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:
February 13, 2009
(Date of earliest event reported)
WESTAFF, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
000-24990
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94-1266151
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
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File Number)
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Identification No.)
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298 North Wiget Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(925) 930-5300
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01
Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 17,
2009, Westaff (USA), Inc. (the
Borrower
),
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westaff, Inc. (the
Company
), and the Company (as parent guarantor) entered
into a Third Amended and Restated Forbearance Agreement, dated as of February 13,
2009 (the
Third Amended and Restated Forbearance
Agreement
), with U.S. Bank National Association (as administrative
agent and a lender,
U.S. Bank
) and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as a lender,
Wells Fargo
),
which became effective on February 18, 2009. The parties to the Third Amended and Restated
Forbearance Agreement are parties to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as
of February 14, 2008 (as amended, the
Financing
Agreement
).
Pursuant to the terms of
the Third Amended and Restated Forbearance Agreement, the parties agreed, among
other things, to the following:
(1)
U.S.
Bank and Wells Fargo agreed to continue to forbear from exercising any of their
default rights and remedies during the period from February 13, 2009 and
ending on April 7, 2009 (the
Forbearance Period
)
with regard to the existing events of default relating to the Borrowers
failure to achieve the fixed charge coverage ratio required by the Financing
Agreement for the applicable fiscal period ended April 19, 2008 and for
each applicable fiscal period ending on or before April 7, 2009 (the
Existing Events of Default
), so long as
none of the following events occur during the Forbearance Period:
(a)
any
termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 28,
2009, by and among the Company, Koosharem Corporation and Select Merger Sub
Inc.;
(b)
any
occurrence of a borrowing base deficiency;
(c)
any
revocation of any additional guaranty agreements required by U.S. Bank and Wells
Fargo as a condition to the continued forbearance;
(d)
any
failure by the Borrower to deliver evidence to U.S. Bank by April 1, 2009
that the Borrowers workers compensation insurer, The Travelers Indemnity
Company, has extended the term of the Borrowers workers compensation insurance
policy from April 1, 2009 to April 7, 2009; or
(e)
any
occurrence, discovery or disclosure of any other event of default other than
the Existing Events of Default;
(2)
U.S.
Bank agreed to amend certain letters of credit outstanding under the Financing
Agreement (including an outstanding letter of credit with a face amount of $27
million in favor of The Travelers Indemnity Company, which is the carrier under
the Companys existing workers compensation insurance program) to extend the
expiration date of such letters of credit from February 28, 2009 to April 7,
2009; and
(3)
the
Borrower and the Company agreed, among other things: (a) to a reduction in
the aggregate amount of the revolving credit commitments under the Financing
Agreement from $33.0 million to $28.0 million and (b) that the Borrower
will have no right to request revolving loans under the Financing Agreement
other than forced loans due to draws upon letters of credit outstanding under
the Financing Agreement.
The foregoing description
of the Third Amended and Restated Forbearance Agreement does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Third Amended and Restated Forbearance Agreement, a copy of which is attached
as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is
incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 8.01
Other
Events.
The following are updates
to the risk factors contained in Item 1A of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended November 1, 2008 filed on February 13, 2009
to reflect the Companys entry into the Third Amended and Restated Forbearance
Agreement. In the following updates, the
terms the Company, we, our, and us refer to Westaff, Inc., its
predecessor and their respective subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise
requires.
ITEM 1A.
RISK
FACTORS
We
are currently in default under our primary credit facility. While we have recently obtained a forbearance
through April 7, 2009 for this default, we no longer have any right to
borrow under this credit facility, except for forced loans due to draws upon
letters of credit outstanding under this credit facility. Accordingly, if our
available cash is insufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements and we are
unable to find alternative sources of capital, which may not be available to us
on acceptable terms or at all, we may be unable to continue our operations as a
going concern.
We are currently
in default under the Financing Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2008
(as amended, the Financing Agreement), among Westaff (USA), Inc. (as
borrower), the Company (as parent guarantor), U.S. Bank National Association
(as agent for the lenders, letter of credit issuer and a lender) and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association (as a lender), which is our primary credit
facility. We have financed our operations primarily through cash generated by
our operating activities and through borrowings under our revolving line of
credit under the Financing Agreement. On May 23, 2008, we received a
notice of default from U.S. Bank (as agent for itself and Wells Fargo Bank)
stating that (1) an Event of Default (as defined in the Financing
Agreement) had occurred due to our failure to achieve a minimum required Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Financing Agreement) for our fiscal
period ended April 19, 2008; and (2) as a result of the Event of
Default, effective May 21, 2008, U.S. Bank increased the rate of interest to
the default rate of interest on the borrowings outstanding under our line of
credit. We had no borrowings outstanding under the Financing Agreement, but do
have $27.3 million of outstanding letters of credit supporting our workers
compensation obligations. The Company previously entered into a series of
forbearance agreements providing for the lenders to forbear from exercising
their default rights and remedies under the Financing Agreement through December 19,
2008. However, on January 28, 2009,
The Travelers Indemnity Company, which is the carrier under the Companys
existing workers compensation insurance program and the beneficiary of a letter
of credit with a face amount of $27 million expiring on February 28, 2009
previously issued by U.S. Bank under the Financing Agreement, was notified by
U.S. Bank that such letter of credit will not be renewed. On February 17, 2009, the Company
entered into a new forbearance agreement, which became effective on February 18,
2009, subject to the terms and conditions of which, among other things: (1) the
lenders agreed to forbear from exercising their default rights and remedies
under the Financing Agreement during the period from February 13, 2009 and
ending on April 7, 2009, (2) certain outstanding letters of credit
expiring on February 28, 2009 (including the outstanding letter of credit
in favor of The Travelers Indemnity Company) previously issued by U.S. Bank
under the Financing Agreement were extended to April 7, 2009 and (3) the
Companys ability to borrow under the Financing Agreement (other than forced
loans due to draws upon the outstanding letters of credit) was terminated.
Because the Company no longer has any
right to borrow under the Financing Agreement (other than forced loans due to
draws upon the outstanding letters of credit), if the Companys available cash
is insufficient to satisfy the Companys liquidity requirements and the Company
is unable to find alternative sources of capital, the Company may be unable to
continue its operations as a going concern. Under these circumstances, unless
the pending merger with Koosharem is completed, the Company may be required to
seek alternative transactions and/or consider filing for bankruptcy protection. There can be no assurance that any
alternative sources of capital and/or alternative transactions would be
available to us on acceptable terms or at all in the current challenging
economic environment. In addition, while the Company was
able to obtain a forbearance under this new forbearance agreement, there can be
no assurances that the Company will be able to continue to satisfy the
conditions required for the forbearance or that waivers or additional
forbearances can be obtained by the Company on acceptable terms in the future.
If the Company is unable to obtain waivers or additional forbearances from the
lenders on acceptable terms in the future, the lenders would be able to elect
at any time to pursue further remedies available to them under the Financing
Agreement, including (1) electing not to renew or extend letters of credit
issued under the Financing Agreement or (2) under specified conditions and
at certain times, limiting the Companys ability to use its cash to pay
ordinary course expenses and possibly disrupting the Companys business
operations.
In response to our
short term forbearance issues, on August 25, 2008, the Company secured a
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$3.0 million
Subordinated Loan facility with its principal stockholder, DelStaff, LLC.
This facility may be used by the Company for working capital and general
business purposes during the term of the facility. The unpaid principal balance
under the Subordinated Loan bears interest at an annual rate of twenty percent
(20%). Interest is payable-in-kind and accrues monthly in arrears on the first
day of each month as an increase in the principal amount of the Subordinated
Loan. A default rate applies on all obligations under the Subordinated Loan
Agreement from and after the Maturity Date (August 15, 2009) and also during
the existence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Subordinated Loan
Agreement) at an annual rate of ten percent (10%) also payable-in-kind over the
then-existing applicable interest rate and if principal is not repaid on the
Maturity Date, an additional 5% of outstanding principal must be paid along
with the default rate interest. The obligations under the Subordinated Loan
Agreement are secured by a security interest in substantially all of the
existing and future assets (the Subordinated Collateral) of the Company. The
lien granted to the Subordinated Lender in the Subordinated Collateral is
subordinated to the lien in that same collateral granted to U.S. Bank.
Borrowings in excess of $1.0 million require the Subordinated Lender
approval. The Subordinated Loan may be prepaid without penalty, subject to
approval by U.S. Bank and the terms of an Intercreditor Agreement. Under
certain circumstances, the Company must prepay all or a portion of any amounts
outstanding under the Subordinated Loan Agreement, subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement. The outstanding loan balance at November 1, 2008
was $2.2 million, which includes a $0.2 million facility fee that was
added to the loan balance upon receipt of the initial advance. Accrued and
unpaid interest on this note at November 1, 2008 was $40,000. The Company
borrowed an additional $500,000 on the subordinated loan on January 7,
2009 and an additional $500,000 on January 29, 2009.
We
may be unable to adequately collateralize our workers compensation obligations
at their current levels or at all.
We are
contractually obligated to collateralize our workers compensation obligations
under our workers compensation program through irrevocable letters of credit,
surety bonds or cash. As of November 1, 2008, our aggregate collateral
requirements under these contracts have been secured through $27.3 million
of letters of credit obtained through the Financing Agreement. Our workers
compensation policy, which had been originally set to expire on November 1,
2008, has been extended through April 1, 2009. As part of the extension,
the Company paid $1.0 million in cash collateral on October 31, 2008
and is required to pay an additional $250,000 by February 28, 2009. These
collateral requirements are significant, place pressure on our liquidity and
working capital capacity and are dependent on the Company having sufficient
accounts receivable and cash balances. If we are not able to obtain a renewal
of our letters of credit at a level sufficient to meet our collateral
requirements, we could be unable to obtain sufficient workers compensation
coverage to support our operations.
On January 28,
2009, The Travelers Indemnity Company, which is the Companys workers
compensation carrier, was notified by U.S. Bank that the letter of credit
issued in favor of The Travelers Indemnity Company and expiring on February 28,
2009 would not be renewed. On February 17, 2009, the Company entered into
a new forbearance agreement, which became effective on February 18, 2009,
subject to the terms and conditions of which, among other things, U.S. Bank
agreed to extend certain outstanding letters of credit expiring on February 28,
2009 (including the outstanding letter of credit in favor of The Travelers
Indemnity Company) previously issued by U.S. Bank under the Financing Agreement
to April 7, 2009. While the Company was able to obtain an extension of the
letters of credit under this new forbearance agreement, there can be no
assurances that the Company will be able to continue to satisfy the conditions
required for the extension and thereby obtain sufficient workers compensation
coverage to support the Companys operations. In addition, the carrier has the
right to draw on the letter of credit prior to the expiration. If the carrier
draws on the Letter of Credit, U.S. Bank may require the Company to fund the
draw in cash which would force the Company to borrow under the Financing
Agreement. If no waiver or forbearance is then currently effective and the
lenders elect to pursue remedies under the Financing Agreement, such as calling
the loan, there can be no assurance that the Company would be able to find
alternative sources of capital to repay the loan, in which case the Company may be unable to continue its
operations as a going concern.
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Item
9.01
Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibit
Exhibit No.
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Description of Document
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10.1
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Third Amended
and Restated Forbearance Agreement
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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.
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WESTAFF,
INC.
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By:
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/s/ Christa C.
Leonard
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Christa C. Leonard
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Date:
February 20, 2009
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
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Description of Document
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10.1
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Third Amended
and Restated Forbearance Agreement
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