Adjustments to the Purchase Price (a) To determine the Adjusted Purchase Price in accordance in accordance with Section 3.5, the Preliminary Purchase Price shall be reduced or increased (subject to the limitations provided below), as applicable, by the aggregate amount, if any, by which the Adjusted Net Working Capital (as defined below) of the Companies as of the close of business on the Closing Date and immediately prior to the Dissolution is less than or greater than $3,183,257. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Adjusted Net Working Capital" means (i) the sum of ---------------------------- (A) cash, (B) accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, (C) prepaid expenses, and (D) other current assets, less (ii) the sum of (A) accounts payable, (B) accrued expenses, and (C) income tax payable, each component of which will be calculated using the same methodology as was used in preparing the combined consolidating balance sheets of the Companies as of March 31, 1998 in the offering memorandum provided to Seller in connection with the Stock Purchase Agreement, with certain agreed upon adjustments. For the purposes of this calculation, amounts relating to gains on the sale or other disposition of assets after December 31, 1998 (whether reflected on the balance sheets of the Companies as an increase in cash or other assets, or a decrease in liabilities, or otherwise) shall be excluded and an amount equal thereto shall be deducted in calculating Adjusted Net Working Capital. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall be credited, as a reduction in the Adjusted Purchase Price, with the positive amount, if any, equal to (i) (A) the amount of Adjusted Net Working Capital on the Closing Date, (B) plus an amount equal to any employee bonuses paid by the Companies after March 31, 1999, (C) plus an amount equal to any payments or charges after March 31, 1999 for attorneys' fees and expenses, accountants' fees and expenses and investment bankers' fees and expenses, including without limitation relating to the Stock Purchase Agreement, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the settlement of the matter described in Schedule 4.14, item 7, and, without ------------- limitation, any other payments, expenses or charges not in the ordinary course of business or extraordinary in nature after ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇, (▇) plus an amount equal to the principal portion of any payments of Indebtedness after March 31, 1999, and (E) minus an amount equal to any increase in Adjusted Net Working Capital resulting from the payment after March 31, 1999 of the receivable from Safety Shorts, Inc. previously thought to be uncollectible, minus (ii) the amount of Adjusted Net Working Capital on March 31, 1999. The purpose of the foregoing sentence is to place the parties in the same economic position as if the Closing had occurred on March 31, 1999.