Document:

DEBT AND WARRANT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2004

 Exhibit 10.43 
 EXECUTION COPY 

  
 $10,000,000 
  
 DEBT AND WARRANT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT 
  
 among

  
 HTM HOLDINGS, INC., 
  
 and 
  
 SMTC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF CANADA 
  
 as Borrowers, 
  
 SMTC CORPORATION, 
 as Guarantor of
the Existing Notes and Parent of the Borrowers, 
  
 and

  
 THE DEBT HOLDERS 
  
 Dated as of June 1, 2004 
  

  
 THIS DEBT AND WARRANT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2004 (AS AMENDED,
SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME) AMONG THE DEBT HOLDERS HEREUNDER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE SENIOR LENDERS. 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 	  	 	  	Page

	 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
	  	4
			
	 1.1  
	  	 Defined Terms
	  	4
	 1.2  
	  	 Other Definitional Provisions
	  	10
		
	 SECTION 2. RELEASES
	  	11
			
	 2.1  
	  	 Release
	  	11
	 2.2  
	  	 Limitation on Releases
	  	11
		
	 SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF EXCHANGE
	  	11
			
	 3.1  
	  	 Exchange of Senior Indebtedness and Existing Warrants
	  	11
	 3.2  
	  	 Taxes
	  	11
		
	 SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	  	12
			
	 4.1  
	  	 Financial Condition
	  	12
	 4.2  
	  	 No Change
	  	13
	 4.3  
	  	 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law
	  	13
	 4.4  
	  	 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
	  	14
	 4.5  
	  	 Reporting Status
	  	14
	 4.6  
	  	 Capitalization
	  	15
	 4.7  
	  	 No Legal Bar
	  	16
	 4.8  
	  	 Litigation
	  	16
	 4.9  
	  	 No Default
	  	16
	 4.10
	  	 Ownership of Property; Liens
	  	16
	 4.11
	  	 Intellectual Property
	  	16
	 4.12
	  	 Taxes
	  	16
	 4.13
	  	 Labor Matters
	  	17
	 4.14
	  	 ERISA
	  	17
	 4.15
	  	 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
	  	17
	 4.16
	  	 Subsidiaries
	  	17
	 4.17
	  	 Environmental Matters
	  	18
	 4.18
	  	 Accuracy of Information, etc
	  	19
	 4.19
	  	 Certain Documents
	  	19
	 4.20
	  	 Ownership
	  	19
	 4.21
	  	 Private Offering
	  	19
	 4.22
	  	 NASDAQ Listing
	  	20
	 4.23
	  	 S-3 Status
	  	20
		
	 SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	  	21
			
	 5.1  
	  	 Conditions Precedent in Favor of Debt Holders
	  	21
		
	 SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	  	22

  

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	 6.1  
	  	 Registration Procedures and Expenses Holdings shall:
	  	22
	 6.2  
	  	 Transfer Restrictions
	  	25
	 6.3  
	  	 Rule 144
	  	27
		
	 SECTION 7. MISCELLANEOUS
	  	28
			
	 7.1  
	  	 Amendments and Waivers
	  	28
	 7.2  
	  	 Notices
	  	28
	 7.3  
	  	 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	  	29
	 7.4  
	  	 Survival of Representations and Warranties
	  	29
	 7.5  
	  	 Indemnification; Payment of Expenses and Taxes
	  	29
	 7.6  
	  	 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
	  	30
	 7.7  
	  	 Adjustments; Setoff
	  	31
	 7.8  
	  	 Counterparts
	  	31
	 7.9  
	  	 Severability
	  	31
	 7.10
	  	 Integration
	  	31
	 7.11
	  	 Remedies
	  	31
	 7.12
	  	 GOVERNING LAW
	  	31
	 7.13
	  	 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
	  	32
	 7.14
	  	 Acknowledgements
	  	32
	 7.15
	  	 Securities Act Matters
	  	33
	 7.16
	  	 RELEASE OF CLAIMS
	  	33
	 7.17
	  	 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
	  	34

  

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 SCHEDULES 
  

			
	 A
	  	Exchange Details
	 B
	  	Debt Holders Notice Information
	 4.1(b)
	  	Financial Condition
	 4.4
	  	Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
	 4.8
	  	Litigation
	 4.16
	  	Subsidiaries

  

 EXHIBITS 
  

			
	 A
	  	Closing Certificate
	 B
	  	Opinion of Ropes & Gray

  

 THIS DEBT AND WARRANT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2004, is by and among HTM HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Borrower”), SMTC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF CANADA, a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (the “Canadian Borrower”; together with the U.S.
Borrower, the “Borrowers”), SMTC CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation (“Holdings”, and together with the Borrowers (and any direct or indirect subsidiaries of Holdings or the Borrowers, the “Exchange
Parties”), the banks and other financial institutions listed on Schedule A (the “Debt Holders”) (the “Agreement”). 
  
 RECITALS: 
  
 A. The Borrowers intend to restructure the indebtedness (the “Debt Restructuring”) which is currently outstanding under the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2000, by and among the Borrowers, Holdings and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. as general administrative agent and collateral monitoring agent, Lehman Brothers Inc., as advisor, lead arranger and book
manager, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as syndication agent and Canadian administrative agent, General Electric Capital Corporation, as documentation agent and certain banks and financial institutions party thereto (as amended, restated, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”). 
  
 B. Holdings has received a commitment letter from Congress Financial Corporation (Canada) (“Congress”), to enter into one or more credit agreements to provide secured financing (the “Congress
Facility”) to Holdings, each of the Borrowers and their other subsidiaries, in the aggregate amount of up to US $40,000,000). 
  
 C. The Canadian Borrower entered into a “bought deal” offering underwritten by Orion Securities and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pursuant
to which the Canadian Borrower raised approximately US $30,000,000 (the “Equity Offering”). 
  
 D. Proceeds of the Congress Facility and the Equity Offering in the aggregate amount of US $40,000,000 shall be used to reduce the outstanding
indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement and Holdings and the Borrowers will enter into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Guarantee (the “New Credit Agreement”) with the Debt Holders to restructure the
remaining obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to the terms of the exchange described herein, in the amount of $27,500,000. 
  
 E. In connection with the Debt Restructuring, the Debt Holders have agreed to exchange (i) notes representing $10 million of the remaining obligations
under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Exchange Indebtedness”) and (ii) all Series A warrants, Series B warrants, Series D warrants and Series E warrants issued or to be issued to the Debt Holders under the Existing Credit
Agreement (including any rights to other warrants issuable thereunder) (the “Existing Lender Warrants”) for (x) 11,166,946 

  

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shares of Holdings Common Stock (as hereinafter defined) and (y) 11,166,946 warrants with each warrant being exercisable for one-half of one share of
Holdings Common Stock (as more particularly described in the New Warrant Agreement (the “New Warrants”), and such other consideration as set forth therein). 
  
 F. The Borrowers and the Exchange Parties are willing to enter into this Agreement, but only upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
  
 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 
  
 1.1 Defined Terms. 
  
 (a) For all purposes in this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein,
have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1 when used herein with capital letters: 
  
 “Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or
persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise. 
  
 “Agreement”: this Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time. 
  
 “Board”: the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor). 
  
 “Board of Directors”: as to any Person, the board of directors of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board. 
  
 “Borrowers”: as defined in the preamble hereto. 
  
 “Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close. 
  
 “Capital Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person
(other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing. 
  

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 “Closing Date”: such date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 shall
have been satisfied or such later date as mutually agreed to by the parties hereunder. 
  
 “Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 
  
 “Commonly Controlled Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with Holdings within the meaning of
Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes Holdings and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.  
  
 “Congress”: as defined in the recitals hereto. 
  

“Congress Facility”: as defined in the recitals hereto. 
  
 “Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any material provision of any security issued by such Person or
of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound. 
  
 “Current Market Price” on any date, means the average, during the period of 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on the second Trading Day
before such date, of the average of the high and low prices per share at which the Common Stock has traded on such stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed as may be selected for that purpose by the Board of Directors of the Company or, if
the Common Stock has not been listed on a stock exchange for such number of Trading Days, then such lesser number of Trading Days as the Common Stock has been so listed, or, if the Common Stock is not listed on any stock exchange, then in the
over-the-counter market as reported by such other stock exchange or as quoted by the most commonly quoted or carried source of quotations for shares traded in the over-the-counter market, provided that if, on any such Trading Day, there are no such
reported or quoted high and low prices, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share for board lots of the Common Stock reported by such stock exchange or as quoted by the most commonly quoted or carried source of quotations for shares
traded in the over-the-counter market, for such Trading Day shall be utilized in computing such average, and provided further that if the Common Stock is not listed on any stock exchange or traded in any over-the-counter market, then the Current
Market Price of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. 
  
 “Debt Holders”: as defined in the preamble hereto. 
  
 “Debt Restructuring”: as defined in the recitals hereto. 
  
 “Disposition”: with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings. 
  
 “Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States. 
  

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 “Environmental Laws”: any and all applicable laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes,
ordinances, codes, decrees or other legally enforceable requirements (including, without limitation, common law) of any international authority, foreign government, the United States, or any state, local, municipal or other governmental authority,
regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment or of human health, or employee health and safety, as is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in effect. 
  
 “Equity Offering”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

  
 “ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. 
  
 “Exchange Act”: as defined in Section 4.5. 
  
 “Exchange Documents”: this Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement, the New Warrant Agreement and all other documents contemplated hereby. 
  

“Exchange Indebtedness”: as defined in the recitals hereto. 
  
 “Exchange Parties”: as defined in the preamble hereto. 
  
 “Exchange Release”: as defined in Section 2.1. 

 
 “Existing Credit Agreement”: as defined in the recitals
hereto. 
  
 “Existing Lender Warrants”: as
defined in the recitals hereto. 
  
 “Form 10-K”:
as defined in Section 4.5(b) 
  
 “GAAP”:
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. 
  
 “Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions
of or pertaining to government. 
  
 “Guarantee
Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing
person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third
Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting
direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain 

  

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the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any
such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided,
however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be
the amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made. 
  
 “Hedging Obligation”: with respect to the Senior Debt, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person under Hedging
Agreements to which such Person is a party. 
  
 “Holdings
Common Stock”: means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Holdings (including all shares exchangeable for such stock). 
  
 “Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all
obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to Property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or
lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all capital lease obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party under
acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above and (h) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a)
through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person
has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation. 
  
 “Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Section 7.5. 
  
 “Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA. 
  
 “Insolvent”: pertaining to any condition of Insolvency.

  
 “Intellectual Property”: the collective
reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent
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other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. 
  
 “Lehman”: Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. 
  
 “Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security title, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or otherwise), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). 
  
 “Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Exchange Parties taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Exchange Documents or the rights or remedies of the Debt Holders hereunder or thereunder. 
  
 “Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or
petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, polychlorinated biophenyls, ureaformaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, and any other substances or forces of any kind, whether or not
any such substance or force is defined as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that is regulated pursuant to or could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. 
  
 “Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001 (a)(3) of ERISA.

  
 “NASD”: as defined in Section 4.22

  
 “New Credit Agreement”: as defined in the
recitals hereto. 
  
 “New Warrant Agreement”:
that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2004, by and between Holdings and Mellon Investor Services LLC, pursuant to which the New Warrants are issued. 
  
 “New Warrants”: as defined in the recitals hereto. 
  
 “Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in Section 3.2(b).

  
 “Other Taxes”: any and all present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment or distribution made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or
any other Exchange Document. 
  
 “PBGC”: the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor). 
  

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 “Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited
liability partnership, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature. 
  
 “Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which
Holdings or any Borrower is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA. 
  
 “Property”: any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal, or
mixed and whether tangible, or intangible, including without limitation, Capital Stock. 
  
 “Proxy Statement”: as defined in Section 4.5(a). 
  
 “Registrable Shares”: as defined in Section 6.1(a). 
  
 “Registration Statement”: as defined in Section 6.1(a). 
  
 “Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from
time to time. 
  
 “Reorganization”: with respect
to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA. 
  
 “Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty-day notice
period is waived under subsections .19, .27, .28, .29,    , .30, .31, .32, .34 or, .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043. 
  
 “Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of
such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its
Property is subject. 
  
 “Responsible Officer”:
the chief executive officer, president, executive vice president, senior vice president—finance, vice president—finance or chief financial officer of Holdings. When any provision of this Agreement requires an action by a Responsible
Officer, such action may be taken by a Responsible Officer of Holdings or Responsible Officers of both Borrowers at the time in question. 
  
 “SEC”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority. 
  
 “SEC Documents”: as defined in Section 4.5(c). 

 
 “Securities Act”: as defined in Section 7.15. 

 

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 “Senior Debt”: (i) all Indebtedness of Holdings and the Borrowers outstanding under the
Existing Credit Agreement, the New Credit Agreement; (ii) any Hedging Obligation entered into by Holdings or any Borrower with any lender which is a party to the New Credit Agreement or any Affiliate thereof; and (iii) all obligations with respect
to the foregoing. 
  
 “Shares”: the shares of
Holdings Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement and such shares issuable upon the exercise of the New Warrants. 
  
 “Single Employer Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan. 
  
 “Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or
both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Holdings or the Borrowers. 
  
 “Trading Day” with respect to any stock exchange or
over-the-counter market, means a day on which shares may be traded through the facilities of such stock exchange or in such over-the-counter market, and, otherwise, means a day on which shares may be traded through the facilities of the principal
stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed (or, if the Common Stock is not listed on any stock exchange, then in the over-the-counter market). 
  
 “Transferee”: as defined in Section 7.6(b). 
  
 “Trustee”: Mellon Investor Services LLC, as trustee under the New Warrant Agreement, and any successor trustee thereunder. 
  
 “UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
time in the State of New York. 
  
 “United
States”: the United States of America. 
  
 1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Exchange Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto. 
  
 (b) As used herein and in the other Exchange
Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to the Exchange Parties not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not
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given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have
correlative meanings), and (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock,
securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights. 
  
 (c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. 
  
 (d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. 
  
 SECTION 2. RELEASES 
  
 2.1 Release. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 5, each of the Debt Holders hereby release Holdings and the Borrowers, from all obligations that arise out of the Exchange Indebtedness and the Existing Lender Warrants and the Exchange Indebtedness and Existing Lender Warrants
shall be terminated and of no further force and effect. 
  
 2.2
Limitation on Releases. For greater certainty, (i) the Exchange Releases given by the Debt Holders in Section 2.1 do not apply to any of the agreements contained herein among the parties hereto and (ii) except as expressly set forth in
Section 2.1, the Existing Credit Agreement, New Credit Agreement and the Senior Debt shall remain in full force and effect and unmodified by this Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF EXCHANGE 
  
 3.1 Exchange of Exchange Indebtedness and Existing Warrants. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, on the Closing Date, each Debt Holder will exchange its pro rata share of the Exchange Indebtedness and Existing Lender Warrants in the amounts set forth next to such Debt
Holder’s name on Schedule A and otherwise in accordance with the exchange details set forth on Schedule A and each Debt Holder hereby acknowledges receipt of certificates representing that number of shares of Holdings Common Stock and New
Warrants as set forth on Schedule A. 
  
 3.2 Taxes.

  
 (a) The distributions made by Holdings or any of the Borrowers
under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter
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taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Debt Holder as a result of a present or former connection between such Debt
Holder and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such Debt Holder having executed, delivered or
performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Exchange Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded
Taxes”) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts or distributions payable to any Debt Holder hereunder or under any note, the amounts so payable to such Debt Holder shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to
such Debt Holder (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that Holdings shall not be required to
increase any such amounts payable to any Debt Holder with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Debt Holder’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (e) or (f) of this Section or (ii) that are United
States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Debt Holder at the time the Debt Holder becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such Debt Holder’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the same time of assignment,
to receive additional Debt Holder’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the same time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from Holdings with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph. 
  
 (b) In addition, Holdings or the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 
  
 (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by Holdings or the Borrowers, as promptly as possible thereafter, Holdings shall send to the relevant Debt Holder a certified copy of an original official receipt received by
Holdings showing payment thereof (to the extent such an original official receipt is provided). If Holdings fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the relevant Debt Holder
the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, Holdings shall indemnify the Debt Holders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any Debt Holder as a result of any such failure. 
  
 SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
  
 To induce the Debt Holders to enter into this Agreement and to exchange the
Exchange Indebtedness, Holdings and each of the Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to each Debt Holder that: 
  
 4.1 Financial Condition. 
  
 (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at April 30, 2004 (the “Pro
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giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the consummation of the Equity Offering (and the use of proceeds thereof), (ii) the Debt
Restructuring, (iii) the loan repayments under the Existing Credit Agreement to be made on the on the Closing Date and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared based on the
best information reasonably available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof and on good faith estimates and assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made, and presents fairly in all material respects on a pro
forma basis the estimated financial position of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at April 30, 2004, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date. 
  
 (b) The audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as at December 31,
2003, and the related consolidated statements of earnings (loss), changes in shareholders’ equity (deficiency) and of cash flows for the fiscal year ended on such date, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from KPMG LLP,
present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Holdings as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the fiscal year then ended. The unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of Holdings as at April 30, 2004, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of earnings (loss), changes in shareholders’ equity (deficiency) and of cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on such date, present fairly in
all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Holdings as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations for the fiscal quarter then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of certain notes
thereto). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants
and disclosed therein). Holdings does not have any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including, without limitation, any interest
rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph. During the period from December 31, 2003 through and
including the date hereof there has been no Disposition by Holdings of any material part of its business or Property. 
  
 4.2 No Change. Since December 31, 2003, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. 
  
 4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with
Law. Each of the Exchange Parties (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the corporate power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its
Property, to lease the Property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of Property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent the failure to be so qualified and/or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance
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all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. 
  
 4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization;
Enforceable Obligations. Each Exchange Party has the corporate power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Exchange Documents to which it is a party. Each Exchange Party has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Exchange Documents to which it is a party. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required
in connection with the borrowings hereunder or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Exchange Documents, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule
4.4, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in Section 8.19. Each Exchange Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each
Exchange Party that is a party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Exchange Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Exchange Party that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such
Exchange Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law). 
  
 4.5 Reporting Status. Holdings has filed in a timely manner all documents that it was required to file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), during the 12
months preceding the date of this Agreement. The following documents complied in all material respects with the SEC’s requirements as of their respective filing dates, and the information contained therein as of the date thereof did not, and as
of the Closing Date does not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under where they were made not
misleading, except to the extent that information contained in any such document has been revised or superseded by a SEC Document filed prior to the Closing Date (as defined below): 
  
 (a) Holdings Proxy Statement for the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”); 
  
 (b) Holdings Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003,
including the exhibits thereto (the “Form 10-K”); and 
  
 (c) all other documents, including the exhibits thereto, filed by the Company with the SEC since December 31, 2003 pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (together with the Proxy Statement and the Form 10-K, the
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 4.6 Capitalization 
  
 (a) As of the Closing Date, the authorized capital stock of Holdings consists of 135,000,000 shares of capital stock, of
which 130,000,000 shares are designated Holdings Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares are designated Preferred Stock. As of the Closing Date, there are 28,689,779 shares of Common Stock of Holdings issued and outstanding or issuable upon exchange of
outstanding exchangeable shares of the Canadian Borrower and one share of Preferred Stock of Holdings issued and outstanding. As of the Closing Date, an aggregate of 9,894,046 shares of Holdings Common Stock were reserved for issuance in respect of
outstanding options under the Amended and Restated SMTC (HTM) 1998 Equity Incentive Plan and the SMTC Corporation/SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of Canada 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, all of which shares were issuable upon exercise of outstanding
stock options were granted by Holdings to employees, consultants and directors of Holdings. Other than as disclosed in the SEC Documents, no other shares or options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of capital stock of Holdings or
securities convertible into capital stock of Holdings are outstanding. All outstanding shares of Holdings Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from any liens or any other encumbrances created by
Holdings with respect to the issuance and delivery thereof and not subject to preemptive rights. Other than as disclosed in the SEC Documents, except as set forth above, there are no outstanding rights, options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights
of first refusal agreements, commitments or similar rights for the purchase or acquisition from Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any securities of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; 
  
 (b) The Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the New Warrant
Agreement have been duly authorized, and when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of such Agreements will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all pledges, liens, encumbrances and other
restrictions (other than those arising under federal or state securities laws as a result of the private placement of the Shares to the Debt Holders). No preemptive right, co-sale right, right of first refusal or other similar right exists with
respect to the Shares or the issuance and sale thereof. The issuance and sale of the Shares will not obligate Holdings to issue shares of Holdings Common Stock or other securities to any person and will not result in a right of any holder of
Holdings’ securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of Holdings or others is required for the issuance and sale
of the Shares. The issuance and sale of the Shares under the Agreements does not contravene the rules and regulations of any trading market on which the Holdings Common Stock is currently listed or quoted (including Rule 4350 of the Nasdaq Stock
Market if the Trading Market is the Nasdaq National or Nasdaq SmallCap Market), and, in furtherance of the foregoing sentence, no approval of the stockholders of the Company thereunder is required for Holdings to issue and deliver to the Debt
Holders the maximum number of Shares contemplated by the Agreements, including such as may be required pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 4350. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, no holder of any of the securities of the Company has any rights
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otherwise) to have such securities registered by reason of the intention to file, filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement. 
  
 4.7 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Exchange Documents will not violate any material Requirement of Law or any material Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on
any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any material Requirement of Law or any such material Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the New Credit Agreement). No Contractual Obligation applicable to Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 4.8 No Material Litigation. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.8, as of the date hereof, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the
knowledge of Holdings, threatened by or against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Exchange Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect 
  
 4.9 No Default. No Exchange Party is in default, and no event of default has occurred and is continuing, under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 4.10 Ownership
of Property; Liens. Each Exchange Party has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its material real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other Property material to the conduct of its
Business, and none of such Property is subject to any Lien. 
  
 4.11 Intellectual Property. Each Exchange Party owns, or is licensed to use, or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted, except for any failure to so
own, license or have the right to use Intellectual Property which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person against any
Exchange Party challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property by any Exchange Party or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property used by any Exchange
Party, except for any claims which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The use of Intellectual Property by any Exchange Party does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any
respect which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 4.12 Taxes. Each of the Exchange Parties has filed or caused to be filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on
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thereto or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any
Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Exchange
Parties, as the case may be); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of Holdings, no claim has been asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge. 
  
 4.13 Labor Matters. There are no strikes or other labor disputes against any of the Exchange Parties pending or, to
the knowledge of Holdings or either Borrower, threatened that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Exchange Parties have not been in
violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law relating to such matters. All payments due from any of the Exchange Parties on account of employee health and welfare insurance that, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Exchange Party. 
  
 4.14 ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single
Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such
accrued benefits by a material amount. Neither Holdings nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability under
ERISA, and neither Holdings nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any liability under ERISA if Holdings or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date
most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent. 
  
 4.15 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Exchange Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Borrower Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that limits its ability to incur
Indebtedness. 
  
 4.16 Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries
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and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by Holdings or other applicable Subsidiary. 
  
 4.17 Environmental Matters. Other than exceptions to any of the
following that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: 
  
 (a) Each of the Exchange Parties: (i) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws; (ii) hold all Environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) required for any of their current or intended operations or for any property owned, leased, or otherwise operated by any of them; (iii) are, and
within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all of their Environmental Permits; and (iv) reasonably believe that: each of their Environmental Permits will be timely renewed and complied with, without
material expense; any additional Environmental Permits that may be required of any of them will be timely obtained and complied with, without material expense; and compliance with any Environmental Law that is or is expected to become applicable to
any of them will be timely attained and maintained, without material expense; 
  
 (b) Materials of Environmental Concern are not present at, on, under, in, or about any real property now or formerly owned, leased or operated by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or at any other location
(including, without limitation, any location to which Materials of Environmental Concern have been sent for re-use or recycling or for treatment, storage, or disposal) which could reasonably be expected to (i) give rise to liability of Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Law or otherwise result in costs to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) interfere with Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries’ continued operations, or (iii) impair the fair
saleable value of any real property owned or leased by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; 
  
 (c) There is no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding (including any notice of violation or alleged violation) under or relating to any Environmental Law to which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is, or
to the knowledge of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries will be, named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened; 
  
 (d) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written request for information, or been notified that it
is a potentially responsible party under or relating to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or any similar Environmental Law, or with respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern; 
  
 (e) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into or agreed
to any consent decree, order, or settlement or other agreement, or is subject to any judgment, decree, or order or other agreement, in any judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum for dispute resolution, relating to compliance with or
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 (f) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has assumed or retained, by contract or operation of
law, any liabilities of any kind, fixed or contingent, known or unknown, under any Environmental Law or with respect to any Material of Environmental Concern. 
  

4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc. Subject to the next succeeding sentence and to the qualification provided therein, no statement or
information contained in this Agreement, any other Exchange Document, or any other document, certificate or statement furnished to any Agent or the Debt Holders or any of them, by or on behalf of any Exchange Party for use in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Exchange Documents, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced
above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of Holdings to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Debt Holders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be
viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. As of the date hereof, the representations and warranties of each
of the Exchange Parties are true and correct in all material respects. There is no fact known to any Exchange Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other
Exchange Documents, or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Agents and the Debt Holders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Exchange Documents. 
  
 4.19 Certain Documents. Holdings has delivered to the Debt Holders
complete and correct copies of the New Credit Agreement and all related documents thereto, including any amendments, supplements or modifications with respect thereto. 
  
 4.20 Ownership. On the Closing Date, all shares of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrowers are
owned directly or indirectly through a wholly-owed Subsidiary of Holdings. 
  
 4.21 Private Offering. 
  
 (a) Based in part on the accuracy of the representations and warranties of, and compliance with the covenants and agreements by, the Debt Holders, the Shares and the issuance of the shares on the New Warrants being issued hereunder are and
will be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. Neither Holdings nor the Canadian Borrower has issued or sold Shares or the New Warrants to anyone other than the Debt Holders and no securities of the
same class as the Shares or the New Warrants have been issued or sold by Holdings or the Canadian Borrower within the six-month period immediately prior to the date hereof other than the issuance of Holdings Common Stock in exchange for exchangeable
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borrower and in connection with the Equity Offering. Holdings and each Exchange Party agrees that neither it, nor anyone acting on its behalf, will (i) offer
the Shares or New Warrants (or shares into which the New Warrants are exchangeable) so as to subject the making, issuance and/or sale of the Shares or New Warrants to the registration or prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (ii)
offer any similar securities for issuance or sale to, or solicit any offer to acquire any of the same from, or otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to the same with, anyone if the issuance or sale of the Shares or New Warrants would be
integrated as a single offering for the purposes of the Securities Act, including, without limitation, Regulation D thereunder, in such a manner as would require registration under the Securities Act thereof. Each Share and New Warrant shall have a
legend setting forth the restrictions on the transferability thereof imposed by the Securities Act for so long as such restrictions apply. 
  
 (b) In the case of each offer, sale or issuance of the Shares or New Warrants, no form of general solicitation or general advertising was or will be used
by Holdings or its representatives, including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting
whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising. 
  
 4.22 NASDAQ Listing. The Holdings Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. National Market (the “Nasdaq National
Market”), and Holdings has taken no action designed to, or which could reasonably be expected to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Holdings Common Stock under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Holdings Common Stock
from the Nasdaq National Market, nor to Holdings’ knowledge is the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) currently contemplating terminating such listing. Except as disclosed in Holdings’ filings with
the SEC prior to May 25, 2004, Holdings has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Nasdaq National Market or NASD to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with any of the listing maintenance requirements
thereof. Holdings and the Holdings Common Stock meet the criteria for continued listing and trading on the Nasdaq National Market. 
  
 4.23 S-3 Status. Holdings meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 for the registration of the resale of the Shares by the Debt Holders and
will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain S-3 status with the SEC during the Registration Period (as defined in Section 6.1(d)). To the knowledge of the Company, there exist no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to
prohibit or delay the preparation or initial filing of the Registration Statement as set forth herein. 
  
 4.24 Solvency. Each of (i) Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis is, and after giving effect to the Debt Restructuring and the incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith and in connection with the Debt Restructuring will be and will continue to be, Solvent.

  

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 SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 
  
 5.1 Conditions Precedent in Favor of Debt Holders. The agreements of each Debt Holder to exchange the Exchange
Indebtedness and the Existing Lender Warrants and grant the releases contemplated by Section 2 are subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the exchange of such Exchange Indebtedness and Existing Lender Warrants on the Closing
Date, of the following conditions precedent: 
  
 (a)
Documents. Each of the Debt Holders shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of Holdings and each Borrower and the other Debt Holders, (ii) the New Warrant Agreement, executed and delivered by
duly authorized officers of Holdings and the Trustee, (iii) a certificate(s) representing its respective allocation of New Warrants conforming to the requirements set out in the New Warrant Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of Holdings and (iv) a certificate(s) representing the shares of Holdings Common Stock to be issued to such Debt Holder hereunder. 
  
 (b) Congress Facility. The credit agreement governing the Congress Facility shall be executed and delivered by the parties thereto. 
  
 (c) New Credit Agreement. Holdings, each Borrower and Lehman shall
have entered into the New Credit Agreement and all conditions to the effectiveness of that agreement shall have been satisfied or waived including, without limitation, payment to the Debt Holders in the aggregate amount of $40,000,000. 

 
 (d) No Legal Bar. On the Closing Date, no legal action, suit or
proceeding shall be pending or threatened which seeks to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated by the Debt Restructuring. 
  
 (e) Approvals. All governmental, equityholder, and third party consents and approvals necessary or, in the opinion of the Debt Holders, desirable
in connection with the continuing operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect. 
  
 (f) Closing Certificate. Each Debt Holder shall have received a certificate of each of Borrower and Holdings
certified by such Exchange Party’s secretary, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, certifying as to each Party’s (i) certificate of incorporation and by-laws, each as in effect on the Closing Date, and (ii) all
resolutions, votes or minutes of each Exchange Party’s Board of Directors in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby with appropriate insertions and attachments. 
  
 (g) Certificates of Good Standing. On the Closing Date, each Debt Holder shall have received certified copies of
certificates evidencing the incorporation and good standing of Holdings and the Borrowers in each such entity’s state or jurisdiction of incorporation as of a date within five (5) days of the Closing Date. 
  

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 (h) Legal Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP. The Debt Holders shall have received (i) the legal
opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to Exchange Parties, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B. Such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Debt Holders may reasonably
require. 
  
 (i) Debt Holder’s Counsel. Holdings shall
have paid all reasonable fees and expenses of each Debt Holder’s counsel (including any Canadian counsel) in connection with closing the transactions contemplated herein. 
  
 The delivery on the Closing Date of the Shares and New Warrants under the New Warrant Agreement hereunder shall constitute a representation
and warranty by Holdings as of the date thereof that the conditions contained in this Section have been satisfied. 
  
 5.2 Conditions Precedent in Favor of Holdings and each New Borrower. The agreements of Holdings and each Borrower to deliver the shares of Holding
Common Stock and the New Warrants to the Debt Holders on the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with such delivery, of the following conditions precedent: 
  
 (a) The Debt Holders shall have delivered the acknowledgments and the
Exchange Indebtedness in accordance with Section 3.1. 
  
 (b) The
Debt Holders shall have entered into the New Credit Agreement with the Borrowers and the Intercreditor Agreement with Congress acceptable to Congress. 
  
 SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 
  
 6.1 Registration Procedures and Expenses Holdings shall: 
  

(a) Prepare and file with the SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 30 days after the Closing Date, a registration statement
(the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (except if Holdings is not then eligible to register for resale of the Registrable Shares (as defined below) on Form S-3, in which case the Registration Statement shall be on another appropriate
form in accordance herewith) to enable the resale of the Registrable Shares and the New Warrants by the Debt Holders or any of their transferees on a delayed or continuous basis under Rule 415 of the Securities Act. “Registrable Shares”
means (a) all Shares and (b) Penalty Shares (as defined below), if any; 
  
 (b) not less than three Trading Days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (i) furnish to the Debt Holders copies of the Registration Statement or prospectus
proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of each Debt Holder, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the
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of its counsel to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act; 
  
 (c) use reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable
but in any event within 90 days after the Closing Date; 
  
 (d)
subject to Section 6.4, use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and any prospectus used in connection therewith and take all such other actions as may be necessary to
keep the Registration Statement current and effective and free from any material misstatement or omission to state a material fact for a period (the “Registration Period”) not exceeding, with respect to each Debt Holder’s Registrable
Shares, the latest of (i) the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Debt Holder may sell all Shares then held by the Debt Holders pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act treating such Debt Holder as not being an
“affiliate” of Holdings within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(1), and assuming that any Shares acquired by a Debt Holder upon the exercise of a New Warrant were acquired by virtue of the “cashless exercise provision” contained in the
New Warrant Agreement and that the Debt Holder complies with the requirements of Rule 144(e), (f) and (h), and (iii) such time as all Registrable Shares held by the Debt Holders have been sold (A) pursuant to an effective registration statement
pursuant to the Securities Act, (B) to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction, and/or (C) in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act under Section 4(1) thereof so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto, if any, are removed upon the consummation of such sale; 
  
 (e) promptly furnish to each Debt Holder with respect to the Shares registered under the Registration Statement such number
of copies of the Registration Statement and Prospectuses in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and such other documents as such Debt Holder may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of
all or any of the Shares by each Debt Holder; 
  
 (f) promptly
take such action as may be necessary to qualify, or obtain an exemption for, the Registrable Shares and the New Warrants under such of the state securities laws of United States jurisdictions as shall be necessary to qualify, or obtain an exemption
for, the sale of the Registrable Shares in states specified in writing by the Debt Holder; provided, however, that neither Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries shall be required to qualify to do business or file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or has not so consented; 
  
 (g) bear all expenses in connection with the procedures in paragraph (a) through (f) of this Section 6.1 and the registration of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, regardless of whether a Registration
Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made with the NASD); (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state “blue sky” or
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(including printing certificates for the Registrable Shares and Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all application and filing
fees in connection with listing the Registrable Shares on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (v) all fees and disbursements of counsel of Holdings and independent certified public
accountants of Holdings (including the expenses of any special audit and “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance); provided, however, that each Debt Holder shall be responsible for paying the underwriting
commissions or brokerage fees, and taxes of any kind (including, without limitation, transfer taxes) applicable to any disposition, sale or transfer by a Debt Holder of such Debt Holder’s Registrable Shares. Holdings shall, in any event, bear
its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, rating agency fees and the fees and expenses of any person,
including special experts, retained by Holdings; 
  
 (h) advise
the Debt Holders, within two business days by e-mail, fax or other type of communication, and, if requested by the Debt Holders, confirm such advice in writing: (i) after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order
by the SEC delaying or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that purpose, or any other order issued by any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of such Registrable Shares under state securities or “blue sky” laws; and it will promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other
order or to obtain its withdrawal at the earliest possible moment if such stop order or other order should be issued; and (ii) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; 
  
 (i) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and all other applicable securities laws, rules and regulations; 
  
 (j) use reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Shares to be listed
on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which equity securities issued by Holdings are then listed; and 
  
 (k) use reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Shares contemplated hereby and to enable
the Debt Holders to sell the Shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. 
  
 (l) Holdings further agrees that, in the event that the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC within 90 days after the Closing Date (a “Registration Default”), then Holdings shall
issue an amount of additional shares to each Debt Holder equal to 10% of the number of Shares issued to such Debt Holder at the Closing. To the extent that Holdings has insufficient authorized but unissued shares available to issue the additional
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under NASDAQ rules or other applicable rules to obtain the approval of Holdings’ stockholders, then Holdings shall pay to the Debt Holders cash in lieu
of shares in an amount per Penalty Share equal to the Current Market Price determined as of the date any such Penalty Shares were required to be delivered in accordance with this Section 6.1(l). Holdings shall deliver the Penalty Shares or cash
payment to the Debt Holders within five days of the date of a Registration Default. The issuance of the Penalty Shares or cash as provided in this Section 6.1(l) shall be the Debt Holder’s sole and exclusive remedy in the event of any
Registration Default; provided, however, that if the foregoing remedy is deemed unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction then the Debt Holder shall have all other remedies available at law or in equity. 
  
 6.2 Transfer Restrictions. 
  
 (a) The Debt Holders agree that they will not effect any sale, offer to sell,
solicit offers to buy, dispose of, loan, pledge or grant any right with respect to (collectively, a “Disposition”) the Shares or its right to purchase the Shares that would constitute a sale within the meaning of the Securities Act except
as contemplated in the Registration Statement referred to in Section 6.1 and as described in this Agreement or otherwise in accordance with the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of the Debt Holder under this SECTION 6. 
  
 (b) In addition to the limitations set forth in Section 6.2(a), no Debt Holder may transfer (i) any of the New Warrants or Shares until the date that is three months from the date hereof, (ii) more than 1/3 of such
Debt Holder’s Shares until the date that is six months from the date hereof and (iii) more than 5/6 of such Debt Holder’s Shares until the date that is nine months from the date hereof. For purposes of this paragraph, a transfer of New
Warrants shall be treated as a transfer of the Shares for which such New Warrants are exercisable. The date nine months after the Closing Date on which the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 6(b) terminate is referred to hereinafter as
the “Lock-Up Termination Date.” 
  
 (c) The Debt Holders
agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 6.2, of the following legends on any of the Shares in the following form: 
  
 THESE SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SHARES LAWS AS EVIDENCED. THESE SHARES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN 

  

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ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT. 
  
 THESE SHARES ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN DEBT AND WARRANT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2004, BY AND AMONG HTM HOLDINGS, INC. AND SMTC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF CANADA, AS BORROWERS, SMTC CORPORATION, AS PARENT OF THE BORROWERS,
AND CERTAIN BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
  
 Holdings acknowledges and
agrees that the Debt Holders may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares to a financial institution that is an “accredited
investor “ as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, the Debt Holders may transfer pledged or secured Shares to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not
be subject to approval of Holdings and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the expense of any Debt Holder
making such a request, Holdings will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Shares may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Shares, including the preparation and filing of any
required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder. 
  
 (d) Except for the legend set forth in the second paragraph of Section 6(c)
regarding the restrictions set forth in Section 6(b) (the “Lock-Up Legend”) which shall be imprinted on the Certificates until the Lock-Up Termination Date, Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the
legend set forth in the first paragraph of Section 6.2(c)), (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act (provided, however, that the Debt
Holders’ prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act will remain applicable), or (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k) and the Debt Holder has
provided representations that are customary in the reasonable opinion of the Debt Holder, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the
Staff of the SEC). Holdings shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to Holdings’ transfer agent (i) promptly after the effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Effective Date”) if required by Holdings’ transfer
agent to effect the removal of the legend set forth in the first paragraph of Section 6.2(c) and (ii) promptly after the Lock-Up Termination Date if required by Holdings’ transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend set forth in the
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Holdings agrees that following the Effective Date or at such other time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 6.2, it will, no later than
three Trading Days following the delivery by the Debt Holders to Holdings or Holdings’ transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Debt Holders a certificate
representing such Shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. Holdings may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of Holdings that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth herein.

  
 6.3 Rule 144. Until the earlier of (i) the date on
which Holdings no longer has securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or (ii) the second anniversary of the Closing, Holdings agrees with each holder of Registrable Shares to: 
  
 (a) comply with the requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act with
respect to current public information about Holdings; and 
  
 (b)
file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of Holdings under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time it is subject to such reporting requirements). 
  
 6.4 Black-out Period. At any time when a Registration Statement is
effective, Holdings may suspend the ability of the Debt Holders to sell Shares thereunder, for a reasonable period of time not to exceed sixty (60) days in the aggregate during any twelve-month period, if Holdings has been advised by legal counsel
that such filing would require a special audit or the disclosure of a material impending transaction or other matter and Holdings’ Board of Directors determines reasonably and in good faith that such disclosure would have a material adverse
effect on Holdings (a “Black-Out Period”). Upon notice of the existence of a Black-Out Period from Holdings to any Debt Holder or Debt Holders with respect to any effective registration statement, such Debt Holder or Debt Holders shall
refrain from selling their Shares under such registration statement until such Black-Out Period has ended; provided, however, that Holdings shall not impose a Black-Out Period with respect to any registration statement that is already effective more
than twice during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months and in no event shall such Black-Out Period or Periods exceed sixty (60) days in any twelve (12) consecutive months. 
  
 6.5 New Warrant Agreement. Holdings hereby covenants and agrees to, and cause the Trustee to, carry out all of the
obligations of Holdings and Trustee under the Warrant Agreement and provide to each holder of Warrants all of the benefits and rights of a holder of Warrants thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights and benefits provided in Section 10
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 SECTION 7. MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 7.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any other Exchange Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof
may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The Debt Holders may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the Exchange Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the
other Exchange Documents for the purpose of amending, supplementing or modifying any provisions of this Agreement or the other Exchange Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Debt Holders or of any Exchange Party hereunder or
thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Debt Holders, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Exchange Documents; provided, however, that no such waiver and no
such amendment, supplement or modification shall: consent to the assignment or transfer by Holdings or any Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Exchange Documents. 
  
 Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall
apply equally to each of the Debt Holders and shall be binding upon the Exchange Parties, the Debt Holders, and all of their transferees, successors and assigns. 
  
 7.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in
writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy
notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of Holdings and either Borrower and each Debt Holder, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto in writing: 
  

			
	 Holdings; Borrowers:
	  	SMTC Corporation
	 	  	635 Hood Road
	 	  	Markham, Ontario
	 	  	CANADA L3R4N6
		
	 	  	Attention: John Caldwell
	 	  	Telecopy: 905.479.9686
		
	 with a copy to:
	  	Ropes & Gray LLP
	 	  	One International Place
	 	  	Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624
		
	 	  	Attention: Alfred Rose, Esq.
	 	  	Telecopy: 617.951.7050
	 	  	Telephone: 617.951.7000

  

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	 Debt Holders:
	  	 To each Debt Holder based on the
 notice information
set forth on Schedule B.

  
 provided that any notice, request or
demand to or upon any Debt Holder shall not be effective until received. 
  
 7.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Debt Holder, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Exchange Documents shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights,
remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. 
  
 7.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Exchange Documents (or in any
amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. 
  
 7.5 Indemnification; Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Exchange
Parties agree jointly and severally (a) to pay or reimburse each Debt Holder for all its reasonably incurred out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or
modification to, this Agreement and the other Exchange Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to each Debt Holder and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to Holdings prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on
the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a monthly basis or such other periodic basis as the Debt Holders shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Debt Holder for all its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Exchange Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to
each Debt Holder, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Debt Holder harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that
may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent
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Agreement, the other Exchange Documents and any such other documents, (d) pay, indemnify and hold each Debt Holder harmless from any and all losses, damages,
fees, expenses, claims and liabilities arising out of the failure of Holdings or its transfer agent to deliver, within the fifth (5th) Trading Day following delivery by such Debt Holder to Holdings or Holdings’ transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares (including Penalty Shares) having a restrictive legend, a certificate(s) free from all
restrictions and legends except as required by Section 6 at such time and (e) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Debt Holder and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an
“Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the
execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Exchange Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
Environmental Law applicable to the operations of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel and settlement costs, if any, in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by
any Indemnitee against any Exchange Party under any Exchange Document (all the foregoing in this clause (e), collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), provided, that an Exchange Party shall have no obligation hereunder to any
Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, each Exchange Party agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to so waive,
all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of
them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 7.5 shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor. Statements payable by Holdings pursuant to this Section 7.5 shall be submitted to Chief
Financial Officer (Telephone No. (905) 479-1810) (Telecopy No. (905) 479-9686), at the address of Holdings set forth in Section 7.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by Holdings in a written notice to each Debt
Holder. The agreements in this Section 7.5 shall survive repayment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder. 
  
 7.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Exchange
Parties, the Debt Holders, and their respective successors and assigns, except that neither Holdings nor either Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Debt
Holder. 
  
 (b) Holdings and each Borrower authorizes each Debt
Holder to disclose to any transferee of Shares and New Warrants (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial and other information in such Debt Holder’s possession concerning Holdings and its
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Holder by or on behalf of Holdings or any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Debt Holder by or on behalf of Holdings or
any Borrower in connection with such Debt Holder’s credit evaluation of Holdings and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement. 
  
 7.7 Adjustments; Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Debt Holders provided by law, each Debt Holder shall have the right (subject
to the terms of the Subordination Agreement), without prior notice to Holdings or either Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by Holdings and each Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and
payable by Holdings or either Borrower hereunder to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or
claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Debt Holder or any affiliate, branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of Holdings
or either Borrower, as the case may be. Each Debt Holder agrees promptly to notify Holdings after any such setoff and application made by such Debt Holder, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff
and application. 
  
 7.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may
be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of
the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with Holdings and each Borrower and the Debt Holders. 
  
 7.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction. 
  
 7.10 Integration. This
Agreement and the other Exchange Documents and the other agreements and documents referred to in Section 5 represent the agreement of Holdings and each Borrower and the Debt Holders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Debt Holder relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Exchange Documents. 
  
 7.11 Remedies. In additional to being entitled to exercise all rights
provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, the Debt Holders and Holdings and the Borrowers will be entitled to specific performance under the Agreement. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation
for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of the obligations in the foregoing sentence. 
  
 7.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE 

  

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GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
  
 7.13 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Holdings and each Borrower
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: 
  
 (a) submits for itself
and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Exchange Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction
of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof; 
  

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue
of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; 
  
 (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered
or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to Holding or either Borrower, as the case may be, at its address set forth in Section 7.2 or at such other address of which each Debt Holder shall have been notified
pursuant thereto; 
  
 (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect
the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and 
  
 (e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this
Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages. 
  
 7.14 Acknowledgements. Holdings and each Borrower hereby acknowledges that: 
  
 (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Exchange Documents; 
  
 (b) none of the Debt Holders has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Holdings or either Borrower arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Exchange Documents, and the relationship between the Debt Holders, on one hand, and Holdings and each Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and
creditor; 
  
 (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the
other Exchange Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Debt Holders or among Holdings or either Borrower and the Debt Holders; and 
  

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 (d) the obligations of each Debt Holder under this Agreement are several and not joint with the
obligations of all other Debt Holders under this or any other agreement, and each Debt Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Debt Holder or third party under this or any other agreement.

  
 7.15 Securities Act Matters. Each of the Debt Holders
hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Shares and New Warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state; the Shares and the New Warrants are
being sold in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; the Shares and the New Warrants have not been approved or disapproved by the SEC, any state securities commission or
other regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Shares and the New Warrants and that any representation to the contrary is unlawful; the Shares and the New Warrants are subject to
restrictions on transferability and resale and may not be transferred or resold except as permitted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws pursuant to registration or exemption therefrom and consistent with Section 6.2(b)
hereunder; any certificates evidencing the Shares and the New Warrants will bear a legend referring to the foregoing restrictions for as long as such restrictions apply; and because of such restrictions, no secondary trading market for the Shares
and the New Warrants is expected to develop, and Debt Holders must bear the risk of their investment for an indefinite amount of time. 
  
 (b) Each Debt Holder represents that (i) it is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in clause (1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) of Rule 501
(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) it is purchasing the shares and New Warrants hereunder for its own account for investment and not with a view to a public distribution thereof (within the meaning of the Securities Act
and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) in contravention of the Securities Act and (iii) it has been afforded an opportunity to request from Holdings and to review, and has received, all information considered by it to be necessary to
agree to exchange the Exchange Indebtedness and Existing Lender Warrants for the Shares and New Warrants hereunder. 
  
 7.16 RELEASE OF CLAIMS. HOLDINGS AND EACH BORROWER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES FOR ITSELF AND ALL OTHER EXCHANGE PARTIES THAT IT AND ALL OTHER
EXCHANGE PARTIES DO NOT HAVE ANY DEFENSES, COUNTERCLAIMS, OFFSETS, CROSS-COMPLAINTS, CLAIMS OR DEMANDS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER THAT CAN BE ASSERTED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE OR TO SEEK AFFIRMATIVE RELIEF OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE FROM
ANY DEBT HOLDER. EACH EXCHANGE PARTY HEREBY VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES THE DEBT HOLDERS, AND EACH DEBT HOLDER’S PREDECESSORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FROM ALL POSSIBLE CLAIMS, DEMANDS, ACTIONS,
CAUSES OF ACTION, DAMAGES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES, AND LIABILITIES WHATSOEVER, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, 

  

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ANTICIPATED OR UNANTICIPATED, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, FIXED, CONTINGENT, OR CONDITIONAL, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, EXISTING ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THIS AGREEMENT
IS EXECUTED (OR THE CLOSING DATE, IF LATER), WHICH ANY EXCHANGE PARTY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AGAINST ANY DEBT HOLDER, AND SUCH DEBT HOLDER’S PREDECESSORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IF ANY, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ANY
SUCH CLAIMS ARISE OUT OF CONTRACT, TORT, VIOLATION OF LAW OR REGULATIONS, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER EXCHANGE NOTE DOCUMENTS, AND NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF
THIS AGREEMENT. 
  
 (b) SUBJECT TO THE OCCURRENCE OF THE CLOSING
DATE, EACH OF THE DEBT HOLDERS HEREBY AGREE AND CONSENT TO THE CONSUMMATION OF EACH AND EVERY TRANSACTION THAT IS PART OF, OR CONTEMPLATED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEBT RESTRUCTURING, SUCH WAIVERS AND CONSENTS SHALL REMAIN EFFECTIVE (SUBJECT TO THE
OCCURRENCE OF THE CLOSING DATE) WHETHER OR NOT THE TRANSACTIONS CLOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH, OR AFTER, THE CLOSING DATE. THE WAIVER, AGREEMENT AND CONSENT UNDER THIS CLAUSE (b) SHALL IN NO WAY AFFECT ANY DEBT HOLDER’S RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER EXCHANGE DOCUMENTS AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF ANY DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. 
  
 7.17 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. HOLDINGS EACH BORROWER, AND THE DEBT HOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER EXCHANGE DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by
their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 SMTC CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Linda Millage

	 	 	 Name: Linda Millage

	 	 	 Title: Authorized Signatory

  

			
	 HTM HOLDINGS INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Linda Millage

	 	 	 Name: Linda Millage

	 	 	 Title: Authorized Signatory

  

			
	 SMTC MANUFACTURING
 CORPORATION OF CANADA

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Linda Millage

	 	 	 Name: Linda Millage

	 	 	 Title: Authorized Signatory

  
 Signature Pages
to Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement 
  

			
	 LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
 as a Debt Holder

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Frank P. Turner

	 	 	 Name: Frank P. Turner

	 	 	 Title:   Vice President

  
 Signature Pages
to Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement 
  

			
	 THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Debt Holder

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ D.N. Gillespie

	 	 	 Name: D.N. Gillespie

	 	 	 Title:   Managing Director

  
 Signature Pages
to Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement 
  

					
	 IBM CANADA, LTD., as a Debt Holder

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Ben Nikolaevsky

	 	 	 Name:
	 	 Ben Nikolaevsky

	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Manager, Capital Markets &
 Business Development
 IBM Global Financing
 IBM Canada, Ltd.

  
 Signature Pages
to Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement 
  

			
	 AMMC CDO I, LIMITED as a Debt Holder

		
	 By:
	 	American Money Management Corp., as Collateral Manager
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ David P. Meyer

	 	 	 Name: David P. Meyer

	 	 	 Title:   Vice President

  

			
	 AMMC CDO II, LIMITED as a Debt Holder

		
	 By:
	 	American Money Management Corp., as Collateral Manager
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ David P. Meyer

	 	 	 Name: David P. Meyer

	 	 	 Title:   Vice President

  
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to Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement 
  

			
	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORP., as a Debt Holder
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Kathleen M. Bird

	 	 	 Name: Kathleen M. Bird

	 	 	 Title:   Vice President

  
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to Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement 
  

			
	 SPCP GROUP, L.L.C.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Edward Mule

	 	 	 Name: Edward Mule

	 	 	 Title:   Principal

  
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to Debt and Warrant Exchange AgreementWARRANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2004

 Exhibit 10.44 
 EXECUTION COPY 

  
 SMTC CORPORATION 
  
 And 
  
 MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC 
  

  
 WARRANT AGREEMENT 
  
 Dated as of June 1, 2004 
  

  

 WARRANT AGREEMENT 
  

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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	 SECTION 1.
	  	Appointment of Warrant Agent	  	1
	 SECTION 2.
	  	Warrant Certificates	  	1
	 SECTION 3.
	  	Execution of Warrant Certificates	  	1
	 SECTION 4.
	  	Registration and Countersignature	  	2
	 SECTION 5.
	  	Registration of Transfers and Exchanges	  	2
	 SECTION 6.
	  	Issuance of Warrants; Terms of Warrants: Exercise of Warrants	  	3
	 SECTION 7.
	  	Payment of Taxes	  	5
	 SECTION 8.
	  	Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates	  	5
	 SECTION 9.
	  	Reservation of Warrant Shares	  	6
	 SECTION 10.
	  	Adjustments	  	6
	 SECTION 11.
	  	Fractional Interests	  	13
	 SECTION 12.
	  	Notices to Warrant holders	  	14
	 SECTION 13.
	  	Merger, Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent	  	15
	 SECTION 14.
	  	Warrant Agent	  	16
	 SECTION 15.
	  	Change of Warrant Agent	  	19
	 SECTION 16.
	  	Notices to Company and Warrant Agent	  	19
	 SECTION 17.
	  	Supplements and Amendments	  	20
	 SECTION 18.
	  	Successors	  	21
	 SECTION 19.
	  	Termination	  	21
	 SECTION 20.
	  	Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction: Waiver of Jury Trial	  	21
	 SECTION 21.
	  	Benefits of This Agreement	  	21
	 SECTION 22.
	  	Counterparts	  	21
	 SECTION 23.
	  	Amendment and Exchange of Warrant Certificates	  	21
	 SECTION 24.
	  	Notice of Amendments	  	22

  

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 WARRANT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of June 1, 2004 between SMTC Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as Warrant Agent (the “Warrant Agent”). 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue 11,116,946 Common Stock Purchase Warrants, as hereinafter described (the
“Warrants”), which in the aggregate entitle the holders of the Warrants to purchase 5,583,473 shares of the Common Stock par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (the Common Stock issuable on exercise of the
Warrants being referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares”), in connection with the exchange for equity of certain debt (the “Exchange”) outstanding under the Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of July
27, 2000 (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, HTM Holdings, Inc., SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of Canada, the several banks and other financial institutions or
entities from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Lehman Brothers Inc., as advisor, lead arranger and book manager, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as syndication agent, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as general administrative agent, The
Bank of Nova Scotia, as Canadian administrative agent, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as collateral monitoring agent and General Electric Capital Corporation, as documentation agent; 
  
 WHERAS, in connection with the Exchange, the Lenders will also receive shares of Common Stock (such shares, the “New
Common Stock” and together with the Warrant Shares, the “New Stock”) and exchange all series A, B, D and E warrants issued to the Lenders pursuant to the Warrant Agreement (such warrants being all of the warrants issued to the Lenders
thereunder), dated as of December 31, 2002, between the Company and the Warrant Agent, the Company and the Warrant Agent will enter into this Warrant Agreement; 
  

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the
issuance, transfer, exchange and exercise of Warrants and other matters as provided herein; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 SECTION 1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the
Company in accordance with the instructions set forth hereinafter in this Agreement, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment. 
  
 SECTION 2. Warrant Certificates. The certificates evidencing the Warrants (the “Warrant Certificates”) to be delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be in registered form only and shall be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. 
  
 SECTION 3. Execution of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board or its
President or a Vice President and by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Each such signature upon the Warrant Certificates may be in the form of a facsimile signature of the present or any future Chairman of the Board, President, Vice
President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates and for that purpose the Company may adopt 

  

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and use the facsimile signature of any person who shall have been Chairman of the Board, President, Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary,
notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Warrant Certificates shall be countersigned and delivered or disposed of he or she shall have ceased to hold such office. 
  
 In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such officer
before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned by the Warrant Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such Warrant Certificates nevertheless may be countersigned and delivered or disposed of as though such person had not
ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such
Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Warrant Agreement any such person was not such officer. 
  
 Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of countersignature by the Warrant Agent. 
  
 SECTION 4. Registration and Countersignature. Warrant Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the Warrant
Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. The Warrant Agent shall, upon written instructions of the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
initially countersign, issue and deliver such number of Warrants as are set forth in such written instructions, and the Warrant Agent shall be fully protected in conclusively relying on such written instructions. Such written instructions shall not
instruct the Warrant Agent to countersign Warrants entitling the holders thereof to purchase more than the number of Warrant Shares referred to above in the first recital hereof. The Warrant Agent shall also countersign and deliver Warrants as
otherwise provided in this Agreement. 
  
 The Company and the
Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder(s) of the Warrant Certificates as the absolute owner(s) thereof (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone), for all purposes, and neither the Company nor
the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
  
 SECTION 5. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. The Warrant Agent shall from time to time, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 5 and in Section 6 hereof, register the transfer of any outstanding Warrant
Certificates upon the records to be maintained by it for that purpose, upon surrender thereof duly endorsed or accompanied (if so required by it) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, duly
executed by the registered holder or holders thereof or by the duly appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney. Upon any such registration of transfer, a new Warrant Certificate shall be issued to the transferee(s) and
the surrendered Warrant Certificate shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. Cancelled Warrant Certificates shall thereafter be disposed of by the Warrant Agent in its customary manner. 
  
 The Warrant holders agree that prior to any proposed transfer of the Warrants or of the Warrant Shares, if such transfer is
not made pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the Warrant holder will deliver to the Company: 
  
 (1) an opinion of counsel that the Warrant or Warrant Shares may be transferred without registration under
the Act. 
  

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 (2) an investment covenant reasonably satisfactory to the Company signed by the proposed
transferee; 
  
 (3) an agreement by such
transferee to the impression of the restrictive investment legend set forth below on the Warrant or the Warrant Shares; and 
  
 (4) an agreement by such transferee to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. 
  
 The Warrant holders agree that, until such time as there is a then effective
Registration Statement under the Act covering the resale of the Warrant Shares, each certificate representing Warrant Shares will bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
  
 “The securities evidenced or constituted hereby have been acquired for investment and have not been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such securities may not be sold, transferred, pledged or hypothecated unless the registration provisions of said Act have been complied with or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel that such
registration is not required.” 
  
 Subject to the terms of
this Agreement, Warrant Certificates may be exchanged at the option of the holder(s) thereof, when surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its office designated for such purpose, which is currently located at the address listed in Section 16 hereof, for
another Warrant Certificate or other Warrant Certificates of like tenor and representing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants. Any holder desiring to exchange a Warrant Certificate shall deliver a written request to the Warrant Agent, and
shall surrender, duly endorsed or accompanied (if so required by the Warrant Agent) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Certificate or Certificates to be so exchanged. Warrant
Certificates surrendered for exchange shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. Such cancelled Warrant Certificates shall then be disposed of by such Warrant Agent in its customary manner. 
  
 The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5 and of Section 4
hereof, the new Warrant Certificates required pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5. 
  
 SECTION 6. Issuance of Warrants; Terms of Warrants: Exercise of Warrants.  
  
 The Company shall issue the Warrants to each Lender in the amounts set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto on June 1, 2004 (the “Issue Date”).
The initial exercise price per share at which Warrant Shares shall be purchasable upon the exercise of Warrants (the “Exercise Price”) shall be $1.38. On the Issue Date, each Warrant shall be initially exercisable for one-half of one share
of Common Stock. 
  

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 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Warrant holder shall have the right, which may be exercised
commencing at the opening of business on the Issue Date and until 5:00 p.m., New York City time on March 4, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”) (or, if such date is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day), to receive from the
Company the number of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares which the holder may at the time be entitled to receive on exercise of such Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price then in effect for such Warrant Shares. In the alternative, each
Warrant holder may exercise its right, during the exercise period, to receive Warrant Shares on a net basis, such that, without the exchange of any funds, the holder receives that number of Warrant Shares otherwise issuable (or payable) upon
exercise of its Warrants less that number of Warrant Shares having an aggregate fair market value (determined by reference to the Current Market Price (as defined in Section 10) of the Common Stock) on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate
Exercise Price that would otherwise have been paid by the holder of the Warrant Shares. Each Warrant not exercised prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall become null and void and all rights thereunder and all rights in
respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease as of such time. No adjustments as to dividends will be made upon exercise of the Warrants. 
  
 A Warrant may be exercised upon surrender to the Company at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose, which is currently located at the
address listed in Section 16 hereof, of (i) the certificate or certificates evidencing the Warrants to be exercised with the form of election to purchase on the reverse thereof duly and properly filled in and signed and such other documentation as
the Warrant Agent or the Company may reasonably request, and (ii) payment to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company of the Exercise Price as adjusted as herein provided, for the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which such Warrants
are then exercised. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be made (i) in cash or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company in New York Clearing House Funds, (ii) through the surrender of debt or preferred equity
securities of the Company having a principal amount or liquidation preference, as the case may be, equal to the aggregate Exercise Price to be paid (the Company will pay the accrued interest or dividends on such surrendered debt or preferred equity
securities in cash at the time of surrender notwithstanding the stated terms thereof), or (iii) in the manner provided in the second paragraph of this Section 6. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty (i) to determine or calculate the Exercise Price,
(ii) confirm or verify the accuracy or correctness of the Exercise Price or (iii) confirm or verify the correctness or sufficiency of any payment of the Exercise Price made in accordance with items (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence; the
Warrant Agent’s sole duty under this paragraph being the acceptance of the certificates evidencing the Warrants and taking possession for the benefit of the Company of the Exercise Price delivered to it by a Warrant holder. 
  
 Subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, upon such surrender of
Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price, the Company shall issue and cause to be delivered with all reasonable dispatch to and in such name or names as the Warrant holder may designate, a certificate or certificates for the number of full Warrant
Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants; provided, however, that if any recapitalization, consolidation, merger or lease or sale of assets is proposed to be effected by the Company as described in Section 10(b)(2) hereof, or a tender
offer or an exchange offer for shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be made, upon such surrender of Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price as aforesaid, the Company shall, as soon as possible, but in any event not later than two business
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cause to be delivered the full number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants in the manner described in this sentence. Such
certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued and any person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the date of the surrender of such Warrants and payment of
the Exercise Price. 
  
 The Warrants shall be exercisable, at the
election of the holders thereof, either in full or from time to time in part and, in the event that a certificate evidencing Warrants is exercised in respect of fewer than all of the Warrant Shares issuable on such exercise at any time prior to the
date of expiration of the Warrants, a new certificate evidencing the remaining Warrant or Warrants will be issued, and the Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to countersign and to deliver the required new Warrant Certificate or
Certificates pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6 and of Section 3 hereof, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, shall supply the Warrant Agent with Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company for such
purpose. The Warrant Agent may assume that any Warrant presented for exercise is permitted to be so exercised under applicable law and shall have no liability for acting in reliance on such assumption. 
  
 All Warrant Certificates surrendered upon exercise of Warrants shall be
cancelled by the Warrant Agent. Such cancelled Warrant Certificates shall then be disposed of by the Warrant Agent in its customary manner. The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently
pay to the Company all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of the Warrant Shares through the exercise of such Warrants. 
  
 The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement and any notices given or received hereunder available for inspection by the holders with reasonable
prior written notice during normal business hours at its office. The Company shall supply the Warrant Agent from time to time with such numbers of copies of this Agreement as the Warrant Agent may request. 
  
 SECTION 7. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary
stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or governmental charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue of any Warrant Certificates or any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver such Warrant Certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or charge or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such
tax or charge has been paid. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any action under any Section of this Agreement which requires the payment by a Warrant holder of applicable taxes and governmental charges unless and until the
Warrant Agent is satisfied that all such taxes and/or charges have been paid. 
  
 SECTION 8. Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates. In case any of the Warrant Certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company, at its expense, shall issue and the Warrant Agent shall
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Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent number of Warrants, but only upon receipt of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent of such loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant Certificate and indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent; provided that if the owner of the
same is Lehman Brothers Inc. or any affiliate thereof or an institutional lender or investor with consolidated net worth of at least $100 million, its own agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory. 
  
 SECTION 9. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company will at all
times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or its authorized and issued Common Stock held in its treasury, for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any obligation
to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of Warrants, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may then be deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty to verify availability of such shares
set aside by the Company. 
  
 The Company or, if appointed, the
transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”) and every subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of any of the rights of purchase aforesaid will be irrevocably
authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares as shall be required for such purpose. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the Transfer Agent and with every subsequent transfer agent for any
shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrants. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to requisition from time to time from such Transfer Agent the stock
certificates required to honor outstanding Warrants upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company will supply such Transfer Agent with duly executed certificates for such purposes and will provide or otherwise
make available any cash which may be payable as provided in this Agreement. The Company will furnish such Transfer Agent a copy of all notices of adjustments and certificates related thereto, transmitted to each holder pursuant to Section 12 hereof.

  
 Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment
pursuant to Section 10 hereof to reduce the Exercise Price below the then par value (if any) of the Warrant Shares, the Company will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel (which may be counsel employed by the Company),
be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares at the Exercise Price as so adjusted. 
  
 The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon exercise of Warrants will, upon payment of the Exercise Price therefor and issue,
be fully paid, nonassessable, free of preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests with respect to the issue thereof. 
  
 SECTION 10. Adjustments. 
  
 (a) The rights of the holder of any Warrant, including the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Warrant and the Exercise
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exercise of such Warrant, will be adjusted from time to time in the events and in the manner provided in, and in accordance with this Section 10 and for such
purposes: 
  
 (1) “Adjustment Period”
means in respect of each Warrant, the period commencing on the Issue Date thereof and ending on the Expiration Date. 
  
 (2) “Current Market Price”, on any date, means the average, during the period of 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on the
second Trading Day before such date, of the average of the high and low prices per share at which the Common Stock has traded on such stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed as may be selected for that purpose by the Board of Directors of
the Company (the “Board of Directors”) or, if the Common Stock has not been listed on a stock exchange for such number of Trading Days, then such lesser number of Trading Days as the Common Stock has been so listed, or, if the Common Stock
is not listed on any stock exchange, then in the over-the-counter market as reported by such other stock exchange or as quoted by the most commonly quoted or carried source of quotations for shares traded in the over-the-counter market, provided
that if, on any such Trading Day, there are no such reported or quoted high and low prices, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share for round lots of the Common Stock reported by such stock exchange or as quoted by the most
commonly quoted or carried source of quotations for shares traded in the over-the-counter market, for such Trading Day shall be utilized in computing such average, and provided further that if the Common Stock is not listed on any stock exchange or
traded in any over-the-counter market, then the Current Market Price of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors; 
  
 (3) “Exchange Rate” means the rate at which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any Warrant, which rate, subject to
adjustment in accordance with this Agreement, is one-half of one share of Common Stock for each Warrant as of the date hereof; 
  
 (4) “Trading Day”, with respect to any stock exchange or over-the-counter market, means a day on which shares may be traded
through the facilities of such stock exchange or in such over-the-counter market, and, otherwise, means a day on which shares may be traded through the facilities of the principal stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed (or, if the Common
Stock is not listed on any stock exchange, then in the over-the-counter market). 
  
 (b) The following provisions shall govern the adjustment of the Exchange Rate. 
  
 (1) The Exchange Rate in effect at any date will be subject to adjustment from time to time and whenever at any time during the Adjustment
Period, the Company shall (i) subdivide or redivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, (ii) consolidate, combine or reduce the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a lesser number of shares of
Common Stock, or (iii) issue Common Stock or other securities of the Company that are convertible into Common Stock (“convertible securities”) to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock or convertible securities (as the
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distribution. In any such event, the Exchange Rate will, on the effective date of such event, be adjusted so that it will equal the rate determined by
multiplying the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such date by a fraction, of which the denominator shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares of SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of Canada
(“Exchangeable Shares”) outstanding on such date before giving effect to such event, and of which the numerator shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares outstanding on such date after giving effect to
such event. Such adjustment will be made successively whenever any such event shall occur and any such issue of Common Stock or convertible securities by way of a stock dividend is deemed to have occurred on the record date for the stock dividend
for the purpose of calculating the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock under this Section 10(b)(1). To the extent that this Section 10(b)(1) has become operative because of an issue of convertible securities referred to in clause (iii)
above, the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable under each Warrant shall be readjusted based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of such convertible or exchangeable securities. 
  
 (2) If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment
Period, there is (i) any reclassification of the Common Stock at any time outstanding, any change of the Common Stock into other shares or any other capital reorganization of the Company (other than as described in Section 10(b)(1)), (ii) any
consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or other form of business combination of the Company with or into any other corporation resulting in any reclassification of the outstanding Common Stock, any change of the Common Stock into other
shares or any other capital reorganization of the Company, or (iii) any sale, lease, exchange or transfer of the undertaking or assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another corporation or entity, then, in each such
event, each holder of any Warrant which is thereafter exercised will be entitled to receive, and shall accept, in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder was theretofore entitled upon such exercise, the kind and number or
amount of shares or other securities or property which such holder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such event if, on the effective date thereof, such holder had been the registered holder of the number of shares of Common Stock to
which such holder was theretofore entitled upon such exercise. If necessary as a result of any such event, appropriate adjustments will be made in the application of the provisions set forth in this Section 10 with respect to the rights and
interests thereafter of the holders of Warrants to the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 10 will thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be possible, in the relation to any shares or other
securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise or deemed exercise of any Warrant. Any such adjustments will be made by and set forth in a supplemental agreement hereto approved by the Board of Directors and shall for all purposes be
conclusively deemed to be an appropriate adjustment. 
  
 (c) The
following provisions shall govern the adjustment of the Exercise Price. 
  
 (1) The Exercise Price in effect at any date will be subject to adjustment from time to time if and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Company shall (i) subdivide or redivide the outstanding shares
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number of shares of Common Stock, (ii) consolidate, combine or reduce the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a lesser number of shares of Common Stock,
or (iii) issue Common Stock to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock by way of a stock dividend or other distribution. In any such event, the Exercise Price will, on the effective date of such event, be adjusted so that it will
equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares outstanding on such date before
giving effect to such event and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such event. Such adjustment will be made successively whenever any
such event shall occur. 
  
 (2) If and whenever
at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Company shall fix a record date for the issue of rights, options or warrants to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock entitling the holders thereof, within a period expiring not more
than 45 days after the date of the issue thereof, to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) at a price per share (or having a conversion or exchange price per share) less than 95% of
the Current Market Price on the earlier of such record date and the date on which the Company announces its intention to make such issuance, then, in each such case, the Exercise Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it
will equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares outstanding on such record date plus a
number of shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares equal (without double counting) to the number arrived at by dividing the aggregate price of the total number of additional shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares (without double
counting) so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered) by such Current Market Price, and of which the denominator shall be the total number of shares
of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares outstanding on such record date plus the total number of additional shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares so offered for subscription or purchase (or into or for which the convertible or exchangeable
securities so offered are convertible or exchangeable). If by the terms of such rights, options or warrants, there is more than one purchase, conversion or exchange price per share of Common Stock, the aggregate price of the total number of
additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, or the additional conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered, shall be calculated for the purposes of the adjustment on the basis of
the lowest purchase, conversion or exchange price per share of Common Stock, as the case may be. Any Common Stock or Exchangeable Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed not to be
outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, provided that if two or more such record dates or record dates referred to in Section 10(c)(3) are fixed within a
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rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price will then be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would
then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based on the number of shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, including
Exchangeable Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, as the case may be. 
  
 (3) If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all
or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock of: 
  

	 	(i)	shares of any class other than Common Stock whether of the Company or any other corporation; 

  

	 	(ii)	rights, options or warrants (other than rights, options or warrants exercisable by the holders thereof within a period expiring not more than 45 days after the date of issue thereof
to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock (or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock)); 

  

	 	(iii)	evidences of indebtedness; or 

  

	 	(iv)	cash, securities or other property or assets. 

  
 then, in each such case, the Exercise Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise
Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price on the earlier of such
record date and the date on which the Company announces its intention to make such distribution, less the aggregate fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors at the time such distribution is authorized) of such shares or rights,
options or warrants or evidences of indebtedness or cash, securities or other property or assets distributed in such transaction to holders of Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares, and of which the denominator shall be the total number of shares of
Common Stock and Exchangeable Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by such Current Market Price. Any Common Stock or and Exchangeable Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be
deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of such computation. Such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, provided that if two or more such record dates or record dates referred to in Section 10(c)(3) are
fixed within a period of 25 Trading Days, such adjustment will be made successively as if each of such record dates occurred on the earliest of such record dates. To the extent that such distribution is not so made or to the extent that any such
rights, options or warrants so distributed are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price will then be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Exercise
Price which would then be in effect based upon such shares or rights, options or warrants or evidences of indebtedness or cash, securities or other property or assets actually distributed or based upon 

  

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the number or amount of securities or the property or assets actually issued or distributed upon the exercise of such rights, options or Warrants, as the
case may be. 
  
 (d) The following provisions shall govern the
adjustments described in this Section 10. 
  
 (1)
In any case in which this Section 10 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for or effective date of an event referred to herein, the Company may defer, until the occurrence and consummation of such
event, issuing to the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date or effective date and before the occurrence and consummation of such event the additional shares of Common Stock or other securities or property issuable upon such exercise
by reason of the adjustment required by such event, provided, however, that the Company will deliver to such holder, as soon as reasonably practicable after such record date or effective date, as applicable, an appropriate instrument evidencing such
holder’s right to receive such additional Common Stock or other securities or property upon the occurrence and consummation of such event and the right to receive any dividend or other distribution in respect of such additional Common Stock or
other securities or property declared in favor of the holders of record of Common Stock or of such other securities or property on or after the Exercise Date, or such later date as such holder would, but for the provisions of this Section 10(d),
have become the holder of record of such additional Common Stock, warrants or of such other securities or property pursuant to Section 6. 
  
 (2) If the Company shall set a record date to determine the holders of the securities for the purpose of entitling them to receive any
dividend or distribution or any subscription or exercise rights and shall, thereafter and before the distribution to such securityholders of any such dividend, distribution or subscription or exercise rights, legally abandon its plan to pay or
deliver such dividend, distribution or subscription or exercise rights, then no adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant shall be required by reason of the setting of such record date. 
  
 (3) The adjustments provided for in this Section 10 are
cumulative, shall, in the case of any adjustment to the Exchange Rate or the Exercise Price, be computed to the nearest one one-hundredth of a share of Common Stock and will apply (without duplication) to successive subdivisions, consolidations,
distributions, issuances or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this Section 10, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10(d), no adjustment of the Exchange Rate or the Exercise Price will be
required (i) unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exchange Rate or the Exercise Price then in effect (provided, however, that any adjustment which by reason of this Section 10(d)(3) is not required to be
made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment), or (ii) in respect of any Common Stock or Exchangeable Shares issuable or issued pursuant to any option or share purchase plan of the Company or (iii) in respect of
any shares of Common Stock or Exchangeable Shares issuable or issued pursuant to the units of which the Warrants were initially a part, or upon exercise of the Warrants. 
  

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 (4) If any question arises with respect to the adjustments provided in this Section 10,
such question shall be conclusively determined by the Company’s auditors or, if they are unable or unwilling to act, by such firm of chartered accountants as is appointed by the Company. Such accountants shall have access to all necessary
records of the Company and such determination shall be binding upon the Company, the Warrant Agent and all holders of Warrants. 
  
 (5) All shares of any class or other securities or property which a holder of Warrants is at the time in question entitled to receive on
the full exercise of such holder’s Warrants, whether or not as a result of adjustments made pursuant to this Section 10 shall, for the purposes of the interpretation of this Agreement, be deemed to be Common Stock which such holder is entitled
to subscribe for pursuant to the exercise of such Warrants. 
  
 (6) If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Company shall take any action affecting or relating to the Common Stock, other than any action described in this Section 10, which in the opinion of
the Board of Directors, would adversely affect the rights of any holders of Warrants, the Exchange Rate and/or the Exercise Price will be adjusted by the Board of Directors in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the Board of Directors, may in
their sole discretion determine to be equitable in the circumstances to such holders. 
  
 (7) As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment in any of the rights under the Warrants, the
Company will take any action which may, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, be necessary in order that the Company, or any successor to the Company or successor to the undertaking or assets of the Company, will be obligated to and may validly
and legally issue all the Common Stock or other securities or property which the holders of Warrants would be entitled to receive thereafter on the exercise thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof. 
  
 (8) At least seven days before the earlier of the effective
date of or record date for any event referred to in this Section 10 that requires or might require an adjustment in any of the rights under the Warrants or such longer notice period as may be applicable in respect of notices required to be delivered
by the Company to holders of Common Stock, the Company will: 
  

	 	(i)	file with the Warrant Agent a certificate of the Company specifying the particulars of such event and, to the extent determinable, any adjustment required and the computation of
such adjustment; and 

  

	 	(ii)	give notice to the holders of Warrants of the particulars of such event and, to the extent determinable, any adjustment required and a description of how such adjustment will be
calculated. 

  

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 Such notice need only set forth such particulars as have been determined at the date such notice is given. If any
adjustment for which such notice is given is not then determinable, promptly after such adjustment is determinable the Company will: 
  

	 	(i)	file with the Warrant Agent a certificate of the Company showing the computation of such adjustment; and 

  

	 	(ii)	give notice to the holders of Warrants of such adjustment. 

  
 Where a notice pursuant to this Section 10(d)(8) has been given, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to act and rely on any adjustment calculation of the Company or the
Company’s auditors. 
  
 (9) The Warrant
Agent shall not: 
  

	 	(i)	have any duties or responsibilities under this Section 10, including, but not limited to, determining when an adjustment under this Section 10 should be made, how such adjustments
should be made or what the adjustments should be; 

  

	 	(ii)	have any duty to determine whether the adjustments contained in any provision of any supplemental Warrant Agreement pursuant to Section 10(b)(2) above are correct;

  

	 	(iii)	at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Warrants to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment in the Exchange Rate or the Exercise
Price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making same; 

  

	 	(iv)	be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock or of any shares or other securities or property which may at any time be issued or
delivered upon the exercise or deemed exercise of any Warrant; or 

  

	 	(v)	be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver Common Stock or certificates representing Common Stock upon the surrender of
any Warrant for the purpose of exercise, or to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Section 10. 

  
 SECTION 11. Fractional Interests.  
  
 (a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of Warrants. If more than one Warrant shall be presented for
exercise in full at the same time by the same holder, the number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of the
Warrants so presented. If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 11, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrants (or 

  

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specified portion thereof), the number of Warrant Shares which would be issued upon exercise of a Warrant shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

  
 (b) Warrants may be issued in fractional interests. Holders of
fractional interests in Warrants will be entitled to purchase a number of Warrant Shares equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares issuable with respect to a full Warrant multiplied by the fractional interest owned by
such holder in the Warrant. 
  
 (c) Whenever a payment for
fractional Warrant Shares is to be made by the Warrant Agent, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the facts related to such payment and the prices and/or formulas
utilized in calculating such payments, and (ii) provide sufficient monies to the Warrant Agent in the form of fully collected funds to make such payments. The Warrant Agent shall be fully protected in relying upon such a certificate and shall have
no duty with respect to, and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any payment for fractional Warrant Shares under any Section of this Agreement relating to the payment of fractional Warrant Shares unless and until the Warrant Agent shall have
received such a certificate and sufficient monies. 
  
 SECTION 12.
Notices to Warrant holders. Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 10, the Company shall promptly thereafter, and in any event within five days, (i) cause to be filed with the Warrant Agent a certificate executed by the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculations are based and setting forth the number of
Warrant Shares (or portion thereof) issuable after such adjustment in the Exercise Price, upon exercise of a Warrant and payment of the adjusted Exercise Price, and (ii) cause to be given to each of the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates
at his address appearing on the Warrant register written notice of such adjustments by first-class mail, postage prepaid. Where appropriate, such notice may be given in advance and included as a part of the notice required to be mailed under the
other provisions of this Section 12. The Warrant Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein contained and shall have no duty with respect to and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such
adjustment unless and until it shall have received such certificate. 
  
 In case: 
  
 (a) the Company shall authorize the issuance
to all holders of shares of Common Stock of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or of any other subscription rights or warrants; or 
  
 (b) the Company shall authorize the distribution to all holders of shares of Common Stock of evidences of its indebtedness
or assets (other than regular cash dividends or dividends payable in shares of Common Stock or distributions referred to in subsection (a) of Section 10 hereof); or 
  
 (c) of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company
is required, or of the conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety, or of any reclassification or 

  

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change of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to
par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock; or 
  
 (d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or 
  
 (e) the Company proposes to take any action (other than actions of the
character described in Section 10(a) hereof) which would require an adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 10 hereof; 
  
 then the Company shall cause to be filed with the Warrant Agent and shall cause to be given to each of the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates at his address
appearing on the Warrant register, at least 20 calendar days (or 10 calendar days in any case specified in clauses (a),(b) or (e) above) prior to the applicable record date hereinafter specified, or promptly in the case of events for which there is
no record date, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a written notice stating (i) the date as of which the holders of record of shares of Common Stock to be entitled to receive any such rights, options, warrants or distribution are to be
determined, or (ii) the initial expiration date set forth in any tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, or (iii) the date on which any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is
expected to become effective or consummated, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of record of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange such shares for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. The failure to give the notice required by this Section 12 or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of any distribution,
right, option, warrant, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or the vote upon any action. 
  
 Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any of the Warrant Certificates shall be construed as conferring upon the holders thereof the right to vote or
to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders or the election of Directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights whatsoever as shareholders of the Company. 
  
 SECTION 13. Merger, Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent.
Any person into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the Warrant
Agent, shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such person would be eligible for appointment as a successor warrant
agent under the provisions of Section 15. In case at the time such successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not
delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the original Warrant Agent; and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent may
countersign such Warrant Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the successor to the Warrant Agent; 

  

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and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force and effect provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement. 

 
 In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at
such time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Warrant Agent whose name has been changed may adopt the countersignature under its prior name, and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates
shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name, and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force and effect provided in the
Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 14.
Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement (and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Warrant Agent) upon the following terms and conditions, by
all of which the Company and the holders of Warrants, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound: 
  
 (a) The statements contained herein and in the Warrant Certificates shall be taken as statements of the Company and the Warrant Agent assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of any of the same except such as describe the Warrant Agent or action taken or to be taken by it. The Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility with respect to the distribution of the Warrant Certificates except as
herein otherwise provided. 
  
 (b) The Warrant Agent shall not be
responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates to be complied with by the Company. 
  
 (c) The Warrant Agent may consult at any time with counsel of its own selection (who may be counsel for the Company) and the
Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any holder of any Warrant Certificate in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder accordance with the opinion or the advice of such
counsel. 
  
 (d) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or
responsibility to the Company or to any holder of any Warrant Certificate for any action taken in reliance on any Warrant Certificate, certificate of shares, notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate, or other paper, document or
instrument (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties. 
  

(e) The Company agrees (i) to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent (including fees and
expenses of its counsel) and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all expenses, taxes and governmental charges and other charges and disbursements of any kind and nature incurred by the Warrant Agent in the preparation, delivery, execution,
administration and amendment of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder and (ii) to indemnify the Warrant Agent (and any predecessor Warrant Agent) and save it harmless against any and all claims (whether asserted by
the Company, a holder or any other person), damages, losses, fines, penalties, settlements, expenses (including taxes other than taxes based on the income of the Warrant Agent), liabilities, 

  

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including judgments, costs and counsel fees and expenses, for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by the Warrant Agent in connection with the
execution of this Agreement and the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, except as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (each as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). The costs and expenses incurred
in enforcing this right of indemnification shall be paid by the Company. The provisions of this Section 14 shall survive the expiration of the Warrants, the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.

  
 (f) The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to
institute any action, suit or legal proceeding or to take any other action likely to involve expense unless the Company or one or more registered holders of Warrant Certificates shall furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity
satisfactory to it for any costs and expenses which may be incurred, but this provision shall not limit the power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as it may consider proper, whether with or without any such security or indemnity. All rights
of action under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be enforced by the Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrant Certificates or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such
action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name as Warrant Agent and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the registered holders of the Warrants, as their respective rights or interests
may appear. 
  
 (g) The Warrant Agent, and any stockholder,
affiliate, director, officer or employee of it, may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend
money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.

  
 (h) The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for
the Company, and its duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Agreement except for its own gross negligence
or willful misconduct, each as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Warrant Agent be liable for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Warrant Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage. Any liability of the Warrant Agent under this Agreement will be limited to the amount of
fees paid by the Company to the Warrant Agent. 
  
 (i) The Warrant
Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of any Warrant Certificate to make or cause to be made any adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of the Warrant Shares or other securities or property deliverable as
provided in this Agreement, or to determine whether any facts exist which may require any of such adjustments, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustments, when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The
Warrant Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value or the kind or amount of any Warrant Shares or of any securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of 

  

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any Warrant or with respect to whether any such Warrant Shares or other securities will when issued be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and
makes no representation with respect thereto. 
  
 (j)
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Warrant or other person as a result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or
executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation; provided that the Company must use its reasonable best efforts to have any such order, decree or ruling lifted
or otherwise overturned as soon as possible. 
  
 (k) With respect
to the exercise by a holder of any Warrants in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and with respect to any other actions or omissions that may arise as a result of or under this Agreement, to the extent the Warrant Agent has any questions or
uncertainties as to what actions it should take with respect thereto, the Warrant Agent may seek written direction from the Company as to what course of action the Warrant Agent should take and the Warrant Agent shall be fully protected and incur no
liability in refraining from taking any action thereunder unless and until the Warrant Agent has received such written direction from the Company. Any application by the Warrant Agent for such written instructions from the Company may, at the option
of the Warrant Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Warrant Agent under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Warrant Agent
shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Warrant Agent in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three business days after
the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the
Warrant Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. 
  
 (l) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Warrant Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

  
 (m) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the
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the Warrant Agent for any action taken or suffered by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate. 
  
 (n) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any one of the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions
in connection with its duties, and such instructions shall be full authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent, and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with
instructions of any such officer. 
  
 (o) The Warrant Agent may
execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Warrant Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or
misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct (each as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) in
the selection and continued employment thereof. 
  
 SECTION 15.
Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon 30 days’ notice in writing mailed to the Company. Upon such resignation or if the Warrant
Agent shall become incapable of acting as Warrant Agent, the Company shall appoint a successor to such Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such
resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate, then the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the
Warrant Agent. Pending appointment of a successor to such Warrant Agent, either by the Company or by such a court, the duties of the Warrant Agent shall be carried out by the Company. The holders of a majority of the unexercised Warrants shall be
entitled at any time to remove the Warrant Agent and appoint a successor to such Warrant Agent. Such successor to the Warrant Agent must be approved by the Company, which shall not unreasonably withhold such approval. After appointment the successor
to the Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without further act or deed; but the former Warrant Agent upon payment of all fees and expenses due it
and its agents and counsel shall deliver and transfer to the successor to the Warrant Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Failure to
give any notice provided for in this Section 15, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent. 
  
 SECTION 16. Notices to Company and Warrant Agent. Any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or
made by the Warrant Agent or by the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made when and if delivered by facsimile transmission (provided confirmation of receipt is received immediately
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addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows: 
  
 SMTC Corporation 
 635 Hood Road 
 Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R
4N6 
 Attention: President 
 Facsimile No.: (905) 479-5326 
  
 In case the Company
shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations may be made and notices and demands may be served at the office of the Warrant Agent designated
for such purpose. 
  
 Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be
given by the Company or by the registered holder(s) of any Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when and if delivered by facsimile transmission (provided confirmation of receipt is received immediately thereafter) or
deposited in the mail, first-class or registered, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company) to the Warrant Agent as follows: 
  
 Mellon Investor Services LLC 
 500 Grant Street, Room 2122 
 Pittsburgh, PA
15258 
 Attention: Relationship Manager 
 Facsimile No.:(412) 236-8157 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
 Mellon Investor Services LLC 
 85 Challenger Road 
 Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660

 Attention: General Counsel 
 Facsimile No.: (201) 296-4004 
  
 SECTION 17.
Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Warrant Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein which may, in the reasonable discretion of the Company and Warrant Agent, be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder
which the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable, in their reasonable discretion, provided, that any such supplements or amendments shall not in any way adversely affect the interests of any of the holders of Warrant
Certificates. Prior to executing any such supplement or amendment, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely on an officer’s certificate of the Company to the effect that such amendment or supplement complies with the terms of this Section.
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be obtained in connection with any supplement or amendment which alters the rights or duties of the Warrant Agent. Except as expressly set forth above in
this Section 17, this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented. 
  
 SECTION 18. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and
assigns hereunder. 
  
 SECTION 19. Termination. This
Agreement will terminate on any earlier date if all Warrants have been exercised or expired without exercise. The provisions of Section 14 hereof shall survive such termination. 
  
 SECTION 20. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction: Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement and each Warrant
Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of said State. Each party hereto hereby submits to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in New York City for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. Each party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim
that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 SECTION 21. Benefits of
This Agreement. In addition to the Warrant Agent and the Company, the holders of Warrant Certificates are intended beneficiaries of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, with respect to the terms and
provision set forth in Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 hereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the registered holders of the Warrant
Certificates any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates. 
  
 SECTION 22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 SECTION 23. Amendment and Exchange of Warrant Certificates. All Warrants issued and outstanding at the time of any
amendments to this Warrant Agreement shall be deemed amended in accordance with such amendments to this Warrant Agreement. The Company, at its expense, shall issue and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of any existing Warrant Certificates presented to the Company or the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor, representing an equivalent number of Warrants and the terms of the amended Warrant Agreement. 
  

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 SECTION 24. Notice of Amendments. Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Warrant
Agent of any amendments pursuant to Section 17, the Company or the Warrant Agent shall give notice thereof to the Warrant holders affected, in the manner provided for in Section 12. 
  
 [Signature Page Follows] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, as of the day and
year first above written. 
  

			
	 SMTC Corporation

		
	 By
	 	 /s/ John Caldwell

	 Name:
	 	 John Caldwell

	 Title:
	 	 President and Chief Executive Officer

	
	 MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC

		
	 By
	 	 /s/ Kathryn M. Eismont

	 Name:
	 	 Kathryn M. Eismont

	 Title:
	 	 Vice President

  

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 SCHEDULE A 
  
 NEW WARRANTS ISSUED 
  

			
	 Name of Lender

	 	 Number of New Warrants Issued to Lender

		
	 Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.
	 	1,984,074
		
	 AMMC CDO I, Limited
	 	36,617
		
	 AMMC CDO II, Limited
	 	37,556
		
	 The Bank of Nova Scotia
	 	2,345,412
		
	 General Electric Capital Corp.
	 	2,211,649
		
	 IBM Canada, Ltd.
	 	2,019,126
		
	 SPCP, LLC
	 	2,532,513

  

 EXHIBIT A 
  
 [Form of Warrant Certificate] 
  
 [Face] 
  
 THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SAID SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION
THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT. 
  
 EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY
TIME ON MAY     , 2009. 
  

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 No.
                                  Warrants 
  
 Warrant Certificate 
  
 SMTC CORPORATION 
  
 This Warrant Certificate certifies that
                                        
                    , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of
                     Common Stock Purchase Warrants expiring March 4, 2009 (the “Warrants”) to purchase Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of SMTC Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Each Warrant entitles the holder upon exercise to receive from the Company on or before 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on March 4,
2009, that number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (each, a “Warrant Share”) as set forth below at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement referenced below
payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant
Agreement referred to on the reverse hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Warrants may be exercised without the exchange of funds pursuant to the net exercise provisions of Section 6 of the Warrant Agreement. 
  
 Each Warrant is initially exercisable for one-half of one share of Common
Stock, and the initial Exercise Price per share of Common Stock for any Warrant is equal to $1.38 per share. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of
certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement. 
  
 Warrants
may be exercised at any time on or before 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on March 4, 2009 and to the extent not exercised by such time such warrants shall become void. 
  
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. 
  
 This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement. 
  
 This Warrant Certificate shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the internal laws of the State of New York. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SMTC Corporation has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by its President
and by its Chief Financial Officer. 
  

			
	 SMTC Corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 [Name]

	 	 	 President

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 [Name]

	 	 	 Chief Financial Officer

  
 Countersigned: 
  
 Dated: 
  

			
	 Mellon Investor Services LLC,
 as Warrant
Agent

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory

  

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 [Form of Warrant Certificate] 
  
 [Reverse] 
  
 The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants expiring March 4, 2009 entitling the holder on exercise
to receive shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of June 1, 2004 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which
Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the
Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the registered holders or registered holder) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the
Company. 
  
 Warrants may be exercised at any time on or before
5:00 p.m. New York City time on March 4, 2009. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and
executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement at the office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the
total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised. No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. 
  
 The Warrant Agreement
provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Exercise Price set forth on the face hereof and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise may be adjusted. No fractions of a share of Common Stock will be issued upon the
exercise of any Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided in the Warrant Agreement. 
  
 The holders of the Warrants are entitled to certain registration rights with respect to the Common Stock purchasable upon exercise thereof. Said
registration rights are set forth in full in that certain Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement dated as of June 1, 2004, among the Company and certain investors named therein. A copy of the Debt and Warrant Exchange Agreement may be obtained by the
holder hereof upon written request to the Company. 
  
 The holders
of the Warrants have certain restrictions on transfer as outlined in the Warrant Agreement. 
  
 Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose by the registered holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may
be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another 

  

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Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants. 
  
 Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant
Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate,
subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. 
  
 The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder(s) thereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company. 
  

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 Election to Exercise 
  
 (To Be Executed Upon Exercise Of Warrant) 
  
 The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive
                     shares of Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such shares to the order of SMTC Corporation in the amount of
$                     in accordance with the terms hereof unless the holder is exercising Warrants pursuant to the net exercise provisions of
Section 6 of the Warrant Agreement. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares be registered in the name of
                    , whose address is
                     and that such shares be delivered to
                     whose address is             
                        . If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder,
the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of             , whose address is
            , and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to
                        , whose address is
                        . 
  

			
		
	 Signature:
	 	 
	 	 	 

  
 Date: 
  

			
		
	 Signature Guaranteed:
	 	 
	 	 	 

  

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