Document:

Exhibit 10.21

    

      Exhibit
        10.21

      

      [Director
        Employee]

      

      THIS
        DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES PART OF THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS COVERING SECURITIES
        THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933.

      

      Franklin
        Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan

      Restricted
        Stock Award Agreement

      

      The
        employee identified below has been selected to be a Participant in the Franklin
        Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan (the “Plan”), and has been granted a Restricted
        Stock Award (“Award”) as outlined below:

       

      Participant:
        

      Date
        of Award: 

      Number
        of Shares Subject to Award: 

      End
        of Restriction Period:

      Performance
        Objectives:

      

      This
        Agreement, effective as of the Date of Award set forth above, is between
        Franklin Electric Co., Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), and the
        Participant named above. The parties hereto agree as follows:

       

      The
        Plan
        provides a complete description of the terms and conditions governing the
        Award.
        If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the
        terms
        of the Plan, the Plan’s terms shall govern. All capitalized terms shall have the
        meanings ascribed to them in the Plan, unless specifically set forth otherwise
        herein. A copy of the Plan is attached hereto and the terms of the Plan are
        hereby incorporated by reference.

       

      
        	1.  	
                Grant
                  of Restricted Stock.
                  Subject to the provisions set forth herein and the terms and conditions
                  of
                  the Plan, and in consideration of the agreements of the Participant
                  herein
                  provided, the Company hereby grants to the Participant the number
                  of
                  shares of Common Stock set forth
                  above.

              

      

       

      
        	2.  	
                Acceptance
                  by Participant.
                  The receipt of the Award is conditioned upon the execution of this
                  Agreement by the Participant and the return of an executed copy
                  of this
                  Agreement to the Secretary of the Company no later than 60 days
                  after the
                  Award Date set forth therein or, if later, 30 days after the Participant
                  receives this Agreement.

              

      

       

      
        	3.  	
                Transfer
                  Restrictions. Except
                  as set forth in Section 8.1 of the Plan, none of the shares of
                  Common
                  Stock subject to the Award (“Award Shares”) shall be sold, assigned,
                  pledged or otherwise transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily,
                  by the
                  Participant (or his estate or personal representative, as the case
                  may
                  be), until such restrictions lapse in accordance with Sections
                  4 and 5
                  below.

              

      

       

      
        	4.  	
                Lapse
                  of Restrictions.
                  The restrictions set forth in Section 3 above shall lapse on the
                  last day
                  of the Restriction Period if the Committee determines that the
                  Performance
                  Objectives described above have been met as of such
                  date.

              

      

       

      
        	5.  	
                Death,
                  Disability or Retirement.
                  To
                  the extent the restrictions set forth in Section 3 above have not
                  lapsed
                  in accordance with Section 4 above:

              

      

       

      
        	(a)  	
                In
                  the event that the Participant’s employment with the Company and all
                  subsidiaries terminates due to the Participant’s death, disability or
                  retirement, such restrictions shall lapse with respect to a number
                  of
                  Award Shares determined by multiplying the number of Award Shares
                  by a
                  fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full months that
                  have
                  elapsed from the Date of Award to the termination of employment
                  and
                  service and the denominator of which is the number of full months
                  in the
                  Restriction Period. In such case, the Participant’s concurrent or
                  subsequent termination of service on the Board shall have no effect
                  on the
                  remainder of the Award.

              

      

       

      
        
           

          
          

        

        
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        	(b)  	
                In
                  the event the Participant’s employment with the Company and all
                  subsidiaries terminates for any reason other than death, disability
                  or
                  retirement, and the Participant’s service on the Board continues
                  thereafter, the restrictions shall continue in effect. If the
                  Participant’s service on the Board subsequently terminates, then, if the
                  termination of service is due to death, disability or retirement,
                  the
                  restrictions shall lapse with respect to a number of Award Shares
                  as
                  described in (a) above based on the full months that have elapsed
                  from the
                  Date of Award to the Participant’s termination of service on the
                  Board.

              

      

       

      
        	(c)  	
                Award
                  Shares with respect to which restrictions do not lapse shall be
                  forfeited.

              

      

       

      
        	(d)  	
                For
                  purposes of this Section 5, (i) “disability” (A) while the Participant is
                  employed, has the meaning, and will be determined, as set forth
                  in the
                  Company’s long term disability program in which the Participant
                  participates, and (B) while the Participant is a Non-Employee Director,
                  means (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) the
                  inability of the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful
                  activity
                  by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
                  which is expected to result in death or disability or which has
                  lasted or
                  can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
                  12
                  months; and (ii) “retirement” (A) while the Participant is employed, means
                  the Participant’s termination from employment with the Company and all
                  subsidiaries without cause (as determined by the Committee in its
                  sole
                  discretion) when the Participant is 65 or older or 55 or older
                  with 10
                  years of service with the Company and its subsidiaries, and (B)
                  while the
                  Participant is a Non-Employee Director, means termination of service
                  on
                  the Board when he is 70 or older.

              

      

       

      
        	6.  	
                Forfeiture.
                  The Award shall be forfeited to the Company (a) upon the Participant’s
                  termination of employment with the Company and all subsidiaries,
                  and
                  service on the Board, for any reason other than the Participant’s death,
                  disability or retirement (as described in Section 5 above) that
                  occurs
                  prior to the date the restrictions lapse as provided in Section
                  4 above or
                  (b) if at the end of the Restriction Period the Committee determines
                  that
                  the Performance Objectives are not met. The foregoing provisions
                  of this
                  Section 6 shall be subject to the provisions of any written employment
                  or
                  severance agreement that has been or may be executed by the Participant
                  and the Company, and the provisions in such employment or severance
                  agreement concerning the lapse of restrictions of an Award shall
                  supercede
                  any inconsistent or contrary provision of this Section
                  6.

              

      

       

      
        	7.  	
                Withholding
                  Taxes.
                  If
                  applicable, the Participant shall pay to the Company an amount
                  sufficient
                  to satisfy all minimum Federal, state and local withholding tax
                  requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate for Award
                  Shares.
                  Payment of such taxes may be made by one or more of the following
                  methods:
                  (i) in cash, (ii) in cash received from a broker-dealer to whom
                  the
                  Participant has submitted a notice and irrevocable instructions
                  to deliver
                  to the Company proceeds from the sale of a portion of the shares
                  subject
                  to the Award, (iii) by delivery to the Company of other Common
                  Stock owned
                  by the Participant that is acceptable to the Company, valued at
                  its then
                  fair market value, and/or (iv) by directing the Company to withhold
                  such
                  number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in connection
                  with the
                  Award with a fair market value equal to the amount of tax to be
                  withheld.

              

      

       

      
        	8.  	
                Rights
                  as Shareholder.
                  The Participant shall be entitled to all of the rights of a shareholder
                  of
                  the Company with respect to the outstanding Award Shares, including
                  the
                  right to vote such shares and to receive dividends and other distributions
                  payable with respect to such Award Shares from the Award
                  Date.

              

      

       

      
        	9.  	
                Escrow
                  of Share Certificates.
                  Certificates for the Award Shares shall be issued in the Participant’s
                  name and shall be held in escrow by the Company until all restrictions
                  lapse or such Award Shares are forfeited or resold to the Company
                  as
                  provided herein. A certificate or certificates representing the
                  Award
                  Shares as to which restrictions have lapsed shall be delivered
                  to the
                  Participant (or the Participant’s executor or personal representative in
                  the case of the Participant’s death) upon such lapse of
                  restrictions.

              

      

       

      
        	10.  	
                Section
                  83(b) Election.
                  The Participant may make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the
                  Internal Revenue Code to recognize income with respect to the Award
                  Shares
                  before the restrictions lapse, by filing such election with the
                  Internal
                  Revenue Service within 30 days of the Award Date and providing
                  a copy of
                  that filing to the Company.

              

      

       

      
        
           

          
          

        

        
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        	11.  	
                Administration. The
                  Award shall be administered in accordance with such administrative
                  regulations as the Committee shall from time to time adopt.  It
                  is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer,
                  construe, and make all determinations necessary or appropriate
                  to the
                  administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall
                  be
                  binding upon the Participant.

              

      

       

      
        	12.  	
                Governing
                  Law.
                  This Agreement, and the Award, shall be construed, administered
                  and
                  governed in all respects under and by the laws of the State of
                  Indiana.

              

      

       

       

      IN
        WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed by the parties this ___ day of
        __________, ______, effective as of the ___ day of __________,
        ______.

       

      

      FRANKLIN
        ELECTRIC CO., INC.

      

      

      

      
        	
                ________________________________
                  

                Participant

              	
                By:________________________________

              

      

      

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      Franklin
        Electric Co., Inc. Stock Plan 

      Restricted
        Stock Award

      

      

      Name
        (Please Print)

      In
        the
        event of my death, the following person is to receive any outstanding Award
        Shares granted to me under the Franklin Electric Co., Inc. Stock
        Plan.

      

      NOTE: 
        The
        primary beneficiary(ies) will receive your Stock Plan benefits. If more than
        one
        primary beneficiary is indicated, the benefits will be split among them equally.
        If you desire to provide for a distribution of benefits among primary
        beneficiaries on other than an equal basis, please attach a sheet explaining
        the
        desired distribution in full detail. If any primary beneficiary is no longer
        living on the date of your death, the benefit which the deceased primary
        beneficiary would otherwise receive will be distributed to the secondary
        beneficiary(ies), in a similar manner as described above for the primary
        beneficiary(ies).

      

      
        	
                ‘  
                  Primary Beneficiary

              	
                 ‘
                  Secondary Beneficiary

              
	
                ____________________

              	
                ____________________

              	
                _____________________

              	
                _________________

              
	
                Last
                  Name

              	
                First

              	
                M.I.

              	
                Relationship

              
	
                _________________________________________

              	
                _________________________________________

              
	
                Street
                  Address     

              	
                City,
                  State, Zip Code

              
	 
	
                ‘  
                  Primary Beneficiary

              	
                 ‘
                  Secondary Beneficiary

              
	
                ____________________

              	
                ____________________

              	
                _____________________

              	
                _________________

              
	
                Last
                  Name

              	
                First

              	
                M.I.

              	
                Relationship

              
	
                _________________________________________

              	
                _________________________________________

              
	
                Street
                  Address     

              	
                City,
                  State, Zip Code

              
	 
	
                ‘  
                  Primary Beneficiary

              	
                 ‘
                  Secondary Beneficiary

              
	
                ____________________

              	
                ____________________

              	
                _____________________

              	
                _________________

              
	
                Last
                  Name

              	
                First

              	
                M.I.

              	
                Relationship

              
	
                _________________________________________

              	
                _________________________________________

              
	
                Street
                  Address     

              	
                City,
                  State, Zip Code

              
	 
	
                If
                  a trust or other arrangement is listed above, include name, address
                  and
                  date of arrangement below:

              
	
                __________________________

              	
                __________________________

              	
                __________________________

              
	
                Name

              	
                Address 

              	
                Date

              
	
                ‘  
                  For additional beneficiaries, check here and attach an additional
                  sheet of
                  paper.

              
	 
	
                This
                  supersedes any beneficiary designation previously made by me with
                  respect
                  to Award Shares granted under this Plan. I reserve the right to
                  change the
                  beneficiary at any time.

              
	 
	
                _______________________________________  

              	
                _________________________________________

              
	
                Date      

              	
                Sign
                  your full name here

              
	 
	
                Date
                  received by Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 

              	
                ______________________________________

              
	
                 

              	
                By:______________________________________

              

      

       

      
 

      
        
          
          

        

        
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            -AMENDMENT #7 TO THIRD RESTATED AND
                       AMENDED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

         THIS AMENDMENT #7 TO THIRD RESTATED AND AMENDED LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of February 13, 2006, by and among GMAC
COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC, as successor by merger to GMAC Commercial Credit LLC,
which was the successor in interest to BNY Financial Corporation ("GMAC CF"), as
Agent and Lender, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("PNC", and together with GMAC
CF, "Lenders"), as Lender and Co-Agent, JACO ELECTRONICS, INC. ("Jaco"), NEXUS
CUSTOM ELECTRONICS, INC. ("Nexus") and INTERFACE ELECTRONICS, INC. ("Interface",
and together with Jaco and Nexus, "Borrowers").

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

         WHEREAS, Borrowers, GMAC CF, PNC and Jaco de Mexico, Inc. entered into
that certain Third Restated and Amended Loan and Security Agreement, dated
December 22, 2003 (the "Third Restated Agreement"), as amended by (i) Amendment
#1 to the Third Restated Agreement, dated September 20, 2004, (ii) Amendment #2
to the Third Restated Agreement, dated November 23, 2004, (iii) Amendment #3 to
the Third Restated Agreement, dated February 11, 2005, (iv) Waiver and Amendment
#4 to the Third Restated Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2005, (v) Waiver and
Amendment # 5 to the Third Restated Agreement, dated September, 2005, and (vi)
Waiver #6 to the Third Restated Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2005 (as
heretofore amended and as hereafter restated, supplemented, extended, renewed,
amended and otherwise modified from time to time, the "Loan Agreement"), and
into various instruments, agreements and other documents executed and/or
delivered in connection therewith (all of the foregoing, together with the Loan
Agreement, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, restated, renewed,
extended, substituted, modified or supplemented from time to time, collectively,
the "Loan Documents"); and

         WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that Lenders agree to amend certain
terms of the Loan Agreement, and Lenders have agreed to accommodate Borrowers'
request subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, all as more
particularly set forth below.

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

(a) Effective as of the date hereof, the definition of the term "Contract Rate"
set forth in Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:

                           "Contract Rate" shall mean, with respect to Revolving
                  Advances, an Interest Rate per annum equal to, as applicable:

                               (A) the Base Rate, plus (x) if the Fixed Charge
                  Coverage Ratio for the two consecutive full fiscal quarters
                  immediately preceding the date of calculation was equal to or
                  greater than 1.1 to 1.0, one (1.0%) percent, or (y) if the
                  Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for either of the two consecutive

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                  full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the date of
                  calculation was less than 1.1 to 1.0, one and one-half (1.50%)
                  percent ;or

                               (B) the Eurodollar Rate, plus (x) if the Fixed
                  Charge Coverage Ratio for the two consecutive full fiscal
                  quarters immediately preceding the date of calculation was
                  equal to or greater than 1.1 to 1.0, three and one-half
                  (3.50%) percent, or (ii) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
                  for either of the two consecutive full fiscal quarters
                  immediately preceding the date of calculation was less than
                  1.1 to 1.0, four (4.0%) percent."

(b) Effective as of the date hereof, the definition of the term "Inventory
Availability" set forth in Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                           "Inventory Availability" shall mean the Revolving
                  Advances against Eligible Inventory which Lenders may from
                  time to time during the Term make available to Borrowers, in
                  an amount up to the least of (a) $17,000,000 (the "Inventory
                  Sublimit"), or (b) thirty-eight percent (38%) of the cost of
                  Jaco Eligible Inventory, other than LCD Inventory, calculated
                  on a first-in, first-out basis, or (c) eighty-five percent
                  (85%) of the net orderly liquidation value of Jaco Eligible
                  Inventory, calculated as of the date of calculation (the
                  lesser of the foregoing clause (b) and clause (c), the
                  "Inventory Advance Rate")."

(c) Effective as of the date hereof, Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety by the addition thereto, in the appropriate
alphabetical sequence, of the definition of the term "Temporary Availability
Advance", to read as follows:

                           "Temporary Availability Advance" has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.14(a)."

(d) Effective as of the date hereof, Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety by the addition thereto, in the appropriate
alphabetical sequence, of the definition of the term "Temporary Availability
Amount", to read as follows:

                           "Temporary Availability Amount" shall mean an amount
                  equal, in the sole and absolute discretion of Agent, to the
                  lesser of:

                               (A) (x) on February 13, 2006 and thereafter
                  through and including February 20, 2006, up to $1,500,000, (y)
                  on February 21, 2006 and thereafter through and including
                  March 20, 2006, up to $800,000, and (z) on March 21, 2006 and
                  at all times thereafter, $0, and

                               (B) (x) on February 13, 2006 and thereafter
                  through and including February 20, 2006, an amount equal to
                  seven percent (7%) of the cost of Eligible Inventory
                  (calculated on a first-in, first-out basis),(y) on February
                  21, 2006 and thereafter through and including March 20, 2006,
                  an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the cost (calculated
                  on a first-in, first-out basis) of Eligible Inventory, and (z)
                  on March 21, 2006 and at all times thereafter, $0."

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2. Formula Amount. Effective as of the date hereof, Clause (y) of Section 2.1(a)
of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

                    "(y) an amount equal to the sum of:

(i)      Receivables Availability, plus

(ii) Inventory Availability, plus,

(iii) in the sole and absolute discretion of Agent, the Temporary

                                            Availability Amount, minus

(iv) the amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit, minus

(v) Reserves."

3. Advances.

(a) Effective as of the date hereof, Section 2.14(a) of the Loan Agreement is
hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

                           "(a) Each borrowing of Revolving Advances shall be
                  advanced according to the applicable Commitment Percentages of
                  Lenders; provided, that any Revolving Advance, or portion
                  thereof, that would have caused the aggregate balance of
                  Revolving Advances to exceed the Formula Amount if Agent had
                  not, in the exercise of its discretion, made the Temporary
                  Availability Amount available ("Temporary Availability
                  Advances") shall be advanced solely by GMAC CF."

(b) Effective as of the date hereof, the first sentence of Section 2.14(b) of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

                           "Subject to Section11.2 hereof, each payment
                  (including each prepayment) by Borrowers on account of the
                  principal of the Revolving Advances shall be applied first, to
                  outstanding Temporary Availability Advances, and then to the
                  other Revolving Advances pro rata according to the applicable
                  Commitment Percentages of Lenders."

4. Interest. Effective as of the date hereof, Section 3.1 of the Loan Agreement
is amended and restated to add the following sentence at the end thereof:

                           "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
                  herein, interest payable by Borrowers hereunder with respect
                  to any portion of the Revolving Advances constituting
                  Temporary Availability Advances shall be payable solely for
                  the account of GMAC CF."

5. Letter of Credit Fees. Effective as of the date hereof, the first sentence of
Section 3.2(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety
as follows:

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                           "(a) Borrowers shall pay (x) to Agent, for the
                  benefit of Lenders, fees for each Letter of Credit for the
                  period from and excluding the date of issuance of same to and
                  including the date of expiration or termination, equal to the
                  average daily face amount of each outstanding Letter of Credit
                  multiplied, with respect to each monthly payment of fees, by
                  (i) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the two consecutive
                  full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the date upon which
                  such payment is due was equal to or greater than 1.1 to 1.0,
                  three and one-half (3.50%) percent, or (ii) if the Fixed
                  Charge Coverage Ratio for either of the two consecutive full
                  fiscal quarters immediately preceding the date upon which such
                  payment is due was less than 1.1 to 1.0, four (4.0%) percent,
                  such fees to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for
                  the actual number of days elapsed and to be payable monthly in
                  arrears on the first day of each month and on the last day of
                  the Term, and (y) to Agent for the benefit of the Issuer, any
                  and all fees and expenses as agreed upon by the Issuer and the
                  Borrowers in connection with any Letter of Credit, including,
                  without limitation, in connection with the opening, amendment
                  or renewal of any such Letter of Credit and shall reimburse
                  Agent for any and all fees and expenses, if any, paid by Agent
                  to the Issuer (all of the foregoing fees, the "Letter of
                  Credit Fees")."

6. Inventory Appraisals. Effective as of the date hereof, Section 3.4(c) of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

                           "(c) Inventory Appraisals. Borrowers shall pay all
                  costs and expenses relating to at least two inventory
                  appraisals per year undertaken by an appraiser designated by
                  Agent; provided, however, that after the occurrence of a
                  Default or Event of Default, additional inventory appraisals
                  may, at the request of the Lenders, be made by Agent at
                  Borrowers' expense. Any Lender may request semi-annually that
                  Agent perform, or cause to be performed, such inventory
                  appraisals."

7. Financial Covenants. Effective as of December 31, 2005, Section 6.9(b) of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                           "(b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Maintain, as of the
                  end of each period set forth below, a Fixed Charge Coverage
                  Ratio for the Loan Parties on a Consolidated Basis of not less
                  than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:

                                                   Period Ratio
                   six months ending 12/31/05`                     0.4 to 1.0
                   three months ending 3/31/06                     1.1 to 1.0
                   six months ending 6/30/06                       1.2 to 1.0
                   nine months ending 9/30/06                      1.2 to 1.0
                   as of the end of each quarterly period
                   thereafter, on a four-quarter rolling basis
                   for the previous four quarters                  1.2 to 1.0

8. Application of Proceeds of Collateral. Effective as of the date hereof,
Section 11.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:

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                  "11.2  Application of Proceeds.

                      Upon the exercise by Agent of any remedies of enforcement
               against the Collateral, the proceeds realized from any Collateral
               shall be applied as follows: first, to the reasonable costs,
               expenses and attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by Agent and
               each of the Lenders for collection and for acquisition,
               completion, protection, removal, storage, sale and delivery of
               the Collateral; second, to interest due upon any of the
               Obligations other than, if an Event of Default has occurred and
               is continuing, outstanding Temporary Availability Advances;
               third, to fees payable in connection with this Agreement; fourth,
               to furnish to Agent cash collateral in an amount not less than
               105% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit,
               such cash collateral arrangements to be in form and substance
               satisfactory to Agent; fifth, to the principal of the Obligations
               other than, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
               continuing, outstanding Temporary Availability Advances; and
               sixth, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to
               the principal of outstanding Temporary Availability Advances and
               accrued but unpaid interest thereon. If any deficiency shall
               arise, Loan Parties shall remain liable to Agent and Lenders
               therefor. If it is determined by an authority of competent
               jurisdiction that a disposition by Agent of Collateral did not
               occur in a commercially reasonable manner, Agent may obtain a
               deficiency judgment for the difference between the amount of the
               Obligations and the amount that a commercially reasonable sale of
               the Collateral would have yielded. Agent will not be considered
               to have offered to retain the Collateral in satisfaction of the
               Obligations unless Agent has entered into a written agreement
               with the Loan Parties to that effect."

9. Borrowers' Acknowledgements and Reaffirmations.

(a) Each Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of the date
of Borrowers' execution hereof, none of the Obligations are subject to offset,
defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description whatsoever.

(b) Each Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms the Loan Agreement and each of
the other Loan Documents as being legal, valid and binding joint and several
obligations of Borrowers, enforceable against Borrowers in accordance with their
respective terms as modified hereby. Each Borrower hereby confirms that there
are no defenses to the performance of any of such Borrower's obligations under
the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Each Borrower hereby
ratifies and confirms such Borrower's grant to Agent, for the ratable benefit of
Agent, Lenders and each Issuer, of first priority perfected liens upon, and
security interests in, the properties and assets of such Borrower heretofore
mortgaged, pledged, granted or assigned to Agent under the Loan Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and acknowledges and confirms that such first priority
perfected liens and security interests secure, and shall continue to secure, the
Obligations, subject only to such prior security interests as are expressly
permitted under the Loan Documents.

(c) By its signature below, each Borrower ratifies and affirms to the Agent and
the Lenders that as of the date hereof, it is in full compliance with all
covenants under the Loan Documents, and certifies (i) that all representations
and warranties of Borrowers in the Loan Documents are true and accurate as of
the date hereof, with the same effect as if they had been made as of the date
hereof, (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from the execution, delivery and performance by Borrowers of this
Amendment;

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(iii) each Borrower has full power, right and legal authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment; (iv) each
Borrower has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery
of, and the performance of its obligations under, this Amendment; and (v) this
Amendment does not constitute a breach of any other agreement or understanding
to which such Borrower is a party or by which any property of such Borrower is
bound.

10. Ratifications. By their signatures below, each Borrower hereby ratifies the
Loan Agreement ( as hereby amended) and agrees (i) to be jointly and severally
liable for all Obligations under the Loan Agreement, and (ii) that all of the
outstanding amounts of the Loans under the Loan Agreement, as of the date
hereof, are the valid and binding Obligations of each of them, and (iii) to
repay to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, such Obligations (including
but not limited to all applicable interest) in accordance with the terms of the
Loan Agreement, but in no event later than the Termination Date.

11. No Other Modifications. Except as specifically set forth herein, no other
changes or modifications to the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents are
intended or implied, and, in all other respects the Loan Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall continue to remain in full force and effect in accordance
with their respective original terms except as heretofore amended in writing.
Nothing contained herein shall evidence a waiver by either Lender of any other
provision of the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

12. No Third Party Beneficiaries. The terms and provisions of this Amendment
shall be for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns; no other person, firm, entity or corporation shall have any right,
benefit or interest under this Amendment.

13. Condition to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of the terms and provisions of
this Amendment shall be subject to the receipt by Agent of an original of this
Amendment, duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrowers.

14. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one
agreement. In making proof of this Amendment, it shall not be necessary to
produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party to be
charged. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by electronically
confirmed telefacsimile shall have the same force and effect as the delivery of
an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.

15. Merger. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of
the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein. This Amendment cannot
be changed, modified, amended or terminated except in a writing executed by the
party to be charged.

16. Amendment Fees. In consideration of the Lenders' agreement to the amendments
effected hereby, Borrowers agree to pay to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders, concurrently with their execution hereof, a non-refundable fee in
the amount of $100,000. In addition, in consideration of the Temporary
Availability Amount established hereby, Borrowers agree to pay to Agent, for the
benefit of GMAC CF, a non-refundable fee in the amount of $5,750. Borrowers
hereby authorize the Lenders to automatically charge to Borrowers' account the
respective amounts of such fees. It is understood and agreed by the parties that
the fees payable pursuant to this Paragraph 16 shall not be taken into account
for the purposes of calculating either the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or EBITDA
under the Loan Agreement.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this
Amendment on the date hereinabove written.

                                               GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC,
                                               as Agent and Lender

                                               By: /s/Daniel J Murray
                                                   ----------------------
                                               Title: 1st VP
                                                      -------------------

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
   as Lender

By: /s/Sari J. Smith
      ----------------------
Title: Vice President
       ---------------------

JACO ELECTRONICS, INC., Borrower

By: /s/Jeffrey D. Gash
    -------------------------
Title: CFO
      -----------------------

NEXUS CUSTOM ELECTRONICS, INC., Borrower

By: /s/Jeffrey D. Gash
    -------------------------
Title: CFO
      -----------------------

INTERFACE ELECTRONICS, INC., Borrower

By: /s/Jeffrey D. Gash
    -------------------------
Title: CFO
      -----------------------

    [Amendment #7 to Third Restated and Amended Loan and Security Agreement]

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