MODIFICATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) made as of the 7th day of October,
2008, between G & S REALTY 1, LLC,, having its principal office at 530 Seventh
Avenue, New York, New York 10018 (hereinafter called “Landlord”), and BERNARD
CHAUS, INC., having an address at 530 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018
(hereinafter called “Tenant”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
     WHEREAS, Landlord’s predecessor-in-interest, Adler Realty Company 530, and
Tenant heretofore entered into a certain written lease dated as of June 1, 1999
(the “Lease”) covering the premises as described therein at 530 Seventh Avenue
(the “Building”) in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York; and
     WHEREAS, Tenant desires to extend the term of the Lease, and Landlord has
agreed thereto upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
and agreements hereinafter set forth, it is agreed as follows:
     1. Term. The term of the Lease, currently scheduled to expire on May 31,
2009, is hereby extended for a period of ten (10) years, commencing on June 1,
2009, and expiring at 11:59PM on May 31, 2019 (the “Extension Term”).
     2. Modifications. All of the terms and conditions of the Lease shall
continue to apply during the Extension Term, subject to the following additional
modifications:
     A. Fixed Rental. Commencing as of June 1, 2009, the annual rate of base
rental (sometimes referred to in the Lease as “fixed rent”), payable pursuant to
Article Sixty-Third of the Lease, shall be deemed modified as follows:
     (1) For the period from June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010, One Million Four
Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Twelve and 00/100 ($1,466,212.00) Dollars
($122,184.33 per month);
     (2) For the period from June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011, One Million Five
Hundred Ten Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Eight and 36/100 ($1,510,198.36) Dollars
($125,849.86 per month);
     (3) For the period from June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012, One Million Five
Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Four and 31/100 ($1,555,504.31) Dollars
($129,625.36 per month);
     (4) For the period from June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013, One Million Six
Hundred Two Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Nine and 44/100 ($1,602,169.44) Dollars
($133,514.12 per month);
     (5) For the period from June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014, One Million Six
Hundred Fifty Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Four and 52/100 ($1,650,234.52)
Dollars ($137,519.54 per month);
     (6) For the period from June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015, One Million
Seven Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Ten and 56/100 ($1,799,710.56)
Dollars ($149,975.88 per month);

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     (7) For the period from June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016, One Million
Eight Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred One and 88/100 ($1,853,701.88)
Dollars ($154,475.16 per month);
     (8) For the period from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017, One Million Nine
Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Twelve and 93/100 ($1,909,312.93) Dollars
($159,109.41 per month);
     (9) For the period from June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018, One Million Nine
Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Two and 32/100 ($1,966,592.32)
Dollars ($163,882.69 per month); and
     (10) For the period from June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019, Two Million
Twenty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Ninety and 09/100 ($2,025,590.09) Dollars
($168,799.17 per month).
     The annual rates set forth above shall be payable in equal monthly
installments, in advance, without notice and without offset or deduction of any
kind;
     B. Three Month’s Rent Concession. Tenant shall not be required to pay any
fixed rent for the months of June and July, 2009, and also for the month of May,
2019, provided and so long as Tenant is not then in default (beyond any
applicable notice and/or cure period) of this Lease;
     C. Change in Base Year; Percentage Share. Effective as of and with respect
to the period after June 1, 2009, the base year for the calculation of Tenant’s
share of real estate taxes pursuant to Article Fifty-First shall be New York
City Fiscal Year 2009/2010. The parties acknowledge that pursuant to
Article Seventy-Third of the Lease, the “Supplemental Premises Commencement
Date” (as defined therein) occurred, and that the Tenant’s share as set forth in
Article Fifty-First and elsewhere in this Lease is and shall continue to be
7.097%.
     D. Change in Security. Tenant’s security is increased to $618,837.93, and,
on or before April 1, 2009, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord an amendment to the
existing letter of credit in form and content reasonably acceptable to Landlord
and in accordance with the subparagraph B. of Insert 37.2. to the Lease, whereby
the total amount of said letter of credit is increased to said amount;
     E. Change in Certain Charges. Effective as of and with respect to the
period after June 1, 2009, Tenant’s payment under Article Forty-First shall be
$400.00 per month, and Tenant’s payment under Article Sixty-Second shall be
$350.00 per refrigeration ton per year.
     F. Additional Space. Article Seventieth, relating to the possibility of
obtaining additional space on the nineteenth floor, is hereby deleted.
     G. Non-Disturbance. Landlord agrees to promptly make written request of the
holder(s) of any existing mortgage or underlying lease for a non-disturbance
agreement in favor of Tenant which provides, in substance, that so long as
Tenant is not in default of any of the terms, covenants, conditions and
agreements of this Lease beyond any applicable notice and/or cure period,
Tenant’s possession of the demised premises shall not be disturbed, provided, at
the option of said holder(s), Tenant shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to
said holder(s), within ten (10) days after request therefor, a subordination,
non-disturbance and attornment agreement (“SNDA”), in form customarily required
by said holder(s). Nothing herein shall be deemed to require Landlord to make
any expenditure or incur any liability or obligation in connection with such
request, and this Lease shall be unaffected by the failure to obtain any such
SNDA.

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     Tenant’s subordination of this Lease to any future mortgage or underlying
lease, however, shall be subject to receipt by Tenant of a non-disturbance
agreement in favor of Tenant which likewise provides, in substance, that so long
as Tenant is not in default of any of the terms, covenants, conditions and
agreements of this Lease beyond any applicable notice and/or cure period,
Tenant’s possession of the demised premises shall not be disturbed, provided, at
the option of said holder(s), Tenant shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to
said holder(s), within ten (10) days after request therefor, an SNDA in form
customarily required by said holder(s).
     H. Existing Signage. Landlord hereby approves Tenant’s existing signage
located at the entrances to the demised premises and in the lobby directory.
     I. Repairs. Landlord shall use reasonable diligence in the making of
repairs required to be made by Landlord pursuant to this Lease. The foregoing
shall not require Landlord to employ overtime or premium labor or incur any
other special charges, and shall be subject to delays occurring by reason of
force majeure.
     J. Real Estate Taxes and Electricity. Within ten (10) days after Tenant’s
written request with respect to each bill delivered by Landlord to Tenant for
Tenant’s payment of its share of real estate taxes, and for Tenant’s payment of
electricity consumed with respect to the demised premises, including the
air-conditioning unit(s) serving the same, Landlord shall provide a copy of the
applicable tax bills from the taxing authority, and reasonable documentation
regarding the calculation of Tenant’s electricity charge, respectively. Tenant
agrees that any dispute with respect to the same shall not entitle Tenant to
delay payment of the subject bill or otherwise set-off any disputed amount;
instead Tenant shall pay the same when due, and separately pursue its claim of
overpayment. If and to the extent that Tenant’s payments on account of real
estate taxes are payable on an estimated basis in accordance with the Lease,
Tenant’s right to request the taxing authority’s bill shall arise when said bill
is issued to Landlord.
     K. Calculation of Real Estate Tax Refund. In the tenth line of the third
paragraph of Article Fifty-First, the words “Tenant’s proportionate share of”
are deemed inserted before the words “all expenditures paid.”
     L. Notices. The addressee set forth in Insert 40.1 is deemed deleted and
the following is inserted in lieu thereof: “Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004; Attention: Jonathan
L. Mechanic, Esq.”
     M. Miscellaneous. In the event of any inconsistencies between provisions
set forth in the original printed portion of the Lease and those in the Rider
thereto, the provisions of the Rider shall prevail. In the ninth line of
Article Thirty-Seventh, the words “of Lessee” are replaced with the words “or
Lessee.” In the second sentence of the last paragraph of Article Sixty-Eighth,
the word “remove” is deemed inserted after the words “Tenant shall not be
required to.” In the last line of paragraph Sixty-Ninth A., the word
“Seventieth” is replaced with the word “Sixty-Sixth.”
     N. Assignment and Subletting. The following changes are made to
Article Sixty-Sixth:
          (i) In the sixth line of Subparagraph B.3, the words “for the term set
forth in the prospective sublease and otherwise” are deemed inserted after the
words “from Tenant”;
          (ii) In the second line of Subparagraph C.(iii), the word “material”
is deemed inserted before the words “non-monetary default”;
          (iii) Subparagraph C.(v) is deemed deleted;
          (iv) In the fifth line of Subparagraph C.(x), the words “, unless
Landlord does not have (or

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will not have within three (3) months following such request for consent)
comparable space available for lease in either of said buildings” are deemed
inserted after the words “date Tenant enters into negotiations with same)”;
          (v) The text of Subparagraph C.(xi) is deemed deleted and the
following in inserted in lieu thereof: “(xi) Tenant shall not have advertised or
publicized in any way the availability of the Premises without prior notice to
and approval by Landlord, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so
long as the same does not identify the rental sought or payable by Tenant, it
being agreed, however, that Landlord will not unreasonably withhold its consent
to the listing of the Premises for subletting (without mention of any rental)
with a reputable broker selected by Tenant.”
          (vi) In the first line of Subparagraph F.(4), the words “sixty
(60) days” are deemed deleted and the words “forty-five (45) days” are inserted
in lieu thereof.
     O. Electricity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
first sentence of the third paragraph of Article Thirtieth, Landlord shall
provide a total demand load of not less than five (5) watts per usable square
foot with respect to the demised premises, exclusive of electricity for the
existing air-conditioning unit(s) serving the demised premises.
     3. Mutual Estoppel. Tenant acknowledges that (i) all obligations under the
Lease to be performed by Landlord have been fully performed and satisfied,
(ii) no circumstance or event exists which with the giving of notice or the
passage of time, or both, would constitute a default by Landlord under the
Lease, (iii) no claim of offset, counterclaim or deduction to any rent or other
sum due or to become due thereunder exists, and (iv) the Lease is a valid and
subsisting obligation binding and enforceable against Tenant in accordance with
its terms, as modified hereby. Landlord acknowledges that (i) all obligations
under the Lease to be performed by Tenant have been fully performed and
satisfied, (ii) no circumstance or event exists which with the giving of notice
or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default by Tenant under the
Lease, (iii) no claim of offset, counterclaim or deduction to any rent or other
sum due or to become due thereunder exists, and (iv) the Lease is a valid and
subsisting obligation binding and enforceable against Landlord in accordance
with its terms, as modified hereby.
     4. No Broker. Tenant and Landlord each represent and warrant to the other
that it did not have any conversations or negotiations with any broker
concerning the Lease, this Agreement or the renting of the demised premises.
Tenant and Landlord each agree to indemnify, defend and hold the other harmless
from and against any and all demands, actions, liabilities, fees, costs, and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the other as a
consequence of its breach of representation and warranty herein.
     5. Ratification. Except as above set forth herein, all of the terms,
covenants and conditions of the Lease shall remain in full force and effect as
heretofore written, and the Lease is ratified and confirmed in every respect.
     6. Binding Nature. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall not be
binding on the part of the Landlord unless and until a fully executed
counterpart thereof is delivered to Tenant. It is specifically understood and
agreed by the parties hereto that this Agreement constitutes their entire
understanding regarding the subject matter hereof, and all prior oral or written
understandings are superseded hereby. It may not be modified except by a written
agreement signed by the parties. Facsimile signatures hereto shall be deemed
original signatures for all purposes. If this Agreement is not countersigned and
unconditionally returned to Tenant or Tenant’s attorneys within three
(3) business days after the same is delivered to Landlord, Tenant, by notice to
Landlord, may elect to withdraw its offer to enter into this Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the day and year
first above mentioned.

                  G & S REALTY 1, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Robert Savitt
 
   
 
                BERNARD CHAUS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David Stiffman    
 
                Name: David Stiffman         Title: Chief Operating Officer    

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