-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UDzkUtT1P738mYPP1fth7hm21RGHNVUCzgxfxPBCAsEJqskuamZWpwyLjeZqwMSB rpqWDNy4fcfzYIvvb6Tjyg== 0000827187-05-000088.txt : 20051227 0000827187-05-000088.hdr.sgml : 20051226 20051227160534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000827187-05-000088 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051227 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051227 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051227 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SELECT COMFORT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000827187 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE [2510] IRS NUMBER: 411597886 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25121 FILM NUMBER: 051287121 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6105 TRENTON LANE NORTH CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55442 BUSINESS PHONE: 7635517000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6105 TRENTON LANE NORTH CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55442 8-K 1 form8k122705ge.htm FORM 8K DATED 12/27/05 GE Form 8K dated 12/27/05 GE



 
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): December 27, 2005
 
Corporate Logo
 
SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Minnesota
 
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
0-25121
41-1597886
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

6105 Trenton Lane North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55442
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


(763) 551-7000
 
(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 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
 
On December 27, 2005, Select Comfort Corporation issued a press release announcing a five-year agreement to extend its consumer financing arrangement with GE Consumer Finance, Retail Sales Finance. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 

 
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
(c) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit 99.1  Press Release dated December 27, 2005
 

 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
   
Dated: December 27, 2005
By: /s/ Kevin Larson   
   
 
Title: Controller


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

The exhibits listed in this index are being furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference into any document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

Exhibit No.     Description of Exhibit
99.1         Press Release dated December 27, 2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                      Exhibit 99.1

Contact:
Anna Lovely
Select Comfort Corporation
(763) 551-7460
anna.lovely@selectcomfort.com 
 
Mike Ettlemyer
GE Consumer Finance
(203) 585-6791
Michael.ettlemyer@ge.com 


SELECT COMFORT EXTENDS RELATIONSHIP WITH GE CONSUMER FINANCE
Reaches five-year agreement to provide consumer credit

MINNEAPOLIS - (Dec. 27, 2005) - Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS), the leading bed retailer in the U.S.1 and creator of the Sleep Number® bed, today announced a five-year agreement to extend its consumer financing arrangement with GE Consumer Finance, Retail Sales Finance, a consumer lending unit of the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE).

The agreement extends an existing agreement that dates back to 1999. Under terms of the agreement, GE will manage the risk management, collections and payment processing functions for qualified buyers of the company’s Sleep Number bed and accessories that elect to finance their purchases.

“Select Comfort has been a valuable business partner and we’re delighted to continue this relationship as they continue to grow their business,” said Glenn Marino, president and chief executive officer of GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit. “We look forward to serving their customers with a convenient credit program that will help Select Comfort enhance customer loyalty.”

“GE is a proven leader in the consumer financing industry,” said James C. Raabe, Select Comfort’s chief financial officer. “Extending our relationship will enable us to expand the promotional financing opportunity for our customers, and allow us to leverage the scale provided by our growth and improve operating margins.”

About Retail Sales Finance and GE Consumer Finance
 
Retail Sales Finance, based in Kettering, Ohio, is part of GE Consumer Finance and provides private label credit card programs, marketing, installment lending and financial services for national and regional retailers in key industries: jewelry, home improvement, powersports,
 
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outdoor equipment, automotive/recreational vehicles, consumer electronics and appliances, furniture, floor covering, and health care. With $150 billion in assets, GE Consumer Finance, a unit of General Electric Company, is a leading provider of credit services to consumers, retailers and auto dealers in 47 countries around the world. GE Consumer Finance, based in Stamford, Conn. (USA), offers a range of financial products, including private label credit cards, personal loans, bank cards, auto loans and leases, mortgages, corporate travel and purchasing cards, debt consolidation and home equity loans and credit insurance. More information can be found online at www.geconsumerfinance.com. GE (NYSE: GE) is a diversified technology, media and financial services company dedicated to creating products that make life better. For more information, visit www.ge.com.
 
About Select Comfort
 
Founded in 1987, Select Comfort Corporation is the leading bed retailer in the U.S.(1), holding 32 U.S. issued or pending patents for its personalized sleep products. The company designs, manufactures and markets a line of adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology, branded the Sleep Number® bed, as well as foundations and sleep accessories. Select Comfort’s products are sold through its nearly 400 U.S. retail stores; through selected bedding retailers; through its national direct marketing operations; and on the Internet at www.selectcomfort.com.
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Top 25 Bedding Retailers, Furniture Today, May 23, 2005

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