Member to prevent or enjoin such violation, then the period of time during which
the business

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activities shall be restricted, as provided in this Agreement, shall be
lengthened by a period of time equal to the period between the date of the
breach of the terms or covenants contained in this Agreement and the date on
which the decree of the court disposing of the issues upon the merits shall
become final and not subject to further appeal.

     In the event it is necessary for the Company or a Member to initiate legal
proceedings to enforce, interpret or construe any of the covenants contained in
Section 12.1, 12.2 or 12.3 hereof, the prevailing party in such proceedings
shall be entitled to receive from the non-prevailing party, in addition to all
other remedies, all costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, of such
proceedings including appellate proceedings.

     12.5 Specific Performance. The parties agree that a breach of any of the
covenants contained Section 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3 hereof will cause irreparable
injury to the Company or a Member for which the remedy at law will be inadequate
and would be difficult to ascertain and therefore, in the event of the breach or
threatened breach of any such covenants, the Company or injured Member shall be
entitled, in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have at law or in
equity, to obtain an injunction to restrain any threatened or actual activities
in violation of any such covenants. The parties hereby consent and agree that
temporary and permanent injunctive relief may be granted in any proceedings
which might be brought to enforce any such covenants without the necessity of
proof of actual damages, and in the event the Company or Member does apply for
such an injunction, that the Company or Member has an adequate remedy at law
shall not be raised as a defense.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                           INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS

     Each Member hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
Controlling Member, the other Members, and the Company as follows:

     13.1 Preexisting Relationship or Experience. (i) It has a preexisting
personal or business relationship with the Company, the Controlling Member or
one or more of its control persons or (ii) by reason of its business or
financial experience, or by reason of the business or financial experience of
its financial advisor who is unaffiliated with and who is not compensated,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or any affiliate or selling agent of the
Company, it is capable of evaluating the risks and merits of an investment in
the Membership Interest and of protecting its own interests in connection with
this investment.

     13.2 No Advertising. It has not seen, received, been presented with, or
been solicited by any leaflet, public promotional meeting, newspaper or magazine
article or advertisement, radio or television advertisement, or any other form
of advertising or general solicitation with respect to the sale of the
Membership Interest.

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     13.3 Investment Intent. It is acquiring the Membership Interest for
investment purposes for its own account only and not with a view to or for sale
in connection with any distribution of all or any part of the Membership
Interest. No other person will have any direct or indirect beneficial interest
in or right to the Membership Interest except as described herein.

     13.4 Consultation with Attorney. Each Member has been advised to consult
with its own attorney regarding all legal matters concerning an investment in
the Company and the tax consequences of participating in the Company, and has
done so, to the extent it considers necessary.

     13.5 Tax Consequences. Each Member acknowledges that the tax consequences
to it of investing in the Company will depend on its particular circumstances,
and neither the Company, the Controlling Member, the Members, nor the partners,
shareholders, members, agents, officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, or
consultants of any of them will be responsible or liable for the tax
consequences to him or her of an investment in the Company. Each Member will
look solely to, and rely upon, its own advisers with respect to the tax
consequences of this investment.

     13.6 No assurance of Tax Benefits. Each Member acknowledges that there can
be no assurance that the Code or the Regulations will not be amended or
interpreted in the future in such a manner so as to deprive the Company and the
Members of some or all of the tax benefits they might now receive, nor that some
of the deductions claimed by the Company or the allocations of items of income,
gain, loss, deduction, or credit among the Members may not be challenged by the
Internal Revenue Service.

                                   ARTICLE XIV

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     14.1 Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the Certificate constitute the
complete and exclusive statement of agreement among the Members and Controlling
Member with respect to the subject matter herein and therein and replace and
supersede all prior written and oral agreements or statements by and among the
Members and Controlling Member or any of them. No representation, statement,
condition or warranty not contained in this Agreement or the Certificate will be
binding on the Members or Controlling Member or have any force or effect
whatsoever. To the extent that any provision of the Certificate conflict with
any provision of this Agreement, the Certificate shall control.

     14.2 Binding Effect. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement relating
to transferability, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Members, and their respective successors and assigns.

     14.3 Parties in Interest. Except as expressly provided in the Act, nothing
in this Agreement shall confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this
Agreement on any Persons other than the Members and Controlling Member and their
respective successors and assigns nor shall anything

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in this Agreement relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third
person to any party to this Agreement, nor shall any provision give any third
person any right of subrogation or action over or against any party to this
Agreement.

     14.4 Pronouns; Statutory References. All pronouns and all variations
thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, singular
or plural, as the context in which they are used may require. Any reference to
the Code, the Regulations, the Act or other statutes or laws will include all
amendments, modifications, or replacements of the specific sections and
provisions concerned.

     14.5 Headings. All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and
ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

     14.6 Interpretation. In the event any claim is made by any Member relating
to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption or
burden of proof or persuasion shall be implied by virtue of the fact that this
Agreement was prepared by or at the request of a particular Member or its
counsel.

     14.7 References to this Agreement. Numbered or lettered articles, sections,
subsections and exhibits herein contained refer to articles, sections,
subsections and exhibits of this Agreement unless otherwise expressly stated.

     14.8 Jurisdiction. Each Member hereby consents to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Missouri in any action
on a claim arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Member further agrees that
personal jurisdiction over it may be effected by service of process by
registered or certified mail addressed as provided in Section 14.14 of this
Agreement, and that when so made shall be as if served upon it personally.

     14.9 Limitations on Legal Actions. Except with respect to the obligations
under Article XII, the Company and each Member waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any right to or claim for any punitive or exemplary damages
against the other parties and the right to recover consequential damages for any
claim directly or indirectly arising from or relating to this Agreement.
Furthermore, the parties agree that any legal action in connection with this
Agreement shall be tried to the court sitting without a jury, and all parties
hereto waive any right to have any action tried by jury.

     14.10 Mediation. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or an
action seeking a restraining order or injunction, any controversy between the
parties arising out of this Agreement shall first be submitted to the American
Arbitration Association for non-binding mediation in the county in which the
Company's principal office is then located. The costs of the mediation,
including any American Arbitration Association administration fee, the
mediator's fee, and costs for the use of facilities during the hearings, shall
be borne equally by the parties to the mediation. The mediation

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shall be administered by and held in accordance with the Commercial Mediation
Rules of the American Arbitration Association.

     14.11 Exhibits. All Exhibits attached to this Agreement are incorporated
and shall be treated as if set forth herein.

     14.12 Severability. Subject to Section 12.4, if any provision of this
Agreement or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance
shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of
such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held
invalid shall not be affected thereby.

     14.13 Additional Documents and Acts. Each Member agrees to execute and
deliver such additional documents and instruments and to perform such additional
acts as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all
of the terms, provisions, and conditions of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.

     14.14 Notices. Any notice to be given or to be served upon the Company or
any party hereto in connection with this Agreement must be in writing (which may
include facsimile) and will be deemed to have been given and received when
delivered to the address specified by the party to receive the notice. Such
notices will be given to a Member or Controlling Member at the address specified
in Exhibit A. Any party may, at any time by giving five (5) days' prior written
notice to the other parties, designate any other address in substitution of the
foregoing address to which such notice will be given.

     14.15 Amendments. All amendments to this Agreement (other than Exhibits A
and D) will be in writing and signed by all Members. Amendments to Exhibits A
and D may be made at any time by the Controlling Member in accordance with this
Agreement.

     14.16 Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement. If a Member is not
a natural person, neither the Company nor any Member will be required to
determine the authority of the individual signing this Agreement to make any
commitment or undertaking on behalf of such entity or to determine any fact or
circumstance bearing upon the existence of the authority of such individual or
be responsible for the application or distribution of proceeds paid or credited
to individuals signing this Agreement on behalf of such entity.

     14.17 No Interest in Company Property; Waiver of Action for Partition. No
Member or Assignee has any interest in specific property of the Company. Without
limiting the foregoing, each Member and Assignee irrevocably waives during the
term of the Company any right that it may have to maintain any action for
partition with respect to the property of the Company.

     14.18 Multiple Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

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     14.19 Attorney Fees. In the event that any dispute between the Company and
the Members or among the Members should result in litigation or arbitration, the
prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the other
party all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of the
prevailing party, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses, all of which shall be deemed to have accrued upon the commencement of
such action and shall be paid whether or not such action is prosecuted to
judgment. Any judgment or order entered in such action shall contain a specific
provision providing for the recovery of attorney fees and costs incurred in
enforcing such judgment and an award of prejudgment interest from the date of
the breach at the maximum rate of interest allowed by law. For the purposes of
this Section: attorney fees shall include, without limitation, fees incurred in
the following: (1) post-judgment motions; (2) contempt proceedings; (3)
garnishment, levy, and debtor and third party examinations; (4) discovery; and
(5) bankruptcy litigation and prevailing party shall mean the party who is
determined in the proceeding to have prevailed or who prevails by dismissal,
default or otherwise.

     14.20 Time is of the Essence. All dates and times in this Agreement are of
the essence.

     14.21 Remedies Cumulative. The remedies under this Agreement are cumulative
and shall not exclude any other remedies to which any person may be lawfully
entitled.

     14.22 Special Power of Attorney.

          A.   Attorney in Fact. Each Member grants the Controlling Member a
special power of attorney irrevocably making, constituting, and appointing the
Controlling Member as the Member's attorney in fact, with all power and
authority to act in the Member's name and on the Member's behalf to execute,
acknowledge and deliver and swear to in the execution, acknowledgment, delivery
and filing of the following documents:

               (i)  Promissory notes to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.6;

               (ii) Security agreements to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.6;

               (iii) UCC-1 financing statements to be delivered pursuant to
     Section 3.6 and all amendments thereto;

               (iv) Assignments of Membership Interests or other documents of
     transfer to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.6 or in connection with the
     purchase of a Membership Interest pursuant to Section 3.6, Section 7.5 or
     Section 8.3; and

               (v)  Any other instrument or document that may be reasonably
     required by the Controlling Member in connection with any of the foregoing
     or to reflect any reduction in the Member's Capital Account or Percentage
     Interest pursuant to Section 3.6.

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          B.   Irrevocable Power. The special power granted in Section 14.22A:
(i) is irrevocable, (ii) is coupled with an interest and (iii) shall survive a
Member's death, incapacity or dissolution.

          C.   Signatures. The Controlling Member may exercise the special power
of attorney granted in Section 14.22A by a facsimile signature of the
Controlling Member or by signature of the Controlling Member.

     All of the Members of CAP CITY BREAD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, have executed this Agreement, effective as of the date written above.

                                        ARTISAN BREAD, LLC
                                        a Delaware limited liability company

                                        By: /s/ Ronald M. Shaich
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Its: Chairman & CEO of PANERA, INC.
                                             Its sole member

                                        CAPITOL DOUGH, INC.
                                        a Missouri corporation

                                        By: /s/ Richard Postle
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Richard Postle, President

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ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO AS TO
SECTIONS 3.1C, 4.5 AND 5.8 AND ARTICLE XII:

/s/ Richard Postle
---------------------------------------
RICHARD POSTLE

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO AS OF
SECTION 8.3:

PANERA, INC.
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Ronald M. Shaich
    -----------------------------------
Its: Chairman & CEO

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                                  EXHIBIT 10.14

                           BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY

                    SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN

                      (RESTATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1998)

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                           BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY

                    SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I                  PREAMBLES
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                           Section 1.1      Establishment of Plan                                            1
                           Section 1.2      Purpose                                                          1
                           Section 1.3      Interpretation and Governing Law                                 1

ARTICLE II                 DEFINITIONS                                                                       2

ARTICLE III                ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE

                           Section 3.1      Participation and Eligibility Requirements                       5
                           Section 3.2      Determination of Eligibility                                     5
                           Section 3.3      Termination of Participation                                     6

ARTICLE IV                 BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT

                           Section 4.1      Retirement Benefits                                              7
                           Section 4.2      Death Benefits                                                   7
                           Section 4.3      Vesting Upon Termination of Employment                           8
                           Section 4.4      Long Term Disability Benefits                                    8

ARTICLE V                  DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

                           Section 5.1      Form of Benefits                                                 9
                           Section 5.2      Time of Benefit Payments                                         9

ARTICLE VI                 FUNDING

                           Section 6.1      Funding of the Plan                                             10
                           Section 6.2      Right to Assets                                                 10
                           Section 6.3      No Guarantee of Benefits                                        10
                           Section 6.4      Change of Control                                               10

ARTICLE VII                AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

                           Section 7.1      Amendment or Termination                                        12
                           Section 7.2      Effect of Amendment or Termination                              12
                           Section 7.3      Adoption by Subsidiaries                                        12

ARTICLE VIII               PLAN ADMINISTRATOR

                           Section 8.1      Appointment                                                     13
                           Section 8.2      Authority                                                       13
                           Section 8.3      Indemnification                                                 13
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ARTICLE IX                 CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS

                           Section 9.1      Submission of Claims                                            14
                           Section 9.2      Denial of Claims                                                14
                           Section 9.3      Review of Denied Claims                                         14

ARTICLE X                  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

                           Section 10.1     Participant's Rights                                            15
                           Section 10.2     Information to be Furnished                                     15
                           Section 10.3     Alienation                                                      15
                           Section 10.4     Construction                                                    15
                           Section 10.5     Severability                                                    16
                           Section 10.6     Liability                                                       16
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                                    ARTICLE I

                                    PREAMBLES

SECTION 1.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN

Effective August 1, 1993, Belden Wire & Cable Company ("Company") established
the Belden Wire & Cable Company Supplemental Excess Defined Benefit Plan as an
unfunded program of deferred compensation for highly compensated employees and
their Beneficiaries.

SECTION 1.2 PURPOSE

The Plan was adopted to ensure the overall effectiveness of the Company's
compensation program in attracting, retaining and motivating qualified senior
management and highly compensated employees. This Plan will provide for payment
of benefits that will supplement the benefits otherwise provided by the Belden
Wire & Cable Company Pension Plan ("Pension Plan") as amended from time to time
(and any tax-qualified plan adopted as a successor to the Pension Plan).

This Plan shall be binding on the Company and any successor company into which
or with which the Company or any constituent part thereto may be merged or
consolidated, or to which the Company or any constituent part thereof may sell
or distribute by way of liquidation or otherwise any or all of its assets.

SECTION 1.3 INTERPRETATION AND GOVERNING LAW

This Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded program maintained primarily for
the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management
or highly compensated employees consistent with the requirements of Sections
201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 ("ERISA").

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                                   ARTICLE II

                                   DEFINITIONS

2.1  "BENEFICIARY" OR "BENEFICIARIES" means the person or persons designated or
     deemed designated, pursuant to the provisions of the Pension Plan to
     receive or continue to receive benefits upon the death of a Participant.

2.2  "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means

     (A)  the purchase or other acquisition by any person, entity or group,
          within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934, or any comparable successor provisions, of
          beneficial ownership of thirty percent (30%) or more of either the
          outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the
          Company's then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote
          generally,

     (B)  at any time a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company is
          comprised of persons other than Continuing Directors (for purposes of
          this subsection (B), Continuing Directors shall mean a member of the
          Board of Directors who was either (i) first elected or appointed to
          the Board prior to the date of this Plan; or (ii) subsequently elected
          or appointed to the Board by a majority of the then Continuing
          Directors),

     (C)  any reorganization or recapitalization of the Company which would
          result in a Change of Control, or

     (D)  a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the sale of all or
          substantially all of the Company's assets.

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

2.4  "COMPANY" means Belden Wire & Cable Company.

2.5  "DEFERRAL PLAN" means the Belden Wire & Cable Company Management Incentive
     Compensation Deferral Plan.

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2.6  "EFFECTIVE DATE" means August 1, 1993.

2.7  "EMPLOYEE" means any person employed by the Employer who is covered under
     the terms of the Pension Plan and who is a member of a select group of
     management or is a highly compensated employee as specifically designated
     by the Company in its sole discretion.

2.8  "EMPLOYER" means Belden Wire & Cable Company, Belden Communications
     Company, Belden Technologies, Inc. and such other entity that may adopt
     this Plan pursuant to Section 7.3 of Article VII.

2.9  "PARTICIPANT" means an Employee who has met the eligibility conditions of
     Article III and is selected by the Company to participate under this Plan.

2.10 "PENSION PLAN" means the Belden Wire & Cable Company Pension Plan.

2.11 "PLAN" means the Belden Wire & Cable Company Supplemental Excess Defined
     Benefit Plan.

2.12 "PLAN ADMINISTRATOR" means the person or persons appointed to administer
     the Plan in accordance with Article VII of the Plan.

2.13 "PLAN YEAR" means the twelve (12) month period beginning January 1 and
     ending the following December 31.

2.14 "PRIOR PLAN" means the Cooper Industries, Inc. Supplemental Excess Defined
     Benefit Plan.

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2.15 "TRUST" means the Trust Agreement between Belden Wire & Cable Company and
     Banker's Trust Company effective January 1, 1998 and any successor
     agreement thereto. Such Trust constitutes an unfunded arrangement and will
     not affect the status of the Plan as an unfunded plan for purposes of Title
     I of ERISA.

Other terms used herein but not defined shall have the same meaning as defined
in the Pension Plan. The masculine gender shall include both sexes; the singular
shall include the plural and the plural the singular, unless the context
otherwise requires.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                           ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE

SECTION 3.1 PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Each Employee of the Employer who is selected by the Plan Administrator with
approval from the Chief Executive Officer, as designated in writing, shall
become a Participant hereunder on the date designated by the Company coincident
with the date he meets the eligibility requirements of (A) or (B) below.

(A)  Each management or highly compensated employee, so selected, who has met
     the eligibility requirements of the Pension Plan and whose benefits under
     the Pension Plan are limited due to Code Section 401(a)(17) and/or Code
     Section 415.

(B)  Any select management or highly compensated employee of Cooper Industries,
     Inc. who

     (i)  is designated as a Participant in the Plan by the Plans Administration
          Committee of Cooper Industries, Inc. and the Company with respect to
          the period prior to the consummation of the initial public offering of
          the common stock of Belden, Inc., or

     (ii) was eligible to participate in the Prior Plan on the day before the
          Effective Date and who had terminated employment with a Belden
          Division facility that became part of the Company on the Effective
          Date, shall become a Participant in the Plan.

SECTION 3.2 DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY

The eligibility of each Employee to become a Participant under the Plan shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator with approval from the Chief Executive
Officer, such decision of which shall be final and binding upon all persons with
an interest under the Plan.

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Except as specifically herein provided to the contrary, the rights of any former
Participant who terminated employment with the Employer prior to August 1, 1993
shall be determined without regard to the provisions of this Plan. The benefit
payable to a Participant who retired or terminated employment prior to January
1, 1998 shall be an amount determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan as in effect at the time of such retirement or termination of employment.

SECTION 3.3 TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION

A Participant shall cease to be a Participant under the Plan if he is no longer
determined to be a highly compensated Employee, a member of a select group of
management, or is no longer determined to be a Participant by the Plan
Administrator with approval from the Chief Executive Officer. Any Participant
who terminated employment and who is rehired by the Employer may, upon his
return to service, become a Participant again if and when such former
Participant meets the eligibility requirements of Section 3.1 of the Plan. If a
Participant ceases to be a Participant in the Pension Plan, he shall cease to be
a Participant under this Plan on the date he ceases to be a Participant in the
Pension Plan.

Upon a termination of participation, a Participant shall be eligible to receive
any benefit payable under the Plan upon his termination of employment at the
time specified pursuant to Article V, Section 5.2.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                        BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT, DEATH,

                    DISABILITY OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

SECTION 4.1 RETIREMENT BENEFITS

The benefit payable to a Participant under the Plan shall be an amount equal to
the benefit which would be payable to or on behalf of the Participant under the
Pension Plan if

     (A)  the provisions of the Pension Plan providing for the limitation of
          compensation and benefits in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)
          and/or Code Section 415 were inapplicable, less the benefit actually
          payable to or on behalf of the Participant under the Pension Plan
          taking into account the limitations on compensation and benefits in
          accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17) and Code Section 415; or

     (B)  the Participant had not deferred any compensation under the Deferral
          Plan (and prior to the Effective Date, under the Cooper Industries,
          Inc. Management Incentive Compensation Deferral Plan) which would have
          been considered as compensation for benefit accrual purposes under
          such plan and was not so considered due to such deferral.

SECTION 4.2 DEATH BENEFITS

In the event a Participant dies before his interest under the Plan has been
distributed to him in full, any remaining interest, or portion thereof, shall be
determined pursuant to Section 4.1 and distributed to his Beneficiary who shall
be the person designated as his beneficiary under the Pension Plan. Such benefit
shall be payable in a lump sum equal to the death benefit payable under the
Pension Plan, determined as if the provisions of the Pension Plan providing for
the limitation of compensation and benefits in accordance with Code Section
401(a)(17) and/or Code Section 415 were inapplicable, less the lump sum death
benefit actually payable under the Pension Plan taking into account the
limitations on compensation and benefits in accordance with Code Section
401(a)(17) and Code Section 415.

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SECTION 4.3 VESTING UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

A Participant who terminates employment, shall be eligible to receive a benefit
in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Plan subject to the vesting schedule and
provisions as determined in accordance with the procedures and provisions under
the Pension Plan.

SECTION 4.4 LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS

Long Term Disability Benefits are not payable hereunder. However, a Participant
who qualifies for Long Term Disability under the Pension Plan shall receive Pay
and Interest Credits, as defined in the Section 7.08(g) of the Pension Plan, for
the duration of the Long Term Disability Benefits. Such Pay and Interest Credits
shall be based on pay not taken into account under Section 7.06 of the Pension
Plan due to statutory limitations and shall also include an amount equal to the
annual average of such Participant's last three annual bonuses received
immediately prior to qualification for Long Term Disability Benefits under the
Pension Plan.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                            DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

SECTION 5.1 FORM OF BENEFITS

Effective January 1, 1998, the benefits payable to or on behalf of a Participant
as determined under Section 4.1 of Article IV who has not yet attained age 55
shall be paid in the form of a lump sum equal to the Participant's benefits
determined hereunder. In the event the Participant is age 55 at termination of
employment, the benefits payable to the Participant shall be payable in the same
form of payment as elected under the Pension Plan.

The amount and computation of any form of payment hereunder shall be determined
in accordance with the procedures and provisions under the Pension Plan in
effect on the Participant's benefit commencement date.

SECTION 5.2 TIME OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS

The benefits payable to or on behalf of a Participant as determined under
Section 4.1 or Section 4.2 of Article IV who has not yet attained age 55 shall
be paid as soon as administratively feasible after termination of employment. In
the event the Participant is age 55 at the time his employment terminates, the
benefits payable to, or on behalf of, such Participant shall be paid coincident
with the date benefits are paid under the Pension Plan.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                                     FUNDING

SECTION 6.1 FUNDING OF THE PLAN

The Plan, at all times, shall be entirely unfunded and shall constitute merely
the unsecured promise of the Company to make the payments as provided for in the
Plan. No Participant nor any other person shall have, by reason of this Plan,
any rights, title or interest of any kind in or to any property of the Company,
nor any beneficial interest in any trust which may be established by the Company
in connection with this Plan nor any guarantee that assets of the Company will
be sufficient to pay benefits under this Plan. If the Company transfers any
property to the Trust in connection with this Plan, such Trust shall not be held
for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and any assets held in such Trust
shall be subject to the claims of the Company's general creditors in the event
of the Company's insolvency.

SECTION 6.2 RIGHT TO ASSETS

The rights of the Participant or any Beneficiary of a Participant shall be those
of an unsecured creditor. Any insurance policy or other asset acquired by the
Employer shall be deemed to not be held in trust for the benefit of the
Participant or to be collateral security for the performance of the obligations
of the Company, but shall remain a general, unpledged, and unrestricted asset of
the Company.

SECTION 6.3 NO GUARANTEE OF BENEFITS

Nothing contained in this Plan shall constitute a guarantee by the Company or
any other entity or person, that the assets of the Company will be sufficient to
pay the benefits hereunder.

SECTION 6.4 CHANGE OF CONTROL

The occurrence of a Change in Control shall be determined finally and
conclusively by the Plan Administrator and shall be evidenced by a letter signed
by the duly appointed representative of the Plan Administrator, delivered to the
Chief Executive Officer and the trustee, if any. If the Plan Administrator fails
to act, the Chief Executive Officer or the trustee, if any, shall make and give
notice of the determination of a Change in Control.

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If a Change in Control occurs, failure of the Plan Administrator, the Chief
Executive Officer or the trustee, if any to take the action required in the
preceding paragraph shall not affect in any manner the obligation of the Company
or the full right, title, and interest of each Participant under this Plan to
receive from the Company the full amount of the benefit payable hereunder and
the entitlement of each Participant to receive such benefit from the Company
shall be valid and enforceable by each Participant in any state or federal court
of competent jurisdiction.

In the event of a Change of Control, the Company shall make, within thirty (30)
days of such change, an irrevocable contribution to the Plan in an amount that
is sufficient to pay all Plan Participants and their Beneficiaries the aggregate
benefits to which they would be entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan as of
the date of the Change of Control (whether or not they are then entitled to
receive such benefits), and shall thereafter make further irrevocable
contributions to the trust on a current basis as, and in the amount that, such
benefits accrue.

A Participant shall become 100% vested in the benefit payable under this Plan
upon a Change of Control.

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                                   ARTICLE VII

                      AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

SECTION 7.1 AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

The Company acting through its Board of Directors reserves and shall have the
right at any time to modify, amend, or terminate in whole, or in part, any or
all provisions of the Plan at any time.

SECTION 7.2 EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

No amendment or termination of the Plan shall directly or indirectly deprive any
current or former Participant or Beneficiary of all or any portion of any
benefit payment that commenced prior to the effective date of such amendment or
termination.

SECTION 7.3 ADOPTION BY SUBSIDIARIES

Any subsidiary of the Company which at the time is not an Employer may, with the
consent of the Company, adopt the Plan and become an Employer hereunder by
causing an appropriate written instrument evidencing such adoption to be
executed pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors and filed with the
Company.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                               PLAN ADMINISTRATOR

SECTION 8.1 APPOINTMENT

The Board of Directors shall appoint a Plan Administrator. Any person including,
but not limited to, the Employer or Employees of the Employer, shall be eligible
to serve as Plan Administrator.

SECTION 8.2 AUTHORITY

The primary responsibility of the Plan Administrator is to administer the Plan,
subject to the specific terms of the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have the
discretionary authority to determine all questions related to eligibility for
benefits and to construe the terms and conditions of the Plan. Any determination
by the Plan Administrator shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons. The
Plan Administrator may establish procedures, correct any defect, supply any
information, or reconcile any inconsistency in such a manner and to such extent
as shall be deemed necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the Plan.
Any rules, regulations or procedures that may be necessary for the proper
administration or functioning of this Plan that are not covered in this Plan
shall be promulgated and adopted by the Plan Administrator.

The Plan Administrator may delegate any of its powers, authorities, or
responsibilities for the operation and administration of the Plan to any person
or committee so designated in writing by it and may employ such attorneys,
agents, and accountants as it may deem necessary or advisable to assist it in
carrying out its duties hereunder.

SECTION 8.3 INDEMNIFICATION

The Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Plan Administrator harmless against
any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses and liabilities which he may incur
in the exercise and performance of his powers and duties hereunder, unless same
is determined to be due to gross negligence or willful misconduct.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                               CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS

SECTION 9.1 SUBMISSION OF CLAIMS

Participants shall make claims for benefits under the Plan in writing following
such procedures, including deadlines and documentation requirements, and using
such forms, as are prescribed by the Plan Administrator. Claims which are
approved by the Plan Administrator shall be paid as soon as administratively
feasible.

SECTION 9.2 DENIAL OF CLAIMS

If a Participant's claim for benefits under this Plan is denied, the Plan
Administrator shall provide notice to the Participant in writing of the denial.
The notice shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the
Participant and shall include:

(A)  the specific reason or reasons for denial;

(B)  specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is
     based;

(C)  a description of any additional material or information necessary for the
     applicant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or
     information is necessary; and

(D)  an explanation of the Plan's claims review procedures.

SECTION 9.3 REVIEW OF DENIED CLAIMS

If a claim for benefits is denied, the Participant, at his sole expense, may
appeal the denial to the Plan Administrator within sixty (60) days of the
receipt of written notice of the denial. If, upon receipt of this appeal, the
Plan Administrator determines that the Participant is not entitled to the
benefits claimed, he shall afford the Participant or his representative a
reasonable opportunity to appear personally before him, to submit issues and
comments in writing, and to review pertinent documents. The Plan Administrator
shall render its final decision with the specific reasons therefor in writing
and shall transmit it to the Participant by certified mail within sixty (60)
days of any such appearance.

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                                    ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 10.1 PARTICIPANT'S RIGHTS

This Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between the Employer and
any Participant or to be a consideration or an inducement for the employment of
any Participant or Employee. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be deemed to
give any Participant or Employee the right to be retained in the service of the
Employer or to interfere with any right of the Employer to discharge any
Participant or Employee at any time regardless of the effect which such
discharge shall have upon him as a Participant of this Plan.

Neither the establishment of this Plan nor any amendment, nor the payment of any
benefit, will be construed as giving to any Participant or other person any
legal or equitable right against the Employer or Plan Administrator.

SECTION 10.2 INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED

Participants shall provide the Employer or Plan Administrator with such
information and evidence and shall sign such documents as may reasonably be
requested from time to time for the purpose of administration of the Plan.

SECTION 10.3 ALIENATION

No benefit which shall be payable to any Participant shall be subject in any
manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, or charge and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same shall be void; and no such benefit
shall in any manner be liable for or subject to, the debt, contracts,
liabilities, engagements or torts of any such person, nor shall it be subject to
attachment or legal process for or against such person, and the same shall not
be recognized by the Plan Administrator, except to such extent as may be
required by law.

SECTION 10.4 CONSTRUCTION

This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of
Indiana.

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SECTION 10.5 SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this Plan shall be held by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof
shall continue to be fully effective, unless the removal of the invalid or
unenforceable provision would substantially defeat the basic intent, purpose and
spirit of this Plan.

SECTION 10.6 LIABILITY

Nothing contained in this Plan shall impose on any officer, director or Employee
of the Employer any personal liability for any benefit due a Participant
pursuant to this Plan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Plan is hereby restated effective January 1, 1998.

                                                     BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY

                                                 By:    /s/ Cathy Odom Staples

                                                 Its:     Vice President

                                                 Date:  September 1, 2000

Attest: /s/ Eivind Kolemainen

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