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Exhibit 10.1










 

AMENDMENT NO. 12 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment No. 12 to Credit Agreement (this “Twelfth Amendment”) is entered into as of September 4, 2009 by and among Select Comfort Corporation (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the financial institutions signatories hereto as lenders (the “Lenders”).

 

 

RECITALS

 

A.           The undersigned are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 9, 2006, as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 2007, Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2008, Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement
dated as of May 30, 2008, Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement dated as of December 2, 2008, Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement dated as of January 2, 2009, Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement dated as of January 15, 2009 (“Amendment No. 6”), Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2009, Amendment No. 8 to Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2009, Amendment No. 9 to Credit Agreement dated as of April 18, 2009, Amendment No. 10 to Credit Agreement dated as of May 8, 2009,
and Amendment No. 11 to Credit Agreement ("Amendment No. 11") dated as of May 22, 2009 (the “Credit Agreement”).  Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this Twelfth Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement.

 

B.           The Company has requested that the Lenders further amend the Credit Agreement to reflect certain changes thereto and to grant a waiver with respect to the Credit Agreement.

 

C.           The undersigned Lenders are willing to amend the Credit Agreement and to grant a waiver on the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual execution hereof and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.   Amendments to Credit Agreement.  On the Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)           Section 6.13 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as follows:

 

SECTION 6.13  Minimum Availability.  The Company shall not permit the outstanding principal balance of the Loans plus the LC Exposure to exceed at any time the aggregate amount of the Commitments less $20,000,000.

 

(b)           Article VI of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following new Section 6.17 at the end thereof:

 



 



 







 



SECTION 6.17  Securities Purchase Agreement.  Without the prior written consent of the Agent in each instance, the Company shall not amend, supplement or otherwise modify that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2009, by and
among the Company, Sterling SC Investors, LLC and the other Buyers designated therein; provided that the foregoing does not prohibit the Company from terminating such Securities Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

2.   Limited Waiver.  On the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto hereby waive the Company’s (i) breach
of Section 5.01(a) of the Credit Agreement occasioned by its delivery of an audit for fiscal year 2008 with a “going concern” qualification, (ii) breach of Section 6.09 of the Credit Agreement for the respective fiscal period ending on or about December 31, 2008 and other applicable fiscal periods ending on or prior to a Waiver Termination Event, (iii) breach of Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement for the respective fiscal period ending on or about March 31, 2009 and other applicable fiscal periods
ending on or prior to a Waiver Termination Event, and (iv) breach of the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal period ending on or about December 31, 2008 and other applicable fiscal periods ending on or prior to a Waiver Termination Event, provided such waivers shall expire on the occurrence of any Waiver Termination Event, and upon such expiration the terms and provisions of Sections 5.01(a), 6.09,
6.10 and 6.12 of the Credit Agreement shall be effective with the same force and effect under the Credit Agreement as if such waivers had not been given.  As used in this paragraph 2, “Waiver Termination Event” means the earliest to occur of (A) 5 p.m. Chicago time on September 15, 2009, and (B) if at any time Capital Expenditures for the period commencing on the first day of the fiscal month for January, 2009 through the date of determination exceeds $4,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

3.   Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor represents and warrants that:

 

(a)   Its execution, delivery and performance of this Twelfth Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and this Twelfth Amendment is its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

(b)   Each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof
(except any such representation or warranty that expressly relates to or is made expressly as of a specific earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct with respect to or as of such specific earlier date).

 

(c)   After giving effect to this Twelfth Amendment, no Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

4.   Effective Date.  This Twelfth Amendment shall become effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) duly executed counterparts of this

 



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Twelfth Amendment from the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Required Lenders, (ii) the Reaffirmation of Guaranty in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A executed by each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, (iii) payment to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, of an amendment and waiver fee of $25,000, which fee shall be deemed fully earned and nonrefundable on the Effective Date, and (iv) payment of all other fees due the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, all fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent and of the financial advisor retained by its counsel invoiced through the date hereof.

 

5.   Reference to and Effect Upon the Credit Agreement.

 

(a)   Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.  Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Company hereby reaffirms its obligations under paragraph 4(b) of Amendment No. 6 with respect to the deposit into a cash collateral account with the Collateral Agent of any federal or state income tax refunds received hereafter by or for the benefit of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, and its obligations under Section 6.16, as amended by Amendment No. 11.

 

(b)   The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Twelfth Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any Credit
Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any Credit Document, except as specifically set forth herein.  Upon the effectiveness of this Twelfth Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

6.   Release of Claims and Waiver.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby releases, remises, acquits and forever discharges
each of the Lenders and such Lender’s employees, agents, representatives, consultants, attorneys, fiduciaries, servants, officers, directors, partners, predecessors, successors and assigns, subsidiary corporations, parent corporations, and related corporate divisions (all of the foregoing hereinafter called the “Released Parties”), from any and all actions and causes of action, judgments, executions, suits, debts, claims, demands,
liabilities, obligations, damages and expenses of any and every character, known or unknown, direct and/or indirect, at law or in equity, of whatsoever kind or nature, for or because of any matter or things done, omitted or suffered to be done by any of the Released Parties prior to and including the date of execution hereof, and in any way directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected to this Twelfth Amendment, the Collateral, the Loans, the Credit Agreement, or the other Credit Documents (all
of the foregoing hereinafter called the “Released Matters”).  Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors acknowledges that the agreements in this paragraph are intended to be in full satisfaction of all or any alleged injuries or damages arising in connection with the Released Matters. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors represents and warrants to the Lenders that it has not purported to transfer,
assign or otherwise convey any right, title or interest of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors in any Released Matter to any other person and that the foregoing constitutes a full and complete release of all Released Matters.

 



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7.   Costs and Expenses.  The Company hereby affirms its obligations under Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement to reimburse the Administrative
Agent for all reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Twelfth Amendment, including but not limited to the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of attorneys for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto.

 

8.   Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York (without regard to
conflict of law provisions thereof).

 

9.   Headings.  Section headings in this Twelfth Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part
of this Twelfth Amendment for any other purposes.

 

10.   Counterparts.  This Twelfth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original
but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[signature pages follow]

 





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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Twelfth Amendment as of the date and year first above written.

 

SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION, as a Borrower

 

By                      /s/ James C. Raabe                                           

Name:                James C. Raabe

Title:                  CFO





 





 





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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, individually, as Administrative

Agent and as Collateral Agent

 

By                      /s/ Patricia S. Carpen                                           

Name:                Patricia S. Carpen

Title:                  Vice President





 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., individually as a

Lender and as Syndication Agent

 

By                      /s/ Lynn D. Simmons                                                      

Name:                Lynn D. Simmons

Title:                  Senior Vice President





 

CITICORP USA, INC., as a Lender

 

By                      /s/ Sugam Mehta                                           

Name:                Sugam Mehta

Title:                  Vice President





 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Lender

 

By _______________________________________

Name:

Title:





 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST CO., as a Lender

 

By                      /s/ Troy R. Weaver                                                      

Name:                Troy R. Weaver

Title:                  Senior Vice President





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                                                            EXHIBIT
A

 

REAFFIRMATION OF GUARANTY

 

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of Amendment No. 12 to the Credit Agreement (the “Twelfth Amendment”) dated as of September 4, 2009, and reaffirms its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of June 9, 2006 in favor of
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders (as defined in the Twelfth Amendment).

 

Dated as of September 4, 2009

 





 

SELECT COMFORT RETAIL CORPORATION

 

By                      /s/ James C. Raabe                                           

Name:                James C. Raabe

Title:                  CFO





SELECT COMFORT CANADA HOLDING INC.





By                      /s/ James C. Raabe                                           

Name:                James C. Raabe

Title:                  CFO





SELECTCOMFORT.COM CORPORATION





By                      /s/ James C. Raabe                                           

Name:                James C. Raabe

Title:                  CFO









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