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Form of Employment Agreement

 Exhibit 10.25 
 EXECUTION COPY 
 FORM OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of April 13, 2006, by and between Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (“Executive”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive during the Employment Period, and Executive is willing to accept employment with the Company, on the
terms and conditions set forth herein; and 
 WHEREAS, the agreements of Executive in Sections 5, 6 and 7 are a material
inducement to enter into this Agreement. 
 In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions.
In this Agreement: 
 “Base Salary” has the meaning given to that term in Section 3(a). 
 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 “Cause” means Executive (i) is convicted of a felony or other crime involving dishonesty towards the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or material misuse of property of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (ii) engages in willful misconduct or fraud with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their customers or suppliers or an intentional act of dishonesty or disloyalty in the course of Executive’s
employment; (iii) refuses to perform Executive’s material obligations under this Agreement (except in connection with a Disability) as reasonably directed by the Board or the Company’s chief executive officer, which failure is not
cured within 15 days after written notice thereof to Executive; (iv) misappropriates one or more of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries material assets or business opportunities; or (v) breaches Sections 5, 6
or 7 hereof which breach, if capable of being cured, is not cured within 10 days of written notice thereof has been delivered to Executive. The Company may allow Executive an extension of time to cure a breach if the Board, in its sole
discretion, determines that such extension is appropriate under the circumstances. 
 “Company” has the meaning set forth in
the preamble above; provided, that references in Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof to the Company and its Subsidiaries include all predecessor entities which conducted the business that is the subject of the Merger. 

“Confidential Information” has the meaning given to that term in Section 5(a). 
 “Court” has the meaning given to that term in Section 7(b). 
 “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform the essential duties, responsibilities and functions of Executive’s
position with the Company and its Subsidiaries for a continuous period of 180 days as a result of any mental or physical disability or incapacity, as 

 
determined under the definition of disability in the Company’s long-term disability plan so as to qualify Executive for benefits under the terms of that
plan or as determined by an independent physician to the extent no such plan is then in effect. Executive shall cooperate in all respects with the Company if a question arises as to whether Executive has become disabled (including, without
limitation, submitting to an examination by a medical doctor or other health care specialists selected by the Company and authorizing such medical doctor or such other health care specialist to discuss Executive’s condition with the Company).

 “Employment Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Expiration Date or such earlier date
as contemplated in the proviso to Section 4(a). 
 “Expiration Date” means the third anniversary of the date
hereof; provided, that if a written notice is not given by the Company or Executive at least ninety (90) days prior to such anniversary (or any subsequent anniversary if this Agreement is extended) stating that such party is electing not
to extend the Employment Period, then the Expiration Date will automatically be extended to the next anniversary of the date hereof. 
 “Expiration Year” means the calendar year in which the Employment Period expires. 
 “Good Reason”
means the occurrence of any of the following events without the written consent of Executive: (i) a material diminution of Executive’s duties or the assignment to Executive of duties that are inconsistent in any substantial respect with
the position, authority or responsibilities associated with Executive’s position as set forth pursuant to Section 2(b), other than any such authorities, duties or responsibilities assigned at any time which are by their nature, or
which are identified at the time of assignment, as being temporary or short-term; (ii) the Company’s requiring Executive to be based at a location which is fifty (50) or more miles from Executive’s principal office location on
the date hereof; or (iii) a material breach by the Company of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, its obligations pursuant to Section 3) (which such breach goes uncured after notice and a
reasonable opportunity to cure). 
 “Merger” means the merger contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated January 18, 2006, by and among the Company, BCFWC Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and BCFWC Mergersub, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 
 “Termination Year” means the calendar year in which the Employment Period is terminated. 
 “Subsidiaries” means any corporation or other entity of which the securities or other ownership interests having the voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body are, at the time of
determination, owned by the Company, directly or through one of more Subsidiaries. 
 “Work Product” has the meaning given
to that term in Section 6. 
  

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 2. Employment, Position and Duties. 
 (a) The Company shall employ Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement for the Employment Period. 
 (b) During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as Vice President for
Real Estate of the Company and shall perform the normal duties, responsibilities and functions of a Vice President for Real Estate of a company of a similar size and type and shall have such power and authority as shall reasonably be required to
enable Executive to perform Executive’s duties hereunder, subject to the power and authority of the Board to expand or limit such duties, responsibilities, functions, power and authority and to overrule actions of officers of the Company in a
manner consistent with the traditional responsibilities of such office. 
 (c) During the Employment Period, Executive shall
(i) render such administrative, financial and other executive and managerial services to the Company and its Subsidiaries which are consistent with Executive’s position as the Board may from time to time direct, (ii) report to the
Board or the Company’s chief executive officer and shall devote Executive’s best efforts and Executive’s full business time and attention (except for permitted vacation periods and reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity) to
the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (iii) submit to the Board all business, commercial and investment opportunities presented to Executive or of which Executive becomes aware which relate to the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and unless approved by the Board in writing, Executive shall not pursue, directly or indirectly, any such opportunities on Executive’s own behalf. Executive shall perform Executive’s duties, responsibilities
and functions to the Company and its Subsidiaries hereunder to the best of Executive’s abilities in a diligent, trustworthy and professional manner. 
 3. Compensation and Benefits. 
 (a) During the Employment Period, Executive’s
base salary shall be a minimum of $285,000 per annum (as increased or decreased in accordance with this Agreement from time to time, the “Base Salary”), which salary shall be payable by the Company in regular installments in
accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices (in effect from time to time). Executive’s Base Salary will be subject to annual review and increase or decrease (but not below the Base Salary in effect on the date of this
Agreement) by the Board during the Employment Period. 
 (b) Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s
Senior Management Bonus Plan approved by the Board or a committee thereof, as in effect from time to time. In addition to the preceding, if Executive is a merchandise buyer, Executive’s bonus shall be determined pursuant to the bonus plan for
merchandise buyers established prior hereto and in effect on the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time by the Board or a committee thereof. 
 (c) This section intentionally omitted. 
  

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 (d) The Board, or a committee or appointee thereof, during the term of this Agreement,
shall review annually, or at more frequent intervals which the Board determines is appropriate, Executive’s compensation and may award Executive compensation as the Board deems appropriate in its sole discretion; provided,
however, that Executive’s base salary shall not be reduced pursuant to any such review or otherwise. 
 (e)
Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of paid vacation each calendar year in accordance with the Company’s policies, which if not taken in any year may not be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year and no compensation
shall be payable in lieu thereof. Such vacation will accrue as of January 1 of each year, except that during the remainder of the 2006 calendar year, Executive shall accrue four (4) weeks of paid vacation minus the amount of vacation
Executive previously took in 2006 as of the date of this Agreement. 
 (f) During the Employment Period, the Company shall
reimburse Executive for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in the course of performing Executive’s duties, responsibilities and functions under this Agreement which are consistent with the Company’s policies in effect
from time to time with respect to travel, entertainment and other business expenses, subject to the Company’s requirements with respect to reporting and documentation of such expenses. 
 (g) The Company shall provide Executive with the use of an automobile, at least comparable to the automobile provided to Executive prior
to the date of this Agreement. Such automobile shall be replaced with a new model of comparable make and model from time to time, but at least every three (3) years. The Company shall be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in
operation, maintenance, insurance and repair of such automobile. 
 (h) Executive shall be entitled to participate, on the
same basis as other executives of comparable level in the Company, in any compensation, bonus, incentive, award, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, stock award, stock option or other benefit, plan or arrangement of the Company (including,
without limitation, any plan sponsored by the entity owning or controlling the Company, or any affiliate of such entity) now existing or hereafter adopted; provided, however, the Company may restrict or exclude Executive’s
participation in any such plan, or the benefits thereunder, on such terms and conditions as the Company shall in its sole discretion determine, if at any time Executive shall be working fewer than five days a week or on other part-time basis during
regular business days. Executive also shall be entitled to hospital, health, disability, medical and life insurance, and any other benefits enjoyed, from time to time, by other salaried employees of the Company of comparable level, all upon terms as
favorable as those enjoyed by other salaried employees of comparable level of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3(h) to the contrary, if the Company adopts any change in the benefits provided for other salaried
employees of the Company of comparable level, and such policy is uniformly applied to all such employees of the Company (and any successor or acquirer of the Company, if any), then no such change shall be deemed a breach by the Company of this
Section 3(h). 
 (i) Executive will be indemnified and defended for acts performed (or omissions made) in
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extent specified in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and as permitted under Delaware law. 
 4. Termination and Payment Terms. 
 (a) The Employment Period shall end on the Expiration Date; provided, that (i) the Employment Period shall terminate prior to such date immediately upon Executive’s resignation, death or Disability
and (ii) the Employment Period may be terminated by resolution of the Board, with or without Cause at any time prior to such date. Except as otherwise provided herein, any termination of the Employment Period by the Company shall be effective
as specified in a written notice from the Company to Executive. 
 (b) If the Employment Period is terminated prior to the
Expiration Date: 
 (i) (A) by resolution of the Board (other than for Cause) or by Executive resigning for Good Reason or
(B) if the Employment Period expires on the Expiration Date, Executive shall be entitled to receive (1) all previously earned and accrued but unpaid Base Salary and vacation and unpaid business expenses up to the date of such termination
or the Expiration Date, as applicable, (2) any bonus (if any) earned by Executive for the fiscal year prior to the Termination Year or the Expiration Year, as applicable, but then unpaid, (3) the pro rata portion of Executive’s target
bonus during the Termination Year or the Expiration Year, as applicable, to the extent targets thereunder are achieved for such year, after such termination or expiration, pro rated based on the number of days of the Termination Year or the
Expiration Year, as applicable, prior to the date of termination or the Expiration Date, as applicable, which payment shall be made when the bonus payments for such Termination Year or the Expiration Year, as applicable, are otherwise due;
(4) severance pay in the full amount of Base Salary at the time of termination or expiration from the date of termination or the Expiration Date, as applicable, through the period ending on the first anniversary of the date of termination or
the Expiration Date, as applicable; and (5) full continuation of Executive’s hospital, health, disability, medical and life insurance benefits during the one year severance period (to the extent any of those benefits cannot be provided by
Company during the one year severance period, the Company will provide Executive with a sum of money calculated to permit Executive to obtain the same benefits individually, grossed up for tax purposes so that Executive remains whole); or

 (ii) for any other reason, including as a result of Executive’s death, Disability, voluntary resignation for other
than Good Reason or by resolution of the Board for Cause, Executive’s sole entitlement shall be to receive all previously earned and accrued but unpaid Base Salary, vacation and unpaid business expenses up to the date of such termination or
expiration and Executive shall not be entitled to any further Base Salary, bonus payments or benefits for that year or any future year, except as required by law, or to any other severance compensation of any kind. 
 (c) Executive agrees that: (i) Executive shall be entitled to the payments and services provided for in Sections 4(b)(i)(3),
4(b)(i)(4) and 4(b)(i)(5), if any, if and only if Executive has executed and delivered the Release attached as Exhibit A and seven (7) days have elapsed since such execution without any revocation thereof by Executive
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Executive has not breached as of the date of termination of the Employment Period the provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof and does
not breach such sections or such covenants at any time during the period for which such payments or services are to be made; and (ii) the Company’s obligation to make such payments and services will terminate upon the occurrence of any
such breach during such period. 
 (d) Except as stated above, any payments pursuant to Section 4(b) shall be paid
by the Company in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices, and following such payments the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive pursuant to this Section 4 except as provided
by law. All amounts payable to Executive as compensation hereunder shall be subject to all customary withholding, payroll and other taxes. The Company shall be entitled to deduct or withhold from any amounts payable to Executive any federal, state,
local or foreign withholding taxes, excise tax, or employment taxes imposed with respect to Executive’s compensation or other payments or Executive’s ownership interest in the Company (including, without limitation, wages, bonuses,
dividends, the receipt or exercise of equity options and/or the receipt or vesting of restricted equity). 
 (e) Executive
hereby agrees that except as expressly provided herein, no severance compensation of any kind, nature or amount shall be payable to Executive and except as expressly provided herein, Executive hereby irrevocably waives any claim for severance
compensation. 
 (f) Except as provided in Sections 4(b)(i) and 4(b)(ii) above, all of Executive’s rights
pursuant to Sections 3(e), 3(f), 3(g), and 3(h) shall cease upon the termination of the Employment Period. 
 5.
Confidential Information. 
 (a) Executive acknowledges and agrees that the information, observations and data
(including trade secrets) obtained by Executive while employed by the Company and its Subsidiaries concerning the business or affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the nature and structure of the Merger are the confidential information
(“Confidential Information”), and the property, of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the foregoing, the term “Confidential Information” shall be interpreted as broadly as possible to include all
observations, data and other information of any sort that are (i) related to any past, current or potential business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors, and any other business related to any of the
foregoing, and (ii) not generally known to and available for use by those within the line of business or industry of the Company or by the public (except to the extent such information has become generally known to and available for use by the
public as a direct or indirect result of Executive’s acts or omissions) including all (A) Work Product (as defined below); (B) information concerning development, acquisition or investment opportunities in or reasonably related to the
business or industry of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of which Executive is aware or becomes aware during the term of his employment; (C) information identifying or otherwise concerning any current, former or prospective suppliers,
distributors, contractors, agents or customers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) development, transition, integration and transformation plans, methodologies, processes and methods of doing business; (E) strategic, marketing,
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and financial information (including all financial statements), business and expansion plans, including plans and information regarding planned, projected
and/or potential sales, pricing, discount and cost information; (F) information identifying or otherwise concerning employees, independent contractors and consultants; (G) information on new and existing programs and services, prices,
terms, and related information; (H) the terms of this Agreement; (I) all information marked, or otherwise designated, as confidential by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or which Executive should reasonably know is confidential or
proprietary information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (J) all information or materials similar or related to any of the foregoing, in whatever form or medium, whether now existing or arising hereafter (and regardless of whether
merely stored in the mind of Executive or employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or embodied in a tangible form or medium); and (L) all tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing. 
 (b) Therefore, Executive agrees that, except as required by law or court order, including, without limitation, depositions,
interrogatories, court testimony, and the like (and in such case provided that Executive must give the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, prompt written notice of any such legal requirement, disclose no more information than is so
required and seek, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, confidential treatment where available and cooperate fully with all efforts by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries to obtain a protective order or similar confidentiality treatment for
such information), Executive shall not disclose to any unauthorized person or entity or use for Executive’s own purposes any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Board, unless and to the extent that the Confidential
Information becomes generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a direct or indirect result of Executive’s acts or omissions. Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination or expiration of the Employment
Period, or at any other time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) embodying or relating to the Confidential Information
(including any Work Product (as defined below)) or the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries which Executive may then possess or have under Executive’s control and if, at any time thereafter, any such materials are brought to
Executive’s attention or Executive discovers them in his possession or control, Executive shall deliver such materials to the Company immediately upon such notice or discovery. 
 6. Intellectual Property, Inventions and Patents. Executive acknowledges and agrees that all discoveries, concepts, ideas, inventions,
innovations, improvements, developments, methods, specifications, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, patents and patent applications, processes, programs, systems, software, firmware, materials, plans, sketches, models, know-how, devices,
developments, data, databases, technology, trade secrets, works of authorship, copyrightable works and mask works (whether or not including any confidential information) and all registrations or applications related thereto, all other intellectual
property or proprietary information and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable or copyrightable and whether or not reduced to tangible form or practice) which relate to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by Executive (whether alone or jointly with others) while employed by the Company or its predecessors and
its Subsidiaries (“Work Product”) shall be deemed to be “work made for hire” (as defined in the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 101 et seq., as amended) and owned exclusively 

  

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by the Company. To the extent that any Work Product is not deemed to be “work made for hire” under applicable law, and all right, title and
interest in and to such Work Product have not automatically vested in the Company, Executive hereby (A) irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, and shall assign transfer and convey, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, all right,
title and interest in and to the Work Product on a worldwide basis to the Company (or such other person or entity as the Company shall designate), without further consideration, and (B) waives all moral rights in or to all Work Product, and to
the extent such rights may not be waived, agrees not to assert such rights against the Company or its respective licensees, successors or assigns. Executive shall, at the Company’s expense, execute all documents and perform all actions
reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish, confirm, evidence, effectuate, maintain, protect, enforce, perfect, record, patent or register any of the Company’s rights hereunder (including,
without limitation, assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments). 
 7. Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation. 

(a) In further consideration of the compensation to be paid to Executive hereunder, Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the
course of Executive’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries Executive shall become familiar, and during Executive’s employment with the predecessors of the Company and its Subsidiaries, Executive has become familiar, with the
Company’s trade secrets and with other Confidential Information and that Executive’s services have been and shall be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company and its Subsidiaries, and therefore, Executive agrees that,
during his or her employment with the Company and for a period of one year thereafter (the “Non-Compete Period”;provided, that if Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company with Cause, the Non-Compete Period
shall terminate on the date of such termination), Executive shall not directly or indirectly (whether as an owner, partner, shareholder, agent, officer, director, employee, independent contractor, consultant or otherwise) own any interest in,
operate, invest in, manage, control, participate in, consult with, render services for (alone or in association with any person or entity), in any manner engage in any business activity on behalf of a Competing Business within any geographical area
in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operates or plan to operate. Nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded, so long as
Executive has no active participation in the business of such corporation. For purposes of this paragraph, “Competing Business” means each of the following entities, together with their respective subsidiaries and
affiliates: TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Ross Stores, Stein Mart, Century 21, Forman Mills, Schottenstein Stores and Daffy Dan’s. 
 (b) During the Non-Compete Period, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, and shall ensure that any person or entity controlled by Executive does not, (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary to leave the employ of the Company or such Subsidiary, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary and any employee thereof, (ii) hire, directly or through another person, any
person (whether or not solicited) who was an executive of the Company or any Subsidiary at any time within the one year period before Executive’s termination from employment, (iii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier,
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engage in or assist any person or entity in engaging in any Competing Business or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer,
supplier, licensee or business relation and the Company or any Subsidiary (Executive understands that any person or entity that Executive contacted during the one year period prior to the date of Executive’s termination of employment for the
purpose of soliciting sales from such person or entity shall be regarded as a “potential customer” of the Company and its Subsidiaries as to whom the Company has a protectible proprietary interest) or (iv) make or solicit or encourage
others to make or solicit directly or indirectly any defamatory statement or communication about the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, products, services or activities (it being understood that such
restriction shall not prohibit truthful testimony compelled by valid legal process). 
 8. Enforcement. 
 (a) Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company entered into this Agreement in reliance on the provisions of Sections 5,
6 and 7 and the enforcement of this Agreement is necessary to ensure the preservation, protection and continuity of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and other Confidential Information and goodwill of the Company and its
Subsidiaries to the extent and for the periods of time expressly agreed to herein. Executive acknowledges and agrees that he has carefully read this Agreement and has given careful consideration to the restraints imposed upon Executive by this
Agreement, and is in full accord as to their necessity for the reasonable and proper protection of confidential and proprietary information of the Company and its Subsidiaries now existing or to be developed in the future. Executive expressly
acknowledges and agrees that each and every restraint imposed by this Agreement is reasonable with respect to subject matter, time period and geographical area. 
 (b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, the Company or its Subsidiaries may pursue, at its discretion, enforcement of
Sections 5, 6 and 7 in any court of competent jurisdiction (each a “Court”). 
 (c)
Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under
any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if
such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. More specifically, if any Court determines that any of the covenants set forth in Sections 5, 6 and 7 are overbroad or unreasonable under
applicable law in duration, geographical area or scope, the parties to this Agreement specifically agree and authorize such Court to rewrite this Agreement to reflect the maximum duration, geographical area and/or scope permitted under applicable
law. 
 (d) Because Executive’s services are unique and because Executive has intimate knowledge of and access to
Confidential Information and Work Product, the parties hereto agree that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of Sections 5, 6 and 7, and any breach of the terms of Sections 5, 6 and
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damage to the Company and its Subsidiaries for which the Company and its Subsidiaries would have no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, in the event of a
breach or threatened breach of Sections 5, 6 and 7, the Company or its successors or assigns, in addition to any other rights and remedies existing in their favor at law or in equity, shall be entitled to specific performance
and/or immediate injunctive or other equitable relief from a Court in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without posting a bond or other security), without having to prove damages. The terms of this
Section 8 shall not prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from pursuing any other available remedies for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, including the recovery of damages from Executive. 
 9. Executive’s Representations. Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that (i) the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by Executive do not and shall not conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any contract, agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which Executive is a party or by which he is bound, (ii) Executive is
not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, noncompete agreement or confidentiality agreement with any other person or entity and (iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Agreement shall be the valid
and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms. EXECUTIVE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES, AGREES AND REPRESENTS THAT EXECUTIVE HAS CONSULTED WITH INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXECUTIVE’S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS OF THE RELEASE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A AND THAT EXECUTIVE FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN AND THEREIN. 
 10. Survival. Section 3(i) and Sections 4 through 20, inclusive, shall survive and continue in full force in accordance
with their terms notwithstanding the termination of the Employment Period. 
 11. Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be either personally delivered, sent by reputable overnight courier service with confirmation of delivery, sent by facsimile (with evidence of transmission) or mailed by first class mail, return receipt requested, to
the recipient at the address below indicated: 
 To Executive: 
 ______________________________ 
 To the Company: 
 Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation 
 1830 Route 130 
 Burlington, New Jersey 08016

 Attention: General Counsel 
 Facsimile No.: (609) 239-9675 
  

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 with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to: 
 Bain Capital Partners, LLC 
 111 Huntington
Avenue 
 Boston, Massachusetts 02199 
 Attention: Jordan Hitch 
 Facsimile No.: (617) 516-2010 
 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 
 153 East 53rd
Street 
 New York, NY 10022 
 Attention: Lance Balk, Esq. and 
                  Christopher Neumann, Esq. 
 Facsimile No.: (212) 446-6460 
 or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party shall have specified by
prior written notice to the sending party. Any notice under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when personally delivered, one (1) business day following delivery to the overnight courier service, if given by facsimile, when such
facsimile is transmitted to the applicable fax number specified above and the appropriate facsimile confirmation is received, or if so mailed, on receipt. 
 12. Complete Agreement. This Agreement and those other documents expressly referred to herein embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersede and preempt any prior
understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. 
 13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement. 
 14. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive, the Company and their
respective heirs, successors and assigns; provided, that the services provided by Executive under this Agreement are of a personal nature and rights and obligations of Executive under this Agreement shall not be assignable. 
 15. Choice of Law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of New York shall control the interpretation and construction of this Agreement, even though under that
jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply. 
  

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 16. Consent to Jurisdiction. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
OR THEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICE OR DOCUMENT BY U.S. REGISTERED MAIL TO SUCH PARTY’S RESPECTIVE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 11 SHALL BE EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR
ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTERS TO WHICH IT HAS SUBMITTED TO JURISDICTION IN THIS SECTION 16. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION,
SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN AND HEREBY AND THEREBY
FURTHER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. 
 17. Waiver of Jury Trial. AS A SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AFTER HAVING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
 18. Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the prior written consent of the Company (as
approved by the Board) and Executive, and no course of conduct or course of dealing or failure or delay by any party hereto in enforcing or exercising any of the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Company’s right
to terminate the Employment Period for Cause) shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or be deemed to be an implied waiver of any provision of this Agreement. 
 19. Key Man Life Insurance. The Company may apply for and obtain and maintain a key man life insurance policy in the name of Executive together
with other executives of the Company in an amount deemed sufficient by the Board, the beneficiary of which shall be the Company. Executive shall submit to physical examinations and answer reasonable questions in connection with the application and,
if obtained, the maintenance of, as may be required, such insurance policy. 
 20. Executive’s Cooperation. During the Employment
Period and thereafter, Executive shall cooperate with the Company and its Subsidiaries in any internal investigation or administrative, regulatory or judicial proceeding as reasonably requested by the Company 

  

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(including, without limitation, Executive being available to the Company upon reasonable notice for interviews and factual investigations, appearing at the
Company’s request to give testimony without requiring service of a subpoena or other legal process, volunteering to the Company all pertinent information and turning over to the Company all relevant documents which are or may come into
Executive’s possession, all at times and on schedules that are reasonably consistent with Executive’s other permitted activities and commitments). In the event the Company requires Executive’s cooperation in accordance with this
section after the termination of the Employment Period, the Company shall reimburse Executive for all of Executive’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred, in connection therewith, plus pay Executive a reasonable amount per day for
Executive’s time spent. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

  

			
	BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY WAREHOUSE CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	  
		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

		
		 	  
		 	 Employee

 Exhibit A 
 GENERAL RELEASE 
 I, Robert Grapski, in consideration of and subject to the performance by Burlington
Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), of its obligations with respect to the payment of severance pursuant to Sections 4(b)(i)(3), 4(b)(i)(4) and
4(b)(i)(5) of the Employment Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2006 (the “Agreement”) and this General Release (the “General Release”), do hereby release and forever discharge as of the date hereof the
Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and all present and former directors, officers, agents, representatives, employees, successors and assigns of the Companies and their subsidiaries and affiliates and the Company’s direct and indirect
owners (collectively, the “Released Parties”) to the extent provided below. 
  

	1.	I understand that any payments paid to me under Sections 4(b)(i)(3), 4(b)(i)(4) and 4(b)(i)(5) of the Agreement represent consideration for signing this General
Release and are not salary or wages to which I was already entitled. I understand and agree that I will not receive the payments specified in Sections 4(b)(i)(3), 4(b)(i)(4) and 4(b)(i)(5) of the Agreement unless I execute this
General Release and do not revoke this General Release within the time period permitted hereafter or breach this General Release or Sections 5, 6 or 7 of the Agreement. Such payments will not be considered compensation for
purposes of any employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement maintained or hereafter established by the Company or its affiliates. I also acknowledge and represent that I have received all salary, wages and bonuses that I am entitled to
receive (as of the date hereof) by virtue of any employment by the Company. 

  

	2.	 Except as provided in paragraphs 4, 12 and 13 below and except for the provisions of the Agreement which expressly survive the termination of my employment with the
Company, I knowingly and voluntarily (for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns) release and forever discharge the Company and the other Released Parties from any and all claims, suits, controversies, actions, causes of action,
cross-claims, counter-claims, demands, debts, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs and attorneys’ fees, or liabilities of any nature whatsoever in law and in equity, both past
and present (through the date this General Release becomes effective and enforceable) and whether known or unknown, suspected, or claimed against the Company or any of the Released Parties which I, my spouse, or any of my heirs, executors,
administrators or assigns, may have, which arise out of or are connected with my employment with, or my separation or termination from, the Company (including, but not limited to, any allegation, claim or violation, arising under: Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (including the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act); the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended; the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act; any applicable Executive Order Programs; the Fair Labor Standards Act; or their state or local counterparts; or under any
other federal, state or local civil or human rights law, or under any other local, state, or federal law, regulation or ordinance; or under any public policy, contract or tort, or under common law; or arising under any policies, practices or
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Company; or any claim for wrongful discharge, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, defamation; or any claim for costs, fees, or other
expenses, including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters) (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as the “Claims”). 

  

	3.	I represent that I have made no assignment or transfer of any right, claim, demand, cause of action, or other matter covered by paragraph 2 above. 

  

	4.	I agree that this General Release does not waive or release any rights or claims that I may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 which arise after the date I
execute this General Release. I acknowledge and agree that my engagement and employment by, and separation from employment with the Company in compliance with the terms of the Agreement shall not serve as the basis for any claim or action
(including, without limitation, any claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967). 

  

	5.	In signing this General Release, I acknowledge and intend that it shall be effective as a bar to each and every one of the Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I expressly
consent that this General Release shall be given full force and effect according to each and all of its express terms and provisions, including those relating to unknown and unsuspected Claims (notwithstanding any state statute that expressly limits
the effectiveness of a general release of unknown, unsuspected and unanticipated Claims), if any, as well as those relating to any other Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I acknowledge and agree that this waiver is an essential and material
term of this General Release and that without such waiver the Company would not have agreed to make any payments pursuant to the terms of Sections 4(b)(i)(3), 4(b)(i)(4) and 4(b)(i)(5) of the Agreement. I further agree that in
the event I should bring a Claim seeking damages against the Company or any other Released Party, or in the event I should seek to recover against the Company or any other Released Party in any Claim brought by a governmental agency on my behalf,
this General Release shall serve as a complete defense to such Claims. I further agree that I am not aware of any pending charge or complaint of the type described in paragraph 2 as of the execution of this General Release. 

 

	6.	I agree that neither this General Release, nor the furnishing of the consideration for this General Release, shall be deemed or construed at any time to be an admission by the
Company, any Released Party or myself of any improper or unlawful conduct. 

  

	7.	I agree that I will forfeit all amounts payable by the Company pursuant to Sections 4(b)(i)(3), 4(b)(i)(4) and 4(b)(i)(5) of the Agreement if I challenge the
validity of this General Release. I also agree that if I violate this General Release by suing the Company or the other Released Parties, I will return all severance payments received by me pursuant to Sections 4(b)(i)(3), 4(b)(i)(4)
and 4(b)(i)(5) of the Agreement. 

  

	8.	I agree that this General Release is confidential and agree not to disclose any information regarding the terms of this General Release, except to my immediate family and any tax,
legal or other advisor I have consulted regarding the meaning or effect hereof or as required by law, and I will instruct each of the foregoing not to disclose the same to anyone. 

  

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	9.	Any non-disclosure provision in this General Release does not prohibit or restrict me (or my attorney) from responding to any inquiry about this General Release or its underlying
facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), any other self-regulatory organization or governmental entity. 

  

	10.	I agree that, as of the date hereof, I have returned to the Company any and all property, tangible or intangible, relating to its business, which I possessed or had control over at
any time (including, but not limited to, company-provided credit cards, building or office access cards, keys, computer equipment, manuals, files, documents, records, software, customer data base and other data) and that I shall not retain any
copies, compilations, extracts, excerpts, summaries or other notes of any such manuals, files, documents, records, software, customer data base or other data other than such documents as are generally or publicly known; provided, that such
documents are not known as a result of my breach or actions in violation of the Agreement or this General Release. 

  

	11.	Notwithstanding anything in this General Release to the contrary, this General Release shall not relinquish, diminish, or in any way affect any rights or claims arising out of any
breach by the Company or by any Released Party of the Agreement after the date hereof or any other rights or claims I may have against the Company or any Released Party arising after the date hereof. 

  

	12.	Whenever possible, each provision of this General Release shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this General
Release is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this
General Release shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. 

  

	13.	As set forth in Section 10 of the Agreement, Sections 4 through 20 of the Agreement, inclusive, survived the termination of my employment and are
incorporated herein and made part hereof. 

 BY SIGNING THIS GENERAL RELEASE, I REPRESENT AND AGREE THAT:

  

	 	(i)	I HAVE READ IT CAREFULLY; 

  

	 	(ii)	I UNDERSTAND ALL OF ITS TERMS AND KNOW THAT I AM GIVING UP IMPORTANT RIGHTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RIGHTS UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967, AS AMENDED,
TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED; THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963 AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990; 

  

	 	(iii)	I VOLUNTARILY CONSENT TO EVERYTHING IN IT; 

  

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	 	(iv)	I HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE EXECUTING IT AND I HAVE DONE SO OR, AFTER CAREFUL READING AND CONSIDERATION I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO DO SO OF MY OWN VOLITION;

  

	 	(v)	I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 21 DAYS (OR 45 DAYS, AS REQUIRED BY LAW) FROM THE DATE OF MY RECEIPT OF THIS RELEASE SUBSTANTIALLY IN ITS FINAL FORM ON
                         ,              TO
CONSIDER IT AND THE CHANGES MADE SINCE THE                          ,
             VERSION OF THIS RELEASE ARE NOT MATERIAL AND WILL NOT RESTART THE REQUIRED 21-DAY (OR 45-DAY, AS APPLICABLE) PERIOD; 

  

	 	(vi)	ANY CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT SINCE [            , 2006] EITHER ARE NOT MATERIAL OR WERE MADE AT MY REQUEST.

  

	 	(vii)	I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS RELEASE TO REVOKE IT AND THAT THIS RELEASE SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE OR ENFORCEABLE UNTIL THE REVOCATION PERIOD HAS
EXPIRED WITHOUT NOTICE OF ANY SUCH REVOCATION HAVING BEEN RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY; 

  

	 	(viii)	I HAVE SIGNED THIS GENERAL RELEASE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AND WITH THE ADVICE OF ANY COUNSEL RETAINED TO ADVISE ME WITH RESPECT TO IT; AND 

  

	 	(ix)	I AGREE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS GENERAL RELEASE MAY NOT BE AMENDED, WAIVED, CHANGED OR MODIFIED EXCEPT BY AN INSTRUMENT IN WRITING SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
COMPANY AND BY ME. 

  

					
		 		 	
			
	 DATE: ________________
	 		 	   
		 		 	

  

 4Advisory Agreement

 Exhibit 10.26 
 EXECUTION COPY 
 ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
 This Advisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 13, 2006 (the “Effective Date”),
by and among Burlington Coat Factory Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Bain Capital Partners, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Bain”). Certain defined terms that are used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in Section 18. 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain Bain with respect to the services described herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows: 
 1. Term. This Agreement shall be in effect for an initial term commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Term”), which Term shall
automatically be extended thereafter on a year to year basis unless the Company or Bain provides written notice of its desire to terminate this Agreement to Bain or the Company, as applicable, at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the Term or
any extension thereof. In addition, in connection with the consummation of a Change in Control or the Initial Public Offering, Bain may terminate this Agreement by delivery of written notice of termination to the Company. The provisions of
Sections 3(d), 5, through 18 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 
 2. Services. Bain shall perform or cause to be
performed such services for the Company and/or its subsidiaries as mutually agreed by Bain and the Company, which services may include, without limitation, the following: 
 (a) general executive, management and consulting services; 
 (b) identification, support, negotiation and analysis of acquisitions and dispositions by the Company and/or its subsidiaries; 

(c) support, negotiation and advice in connecting with financing dispositions, mergers, combinations and change of control
transactions, and refinancing of existing indebtedness involving the Company (however structured); 
 (d) finance functions,
including assistance in the preparation of financial projections and monitoring of compliance with financing agreements; 
 (e) real estate functions, including management and monitoring of real estate properties and development and implementation of real estate strategies; 
 (f) marketing functions, including monitoring of marketing plans and strategies; 
 (g) human resources functions, including searching and hiring of executives; and 

 (h) other services for the Company and its subsidiaries upon which the Company and Bain
agree. 
 3. Fees and Expenses. 
 (a) The Company will pay Bain or its designees a fee in the aggregate amount of $21,400,000 for services rendered in connection with debt financing of the transactions (the “Merger”) contemplated by the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 18, 2006, by and among the Company, Holdings, and BCFWC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Such fee will be payable to Bain or its designee by wire transfer of immediately available funds
on the Effective Date. In addition, the Company will reimburse Bain or its designees, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the Effective Date, for its reasonable travel expenses and other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses
(including the fees and expenses of accountants, attorneys and other advisors retained by Bain) incurred in connection with the foregoing and the investigation, negotiation, and consummation of the Merger. 
 (b) During the Term of this Agreement, the Company will pay Bain an quarterly fee (the “Periodic Fee”) for each fiscal
quarter of the Company equal to $1 million. The Periodic Fee will be payable in advance to Bain or its designees by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the first business day of the first month of each fiscal quarter. The pro-rated
amount of the Periodic Fee for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the last day of the Company’s fiscal quarter ending on or about May 31, 2006, will be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the
Effective Date. 
 (c) The Company will reimburse Bain for such reasonable travel expenses and other reasonable out-of-pocket
fees and expenses (including the fees and expenses of accountants, attorneys and other advisors retained by Bain) as may be incurred by Bain and its partners, members, employees or agents in connection with the rendering of services pursuant to this
Agreement. Such expenses will be reimbursed by wire transfer of immediately available funds promptly upon the request of Bain (but in any case no later than five business days following such request) and will be in addition to any other fees or
amounts payable to Bain pursuant to this Agreement. 
 (d) The Company will pay Bain or its designees a fee equal to 1% of the
aggregate value each transaction that is completed during the Term (or completed after any termination of this Agreement, if such transaction was contemplated at the time of termination of the Agreement) resulting in a Change in Control,
acquisition, disposition or divestiture, spin-off, split-off, or financing (whether debt or equity financing) by or involving Holdings, the Company or their respective subsidiaries (however structured). Any such fee will be payable to Bain or its
designees by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the date on which such transaction is consummated. 
 (e) In the
event of a termination of this Agreement, the Company shall pay in cash to Bain (a) all unpaid fees and expenses due under Section 3 of this Agreement with respect to the period ending on the termination date, plus (b) the net present
value (using a discount rate equal to the yield as of such termination date on U.S. Treasury securities of like maturity) of the Periodic Fees that would have been payable with respect to the period from the termination date 

  

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through the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date or, in the case of any extension thereof, through the end of such extension period. 
 4. Personnel. Bain will provide and devote to the performance of this Agreement such partners, employees and agents of such Bain as it shall deem
appropriate to the furnishing of the services mutually agreed upon by the Company and Bain; it being understood that no minimum number of hours is required to be devoted by Bain on a weekly, monthly, annual, or other basis. The fees and other
compensation specified in this Agreement will be payable by the Company regardless of the extent of services requested by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and regardless of whether or not the Company requests Bain to provide any such
services. The Company acknowledges that the services of Bain are not exclusive, and that Bain will render similar services to other Persons (including with the same partners, employees, and agents thereof as may render services to the Company).

 5. Liability. Neither Bain nor any of its Affiliates or any of their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers,
members, employees or agents (collectively, the “Bain Group”) shall be liable to Holdings, the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or Stockholders for any loss, liability, damage or expense (including
attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, a “Loss”) arising out of or in connection with the performance of services contemplated by this Agreement. Bain does not make any representations or warranties, express or implied,
in respect of the services provided by any member of the Bain Group. Except as Bain may otherwise agree in writing after the date hereof with respect to itself or its Affiliates: (i) each member of the Bain Group shall have the right to, and
shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly: (A) engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as Holdings, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates and (B) do business with any
client or customer of Holdings, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates; (ii) no member of the Bain Group shall be liable to Holdings, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or Stockholders for breach of any duty (contractual or
otherwise) by reason of any such activities or of such Person’s participation therein; and (iii) in the event that any member of the Bain Group acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for
Holdings, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or Stockholders on the one hand, and any member of the Bain Group, on the other hand, or any other Person, no member of the Bain Group shall have any duty (contractual or otherwise) to
communicate or present such corporate opportunity to Holdings, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or Stockholders and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Bain Group shall not be liable to Holdings, its
subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or Stockholders for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that any member of the Bain Group directly or indirectly pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such
opportunity to another Person, or does not present such opportunity to Holdings, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or Stockholders. In no event will any of the parties hereto be liable to any other party hereto for (i) any indirect,
special, incidental or consequential damages, including lost profits or savings, whether or not such damages are foreseeable, arising out of this Agreement or the performance of services hereunder, or (ii) in respect of any liabilities relating
to any third party claims (whether based in contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of this Agreement or the performance of services hereunder, except as set forth in Section 6 below. 
  

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 6. Indemnity. The Company and its subsidiaries shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless each
member of the Bain Group from and against any and all Losses arising from any claim by any Person with respect to, or in any way related to, this Agreement (collectively, “Claims”) arising out of or in connection with the
performance of services contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise provided by any member of the Bain Group to, or otherwise in connection with the operation of, Holdings or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates (whether during or after the Term).
The Company and its subsidiaries shall defend at their own cost and expense any and all suits or actions (just or unjust) which may be brought against Holdings, its subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates, or any member of the Bain Group or in which
any member of the Bain Group may be impleaded with others upon any Claims, or upon any matter, directly or indirectly related to or arising out of this Agreement or the performance hereof by any member of the Bain Group. If the indemnification
provided for above is unavailable in respect of any Losses, then the Company, in lieu indemnifying any member of the Bain Group, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such member of the Bain Group in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of Holdings, the Company and their subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such member, on the other hand, in connection with the actions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other equitable considerations. 

7. Independent Contractor. Bain and the Company agree that Bain shall perform services hereunder as an independent contractor, retaining
control over and responsibility for its own operations and personnel. Neither Bain nor any of its partners, members, employees or agents shall be considered employees or agents of Holdings, the Company or any of their subsidiaries as a result of
this Agreement nor shall any of them have authority under this Agreement to contract in the name of or bind Holdings, the Company or any of their subsidiaries, except as expressly agreed to in writing by Holdings, the Company or any of their
subsidiaries, respectively. 
 8. Notices. All notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or mailed,
postage prepaid, addressed to the parties as follows: 
 To the Company: 
 Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation 
 1830 Route 130 
 Burlington, New Jersey 08016 
 Attention: General Counsel 
 Telephone No.: (609) 387-7800 
 Facsimile No.: (609) 239-8242 
 To
Bain: 
 Bain Capital Partners, LLC 
 111 Huntington Avenue 
 Boston, MA 02199 
 Attention: Jordan Hitch 
 Telephone No.: (617) 516-2000 
 Facsimile No.: (617) 516-2010 
  

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 with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 
 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 
 153 East
53rd Street 
 New York, New York 10022 
 Attention: Lance Balk, Esq. and Christopher Neumann, Esq. 
 Telephone No.: (212) 446-4800 
 Facsimile
No: (212) 446-6460 
 9. Successors. This Agreement and all the obligations and benefits hereunder shall inure to the successors
and permitted assigns of the parties. 
 10. Assignment. No party may assign any obligations hereunder to any other party without the
prior written consent of each of the other parties; provided, that Bain may, without consent of the Company, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates. 
 11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by each party hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be deemed an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. 
 12. Entire
Agreement. The terms and conditions hereof constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all previous communications, either oral or written, representations or
warranties of any kind whatsoever, except as expressly set forth herein. 
 13. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any
term, provision or condition of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and executed by the Company and Bain. No waiver on any one occasion shall extend to or effect or be construed as a waiver of any right or remedy on any other
occasion. No course of dealing of any Person nor any delay or omission in exercising any right or remedy shall constitute an amendment of this Agreement or a waiver of any right or remedy of any party hereto. 
 14. Governing Law. All issues concerning this agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 15. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party to this Agreement, by its execution hereof, (a) hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of New York, County of New York for the purpose of any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising
out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof, (b) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, and agrees not to allow any of its subsidiaries to assert, by way of
motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such proceeding brought

  

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in one of the above-named courts is improper, or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such court and
(c) hereby agrees not to commence or maintain any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof
or thereof other than before one of the above-named courts nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise),
inquiry, proceeding or investigation to any court other than one of the above-named courts whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any party hereto is or becomes a party in any
litigation in connection with which it may assert indemnification rights set forth in this agreement, the court in which such litigation is being heard shall be deemed to be included in clause (a) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any party
to this Agreement may commence and maintain an action to enforce a judgment of any of the above-named courts in any court of competent jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner
permitted by New York law, and agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 8 hereof is reasonably calculated to give actual notice. 
 16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES AND COVENANTS
THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE OR ACTION, CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION OR SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), INQUIRY, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION
ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. EACH PARTY HERETO
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO THAT THIS SECTION 16 CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT UPON WHICH THEY ARE RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL
COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 16 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. 
 17. Joint and Several Liability. Each obligation described herein of Holdings, the Company and/or its subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall be a joint and several obligation of Holdings and its subsidiaries.
If requested by Bain, then Holdings shall cause any of its subsidiaries to sign a counterpart signature page to this Agreement to evidence such joint and several liability. Upon an underwritten registered public offering of capital stock of any
subsidiary of the Company, Bain may cause such subsidiary (and its subsidiaries) to be released from joint and several liability for obligations hereunder arising after the closing of such offering, but this Agreement shall continue in full force
and be binding on Holdings, the Company, and all of their other subsidiaries unless otherwise terminated in accordance with Section 1. 
  

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 18. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: 
 “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person which directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person (for the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise); provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall be deemed an Affiliate of any of the Stockholders of
Holdings (and vice versa), or (ii) if such Person or other Person is an investment fund, any other investment fund the primary investment advisor to which is the primary investment advisor to either Person or an Affiliate thereof. 

“Change in Control” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions (whether by merger, consolidation or sale or
transfer of Holdings’ capital stock or assets (including stock of its subsidiaries), or otherwise) in which an Independent Third Party acquires directly or indirectly (i) shares of Holdings’ capital stock which represent more then 50%
of the total voting power in Holdings or (ii) by lease, license, sale or otherwise, all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. 
 “Independent Third Party” means any Person, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended) that, immediately prior to the contemplated transaction or series of related transactions, does not own in excess of 5% of Holdings’ common stock on a fully-diluted basis, who is not an Affiliate of any such 5% owner of
Holdings’ common stock and who is not the spouse or descendent (by birth or adoption) of any such 5% owner of Holdings’ common stock. 
 “Initial Public Offering” shall mean the initial public offering and sale of shares of capital stock of Holdings, Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings, Inc., or the Company (or any successor) for cash pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or equivalent foreign securities laws (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 (or any similar or successor form)). 
 “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, joint venture, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, entity or division, or any government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 “Stockholders” means, with respect to any Person, a current or former owner (whether registered or beneficial) of any capital stock of such Person. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

  

			
	HOLDINGS:
	
	BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY HOLDINGS, INC.
		
	By: 	 	/s/ John Tudor

			
	Name: John Tudor
	Its: Vice President
	
	COMPANY:
	
	BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY WAREHOUSE CORPORATION
		
	By: 	 	/s/ Paul Tang

			
	Name: Paul Tang
	Its: Executive Vice President
	
	BAIN:
	
	BAIN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
		
	By: 	 	/s/ John Tudor

			
	Name: John Tudor
	Its: Managing Director

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