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EXHIBIT 10.1  

 
  Employment Agreement, dated September 19, 2002
  between the Company and William B. Langsdorf    
  

September 19,
2002 

William
Langsdorf 

Dear
Bill: 

        The
Wet Seal, Inc. is pleased to offer you employment as Senior Vice President, Chief financial Officer reporting to Walter Parks, Chief Administrative Officer. Your start date
would be Tuesday, October 8, 2002. 

        Should
you accept employment with The Wet Seal, Inc. you will receive a starting bi-weekly base salary of $11,538.47 (26 pay periods per year). Annually, this figure
is $300,000. 

        The
Company will grant you 50,000 options of Wet Seal stock at the greater of the closing price existing on your hire date or the 30 market day average ending on and including your hire
date. These shares will vest annually over 5 years beginning on the first anniversary of your grant date. 

        In
addition, you will be eligible to receive a 30% pro-rated bonus in the current year based on earnings per share during the fall season, with a potential of up to 50% based
on exceeding the overall company earnings per share goals. 

        You
are eligible for a medical, dental, life insurance and a vision discount plan effective the first of the month following your hire date. Additional benefits, such as a 401(k) plan,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, holiday and sick pay are provided as part of Wet Seal's standard benefits program. 

        Vacation
accrues at the rate of three weeks during the first year of employment with Wet Seal. Vacation will accrue at the rate of four weeks per year during your tenth year. 

        Effective
on your hire date, you will be able to utilize a 60% shopping discount at any of our Wet Seal, Contempo Casuals, Zutopia and Arden B. stores. 

        Employment
at The Wet Seal, Inc. is on an "at-will" basis, which means that either the company or the employee may terminate the employment relationship at any time
for any reason. Nothing in this letter alters the "at will" agreement. 

        Should
any one of the following three events occur within the first year of your employment, you will be entitled to receive one year of Annual Base Salary as severance: (1) you
are terminated for a reason other than for "Cause" (as defined below); (2) you are demoted to a position, other than for "Cause" and other than Vice President of the Company, with materially
reduced salary or responsibilities, and you choose to resign within 30 days thereafter; or (3) the Company's assets are sold and you are terminated other than for "Cause" within
12 months of the sale. There can be no event triggering severance after the first year of employment (12 months from the Start Date). 

        For
purpose of the preceding paragraph only, "Cause" is herein defined as any of the following: (a) your breach of any of the Companies' policies or procedures; (b) your
commission of any act of theft, embezzlement or misappropriation against the Company or any of its respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries or successors (together "Companies"); (c) your
neglect, malfeasance, nonfeasance, or failure in the performance of the your services to the Companies; (d) your willful misconduct or unethical behavior or insubordination; (e) your
failure to follow the directions given by the CEO or Board of Directors; (f) your conviction of, or plea or nolo contendere to, a felony, serious misdemeanor, or any crime involving either
moral turpitude or the Companies: (g) your use of illegal drugs, or the abuse of either alcohol or legally prescribed drugs which adversely affects the Companies; (h) your sexual
harassment or discrimination of any employee, independent contractor or customers of the Companies; (i) or any act which leads to the disparagement or damage to the Companies or their 

reputation. The Company will not ask Employee to perform any task which is illegal or which the Company considers unethical. 

        Any
dispute arising out of the employment contemplated herein, termination or severance thereof, or those involving statutory claims including but not limited to the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act of 1967, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Americans With Disabilities Act, each as amended, will be construed under the laws of the State of California and must be exclusively and confidentially submitted to arbitration through a
single neutral arbitrator through JAMS in Orange County, CA., subject to all JAMS then governing rules, both sides waiving jury by trial rights. JAMS fees will be split equally and any arbitrator
decision shall be final and binding and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Reasonable attorneys' fees of the prevailing party to be paid by non-prevailing party. 

        In
accepting this employment, we need you to agree that you will not divulge any Companies' trade secrets or information, either during or after your employment (trade secrets and
information being defined as broadly as possible, including but not limited to, prices, vendors, contractors, all information of any kind, designs, drawings, customers, employee compensations, etc.),
that any inventions or ideas derived by you through the use of any company material, facility, personnel or information or on company time is the sole property of the Company, during your employment
you will not engage in any activity competitive with the companies' interests, and will not solicit, employ or entice or lure away any of Companies' employees for a period of one year following the
end of your employment or severance. 

        This
offer is contingent upon proper U.S. work authorization and successful completion of final reference checks and a background investigation. 

        I
look forward to you joining our team! Please sign your acceptance of this employment opportunity below and return it in the enclosed pre-addressed envelope. 

Sincerely,

/s/
Pamela O'Conner Furlong 

Pamela
O'Connor Furlong

Vice President, Human Resources 

        I
accept the terms and conditions of this offer letter. 

	/s/  WILLIAM B. LANGSDORF      
 Signature	 	September 25, 2002
 Date	 	October 8, 2002
 Start Date

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Experts-Independent Auditors" and to the use of our report dated December 17,
2002 in the Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-100980)
and related Prospectus of Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 138.

                                                      /s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
                                                          GRANT THORNTON LLP

Chicago, Illinois
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Exhibit 10.32  

 
 

TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT    
  

        THIS TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT ("Tenth Amendment") dated as of September 11, 2002, by and among SUCCESSORIES, INC., an Illinois
corporation, SUCCESSORIES OF ILLINOIS, INC., an Illinois corporation, and CELEX SUCCESSORIES, INC., a Canadian corporation (hereinafter, together with their successors in title and
assigns, called the "Borrowers" and each of which individually is a "Borrower"), THE PROVIDENT BANK, as Agent, an Ohio banking corporation ("Agent"), and various Lenders as set forth in the Credit
Agreement. 

PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT 

        WHEREAS,
Borrowers, Agent and Lenders have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as June 20, 1997, as amended by a First Amendment dated as of July 16, 1997, a Second
Amendment dated as of May 14, 1998, a Third Amendment dated as of September 1, 1998, a Fourth Amendment dated as of April 28, 1999, a Fifth Amendment dated as of April 6,
2000, a Sixth Amendment dated as of August 28, 2000, a Seventh Amendment dated as of September 4, 2001, an Eighth Amendment dated as of December 3, 2001, and a Ninth Amendment
dated as of June 7, 2002 (as so amended, the "Credit Agreement"); 

        WHEREAS,
Borrowers have requested and Agent and Lenders have agreed to make amendments to certain definitions in the Credit Agreement to allow certain reductions in the Maximum Revolving
Commitment to deferred for an additional period of time; and 

        WHEREAS,
Borrowers, Agent and Lenders now wish to amend the Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to supplement and amend the Credit Agreement
upon such terms and conditions as follows: 

        1.    Capitalized Terms.    All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement unless the context hereof requires otherwise. Any definitions as capitalized terms set forth herein shall be deemed incorporated into the Credit Agreement as amended by this Tenth Amendment. 

        2.    Definitions; Exhibits.    

        (a)  The
following definition contained in Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 

        "Maximum Revolving Commitment" means an amount equal to (i) prior to the Tenth Amendment Closing Date, such amount provided in the
Credit Agreement as in effect at such time, (ii) during the period from the Ninth Amendment Closing Date through December 31, 2002, an amount equal to Three Million Five Hundred Thousand
and 00/100 Dollars ($3,500,000.00), and (iii) from and after January 1, 2003, an amount equal to Three Million and 00/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00). 

        (b)  Section 1.2
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following definition to read in its entirety as follows: 

        "Tenth Amendment Closing Date" means the day on which the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement is executed and delivered by all applicable
parties. 

        3.    Reaffirmation of Covenants, Warranties and Representations.    Borrowers hereby agree and covenant that all
representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement including, without limitation, all of those representations and warranties set forth in Article 5 thereof, are true and accurate
as of the date hereof and except to the extent that such relate to a specific date. Borrowers further reaffirm all covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement, and reaffirm each of the affirmative 

 

covenants set forth in Article 6, all financial covenants set forth in Article 7, except to the extent modified or amended by this Tenth Amendment, and all negative covenants set forth
in Article 8 thereof, as if fully set forth herein. 

        4.    Conditions Precedent to Closing of Tenth Amendment.    On or prior to the Tenth Amendment Closing Date, each of
the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied: 

        (a)    Documents.    Each of the documents to be executed and delivered at the Tenth Amendment Closing and all other
certificates, documents and instruments to be executed in connection herewith shall have been duly and properly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrowers and shall be in full force and effect on
and as of the Tenth Amendment Closing Date. 

        (b)    Legality of Transactions.    No change in applicable law shall have occurred as a consequence of which it shall
have become and continue to be unlawful (i) for Agent and each Lender to perform any of their agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents, or (ii) for Borrowers to perform
any of their agreements or obligations under any of the Loan Documents. 

        (c)    Performance.    Except as set forth herein, Borrowers shall have duly and properly performed, complied with and
observed each of their covenants, agreements and obligations contained in each of the Loan Documents. Except as set forth herein, no event shall have occurred on or prior to the Tenth Amendment
Closing Date, and no condition shall exist on the Tenth Amendment Closing Date which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default. 

        (d)    Proceedings and Documents.    All corporate, governmental and other proceedings in connection with the
transactions contemplated on the Tenth Amendment Closing Date, each of the other Loan Documents and all instruments and documents incidental thereto, shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent. 

        (e)    No Changes.    Since the date of the most recent balance sheets of Borrowers delivered to Agent, no changes
shall have occurred in the assets, liabilities, financial condition, business, operations or prospects of Borrowers which, individually or in the aggregate, are material to Borrowers, except as
otherwise disclosed to Lenders and Agents in writing, and Agent shall have completed such review of the status of all current and pending legal issues as Agent shall deem necessary or appropriate. 

        5.    Miscellaneous.    

        (a)  Borrowers
shall reimburse Agent for all fees and disbursements of legal counsel to Agent which shall have been incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, review, execution and delivery of this Tenth Amendment and the handling of any other matters incidental hereto. 

        (b)  All
of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Credit Agreement not herein modified shall remain in full force and effect. In the event a term, condition or
provision of the Credit Agreement conflicts with a term, condition or provision of this Tenth Amendment, the latter shall govern. 

        (c)  This
Tenth Amendment shall be governed by and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio. 

        (d)  This
Tenth Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and assigns. 

        (e)  This
Tenth Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Tenth Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the parties as of the day and year first above written. 

	 	 	BORROWERS:
	

 	
 	

SUCCESSORIES, INC., an Illinois corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	/s/  GARY J. ROVANSEK      

	 	 	Name: Gary J. Rovansek
	 	 	Title: President
	

 	
 	

SUCCESSORIES OF ILLINOIS, INC., an Illinois corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	/s/  GARY J. ROVANSEK      

	 	 	Name: Gary J. Rovansek
	 	 	Title: President
	

 	
 	

CELEX SUCCESSORIES, INC., a Canadian corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	/s/  GARY J. ROVANSEK      

	 	 	Name: Gary J. Rovansek
	 	 	Title: President
	

 	
 	
AGENT:
	

 	
 	

THE PROVIDENT BANK, as Agent, an Ohio banking corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	/s/  NICK JEVIC      

	 	 	Name: Nick Jevic
	 	 	Title: Senior Vice President
	

 	
 	
LENDERS:
	

 	
 	

THE PROVIDENT BANK, an Ohio banking corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	/s/  NICK JEVIC      

	 	 	Name: Nick Jevic
	 	 	Title: Senior Vice President
	
 	
 	

 	
 	

 

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