Exhibit
4.18




AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO LOAN AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT





AMENDMENT
NO. 17 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of January
11, 2008, by and among Handy & Harman, a New York corporation (“Parent”),
OMG, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Olympic Manufacturing Group,
Inc. (“OMG”), Continental Industries, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation
(“Continental”), Maryland Specialty Wire, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Maryland Wire”), Handy & Harman Tube Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“H&H Tube”), Camdel Metals Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Camdel”),
Canfield Metal Coating Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Canfield”),
Micro-Tube Fabricators, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Micro-Tube”), Indiana
Tube Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Indiana Tube”), Lucas-Milhaupt, Inc.,
a Wisconsin corporation (“Lucas”), Handy & Harman Electronic Materials
Corporation, a Florida corporation (“H&H Electronic”), Sumco Inc., an
Indiana corporation (“Sumco”), OMG Roofing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“OMG
Roofing”), OMNI Technologies Corporation of Danville, a New Hampshire
corporation (“OMNI” and together with Parent, OMG, Continental, Maryland Wire,
H&H Tube, Camdel, Canfield, Micro-Tube, Indiana Tube, Lucas, H&H
Electronic, Sumco and OMG Roofing, each individually, a “Borrower” and
collectively, “Borrowers”), Handy & Harman of Canada, Limited, an Ontario
corporation (“H&H Canada”), ele Corporation, a California corporation
(“ele”), Alloy Ring Service Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Alloy”), Daniel
Radiator Corporation, a Texas corporation (“Daniel”), H&H Productions, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“H&H Productions”), Handy & Harman Automotive
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“H&H Auto”), Handy & Harman
International, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“H&H International”), Handy
& Harman Peru, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“H&H Peru”), KJ-VMI Realty,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“KVR”), Pal-Rath Realty, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Pal-Rath”), Platina Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Platina”), Sheffield Street Corporation, a Connecticut corporation
(“Sheffield”), SWM, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SWM”), Willing B Wire
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Willing” and together with H&H Canada,
ele, Alloy, Daniel, H&H Productions, H&H Auto, H&H International,
H&H Peru, KVR, Pal-Rath, Platina, Sheffield and SWM, each individually, a
“Guarantor” and collectively, “Guarantors”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, a national banking association that is successor by merger to
Congress Financial Corporation, in its capacity as agent pursuant to the Loan
Agreement (as hereinafter defined) acting for the financial institutions party
thereto as lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns,
“Agent”), and the financial institutions party thereto as lenders (collectively,
“Lenders”).





W I T N E S S E T
H:




WHEREAS, Agent, Lenders, Borrowers
and Guarantors have entered into financing arrangements pursuant to which
Lenders (or Agent on behalf of Lenders) have made and provided and may hereafter
make and provide loans, advances and other financial accommodations to Borrowers
as set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and
among Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and Guarantors, as amended by Consent and
Amendment No. 1 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2004,
Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004,
Amendment No. 3 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2004,
Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2005,
Amendment No. 5 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 8,
2005, Amendment No. 6 and Waiver to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
December 29, 2005, Consent and Amendment No. 7 to Loan and Security Agreement,
dated as of January 24, 2006, Consent and Amendment No. 8 to Loan and









Security
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2006, Amendment No. 9 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2006, Amendment No. 10 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2006, Amendment No. 11 and Waiver to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2006, Amendment No. 12 and Consent
to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2006 (“Amendment No.
12”), Amendment No. 13 and Waiver to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
March 29, 2007, Amendment No. 14 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
July 20, 2007, Amendment No. 15 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
September 10, 1007, and Amendment No. 16 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated
as of November 5, 2007 (as the same may hereafter be further amended, modified,
supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, the “Loan Agreement”),
and the other agreements, documents and instruments referred to therein or at
any time executed and/or delivered in connection therewith or related thereto
(all of the foregoing, together with the Loan Agreement, as the same now exist
or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated
or replaced, being collectively referred to herein as the “Financing
Agreements”);




WHEREAS,
Borrowers have requested that Agent and Lenders make certain amendments to
the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, and Agent and Lenders are
willing to make such amendments, subject to terms and conditions set forth
herein;




WHEREAS,
by this Amendment, Borrowers, Guarantors, Agent and Lenders desire and intend to
evidence such amendments;




NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the respective agreements and
covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:




1.           Definitions.




(a)  Amendments to
Definitions.




(i)   The
definition of “Continuing Reserve” in Section 1.27 of the Loan Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting such definition in its entirety and replacing it with
the following:




“1.27
‘Continuing Reserve’ shall mean a continuing Reserve which shall remain in
effect at all times in the amount of (a) $1,000,000, for the period from January
11, 2008 through and including April 15, 2008, and (b) $2,500,000, commencing on
April 16, 2008 and at all times thereafter.”




(ii)   The
definition of “Eligible Accounts” in Section 1.33 of the Loan Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting clause (e) of such definition and replacing it
with the following:




“(e)  either
(i) the chief executive office of the account debtor with respect to such
Accounts is located in the United States of America or Canada (provided, that, at any time
promptly upon Agent's request, such Borrowing Base Party shall execute and
deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such other agreements, documents
and instruments as may be required by Agent to perfect the security interests of
Agent in those Accounts of an account debtor with its chief executive office or
principal place of business in Canada in accordance with the applicable laws of
the Province of Canada in which such chief executive office or principal place
of business is located and take or cause to be taken such other and further
actions as Agent may request to enable Agent as secured party with respect
thereto to collect such Accounts under the applicable Federal or Provincial laws
of Canada) or, (ii) at Agent's option, if the chief executive office and
principal place of business






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of the
account debtor with respect to any such Account is located other than in the
United States of America or Canada (a “Foreign Account”), then if either:
(1) the account debtor has delivered to such Borrowing Base Party an
irrevocable letter of credit issued or confirmed by a bank satisfactory to Agent
and payable only in the United States of America and in U.S. dollars, sufficient
to cover such Foreign Account, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and
if required by Agent, the original of such letter of credit has been delivered
to Agent or Agent’s agent and the issuer thereof, and such Borrowing Base Party
has complied with the terms of Section 5.2(f) hereof with respect to the
assignment of the proceeds of such letter of credit to Agent or naming Agent as
transferee beneficiary thereunder, as Agent may specify,
or    (2) such Foreign Account is subject to credit
insurance payable to Agent issued by an insurer and on terms and in an amount
acceptable to Agent, or (3) such Foreign Account is otherwise acceptable in
all respects to Agent (subject to such lending formula with respect thereto as
Agent may determine); provided, that, a Foreign
Account shall not be deemed ineligible solely for failure to comply with the
requirements of this clause (e)(ii) so long as the aggregate amount of all such
Foreign Accounts does not exceed at any time the lesser of (x) $2,000,000 and
(y) the amount equal to fifty (50%) percent of all Foreign
Accounts;”.




(b)  Interpretation.  Capitalized
terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.




2.           Amendment
Fee.  In addition to all other fees, charges, interest and
expenses payable by Borrowers and Guarantors to Agent and Lenders under the Loan
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, Borrowers and Guarantors shall pay
to Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders, contemporaneously with the
effectiveness of this Amendment, an amendment fee in the amount of $12,500,
which fee shall be fully earned as of and payable on date hereof and may be
charged to any loan account of Borrowers.




3.           Conditions
Precedent.  The provisions contained herein shall only be
effective upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent in
a manner satisfactory to Agent:




(a)  Agent
shall have received this Amendment, duly authorized, executed and delivered by
Borrowers, Guarantors and the Required Lenders;




(b)  Agent
shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, a true and
correct copy of any consent, waiver or approval to or of this Amendment which
any Borrower or Guarantor is required to obtain from any other Person;
and




(c)  no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately
before and after giving effect hereto.






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4.           Representations, Warranties
and Covenants.  Each Borrower and Guarantor hereby represents
and warrants to Agent and Lenders the following (which shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Amendment), the truth and accuracy of
which  representations and warranties are a continuing condition of
the making of Loans and providing Letter of Credit Accommodations to
Borrowers:




(a)  this
Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary
action on the part of each of the Borrowers and Guarantors which is a party
hereto and, if necessary, their respective stockholders and is in full force and
effect as of the date hereof, and the agreements and obligations of each of the
Borrowers and Guarantors contained herein constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of each of the Borrowers and Guarantors, enforceable against
them in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability is limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and by general equitable principles;




(b)  the
execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment (a) are all within each
Borrower’s and Guarantor’s corporate powers and (b) are not in contravention of
law or the terms of any Borrower’s or Guarantor’s certificate or articles of
incorporation, by laws, or other organizational documentation, or any indenture,
agreement or undertaking (including, without limitation, the Tranche B Term Loan
Agreement) to which any Borrower or Guarantor is a party or by which any
Borrower or Guarantor or its property are bound;




(c)  neither
the execution and delivery of this Amendment, nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance with the provisions hereof
(i) has resulted in or shall result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of the Collateral, except in favor of Agent, or as expressly
permitted by Section 9.8 of the Loan Agreement, (ii) has resulted in or
shall result in the incurrence, creation or assumption of any Indebtedness
of any Borrower or Guarantor, except as expressly permitted under Section 9.9 of
the Loan Agreement; (iii) has violated or shall violate any applicable laws or
regulations or any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority in any
respect; (iv) does or shall conflict with or result in the breach of, or
constitute a default in any respect under any material mortgage, deed of trust,
security agreement, agreement or instrument to which any Borrower or Guarantor
is a party or may be bound (including without limitation the Tranche B Term Loan
Agreement), and (v) violates or shall violate any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of any Borrower or
Guarantor;




(d)  No
action of, or filing with, or consent of any Governmental Authority, and no
approval or consent of any other third party that has not been obtained, is
required to authorize, or is otherwise required in connection with, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment;




(e)  all
of the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements, each as amended hereby, are true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof,
except to the extent any such representation or warranty is made as of a
specified date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been
true and correct in all material respects as of such date;




(f)  no
Default or Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing on the date
hereof.






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5.           General
Release.  Each Borrower and Guarantor may have certain Claims
(as hereinafter defined) against the Released Parties (as hereinafter defined)
regarding or relating to the Loan Agreement or the other Financing
Agreements.  Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and Guarantors desire to
resolve each and every one of such Claims in conjunction with the execution of
this Amendment and thus each Borrower and Guarantor makes the release contained
in this Section.  In consideration of Agent’s and Lenders’ entering
into this Amendment and agreeing to the substantial concessions as set forth
herein, each Borrower and Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally releases
and forever discharges Agent and each Lender and their respective directors,
officers, employees, subsidiaries, branches, affiliates, attorneys, agents,
representatives, successors and assigns and all persons, firms, corporations and
organizations acting on any of their behalves (collectively, the “Released
Parties”), of and from any and all claims, allegations, causes of action, costs
or demands and liabilities, of whatever kind or nature, from the beginning of
the world to the date on which this Amendment is executed, whether known or
unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, asserted or
unasserted, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, suspected or
unsuspected, anticipated or unanticipated, which such Borrower or Guarantor has,
had, claims to have had or hereafter claims to have against the Released Parties
by reason of any act or omission on the part of the Released Parties, or any of
them, occurring prior to the date on which this Amendment is executed, including
on account of or in any way affecting, concerning or arising out of or founded
upon this Amendment up to and including the date on which this Amendment is
executed, including all such loss or damage of any kind heretofore sustained or
that may arise as a consequence of the dealings among the parties up to and
including the date on which this Amendment is executed, including the
administration or enforcement of the Loans, the Obligations, the Loan Agreement
or any of the other Financing Agreements (collectively, all of the foregoing are
the “Claims”).  Each Borrower and Guarantor represents and warrants
that it has no knowledge of any claim by it against the Released Parties or of
any facts or acts or omissions of the Released Parties which on the date hereof
would be the basis of a claim by such Borrower or Guarantor against the Released
Parties which is not released hereby.  Each Borrower and Guarantor
represents and warrants that the foregoing constitutes a full and complete
release of all Claims.




6.           Effect of this
Agreement.  Except as expressly amended or waived pursuant
hereto, no other changes, waivers 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 date hereof.  To the extent that any provision of the Loan
Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Amendment, the provisions of this Amendment shall
control.




7.           Further
Assurances.  Borrowers and Guarantors shall execute and deliver
such additional documents and take such additional action as may be requested by
Agent to effectuate the provisions and purposes hereof.




8.           Governing
Law.  The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this
Amendment and the other Financing Agreements (except as otherwise provided
therein) 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 New York 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 New York.






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9.           Binding
Effect.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.




10.           Headings.  The
headings listed herein are for convenience only and do not constitute matters to
be construed in interpreting this Amendment.




11.           Counterparts.  This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by
telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall have the same
force and effect as the delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Amendment.  Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this
Amendment by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall also
deliver an original executed counterpart, but the failure to do so shall not
affect the validity, enforceability or binding effect of this
Amendment.






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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed
on the day and year first above written.




AGENTWACHOVIA
      BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as AgentBy:
                /s/Title:LENDERSWACHOVIA
      BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBy:
                /s/Title:TEXTRON
      FINANCIAL CORPORATIONBy:
                /s/Title:BANK
      OF AMERICA, N.A.By:
                /s/Title:ABLECO
      FINANCE LLC, on behalf of itself and its Affiliate
  assignsBy:
                /s/Title:FORTRESS
      CREDIT FUNDING III LPBy:
                Fortress
      Credit Funding III GP LLC, its General PartnerBy:
                /s/Title:




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 FORTRESS
      CREDIT FUNDING II LPBy:
              Fortress
      Credit Funding II GP LLC, its General PartnerBy:
              /s/Title:FORTRESS
      CREDIT FUNDING IV LPBy:
              Fortress
      Credit Funding IV GP LLC, its General PartnerBy:
              /s/Title:FORTRESS
      CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES II LPBy:
              Fortress
      Credit Opportunities II GP LLC, its General PartnerBy:
              /s/Title:
 
 
 
  
 
 
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 BORROWERSHANDY
      & HARMANBy:
              /s/Name:Title:OMG,
      INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:CONTINENTAL
      INDUSTRIES, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:MARYLAND
      SPECIALTY WIRE, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:HANDY
      & HARMAN TUBE COMPANY, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:CAMDEL
      METALS CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title:CANFIELD
      METAL COATING CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title:
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 MICRO-TUBE
      FABRICATORS, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:INDIANA
      TUBE CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title:LUCAS-MILHAUPT,
      INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:HANDY
      & HARMAN ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title:SUMCO
      INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:OMG
      ROOFING, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:OMNI
      TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION OF DANVILLEBy:
              /s/Name:Title:
 
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 GUARANTORSHANDY
      & HARMAN OF CANADA, LIMITEDBy:
              /s/Name:Title:ELE
      CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title:ALLOY
      RING SERVICE INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:DANIEL
      RADIATOR CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title:H&H
      PRODUCTIONS, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:HANDY
      & HARMAN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:HANDY
      & HARMAN INTERNATIONAL, LTD.By:
              /s/Name:Title:
 
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 HANDY
      & HARMAN PERU, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:KJ-VMI
      REALTY, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:PAL-RATH
      REALTY, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:PLATINA
      LABORATORIES, INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:SHEFFIELD
      STREET CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title:SWM,
      INC.By:
              /s/Name:Title:WILLING
      B WIRE CORPORATIONBy:
              /s/Name:Title: