EXHIBIT 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) dated as of April 30, 2014, among CLAIRE’S,
INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CLAIRE’S STORES, INC., a Florida
corporation (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS party hereto and CREDIT SUISSE AG,
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and
as Issuing Bank under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 20, 2012, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders party thereto from time to time and the agents, arrangers and
bookrunners party thereto, as in effect on the date hereof (the “Credit
Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS, Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement provides that Holdings, the
Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Issuing Bank may enter into this
Amendment;

WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower and the Required Lenders desire to amend the
Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein

SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:

(a) The definition of “Letter of Credit Sublimit” is amended by inserting the
words “or such lesser amount as may be mutually agreed in writing from time to
time by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent” immediately following the
parenthetical appearing in such definition.

(b) Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:

“SECTION 6.11 Total Net Secured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Total Net Secured
Leverage Ratio to exceed 6.00 to 1.00 as of (i) the last day of any fiscal
quarter when the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure outstanding exceeds $15
million as of such day, and (ii) on the date of any Borrowing or issuance,
amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (each such date
hereinafter being referred to as an “Interim Testing Date“) if, after giving
effect thereto the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure outstanding shall exceed
$15 million; provided, however, that in the case of clause (ii), the Total Net
Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated as of the last day of the most recent
fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been or were required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b) on or prior to such Interim Testing
Date but for purposes of such calculation the amount of Senior Secured Debt as
of the last day of such fiscal quarter shall be adjusted by removing all
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure outstanding at such last day of such fiscal
quarter (to the extent otherwise included in

 

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Senior Secured Debt as of the last day of such fiscal quarter) and adding in the
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure outstanding on such Interim Testing Date
(after giving effect to any Borrowing on such Interim Testing Date) to the
extent such Revolving Facility Credit Exposure would otherwise be included in
Senior Secured Debt as of such date. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of
clause (ii), the Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated without including
any proceeds of any Borrowing on the applicable Interim Testing Date in
Unrestricted Cash.

SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. Holdings and the Borrower, jointly
and severally represent that, both immediately before and immediately after
giving effect to Amendment:

(a) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents are true
and correct in all material respects, with the same effect as though made on and
as of such times, except to the extent such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date); and

(b) no Default or Event of Default exists.

SECTION 3. Conditions. The amendments set forth in Section 1 shall become
effective on the date (“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) when

(a) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the
Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and Lenders
constituting the Required Lenders either (i) a counterpart of this Amendment
signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a
signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a
counterpart of this Amendment; and

(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of each Lender
that has consented to this Amendment prior to noon, New York City time, on
April 30, 2014 a fee equal to 0.15% of the aggregate principal amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment.

SECTION 4. Certain Consequences of Effectiveness. On and after the Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date, references in the Credit Agreement to this “Agreement” and
references in the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” shall refer to the
Credit Agreement as amended by Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein,
this Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of any provision of
the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document all of which shall remain in
full force and effect.

SECTION 5. Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Amendment shall constitute
a “Loan Document” for purposes of the Credit Agreement. The provisions of
Section 9.07, 9.11 and 9.15 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein
mutatis mutandis.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
written above.

 

CLAIRE’S, INC. By:   /s/ J. Per Brodin   Name: J. Per Brodin   Title: EVP/CFO  
CLAIRE’S STORES, INC. By:   /s/ J. Per Brodin   Name: J. Per Brodin   Title:
EVP/CFO  

 

 

 

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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS

BRANCH, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank

and a Lender

By:   /s/ Michael Spaight   Name: Michael Spaight   Title: Authorized Signatory
  By:   /s/ Whitney Gaston   Name: Whitney Gaston   Title: Authorized Signatory
 

 

 

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender By:   /s/ Michelle Latzoni  

Name: Michelle Latzoni

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender By:   /s/ Lez Vowell  

Name: Lez Vowell

Title: Authorized Signatory

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender By:   /s/ Charles K. Holmes  

Name: Charles K. Holmes

Title: Executive Director