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EXHIBIT 4.1

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2010 (this “Amendment No.
3”), between PFSweb, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company ”), and Mellon Investor
Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as successor to ChaseMellon Shareholder
Services, L.L.C., a New Jersey limited liability company (the “Rights Agent ”).

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent are parties to that certain Rights Agreement dated
as of June 8, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of May 30, 2008 and Amendment
No. 2 thereto dated as of May 24, 2010 (as amended, the “Rights Agreement ”);

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has considered the reasons underlying the
adoption of the Rights Agreement and has determined that those reasons continue to be valid at
present;

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Rights Agreement on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth; and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has duly authorized this Amendment No. 3.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set forth in the Rights
Agreement and this Amendment No. 3, the parties hereby agree as follows:

     1. Amendment to Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is amended by
deleting the date “July 6, 2010” which appears in clause (i) therein and inserting “July 6, 2015”
in its place.

     2. Other Terms Unchanged. This Amendment No. 3 shall be effective as of the date
hereof and, except as set forth herein, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby. The term “Agreement” as used in the Rights Agreement
shall be deemed to refer to the Rights Agreement as amended hereby.

     3. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment No.
3 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Amendment
No. 3 shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated.

     4. Governing Law. This Amendment No. 3 shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such
State; provided, however, that all provisions regarding the rights, duties and obligations of the
Rights Agent shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.

     5. Counterparts. This Amendment No. 3 may be executed in any number of counterparts
and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

     6. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this
Amendment No. 3 are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the
meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 3 to be duly executed as
of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PFSWEB, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC,

as Rights Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:exv10w1

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT 10.1

SEVERANCE, NONDISCLOSURE, NONSOLICITATION AND NONCOMPETE AGREEMENT

     This Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 2nd day of July, 2010, by and
between Cynthia Almond (“Employee”) and PFSweb, Inc. (the “Company”).

RECITALS

     A. The Company and its subsidiaries are engaged in the business of, among other things,
eCommerce and business process outsourcing, master distribution of consumable supplies and other
products and online discount retailing.

     B. The Company has spent significant time, effort, and money to acquire and develop certain
goodwill and Proprietary Information (as defined below) that it considers vital to its business and
goodwill, and which has become of great value to the Company.

     C. The Company’s Proprietary Information will necessarily be communicated to and acquired by
Employee in the course of his or her employment, and the Company desires to provide a severance
payment to Employee, only if, in doing so, it can protect its Proprietary Information and goodwill.

     D. The parties agree and acknowledge that, in light of Employee’s employment relationship with
the Company, and in light of Employee’s access to its Proprietary Information, the restrictive
covenants contained in this Agreement are essential to protect the legitimate business interests of
the Company.

     E. The obligations of the Employee contained herein, including Section 4 herein, shall run to
the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries, and, for such purpose, all references herein to
the “Company” shall be deemed to include the Company and each of its direct and indirect
subsidiaries.

     F. The foregoing recitals are incorporated into this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits to be derived from the mutual observance of
the agreements and covenants hereinafter contained, the parties agree as follows:

     1. Employment. Employee shall devote his or her entire professional time to his or her
employment with the Company and shall expend his or her best efforts on behalf of the Company.
Employee agrees to abide by all policies, rules, regulations, and decisions adopted by the Company
during the Employee’s employment with the Company. Except upon prior written consent by the
Company, Employee will not, during any time he or she is employed by the Company:(i) accept any
other employment; or (ii) engage, directly or indirectly, in any other business activity (whether
or not pursued for pecuniary advantage) that might interfere with Employee’s duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement or create a conflict of interest with the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee may: (a) continue to serve on the boards of directors and
advisory boards as shall not materially detract from the performance of the Employee’s duties under
this Agreement and to which the Company shall have given its prior written consent and (b) accept
such speaking engagements as shall not materially distract from the performance of the Employee’s
duties under this Agreement and as may benefit his or her position with the Company.

     2. Severance.

          (a) At any time, the Company or Employee may terminate Employee’s employment for any or no
reason, with or without Cause, and without prior notice. The Company will pay Employee all
compensation then due and owing. Thereafter, all of the Company’s obligations to Employee, however
arising, shall cease, except as set forth below.

          (b) If the Company without Cause (as defined below) terminates Employee’s employment, then,
upon execution of a release agreement that is reasonably acceptable to the Company’s Board of
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subject to Employee’s continuing compliance with his or her obligations hereunder, including
the obligations set forth in Section 4 hereof, Company shall pay Employee an equivalent of nine
months of Employee’s then base salary. This severance payment will be paid in equal installments
over a period of nine months, net of any withholdings and taxes and in accordance with the
Company’s ordinary pay policies. After the Company has satisfied its severance payment obligations
under this paragraph, all obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall immediately cease

          (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the Company may terminate Employee’s
employment for Cause at any time, without prior notice, and without any obligation to pay any
severance, provided, however, Employee may not be terminated for Cause under the provisions of
clauses (d) (i), (ii), or (v), below, unless the Employee is first given written notice by the
Company of the matter or matters that are alleged to constitute Cause and is afforded a reasonable
time to effect a cure and the opportunity to address the matter at a meeting or a conference call
of the Company’s Board of Directors. If Employee is terminated for Cause, the Company shall pay
Employee all compensation to which he or she is entitled up through the date of termination and
thereafter, all obligations of the Company shall immediately cease.

          (d) For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall mean: (i) a material breach of any
term set forth in this Agreement; (ii) Employee’s failure to follow the reasonable instructions of
the Company; (iii) misconduct on Employee’s part that is materially injurious to the Company,
monetarily or otherwise, including misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, or embezzlement; (iv)
Employee’s conviction for fraud or any other felony; or (v) if Employee exhibits in regard to his
or her employment unavailability for service, misconduct, dishonesty, or habitual neglect.

          (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to the payments described in paragraph (b), all
of Employee’s medical, dental and insurance benefits (the “Benefits”) will continue until the last
day of the ninth (9th) month following the termination of employment for Employee and
his or her dependents under the same terms as prior to termination. For the maximum available
period following the expiration of the foregoing nine month period, Employee will be offered the
option of continuing health insurance benefits under COBRA at Employee’s sole expense.

          (f) The parties agree that it is the intent of the parties to comply with the applicable
provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, and this Agreement may be amended, as
reasonably requested by either party, as may be necessary to fully comply with said Section 409A
and all related rules and regulations in order to preserve the payments and benefits provided
hereunder without additional cost to either party.

          (g) The provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the terms and conditions of any Company
issued stock options held by the Employee, and the Employee’s right to exercise any such stock
options shall be governed by the terms and provisions of such stock options and the applicable
plan(s) under which such stock options have been issued.

     3. Termination Obligations.

          (a) In the event of any termination of Employee’s employment for any reason, Employee shall be
deemed to have resigned voluntarily from all offices, directorships, and other positions held with
the Company, if he or she was serving in any such capacities at the time of termination.

          (b) Employee will cooperate with the Company in the winding up or transferring to other
employees any pending work or projects. Employee will also cooperate with the Company in the
defense of any action brought by any third party against the Company that relates to Employee’s
employment with the Company.

          (c) Employee agrees that all property, including, without limitation, all equipment, tangible
Proprietary Information, documents, books, records, reports, notes, contracts, lists, computer
disks (and other computer-generated files and data), and copies thereof, created on any medium and
furnished to, obtained by, or prepared by Employee in the course of, or incident to his or her
employment, belongs to the Company and shall be returned promptly to the Company upon termination
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     4. Proprietary Information; Non-Disclosure; Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete.

          (a) Proprietary Information: For purposes of this Agreement, “Proprietary Information”
means all information and any idea in whatever form, tangible or intangible, whether disclosed to
or learned or developed by Employee, pertaining in any manner to the business of the Company or to
the Company’s affiliates (including subsidiaries), consultants, customers, and business associates,
unless: (i) the information is or becomes publicly known through lawful means; (ii) the information
was rightfully in Employee’s possession or part of my general knowledge prior to his or her
employment by the Company; or (iii) the information is disclosed to Employee without confidential
or proprietary restriction by a third party who rightfully possesses the information and did not
learn of it, directly or indirectly, from the Company. Employee further understands that the
Company considers the following information to be included, without limitation, in the definition
of Proprietary Information: (a) techniques, development tools and processes, computer printouts,
computer programs, design manuals; (b) information about costs, profits, revenues, margins and
markets; (c) plans for future development and new product concepts; (d) customer names, addresses,
telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, credit card numbers, contact persons and customer
preferences; (e) vendor names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, contact persons,
vendor preferences and pricing; (f) marketing plans, bidding information, costs of product,
services and other items, proposal information, proposal methods and policies, price schedules,
product profit margins, price setting methods and policies, customer service methods and policies
and service plans and policies; (g) product plans, product development plans, product
specifications, sources of supply, methods of operation and related materials conceived, created or
reduced to practice in the performance of services for the Company; (h) the Company’s business
plans, accounting records, computer records, computer systems, networking and telecommunication
systems, management information systems and programs, audits and other financial data related to
products and services provided by the Company; (i) labor rates, commission rates and plans,
commission schedules, employee lists, employee performance evaluations and related information,
employee titles, outside contracting sources and rates, benefit costs and research reports; and (j)
all documents, books, papers, and other data of any kind and description, including electronic data
recorded or retrieved by any means, that have been or will be given to me by the Company (or any
affiliate of it), as well as written or verbal instructions or comments.

          (b) Non-Disclosure. Employee agrees that his or her work with the Company involves
access to and creation of Proprietary Information. Employee further agrees to hold all Proprietary
Information in strict confidence and never to use or disclose any Proprietary Information to anyone
at any time, including after the termination of his or her employment, except to the extent
necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities as an employee of the Company, or as
specifically authorized in writing by an authorized officer of the Company, other than Employee.

          (c) Non-Solicitation: Employee understands and agrees that, because of his or her
responsibilities at the Company, he or she will help to develop, and will be exposed to the
Company’s business strategies, information on customers and clients, and other valuable Proprietary
Information, and that use or disclosure of such Proprietary Information in breach of this Agreement
would be extremely difficult to detect or prove. Employee acknowledges that the Company’s
relationships with its employees, customers, clients, vendors, and other persons are valuable
business assets. Therefore, Employee agrees as follows:

          (i) Employee shall not, for a period of nine months following the termination of his or her
employment, however arising, directly or indirectly solicit, induce, recruit, or encourage any
officer, director, or employee of the Company, or any of the Company’s affiliates, to leave the
Company or terminate his or her employment with the Company;

          (ii) Employee shall not, for a period of nine months following the termination of his or her
employment, however arising, directly or indirectly: (A) divert or attempt to divert any business
from the Company or any of the Company’s affiliates; (B) interfere with any business relationship
or contract between the Company, including the Company’s affiliates, and any of its customers,
clients, members, vendors, business partners, or suppliers; or (C) for the purpose of selling
products or services competitive with the Company’s or the Company’s affiliates, solicit any
person, firm, corporation or entity of any kind, that was a customer, client or prospective client
of the Company at any time during the one year period preceding the termination date of Employee’s
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          (d) Non-compete. In consideration of the Company’s promise to pay the severance
payment contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Employee covenants and agrees that Employee shall not, for a
period of nine months following the termination of his or her employment, however arising, directly
or indirectly, develop, manage, finance, be employed by, provide consulting services to, own or
operate, or own a controlling interest in any entity, or otherwise be engaged in any business or
activity which is the same or similar to any business or activity of the Company, in whole or in
part, including, without limitation, any business or activity engaged in by the Company at any time
during the 12 months prior to the termination of the Employee’s employment or any business or
activity known by the Employee to be proposed, contemplated or considered by the Company to be
engaged in at any time during the 12 months following the termination of the Employee’s employment
by the Company.

          (e) Injunctions. Employee acknowledges that the restrictions contained in Section 4
are reasonable and necessary in view of the nature of Company’s businesses, in order to protect the
legitimate interests of Company, and that any violation thereof would result in irreparable injury
to Company. Therefore, Employee agrees that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by
Employee of the provisions of the paragraphs above, the Company shall be entitled to obtain from
any court of competent jurisdiction, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief restraining
Employee from any violation of the foregoing.

          (f) For purposes of this Agreement, “directly or indirectly” means in the Employee’s
individual capacity for his or her own benefit or for the benefit of any other person, or as an
employee, officer, director, agent, representative, consultant, advisor, shareholder, partner,
member or other principal.

          (g) Employee acknowledges that he or she has the ability to earn a livelihood notwithstanding
compliance with the covenants contained herein and that he or she has entered into this Agreement
with full understanding and acceptance of the terms hereof. Employee further acknowledges that the
restrictions imposed herein are fair and reasonable and are required for the protection of the
Company and are given as an integral part of the severance and other provisions set forth in this
Agreement. The parties expressly agree that the provisions contained herein are severable
independent covenants and are reasonable limitations as to time, geographical area and scope of
activity, and such restrictions do not impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the
goodwill or other business interests of the Company.

          (h) Without limitation of any other right or remedy contained herein or available at law or in
equity, upon any breach by Employee of his or her obligations set forth in this Section 4, the
Company shall have no further obligation to pay any further payment hereunder or provide any
Benefit, and the Employee shall immediately upon demand repay to the Company all severance payments
received hereunder.

     5. Severability.

          (a) The provisions of this Agreement are severable. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement, or the application thereof in any circumstances is held
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity and enforceability
of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions of this Agreement
shall not be in any way impaired or affected, it being intended that all of the rights and
privileges contained in this Agreement shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

          (b) To the extent that any provision hereof is deemed unenforceable by virtue of its scope,
but could be enforceable by reducing the scope, Employee and the Company agree that same shall be
enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in the
jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought, and that the Company shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to modify such invalid or unenforceable provision to the extent required to be valid
and enforceable. If any of the covenants contained in this Agreement, or any part hereof, is held
to be unenforceable because of the duration of such provision or the area covered thereby, the
parties agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration
and/or geographic area of such provision and, in its reduced form, said provision shall then be
enforceable. The parties further acknowledge that the parties intend to and hereby confer
jurisdiction to enforce the covenants contained in this Agreement upon the courts of any state
within the geographical scope of such covenants. In the event that the courts of any one or more
of such states shall hold such covenants wholly unenforceable by reason of the breadth of

 

 

such scope or otherwise, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such determination not
bar or in any way affect the right of the Company to the relief provided above in the courts of any
other states within the geographical scope of such covenants, as to breaches of such covenants in
such other respective jurisdictions, the above covenants as they relate to each state being, for
this purpose, severable into diverse and independent covenants.

     6. Successors. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company by way
of reorganization, merger, acquisition or consolidation, and any assignee of all or substantially
all of the Company’s business and properties.

     7. Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement may not be orally modified or amended. It may
only be modified or amended by an instrument in writing signed by Employee and by a duly authorized
representative of the Company, other than Employee. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising any right, remedy, or power under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof or as
a waiver of any other right, remedy, or power, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise of any other right,
remedy, or other power provided herein or by law or in equity.

     8. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing, and shall be delivered in person, by facsimile, or by certified or registered mail
with return receipt requested. Each such notice, request, demand, or other communication shall be
effective: (a) if delivered by hand, when delivered at the address specified on the signature page
hereof; (b) if given by facsimile, when such facsimile is transmitted to the telefacsimile number
specified on the signature page hereof and confirmation is received; or (c) if given by certified
or registered mail, three days after the mailing thereof. Any party may change its address by
notice giving notice to the other party of a new address in accordance with the foregoing
provisions.

     9. Assignment. No benefit hereunder shall be subject to anticipation, alienation,
sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to do so shall be void.
The Company shall be permitted to assign this Agreement to any successor.

     10. Integration. This Agreement is intended to be the final, complete, and exclusive
statement of the terms of Employee’s severance by the Company. This Agreement supersedes all other
prior and contemporaneous agreements and statements, whether written or oral, express or implied,
pertaining in any manner to the severance of Employee, and it may not be contradicted by evidence
of any prior or contemporaneous statements or agreements. To the extent that the practices,
policies, or procedures of the Company, now or in the future, apply to Employee and are
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.

     11. Interpretation. The language in all parts of this Agreement shall be in all cases
construed simply according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against any party. Whenever
the context requires, all words used in the singular will be construed to have been used in the
plural, and vice versa. The descriptive headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and shall not control, limit, or affect the interpretation or
construction of any of the provisions herein.

     12. Governing Law. This Agreement has been negotiated and executed in the State of
Texas and shall in all respects be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
State of Texas without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.

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     EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDS ITS CONTENTS.
EMPLOYEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY HAS ADVISED HIM OR HER OF HIS OR HER RIGHT TO
CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL OF HIS OR HER OWN CHOICE CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. BY SIGNING THIS
AGREEMENT, EMPLOYEE AND THE COMPANY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS
AGREEMENT.

	 	 	 

	Address for Notice

	 	PFSweb, Inc.
	500 North Central Expressway
	 	 
	Plano, TX 75074
	 	 
	Att: Mark Layton

	 	By:
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	     Name: Mark Layton
	 

	 	     Title: Chief Executive Officer
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	EMPLOYEE:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Signature
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Print Name
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Address

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