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Item 71.0101Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

~~Regulataion~~On FDApril ~~Disclosure~~6, 2020, and effective as of March 13, 2020, School Specialty, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into (i) the Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement and Forbearance Agreement among the Company, as borrower, certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto, as lenders and TCW Asset Management Company LLC, as the agent (the “Term Loan Amendment”), and (ii) the Tenth Amendment to Loan Agreement and Forbearance Agreement among the Company, certain of its subsidiary borrowers, Bank of America, N.A. and Bank of Montreal, as lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as agent for the lenders (the “ABL Amendment,” and together with the Term Loan Amendment, the “Amendments”), in order to, among other things: (1) extend the outside date of the Forbearance Period (as defined in the Amendments) to April 30, 2020; (2) to delay the Scheduled Term Loan Installment Payment (as defined in the Term Loan Amendment) and interest due on March 31, 2020 to June 30, 2020; (3) require the entry into on or before April 30, 2020 a restructuring support agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the Required Lenders (each as defined in the Amendments), which shall include, among other things, milestones in connection with a potential restructuring or sale transaction of the Company and an agreement among Agent, the Lenders and the Company regarding the terms, scope, and fees to be incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder; and (4) to increase the Borrowing Base under the ABL Facility by adding the Seasonal Formula Amount (as defined in the ABL Amendment) during the fiscal months of February, March, April, May and June.

OnThe ~~April~~Term 6,Loan ~~2020,~~Amendment ~~School~~and ~~Specialty,~~the ~~Inc.~~ABL ~~(the~~Amendment ~~“Company”)~~are ~~issued~~filed aas ~~press~~exhibits ~~release~~herewith ~~reporting~~and ~~its~~incorporated ~~Fiscal~~herein ~~2019~~by ~~Results~~reference. OnThe ~~April~~foregoing 6,descriptions ~~2020, the Company also made available its Fiscal Q42019 Investor Presentation Update under the Investors’ tab~~ of ~~its website (www.schoolspecialty.com). On April 7, 2020,~~ the ~~Company~~Term ~~will~~Loan ~~hold~~Amendment ~~a conference call, which was pre-announced~~ and ~~open to~~ the ~~public,~~ABL toAmendment ~~discuss~~do ~~its~~not ~~results~~purport ~~for~~to ~~the~~be ~~fourth~~complete ~~quarter~~ and ~~year~~are ~~ended~~qualified ~~December~~in ~~28,~~their ~~2019. A~~entirety ~~copy~~by of the ~~press~~full ~~release~~text ~~for~~of ~~the~~such ~~Fiscal 2019 Year-End Investor Update is attached as Exhibit 99~~agreements.~~1. This exhibit is incorporated by reference herein.~~

~~This~~Item ~~information is not deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section~~9. ~~Further,~~01.Financial ~~the~~Statements ~~information~~and in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filingExhibits.

Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
	(d) Exhibits
	Exhibit No.	Description
	99.1	Press Release dated April 6, 2020

(d) Exhibits

Forward-Looking Statements

Exhibit No.	Description

10.1	Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement and Forbearance Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2020 and effective as of March 13, 2020, among the Company, as borrower, certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto, as lenders and TCW Asset Management Company LLC, as the agent.
10.2	Tenth Amendment to Loan Agreement and Forbearance Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2020 and effective as of March 13, 2020, among the Company, certain of its subsidiary borrowers, Bank of America, N.A. and Bank of Montreal, as lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as agent for the lenders.

This report and the information furnished herewith may contain statements concerning School Specialty’s future financial condition, results of operations, expectations, plans or prospects. Such statements are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include those preceded by or followed by words like “anticipate,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plan,” “projects,” “should,” “targets” and/or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on School Specialty’s estimates and assumptions as of the date of the information presented, and as such involve uncertainty and risk. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those described in Item 1A. of School Specialty’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2019, which factors are incorporated herein by reference. Any forward-looking statement in this report and the information furnished herewith speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as required under the federal securities laws, School Specialty does not intend to update or revise the forward-looking statements.SIGNATURES

2Pursuant 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.

SIGNATURES

	SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.


Dated: April 8, 2020	By:/s/ Kevin Baehler
	Kevin Baehler Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

	SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
Dated: April 6, 2020	By: /s/ Kevin L. Baehler
	Kevin L. Baehler Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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