WAIVER
Execution
Copy
Exhibit
10.1
This
Waiver (“Waiver”) is entered
into as of March 30, 2009 by and among Select Comfort Corporation (the “Company”), Select
Comfort Retail Corporation, the other financial institutions signatory hereto
(the "Lenders"), JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Bank of America,
N.A., as Syndication Agent.
RECITALS
A. The
Company, the Subsidiary Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are
party 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 the Credit
Agreement dated as of December 2, 2008, Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement
dated as of January 2, 2009, Amendment No. 6 to the Credit Agreement dated as of
January 15, 2009. Amendment No. 7 to the Credit Agreement dated as of January
31, 2009 and Amendment No. 8 to the Credit Agreement dated as of February 28,
2009 (the “Credit
Agreement”). Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized
terms used in this Waiver shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Credit
Agreement.
B. The
Company has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders grant a
limited waiver with respect to the Credit Agreement.
C. The
Administrative Agent and the undersigned Lenders are willing to grant such
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. Limited
Waiver. Upon satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness
set forth in paragraph 3 below, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
signatory hereto hereby waive the requirement that the Company (i) deliver its
audit for fiscal year 2008 under Section 5.01(a) of the Credit Agreement without
a "going concern" qualification or exception, (ii) comply with the financial
covenant set forth in Section 6.09 of the Credit Agreement for the respective
fiscal periods ending on or about December 31, 2008 through Xxxxx 00, 0000,
(xxx) comply with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.10 of the Credit
Agreement for the fiscal period ending on or about March 31, 2009, and (iv)
comply with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.12 of the Credit
Agreement for the fiscal period ending on or about December 31, 2008, provided
such waivers in each case shall expire at 5 p.m. on April 18, 2009, at which
time the terms and provisions of Sections 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.
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
that:
(a) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Waiver has been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and this Waiver is a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company 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 Waiver, no Default has occurred and is
continuing.
3. Effective
Date. This Waiver shall become effective upon receipt by the
Administrative Agent of (i) duly executed pdf counterparts of this Waiver from
the Company, Select Comfort Retail Corporation and the Required Lenders, (ii) a
duly executed pdf counterpart of the Reaffirmation of Guaranty in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A executed by
each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, (iii) the financial statements and other
documents deliverable under Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement for the
Company's 2008 fiscal year, to the extent not previously delivered, and (iv)
payment of all fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of its counsel and the
financial advisor retained by its counsel invoiced through the date
hereof.
4. 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.
(b) The
execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Waiver 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 Waiver,
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.
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5. Release of Claims and
Waiver. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
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 Waiver, 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 each of its
Subsidiaries 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 each of
its Subsidiaries 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 in any Released Matter to any other person and that the foregoing
constitutes a full and complete release of all Released Matters.
6. 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 Waiver, including but not limited to the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of attorneys for the Administrative Agent with respect
thereto.
7. 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).
8. Headings. Section
headings in this Waiver are included herein for convenience of reference only
and shall not constitute a part of this Waiver for any other
purposes.
9. Counterparts. This
Waiver may be executed in any number of pdf counterparts, and 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 Waiver as of the date and year
first above written.
SELECT
COMFORT CORPORATION, as a Borrower
By /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
CFO
SELECT
COMFORT RETAIL CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
CFO
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually, as
Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent
Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent
By /s/ Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., individually and as Syndication Agent
By /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
CITICORP
USA, INC., as a Lender
By
Name:
Title:
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a
Lender
By /s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
BRANCH
BANKING AND TRUST CO., as a Lender
By /s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
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EXHIBIT
A
REAFFIRMATION OF
GUARANTY
The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Waiver, dated as of
March 30, 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
Waiver).
Dated as
of March 30, 2009
SELECT
COMFORT RETAIL CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
CFO
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