Exhibit 10.6

BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.

AMENDMENT TO CHANGE OF CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

This Amendment to the Change of Control Severance Agreement (the “Agreement”)
between BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc (the “Company”) and Christina M. Neppl (the
“Executive”), being an executive vice president of the Company, is made
March 25, 2010.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS Company and Executive entered into the Agreement dated January 15, 2008;
and

WHEREAS Section 8.3 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement may be amended
by a written instrument executed by both parties; and

WHEREAS Company and Executive wish to modify the terms of the Agreement so that
they conform with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the
parties agree to modify the Agreement as follows:

1. Effective January 31, 2010, Section 1.1(a) and Section 1.2(a)(iii) of the
Agreement are amended by substituting “target incentive award” in place of
“Target Bonus”.

2. Effective January 31, 2010, Section 4 of the Agreement is amended by
substituting “Bank of America” in place of “BankBoston NA”.

3. Effective January 31, 2010, the following new Section 8.9 is added to the
Agreement:

“Acceleration of Payments Prohibited. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
this Agreement shall be construed and applied so that the time of payment of any
amount constituting the deferral of compensation, within the meaning of
Section 409A(d) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, shall be
determined in accordance with the plan or other arrangement providing such
payment and shall not be accelerated as a result of Executive’s separation from
service with the Company to which this Agreement applies.”

4. Effective January 31, 2010, paragraph (f) of Exhibit A is amended to read as
follows:

“ ‘Date of Termination’ shall mean the date on which the Executive has a
separation from service.”

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5. Effective January 31, 2010, the second sentence of paragraph (k) of Exhibit A
is amended to read as follows:

“For purposes of this definition, termination for “good reason” shall mean, the
voluntary separation from service with the Company by Executive (A) within 120
days after the occurrence without the Executive’s express written consent of any
of the events described in clauses (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V) or (VI) below,
provided that Executive gives notice to the Company at least 30 days in advance
requesting that the situation described in those clauses be remedied, and the
situation remains unremedied upon expiration of such 30-day period:”

6. Effective January 31, 2010, clauses (VII), (VIII) and (IX) of paragraph
(k) of Exhibit A are deleted.

7. Effective January 31, 2010, paragraph (m) of Exhibit A is amended to read as
follows:

“‘Subsidiary’ shall mean any corporation in which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes
of stock.”

8. Except as modified by this Amendment all other provisions of the Agreement
remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, being duly authorized, have executed
this Amendment to the Change of Control Severance Agreement to be effective as
of the dates specified herein.

 

EXECUTIVE     BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC. /s/ Christina M. Neppl     By:   /s/
Laura J. Sen Christina M. Neppl       Laura J. Sen

5/10/10     5/18/10 Dated       Dated  

LP10:ECC: Neppl Amendment to EVP COC

 

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