WAIVER NO. 4 AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                    THIS WAIVER NO. 4 AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FIRST AMENDED AND
RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of August 31, 2006 (this “Waiver
and Amendment”) by and among Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation
(together with its successors and assigns, the “Lender”), and Zanett, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and each of Parent’s direct and indirect
Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages hereof (such Subsidiaries,
together with Parent, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
“Borrowers”), with respect to the First Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement entered into as of December 30, 2005 by the Lender and the Borrowers,
as amended, supplemented, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time (the
“Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.

R E C I T A L S

                    WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Lender have entered into the
Agreement; and

                    WHEREAS, the Lender has made Advances to the Borrowers
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement; and

                    WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Lender grant
a waiver under the Agreement and agree to certain amendments to the Agreement,
and the Lender is willing to grant the waiver and agree to the amendments
requested by the Borrowers on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

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

                    Section 1. Waiver.

                              (a) Upon the date that all conditions set forth in
Section 4 of this Waiver and Amendment have been satisfied, the Lender hereby
waives the Events of Default arising under (i) Section 7.18(a)(i) of the
Agreement solely to the extent resulting from the Borrower’s Senior Funded Debt
to EBITDA Ratio at June 30, 2006 exceeding the maximum covenanted amount at such
date of 3.25 to 1.00, and (ii) Section 7.18(a)(ii) of the Agreement solely to
the extent resulting from the Borrower’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio at June 30,
2006 being lower than the minimum covenanted amount at such date of 1.10 to 1.00
(the “Existing Events of Default”).

                               (b) The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the
foregoing provisions of this Section 1 relate solely to the Existing Events of
Default specified in Section 1(a)

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hereof and shall in no way be deemed or construed as a waiver by the Lender of
any other Default or Event of Default under the Agreement or any other Loan
Document now existing or occurring subsequent to the date of this Waiver and
Amendment. The Lender expressly reserves the full extent of its rights under the
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and applicable law in respect of any
Default or Event of Default existing on the date hereof and not specified herein
as the Existing Events of Default.

                    Section 2. Amendments to the Agreement.

                              (a) Section 2.1(a) of the Agreement is hereby
deleted and the following inserted in its place:

 

 

 

          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and until
November 1, 2006 (the “Revolving Credit Maturity Date”), the Lender agrees to
make revolving credit Advances (the “Revolving Credit Advances”) to the
Borrowers in an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed an amount equal
to the lesser of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount, or (ii) the Borrowing Base.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Borrowing Base,” as of any date of
determination, shall mean the result of:

 

 

 

          (x) 75% of the amount of Eligible Accounts, plus

 

 

 

          (y) 90% of the amount of collected cash balances in the Concentration
Account, minus

 

 

 

          (z) the aggregate amount reserves, if any, established by the Lender
under Section 2.1(b).

 

 

 

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any
of the other Loan Documents, no Revolving Credit Advances shall hereafter be
made, and no funds or other assets shall hereafter be advanced by any of the
other Borrowers, to Delta Communications Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
without the prior specific written consent of the Lender, which the Lender may
grant or withhold in its sole discretion.

                              (b) Section 2.9 of the Agreement is hereby deleted
and the following inserted in its place:

 

 

 

 

          2.9 Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Lender the following fees and
charges, which fees and charges shall be non-refundable when paid (irrespective
of whether this Agreement is terminated thereafter):

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Audit Charges. For the account of the Lender, audit fees and charges as
follows, (i) a fee of $750.00 per day, per auditor, plus out-of-pocket expenses
for each financial

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audit of any or all of the Borrowers performed by personnel employed by the
Lender and (ii) the actual charges paid or incurred by the Lender if it elects
to employ the services of one or more third Persons to perform financial audits
of any or all of the Borrowers. As long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred, the Lender will not conduct more than 2 financial audits of the
Borrowers per calendar year and, assuming that each Borrower forwards to the
executive offices of the Administrative Borrower all information requested by or
on behalf of the Lender for the conduct of such audits, such audits will be
conducted at the Administrative Borrower’s executive offices.

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Amendment Fee. An amendment fee in the aggregate amount of $25,000, with an
installment of $5,000 due on August 31, 2006 and the remaining balance of
$20,000 due on October 31, 2006.

                    Section 3. Representations and Warranties. The Borrowers
hereby represent and warrant to the Lender that:

                              (a) after waiver of the Existing Events of
Default, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as
of the date hereof;

                               (b) the representations and warranties of each of
the Borrowers contained in the Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true
and correct on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date
hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly
relate to a different date; and

                               (c) the execution and delivery by the Borrowers
of this Waiver and Amendment and the performance by the Borrowers of all of
their respective agreements and obligations under this Waiver and Amendment, the
Agreement as amended hereby, and the other Loan Documents, respectively, are
within the power and authority of the Borrowers and have been duly authorized by
all necessary action on the part of the Borrowers, and the execution and
delivery by the Borrowers of this Waiver and Amendment, and the performance by
them of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not contravene any
term or condition set forth in any agreement or instrument to which any Borrower
is a party or by which any Borrower is bound.

                    Section 4. Effectiveness and Conditions Precedent. This
Waiver and Amendment shall become effective upon the Lender’s receipt of: (a)
counterparts of this Waiver and Amendment executed and delivered by the
Borrowers; (b) a Second Amended and Restated Revolving Note in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender that has been duly executed and delivered
by the Borrowers; (c) certificates of officers of the Borrowers (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender in its sole discretion) certifying to the
incumbency of the officers executing this Waiver and Amendment and related
instruments and to the resolutions of the

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Boards of Directors of the Borrowers authorizing the execution of this Waiver
and Amendment and related instruments and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby; and (d) the initial $5,000 installment of the amendment fee
referenced at Section 2.9(b) of the Agreement that has been paid by the
Borrowers.

                    Section 5. Status of Loan Documents; Additional
Representations and Warranties.

                              (a) This Waiver and Amendment is limited solely
for the purposes and to the extent expressly set forth herein, and the terms,
provisions, and conditions of the Loan Documents and the Liens granted under the
Loan Documents, shall continue in full force and effect and are hereby ratified
and confirmed in all respects. The Borrowers expressly reaffirm all of the Loan
Documents and the debts and other obligations thereunder, the Borrowersagree
that nothing contained herein shall operate to release any of the Borrowersor
any other Person from liability to keep and perform the provisions, conditions,
obligations, and agreements contained in the Loan Documents, except as may be
herein modified, and the Borrowershereby reaffirm that each and every provision,
condition, obligation, and agreement in such documents shall continue in full
force and effect, except as may be herein modified. The validity, priority, and
perfection of all security interests and other liens granted or created by the
Loan Documents are hereby acknowledged and confirmed by the Borrowers, and the
Borrowers agree that such documents shall continue to secure the Advances and
the other Obligations, as the same may be amended by this Waiver and Amendment,
without any change, loss, or impairment of the priority of such security
interests or other liens

                              (b) No waiver or amendment of any terms or
provisions of the Agreement made hereunder shall relieve any Borrower from
complying with any other term or provision of the Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents.

                              (c) No action taken by the Lender prior to, on, or
after the date hereof shall constitute a waiver of or modification of any term
or condition of any of the Loan Documents, except as specifically set forth
herein, or prejudice any rights which the Lender may now have as of the date
hereof or may have in the future under or in connection with the Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, all rights and remedies in connection with
Defaults, Events of Default (other than the Existing Events of Default to the
extent waived in this Waiver and Amendment), and failures of conditions
precedent to the making of Advances that have occurred and are continuing, all
of which rights and remedies the Lender hereby expressly reserves.

                              (d) The Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to
the Lender that except as heretofore disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the
Lender, as of the date hereof there is no pending or, to the knowledge of any
Borrower, threatened action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation, or
arbitration against or affecting any Borrower or any property of any Borrower.

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                    Section 6. Miscellaneous.

                              (a) No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies. No failure or
delay or course of dealing on the part of the Lender in exercising any right,
power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as an express or implied waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or
privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power, or privilege hereunder. The rights, powers, and remedies
herein expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights,
powers, or remedies which the Lender would otherwise have. No notice to or
demand on any Borrower in any case shall entitle any Borrower to any other or
further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a
waiver of the rights of the Lender to any other or further action in any
circumstances without notice or demand.

                              (b) Ratification, Etc. Except as expressly
provided for herein, the Agreement and all documents, instruments, and
agreements related thereto, including, but not limited to, the other Loan
Documents, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall continue
in full force and effect. The Agreement and this Waiver and Amendment shall be
read and construed as a single agreement. This Waiver and Amendment shall
constitute one of the Loan Documents and the obligations of the Borrowersunder
this Waiver and Amendment shall constitute Obligations for all purposes of the
Loan Documents. All references in the Agreement, the Loan Documents, or any
related agreement or instrument to the Agreement shall hereafter refer to the
Agreement as amended hereby.

                              (c) Expenses. The Borrowers agree to pay and
reimburse the Lender for all of its costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, costs and expenses of legal counsel) in connection with this Waiver
and Amendment.

                              (d) Bankruptcy; Insolvency. The Borrowers hereby
represent and warrant that, on and as of the date hereof: no proceeding has been
filed or commenced by or against anyBorrower for dissolution, termination, or
liquidation; nor does there exist insolvency of anyBorrower, nor does
anyBorrower fail to pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course of
business; nor has a creditor’s committee been appointed for the business of
anyBorrower; nor has anyBorrower made an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or filed a petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization or to effect
a plan of arrangement with creditors; nor has anyBorrower applied for or
permitted the appointment of a receiver or trustee for any or all of its
property, assets, or rights; nor is anyBorrower aware of any such receiver or
trustee being appointed for any or all of its property, assets, or rights.

                              (e) Headings Descriptive. The headings of the
several Sections and subsections of this Waiver and Amendment are inserted for
convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of
any provision.

                              (f) Severability. In case any provision in or
obligation under this Waiver and Amendment shall be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality, and enforceability of
the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such

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provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.

                              (g) Counterparts; Execution. This Waiver and
Amendment may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts and by the
different parties hereto on 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. The exchange of copies of this Waiver
and Amendment and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic mail
transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Waiver
and Amendment as to the parties and may be used in lieu of the original Waiver
and Amendment for all purposes. Signatures of the parties transmitted by
facsimile or electronic mail shall be deemed to be their original signatures for
all purposes.

                              (h) Release. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and
confirms that: (i) it does not have any grounds, and hereby agrees not to
challenge (or to allege or to pursue any matter, cause, or claim arising under
or with respect to), in any case based upon acts or omissions of the Lender
occurring prior to the date hereof or facts otherwise known to it as of the date
hereof, the effectiveness, genuineness, validity, collectability, or
enforceability of the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the
Obligations, the Liens securing such Obligations, or any of the terms or
conditions of any Loan Document; and (ii) it does not possess (and hereby
forever waives, remises, releases, discharges, and holds harmless the Lender and
its affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents,
and representatives and each of their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified
Parties”) from and against, and agrees not to allege or pursue) any action,
cause of action, suit, debt, claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, demand, defense,
offset, opposition, demand, and/or other right of action whatsoever, whether in
law, equity, or otherwise (which it, all those claiming by, through, or under
it, or its successors or assigns, have or may have) against the Indemnified
Parties, or any of them, by reason of, any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever,
with respect to events or omissions occurring or arising on or prior to the date
hereof and relating to the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, with respect to the payment, performance,
validity, or enforceability of the Obligations, the Liens securing the
Obligations, or any or all of the terms or conditions of any Loan Document) or
any transaction relating thereto.

                              (i) Modification. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Waiver and Amendment shall be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by the Lender and the Borrowers, and then any such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given.

                    Section 7. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF OHIO WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE
THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.

[Signature page to follow.]

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

 

 

 

 

 

ZANETT, INC., as the Administrative Borrower and a Borrower

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

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Name:

 

 

 

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Title:

 

 

 

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ZANETT COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC., as a Borrower

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

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Title:

 

 

 

 

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PARAGON DYNAMICS, INC., as a Borrower

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

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FIFTH THIRD BANK, as the Lender

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

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Name: David Fuller

 

Title: Vice President

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