Exhibit 10

WAIVER AND FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This WAIVER AND FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated
as of March 7, 2006, is by and among GLOBAL POWER EQUIPMENT GROUP INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certain borrowing subsidiaries of the
Company party hereto (each a “Designated Borrower” and, together with the
Company, the “Borrowers”), each subsidiary of the Company party to the
Subsidiary Guaranty (as defined below), each Lender (as defined below) party
hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and L/C Issuer (the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned such term in the Credit
Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS:

A. The Borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”),
the Administrative Agent, US Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent,
and Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., as Managing Agent, are parties to that certain
Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004, as amended by and together with
this Amendment and as otherwise amended or modified to the date hereof (as so
amended, the “Credit Agreement”).

B. The Subsidiary Guarantors and the Administrative Agent are parties to that
certain Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004 (as amended
to the date hereof, the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), and the Company and the
Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Company Guaranty Agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2004 (as amended to the date hereof, the “Company
Guaranty”).

C. The parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth
below.

D. The Lenders are, on the terms and conditions stated below, willing to grant
the waivers set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1 Waiver. Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Lenders
hereby waive compliance with Section 7.17 of the Credit Agreement for the period
from December 31, 2005 through the earlier of (i) September 30, 2006 and
(ii) the end of the Revolving Limitation Period. The Lenders further waive any
Event of Default arising under Section 4.02(a) or Section 4.02(b) of the Credit
Agreement for any Credit Extension prior to the date hereof or after the date
hereof before delivery of the Audited Financial Statements for the period ending
December 31, 2005 (a) arising from Section 5.05(a), Section 5.05(b),
Section 5.05(d) and Section 5.20 of the Credit Agreement related to the
restatement of the Audited Financial Statements and Unaudited Financial
Statements for the period from April 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 (the
“Subject Financial Statements”), and (b) arising from Section 5.07 of the Credit
Agreement as it relates to any Default having arisen with respect to any
inaccuracy of the Subject Financial Statements. The Lenders further waive any
Event of Default arising under Section 4.01(a)(vi), Section 5.05(a),
Section 5.05(b), Section 5.05(d) or

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Section 5.20 of the Credit Agreement related to any inaccuracy of the Subject
Financial Statements. The Lenders further waive any Event of Default arising
under Section 6.01 prior to the date hereof related to the Subject Financial
Statements or arising from any inaccuracy of any Compliance Certificate
delivered in connection with the Subject Financial Statements. The Lenders
further waive any Event of Default arising from non-compliance with
Section 6.15(a) of the Credit Agreement so long as such non-compliance shall not
be continuing after giving effect to this Amendment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Borrower will continue to calculate all financial covenants in
its Compliance Certificates, notwithstanding this waiver.

SECTION 2 Amendments to Credit Agreement.

(a) Applicable Rate. The definition of “Applicable Rate” in Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of the following at the end:

“The Applicable Rate during the Revolving Limitation Period as it applies to
Letters of Credit and the Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be 3.25%.”

(b) Default Rate. The definition of “Default Rate” in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of the following at the end:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Default Rate in clause (c) of the previous
sentence during the Revolving Limitation Period shall be the sum of (i) the Base
Rate plus (ii) 5% per annum.”

(c) Letter of Credit Sublimit. The definition of “Letter of Credit Sublimit” in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to state in its entirety as
follows:

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of
(a) $55,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit
is part of, and not in addition, the Revolving Commitment.

(d) Revolving Limitation Period. Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by the addition of the following definitions in proper alphabetical
order.

“Financial Consultant” means a financial consultant retained by the Borrowers
with the approval of the Administrative Agent.

“Revolving Limitation” means $60,000,000.

“Revolving Limitation Period” means the period from the date of the Waiver and
Fourth Amendment hereto to the later of (a) December 31, 2006 and (b) the date
upon which the Company requests the end of the Revolving Limitation Period and
delivers a Compliance Certificate certifying compliance, as of the last fiscal
quarter end, with the terms of the Credit Agreement without giving effect to the
waiver of compliance with Section 7.17 of the Credit Agreement set forth in the
Waiver and Fourth Amendment hereto.

 

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(e) Interest. Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the
addition of the following at the end:

“(d) Interest During Revolving Limitation Period. Notwithstanding any provisions
of this Agreement to the contrary, during the Revolving Limitation Period the
Borrowers shall not request any Eurocurrency Rate Loan in Dollars, continue any
Eurocurrency Loan in Dollars for another Interest Period or convert any Loan
into a Eurocurrency Loan in Dollars; and all Base Rate Loans and Swing Line
Loans shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus 3% per annum, unless the Default
Rate shall be applicable.”

(f) Article II. Article II of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the
addition of the following at the end:

“Section 2.16 Limitation on Revolving Borrowings and Letters of Credit.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Borrowers
will not permit, during the Revolving Limitation Period, the Total Revolving
Outstandings to exceed the lesser of the Revolving Commitments or the Revolving
Limitation. During the Revolving Limitation Period, the Borrower will not
request any Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, Alternative Currency Loans or
Letters of Credit if such Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, Alternative
Currency Loans or Letters of Credit would cause the Total Revolving Outstandings
to exceed the Revolving Limitation. During the Revolving Limitation Period, the
Borrowers will prepay the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and/or Alternative
Currency Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations, in amounts
sufficient to cause the Total Revolving Outstandings not to exceed the Revolving
Limitation.”

(g) Financial Statements. Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by the addition of the following after clause (b):

“(c) as soon as available, but in any event within thirty-five (35) days after
each month of each fiscal year of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
commencing with the March 31, 2006 fiscal month end through the fiscal month
ending December 31, 2006, a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal month,
and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal month and for
the portion of such fiscal year then ended, setting forth in comparative form
the figures for the corresponding fiscal month of the previous fiscal year and
the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail,
such consolidated balance sheet and statements to be certified by Responsible
Officers of the Company, as fairly presenting the financial condition, results
of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes
and such consolidating balance sheet and statements to be certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Company to the effect

 

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that such statements are fairly stated in all material respects when considered
in relation to the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.”

(h) Other Information . Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by the addition of the following after clause (f):

“(g) on or before March 31, 2006, revised capital and operating budgets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2006 reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Lenders and in form and scope customarily prepared
by management for internal use and consistent with past practices prepared by
the Company (and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company) for each
fiscal month of the year prepared in reasonable detail with discussion of the
principal assumptions upon which such budgets are based and including without
limitation a summary of borrowing needs;

(h) within thirty-five (35) days after each calendar quarter as at such calendar
quarter end (commencing with the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2006 and
through the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2006), (i) a list of the ten
(10) largest accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries with aging
and terms; (ii) a list of the ten (10) largest accounts payable of the Company
and its Subsidiaries with aging and terms; and (iii) a list of the ten largest
contracts for projects of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding including
estimated profit margin;

(i) upon receipt from the Company’s independent registered public accounting
firm, the 2005 management letter; and

(j) by each Friday through December 31, 2006, a report of cash held by the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of Friday of the preceding week, including an
itemization by bank and location.”

(i) Section 6.15(a). Section 6.15(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by the addition of the following at the end:

“excluding any accounts maintained by Braden Manufacturing L.L.C. at Chase Bank
(formerly Bank One), so long as the amounts in such accounts are swept daily to
other Deposit Accounts permitted under Section 6.15(a) and such accounts at
Chase Bank are closed by June 30, 2006.”

(j) Affirmative Covenants. Article VI of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by the addition of the following at the end:

“SECTION 6.16 PWC Call. Request its independent registered public accounting
firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to be available for a conference call with the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders within a week of the delivery of the 2005
Audited Financial Statements.

SECTION 6.17 Budget Meeting. Cause the Financial Consultant, no later
than April 3, 2006, after consulting with the Company’s senior management to
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PowerPoint presentation for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders regarding
and including the Financial Consultant’s views as to (a) the Company’s industry
(including the Company’s position in its competition landscape), (b) the
consolidated Company’s budget, (c) the consolidated Company’s existing
contracts, (d) possible operational/business risks and opportunities, (e) next
steps and (f) the Company’s financial computer systems; and cause its senior
management and the Financial Consultant to meet with the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders no later than April 5, 2006 regarding such presentation and
related matters.

SECTION 6.18 Meetings.

(a) Cause representatives of Harvest Partners and any shareholder of the Company
holding a greater number of shares of the Company than the affiliates of Harvest
Partners to meet in person with the Administrative Agent no later than March 24,
2006.

(b) Cause its Board of Directors to meet in person with the Administrative Agent
no later than March 24, 2006.

SECTION 6.19 Consultants. Continue to retain the Financial Consultant, until the
Required Lenders shall otherwise agree.

SECTION 6.20 Conference Call. Cause its senior management and the Financial
Consultant to be available for monthly conference calls with the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders within 10 days after delivery of the monthly financial
statement required under Section 6.01(c).

SECTION 6.21 Mortgages. Deliver to the Administrative Agent by April 7, 2006
executed Mortgages on all property owned in fee by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the United States in form satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and by May 8, 2006 all such title information, surveys and other
information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent
with respect to the property subject to such Mortgages.”

(k) Investment. Section 7.02(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the
addition of the following at the end:

“; provided that no Investment otherwise permitted by this clause (e) shall be
permitted to be made during the period from January 1, 2006 through December 31,
2006 without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.”

(l) Restricted Payments. Section 7.06(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by the addition of the following at the end:

“; provided, however, that any action otherwise permitted under clause
(ii) shall be prohibited during the period from January 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006 without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.”

 

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(m) Additional Amendments to Article VII. Article VII of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by the addition of the following at the end:

“Section 7.19 Interim Financial Covenants.

(a) Consolidated EBITDA. Permit Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for each period commencing January 1, 2006 and ending on each month
end thereafter, on a cumulative basis, commencing March 31, 2006 through
December 31, 2006 to be less than 90% of the projected Consolidated EBITDA for
such period set out in the budgets delivered under Section 6.02(g); provided
that in no event shall Consolidated EBITDA shown on such budgets for the period
from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006 be less than $18,000,000 or
actual Consolidated EBITDA for such period be less than $16,200,000.

For the purposes of this Section 7.19 (a) “Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean:

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period for any Person and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income
for such period, plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating
such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period;
(ii) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes for such
period; (iii) depreciation and amortization expense; (iv) other non-recurring
non-cash expenses; (v) any other non-cash write-downs or non-cash write-offs
including, but not limited to, fixed asset impairments or write-downs,
intangible asset impairments, deferred tax asset write-offs or reserves,
non-cash stock component expenses and debt issuance cost write-offs; (vi) any
non-cash losses or deductions arising from the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles; (vii) non-cash losses relating to foreign currency and
hedging transactions; (viii) retirement expenses of former CEO; (ix) process
reengineering or consulting fees; (x) the fees and expenses of the Financial
Consultant; (xi) fees paid to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and paid by the Borrowers; and
(xii) severance payments in connection with employment terminations as a result
of the issues presented to the Administrative Agent at the meeting at the
Company’s offices on February 23, 2006, and minus (b) the following to the
extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Federal, state,
local and foreign income tax benefits recorded by the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such period and (ii) all extraordinary, non-recurring, non-cash
items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period.

(b) Liquidity. Permit the cash held by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the
United States to be less than the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans
for any period of in excess of 30 consecutive days during the period from
March 8, 2006 through December 31, 2006; and provided that said amount of cash
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hereto be less than the amount required for in excess of 30 consecutive days so
long as said amount of cash shall not be less than such required amount for in
excess of 45 days and the Borrowers shall explain to the Administrative Agent
the reasons such amount is less than the amount required; and provided further
that the Borrowers shall not be entitled to borrow under the Revolving
Commitments for the purpose of holding funds to meet their obligations under
this clause (b) (it being understood that Borrowings to meet ordinary trade
obligations shall not be deemed for the purpose of holding funds to meet their
obligations under this clause (b), irrespective of the Borrowers’ cash position
at the time of the Borrowing) and shall provide such information as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request (upon the direction of the Required
Lenders) as to the use of proceeds of all Revolving Borrowings so as to confirm,
and provide evidence of, compliance by the Company with this proviso.

(n) Convertible Subordinated Debt. Section 7.18 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by the addition of the following at the end:

“and provided, further that no voluntary redemption, repayment, purchase,
acquisition or defeasance otherwise permitted under clause (a) shall be made
during the period from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006 without the
prior written consent of the Required Lenders.”

(o) Specific Covenants. Sections 8.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended to state in its entirety as follows:

“(b) Specific Covenants. The Company or any other Loan Party fails to perform or
observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01,
6.02(g), 6.02(h), 6.02(i), 6.02(j), 6.03, 6.05, 6.07, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13,
6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21 or Article VII; or

(p) Events of Default. Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
the addition of the following at the end:

“Without in any way limiting the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Default, the Administrative Agent may, at the expense of the
Borrower, record all Mortgages and take all reasonable action with respect
thereto.”

(q) Compliance Certificate. Exhibit D is hereby amended to state as set forth in
Exhibit D hereto.

SECTION 3 Limitation to its Terms. This Amendment shall not be deemed a waiver,
amendment, extension or modification by the Agents and the Lenders of any other
term or provision of, or default under, any Loan Document, any promissory note,
or any collateral documents; except as otherwise expressly provided for herein,
the Agents and the Lenders hereby fully preserve all their rights, powers and
remedies against each Loan Party and/or any other Person. In addition, nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver or abandonment of any Default
(whether presently or subsequently existing) that continues to exist, or shall
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Agents and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, any promissory note, any
collateral documents, applicable law or otherwise, each of which rights, powers
or remedies is hereby specifically and expressly reserved, including without
limitation, the right to seek judgment against any Loan Party and/or any other
Person, to foreclose its interest in any Collateral, or to take any other action
permitted under the Loan Documents and/or applicable law.

SECTION 4 Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, on the Amendment Effective
Date (as hereinafter defined), as follows:

(a) After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties
set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document,
are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and
on and as of the Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as if made on and
as of the date hereof or the Amendment Effective Date, as the case may be,
except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate solely
to an early date.

(b) After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default has occurred and is
continuing.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers and each other Loan
Party of this Amendment has been duly authorized by the Borrowers and each other
Loan Party, as applicable and there is no action pending or any judgment, order
or decree in effect which is likely to restrain, prevent or impose materially
adverse conditions upon the performance by each Borrower or any other Loan Party
of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

(d) This Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Loan Party, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its
terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by the effect of general
equitable principles.

(e) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment
do not and will not conflict with, or constitute a violation or breach of, or
result in the imposition of any Lien upon the property of each Loan Party or any
of its Subsidiaries, by reason of the terms of (i) any contract, mortgage,
lease, agreement, indenture, or instrument to which such Loan Party is a party
or which is binding upon it, (ii) any Requirement of Law applicable to any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) the certificate or articles of
incorporation or by-laws or the limited liability company or limited partnership
agreement, or analogous organizational document, of any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries.

SECTION 5 Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective only upon
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (the first date upon which
each such condition has been satisfied being herein called the “Amendment
Effective Date”):

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts of
this Amendment which, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of the
Borrowers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Required
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(b) The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall be satisfied that
the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment are
true and correct on and as of the Amendment Effective Date and that no Default
has occurred and is continuing on and as of the Amendment Effective Date.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and expenses to be
paid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 7 of this Amendment.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, legal
opinions, instruments and certificates relating to this Amendment as it shall
reasonably request and such other documents, legal opinions, instruments and
certificates that shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders. All corporate proceedings taken or to be
taken in connection with this Amendment and documents incidental thereto whether
or not referred to herein shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

SECTION 6 Release and Covenant Not to Sue. In consideration of the agreements
and understandings in this Agreement, each Borrower and each other Loan Party,
jointly and severally, and for such Borrower’s or other Loan Party’s
Derivative/Successor Persons, hereby knowingly and voluntarily, unconditionally
and irrevocably, absolutely, finally, and forever release, acquit, and discharge
each Lender Released Party from any Claim relating in any manner whatsoever to
any of the Loan Documents and/or any Borrower’s or other Loan Party’s credit
relationship with the Lender (“Borrower-Related Claim”).

The Borrowers and other the Loan Parties hereby knowingly and voluntarily,
unconditionally and irrevocably, absolutely, finally and forever covenant that
they will refrain, and further will direct any Derivative/Successor Person to
refrain, from commencing or otherwise prosecuting any action, suit or other
proceeding, in law or in equity, against each Lender Released Party on account
of any Borrower-Related Claim. Each Lender Released Party shall be entitled to
enforce this covenant through specific performance. In addition to the other
liability which shall accrue upon the breach of this covenant, the breaching
party (including, without limitation, any Derivative/Successor Person of such
Borrower or other Loan Party who or that commences or prosecutes any such
action, suit or other proceeding) shall be liable to such Lender Released Party
for all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by such party in the
defense of such action or suit.

The following terms shall have the following definitions when used in this
Section 6:

“Claims” shall mean any and all claims, counterclaims, action or actions, cause
or causes of action (including, without limitation, any relating in any manner
to any existing litigation), suits, obligations, controversies, debts, liens,
contracts, agreements, covenants, promises, liabilities, damages, demands,
compensation, losses, costs, judgments, orders, interest or expense (including,
without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) of any kind, type, nature,
character or description, including, without limitation, whether in law, equity,
or otherwise, whether now known or unknown, whether in contract or in tort,
whether choate or inchoate, whether contingent or vested, whether liquidated or
unliquidated, whether fixed or unfixed, whether matured or unmatured, whether
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or hidden, of any Borrower or other Loan Party or which may be asserted by any
Borrower or other Loan Party, through any Borrower or other Loan Party, or
otherwise on any Borrower’s or other Loan Party’s behalf (including, without
limitation, those which may be asserted on any derivative basis), which have
existed at any time on or prior to the date hereof, including, without
limitation, which relates or may relate in any manner whatsoever to any facts in
existence on or at any time prior to the date hereof.

“Derivative/Successor Person” shall mean, with respect to each Borrower or other
Loan Party, any person or other entity (including, without limitation, any
former, current, or future employee, officer, agent, attorney, board member,
shareholder, parent, subsidiary, partnerships, joint venture, other affiliate,
spouse, relative, heir, beneficiary, legal representative, creditor, successor
or assign) who or that may assert or may attempt to assert any Claim by or
otherwise belonging to such Borrower or other Loan Party, through such Borrower
or other Loan Party, or otherwise on behalf of such Borrower (including, without
limitation, on any derivative basis).

“Lender Released Parties” shall mean each of the Administrative Agent and each
Lender and each of its former, current, and/or future subsidiaries, parents,
partnerships, joint ventures, other affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
attorneys, financial consultants, agents, assigns, heirs, executors,
administrators, predecessors, successors and assigns.

SECTION 7 Fees and Expenses.

(a) The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account a fee
in connection with this arrangement of this Amendment as set forth in that
certain letter agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, the
Administrative Agent and Banc of America Securities LLC.

(b) The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
each Lender that executes and delivers this Amendment as of the date hereof a
fee equal to 0.75% of the sum of (x) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and
(y) such Lender’s outstanding Term Loans, such fee to be paid within two
Business Days of the Amendment Effective Date.

(c) The Borrower shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution
and delivery of this Amendment, including, but not limited to, the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 8 Cross-References. References in this Amendment to any Section are,
unless otherwise specified, to such Section of this Amendment.

SECTION 9 Instrument Pursuant to Credit Agreement. This Amendment is a Loan
Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise
expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance
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SECTION 10 Further Acts. Each of the parties to this Amendment agrees that at
any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it
will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and
things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the
purposes of this Amendment.

SECTION 11 Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS AND
LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL
RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

SECTION 12 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 13 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation under this
Amendment or the other Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 14 Benefit of Agreement. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of
the parties hereto; provided that the Borrowers may not assign or transfer any
of its interest hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lenders.

SECTION 15 Integration. This Amendment represents the agreement of the
Borrowers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and each of the
Lenders signatory hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there
are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties relative to the
subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the
other Loan Documents.

SECTION 16 Confirmation. Except as expressly amended by the terms hereof, all of
the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in
full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor ratifies and confirms the Subsidiary Guaranty as in
full force and effect after giving effect to this Amendment. The Company
ratifies and confirms the Company Guaranty as in full force and effect after
giving effect to this Amendment

SECTION 17 Loan Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein, the amendments
provided herein shall not by implication or otherwise limit, constitute a waiver
of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor
shall they constitute a waiver of any Event of Default, nor shall they alter,
modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document. Each of the amendments provided herein shall apply and be effective
only with

 

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respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement specifically referred to by
such amendments. Except as expressly amended herein, the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect in accordance
with the provisions thereof. As used in the Credit Agreement, the terms
“Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereunder”, “hereto” and words of similar
import shall mean, from and after the date hereof, the Credit Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this
Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWERS AND GUARANTORS: GLOBAL POWER EQUIPMENT GROUP INC., a Delaware
corporation By:  

/s/ Reynolds Alain Brousseau

Name:   Reynolds Alain Brousseau Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
DELTAK, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company By:  

/s/ Reynolds Alain Brousseau

Name:   Reynolds Alain Brousseau Title:   Chief Executive Officer BRADEN
MANUFACTURING, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company By:  

/s/ Reynolds Alain Brousseau

Name:   Reynolds Alain Brousseau Title:   Chief Executive Officer DELTAK
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., a Wisconsin corporation By:  

/s/ Reynolds Alain Brousseau

Name:   Reynolds Alain Brousseau Title:   Chief Executive Officer

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BRADEN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation By:  

/s/ Reynolds Alain Brousseau

Name:   Reynolds Alain Brousseau Title:   Chief Executive Officer GLOBAL POWER
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company By:  

/s/ Reynolds Alain Brousseau

Name:   Reynolds Alain Brousseau Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
WILLIAMS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES GROUP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

/s/ James P. Wilson

Name:   James P. Wilson Title:   Vice President and Treasurer ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND LENDERS: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a
Lender By:  

/s/ Ronald Prince

Name:   Ronald Prince Title:   Senior Vice President

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US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By:  

/s/ James P. Cecil

Name:   James P. Cecil Title:   Vice President BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A., as a
Lender By:  

/s/ David G. Lamb

Name:   David G. Lamb Title:   Sr. Vice President – Corporate Banking CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA INC., as a Lender By:  

/s/ C.P. Mahon

Name:   C.P. Mahon Title:   Director M&I MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK, as a Lender By:
 

/s/ Ronald J. Carey

Name:   Ronald J. Carey Title:   Vice President By:  

/s/ Daniel A. Defnet

Name:   Daniel A. Defnet Title:   Vice President

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EXHIBIT D

Compliance Certificate

[TO BE COMPLETED BY ADDING COVENANTS AND AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING

COVENANTS FROM PRIOR AMENDMENTS]

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