Friedman's Announces Amendment to Credit Facility

Friedman's Announces Amendment to Credit Facility 


SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Friedman's Inc. (OTC:FRDM.PK),
the Value Leader in fine jewelry retailing, today announced that it has reached
an agreement with its lenders to amend its senior credit facility.  The
amendment modifies certain of the financial covenants contained in its amended
and restated credit facility entered into earlier this year, and eliminates the
anticipated default under the credit facility resulting from Friedman's failure
to meet cumulative EBITDA requirements and the required minimum ratio of
Accounts Payable to Inventory, as previously announced.  Additional details
regarding the amendment to the credit facility will be released in a current
report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC.

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  About Friedman's


Founded in 1920, Friedman's Inc. is a leading specialty retailer based in
Savannah, Georgia.  The Company is the leading operator of fine jewelry stores
located in power strip centers and regional malls.  For more information, go
to: http://www.friedmans.com/ .

Some of the statements included in this press release, particularly those
anticipating future financial performance, business prospects, growth and
operating strategies and similar matters, are forward-looking statements that
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and a variety of factors
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from the
anticipated or expected results expressed in these forward-looking statements.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such
forward-looking statements.  The forward-looking statements, the Company's
liquidity, capital resources, and results of operations are subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, the following:  the
ability of the Company to comply with the terms of its credit facility;
potential adverse developments with respect to the Company's liquidity and/or
results of operations; competitive pressures from other retailers; trends in
the economy as a whole which may affect consumer confidence and consumer demand
for the types of goods sold by the Company; the ability of the Company to
attract, retain and compensate key executives and associates; the ability of
the Company to attract and retain customers; potential adverse publicity; the
ability of the company to achieve the cost savings and operational benefits
projected from its planned store closings; the final results of the audit
including the review of the calculation of our allowance for doubtful accounts;
the results of the SEC and Justice Department investigations; the results of
various litigation; the effect of the restatement on our credit facilities,
including funding availability there under and our relationship with our
lenders; the effect of the restatement on our future earnings, including any
adjustments to previously announced earnings forecasts; and other risk factors
identified from time to time in our SEC reports, including, but not limited to,
the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 28, 2002. 

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CONTACT:  Jane D'Arcy of Trion Communications, [phone] ext. 104,

or  , for Friedman's Inc.



Web site:  http://www.friedmans.com/ 

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