UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
August 21, 2019
(Date of Report; Date of Earliest Event Reported)
STEIN MART, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida | 0-20052 | 64-0466198 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1200 Riverplace Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32207
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
(904) 346-1500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value | SMRT | The NASDAQ Global Select Market |
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ITEM 1.01 |
ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT |
On August 21, 2019, Stein Mart, Inc. (the Company) entered into an amendment (the Amendment) to its Amended and Restated Co-Brand and Private Label Credit Card Consumer Program Agreement with Synchrony Bank (the Agreement). Under the Amendment, Synchrony Bank waives its rights to require the Company to post cash reserves to cure the Companys failure to satisfy one or more of the quarterly financial covenants specified in the Agreement for periods through October 31, 2020. As consideration for Synchrony Banks entry into the Amendment, the Company agreed to reduce the amount of fees paid to it under the Agreement. The Company expects the average reduction in monthly fees receivable will range from approximately $105,000 to $120,000. The Company has obtained waivers for its failure to satisfy these covenants in the past and does not expect to satisfy these covenants for at least the next five fiscal quarters.
ITEM 9.01 |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS |
(d) Exhibits
10.1 | Amendment to the Amended and Restated Co-Brand and Private Label Credit Card Consumer Program Agreement with Synchrony Bank, dated August 21, 2019, by and among the Company and Synchrony Bank.* |
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Certain portions of the exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(b) because it is both (i) not material to investors and (ii) likely to cause competitive harm to the Company if publicly disclosed. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STEIN MART, INC. (Registrant) |
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Date: August 23, 2019 | By: |
/s/ James B. Brown |
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James B. Brown | ||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 10.1
In this document, [***] indicates that certain confidential information has been redacted from this document because it is both (i) not material to investors and (ii) likely to cause competitive harm to the Company if publicly disclosed.
August 21, 2019
Stein Mart, Inc.
1200 Riverplace Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Attn: James Brown, Chief Financial Officer
Re: Credit Card Program Agreement
Dear James:
Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Co-Brand and Private Label Credit Card Consumer Program Agreement, dated February 24, 2016, by and between Stein Mart, Inc. and Synchrony Bank, as amended by amendments dated as of May 9, 2016, as of September 13, 2016, as of February 22, 2018 and as of November 20, 2018 (collectively, the Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 10.2(p) of the Agreement, the Bank has a right to terminate the Agreement if Retailer fails to meet the financial covenants and comply with the terms set forth in Schedule 10.2(p) (collectively, Financial Covenants). In lieu of requiring the Retailer to provide collateral to the Bank in consideration of a waiver of a failure to satisfy these covenants, the Bank and Retailer have agreed to amend the Agreement and to waive the Retailers obligation to comply with the Financial Covenants based on Retailers financial results through and including October 31, 2020 (the Exemption Period). Thereafter, Retailer shall be required to satisfy the Financial Covenants and the Financial Covenants will remain in full force and effect in all subsequent periods during the Term.
In addition, the parties agree from September 1, 2019 through the end of the Exemption Period the Agreement will be amended to apply a Retailer Royalty of [***] ([***] basis points) and Acquisition Bounty Payments of $[***] for each Co-Brand Account and $[***] for each Private Label Account. Thereafter, the Retailer Royalty and Acquisition Bounty Payments set forth in Schedule 4.1 of the Agreement shall apply for the remainder of the Term.
This letter agreement amends the Agreement and supersedes and replaces in its entirety all discussions, understandings and agreements, written or oral, between the parties after November 20, 2018 relating to the Retailers failure to satisfy the Financial Covenants. For avoidance of doubt the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement is not superseded. Except as amended by this letter agreement, the Agreement remains in full force and effect. Kindly indicate your acceptance of the terms of this letter agreement by signing the Acknowledgement below. Thank you.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jack Thayer
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Jack Thayer, SVP, General Manager Diversified Client Group |
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
this 21 day of August, 2019:
STEIN MART, INC.
By: |
/s/ D. Hunt Hawkins |
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Name: |
D. Hunt Hawkins |
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