Vardon Capital Management, LLC Letterhead]Equity Investment • February 19th, 2008 • Restoration Hardware Inc • Retail-furniture stores
Reference is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Home Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Home Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) and Restoration Hardware, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to which Merger Sub, or a permitted assignee of Merger Sub, will be merged into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the Surviving Corporation. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. This letter is being delivered to Parent in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement by Parent, Merger Sub and the Company. For purposes of this letter, “Investors” means the parties delivering Equity Commitments (as defined herein) and other investors investing in Parent.
