GALEY & LORD INC
IRS REQUESTED AMENDMENT
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Exhibit 10.81 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>IRS REQUESTED AMENDMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>TO THE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>GALEY &amp; LORD, INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">WHEREAS, Galey &amp; Lord, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) maintains The Retirement Plan for Employees of Galey &amp; Lord, Inc., most recently amended and restated as of
January 1, 2000 (the &#147;Plan&#148;); and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">WHEREAS, the Company now wishes to amend the Plan; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended as follows: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>I.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1.33 of the Plan is amended by adding the following sentence to the end
of the section to read as follows, effective as of January 1, 1998: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:15%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;Notwithstanding the above, Section 415
Compensation includes amounts which would have been received by the Employee as remuneration but for the Employee&#146;s election to defer such amounts under Code Section 401(k), 132(f) and/or 125.&#148; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>II.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 5.6 is amended by adding the following language to
the end of the section to read as follows: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:15%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;Notwithstanding the above, if a Participant&#146;s Pension is
not paid as soon as practicable following termination of employment, the Participant&#146;s Pension will be increased by interest from the date of the Participant&#146;s termination of employment to the date of distribution. The amount of interest
to be credited for the Plan Year is equal to the annual rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities, as described in Code Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II), for the month immediately preceding the beginning of the Plan Year. If interest is credited
for a period of less than a year, the amount shall be prorated. Interest will not be credited for any period in which the Participant is credited with Service for purposes of earning a Year of Credited Service.&#148; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>III.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 5.9 is amended by adding the following sentence to the end of
the section: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:15%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;This section shall not apply to Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1999. &#147;<B></B>
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>IV.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The second
sentence of Section 6.7 is amended in its entirety to read as follows: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:15%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;Effective for Plan Years beginning
after December 31, 1998, an &#147;eligible rollover distribution&#148; is any cash payment of all or any portion of the Participant&#146;s Account, except that an eligible rollover distribution does not include a payment that is one of a series of
substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Participant and the Participant&#146;s Beneficiary, or for a
specified period of ten years or more, or any hardship distribution described in Code Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV), any payment to the extent such payment is required under Code Section 401(a)(9), and the portion of any payment that is not includable
in gross income.&#148; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>V.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1997, Section 9.1 is amended by adding the following sentence to the end of the section to read as follows:
</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:15%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;Compensation used to determine highly compensated employees shall be Section 415 Compensation.&#148;
</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>VI.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 11.4 is deleted for all Plan
Years beginning after December 31, 1999. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>VII.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan
is amended, effective for Plan Years beginning after December 12, 1994, by inserting a new Section 13.9 immediately following Section 13.8, to read as follows: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:15%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<B>13.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Special Rules Relating to Veterans&#146; Reemployment Rights under USERRA: </B> </FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:15%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military retirement service will be provided in accordance with Code Section 414(u).&#148; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>VIII.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This IRS Requested Amendment is effective as of January 1, 2000 unless
otherwise specified in this Amendment. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>IX.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless
otherwise amended herein, the provisions of the Plan are hereby ratified and confirmed. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">THIS
AMENDMENT IS EXECUTED this 9th day of October, 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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