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12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2012
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H. RELATED PARTIES

Seymour Holtzman and Jewelcor Management, Inc.

Seymour Holtzman, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, is compensated by the Company both directly (as an employee of the Company) and indirectly (as the president and chief executive officer and, together with his wife, indirectly, the majority shareholders of Jewelcor Management Inc. (“JMI”)).

Since October 1999, the Company has had an ongoing consulting agreement with JMI to provide the Company with services as may be agreed upon between JMI and the Company. Mr. Holtzman, who has been the Company’s Chairman of the Board since April 11, 2000, is the beneficial holder of approximately 11.1% of the outstanding common stock of the Company at January 28, 2012.

Pursuant to the consulting agreement, which was most recently amended in April 2011, Mr. Holtzman, both directly and indirectly through JMI, receives annual consulting compensation of $551,000, payable in cash, in addition to a salary of $24,000 as an employee of the Company. The consulting agreement, as amended, is scheduled to expire on April 29, 2013. Commencing April 29, 2012, the consulting agreement shall automatically be extended for an additional one–year term on each anniversary date of the effective date unless either party shall give the other party ninety days written notice prior to such anniversary date that it will not extend the term.