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**EXHIBIT      10.2.48**

**Change      of Control Agreement**

**Second      Amendment to the**

**Change      of Control Agreement for [NAME]**

**WHEREAS,**

**WHEREAS**

**WHEREAS**

**NOW      THEREFORE**

| 1.   | Section                2.6(c), “Change of Control”, of the Agreement is hereby amended and                restated in its entirety as                follows: |
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|   | (c) | there                is consummated a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or                reor­gani­zation of the Company, a reverse stock split of                outstanding Voting Securities, or an acquisition of securities or                assets                by the Company (a "Transaction"), other than a Transaction which                would                result in the holders of Voting Securities having at least 80 percent                of                the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities outstanding                immediately prior thereto continuing to hold Voting Securities or                voting                securities of the surviving entity having at least sixty (60%) percent                of                the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities or the                voting                securities of such surviving entity outstanding immediately after                such                Transaction and in or as a result of which the voting rights of each                Voting Security relative to the voting rights of all other Voting                Securities are not altered. |
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| CHARMING                SHOPPES, INC. |
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| ______________________________Name:   |
| Title:                                |
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| **EXECUTIVE:**                        |
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| ______________________________        |
| [NAME]                                |

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