Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT

 

This Amendment (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 16, 2014, is made by and
between Eminence Capital, LP, as successor to Eminence Capital, LLC, on behalf
of itself and certain of its affiliates listed on Exhibit A hereto
(collectively, “Eminence”), on the one hand, and The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc., a
Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., as
successor to Java Corp. (together with the Company, “MW”), on the other hand,
and amends the Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2014, between Eminence, the
Company and Java Corp. (the “Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used in this
Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in
the Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Eminence beneficially owns approximately 9.6% of the outstanding shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“MW Shares”), of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, during the Standstill Period, Eminence has
agreed not to, among other things, as a result of acquiring beneficial ownership
of any Voting Securities of the Company, become a beneficial owner of any Voting
Securities of the Company which, together with all other Voting Securities of
Eminence and its Affiliates are beneficial owners, would be deemed under
Regulation 13D-G promulgated under the Exchange Act to constitute beneficial
ownership of MW Shares in excess of 10% of the issued and outstanding MW Shares,
subject to certain exceptions; and

 

WHEREAS, Eminence may desire to acquire beneficially ownership of additional
issued and outstanding MW Shares;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements set
forth in the Agreement and herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Amendment to Section 2(d). 
Section 2(d) of the Agreement is hereby amended to replace “10%” each place it
appears with “12%”.

 

2.                                      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement may be executed in any number
of separate counterparts, including by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed
an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(b)                                 Except as specifically modified by this
Amendment, the Agreement shall not otherwise be supplemented or amended by
virtue of this Amendment, but shall remain in full force and effect.  The
execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as
expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver or amendment of any provision of
the Agreement.  Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each
reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words
of like import referring to the Agreement, and each reference in any other
document to “the Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import
referring to the Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as
modified hereby.

 

 

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(c)                               This Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to the Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

 

THE MEN’S WEARHOUSE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ JON W. KIMMINS

 

 

Name:

Jon W. Kimmins

 

 

Title:

EVP - CFO

 

 

 

 

 

JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ JON W. KIMMINS

 

 

Name:

Jon W. Kimmins

 

 

Title:

EVP - CFO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP, on behalf of itself and the entities listed on Exhibit A
hereto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ RICKY SANDLER

 

 

Name:

Ricky Sandler

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Chief Investment Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Eminence Partners, L.P.

 

Eminence Partners II, L.P.

 

Eminence Partners Leveraged, L.P.

 

Eminence Eaglewood Master, L.P.

 

Eminence Partners Long, L.P.

 

Eminence Fund Master, Ltd.

 

Eminence Fund Leveraged Master, Ltd.

 

Eminence Fund Long, Ltd.

 

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