Form 8-K

 

 

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

December 11, 2012

(Date of Report; Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

STEIN MART, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Florida   0-20052   64-0466198
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

1200 Riverplace Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32207

(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)

(904) 346-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

(e) Beginning December 11, 2012, Stein Mart, Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of the participants in the Company’s Executive Split Dollar Plan (the “Plan”), including the Company’s named executive officers, entered into letter agreements amending the Plan by eliminating the post-retirement death benefit contained in the Plan for additional deferred compensation, which is subject to vesting conditions. The form of letter agreement amending the Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibit

10.1        Form of Letter Agreement amending the Stein Mart, Inc. Executive Split Dollar Plan

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.

 

   

STEIN MART, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: December 13, 2012     By:   /s/ Gregory W. Kleffner
   

Gregory W. Kleffner

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

10.1        Form of Letter Agreement amending the Stein Mart, Inc. Executive Split Dollar Plan