DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DEST) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DEST) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DEST) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

As previously disclosed, on October 21, 2019, Destination Maternity Corporation (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (together with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions (the “Bankruptcy Petitions”) for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Debtors’ Bankruptcy Petitions are jointly administered under the caption “In re: Destination Maternity Corporation, et al.” Bankruptcy Court filings and other information related to the Bankruptcy Petitions are available at a website administered by the Company’s claims agent, Prime Clerk, LLC, at http://cases.primeclerk.com/DestinationMaternity. Documents and other information available on such website are not part of this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Form 8-K.

On November 29, 2019, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (together, the “Sellers”) agreed to submit to the Bankruptcy Court for approval a form of Asset Purchase Agreement with Marquee Brands, LLC (“Buyer”), to which Buyer agreed to acquire from the Company the Company’s e-commerce business, intellectual property, store-in-store operations, and the right to designate the sale of certain inventory and related assets (the “Going Concern Transaction”). On December 13, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order authorizing and approving the Going Concern Transaction to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Sale Order”), which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. On December 20, 2019, the Sellers and Buyer entered into the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) that is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

All capitalized terms used and not defined in this Form 8-K have the meanings ascribed to them in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

The Going Concern Transaction involves the sale of the following assets by the Sellers:

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The consideration in the Going Concern Transaction was comprised of the following:

The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Going Concern Transaction does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Asset Purchase Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Form 8-K. The Asset Purchase Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding its terms and is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Sellers or Buyer. The representation, warranties and covenants contained in the Asset Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement as of the specific dates therein, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. For the foregoing reasons, the representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied upon as statements of factual information.

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with the Going Concern Transaction, on December 20, 2019, the Company terminated (i) the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March 25, 2016 (as amended on April 7, 2017 and February 1, 2018), among the Company, as Borrower, Mothers Work Canada, Inc. and DM Urban Renewal, LLC, as Guarantors, each lender from time to time party hereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, with respect to the Company’s ABL credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”); and (ii) the Term Loan Credit Agreement dated February 1, 2018, among the Company, as Borrower, Mothers Work Canada, Inc. and DM Urban Renewal, LLC, as Guarantors, each lender from time to time party hereto, and Pathlight Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent, with respect to the Company’s term loan credit facility (the “Term Loan Credit Facility”), and repaid all outstanding amounts due thereunder.

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The Going Concern Transaction was completed on December 20, 2019 to and in accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement and as approved by the Sale Order. The assets acquired by Buyer and consideration described in Item 1.01 above and in the Asset Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 are incorporated by reference herein.

The proceeds from the Going Concern Transaction were primarily used to repay in full borrowings under the Company’s ABL Credit Facility and Term Loan Credit Facility.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the Going Concern Transaction, on December 20, 2019, Lisa Gavales resigned as the Chair of the Office of the Chief Executive Officer. Following her resignation, Ms. Gavales will continue as a director of the Company and Dave J. Helkey, the Company’s Chief Financial and Operating Officer, will be taking over the duties of Ms. Gavales. Mr. Helkey’s title and compensation will not change upon his assumption of Ms. Gavales’ duties.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company cautions that such forward-looking statements contained in this Form 8-K or made from time to time by management of the Company, including those regarding the Going Concern Transactions, Bankruptcy Petitions and resulting proceeding in Bankruptcy Court and delisting from NASDAQ, involve risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various important factors. The following factors, among others, could affect the Company’s ability to realize such savings and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements: the Company’s ability to consummate a plan of reorganization; risks attendant to the bankruptcy process, including the effects thereof on the Company’s business and on the interests of various constituents, the length of time that the Company might be required to operate in bankruptcy and the continued availability of operating capital during the pendency of such proceedings; risk associated with third party motions in any bankruptcy case; increased costs to execute the reorganization; the strength or weakness of the retail industry in general and of apparel purchases in particular, our ability to successfully manage our various business initiatives, our ability to successfully manage our real estate relationships, overall economic conditions and other factors affecting consumer confidence, demographics and other macroeconomic factors that may impact the level of spending for apparel (such as fluctuations in pregnancy rates and birth rates), our ability to develop and source merchandise and other factors set forth in the Company’s periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or in materials incorporated therein by reference. Although it is believed that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct and persons reading this release are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as at the date of this Form 8-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this release (whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise), except as required by applicable law.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

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Destination Maternity Corp Exhibit
EX-2.1 2 d847178dex21.htm EX-2.1 EX-2.1 Exhibit 2.1 Execution Copy     ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 20,…
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About DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DEST)

Destination Maternity Corporation, formerly Mothers Work, Inc. is a designer and retailer of maternity apparel in the United States. The Company operates a chain of maternity apparel specialty stores. The Company operates through the design, manufacture, and sale of maternity apparel and related accessories segment. It operates approximately 1,815 retail locations, including over 540 stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, and approximately 1,280 leased departments located within department stores and baby specialty stores throughout the United States, in Puerto Rico and, in England. The Company sells merchandise on the Internet, primarily through its Motherhood.com, APeaInThePod.com and DestinationMaternity.com Websites. The Company also sells its merchandise through its Canadian Website, MotherhoodCanada.ca, through Amazon.com in the United States, and through Websites of certain of its retail partners.