Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 31, 2020 (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”), is entered into by and among QUANTUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Quantum” and together with each Person joined to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) as a borrower from time to time, collectively, the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), QUANTUM LTO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Quantum LTO” and, together with each Person joined to the Credit Agreement as a guarantor from time to time, collectively, the “Guarantors”, and each a “Guarantor”; the Guarantors, together with the Borrowers, collectively the “Loan Parties” and each a “Loan Party”), and the Lenders (as defined below) party hereto.  

RECITALS

A.    U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), in its capacity as disbursing agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Agent”), the Borrowers, the Guarantors, and the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”) are parties to that certain Term Loan Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2018 (as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain loans to the Borrowers.

B.    The Loan Parties have requested that the Lenders (which, for the avoidance of doubt, constitute all affected Lenders for purposes of Section 16.2 of the Credit Agreement) (a) amend the Credit Agreement to defer payment of the Scheduled Term Loan Installment Payment due on April 1, 2020 set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Credit Agreement to June 30, 2020, (b) amend Section 3.1(b) of the Credit Agreement to permit the Borrowers to pay a portion of the interest due on April 1, 2020 in kind rather than in cash, and (c) waive compliance with the Total Net Leverage Ratio covenant set forth in Section 6.5(c) of the Credit Agreement for the four fiscal quarter period ending March 31, 2020, and the Lenders have agreed to make the requested amendments to, and grant the requested waiver under, the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. 

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows: 

1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

2.Amendments.  Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Lenders hereby agree to amend the Credit Agreement as follows:

		
	a.
	Section 2.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the table set forth therein and replacing it with the following:

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	Column A
	Column B

	Date of Payment
	Percentage of Original Principal Amount of Term Loan to be Paid

	March 31, 2019
	0.250
	%

	June 30, 2019
	0.250%

	September 30, 2019
	0.250%

	December 31, 2019
	0.250%

	April 1, 2020
	0.000%

	June 30, 2020
	0.500%

	September 30, 2020
	0.250%

	December 31, 2020
	0.250%

	March 31, 2021
	0.250%

	June 30, 2021
	0.250%

	September 30, 2021
	0.250%

	December 31, 2021
	0.250%

	March 31, 2022
	0.250%

	June 30, 2022
	0.250%

	September 30, 2022
	0.250%

	December 31, 2022
	0.250%

	March 31 2023
	0.250%

	June 30, 2023
	0.250%

	September 30, 2023
	0.250%

	Maturity Date
	The remaining principal balance 
of the Term Loan

		
	b.
	Section 3.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end of such paragraph:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall pay the interest due on  April 1, 2020 (i) in cash in the amount of the LIBOR Rate plus 5.50% per annum and (ii) in kind in the amount of 4.50% per annum by capitalizing such interest and adding it to the principal amount of the Loans on April 1, 2020.”

3.Waiver.  The Lenders hereby waive compliance by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with the Total Net Leverage Ratio covenant set forth in Section 6.5(c) of the Credit Agreement, with respect to the four fiscal quarter period ending March 31, 2020. 

4.Conditions Precedent.  The effectiveness of this Amendment is expressly conditioned upon the receipt by the Lenders of executed counterparts of this Amendment from each Loan Party and each of the Lenders.

5.Re-set of Financial Covenants.  No later than (a) April 24, 2020 (or such later date as the Lenders may agree in their sole discretion) (the “Model Date”), the Borrowers shall deliver to the Lenders a full financial model in form reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders and (b) May 15, 2020 (or such later date as the Lenders may agree in their sole discretion) (the “Re-Set Date”), 

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the Borrowers and the Lenders shall enter into an amendment to the Credit Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders in their sole discretion, providing for, among other things, a re-set of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement.  If the Borrowers fail to deliver the financial model by the Model Date or fail to enter into such an amendment by the Re-Set Date, (i) such failure shall constitute an immediate Event of Default under Section 10.4(a) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) on the Re-Set Date, the Borrowers shall be required to pay an amendment fee to the Lenders with respect to this Amendment in an amount equal to 0.375% of the principal amount of the Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, such fee to be paid in kind by capitalizing the amount thereof and adding it to the principal amount of the Loans.

6.Costs, Expenses and Taxes.  Each Loan Party, jointly and severally, agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Lenders incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Lenders with respect thereto).

7.Representations and Warranties.  In addition to the continuing representations and warranties heretofore or hereafter made by the Loan Parties to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to Agent and each Lender as follows:

(a)    each Loan Party has full power, authority and legal right to enter into this Amendment and to perform all its respective Obligations hereunder;

(b)    this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party;

(c)    this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

(d)    the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment (i) are within each Loan Party’s corporate or company powers, as applicable, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or company action, as applicable, (iii) are not in contravention of law or the terms of such Loan Party’s Organizational Documents or to the conduct of such Loan Party’s business or of any Material Contract or undertaking to which such Loan Party is a party or by which such Loan Party is bound, including without limitation the Revolving Loan Documents, (iv) will not conflict with or violate any material provisions of any law or regulation, or any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Body, (v) will not require the Consent of any Governmental Body, any party to a Material Contract or any other Person, except (x) any Consents of any party to a Material Contract or any other Person (other than a Governmental Body) with respect to which the failure to obtain could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect or (y) any immaterial Consents of any Governmental Body, all of which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the date hereof and which are in full force and effect, and (vi) will not conflict with, nor result in any breach in any of the provisions of or constitute a default under or result in the creation of any Lien except Permitted Encumbrances upon any asset 

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of such Loan Party under the provisions of any material agreement, instrument, or other document to which such Loan Party is a party or by which it or its property is a party or by which it may be bound, including without limitation the Revolving Loan Documents; and

(e)    each Loan Party is duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or formation, as applicable.

8.Reaffirmation.  Each Loan Party hereby ratifies and reaffirms (a) all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under the Credit Agreement and each of the Other Documents to which it is a party, and (b) its grant to Agent of a security interest in the Collateral under the Credit Agreement and each of the Other Documents to which it is a party.

9.Governing Law. This Amendment and all matters relating hereto or arising herefrom (whether arising under contract law, tort law or otherwise) shall, in accordance with Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York, be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.  

10.Reference to Credit Agreement.  Each of the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, and any and all other agreements, documents or instruments now or hereafter executed and/or delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement as modified hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference therein to the Credit Agreement, whether direct or indirect, shall mean a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.  This Amendment shall constitute an Other Document under the Credit Agreement.

11.Effect of this Amendment.  This Amendment relates only to the specific matters expressly covered herein, shall not be considered to be a waiver of any rights, claims or remedies that the Agent or any Lender may have under the Credit Agreement or under any Other Document (except as expressly set forth herein) or under applicable law, and shall not be considered to create a course of dealing or to otherwise obligate, in any respect, the Agent or any Lender to grant any waivers under the same or similar or other circumstances in the future. To the extent that any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the Other Documents are inconsistent with the provisions of this Amendment, the provisions of this Amendment shall control.

12.Binding Effect.  This Amendment shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto.

13.Further Assurances.  The Loan Parties shall execute and deliver such further documents and take such further action as may be reasonably requested by Agent or the Required Lenders to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

14.Counterparts; Electronic Signature.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, all of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or electronic transmission (including email transmission of a .pdf image) shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.

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15.Release. For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party hereby, for itself and its successors and permitted assigns, fully and without reserve, releases and forever discharges each of the Agent and the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, officers, directors, employees, representatives, trustees, attorneys, agents, advisors (including attorneys, accountants and experts) and affiliates (collectively the “Released Parties” and individually a “Released Party”) from any and all actions, claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, executions, suits, debts, liabilities, costs, damages, expenses or other obligations of any kind and nature whatsoever, known or unknown, direct and/or indirect, at law or in equity, whether now existing or hereafter asserted (including, without limitation, any offsets, reductions, rebatement, claims of usury or claims with respect to the negligence of any Released Party), for or because of any matters or things occurring, existing or actions done, omitted to be done, or suffered to be done by any of the Released Parties, in each case, on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date and are in any way directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected to any of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, any Other Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (collectively, the “Released Matters”).  Each Loan Party, by execution hereof, hereby acknowledges and agrees that the agreements in this Section are intended to cover and be in full satisfaction for all or any alleged injuries or damages arising in connection with the Released Matters.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment as of the date first above written.

	
		
	LOAN PARTIES:
	QUANTUM CORPORATION, as Borrower

By: /s/ J. Michael Dodson
Name:   J. Michael Dodson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

	 
	QUANTUM LTO HOLDINGS, LLC, as Guarantor

By: /s/ J. Michael Dodson
Name:   J. Michael Dodson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

	LENDERS:
	OC II LVS XVII LP, as a Lender

By:  /s/ Adam L. Gubner
Name:  Adam L. Gubner    
Title:  Authorized Person

	 
	BTC HOLDINGS FUND I, LLC, as a Lender
By:  Blue Torch Credit Opportunities Fund I LP, its sole member
By:  Blue Torch Credit Opportunities GP LLC, its general partner

By:  /s/ Kevin Genda
Name:    Kevin Genda
Title:  Authorized Person

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Term Loan Credit and Security AgreementExhibit

Exhibit 10.2

FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of April 3, 2020, is entered into by and among QUANTUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Quantum”), QUANTUM LTO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Quantum LTO” and together with Quantum and each other Person joined to the Credit Agreement as a borrower from time to time, collectively, the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), the financial institutions which are now or which hereafter become a party to the Credit Agreement as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”), in its capacity as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, “Agent”).   

RECITALS

A.    Agent, the Lenders and the Borrowers are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2018 (as amended hereby and as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made and may hereafter make certain loans and have provided and may hereafter provide certain financial accommodations to the Borrowers.

B.    The Borrowers have requested that Agent and the Lenders make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein, and Agent and the Required Lenders have agreed to make such amendments, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. 

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows: 

1.Definitions.  

(a)    Interpretation.  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

(b)    New Definitions.  The following defined terms are hereby added to Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement in their proper alphabetical order:

“First Amendment” shall mean the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date, by and among Agent, Lenders and the Borrowers.

“First Amendment Effective Date” shall mean April 3, 2020.

2.Financial Covenants.  Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting subsections (c) and (d) of such Section in their entirety and replacing them with the following:

“(c)  Total Net Leverage Ratio.  Maintain as of the end of each fiscal quarter, a Total Net Leverage Ratio for Quantum and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, of not greater than the ratio set forth below for each four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period then ended set forth below:
	
		
	Fiscal Quarter Ending
	Maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio

	March 31, 2019
	5.43 to 1.00

	June 30, 2019
	4.80 to 1.00

	September 30, 2019
	4.40 to 1.00

	December 31, 2019
	3.75 to 1.00

	March 31, 2020
	Not Tested

	June 30, 2020
	3.25 to 1.00

	September 30, 2020
	2.75 to 1.00

	December 31, 2020
	2.50 to 1.00

	March 31, 2021 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter
	2.50    to 1.00

(d)  Total Leverage Ratio.  Maintain as of the end of each fiscal quarter, a Total Leverage Ratio for Quantum and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, of not greater than the ratio set forth below for each four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ended set forth below:
	
		
	Fiscal Quarter Ending
	Maximum Total Leverage Ratio

	March 31, 2019
	6.00 to 1.00

	June 30, 2019
	5.30 to 1.00

	September 30, 2019
	5.00 to 1.00

	December 31, 2019
	4.50 to 1.00

	March 31, 2020
	Not Tested

	June 30, 2020
	4.00 to 1.00

	September 30, 2020
	3.50 to 1.00

	December 31, 2020
	3.50 to 1.00

	March 31, 2021 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter
	3.50 to 1.00”

3.Re-set of Financial Covenants.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Credit Agreement or any of the Other Documents: (x) on or before April 24, 2020 (or such later date as Agent may agree in its sole discretion), Borrowers shall deliver to Agent, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Agent, a financial model, and (y) on or before May 15, 2020 (or such later date as Agent may agree in its sole discretion), Borrowers, Agent and Lenders shall enter into an amendment to the Credit Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and Lenders in their sole discretion, providing for, among other things, a re-set of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement.  If the Borrowers fail to comply with the covenants set forth in this Section 3, such failure shall constitute an additional and immediate Event of Default under Section 10.5(a) of the Credit Agreement.

4.Amendment Fee.  In consideration of the agreements set forth herein, Borrowers hereby agree to pay to Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, an amendment fee in the amount of $100,000, which fee shall be fully earned as of and due and due and payable on the First Amendment Effective Date.  Borrowers 

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hereby agree that Agent may, in its sole discretion, charge Borrowers’ Account with the amount of such amendment fee in satisfaction thereof.  

5.Representations and Warranties.  In addition to the continuing representations and warranties heretofore or hereafter made by the Loan Parties to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to Agent and each Lender as follows:

(a)    each Loan Party has full power, authority and legal right to enter into this Amendment and to perform all its respective Obligations hereunder;

(b)    this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party;

(c)    this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

(d)    the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment (i) are within each Loan Party’s corporate or limited liability company powers, as applicable, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action, as applicable, (iii) are not in contravention of law or the terms of such Loan Party’s Organizational Documents or to the conduct of such Loan Party’s business or of any Material Contract or undertaking to which such Loan Party is a party or by which such Loan Party is bound, including without limitation the Term Loan Documents, (iv) will not conflict with or violate any material provisions of any law or regulation, or any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Body, (v) will not require the Consent of any Governmental Body, any party to a Material Contract or any other Person, except (x) any Consents of any party to a Material Contract or any other Person (other than a Governmental Body) with respect to which the failure to obtain could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect, (y) any immaterial Consents of any Governmental Body, or (z) those Consents set forth on Schedule 5.1 to the Credit Agreement, all of which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the First Amendment Effective Date and which are in full force and effect on the First Amendment Effective Date, and (vi) will not conflict with, nor result in any breach in any of the provisions of or constitute a default under or result in the creation of any Lien except Permitted Encumbrances upon any asset of such Loan Party under the provisions of any material agreement, instrument, or other document to which such Loan Party is a party or by which it or its property is a party or by which it may be bound, including without limitation the Term Loan Documents;

(e)    each Loan Party is duly formed or incorporated, as applicable, and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and is good standing in such state and is qualified to do business in any state where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(f)    each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, each as amended hereby, are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as if made on the date of this Amendment and after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is made as of an earlier and/or specified date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier or specified date; and

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(g)    after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, on the date of this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing.

6.Conditions Precedent.  The effectiveness of this Amendment is expressly conditioned upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a)    Agent shall have received this Amendment, duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Loan Party;

(b)    Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, an amendment to the Term Loan Agreement, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrowers, the Term Loan Agent and the Term Loan Lenders, which amendment shall include, among other things, (x) the postponement of the principal installment of the Term Loan due and payable on March 31, 2020 until June 30, 2020 and (y) a waiver of the Total Net Leverage Ratio covenant set forth in Section 6.5(c) of the Term Loan Agreement with respect to the four fiscal quarter period ending March 31, 2020 (it being understood and agreed that Amendment No. 2 to Term Loan Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2020, among the Borrowers, Term Loan Agent and the Term Loan Lenders is satisfactory to Agent);

(c)    Agent shall have received payment from Borrowers of all fees payable to Agent and Lenders on the First Amendment Effective Date pursuant to the terms of the Fee Letter and all other fees, charges and disbursements of Agent and its counsel required to be paid pursuant to the Credit Agreement in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment; 

(d)    all proceedings taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and all documents, instruments and other legal matters incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent and its counsel; and

(e)    on the date of this Amendment and after giving effect to the provisions of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing.

7.Reaffirmation.  Each Loan Party hereby ratifies and reaffirms (a) all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under the Credit Agreement and each of the Other Documents to which it is a party, and (b) its grant to Agent of a security interest in the Collateral under the Credit Agreement and each of the Other Documents to which it is a party.

8.Acknowledgments.  To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrowers and each other Loan Party acknowledge that: 

(a)    as of the First Amendment Effective Date, (i) Agent and Lenders have performed without default all obligations required of Agent and Lenders under the Credit Agreement and each of the Other Documents; and (ii) there are no disputes with or claims against Agent or Lenders, or any knowledge of any facts giving rise to any disputes or claims, related to the Credit Agreement or any of the Other Documents, including, without limitation, any disputes or claims or knowledge of facts giving rise thereto, that involve a breach or violation on the part of Agent or any Lender of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement or any of the Other Documents; and

(b)    no Loan Party has any valid defense to the enforcement of their respective obligations set forth in the Credit Agreement, the Other Documents or this Amendment, as applicable, by reason of any circumstance, action, cause or thing whatsoever which arises at any time on or prior to the day and date of this Amendment.

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9.Governing Law. This Amendment and all matters relating hereto or arising herefrom (whether arising under contract law, tort law or otherwise) shall, in accordance with Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York, be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.  

10.Effect of this Agreement.  Except as expressly amended pursuant hereto, no other changes or modifications to the Credit Agreement or any of the Other Documents are intended or implied, and in all other respects, the Credit Agreement and each of the Other Documents is hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of the date of this Amendment.  To the extent that any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the Other Documents are inconsistent with the provisions of this Amendment, the provisions of this Amendment shall control.

11.Binding Effect.  This Amendment shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto.

12.Further Assurances.  The Loan Parties shall execute and deliver such further documents and take such further action as may be reasonably requested by Agent to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

13.Counterparts; Electronic Signature.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, all of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or electronic transmission (including email transmission of a .pdf image) shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.

14.Release.  In consideration of the agreements of Agent and Lenders contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party, on behalf of itself and its respective successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases, remises and forever discharges Agent and Lenders, their respective successors and assigns, and their respective present and former shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees, agents and other representatives (Agent, each Lender and all such other Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a “Releasee”), of and from all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set‐off, demands and liabilities whatsoever (individually, a “Claim” and collectively, “Claims”) of every name and nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, as of the date of this Amendment, both at law and in equity, which such Loan Party, or any of its respective successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or hereafter own, hold, have or claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason of any circumstance, action, cause or thing whatsoever which arises at any time on or prior to the day and date of this Amendment, in each case for or on account of, or in relation to, or in any way in connection with any of the Credit Agreement, any of the Other Documents or transactions thereunder or related thereto; provided that nothing contained herein shall release any Releasee from any Claims resulting from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or material breach of the Credit Agreement or any of the Other Documents by any Releasee as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order or for any Claim arising with respect to obligations arising under this Amendment or the documents entered into as of the First Amendment Effective Date.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment as of the date first above written.

	
		
	BORROWERS:
	QUANTUM CORPORATION

By: /s/ J. Michael Dodson
Name:   J. Michael Dodson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

	 
	QUANTUM LTO HOLDINGS, LLC

By: /s/ J. Michael Dodson
Name:   J. Michael Dodson
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

	AGENT AND LENDERS:
	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Agent and Lender

By:  /s/ Daniela Piemonte
Name:    Daniela Piemonte
Title:  Vice President

[Signature Page to First Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement]

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