Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of June 15, 2009 (this “Amendment”), to the SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTI-CURRENCY, MULTI-OPTION CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
March 31, 2009, as heretofore amended (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”),
among HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”); HARMAN HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG, a company organized under the laws of
Germany; the LENDERS party thereto; and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement the Lenders (such term and each other
capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning
assigned to it in the Credit Agreement) have extended credit to the Borrowers on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

WHEREAS, the Company has informed the Administrative Agent that it desires to
issue and sell shares of its common stock in a public offering or private
placement transaction, and has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended to
reduce the percentage of the Net Cash Proceeds of such offering or placement
that are required to be applied to prepay Committed Rate Loans;

WHEREAS, the Lenders party hereto, constituting at least the Majority Lenders,
are willing to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. (a) Subsection 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by the insertion of the following new defined terms
in their appropriate alphabetical positions:

“Amendment Effective Date”: as defined in the First Amendment.

“Designated Equity Issuance”: the issuance and sale by the Company of its common
stock on or after the Amendment Effective Date and prior to June 30, 2009.

“First Amendment”: the Amendment dated as of June 15, 2009, to this Agreement.

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(b) Subsection 2.5(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the insertion
of the following proviso immediately before the period at the end of such
Section:

“provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, only 20% of the Net Cash Proceeds
of the Designated Equity Issuance will be required to be applied to prepay
Committed Rate Loans”

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. The Borrowers hereby represent and
warrant to the Administrative Agent and to each of the Lenders, on and as of the
date hereof and the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), that:

(a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Amendment
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational
and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action. This Amendment has
been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers and this Amendment and the
Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of each of the Borrowers, enforceable against them in
accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally
and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.

(b) Each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrowers in or
pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and
correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representations
or warranties relate, by their terms, to a specific date, in which case such
representations or warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects
on and as of such specific date.

(c) On and as of the Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to this
Amendment, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing.

SECTION 4. Effectiveness. Subject to the last paragraph of this Section, this
Amendment shall become effective, as of the date first above written, on the
date on which each of the following conditions precedent is satisfied (such
date, the “Amendment Effective Date”):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received either signed
counterparts of this Amendment or written evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or other customary electronic
transmission acceptable to the Administrative Agent of a signed signature page
of this Amendment) that, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of
the Borrowers and the Majority Lenders.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and all other amounts
due and payable to it or any of its Affiliates on or prior to the Amendment
Effective Date, including reimbursement of all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel)
required to be reimbursed by the Company hereunder or under the Credit Agreement
for which invoices have been submitted to the Company.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 2 hereof shall not become effective until
(i) the Amendment Effective Date has occurred and (ii) the Company shall have
received at least $175,000,000 of gross proceeds from the Designated Equity
Issuance.

SECTION 5. Effect of Amendment. (a) Except as expressly set forth herein, this
Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, 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, and
shall not 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, all of which are ratified and affirmed in
all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall
be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment,
modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document in similar or different circumstances.

(b) On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like
import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any other Loan Document,
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
This Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 6. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a
single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Amendment by facsimile or other electronic imaging shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

SECTION 8. Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9. Headings. The Section headings used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.

 

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SECTION 10. Fees and Expenses. Without limiting the Borrowers’ obligations under
subsection 12.5 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers agree to reimburse the
Administrative Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in
connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative
Agent.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above
written.

 

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, By  

/s/    Todd A. Suko

Name:   Todd A. Suko Title:   VP, General Counsel & Secretary

 

HARMAN HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG, By  

/s/    Edwin C. Summers

Name:   Edwin C. Summers Title:   Managing Director

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent, By:  

/s/ Jules Panno

Name:   Jules Panno Title:   Vice President

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Company

                            LENDER By:  

/s/ Maria Iarriccio

Name:   Maria Iarriccio Title:   Vice President

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Bayerische Hypo

und Vereinsbank AG New York Branch

                            LENDER

 

By:

 

/s/ Ken Hamilton

Name:   Ken Hamilton Title:   Director

 

By:  

/s/ Richard Cordover

Name:   Richard Cordover Title:   Director

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Citibank, N.A.

  LENDER By:   /s/ Edward D. Herko Name:   Edward D. Herko Title:   Vice
President

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

LENDER By:   /s/ Diane M. Zieske

Name:

  Diane M. Zieske

Title:

  Senior Vice President

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

The Bank of Nova Scotia

              LENDER By:  

/s/ Todd Meller

Name:   Todd Meller Title:   Managing Director

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland

  LENDER

By:

 

/s/ Aoife Quinn

Name:   Aoife Quinn Title:   Authorized Signatory

By:

 

/s/ Mary Gaffney

Name:   Mary Gaffney Title:   Authorized Signatory