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EXHIBIT 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

AMENDMENT NO. 1

Dated as of October 12, 2006

to

CREDIT
AGREEMENT

Dated as of September 14, 2005

          THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (“Amendment”) is made as of October 12, 2006 (the “Effective
Date”) by and among Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc., a California corporation (the
“Borrower”), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”),
under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005 by and among the Borrower, the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

          WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that certain modifications be made to the Credit
Agreement;

          WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have agreed to
amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent
hereby agree to the following amendments to the Credit Agreement.

          1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date but
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below,
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

          (a) Section 6.08(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to insert the following
proviso at the end thereof:

; provided that, solely with respect to the fiscal quarters of the Borrower
ending during the period commencing on October 28, 2006 and ending on November 3,
2007, the Borrower will not permit such ratio to be less than 1.25 to 1.0.

          2. Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is
subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, (ii) counterparts of the Consent and Reaffirmation attached hereto duly

 

 

executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors and (iii) for the account of each Lender which delivers
its executed signature page hereto by such time as is requested by the Administrative Agent, an
amendment fee equal to 0.025% of such Lender’s Commitment under the Credit Agreement.

          3. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:

          (a) This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and are enforceable against the Borrower
in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

          (b) As of the date hereof and giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties
of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof (other than such representations and warranties as are made of a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

          4. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement.

          (a) Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement in
the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement as amended hereby.

          (b) Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and all other
documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall
remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

          (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders,
nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.

          5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

          6. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

          7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first
above written,

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to

Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

 

 

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Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

 

 

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Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

 

 

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Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

 

 

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Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

 

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to

Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

 

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to

Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

 

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to

Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005

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CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION

      Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 1
to the Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Pacific Sunwear of California,
Inc., a California corporation (the “Borrower”) the Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), which Amendment
No. 1 is dated as of October 12, 2006 and is by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions
listed on the signature pages thereof and the Administrative Agent (the “Amendment”).
Capitalized terms used in this Consent and Reaffirmation and not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. Without in any way establishing a course of dealing
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, each of the undersigned consents to the Amendment and
reaffirms the terms and conditions of the Subsidiary Guaranty and any other Loan Document executed
by it and acknowledges and agrees that the Subsidiary Guaranty and each and every such Loan
Document executed by the undersigned in connection with the Credit Agreement remains in full force
and effect and is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed. All references to the Credit Agreement
contained in the above-referenced documents shall be a reference to the Credit Agreement as so
modified by the Amendment and as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified or
restated.

Dated October 12, 2006

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Consent and Reaffirmation has been duly executed as of the day
and year above written.

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Exhibit 10.13

Dear Mr.                     ,

It is agreed that:

A) you shall render your activity as an employee of our Company in the position of industrial
manager, without prejudice — to all legal and contractual effects — of your seniority in such
position in the Company.

     Your employment relationship is for an undetermined period of time and, for those matters not
expressly agreed upon in individual agreements, and provided that no other treatment applies, is
ruled by the collective labour agreement for Italian industrial managers and is subject to Italian
law.

     Your duties in your position of Partner/Manager shall not be modified, without prejudice to
the Company’s reorganization and variation rights.

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B) As our Company is associated and makes reference to the economic enterprise of the Accenture
Group, your activity may be utilized also in favour of companies similarly associated to such Group
or which may be associated in the future to it, also by way of your appointment in corporate
bodies, such possible appointment having been taken into account in determining your salary.
Therefore, any possible compensation deriving from such appointments in corporate bodies shall be
repaid to the Company.

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C) You shall render your services on an exclusive basis in favour of our Company and of its above
mentioned associated companies.

     Without prejudice of the obligations which are peculiar to such employment relationship, in
addition to those specifically indicated in art. 2105 of Civil Code, you shall not carry out and/or
have, either directly or indirectly, even through third parties, any
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including shareholding participation or other business interests, contrary to the interest of
our Company and of its associated companies.

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D) The seat of your activity shall remain not varied, and namely                     .

     Your duties and functions entail in any case the possible necessity of travelling, according
to the Company’s requirements, in Italy and abroad.

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E) You shall perform your activity without being bound to working time and you shall organize your
activity in such a way as to ensure the effectiveness of your direct responsibility as well as the
regular enjoyment of daily and weekly rests.

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F) You shall keep strictly confidential all news and information you become aware of for cause of
your employment relationship, including all information relating to subsidiaries, controlling
and/or associated companies, both in the framework of the current provisions concerning fiduciary
duties, pursuant to art. 2105 of Civil Code, and confidentiality, pursuant to arts 622 and 623 of
the Criminal Code (as modified and integrated to safeguard confidentiality in data processing as
per law no. 547/93), and as a consequence of specific covenant. It is understood and agreed that
all programs and industrial and commercial procedures of the Company and its associated companies,
information concerning their business, methodological and technological procedures (including
software and systems utilized by them), training methods and material, in whatever form (data
processing, papers, magnetic or others), as well as all subjective or objective news relating to
the Company’s business and/or its clients, even if procured by you, shall be included in this
confidentiality obligation.

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You further undertake that, at the end of your relationship, for whatever reason, you will deliver
to the Company all documents concerning the activity carried out during your employment
relationship, as well as any other document of whatever nature, also informatics or magnetic, at
your disposal, however connected with the business of the Company and its associated companies and
that you will not make and keep any copy therof and deliver back to the Company and its associated
companies any asset owned by any of the foregoing.

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G) You shall respect the Company’s internal policies. Existing benefits and policies shall remain
in place including policies determined by Accenture Group as far as they are compatible with
Italian laws, without any prejudice to the Company’s right to vary and substitute and revoke them.

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H) In consideration of your entire activity and of any obligation it is agreed that,
effective as of December 1st 2003, you will receive:

	 	1)	 	a fixed annual gross salary equal to Euro                     . Such amount shall
be paid to you according to the items of the salary table for industrial managers and
in thirteen (13) monthly instalments;
	 
	 	2)	 	a contingent annual variable salary according to company and
group modalities which will be determined from time to time and communicated to you
separately. The variable salary will consist of:
	 
	 	 	 	(a) a performance bonus conditioned upon your individual performance to be
evaluated according to the current evaluation model of the company, that will be
paid in 12 monthly instalments until your are employed by the Company and which will
be subsequently communicated to you;
	 
	 	 	 	(b) a variable bonus conditioned upon certain targets of the Accenture Group
and budget results (Management Plan) being reached, such targets and results will
be communicated to you separately.

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With reference to the preceding provision 2(b), in the event of termination of the employment
relationship (for any reason whatsoever), you will be paid the bonus set aside until the quarterly
preceding such a termination.

Possible additional premiums and incentives may be provided for at the Group level on the basis of
your individual performance.

Stock option plans shall be provided for and subject to regulatory approval. The terms and
conditions of such plans may be amended by the company at its discretion.

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I) The level of the above salary has been determined taking into account the contents and
particular characteristics of the employment relationship. It is personal and on a “most
profitable” basis, every cumulative compensations being expressly excluded.

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L) You will have also the right to participate to the integrative pension Fund Prometheia,
substituting the Previndai contractual fund.

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M) Any inventions concerning products as well as technical means of production, process methods or
techniques, even of software development, you may develop during the term of your employment
relationship shall be included in the scope of your duties. All rights on such inventions and on
their economical and commercial exploitation shall be to the benefit of the Company, without
prejudice to your right of being recognized as being the author of same.

All the above has been taken into account in the determination of your salary.

You undertake, in addition to and as an integration of your obligations described under point F)
above, not to disclose any data, and to maintain strictly confidential all information concerning
such inventions and processes and processing methods used by the Company.

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N) Upon termination of the employment relationship due to withdrawal of any of the parties, in
whatever form and for any reason whatsoever, you shall not, for a period of 18 months carry out,
directly or indirectly, any entrepreneurial activity, nor will you render your services as an
employee, consultant, agent or in whatever other form, also by means of occasional or permanent
shareholding, with or without subordination and with or without payment of any consideration,
together with or in favour of individuals, companies, enterprises, associations or, in general, any
entity carrying out consulting, production and/or commercial activities in competition with the
activity carried out by our Company and its associated companies to which you shall have posted to
render your activity or in favour of which you shall have carried out any duty; or companies
carrying out activities which are auxiliary to the above mentioned activities by organization,
consulting or advertising bodies. The following activities shall be considered in competition:

planning, production and realization, startup, maintenance and management, of the core and
application information computer systems, in the framework of the layout structure of industrial,
administrative, commercial and operating processes in general, of human resources development
organisation, strategies and information technology and consulting services, in favour of companies
of any kind, industrial, banking, insurance and financial groups, private or public institutions.

Moreover, data processing, accounting services and administration service management, such as, by
way of exemplification, development, management and maintenance, filing and storage of documents
and data banks, in favour of third parties, including government institutions.

Other support services as well as non financial lease of software, electronic and telecommunication
equipment in addition to the supply information consulting services.

Such non competition obligations shall be limited to the following territories of the Italian
Republic: Piemonte, Lombardia, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Toscana, Lazio, Campania, Sardegna.

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Such non competition obligations shall be limited to the Companies listed in the relevant Annex A
attached hereto, by way of illustration.

The non competition obligations provided for herein, shall include the obligation not to solicit
clients of the Company and of Accenture Group.

     In consideration of this non competition obligation you shall be paid a gross annual amount
equal to 20% of compensation paid to you during the previous 12 months as determined in preceding
point H n. 1 and 2, to be referred to 18 months, and therefore equal to 30% of your last yearly
salary. Such amount shall be paid, pro-rata, at the end of each six-month period of duration of
this non competition covenant.

In order to allow control on the fulfilment of such obligation by you, you shall notify to the
Company, by registered mail, the kind of activity you are carrying out in the period of duration of
this non competition obligation, as well as any modification of same.

In case of any breach by you of this non competition covenant, you shall be bound to repay the
relevant consideration and any portion thereof already received, and to pay, as a penalty, a sum
equal to three times the entire amount of the consideration, without prejudice to any for further
damages.

Our Company shall be entitled to withdraw from this non-competition agreement at any time during
the employment relationship.

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O) You further expressly undertake, for a period of 18 months after the termination, for
whatever reason, of your employment relationship, not to contact and solicit, directly or through
third parties, and/or on behalf of any third parties, any employees of the Company or of its
associated companies, to the purpose of inducing them to breach their obligations deriving from
their employment, or to the purpose of inducing them to terminate their employment relationships
with the Company or companies associated to it.

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Please return to us the attached copy of this letter signed by you for acceptance of same, and the
specific acceptance of clauses (B) compensation, (C) no participation to third parties activities,
(G) benefits and policies, (I) nature of the salary, (N-O) non competition covenant.

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ADDENDUM

Date:

Object: Addendum to the contract dated Novembre 21st, 2003: consensual alteration

Following to your nomination to Senior Executive, effective from September 1st, 2005, the contract
in object has been modified as follows:

In particular:

	 	1.	 	Point A) the third paragraph has been entirely replaced with the following
paragraph:
	 
	 	 	 	“Your duties in your position of Senior Executive/Dirigente, shall not be modified without
prejudice to the Company’s reorganization and variation rights
	 
	 	2.	 	Point H) 2b) the last paragraph has been entirely replaced with the following
paragraph:
	 
	 	 	 	With reference to the provision mentioned in the H) 2b) section, in the event of
termination of the employment relationship (for any reason whatsoever) you will be paid
the bonus only if you are employed on the last day of the related Fiscal Year (FY) and
proportionately to your effective working attendance during that FY.
	 
	 	3.	 	With the only exception of the two previous points the rest of the contract dated
November 21st, 2003 is unchanged

If you agree with all the above, please return to us a copy of this letter signed by you for
acceptance

For acceptance

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