Amendment No. 6 to Loan and Security Agreement



 EXHIBIT 10.1 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (“Amendment No. 6”), dated as of January 6, 2004, by and among
PEMSTAR Inc., a Minnesota corporation (as surviving corporation of the merger with Pemstar Pacific Consultants, Inc., “Parent”), Turtle Mountain Corporation, a North Dakota Corporation (“Turtle Mountain”, and together with
Parent, each individually a “Borrower” and collectively, “Borrowers”), Gentlelife, Inc., a California corporation, formerly known as Kinderlife Instruments Inc. (“Guarantor”) and Congress Financial Corporation
(Central), an Illinois corporation, in its capacity as administrative and collateral agent pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) acting for and on behalf of the parties thereto as lenders (in such capacity “Agent”).

  
 W I T N E S S E T H : 
  
 WHEREAS, Agent, Borrowers, Guarantor, Fleet Capital Corporation, a Rhode Island corporation, in its capacity as Documentation Agent for Lenders (in such
capacity, “Documentation Agent”), and the parties to the Loan Agreement as lenders, whether by execution of the Loan Agreement or an Assignment and Acceptance (individually, each a “Lender” and collectively, “Lenders”),
have entered into financing arrangements pursuant to which Lenders (or Agent on behalf of Lenders) have made, and may make, loans and advances and provide other financial accommodations to Borrowers as set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement,
dated April 25, 2003, by and among Agent, Borrowers, Guarantor, Documentation Agent and Lenders, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated April 25, 2003, Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 30,
2003, Amendment No. 3 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2003, Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2004 and Amendment No. 5 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2004 (as amended
hereby and as the same may hereafter be further amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, the “Loan Agreement”, and together with all agreements, documents and instruments at any time executed and/or
delivered in connection therewith or related thereto, as from time to time amended and supplemented, collectively, the “Financing Agreements”); 
  
 WHEREAS, Borrowers and Guarantor have requested that Agent and Lenders make certain amendments to the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements;

  
 WHEREAS, Agent and Lenders are willing to agree to such
amendments, subject to the terms and conditions herein; and 
  
 WHEREAS, by this Amendment No. 6, Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and Guarantor desire and intend to evidence such consent and amendments. 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

  

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 1. Definitions. 
  
 (a) Additional Definitions. As used herein, “Amendment No. 6” shall mean this Amendment No.
6 to Loan and Security Agreement by and among Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and Guarantor as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, and the Loan Agreement shall be deemed and is
hereby amended to include, in addition and not in limitation of, such definition. 
  
 (b) Interpretation. For purposes of this Amendment No. 6, unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein, including, but
not limited to, those terms used and/or defined in the recitals above, shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement. 
  
 2. IBM Concentration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.29(m) of the Loan Agreement, for the period from January 4,
2004 through and including March 4, 2004, the maximum percentage of Accounts owed by IBM Corporation that may be Eligible Accounts as set forth in Section 1.29(m) shall be forty (40%) percent of all otherwise Eligible Accounts. At all other times,
such percentage shall be the twenty-five (25%) percent as is set forth in Section 1.29(m) of the Loan Agreement, except as Agent may otherwise hereafter specifically agree in writing. 
  
 3. Amendment Fee. In addition to all other fees, charges, interest and expenses payable by Borrowers to Agent and
Lenders under the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, Borrowers shall pay to Agent for the account of Lenders, contemporaneously with the effectiveness of this Amendment, an amendment fee in the amount of $45,000, which fee shall be
fully earned and nonrefundable as of the date hereof and may be charged to any loan account of Borrowers. 
  
 4. Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each Borrower and Guarantor represents, warrants and covenants with and to Agent and
Lenders as follows, which representations, warranties and covenants are continuing and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof: 
  
 (a) This Amendment No. 6 has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and Guarantor and is in full force and effect as of the
date hereof and the agreements and obligations of each Borrower and Guarantor contained herein constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each Borrower and Guarantor enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms.

  
 (b) After giving effect to the provisions of
this Amendment No. 6, no Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing as of the date of this Amendment No. 6 as a result of or in connection with the Merger. 
  
 5. Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of the amendments contained herein shall be subject to: 
  
 (a) the receipt by Agent of this Amendment No. 6 duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the parties hereto; and 
  

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 (b) the receipt by Agent of the approval of Required Lenders, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, to the terms and conditions of this Amendment No. 6. 
  
 6. Effect of this Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, no other amendments, consents, changes or modifications to the Financing Agreements are intended or implied, and in all other respects the
Financing Agreements are hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of the effective date hereof and Borrowers shall not be entitled to any other or further amendment or consent by virtue of the provisions of this
Amendment No. 6 or with respect to the subject matter of this Amendment No. 6. To the extent of conflict between the terms of this Amendment No. 6 and the other Financing Agreements, the terms of this Amendment No. 6 shall control. The Loan
Agreement and this Amendment No. 6 shall be read and construed as one agreement. 
  
 7. Governing Law. The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Amendment No. 6 and the other Financing Agreements and any dispute arising out of the relationship between the parties hereto whether in
contract, tort, equity or otherwise, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois but excluding any principles of conflicts of law or other rule of law that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the
laws of the State of Illinois. 
  
 8. Binding Effect. This
Amendment No. 6 shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 
  
 9. Headings. The headings listed herein are for convenience only and do not constitute matters to be construed in interpreting this Amendment No.
6. 
  
 10. Counterparts. This Amendment No. 6 may be
executed in any number of counterparts, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. In making proof of this Amendment No. 6, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one counterpart
thereof signed by each of the parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 6 by telefacsimile shall have the same force and effect as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 6. Any party
delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 6 by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 6, but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity,
enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment No. 6 as to such party or any other party. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 6 to be duly executed and delivered
by their authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	AGENT
	
	CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CENTRAL), as Agent
		
	By:	 	/s/    Brian Hynds        
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	Vice President
	 	 	


  

									
	 BORROWERS
	 	 	 	 
			
	 PEMSTAR INC.
	 	 	 	 TURTLE MOUNTAIN CORPORATION

					
	By:	 	/s/    Greg S. Lea        	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    Roy Bauer        
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	CFO	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	COO and Director
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	


  
  

			
	GUARANTOR
	
	GENTLELIFE, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    William H. Rice II        
	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	Secretary
	 	 	


  

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