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RECITALS AGREEMENT Amendment to Business Loan Agreement [c65819ex10-1.htm]

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Exhibit 10.1

      Bank of America logo [c65819boa.gif]   Amendment No. 1
to Business Loan Agreement

Bank of America, N.A.

     This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Business
Loan Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2001, is between BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
(the “Bank”) and eLOYALTY CORPORATION (the “Borrower”).

RECITALS

     A.     The Bank and the Borrower entered into a certain Amended and
Restated Business Loan Agreement dated as of December 30, 2000 (the
“Agreement”).

     B.     The Bank and the Borrower desire to amend the Agreement.

AGREEMENT

1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

2.     Amendments. The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

         2.1 Article 7 COVENANTS, Section 7.3 of the Agreement is hereby amended
in its entirety to read as follows:

       7.3 Tangible Net Worth. To maintain on a consolidated basis with its
subsidiaries Tangible Net Worth (as defined below) equal to at least Fifty
Million Dollars ($50,000,000), measured quarterly until maturity on December 30,
2001.

     “Tangible Net Worth” means the gross book value of the Borrower’s assets
(on a consolidated basis) (excluding goodwill, patents, trademarks, trade names,
organization expense, treasury stock, unamortized debt discount and expense,
capitalized or deferred research and development costs, deferred marketing
expenses, deferred receivables, and other like intangibles, and monies due from
officers, directors, employees or shareholders of the Borrower, except for
monies due from employees in respect of short-term travel or similar advances in
the normal course of the Borrower’s business) plus liabilities subordinated to
the Bank in a manner acceptable to the Bank (using the Bank’s standard form)
less total liabilities (on a consolidated basis), including but not limited to
accrued and deferred income taxes, and any reserves against assets (but not
including any equity interests which may be deemed to be debt for accounting
purposes).

     “Affiliates” means any person or entity directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under the common control of the Borrower. A person or entity
shall be deemed to control another person or entity if the controlling person or
entity is the beneficial owner of greater than fifty one percent (51%) or more
of any class of voting securities (or other voting interests) of the controlled
person or entity or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled person or
entity, whether through ownership of capital stock, or any other equity
interest, by contract or otherwise.”

 

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         2.2 Article 7 COVENANTS, Section 7.20 of the Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety.

3.     Representations and Warranties. When the Borrower signs this Amendment,
the Borrower represents and warrants to the Bank that:

         3.1 There is no event which is, or with notice or lapse of time or both
would be, a default under the Agreement except those events, if any, that have
been disclosed in writing to the Bank or waived in writing by the Bank;

         3.2 The representations and warranties in the Agreement are true and
correct as of the date of this Amendment as if made on the date of this
Amendment, except to the extent that any such representations or warranty
expressly refer to an earlier date.

         3.3 The Borrower has notified the Bank in writing of any change in
(i) the locations of the Borrower’s place of business or, if the Borrower has
more than one place of business, the Borrower’s chief executive office and any
collateral; and (ii) the Borrower’s name, identity or business structure.

         3.4 This Amendment is within the Borrower’s powers, has been duly
authorized, and does not conflict with any of the Borrower’s organizational
papers; and

         3.5 This Amendment does not conflict with any law, agreement, or
obligation by which the Borrower is bound.

4.     Conditions. This Amendment will be effective when the Bank receives the
following items, in form and content acceptable to the Bank.

       4.1 Amendment. An original of this Amendment duly executed by the
Borrower.

       4.2 Security Agreement (Securities). An original Security Agreement
(Securities) duly executed by the Borrower, pledging a security interest in
financial assets held in one or more investment accounts which financial assets
shall have an aggregate market value of not less than $10,000,000 during term of
this Agreement.

5.     Effect of Amendment. Except as provided in this Amendment, all of the
terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Business Loan Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.

6.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

This Amendment is executed as of the date stated at the beginning of this
Amendment.

      BANK OF AMERICA, N.A   eLOYALTY CORPORATION  
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