EXHIBIT 10.43
CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(ALL ASSETS)
     THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Loan Agreement”) is made as of this
18th day of April, 2007 by and between Thompson Center Holding Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (“Thompson Center”), Bear Lake Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Bear Lake”), O.L. Development, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation,
K.W. Thompson Tool Company, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation, Thompson/Center
Arms Company, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation, and Fox Ridge Outfitters, Inc.,
a New Hampshire corporation, all having a mailing address of 2100 Roosevelt
Avenue, Springfield, Massachusetts (hereinafter referred to as the “Borrowers”),
and Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, a Massachusetts bank, having its principal
place of business at 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts (the “Bank”).
PREAMBLE
     The Bank has agreed to extend to the Borrowers, at the Borrowers’ request,
a Revolving Line of Credit Loan in the amount of up to Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000.00) and may, from time to time hereinafter, extend other loans and
credit facilities to the Borrowers (the “Loan”). The Loan, together with all
other debts, liabilities and obligations of the Borrowers to the Bank, directly
or indirectly, absolute or contingent, joint, several or independent of the
Borrowers, now existing or hereafter arising, due or to become due to, or held
or to be held by, the Bank for its own account or as agent for another or
others, whether created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise and
however evidenced, including, without limitation, all obligations and
liabilities from the Borrowers to the Bank, whether existing or hereinafter
arising, under any foreign exchange contracts, interest rate swap, cap, floor or
hedging agreements, or other similar agreements, and all obligations of the
Borrowers to the Bank to repay overdrafts and other amounts due to the Bank
under any existing or future agreements relating to cash management services,
are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Obligations”. Each
loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note and secured by a first security
interest in all of the assets of the Borrowers pursuant to the terms set forth
below.
     In connection with the Loan and other Obligations, the Borrowers may
execute certain other instruments, documents, certificates and agreements, all
of which are, together with this Loan Agreement, the Revolving Note, and as all
of the same may be hereinafter amended, modified, revised, renewed, restated,
extended or replaced, are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Loan
Documents” and individually as a “Loan Document”. Each Loan, whether now
existing or hereinafter arising is made upon and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Revolving Note evidencing such Loan, this Loan
Agreement, and the other Loan Documents.
     The terms, conditions, representations, warranties, and covenants set forth
in this Loan Agreement are in addition to, and not in limitation of, the terms,
conditions, representations, warranties, and covenants set forth in the other
Loan Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms, conditions,
representations, warranties, and covenants contained in this Loan

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Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents, the terms, conditions,
representations, warranties, and covenants set forth herein shall control.
     In consideration of the Loan to or to be made by the Bank to the Borrowers,
and of all other Obligations of the Borrowers to the Bank, the Borrowers and the
Bank hereby agree as follows:
     1. SECURITY INTEREST. The Borrowers, for valuable consideration, receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, hereby grant to the Bank, the secured party
hereunder, a continuing security interest in and to, and assign to the Bank, all
assets of the Borrowers, wherever located and whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, including, without limitation, the following:
          (a) all inventory, including all goods, merchandise, raw materials and
work in process, finished goods, and other tangible personal property now owned
or hereafter acquired and held for sale or lease or furnished or to be furnished
under contracts of service or used or consumed in Borrowers’ business (all
hereinafter called the “Inventory”);
          (b) all accounts (as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial
Code, hereinafter “Accounts”), contracts, contract rights, notes, bills, drafts,
acceptances, general intangibles (including without limitation registered and
unregistered trade names, copyrights, customer lists, goodwill, computer
programs, computer records, computer software, computer data, trade secrets,
trademarks, patents, ledger sheets, files, records, data processing records
relating to any Accounts and all tax refunds of every kind and nature to which
the Borrowers are now or hereafter may become entitled to, no matter how
arising), instruments, documents, chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic)
deposit accounts, letter of credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit
is evidenced by a writing), securities, security entitlements, security
accounts, investment property, supporting obligations, choses in action,
commercial tort claims, and all other debts, obligations and liabilities in
whatever form, owing to the Borrowers from any person, firm or corporation or
any other legal entity, whether now existing or hereafter arising, now or
hereafter received by or belonging or owing to the Borrowers, for goods sold by
it or for services rendered by it, or however otherwise same may have been
established or created, all guarantees and securities therefor, all right, title
and interest of the Borrowers in the merchandise or services which gave rise
thereto, including the rights of reclamation and stoppage in transit, all rights
to replevy goods, and all rights of an unpaid seller of merchandise or services
(all hereinafter called the “Receivables”);
          (c) all machinery, equipment, fixtures and other goods (as defined in
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Borrowers and wherever located, all replacements and
substitutions therefor or accessions thereto and all proceeds thereof (all
hereinafter called the “Equipment”); and
          (d) all proceeds and products of all of the foregoing in any form,
including, without limitation, all proceeds of credit, fire or other insurance,
and also including, without limitation, rents and profits resulting from the
temporary use of any of the foregoing (which, with Inventory, Receivables and
Equipment are all hereinafter called “Collateral”).

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Borrowers
be deemed to have granted a security interest in, any of its rights or interests
in or under, any license, contract, permit, instrument, security, or franchise
to which it is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would, under the terms of such
license, contract, permit, instrument, security or franchise, result in a breach
of the terms of, or constitute a default under, such license, contract, permit,
instrument, security or franchise (other than to the extent that any such term
would be rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or any
other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity);
provided, that immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse, or termination of
any such provision, the property shall include, and the Borrowers shall be
deemed to have granted a security interest in, all such rights and interests as
if such provision had never been in effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the
Bank that Borrowers are not aware of any material license, contract, permit,
instrument, security or franchise to which it is a party or to which it has any
rights or interests thereunder that would prohibit the granting of a security
interest, except for those set forth on Schedule 1; provided, however, that the
Borrowers shall, if at any time before the expiration or termination of this
Agreement it shall become aware of any such material license, contract, permit,
instrument, security or franchise to which it is a party or to which it has any
rights or interests thereunder that would prohibit the granting of a security
interest, update Schedule 1 and provide the same to the Bank.
     2. OBLIGATIONS SECURED. The security interest granted hereby is to secure
payment and performance of all debts, liabilities and obligations of the
Borrowers to the Bank hereunder and also any and all other debts, liabilities
and obligations of the Borrowers to the Bank of every kind and description,
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, primary or secondary, due or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising, whether or not such obligations
are related to the transactions described in this Loan Agreement, by class, or
kind, or whether or not contemplated by the parties at the time of the granting
of this security interest, regardless of how they arise or by what agreement or
instrument they may be evidenced or whether evidenced by any agreement or
instrument, and includes obligations to perform acts and refrain from taking
action as well as obligations to pay money including, without limitation, all
interest, fees, charges, expenses and overdrafts, and also including, without
limitation, all obligations and liabilities which the Bank may incur or become
liable for, on account of, or as a result of, any transactions between the Bank
and the Borrowers including any which may arise out of any letter of credit,
acceptance or similar instrument or obligation issued or caused to be pursuant
to this Loan Agreement.
     3. BORROWERS’ PLACES OF BUSINESS, INVENTORY LOCATIONS AND RETURNS POLICY.
The Borrowers warrant that the Borrowers have no places of business other than
the places of business listed on Schedule “A”.
          The Borrowers’ principal executive office and the office where the
Borrowers keep their records concerning their accounts, contract rights and
other property, is set forth on Schedule “A”. All Inventory presently owned by
the Borrowers is stored at the locations set forth on Schedule “A”.

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          The Borrowers will promptly notify the Bank in writing of any change
in the location of any place of business or the location of any Inventory or the
establishment of any new place of business or location of Inventory or office
where their records are kept which would be set forth on Schedule “A” if it were
executed after such change.
          The Borrowers represent and warrant that they have described their
returns policy in writing to the Bank and that they do now, and will continue
to, apply such policy consistently in the conduct of their business and agree
that they shall notify the Bank in writing before changing their policy or the
application thereof.

      4.   BORROWERS’ ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrowers
represent and warrant that:

          (a) Thompson Center and Bear Lake are corporations duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and that the other Borrowers are corporations duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of New Hampshire and shall
hereafter remain in good standing as corporations in that state, and are and
shall hereafter remain duly qualified and in good standing in every other state
in which they are doing business in which the failure to qualify or become
licensed could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition,
business or operations of the Borrowers.
          (b) The Borrowers’ exact legal names are as set forth in this Loan
Agreement.
          (c) The organizational identification numbers of the Borrowers are as
set forth on Schedule “A”.
          (d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Loan Agreement,
and any other document executed in connection herewith, are within the
Borrowers’ corporate powers, have been duly authorized, are not in contravention
of law applicable to the Borrowers or the terms of the Borrowers’ charter,
by-laws or other incorporation papers, or of any indenture, agreement or
undertaking to which the Borrowers are parties or by which they or any of their
properties may be bound.
          (e) All Articles of Organization and all amendments thereto of the
Borrowers have been duly filed and are in proper order. All capital stock issued
by the Borrowers and outstanding were and are properly issued and all books and
records of each of the Borrowers, including but not limited to their minute
books, by-laws and books of account, are accurate and up to date and will be so
maintained.
          (f) The Borrowers own all of the assets reflected in the most recent
of the Borrowers’ financial statements provided to the Bank, except assets sold
or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the date
thereof, and such assets together with any assets acquired since such date,
including without limitation the Collateral, are free and clear of any lien,
pledge, security interest, charge, mortgage or encumbrance of any nature
whatsoever, except (i) the security interests and other encumbrances (if any)
listed on Schedule “B” annexed hereto, (ii) those leases of personal property
set forth on Schedule “C” annexed hereto, (iii) those

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liens permitted pursuant to Section 15(d) of this Loan Agreement, or (iv) liens
and security interests in favor of the Bank.
          (g) The Borrowers have made or filed all tax returns, reports and
declarations relating to any material tax liability required by any jurisdiction
to which they are subject (any tax liability which may result in a lien on any
Collateral being hereby deemed material); have paid all taxes shown or
determined to be due thereon except those being contested in good faith and
which the Borrowers have identified in writing to the Bank as being contested
either (i) prior to the date of such contest or (ii) concurrently with entering
into this Loan Agreement; and have made adequate provision for the payment of
all taxes so contested, so that no lien will encumber any Collateral, and in
respect of subsequent periods.
          (h) The Borrowers (i) are subject to no charter, or to Borrowers’
knowledge corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, award, decree,
order, governmental rule or regulation or contractual restriction which could
currently be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on their
financial condition, business or prospects, and (ii) are in compliance with
their charter documents and by-laws, all contractual requirements by which they
or any of their properties may be bound and all applicable laws, rules and
regulations (including without limitation those relating to environmental
protection) other than laws, rules or regulations the validity or applicability
of which they are contesting in good faith or provisions of any of the foregoing
the failure to comply with which cannot reasonably be expected to materially
adversely affect their financial condition, business or prospects or the value
of any Collateral.
          (i) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or,
to the Borrowers’ knowledge, threatened against or affecting them or any of
their assets before or by any court or other governmental authority which, if
determined adversely to them, would have a material adverse effect on their
financial condition, business or prospects or the value of any Collateral.
          (j) The Borrowers are in compliance with ERISA; no Reportable Event
has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan; and they have no
unfunded vested liability under any Plan. The word “Plan” as used in this Loan
Agreement means any employee plan subject to Title IV of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) maintained for employees of the Borrowers,
any subsidiary of the Borrowers or any other trade or business under common
control with the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 or any regulations thereunder.
          (k) To the extent applicable, the Borrowers are in compliance, in all
material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each
of the foreign assets control regulations of the Untied States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling
legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (b) Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism, as amended (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the “PATRIOT Act”). No
part of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly,
for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party,
official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else
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business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
     5. LOANS AND OTHER FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
          (a) From time to time upon the Borrowers’ request, so long as the sum
of the aggregate principal amount of all loans outstanding and the requested
loan does not exceed the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base (as defined below), or
(ii) the Credit Limit (as defined below), the Bank shall make such requested
loans, provided that there has not occurred an Event of Default or an event
which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
          (b) All Loans shall bear interest and the revolving line of credit
facility shall be evidenced by a revolving line of credit note drawn to the
order of the Bank substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto (the “Revolving
Note”), as the same may hereafter be amended, supplemented or restated from time
to time and any note or notes issued in substitution therefor, but in the
absence of the notes shall be conclusively evidenced by the Bank’s records of
loans and repayments.
          Interest, net of those loans (if any) which bear interest calculated
by reference to LIBOR (as defined below), will be charged to the Borrowers at a
fluctuating rate which is the daily equivalent to a rate equal to the aggregate
of : (x) the Prime Rate, or at such other rate agreed on from time to time by
the parties, upon any balance owing to the Bank at the close of each day and
shall be payable (i) on the first day of each month in arrears; (ii) on
termination of this Loan Agreement pursuant to Section 21 hereof; (iii) on
acceleration of the time for payment of the Obligations pursuant to Section 16
hereof; and (iv) on the date the Obligations are paid in full. The rate of
interest payable by the Borrowers shall be changed effective as of that date in
which a change in the Prime Rate becomes effective. Interest shall be computed
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of three hundred
sixty (360) days. The term “Prime Rate” as used herein and in any supplement and
amendment hereto shall mean the per annum rate of interest announced from time
to time by the Bank at its offices in Boston, Massachusetts, as its Prime Rate
(or if the Bank ceases to announce a rate so designated, any similar successor
rate designated by the Bank), it being understood that such rate is a reference
rate and not necessarily the lowest rate of interest charged by the Bank.
Interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the
Bank, or as the Bank shall direct, without set-off, deduction or counterclaim
monthly, in arrears, on the first day of each month, commencing on the first day
of the month next succeeding the date hereof.
          Interest, net of those loans (if any) which bear interest calculated
by reference to the Prime Rate, will be charged to the Borrowers at a rate which
is the equivalent to the LIBOR Lending Rate (as defined below) plus the
Applicable Margin (as defined below).
          (c) The term “Borrowing Base” as used herein shall mean the following:
          (i) With respect to the Revolving Note, the lesser of (A) Fifteen
Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) or (B) the sum of up to eighty percent (80%) of
Qualified Accounts, as defined below, plus up to sixty percent (60%) of the cost
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market value, whichever is lower, of all Eligible Inventory (as defined below)
for finished goods not to exceed the aggregate amount of Six Million Dollars
($6,000,000.00), plus up to fifteen percent (15%) of Eligible Inventory (as
defined below) for raw materials with a seasonal increase to twenty percent
(20%) from June 1st to August 31st not to exceed the aggregate amount of Seven
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00).
          (ii) In no event shall the sum of all Loans plus the sum of the
aggregate amount undrawn on all Letters of Credit and acceptances be in excess
of the Credit Limit.
          As used in this Loan Agreement, the term “Letters of Credit” shall
mean a letter of credit issued to support the purchase by the Borrowers of
Inventory prior to its transport to one of the Borrowers’ places of business
that provides that all draws thereunder must require presentation of customary
documentation including, if applicable, commercial invoices, packing lists,
certificate of origin, bill of lading, an airway bill, customs clearance
documents, quota statement, certificate, beneficiaries statement and bill of
exchange, bills of lading, dock warrants, dock receipts, warehouse receipts or
other documents of title, in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank and
reflecting passage to the Borrowers of title to first quality Inventory
conforming to the Borrowers’ contract with the seller thereof.
          (d) The term “Credit Limit” as used herein shall mean an amount equal
to Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00).
          (e) The Borrowers hereby authorize and direct the Bank, in the Bank’s
sole discretion (provided, however, the Bank shall have no obligation to do so):
(i) to pay accrued interest as the same becomes due and payable pursuant to this
Loan Agreement or pursuant to any note or other agreement between the Borrowers
and the Bank, and to treat the same as a loan to the Borrowers, which shall be
added to the Borrowers’ Loan balance pursuant to this Loan Agreement; (ii) to
charge any of the Borrowers’ accounts under the control of the Bank; or
(iii) apply the proceeds of Collateral, including, without limitation, payments
on Accounts and other payments from sales or lease of Inventory and any other
funds to the payment of such items. The Bank shall promptly notify the Borrowers
of any such charges or applications.
          (f) The Borrowing Base formula set forth above is intended solely for
monitoring purposes. The making of loans, advances, and credits by the Bank to
the Borrowers in excess of the above described Borrowing Base formula is for the
benefit of the Borrowers and does not affect the obligations of the Borrowers
hereunder; all such loans constitute Obligations and must be repaid by the
Borrowers in accordance with the terms of this Loan Agreement.
          (g) At the request of the Borrowers, and upon the execution of letter
of credit documentation satisfactory to the Bank, the Bank, within the limits of
the Borrowing Base, as then computed and also within the limits of the Credit
Limit as then computed, shall issue letters of credit from time to time by the
Bank for the account of the Borrowers. In no event will the Bank issue Letters
of Credit greater than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the aggregate. The
Letters of Credit shall be on terms mutually acceptable to the Bank and the
Borrowers, and no Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date later than the
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months from the date of issuance of the subject Letter of Credit, or (ii) the
Termination Date. A loan in an amount equal to any amount paid by the Bank under
a Letter of Credit shall be deemed made to the Borrowers, without request
therefor, immediately upon any payment by the Bank on such Letter of Credit. In
connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit, the Borrowers shall pay to
the Bank a percentage of the face amount of such Letter of Credit according to
the fee schedule then in effect at the Bank plus transaction fees at the
customary rates charged by the Bank and all other normal and customary fees
charged by the Bank. The Borrowers hereby authorize and direct the Bank, in the
Bank’s sole discretion (provided, however, the Bank shall have no obligation to
do so) to pay all such fees and costs as the same become due and payable and to
treat the same as a loan to the Borrowers, which shall be added to the
Borrowers’ Loan balance pursuant to this Loan Agreement. For purposes of
computing the Credit Limit, all Letters of Credit and acceptances shall be
deemed to be Loans.
          (h) The Borrowers shall pay to the Bank the principal amount of all
Loans as follows:
          (i) Borrowing Base Exceeded. Whenever the outstanding principal
balance of all Loans exceed the Borrowing Base, the Borrowers shall immediately
pay to the Bank the excess of the outstanding principal balance of the Loans
over the Borrowing Base.
          (ii) Payment in Full on Termination. On termination of this Loan
Agreement, pursuant to Section 21 or acceleration of the obligations pursuant to
Section 16, the Borrowers shall pay to the Bank the entire outstanding principal
balance of all Loans evidenced by the Revolving Note and shall deliver to the
Bank cash collateral in an amount equal to the aggregate of (A) amounts then
undrawn on all outstanding Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Loan
Agreement for the account of the Borrowers, and (B) the amount of all
outstanding acceptances issued pursuant to this Loan Agreement.
          (i) The Bank may, at any time and from time to time, in its
commercially reasonable judgment establish reserves against the Accounts (when
there exists a basis to question the creditworthiness of the account debtor)
and/or the Inventory of the Borrowers. The amount of such reserves shall be
subtracted from Qualified Accounts or Eligible Inventory, as applicable, when
calculating the amount of the Borrowing Base.
          (j) As used in this Loan Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Applicable Margin” shall mean two point five percent (2.5%) per annum (i.e.,
250 basis points).
“Borrowing Date” shall mean any day upon which a LIBOR Rate Loan is made.
“Business Day” shall mean:
          (i) any day which is neither a Saturday nor Sunday nor a legal holiday
on which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed in Boston,
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          (ii) when such term is used to describe a day on which a borrowing,
payment, prepayment, or repayment is to be made in respect of any LIBOR Rate
Loan, any day which is: (A) neither a Saturday or Sunday nor a legal holiday on
which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed in New York City;
and (B) a London Banking Day; and
          (iii) when such term is used to describe a day on which an interest
rate determination is to be made in respect of any LIBOR Rate Loan, any day
which is a London Banking Day.
“Dollars” or “$” shall mean currency of the United States of America.
“Eurodollars” shall mean Dollars acquired by the Bank through the purchase or
other acquisition of deposits denominated in Dollars and made with any bank or
branch of a bank (including any branch of the Bank) located outside the United
States of America.
“Hedging Contracts” means, interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements, or any other agreements or
arrangements entered into between the Borrowers and the Bank and designed to
protect the Borrowers against fluctuations in interest rates or currency
exchange rates.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to the Borrowers, all liabilities of
the Borrowers to the Bank under Hedging Contracts.
“Interbank Market” shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, any
recognized interbank Eurodollar market chosen in good faith by the Bank.
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean, relative to any LIBOR Rate Loan, having an
Interest Period of three (3) months or less, the last Business Day of such
Interest Period, and as to any LIBOR Rate Loan having an Interest Period longer
than three (3) months, each Business Day which is three (3) months, or a whole
multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day
of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period” shall mean, relative to any LIBOR Rate Loans:
          (i) initially, the period beginning on (and including) the date on
which such LIBOR Rate Loan is made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR
Rate Loan pursuant to this Loan Agreement and ending on (but excluding) the day
which numerically corresponds to such date one, two, or three months thereafter
(or, if such month has no numerically corresponding day, on the last Business
Day of such month), in each case as the Borrowers may select in their notice
pursuant to this Loan Agreement; and
          (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next
preceding Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan and ending one,
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three months thereafter, as selected by the Borrowers by irrevocable notice to
the Bank not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the last day of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto;
          provided, however, that
          (i) the Borrowers shall not be permitted to select Interest Periods to
be in effect at any one time which have expiration dates occurring on more than
five (5) different dates;
          (ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for LIBOR Rate Loans
comprising part of the same advance under this Loan Agreement shall be of the
same duration;
          (iii) Interest Periods for LIBOR Rate Loans in connection with which
the Borrowers have entered into a Hedging Obligation with the Bank shall be of
the same duration as the relevant periods set under such Hedging Obligation;
          (iv) if such Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not
a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the next following Business
Day unless such day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the first preceding Business Day; and
          (v) no Interest Period may end later than the Termination Date.
“LIBOR Lending Rate” shall mean, relative to any LIBOR Rate Loan to be made,
continued or maintained as, or converted into, a LIBOR Rate Loan for any
Interest Period, a rate per annum determined pursuant to the following formula:

     
   LIBOR Lending Rate =
  LIBOR Rate
 
   
 
  (1.00 - LIBOR Reserve Percentage)

“LIBOR Rate” shall mean, relative to any Interest Period for LIBOR Rate Loans,
the offered rate for deposits of United States Dollars in an amount
approximately equal to the amount of the requested LIBOR Rate Loan for a term
coextensive with the designated Interest Period which the British Bankers’
Association fixes as its LIBOR rate and which appears on the Telerate Page 3750
as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the day which is two (2) London Banking Days (as
defined below) prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.
“LIBOR Rate Loan” shall mean, any loan or advance the rate of interest
applicable to which is based upon the LIBOR Rate.
“LIBOR-Reference Banks Loan” means any Loan the rate of interest applicable to
which is based upon the LIBOR-Reference Banks Rate.

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     “LIBOR-Reference Banks Lending Rate” means, relative to a LIBOR-Reference
Banks Rate Loan for any Interest Period, a rate per annum determined pursuant to
the following formula:

     
LIBOR-Reference Banks Lending Rate =
  LIBOR-Reference Banks Rate
 
   
 
  (1.00 - LIBOR Reserve Percentage)

“LIBOR-Reference Banks Rate” means relative to any Interest Period for
LIBOR-Reference Banks Loans, the rate for which deposits in U.S. Dollars are
offered by the Reference Banks to prime banks in the London interbank market in
an amount approximately equal to the amount requested LIBOR-Reference Banks Loan
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time on the day that is two London Banking
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. The Bank will request the
principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of
its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for such date
will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are
provided as requested, the rate for such date will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates quoted by major banks in New York City selected by the Bank, at
approximately 11:00 a.m. New York City time for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading
European banks for such Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal to
the amount requested LIBOR-Reference Banks Loan.
“LIBOR Reserve Percentage” shall mean, relative to any day of any Interest
Period for LIBOR Rate Loans, the maximum aggregate (without duplication) of the
rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements (including all
basic, emergency, supplemental, marginal and other reserves and taking into
account any transitional adjustments or other scheduled changes in reserve
requirements) under any regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (the “Board”) or other governmental authority having jurisdiction
with respect thereto as issued from time to time and then applicable to assets
or liabilities consisting of “Eurocurrency Liabilities”, as currently defined in
Regulation D of the Board, having a term approximately equal or comparable to
such Interest Period.
“London Banking Day” shall mean a day on which dealings in United States Dollar
deposits are transacted in the London Interbank Market.
“Maturity Date” shall mean the date on which an Interest Period expires.
“Prime Rate Loan” shall mean the rate of interest announced by the Bank in
Boston, Massachusetts from time to time as its “Prime Rate.” The Borrowers
acknowledge that the Bank may make loans to its customers above, at or below the
Prime Rate. Interest accruing by reference to the Prime Rate shall be calculated
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          (k) The Bank shall not be required to make a LIBOR Rate Loan, or
convert a Prime Rate Loan into a LIBOR Rate Loan, unless the Bank shall have
received from the Borrowers a request for such LIBOR Rate Loan, in the form of
Exhibit 2 annexed hereto (herein a “Notice of Borrowing”). By delivering a
borrowing request (i.e., Notice of Borrowing) to the Bank on or before
10:00 a.m., New York time, on a Business Day, the Borrowers may from time to
time irrevocably request, on not less than two (2) nor more than five
(5) Business Days’ notice, that a LIBOR Rate Loan be made in a minimum amount of
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) and integral multiples of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). On the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Loan Agreement, each LIBOR Rate Loan shall be made available to the
Borrowers no later than 11:00 a.m. New York time on the first day of the
applicable Interest Period by deposit to the account of the Borrowers as shall
have been specified in its borrowing request.
          (l) After receipt from the Borrowers of any Notice of Borrowing which
requests a LIBOR Rate Loan, the Bank shall determine if it is able to make such
LIBOR Rate Loan (or if it is unable to do so for reasons described in this
section only) and will notify the Borrowers upon confirmation of its ability to
do so. If the Bank determines in good faith that, by reason of circumstances
affecting the Interbank Market, adequate and reasonable methods do not exist for
ascertaining the LIBOR Rate which would otherwise be applicable to such LIBOR
Rate Loan, then the Bank shall so notify the Borrowers on or before 4:00 p.m. on
the Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date specified in the Notice of
Borrowing, and in such event, the Bank shall not be obligated to make such LIBOR
Rate Loan and the Notice of Borrowing shall be deemed to have been withdrawn by
the Borrowers with the Bank’s consent and substituted with a request for a Prime
Rate Loan in an amount equal to the requested LIBOR Rate Loan.
          (m) By delivering a continuation/conversion notice to the Bank on or
before 10:00 a.m., New York time, on a Business Day, the Borrowers may from time
to time irrevocably elect, on not less than two (2) nor more than five
(5) Business Days’ notice, that all, or any portion in an aggregate minimum
amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) and integral multiples of
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) of any LIBOR Rate Loan be converted on the
last day of an Interest Period into a LIBOR Rate Loan with a different Interest
Period, or continued on the last day of an Interest Period as a LIBOR Rate Loan
with a similar Interest Period, provided, however, that no portion of the
outstanding principal amount of any LIBOR Rate Loans may be converted to, or
continued as, LIBOR Rate Loans when any default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, and no portion of the outstanding principal amount of any
LIBOR Rate Loans may be converted to, LIBOR Rate Loans of a different duration
if such LIBOR Rate Loans relate to any Hedging Obligations. In the absence of
delivery of a continuation/conversion notice with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan
at least two (2) Business Days before the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto, such LIBOR Rate Loan shall, on such last day,
automatically convert to a loan that accrues interest by reference to the Prime
Rate.
          (n) Except as otherwise provided herein, any Notice of Borrowing which
requests a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be irrevocable and binding upon the Borrowers.
In the event the Borrowers fail to borrow the LIBOR Rate Loan requested on the
Borrowing Date specified in such Notice of Borrowing, the Borrowers shall
indemnify the Bank against any and all losses and expenses incurred by the Bank
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generality of the foregoing, all losses and expenses incurred by reason of the
liquidation, disposition or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
the Bank to fund such LIBOR Rate Loan.
          (o) Interest on the outstanding principal amount of any Loan when
classified as a (i) LIBOR Rate Loan shall accrue during the Interest Period
applicable thereto at a rate equal to the sum of the LIBOR Lending Rate for such
Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin thereto and be payable on each
Interest Payment Date; (ii) LIBOR-Reference Banks Rate Loan shall accrue during
each Interest Period at a rate equal to the sum of the LIBOR-Reference Banks
Lending Rate for such Interior Period plus the Applicable Margin thereto and be
payable on each Interest Payment Date; and (iii) Prime Rate Loan shall accrue
during each Interest Period at a rate equal to the Prime Rate and be payable on
each Interest Payment Date.
          (p) On the last day of the Interest Period relating to a LIBOR Rate
Loan, such LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued for an additional Interest Period or
may be converted to a Prime Rate Loan, as set forth above.
          (q) LIBOR Rate Loans shall mature and become payable in full on the
last day of the Interest Period relating to such LIBOR Rate Loan. Prior to the
termination of this Loan Agreement, upon the maturity of a LIBOR Rate Loan it
may be continued for an additional Interest Period or may be converted to a
Prime Rate Loan (if there exists no default or Event of Default and the Bank
does not otherwise elect to exercise any right to accelerate the Loan it is
granted hereunder).
          (r) LIBOR Rate Loans in connection with which the Borrowers have
entered into Hedging Obligations with the Bank may not be prepaid; other LIBOR
Rate Loans maybe prepaid upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
Borrowers shall give the Bank, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, at
least four (4) Business Days notice of any proposed prepayment of any LIBOR Rate
Loans, specifying the proposed date of payment of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and the
principal amount to be paid. Each partial prepayment of the principal amount of
LIBOR Rate Loans shall be in an integral multiple of Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00) and accompanied by the payment of all charges outstanding on such
LIBOR Rate Loans and of all accrued interest on the principal repaid to the date
of payment. The Borrowers acknowledge that prepayment or acceleration of a LIBOR
Rate Loan during an Interest Period shall result in the Bank incurring
additional costs, expenses and/or liabilities and that it is extremely difficult
and impractical to ascertain the extent of such costs, expenses and/or
liabilities. Therefore, all full or partial prepayments of LIBOR Rate Loans
shall be accompanied by, and the Borrowers hereby promise to pay, on each date a
LIBOR Rate Loan is prepaid or the date all sums payable hereunder become due and
payable, by acceleration or otherwise, in addition to all other sums then owing,
an amount (“LIBOR Rate Loan Prepayment Fee”) determined by the Bank pursuant to
the following formula:

  (i)   the then current rate for United States Treasury securities (bills on a
discounted basis shall be converted to a bond equivalent) with a maturity date
closest to the end of the Interest Period as to which prepayment is made,
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  (ii)   the LIBOR Lending Rate plus the Applicable Margin applicable to the
LIBOR Rate Loan being prepaid.

          If the result of this calculation is zero or a negative number, then
there shall be no LIBOR Rate Loan Prepayment Fee. If the result of this
calculation is a positive number, then the resulting percentage shall be
multiplied by:

  (iii)   the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan being prepaid.

          The resulting amount shall be divided by:

  (iv)   360

          and multiplied by:

  (v)   the number of days remaining in the Interest Period as to which the
prepayment is being made.

          Said amount shall be reduced to present value calculated by using the
referenced United States Treasury securities rate and the number of days
remaining on the Interest Period for the LIBOR Rate Loan being prepaid.
          The resulting amount of these calculations shall be the LIBOR Rate
Loan Prepayment Fee.
          (s) If the Bank shall determine (which determination shall, upon
notice thereof to the Borrowers be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers) that
the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law, rule,
regulation or guideline (whether or not having the force of law), makes it
unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is
unlawful, for the Bank to make, continue or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan as, or
to convert any loan into, a LIBOR Rate Loan of a certain duration, all LIBOR
Rate Loans of such type shall automatically convert into LIBOR-Reference Banks
Loans at the end of the then current Interest Periods with respect thereto or
sooner, if required by such law or assertion. For purposes of this Loan
Agreement, in the event of such a conversion, all LIBOR-Reference Banks Rate
Loans shall be treated (except as to interest rate) as equivalent to a LIBOR
Rate Loan of similar amount and Interest Period. For greater certainty, all
provisions of this Loan Agreement relating to LIBOR Rate Loans shall apply
equally to LIBOR-Reference Banks Loans, including, but not limited to the manner
in which LIBOR-Reference Banks Loans are requested, continued, converted, the
manner in which interest accrues, is payable, principal payments are made,
whether voluntary or involuntary, as well as any penalties, increased costs or
taxes associated with any of the foregoing.
          (t) If, due to payments made by the Borrowers pursuant to this Loan
Agreement or due to the acceleration of the Obligations or due to any other
reason, the Bank receives payments of principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan prior to
the Maturity Date for such LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrowers shall, upon demand by
the Bank, pay to the Bank any amounts required to compensate the Bank for any
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expenses which it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, including,
without limitation, any loss, costs or expenses incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by the Bank to
fund or maintain such LIBOR Rate Loans.
          (u) If the Bank shall have determined that

  (i)   United States Dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the
relevant Interest Period are not available to the Bank in the London Interbank
Market;     (ii)   by reason of circumstances affecting the Bank in the London
Interbank Market, adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate
applicable hereunder to LIBOR Rate Loans of any duration; or     (iii)   the
LIBOR Rate no longer adequately reflects the Bank’s cost of funding loans.

          Then, upon notice from the Bank to the Borrowers, the obligations of
the Bank to make or continue any loans as, or to convert any loans into, LIBOR
Rate Loans of such duration shall forthwith be suspended until the Bank shall
notify the Borrowers that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist.
          (v) In addition to the LIBOR Rate Loan Prepayment Fee, the Borrowers
agree to reimburse the Bank (without duplication) for any increase in the cost
to the Bank, or reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by the Bank, in
respect, or as a result of:

  (i)   any conversion or repayment or prepayment of the principal amount of any
LIBOR Rate Loans on a date other than the scheduled last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto;     (ii)   any loans not being made as LIBOR Rate
Loans in accordance with the borrowing request thereof;     (iii)   any LIBOR
Rate Loans not being continued as, or converted into, LIBOR Rate Loans in
accordance with the continuation/conversion notice thereof, or     (iv)   any
costs associated with marking to market any Hedging Obligations that (in the
reasonable determination of the Bank) are required to be terminated as a result
of any conversion, repayment or prepayment of the principal amount of any LIBOR
Rate Loan on a date other than the scheduled last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto;

          The Bank shall promptly notify the Borrowers in writing of the
occurrence of any such event, such notice to state, in reasonable detail, the
reasons therefor and the additional amount required fully to compensate the Bank
for such increased cost or reduced amount. Such additional amounts shall be
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receipt of such notice, and such notice shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers. The Borrowers understand, agree and
acknowledge the following: (a) the Bank does not have any obligation to
purchase, sell and/or match funds in connection with the use of LIBOR Rate as a
basis for calculating the rate of interest on a LIBOR Rate Loan, (b) the LIBOR
Rate may be used merely as a reference in determining such rate, and (c) the
Borrowers have accepted the LIBOR Rate as a reasonable and fair basis for
calculating such rate, the LIBOR Rate Prepayment Fee, and other funding losses
incurred by the Bank. The Borrowers further agree to pay the LIBOR Rate
Prepayment Fee and other funding losses, if any, whether or not the Bank elects
to purchase, sell and/or match funds.
          (w) If on or after the date hereof the adoption of any applicable law,
rule or regulation or guideline (whether or not having the force of law), or any
change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by
any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Bank with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency:

  (i)   shall subject the Bank to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to
its LIBOR Rate Loans or its obligation to make LIBOR Rate Loans, or shall change
the basis of taxation of payments to the Bank of the principal of or interest on
its LIBOR Rate Loans or any other amounts due under this Loan Agreement in
respect of its LIBOR Rate Loans or its obligation to make LIBOR Rate Loans
(except for the introduction of, or change in the rate of, tax on the overall
net income of the Bank or franchise taxes, imposed by the jurisdiction (or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) under the laws of which the
Bank is organized or in which the Banks principal executive office is located);
or     (ii)   shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement (including, without limitation, any such
requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
the United States) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or
credit extended by, the Bank or shall impose on the Bank or on the London
Interbank Market any other condition affecting its LIBOR Rate Loans or its
obligation to make LIBOR Rate Loans;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Bank of
making or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by the Bank under this Loan Agreement with respect
thereto, by an amount deemed by the Bank to be material, then, within fifteen
(15) days after demand by the Bank, the Borrowers shall pay to the Bank such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Bank for such increased cost
or reduction.
     (x) If any change in, or the introduction, adoption, effectiveness,
interpretation, reinterpretation or phase-in of, any law or regulation,
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or request (whether or not having the force of law) of any court, central bank,
regulator or other governmental authority affects or would affect the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by the Bank, or person controlling
the Bank, and the Bank determines (in its sole and absolute discretion) that the
rate of return on its or such controlling person’s capital as a consequence of
its commitments or the Loans made by the Bank is reduced to a level below that
which the Bank or such controlling person could have achieved but for the
occurrence of any such circumstance, then, in any such case upon notice from
time to time by the Bank to the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall immediately pay
directly to the Bank additional amounts sufficient to compensate the Bank or
such controlling person for such reduction in rate of return. A statement of the
Bank as to any such additional amount or amounts (including calculations thereof
in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding on the Borrowers. In determining such amount, the Bank may use any
method of averaging and attribution that it (in its sole and absolute
discretion) shall deem applicable.
          (y) All payments by the Borrowers of principal of, and interest on,
the LIBOR Rate Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction for any present or future income, excise,
stamp or franchise taxes and other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or other
charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but excluding
franchise taxes and taxes imposed on or measured by the Bank’s net income or
receipts (such non-excluded items being called “Taxes”). In the event that any
withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the Borrowers hereunder
is required in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any applicable law, rule or
regulation, then the Borrowers will

  (i)   pay directly to the relevant authority the full amount required to be so
withheld or deducted;     (ii)   promptly forward to the Bank an official
receipt or other documentation satisfactory to the Bank evidencing such payment
to such authority; and     (iii)   pay to the Bank such additional amount or
amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the
Bank will equal the full amount the Bank would have received had no such
withholding or deduction been required.

          Moreover, if any Taxes are directly asserted against the Bank with
respect to any payment received by the Bank hereunder, the Bank may pay such
Taxes and the Borrowers will promptly pay such additional amount (including any
penalties, interest or expenses) as is necessary in order that the net amount
received by the Bank after the payment of such Taxes (including any Taxes on
such additional amount) shall equal the amount the Bank would have received had
not such Taxes been asserted.
          If the Borrowers fail to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate
taxing authority or fails to remit to the Bank the required receipts or other
required documentary evidence, the Borrowers shall indemnify the Bank for any
incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Bank as
a result of any such failure.

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          (z) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Bank and the Borrowers agree that after the occurrence of an Event of Default
which is continuing, the Borrowers shall not request and the Bank will not make
LIBOR Rate Loan.
          (aa) In addition to all other sums payable hereunder, the Borrowers
shall pay the Lender a fee equal to twenty-five (25) basis points of the
difference between: (i) the Credit Limit and (ii) the average amount of the
principal balance of loans outstanding for each monthly period this Loan
Agreement is in effect. Such fee shall be payable monthly in arrears and shall
be treated as a loan to Borrowers, which shall be added to Borrowers’ loan
balance pursuant to this Loan Agreement.
     6. DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED ACCOUNT. The term “Qualified Account”, as used
herein, means an Account owing to Borrowers which met the following
specifications at the time it came into existence and continues to meet the same
until it is collected in full:
          (a) The Account is: not more than ninety (90) days from the date of
the invoice thereof or not more than thirty (30) days from the due date for all
invoices subject to dating terms.
          (b) The Account arose from the performance of services or an outright
sale of goods by Borrowers, such goods have been shipped to the account debtor,
and Borrowers have possession of, or has delivered to the Bank, shipping and
delivery receipts evidencing such shipment.
          (c) The Account is not subject to any prior assignment, claim, lien,
or security interest, and Borrowers will not make any further assignment thereof
or create any further security interest therein, nor permit Borrowers’ rights
therein, to be reached by attachment, levy, garnishment or other judicial
process.
          (d) The Account is not subject to set-off, credit, allowance or
adjustment by the account debtor, except discount allowed for prompt payment and
the account debtor has not complained as to his liability thereon and has not
returned any of the goods from the sale of which the Account arose; provided,
however, in the event of set-off, credit, allowance, or adjustment, only the
amount of the set-off, credit, allowance, or adjustment shall be excluded.
          (e) The Account arose in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business
and did not arise from the performance of services or a sale of goods to a
supplier or employee of the Borrowers.
          (f) No notice of bankruptcy or insolvency of the account debtor has
been received by or is known to the Borrowers.
          (g) The Account is not owed by an account debtor whose principal place
of business is outside the United States of America (“Foreign Account”)
(excluding Canada) once the total of all outstanding Foreign Accounts equals or
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          (h) The Account is not owed by an entity which is a parent,
brother/sister, subsidiary or affiliate of Borrowers.
          (i) The account debtor is not located in the State of New Jersey or in
the State of Minnesota (or any other state that requires an entity to file a
business activity report or similar document in order to bring suit or otherwise
enforce its remedies against an account debtor in the courts or through any
judicial process of such state), unless (i) Borrowers have filed and shall file
all legally required Notice of Business Activities Reports with the New Jersey
Division of Taxation or the Minnesota Department of Revenue, as the case may be;
or (ii) Borrowers are exempt from such filing requirement.
          (j) The Account when aggregated with all of the Accounts of that
account debtor does not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the then aggregate of
Qualified Accounts; provided, however, in the event the aggregate amount exceeds
twenty percent (20%), only the amount in excess of said twenty percent (20%)
shall be excluded.
          (k) The Account is not evidenced by a promissory note.
          (l) The Account did not arise out of any sale made on a bill and hold,
or delayed shipment basis.
          (m) The Account does not arise out of a progress billing prior to
completion of the order therefor.
          (n) The Bank, in accordance with its normal credit policies, has not
deemed the Account to be unacceptable for any commercially standard or
reasonable reason.
PROVIDED THAT if at any time twenty percent (20%) or more of the aggregate
amount of the Accounts due from any account debtor are unpaid in whole or in
part more than ninety (90) days from the respective dates of invoice, from and
after such time none of the Accounts (then existing or hereafter arising) due
from such account debtor shall be deemed to be Qualified Accounts until such
time as eighty percent (80%) of the Accounts due from such account debtor are
(as a result of actual payments received thereon) no more than ninety (90) days
from the date of invoice; Accounts payable by Borrowers to an account debtor
shall be netted against Accounts due from such account debtor and the difference
(if positive) shall constitute Qualified Accounts from such account debtor for
purposes of determining the Borrowing Base (notwithstanding paragraph
(d) above); characterization of any Account due from an account debtor as a
Qualified Account shall not be deemed a determination by the Bank as to its
actual value nor in any way obligate the Bank to accept any Account subsequently
arising from such account debtor to be, or to continue to deem such Account to
be, a Qualified Account; it is the Borrowers’ responsibility to determine the
creditworthiness of account debtors and all risks concerning the same and
collection of Accounts are with the Borrowers; and all Accounts whether or not
Qualified Accounts constitute Collateral.
     7. DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INVENTORY. The term “Eligible Inventory”, as used
herein, means the Borrowers’ raw materials and finished goods which are
initially and at all times until sold: new and unused (except, with the Bank’s
written approval, used equipment held for sale or lease), in first-class
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channels; at a location which has been identified in writing to the Bank;
subject to a perfected first priority security interest in favor of the Bank;
owned by the Borrowers free and clear of any lien except in favor of the Bank;
not obsolete; not scrap, waste, defective goods and the like; have been produced
by the Borrowers in accordance with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938, as amended, and all rules, regulations and orders promulgated thereunder;
not stored with a bailee, warehouseman or similar party unless the Bank has
given its prior written consent thereto and the Borrowers have caused each such
bailee, warehouseman or similar party to issue and deliver to the Bank warehouse
receipts in the Bank’s name for such Inventory; and have not been designated by
the Bank, in accordance with its normal credit policies, as unacceptable for any
reason by notice to the Borrowers.
     8. BANK’S REPORTS. After the end of each month, the Bank will render to the
Borrowers a statement of the Borrowers’ loan account with the Bank hereunder,
showing all applicable credits and debits. Each statement shall be considered
correct and to have been accepted by the Borrowers and shall be conclusively
binding upon the Borrowers in respect of all charges, debits and credits of
whatsoever nature contained therein under or pursuant to this Loan Agreement,
and the closing balance shown therein, unless the Borrowers notify the Bank in
writing of any discrepancy within twenty (20) days from the mailing by the Bank
to the Borrowers of any such monthly statement.
     9. CONDITIONS OF LENDING.
          (a) The obligation of the Bank to make the initial loan hereunder or
issuing or causing to be issued any Letter of Credit hereunder shall be subject
to the condition precedent that the Bank shall have received all of the
following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank:
          (i) This Loan Agreement, properly executed on behalf of the Borrowers.
          (ii) The Revolving Note drawn to the order of the Bank in the face
amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00).
          (iii) Current searches of appropriate filing offices showing that
(A) no state or federal tax liens have been filed and remain in effect against
the Borrowers, (B) no financing statements have been filed and remain in effect
against the Borrowers, except those financing statements relating to liens set
forth on Schedule “B”, the liens of the secured lender to be paid with the
proceeds of the initial loan and those financing statements filed by the Bank,
and (C) the Bank has duly filed all financing statements necessary to perfect
the security interests granted hereunder, to the extent the security interests
are capable of being perfected by filing.
          (iv) A certificate of the Clerk/Secretary or an Assistant
Clerk/Secretary of the Borrowers, certifying as to (A) the resolutions of the
directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Loan
Agreement and related documents, (B) the Articles of Organization and By-Laws of
the Borrowers, and (C) the signatures of the officers or agents of the Borrowers
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Agreement and other instruments, agreements and certificates, including loan
requests, on behalf of the Borrowers.
          (v) A current certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the
state of the Borrowers’ incorporation, certifying that the Borrowers are in good
standing in such state.
          (vi) Evidence that the Borrowers are duly licensed or qualified to
transact business in all jurisdictions where the character of the property owned
or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such licensing or
qualification necessary.
          (vii) An opinion of counsel to the Borrowers, addressed to the Bank.
          (viii) Payment of the fees due through the date of the initial loan
and expenses incurred by the Bank through such date required to be paid by the
Borrowers pursuant to this Loan Agreement.
          (ix) A Borrowing Base Certificate which indicates that the Borrowers
have the necessary loan availability to pay all existing secured lenders.
          (x) A Patent Security Agreement, properly executed on behalf of the
Borrowers.
          (xi) A Trademark Security Agreement, properly executed on behalf of
the Borrowers.
          (xii) Such other documents, instruments and agreements as the Bank in
its reasonable discretion may require.
          (b) The obligation of the Bank to make each Loan or advance under the
Revolving Note shall be subject to the further conditions precedent on such
date:
          (i) the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3 and 4
hereof are correct on and as of the date of such loan or the issuance of a
Letter of Credit, as the case may be, as though made on and as of such date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to
an earlier date; and
          (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, which
constitutes an Event of Default or which, with notice or the passage of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
     10. CAPITAL ADEQUACY.
          If any change in, or the introduction, adoption, effectiveness,
interpretation, reinterpretation or phase-in of, any law or regulation,
directive, guideline, decision or request (whether or not having the force of
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governmental authority affects or would affect the amount of capital required or
expected to be maintained by the Bank, or person controlling the Bank, and the
Bank reasonably determines (in its sole and absolute discretion) that the rate
of return on its or such controlling persons capital as a consequence of its
commitments or the loans made by the Bank is reduced to a level below that which
the Bank or such controlling person could have achieved but for the occurrence
of any such circumstance, then, in any such case upon notice from time to time
by the Bank to the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall immediately pay directly to
the Bank such additional amounts sufficient to compensate the Bank or such
controlling person for such reduction in rate of return. A statement of the Bank
as to any such additional amount or amounts (including calculations thereof in
reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding on the Borrowers. In determining such amount, the Bank may use any
reasonable method of averaging and attribution that it (in its sole and absolute
discretion) shall deem applicable. In the event that the Bank invokes this
Section 10, upon repayment in full to the Bank of all outstanding principal and
accrued interest, the Borrowers shall be permitted to terminate this Loan
Agreement without prepayment penalties or fees.

      11.   COLLECTIONS; SET OFF; DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS; NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT;
EXPENSES; POWER OF ATTORNEY.

          (a) The Borrowers will immediately, upon receipt of all checks, drafts
and other remittances in payment of any Inventory sold or in payment or on
account of the Borrowers’ accounts, contracts, contract rights, notes, bills,
drafts, acceptances, general intangibles, choses in action and all other forms
of obligations, deliver the same to the Bank accompanied by a remittance report
in form specified by the Bank. Said proceeds shall be delivered to the Bank in
the same form received except for the endorsement of the Borrowers where
necessary to permit collection of items, which endorsement the Borrowers agree
to make. The Bank will credit (conditional upon final collection) all such
payments against the principal or interest of any Loans secured hereby;
provided, however, for the purpose of computing interest, any items requiring
clearance or payment shall not be considered to have been credited against any
loans secured hereby until two (2) business days after receipt by the Bank of
any such items. The order and method of such application shall be in the sole
discretion of the Bank and any portion of such funds which the Bank elects not
to so apply shall be paid over from time to time by the Bank to the Borrowers.
The Bank will at all times have the right to require the Borrowers (i) to enter
into a lockbox arrangement with the Bank for the collection of such remittances
and payments, or (ii) to maintain its deposit accounts at the Bank or, in the
alternative, at another financial institution which has agreed to accept drafts
drawn on it by the Bank under a written depository transfer agreement with the
Bank and to block the Borrowers’ account and waive its rights as against such
account. Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary herein, said
proceeds shall not be applied to the principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan(s), until
all Prime Rate Loans have been paid in full. As used in this section, “business
day(s)” shall mean any neither day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor
holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed in
Boston, Massachusetts.
          (b) The Borrowers grant to the Bank a lien, security interest and
right of setoff as security for all liabilities and Obligations to the Bank,
whether now existing or hereafter arising, upon and against all deposits,
credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody,
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Financial Group, Inc., or in transit to any of them. After the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, without demand or notice, the
Bank may set off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any
liability or Obligation of the Borrowers or any guarantor even though unmatured
and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Obligations.
ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE THE BANK TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH
RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO
EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER
PROPERTY OF THE BORROWER OR ANY GUARANTOR, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.
          (c) The Bank shall be the Borrowers’ main bank of deposit. The
Borrowers shall establish and maintain a lockbox with the Bank and will direct
all account payments to be made directly to said lockbox. For each deposit
account that the Borrowers at any time open or maintain, the Borrowers shall, at
the Bank’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, either (i) cause the depositary bank to
agree to comply at any time with instructions from the Bank to such depositary
bank directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited to such
deposit account, without further consent of the Borrowers, or (ii) arrange for
the Bank to become the customer of the depositary bank with respect to the
deposit account, with the Borrowers being permitted, only with the consent of
the Bank, to exercise rights to withdraw funds from such deposit account. The
Bank agrees with the Borrowers that the Bank shall not give any such
instructions or withhold any withdrawal rights from the Borrowers, unless an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or, after giving effect to any
withdrawal not otherwise permitted by this Loan Agreement would occur. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to (i) any deposit account for
which the Borrowers, the depositary bank and the Bank have entered into a cash
collateral agreement specially negotiated among the Borrowers, the depositary
bank and the Bank for the specific purpose set forth therein, or (ii) deposit
accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other
employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of the Borrowers’
salaried employees.
          (d) The Bank may at any time, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the passage
of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, notify account debtors
that Collateral has been assigned to the Bank and that payments shall be made
directly to or as directed by the Bank. Upon request of the Bank at any time,
the Borrowers will so notify such account debtors and will indicate on all
billings to such account debtors that their Accounts must be paid directly to or
as directed by the Bank. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the Bank shall have full power to collect, compromise,
endorse, sell or otherwise deal with the Collateral or proceeds thereof in its
own name or in the name of the Borrowers.
          (e) The Borrowers shall pay to the Bank on demand any and all
reasonable counsel fees and other expenses incurred by the Bank in connection
with the preparation, interpretation, enforcement, administration or amendment
of this Loan Agreement, or of any documents relating thereto, and any and all
reasonable expenses, including, but not limited to, a collection charge on all
Accounts collected, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, and all other
reasonable expenses of like or unlike nature which may be expended by the Bank
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or enforce payment of any Account either as against the account debtor, the
Borrowers, or any guarantor or surety of the Borrowers or in the prosecution or
defense of any action or concerning any matter growing out of or connected with
the subject matter of this Loan Agreement, the Obligations or the Collateral or
any of the Bank’s rights or interests therein or thereto, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any reasonable counsel fees or
expenses incurred in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings and all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred or paid by the Bank in connection with the
administration, supervision, protection or realization on any security held by
the Bank for the debt secured hereby, whether such security was granted by the
Borrowers or by any other person primarily or secondarily liable (with or
without recourse) with respect to such debt, and all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by the Bank in connection with the defense, settlement or
satisfaction of any action, claim or demand asserted against the Bank in
connection with the debt secured hereby, all of which amounts shall be
considered advances to protect the Bank’s security, and shall be secured hereby.
After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at its
option, and without limiting any other rights or remedies, the Bank may at any
time pay or discharge any taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances
at any time levied against or placed on any of the Collateral, and may procure
and pay any premiums on any insurance required to be carried by the Borrowers,
and provide for the maintenance and preservation of any of the Collateral, and
otherwise take any action reasonably deemed necessary to the Bank to protect its
security, and all amounts expended by the Bank in connection with any of the
foregoing matters, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall be considered
obligations of the Borrowers and shall be secured hereby.
          (f) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Borrowers do hereby make, constitute and appoint any officer or
agent of the Bank as the Borrowers’ true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power
to endorse the name of the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers’ officers, limited
or general partners or agents upon any notes, checks, drafts, money orders, or
other instruments of payment (including payments payable under any policy of
insurance on the Collateral) or Collateral that may come into possession of the
Bank in full or part payment of any amounts owing to the Bank; to sign and
endorse the name of the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers’ officers, limited or
general partners or agents upon any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of
lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications and notices in connection with Accounts, and any instrument or
documents relating thereto or to the Borrowers’ rights therein; to give written
notice to such office and officials of the United States Post Office to effect
such change or changes of address so that all mail addressed to the Borrowers
may be delivered directly to the Bank; granting upon the Borrowers’ said
attorney full power to do any and all things necessary to be done in and about
the premises as fully and effectually as the Borrowers might or could do, and
hereby ratifying all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. Neither the Bank nor the attorney shall be liable for any acts or
omissions nor for any error of judgment or mistake, except for their gross
negligence or willful misconduct. This power of attorney shall be irrevocable
for the term of this Loan Agreement and all transactions hereunder and
thereafter as long as the Borrowers may be indebted to the Bank.
     12. FINANCING STATEMENTS. At the request of the Bank, the Borrowers will
join with the Bank in filing one or more Financing Statements pursuant to the
Uniform Commercial Code or other notices appropriate under applicable law in
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Bank and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever
filing is deemed by the Bank to be necessary or desirable. A legible carbon,
photographic or other reproduction of this Loan Agreement shall be sufficient as
a financing statement. The Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorize the Bank at
any time and from time to time to file in any Uniform Commercial Code
jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that
(a) indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets of the Borrowers or words of
similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the
Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of
such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater
detail, and (b) contain any other information required by the Uniform Commercial
Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement
or amendment, including (i) whether the Borrowers are organizations, the type of
organizations and any organization identification numbers issued to the
Borrowers, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture
filing or indicating Collateral as extracted Collateral or timber to be cut, a
sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates. The
Borrowers agree to furnish any such information to the Bank promptly upon
request. The Borrowers also ratify their authorization for the Bank to have
filed in any Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction any like initial financing
statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
     13. BORROWERS REPORTS.
          (a) The Borrowers shall deliver to the Bank, weekly, a Borrowing Base
Certificate (the “Borrowing Base Certificate”) attached as Annex A (which the
Bank may amend from time to time in its sole discretion) describing the invoices
issued by the Borrowers since the last schedule submitted to the Bank. The
schedules to be provided under this subsection are solely for the convenience of
the Bank in administering this Loan Agreement and maintaining records of the
Collateral. The Borrowers’ failure to provide the Bank with any such schedule
shall not affect the security interest of the Bank in such Accounts.
          (b) The Borrowers shall cause all of their invoices, including the
copies thereof, to be printed and to bear consecutive numbers and shall prepare
and issue its invoices in such consecutive numerical order. If requested by the
Bank, all copies of invoices not previously delivered to the Bank shall be
delivered to the Bank with each schedule of Accounts. Copies of all invoices
which are voided or canceled or which for any other reason do not evidence an
Account shall be included in such delivery. If any invoice or copy thereof is
lost, destroyed or otherwise unavailable, the Borrowers shall account in
writing, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, for such missing invoice.
          (c) Within twenty (20) calendar days after the end of each month or on
such other more frequent basis as may be required by the Bank from time to time,
the Borrowers shall submit to the Bank an Accounts Receivable Aging Report (the
“Accounts Receivable Aging Report”) in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Bank showing the amounts due and owing on all Accounts according to the
Borrowers’ records as of the close of such month or such shorter period as may
be required by the Bank from time to time, together with such other information
as the Bank may reasonably require, including an aging of the same. If the
Borrowers’ monthly aging reports are prepared by an accounting service or other
agent, the Borrowers hereby authorize such service or agent to deliver such
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          (d) Within twenty (20) calendar days after the end of each month or on
such other basis as may be required by the Bank from time to time, the Borrowers
shall submit to the Bank an Accounts Payable Aging Report (the “Accounts Payable
Aging Report”) in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Bank showing the amounts
due and owing on all accounts payable according to the Borrowers’ records as of
the close of such month or such shorter period as may be required by the Bank
from time to time, together with such other information as the Bank may
reasonably require. If the Borrowers’ monthly Accounts Payable Aging Reports are
prepared by an accounting service or other agent, the Borrowers hereby authorize
such service or agent to deliver such accounts payable aging reports and any
other related documents to the Bank.
          (e) Within twenty (20) calendar days after the end of each month or on
such other more frequent basis as may be required by the Bank from time to time,
the Borrowers shall furnish to the Bank a Designation of Merchandise Report (the
“Designation of Merchandise Report”) describing all of the Borrowers’ Inventory
by value based on the lower of cost or market value, listing all Inventory by
nature, quantity and location, together with such other information as the Bank
may reasonably require.
          (f) The Borrowers shall deliver to the Bank all documents, as
frequently as indicated below, or at such other times as the Bank may request,
and all other documents and information requested by the Bank:

              DOCUMENT   FREQUENCY DUE
(i)
  A Borrowing Base Certificate, (together with the supporting documentation
identified thereon)   Weekly. (Monthly if Revolving Note balance is zero)
 
       
(ii)
  The Accounts Receivable Aging Report, (with the addresses of the account
debtors provided annually), the Accounts Payable Aging Report and the
Designation of Merchandise Report   Monthly, within twenty (20) calendar days
after the end of each month
 
       
(iii)
  Reconciliation report, in the form attached hereto   Monthly
 
       
(iv)
  Annual Budget of Borrowers showing balance sheet, statement of profit and loss
and cash flow for the next succeeding fiscal year broken down on a month to
month basis   Annually, no later than thirty (30) days following the beginning
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              DOCUMENT   FREQUENCY DUE
(v)
  Notice of noncompliance with the provisions of this Loan Agreement  
Immediately upon learning of such noncompliance, or if any representation or
warranty contained herein is no longer true or accurate
 
       
(vi)
  Compliance Certificate in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 3   As soon as
available and in any event within thirty (30) days after the close of each
quarterly period of Borrowers’ fiscal year
 
       
(vii)
  The monthly and year-to-date financial statements described in subsection
(g) below   Monthly
 
       
(viii)
  The annual financial statements described in subsection (h) below   Annually

          (g) The Borrowers will furnish the Bank as soon as available, and in
any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, a balance sheet
as of such date, a statement of monthly and year to date income and retained
earnings, and a statement of cash flows of the Borrowers, all in reasonable
detail and all prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied, certified by the chief financial officer of the
Borrowers (subject to year end adjustment).
          (h) The Borrowers will furnish the Bank, annually, as soon as
available, and in any event within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the
end of each fiscal year of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (“Smith & Wesson”)
(except that such statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, the
Borrowers shall furnish such statements on or before July 31, 2007), the
consolidating financial statements of Smith & Wesson, including a balance sheet
as of the end of such fiscal year, and a statement of income and retained
earnings for such fiscal year, and a statement of cash flows for such fiscal
year for Smith & Wesson and the Borrowers, all in reasonable detail and stating
in comparative form the respective figures for the corresponding date and period
in the prior fiscal year, and all prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, accompanied by an opinion thereon
acceptable to the Bank by independent public accountants selected by the
Borrowers and acceptable to the Bank; provided, however, that the independent
auditors that prepare such opinion shall complete due diligence with respect to
the Borrowers’ financial condition that is reasonably acceptable to the Bank.
          (i) The Borrowers will promptly, upon receipt thereof, deliver to the
Bank, copies of any reports submitted to the Borrowers by the Borrowers’
independent public accountants in connection with the examination of the
financial statements of the Borrowers made by such accountants (the so-called
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          (j) In addition to the foregoing, the Borrowers promptly shall provide
the Bank with such other and additional information concerning the Borrowers,
the Collateral, the operation of the Borrowers’ business, and the Borrowers’
financial condition, including financial reports and statements, as the Bank may
from time to time reasonably request from the Borrowers. All financial
information provided the Bank by the Borrowers shall be prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting or auditing principles (as applicable)
applied consistently in the preparation thereof and with prior periods to fairly
reflect the financial conditions of the Borrowers at the close of, and its
results of operations for, the periods in question.
     14. GENERAL AGREEMENTS OF BORROWERS.
          (a) The Borrowers agree to keep all the Collateral insured with
coverage and in amounts not less than that usually carried by one engaged in a
like business and in any event not less than that reasonably required by the
Bank with loss payable to the Bank and the Borrowers, as their interests may
appear and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, hereby appointing the Bank as attorney for the Borrowers in obtaining,
adjusting, settling and canceling such insurance and endorsing any drafts. As
further assurance for the payment and performance of the Obligations, the
Borrowers hereby assign to the Bank all sums, including returns of unearned
premiums, which may become payable under any policy of insurance on the
Collateral and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Borrowers hereby direct each insurance company issuing any such
policy to make payment of such sums directly to the Bank.
          (b) The Bank or its agents have the right to inspect the Collateral,
after twenty-four hours’ prior notice to the Borrower, during normal business
hours and all records pertaining thereto at intervals to be determined by the
Bank and without hindrance or delay and at the sole cost and expense of the
Borrowers; provided the Bank shall make no more than two (2) such inspections
per annum prior to an Event of Default. After the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Bank shall also have the right to obtain
from time to time at the sole cost and expense of the Borrowers an appraisal of
the Collateral by an appraiser acceptable to the Bank. The Borrower shall also
reimburse the Bank for any costs or expenses incurred by the Bank in the
performance of such inspections and appraisals.
          (c) Although, as above set forth, the Bank has a continuing security
interest in all of the Borrowers’ Collateral and in the proceeds thereof, the
Borrowers will at all times maintain as the minimum security hereunder a
Borrowing Base not less than the aggregate unpaid principal of all loans made
hereunder and if the Borrowers fail to do so, the Borrowers will immediately
make the necessary reduction in the unpaid principal amount of said loans so
that the loans outstanding hereunder do not in the aggregate exceed the
Borrowing Base.
          (d) The Borrowers will at all times keep, at their principal place of
business in Rochester, New Hampshire, accurate and complete records of the
Borrowers’ Inventory, Accounts and other Collateral, and the Bank, or any of its
agents, shall, after twenty-four hours’ prior notice to the Borrower, have the
right to call during normal business hours at the Borrowers’ place or places of
business at intervals to be determined by the Bank, and without hindrance or
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records, journals, orders, receipts, correspondence which relate to the
Borrowers’ Accounts, and other Collateral or other transactions, between the
parties thereto and the general financial condition of the Borrowers and the
Bank may remove any of such records temporarily for the purpose of having copies
made thereof in the event the Borrowers are unable to make the requested copies
on site. The Borrowers shall pay to the Bank all reasonable audit fees plus all
travel and other expenses incurred in connection with any such audit.
          (e) The Borrowers will maintain a standard and modern system of
accounting which enables the Borrowers to produce financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and maintain records
pertaining to the Collateral that contain information as from time to time may
be reasonably requested by the Bank.
          (f) Other than as incidental to a Roll-Up Transaction, the Borrowers
will maintain their corporate existence in good standing. The Borrowers shall
comply in a material respects with all laws and regulations of the United States
or of any state or states thereof or of any political subdivision thereof, or of
any governmental authority which may be applicable to it or to its business.
          (g) The Borrowers will pay all real and personal property taxes,
assessments and charges and all franchises, income, unemployment, old age
benefits, withholding, sales and other taxes assessed against them, or payable
by them at such times and in such manner as to prevent any penalty from accruing
or any lien or charge from attaching to their property, unless the Borrowers are
contesting such amounts in good faith and have reserved appropriate amounts in
respect thereof.
          (h) As part of the Bank’s periodic field audits, it may in its own
name or in the name of others communicate with account debtors in order to
verify with them to the Bank’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of
any Accounts.
          (i) This Loan Agreement may but need not be supplemented by separate
assignments of Accounts and if such assignments are given the rights and
security interests given thereby shall be in addition to and not in limitation
of the rights and security interests given by this Loan Agreement.
          (j) If any of the Borrowers’ Accounts arise out of contracts with the
United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, the
Borrowers will immediately notify the Bank thereof in writing and execute any
instruments and take any steps required by the Bank in order that all monies due
and to become due under such contracts shall be assigned to the Bank and notice
thereof given to the Government under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act.
          (k) If any of the Borrowers’ Accounts should be evidenced by
promissory notes, trade acceptances, or other instruments for the payment of
money, the Borrowers will immediately deliver same to the Bank, appropriately
endorsed to the Bank’s order and, regardless of the form of such endorsement,
the Borrowers hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest and
notice of protest and all other notices with respect thereto.

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          (l) If any goods are at any time in the possession of a bailee, the
Borrowers shall promptly notify the Bank thereof and, if requested by the Bank,
shall promptly obtain an acknowledgment from the bailee, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Bank, that the bailee holds such Collateral for the benefit
of the Bank and shall act upon the instructions of the Bank, without the further
consent of the Borrowers. The Bank agrees with the Borrowers that the Bank shall
not give any such instructions unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by the Borrowers
with respect to the bailee.
          (m) If the Borrowers are at any time a beneficiary under a letter of
credit now or hereafter issued in favor of the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall
promptly notify the Bank thereof and, at the request and option of the Bank, the
Borrowers shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
the Bank, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of
credit to consent to an assignment to the Bank of the proceeds of any drawing
under the letter of credit, or (ii) arrange for the Bank to become the
transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with the Bank agreeing, in each
case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit are to be
applied in the same manner as any other payment on an Account.
          (n) If the Borrowers shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial
tort claim, the Borrowers shall immediately notify the Bank in a writing signed
by the Borrowers of the brief details thereof and grant to the Bank in such
writing a security interest therein, and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the
terms of this Loan Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Bank.
          (o) The Borrowers will promptly pay when due all taxes and assessments
upon the Collateral or for their use or operation or upon this Loan Agreement,
or upon any note or notes evidencing the Obligations, and will, at the request
of the Bank, promptly furnish the Bank the receipted bills therefor. At its
option, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
the Bank may discharge taxes, liens or security interests or other encumbrances
at any time levied or placed on the Collateral, may pay for insurance on the
Collateral and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Collateral.
The Borrowers agree to reimburse the Bank on demand for any payments made, or
any expenses incurred by the Bank pursuant to the foregoing authorization, and
upon failure of the Borrowers so to reimburse the Bank, any such sums paid or
advanced by the Bank shall be deemed secured by the Collateral and constitute
part of the Obligations.
          (p) Except for the Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, the
Borrowers will indemnify and save the Bank harmless from all loss, costs,
damage, liability or expenses (including, without limitation, court costs and
reasonable attorneys’ fees) that the Bank may sustain or incur by reason of
defending or protecting its security interest or the priority thereof or
enforcing the Obligations, or in the prosecution or defense of any action or
proceeding concerning any matter growing out of or in connection with this Loan
Agreement and/or any other documents now or hereafter executed in connection
with this Loan Agreement and/or the Obligations and/or the Collateral. This
indemnity shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination of
the Bank’s agreement to make loans available to the Borrowers and the
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          (q) At the option of the Bank, the Borrowers will furnish to the Bank,
from time to time, within five (5) days after the accrual in accordance with
applicable law of the Borrowers’ obligation to make deposits for F.I.C.A. and
withholding taxes and/or sales taxes, proof satisfactory to the Bank that such
deposits have been made as required.
          (r) Should the Borrowers fail to make any of such deposits or furnish
such proof, then the Bank may, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) make any
of such deposits or any part thereof, (b) pay such taxes, or any part thereof,
or (c) set up such reserves as the Bank, in its judgment, shall deem necessary
to satisfy the liability for such taxes. Each amount so deposited or paid shall
constitute an advance under the terms hereof, repayable on demand with interest,
as provided herein, and secured by all Collateral and any other property at any
time pledged by the Borrowers to the Bank. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
obligate the Bank to make any such deposit or payment or set up such reserve and
the making of one or more of such deposits or payments or the setting up of such
reserve shall not constitute (i) an agreement on the Bank’s part to take any
further or similar action, or (ii) a waiver of any default by the Borrowers
under the terms hereof.
          (s) All advances by the Bank to the Borrowers under this Loan
Agreement and under any other agreement constitute one general revolving
fluctuating loan, and all indebtedness of the Borrowers to the Bank under this
and under any other agreement constitute one general Obligation. Each advance to
the Borrowers hereunder or otherwise shall be made upon the security of all of
the Collateral held and to be held by the Bank. It is distinctly understood and
agreed that all of the rights of the Bank contained in this Loan Agreement shall
likewise apply, insofar as applicable, to any modification of or supplement to
this Loan Agreement and to any other agreements between the Bank and the
Borrowers. Any default of this Loan Agreement by the Borrowers shall constitute,
likewise, a default by the Borrowers of any other existing agreement with the
Bank, and any default by the Borrowers of any other agreement with the Bank
shall constitute a default of this Loan Agreement. The entire Obligation of the
Borrowers to the Bank shall become due and payable upon termination of this Loan
Agreement.
          (t) During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrowers
hereby grant to the Bank for a term to commence on the date of this Loan
Agreement and continuing thereafter until all debts and Obligations of any kind
or character owing from the Borrowers to the Bank are fully paid and discharged,
the right to use all premises or places of business which the Borrowers
presently have or may hereafter have and where any of the Collateral may be
located, at a total rental for the entire period of One Dollar ($1.00). The Bank
agrees not to exercise the rights granted in this paragraph unless and until the
Bank determines to exercise its rights against the Collateral.
          (u) The Borrowers will, at their expense, upon the reasonable request
of the Bank promptly and duly execute and deliver such documents and assurances
and take such actions as the Bank may reasonably request in order to correct any
defect, error or omission which may at any time be discovered or to more
effectively carry out the intent and purpose of this Loan Agreement and to
establish, perfect and protect the Bank’s security interest, rights and remedies
created or intended to be created hereunder. Without limiting the generality of
the above, the Borrowers will join with the Bank in executing financing and
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pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other notices appropriate under
applicable Federal or state law in form satisfactory to the Bank and filing the
same in all public offices and jurisdictions wherever and whenever reasonably
requested by the Bank.
          (v) The Borrowers shall perform any and all further steps requested by
the Bank to perfect the Bank’s security interest in Inventory, such as leasing
warehouses to the Bank or its designee, placing and maintaining signs,
appointing custodians, maintaining stock records and transferring Inventory to
warehouses. A physical listing of all Inventory, wherever located, shall be
taken by the Borrowers at least annually and whenever requested by the Bank if
one or more of the Events of Default exist.
          (w) The Borrowers hereby grant to the Bank for a term to commence on
the date of this Loan Agreement and continuing thereafter until all debts and
Obligations of any kind or character owed to the Bank are fully paid and
discharged, a non-exclusive irrevocable royalty-free license in connection with
the Bank’s exercise of its rights hereunder, to use, apply or affix any
trademark, trade name logo or the like and to use any patents, in which the
Borrowers now or hereafter have rights, which license may be used by the Bank
upon and after the occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default,
provided, however, that such use by the Bank shall be suspended if such Events
of Default are cured. This license shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of,
the inclusion of all of the Borrowers’ trademarks, service marks, trade names,
logos, goodwill, patents, franchises and licenses in the Collateral; in addition
to the right to use said Collateral as provided in this paragraph, the Bank
shall have full right to exercise any and all of its other rights regarding
Collateral with respect to such trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos,
goodwill, patents, franchises and licenses.
     15. BORROWERS’ NEGATIVE COVENANTS. The Borrowers will not at any time:
          (a) (Debt Service Coverage) permit, for each trailing twelve
(12) month period ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of
cash flow to Total Debt Service to be less than 1.10 to 1 calculated as follows:
 EBITDA minus unfinanced capital expenditures minus taxes paid minus advances to
any shareholder minus dividends or
 distributions divided by interest plus CMLTD accrued or paid.
          (b) (Subchapter S Corporation) if the Borrowers are Subchapter S
corporations, make distributions to their shareholders during any fiscal year of
the Borrowers in an aggregate amount greater than the amount necessary to pay
federal and state income taxes upon the Borrowers’ undistributed income for such
year;
          (c) (Disposition of Collateral) sell, assign, exchange or otherwise
dispose of any of the Collateral, other than any of the following: (A) Inventory
consisting of (i) scrap, waste, defective goods and the like; (ii) obsolete
goods; (iii) finished goods sold in the ordinary course of business or any
interest therein to any individual, partnership, trust or other corporation; and
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conduct of the Borrowers’ business, so long as the Borrowers receive therefor a
sum substantially equal to such Equipment’s fair value, remits such sum to the
Bank in accordance with the terms of this Loan Agreement or replaces such
Equipment with other equipment of similar value which is subject to a first
security interest in the Bank’s favor; (B) a Roll-Up Transaction; (C) such sale
of Collateral outside of the ordinary course of business with an aggregate value
of less than $250,000.00; or (D) as may be permitted under Section 15(o) below;
          (d) (Liens) create, permit to be created or suffer to exist any lien,
encumbrance or security interest of any kind (“Lien”) upon any of the Collateral
or any other property of the Borrowers, now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(i) landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’ and other similar liens
arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of the Borrowers’ business;
(ii) arising out of pledge or deposits under worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, old age pension, social security, retirement benefits or other
similar legislation; (iii) purchase money Liens arising in the ordinary course
of business for the purchase of equipment (so long as the indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed the lesser of the cost or fair market value of the
property subject thereto, and such Lien extends to no other property);
(iv) Liens for unpaid taxes that are either (x) not yet due and payable, or
(y) are subject of permitted protests; (v) Liens which are the subject of
permitted protests; (vi) those Liens and encumbrances set forth on Schedule “B”;
(vii) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business
under Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code; (viii) Liens arising out of
capital leases; and (viii) Liens in favor of the Bank; the term “permitted
protests” as used herein means the right of the Borrowers to protest any Lien
(other than a Lien that secures the Obligations), tax (other than payroll taxes
or taxes that are the subject of a federal or state tax lien) or rental payment,
provided that (x) a reserve with respect to such liability is established on the
books of the Borrowers in an amount that is reasonably satisfactory to the Bank,
(y) any such protest is instituted and diligently prosecuted by the Borrowers in
good faith, and (z) the Bank is satisfied that, while such protest is pending,
there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity or priority of any
of the Liens of the Bank in and to the Collateral;
          (e) (Dividends) without the prior written consent of the Bank, pay any
dividends on or make any distribution on account of (except, if the Borrowers
are Subchapter S corporations, consistent with paragraph (b) above) any class of
the Borrowers’ capital stock in cash or in property (other than additional
shares of such stock), or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or
indirectly, any of such stock; provided, however, the Borrowers will not be
required to obtain the prior written consent of the Bank as long as such
dividends and distributions do not exceed in the aggregate $250,000.00 in any
fiscal year;
          (f) (Loans) make any loans or advances to any individual, partnership,
trust or other corporation, including without limitation the Borrowers’
directors, officers and employees, except advances to officers or employees with
respect to expenses incurred by them in the ordinary course of their duties
which are properly reimbursable by the Borrowers;
          (g) (Guarantees) assume, guaranty, endorse or otherwise become
directly or contingently liable in respect of (including without limitation by
way of agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, provide funds to or
otherwise invest in a debtor or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss),
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deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business and guarantees in favor
of the Bank) of any individual, partnership, trust or other corporation;
          (h) (Investments) (i) use any loan proceeds to purchase or carry any
“margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System) or (ii) invest in or purchase any stock or securities of
any individual, partnership, trust, limited liability company or corporation
except (x) readily marketable direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed
by, the United States of America or any agency thereof, or (y) time deposits
with or certificates of deposit issued by the Bank during the term of the Loan;
          (i) (Transactions with Affiliates) enter into any new lease or other
transaction with any shareholder, officer or affiliate on terms any less
favorable than those which might be obtained at the time from persons who (or
entities which) are not such a shareholder, officer or affiliate excluding those
transactions which are solely by and between the Borrowers;
          (j) (Subsidiaries) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any stock of
any subsidiary of the Borrowers other than pursuant to a Roll-Up Transaction;
          (k) (Mergers, Consolidations or Sales) other than pursuant to a
Roll-Up Transaction, without the prior written consent of the Bank, (i) merge or
consolidate with or into any corporation; (ii) convey, lease or sell all or any
material portion of their property or assets or business to any other person,
firm or corporation, except for the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of
their business; or (iii) convey, lease or sell any of their assets to any
person, firm or corporation for less than the fair market value thereof;
          (l) (Redemption) without the prior written consent of the Bank, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, redeem any preferred or common stock of any
Borrower;
          (m) (Change in Legal Status) other than as incidental to a Roll-Up
Transaction, (i) change their name, their place of business or, if more than
one, chief executive office, or their mailing address or organizational
identification number if they have one, and (ii) change their types of
organization, jurisdiction or other legal structure. If the Borrowers do not
have an organizational identification number and later obtain one, the Borrowers
shall forthwith notify the Bank of such organizational identification number.
          (n) (Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering) The Borrowers shall
not, nor shall they permit any of their subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
(a) (i) knowingly conduct any business or engage in making or receiving any
contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any person
described in Section 4(k), (ii) knowingly deal in, or otherwise engage in any
transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant
to any Anti-Terrorism Law (as defined below) or (iii) knowingly engage in or
conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set
forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Borrowers shall deliver to the Bank any
certification or other evidence requested from time to time by the Bank in its
reasonable discretion, confirming the Borrowers’ compliance with this
Section 13(n)(a)), or (b) cause or permit any of the funds of the Borrowers that
are used to repay the Loan or other Obligations to be derived from any unlawful
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would be in violation of any such laws. For the purposes of this Loan Agreement,
the term “Anti-Terrorism Law” means any of the Laws relating to terrorism or
money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 (effective September 24,
2001), the PATRIOT Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy
Act, and the Laws administered by OFAC.
          (o) (Embargoed Person) The Borrowers shall not, nor shall they permit
any of their subsidiaries to, cause or permit (a) any of the funds or properties
of the Borrowers that are used to repay the Obligations to constitute property
of, or be beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any person subject to
sanctions or trade restrictions under applicable Laws (each, an “Embargoed
Person”) that is identified on (i) the “List of Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC and/or on any other similar list
maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute including, but not
limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701
et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any
Executive Order or Laws promulgated thereunder, with the result that the
investment in any Borrower (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by
applicable laws, or making of the Loan would be in violation of applicable Laws
or (ii) the Executive Order, any related enabling legislation or any other
similar Executive Orders or (b) any Embargoed Person to have any direct or
indirect interest, of any nature whatsoever in any Borrower, with the result
that the investment in such Borrower (whether directly or indirectly) is
prohibited by applicable laws or the making of the Loan is in violation of such
applicable laws.
          Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
to the contrary, the Borrowers are permitted to pay reasonable management and
employee fees arising in connection with services actually provided by or paid
by Smith and Wesson Corp.
          For purposes of this section: “affiliate” shall mean any person or
entity (i) which directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by or is
under common control with the Borrowers or a subsidiary, (ii) which directly or
indirectly beneficially holds or owns five percent (5%) or more of any class of
voting stock of the Borrowers or any subsidiary, or (iii) five percent (5%) or
more of the voting stock of which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned
or held by the Borrowers or a subsidiary; “capital assets” shall mean assets
that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, are required
or permitted to be depreciated or amortized on the Borrowers’ balance sheet;
“capital expenditures” shall mean but not be limited to amounts paid during such
fiscal year for capital assets or capital leases and shall include, in the case
of a purchase, the entire purchase price and, in the case of a capital lease
(but not an operating lease), the entire rental for the term; “capital leases”
shall mean capital leases, conditional sales contracts and other title retention
agreements relating to the purchase or acquisition of capital assets; “cash
flow” shall mean EBITDA, minus unfinanced capital expenditures, minus taxes
actually paid, minus dividends and distributions actually paid; “CMLTD” shall
mean the current maturity of long term indebtedness paid or payable in cash
during the applicable period, including but not limited to, the principal
portion of amounts required to be paid during such period under capital leases,
and, for purposes of this definition, excluding any principal amounts paid on
the Revolving Note pursuant to normal and ordinary course borrowings and
repayments during the applicable period; “control” shall mean the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of any person or entity, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; “distributions” shall mean all
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reasonable salaries, bonuses and expense reimbursements; “EBITDA” shall mean,
for the applicable period, the net income from continuing operations plus, to
the extent that such items are included in the calculation of such net income:
(a) interest expense; (b) the provision for income taxes; (c) depreciation and
amortization expense, including, for the purpose of this definition, certain
non-cash expenses and charges incurred in connection with purchase accounting
treatment of the Purchase Agreement transaction; and (d) any non-cash
extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring losses and charges (or minus any such
gains and credits); determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles; “fixed charges” shall mean interest, plus CMLTD; “indebtedness”
shall mean (i) all liabilities for borrowed money, for the deferred purchase
price of property or services, and under leases which are or should be, under
generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases, in respect
of which a person or entity is directly or indirectly, absolutely or
contingently liable as obligor, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, or in respect
of which such person or entity otherwise assures a creditor against loss,
(ii) all liabilities of the type described in (i) above which are secured by (or
for which the holder has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any lien upon property owned by such person or entity, whether or
not such person or entity has assumed or become liable for the payment thereof,
and (iii) all other liabilities or obligations which would, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, be classified as liabilities of such
person or entity; “interest” shall mean, for the applicable period, all interest
paid or payable, including, but not limited to, interest paid or payable on
indebtedness and on capital leases, determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; and “unfinanced capital expenditures” shall mean
capital expenditures, minus long term indebtedness issued during the applicable
period for the acquisition of capital assets.
     16. DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT.
          (a) Upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events
(herein, “Events of Default”), the Bank may decline to make any or all further
loans or issue Letters of Credit hereunder or under any other agreements with
the Borrowers, any and all Obligations of the Borrowers to the Bank shall become
immediately due and payable, at the option of the Bank and without notice or
demand. The occurrence of any such Event of Default shall also constitute,
without notice or demand, a default under all other agreements between the Bank
and the Borrowers and instruments and papers given the Bank by the Borrowers,
whether such agreements, instruments, or papers now exist or hereafter arise,
namely:
          (i) The failure by the Borrowers to pay when due any principal,
interest, fees, costs, and expenses due pursuant to this Loan Agreement and such
failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days after such
payment is due.
          (ii) The failure by the Borrowers to pay, when due, any other
Obligations and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five
(5) days after written notice.
          (iii) Default by the Borrowers in the observance or performance of any
of the covenants or agreements of the Borrowers contained in Sections 11(a) or
15 of this Loan Agreement and such failure shall continue unremedied for a
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          (iv) The failure by the Borrowers to promptly, punctually and
faithfully perform, or observe any term, covenant or agreement on their part to
be performed or observed pursuant to any of the provisions of this Loan
Agreement, other than those described in Sections 5(b), 5(f), 5(h), 11(a),
11(d), 15 , or in any other agreement with the Bank, which is not remedied
within the earlier of thirty (30) days after (i) notice thereof by the Bank to
the Borrowers, or (ii) the date the Borrowers were required to give notice to
the Bank pursuant to Section 13(f)(v) hereof; provided that if the Borrowers
commence and are diligently pursuing to completion an action to cure the
failure, the thirty (30) day period may be extended for the period of time
necessary to cure the failure, but in no event longer than sixty (60) days from
the date of the Bank’s notice.
          (v) The reasonable determination by the Bank that any representation
or warranty heretofore, now or hereafter made by the Borrowers to the Bank, in
any documents, instrument, agreement, or paper was not true or accurate when
given in any material respect.
          (vi) The occurrence of any event such that any indebtedness in the
aggregate principal amount of at least $250,000.00 of the Borrowers from any
lender other than the Bank could be accelerated, notwithstanding that such
acceleration has not taken place.
          (vii) The occurrence of any event which would cause a lien creditor,
as that term is defined in Section 9-102 of the Code, to take priority over
advances made by the Bank.
          (viii) A filing against or relating to the Borrowers of (A) a federal
tax lien in favor of the United States of America or any political subdivision
of the United States of America, or (B) a state tax lien in favor of any state
of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state,
in each case not cured within forty-five (45) days.
          (ix) The occurrence of any event of default beyond the applicable
notice, grace, or cure period under any agreement related to indedtedness in
excess of $250,000.00 between the Bank and the Borrowers or instrument or paper
given to the Bank by the Borrowers, whether such agreement, instrument, or paper
now exists or hereafter arises (notwithstanding that the Bank may not have
exercised its rights upon default under any such other agreement, instrument or
paper).
          (x) Any act by, against, or relating to the Borrowers, or to a
material portion of their property or assets, which act constitutes the
application for, consent to, or sufferance of the appointment of a receiver,
trustee or other person, pursuant to court action or otherwise, over all, or a
material part of the Borrowers’ property.
          (xi) The execution of an assignment for the benefit of the creditors
of the Borrowers, or the occurrence of any other voluntary or involuntary
liquidation or extension of debt agreement for the Borrowers; the failure by the
Borrowers to generally pay the debts of the Borrowers as they mature;
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relative to the Borrowers; the entry of an order for relief or similar order
with respect to the Borrowers in any proceeding pursuant to Title 11 of the
United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy” (hereinafter the “Bankruptcy Code”) or
any other federal Bankruptcy law; the filing of any complaint, application, or
petition by or against the Borrowers initiating any matter in which the
Borrowers are or may be granted any relief from the debts of the Borrowers
pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency statute or procedure;
the calling or sufferance of a meeting of creditors of the Borrowers; the
meeting by the Borrowers of a formal or informal creditor’s committee; the
offering by or entering into by the Borrowers of any composition, extension or
any other arrangement seeking relief or extension for the debts of the
Borrowers, or the initiation of any other judicial or non-judicial proceeding or
agreement by, against or including the Borrowers which seeks or intends to
accomplish a reorganization or arrangement with creditors; provided that if any
action listed above is not initiated by the Borrowers, such action shall not
have been dismissed within sixty (60) days following the filing or institution
thereof.
          (xii) The entry of any judgment(s) of at least $250,000.00 against the
Borrowers, which judgment(s) is not satisfied or appealed from (with execution
or similar process stayed) within sixty (60) days of its entry.
          (xiii) The occurrence, after ten (10) days written notice and
opportunity to cure (if the adverse change is curable), of any material adverse
change in the business or financial condition of the Borrowers such that the
Bank shall believe in good faith that the prospect of payment of all or any part
of the Obligations or the performance by the Borrowers under this Loan Agreement
are impaired. The Bank’s rights hereunder shall be governed by Section 1-208 of
the UCC.
          (xiv) Entry of any final, nonappealable court order which enjoins,
restrains or in any way prevents the Borrowers from conducting all or any part
of their business affairs in the ordinary course of business which has a
material, adverse effect on the financial condition, business or operations of
the Borrowers.
          (xv) The service of any process upon the Bank seeking to attach by
trustee process any funds in excess of $250,000.00 of the Borrowers on deposit
with the Bank.
          (xvi) Any change in the executive officers of the Borrowers unless the
Borrowers shall have provided to the Bank written notice thereof within five
(5) Business Days following such change.
          (xvii) The occurrence of any material uninsured loss, theft, damage or
destruction to a material portion of the assets of the Borrowers.
          (xviii) The death, termination of existence, dissolution, or
liquidation of the Borrowers, or the ceasing to carry on actively any
substantial part of the Borrowers’ current business, other than incidental to a
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          (xix) This Loan Agreement shall, at any time after its execution and
delivery and for any reason, cease (A) to create a valid and perfected first
priority security interest (except as permitted under Section 15(a)) in and to
the property purported to be subject to this Loan Agreement; or (B) to be in
full force and effect or shall be declared null and void, or the validity or
enforceability hereof shall be contested by the Borrowers or any guarantor of
the Borrowers denies that it has any further liability or obligation hereunder.
          (xx) Any of the following events occur or exist with respect to the
Borrowers or any ERISA affiliate: (A) any “prohibited transaction” (as defined
in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) involving
any Plan; (B) any “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and
the regulations issued under such Section) shall occur with respect to any Plan;
(C) the filing under Section 4041 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate
any Plan or the termination of any Plan; (D) any event or circumstance exists
which might constitute grounds entitling the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (PBGC) to institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or for the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or
the institution by the PBGC of any such proceedings; (E) or partial withdrawal
under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA from a Multiemployer Plan or the
reorganization, insolvency, or termination of any Multiemployer Plan; and in
each case above, such event or condition, together with all other events or
conditions, if any, could in the opinion of the Bank subject the Borrowers to
any tax, penalty, or other liability to a Plan, a Multiemployer Plan, the PBGC,
or otherwise; provided no Event of Default shall occur under this
Section 16(a)(xx) unless the aggregate liability exceeds $500,000.00.
          (xxi) Any act by or against, or relating to the Borrowers or their
assets pursuant to which any creditor of the Borrowers seeks to reclaim or
repossess or reclaims or repossesses all or a material portion of the Borrowers’
assets.
          Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Bank may declare any
obligation the Bank may have hereunder to be cancelled, declare all Obligations
of the Borrowers to be due and payable and proceed to enforce payment of the
Obligations and to exercise any and all of the rights and remedies afforded to
the Bank by the Uniform Commercial Code or under the terms of this Loan
Agreement or otherwise. In addition, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
if Bank proceeds to enforce payment of the Obligations, the Borrowers shall be
obligated to deliver to the Bank cash collateral in an amount equal to the
aggregate amounts then undrawn on all outstanding Letters of Credit or
acceptances issued or guaranteed by the Bank for the account of the Borrowers,
and the Bank may proceed to enforce payment of the same and to exercise all
rights and remedies afforded to the Bank by the Uniform Commercial Code or under
the terms of this Loan Agreement or otherwise. Upon the occurrence of, and
during the continuance of, an Event of Default, the Borrowers, as additional
compensation to the Bank for its increased credit risk, promise to pay interest
on all Obligations (including, without limitation, principal, whether or not
past due, past due interest and any other amounts past due under this Loan
Agreement) at a per annum rate of three percent (3%) greater than the rate of
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          (b) Upon the filing of any complaint, application, or petition by or
against the Borrowers initiating any matter in which the Borrowers are or may be
granted any relief from the debts of the Borrowers pursuant to the Bankruptcy
Code, the Bank’s obligation hereunder shall be canceled immediately,
automatically, and without notice, and all Obligations of the Borrowers then
outstanding shall become immediately due and payable without presentation,
demand, or notice of any kind to the Borrowers.
          (c) Any sale or other disposition of the Collateral may be at public
or private sale upon such terms and in such manner as the Bank deems advisable,
having due regard to compliance with any statute or regulation which might
affect, limit or apply to the Bank’s disposition of the Collateral. The Bank may
conduct any such sale or other disposition of the Collateral upon the Borrowers’
premises. Unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily
in value, or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market (in which
event the Bank shall provide the Borrowers with such notice as may be
practicable under the circumstances), the Bank shall give the Borrowers at least
the greater of the minimum notice required by law or seven (7) days prior
written notice of the date, time and place of any proposed public sale, and of
the date after which any private sale or other disposition of the Collateral may
be made. The Bank may purchase the Collateral, or any portion of it at any
public sale.
          (d) If the Bank sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Borrowers
will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser of such
Collateral and received by the Bank. If the purchaser fails to pay for the
Collateral, the Bank may re-sell the Collateral and the Borrowers shall be
credited with the proceeds of the sale.
          (e) In connection with the Bank’s exercise of the Bank’s rights after
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Bank may enter upon, occupy and use
any premises owned or occupied by the Borrowers, and may exclude the Borrowers
from such premises or portion thereof as may have been so entered upon,
occupied, or used by the Bank. The Bank shall not be required to remove any of
the Collateral from any such premises upon the Bank’s taking possession thereof,
and may render any Collateral unusable to the Borrowers. In no event shall the
Bank be liable to the Borrowers for use or occupancy by the Bank of any premises
pursuant to this Loan Agreement.
          (f) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Bank may require
the Borrowers to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Bank at
the Borrowers’ sole risk and expense at a place or places which are reasonably
convenient to both the Bank and the Borrowers. In addition to the foregoing, the
Bank shall have all of the rights and remedies afforded to a secured party
pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
     17. STANDARDS FOR EXERCISING REMEDIES. To the extent that applicable law
imposes duties on the Bank to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable
manner, the Borrowers acknowledge and agree that it is not commercially
unreasonable for the Bank (a) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed
significant by the Bank to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to
complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished
products for disposition, (b) to fail to obtain third party consents for access
to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law,
to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or
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(c) to fail to exercise collection remedies against account debtors or other
persons obligated on Collateral or to remove liens or encumbrances on or any
adverse claims against Collateral, (d) to exercise collection remedies against
account debtors and other persons obligated on Collateral directly or through
the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (e) to
advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general
circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (f) to
contact other persons, whether or not in the same business as the Borrowers, for
expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral,
(g) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of
Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (h) to
dispose of the Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the
auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the
reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets,
(i) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (j) to
disclaim disposition warranties specifically to disclaim any warranties of title
or the like, (k) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Bank
against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to
the Bank a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral,
or (l) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Bank, to obtain the services of
other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist
the Bank in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. The
Borrowers acknowledge that the purpose of this section is to provide
non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Bank would not be
commercially unreasonable in the Bank’s exercise of remedies against the
Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Bank shall not be deemed
commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this
section. Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this
section shall be construed to grant any rights to the Borrowers or to impose any
duties on the Bank that would not have been granted or imposed by this Loan
Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this section.
     18. PROCESSING AND SALES OF INVENTORY. So long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers shall have the right, in the regular
course of business, to process and sell the Borrowers’ Inventory. A sale in the
ordinary course of business shall not include a transfer in total or partial
satisfaction of a debt.
     19. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWERS AND THE BANK EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS LOAN AGREEMENT. The Borrowers hereby certify that neither the
Bank nor any of its representatives, agents or counsel has represented,
expressly or otherwise, would not, in the event of any such suit, action or
proceeding, seek to enforce this waiver of right to trial by jury. The Borrowers
acknowledge that the Bank has been induced to enter into this Loan Agreement by,
among other things, this waiver. The Borrowers acknowledge that they have read
the provisions of this Loan Agreement and in particular, this section; have
consulted legal counsel; understands the right they are granting in this Loan
Agreement and are waiving in this section in particular; and make the above
waiver knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally.
     20. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. The Borrowers and the Bank agree that any
action or proceeding to enforce or arising out of this Loan Agreement may be
commenced in any court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts sitting in the
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in the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts,
and the Borrowers waive personal service of process and agrees that a summons
and complaint commencing an action or proceeding in any such court shall be
properly served and confer personal jurisdiction if served by registered or
certified mail to the Borrowers, or as otherwise provided by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States of America.
     21. TERMINATION.
          (a) Unless renewed in writing, this Loan Agreement shall terminate on
the earlier to occur of (i) that date which is thirty-six (36) months from the
date hereof, or (ii) the date upon which the Revolving Note is terminated
hereunder, (the “Termination Date”), and all Obligations shall be due and
payable in full without presentation, demand, or further notice of any kind,
whether or not all or any part of the Obligations is otherwise due and payable
pursuant to the agreement or instrument evidencing same. The Bank may terminate
this Loan Agreement immediately and without notice upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Loan
Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, the security interest, the Bank’s rights
and remedies hereunder and the Borrowers’ obligations and liabilities hereunder
shall survive any termination of this Loan Agreement and shall remain in full
force and effect until all of the Obligations outstanding, or contracted or
committed for (whether or not outstanding), shall be finally and irrevocably
paid in full. No Collateral shall be released or financing statement terminated
until such final and irrevocable payment in full of the Obligations, as
described in the preceding sentence.
          (b) If the Borrowers pay in full all or substantially all of the
Obligations prior to the Termination Date, other than temporarily from funds
internally generated in the ordinary course of business, at the time of such
payment the Borrowers shall also pay to the Bank a prepayment premium in an
amount equal to: (i) two percent (2%) of the Credit Limit, if paid during the
first year after the date of this Loan Agreement, (ii) one percent (1%) of the
Credit Limit, if prepaid during the second year after the date of this Loan
Agreement, and (iii) one half percent (.5%) of the Credit Limit, if prepaid
after the second anniversary of this Loan Agreement. Any tender of payment in
full of the Obligations following an acceleration by the Bank of the Obligations
pursuant to Section 16, shall be for purposes of this section deemed to be a
prepayment requiring the Borrowers to pay the aforementioned prepayment premium.
          Such prepayment premium shall be paid to the Bank as liquidated
damages for the loss of the bargain by the Bank and not as a penalty.
          Any prepayment premium due and owing to the Bank pursuant to this
Section 21 shall be in addition to any LIBOR Rate Loan Prepayment Fee due and
owing pursuant to Section 5 hereof.
          (c) In the event that the Bank continues to make loans hereunder after
the Termination Date without a written extension of such Termination Date or
after the occurrence of an Event of Default, all such loans: (i) shall be made
in the sole and absolute discretion of the Bank; and (ii) shall, together with
all other Obligations, be payable thereafter ON DEMAND.
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          (a) No delay or omission on the part of the Bank in exercising any
rights shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right. Waiver on any
one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy
on any future occasion. All the Bank’s rights and remedies, whether evidenced
hereby or by any other agreement, instrument or paper, shall be cumulative and
may be exercised singularly or concurrently.
          (b) The Bank is authorized to make loans under the terms of this Loan
Agreement upon the request, either written or oral, in the name of the Borrowers
or any authorized person whose name appears at the end of this Loan Agreement or
of any of the following named person, or persons, from time to time, holding the
following offices of Borrowers, President, Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer,
and such other officers and authorized signatories as may from time to time be
set forth in separate resolutions. Any request for a loan which is not
accompanied by a Notice of Borrowing shall be deemed a request for a Prime Rate
Loan.
          (c) This Loan Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the
respective successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto; provided,
however, that the Borrowers may not assign this Loan Agreement or any rights or
duties hereunder without the Bank’s prior written consent and any prohibited
assignment shall be absolutely void. No consent to an assignment by the Bank
shall release the Borrowers from their Obligations. The Bank may assign this
Loan Agreement and their rights and duties hereunder and no consent or approval
by the Borrowers are required in connection with any such assignment. The Bank
reserves the right to sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or grant participations
in all or any part of, or any interest in the Bank’s rights and benefits
hereunder. In connection with any assignment or participation, the Bank may
disclose all documents and information which the Bank now or hereafter may have
relating to the Borrowers or the Borrowers’ business. To the extent that the
Bank assigns its rights and obligations hereunder to another party, the Bank
thereafter shall be released from such assigned obligations to the Borrowers and
such assignment shall affect a novation between the Borrowers and such other
party. The Bank agrees that it will provide the Borrowers with written notice of
any assignment hereunder, it being expressly acknowledged and agreed that any
failure by the Bank to do so shall not constitute a default or breach by the
Bank of any obligations hereunder and shall not entitle the Borrowers to any
additional rights, claims or remedies.
          (d) The Borrowers agree that any and all loans made by the Bank to the
Borrowers or for their account under this Loan Agreement shall be conclusively
deemed to have been authorized by the Borrowers and to have been made pursuant
to duly authorized requests therefor on its behalf.
          (e) Unless otherwise defined in this Loan Agreement, capitalized words
shall have the meanings set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as of the date of this Loan Agreement.
          (f) Paragraph and section headings used in this Loan Agreement are for
convenience only, and shall not effect the construction of this Loan Agreement.
If one or more provisions of this Loan Agreement (or the application thereof)
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction,
the same shall not, invalidate or render illegal or unenforceable such provision
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of this Loan Agreement (or its application). This Loan Agreement is the entire
agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes any prior written or verbal communications or instruments relating
thereto.
          (g) Unless otherwise provided in this Loan Agreement, all notices or
demands by any party relating to this Loan Agreement or any other loan document
shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other informational
documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be
personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid,
return receipt requested ), overnight courier, or telefacsimile to the Borrowers
or to the Bank, as the case may be, at its address set forth below:

         
 
  If to Bank:   Citizens Bank of Massachusetts
 
      53 State Street
 
      Boston, Massachusetts 02109
 
      Attn: Michael E. Lavoie, V.P.
 
      Telephone:     (617) 994-7364
 
      Telecopier:     (617) 227-7995
 
       
 
  If to Borrowers:   Smith & Wesson Corp.
 
      2100 Roosevelt Avenue
 
      Springfield, MA 01102-2208
 
      Attn: John A. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer
 
      Telecopier: (413) 739-8528
 
       
 
  With a copy to:   Greenberg Traurig, LLP
 
      2375 E. Camelback Road
 
      Suite 700
 
      Phoenix, AZ 85016
 
      Attn: Karl A. Freeburg
 
      Telecopier: (602)445-8100

          The parties hereto may change the address at which they are to receive
notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the
other. All notices or demand sent in accordance with this section shall be
deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or three (3) days
after the deposit thereof in the mail.
          (h) The Bank shall have no obligation to maintain any electronic
records or any documents, schedules, invoices, agings or any other paper
delivered to the Bank by the Borrowers in connection with this Loan Agreement or
any other agreement for more than four (4) months after receipt of the same by
the Bank.
          (i) Neither this Loan Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity
herein shall be construed or resolved against the Bank or the Borrowers, whether
under any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Loan
Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and
interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to fairly
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          (j) Each provision of this Loan Agreement shall be severable from
every other provision of this Loan Agreement for the purpose of determining the
legal enforceability of any specific provision.
          (k) This Loan Agreement, together with the other documents and
instruments executed concurrently herewith represent the entire and final
understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by evidence of any prior,
contemporaneous or subsequent other agreement, oral or written, before the date
hereof.
          (l) This Loan Agreement can only be amended by a writing signed by the
Bank and the Borrowers.
          (m) The laws of Massachusetts shall govern the construction of this
Loan Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto. This Loan
Agreement shall take effect as a sealed instrument.
          (n) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Bank hereby
consents to the Roll-Up Transactions, and hereby irrevocably waives the
application of any and all of the terms or conditions of this Loan Agreement and
such other documents and instruments executed and delivered in favor of the Bank
securing the Obligations that may be triggered or otherwise affected by such
transactions. As used herein, a “Roll-Up Transaction” means (i) any merger or
consolidation of, or sale of stock or assets by, a Borrower with or to another
Borrower or (ii) any merger or consolidation of or sale of stock or assets by a
Borrower with or to any wholly-owned subsidiary of a Borrower; provided that the
Borrowers shall have provided the Bank with thirty (30) days prior notice of
such transaction and shall reasonably cooperate with the Bank to execute and
deliver any instruments necessary for the Bank to maintain and perfect its
security interest in the assets of such wholly-owned subsidiary consisting of
the Collateral, and, after giving effect to any such transaction, no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would occur as a result
thereof.
          (o) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Borrower may
re-domesticate upon thirty (30) days prior notice to the Bank, provided that
Borrower shall cooperate with the Bank in filing appropriate financing
statements in the appropriate filing offices and shall reimburse the Bank for
any and all costs associated with filing such financing statements.
          (p) The Bank hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the
requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name
and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow the Bank to
identify the Borrowers in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Loan Agreement as
of the date first above written.

                  CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS
 
                By:   /s/ Michael E. Lavoie          
 
      Address:   53 State Street
 
          Boston, Massachusetts 02109
 
                THOMPSON CENTER HOLDING CORPORATION
 
                By:   /s/ John A. Kelly          
 
      Address:   2100 Roosevelt Avenue
 
          Springfield, MA 01102-2208
 
                BEAR LAKE HOLDINGS, INC.
 
                By:   /s/ John A. Kelly          
 
      Address:   2100 Roosevelt Avenue
 
          Springfield, MA 01102-2208
 
                O.L. DEVELOPMENT, INC.
 
                By:   /s/ John A. Kelly          
 
      Address:   2100 Roosevelt Avenue
 
          Springfield, MA 01102-2208
 
                K.W. THOMPSON TOOL COMPANY, INC.
 
                By:   /s/ John A. Kelly          
 
      Address:   2100 Roosevelt Avenue
 
          Springfield, MA 01102-2208
 
                THOMPSON/CENTER ARMS COMPANY, INC.
 
                By:   /s/ John A. Kelly          
 
      Address:   2100 Roosevelt Avenue
 
          Springfield, MA 01102-2208

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                  FOX RIDGE OUTFITTERS, INC.
 
                By:   /s/ John A. Kelly          
 
      Address:   2100 Roosevelt Avenue
 
          Springfield, MA 01102-2208