First Amendment to Rights Agreement


 EXHIBIT 4.1 
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 FIRST AMENDMENT, dated as of
December 13, 2007 (“First Amendment”), to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2006 (the “Rights Agreement”), between Design Within Reach, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Rights Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent previously entered into the Rights Agreement;
and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26 of the Rights Agreement, the Company and the Rights Agent may from time to time supplement or
amend any provision of the Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms of such Section 26. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing premises and mutual agreements set forth in this First Amendment, the parties hereby amend the Rights Agreement as follows: 
 1.
Section 1.1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby modified, amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 
 “1.1.
“Acquiring Person” shall mean any Person (as such term is hereinafter defined) who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates (as such terms are hereinafter defined) of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner
(as such term is hereinafter defined) of 15% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding but shall not include (i) an Exempt Person (as such term is hereinafter defined), (ii) Glenhill Advisors, LLC, Glenn J. Krevlin,
Glenhill Capital Management, LLC and Glenhill Capital LP together with all of their respective Affiliates and Associates (“Glenhill”), but only so long as (A) Glenhill is the Beneficial Owner of less than 17.5% of the
Common Shares outstanding and (B) Glenhill reports or is required to report such ownership on Schedule 13G or Schedule 13D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (or any comparable or
successor report), which Schedule 13G or Schedule 13D does not state or is not required to state any present intention to hold such Common Shares with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company, nor in connection
with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect, (iii) SCSF Equities, LLC, Sun Capital Securities Offshore Fund, Ltd., Sun Capital Securities Fund, LP, Sun Capital Securities Advisors, LP, Sun Capital Securities, LLC
and Mark J. Leder and Rodger R. Krouse together with all of their respective Affiliates and Associates (“Sun”) but only so long as (A) Sun is the Beneficial Owner of less than 17.5% of the Common Shares outstanding and
(B) Sun reports or is required to report such ownership on Schedule 13G or Schedule 13D of the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report), which Schedule 13G or Schedule 13D does not state or is not required to state any present
intention to hold such Common Shares with the purpose or effect of 







 
changing or influencing the control of the Company, nor in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect, or
(iv) if, as of the date hereof, any Person is the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more (or 17.5% or more in the case of Glenhill and Sun) of the Common Shares outstanding (an “Existing Holder”), such Existing Holder shall not
be or become an “Acquiring Person” unless and until such time as such Existing Holder shall become the Beneficial Owner of one or more additional Common Shares of the Company (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made
by the Company on the outstanding Common Shares in Common Shares or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Shares), unless, upon becoming the Beneficial Owner of such additional Common Shares, such Existing Holder is not then
the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more (or 17.5% or more in the case of Glenhill and Sun) of the Common Shares then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an “Acquiring Person” as the result of an acquisition of
Common Shares by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares beneficially owned by such Person to 15% or more (or 17.5% or more in the case of Glenhill and Sun) of the Common Shares
of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more (or 17.5% or more in the case of Glenhill and Sun) of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding solely by reason of
share purchases by the Company and shall, after such share purchases by the Company, become the Beneficial Owner of one or more additional Common Shares of the Company (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company on
the outstanding Common Shares in Common Shares or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Shares), then such Person shall be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” unless upon becoming the Beneficial Owner of such
additional shares of Common Stock such Person does not beneficially own 15% or more (or 17.5% or more in the case of Glenhill and Sun) of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Board of Directors of the
Company determines in good faith that a Person who would otherwise be an “Acquiring Person,” as defined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.1, has become such inadvertently (including, without limitation, because
(A) such Person was unaware that it beneficially owned a percentage of Common Stock that would otherwise cause such Person to be an “Acquiring Person” or (B) such Person was aware of the extent of its Beneficial Ownership of
Common Stock but had no actual knowledge of the consequences of such Beneficial Ownership under this Agreement), and without any intention of changing or influencing control of the Company, and such Person divests as promptly as practicable a
sufficient number of Common Shares so that such Person would no longer be an Acquiring Person, as defined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.1, then such Person shall not be deemed to be or have become an “Acquiring
Person” at any time for any purposes of this Agreement. For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Common Shares outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of
such outstanding Common Shares of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this
Agreement.” 
 2. This First Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof and, except as expressly set forth herein, the Rights
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be otherwise unaffected hereby. 
  

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 4. This First Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed,
shall be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same document. 
 5. If any term,
provision, covenant or restriction of this First Amendment is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this First
Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. 
 6. This First Amendment shall be
deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State.

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment as of the date first written above.

  

			
	DESIGN WITHIN REACH, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Ray Brunner
		 	Name: Ray Brunner
		 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
	
	AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
		
	By:	 	/s/ Herbert J. Lemmer
		 	Name: Herbert J. Lemmer
		 	Title: Vice President


  

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