form8k05380_05292012.htm
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 (Date of earliest event reported): May 29, 2012
 
SL Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
New Jersey
1-4987
21-0682685
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
520 Fellowship Road, Suite A114, Mount Laurel, New Jersey
08054
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (856) 727-1500
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01.                      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 29, 2012, SL Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the "Company") entered into a Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and a syndicate of other lenders party thereto (the “Fifth Amendment”), further amending that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement entered into as of October 23, 2008 among the Company, subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and a syndicate of other lenders party thereto (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).  The Credit Agreement was previously amended on August 12, 2009, November 19, 2010, March 28, 2011, and July 20, 2011.

The Fifth Amendment, among other things, (a) amends the definition of Maturity Date to extend the Maturity Date of the Credit Agreement to August 30, 2012, (b) amends the Minimum Net Worth financial covenant, and (c) amends the business covenants to permit the Company to issue one or more dividends and/or purchase its registered capital stock then issued and outstanding, in an amount not in excess, in the aggregate, of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000), on a trailing twelve month basis.

The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Fifth Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Fifth Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)           Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Exhibits

10.1
Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated May 29, 2012, by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and lender, and a syndicate of other lenders party thereto.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SL Industries, Inc.
 
(Registrant)
   
Date:  May 30, 2012
 
   
 
By:
/s/ Louis J. Belardi
   
Name:
Louis J. Belardi
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer