EXHIBIT A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
This will confirm the agreement by and among the undersigned that the Amendment
No. 8 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
or about the date hereof with respect to the beneficial ownership by the
undersigned of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Whitehall
Jewellers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is being filed, and all amendments
thereto will be filed, on behalf of each of the persons and entities named
below, in accordance with Rule 13d-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
Dated: February 3, 2006
PRENTICE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
PWJ FUNDING LLC
By: Prentice Capital Management, LP, its Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
PWJ LENDING LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
WJ HOLDING CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
WJ ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
