CREDIT FACILITY

The Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries maintain a credit agreement with Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC (as subsequently acquired by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, its successor-in-interest, “Wells Fargo”), Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Business Credit (USA) Inc., and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”) and Wells Fargo, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement has been amended from time to time and the provisions below reflect all amendments.

The Credit Agreement, which expires in August 2016, consists of a $150 million asset based revolving credit facility, with a $125 million sublimit for standby and documentary letters of credit and an accordion feature that could provide up to $75 million of additional availability, of which $25 million is committed. Revolving credit loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at the Company’s option, at:


(i)	the prime rate plus a margin of 0.75% to 1.00% based on the amount of the Company’s average excess availability under the facility; or


(ii)	the London InterBank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR”, for an interest period of one, two, three or six months, as selected by the Company, plus a margin of 1.75% to 2.00% based on the amount of the Company’s average excess availability under the facility.

The Company is charged an unused line fee of 0.375% on the unused portion of the commitments. Letter of credit fees range from 0.875% to 1.00% for commercial letters of credit and range from 1.25% to 1.50% for standby letters of credit.

Letter of credit fees are determined based on the amount of the Company's average excess availability under the facility. The amount available for loans and letters of credit under the Credit Agreement is determined by a borrowing base consisting of certain credit card receivables, certain inventory and the fair market value of certain real estate, subject to certain reserves.

The outstanding obligations under the Credit Agreement may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain events, including, among others, non-payment, breach of covenants, the institution of insolvency proceedings, defaults under other material indebtedness and a change of control, subject, in the case of certain defaults, to the expiration of applicable grace periods. The Company is not subject to any early termination fees.

The Credit Agreement contains covenants, which include conditions on stock buybacks and the payment of cash dividends or similar payments. Credit extended under the Credit Agreement is secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets.

On August 18, 2010, in connection with the approval of a share repurchase program, the Credit Agreement was amended to increase the allowable amount that we may spend on share repurchases.

On March 7, 2011, the Credit Agreement was amended to allow the Company to repurchase shares of its common stock provided that it complies with certain financial covenants.

On August 16, 2011, the Credit Agreement was amended to provide for, among other things, an extension of the term of the Credit Agreement, a reduction in the maximum available borrowings under the facility, a reduction in the sublimit for standby and documentary letters of credit, and a net reduction in various rates charged under the Credit Agreement, each as reflected above. This amendment also provided for the elimination of the maximum capital expenditures covenant. In conjunction with this amendment, the Company paid $0.7 million in additional deferred financing costs.

As of January 28, 2012, the Company has capitalized an aggregate of approximately $3.3 million in deferred financing costs related to the Credit Agreement. The unamortized balance of deferred financing costs at January 28, 2012 was $1.7 million. Unamortized deferred financing costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the Credit Agreement.

5. CREDIT FACILITY( Continued)

The table below presents the components (in millions) of the Company’s credit facility:



	January 28, 2012			January 29, 2011
Credit facility maximum	$	150.0		$	200.0
Borrowing base	150.0			168.4

Outstanding borrowings	—			—
Letters of credit outstanding—merchandise	23.1			41.3
Letters of credit outstanding—standby	11.2			11.0
Utilization of credit facility at end of period	34.3			52.3

Availability (1)	$	115.7		$	116.1

Interest rate at end of period (2)	4.0		%	3.3		%



	Fiscal 2011			Fiscal 2010
Average end of day loan balance during the period	$	—		$	—
Highest end of day loan balance during the period	0.2			0.1
Average interest rate	3.6		%	3.3		%

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(1)	The sublimit availability for letters of credit was $90.7 million and $116.1 million at January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011, respectively.


(2)	Prior to the 2011 Amendment, the disclosed interest rate at the end of the period was equal to the prime rate. Effective with the 2011 Amendment, the disclosed interest rate at the end of the period was equal to the prime rate plus a 0.75% fee, as noted above.

Letter of Credit Fees

Letter of credit fees approximated $0.2 million, $0.4 million and $0.4 million in Fiscal 2011, Fiscal 2010 and Fiscal 2009, respectively, and are included in cost of sales.