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
Date of Report: November 19, 2008
Commission File No. 001-31463
DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware
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16-1241537 |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
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Identification No.) |
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| 300 Industry Drive, RIDC Park West,
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15275 |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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(724) 273-3400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
On November 19, 2008 Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) (the “Company”) entered into
an Eighth Amendment (the “Eighth Amendment”) to its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated July 28, 2004 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, certain lenders and
General Electric Capital Corporation as agent. The purpose of the Eighth Amendment to the Credit
Agreement was to increase the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment, as defined in the Credit
Agreement, by $90 million, to a total of $440 million. To effectuate this increase, Wells Fargo
Retail Finance and U.S. Bancorp were added as lenders under the Credit Agreement.
In addition to the transactions set forth in the Eighth Amendment and the Credit
Agreement, General Electric Capital Corporation and other members of the bank group, which, upon
effectiveness of the Eighth Amendment will include Bank of America, Citizens Bank, JPMorgan Chase,
National City Bank, PNC Bank, Wachovia Bank, Wells Fargo Retail Finance and U.S. Bancorp, provide
Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc. with other banking products and services in the areas of cash
management, foreign exchange, investments, leasing, procurement cards and travel and expense cards,
among others.
The summary of the Eighth Amendment in this Current Report on Form 8-K is qualified in
its entirety to the full text of the Eighth Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) The following exhibits are being furnished as part of this Form 8-K:
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Exhibit 10.1
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Eighth Amendment to the Second
Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated November 19,
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