Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ingles Markets, Inc.

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FINAL JUDGMENT in favor of plaintiff against defendant. Signed by Judge Lacy Thornburg on 4/28/06. (Gosnell, Joan)

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ingles Markets, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION --------------------x ) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ) ) ) ) v. ) ) INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED, ) ) Defendant. ) ) --------------------x Plaintiff,

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FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Ingles Markets, Incorporated ("Ingles") having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court's jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment:

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I. IS HEREBY IT ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Ingles and Ingles' agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)] by, in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: (a) (b) employing any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; obtaining money or property by means of any untrue or any omission of a material

statement of a material fact

fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) engaging in any transaction, practice, or course of

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business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. II. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Ingles and Ingles' agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") [15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5], by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: (a) (b) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to

omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the

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statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business operate as a fraud or deceit upon

which operates or would any person.

III. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Ingles and Ingles' officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this order by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and hereby are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. Section 78(m)(a)] and Rules 13a-1, 13a13, and 12b-20 [17 C.F.R. Sections 240.13a-1, 240.13a-13 and 240.12b-20] promulgated thereunder by, directly or indirectly, filing or causing to be filed with the SEC any periodic report on behalf of any issuer, required to be filed with the SEC pursuant

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to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which contains any untrue statement of material fact, which omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the

light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or which omits to disclose any information required to be disclosed. IV. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Ingles and Ingles' officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this order by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and hereby are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections 13(b)(2)(A) and (B) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. Sections 78m(b)(2)(A) and (B)] by, directly or indirectly, (i) failing to make and keep accurate books, records and accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions

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of the assets of the issuer; or (ii) failing to devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or any other criteria applicable to such statements, and to maintain accountability for assets; access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. V.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Consent is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that Defendant shall comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth therein.

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VI. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment.

Signed: April 28, 2006

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