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Exhibit 10.3

 

SEVERANCE,
RETENTION AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AGREEMENT

 

This Severance, Retention
and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 26th day of February, 2019, between
Trans World Entertainment Corporation, a New York corporation (together with its successors and Affiliates, the “Company”),
and Bruce J. Eisenberg (the “Executive”).

 

WHEREAS, in connection
with the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Company has shared, and will continue to share, with Executive certain
aspects of its business know-how as well as specific confidential and proprietary information about the products, markets, processes,
costs, developments, ideas, and personnel of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, in consideration
for the Executive’s continued employment with the Company and entering into this Agreement, the Company is extending to
the Executive the opportunity to receive severance benefits under certain circumstances as provided in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, as additional
consideration for entering into this Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay a retention bonus to the Executive on the terms
set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the foregoing, and of the respective covenants and agreements of the parties set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

 

1. Employment/Affiliates. During
the Executive’s employment by the Company, the Executive shall comply with all generally applicable policies of the Company,
including but not limited to the Company’s Code of Conduct, as such policies may be amended from time to time. Except as
may be otherwise expressly provided in any written agreement between the Company and the Executive, the Executive’s employment
by the Company is terminable by either party at will. For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means any
subsidiary or other entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by Trans World Entertainment
Corporation, whether now existing or hereafter formed or acquired. For purposes hereof, “control” means the power
to vote or direct the voting of sufficient securities or other interests to elect at least one third of the directors or managers
or to control the management of such subsidiary or other entity.

 

2. Severance

 

A. If the Executive’s employment
is terminated by the Company without Cause (as defined below) or by the Executive for Good Reason (as defined below), the Executive
shall be entitled to (i) his base salary earned through his final date of active employment plus any accrued but unused vacation
pay, (ii) any unpaid annual bonus that was earned (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with the
applicable annual bonus plan) for the year preceding the year in which the termination date occurs, which shall be paid at the
time that annual bonuses for such year are payable to other senior executives, (iii) any unpaid portion of the Retention Bonus
set forth in Section 3 below, which shall be paid to the Executive not later than the tenth (10th) day following the
date the Executive’s executed Release (as defined below) is delivered to the Company, and (iv) the continuation of the Executive’s
base salary for a period of six (6) months beginning on the date that the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated
(the “Severance Period”) (i.e., total base salary payment of $212,500 for the Severance Period), payable
(except as otherwise set forth below) in accordance with the Company’s payroll policy from time to time in effect. Payment
of the amounts set forth in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above and Section 2.B below shall be contingent on the Executive signing
(and not revoking within any statutory revocation period) an agreement (the “Release”) reasonably accepta-

    	 

    	

    

ble to the Company that (x) waives any rights the
Executive may otherwise have against the Company, excluding any rights of the Executive under this Section 2, and (y) releases
the Company from actions, suits, claims, proceedings and demands related to his employment and/or the termination of employment,
other than to enforce any rights of the Executive under this Section 2. The Executive must sign and tender the Release as described
above after termination of his employment but not later than sixty (60) days following the Executive’s last day of employment,
or such earlier date as required by the Company (so long as the Company provides the Executive with ten (10) days’ prior
written notice of such earlier date), and if the Executive fails or refuses to do so, the Executive shall forfeit the right to
such amounts set forth in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above and Section 2.B below as would otherwise be due and payable. Subject
to Section 7 of this Agreement, the salary continuation payments provided for in clause (iv) above shall begin on the first pay
period following the date that is the earlier of (i) seventy (70) days after the date the Executive’s employment terminates,
or (ii) the tenth (10th) day following the date the Executive’s executed Release is delivered to the Company.
The initial salary continuation payment shall include any unpaid salary continuation payments from the date the Executive’s
employment terminated, subject to the Executive’s executing and tendering the Release on the terms as set forth above, and
the expiration of any revocation period applicable thereto having passed without the revocation being exercised. For avoidance
of doubt, the Executive shall not be obligated to seek affirmatively or accept an employment, contractor, consulting or other
arrangement to mitigate the severance benefits payable under this Agreement, and there shall be no offset against amounts due
the Executive on account of future earnings by the Executive. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall
mean any of the following: (a) the Executive’s willful neglect or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties
with the Company; (b) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony or any other crime involving
moral turpitude or the Executive’s personal enrichment at the expense of the Company; (c) the Executive’s willful
failure or refusal to perform his duties and responsibilities with the Company; or (d) material violation by the Executive of
the Company’s Code of Conduct. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without the
Executive’s written consent, any of the following: (I) a material diminution of any material duties or responsibilities
of the Executive; (II) a material reduction in the Executive’s base salary; or (III) a requirement that the Executive
relocate his principal work location with the Company to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the Executive’s
business location in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided, that, it shall be a condition precedent to
the Executive’s right to terminate for Good Reason that (X) he shall first have given the Company written notice that an
event or condition constituting Good Reason has occurred within ninety (90) days after such occurrence, (Y) a period of thirty
(30) days from and after the giving of such written notice shall have elapsed without the Company having effectively cured or
remedied such occurrence during such 30-day period, and (Z) the Executive shall have tendered his resignation to be effective
within not more than thirty (30) days following the end of such 30-day cure period.

 

B. Additionally, if, following
termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, the Executive
elects COBRA continuation coverage, the Company shall pay for such health insurance coverage during the Severance Period at the
same rate as it pays for health insurance coverage for its active employees (with the Executive required to pay for any employee-paid
portion of such coverage). Thereafter, the Executive shall be responsible for the payment of all premiums attributable to COBRA
continuation coverage at the same rate as the Company charges all COBRA beneficiaries. Nothing herein provided, however, shall
be construed to extend the period of time over which such COBRA continuation coverage otherwise may be provided to the Executive
and/or his dependents. Further, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company’s obligation to

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make the COBRA payments hereunder shall end on the
date the Executive becomes eligible for coverage under another employer’s group health plan. The Executive’s entitlement
to the COBRA payments shall be subject to the execution of the Release and made on the same terms as described above with respect
to the salary continuation payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company’s making the COBRA payments under this
Section 2.B would violate the nondiscrimination rules applicable to health plans or self-insured plans under Section 105(h) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or result in the imposition of penalties under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the related regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (the “PPACA”),
the parties agree to reform this Section 2.B in a manner as is necessary to comply with the PPACA and the Code.

 

3. Retention Bonus. Subject to the
conditions set forth below, the Company shall pay to the Executive a Retention Bonus (the “Retention Bonus”) in the
total amount of $200,000. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Retention Bonus will be payable to the Executive if he remains employed
with the Company through and including (and has not given notice of termination on or prior to) June 1, 2019, an additional twenty-five
percent (25%) of the Retention Bonus will be payable to the Executive if he remains employed with the Company through and including
(and has not given notice of termination on or prior to) October 1, 2019, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Retention
Bonus will be payable to the Executive if he remains employed with the Company through and including (and has not given notice
of termination on or prior to) March 1, 2020 (each of June 1, 2019, October 1, 2019, and March 1, 2020 are referred to as a “Vesting
Date”). Any such Retention Bonus payment will be made to the Executive in cash on the first regular payroll payment date
after the applicable Vesting Date (which shall not be later than 30 days after the applicable Vesting Date). Except as set forth
in Section 2 above, if the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason prior to a Vesting Date, the
Executive will immediately forfeit any right to receive the amount of the Retention Bonus otherwise payable in respect of such
Vesting Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of a Change of Control of the Company (as defined in clauses (A),
(C) or (E) of the definition of Change of Control in the Company’s 2005 Long Term Incentive and Share Award Plan, as in
effect on the date hereof) at a time when the Executive remains employed by the Company, any unpaid portion of the Retention Bonus
shall be paid to the Executive in full.

 

4. Restrictive Covenants. The Executive
acknowledges and agrees that solely by virtue of his employment by, and relationship with, the Company, he has acquired and will
acquire “Confidential Information”, as hereinafter defined, as well as special knowledge of the Company’s relationships
with its customers, and that, but for his association with the Company, the Executive would not or will not have had access to
said Confidential Information or knowledge of said relationships. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees (i) that
the Company has long term, near-permanent relationships with its customers, and that those relationships were developed at great
expense and difficulty to the Company over several years of close and continuing involvement; (ii) that the Company’s
relationships with its customers are and will continue to be valuable, special and unique assets of the Company; and (iii) that
the Company has protectable interests that are critical to its competitive advantage in the industry and would be of demonstrable
value in the hands of a competitor. In return for the consideration described in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and as a condition precedent to the Company entering into this Agreement,
and as an inducement to the Company to do so, the Executive hereby represents, warrants, and covenants as follows:

 

A. The Executive has executed and
delivered this Agreement as his free and voluntary act, after having determined that the provisions contained herein are of a
material benefit to him, and that the duties and obligations imposed on him hereunder are fair and reasonable and

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will not prevent him from earning
a comparable livelihood following the termination of his employment with the Company.

 

B. The Executive has read and fully
understands the terms and conditions set forth herein, has had time to reflect on and consider the benefits and consequences of
entering into this Agreement, and has had the opportunity to review the terms hereof with an attorney or other representative,
if he so chooses.

 

C. The Executive agrees that, during
the time of his employment with the Company and for a period of six (6) months after the termination of the Executive’s
employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever or for no reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Executive will not, except
on behalf of the Company, anywhere in the United States of America or in any other place or venue where the Company now conducts
or operates, or may conduct or operate, its business prior to the date of the Executive’s termination of employment:

 

(1) directly or indirectly, contact,
solicit or accept if offered to the Executive, or direct any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity to contact,
solicit or accept if offered to it, any of the Company’s customers or prospective customers (as hereinafter defined) for
the purpose of providing any products and/or services that are the same as or similar to the products and services provided by
the Company to its customers during the term hereof; or

 

(2) solicit or accept if offered
to him, with or without solicitation, on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, the services of any person who is a
then current employee of the Company (or was an employee of the Company during the year preceding such solicitation), nor solicit
any of the Company’s then current employees (or an individual who was employed by or engaged by the Company during the year
preceding such solicitation) to terminate employment or an engagement with the Company, nor agree to hire any then current employee
(or an individual who was an employee of the Company during the year preceding such hire) of the Company into employment with
himself or any company, individual or other entity; or

 

(3) directly or indirectly, whether
as an investor (excluding investments representing less than five percent (5%) of the common stock of a public company), lender,
owner, stockholder, officer, director, consultant, employee, agent, salesperson or in any other capacity, whether part-time or
full-time, become associated with any business involved in the retail sale of music, video or related products (the “Business”);
or

 

(4) act as a consultant, advisor,
officer, manager, agent, director, partner, independent contractor, owner, or employee for or on behalf of any of the Company’s
customers or prospective customers, with respect to or in any way with regard to any aspect of the Company’s Business and/or
any other business activities in which the Company engages during the term hereof.

 

In the event of any breach of this
subsection C, the Executive agrees that the restricted period shall be tolled during the time of such breach.

 

D. The Executive acknowledges and
agrees that the scope described above is necessary and reasonable in order to protect the Company in the conduct of its business
and that, if the Executive becomes employed by another employer, he shall be required to disclose the existence

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of this Section 4 to such employer
and the Executive hereby consents to and the Company is hereby given permission to disclose the existence of this Section 4 to
such employer.

 

E. For purposes of this Section
4, “customer” shall be defined as any person, firm, corporation, association, or entity that purchased any
type of product and/or service from the Company or is or was doing business with the Company or the Executive within the twelve
(12) month period immediately preceding termination of the Executive’s employment. For purposes of this Section 4, “prospective
customer” shall be defined as any person, firm, corporation, association, or entity contacted or solicited by the Company
or the Executive (whether directly or indirectly) or who contacted the Company or the Executive (whether directly or indirectly)
within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding termination of the Executive’s employment for the purpose of having
such persons, firms, corporations, associations, or entities become a customer of the Company.

 

F. The Executive agrees that both
during his employment and thereafter the Executive will not, for any reason whatsoever, use for himself or disclose to any person
not employed by the Company any “Confidential Information” of the Company acquired by the Executive during his relationship
with the Company, both prior to and during the term of his employment. The Executive further agrees to use Confidential Information
solely for the purpose of performing duties with, or for, the Company and further agrees not to use Confidential Information for
his own private use or commercial purposes or in any way detrimental to the Company. The Executive agrees that “Confidential
Information” means: (1) any financial, engineering, business, planning, operations, services, potential services, products,
potential products, technical information and/or know-how, organization charts, formulas, business plans, production, purchasing,
marketing, pricing, sales, profit, personnel, customer, broker, supplier, or other lists or information of the Company; (2) any
papers, data, records, processes, methods, techniques, systems, models, samples, devices, equipment, compilations, invoices, customer
lists, or documents of the Company; (3) any confidential information or trade secrets of any third party provided to the Company
in confidence or subject to other use or disclosure restrictions or limitations; and (4) any other information, written, oral,
or electronic, whether existing now or at some time in the future, whether pertaining to current or future developments, and whether
previously accessed during the Executive’s tenure with the Company or to be accessed during his future employment with the
Company, which pertains to the Company’s Business. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Confidential Information does
not include (i) information properly in the public domain, or (ii) information in the Executive’s possession prior to the
date of his original employment with the Company, except to the extent that such information is or has become a trade secret of
the Company or is or otherwise has become the property of the Company.

 

G. During and after the term of
employment hereunder, the Executive will not remove from the Company’s premises any documents, records, files, notebooks,
correspondence, reports, video or audio recordings, computer printouts, computer programs, computer software, price lists, microfilm,
drawings or other similar documents containing Confidential Information, including copies thereof, whether prepared by him or
others, except as his duty shall require, and in such cases, will promptly return such items to the Company. Upon termination
of his employment with the Company, all such items including summaries or copies thereof, then in the Executive’s possession,
shall be returned to the Company immediately.

 

H. Notwithstanding the Executive’s
obligation not to directly or indirectly disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate Confidential Information as outlined in this
Section 4 above, the Executive has the right, without notice to or authorization of the Company, to communicate and cooperate
in good faith with any self-regulatory organization or U.S. federal, state, or local gov-

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ernmental or law enforcement branch,
agency, commission, or entity (collectively, a “Government Entity”) for the purpose of (i) reporting a possible
violation of any U.S. federal, state, or local law or regulation, (ii) participating in any investigation or proceeding that may
be conducted or managed by any Government Entity, including by providing documents or other information, or (iii) filing a charge
or complaint with a Government Entity, provided that in each case, such communications, participation, and disclosures are consistent
with applicable law. Additionally, the Executive shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade
secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official,
or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or
other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. If the Executive files a lawsuit for
retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose the trade secret to the Executive’s
attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the Executive files any document containing the trade
secret under seal; and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. All disclosures permitted under this
subsection H are herein referred to as “Permitted Disclosures.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance
will the Executive be authorized to disclose any Confidential Information as to which the Company may assert protections from
disclosure under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine, without prior written consent of Company’s
Chief Executive Officer or other authorized officer designated by the Company.

 

I. The Executive recognizes and
agrees that all ideas, inventions, patents, copyrights, copyright designs, trade secrets, trademarks, processes, discoveries,
enhancements, software, source code, catalogues, prints, business applications, plans, writings, and other developments or improvements
and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights and any derivative work based thereon (the “Inventions”)
made, conceived, or completed by the Executive, alone or with others, during the term of his employment, whether or not during
working hours, that are within the scope of the Company’s business operations or that relate to any of the Company’s
work or projects (including any and all inventions based wholly or in part upon ideas conceived during the Executive’s employment
with the Company), are the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Executive further agrees that (1) he will promptly
disclose all Inventions to the Company and hereby assigns to the Company all present and future rights he has or may have in those
Inventions, including without limitation those relating to patent, copyright, trademark or trade secrets; and (2) all of the Inventions
eligible under the copyright laws are “work made for hire.” At the request of the Company, the Executive will do all
things deemed by the Company to be reasonably necessary to perfect title to the Inventions in the Company and to assist in obtaining
for the Company such patents, copyrights or other protection as may be provided under law and desired by the Company, including
but not limited to executing and signing any and all relevant applications, assignments or other instruments. The Executive hereby
irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as the Executive’s agents and
attorneys-in-fact to act for and on the Executive’s behalf and instead of the Executive, to execute and file any documents
and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the above purposes with the same legal force and effect as if executed
by the Executive, and the Executive acknowledges that this designation and appointment constitutes an irrevocable power of attorney
and is coupled with an interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby notifies the Executive that the provisions
of this subsection I shall not apply to any Inventions for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information
of the Company was used and which were developed entirely on the Executive’s own time, unless (1) the Invention relates
(i) to the business of the Company, or (ii) to actual or demonstrably anticipated research or develop-

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ment of the Company, or (2) the
Invention results from any work performed by the Executive for the Company.

 

J. It is agreed that any breach
or anticipated or threatened breach of any of the Executive’s covenants contained in this Section 4 will result in irreparable
harm and continuing damages to the Company and its business and that the Company’s remedy at law for any such breach or
anticipated or threatened breach will be inadequate and, accordingly, in addition to any and all other remedies that may be available
to the Company at law or in equity in such event, any court of competent jurisdiction may issue a decree of specific performance
or issue a temporary and permanent injunction, without the necessity of the Company posting bond or furnishing other security
and without proving special damages or irreparable injury, enjoining and restricting the breach, or threatened breach, of any
such covenant, including, but not limited to, any injunction restraining the Executive from disclosing, in whole or part, any
Confidential Information.

 

5. Nondisparagement; Cooperation.
During the Executive’s employment with the Company and for two (2) years following the termination of such employment for
any reason, the Executive (i) will not criticize or disparage the Company or its directors, officers, employees or products, and
(ii) will reasonably cooperate with Company in all investigations, potential litigation or litigation in which Company is involved
or may become involved with respect to matters that relate to the Executive’s employment (other than any such investigations,
potential litigation or litigation between Company and the Executive); provided, that with regard to the Executive’s duties
under clause (ii), the Executive shall be reimbursed for reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses related thereto, but shall
otherwise not be entitled to any additional compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 5 shall prevent
the Executive from (i) making any truthful statement to the extent, but only to the extent (A) necessary with respect to any litigation,
arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the enforcement of this Agreement, in the forum
in which such litigation, arbitration or mediation properly takes place or (B) required by law, legal process or by any court,
arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with apparent jurisdiction over the
Executive, (ii) making normal competitive statements at any time after the termination of the Executive’s employment, (iii)
making any statements in the good faith performance of the Executive’s duties to the Company, or (iv) rebutting any statements
made by the Company or its officers, directors or employees. Notwithstanding the Executive’s obligations under this Section
5, the Executive shall have the right to make the Permitted Disclosures as outlined in Section 4.H above.

 

6. Indemnification; D&O Insurance.
The Company agrees that if the Executive is made a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any pending or threatened
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (each, a “Proceeding”),
by reason of the fact that he is or was an officer or employee of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company
as a director, officer, member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise, the Executive shall
be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law and the Company’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, against all cost, expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by the Executive
in connection therewith, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and judgments, and the Company
shall advance expenses in connection therewith, to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law and the Company’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws. The Company shall cover the Executive as an insured under any contract of directors and
officers liability insurance of the Company that is in effect from time to time covering officers of the Company. The provisions
of this Section 6 shall continue in effect for so long as the Executive is subject to liability for any of the Executive’s
acts and omissions to act occurring during his employment.

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7. Section 409A. It is intended that
this Agreement will comply with Section 409A of the Code and any regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder (collectively,
“Section 409A”), to the extent the Agreement is subject thereto, and the Agreement shall be interpreted on
a basis consistent with such intent. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed
on the date of his “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)) with the
Company to be a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(i)), then with regard
to any payment or benefit that is considered deferred compensation under Section 409A payable on account of a “separation
from service” that is required to be delayed pursuant to Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code (after taking into account any
applicable exceptions to such requirement), such payment or benefit shall be made or provided on the date that is the earlier
of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service,”
or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period,
all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 7 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or
in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum and any remaining payments
and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them
herein. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing
for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment that are considered deferred compensation
under Section 409A, references to the Executive’s “termination of employment” (and corollary terms) with the
Company shall be construed to refer to the Executive’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treas.
Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)) with the Company. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference
to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after termination of employment”),
the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company. Whenever payments under
this Agreement are to be made in installments, each such installment shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of
Section 409A. If, under the terms of this Agreement, it is possible for a payment that is subject to Section 409A to be made
in two separate taxable years, payment shall be made in the later taxable year. With respect to any reimbursement or in-kind benefit
arrangements of the Company that constitute deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A, except as otherwise permitted
by Section 409A, the following conditions shall be applicable: (i) the amount eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits
provided, under any such arrangement in one calendar year may not affect the amount eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits
to be provided, under such arrangement in any other calendar year, (ii) any reimbursement must be made on or before the last day
of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred, and (iii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind
benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. The Company shall not have any obligation to indemnify
or otherwise protect the Executive from the obligation to pay any taxes, interest or penalties pursuant to Section 409A.

 

8. Severability.
The provisions of this Agreement are severable and the invalidity of any one or more provisions shall not affect the validity
of any other provision. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Agreement
or the application thereof is unenforceable in whole or in part because of the duration or scope thereof, the parties hereto agree
that said court in making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to the extent
necessary to make it enforceable, and that the Agreement in its reduced form shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent
permitted by law.

 

9. Excess
Parachute Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that the amount of payments or other
benefits payable to the Executive under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the acceleration of any payment or the
accelerated vesting of any payment or other benefit), together with any payments, awards or benefits payable under any other

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plan, program, arrangement or agreement maintained by the Company,
would constitute an “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), the payments otherwise
constituting “excess parachute payments” shall be reduced (by the minimum possible amounts) until no amount payable
to the Executive constitutes an “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code);
provided, however, that no such reduction shall be made if the net after-tax payment (after taking into account
federal, state, local or other income, employment and excise taxes) to which the Executive would otherwise be entitled without
such reduction would be greater than the net after-tax payment (after taking into account federal, state, local or other income,
employment and excise taxes) to the Executive resulting from the receipt of such payments with such reduction. In applying any
such reduction, to the extent any such payments may be subject to Code Section 409A, the reduction shall first be applied to any
payments under Section 2.A(iv) hereof on a pro rata basis, and next to the remaining payments on a pro rata basis
in proportion to the amount of such payments that are considered “contingent on a change in ownership or control”
within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. All determinations required to be made under this Section 9, including whether
a payment would result in an “excess parachute payment” and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations,
shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting or consulting firm designated by the Company (the “Accounting Firm”)
which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive as requested by the Company or the
Executive. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company and shall be paid by the Company.
Absent manifest error, all determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this Section 9 shall be final and binding upon the
Company and the Executive.

 

10. Notices. Any and all notices
required in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed adequately given only if in writing and (a) personally delivered,
or sent by first class, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by recognized overnight courier,
(b) sent by facsimile, provided a hard copy is mailed on that date to the party for whom such notices are intended, or (c) sent
by other means at least as fast and reliable as first class mail. A written notice shall be deemed to have been given to the recipient
party on the earlier of (a) the date it shall be delivered to the address required by this Agreement; (b) the date delivery
shall have been refused at the address required by this Agreement; (c) with respect to notices sent by mail or overnight
courier, the date as of which the Postal Service or overnight courier, as the case may be, shall have indicated such notice to
be undeliverable at the address required by this Agreement; or (d) with respect to a facsimile, the date on which the facsimile
is sent and receipt of which is confirmed. Any and all notices referred to in this Agreement, or which either party desires to
give to the other, shall be addressed to his residence in the case of the Executive, or to its principal office in the case of
the Company.

 

11. Successor. The rights and obligations
of the Company under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the
Company. All rights of the Executive under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s
personal or legal representatives, estate, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, legatees and beneficiaries.

 

12. Headings. The headings in this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are not to be considered a construction of the provisions hereof.

 

13. Withholding. The Company may
withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be
withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

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14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement among the parties and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or
among the parties, written or oral, that may have related in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

15. Governing Law. This Agreement
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of
laws provisions. Furthermore, the Executive agrees and consents to submit to personal jurisdiction in the state of New York in
any state or federal court of competent subject matter jurisdiction situated in Albany, New York. The Executive further agrees
that the sole and exclusive venue for any suit arising out of, or seeking to enforce, the terms of this Agreement shall be in
a state or federal court of competent subject matter jurisdiction situated in Albany, New York. In addition, the Executive waives
any right to challenge in another court any judgment entered by such New York court or to assert that any action instituted by
the Company in any such court is in the improper venue or should be transferred to a more convenient forum. Further,
the Executive waives any right he may otherwise have to a trial by jury in any action to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

 

16. Miscellaneous. No waiver by either
party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement
to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or
at any prior or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the
subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. This Agreement may be
modified only by a written agreement signed by the Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company.

 

17. Execution of Agreement. This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original, but which when taken together,
shall constitute one agreement.

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

	 	TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ Mike Feurer	 
	 	Name: Mike Feurer
	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer
	 	 
	 	EXECUTIVE
	 	 
	 	 /s/ Bruce Eisenberg
	 	Name:  Bruce J. Eisenberg

    	 	11Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.1

SECOND AMENDMENT
TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT 
SECOND AMENDMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 28, 2019 among BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (the “Borrower”), the “Guarantors” referred to on the signature pages hereto, the Lenders executing this Agreement on the signature pages hereto and HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) under the Credit Agreement referred to below.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). 
WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the Lenders party hereto constituting the Requisite Lenders and the Administrative Agent desire to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.Definitions.  Except as otherwise defined in this Agreement, terms defined in the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Agreement, are used herein as defined therein.  This Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Section 2.Amendments.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, effective as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:  
(a)The following new definitions shall be added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:
““2019 Leaseback Properties” means the Initial Leaseback Properties or the Other Leaseback Properties set forth in Exhibit A to the Second Amendment Fee Letter.
“2019 Leaseback Transactions” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.8(h).
“Initial Leaseback Properties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Second Amendment Fee Letter.
“Other Leaseback Properties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Second Amendment Fee Letter.
“Second Amendment” means that certain Second Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the “Guarantors” referred to the on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Second Amendment Effective Date” February 28, 2019.

“Second Amendment Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date among the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(b)The definition of “Applicable Make-Whole Amount” shall be restated in its entirety as follows:
““Applicable Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any repayment or prepayment of the Loans (other than (i) a prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(c) and (ii) a prepayment made with the proceeds of the Specified Properties to the extent set forth in clause (C)(1) of the proviso to Section 2.11), an amount equal to the amount of interest that would have been paid on the principal amount of the Loans being so repaid or prepaid for the period from and including the date of such repayment or prepayment to but excluding the date that is the one (1) year anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date (in each case, calculated on the basis of the interest rate with respect to the Loans that is in effect on the date of such repayment or prepayment and on the basis of actual days elapsed over a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days).”
(c)The definition of “Asset Sale” shall be amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
“The 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall constitute an Asset Sale.”
(d)The definition of “Credit Document” shall be restated in its entirety as follows:
““Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Second Amendment Fee Letter, and all other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Credit Party for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement on or after the date hereof.”
(e)Clause (a) of Section 1.4 of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:
“(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.4. When calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of Section 2.10(e) and Section 6.7, any events described in this Section 1.4 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Measurement Period shall not be given pro forma effect, unless otherwise specified in Section 1.4(d) below.”
(f)Section 1.4 of the Credit Agreement shall be further amended by adding the following new clause (d) at the end of such Section:
“(d) Additionally, in the event that the Borrower or any Subsidiary enters into one or more 2019 Leaseback Transactions (x) after the end of the first Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019 but on or prior to the date required by Section 5.1 of this Agreement for the delivery of Borrower’s financial statements for the first Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, and/or (y) after the end of the second Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019 but on or prior to the date required by Section 5.1 of this Agreement for the delivery of Borrower’s financial statements for the second Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, pro forma effect shall be given to (i) the repayment of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.10(c) with the Net Asset Sale Proceeds from such 2019 Leaseback Transactions (including any repayment of Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement) for purposes of the calculations of  Consolidated Total Debt and the Total Net Leverage Ratio as if the same had occurred, in the case of clause (x) above, on the last day of 

the Measurement Period for the first Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, and in the case of clause (y) above, on the last day of the Measurement Period for the second Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, and (ii) such 2019 Leaseback Transactions for purposes of the calculation of  Consolidated EBITDA as if the same had occurred, in the case of clause (x) above, on the last day of the Measurement Period for the first Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, and in the case of clause (y) above, on the last day of the Measurement Period for the second Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019.
(g)Section 2.10(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10(a), the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of the 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be excluded from the requirements of this Section 2.10(a) and shall instead be required to repay the Loans and applied in accordance with Section 2.10(c) of this Agreement.”
(h)Section 2.10(c) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:
“(c)    2019 Leaseback Transaction Proceeds. Not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of any 2019 Leaseback Transaction, the Borrower shall apply such Net Asset Sale Proceeds as follows:
(i)    the first $30,000,000 of Net Asset Sale Proceeds for all such 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, for application to the prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and the Prepayment Premium payable pursuant to Section 2.11; and 
(ii)     thereafter, any remaining Net Asset Sale Proceeds in an aggregate amount in excess of $30,000,000 for all such 2019 Leaseback Transactions, after giving effect to the payments specified in the foregoing clause (i), shall be applied to repay Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement.”
(i)Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:
“2.11    Prepayment Premium.  In the event that all or any portion of the Loans is repaid or prepaid for any reason (including as a result of any mandatory prepayments, voluntary prepayments, payments made following acceleration of the Loans or after an Event of Default but excluding payments of the purchase price in connection with an assignment of the Loans made pursuant to Section 2.20(b)) prior to the fourth anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, such repayments or prepayments will be made together with a premium equal to (i) 3.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid and accompanied by the Applicable Make-Whole Amount as of the date of such repayment or prepayment, if such repayment or prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, (ii) 3.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid, if such repayment or prepayment occurs after the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, (iii) 2.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid, if such repayment or prepayment occurs after the second anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date and (iv) 1.00% of the amount repaid or prepaid, if such repayment or prepayment occurs after the third anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date but on or prior to the fourth anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date (the foregoing premiums (including the 

Applicable Make-Whole Amount), the “Prepayment Premium”); provided that (A) the Prepayment Premium shall not apply to (1) scheduled amortization Installment payments made by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.8, (2) mandatory prepayments by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.10(b), Sections 2.10(e), 2.10(f) and 2.10(g), and (3) mandatory prepayments by Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.10(a) and 2.10(c) that do not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (B) in the case of mandatory prepayments by Borrower with the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of a 2019 Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 2.10(c), the Applicable Make-Whole Amount component of the Prepayment Premium shall not apply and such prepayments will be made together with a premium equal to 3.00% of the amount prepaid (except to the extent permitted by the immediately preceding clause (A)(3)), and (C) in the case of prepayments of the Loans made with the proceeds of the Specified Properties made on or prior to the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, (1) for the first $25,000,000 of such prepayments of the Loans, the Applicable Make-Whole Amount component of the Prepayment Premium shall not apply and such prepayments will be made together with a premium equal to 3.00% of the amount prepaid, and (2) for such prepayments of the Loans in excess of the amount specified in the immediately preceding sub-clause (1), the Prepayment Premium (including the Applicable Make-Whole Amount component thereof) shall apply.  If the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, as a result of an Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the amount of principal of and premium on the Loans that becomes due and payable shall equal 100% of the principal amount of the Loans plus the Prepayment Premium in effect on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date, as if such acceleration or other occurrence were a voluntary prepayment of the Loans accelerated or otherwise becoming due.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that if the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, in respect of any Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the Prepayment Premium applicable with respect to a voluntary prepayment of the Loans will also be due and payable on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date as though the Loans were voluntarily prepaid as of such date and shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Lender’s loss as a result thereof.  Any premium payable above shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Lender and the Borrower agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing.  THE BORROWER EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE PREPAYMENT PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. The Borrower expressly agrees (to the fullest extent it may lawfully do so) that: (A) the Prepayment Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Prepayment Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Borrower giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Prepayment Premium; and (D) the Borrower shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph.”

(j)Section 2.12(b) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.10(c) with the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of the 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be applied to the remaining scheduled amortization Installments of principal of the Loans (including the final payment) in inverse order of maturity.”
(k)Section 5.1(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(a)    Monthly Reports.  As soon as available, and in any event, within forty-five (45) days after the end of the first fiscal month ending after the Closing Date, and within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month ending thereafter (other than a fiscal month that is the end of a fiscal quarter), and within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal month that is the end of a fiscal quarter), the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such month and for the period from the beginning of the current Fiscal Year to the end of such month, all in reasonable detail;”
(l)Clause (i) of Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:
“(x) Attributable Indebtedness with respect to the 2019 Leaseback Transactions, (y) Attributable Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time, provided that the dollar cap set forth in this clause (y) shall be reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of Attributable Indebtedness with respect to the 2019 Leaseback Transactions incurred or assumed pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (x), and (z) Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with respect to Capital Lease obligations and purchase money obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $30,000,000 and 29.0% of Consolidated EBITDA as of the most recently ended Measurement Period; provided that any such Indebtedness (i) is issued and any Liens securing such Indebtedness are created within 180 days after the acquisition, construction, lease or improvement of the asset financed, and (ii) shall be secured only by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;”
(m)Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows:
“6.7    Financial Covenant  The Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 29, 2018) shall not exceed the corresponding ratio set forth below:

	
		
	Fiscal Quarter Ending
	Total Net Leverage Ratio

	September 29, 2018
	8.25 to 1.00

	December 29, 2018
	6.75 to 1.00

	March 30, 2019
	8.00 to 1.00

	June 29, 2019
	8.25 to 1.00

	September 28, 2019
	6.75 to 1.00

	December 28, 2019
	5.50 to 1.00

	March 28, 2020
	5.75 to 1.00

	June 27, 2020
	5.50 to 1.00

	September 26, 2020
	5.00 to 1.00

	January 2, 2021
	4.00 to 1.00

	April 3, 2021
	4.50 to 1.00

	July 3, 2021
	4.50 to 1.00

	September 26, 2021
	4.25 to 1.00

	Thereafter
	3.50 to 1.00

(n)Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the reference to “and” at the end of clause (f) there, (ii) replacing the period at the end of clause (g) thereof with “; and” and (iii) adding a new clause (h) thereto and sentence at the end thereof as follows:
“(h)    one or more Sale and Leaseback Transactions in respect of the 2019 Leaseback Properties (the “2019 Leaseback Transactions”), so long as (A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result therefrom, and after giving effect to such transaction, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance (determined in accordance with Section 1.4(d)) with Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement for the Measurement Period most recently ended, (B) such 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be completed within (x) six (6) months after the Second Amendment Effective Date in the case of any Initial Leaseback Property, provided that if the Borrower has entered into a binding contract for the sale and leaseback of such Initial Leaseback Property within six (6) months after the Second Amendment Effective Date, the period specified in this sub-clause (x) to consummate such 2019 Leaseback Transaction shall be extended to nine (9) months after the Second Amendment Effective Date, or (y) nine months of the Second Amendment Effective Date in the case of any Other Leaseback Property, (C) the aggregate Fair Market Value of all such properties sold in such 2019 Leaseback Transactions does not exceed $50,000,000 and the consideration received therefor shall be (i) in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (or similar governing body)) and (ii) paid solely in Cash, and (D) not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of the 2019 Leaseback Transactions, the Borrower shall apply the proceeds as required by Section 2.10(c).
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.8 or the provisions of Section 6.10 to the contrary, the 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be permitted to made under Section 6.8(h) but not any other clause of this Section 6.8 or Section 6.10.”
(o)Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:  

“6.10    Sale and Lease Back Transactions.  Except as set forth in Schedule 6.10, and except for the 2019 Leaseback Transactions made pursuant to Section 6.8(h), no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which a Credit Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person, or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by a Credit Party to any Person in connection with such lease (each, a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless (i) such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted by Section 6.8(g) and is consummated within ninety (90) days after the date on which such property is sold or transferred, and (ii) after giving pro forma effect to the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the Attributable Indebtedness with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction would be permitted under Section 6.1(i)(y); provided that (A) no Sale and Leaseback Transactions shall be permitted pursuant to this Section 6.10 prior to the nine (9) month anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date and (B) the aggregate Fair Market Value of all property subject to Sale and Leaseback Transactions made pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement; provided that the dollar cap set forth in this clause (B) shall be reduced dollar for dollar by the Fair Market Value of all property sold pursuant to the 2019 Leaseback Transactions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that the 2019 Leaseback Transactions shall be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.8(h).”
Section 3.Representations and Warranties.  Each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Agent and the Lenders that, after giving effect to this Agreement, (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement, and in each of the other Credit Documents, are true and complete in all material respects on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and as if each reference in said Section 4 to “this Agreement” included reference to the Credit Agreement  after giving effect to this Agreement   and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof.
Section 4.Conditions Precedent.  The amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof shall each become effective, as of the date hereof (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”), upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)Execution.  The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of (i) this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors party to the Credit Agreement and Lenders party to the Credit Agreement constituting the Requisite Lenders and (ii) the Second Amendment Fee Letter executed by the Borrower.
(b)Corporate Authorizations.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent resolutions of the board of directors or similar governing body of the Borrower approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement as of the date hereof, certified as of the date hereof by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment. 
(c)Expenses.  The Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements due and payable under the Credit Documents on or prior to the date hereof, including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of Administrative Agent and counsel to Administrative Agent.
Section 5.[Reserved].
Section 6.No Novation or Mutual Departure.  The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that there has not been, and this Agreement does not constitute or establish, a novation with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or a mutual departure from the strict terms, provisions, and conditions thereof, other than with respect to the amendments contained in Section 2 hereof. 

Section 7.Confirmation.  Each Credit Party (a) confirms its obligations under the Collateral Documents, (b) confirms that its Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the pledges set forth in the Collateral Documents, (c) confirms that its Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Secured Obligations” (as defined in the Collateral Documents) and (d) agrees that the Credit Agreement as modified hereby is the Credit Agreement under and for all purposes of the Collateral Documents.  Each party, by its execution of this Agreement, hereby confirms that the Secured Obligations shall remain in full force and effect, and such Secured Obligations shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of the grant set forth in the Collateral Documents. Each Guarantor (a) confirms its Guaranteed Obligations under the Credit Agreement, (b) confirms that the Guaranteed Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the guarantee set forth in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement and (c) confirms that the Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Guaranteed Obligations”.  Each Credit Party, by its execution of this Agreement, hereby confirms that the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain in full force and effect.  
Section 8.Miscellaneous.
(a)This Agreement shall be limited as written and nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an amendment or waiver of any other term, provision or condition of any of the Credit Documents in any other instance than as expressly set forth herein or prejudice any right or remedy that any Lender or any Agent may now have or may in the future have under any of the Credit Documents.  Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.  This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.  Delivery of a counterpart by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
(b)THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(c)Each of the undersigned Lenders, by its execution hereof, authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above (which shall be conclusively evidenced by such Lender’s execution hereof).
(d)Each of the undersigned Lenders confirms the authority of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to, and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent each agrees to, in each case without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, execute any documents or instruments necessary to release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a 2019 Leaseback Transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby).

[Signature pages follow]

    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
	
		
	BORROWER:
	BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.
By:  /s/  Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President & Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 

	GUARANTORS:
	CEDAR CREEK HOLDINGS, INC. 
By:  /s/  Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President & Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 

	 
	BLUELINX CORPORATION 
By:  /s/  Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President & Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 

	 
	BLUELINX FLORIDA HOLDINGS NO.1 INC.
BLUELINX FLORIDA HOLDINGS N O. 2 INC.
CEDAR CREEK LLC
CEDAR CREEK CORP.
ASTRO BUILDINGS INC.
LAKE STATES LUMBER, INC.
VENTURE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION, LLC 
By:  /s/  Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President & Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 

	 
	BLUELINX FLORIDA LP
By:BlueLinx Florida Holdings No. 2 Inc.,
its General Partner 
By:  /s/  Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President & Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 

	
		
	 
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ABP TN (MADISON) LLC
ABP TX (EL PASO) LLC
ABP TX (HOUSTON) LLC
ABP TX (LUBBOCK) LLC
ABP TX (SAN ANTONIO) LLC
ABP VA (RICHMOND) LLC
ABP VT (SHELBURNE) LLC
By:BlueLinx Holdings Inc., as Sole Manager 
By:  /s/  Mitchell B. Lewis
Name:  Mitchell B. Lewis
Title:  President & Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 

	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, as Administrative Agent 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	REQUISITE LENDERS:
	SPECIALTY LOAN FUND 2016, L.P., as Lender
By:HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	
		
	 
	SPECIALTY LOAN ONTARIO FUND 2016, L.P., as Lender
By:HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	SPECIALTY LOAN FUND 2016-L, L.P., as Lender
By:HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	SLF 2016 INSTITUTIONAL HOLDINGS, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its Service 
Provider 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	MORENO STREET DIRECT LENDING FUND, L.P., as Lender
By:PS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	SPECIALTY LOAN VG FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	NDT SENIOR LOAN FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	
		
	 
	AIGUILLES ROUGES SECTOR B INVESTMENT FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	FALCON CREDIT FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager  
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	TMD-DL HOLDING, LLC, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	TOKIO MILLENNIUM RE AG, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	SPECIALTY LOAN FUND - CX - 2, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	
		
	 
	CACTUS DIRECT LENDING FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	PRIVATE LOAN OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	RED CEDAR FUND 2016, L.P., as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Lender
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its 
Investment Manager 
By:  /s/  Vikas Keswani
Name:Vikas Keswani
Title:Managing Director

	 
	 

	 
	BTC Holdings Fund I, LLC, as Lender
By:Blue Torch Credit Opportunities Fund I LP, its
sole member
By:Blue Torch Credit Opportunities GP LLC, its
General Partner
By:  /s/  Kevin Genda
Name:Kevin Genda
Title:

	
		
	 
	 

	 
	BTC Holdings SC Fund LLC, as Lender
By:Blue Torch Credit Opportunities SC Master Fund
LP, its sole member
By:Blue Torch Credit Opportunities SC GP LLC, its
General Partner
By:  /s/  Kevin Genda
Name:Kevin Genda
Title:

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