UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  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):  August 20, 2009

 

MICHAELS STORES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

8000 Bent Branch Drive

Irving, Texas  75063

P.O. Box 619566

DFW, Texas  75261-9566

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 409-1300

 

 

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 August 20, 2009, Michaels Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) to the Company’s $2,400.0 million senior secured term loan facility with Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto (the “Term Loan Credit Facility”).  The Third Amendment amends the Term Loan Credit Facility to permit the issuance or incurrence of indebtedness for the purpose of the repayment of existing term loans under the Term Loan Credit Facility, which new indebtedness could take the form of additional term loans under the Term Loan Credit Facility or secured or unsecured bonds or other loans.

 

The above summary of the Third Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Third Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the full text of the Term Loan Credit Facility, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended October 28, 2006, filed by the Company on December 7, 2006, SEC File No. 001-09338, and each is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

 

Certain lenders under the Term Loan Credit Facility, as amended, have engaged in, or may in the future engage in, transactions with, and perform services for, the Company and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

 

Item 9.01.                                          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2009, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2006, among Michaels Stores, Inc., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, the other lenders named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and Credit Suisse, as co-documentation agents, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.

 

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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.

 

 

	MICHAELS STORES, INC.
Dated: August 21, 2009	By:	/s/ Elaine D. Crowley
		Elaine D. Crowley
		Executive Vice President — Chief
		Financial Officer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2009, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2006, among Michaels Stores, Inc., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, the other lenders named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and Credit Suisse, as co-documentation agents, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.

 

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