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EXHIBIT 10.18

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DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

     THIS DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated August 1, 2008 by and among BancorpSouth Bank (together with its successors and assigns, “Bank”), Hancock Fabrics, Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) and General Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, “Agent”) pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) acting for and on behalf of Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

W I T N E S S E T H

     WHEREAS, Bank maintains for the use of the Company the following deposit accounts:

01-210513 (the “Concentration Account”)

01-236083 (the “Operating Account”)

which deposit accounts are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Deposit Accounts”, and individually, each as a “Deposit Account”;

     WHEREAS, Bank additionally maintains for the use of the Company the following deposit accounts:

01-230662 (the “Salaried Payroll Account”)

60-550191 (the “Hourly Payroll Account”)

which deposit accounts are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Payroll Accounts”, and individually, each as a “Payroll Account”;

     WHEREAS, the Company maintains numerous deposit accounts with numerous financial institutions (including Bank) throughout the United States into which are deposited revenues generated by Company’s various stores, which deposit accounts are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Store Accounts”, and individually, each as a “Store Account”;

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 1, 2008, by and among the Company, certain of Company’s affiliates and subsidiaries, Agent and Lenders (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the “Loan Agreement”), Agent and the Lenders have a security interest in, among other things, all right, title and interest of the Company in and to the following, whether now or hereafter existing or arising (collectively, the “Deposit Account Collateral”): (a) the Deposit Accounts, (b) all cash, checks, money orders, drafts, instruments, electronic funds transfers and other items and forms of remittances and all funds and other amounts at any time paid, deposited or credited (whether for collection, provisionally or otherwise), held or otherwise in the possession or under the control of, or in transit to, Bank or any agent or custodian thereof for credit to or to be deposited

 


 

in any Deposit Account, (c) all funds and cash balances or other amounts in or attributable to any Deposit Account, and (d) any and all proceeds of any of the foregoing; and

     WHEREAS, the Company, Agent and Bank desire to enter into this Agreement in order to set forth their relative rights and duties with respect to the Deposit Account Collateral.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in order for the Company to comply with the requirements of Agent and Lenders under the Loan Agreement and the other financing arrangements with the Company, the Company, Bank and Agent agree as follows:

     1.  Deposit Account Collateral . Bank hereby represents, warrants and covenants with and to Agent and Lenders that: Bank has established and will maintain the Deposit Accounts and has identified the Company as the sole owner of the Deposit Accounts, subject to the rights of Agent therein as provided herein; the records of Bank do not reflect, and it has not received any notice of, any assignment or pledge of, or security interest in the Deposit Accounts or any of the other Deposit Account Collateral (other than the pledge and security interest of Agent referred to herein), or any notice of any adverse claim with respect to any of the same; Bank has not entered and will not enter into any agreement with any person other than Agent by which it is obligated for any reason to comply with instructions from such other person as to the disposition of funds in or from the Deposit Accounts or with respect to any other dealings with any of the Deposit Account Collateral; Bank will not agree that any person other than the Company or Agent is Bank’s customer with respect to any Deposit Account; the Deposit Accounts are each a “deposit account” as such term is defined in the UCC (as hereinafter defined); Bank acknowledges that it holds and will hold possession of the Deposit Account Collateral consisting of instruments and money as bailee for Agent and for the benefit of Agent, subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and Bank is hereby irrevocably authorized and instructed to change the designation of the customer on any Deposit Account to Agent upon the request of Agent and Bank shall so change the customer promptly upon such request by Agent. The Company hereby confirms to Bank that the Company has granted to Agent, as collateral security for the Company’s obligations to the Agent and Lenders under the Loan Agreement, a security interest in and Lien on the De


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