As referenced in this Covenant Agreement:
Charming Shoppes, Inc – CONVENANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 16, 2001
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Exhibit 2.3
COVENANT AGREEMENT
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Covenant Agreement (this "Agreement") dated as of August 16, 2001, between
Charming Shoppes, Inc ., a Pennsylvania corporation ("CSI") and The Limited,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("TLI").
Background of Agreement
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CSI and TLI have entered into the Purchase Agreement. Upon closing under
the Purchase
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Charming Shoppes, Inc – gt;
6. Miscellaneous.
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6.1 All notices, requests and other communications to any party
hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission) and shall be
given,
if to CSI, to:
Charming Shoppes, Inc .
450 Winks Lane
Bensalem, PA 19020
Attention: Colin D. Stern, General Counsel
Fax: (215) 638-6648
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Drinker Biddle & Reath
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
CHARMING SHOPPES, INC .
By: /s/ Eric M. Specter
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Name: Eric M. Specter
Title: Executive Vice President
THE LIMITED, INC.
By: /s/ Timothy J. Faber
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Name: Timothy J. Faber
Title: Vice President-Treasury,
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