Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED FINANCING AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED FINANCING AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is made as of July 3, 2008 by and among TVI CORPORATION, a
Maryland corporation (“TVI”), CAPA MANUFACTURING CORP., a Maryland corporation
(“Capa”), SAFETY TECH INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Maryland corporation (“Safety
Tech”), and SIGNATURE SPECIAL EVENT SERVICES, INC., a Maryland corporation
(formerly named “TVI Holdings One, Inc.”) (“Signature TVI”), jointly and
severally (each of TVI, Capa, Safety Tech, and Signature TVI, a “Borrower”; TVI,
Capa, Safety Tech, and Signature TVI, collectively, the “Borrowers”); and BRANCH
BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “Lender”).

RECITALS

A. The Borrowers and the Lender entered into an Amended and Restated Financing
and Security Agreement dated February 22, 2008 (as amended, restated, modified,
substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time, the “Financing
Agreement”). The Financing Agreement provides for some of the agreements between
the Borrowers and the Lender with respect to the “Loans” (as defined in the
Financing Agreement), including (i) a revolving credit facility in the maximum
principal amount of $7,000,000 and (ii) a term loan in the amount of
$22,500,000.

B. The Borrowers have requested that the Lender increase the amount of the
Revolving Credit Committed Amount.

C. The Lender is willing to agree to the Borrowers’ request on the condition,
among others, that this Agreement be executed.

AGREEMENTS

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, jointly
and severally, and the Lender agree as follows:

1. The Borrowers and the Lender agree that the Recitals above are a part of this
Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, terms defined
in the Financing Agreement shall have the same meaning under this Agreement.

2. Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:

(a) Each Borrower (a) is a corporation duly organized, existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation stated in the
Perfection Certificate and is organized in no other jurisdiction, (b) has the
corporate power to own its property and to carry on its business as now being
conducted, and (c) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned by it therein
or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

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(b) Each Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder and has taken all necessary and
appropriate corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement.

(c) The Financing Agreement, as amended by this Agreement, and each of the other
Financing Documents remain in full force and effect, and each constitutes the
valid and legally binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors and secured parties, and general principles of equity regardless of
whether applied in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d) No Event of Default and no event which, with notice, lapse of time or both
would constitute an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing under the
Financing Agreement or the other Financing Documents which has not been waived
in writing by the Lender or which is not waived under the terms of this
Agreement.

(e) The execution, delivery and performance of the terms of this Agreement will
not conflict with, violate or be prevented by (i) the Borrower’s charter or
bylaws, (ii) any existing mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement binding on
the Borrower or affecting its property, or (iii) any Laws.

3. The definition of “Revolving Credit Committed Amount” in Section 1.1 of the
Financing Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“Revolving Credit Committed Amount” means Eleven Million Dollars ($11,000,000).

4. At the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, (a) the Borrowers shall
deliver to the Lender incumbency certificates with respect to the Borrowers’
Responsible Officers; (b) the Borrowers shall deliver to the Lender a Second
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note dated of even date herewith from the
Borrowers as makers to the Lender ; (c) the Borrowers shall pay to the Lender as
part of the Obligations the fees of Lender’s counsel in the amount of $1,500;
and (d) the Borrowers shall pay the Lender an amendment fee in the amount of
$25,000, which fee is fully earned and non-refundable. The Borrowers hereby
agree that the Lender may debit TVI’s account for the fees set forth in (c) and
(d) of this paragraph 4.

5. The Borrowers hereby issue, ratify and confirm the representations,
warranties and covenants contained in the Financing Agreement, as amended
hereby. The Borrowers agree that this Agreement is not intended to and shall not
cause a novation with respect to any or all of the Obligations.

6. The Borrowers acknowledge and warrant that the Lender has acted in good faith
and has conducted in a commercially reasonable manner its relationships with the
Borrowers in connection with this Agreement and generally in connection with the
Financing Agreement and

 

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the Obligations. Without implying any limitation on the foregoing, the Borrowers
acknowledge and agree that they have no defenses, affirmative or otherwise,
rights of setoff, rights of recoupment, claims, damages, losses, counterclaims,
actions, causes of action, defenses, or affirmative defenses, all of any kind or
nature whatsoever, in law or in equity, whether presently known or unknown
(collectively, “Claims”) against the Lender or any past, present or future
agent, attorney, legal representative, predecessor in interest, affiliate,
successor, assign, employee, director or officer of the Lender (collectively,
the “Lender Group”), directly or indirectly, arising out of, based upon, or in
any manner connected with, any transaction, event, circumstance, action, course
of dealing, failure to act, or occurrence of any sort or type, whether known or
unknown, which occurred, existed, was taken, permitted, or begun prior to the
execution of this Agreement and occurred, existed, was taken, permitted or begun
in accordance with, pursuant to, or by virtue of the Obligations or any of the
terms or conditions of the Financing Documents, or which directly or indirectly
relate to or arise out of or in any manner are connected with the Obligations or
any of the Financing Documents; provided, however, to the extent any Claims
exist or existed, each and all of the same are hereby forever waived, discharged
and released, other than Claims for matters described in the last sentence of
Section 2.1.8 for which the applicable period for providing written objections
have not expired and other than corrections to balances for the Loans and other
Obligations due to clerical errors.

7. The Borrowers shall pay at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered
all fees, commissions, costs, charges, taxes and other expenses incurred by the
Lender and its counsel in connection with this Agreement, including, but not
limited to, reasonable fees and expenses of the Lender’s counsel and all
recording fees, taxes and charges.

8. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall
be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of Maryland.

9. This Agreement is one of the Financing Documents. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of duplicate originals or counterparts, each of such
duplicate originals or counterparts shall be deemed to be an original and taken
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. The parties agree
that their respective signatures may be delivered by fax or other electronic
means acceptable to the Lender. Any party who chooses to deliver its signature
by fax agrees or such other electronic means to provide a counterpart of this
Agreement with its inked signature promptly to each other party.

Signatures begin on the following page. The rest of this page is intentionally
left blank.

 

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BORROWERS’ SIGNATURE PAGE TO

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

FINANCING AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Page 1 of 2 Signature Pages)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Agreement under their respective seals as of the day and year first written
above.

 

ATTEST:     TVI CORPORATION

/s/ Sherri S. Voelkel

    By:  

/s/ Harley A. Hughes

  (Seal) Sherri S. Voelkel       Harley A. Hughes   Assistant Secretary      
President and Chief Executive Officer   ATTEST:     CAPA MANUFACTURING CORP.  

/s/ Sherri S. Voelkel

    By:  

/s/ Harley A. Hughes

  (Seal) Sherri S. Voelkel       Harley A. Hughes,   Treasurer       President  
ATTEST:     SAFETY TECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.  

/s/ Sherri S. Voelkel

    By:  

/s/ Harley A. Hughes

  (Seal) Sherri S. Voelkel       Harley A. Hughes,   Treasurer       President  
ATTEST:     SIGNATURE SPECIAL EVENT SERVICES, INC

/s/ Sherri S. Voelkel

    By:  

/s/ Harley A. Hughes

  (Seal) Sherri S. Voelkel       Harley A. Hughes,   Treasurer       President  

 

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LENDER’S SIGNATURE PAGE TO

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

FINANCING AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Page 2 of 2 Signature Pages)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Agreement under their respective seals as of the day and year first written
above.

 

WITNESS:     BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY        

/s/ Maria A. Joseph

    By:  

/s/ Derek T. Whitwer

  (Seal)       Derek T. Whitwer,         Senior Vice President  

 

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