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Exhibit 10.12a
Amendment to
July 28, 1997 Employment Agreement
between Herbert J. Zarkin and
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
The July 28, 1997 Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") between Herbert J.
Zarkin of 8 Lands End Lane, Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ("Executive") and BJ's
Wholesale Club, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), whose principal
office is in Natick, Massachusetts, is hereby amended, effective as of September
14, 2000, as follows.
1. Section 1 of the Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
"1. EFFECTIVE DATE; TERM OF AGREEMENT. The Agreement is effective
as of July 28, 1997 and is amended effective as of September 14, 2000.
This Amendment and the Agreement shall supersede any other employment
agreement including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement
dated as of September 19, 1996 between Executive and Waban Inc., a
Delaware corporation, renamed HomeBase, Inc. ("HomeBase"), other than
the Employment Agreement dated July 28, 1997 between the Executive and
HomeBase (the "HomeBase Employment Agreement") and the Change of
Control Severance Agreement dated as of July 28, 1997 between the
Company and Executive (the "Change of Control Agreement").
Executive's employment by the Company shall continue on the terms
provided herein until September 15, 2003 and thereafter until
terminated by either Executive or the Company, subject to earlier
termination as provided herein (such period of employment hereinafter
called "Employment Period")."
2. Section 3(b) is hereby amended as follows by adding the following
sentence at the end thereof:
"Notwithstanding the foregoing sentences in subsection 3(b) Executive
will not be eligible to earn any additional MIP awards for periods
beginning after February 3, 2001."
3. Section 5(a) and to 5(b) shall be amended by replacing "July 31, 2000"
with "September 15, 2003".
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4. Section 12 is Amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Amendment, the Agreement and Exhibit A
to the Agreement supersede all prior written or oral agreements
between the Company and the Executive and represents the entire
agreement between the parties relating to the Executive's employment
by the Company, except the Change of Control Agreement."
/s/ Herbert J. Zarkin
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Herbert J. Zarkin
BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.
By: /s/ John J. Nugent
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President
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