Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 3 made as of the 30th day of May, 2002, to the
Employment Agreement made as of the 20th day of November, 1998 (as amended,
the "Agreement"), between UNITED RETAIL GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation,
with principal offices at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, residing at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇
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WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed by the Company as its
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue the services of the
Executive, and the Executive desires to continue to provide such services to
the Company, on the terms set forth in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of this Amendment were recommended by the
Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors on May 30, 2002 and
approved by the Company's Board of Directors on May 30, 2002 with the
Executive abstaining.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. A Section 14(i) shall be added to the Agreement reading in its entirety
as follows:
"The definition in Section 4(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
term `Base Salary' for purposes of Section 14(c) and Section 14(d)
shall include both the base salary drawn by the Executive and any
additional amount of base salary that he may have been entitled to
draw pursuant to the terms of this Agreement but that he shall not
have drawn. For example, during Fiscal 2002, `Base Salary' for
purposes of Section 14(c) and Section 14(d) shall be deemed to be
$633,000 per annum."
2. All the other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force unchanged.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Park, New Jersey, in duplicate originals on May 30,
2002.
UNITED RETAIL GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Administrative Officer
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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