AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT TO INDENTURE
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT TO
INDENTURE (this “ Second Amendment ”) is entered
into as of May 27, 2009, by and among Simmons Bedding
Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture (as
hereinafter defined)) and the Amending Holders (as hereinafter
defined).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (in such
capacity, the “ Trustee ”) are parties to that
certain Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2003 (as has been or
may be further amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Indenture ”), pursuant to which those certain 7.875%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “ Notes
”) were issued;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Defaults or
Events of Default listed on Exhibit A to the Indenture
Forbearance Agreement (as hereinafter defined), as amended by this
Second Amendment, have either occurred and are continuing or may
occur and continue during the Forbearance Period (as hereinafter
defined) (collectively, the “ Specified Defaults
”);
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and certain
Holders (the “ Forbearing Holders ”) are parties
to that certain Forbearance Agreement to Indenture, dated as of
February 4, 2009 (the “ Original Indenture Forbearance
Agreement ”, as amended by the First Forbearance
Amendment (as hereinafter defined), the “ Indenture
Forbearance Agreement ”), pursuant to which the
Forbearing Holders agreed to, among other things, (i) forbear from
exercising their default-related rights and remedies against the
Company and the Guarantors, (ii) direct the Trustee to refrain from
exercising any such rights and remedies on the Holders’
behalf and (iii) rescind and cancel any acceleration of the Notes
directed by or on behalf of any Holders, in each case, with respect
to the Specified Defaults until March 31, 2009;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and certain
Forbearing Holders are parties to that certain Amendment No. 1 to
Forbearance Agreement to Indenture, dated as of March 20, 2009 and
made effective as of March 25, 2009 (the “ First
Forbearance Amendment ”), pursuant to which the
Forbearing Holders agreed to, among other things extend the
Forbearance Period until May 31, 2009 or, subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions, July 31, 2009; and
WHEREAS, upon the Company’s request, the
Amending Holders have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, to amend the Indenture Forbearance Agreement to
provide for an extension of the Forbearance Period until June 30,
2009, or, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, July
31, 2009.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
execution hereof and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this
Second Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
SECTION 2.
Amendments to Indenture Forbearance Agreement
. Subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent
set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Indenture Forbearance
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 2(a) of the Indenture
Forbearance Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(i) Clause “(i)” of
Section 2(a) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows:
“(i)
11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on June 30, 2009 (the “
Outside Date ”); provided , however, that the
Outside Date shall be automatically extended to July 31, 2009 so
long as the Company has commenced, by June 30, 2009, a solicitation
process seeking consent for, or votes to effect, a Proposed
Transaction (as hereinafter defined), which Proposed Transaction at
the time of extension shall be acceptable to Forbearing Holders
collectively holding more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Notes (any such Holders, the “
Extending Holders ”) in their sole discretion (such
transaction, the “ Selected Transaction ”);
and”.
(ii) Clause “(ii)” of
Section 2(a) is hereby amended by deleting “Paul Weiss, as
counsel to the Noteholder Group,” therein and inserting in
lieu thereof “Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
LLP, as counsel to the Forbearing Holders (“ Paul
Weiss ”),”.
(b) Exhibit A to the Indenture
Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating
clause “(i)” of paragraph 1 thereon in its entirety to
read as follows:
“(i) the failure of the Company to timely
furnish a quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
September 27, 2008 and March 28, 2009, and ending on June 27, 2009,
in each case, as required under Section
4.03(a)(1);”.
(c) Exhibit A to the Indenture
Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating
clause “(ii)” of paragraph 1 thereon in its entirety to
read as follows:
“(ii) the failure of the Company to timely
furnish an annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 27, 2008, as required under Section
4.03(a)(1)”.
SECTION 3.
Ratification of Liability . The Company
and each Guarantor hereby ratify and reaffirm (a) that the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes is $200,000,000
and the accrued and unpaid interest through and including May 26,
2009 is $13,634,906.25 and (b) all of their respective payment and
performance obligations under this Second Amendment, the Indenture
Forbearance Agreement and the Indenture, including, without
limitation, the obligation to pay interest at the default rate, in
accordance with Sections 2.12 and 4.01 of the Indenture, which
commenced on January 15, 2009. The Company and each
Guarantor (i) acknowledge receipt of a copy of this Second
Amendment and all other agreements, documents, and instruments
executed and/or delivered in connection herewith, (ii) consent to
the terms and conditions of same and (iii) agree and acknowledge
that the Indenture Forbearance Agreement and the Indenture remain
in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and
confirmed.
SECTION 4.
Conditions to Effectiveness . This Second
Amendment and the agreement of the Forbearing Holders to continue
to forbear under the Indenture Forbearance Agreement shall become
effective on such date (the “ Second Amendment Effective
Date ”) as the following condition shall have been
satisfied in full or waived in writing by the Amending
Holders:
(a)
Second Amendment . The Company, the Guarantors and
Forbearing Holders collectively holding more than $100,000,000 in
principal amount of the Notes shall have executed and
delivered signature pages to this Second Amendment (such Forbearing
Holders, the “ Amending Holders ”). Paul Weiss,
in reliance on Section 6 hereof, will notify the Company upon
receipt of signature pages from the Amending Holders.
For the
avoidance of doubt, this Second Amendment shall be effective in
accordance with this Section 4 regardless of whether the Trustee
executes this Second Amendment.
SECTION 5.
Representations and Warranties of the Company and
Guarantors .
To induce the Amending Ho
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