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EX-4.2

 

Exhibit 4.2

CONFORMED VERSION

GUARANTY OF PAYMENT (DOMESTIC CREDIT PARTIES)

     This GUARANTY OF PAYMENT (DOMESTIC CREDIT PARTIES) dated as of April 15, 2008 (this
“Agreement”), among ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
each direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiary of Parent other than Abercrombie & Fitch Management
Co. (each a “Domestic Subsidiary” and, together with Parent and any other Domestic
Subsidiaries that become parties hereto as contemplated by Section 26 hereof, referred to herein
individually as a “Guarantor” and collectively as the “Guarantors”), and NATIONAL
CITY BANK, as global administrative agent (the “Global Agent”) for the lenders (the
“Lenders”) party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among
Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co. (the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from
time to time party thereto, the Global Agent, the Lenders party thereto and the other parties party
thereto.

     The Lenders have agreed to make loans to Borrowers in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to lend under the Credit Agreement are conditioned on,
among other things, the execution and delivery by the Guarantors of a guarantee agreement in the
form hereof. The Guarantors acknowledge that they will derive substantial benefits from the
extension of credit to Borrowers under the Credit Agreement. As consideration therefor and in
order to induce the Lenders to make the Loans (such term and the other capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein having the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement), the Guarantors are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement. Accordingly, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. The following terms shall have the meanings specified herein:

     “Creditor” means the Global Agent, each LC Issuer, the Lenders (specifically
including any Canadian Lending Installation of any Lender) and the Designated Hedge
Creditors, and the respective successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

     “Designated Hedge Document” means (i) each Designated Hedge Agreement to which
the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is now or may hereafter become a party, and (ii) each
confirmation, transaction statement or other document executed and delivered in connection
therewith to which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is now or may hereafter become a
party.

     “Designated Hedge Document Obligations” means all amounts, indemnities and
reimbursement obligations, direct or indirect, contingent or absolute, of every type or
description, and at any time existing owing by any Designated Hedge Obligor to any
Designated Hedge Creditor pursuant to any of the Designated Hedge Documents (including, but
not limited to, interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any
Designated Hedge Obligor of any insolvency proceeding under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding).

     “Designated Hedge Obligor” means any Borrower and any Domestic Subsidiary of
the Parent that is now or may hereafter become a party to any Designated Hedge Agreement.

     “Guaranteed Documents” means (i) the Credit Agreement, the Notes, any Letter of
Credit and all other Loan Documents to which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is
now or may hereafter become a party, and (ii) each Designated Hedge Agreement and other
Designated Hedge Document to which any Designated Hedge Obligor is now or may hereafter
become a party.

     “Guaranteed Obligations” means the Obligations and the Designated Hedge
Document Obligations.

 

 

     “Guaranteed Party” means each Borrower, each other Domestic Credit Party and
each Designated Hedge Obligor.

     “Original Currency” has the meaning provided in Section 19 hereof.

     “Other Currency” has the meaning provided in Section 19 hereof.

     SECTION 2. Each of the Guarantors unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other
Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety: (i) to the Global
Agent, each LC Issuer and the Lenders (specifically including any Canadian Lending Installation of
any Lender) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of all of the Obligations; and (ii) to each Designated Hedge Creditor the full and
prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of
the Designated Hedge Document Obligations. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that the
Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or
further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any
extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

     SECTION 3. Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand,
protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any
action be taken by any person against any other Credit Party or any other Person, or against any
guaranty of any other Person. The obligations of each of the Guarantors shall be unconditional and
absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged
or otherwise affected by the occurrence, one or more times, of any of the following: (a) any
extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect to any Guaranteed
Obligation under any agreement or instrument, by operation of law or otherwise; (b) any
modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any Note, any other Loan
Document, or any agreement or instrument evidencing or relating to any Guaranteed Obligation; (c)
any release, non-perfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for any Guaranteed
Obligation under any agreement or instrument evidencing or relating to any Guaranteed Obligation;
(d) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Credit Party or other
Subsidiary or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any
Credit Party or other Subsidiary or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any
obligation of any Credit Party or other Subsidiary contained in any agreement or instrument
evidencing or relating to any Guaranteed Obligation; (e) the existence of any claim, set-off or
other rights which such Guarantor may have at any time against any other Credit Party, the Global
Agent, any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender or any other person, whether in connection herewith
or any unrelated transactions; (f) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against any
other Credit Party for any reason of any agreement or instrument evidencing or relating to any
Guaranteed Obligation, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the
payment by any Credit Party of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (g) any other act or omission
of any kind by any other Credit Party, the Global Agent, any Lender or any other Person or any
other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this Section 3, constitute a
legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 3 other than the
irrevocable payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations.

     SECTION 4. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its guarantee hereunder is an absolute,
unconditional, present and continuing guarantee of payment when due and not of collection and is in
no way conditioned or contingent upon any attempt to collect from any Guaranteed Party or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Guaranteed Party, or any other action, occurrence or circumstance
whatsoever, and waives any right to require that resort be had by the Global Agent or any Lender to
any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any deposit
account or credit on the books of the Global Agent or any Lender in favor of the Borrowers or any
other person. In addition to the foregoing, each Guarantor, jointly and severally, unconditionally
and irrevocably, guarantees to the Creditors the payment

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of any and all Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrowers and each other Guaranteed Party,
whether or not due or payable by the obligor thereon, upon the occurrence in respect of such
Guaranteed Party or other applicable obligor of any Insolvency Event, and unconditionally and
irrevocably, jointly and severally, promises to pay such Guaranteed Obligations to the Global
Agent, for the benefit of the Creditors, on demand, in such currency and otherwise in such manner
as is provided in the Guaranteed Documents governing such Guaranteed Obligations. As a separate,
additional and continuing obligation, each Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes and
agrees, for the benefit of the Creditors, that, should any amounts constituting Guaranteed
Obligations not be recoverable from any Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party for any reason
whatsoever (including, without limitation, by reason of any provision of any Guaranteed Document or
any other agreement or instrument executed in connection therewith being or becoming, at any time,
voidable, void, unenforceable, or otherwise invalid under any applicable law), then notwithstanding
any notice or knowledge thereof by the Global Agent, any other Creditor, any of their respective
Affiliates, or any other Person, each Guarantor, jointly and severally, as sole, original and
independent obligor, upon demand by the Global Agent, will make payment to the Global Agent, for
the account of the Creditors, of all such obligations not so recoverable by way of full indemnity,
in such currency and otherwise in such manner as is provided in the Guaranteed Documents. Each
Guarantor understands, agrees and confirms that the Global Agent, on behalf of the Creditors, may
enforce this Agreement up to the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations against any Guarantor
without proceeding against any other Guarantor, any Guaranteed Party or any other Person.

     SECTION 5. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including, without limitation, any claim of
waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or
otherwise affected by the failure of the Global Agent or any Lender to assert any claim or demand
or to enforce any remedy under any Loan Document, any guarantee or any other agreement, by any
waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in
the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, or by any other act or omission which may or might
in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge
of the Borrowers or any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment
in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations).

     SECTION 6. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its guarantee shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any
Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Global Agent or any Lender
upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrowers, any other Guarantor or otherwise.

     SECTION 7. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the
Global Agent or any Lender has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the
failure of the Borrowers to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each of the
Guarantors hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Global Agent,
forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Global Agent for distribution to the Lenders, if and as
appropriate, in cash the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligation. Notwithstanding any payment
or payments made by a Guarantor hereunder or any setoff or application of funds of a Guarantor by
the Global Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the
rights of the Global Agent or any Lender against the Borrowers or any guarantee or right of offset
held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (whether contractual, under Section 509 of the
Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise), nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any
contribution or reimbursement from the Borrowers in respect of payments made by such Guarantor
hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Global Agent or any Lender by the Borrowers on

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account of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated. If
any amount shall erroneously be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation, contribution,
reimbursement, indemnity and similar rights, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Global Agent to be credited and applied to the
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any term or provision of this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by
any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed by that Guarantor
without rendering this Agreement, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law
relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally.

     SECTION 8. Each of the Guarantors represents and warrants that: (a) it is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (b) the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement are within its corporate or limited
liability company, as applicable, powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
limited liability company, as applicable, and (if necessary) stockholder or member, as applicable,
action, and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or
regulation or of its certificate of incorporation or certificate of formation, as applicable, or
bylaws or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, or any material agreement or
instrument binding upon it; (c) it has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and each other
Loan Document, if any, to which it is party; (d) no consent or approval of, registration or filing
with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, is required to authorize or is required
as a condition to (i) the execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of any Loan
Document to which it is a party, or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
of any Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party; (e) there are no actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending or, to the knowledge of
such Guarantor, threatened against or affecting such Guarantor that (i) with respect thereto, there
is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) expressly contest the validity of this Agreement; and
(f) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

     SECTION 9. The guarantees made hereunder shall survive and be in full force and effect so long
as any Guaranteed Obligation is outstanding and has not been indefeasibly paid, and shall be
reinstated to the extent provided in Section 6.

     SECTION 10. This Agreement and the terms, covenants and conditions hereof shall be binding
upon each Guarantor and its successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Global Agent and the
Lenders and their respective successors and assigns. None of the Guarantors shall be permitted to
assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement.

     SECTION 11. All amounts received by the Global Agent pursuant to, or in connection with the
enforcement of, this Agreement, together with all amounts and other rights and benefits realized by
any Creditor (or to which any Creditor may be entitled) by virtue of this Agreement, shall be
applied as provided in Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 12. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay, to the extent not paid
pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
of the Global Agent and each other Creditor in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement
and any amendment, waiver or consent relating hereto (including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel employed by the Global Agent or any of the other Creditors).

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     SECTION 13. No failure on the part of the Global Agent to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy by the Global Agent or any Lender
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
All remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of
any other remedies provided by law. Except as provided in the Credit Agreement, none of the Global
Agent or the Lenders shall be deemed to have waived any rights hereunder or under any other
agreement or instrument unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by such parties.

     SECTION 14. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND
THEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF OHIO
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE
GUARANTORS HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF OHIO GOVERNS THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document may be brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, or of the United
States for the Northern District of Ohio, and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each Guarantor hereby further
irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such
action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, to such Borrower at its address for notices pursuant to Section 15 hereof, such service to
become effective 30 days after such mailing or at such earlier time as may be provided under
applicable law. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Global Agent to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any
Guarantor in any other jurisdiction. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection that
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought in the
courts referred to in this Section 14 and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead
or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum.

     SECTION 15. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided
in Section 11.04 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any communication or notice hereunder to
any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the address or telecopy or telex
number specified in the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 16. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     SECTION 17. A separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor
whether or not action is brought against any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or any Guaranteed
Party, and whether or not any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Parties or any
Guaranteed Party joined in any such action or actions.

     SECTION 18. Each Guarantor confirms that an executed (or conformed) copy of each of the
Guaranteed Documents has been made available to its principal executive officers, that such
officers are familiar with the contents thereof and of this Agreement, and that it has executed and
delivered this

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Agreement after reviewing the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other
Guaranteed Documents and this Agreement and such other information as it has deemed appropriate in
order to make its own credit analysis and decision to execute and deliver this Agreement. Each
Guarantor confirms that it has made its own independent investigation with respect to the
creditworthiness of the Guaranteed Parties and their Subsidiaries and Affiliates and is not
executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance on any representation or warranty by the Global
Agent or any other Creditor or any other Person acting on behalf of the Global Agent or any other
Creditor as to such creditworthiness. Each Guarantor expressly assumes all responsibilities to
remain informed of the financial condition of the Guaranteed Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any circumstances affecting (a) any Guaranteed Party’s or any of
its Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement and
the other Guaranteed Documents to which it is a party, or (b) any other guaranty for all or any
part of such Guaranteed Party’s or such Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s payment and performance
obligations thereunder; and each Guarantor further agrees that the Global Agent and the other
Creditors shall have no duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to them regarding such
circumstances or the risks such Guarantor undertakes in this Agreement.

     SECTION 19. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert
a sum due hereunder in any currency (the “Original Currency”) into another currency (the
“Other Currency”) each Guarantor, the Global Agent and the other Creditors, by their
acceptance of the benefits hereof, agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so,
that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures
the Global Agent could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency at the Payment Office
on the second Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of a
Guarantor in respect of any sum due in the Original Currency from it to the Global Agent or any
other Creditor hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any Other Currency, be discharged
only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Creditor or the Global Agent,
as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in such Other Currency such Creditor or the
Global Agent, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase Dollars
with such Other Currency; if the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum
originally due to such Creditor or the Global Agent, as the case may be, in the Original Currency,
such Guarantor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify
such Creditor or the Global Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the
Original Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to the Global Agent or any other
Creditor, as the case may be, in the Original Currency, the Global Agent or such other Creditor, as
the case may be, agrees to remit to such Guarantor such excess.

     SECTION 20. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that on and after the date hereof and until
this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, such Guarantor shall take, or will
refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so
that no Default or Event of Default, is caused by the actions or inactions of such Guarantor or any
of its Subsidiaries.

     SECTION 21. The relationship among any Guarantor and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the
Global Agent and the other Creditors, on the other hand, is solely that of debtor and creditor, and
the Global Agent and the other Creditors have no fiduciary or other special relationship with any
Guarantor or any of its Affiliates, and no term or provision of any Guaranteed Document, no course
of dealing, no written or oral communication, or other action, shall be construed so as to deem
such relationship to be other than that of debtor and creditor.

     SECTION 22. This Guarantee may be released with respect to any Subsidiary that ceases to be a
Domestic Subsidiary as a result of a transaction that is permitted by the terms of the Credit
Agreement.

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     SECTION 23. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one instrument;
provided that this Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each
Guarantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any
Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the obligations of any
other Guarantor hereunder. This Agreement shall be effective with respect to any Guarantor when a
counterpart which bears the signature of such Guarantor shall have been delivered to the Global
Agent.

     SECTION 24. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AMENDMENTS,
WAIVERS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING), OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 24.

     SECTION 25. Upon execution and delivery by the Global Agent and any subsequently acquired or
organized Domestic Subsidiary of an instrument in the form of Annex 1 attached hereto, such
subsequently acquired or organized Domestic Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the
same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of
any such instrument shall not require the consent of any Guarantor hereunder. The rights and
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the
addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH HOLDING CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	

A&F TRADEMARK, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH FULFILLMENT COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH DISTRIBUTION COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	

J.M.H. TRADEMARK, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	J.M. HOLLISTER, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ABERCROMBIE & FITCH TRADING CO.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ABERCROMBIE & FITCH STORES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ABERCROMBIE & FITCH PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FAN COMPANY, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HOLLISTER CO.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ABERCROMBIE & FITCH INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GILLY HICKS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DFZ, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	A&F CANADA HOLDING CO.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CANOE, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CROMBIE, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	RUEHL NO. 925, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Daniel A. Petronella
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Daniel A. Petronella 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NATIONAL CITY BANK,

as Global Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Brian Strayton
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Brian Strayton 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

ANNEX 1 to the

Guaranty of Payment (Domestic Credit Parties)

     SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of ___, 20[___] to the GUARANTY OF PAYMENT (DOMESTIC CREDIT
PARTIES), dated as of April ___, 2008 (the “Agreement”), among ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO., a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and each direct and indirect Subsidiary of Parent other than
Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co. (each a “Domestic Subsidiary” and, together with Parent and any
other Domestic Subsidiaries that become parties hereto as contemplated by Section 25 thereof,
referred to herein individually as a “Guarantor” and collectively as the “Guarantors”), and
NATIONAL CITY BANK, as global administrative agent (the “Global Agent”) for the lenders (the
"Lenders”) party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Abercrombie & Fitch Management
Co. (the “Company”), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Global
Agent, the Lenders party thereto and the other parties party thereto.

     The Guarantors have entered into the Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans to
the Borrowers (such term and other capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
having the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement and the Credit Agreement). Section 25
of the Agreement provides that additional Domestic Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the
Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The
undersigned Domestic Subsidiary (the “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement to become a
Guarantor under the Agreement. As a Subsidiary, the New Guarantor acknowledges that it derives
substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement.

     Accordingly, the Global Agent and the New Guarantor agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 25 of the Agreement, the New Guarantor by its signature
below becomes a Guarantor under the Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named
therein as a Guarantor and the New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the
Agreement applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Guarantor” in the
Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor. The Agreement is hereby incorporated
herein by reference.

     SECTION 2. The New Guarantor represents and warrants that this Supplement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general
applicability.

     SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement
shall become effective when the Global Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement
that bears the signature of the New Guarantor.

     SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.

     SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND
THEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF OHIO
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

 

 

     SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply
with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in
the Agreement, and of any such provision with respect to any other Guarantor, shall not in any way
be affected or impaired. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

     SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided
in Section 15 of the Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Guarantor
shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature below.

     SECTION 8. The New Guarantor agrees to reimburse the Global Agent for its out-of-pocket
expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of
counsel for the Global Agent.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor and the Global Agent have duly executed this Supplement
to the Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR],

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	

     [Address] 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NATIONAL CITY BANK, as Global Agent,

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

2EX-4.3

 

Exhibit 4.3

Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co.

6301 Fitch Path

New Albany, Ohio 43054

April 15, 2008

National City Bank.,

as Administrative Agent

1300 East Ninth Street, 13th Floor

Cleveland, OH 44114

Attention: Joshua Sosland

          Re: Notice of Termination

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2004,
among Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co. (“Borrower”), the various financial institutions
party thereto and National City Bank, as Administrative Agent (as amended, the “Credit
Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein will have the meaning given to
such terms in the Credit Agreement).

     Pursuant to Section 2.08(b) of the
Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby gives notice that
effective as of the time
that the proposed Credit Agreement, to be dated as of April 15, 2008, among the Borrower, the
various subsidiaries and affiliates party thereto, and National City Bank (the “Replacement
Facility”) becomes effective, the Borrower will permanently reduce and terminate in whole the
Commitments and repay the outstanding balance of all Loans. Existing
letters of credit will be transferred to the Replacement Facility as
provided therein.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ABERCROMBIE & FITCH	 	 
	 

	 	MANAGEMENT CO.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	/s/ Karen Dewalt
 

	 	 
	 

	 	Name:  
	Karen Dewalt
 

	 
	 

	 	Title:
	Assistant Treasurer
 

	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ACKNOWLEDGED and AGREED to this	 	 
	15th day of April, 2008:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	NATIONAL CITY BANK.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	     /s/ Brian Strayton
 

	 	 
	Name:

	 	     Brian Strayton
 

	 	 
	Title:

	 	     Senior Vice President

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