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                                                                  Exhibit 10.116

                       FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT


        THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT (the "First Amendment") is by and
among FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a national bank having offices at One Federal Street,
Boston,  Massachusetts,  (the  "Lender")  and SPECTRAN  CORPORATION,  a Delaware
corporation  with a principal  place of  business  at 50 Hall Road,  Sturbridge,
Massachusetts  ("SpecTran"),  SPECTRAN  SPECIALTY  OPTICS  COMPANY,  a  Delaware
corporation  with a  principal  place of  business  at 55 Darling  Drive,  Avon,
Connecticut  ("Optics"),  APPLIED PHOTONIC DEVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation
with a principal  place of business at 50 Hall Road,  Sturbridge,  Massachusetts
("Photonic") and SPECTRAN  COMMUNICATION  FIBER  TECHNOLOGIES,  INC., a Delaware
corporation  with a principal  place of  business  at 50 Hall Road,  Sturbridge,
Massachusetts  ("Communication")  (SpecTran,  Optics, Photonic and Communication
are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Borrowers").

        WHEREAS,  the Lender and the  Borrowers are parties to that certain Loan
Agreement dated as of December 1, 1996 (the "Agreement"); and

        WHEREAS, the Lender and the Borrowers desire to amend the Agreement.

        NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the mutual  covenants  contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby  acknowledged,  the Lender and the  Borrowers  hereby  amend the
Agreement as set forth hereinafter:

A.      AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT

1. Amend Section 1.3 of the  Agreement by adding the  following  sentence to the
end thereof:

The  Borrowing  Base will be  reduced,  dollar  for  dollar,  to the  extent the
outstanding  balance of the Revolving Note is paid down with the proceeds of "an
Asset  Disposition,  the  incurrence  of Debt owing to any Person other than the
Bank or a holder of the  Notes,  or the  issuance  of equity  interests" as
described in Section 10.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement.

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2. Restate Section 1.4 of the Agreement as follows:

1.4 "Business Day" means any day on which  commercial  banks settle  payments in
(a) London if the payment obligation is calculated by reference to any LIBOR (as
that term is defined in the Note) rate or (b) New York if the payment obligation
is  calculated  by  reference  to the  Prime  Rate,  subject  to  adjustment  in
accordance with Modified Following Business Day Convention.  For purposes hereof
"Modified  Following Business Day Convention" means the convention for adjusting
any relevant date if it would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day
to the date that will be the first following day that is a Business Day.

3.  Amend  Section 1.6 of the  Agreement  by deleting ", prior to January 1,
2000," from the first line.

4. Restate Section 1.13 of the Agreement as follows:

1.13 "Consolidated EBITDA Cumulative" means, Consolidated Operating Income minus
income  (based on the  equity  method of  accounting  in  accordance  with GAAP)
derived from  unconsolidated  Subsidiaries  or other  Persons plus  Consolidated
Interest and consolidated  taxes,  depreciation  and amortization  computed on a
rolling twelve (12) month basis in accordance with GAAP.

5. Amend  Section  1.15 of the  Agreement  by changing the upper case "O" at the
beginning of the word  "Obligations" in subsections a, b, c, d, and e to a lower
case "o".

6. Restate Section 1.25 of the Agreement as follows:

1.25  "Control  Percentage"  means prior to January 1, 2000,  30% and on and
after January 1, 2000, 50%.

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7. Restate Section 1.42 of the Agreement as follows:

1.42  "Revolving  Note" means the Revolving  Note  substantially  in the form of
Exhibit 1.42 attached to this  Agreement,  as amended by the First  Amendment to
Revolving Note dated as of September 30, 1998 and as it may be further  amended,
modified and/or restated from time to time.

8. Add a new Section 1.48 to the Agreement as follows:

1.48 "Accounts" and "Inventory"  shall have the same respective  meanings as are
given to those terms in the Uniform  Commercial Code as presently adopted and in
effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

9. Add a new Section 1.49 to the Agreement as follows:

1.49  "Consolidated  EBITDA" means  Consolidated  Operating  Income minus income
(based on the equity method of accounting in accordance  with GAAP) derived from
unconsolidated  Subsidiaries  or other  Persons plus  Consolidated  Interest and
consolidated  taxes,  depreciation  and  amortization  computed for a particular
fiscal quarterly period (i.e. for the fiscal quarterly  periods ending March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31).

10. Add a new Section 1.50 to the Agreement as follows:

1.50 "Consolidated  Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means the ratio of Consolidated
EBITDA Cumulative minus the sum of (i) cash taxes and (ii) Consolidated  Capital
Expenditures  (excluding  all  Consolidated  Capital  Expenditures  set forth in
Exhibit 1.50 attached hereto) to Consolidated  Interest plus scheduled principal
repayments all computed on a rolling twelve (12) month basis.

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11. Amend Section 2.3 of the Agreement by deleting  "December 31, 1999" from the
second line and inserting April 1, 2000.

12. Restate Section 2.7 of the Agreement as follows:

2.7  The Commitment Fee and the Modification Fee.

        At the Closing, the Borrowers paid a commitment fee to the Lender in the
amount of $50,000.00.  Simultaneously  with the execution of the First Amendment
to Loan Agreement,  the Lender shall charge the deposit account of the Borrowers
identified in Exhibit 2.2 a modification fee in the amount of $150,000.00.

13. Add a new Section 2.8 to the Agreement as follows:

2.8     Payment Due Dates.

        The due dates of all payments required under this Agreement or under the
Revolving  Note are  subject  to  adjustment  in  accordance  with the  Modified
Following Business Day Convention.

14. Restate Section 6.1(b)(iv) of the Agreement as follows:

         (iv)  Contemporaneously  with the year-end financial report required by
the  foregoing  paragraph  (iii),  a copy of the  management  letter  issued  to
SpecTran by KPMG Peat Marwick or another certified public accountant selected by
SpecTran and  reasonably  acceptable to the Lender (the  Borrowers  must require
their certified public accountant to issue a management letter with the year-end
fiscal report);

15. Restate Section 6.1(b)(v) of the Agreement as follows:

         (v) Contemporaneously with each quarterly and year-end financial report
required by the  foregoing  paragraphs  (ii) and (iii) and on each occasion that
the  Borrowers  request  an  advance  under  the Loan  that  will  result in the
outstanding balance of the Revolving Note to be greater that  $12,500,000.00,  a
certificate of the chief financial officer of SpecTran substantially in the form
of Exhibit 6.1(b)(v)  attached hereto stating that he has individually  reviewed
the  provisions  of this  Agreement  and that a review of the  activities of the

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Borrowers  during such quarterly  period,  year or period through the end of the
most recently  reported month, as the case may be, has been made by him or under
his supervision, with a view to determining whether the Borrowers have fulfilled
all of their  obligations  under this  Agreement,  and that,  to the best of his
knowledge,  the Borrowers have observed and performed each undertaking contained
in this Agreement and are not in default in the observance or performance of any
of the provisions hereof or, if the Borrowers shall be so in default, specifying
all such defaults and events of which he may have knowledge;

16. Amend  Section  6.1(b)(vi) of the Agreement by deleting the "and" at the end
thereof.

17. Add a new Section 6.1(b)(viii) to the Agreement as follows:

               (viii) As soon as available,  but in any event within  forty-five
(45) days after the close of each  quarter of each fiscal  year (i.e.  March 31,
June 30,  September  30 and  December  31),  in such form and detail as shall be
satisfactory  to the  Lender,  an  aging  as of the end of such  quarter  of all
Accounts of the Borrowers  certified by the chief financial  officer of SpecTran
to be complete and correct; and

18. Add a new Section 6.1(b)(ix) to the Agreement as follows:

               (ix) As soon as  available,  but in any event  within  forty-five
(45) days after the close of each  quarter of each fiscal  year (i.e.  March 31,
June 30,  September  30 and  December  31),  in such form and detail as shall be
satisfactory  to the  Lender,  a listing  as of the end of such  quarter  of all
Inventory of the Borrowers  certified by the chief financial officer of SpecTran
to be complete and correct;

19. Delete Section 6.1(f)(i) of the Agreement and replace with the following:

               (i) a Consolidated  Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.25:
1.00 to be measured monthly and computed on a rolling twelve (12) month basis;

20. Restate Section 6.1(f)(ii) of the Agreement as follows:

               (ii)  a   Consolidated   Tangible  Net  Worth  of  at  least  (i)
$43,950,000.00  for the period from September 30, 1998 through December 30, 1998
and (ii) $48,000,000.00 at December 31, 1998;  thereafter  Consolidated Tangible
Net Worth must  increase  (x) as of December 31 of each fiscal year by an amount
equal to  seventy-five  percent  (75%) of that fiscal  year's  Consolidated  Net
Income (to be added only if a positive  number and no  reduction  for a negative
number) and (y) after any Offering by an amount equal to the net proceeds of any
such Offering; Consolidated Tangible Net Worth to be measured monthly;

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21. Add a new Section 6.1(f)(iii) to the Agreement as follows:

               (iii) a Consolidated EBITDA of at least (i) $3,000,000.00 for the
quarterly period ended September 30, 1998, (ii)  $3,500,000.00 for the quarterly
period ending December 31, 1998 and (iii) $2,700,000.00 for the quarterly period
ending March 31, 1999, to be measured as of each of the above dates;

22. Add a new Section 6.1(f)(iv) to the Agreement as follows:

               (iv)  a   Consolidated   EBITDA   Cumulative   of  at  least  (i)
$12,000,000.00  for the twelve (12) month periods ending June 30, 1999, July 31,
1999, and August 31, 1999 (ii)  $13,000,000.00 for the twelve (12) month periods
ending  September  30, 1999,  October 31, 1999,  and November 30, 1999 and (iii)
$14,500,000.00  for the twelve (12) month  period  ending  December 31, 1999 and
thereafter, to be measured monthly on a rolling twelve (12) month basis; and

23. Add a new Section 6.1(f)(v) to the Agreement as follows:

               (v) a  Consolidated  Net Income of at least $1.00 for each fiscal
year to be measured as of December 31 of each fiscal year.

24.  Amend  Section  6.1(q) of the  Agreement  by deleting  the "and" at the end
thereof.

25.  Amend Section 6.1(r) of the Agreement by deleting the period at the end
thereof and adding "; and".

26.  Add a new Section 6.1(s) to the Agreement as follows:

        (s) The  Borrowers  will  satisfy  each of the  conditions  set forth on
Schedule A (a copy of which is attached  hereto) on or before  January 15, 1999,
such satisfaction to be determined by the Lender in its sole discretion.

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27. Restate Section 6.2(p)(i) of the Agreement as follows:

               (i) the Consolidated  Leverage Ratio to exceed 1.15:1.00  through
September 30, 1999 and 1.00:1.00 thereafter, to be measured monthly;

28. Restate Section 6.2(p)(ii) of the Agreement as follows:

               (ii)  the  ratio of  Consolidated  Indebtedness  to  Consolidated
EBITDA  Cumulative to exceed (i) 3.75:1.00  from September 30, 1998 through June
29, 1999, (ii) 3.00:1.00 from June 30, 1999 through  December 30, 1999 and (iii)
2.75:1.00  at  December  31,  1999 and  thereafter,  to be measured on a rolling
twelve (12) month basis;

29.  Amend  Section  6.2(o) of the  Agreement  by deleting  the "and" at the end
thereof.

30. Add a new Section 6.2(q) to the Agreement as follows:

        (q) SpecTran  will not declare or pay any  dividends,  or make any other
payment or distribution on account of its capital stock;

31. Add a new Section 6.2(r) to the Agreement as follows:

        (r)  No  Borrower  will  make  any   prepayment   of  any   Consolidated
Indebtedness  (other  than  scheduled,  mandatory  prepayments  under  the  Note
Purchase Agreements, as amended), except the Obligations or enter into or modify
any  agreement  as a  result  of  which  the  terms  of  payment  of  any of the
Consolidated Indebtedness are waived or modified;

32. Add a new Section 6.2(s) to the Agreement as follows:

        (s) No  Borrower  will make any  payment  with  respect to  Consolidated
Indebtedness,  except  the  Obligations,  after  the  occurrence  of an Event of
Default;

33. Add a new Section 6.2(t) to the Agreement as follows:

        (t) SpecTran  will not enter into any  amendments  of the Note  Purchase
Agreements without the prior written consent of the Lender.

34. Restate Section 8.3 of the Agreement as follows:

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8.3      Lien, Set-off.

        The  Borrowers  and any  guarantor  hereby grant to the Lender,  a lien,
security interest and right of setoff as security for the Obligations,  upon and
against all deposits,  credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the
possession,  custody,  safekeeping  or control of the Lender or any entity under
the control of Fleet Financial Group, Inc., or in transit to any of them. At any
time,  without  demand or  notice,  the  Lender may set off the same or any part
thereof and apply the same to any of the Obligations  even though  unmatured and
regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Obligations. ANY
AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE  THE LENDER 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 BORROWERS OR ANY GUARANTOR,  ARE HEREBY  KNOWINGLY,  VOLUNTARILY
AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.

35. Restate Section 10.8(b) of the Agreement as follows:

(b)     Fleet National Bank
        Attention:  John F. Lynch, V.P.
        One Federal Street
        Boston, MA 02110-2010

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36. Restate Section 10.10 of the Agreement as follows:

10.10    Participations.

         The Lender shall have the unrestricted  right at any time and from time
to time,  and without the consent of or notice to the Borrowers (the Lender will
endeavor to deliver notice to the Borrowers  after any such  participation),  to
grant  to  one  or  more  banks  or  other   financial   institutions   (each  a
"Participant")  a  participating  interest in the  Lender's  obligation  to lend
hereunder  and the Loan held by the Lender  hereunder.  In the event of any such
grant by the Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, whether or not
upon  notice to the  Borrowers,  the Lender  shall  remain  responsible  for the
performance  of its  obligations  hereunder and the Borrowers  shall continue to
deal solely and directly with the Lender in connection  with the Lender's rights
and obligations hereunder. The Lender may furnish any information concerning the
Borrowers  in its  possession  from time to time to  prospective  assignees  and
Participants,  provided  that the  Lender  shall  require  any such  prospective
assignee or Participant to agree in writing to maintain the  confidentiality  of
such information.

37. Add a new Section 10.17 to the Agreement as follows:

10.17    Pledge to the Federal Reserve.

        The Lender may at any time pledge all or any portion of its rights under
the Agreement,  the Revolving  Note and the  Collateral  Documents to any of the
twelve (12)  Federal  Reserve  Banks  organized  under  Section 4 of the Federal
Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C.  Section 341. No such pledge or enforcement thereof shall
release the Lender from its obligations under such documents.

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38. Add a new Section 10.18 to the Agreement as follows:

10.18    Usury Laws.

         All agreements  among the Borrowers and the Lender are hereby expressly
limited  so that in no  contingency  or event  whatsoever,  whether by reason of
acceleration of maturity of the Obligations or otherwise,  shall the amount paid
or  agreed  to be paid to the  Lender  for  the  use or the  forbearance  of the
Obligations exceed the maximum permissible under applicable law. As used herein,
the term  "applicable  law" shall  mean the law in effect as of the date  hereof
provided,  however that in the event there is a change in the law which  results
in a higher permissible rate of interest, then the Obligations shall be governed
by such new law as of its effective date. In this regard, it is expressly agreed
that it is the intent of the Borrowers and the Lender in the execution, delivery
and acceptance of the Revolving Note to contract in strict  compliance  with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from time to time in effect. If, under
or from any circumstances whatsoever,  fulfillment of any provision hereof or of
any of the loan documents at the time  performance  of such  provision  shall be
due,  shall  involve  transcending  the  limit of such  validity  prescribed  by
applicable  law, then the  obligation  to be fulfilled  shall  automatically  by
reduced  to the  limits of such  validity  , and if under or from  circumstances
whatsoever  the Lender  should ever  receive as  interest an amount  which would
exceed the highest  lawful rate,  such amount which would be excessive  interest
shall be applied to the reduction of principal balance of the Revolving Note and
not to the  payment of  interest.  This  provision  shall  control  every  other
provision of all agreements among the Borrowers and the Lender.

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39. Add a new Section 10.19 to the Agreement as follows:

10.19    Payments.

         All  payments  shall  be in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States  in
immediately available funds.

40. Add a new Section 10.20 to the Agreement as follows:

10.20    Sale to Third Party.

         The Lender shall have the  unrestricted  right at any time or from time
to time, and without the Borrowers' consent, to assign all or any portion of its
rights  and  obligations  hereunder  to one or more  banks  or  other  financial
institutions  (each,  an  "Assignee"),  and the Borrowers  agree that they shall
execute, or cause to be executed, such documents,  including without limitation,
amendments  to the  Agreement  and  to  any  other  documents,  instruments  and
agreements executed in connection herewith as the Lender shall deem necessary to
effect the  foregoing.  In  addition,  at the request of the Lender and any such
Assignee,  the  Borrowers  shall  issue  one or more new  promissory  notes,  as
applicable,  to any such  Assignee  and, if the Lender has  retained  any of its
rights and obligations  hereunder following such assignment to the Lender, which
new promissory notes shall be issued in replacement of, but not in discharge of,
the liability  evidenced by the promissory note held by the Lender prior to such
assignment and shall reflect the amount of the respective  commitments and loans
held by such  Assignee and the Lender after  giving  effect to such  assignment.
Upon  the  execution  and  delivery  of  appropriate  assignment  documentation,
amendments and any other documentation required by the Lender in connection with
such assignment,  and the payment by Assignee of the purchase price agreed to by
the Lender, and such Assignee,  such Assignee shall be a party to this Agreement
and shall have all of the rights and  obligations  of the Lender  hereunder (and
under  any and all  other  guaranties,  documents,  instruments  and  agreements
executed in connection  herewith) to the extent that such rights and obligations
have been  assigned  by the  Lender  pursuant  to the  assignment  documentation
between the Lender and such Assignee,  and the Lender shall be released from its
obligations hereunder and thereunder to a corresponding extent.

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41. Add a new Section 10.21 to the Agreement as follows:

10.21    Application of Proceeds

         All  proceeds  received  by the  Lender  hereunder,  including  without
limitation,  insurance  proceeds,  condemnation  proceeds and proceeds  received
pursuant to the Lender's  exercise of its rights hereunder may be applied to the
Obligations in such order as determined by the Lender.

42. Add a new Section 10.22 to the Agreement as follows:

10.22    Replacement Documents.

         Upon  receipt of an  affidavit  of any  officer of the Lender as to the
loss,  theft,  destruction  or mutilation of the Agreement or any other document
which  is not a  public  record,  and,  in the  case of any  such  loss,  theft,
destruction  or  mutilation,  upon  cancellation  of  this  Agreement  or  other
document,  the Borrowers will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement agreement or
other document of like tenor.


B.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         The Borrowers represent and warrant to the Lender that:

               1.   The Borrowers are duly  organized,  validly  existing and in
                    good   standing  in  their   respective   jurisdictions   of
                    incorporation.

               2.   The  Borrowers  have the power to enter into this First
                    Amendment and to perform their obligations hereunder.

               3.   This  First  Amendment  has  been  duly  authorized  by  all
                    necessary  action  on the  part of the  Borrowers,  and this
                    First  Amendment  constitutes  the legal,  valid and binding
                    obligation of each of the Borrowers enforceable against each
                    Borrower  in  accordance  with  its  terms,  except  as such
                    enforceability may be limited by

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                  (i)   applicable   bankruptcy,   insolvency,   reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'  rights
generally, and

                  (ii) general  principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

     4.  Neither  the  execution  or  delivery  by the  Borrowers  of this First
Amendment nor the performance by the Borrowers of their obligations will:

                  (i)  require  the  taking of any  action or the  giving of any
consent or approval by, or the making or any  registration  or filing with,  any
Person other than such actions, consents,  approvals,  registrations and filings
as have heretofore been taken, given or made (as the case may be);

                  (ii) violate any provision of any organizational  documents of
the Borrowers, or any provision of any law, rule, regulation, order or decree of
any governmental authority applicable to the Borrowers; or

                  (iii)  violate  or  constitute  a default  under any  material
agreement to which any Borrower is a party or by which the Borrowers' properties
or assets are or may be bound,  or will result in the creation or  imposition of
any lien on the properties or assets of the Borrowers.

     5. (i)  Neither  this First  Amendment  nor any  certificate  furnished  in
connection  herewith nor any other document or statement furnished to the Lender
in  connection  with the  amendments  contemplated  hereby  contains  any untrue
statement  of a material  fact or omits to state a material  fact  necessary  in
order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading; and

                  (ii) There is no fact known to the Borrowers  that has had or,
so far as the Borrowers can now reasonably foresee, could reasonably be expected
to have, a material  adverse  effect on the Borrowers that has not been publicly
disclosed.

               6. Immediately  after the  effectiveness  hereof and after giving
   effect  hereto,  there  exists no Event of  Default  and the  Borrowers  have
   performed all of their obligations to be performed to date under the
   Agreement.

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C.  SCOPE AND EFFECT OF FIRST AMENDMENT

     1. The terms of this First  Amendment  shall not operate as or constitute a
waiver by the Lender,  other  otherwise  prejudice  any of the Lender's  rights,
remedies or powers under,  the Agreement,  or under  applicable  law.  Except as
expressly provided herein,

                (i) no terms or  provisions of the Agreement are modified or
                changed by this First Amendment, and

               (ii) the terms and  provisions of the Agreement  continue in
                full force and effect.

2. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge,  confirm,  reaffirm and ratify all of their
obligations and duties under the Agreement and all agreements  related  thereto.
This First  Amendment  does not  constitute  an agreement or  obligation  by the
Lender to give its consent to any future  amendment  of the  Agreement or to any
future transaction that would, absent consent of the Lender, constitute an Event
of Default  under the  Agreement.  This First  Amendment  shall not  extinguish,
terminate or impair any of the  obligations of the Borrowers under the Agreement
or any of the financing instruments. In addition, this First Amendment shall not
release or impair the  priority of any  security  interests or liens held by the
Lender  on  any  assets  of the  Borrowers.  This  First  Amendment  may  not be
contradicted  by evidence  of any actual or alleged  prior,  contemporaneous  or
subsequent understandings or agreements of the parties, written or oral, express
or implied, other than a writing which expressly amends or supersedes this First
Amendment or the Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this First Amendment, each
reference to the  Agreement  shall mean and be a reference  to the  Agreement as
amended hereby.


D.  MISCELLANEOUS

        1. All  capitalized  terms used herein and not defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed in the Agreement.

        2. The Lender  acknowledges  and  agrees  that the  payments  due Lucent
Technologies  Inc. in  connection  with that certain  Patent  License  Agreement
effective  as of  October  1, 1998  will not be  characterized  as  Consolidated
Indebtedness for purposes of the Agreement.


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        WITNESS,  the execution  hereof as an  instrument  under seal as of this
30th day of September, 1998.

                                                    SPECTRAN CORPORATION


____________________________               By:_____________________________
Witness                                          Its Duly Authorized Officer


                                                     SPECTRAN SPECIALTY OPTICS
                                                      COMPANY


____________________________               By:_____________________________
Witness                                          Its Duly Authorized Officer


                                                 APPLIED PHOTONIC DEVICES, INC.


____________________________               By:_____________________________
Witness                                          Its Duly Authorized Officer


                                                  SPECTRAN COMMUNICATION FIBER
                                                   TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


____________________________               By:_____________________________
Witness                                          Its Duly Authorized Officer


                                                         FLEET NATIONAL BANK


____________________________               By:____________________________
Witness                                          Its Duly Authorized Officer