**ANGELICA        CORPORATION**

**NONQUALIFIED        STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT**

**Section        1. Basic**
**Terms.**

| Name                  of Optionee:                   |   | David                  A. Van Vliet |
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| Social                  Security Number of Optionee: |   |                                |
| Number                  of Shares Subject to Option: |   | 25,000                              |
| Option                  Price/Base Price Per Share:  |   | $29.70                              |
| Grant                  Date of Option:               |   | June                  6, 2005       |
| Expiration                  Date of Option:          |   | June                  5, 2015       |

|   | **Number**                     |   | **Date                  of First** |
|--------|--------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------|
|   | **of                  Shares** |   | **Exercisability**                 |
|   |                           |   |                               |
| 1      | 25,000                         |   | January                  28, 2006  |

**Section        2. Entire Agreement.**

|  By | /s/                  Stephen M. O?Hara   |          | /s/                  David A. Van Vliet |
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|     | Chief                  Executive Officer | Optionee |

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**ANGELICA        CORPORATION**

**NONQUALIFIED        STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT**

|  **1.** | **GRANT                OF OPTION.**                The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right, privilege and                option                to purchase the number of shares of common stock, $1.00 par value                per                share (the ?Common Stock?), of the Company at a price per share,                both as                reflected in the cover page, in the manner and subject to the conditions                provided herein. The Option is not intended to be an Incentive Stock                Option, as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of                1986, as                amended, with respect to any shares subject hereto.                                                                                                                                                       |
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|  **2.** | **TIME OF EXERCISE OF                OPTION.**                The Option shall become exercisable as provided on the cover page,                except                all options granted to Optionee under the Agreement that are not                then                exercisable shall become immediately exercisable upon the occurrence                of a                Change in Control as set forth in the Employment Agreement. The Option                will become exercisable on the date(s) set forth in this Agreement                but                only to the extent that the Optionee is employed by the Company on                such                date(s). Once exercisable, the Option shall remain exercisable until                such                Option terminates pursuant to Section 4 of this                Agreement. |
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|         |  For purposes of this Agreement, a                ?Change in Control? means:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

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|  **3.** | **METHOD OF                  EXERCISE OF                  OPTION.**                  The Option shall be exercisable in whole or in part to the extent                  then                  exercisable by written notice delivered to the Office of General                  Counsel                  of the Company stating the number of shares with respect to which                  the                  Option is being exercised, accompanied by payment (i) by check                  or, in the                  discretion of the Compensation and Organization Committee, by either                  (ii)                  the delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock then owned                  by the                  Optionee having a fair market value equal                  to |
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|               | the exercise price                  of all shares                  of Common Stock subject to such exercise or (iii) by any combination                  of                  cash and stock.                                                                                                                                                          |
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|  **4.**  | **TERMINATION                    OF OPTION.**                    The Option, to the extent exercisable on the date that the Optionee                    ceases                    to be an employee of the Company, shall terminate in all events                    on the                    earliest to occur of the                    following: |

|   |  (i)   | the                Expiration Date specified in the cover page; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|   |  (ii)  | three                months after the date on which the Optionee ceases to be an employee                of                the Company for any reason other than death, retirement or disability;                or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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|   |  (iii) | twelve months after the date on which                the                Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company due to death; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|   |  (iv)  | twelve months after the date on which                the                Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company due to retirement                or                disability, provided, however, that, if the Optionee dies within                the                twelve-month period after his or her termination of employment due                to                retirement or disability, then three months after his death or the                remainder of the twelve-month period, whichever is longer. |
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|  **5.** | **NON-TRANSFERABILITY                OF                OPTION.**                The Option is non-transferable by the Optionee except by will or                the laws                of descent and distribution or pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations                Order (as defined in Section 206(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement                Income                Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder)                or                to a Permissible Transferee, and shall be exercisable during the                Optionee?s lifetime only by the Optionee or by a Permissible Transferee.                In the event of the Optionee?s death, a Permissible Transferee or                the                executor or administrator of the Optionee?s estate, as applicable,                may                exercise the Option. For purposes of this Agreement, a ?Permissible                Transferee? is (i) one or more members of the Optionee?s family,                (ii) one                or more trusts for the benefit of the Optionee and/or one or more                members                of the Optionee?s family, or (iii) one or more partnerships (general                or                limited), corporations, limited liability companies or other entities                in                which the aggregate interests of the Optionee and members of the                Optionee?s immediate family exceed 80 percent of all interests. The                Optionee?s immediate family for this purpose includes only the Optionee?s                spouse, children and grandchildren. |
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|  **6.** | **ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES                IN                CAPITALIZATION, ETC.**                If                the Company shall at any time change the number of issued shares                of Common                Stock without new consideration to the Company (such as by stock                dividends                or stock splits), there shall be a corresponding adjustment as to                the                number of shares covered under the Option and in the purchase price                per                share, to the end that the Optionee shall retain the Optionee?s                proportionate interest without change in the total purchase price                under                the Option.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

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