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

July 31, 2018

(Date of Report; Date of Earliest Event Reported)

STEIN MART, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

1200 Riverplace Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32207

(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)

(904) 346-1500

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

On July 31, 2018, Stein Mart, Inc. (the “Company”) executed a promissory note (the “Note”) under which the Company borrowed $13,000,000 (the “Loan”) from SunTrust Bank, (the “Trustee”) in its capacity as the trustee under a trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) dated September 1, 1999. The trust established by the Trust Agreement (the “Trust”) holds certain whole life insurance policies related to the Company’s executive deferred compensation plans. The Trustee has obtained loans from the insurance policies held in the Trust in an amount not less than the amount of the Loan. The proceeds from this Loan will be used to pay down borrowings under the existing credit agreement to provide additional availability under that agreement.

The Loan has a fixed interest rate of 3.58% per annum and a maturity date of September 10, 2018 (the “Maturity Date”). The Note may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time. All unpaid principal and accrued interest on the Note will become due and payable on the Maturity Date. The Trustee may offset payments due under the Note against amounts the Company is otherwise entitled to withdraw from the Trust under the terms of the Trust Agreement. The preceding summary of the material terms of the Note is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

See discussion in Item 1.01.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURES

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.