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GUARANTEE

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and in connection with
that certain funding agreement (the “Funding Agreement”), entered into by and between Principal
Life Insurance Company, an Iowa insurance company (“Principal Life”), and Principal Life Income
Fundings Trust 2006-57, a New York common law trust (the “Trust”), relating to the notes (the
“Notes”) issued by the Trust, Principal Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the
indirect parent company of Principal Life (the “Guarantor”), hereby furnishes to the Trust its full
and unconditional guarantee of the Guaranteed Amounts (as hereinafter defined) as follows:

	 	1.	 	Guarantee.

          (a) The Guarantor hereby fully, irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as a
guarantee of payment and not merely as a guarantee of collection, immediate payment when due to the
Trust any payments required to be made by Principal Life to the Trust under the Funding Agreement
which shall become due and payable regardless of whether such payment is due at maturity, on an
interest payment date or as a result of redemption or otherwise (the “Scheduled Payments”) but
shall be unpaid by Principal Life (the “Guaranteed Amounts”). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Guaranteed Amounts exceed the Deposit (as defined
in the Funding Agreement) of the Funding Agreement, plus accrued but unpaid interest and any other
amounts due and owing under the Funding Agreement, less any amounts paid by Principal Life to the
Trust.

          (b) In the event that Principal Life fails to make a Scheduled Payment in full when due (the
“Payment Notice Date”), then the Trust or Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee for the benefit of
the holders of the Notes (the “Indenture Trustee”), pursuant to the indenture (the “Indenture”)
between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, may present the Guarantor with notice (each, a
“Payment Notice”) of such failure in writing on or after the Payment Notice Date. The Payment
Notice shall identify (1) the Funding Agreement, (2) the Trust, (3) the Payment Notice Date and (4)
the amount of the Scheduled Payments not paid by Principal Life to the Trust as of the Payment
Notice Date. Upon receipt of such Payment Notice, the Guarantor will immediately pay the
Guaranteed Amounts pursuant to Section 7.

          (c) In the event that, after receipt of a Payment Notice from the Trust, the Guarantor fails
to make immediate payment to the Trust or the Indenture Trustee of the Guaranteed Amounts, then
the Trust and the Indenture Trustee may enforce the obligations of the Guarantor under this
Guarantee, including by immediately bringing suit directly against the Guarantor (without first
bringing suit against Principal Life) for the Guaranteed Amounts not paid to the Trust as of the
Payment Notice Date.

          (d) This Guarantee is an unsecured, unsubordinated and contingent obligation of the Guarantor
and ranks equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor.

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     2. Termination. This Guarantee is a continuing and irrevocable guarantee of the
Guaranteed Amounts now or hereafter existing and shall terminate and be of no further force and
effect with respect to the Funding Agreement and the Notes upon the full payment of the Scheduled
Payments or upon the earlier extinguishment of the obligations of Principal Life under the Funding
Agreement.

     3. Amendments. Subject to the trust agreement relating to the Trust and the Indenture, no
provision of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or modified, except by a written
instrument executed by the Trust and the Guarantor.

     4. Assignment; Governing Law. This Guarantee shall inure to the benefit of the Trust and its
successors, assigns and pledgees. This Guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles.

     5. Notices. All notices given pursuant to this Guarantee shall be in writing, and shall
either be delivered, mailed or telecopied to the locations listed below or at such other address or
to the attention of such other persons as such party shall have designated for such purpose in a
written notice complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 5. Each such notice shall
be effective (i) if given by telecopy, when transmitted to the applicable number so specified in
this Section 5 (such notice shall also be sent by mail, with first class postage prepaid), (ii) if
given by mail, three days after deposit in the mails with first class postage prepaid, or (iii) if
given by any other means, when actually delivered at such address.

If to the Guarantor:

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

711 High Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50392

Attention: General Counsel

Telephone: (515) 247-5111

Facsimile: (515) 248-3011

With a copy to:

Principal Life Insurance Company

711 High Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50392

Attention: Jim Fifield

Telephone: (515) 248-9196

Facsimile: (866) 496-6527

If to the Trust:

Principal Life Income Fundings Trust (followed by the number of the Trust specified in this Guarantee)

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c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association

100 Wall Street, 16th Floor

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Thomas E. Tabor

Telephone: (212) 361-6184

Facsimile: (212) 809-5459

With a copy to:

Citibank, N.A.

Citibank Agency and Trust

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Nancy Forte

Telephone: (212) 816-5685

Facsimile: (212) 816-5527

     6. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor represents and warrants that: (i) it is duly
organized and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full
capacity and right to make and perform this Guarantee, and all necessary authority has been
obtained; (ii) this Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity, regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law; (iii) the making and performance of this
Guarantee does not and will not violate the provisions of any applicable law, regulation or order,
and does not and will not result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement, instrument or document to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property may
be bound or affected, except to the extent disclosed in the registration statement registering the
issuance of this Guarantee and the Funding Agreement, as amended, supplemented or modified from
time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and to the extent that any such violation, breach or
default does not result in a material adverse effect on the Guarantor; and (iv) all consents,
approvals, licenses and authorizations of, and filings and registrations with, any governmental
authority required under applicable law and regulations for the making and performance of this
Guarantee have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, except to the extent
disclosed in the Registration Statement and to the extent that the failure to acquire any such
consent, approval, license, authorization, filing or registration does not result in a material
adverse effect on the Guarantor.

     7. Notice of, and Consent to, Security Interest. The Trust hereby notifies the Guarantor that
it has granted to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Notes, a security interest
in the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture), including, but not limited to, any and all payment
to be made by the Guarantor to the Trust under this Guarantee. The Trust hereby notifies the
Guarantor that it has collaterally assigned to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
holders of the Notes, this Guarantee. The Guarantor, by executing this Guarantee, hereby (i)
affirms that it has made or simultaneously will make changes to its books and records to reflect
such security interest and collateral assignment, (ii) consents to the security interest

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granted, and collateral assignment made, by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee of this
Guarantee, (iii) agrees to make all payments due under this Guarantee to the Collection Account (as
defined in the Indenture) or any other account designated in writing to the Guarantor by the
Indenture Trustee and (iv) agrees to comply with all orders of the Indenture Trustee with respect
to this Guarantee without any further consent from the Trust.

     8. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; FINAL AGREEMENT. TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
GUARANTOR WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION, CLAIM, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ON OR ARISING
OUT OF THIS GUARANTEE. THIS GUARANTEE REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GUARANTOR AND THE
TRUST AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
AGREEMENTS AMONG SUCH PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG SUCH PARTIES.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Elizabeth D. Swanson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Elizabeth D. Swanson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Counsel
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Date:
	 	The Effective Date (as defined in the Funding Agreement)

Acknowledged and Agreed:

THE PRINCIPAL LIFE INCOME FUNDINGS

TRUST DESIGNATED IN THIS GUARANTEE

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
  
not in its individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	Bankers Trust Company, N.A.,

under Limited Power of Attorney, dated February 16, 2006
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Diana L. Cook	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Diana L. Cook	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Date:	 	The Effective Date (as defined in the Funding

Agreement)

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EXHIBIT 10.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

The Lender

BAKERS FOOTWEAR GROUP, INC.

The Borrower

 

 

	 	 	 
	Exhibits
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	4.2

	 	Affiliates
	4.3

	 	Trade Names
	4.5

	 	Locations, Leases, and Landlords
	4.6

	 	Encumbrances
	4.7

	 	Indebtedness
	4.8

	 	Insurance Policies
	4.10

	 	Capital Leases
	4.14

	 	Taxes
	4.18

	 	Litigation
	5.4

	 	Borrowing Base Certificate
	5.11(a)

	 	Financial Performance Covenants
	5.11(b)

	 	Business Plan
	7.1

	 	DDA’s.
	7.2

	 	Credit Card Arrangements

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

As of
August 31, 2006

     THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made between

     BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., successor-by-merger to Fleet Retail Finance Inc. (the “Lender”), a
national banking association, having a place of business at 40 Broad Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02109,

     and

     BAKERS FOOTWEAR GROUP, INC. (the “Borrower”), a Missouri corporation with its principal
executive offices at 2815 Scott Avenue, Suite C, St. Louis, Missouri 63103,

     in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and benefits to be derived herefrom,

RECITALS:

     A. On June 11, 2002, the Borrower and the Lender entered into a certain Amended and Restated
Loan and Security Agreement (as amended and in effect, the “Original Agreement”), pursuant to
which, among other things, the Lender agreed to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower.

     B. The Borrower has requested that the Lender amend the Original Agreement in certain respects
in order to, among other thing, increase the amount of the Revolving Credit Ceiling.

     C. The Lender is willing to amend the Original Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

     D. The parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety.

     NOW THEREFORE, the Borrower and the Lender hereby agree that the Original Agreement shall be
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     WITNESSETH:

ARTICLE 1 —  Definitions:

     As herein used, the following terms have the following meanings or are defined in the section
of this Agreement so indicated:

     “Accounts” and “Accounts Receivable”. Include, without limitation, “accounts” as defined in
the UCC, and also all: accounts, accounts receivable, receivables, and rights to payment (whether
or not earned by performance) for: property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed,
assigned, or otherwise disposed of; services rendered or to be rendered; a policy of insurance
issued or to be issued; a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred; energy provided or to be
provided; for the use or hire of a

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vessel; arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or
information contained on or used with that card;
winnings in a lottery or other game of chance; and Health-Care-Insurance Receivables (as
defined in the UCC); and also all Inventory which gave rise thereto, and all rights associated with
such Inventory, including the right of stoppage in transit; all reclaimed, returned, rejected or
repossessed Inventory (if any) the sale of which gave rise to any Account.

     “ACH”. Automated clearing house.

     “Account Debtor”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “Acquisition”. The (i) purchase or acquisition of (x) all or substantially all of the assets
of another Person or (y) Control of a Person, or (ii) merger or consolidation of any Person with or
into any other Person, in each case in one transaction or a group of transactions which are part of
a common plan.

     “Affiliate”. As applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling,
Controlled by or under common Control with, that Person.

     “Amendment
Closing Date”. August 31, 2006.

     “Amendment Fee”. Is defined in Section 2.11.

     “Applicable Margin”. The following percentages for Base Margin Loans and Libor Loans based
upon the following criteria:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LEVEL	 	BORROWING BASE TEST	 	LIBOR MARGIN	 	BASE MARGIN
	I
	 	Greater than or equal to 24% of Borrowing Base	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	0	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	II
	 	Greater than or equal to 12% of Borrowing Base but less than 24% of Borrowing Base	 	 	2.0	%	 	 	0	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	III
	 	Less than 12% of Borrowing Base	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	0	%

     As of the Amendment Closing Date, the Applicable Margin shall be established at Level I.
Thereafter, the Applicable Margin shall be adjusted quarterly as of the first day of each fiscal
quarter, commencing September 1, 2006, based upon the average Borrowing Base for the immediately
preceding fiscal quarter. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (including, without
limitation, failure to deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate in accordance with Section 5.4 or
quarterly financial statements in accordance with Section 5.6), the Applicable Margin may, at the
option of the Lender, be immediately set at Level III (even if the average Borrowing Base test for
another Level has been met) and interest shall be determined in the manner set forth in Section
2.10(g).

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     “Appraised Inventory Liquidation Value”. As determined by Lender, the net recovery, as
reflected on an Inventory Appraisal, as recoverable on the Borrower’s Inventory in the event of the
conduct of a liquidation of the Borrower’s Inventory pursuant to an in-store liquidation.

“Availability”. The lesser of (a) or (b), where

          (a) is the result of

             (i) The Revolving Credit Ceiling

          Minus

             (ii) The aggregate unpaid balance of the Loan Account

          Minus

             (iii) The aggregate undrawn Stated Amount of all then outstanding L/C’s.

          Minus

             (iv) The aggregate of the Availability Reserves.

          and

          (b) is the result of

              (i) The Borrowing Base

          Minus

             (ii) The aggregate unpaid balance of the Loan Account

          Minus

              (iii) The aggregate undrawn Stated Amount of all then outstanding L/C’s

          Minus

              (iv) The aggregate of the Availability Reserves.

     “Availability Reserves”. Such reserves as the Lender from time to time determines in the
Lender’s reasonable judgment as being appropriate to reflect the impediments to the Lender’s
ability to realize upon the Collateral.

     “BA”. Bank of America, N.A., and its successors.

     “Bankruptcy Code”. Title 11, U.S.C., as amended from time to time.

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     “Base”. The Base Rate announced from time to time by BA (or any successor in interest to BA).
In the event that BA (or any such successor) ceases to announce such a rate, “Base” shall refer to
that rate
or index announced or published from time to time as the Lender, in good faith, designates as
the functional equivalent to said Base Rate. Any change in “Base” shall be effective, for purposes
of the calculation of interest due hereunder, when such change is made effective generally by the
bank on whose rate or index “Base” is being set.

     “Base Margin”. As determined from the definition of Applicable Margin.

     “Base Margin Loan”. Each Revolving Credit Loan while bearing interest at the Base Margin
Rate.

     “Base Margin Rate”. The aggregate of Base plus the then applicable Base Margin.

     “Blocked Account”. Any DDA into which the contents of any other DDA is transferred.

     “Blocked Account Agreement”. An Agreement, in form satisfactory to the Lender, which
Agreement recognizes the Lender’s Collateral Interest in the contents of the DDA which is the
subject of such Agreement and agrees that such contents shall be transferred only to the
Concentration Account or as otherwise instructed by the Lender.

     “Borrower”. Is defined in the Preamble.

     “Borrowing Base”. The aggregate of the following:

          (a) The face amount of Eligible Credit Card Receivables multiplied by the Credit Card Advance
Rate,

          Plus

          (b) the following:

     (i) From January 1 through September 30 of each year, the lesser of (x) the Cost of
Eligible Inventory (net of Inventory Reserves) multiplied by the Inventory Advance Rate
or (y) the Appraised Inventory Liquidation Value multiplied by the Loan to Collateral
Percentage;

                and

     (ii) from October 1 through December 31 of each year, the Appraised Inventory
Liquidation Value multiplied by 92.5%.

     “Borrowing Base Certificate”. Is defined in Section 5.4.

     “Business Day”. Any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday; (b) any day on which banks in
Boston, Massachusetts or in St. Louis, Missouri, generally are not open to the general public for
the purpose of conducting commercial banking business; or (c) a day on which the principal office
of the Lender is not open to the general public to conduct business.

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     “Business Plan”. The Borrower’s business plan annexed hereto as Exhibit 5.11(b) and any
revision, amendment, or update of such business plan which has been approved as provided in Section
5.10(d).

     “Capital Expenditures”. The expenditure of funds or the incurrence of liabilities which may
be capitalized in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that no expenditure of insurance or
condemnation proceeds made in connection with the repair, restoration or replacement of assets
shall be treated as Capital Expenditures.

     “Capital Lease”. Any lease which may be capitalized in accordance with GAAP other than any
such lease of a retail location, the only basis for such capitalization being any required increase
in future rents pursuant to the terms of such lease.

     “CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.

     “CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Information System maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

     “Change in Control”. The occurrence of any of the following:

          (a) The purchase or other acquisition by any Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 or Rule 14d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (excluding, for this
purpose, the Borrower or its subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of the Borrower or its
subsidiaries) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) of thirty percent (30%) or more of either the then-outstanding shares of
the Borrower’s common stock or the combined voting power of the Borrower’s then-outstanding voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or

          (b) A reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Borrower, or similar transaction, in each case with respect to which Persons who were the
stockholders of the Borrower immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation
would not immediately thereafter own more than 50% of, respectively, the Borrower’s common stock
and the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
reorganized, merged, consolidated or successor corporation’s then-outstanding voting securities; or

          (c) During any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the board of directors of the Borrower (together with any directors whose
election or appointment by the board of directors of the Borrower or whose nomination for election
by the shareholders of the Borrower was approved by vote of a majority of the directors then still
in office who are either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination
for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board
of directors of the Borrower then in office.

     “Chattel Paper”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “Collateral”. Is defined in Section 8.1.

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     “Collateral Interest”. Any interest in property to secure an obligation, including, without
limitation, a security interest, mortgage, and deed of trust.

     “Concentration Account”. Is defined in Section 7.3.

     “Control”. The possession, direct or indirect, of the power to cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise. A Person shall be deemed to have control of another Person if it is a “beneficial
owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended) or a member of a “group” that is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of
25% or more of the voting stock or equity interest in such Person. A Person shall be deemed to
direct the management and policies of a Person if it, without limitation, obtains the power
(whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the board of directors of such Person (or other
body or Person who has those powers customarily vested in a board of directors of a corporation).
The terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” as used herein are intended to have the same meaning as
“Control.”

     “Cost”. The calculated cost of purchases, as determined from invoices received by the
Borrower, the Borrower’s purchase journal or stock ledger, based upon the Borrower’s current
accounting practices to (the retail method of accounting). “Cost” does not include inventory
capitalization costs or other non-purchase price charges (such as freight) used in the Borrower’s
calculation of cost of goods sold.

     “Costs of Collection”. Includes, without limitation, all attorneys’ reasonable fees and
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lender’s attorneys, and all reasonable costs
incurred by the Lender in the administration of the Liabilities and/or the Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, reasonable costs and expenses associated with travel on behalf of
the Lender, where such costs and expenses are directly or indirectly related to or in respect of
the Lender’s: administration and management of the Liabilities; negotiation, documentation, and
amendment of any Loan Document; or efforts to preserve, protect, collect, or enforce the
Collateral, the Liabilities, and/or the Lender’ Rights and Remedies and/or any of the rights and
remedies of the Lender against or in respect of any guarantor or other person liable in respect of
the Liabilities (whether or not suit is instituted in connection with such efforts). The Costs of
Collection are Liabilities, and at the Lender’s option may bear interest at the then effective rate
of interest applicable to loans and advances under the Revolving Credit.

     “Credit Card Advance Rate”. 85%

     “Customer Credit Liability”. Gift certificates, merchandise credits, layaway obligations,
frequent shopping programs, and similar liabilities of any Borrower to its retail customers and
prospective customers.

     “DDA”. Any checking or other demand daily depository account maintained by the Borrower.

     “Deposit Account”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “Documents”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “Documents of Title”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

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     “EBITDA”. The Borrower’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization,
each as determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “Eligible Credit Card Receivables”. Accounts due on a non-recourse basis from major credit
card processors as arise in the ordinary course of business, as have been earned by performance.
Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Lender, none of the following shall be deemed to be
Eligible Credit Card Receivables:

          (a) Accounts that have been outstanding for more than five (5) Business Days from the date of
sale;

          (b) Accounts with respect to which a Borrower does not have good and valid title thereto, free
and clear of any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances);

          (c) Accounts which are disputed, are with recourse, or with respect to which a claim,
counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted (to the extent of such claim, counterclaim,
offset or chargeback); and

          (d) Accounts which the Lender determines in its discretion to be uncertain of collection.

     “Eligible In-Transit Inventory”. Inventory (without duplication as to Eligible Inventory and
Eligible L/C Inventory), title to which has passed to the Borrower and which is then being shipped
from a foreign location for receipt, within 30 days, at a warehouse of the Borrower, provided that

          (a) Such Inventory is of such types, character, qualities and quantities (net of Inventory
Reserves) as the Lender in its discretion from time to time determines to be eligible for
borrowing; and

          (b) The documents which relate to such shipment name the Lender as consignee of the subject
Inventory and the Lender has control over the documents which evidence ownership of the subject
Inventory (currently, as Lender determines to be accomplished by the providing to the Lender of a
Customs Brokers Agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Lender).

     “Eligible Inventory”. All of the following:

          (a) Such of the Borrower’s Inventory (without duplication as to Eligible L/C Inventory and
Eligible In-Transit Inventory) at such locations, and of such types, character, qualities and
quantities, as the Lender in its discretion from time to time determines to be acceptable for
borrowing (including such limitations, if any, as determined by the Lender in its discretion in
connection with store closings), as to which Inventory, the Lender has a perfected security
interest which is prior and superior to all security interests, claims, and all Encumbrances other
than Permitted Encumbrances;

          (b) Eligible L/C Inventory; and

          (c) Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

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     In no event, however, does “Eligible Inventory” include: any non-merchandise inventory (such
as labels, bags, and packaging materials); damaged goods; return to vendor merchandise; packaways;
consigned inventory; and other similar categories of Goods.

     “Eligible L/C Inventory”. Inventory (without duplication as to Eligible Inventory and
Eligible In-Transit Inventory), the purchase of which is supported by a documentary L/C then having
an initial expiry of thirty (30) or less days, provided that

          (a) Such Inventory is of such types, character, qualities and quantities (net of Inventory
Reserves) as the Lender in its discretion from time to time determines to be eligible for
borrowing; and

          (b) The documentary L/C supporting such purchase names the Lender as consignee of the subject
Inventory and the Lender has control over the documents which evidence ownership of the subject
Inventory (currently, as Lender determines to be accomplished by the providing to the Lender of a
Customs Brokers Agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Lender).

     “Employee Benefit Plan”. As defined in ERISA.

     “Encumbrance”. Any security interest, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, lien, attachment, or
charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing); the interest of a lessor
under a Capital Lease; conditional sale or other title retention agreement; sale of accounts
receivable or chattel paper; or other arrangement pursuant to which any Person is entitled to any
preference or priority with respect to the property or assets of another Person or the income or
profits of such other Person or which constitutes an interest in property to secure an obligation;
each of the foregoing whether consensual or non-consensual and whether arising by way of agreement,
operation of law, legal process or otherwise.

     “End Date”. The date upon which both (a) all Liabilities have been paid in full and (b) all
obligations of the Lender to make loans and advances and to provide other financial accommodations
to the Borrower hereunder shall have been irrevocably terminated.

     “Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those
related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

     “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use,
handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure
to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into
the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which
liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

     “Equipment”. Includes, without limitation, “equipment” as defined in the UCC, and also all
motor vehicles, rolling stock, machinery, office equipment, plant equipment, tools, dies, molds,
store

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fixtures, furniture, and other goods, property, and assets which are used and/or were
purchased for use in the operation or furtherance of the Borrower’s business, and any and all
accessions or additions thereto, and substitutions therefor.

     “ERISA”. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

     “ERISA Affiliate”, Any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control
with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and
(o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

     “ERISA Event”. (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan
year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a
cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a
complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or
notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent
to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums
due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

     “Events of Default” Is defined in Article 10 -. Each reference to an “Event of Default” is
to an Event of Default not then duly waived by the Lender. In the event of such due waiver, the
so-waived Event of Default shall be deemed never to have occurred, other than with respect to any
post-default interest which accrued prior to such waiver.

     “Executive Agreement”. Any agreement or understanding (whether or not written) to which the
Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower may be bound, which agreement or understanding relates
to Executive Pay.

     “Executive Officer”. Each of Peter Edison (CEO), Michele Bergerac (President) and Lawrence
Spanley (CFO), and any other Person who (without regard to title) is the successor to any of the
foregoing or who exercises a substantial portion of the authority being exercised, at the execution
of the Original Agreement, by any of the foregoing or a combination of such authority of more than
one of the foregoing or who otherwise has Control of the Borrower.

     “Executive Pay”. All salary, bonuses, and other value directly or indirectly provided by or
on behalf of the Borrower to or for the benefit of any Executive Officer or any Affiliate, spouse,
parent, or child of any Executive Officer.

     “Exempt DDA”. A depository account maintained by the Borrower, the only contents of which may
be transfers from the Operating Account and actually used solely (i) for petty cash purposes; or
(ii) for payroll.

     “Facility Fee”. Is defined in Section 2.12.

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     “Fifth Amendment”. The Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of
August 31, 2004.

     “Fifth Amendment Closing Date”. August 31, 2004.

     “Fixtures”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “GAAP”. Principles which are consistent with those promulgated or adopted by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors (or successors) in effect and applicable to that
accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is being made, provided, however, in the
event of a Material Accounting Change, then unless otherwise specifically agreed to by the Lender,
(a) the
Borrower’s compliance with the financial performance covenants imposed pursuant to Section
5.11 shall be determined as if such Material Accounting Change had not taken place and (b) the
Borrower shall include, with its monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements a schedule,
certified by the Borrower’s chief financial officer, on which the effect of such Material
Accounting Change to the statement with which provided shall be described.

     “General Intangibles”. Includes, without limitation, “general intangibles” as defined in the
UCC; and also all: rights to payment for credit extended; deposits; amounts due to the Borrower;
credit memoranda in favor of the Borrower; warranty claims; tax refunds and abatements; insurance
refunds and premium rebates; all means and vehicles of investment or hedging, including, without
limitation, options, warrants, and futures contracts; records; customer lists; telephone numbers;
goodwill; causes of action; judgments; payments under any settlement or other agreement; literary
rights; rights to performance; royalties; license and/or franchise fees; rights of admission;
licenses; franchises; license agreements, including all rights of the Borrower to enforce same;
permits, certificates of convenience and necessity, and similar rights granted by any governmental
authority; patents, patent applications, patents pending, and other intellectual property; internet
addresses and domain names; developmental ideas and concepts; proprietary processes; blueprints,
drawings, designs, diagrams, plans, reports, and charts; catalogs; manuals; technical data;
computer software programs (including the source and object codes therefor), computer records,
computer software, rights of access to computer record service bureaus, service bureau computer
contracts, and computer data; tapes, disks, semi-conductors chips and printouts; trade secrets
rights, copyrights, mask work rights and interests, and derivative works and interests; user,
technical reference, and other manuals and materials; trade names, trademarks, service marks, and
all goodwill relating thereto; applications for registration of the foregoing; and all other
general intangible property of the Borrower in the nature of intellectual property; proposals; cost
estimates, and reproductions on paper, or otherwise, of any and all concepts or ideas, and any
matter related to, or connected with, the design, development, manufacture, sale, marketing,
leasing, or use of any or all property produced, sold, or leased, by the Borrower or credit
extended or services performed, by the Borrower, whether intended for an individual customer or the
general business of the Borrower, or used or useful in connection with research by the Borrower.

     “Goods”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “Gross Margin”. With respect to the subject accounting period for which being calculated, the
decimal equivalent of the following (determined in accordance with the retail method of
accounting):

          Sales (Minus) Cost of Goods Sold

                              Sales

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     “Hazardous Materials”. Means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.

     “Increased Reporting Event”. Availability at any time is less than $6,000,000.00. For
purposes hereof, the occurrence of an Increased Reporting Event shall be deemed continuing
notwithstanding that Availability may thereafter exceed the amounts set forth in the preceding
sentence unless and until Availability exceeds such amount for sixty (60) consecutive days, in
which case an Increased Reporting Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes
hereof.

     “Indebtedness”. All indebtedness and obligations of or assumed by any Person on account of or
in respect to any of the following:

          (a) In respect of money borrowed (including any indebtedness which is non-recourse to the
credit of such Person but which is secured by an Encumbrance on any asset of such Person) whether
or not evidenced by a promissory note, bond, debenture or other written obligation to pay money.

          (b) In connection with any letter of credit or acceptance transaction (including, without
limitation, the face amount of all letters of credit and acceptances issued for the account of such
Person or reimbursement on account of which such Person would be obligated).

          (c) In connection with the sale or discount of accounts receivable or chattel paper of such
Person.

          (d) On account of deposits or advances.

          (e) As lessee under Capital Leases.

          (f) In connection with any sale and leaseback transaction.

     “Indebtedness” also includes:

     (x) Indebtedness of others secured by an Encumbrance on any asset of such Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person.

     (y) Any guaranty, endorsement, suretyship or other undertaking pursuant to which that Person
may be liable on account of any obligation of any third party.

     (z) The Indebtedness of a partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general
partner or joint venturer and for which such Person is legally or contractually liable.

     “Indemnified Person”. Is defined in Section 14.13.

     “Instruments”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “Interest Payment Date”. With reference to:

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          (a) Each Libor Loan: The last day of the Interest Period relating thereto; the Termination
Date; and the End Date.

          (b) Each Base Margin Loan: The first day of each month; the Termination Date; and the End
Date.

     “Interest Period”. The following:

          (a) With respect to each Libor Loan: Subject to subsection (c), below, the period commencing
on the date of the making or continuation of, or conversion to, the subject Libor Loan and ending
fourteen days, one, two, or three months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect by notice (pursuant
to Section 2.5) to the Lender

          (b) With respect to each Base Margin Loan: Subject to subsection (c), below, the period
commencing on the date of the making or continuation of or conversion to such Base Margin Loan and
ending on that date (i) as of which the subject Base Margin Loan is converted to a Libor Loan, as
the Borrower may elect by notice (pursuant to Section 2.5) to the Lender or (ii) on which the
subject Base Margin Loan is paid by the Borrower.

          (c) The setting of Interest Periods is in all instances subject to the following:

     (i) Any Interest Period for a Base Margin Loan which would otherwise end on a day
which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day;

     (ii) Any Interest Period for a Libor Loan which would otherwise end on a day that
is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless that
succeeding Business Day is in the next calendar month, in which event such Interest
Period shall end on the last Business Day of the month during which the Interest Period
ends;

     (iii) Subject to subsection (iv), below, any Interest Period applicable to a Libor
Loan, which Interest Period begins on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month during which such Interest Period ends, shall
end on the last Business Day of the month during which that Interest Period ends;

     (iv) Any Interest Period which would otherwise end after the Termination Date shall
end on the Termination Date; and

     (v) The number of Interest Periods in effect at any one time is subject to Section
2.10(e).

     “Inventory”. Includes, without limitation, “inventory” as defined in the UCC and also all:
(a) Goods which are leased by a Person as lessor; are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be
furnished under a contract of service; are furnished by a Person under a contract of service; or
consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business; (b) Goods
of said description in transit; (c) Goods of said description which are returned, repossessed and
rejected; (d) packaging, advertising, and shipping materials related to any of the foregoing; (e)
all names, marks, and General Intangibles affixed or to be affixed or associated thereto; and (f)
Documents and Documents of Title which represent any of the foregoing.

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     “Inventory Advance Rate”. 70%

     “Inventory Appraisal”. An appraisal of the Borrower ‘s Inventory undertaken at the request
of the Lender, by a nationally recognized inventory appraiser acceptable to the Lender.

     “Inventory Reserves”. Such Reserves as may be established from time to time by the Lender in
the Lender’s discretion with respect to the determination of the saleability, at retail, of the
Eligible Inventory or which reflect such other factors as affect the market value of the Eligible
Inventory. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Inventory Reserves may include (but
are not limited to) reserves based on the following:

          (a) Obsolescence (based upon Inventory on hand beyond a given number of days).

          (b) Seasonality.

          (c) Shrinkage (to the extent not already reflected in the calculation of Eligible Inventory).

          (d) Imbalance.

          (e) Change in Inventory character.

          (f) Change in Inventory composition

          (g) Change in Inventory mix.

          (h) Markdowns (both permanent and point of sale)

          (i) Retail markons and markups inconsistent with prior period practice and performance;
industry standards; current business plans; or advertising calendar and planned advertising events.

          (j) Return to vendor (to the extent not removed from the Borrowing Base on account of the
Definition of “Eligible Inventory”).

     “Investment Property”. Has the meaning given that term in the UCC.

     “IPO”: The receipt by the Borrower of aggregate net cash proceeds of no less than $10,000,000
as a result of the issuance and sale of common stock of the Borrower as set forth in a Registration
Statement on Form S-1 as filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission (Registration No.
333-86332), as such Registration Statement may be amended from time to time.

     “Issuer”. The issuer of any L/C.

     “L/C”. Any letter of credit, the issuance of which is procured by the Lender for the account
of the Borrower and any acceptance made on account of such letter of credit.

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     “L/C Landing Costs”. To the extent not included in the Stated Amount of an L/C, customs,
duty, freight, and other out-of-pocket costs and expenses which will be expended to “land” the
Inventory, the purchase of which is supported by such L/C.

     “Lease”. Any lease or other agreement, no matter how styled or structured, pursuant to which
the Borrower is entitled to the use or occupancy of any space.

     “Leasehold Interest”. Any interest of the Borrower as lessee under any Lease.

     “Lender”. Is defined in the Preamble to this Agreement.

     “Lender’s Rights and Remedies”. Is defined in Section 11.6.

     “Liabilities”. Includes, without limitation, the following:

          (a) Any and all direct and indirect liabilities, debts, and obligations of the Borrower to the
Lender, each of every kind, nature, and description.

          (b) Each obligation to repay any loan, advance, indebtedness, note, obligation, overdraft, or
amount now or hereafter owing by the Borrower to the Lender, (including all future advances whether
or not made pursuant to a commitment by the Lender), whether or not any of such are liquidated,
unliquidated, primary, secondary, secured, unsecured, direct, indirect, absolute, contingent, or of
any other type, nature, or description, or by reason of any cause of action which the Lender, may
hold against the Borrower.

          (c) All notes and other obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter assigned to or held by
the Lender, each of every kind, nature, and description.

          (d) All interest, fees, and charges and other amounts which may be charged by the Lender, to
the Borrower and/or which may be due from the Borrower to the Lender, from time to time.

          (e) All costs and expenses incurred or paid by the Lender, in respect of any agreement
between the Borrower and the Lender, Lender or instrument furnished by the Borrower to the
(including, without limitation, Costs of Collection, attorneys’ reasonable fees, and all court and
litigation costs and expenses).

          (f) Any and all covenants of the Borrower to or with the Lender, Lender and any and all
obligations of the Borrower to act or to refrain from acting in accordance with any agreement
between the Borrower and the Lender, or instrument furnished by the Borrower to the Lender,.

          (g) Each of the foregoing as if each reference to the “ the Lender,” were to each Affiliate of
the Lender.

     “Libor Business Day”. Any day which is both a Business Day and a day on which the principal
interbank market for Libor deposits in London in which BA participates is open for dealings in
United States Dollar deposits.

     “Libor Loan”. Any Revolving Credit Loan which bears interest at a Libor Margin Rate.

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     “Libor Margin”. As determined from the definition of Applicable Margin.

     “Libor Margin Rate”. The aggregate of the LIBO Rate plus the then applicable Libor Margin.

     “LIBO Rate”. For any Interest Period with respect to a Libor Loan, the rate per annum equal
to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative
Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at
such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Lender to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day
of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Libor Loan being made,
continued or converted by BA and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by
BA’s London Branch to major
banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two )2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

     “Loan Account”. Is defined in Section 2.7.

     “Loan Documents”. This Agreement and each other instrument or document from time to time
executed and/or delivered in connection with the arrangements contemplated hereby, in connection
with the Original Agreement, or in connection with any transaction between the Borrower, the Lender
or any Affiliate of the Lender, including, without limitation, any transaction which arises out of
any cash management, depository, investment, letter of credit, interest rate protection, or
equipment leasing services provided by the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender, as each may be
amended from time to time.

     “Loan to Collateral Percentage”. 85%.

     “Material Accounting Change”. Any change in GAAP applicable to accounting periods subsequent
to the Borrower’s fiscal year most recently completed prior to the execution of this Agreement,
which change has a material effect on the Borrower’s financial condition or operating results, as
reflected on financial statements and reports prepared by or for the Borrower, when compared with
such condition or results as if such change had not taken place or where preparation of the
Borrower’s statements and reports in compliance with such change results in the breach of a
financial performance covenant imposed pursuant to Section 5.11 where such a breach would not have
occurred if such change had not taken place or visa versa.

     “Maturity Date”. August 31, 2010.

     “Multiemployer Plan”. Any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions,
or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.\

     “NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

     “Operating Account”. Is defined in Section 7.3.

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     “Original Agreement”. Is defined in the Preamble.

     “Overloan”. A loan, advance, or providing of credit support (such as the issuance of any L/C)
to the extent that, at the time it is made it is in excess of the Borrowing Base as of immediately
prior to the making of such loan, advance, or providing of credit support.

     “Participant”. Is defined in Section 14.16.

     “Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple
employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time
during the immediately preceding five plan years.

     “Permitted Acquisition”. An Acquisition in which all of the following conditions is
satisfied:

          (a) no Suspension Event then exists or would arise from the consummation of such Acquisition;

          (b) the Borrower shall have furnished the Lender with: (i) at least ten (10) days’ prior
written notice of such intended Acquisition; (ii) a current draft of the acquisition agreement and
other acquisition documents; (iii) a summary of any due diligence undertaken by the Borrower in
connection with such Acquisition; (iv) financial statements of the Person which is the subject of
such Acquisition, to the extent available; (v) with respect to Acquisitions in excess of
$2,000,000, (x) pro forma projected financial statements of the Borrower for the twelve (12) month
period following such Acquisition after giving effect to such Acquisition and (y) the results of
appraisals of the assets of the Person to be acquired in such Acquisition; and (vi) such other
information as the Lender may reasonably require;

          (c) if the Acquisition is of capital stock or other ownership interests, after consummation of
such Acquisition the Borrower shall own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the ownership
interests in the Person being acquired and shall Control the Person being acquired; and

          (d) any assets acquired shall be utilized in, and if the Acquisition involves a merger,
consolidation or stock acquisition, the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition shall be
engaged in, only those businesses permitted under Section 4.22. If the Person which is the subject
of such Acquisition will be maintained as a subsidiary of the Borrower, such subsidiary shall have
executed such documents as may be necessary to be a borrower hereunder or a guarantor of the
Liabilities, as determined by the Lender, and, in any event, in order to secure the Liabilities the
Lender shall have been granted a first priority security interest (subject to Permitted
Encumbrances) in and Encumbrance on the ownership interests in such subsidiary and on such
subsidiary’s assets of the same nature as constitutes Collateral.

     “Permitted Encumbrances”. The following:

          (a) Encumbrances in favor of the Lender.

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          (b) Purchase money security interests in Equipment to secure indebtedness permitted under
Section 4.7.

          (c) Those Encumbrances (if any) listed on Exhibit 4.6 annexed hereto.

          (d) Encumbrances for taxes not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.

          (e) Encumbrances in respect of property or assets imposed by law in the ordinary course of
business, such as carrier’s, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s or
similar Encumbrances arising in the ordinary course of business which are (x) not overdue in
accordance with customary business practices and consistent with the Borrower’s prior practices,
and do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or
materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Borrower, or (y) being
contested in good faith by the Borrower by appropriate proceedings diligently instituted and
conducted and without danger of any
material risk to the Collateral, and adequate reserves or other appropriate provision as shall
be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor.

          (f) Deposits to secure the performance of tenders, bids, sales, trade and government
contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, appeal, and supersedeas bonds, warranty, advance
payment, customs, performance and return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a like nature in
the ordinary course of business (exclusive of obligations in respect of the payment of borrowed
money) whether pursuant to statutory requirements, common law or consensual arrangements.

          (g) Easements, rights of way, leases, zoning or deed restrictions, licenses, covenants,
building, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar real estate
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that in the aggregate do not materially
interfere with the conduct of the business of the Borrower.

          (h) Any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower in the
ordinary course of business covering only the assets so leased and not otherwise in violation of
the Loan Documents.

          (i) Judgment liens with respect to judgments not in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate
during the term of this Agreement and with respect to which lien execution has been stayed within
sixty (60) days by appropriate judicial proceedings or the posting of an appeal bond or other
security.

          (j) Statutory and common law landlord’s liens under leases to which the Borrower is a party.

     “Permitted Investments”. Any or all of the following:

          (a) marketable direct full faith and credit obligations of, or marketable obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America; provided that such securities, as a group, may
not, on the date of determination, have a remaining weighted average maturity of more than five
years;

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          (b) marketable direct full faith and credit obligations of States of the United States or of
political subdivisions or agencies; provided that such securities, as a group, may not, on
the date of determination, have a remaining weighted average maturity of more than five years; and
provided, further, that such obligations carry a rating of “A” or better by Moody’s
Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation;

          (c) certificates of deposit and bankers acceptances maturing within one year after the
acquisition thereof issued by (i) BA or (ii) any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or of any political subdivision thereof the long term obligations of which
are rated “A” or better by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation;

          (d) Eurodollar certificates of deposit maturing within one year after the acquisition thereof
issued by any commercial bank having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $1
billion; and

          (e) tax-exempt bonds or notes which have a remaining maturity at the time of purchase of no
more than five years issued by any State of the United States or the District of Columbia,
or any political subdivision thereof; provided, that such obligations carry a rating
of “A” or better by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation;

     provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such investments
shall be permitted unless such investments are pledged to the Lender as additional Collateral for
the Liabilities pursuant to such agreements as may be reasonably required by the Lender.

     “Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness”. That Indebtedness of the Borrower (a) which is listed
on Exhibit 4.7 annexed hereto and identified thereon as “Permitted Subordinated
Indebtedness” (which Indebtedness the Lender hereby confirms is subordinated on terms satisfactory
to it) and (b) which at all times shall be subject to subordination provisions (whether in a
subordination agreement or otherwise), including, without limitation, standstill provisions,
satisfactory to the Lender, together with amendments, restatements, renewals and extensions of the
foregoing (other than subordination provisions which shall not be amended or otherwise modified
without the prior written consent of the Lender) so long as such amendments, restatements, renewals
and extensions are on terms no less favorable to the Lender and the Borrower as those in existence
upon execution of the agreement being so amended, restated, renewed or extended.

     “Person”. Any natural person, and any corporation, limited liability company, trust,
partnership, joint venture, or other enterprise or entity.

     “Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA)
established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the
Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

     “Proceeds”. Includes, without limitation, “Proceeds” as defined in the UCC (defined below),
and each type of property described in Section 8.1 hereof.

     “Receipts”. All cash, cash equivalents, checks, and credit card slips, receipts and other
Proceeds from any sale of the Collateral.

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     “Receivables Collateral”. That portion of the Collateral which consists of Accounts, Accounts
Receivable, General Intangibles, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Documents of Title, Documents,
Investment Property, Payment Intangibles (as defined in the UCC), Letter-of-Credit Rights (as
defined in the UCC), bankers’ acceptances, and all other rights to payment.

     “Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than
events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

     “Requirement of Law”. As to any Person:

          (a) (i) All statutes, rules, regulations, orders, or other requirements having the force of
law and (ii) all court orders and injunctions, arbitrator’s decisions, and/or similar rulings, in
each instance ((i) and (ii)) of or by any federal, state, municipal, and other governmental
authority, or court, tribunal, panel, or other body which has or claims jurisdiction over such
Person, or any property of such Person, or of any other Person for whose conduct such Person would
be responsible.

          (b) That Person’s charter, certificate of incorporation, articles of organization, and/or
other organizational documents, as applicable; and (c) that Person’s by-laws and/or other
instruments which deal with corporate or similar governance, as applicable.

     “Reserve Percentage”. The decimal equivalent of that rate applicable to the Lender under
regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for
determining the maximum reserve requirement of Lender with respect to “Eurocurrency liabilities” as
defined in such regulations. The Reserve Percentage applicable to a particular Libor Loan shall be
based upon that in effect during the subject Interest Period, with changes in the Reserve
Percentage which take effect during such Interest Period to take effect (and to consequently change
any interest rate determined with reference to the Reserve Percentage) if and when such change is
applicable to such loans.

     “Reserves”. The following: Availability Reserves and Inventory Reserves.

     “Revolving Credit”. Is defined in Section 2.1.

     “Revolving Credit Ceiling”. $40,000,000.00.

     “Revolving Credit Commitment Fee”. Is defined in Section 2.11.

     “Revolving Credit Early Termination Fee”. Is defined in Section 2.14.

     “Revolving Credit Loans”. Loans made under the Revolving Credit.

     “Revolving Credit Note”. Is defined in Section 2.8.

     “Revolving Credit Obligations”. The aggregate of the Borrower’s liabilities, obligations, and
indebtedness of any character on account of or in respect to the Revolving Credit.

     “Stated Amount”. The maximum amount for which an L/C may be honored.

     “Stock Sales”. Sales by the Borrower of its common stock in one or more public or private
transactions entered into with third parties on an arms’ length basis, including, without
limitation, the

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receipt by the Borrower of aggregate net cash proceeds of $9,750,000.00 as a result
of the issuance and sale of common stock of the Borrower as set forth in a Registration Statement
on Form S 1 as filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission (Registration No. 333 86322).

     “Suspension Event”. Any occurrence, circumstance, or state of facts which (a) is an Event of
Default; or (b) would become an Event of Default if any requisite notice were given and/or any
requisite period of time were to run and such occurrence, circumstance, or state of facts were not
absolutely cured within any applicable grace period.

     “Termination Date”. The earliest of (a) the Maturity Date; (b) the occurrence of any event
described in Section 10.11; (c) the Lender’s notice to the Borrower setting the Termination Date on
account of the occurrence of any Event of Default other than as described in Section 10.11; and (d)
the Borrower’s exercise of its early termination right as described in Section 2.14(c).

     “UCC”. The Uniform Commercial Code as presently in effect in Massachusetts (Mass. Gen. Laws,
Ch. 106).

     “Unfunded Capital Expenditures”. Any Capital Expenditure other than any Capital Expenditure
financed with a third party and otherwise permitted by this Agreement.

     “Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under
Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in
accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the
Code for the applicable plan year.

     “Unused Line Fee”. Is defined in Section 2.13.

ARTICLE 2 — The Revolving Credit

     2.1.  Establishment of Revolving Credit.

          (a) The Lender hereby establishes a revolving line of credit (the “Revolving Credit”) in the
Borrower’s favor pursuant to which the Lender, subject to, and in accordance with, this Agreement,
shall make loans and advances and otherwise provide financial accommodations to and for the account
of the Borrower as provided herein.

          (b) Loans, advances, and financial accommodations under the Revolving Credit shall be made
with reference to the Borrowing Base and shall be subject to Availability. The Borrowing Base and
Availability shall be determined by the Lender by reference to Borrowing Base Certificates
furnished as provided in Section 5.4, and shall be subject to the following:

     (i) Such determination shall take into account those Reserves as the Lender may
determine as being applicable thereto.

     (ii) The Cost of Eligible Inventory.

     (iii) The Cost of Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

     (iv) The Cost of Eligible L/C Inventory.

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          (c) The proceeds of borrowings under the Revolving Credit shall be used solely in accordance
with the Business Plan for working capital purposes of the Borrower, for its Capital Expenditures,
for the payment of those dividends permitted under Section 4.19(a)(ii), and for payment of
Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, all solely to the extent permitted by this Agreement. No
proceeds of a borrowing under the Revolving Credit may be used, nor shall any be requested, with a
view towards the accumulation of any general fund or funded reserve of the Borrower other than in
the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business and consistent with the provisions of this
Agreement.

     2.2. Advances in Excess of Borrowing Base (Overloans).

          (a) The Lender does not have any obligation to make any loan or advance, or otherwise to
provide any credit to or for the benefit of the Borrower where the result of such loan, advance, or
credit is an Overloan.

          (b) The Lender’s providing of an Overloan on any one occasion does not affect the obligations
of the Borrower hereunder (such as the Borrower’s obligation to immediately repay any amount which
otherwise constitutes an Overloan) nor obligate the Lender to do so on any other occasion.

     2.3. Risks of Value of Collateral.

     The Lender’s reference to a given asset in connection with the making of loans, credits, and
advances and the providing of financial accommodations under the Revolving Credit and/or the
monitoring of compliance with the provisions hereof shall not be deemed a determination by the
Lender relative to the actual value of the asset in question. All risks concerning the value of
the Collateral are and remain upon the Borrower. All Collateral secures the prompt, punctual, and
faithful performance of the Liabilities whether or not relied upon by the Lender in connection with
the making of loans, credits, and advances and the providing of financial accommodations under the
Revolving Credit.

     2.4. Commitment to Make Revolving Credit Loans and Support Letters of Credit.

     Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Lender shall make a loan or advance under the
Revolving Credit and shall use its reasonable efforts to have an L/C issued for the account of the
Borrower, in each instance if duly and timely requested by the Borrower as provided herein provided
that:

          (a) The Borrowing Base will not be exceeded.

          (b) The amount of the loan or advance or L/C so requested does not exceed Availability.

          (c) The Revolving Credit has not been suspended as provided in Section 2.5(h).

     2.5. Revolving Credit Loan Requests.

          (a) Requests for loans and advances under the Revolving Credit or for the continuance or
conversion of an interest rate applicable to a Revolving Credit Loan, may be requested by the
Borrower in such manner as may from time to time be acceptable to the Lender.

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          (b) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may request a Revolving Credit
Loan and elect an interest rate and Interest Period to be applicable to that Revolving Credit Loan
by giving notice to the Lender by no later than the following:

     (i) If such Revolving Credit Loan is to be or is to be converted to a Base Margin
Loan: By 11:30 AM on the Business Day on which the subject Revolving Credit Loan is to
be made or is to be so converted. Base Margin Loans requested by the Borrower, other
than those resulting from the conversion of a Libor Loan, shall not be less than
$10,000.00.

     (ii) If such Revolving Credit Loan is to be, or is to be continued as, or converted
to, a Libor Loan: By 1:00 PM Three (3) Libor Business Days before the commencement of
any new Interest Period or the end of the then applicable Interest Period. Libor Loans
and conversions to Libor Loans shall each be not less than $1,000,000 and in increments
of $500,000 in excess of such minimum.

     (iii) Any Libor Loan which matures while an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, shall be converted, at the option of the Lender, to a Base Margin
Loan notwithstanding any notice from the Borrower that such Loan is to be continued as a
Libor Loan.

          (c) Any request for a Revolving Credit Loan or for the continuance or conversion of an
interest rate applicable to a Revolving Credit Loan which is made after the applicable deadline
therefor, as set forth above, shall be deemed to have been made at the opening of business on the
then next Business Day or Libor Business Day, as applicable.

          (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 2.6(a) and 2.6(b), if, but
only if, during each of the Fifteen (15) days immediately preceding the day on which a request is
made for a loan under the Revolving Credit or for the continuance or conversion of an interest rate
applicable to a Revolving Credit Loan, there has been no unpaid principal balance in the Loan
Account on account of loans and advances under the Revolving Credit, the loan or the continuance or
conversion so requested shall be made (subject to all other provisions of this Agreement) no later
than the next Business Day after (and not counting) the day on which the loan or continuance or
conversion otherwise would have been made as provided above.

          (e) The Borrower may request that the Lender cause the issuance of L/C’s for the account of
the Borrower as provided in Section 2.17.

          (f) The Lender may rely on any request for a loan or advance, or other financial accommodation
under the Revolving Credit which the Lender, in good faith, believes to have been made by a Person
duly authorized to act on behalf of the Borrower and may decline to make any such requested loan or
advance, or issuance, or to provide any such financial accommodation pending the Lender’s being
furnished with such documentation concerning that Person’s authority to act as may be satisfactory
to the Lender.

          (g) A request by the Borrower for loan or advance, or other financial accommodation under the
Revolving Credit shall be irrevocable and shall constitute certification by the Borrower that as of
the date of such request, each of the following is true and correct:

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     (i) There has been no material adverse change in the Borrower’s financial condition
from the most recent financial information furnished Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

     (ii) The Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with, and has not
breached any of, its covenants contained in this Agreement.

     (iii) The Borrower has made sufficient provisions for the payment of its sales tax
liabilities.

     (iv) Each representation which is made herein or in any of the Loan Documents
(defined below) is then true and complete as of and as if made on the date of such
request.

     (v) No Suspension Event is then extant.

          (h) Upon the occurrence from time to time of any Suspension Event:

     (i) The Lender may suspend the Revolving Credit immediately.

     (ii) The Lender shall not be obligated, during such suspension, to make any loans
or advance, or to provide any financial accommodation hereunder or to seek the issuance
of
any L/C, and the Lender may suspend the right of the Borrower to request any Libor
Loan or to convert any Base Margin Loan to a Libor Loan.

     2.6. Making of Revolving Credit Loans. 

          (a) A loan or advance under the Revolving Credit shall be made by the transfer of the
proceeds of such loan or advance to the Operating Account or as otherwise instructed by the
Borrower.

          (b) A loan or advance shall be deemed to have been made under the Revolving Credit (and the
Borrower shall be indebted to the Lender for the amount thereof immediately) at the following:

     (i) The Lender’s initiation of the transfer of the proceeds of such loan or advance
in accordance with the Borrower’s instructions (if such loan or advance is of funds
requested by the Borrower).

     (ii) The charging of the amount of such loan to the Loan Account (in all other
circumstances).

          (c) There shall not be any recourse to or liability of the Lender or any Revolving Credit
Lender, on account of:

          (d) Any delay in the making of any loan or advance requested under the Revolving Credit.

          (e) Any delay by any bank or other depository institution in treating the proceeds of any such
loan or advance as collected funds.

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          (f) Any delay in the receipt, and/or any loss, of funds which constitute a loan or advance
under the Revolving Credit, the wire transfer of which was properly initiated by the Lender in
accordance with wire instructions provided to the Lender by the Borrower.

     2.7. The Loan Account. 

          (a) An account (“Loan Account”) shall be opened on the books of the Lender in which a record
shall be kept of all loans and advances made under the Revolving Credit.

          (b) The Lender shall also keep a record (either in the Loan Account or elsewhere, as the
Lender may from time to time elect) of all interest, fees, service charges, costs, expenses, and
other debits owed to the Lender on account of the Liabilities and of all credits against such
amounts so owed.

          (c) All credits against the Liabilities shall be conditional upon final payment to the Lender
of the items giving rise to such credits. The amount of any item credited against the Liabilities
which is charged back against the Lender for any reason or is not so paid shall be a Liability and
shall be added to the Loan Account, whether or not the item so charged back or not so paid is
returned.

          (d) Except as otherwise provided herein, all fees, service charges, costs, and expenses for
which the Borrower is obligated hereunder are payable on demand. In the determination of
Availability, the Lender may deem fees, service charges, accrued interest, and other payments which
will
be due and payable between the date of such determination and the first day of the then next
succeeding month as having been advanced under the Revolving Credit whether or not such amounts are
then due and payable.

          (e) The Lender, without the request of the Borrower, may advance under the Revolving Credit
any interest, fee, service charge, or other payment to which Lender is entitled from the Borrower
pursuant hereto and may charge the same to the Loan Account notwithstanding that such amount so
advanced may result in Borrowing Base’s being exceeded. Such action on the part of the Lender
shall not constitute a waiver of the Lender’s rights and Borrower’s obligations under Section
2.9(b). Any amount which is added to the principal balance of the Loan Account as provided in this
Section 2.7(e) shall bear interest at the interest rate then and thereafter applicable to loans and
advances under the Revolving Credit.

          (f) Any statement rendered by the Lender to the Borrower concerning the Liabilities shall be
considered correct and accepted by the Borrower and shall be conclusively binding upon the Borrower
in the absence of manifest error unless the Borrower provides the Lender with written objection
thereto within twenty (20) days from the mailing of such statement, which written objection shall
indicate, with particularity, the reason for such objection. The Loan Account and the Lender’s
books and records concerning the loan arrangement contemplated herein and the Liabilities shall be
prima facie evidence and proof of the items described therein.

     2.8. The Revolving Credit Note.

     The Borrower’s obligation to repay loans and advances under the Revolving Credit, with
interest as provided herein, is evidenced by that certain Revolving Credit Note, dated as of
January 18, 2000 (as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time, the “Revolving
Credit Note”). Neither the original nor a copy of the Revolving Credit Note shall be required,
however, to establish or prove any Liability. In the event that the Revolving Credit Note is ever
lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the Borrower

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shall execute a replacement thereof and deliver such
replacement to the Lender upon delivery by the Lender of an affidavit of loss and customary
indemnity.

     2.9. Payment of The Loan Account.

          (a) The Borrower may repay all or any portion of the principal balance of the Loan Account
from time to time until the Termination Date.

          (b) The Borrower, without notice or demand from the Lender, shall pay the Lender that amount,
from time to time, which is necessary so that there is no Overloan outstanding.

          (c) The Borrower shall repay the then entire unpaid balance of the Loan Account and all other
Liabilities on the Termination Date.

          (d) The Lender shall endeavor to cause the application of payments (if any), pursuant to
Sections 2.9(a) and 2.9(b) against Libor Loans then outstanding in such manner as results in the
least cost to the Borrower, but shall not have any affirmative obligation to do so nor liability on
account of the Lender’s failure to have done so. In no event shall action or inaction taken by the
Lender excuse the Borrower from any indemnification obligation under Section 2.9(e).

          (e) The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender and hold the Lender harmless from and against any
loss, cost or expense (including loss of anticipated profits and amounts payable by the Lender
on account of “breakage fees” (so-called)) which the Lender may sustain or incur (including,
without limitation, by virtue of acceleration after the occurrence of any Event of Default) as a
consequence of the following:

     (i) Default by the Borrower in payment of the principal amount of or any interest
on any Libor Loan as and when due and payable, including any such loss or expense
arising from interest or fees payable by the Lender in order to maintain its Libor
Loans.

     (ii) Default by the Borrower in making a borrowing or conversion after the Borrower
has given (or is deemed to have given) a request for a Revolving Credit Loan or a
request to convert a Revolving Credit Loan from one applicable interest rate to another.

     (iii) The making of any payment on a Libor Loan or the making of any conversion of
any such Libor Loan to a Base Margin Loan on a day that is not the last day of the
applicable Interest Period with respect thereto.

     2.10. Interest on Revolving Credit Loans. 

          (a) Each Revolving Credit Loan shall bear interest at the Base Margin Rate unless timely
notice is given (as provided in Section 2.5) that the subject Revolving Credit Loan (or a portion
thereof) is, or is to be converted to, a Libor Loan.

          (b) Each Revolving Credit Loan which consists of a Libor Loan shall bear interest at the
applicable Libor Margin Rate.

          (c) Subject to, and in accordance with, the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may
cause all or a part of the unpaid principal balance of the Loan
Account to bear interest at

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the
Base Margin Rate or the Libor Margin Rate as specified from time to time by the Borrower by notice
to the Lender.

          (d) For ease of reference and administration, each part of the Loan Account which bears
interest at the same rate of interest and for the same Interest Period is referred to herein as if
it were a separate “Revolving Credit Loan”.

          (e) The Borrower shall not select, renew, or convert any interest rate for a Revolving Credit
Loan such that, in addition to interest at the Base Margin Rate, there are more than three (3)
Libor Rates applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans at any one time.

          (f) The Borrower shall pay accrued and unpaid interest on each Revolving Credit Loan in
arrears as follows:

     (i) On the applicable Interest Payment Date for that Revolving Credit Loan.

     (ii) On the Termination Date and on the End Date.

     (iii) Following the occurrence of any Event of Default, with such frequency as may
be determined by the Lender.

          (g) Following the occurrence of any Event of Default (and whether or not the Lender exercises
the Lender’s rights on account thereof), all Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest, at the
option of the Lender at a rate which is the aggregate of the rate applicable to Base Margin
Loans plus Two Percent (2%) per annum.

     2.11. Amendment Fee.

     In consideration of the Lender agreeing to amend and restate the Original Agreement and the
Lender’s commitment to make loans and advances to the Borrower under the Revolving Credit, the
Borrower shall pay to the Lender the “Amendment Fee” (so referred to herein) of $37,500 Dollars.
The Amendment Fee shall be fully earned and payable on the Amendment Closing Date and shall not be
subject to refund or rebate under any circumstances.

     2.12. Facility Fee.

          (a) In addition to any other fee or expense to be paid by the Borrower on account of the
Revolving Credit, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender the “Facility Fee” (so referred to herein)
in the aggregate amount of $144,000.00, (x) $96,000.00 of which was fully earned by the Lender’s
execution of the Fifth Amendment and (y) $48,000 of which of which was fully earned by the Lender
on the Amendment Closing Date. (The Facility Fee is in addition to the Facility Fee previously
earned by the Lender and paid by the Borrower in connection with the Loan Agreement).

          (b) Subject to this Section 2.12, the Facility Fee shall be paid to the Lender in monthly
installments of $2,000.00 each. Monthly installments shall be paid on the first day of the month
next following the Fifth Amendment Closing Date and on the first day of each month thereafter,
until the entire Facility Fee has been paid.

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          (c) Upon the termination of the Revolving Credit and upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default described in Section 10.11 and at the option of the Lender upon the occurrence of any other
Event of Default, any remaining installments of the Facility Fee shall be immediately due and
payable.

     2.13. Unused Line Fee.

     In addition to any other fee to be paid by the Borrower on account of the Revolving Credit,
the Borrower shall pay the Lender the “Unused Line Fee” (so referred to herein) of 0.25% per annum
of the average difference, during the month just ended (or relevant period with respect to the
payment being made on the Termination Date) between the Revolving Credit Ceiling and the unpaid
principal balance of the Loan Account. The Unused Line Fee shall be paid in arrears, on the first
day of each month after the execution of this Agreement and on the Termination Date.

     2.14. Early Termination Fee

          (a) In the event that the Termination Date occurs for any reason prior to August 31, 2007, the
Borrower shall pay to the Lender the “Revolving Credit Early Termination Fee” (so referred to
herein) equal to 0.50 percentage of the Revolving Credit Ceiling (based upon the highest amount of
the Revolving Credit Ceiling during the six (6) month period immediately preceding the Termination
Date as determined by Lender) and payable on the Termination Date.

          (b) No Revolving Credit Early Termination Fee shall be due and payable in the event of the
early termination of the Revolving Credit in connection with a refinancing thereof agented or
provided by the Lender or any affiliate of the Lender, it being understood that neither the Lender
nor any such affiliate has agreed to provide or to entertain a request to provide any such
refinancing.

          (c) At the Borrower’s election, which may be exercised only prior to the occurrence of any
Event of Default, the Borrower may provide the Lender with irrevocable written notice setting the
Termination Date, which date shall be at least fifteen (15) days but not more than sixty (60) days
after the giving of such notice.

     2.15. Concerning Fees.

          (a) In addition to any other right to which the Lender is then entitled on account thereof,
the Lender may assess an additional fee payable by the Borrower on account of the accommodation,
from time to time, by the Lender of the Borrower’s request that the Lender depart or dispense with
one or more of the administrative provisions of this Agreement and/or the Borrower’s failure to
comply with any of such provisions.

     (i) By way of non-exclusive example, the Lender may assess a fee on account of any
of the following:

     (A) The Borrower’s failure to pay that amount which is necessary so that the
principal balance of the Loan Account does not exceed Borrowing Base (as required
under Section 2.9(b) hereof).

     (B) The providing of a loan or advance under the Revolving Credit or charging
of the Loan Account such that an Overloan is made.

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     (C) The foreshortening of any of the time frames with respect to the making of
Revolving Credit Loans as set forth in Section 2.5.

     (D) The Borrower’s failure to provide a financial statement or report within
the applicable time frame provided for such report under Article 2 — hereof.

     (ii) The inclusion of the foregoing right on the part of the Lender to assess a fee
does not constitute an obligation, on the part of the Lender, to waive any provision of
this Agreement under any circumstances. The assessment of any such fee in any
particular circumstance shall not constitute the Lender’s waiver of any breach of this
Agreement on account of which such fee was assessed nor a course of action on which the
Borrower may rely.

          (b) The Borrower shall not be entitled to any credit, rebate or repayment of any fee earned
by the Lender pursuant to this Agreement or any Loan Document notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement or suspension or termination of the Lender’s obligation to make loans and advances
hereunder.

     2.16. Lender’s Discretion.

          (a) Each reference in the Loan Documents to the exercise of discretion or the like by the
Lender shall be to the Lender’s exercise of its judgment, in good faith (which shall be presumed),
based upon the Lender’s consideration of any such factor as the Lender , taking into account
information of which that Person then has actual knowledge, believes:

     (i) Will or reasonably could be expected to affect the value of the Collateral, the
enforceability of the Lender’s Collateral Interests therein, or the amount which the
Lender
would likely realize therefrom (taking into account delays which may possibly be
encountered in the Lender’s realizing upon the Collateral and likely Costs of
Collection).

     (ii) Indicates that any report or financial information delivered to the Lender by
or on behalf of the Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading in any material
manner or was not prepared in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement.

     (iii) Suggests an increase in the likelihood that the Borrower will become the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

     (iv) Constitutes a Suspension Event.

          (b) In the exercise of such judgment, the Lender also may take into account any of the
following factors:

     (i) Those included in, or tested by, the definitions of “Eligible Inventory” and
“Cost”.

     (ii) The current financial and business climate of the industry in which the
Borrower competes (having regard for the Borrower’s position in that industry).

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     (iii) General macroeconomic conditions which have a material effect on the
Borrower’s cost structure.

     (iv) Material changes in or to the mix of the Borrower’s Inventory.

     (v) Seasonality with respect to the Borrower’s Inventory and patterns of retail
sales.

     (vi) Such other factors as the Lender reasonably determines as having a material
bearing on credit risks associated with the providing of loans and financial
accommodations to the Borrower.

          (c) The Borrower shall have the burden of establishing the failure of the Lender to have acted
in a reasonable manner in the Lender’s exercise of discretion.

     2.17. Procedures For Issuance of L/C’s.

          (a) The Borrower may request that the Lender cause the issuance of L/C’s for the account of
the Borrower. Each such request shall be in such manner as may from time to time be acceptable to
the Lender.

          (b) The Lender will use reasonable efforts to cause the issuance of any L/C so requested by
the Borrower, provided that, at the time that the request is made, the Revolving Credit has not
been suspended as provided in Section 2.5(h) and if so issued:

     (i) The aggregate Stated Amount of all L/C’s then outstanding, does not exceed
Fifteen Million Dollars and No Cents ($15,000,000.00).

     (ii) The expiry of the L/C is not later than the earlier of Thirty (30) days prior
to the Maturity Date or the following:

     (A) Standby’s: One (1) year from initial issuance.

     (B) Documentary’s: Sixty (60) days from issuance.

     (iii) Borrowing Base would not be exceeded.

          (c) The Borrower shall execute such documentation to apply for and support the issuance of an
L/C as may be required by the Issuer.

          (d) There shall not be any recourse to, nor liability of, the Lender on account of

     (i) Any delay or refusal by an Issuer to issue an L/C;

     (ii) Any action or inaction of an Issuer on account of or in respect to, any L/C.

          (e) The Borrower shall reimburse the Issuer for the amount of any honoring of a drawing under
an L/C on the same day on which such honoring takes place. The Lender, without the request of the
Borrower, may advance under the Revolving Credit (and charge to the Loan Account) the

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amount of any
honoring of any L/C and other amount for which the Borrower, the Issuer, or the Lender becomes
obligated on account of, or in respect to, any L/C. Such advance shall be made whether or not a
Suspension Event is then extant or such advance would result in Borrowing Base’s being exceeded.
Such action shall not constitute a waiver of the Lender’s rights under Section 2.9(b) hereof.

     2.18. Fees For L/C’s.

          (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a fee, on account of L/C’s, the issuance of which had
been procured by the Lender, monthly in arrears, and on the Termination Date and on the End Date,
equal to 1.75% per annum of the weighted average Stated Amount of all L/C’s outstanding during the
period in respect of which such fee is being paid except that, following the occurrence of any
Event of Default, such fee shall be increased by two percent (2%) per annum.

          (b) In addition to the fee to be paid as provided in Subsection (a), above, the Borrower shall
pay to the Lender (or to the Issuer, if so requested by Lender), on demand, all standard issuance,
processing, negotiation, amendment, and administrative fees and other amounts charged by the Issuer
on account of, or in respect to, any L/C.

          (c) If any change in any law, executive order or regulation, or any directive of any
administrative or governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), or in the
interpretation thereof by any court or administrative or governmental authority charged with the
administration thereof, shall either:

     (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirements against letters of credit heretofore or hereafter issued by any Issuer or
with respect to which the Lender or any Issuer has an obligation to lend to fund
drawings under any L/C; or

     (ii) impose on any Issuer any other condition or requirements relating to any such
letters of credit;

and the result of any event referred to in Section (c)(i) or (ii), above, shall be to increase the
cost to the Lender or to any Issuer of issuing or maintaining any L/C (which increase in cost shall
be the result of such Issuer’s reasonable allocation among that Issuer’s letter of credit customers
of the aggregate of such cost increases resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the
Lender and delivery by the Lender to the Borrower of a certificate of an officer of the Lender or
the subject Issuer describing such change in law, executive order, regulation, directive, or
interpretation thereof, its effect on such Issuer, and the basis for determining such increased
costs and their allocation, the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Lender, from time to time as
specified by the Lender, such amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate the Lender or the
subject Issuer for such increased cost. Any Issuer’s determination of costs incurred under Section
(c)(i) or (ii), above, and the allocation, if any, of such costs among the Borrower and other
letter of credit customers of such Issuer, if done in good faith and made on an equitable basis and
in accordance with such officer’s certificate, shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower.

     2.19. Concerning L/C’s.

          (a) None of the Issuer, the Issuer’s correspondents, or any advising, negotiating, or paying
bank with respect to any L/C shall be responsible in any way for:

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     (i) The performance by any beneficiary under any L/C of that beneficiary’s
obligations to the Borrower.

     (ii) The form, sufficiency, correctness, genuineness, authority of any person
signing; falsification; or the legal effect of; any documents called for under any L/C
if (with respect to the foregoing) such documents on their face appear to be in order.

          (b) The Issuer may honor, as complying with the terms of any L/C and of any drawing
thereunder, any drafts or other documents otherwise in order, but signed or issued by an
administrator, executor, conservator, trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the
benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver, or other legal representative of the party authorized
under such L/C to draw or issue such drafts or other documents.

          (c) Unless otherwise agreed to, in the particular instance, the Borrower hereby authorizes any
Issuer to:

     (i) Select an advising bank, if any.

     (ii) Select a paying bank, if any.

     (iii) Select a negotiating bank.

          (d) All directions, correspondence, and funds transfers relating to any L/C are at the risk of
the Borrower. The Issuer shall have discharged the Issuer’s obligations under any L/C which, or
the drawing under which, includes payment instructions, by the initiation of the method of payment
called for in, and in accordance with, such instructions (or by any other commercially reasonable
and comparable method). Neither the Lender nor the Issuer shall have any responsibility for any
inaccuracy, interruption, error, or delay in transmission or delivery by post, telegraph or cable,
or for any inaccuracy of translation.

          (e) Lender’s and the Issuer’s rights, powers, privileges and immunities specified in or
arising under this Agreement are in addition to any heretofore or at any time hereafter otherwise
created or arising, whether by statute or rule of law or contract.

          (f) Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided hereunder or agreed to in writing by the
Issuer and the Borrower, the L/C will be governed by the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce, Publication No. 500, and any subsequent
revisions thereof.

          (g) The obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect to L/C’s are absolute,
unconditional, and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms hereof
under all circumstances, whatsoever including, without limitation, the following:

     (i) Any lack of validity or enforceability or restriction, restraint, or stay in
the enforcement of this Agreement, any L/C, or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto.

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     (ii) The Borrower’s consent to any amendment or waiver of, or consent to the
departure from, any L/C.

     (iii) The existence of any claim, set-off, defense, or other right which the
Borrower may have at any time against the beneficiary of any L/C.

     (iv) Any good faith honoring of a drawing under any L/C, which drawing possibly
could have been dishonored based upon a strict construction of the terms of the L/C.

     2.20. References to Original Agreement.

     The terms “Loan and Security Agreement,” “this Agreement,” “Loan Agreement,” and similar
references as used in the documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in
connection with the Original Agreement, shall mean the Original Agreement as amended and restated
hereby in its entirety, and each of such documents, instruments and agreements is hereby so
amended. Except as specifically agreed herein, each of the Loan Documents executed and delivered in
connection with the Original Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with their terms.

     2.21. Changed Circumstances.

          (a) The Lender may advise the Borrower that the Lender has made the good faith determination
(which determination shall be final and conclusive) of any of the following:

     (i) Adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the rate for Libor Loans.

     (ii) The continuation of or conversion of any Revolving Credit Loan to a Libor Loan
has been made impracticable or unlawful by the occurrence of a contingency that
materially and adversely affects the applicable market or the compliance by the Lender
or any Revolving Credit Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law.

     (iii) The indices on which the interest rates for Libor Loans are based shall no
longer represent the effective cost to the Lender for U.S. dollar deposits in the
interbank market for deposits in which it regularly participates.

          (b) In the event that the Lender advises the Borrower of an occurrence described in Section
2.21(a), then, until the Lender notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
notice no longer apply:

     (i) The obligation of the Lender to make Libor Loans or to permit the Borrower to
select the Libor Rate as otherwise applicable to any Revolving Credit Loans shall be
suspended.

     (ii) Any notice which the Borrower had given the Lender with respect to any Libor
Loan, the time for action with respect to which has not occurred prior to the Lender’s
having given notice pursuant to Section 2.21, shall be deemed at the option of the
Lender to not having been given.

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ARTICLE 3 — Conditions Precedent

     As a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the establishment of the Revolving
Credit, and the making of the first loan under the Revolving Credit, each of the documents
respectively described in Sections 3.1 through and including 3.3, (each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender) shall have been delivered to the Lender, and the conditions
respectively described in Sections 3.5 through and including 3.8, shall have been satisfied:

     3.1. Corporate Due Diligence

          (a) A Certificate of corporate good standing issued by the Secretary of State of Missouri.

          (b) Certificates of due qualification, in good standing, issued by the Secretary(ies) of State
of each State in which the nature of the Borrower’s business conducted or assets owned could
require such qualification.

          (c) A Certificate of the Borrower’s Secretary of the due adoption, continued effectiveness,
and setting forth the texts of, each corporate resolution adopted in connection with the
establishment of the loan arrangement contemplated by the Loan Documents and attesting to the true
signatures of each Person authorized as a signatory to any of the Loan Documents.

     3.2. Opinion.

     An opinion of counsel to the Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.

     3.3. Officers’ Certificates.

          Certificates executed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the
Borrower and stating that the representations and warranties made by the Borrower to the Lender in
the Loan Documents are true and complete as of the date of such Certificate, and that no event has
occurred which is or which, solely with the giving of notice or passage of time (or both) would be
an Event of Default.

     3.4. Additional Documents.

     Such additional instruments and documents as the Lender or its counsel reasonably may require
or request including, without limitation, the following:

          (a) Those notifications and agreements described in Section 7.1(b) (which relates to cash
management).

          (b) Confirmation from each Guarantor that they have had the opportunity to review this
Agreement and that the applicable Guaranty remains in full force and effect and is applicable to
the Liabilities.

          (c) Exhibits, updated if and as necessary to be accurate as of the Amendment Closing Date.

     3.5. Representations and Warranties

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     Each of the representations made by or on behalf of the Borrower in this Agreement or in any
of the other Loan Documents or in any other report, statement, document, or paper provided by or on
behalf of the Borrower shall be true and complete as of the date as of which such representation or
warranty was made.

     3.6. All Fees and Expenses Paid

          All fees due at or immediately after the first funding under the Revolving Credit and all
costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the establishment of the credit
facility contemplated hereby (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Lender) shall have
been paid in full.

     3.7. No Suspension Event

          No Suspension Event shall then exist.

     3.8. No Adverse Change.

          No event shall have occurred or failed to occur, which occurrence or failure is or could have
a materially adverse effect upon the Borrower’s financial condition when compared with such
financial condition at January 7, 2006.

     No document shall be deemed delivered to the Lender until received and accepted by the Lender
at its head offices in Boston, Massachusetts. Under no circumstances shall this Agreement take
effect until executed and accepted by the Lender at said head office.

ARTICLE 4 — General Representations, Covenants and Warranties

     To induce the Lender to establish the credit facility contemplated herein and to induce the
Lender to provide loans and advances under the Revolving Credit (each of which loans shall be
deemed to have been made in reliance thereupon) the Borrower, in addition to all other
representations, warranties, and covenants made by the Borrower in any other Loan Document, makes
those representations, warranties, and covenants included in this Agreement.

     4.1. Payment and Performance of Liabilities.

          The Borrower shall pay each Liability when due (or when demanded, if payable on demand) and
shall promptly, punctually, and faithfully perform each other Liability.

     4.2. Due Organization. Corporate Authorization. No Conflicts. 

          (a) The Borrower presently is and shall hereafter remain in good standing as a Missouri
corporation and is and shall hereafter remain duly qualified and in good standing in every other
State in which, by reason of the nature or location of the Borrower’s assets or operation of the
Borrower’s business, such qualification may be necessary, except where the failure to so qualify
would have no more than a de minimis adverse effect on the business or a assets of the Borrower.

          (b) Each Affiliate is listed on Exhibit 4.2 annexed hereto. The Borrower shall provide the
Lender with prior written notice of any entity’s becoming or ceasing to be an Affiliate.

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          (c) The Borrower shall not change its State of incorporation nor its taxpayer identification
number.

          (d) The Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver all
Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party and has and will hereafter retain all requisite
corporate power to perform all Liabilities.

          (e) The execution and delivery by the Borrower of each Loan Document to which it is a party;
the Borrower’s consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Loan Documents (including,
without limitation, the creation of Collateral Interests by the Borrower to secure the
Liabilities); the Borrower’s performance under those of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
the borrowings hereunder; and the use of the proceeds thereof:

     (i) Have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action.

     (ii) Do not, and will not, contravene in any material respect any provision of any
Requirement of Law or obligation of the Borrower.

     (iii) Will not result in the creation or imposition of, or the obligation to create
or impose, any Encumbrance upon any assets of the Borrower pursuant to any Requirement
of Law or obligation, except pursuant to the Loan Documents.

          (f) The Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and are the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with
their respective terms.

     4.3. Trade Names 

          (a) Exhibit 4.3 annexed hereto, is a listing of:

     (i) All names under which the Borrower conducted its business during the prior five
(5) years.

     (ii) All entities and/or persons with whom the Borrower consolidated or merged, or
from whom the Borrower ever acquired in a single transaction or in a series of related
transactions substantially all of such entity’s or person’s assets during the prior five
(5) years.

          (b) The Borrower will provide the Lender with not less than twenty-one (21) days prior written
notice (with reasonable particularity) of any change to the Borrower’s name from that under which
the Borrower is conducting its business at the execution of this Agreement and will not effect such
change unless the Borrower is then in compliance with all provisions of this Agreement.

     4.4. Infrastructure.

          (a) The Borrower has and will maintain a sufficient infrastructure to conduct its business as
presently conducted and as contemplated to be conducted as described in the Business Plan.

          (b) The Borrower owns and possesses, or has the right to use (and will hereafter own, possess,
or have such right to use) all patents, industrial designs, trademarks, trade names, trade

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styles,
brand names, service marks, logos, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, confidential information,
and other intellectual or proprietary property of any third Person necessary for the Borrower’s
conduct of the Borrower’s business.

          (c) The conduct by the Borrower of the Borrower’s business does not presently infringe (nor
will the Borrower conduct its business in the future so as to infringe) the patents, industrial
designs, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, brand names, service marks, logos, copyrights,
trade secrets, know-how, confidential information, or other intellectual or proprietary property of
any third Person.

     4.5. Locations.

          (a) The Collateral, and the books, records, and papers of Borrower pertaining thereto, are
kept and maintained solely at the following locations:

     (i) The Borrower’s chief executive offices at 2815 Scott Avenue, Suite C, St.
Louis, Missouri 63103.

     (ii) Those locations which are listed on Exhibit 4.5 annexed hereto, which Exhibit
includes, with respect to each such location, the name and address of the landlord on
the Lease which covers such location (or an indication that the Borrower owns the
subject location) and of all service bureaus with which any such records are maintained
and the names and addresses of each of the Borrower’s landlords.

          (b) The Borrower shall not remove any of the Collateral from said chief executive office or
those locations listed on Exhibit 4.5 except for the following purposes:

     (i) To accomplish sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business.

     (ii) To move Inventory from one such location to another such location.

     (iii) To utilize such of the Collateral as is removed from such locations in the
ordinary course of business (such as motor vehicles).

          (c) Except as contemplated by the Business Plan, the Borrower will not:

     (i) Execute any Lease or alter, modify, or amend any Lease in any material manner.

     (ii) Commit to, or open or close, any location at which the Borrower maintains,
offers for sale, or stores any of the Collateral, subject to the condition that
immediately prior to the earliest date on which the Borrower becomes legally obligated
on account of its leasing of the subject new Store, no Suspension Event is extant, and
no Suspension Event will occur by reason of the Borrower’s so becoming obligated.

          (d) Except as otherwise disclosed pursuant to, or permitted by, this Section 4.5, no tangible
personal property of the Borrower is in the care or custody of any third party or stored or
entrusted with a bailee or other third party and none shall hereafter be placed under such care,
custody, storage, or entrustment.

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     4.6. Title to Assets.

          (a) The Borrower is, and shall hereafter remain, the owner of the Collateral free and clear of
all Encumbrances except Permitted Encumbrances.

          (b) The Borrower does not and shall not have possession of any property on consignment to the
Borrower.

          (c) Except for Equipment in use by the Borrower as of the date of this Agreement, the
Borrower shall not acquire or obtain the right to use any Equipment, the acquisition or right to
use of which Equipment is otherwise permitted by this Agreement, in which Equipment any third party
has an interest, except for:

     (i) Equipment which is merely incidental to the conduct of the Borrower’s business.

     (ii) Equipment subject to an agreement, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Lender, with the third party which has an interest in such Equipment.

     (iii) Equipment, the acquisition or right to use of which has been consented to by
the Lender, which consent may be conditioned upon the Lender’s receipt of such agreement
with the third party which has an interest in such Equipment as is satisfactory to the
Lender.

     4.7. Indebtedness. 

     The Borrower does not and shall not hereafter have any Indebtedness with the exceptions of:

          (a) Any Indebtedness on account of the Revolving Credit.

          (b) The Indebtedness (if any) listed on Exhibit 4.7, annexed hereto.

          (c) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

          (d) Purchase money Indebtedness not otherwise described in this Section 4.7(d) and capital
leases for the acquisition of Equipment as provided in the Business Plan.

     4.8. Insurance. 

          (a) Exhibit 4.8 annexed hereto, is a schedule of all insurance policies owned by the Borrower
or under which the Borrower is the named insured. Each of such policies is in full force and
effect. Neither the issuer of any such policy nor the Borrower is in default or violation of any
such policy.

          (b) The Borrower shall have and maintain at all times insurance covering such risks, in such
amounts, containing such terms, in such form, for such periods, and written by such companies as
may be satisfactory to the Lender.

          (c) All insurance carried by the Borrower shall provide for a minimum of Sixty (60) days’
written notice of cancellation to the Lender and all such insurance which covers the Collateral
shall include an endorsement in favor of the Lender, which endorsement shall provide that the
insurance, to the extent of the Lender’s interest therein, shall not be impaired or invalidated, in
whole or in part, by reason

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of any act or neglect of the Borrower or by the failure of the Borrower
to comply with any warranty or condition of the policy.

          (d) The coverage reflected on Exhibit 4.8 presently satisfies the foregoing requirements, it
being recognized by the Borrower, however, that such requirements may change hereafter to reflect
changing circumstances.

          (e) The Borrower shall furnish the Lender from time to time with certificates or other
evidence satisfactory to the Lender regarding compliance by the Borrower with the foregoing
requirements.

          (f) In the event of the failure by the Borrower to maintain insurance as required herein, the
Lender, at its option, may obtain such insurance, provided, however, the Lender’s obtaining of such
insurance shall not constitute a cure or waiver of any Event of Default occasioned by the
Borrower’s failure to have maintained such insurance.

          (g) The Borrower shall advise the Lender of each claim in excess of $50,000.00 made by the
Borrower under any policy of insurance which covers the Collateral and will permit the Lender, at
the Lender’s option in each instance, to the exclusion of the Borrower, to conduct the adjustment
of each such claim (and of all claims following the occurrence of any Suspension Event). The
Borrower hereby appoints the Lender as the Borrower’s attorney in fact to obtain, adjust, settle,
and cancel any insurance described in this section and to endorse in favor of the Lender any and
all drafts and other instruments with respect to such insurance. This appointment, being coupled
with an interest, is irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated by a written instrument
executed by a duly authorized officer of the Lender. The Lender shall not be liable on account of
any exercise pursuant to said power except where there has been a final judicial determination (in
a proceeding in which the Lender had an opportunity to be heard) that such exercise was grossly
negligent manner or in willful misconduct. The Lender may apply any proceeds of such insurance
against the Liabilities, whether or not such have matured, in such order of application as the
Lender may determine.

     4.9. Licenses

     Each license, distributorship, franchise, and similar agreement issued to, or to which the
Borrower is a party is in full force and effect. No party to any such license or agreement is in
default or violation thereof. The Borrower has not received any notice or threat of cancellation of
any such license or agreement.

     4.10. Leases.

     Exhibit 4.10 annexed hereto, is a schedule of all presently effective Capital Leases.
(Exhibit 4.5 includes a list of all other presently effective Leases). Each of such Leases and
Capital Leases is in full force and effect. No party to any such Lease or Capital Lease is in
default or violation of any such Lease (except for defaults caused solely by Stock Sales and as to
which Lease no rights or remedies are being exercised by the subject creditor or lessor) or Capital
Lease and the Borrower has not received any notice or threat of cancellation of any such Lease or
Capital Lease. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender at any time and from time to time to
contact any of the Borrower’s landlords in order to confirm the Borrower’s continued compliance
with the terms and conditions of the Lease(s) between the Borrower and that landlord and to discuss
such issues, concerning the Borrower’s occupancy under such Lease(s), as the Lender may determine.

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     4.11. Requirements of Law.

     The Borrower is in compliance with, and shall hereafter comply with and use its assets in
compliance with, all Requirements of Law except where the failure of such compliance will not have
more than a de minimis adverse effect on the Borrower’s business or assets. The Borrower has not
received any notice of any violation of any Requirement of Law (other than of a violation which has
no more than a de minimis adverse effect on the Borrower’s business or assets), which violation has
not been cured or otherwise remedied.

     4.12. Labor Relations.

          (a) The Borrower has not been and is not presently a party to any collective bargaining or
other labor contract.

          (b) There is not presently pending and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, there is not threatened
any of the following:

     (i) Any strike, slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, or employee grievance process.

     (ii) Any proceeding against or affecting the Borrower relating to the alleged
violation of any Requirement of Law pertaining to labor relations or National Labor
Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any comparable
governmental body, organizational activity, or other labor or employment dispute against
or affecting the Borrower, which, if determined adversely to the Borrower could have
more than a de minimis adverse effect on the Borrower.

     (iii) Any lockout of any employees by the Borrower, (and no such action is
contemplated by the Borrower).

     (iv) Any application for the certification of a collective bargaining agent.

          (c) No event has occurred or circumstance exists that could provide the basis for any work
stoppage or other labor dispute.

          (d) The Borrower:

     (i) Has complied in all material respects with all Requirements of Law relating to
employment, equal employment opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages,
hours, benefits, collective bargaining, the payment of social security and similar
taxes, occupational safety and health, and plant closing.

     (ii) Is not liable for the payment of more than a de minimis amount of
compensation, damages, taxes, fines, penalties, or other amounts, however designated,
for the Borrower’s failure to comply with any Requirement of Law referenced in Section.
4.12(d)(i).

     4.13. Maintain Properties.

     The Borrower shall:

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          (a) Keep the Collateral in good order and repair (ordinary reasonable wear and tear and
insured casualty excepted).

          (b) Not suffer or cause the waste or destruction of any material part of the Collateral.

          (c) Not use any of the Collateral in violation of any policy of insurance thereon.

          (d) Not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, other than the following:

     (i) The sale of Inventory in compliance with this Agreement.

     (ii) The disposal of Equipment which is obsolete, worn out, or damaged beyond
repair, which Equipment is replaced to the extent necessary to preserve or improve the
operating efficiency of the Borrower.

     (iii) The turning over to the Lender of all Receipts as provided herein.

     4.14. Taxes. 

          (a) The Borrower, in accordance with all Requirements of Law, has properly filed all of the
Borrower’s federal tax returns for all tax periods through and including the Borrower’s taxable
year referenced in Exhibit 4.14, annexed hereto. Except as specifically described in said Exhibit
4.14, at no time has the Borrower received from the Internal Revenue Service: (i) any request to
perform any examination of or with respect to the Borrower, or (ii) any other written or verbal
notice in any way relating to any alleged failure by Borrower to comply with all Requirements of
Law concerning the payment of any taxes, including, without limitation, respecting any issue which
reasonably could be expected to result in the assertion of a deficiency for any tax period open for
examination, assessment, or claim by the Internal Revenue Service. With respect to each such
request or notice from the Internal Revenue Service, as referenced in said Exhibit 4.14, the
Borrower has received written notice from the Internal Revenue Service that the Internal Revenue
Service has completed its examination of the Borrower’s federal tax returns for all tax periods
through and including the Borrower’s taxable year referenced on said Exhibit 4.14 and that all
deficiencies, assessments, and other amounts asserted as a result of such examinations have been
fully paid or settled. No agreement is extant which waives or extends any statute of limitations
applicable to the right of the Internal Revenue Service to assert a deficiency or make any other
claim for or in respect to any of the Borrower’s federal tax liabilities. No issue has been raised
in any such examination which, by application of similar principles, reasonably could be expected
to result in the assertion of a deficiency for any tax period open for examination, assessment, or
claim by the Internal Revenue Service.

          (b) The Borrower, in accordance with all Requirements of Law, has properly filed all of the
Borrower’s applicable state and local returns for all tax periods through and including the
Borrower’s taxable year referenced in said Exhibit 4.14. Except as specifically described in said
Exhibit 4.14, at no time has the Borrower received from any state and local taxing authority: (i)
any request to perform any examination of or with respect to the Borrower, or (ii) any other
written or verbal notice in any way relating to any alleged failure by Borrower to comply with all
Requirements of Law concerning the payment of taxes, including, without limitation, respecting any
issue which reasonably could be expected to result in the assertion of a deficiency for any tax
period open for examination, assessment, or claim by the respective state or local taxing
authority. With respect to each such request or notice from

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all state or local taxing authorities,
as referenced in said Exhibit 4.14, the Borrower has received written notice from the respective
state and local taxing authorities to which the Borrower is subject that such authorities have
completed their respective examination of the Borrower’s returns for all state and local income,
excise, sales, and other taxes for which the Borrower is liable for the respective tax years
referenced on said Exhibit 4.14 and that all deficiencies, assessments, and other amounts asserted
as a result of such examinations have been fully paid or settled. No agreement is extant which
waives or extends any statute of limitations applicable to the right of any state or local taxing
authority to assert a deficiency or make any other claim for or in respect to any such state or
local taxes. No issue has been raised in any such examination which, by application of similar
principles, reasonably could be expected to result in the assertion of a deficiency for any tax
period open for examination, assessment, or claim by any state or local taxing authority.

          (c) Except as disclosed on said Exhibit 4.14, there are no examinations of or with respect to
the Borrower presently being conducted by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing
authority.

          (d) The Borrower has, and hereafter shall: pay, as they become due and payable, all taxes and
unemployment contributions and other charges of any kind or nature levied, assessed or claimed
against the Borrower or the Collateral by any person or entity whose claim could result in an
Encumbrance upon any asset of the Borrower or by any governmental authority; properly exercise any
trust responsibilities imposed upon the Borrower by reason of withholding from employees’ pay or by
reason of the Borrower’s receipt of sales tax or other funds for the account of any third party;
timely make all contributions and other payments as may be required pursuant to any Employee
Benefit Plan now or hereafter established by the Borrower; and timely file all tax and other
returns and other reports with each governmental authority to whom the Borrower is obligated to so
file; provided, however, that the Borrower may contest taxes not yet delinquent or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings so long as adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and no notice of tax
lien has been filed with respect thereto.

          (e) At its option, the Lender may, but shall not be obligated to, on ten (10) days’ prior
written notice to the Borrower, pay any taxes, unemployment contributions, and any and all other
charges levied or assessed upon the Borrower or the Collateral by any person or entity or
governmental authority, and make any contributions or other payments on account of the Borrower’s
Employee Benefit Plan as the Lender, in the Lender’s discretion, may deem necessary or desirable,
to protect, maintain, preserve, collect, or realize upon any or all of the Collateral or the value
thereof or any right or remedy pertaining thereto, provided, however, that (i) the Lender may make
any of the foregoing payments without notice to the Borrower if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment
any delay caused by such notice would materially adversely affect its ability to protect, maintain,
preserve, collect, or realize upon any or all of the Collateral or the value thereof or any right
or remedy pertaining thereto and (ii) the Lender’s
making of any such payment shall not constitute a cure or waiver of any Event of Default
occasioned by the Borrower’s failure to have made such payment.

     4.15. No Margin Stock

     The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying any margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations U, T, and X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States). No part of the proceeds of any
borrowing hereunder will be used at any time to purchase or carry any such margin stock or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock.

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     4.16. ERISA.

          (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an
application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to
the best knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of,
such qualification. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to
each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an
extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect
to any Plan. No Lien imposed under the Code or ERISA exists or is likely to arise on account of
any Plan.

          (b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions
or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the
Borrower. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility
rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a
material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Borrower.

          (c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan
has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or
reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan
(other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither Borrower nor
any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has
occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such
liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v)
neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to
Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

     4.17. Environmental Compliance.

          (a) Neither Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental
Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received
notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any
Environmental Liability, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the
Borrower.

          (b) None of the properties currently or formerly owned or operated by Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof is listed or proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous
foreign, state or local list; there are no and never have been any underground or above-ground
storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous
Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned or
operated by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or, to the best of the knowledge of the Borrower, on
any property formerly owned or operated by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof; there is no asbestos
or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by Borrower or
Subsidiary thereof; and Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of on
any property currently or formerly owned or operated by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.

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          (c) Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is undertaking, and neither Borrower nor any
Subsidiary thereof has completed, either individually or together with other potentially
responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any
actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or
operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the
requirements of any Environmental Law; and all Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated,
handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property currently or formerly owned or
operated by Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof have been disposed of in a manner not reasonably
expected to result in material liability to Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.

          (d) The Borrower shall, and shall its Subsidiaries to, conduct their operations and keep and
maintain their properties in material compliance with all Environmental Laws; (b) obtain and renew
all environmental permits necessary for its operations and properties; and (c) implement any and
all investigation, remediation, removal and response actions that are appropriate or necessary to
maintain the value and marketability of the properties or to otherwise comply with Environmental
Laws pertaining to the presence, generation, treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or
release of any Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of their
properties; provided, however, that neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall be required to undertake any such cleanup, removal, remedial or other action to the extent
that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and
adequate reserves have been set aside and are being maintained by the Borrower with respect to such
circumstances in accordance with GAAP.

     4.18. Litigation.

     Except as described in Exhibit 4.18, annexed hereto, there is not presently pending or
threatened by or against the Borrower any suit, action, proceeding, or investigation which, if
determined adversely to the Borrower, would have more than a de minimis adverse effect upon the
Borrower’s financial condition or ability to conduct its business as such business is presently
conducted or is contemplated to be conducted in the foreseeable future.

     4.19. Dividends. Investments. Corporate Action. 

     The Borrower shall not:

          (a) Pay any dividend or make any other distributions of cash and/or property with respect to
any class of the Borrower’s capital stock, other than:

     (i) A common stock dividend of the Borrower’s own capital stock.

     (ii) For any year as to which the Borrower is an S Corporation for federal tax
purposes, dividend(s) to the Borrower’s shareholder(s) in an amount sufficient to cover
the
tax liability of such shareholder(s) on account of the attribution of the
Borrower’s income to such shareholder(s), but only provided that such payment does not
otherwise breach or result in the breach of any provision of the Loan Documents.

          (b) Own, redeem, retire, purchase, or acquire any of the Borrower’s capital stock.

          (c) Invest in or purchase any stock or securities or rights to purchase any such stock or
securities, of any corporation or other entity, other than:

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     (i) Securities issued to the Borrower pursuant to a plan of reorganization of a
third party consummated under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

     (ii) Permitted Acquisitions not to exceed $2,000,000 in any Fiscal year; and

     (iii) Permitted Investments.

          (d) Merge or consolidate or be merged or consolidated with or into any other corporation or
other entity.

          (e) Consolidate any of the Borrower’s operations with those of any other corporation or other
entity.

          (f) Organize or create any Affiliate.

          (g) Subordinate any debts or obligations owed to the Borrower by any third party to any other
debts owed by such third party to any other Person.

          (h) Acquire any assets other than in the ordinary course and conduct of the Borrower’s
business as conducted at the execution of this Agreement.

     4.20. Loans.

     The Borrower shall not make any loans or advances to, nor acquire the Indebtedness of, any
Person, provided, however, the foregoing does not prohibit any of the following:

          (a) Advance payments made to the Borrower’s suppliers in the ordinary course.

          (b) Advances to the Borrower’s officers, employees, and salespersons with respect to
reasonable expenses to be incurred by such officers, employees, and salespersons for the benefit of
the Borrower, which expenses are properly substantiated by the person seeking such advance and
properly reimbursable by the Borrower.

     4.21. Protection of Assets. 

     The Lender, in the Lender’s discretion, and from time to time, may discharge any tax or
Encumbrance on any of the Collateral, or take any other action which the Lender may deem necessary
or desirable to repair, insure, maintain, preserve, collect, or realize upon any of the Collateral.
The Lender shall not have any obligation to undertake any of the foregoing and shall have no
liability on account of any action so undertaken except where there is a specific finding in a
judicial proceeding (in which the Lender has had an opportunity to be heard), from which finding no
further appeal is available, that the Lender had acted in actual bad faith or in a grossly
negligent manner. The Borrower shall pay to the
Lender, on demand, or the Lender, in its discretion, may add to the Loan Account, all amounts
paid or incurred by the Lender pursuant to this Section 4.21.

     4.22. Line of Business.

     The Borrower shall not engage in any business other than the business in which it is currently
engaged or a business reasonably related thereto (the conduct of which reasonably related business
is reflected in the Business Plan).

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     4.23. Affiliate Transactions.

     The Borrower shall not make any payment, nor give any value to any Affiliate except for goods
and services actually purchased by the Borrower from, or sold by the Borrower to, such Affiliate
for a price and on terms which shall

          (a) be competitive and fully deductible as an “ordinary and necessary business expense” and/or
fully depreciable under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Treasury Regulations, each as
amended; and

          (b) be no less favorable to the Borrower than those which would have been charged and imposed
in an arms length transaction.

     4.24. Further Assurances.

          (a) The Borrower is not the owner of, nor has it any interest in, any property or asset which,
immediately upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the credit
facility contemplated Article 3 -, will not be subject to perfected Collateral Interests in favor
of the Lender (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) to secure the Liabilities.

          (b) The Borrower will not hereafter acquire any asset or any interest in property which is
not, immediately upon such acquisition, subject to such a perfected Collateral Interest in favor of
the Lender to secure the Liabilities (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances).

          (c) The Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Lender such instruments, documents, and
papers, and shall do all such things from time to time hereafter as the Lender may request to carry
into effect the provisions and intent of this Agreement; to protect and perfect the Lender’s
Collateral Interests in the Collateral; and to comply with all applicable statutes and laws, and
facilitate the collection of the Receivables Collateral. The Borrower shall execute all such
instruments as may be required by the Lender with respect to the recordation and/or perfection of
the Collateral Interests created or contemplated herein.

          (d) The Borrower hereby designates the Lender as and for the Borrower’s true and lawful
attorney, with full power of substitution, to sign and file any financing statements in order to
perfect or protect the Lender’s Collateral Interests in the Collateral.

          (e) A carbon, photographic, or other reproduction of this Agreement or of any financing
statement or other instrument executed pursuant to this Section 4.24 shall be sufficient for filing
to perfect the security interests granted herein.

     4.25. Adequacy of Disclosure.

          (a) All financial statements furnished to the Lender by the Borrower have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied and present fairly the condition of the Borrower at the
date(s) thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the period(s) covered. There has
been no change in the financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows of the Borrower
since the date(s) of such financial statements, other than changes in the ordinary course of
business, which changes have not been materially adverse, either singularly or in the aggregate.

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          (b) The Borrower does not have any material contingent obligations or obligation under any
Lease or Capital Lease which is not noted in the Borrower’s financial statements furnished to the
Lender prior to the execution of this Agreement.

          (c) No document, instrument, agreement, or paper now or hereafter given the Lender by or on
behalf of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Liabilities in connection with the execution of this
Agreement by the Lender contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits
or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. There is no fact known to the Borrower which has, or which, in the foreseeable future
could have, a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Borrower or any such
guarantor which has not been disclosed in writing to the Lender.

     4.26. No Restrictions on Liabilities.

     The Borrower shall not enter into or directly or indirectly become subject to any agreement
which prohibits or restricts, in any manner, the Borrower’s:

          (a) Creation of, and granting of Collateral Interests in favor of the Lender.

          (b) Incurrence of Liabilities under this Agreement or the incurrence of any material amount of
Liabilities under any other Loan Document.

     4.27. Other Covenants.

     The Borrower shall not indirectly do or cause to be done any act which, if done directly by
the Borrower, would breach any covenant contained in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 5 —  Financial Reporting and Performance Covenants

     5.1.  Maintain Records. 

     The Borrower shall:

          (a) At all times, keep proper books of account, in which full, true, and accurate entries
shall be made of all of the Borrower’s transactions, all in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently with prior periods to fairly reflect the financial condition of the Borrower at the
close of, and its results of operations for, the periods in question.

          (b) Timely provide the Lender with those financial reports, statements, and schedules required
by this Article 5 — or otherwise, each of which reports, statements and schedules shall be
prepared, to the extent applicable, in accordance with GAAP applied consistently with prior periods
to fairly reflect the financial condition of the Borrower at the close of, and its results of
operations for, the period(s) covered therein.

          (c) At all times, keep accurate current records of the Collateral including, without
limitation, accurate current stock, cost, and sales records of its Inventory, accurately and
sufficiently itemizing and describing the kinds, types, and quantities of Inventory and the cost
and selling prices thereof.

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          (d) At all times, retain independent certified public accountants who are reasonably
satisfactory to the Lender and instruct such accountants to fully cooperate with, and be available
to, the Lender to discuss the Borrower’s financial performance, financial condition, operating
results, controls, and such other matters, within the scope of the retention of such accountants,
as may be raised by the Lender. The Borrower’s present accountants (Ernst & Young LLP) are
presently satisfactory to the Lender.

          (e) Not change the Borrower’s fiscal year.

     5.2. Access to Records.

          (a) The Borrower shall accord the Lender with access from time to time as the Lender may
require to all properties owned by or over which the Borrower has control. The Lender shall have
the right, and the Borrower will permit the Lender from time to time as Lender may request, to
examine, inspect, copy, and make extracts from any and all of the Borrower’s books, records,
electronically stored data, papers, and files. The Borrower shall make all of the Borrower’s
copying facilities available to the Lender.

          (b) The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to:

     (i) Inspect, copy, duplicate, review, cause to be reduced to hard copy, run off,
draw off, and otherwise use any and all computer or electronically stored information or
data which relates to the Borrower, or any service bureau, contractor, accountant, or
other person, and directs any such service bureau, contractor, accountant, or other
person fully to cooperate with the Lender with respect thereto.

     (ii) Verify at any time the Collateral or any portion thereof, including
verification with Account Debtors, and/or with the Borrower’s computer billing
companies, collection agencies, and accountants and to sign the name of the Borrower on
any notice to the Borrower’s Account Debtors or verification of the Collateral.

          (c) The Lender from time to time may designate one or more representatives to exercise the
Lender’s rights under this Section 5.2 as fully as if the Lender were doing so.

     5.3. Prompt Notice to Lender.

          (a) The Borrower shall provide the Lender with written notice promptly upon the occurrence of
any of the following events, which written notice shall be with reasonable particularity as to the
facts and circumstances in respect of which such notice is being given:

     (i) Any change in the Borrower’s Executive Officers.

     (ii) Any ceasing of the Borrower’s making of payment at any time to any of its
creditors, in the ordinary course, in excess of $500,000.

     (iii) Any failure by the Borrower to pay rent in excess of $500,000 in the
aggregate at any of the Borrower’s locations, which failure continues for more than
Three (3) days following the last day on which such rent was payable.

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     (iv) Any material adverse change in the business, operations, or financial affairs
of the Borrower.

     (v) The occurrence of any Suspension Event.

     (vi) Any intention on the part of the Borrower to discharge the Borrower’s present
independent accountants or any withdrawal or resignation by such independent accountants
from their acting in such capacity (as to which, see Subsection 5.1(d)).

     (vii) Any litigation which, if determined adversely to the Borrower, might have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Borrower.

     (viii) The occurrence of any ERISA Event

          (b) The Borrower shall:

     (i) Provide the Lender, when so distributed, with copies of any materials
distributed to the shareholders of the Borrower (qua such shareholders).

     (ii) Add the Lender as an addressee on all mailing lists to retail customers
maintained by or for the Borrower.

     (iii) At the request of the Lender, from time to time, provide the Lender with
copies of all advertising (including copies of all print advertising and duplicate tapes
of all video and radio advertising).

     (iv) Provide the Lender, when received by the Borrower, with a copy of any
management letter or similar communications from any accountant of the Borrower.

     (v) Provide the Lender with copies of all written Executive Agreements and outlines
of the salient features of all unwritten Executive Agreements; the Lender hereby
agreeing to keep such agreements confidential in accordance with the Lender’s customary
policies regarding confidential agreements.

     5.4. Borrowing Base Certificate.

     The Borrower shall provide the Lender with a Borrowing Base Certificate (in the form of
Exhibit 5.4 annexed hereto, as such form may be revised from time to time by the Lender), monthly
fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each fiscal month provided that if an Event of Default
or an Increased Reporting Event has occurred, the Borrower shall provide such Borrowing Base
Certificate on Wednesday of each week as of the close of business on the immediately preceding
Saturday (which date for delivery shall not change until the circumstance giving rise to the
Increased Reporting Event is remedied as provided in the definition of “Increased Reporting Event”
or the Event of Default has been cured or has been waived in writing by the Lender, as the case may
be). Such Certificate may be sent to the Lender by facsimile transmission, provided that the
original thereof is forwarded to the Lender on the date of such transmission

     5.5. Monthly Reports. 

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          (a) Monthly, the Borrower shall provide the Lender with original counterparts of the following
(each in such form as the Lender from time to time may specify):

     (i) Within Twenty (20) days of the end of the previous month (except where the
previous month is December, in which case only, within Thirty-Five (35) days of the end
of the previous month):

     (A) A “Stock Ledger Inventory Report” (including a “Department on hand”
(Cost/Retail Inventory) and a Certificate (signed by the Borrower’s Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer) concerning the Borrower’s Inventory.

     (B) An aging of the Borrower’s accounts payable.

     (C) An outstanding L/C (In-Transit) Report.

     (D) an aging of Borrower’s credit card accounts receivable.

     (ii) Within Thirty (30) days of the end of the previous month (except where the
previous month is December, in which case only, within Forty (40) days of the end of the
previous month):

     (A) Reconciliation of the above described Report and Inventory Certificate
(Section (i)(A)) to Availability and to the general ledger as of the end of the
subject month.

     (B) A Gross Margin Reconciliation.

     (C) A Store Activity Report (which shall include, among other things, the
certification of the Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial
Officer that, taking into account such Store openings, if any, as shall have
occurred during the period covered by such Report, the Borrower’s management
information systems and its management infrastructure are sufficient to deal
efficiently with any added burdens created by such opening(s) and that neither the
incurrence of the expenses associated with preparation of the new location(s) for
opening nor the operation of the new location(s) thereafter shall have more than a
de minimis negative effect on the Borrower’s EBITDA nor result in a Suspension
Event.

     (D) The officer’s compliance certificate described in Section 5.8.

     (E) An internally prepared financial statement of the Borrower’s financial
condition and the results of its operations for, the period ending with the end of
the subject month, which financial statement shall include, at a minimum, a balance
sheet, income statement (on a store specific and on a “consolidated” basis), cash
flow and comparison of same store sales for the corresponding month of the then
immediately previous year, as well as to the Business Plan.

          (b) For purposes of Section(a)(i), above, the first “previous month” in respect of which the
items required by that Section shall be provided shall be July, 2006 and for purposes of

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Section(a)(ii), above, the first “previous month” in respect of which the items required by
that Section shall be provided shall be July, 2006.

     5.6. Quarterly Reports.

     Quarterly, within Forty Five (45) days following the end of each of the Borrower’s fiscal
quarters, the Borrower shall provide the Lender with the following:

          (a) An original counterpart of a management prepared financial statement of the Borrower for
the period from the beginning of the Borrower’s then current fiscal year through the end of the
subject quarter, with comparative information for the same period of the previous fiscal year,
which statement shall include, at a minimum, a balance sheet, income statement (on a store specific
and on a “consolidated” basis), statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows and
comparisons for the corresponding quarter of the then immediately previous year, as well as to the
Business Plan.

          (b) The officer’s compliance certificate described in Section 5.8

     5.7. Annual Reports.

          (a) Annually, within one hundred twenty (120) days following the end of the Borrower’s fiscal
year, the Borrower shall furnish the Lender with the following:

     (i) An original signed counterpart of the Borrower’s annual financial statement,
which statement shall have been prepared by, and bear the unqualified opinion of, the
Borrower’s independent certified public accountants (i.e. said statement shall be
“certified” by such accountants) and shall include, at a minimum (with comparative
information for the then prior fiscal year) a balance sheet, income statement, statement
of changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows.

     (ii) The officer’s compliance certificate described in Section 5.8.

          (b) No later than the earlier of Fifteen (15) days prior to the end of each of the Borrower’s
fiscal years or the date on which such accountants commence their work on the preparation of the
Borrower’s annual financial statement, the Borrower shall give written notice to such accountants
(with a copy of such notice, when sent, to the Lender) that:

     (i) Such annual financial statement will be delivered by the Borrower to the
Lender.

     (ii) It is the primary intention of the Borrower, in its engagement of such
accountants, to satisfy the financial reporting requirements set forth in this Article 5-.

     (iii) The Borrower has been advised that the Lender will rely thereon with respect
to the administration of, and transactions under, the credit facility contemplated by
this Agreement.

          (c) Each annual statement shall be accompanied by such accountant’s Certificate indicating
that, in conducting the audit for such annual statement, nothing came to the attention of such

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accountants to believe that any Suspension Event had occurred during the subject fiscal year (or if
one or more had occurred, the facts and circumstances thereof).

          (d) The Borrower shall cause the delivery to the Lender, with the annual statement to be
furnished by the Borrower pursuant to this section, of an updated financial statement (in form
satisfactory to the Lender) of, and signed by each guarantor of the Liabilities, which personal
financial statement shall be of a date not more than Fourteen (14) days prior to the date of such
delivery and each time when filed by the subject guarantor, a copy of that guarantor’s federal
income tax return so filed.

     5.8. Officers’ Certificates.

     The Borrower shall cause the Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer
respectively to provide such Person’s Certificate with those monthly, quarterly, and annual
statements to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement, which Certificate shall:

          (a) Indicate that the subject statement was prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied and presents fairly the financial condition of the Borrower at the close of, and the
results of the Borrower’s operations and cash flows for, the period(s) covered, subject, however to
the following:

     (i) Usual year end adjustments (this exception shall not be included in the
Certificate which accompanies such annual statement).

     (ii) Material Accounting Changes (in which event, such Certificate shall include a
schedule (in reasonable detail) of the effect of each such Material Accounting Change)
not previously specifically taken into account in the determination of the financial
performance covenant imposed pursuant to Section 5.11.

          (b) Indicate either that (i) no Suspension Event has occurred or (ii) if such an event has
occurred, its nature (in reasonable detail) and the steps (if any) being taken or contemplated by
the Borrower to be taken on account thereof.

          (c) Include calculations concerning the Borrower’s compliance (or failure to comply) at the
date of the subject statement with each of the financial performance covenants included in Section
5.11.

     5.9. Inventories, Appraisals, and Audits.

          (a) The Lender, at the expense of the Borrower, may participate in and/or observe each
physical count and/or inventory of so much of the Collateral as consists of Inventory which is
undertaken on behalf of the Borrower.

          (b) The Borrower, at its own expense, shall cause not less than two (2) physical inventories
to be undertaken in each twelve (12) month period during which this Agreement is in effect (the
spacing of the scheduling of which inventories shall be subject to the Lender’s discretion)
conducted by such inventory takers as are satisfactory to the Lender and following such methodology
as may be satisfactory to the Lender.

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     (i) The Borrower shall provide the Lender with a copy of the preliminary results of
each such physical inventory (as well as of any other physical inventory undertaken by
the Borrower) within twenty (20) days following the completion of such inventory.

     (ii) The Borrower shall provide the Lender with a reconciliation of the results of
each such inventory (as well as of any other physical inventory undertaken by the
Borrower) to the Borrower’s books and records within thirty (30) days following the
completion of such inventory.

     (iii) The Lender, in its discretion, following the occurrence of a Suspension
Event, may cause such additional inventories to be taken as the Lender determines (each,
at the expense of the Borrower).

          (c) The Lender may obtain appraisals of the Collateral, from time to time conducted by such
appraisers as are satisfactory to the Lender. The Lender shall not conduct more than One (1) such
appraisals of the Collateral at the Borrower’s expense during any Twelve (12) month period during
which this Agreement is in effect, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or an
Increased Reporting Event has occurred and not been remedied, in which case the Lender in its
discretion, may undertake additional such appraisals at the Borrower’s expense during such period
as the Lender shall require.

          (d) The Lender may conduct from time to time commercial finance field examinations of the
Borrower’s books and records. The Lender may conduct One(1) commercial finance field examinations
of the Borrower’s books and records at the Borrower’s expense during any Twelve (12) month period
during which this Agreement is in effect, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or an Increased Reporting Event has occurred and not been remedied, in which case the Lender in its
discretion, may conduct additional commercial finance field examinations (at the Borrower’s
expense) during such period as the Lender shall require.

          (e) The Lender from time to time (in all events, at the Borrower’s expense) may undertake
“mystery shopping” (so called) visits to all or any of the Borrower’s business premises. The
Lender shall provide the Borrower with a copy of any non company confidential results of such
mystery shopping.

          (f) The Lender agrees that prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default, the maximum
amount of third party fees for which the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Lender,
cumulatively in any Twelve (12) month period during which this Agreement is in effect, is the
aggregate of the following plus out of pocket expenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	No Increased Reporting	 	Increased Reporting
	 	 	Event Exists	 	Event Exists
	Audit
	 	$	10,000.00	 	 	$	25,000.00	 
	Appraisals
	 	$	22,000.00	 	 	$	45,000.00	 

     In the event of and following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, there shall not be any “cap” on such fees.

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     5.10. Additional Financial Information.

          (a) In addition to all other information required to be provided pursuant to this Article 5 -,
the Borrower promptly shall provide the Lender (and any guarantor of the Liabilities), with such
other and additional information concerning the Borrower, the Collateral, the operation of the
Borrower’s business, and the Borrower’s financial condition, including original counterparts
of financial reports and statements, as the Lender may from time to time request from the Borrower.

          (b) The Borrower may provide the Lender, from time to time hereafter, with updated forecasts
of the Borrower’s anticipated performance and operating results.

          (c) In all events, the Borrower, no sooner than Ninety (90) nor later than Thirty (30) days
prior to the end of each of the Borrower’s fiscal years, shall provide the Lender with an updated
and extended forecast which shall go out at least through the end of the then next fiscal year and
shall include an income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow, by month, each
prepared in conformity with GAAP and consistent with the Borrower’s then current practices.

          (d) The Lender, following the receipt of any of such forecast, may, but shall not be under any
obligation to, provide its written approval of such forecast (in which event, such forecast shall
become the Business Plan); such forecast shall be deemed approved by the Lender and shall
constitute the new Business Plan in the event that the Lender shall not have identified in writing
its objections to such forecast within thirty (30) days of its receipt thereof. If such Business
Plan is approved or deemed approved by the Lender in accordance with the foregoing, the Lender may,
by extrapolation from the Business Plan and in consultation with the Borrower, extend or revise the
financial performance covenants included on Exhibit 5.11(a) annexed hereto.

          (e) In the event that in accordance with Section 5.10(d) the Lender objects to a forecast
provided by the Borrower, and the Borrower is unable to promptly deliver a forecast to which the
Lender does not object, then the Lender, by written notice to the Borrower, may revise, roll-over,
or extend, for the then coming fiscal year, the financial performance covenants applicable to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 5.11 by extrapolation from the then current Business Plan, subject to
revision in consultation with the Borrower upon delivery of a forecast approved or deemed approved
as set forth in Section 5.10(d).

          (f) The Borrower recognizes that all appraisals, inventories, analysis, financial information,
and other materials which the Lender may obtain, develop, or receive with respect to the Borrower
is confidential to the Lender and that, except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrower is not
entitled to receipt of any of such appraisals, inventories, analysis, financial information, and
other materials, nor copies or extracts thereof or therefrom.

     5.11. Financial Performance Covenants

     The Borrower shall observe and comply with those financial performance covenants set forth on
Exhibit 5.11(a), annexed hereto, certain of which covenants are based on the Business Plan set
forth on Exhibit 5.11(b) annexed hereto. Such financial performance covenants are subject to
change, revision, roll over, and extension as provided in Section 5.10(d). Compliance with such
financial performance covenants shall be made as if no Material Accounting Changes had been made
(other than any Material Accounting Changes specifically taken into account in the setting of such
covenants).

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ARTICLE 6 —  Use and Collection of Collateral

     6.1.  Use of Inventory Collateral. 

          (a) The Borrower shall not engage in any sale of the Inventory other than for fair
consideration in the conduct of the Borrower’s business in the ordinary course and shall not engage
in
sales or other dispositions to creditors; sales or other dispositions in bulk; and any use of
any of the Inventory in breach of any provision of this Agreement.

          (b) No sale of Inventory shall be on consignment, approval, or under any other circumstances
such that, with the exception of the Borrower’s customary return policy applicable to the return of
inventory purchased by the Borrower’s retail customers in the ordinary course, such Inventory may
be returned to the Borrower without the consent of the Lender.

     6.2. Inventory Quality.

     All Inventory now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower is and will be of good and
merchantable quality and free from defects (other than defects within customary trade tolerances).

     6.3. Adjustments and Allowances.

     The Borrower may grant such allowances or other adjustments to the Borrower’s Account Debtors
(exclusive of extending the time for payment of any Account or Account Receivable, which shall not
be done without first obtaining the Lender’s prior written consent in each instance) as the
Borrower may reasonably deem to accord with sound business practice, provided, however, the
authority granted the Borrower pursuant to this Section 6.3 may be limited or terminated by the
Lender at any time in the Lender’s discretion.

     6.4. Validity of Accounts.

          (a) The amount of each Account shown on the books, records, and invoices of the Borrower
represented as owing by each Account Debtor is and will be the correct amount actually owing by
such Account Debtor and shall have been fully earned by performance by the Borrower.

          (b) The Borrower has no knowledge of any impairment of the validity or collectibility of any
of the Accounts and shall notify the Lender of any such fact immediately after Borrower becomes
aware of any such impairment.

          (c) The Borrower shall not post any bond to secure the Borrower’s performance under any
agreement to which the Borrower is a party nor cause any surety, guarantor, or other third party
obligee to become liable to perform any obligation of the Borrower (other than to the Lender) in
the event of the Borrower’s failure so to perform other than as may be required under workers’
compensation laws and the like.

     6.5. Notification to Account Debtors.

     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Lender shall have
the right to notify any of the Borrower’s Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Lender
and to collect all amounts due on account of the Collateral.

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ARTICLE 7 —  Cash Management. Payment of Liabilities

     7.1. Depository Accounts. 

          (a) Annexed hereto as Exhibit 7.1 is a Schedule of all present DDA’s, which Schedule includes,
with respect to each depository (i) the name and address of that depository; (ii) the
account number(s) of the account(s) maintained with such depository; and (iii) a contact
person at such depository.

          (b) The Borrower shall deliver the following to the Lender, as a condition to the
effectiveness of this Agreement:

     (i) Notification, executed on behalf of the Borrower, to each depository
institution with which any DDA is maintained (other than any Exempt DDA and the Blocked
Account), in form satisfactory to the Lender of the Lender’s interest in such DDA.

     (ii) A Blocked Account Agreement with any depository institution at which either of
the following conditions applies:

     (A) Both any DDA (other than the Operating Account) and the Operating Account
is maintained.

     (B) A Blocked Account is maintained.

          (c) The Borrower will not establish any DDA hereafter (other than an Exempt DDA) unless,
contemporaneous with such establishment, the Borrower delivers the following to the Lender:

     (i) Notification to the depository at which such DDA is established if the same
would have been required pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii)(A) if the subject DDA were open
at the execution of this Agreement.

     (ii) A Blocked Account Agreement executed on behalf of the depository at which such
DDA is established if the same would have been required pursuant to Section
7.1(b)(ii)(B) if the subject DDA were open at the execution of this Agreement.

     7.2. Credit Card Receipts.

          (a) Annexed hereto as Exhibit 7.2 is a Schedule which describes all arrangements to which the
Borrower is a party with respect to the payment to the Borrower of the proceeds of credit card
charges for sales by the Borrower.

          (b) The Borrower shall deliver to the Lender, as a condition to the effectiveness of this
Agreement, notification, executed on behalf of the Borrower, to each of the Borrower’s credit card
clearinghouses and processors of notice (in form satisfactory to the Lender), which notice provides
that payment of all credit card charges submitted by the Borrower to that clearinghouse or other
processor and any other amount payable to the Borrower by such clearinghouse or other processor
shall be directed to the Concentration Account or as otherwise designated from time to time by the
Lender. The Borrower shall not change such direction or designation except upon and with the prior
written consent of the Lender.

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     7.3. The Concentration, Blocked, and Operating Accounts.

          (a) The following checking accounts have been or will be established (and are so referred to
herein):

     (i) The “Concentration Account” (so referred to herein): Account No. 274-04973 at
BA.

     (ii) The “Blocked Account” (so referred to herein): Account No. #14427080
/SPAN>CDA at Southwest Bank of St. Louis.

     (iii) The “Operating Account” (so referred to herein): Account No. 274-05044 at
BA.

          (b) The contents of each DDA (other than the Operating Account) and of the Blocked Account
constitutes Collateral and Proceeds of Collateral. The contents of the Concentration Account
constitutes the Lender’s property.

          (c) The Borrower shall pay all fees and charges of, and maintain such impressed balances as
may be required by the depository in which any account is opened as required hereby (even if such
account is opened by and/or is the property of the Lender).

     7.4. Proceeds and Collection of Accounts.

          (a) All Receipts:

     (i) Constitute Collateral and proceeds of Collateral.

     (ii) Shall be held in trust by the Borrower for the Lender.

     (iii) Shall not be commingled with any of the Borrower’s other funds.

     (iv) Shall be deposited and/or transferred only to the Blocked Account or the
Concentration Account.

          (b) The Borrower shall cause the ACH or wire transfer to the Blocked or the Concentration
Account, no less frequently than daily (and whether or not there is then an outstanding balance in
the Loan Account) of the following:

     (i) The then contents of each DDA (other than any Exempt DDA), each such transfer
to be net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $1,000.00, as may be required to be
maintained in the subject DDA by the bank at which such DDA is maintained).

     (ii) The proceeds of all credit card charges not otherwise provided for pursuant
hereto.

Telephone advice (confirmed by written notice) shall be provided to the Lender on each Business Day
on which any such transfer is made.

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          (c) Whether or not any Liabilities are then outstanding, the Borrower shall cause the ACH or
wire transfer to the Concentration Account, no less frequently than daily, of then entire ledger
balance of the Blocked Account, net of such minimum balance, not to exceed $1,000.00, as may be
required to be maintained in the Blocked Account by the depository which the Blocked Account is
maintained.

          (d) In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7.4, the Borrower
receives or otherwise has dominion and control of any Receipts, or any proceeds or collections of
any Collateral, such Receipts, proceeds, and collections shall be held in trust by the Borrower for
the Lender and shall not be commingled with any of the Borrower’s other funds or deposited in any
account of the Borrower other than as instructed by the Lender.

     7.5. Payment of Liabilities.

          (a) On each Business Day, the Lender shall apply the then collected balance of the
Concentration Account (net of fees charged, and of such impressed balances as may be required by
the bank at which the Concentration Account is maintained) towards the unpaid balance of the Loan
Account and all other Liabilities, provided, however, for purposes of the calculation of interest
on the unpaid principal balance of the Loan Account, such payment shall be deemed to have been made
One (1) Business Day after such transfer.

          (b) The following rules shall apply to deposits and payments under and pursuant to this
Agreement:

     (i) Funds shall be deemed to have been deposited to the Concentration Account on
the Business Day on which deposited, provided that notice of such deposit is available
to the Lender by 2:00 PM on that Business Day.

     (ii) Funds paid to the Lender, other than by deposit to the Concentration Account,
shall be deemed to have been received on the Business Day when they are good and
collected funds, provided that notice of such payment is available to the Lender by 2:00
PM on that Business Day.

     (iii) If notice of a deposit to the Concentration Account (Section (i)) or payment
(Section (ii)) is not available to the Lender until after 2:00 PM on a Business Day,
such deposit or payment shall be deemed to have been made at 9:00 AM on the then next
Business Day.

     (iv) All deposits to the Concentration Account and other payments to the Lender are
subject to clearance and collection.

          (c) The Lender shall transfer to the Operating Account any surplus in the Concentration
Account remaining after the application towards the Liabilities referred to in Section (a), above
(less those amount which are to be netted out, as provided therein) provided, however, in the event
that

     (i) a Suspension Event has occurred and is continuing; and

     (ii) one or more L/C’s are then outstanding,

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then the Lender may establish a funded reserve of up to 105% of the aggregate Stated Amounts of
such L/C’s. Such funded reserve shall either be (i) returned to the Borrower in the event that no
Suspension Event is then continuing or (ii) applied towards the Liabilities following the
occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 10.11 or acceleration following the
occurrence of any other Event of Default.

     7.6. The Operating Account.

     Except as otherwise specifically provided in, or permitted by, this Agreement, all checks
shall be drawn by the Borrower upon, and other disbursements shall be made by the Borrower solely
from, the Operating Account.

ARTICLE 8 —  Grant of Security Interest

     8.1. Grant of Security Interest.

     To secure the Borrower’s prompt, punctual, and faithful performance of all and each of the
Liabilities, the Borrower hereby grants to the Lender a continuing security interest in and to, and
assigns to the Lender the following, and each item thereof, whether now owned or now due, or in
which the Borrower has an interest, or hereafter acquired, arising, or to become due, or in which
the Borrower obtains an interest, and all products, Proceeds, substitutions, and accessions of or
to any of the following (all of which, together with any other property in which the Lender may in
the future be granted a security interest, is referred to herein as the “Collateral”):

          (a) All Accounts and accounts receivable.

          (b) All Inventory.

          (c) All General Intangibles.

          (d) All Equipment.

          (e) All Goods.

          (f) All Fixtures.

          (g) All Chattel Paper.

          (h) All Farm Products.

          (i) All Letter-of-Credit Rights.

          (j) All Payment Intangibles.

          (k) All Supporting Obligations.

          (l) All books, records, and information relating to the Collateral and/or to the operation of
the Borrower’s business, and all rights of access to such books, records, and information, and all
property in which such books, records, and information are stored, recorded, and maintained.

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          (m) All Leasehold Interests.

          (n) All Investment Property, Instruments, Documents, Deposit Accounts, policies and
certificates of insurance, deposits, impressed accounts, compensating balances, money, cash, or
other property.

          (o) All insurance proceeds, refunds, and premium rebates, including, without limitation,
proceeds of fire and credit insurance, whether any of such proceeds, refunds, and premium rebates
arise out of any of the foregoing or otherwise.

          (p) All liens, guaranties, rights, remedies, and privileges pertaining to any of the
foregoing, including the right of stoppage in transit.

     8.2. Extent and Duration of Security Interest.

     The security interest created and granted herein is in addition to, and supplemental of, any
security interest previously granted by the Borrower to the Lender and shall continue in full force
and effect applicable to all Liabilities until both (a) all Liabilities have been paid and/or
satisfied in full and (b) the security interest created herein is specifically terminated in
writing by a duly authorized officer of the Lender.

ARTICLE 9 —  Lender As Borrower’s Attorney-In-Fact

     9.1. Appointment as Attorney-In-Fact.

     The Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Lender as the Borrower’s true and
lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, following the occurrence of an Event of Default,
to convert the Collateral into cash at the sole risk, cost, and expense of the Borrower, but for
the sole benefit of the Lender. The rights and powers granted the Lender by this appointment
include but are not limited to the right and power to:

          (a) Prosecute, defend, compromise, or release any action relating to the Collateral.

          (b) Sign change of address forms to change the address to which the Borrower’s mail is to be
sent to such address as the Lender shall designate; receive and open the Borrower’s mail; remove
any Receivables Collateral and Proceeds of Collateral therefrom and turn over the balance of such
mail either to the Borrower or to any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of
creditors of the Borrower, or other legal representative of the Borrower whom the Lender determines
to be the appropriate person to whom to so turn over such mail.

          (c) Endorse the name of the Borrower in favor of the Lender upon any and all checks, drafts,
notes, acceptances, or other items or instruments; sign and endorse the name of the Borrower on,
and receive as secured party, any of the Collateral, any invoices, schedules of Collateral, freight
or express receipts, or bills of lading, storage receipts, warehouse receipts, or other documents
of title respectively relating to the Collateral.

          (d) Sign the name of the Borrower on any notice to the Borrower’s Account Debtors or
verification of the Receivables Collateral; sign the Borrower’s name on any Proof of Claim in

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Bankruptcy against Account Debtors, and on notices of lien, claims of mechanic’s liens, or
assignments or releases of mechanic’s liens securing the Accounts.

          (e) Take all such action as may be necessary to obtain the payment of any letter of credit
and/or banker’s acceptance of which the Borrower is a beneficiary.

          (f) Repair, manufacture, assemble, complete, package, deliver, alter or supply goods, if any,
necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the purchase order of any customer of the Borrower.

          (g) Use, license or transfer any or all General Intangibles of the Borrower.

     9.2. No Obligation to Act.

     The Lender shall not be obligated to do any of the acts or to exercise any of the powers
authorized by Section 9.1 herein, but if the Lender elects to do any such act or to exercise any of
such powers, it shall not be accountable for more than it actually receives as a result of such
exercise of power, and shall not be responsible to the Borrower for any act or omission to act
except for any act or omission to act as to which there is a final determination made in a judicial
proceeding (in which proceeding the Lender has had an opportunity to be heard) which determination
includes a specific finding that the subject act or omission to act had been grossly negligent or
in actual bad faith.

ARTICLE 10 — Events of Default

     The occurrence of any event described in this Article 10 — respectively shall constitute an
“Event of Default” herein. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 10.11,
any and all Liabilities shall become due and payable without any further act on the part of the
Lender. Upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, the Lender may declare any and all
Liabilities shall become immediately due and payable. The occurrence of any Event of Default shall
also constitute, without notice or demand, a default under all other agreements between the Lender
and the Borrower and instruments and papers heretofore, now or hereafter given the Lender by the
Borrower.

     10.1. Failure to Pay Revolving Credit

     The failure by the Borrower to pay any amount when due under the Revolving Credit.

     10.2. Failure To Make Other Payments

     The failure by the Borrower to pay within five (5) days following the earlier of the
Borrower’s knowledge of such failure or of its receipt of written notice from the Lender of such
failure, any payment Liability other than any payment liability on account of the principal of, or
interest on, or fees in respect of, the Revolving Credit.

     10.3. Failure to Perform Covenant or Liability (No Grace Period

     The failure by the Borrower to promptly, punctually, faithfully and timely perform, discharge,
or comply with any covenant or Liability not otherwise described in Section 10.1 or Section 10.2,
and included in any of the following provisions hereof:

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	Section	 	Relates to:
	4.5

	 	Location of Collateral
	 
	 	 
	4.6

	 	Title to Assets
	 
	 	 
	4.7

	 	Indebtedness
	 
	 	 
	4.8

	 	Insurance Policies
	 
	 	 
	4.14

	 	Pay taxes
	 
	 	 
	4.19

	 	Dividends. Investments. Other Corporate Actions
	 
	 	 
	4.23

	 	Affiliate Transactions
	 
	 	 
	6.1

	 	Use of Collateral
	 
	 	 
	Article 7 -

	 	Cash Management (other than Section 7.1(c)

     10.4. Failure to Perform Covenant or Liability (Grace Period).

     The failure by the Borrower to promptly, punctually, faithfully and timely perform, discharge,
or comply with any covenant or Liability (i) in Article 5 — within five (5) days following the
earlier of the Borrower’s knowledge of such failure or of its receipt of written notice from the
Lender of such failure, (ii) in Section 7.1(c) within ten (10) days following the earlier of the
Borrower’s knowledge of such failure or of its receipt of written notice from the Lender of such
failure or (iii) not described in any of Sections 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4(i) or 10.4(ii), within fifteen
(15) days following the earlier of the Borrower’s knowledge of such failure or of its receipt of
written notice from the Lender of such failure.

     10.5. Misrepresentation.

     The determination by the Lender that any representation or warranty at any time made by the
Borrower to the Lender was not true or complete in all material respects when given.

     10.6. Acceleration of Other Debt. Breach of Lease

     The occurrence of any event such that (i) any Indebtedness in excess of $1,000,000 in the
aggregate of the Borrower to any creditor(s) other than the Lender could be accelerated or (ii)
without the consent of the Borrower, ten percent (10%) or more of the Borrower’s store Leases could
be terminated (whether or not the subject creditor or lessor takes any action on account of such
occurrence); provided, however, that a Lease shall not be included in the calculation of Leases
under clause (ii) if the breach of such Lease is caused solely by (x) the occurrence of the IPO,
(y) the sale of common stock and warrants (and the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise
thereof) by the Borrower in connection with any Stock Sales, in each case so long as no rights
and/or remedies are being exercised under such Lease by the subject creditor or lessor.

     10.7. Default Under Other Agreements.

     The occurrence of any material breach or default under any material agreement (including any
material Loan Document) between the Lender and the Borrower other than this Agreement, or under any
material instrument given by the Borrower to the Lender and the expiry, without cure, of any
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grace period (notwithstanding that the Lender may not have exercised all or any of its
rights on account of such breach or default).

     10.8. Uninsured Casualty Loss.

     The occurrence of any uninsured loss, theft, damage, or destruction of or to any portion of
the Collateral having a value in excess of $2,000,000, unless such loss, theft, damage or
destruction (x) is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Borrower’s business and
financial condition and (y) does not result in the occurrence of any other Suspension Event
hereunder.

     10.9. Attachment. Judgment. Restraint of Business.

          (a) The service of process upon the Lender or any Participant seeking to attach, by trustee,
mesne, or other process, any of the Borrower’s funds on deposit with, or assets of the Borrower in
the possession of, the Lender or such Participant.

          (b) The entry of any judgment assessing damages in excess of $500,000 against the Borrower,
which judgment is not covered by insurance and is not satisfied, discharged, or vacated within
thirty (30) days after entry or filing of such judgment (if a money judgment) or appealed from
(with execution or similar process stayed) within fifteen (15) days of its entry.

          (c) The entry of any order or the imposition of any other process having the force of law, the
effect of which is to restrain in any material way the conduct by the Borrower of its business in
the ordinary course.

     10.10. Business Failure.

     Any act by, against, or relating to the Borrower, or its property or assets, which act
constitutes the determination, by the Borrower, to initiate a program of partial or total
self-liquidation; application for, consent to, or sufferance of the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, or other person, pursuant to court action or otherwise, over all, or any part of the
Borrower’s property; the granting of any trust mortgage or execution of an assignment for the
benefit of the creditors of the Borrower, or the occurrence of any other voluntary or involuntary
liquidation or extension of debt agreement for the Borrower; the offering by or entering into by
the Borrower of any composition, extension, or any other arrangement seeking relief from or
extension of the debts of the Borrower; or the initiation of any judicial or non-judicial
proceeding or agreement by, against, or including the Borrower which seeks or intends to accomplish
a reorganization or arrangement with creditors; and/or the initiation by or on behalf of the
Borrower of the liquidation or winding up of all or any part of the Borrower’s business or
operations.

     10.11. Bankruptcy.

     The failure by the Borrower to generally pay the debts of the Borrower as they mature;
adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency relative to the Borrower; the entry of an order for relief
or similar order with respect to the Borrower in any proceeding pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or
any other federal bankruptcy law; the filing of any complaint, application, or petition by the
Borrower initiating any matter in which the Borrower is or may be granted any relief from the debts
of the Borrower pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency statute or procedure; the
filing of any complaint, application, or petition against the Borrower initiating any matter in
which the Borrower is or may be granted any relief from the debts of the Borrower pursuant to the
Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency statute or procedure, which complaint, application, or
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faith by the Borrower by appropriate proceedings or, if so
contested, is not dismissed within thirty (30) days of when filed.

     10.12. Default by Guarantor.

     The occurrence of any of Events of Default arising under Section 10.11 and/or under Section
10.13 with respect to any guarantor or endorser of the Liabilities, or the occurrence of any of the
Events of Default with respect to any parent, subsidiary, or Affiliate of the Borrower, as if such
guarantor, endorser, parent, or Affiliate were the “Borrower” described therein.

     10.13. Indictment — Forfeiture

     The indictment of, or institution of any legal process or proceeding against, the Borrower,
under any federal, state, municipal, and other civil or criminal statute, rule, regulation, order,
or other requirement having the force of law where the relief, penalties, or remedies sought or
available include the forfeiture of any property of the Borrower and/or the imposition of any stay
or other order, the effect of which could be to restrain in any material way the conduct by the
Borrower of its business in the ordinary course.

     10.14. Termination of Guaranty.

     The termination or attempted termination of any guaranty by any guarantor of the Liabilities,
other than in accordance with the terms of that certain Confirmation and Release of Guaranty
Agreement date as of the Amendment Closing Date.

     10.15. Challenge to Loan Documents.

          (a) Any challenge by or on behalf of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Liabilities to the
validity of any Loan Document or the applicability or enforceability of any Loan Document strictly
in accordance with the subject Loan Document’s terms or which seeks to void, avoid, limit, or
otherwise adversely affect any security interest created by or in any Loan Document or any payment
made pursuant thereto.

          (b) Any determination by any court or any other judicial or government authority that any Loan
Document is not enforceable strictly in accordance with the subject Loan Document’s terms or which
voids, avoids, limits, or otherwise adversely affects any security interest created by any Loan
Document or any payment made pursuant thereto.

     10.16. Change in Control

     Any Change in Control.

     10.17. ERISA.

     (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount
in excess of $1,000,000, or (ii) Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the
expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal
liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess
of $1,000,000.

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ARTICLE 11 — Rights and Remedies Upon Default

     Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 10.11 and upon the occurrence
of any other Event of Default, and at all times thereafter, the Lender shall have the following
rights and remedies in addition to all of the rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and discretions
available to Lender prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default. No stay which otherwise might
be imposed pursuant to Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise shall stay, limit, prevent,
hinder, delay, restrict, or otherwise prevent the Lender’s exercise of any of such rights and
remedies.

     11.1. Rights of Enforcement.

     The Lender shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the
UCC, in addition to which the Lender shall have all and each of the following rights and remedies:

          (a) To give notice to any bank at which any DDA or Blocked Account is maintained and in which
Proceeds of Collateral are deposited, to turn over such Proceeds directly to the Lender.

          (b) To give notice to any of the Borrower’s customs brokers to follow the instructions of the
Lender as provided in any written agreement or undertaking of such broker in favor of the Lender.

          (c) To collect the Receivables Collateral with or without the taking of possession of any of
the Collateral.

          (d) To take possession of all or any portion of the Collateral.

          (e) To sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Collateral, in its then
condition or following such preparation or processing as the Lender deems advisable and with or
without the taking of possession of any of the Collateral.

          (f) To conduct one or more going out of business sales which include the sale or other
disposition of the Collateral.

          (g) To apply the Receivables Collateral or the Proceeds of the Collateral towards (but not
necessarily in complete satisfaction of) the Liabilities.

          (h) To exercise all or any of the rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and discretions under
all or any of the Loan Documents.

     11.2. Sale of Collateral. 

          (a) Any sale or other disposition of the Collateral may be at public or private sale upon such
terms and in such manner as the Lender deems advisable, having due regard to compliance with any
statute or regulation which might affect, limit, or apply to the Lender’s disposition of the
Collateral.

          (b) The Lender, in the exercise of the Lender’s rights and remedies upon default, may conduct
one or more going out of business sales, in the Lender’s own right or by one or more agents and
contractors. Such sale(s) may be conducted upon any premises owned, leased, or occupied by the

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Borrower. The Lender and any such agent or contractor, in conjunction with any such sale, may
augment the Inventory with other goods (all of which other goods shall remain the sole property of
the Lender or such agent or contractor). Any amounts realized from the sale of such goods which
constitute augmentations to the Inventory (net of an allocable share of the costs and expenses
incurred in their disposition) shall be the sole property of the Lender or such agent or contractor
and neither the Borrower nor any Person claiming under or in right of the Borrower shall have any
interest therein.

          (c) Unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value, or is of a
type customarily sold on a recognized market (in which event the Lender shall provide the Borrower
such notice as may be practicable under the circumstances), the Lender shall give the Borrower at
least ten (10) days prior notice, by authenticated record, of the date, time, and place of any
proposed public sale, and of the date after which any private sale or other disposition of the
Collateral may be made. The
Borrower agrees that such written notice shall satisfy all requirements for notice to the
Borrower which are imposed under the UCC or other applicable law with respect to the exercise of
the Lender’s rights and remedies upon default.

          (d) The Lender may purchase the Collateral, or any portion of it at any sale held under this
Article.

          (e) If any of the Collateral is sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the Lender on
credit, the Liabilities shall not be deemed to have been reduced as a result thereof unless and
until payment is finally received thereon by the Lender.

          (f) The Lender shall apply the proceeds of any exercise of the Lender’s Rights and Remedies
under this Article 11 — towards the Liabilities in such manner, and with such frequency, as the
Lender determines.

     11.3. Occupation of Business Location.

     In connection with the Lender’s exercise of the Lender’s rights under this Article 11 — the
Lender may enter upon, occupy, and use any premises owned or occupied by the Borrower, and may
exclude the Borrower from such premises or portion thereof as may have been so entered upon,
occupied, or used by the Lender. The Lender shall not be required to remove any of the Collateral
from any such premises upon the Lender’s taking possession thereof, and may render any Collateral
unusable to the Borrower. In no event shall the Lender be liable to the Borrower for use or
occupancy by the Lender of any premises pursuant to this Article 11 -, nor for any charge (such as
wages for the Borrower’s employees and utilities) incurred in connection with the Lender’s exercise
of the Lender’s Rights and Remedies.

     11.4. Grant of Nonexclusive License

     The Borrower hereby grants to the Lender a royalty free nonexclusive irrevocable license to
use, apply, and affix any trademark, trade name, logo, or the like in which the Borrower now or
hereafter has rights, such license being with respect to the Lender’s exercise of the rights
hereunder including, without limitation, in connection with any completion of the manufacture of
Inventory or sale or other disposition of Inventory.

     11.5. Assembly of Collateral.

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     The Lender may require the Borrower to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the
Lender at the Borrower’s sole risk and expense at a place or places which are reasonably convenient
to both the Lender and the Borrower.

     11.6. Rights and Remedies.

     The rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and discretions of the Lender hereunder (herein, the
Lender’s Rights and Remedies”) shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
which it would otherwise have. No delay or omission by the Lender in exercising or enforcing any
of the Lender’s Rights and Remedies shall operate as, or constitute, a waiver thereof. No waiver
by the Lender of any Event of Default or of any default under any other agreement shall operate as
a waiver of any other default hereunder or under any other agreement. No single or partial
exercise of any of the Lender’s Rights or Remedies, and no express or implied agreement or
transaction of whatever nature entered into between the Lender and any person, at any time, shall
preclude the other or further exercise of the Lender’s Rights and Remedies. No waiver by the
Lender of any of the Lender’s Rights and Remedies on
any one occasion shall be deemed a waiver on any subsequent occasion, nor shall it be deemed a
continuing waiver. The Lender’s Rights and Remedies may be exercised at such time or times and in
such order of preference as the Lender may determine. The Lender’s Rights and Remedies may be
exercised without resort or regard to any other source of satisfaction of the Liabilities.

ARTICLE 12 — Notices

     12.1. Notice Addresses.

     All notices, demands, and other communications made in respect of this Agreement (other than a
request for a loan or advance or other financial accommodation under the Revolving Credit) shall be
made to the following addresses, each of which may be changed upon seven (7) days written notice to
all others given by certified mail, return receipt requested:

If to the Lender:

Bank of America Retail Finance Group

40 Broad Street, 10th Floor

Boston, MA, 02109

Attention: Mr. David Storer

Fax: 617-434-4339

With a copy to:

Riemer & Braunstein LLP

Three Center Plaza

Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Attention: David S. Berman, Esquire

Fax 617-880-3456

If to the Borrower:

Bakers Footwear Group, Inc.

2815 Scott Avenue, Suite C

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St. Louis, Missouri 63103

Attention: Mr. Peter Edison

Fax:

With a copy to:

Bryan Cave LLP

One Metropolitan Square

211 N. Broadway- Suite 3600

St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2750

Attention: Harold R. Burroughs, Esq.

Fax: 314-259-2020

     12.2. Notice Given.

          (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, notices shall be deemed made and
correspondence received, as follows (all times being local to the place of delivery or receipt):

          (b) By mail: the sooner of when actually received or Three (3) days following deposit in the
United States mail, postage prepaid.

          (c) By recognized overnight express delivery: the Business Day following the day when sent.

          (d) By Hand: If delivered on a Business Day after 9:00 AM and no later than Three (3) hours
prior to the close of customary business hours of the recipient, when delivered. Otherwise, at the
opening of the then next Business Day.

          (e) By Facsimile transmission (which must include a header on which the party sending such
transmission is indicated): If sent on a Business Day after 9:00 AM and no later than Three (3)
hours prior to the close of customary business hours of the recipient, one (1) hour after being
sent. Otherwise, at the opening of the then next Business Day.

          (f) Rejection or refusal to accept delivery and inability to deliver because of a changed
address or Facsimile Number for which no due notice was given shall each be deemed receipt of the
notice sent.

ARTICLE 13 — Term

     13.1.  Termination of Revolving Credit.

     The Revolving Credit shall remain in effect (subject to suspension as provided in Section
2.5(h) hereof) until the Termination Date.

     13.2. Actions On Termination.

     On the Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay the Lender (whether or not then due), in
immediately available funds, all then Liabilities including, without limitation: the entire balance
of the Loan Account (including the unpaid principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans ); any
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remaining installments of the Revolving Credit Commitment Fee; any then remaining installments
of the Facility Fee; any accrued and unpaid Unused Line Fee; and all unreimbursed costs and
expenses of Lender; for which the Borrower is responsible; and shall make such arrangements
concerning any L/C’s then outstanding are reasonably satisfactory to the Lender. Until such
payment, all provisions of this Agreement, other than those contained in Article 2 — which place an
obligation on the Lender to make any loans or advances or to provide financial accommodations under
the Revolving Credit or otherwise, shall remain in full force and effect until all Liabilities
shall have been paid in full. The release by the Lender of the Collateral Interests granted the
Lender by the Borrower hereunder may be upon such conditions and indemnifications as the Lender may
require.

ARTICLE 14 —  General

     14.1.  Protection of Collateral.

     The Lender has no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral beyond the safe
custody of such of the Collateral as may come into the possession of the Lender.

     14.2. Publicity. 

     The Lender may issue a “tombstone” notice of the establishment of the credit facility
contemplated by this Agreement and may make reference to the Borrower (and may utilize any logo or
other distinctive symbol associated with the Borrower) in connection with any advertising,
promotion, or marketing undertaken by the Lender.

     14.3. Successors and Assigns

     This Agreement shall be binding upon the Borrower and the Borrower’s representatives,
successors, and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors and
assigns, provided, however, no trustee or other fiduciary appointed with respect to the Borrower
shall have any rights hereunder. In the event that the Lender assigns or transfers its rights
under this Agreement, the assignee shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all rights,
powers, privileges, and duties of the Lender hereunder and the Lender shall thereupon be discharged
and relieved from its duties and obligations hereunder.

     14.4. Severability.

     Any determination that any provision of this Agreement or any application thereof is invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable in any respect in any instance shall not affect the validity, legality,
or enforceability of such provision in any other instance, or the validity, legality, or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

     14.5. Amendments. Course of Dealing.

          (a) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents incorporate all discussions and negotiations
between the Borrower and the Lender, either express or implied, concerning the matters included
herein and in such other instruments, any custom, usage, or course of dealings to the contrary
notwithstanding. No such discussions, negotiations, custom, usage, or course of dealings shall
limit, modify, or otherwise affect the provisions thereof. No failure by the Lender to give notice
to the Borrower of the Borrower’s having failed to observe and comply with any warranty or covenant
included in any Loan Document shall constitute a waiver of such warranty or covenant or the
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subject Loan Document. No change made by the Lender to the manner by which
Borrowing Base is determined shall obligate the Lender to continue to determine Borrowing Base in
that manner.

          (b) The Borrower may undertake any action otherwise prohibited hereby, and may omit to take
any action otherwise required hereby, upon and with the express prior written consent of the
Lender. No consent, modification, amendment, or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document shall
be effective unless executed in writing by or on behalf of the party to be charged with such
modification, amendment, or waiver (and if such party is the Lender then by a duly authorized
officer thereof). Any modification, amendment, or waiver provided by the Lender shall be in
reliance upon all representations and warranties theretofore made to the Lender by or on behalf of
the Borrower (and any guarantor, endorser, or surety of the Liabilities) and consequently may be
rescinded in the event that any of such representations or warranties was not true and complete in
all material respects when given.

     14.6. Power of Attorney.

     In connection with all powers of attorney included in this Agreement, the Borrower hereby
grants unto the Lender full power to do any and all things necessary or appropriate in connection
with the exercise of such powers as fully and effectually as the Borrower might or could do, hereby
ratifying all that said attorney shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Agreement. No
power of attorney set forth
in this Agreement shall be affected by any disability or incapacity suffered by the Borrower
and each shall survive the same. All powers conferred upon the Lender by this Agreement, being
coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated by a written
instrument executed by a duly authorized officer of the Lender.

     14.7. Application of Proceeds

     The proceeds of any collection, sale, or disposition of the Collateral, or of any other
payments received hereunder, shall be applied towards the Liabilities in such order and manner as
the Lender determines in its sole discretion, consistent, however, with the provisions of this
Agreement. The Borrower shall remain liable for any deficiency remaining following such
application.

     14.8. Increased Costs.

     If, as a result of any requirement of law, or of the interpretation or application thereof by
any court or by any governmental or other authority or entity charged with the administration
thereof, whether or not having the force of law, which:

          (a) subjects the Lender to any taxes or changes the basis of taxation, or increases any
existing taxes, on payments of principal, interest or other amounts payable by the Borrower to the
Lender under this Agreement (except for taxes on the Lender based on net income or capital imposed
by the jurisdiction in which the principal or lending offices of the Lender are located);

          (b) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, cash margin, special deposit or similar
requirements against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of or loans by or any other
acquisition of funds by the relevant funding office of the Lender;

          (c) imposes on the Lender any other condition with respect to any Loan Document; or

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          (d) imposes on the Lender a requirement to maintain or allocate capital in relation to the
Liabilities;

and the result of any of the foregoing, in the Lender’s reasonable opinion, is to increase the cost
to the Lender of making or maintaining any loan, advance or financial accommodation or to reduce
the income receivable by the Lender in respect of any loan, advance or financial accommodation by
an amount which the Lender deems to be material, then upon written notice from the Lender, from
time to time, to the Borrower (such notice to set out in reasonable detail the facts giving rise to
and a summary calculation of such increased cost or reduced income), the Borrower shall forthwith
pay to the Lender, upon receipt of such notice, that amount which shall compensate the Lender for
such additional cost or reduction in income.

     14.9. Costs and Expenses of the Lender

          (a) The Borrower shall pay from time to time on demand all Costs of Collection and all
reasonable costs, expenses, and disbursements (including attorneys’ reasonable fees and expenses)
which are incurred by the Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, and
delivery of this Agreement and of any other Loan Documents, and all other reasonable costs,
expenses, and disbursements which may be incurred connection with or in respect to the credit
facility contemplated hereby or which otherwise are incurred with respect to the Liabilities.

          (b) The Borrower authorizes the Lender to pay all such fees and expenses and in the Lender’s
discretion, to add such fees and expenses to the Loan Account.

          (c) The undertaking on the part of the Borrower in this Section 14.9 shall survive payment of
the Liabilities and/or any termination, release, or discharge executed by the Lender in favor of
the Borrower, other than a termination, release, or discharge which makes specific reference to
this Section 14.9.

     14.10. Copies and Facsimiles.

     This Agreement and all documents which relate thereto, which have been or may be hereinafter
furnished the Lender may be reproduced by the Lender by any photographic, microfilm, xerographic,
digital imaging, or other process, and the Lender may destroy any document so reproduced. Any
such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or
administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such
reproduction was made in the regular course of business). Any facsimile which bears proof of
transmission shall be binding on the party which or on whose behalf such transmission was initiated
and likewise shall be so admissible in evidence as if the original of such facsimile had been
delivered to the party which or on whose behalf such transmission was received.

     14.11. Massachusetts Law.

     This Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder, including matters of construction,
validity, and performance, shall be governed by the law of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     14.12. Consent to Jurisdiction.

          (a) The Borrower agrees that any legal action, proceeding, case, or controversy against the
Borrower with respect to any Loan Document may be brought in the Superior Court of Suffolk

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County
Massachusetts or in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, sitting in Boston,
Massachusetts, as the Lender may elect in the Lender’s sole discretion. By execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Borrower, for itself and in respect of its property, accepts, submits, and
consents generally and unconditionally, to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.

          (b) The Borrower WAIVES personal service of any and all process upon it, and irrevocably
consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or
proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Borrower at
the Borrower’s address for notices as specified herein, such service to become effective five (5)
Business Days after such mailing.

          (c) The Borrower WAIVES any objection based on forum non conveniens and any objection to venue
of any action or proceeding instituted under any of the Loan Documents and consents to the granting
of such legal or equitable remedy as is deemed appropriate by the Court.

          (d) Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Lender to bring legal actions or proceedings
in any other competent jurisdiction.

          (e) The Borrower agrees that any action commenced by the Borrower asserting any claim arising
under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be brought solely in
the Superior Court of Suffolk County Massachusetts or in the United States District Court,
District of Massachusetts, sitting in Boston, Massachusetts, and that such Courts shall have
exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any such action.

     14.13. Indemnification.

     The Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold the Lender and any Participant and any of their
respective employees, officers, or agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”) harmless of and from any
claim brought or threatened against any Indemnified Person by the Borrower, any guarantor or
endorser of the Liabilities, or any other Person (as well as from attorneys’ reasonable fees,
expenses, and disbursements in connection therewith) on account of the relationship of the Borrower
or of any other guarantor or endorser of the Liabilities (each of claims which may be defended,
compromised, settled, or pursued by the Indemnified Person with counsel of the Lender’s selection,
but at the expense of the Borrower) other than any claim as to which a final determination is made
in a judicial proceeding (in which the Lender and any other Indemnified Person has had an
opportunity to be heard), which determination includes a specific finding that the Indemnified
Person seeking indemnification had acted in a grossly negligent manner or in actual bad faith.
This indemnification shall survive payment of the Liabilities and/or any termination, release, or
discharge executed by the Lender in favor of the Borrower, other than a termination, release, or
discharge duly executed on behalf of the Lender which makes specific reference to this Section
14.13.

     14.14. Rules of Construction

     The following rules of construction shall be applied in the interpretation, construction, and
enforcement of this Agreement and of the other Loan Documents:

          (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, interest and any fee or charge which is
stated as a per annum percentage shall be calculated based on a 360 day year and actual days
elapsed.

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          (b) Words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.

          (c) Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein or in a specific Loan Document (and then
only to the extent so provided), as between the parties hereto or to any Loan Document, the
definitions of the following terms, as included in the UCC, are deemed to be as follows for
purposes of the performance of obligations arising under or in respect of any Loan Document:

     (i) “Authenticate” means “signed”.

     (ii) “Record” means written information in a tangible form.

          (d) Cross references to Sections in this Agreement begin with the Article in which that
Section appears, followed by a colon, and then the Section to which reference is made. (For
example, a reference to “Section 5:5-6” is to Section 5-6, which appears in Article 5 — of this
Agreement).

          (e) Titles, headings (indicated by being underlined or shown in Small
Capitals) and any Table of Contents are solely for convenience of reference; do not constitute
a part of the instrument in which included; and do not affect such instrument’s meaning,
construction, or effect.

          (f) The words “includes” and “including” are not limiting.

          (g) Text which follows the words “including, without limitation” (or similar words) is
illustrative and not limitational.

          (h) Except where the context otherwise requires or where the relevant subsections are joined
by “or”, compliance with any Section or provision of any Loan Document which constitutes a warranty
or covenant requires compliance with all subsections (if any) of that Section or provision. Except
where the context otherwise requires, compliance with any warranty or covenant of any Loan Document
which includes subsections which are joined by “or” may be accomplished by compliance with any of
such subsections.

          (i) Text which is shown in italics, shown in bold, shown IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, or in any
combination of the foregoing, shall be deemed to be conspicuous.

          (j) The words “may not” are prohibitive and not permissive.

          (k) The word “or” is not exclusive.

          (l) Any reference to a Person’s “knowledge” (or words of similar import) are to such Person’s
knowledge assuming that such Person has undertaken reasonable and diligent investigation with
respect to the subject of such “knowledge” (whether or not such investigation has actually been
undertaken).

          (m) Terms which are defined in one section of any Loan Document are used with such definition
throughout the instrument in which so defined.

          (n) The symbol “$” refers to United States Dollars.

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          (o) Unless limited by reference to a particular Section or provision, any reference to
“herein”, “hereof”, or “within” is to the entire Loan Document in which such reference is made.

          (p) References to “this Agreement” or to any other Loan Document is to the subject instrument
as amended to the date on which application of such reference is being made.

          (q) Except as otherwise specifically provided, all references to time are to Boston time.

          (r) In the determination of any notice, grace, or other period of time prescribed or allowed
hereunder:

     (i) Unless otherwise provided (I) the day of the act, event, or default from which
the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included and the last day of
the period so computed shall be included unless such last day is not a Business Day, in
which event the last day of the relevant period shall be the then next Business Day and
(II) the period so computed shall end at 5:00 PM on the relevant Business Day.

     (ii) The word “from” means “from and including”.

     (iii) The words “to” and “until” each mean “to, but excluding”.

     (iv) The word “through” means “to and including”.

          (s) The Loan Documents shall be construed and interpreted in a harmonious manner and in
keeping with the intentions set forth in Section 14.15 hereof, provided, however, in the event of
any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the
provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.

     14.15. Intent.

     It is intended that:

          (a) This Agreement take effect as a sealed instrument.

          (b) The scope of the security interests created by this Agreement be broadly construed in
favor of the Lender

          (c) The security interests created by this Agreement secure all Liabilities, whether now
existing or hereafter arising.

          (d) All reasonable costs, expenses, and disbursements incurred by the Lender in connection
with the Lender’s relationship(s) with the Borrower shall be borne by the Borrower.

          (e) Unless otherwise explicitly provided herein, the Lender’s consent to any action of the
Borrower which is prohibited unless such consent is given may be given or refused by the Lender in
its sole discretion and without reference to Section 2.16 hereof.

     14.16. Participations:

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The Lender may sell participations in the Lender’s interests herein to one or more financial
institutions (each, a “Participant”).

     14.17. Right of Set-Off.

     Any and all deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due to the Borrower from the
Lender or any Participant or from any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and any cash, securities,
instruments or other property of the Borrower in the possession of any of the foregoing, whether
for safekeeping or otherwise (regardless of the reason such Person had received the same) shall at
all times constitute security for all Liabilities and for any and all obligations of the Borrower
to the Lender or any Participant or such Affiliate and may be applied or set off against the
Liabilities and against such obligations at any time, whether or not such are then due and whether
or not other collateral is then available to the Lender.

     14.18. Pledges To Federal Reserve Banks:

     Nothing included in this Agreement shall prevent or limit any , to the extent that such is
subject to any of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized under §4 of the Federal Reserve Act
(12 U.S.C. §341) from pledging all or any portion of that Lender’s interest and rights under this
Agreement, provided, however, neither such pledge nor the enforcement thereof shall release the
pledging from its obligations hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents.

     14.19. Maximum Interest Rate.

     Regardless of any provision of any Loan Document, the Lender shall never be entitled to
contract for, charge, receive, collect, or apply as interest on any Liability, any amount in excess
of the maximum
rate imposed by applicable law. Any payment which is made which, if treated as interest on a
Liability would result in such interest’s exceeding such maximum rate shall be held, to the extent
of such excess, as additional collateral for the Liabilities as if such excess were “Collateral.”

     14.20. Waivers.

          (a) The Borrower (and all guarantors, endorsers, and sureties of the Liabilities) make each of
the waivers included in Section (b), below, knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally, and
understands that the Lender, in establishing the facilities contemplated hereby and in providing
loans and other financial accommodations to or for the account of the Borrower as provided herein,
whether not or in the future, is relying on such waivers.

          (b) THE BORROWER, AND EACH SUCH GUARANTOR, ENDORSER, AND SURETY RESPECTIVELY WAIVES THE
FOLLOWING TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW:

     (i) Except as otherwise specifically required hereby, notice of non-payment,
demand, presentment, protest and all forms of demand and notice, both with respect to
the Liabilities and the Collateral.

     (ii) Except as otherwise specifically required hereby, the right to notice and/or
hearing prior to the Lender’s exercising of the Lender’s rights upon default.

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     (iii) THE RIGHT TO A JURY IN ANY TRIAL OF ANY CASE OR CONTROVERSY IN WHICH THE
LENDER IS OR BECOMES A PARTY (WHETHER SUCH CASE OR CONTROVERSY IS INITIATED BY OR
AGAINST THE LENDER OR IN WHICH THE LENDER IS JOINED AS A PARTY LITIGANT), WHICH CASE OR
CONTROVERSY ARISES OUT OF OR IS IN RESPECT OF, ANY RELATIONSHIP AMONGST OR BETWEEN THE
BORROWER OR ANY OTHER PERSON AND THE LENDER LIKEWISE WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A JURY IN ANY
TRIAL OF ANY SUCH CASE OR CONTROVERSY).

     (iv) The benefits or availability of any stay, limitation, hindrance, delay, or
restriction (including, without limitation, any automatic stay which otherwise might be
imposed pursuant to Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to any action which
the Lender may or may become entitled to take hereunder.

     (v) Any defense, counterclaim, set-off, recoupment, or other basis on which the
amount of any Liability, as stated on the books and records of the Lender, could be
reduced or claimed to be paid otherwise than in accordance with the tenor of and written
terms of such Liability.

     (vi) Any claim to consequential, special, or punitive damages.\

     14.21. USA PATRIOT Act Notice. 

     The Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, which
information includes the name and address of each such Person and other information that will allow
Lender to identify each
such Person in accordance with the Act. Borrower represents that it, and each of its
Subsidiaries, is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Act. No part of the proceeds of
the Loans will be used by Borrower, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental
official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political
office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct
business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto caused this Amended and Restated Loan and
Security Agreement to be executed and their seals to be hereto affixed as of the date first above
written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	BAKERS FOOTWEAR GROUP, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(“Borrower”)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	     /s/ Lawrence L. Spanley, Jr.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Print Name:

	 	     Lawrence L. Spanley, Jr.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	     Executive
Vice President, CFO,
Secretary, Treasurer
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.	 	 
	 
	(“Lender”)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By

	 	     /s/ David C. Storer	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Print Name:

	 	     David C. Storer	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	     Assistant Vice President	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

[Exhibit 4.2 — Affiliates;
Exhibit 4.3 — Trade Names;
Exhibit 4.5 — Locations, Leases and Landlords;
Exhibit 4.6 — Encumbrances; Exhibit 4.7 — Indebtedness;
 Exhibit 4.8 — Insurance Policies; Exhibit 4.10 — 
Capital Leases; Exhibit 4.14 — Taxes;
Exhibit 4.18 —Litigation; and Exhibit 5.4 — Borrowing Base
Certificate have been omitted. The registrant undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of such
exhibits upon request.]

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Exhibit 5.11(a)

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE COVENANTS

MINIMUM AVAILABILITY:

The Borrower shall at all times maintain Availability of not less than the greater of (i)
$1,500,000 and (ii) six percent (6%) of the Borrowing Base, except that Availability may be less
than the foregoing for not more than three (3) consecutive Business Days in any month.

 

[Exhibit 5.11(b) — Business Plan; Exhibit 7.1
— DDA’s; and Exhibit 7.2 Credit Card Arrangements have been omitted. The registrant undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of such
exhibits upon request.]

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