EXHIBIT 10.25
 
REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT NOTE

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$20,000,000.00
 
Oakland, California

September 1, 2002
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned SHOE PAVILION CORPORATION (“Borrower”)
promises to pay to the order of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”)
at its office at East Bay RCBO, One Kaiser Plaza Suite 850, Oakland, CA, or at
such other place as the holder hereof may designate, in lawful money of the
United States of America and in twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00) or so
much thereof as may be advanced and be outstanding, with interest thereon, to be
computed on each advance from the date of its disbursement as set forth herein.
 
DEFINITIONS:
 
As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth after
each, and any other term defined in this Note shall have the meaning set forth
at the place defined:
 
(a)  “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on
which commercial banks in California are authorized or required by law to close.
 
(b)  “Fixed Rate Term” means a period commencing on a Business Day and
continuing for 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months, as designated by Borrower, during
which all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance of this Note bears
interest determined in relation to LIBOR; provided however, that no Fixed Rate
Term may be selected for a principal amount less than five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000.00) and provided further, that no Fixed Rate Term shall extend
beyond the scheduled maturity date hereof. If any Fixed Rate Term would end on a
day which is not a Business Day, then such Fixed Rate Term shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day.
 
(c)  “LIBOR” means the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the
nearest whole 1/8 of 1%) and determined pursuant to the following formula:
 
 
LIBOR =
 
Base LIBOR

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100% - LIBOR Reserve Percentage

 
(i)  “Base LIBOR” means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits
quoted by Bank as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate, with the understanding
that such rate is quoted by Bank for the purpose of calculating effective rates
of interest for loans making reference thereto, on the first day of a Fixed Rate
Term for delivery of funds on said date for a period of time approximately equal
to the number of days in such Fixed Rate Term and in an amount approximately
equal to the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applies. Borrower
understands and agrees that Bank may base its quotation of the Inter-Bank Market
Offered Rate upon such offers or other market indicators of the Inter-Bank
Market as Bank in its discretion deems appropriate including, but not limited
to, the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank Market.
 
(ii)  “LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means the reserve percentage prescribed by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve
Board, as amended), adjusted by Bank for expected changes in such reserve
percentage during the applicable Fixed Rate Term.
 
(d)  “Prime Rate” means at any time the rate of interest most recently announced
within Bank at its principal office as its Prime Rate, with the understanding
that the Prime Rate is one of Bank’s base rates and serves as the basis upon
which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making
reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its
announcement in such internal publication or publications as Bank may designate.
 
Interest:

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(a)  Interest.    The outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear
interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) either
(i) at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate in effect from time
to time, or (ii) at a fixed rate per annum determined by Bank to be one and
three tenths percent (1.3000%) above LIBOR in effect on the first day of the
applicable Fixed Rate Term. When interest is determined in relation to the Prime
Rate, each change in the rate of interest hereunder shall become effective on
the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank. With respect to each
LIBOR selection hereunder, Bank is hereby authorized to note the date, principal
amount, interest rate and Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto and any payments
made thereon on Bank’s books and records (either manually or by electronic
entry) and/or on any schedule attached to this Note, which notations shall be
prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information noted.
 
(b)  Selection of Interest Rate Options.    At any time any portion of this Note
bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR, it may be continued by Borrower
at the end of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto so that all or a portion
thereof bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate or to LIBOR for
a new Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At any time any portion of this
Note bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate. Borrower may
convert all or a portion thereof so that it bears interest determined in
relation to LIBOR for a Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At such time as
Borrower requests an advance hereunder or wishes to select a LIBOR option for
all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance hereof, and at the end of
each Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall give Bank notice specifying: (i) the
interest rate option selected by Borrower; (ii) the principal amount subject
thereto; and (iii) for each LIBOR selection, the length of the applicable Fixed
Rate Term. Any such notice may be given by telephone (or such other electronic
method as Bank may permit) so long as, with respect to each LIBOR selection, (A)
if requested by Bank, Borrower provides to Bank written confirmation thereof not
later than three (3) Business Days after such notice is given, and (B) such
notice is given to Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. on the first day of the Fixed Rate
Term, or at a later time during any Business Day if Bank, at it’s sole option
but without obligation to do so, accepts Borrower’s notice and quotes a fixed
rate to Borrower. If Borrower does not immediately accept a fixed rate when
quoted by Bank, the quoted rate shall expire and any subsequent LIBOR request
from Borrower shall be subject to a redetermination by Bank of the applicable
fixed rate. If no specific designation of interest is made at the time any
advance is requested hereunder or at the end of any Fixed Rate Term, Borrower
shall be deemed to have made a Prime Rate interest selection for such advance or
the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applied.
 
(c)  Taxes and Regulatory Costs.    Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon
demand, in addition to any other amounts due or to become due hereunder, any and
all (i) withholdings, interest equalization taxes, stamp taxes or other taxes
(except income and franchise taxes) imposed by any domestic or foreign
governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR, and (ii) future,
supplemental, emergency or other changes in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage,
assessment rates imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or
similar requirements or costs imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental
authority or resulting from compliance by Bank with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR to the extent they are
not included in the calculation of LIBOR. In determining which of the foregoing
are attributable to any LIBOR option available to Borrower hereunder, any
reasonable allocation made by Bank among its operations shall be conclusive and
binding upon Borrower.
 
(d)    Payment of Interest.    Interest accrued on this Note to and including
the last Saturday of each of Borrower’s 4 or 5 week accounting periods shall be
payable on each Monday following each such last Saturday, provided that (i) all
interest accrued from the last such Saturday during the term of this Note to and
including the maturity date of this Note shall be due and payable in full on the
maturity date of this Note, and (ii) Borrower shall not change the method of
determining its accounting periods during the term of this Note.
 
(e)  Default Interest.    From and after the maturity date of this Note, or such
earlier date as all principal owing hereunder becomes due and payable by
acceleration or otherwise, the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall
bear interest until paid in full at an increased rate per annum (computed on the
basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) equal to four percent (4%) above
the rate of interest from time to time applicable to this Note.
 
BORROWING AND REPAYMENT:
 
(a)  Borrowing and Repayment.    Borrower may from time to time during the term
of this Note borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and
reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and

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conditions of this Note and of any document executed in connection with or
governing this note; provided however, that the total outstanding borrowings
under this Note shall not at any time exceed the principal amount stated above.
The unpaid principal balance of this obligation at any time shall be the total
amounts advanced hereunder by the holder hereof less the amount of principal
payments made hereon by or for any Borrower, which balance may be endorsed
hereon from time to time by the holder. The outstanding principal balance of
this Note shall be due and payable in full on August 1, 2004.
 
(b)  Advances.    Advances hereunder, to the total amount of the principal sum
stated above, may be made by the holder at the oral or written request of (i)
John D. Hellmann, any one acting alone, who are authorized to request advances
and direct the disposition of any advances until written notice of the
revocation of such authority is received by the holder at the office designated
above, or (ii) any person, with respect to advances deposited to the credit of
any deposit account of any Borrower, which advances, when so deposited, shall be
conclusively presumed to have been made to or for the benefit of each Borrower
regardless of the fact that persons other than those authorized to request
advances may have authority to draw against such account. The holder shall have
no obligation to determine whether any person requesting an advance is or has
been authorized by any Borrower.
 
(c)  Application of Payments.    Each payment made on this Note shall be
credited first, to any interest then due and second, to the outstanding
principal balance hereof. All payments credited to principal shall be applied
first, to the outstanding principal balance of this Note which bears interest
determined in relation to the Prime Rate, if any, and second, to the outstanding
principal balance of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to
LIBOR, with such payments applied to the oldest Fixed Rate Term first.
 
PREPAYMENT:
 
(a)  Prime Rate.    Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note
which bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate at any time, in
any amount and without penalty.
 
(b)  LIBOR.    Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note which
bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR at any time and in the minimum
amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) provided however, that if
the outstanding principal balance of such portion of this Note is less than said
amount, the minimum prepayment amount shall be the entire outstanding principal
balance thereof. In consideration of Bank providing this prepayment option to
Borrower, or if any such portion of this Note shall become due and payable at
any time prior to the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto by
acceleration or otherwise, Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand a
fee which is the sum of the discounted monthly differences for each month from
the month of prepayment through the month in which such Fixed Rate Term matures,
calculated as follows for each such month:
 
(i)  Determine the amount of interest which would have accrued each month on the
amount prepaid at the interest rate applicable to such amount had it remained
outstanding until the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto.
 
(ii)  Subtract from the amount determined in (i) above the amount of interest
which would have accrued for the same month on the amount prepaid for the
remaining term of such Fixed Rate Term at LIBOR in effect on the date of
prepayment for new loans made for such term and in a principal amount equal to
the amount prepaid.
 
(iii)  if the result obtained in (ii) for any month is greater than zero,
discount that difference by LIBOR used in (ii) above.
 
Each Borrower acknowledges that prepayment of such amount may result in Bank
incurring additional costs, expenses and/or liabilities, and that it is
difficult to ascertain the full extent of such costs, expenses and/or
liabilities. Each Borrower, therefore, agrees to pay the above-described
prepayment fee and agrees that said amount represents a reasonable estimate of
the prepayment costs, expenses and/or liabilities of Bank. If Borrower fails to
pay any prepayment fee when due, the amount of such prepayment fee shall
thereafter bear interest until paid at a rate per annum two percent (2.00%)
above the Prime Rate in effect from time to time (computed on the basis of a
360-day year, actual days elapsed). Each change in the rate of interest on any
such past due prepayment fee shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate
change is announced within Bank.

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EVENTS OF DEFAULT:
 
This Note is made pursuant to and is subject to the terms and conditions of that
certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of February 27,
2001, as amended from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”). Any default in the
payment or performance of any obligation under this Note, or any defined event
of default under the Credit Agreement, shall constitute an “Event of Default”
under this Note.
 
MISCELLANEOUS:
 
(a) Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the holder of this
Note, at the holder’s option, may declare all sums of principal and interest
outstanding hereunder to be immediately due and payable without presentment,
demand, notice of nonperformance, notice of protest, protest or notice of
dishonor, all of which are expressly waived by each Borrower, and the
obligation, if any, of the holder to extend any further credit hereunder shall
immediately cease and terminate. Each Borrower shall pay to the holder
immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges,
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees (to include outside
counsel fees and all allocated costs of the holder’s in-house counsel), expended
or incurred by the holder in connection with the enforcement of the holder’s
rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to the holder under
this Note, and the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to
this Note, including without limitation, any action for declaratory relief,
whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding
or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any
bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding,
contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to any
Borrower or any other person or entity.
 
(b) Obligations Joint and Several. Should more than one person or entity sign
this Note as a Borrower, the obligations of each such Borrower shall be joint
and several.
 
(c) Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as of the date first
written above.
 
SHOE PAVILION CORPORATION
By:
 
/s/    John D. Hellmann        

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Title:
 
Vice President        

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ADDENDUM TO PROMISSORY NOTE
(PRIME/LIBOR PRICING ADJUSTMENTS)
 
THIS ADDENDUM is attached to and made a part of that certain promissory note
executed by SHOE PAVILION CORPORATION (“Borrower”) and payable to WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”), or order, dated as of September 1, 2002, in
the principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) (the “Note”).
 
The following provisions are hereby incorporated into the Note to reflect the
interest rate adjustments agreed to by Bank and Borrower.
 
INTEREST RATE ADJUSTMENTS:
 
(a)  Initial Interest Rates.    The initial interest rates applicable to this
Note shall be the rates set forth in the “Interest” paragraph herein.
 
(b)  Interest Rate Adjustments.    In addition to any interest rate adjustments
resulting from changes in the Prime Rate, Bank shall adjust the Prime Rate and
LIBOR margins used to determine the rates of interest applicable to this Note on
a quarterly basis, commencing with Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending September
30, 2002, if required to reflect a change in Borrower’s ratio of Funded Debt (as
defined below) to EBITDA (as defined in and determined pursuant to the Credit
Agreement referred to in this Note), in accordance with the following grid:
 
Funded Debt to
EBITDA

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Applicable
Prime Rate
Margin

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Applicable
LIBOR
Margin

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at least 3.00 to 1.0 but
less than 3.50 to 1.0
    
0.00
%
  
1.65
%
at least 2.75 to 1.0 but
less than 2.99 to 1.0
    
0.00
%
  
1.55
%
less than 2.74 to 1.0
    
0.00
%
  
1.30
%

 
The term “Funded Debt” means the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
interest bearing obligations, including, without limitation, capitalized lease
obligations, letters of credit and guaranties, determined as of the end of each
fiscal quarter. Each such adjustment shall be effective on the first Business
Day of Borrower’s fiscal quarter following the quarter during which Bank
receives and reviews Borrower’s most current fiscal quarter-end financial
statements in accordance with any requirements established by Bank for the
preparation and delivery thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Addendum has been executed as of the same date as the
Note.
 
SHOE PAVILION CORPORATION
By:
 
/s/    John D. Hellmann        

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John D. Hellmann
Title:
 
Vice President        

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