AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Amendment
No. 1 to Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement (this
“Amendment”) is made and entered into as of
March 17, 2008, by and between DSW Inc., an Ohio corporation
(“DSW”), and Retail Ventures, Inc., an Ohio corporation
(“Retail Ventures”).
WHEREAS ,
DSW and Retail Ventures entered into an Amended and Restated Shared
Services Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2006, relating to
their arrangement concerning certain shared services (the
“Shared Services Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
Retail Ventures has sold its entire membership interest in Value
City Department Stores LLC, an Ohio limited liability company
(“Value City”);
WHEREAS ,
Retail Ventures, Retail Ventures Services, Inc., an Ohio
corporation (“RVSI”) and wholly owned subsidiary of
Retail Ventures, Filenes Basement, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“FB”) and wholly owned subsidiary of Retail Ventures
(Retail Ventures, RVSI and FB are collectively referred to as the
“RVI Entities”), and DSW have entered into a certain
Transfer and Assignment Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008,
pursuant to which the RVI Entities transferred certain assets and
contracts related to certain shared services including General
Corporate and Financial Services and Human Resources Services (the
“Transfer and Assignment Agreement”); and
WHEREAS ,
the parties desire to amend the Shared Services Agreement as
hereinafter set forth.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements described in this Amendment, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
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1.
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The
following definitions shall be added to Article I Definitions
of the Shared Services Agreement:
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“General
Corporate, Financial and Human Resources Services” means
those services referenced on Schedule II that were provided by
or on behalf of Retail Ventures before the GCFHR Services Transfer
Date and will be provided by DSW after the GCFHR Services Transfer
Date.
“GCFHR
Services Transfer Date” shall mean the date that is mutually
agreed upon by the Parties for transfer of responsibility for
performance of General Corporate, Financial and Human Resources
Services from Retail Ventures to DSW.
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2.
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The
definition of “Tax Separation Agreement” in
Article I Definitions of the Shared Services Agreement is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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“Tax
Separation Agreement” means the Tax Separation Agreement
attached as Exhibit A to the Master Separation Agreement,
as such Tax Separation Agreement may be amended from time
to time by mutual agreement of the parties.
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Schedules I, II and III to the
Shared Services Agreement are hereby replaced in their entirety
with the schedules attached to this Amendment.
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4.
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Section 2.02(a) of the Shared
Services Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:
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(a) Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and in consideration of the
DSW Service Costs described below, DSW agrees to provide to the
applicable Retail Ventures Entities, or to procure the provision to
such entities of, and Retail Ventures agrees to purchase from DSW,
the DSW Services. Unless otherwise specifically agreed by Retail
Ventures and DSW, (i) the DSW Services (other than the
Information Technology Services and the General Corporate,
Financial and Human Resources Services ) shall be
substantially similar in scope, quality, and nature to those
customarily provided to, or procured on behalf of, the Retail
Ventures Entities by DSW and/or its Subsidiaries prior to the
Offering Date, (ii) the Information Technology Services shall
be, at a minimum, substantially similar in scope, quality, and
nature to those customarily provided to, or procured on behalf of,
the Retail Ventures Entities by Retail Ventures and/or its
Subsidiaries prior to the Information Technology Services Transfer
Date and (iii) the General Corporate, Financial and
Human Resources Services shall be, at a minimum, substantially
similar in scope, quality, and nature to those customarily provided
to, or procured on behalf of, the Retail Ventures Entities by
Retail Ventures and/or its Subsidiaries prior to the GCFHR Services
Transfer Date.
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Section 3.02 of the Shared
Services Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:
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SECTION 3.02.
Customary Billing. The costs of Services as to which the Customary
Billing method applies shall be equal to the costs customarily
charged and/or allocated by one Party and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries or Departments (the “Billing Party”) to
the other Party and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries or
Departments (the “Receiving Party”) immediately prior
to the Information Technology Services Transfer Date or
the GCFHR Services Transfer Date, as applicable (it
being understood that from and after the Information Technology
Services Transfer Date or the GCFHR Services Transfer
Date, as applicable, such costs may be increased by the
Billing Party in a manner
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consistent with
the manner in which such costs were increased from time to time
prior to the Information Technology Services Transfer Date
or the GCFHR Services Transfer Date, as
applicable, and consistent with the semi-annual
reconciliation described in Section 8.01).
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6.
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Section 3.06(a) of the Shared
Services Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:
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(a) Except
as otherwise provided in a Schedule to this Agreement or to the
extent that Retail Ventures and DSW may mutually agree, each
Billing Party shall invoice or notify the Chief Executive Officer
or Chief Financial Officer of the Receiving Party on a monthly
basis (not later than the tenth day of each month), in a manner
substantially similar to and consistent with the billing practices
used in connection with services provided by Retail Ventures to the
DSW Entities prior to the Offering Date and, as applicable, the
Information Technology Services Transfer Date or the GCFHR
Services Transfer Date (except as otherwise agreed), of
the Service Costs related to services performed or procured by the
Billing Party during the prior calendar month. As used herein,
“Service Costs” means the Retail Ventures Service
Costs, if Retail Ventures is the Billing Party, and the DSW Service
Costs, if DSW is the Billing Party. In connection with the
invoicing described in this Section 3.06(a), the Billing Party
shall provide to the Receiving Party the same billing data and
level of detail as customarily or similar to that provided to the
Receiving Party prior to the Offering Date and, as applicable, the
Information Technology Services Transfer Date or the GCFHR
Services Transfer Date and such other related data as
may be reasonably requested by the Receiving Party.
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Section 4.01(i) of the Shared
Services Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:
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(i) General Standard of Service. Except as
otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties or as described in
this Agreement, and provided that a Party is not restricted by
contract with third parties or by applicable law, the Parties agree
that (i) the nature, quality, and standard of care applicable
to the delivery of the Services hereunder (other than the
Information Technology Services and the General Corporate,
Financial and Human Resources Services ) shall be
substantially the same as or consistent with that applicable to the
similar services provided by a Party to the other Party prior to
the Offering Date, (ii) the nature, quality, and standard of
care applicable to the delivery of the Information Technology
Services hereunder shall be, at a minimum, substantially the same
as or consistent with that applicable to the similar services
provided by or on behalf of Retail Ventures prior to the
Information Technology Services Transfer Date, and
(iii) the nature, quality, and standard of care applicable to
the delivery of the General Corporate, Financial and Human
Resources Services shall be, at a
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minimum, substantially the same as or consistent
with that applicable to the similar services provided by or on
behalf of Retail Ventures prior to the GCFHR Services Transfer
Date . Retail
Ventures shall use its reasonable efforts to ensure that the nature
and quality of Services provided to DSW associates under Retail
Ventures Plans, either by Retail Ventures directly or through
administrators under contract, shall be undifferentiated as
compared with the same services provided to or on behalf of Retail
Ventures associates under Retail Ventures Plans.
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8.
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Section 9.09(a) is amended to
change all references to “4150 East 5
th
Avenue” to
“810 DSW Drive.”
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In
the event that an asset impairment occurs to either party or its
subsidiaries because of Value City ceasing to conduct business or a
reduction in the sales of Value City, the party on whose books the
asset (relating to such impairment) resides at the time of such
cessation of business or reduction in sales shall be obligated to
take the asset impairment and shall not seek reimbursement from the
other party for any charges relating to such asset
impairment.
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10.
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In
the event that Value City ceases to conduct business, the parties
agree that they will jointly share the “fixed cost”
portion of the shared service fees allocated to Value City
for
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