Document:

EX-10.53

 Exhibit 10.53 

Shareholder’s Voting Power Assignment Agreement 

This Shareholder’s Voting Power Assignment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among the following
parties as of December 28, 2013 in Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China (“PRC”, for the purpose of this Agreement, PRC shall not include Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan): 

Party A: 500.COM LIMITED 
 Registered Address: Floor 4,
Willow House, Cricket Square, P O Box 2804, Grand Cayman KY1-1112, Cayman Islands 
 Party B: Zhang Jing 

Identification No.: 422802198106210042 
 Party C: E-Sun Sky
Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 
 Registered Address: (Room 3-A, Complex Building (including affiliated equipment room), Shenxianling Sports Center,
Central City, Longgang District, Shenzhen 
 Whereas: 
  

	1.	Party B is a PRC citizen and a shareholder of Shenzhen Youlanguang Technology Co., Ltd. (“Youlanguang”) who holds 50% of the equity interests of Youlanguang (“Party B’s Equity
Interests”); 

  

	2.	Party B agrees to entrust the entity or person designated by Party A to exercise his shareholder’s rights at Youlanguang pursuant to the terms and conditions under this Agreement, and Party A agrees to accept such
entrustment pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 

  

	3.	Party B issued a power of attorney to Party C on June 1, 2011, pursuant to which Party B entrusted Party C to exercise Party B’s shareholder’s rights on Party B’s behalf at Youlanguang
(“Power of Attorney”). 

 Now therefore, the parties agree as follows: 

 

	1.	The parties acknowledge and agree that the Power of Attorney shall be terminated upon this Agreement becoming effective and all of Party C’s rights and obligations thereunder shall be simultaneously terminated.

  

	2.	Upon the effective date of this Agreement, Party B irrevocably entrusts the entity or person designated by Party A to exercise on his behalf all of his shareholder’s voting power and all other shareholder’s
rights that Party B is entitled to under the laws and articles of association of the company at the shareholders’ meetings of Youlanguang, including but not limited to, sale, transfer, pledge, or disposition of all or any part of the equity
interests of Youlanguang held by Party B; covening, attending or hosting shareholders’ meetings as the authorized representative of Youlanguang’s shareholder at the shareholders’ meetings of Youlanguang; electing and changing
executive directors, directors, supervisors, managers and other senior management; reviewing and approving Youlanguang’s profit-sharing plans and loss recovering plans, making resolutions regarding the merger and acquisition, splitting up,
liquidation or change of company form of Youlanguang; deciding Youlanguang’s business policy and investment plans, and amending the articles of association of the company etc. 

  
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	3.	Party A agrees to designate an entity or a person permitted by applicable law to accept the entrustment by Party B pursuant to Article 2 of this Agreement, and such entity or person shall represent Party B in the
exercise of Party B’s voting power and shareholder’s rights pursuant to this Agreement. 

  

	4.	Party B hereby acknowledges that, regardless of how his equity interests in Youlanguang will change, he shall entrust the entity or person designated by Party A with all of his voting power and shareholder’s
rights. 

  

	5.	Party B hereby acknowledges that if Party A withdraws the designation of the relevant entity or person, Party B will withdraw his entrustment to such entity or person hereunder immediately and, following Party A’s
designation, entrust other entity or person designated by Party A to exercise all of Party B’s shareholder’s voting power and all other rights at the shareholders’ meetings of Youlanguang. During the term of this Agreement, Party B
hereby waives all the rights related to Party B’s Equity Interests that have been entrusted to Party A via this Agreement, and Party B will not, either by himself or through parties other than those designated by Party A, exercise such rights.

  

	6.	This Agreement is executed by the parties’ themselves or by their legal representatives or authorized representatives as of the date first written above and shall become effective as of the same date. Unless cleary
provided under this Agreement or Party A decides to terminate this Agreement in writing, this Agreement shall remain effective during the term when Party B holds any equity interests in Youlanguang. During the term of this Agreement, unless
otherwise provided by law, Party B shall not rescind, early terminate or dissolve this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Party A shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time by notifying Party B thiry (30) days in
advance in writing. 

  

	7.	Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, any amendment and/or termination of this Agreement shall be agreed upon by the parties in writing. Any amendment agreement and supplementary agreement that are duly executed
by the parties shall constitute an integral part of this Agreement and shall be of the same legal effect as this Agreement. 

  

	8.	In the event that any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable due to inconsistency with relevant law, such provision shall be deemed invalid only within the scope of the jurisdiction of
relevant law, and the legal effect of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be compromised. 

  
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	9.	Any notice or other communication required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be written in Chinese and be delivered personally or sent by mail or by fax to the address of other party set forth below or other
address designated by such other party from time to time. The date on which such notice shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows: (a) any notice given by personal delivery shall be deemed effectively given
on the date of delivery; (b) any notice given by mail shall be deemed effectively given on the tenth (10th) day following the date (as evidenced by postmark) when the registered air mail
whose postage is prepaid is sent, or be deemed effectively given on the fourth (4th) day following the date when such mail is delivered to an internationally recognized mail service
institute; and (c) any notice given by fax shall be deemed effectively given at the time as evidenced by the time of receipt shown on the confirmation of transmission of relevant documents. 

Party A: 500.COM LIMITED 

Address: 
 Recipient: 

Fax: 
 Phone: 

Party B: Zhang Jing 
 Address:

 Fax: 
 Phone: 

Party C: E-Sun Sky Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 

Address: 
 Recipient: 

Fax: 
 Phone: 

 

	10.	Unless agreed upon by Party A in writing in advance, Party B shall not transfer his rights and obligations under this Agreement to any other third party. Party B hereby agrees that, if needed by Party A, Party A may
transfer his rights and obligations under this Agreement to any other third party. Party A only needs to notify Party B in writing when such transfer takes place, and Party A does not need to obtain Party B’s approval for such transfer.

  

	11.	The parties acknowledge that any oral or written information exchanged in connection with this Agreement are regarded as confidential information. Each party shall maintain confidentiality of all such confidential
information, and without obtaining the written consent of the other parties, it shall not disclose any relevant confidential information to any third parties, except for the information that: (a) is or will be in the public domain (other than
through the receiving party’s unauthorized disclosure); (b) is under the obligation to be disclosed pursuant to the applicable laws or rules of any stock exchange; or (c) is required to be disclosed by any party to its legal counsels
or financial advisors regarding the transaction contemplated hereunder, provided that such legal counsels or financial advisors shall be bound by the confidentiality obligations similar to those set forth in this article. Disclosure of any
confidential information by the staff members or agencies hired by any party shall be deemed disclosure of such confidential information by such party, which party shall be held liable for breach of this Agreement. This article shall survive the
invalidation, amendment, termination or unenforceability of this Agreement for any reason. 

  
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	12.	The execution, effectiveness, construction, performance, amendment and termination of this Agreement and the resolution of disputes hereunder shall be governed by the PRC laws. In the event of any dispute with respect
to the construction and performance of this Agreement, the parties shall first resolve the dispute through friendly negotiations. In the event the parties fail to reach an agreement on the dispute, any party may submit the relevant dispute to the
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration, in accordance with its arbitration rules then in effect. The arbitration shall be conducted in Beijing, and the language used in arbitration shall be Chinese. The
arbitration award shall be final and binding on all parties. 

  

	13.	This Agreement, upon becoming effective, shall constitute the entire agreement reached by and among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall supercede all prior oral and written agreements
and consensus reached with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. 

  

	14.	This Agreement is written in three copies. Each party shall hold one copy respectively. Each copy of this Agreement shall have equal legal effect. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. 

 

			
	Party A: 500.COM LIMITED
		
	By:	 	/s/ Man San Law
	Name:	 	Man San Law
	Title:	 	Director
	
	Party B: Zhang Jing
		
	By:	 	/s/ Zhang Jing
	
	Party C: E-Sun Sky Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Geng Jin
	Name:	 	Geng Jin
	Title:	 	Legal RepresentativeEX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 
 Dated
as of March 21, 2014 
 to 

CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 Dated as
of February 6, 2013 
 THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this “Amendment”) is made as of March 21, 2014 by and among API
Technologies Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as Agent for each member of the Lender Group (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns,
the “Agent”), under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2013, by and among the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that (a) the Lenders and the Agent agree to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement and
(b) certain Lenders (the “Incremental Lenders”) make a term loan in an aggregate principal amount equal to $55 million (the “Incremental Term Loan”); 

WHEREAS, (a) the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and the Agent have agreed to such amendments and (b) the Incremental Lenders
have agreed to provide their Pro Rata Share of the Incremental Term Loan, in each case, on the terms and conditions set forth herein; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and the Agent hereby agree to enter into this Amendment. 

1. Incremental Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as defined
below), each Incremental Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make the Incremental Term Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to 99% of such Incremental Lender’s commitment as set forth in Annex I hereto.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Incremental Term Loan may be issued at a discount, all payments and calculations hereunder shall be based on the aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit
Agreement, each Lender hereby consents to the incurrence of the Incremental Term Loan and for the Incremental Term Loan to be treated in the same manner as the Term Loan made on the Closing Date for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and
references to Term Loan and Term Loan Amount shall be deemed to include the Incremental Term Loan, except as expressly provided herein to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Incremental Term Loan shall have the same maturity date as the
Term Loan and shall share ratably in all mandatory and optional prepayments, including, without limitation, amortization based on the “Amortization Percentage” for each Fiscal Quarter. The Incremental Term Loan shall be made in the same
manner as described in Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement. 
 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the
date of satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 below, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 

 (a) The definition of “Prepayment Premium” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is restated in its entirety as follows: 
 “Prepayment Premium” means with respect to
prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(d), Section 2.4(e)(i), Section 2.4(e)(ii) and Section 2.4(e)(iv) of the Agreement: 

(a) with respect to the Term Loan (other than the Incremental Term Loan), 

(i) from and after October 10, 2013 through October 10, 2014, 3.0% of the Term Loan Amount prepaid; provided,
however, any prepayment in connection with a Change in Control or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries prior to April 10, 2014, such Prepayment Premium will be 1.5% of the Term Loan Amount
prepaid; 
 (ii) after October 10, 2014 through October 10, 2015, 2.0% of the Term Loan Amount prepaid; 

(iii) after October 10, 2015 through October 10, 2016, 1.0% of the Term Loan Amount prepaid; and 

(iv) after October 10, 2016, 0.0% of the Term Loan Amount prepaid. 

(b) with respect to the Incremental Term Loan, 

(i) from and after March 21, 2014 through September 21, 2014, 3% of the Incremental Term Loan prepaid; provided, that
such amount shall be 0% for any prepayment of the Incremental Term Loan which results in the payment in full of all Term Loans (including the Incremental Term Loan) and which is not in connection with a Change of Control or a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of borrower and its Subsidiaries; 
 (ii) from and after September 21, 2014 through
October 10, 2014, 3.0% of the Incremental Term Loan prepaid; 
 (iii) after October 10, 2014 through
October 10, 2015, 2.0% of the Incremental Term Loan prepaid; 
 (iv) after October 10, 2015 through
October 10, 2016, 1.0% of the Incremental Term Loan prepaid; and 
 (v) after October 10, 2016, 0.0% of the
Incremental Term Loan prepaid. 
 (b) Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended to include the following new definitions
alphabetically therein: 
 “Amendment No. 2” means that certain Amendment No. 2 to the Credit
Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, by which the Lenders agreed to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and certain Lenders agreed to advance the Borrower the Incremental Term Loan.” 

  
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 “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means March 21, 2014.

 “Incremental Term Loan” means a term loan in an aggregate principal amount equal to $55 million made to
the Borrower on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date on the terms and conditions set forth in Amendment No. 2.” 
 (c)
Section 2.4(e)(ii) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows: 
 “Within three
(3) Business Days of the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the Net Cash Proceeds in an amount greater than $100,000 resulting from any voluntary or involuntary sale or disposition by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of assets in a single transaction or any series of related transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Net Cash Proceeds from any Sale Leaseback transaction and including casualty losses or condemnations but excluding sales or
dispositions which qualify as Permitted Dispositions under clauses (a) through (f) and (i) through (n) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions), Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in
accordance with Section 2.4(f) in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (including condemnation awards and payments in lieu thereof) received by such Person in connection with such sales or dispositions; provided that,
so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (B) such Borrower shall have given Agent prior written notice of such Borrower’s intention to apply such monies to the
costs of replacement of the properties or assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition or the cost of purchase or construction of fixed assets, capital assets or assets similar to the ones being sold, in each case, useful in the business
of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (C) the monies are held in a Deposit Account in which Agent has a perfected first-priority security interest, and (D) Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such replacement, purchase, or
construction within 180 days (or (i) 365 days in the case of any involuntary disposition resulting from a casualty loss or condemnation or (ii) an additional 180 days in the case of any replacement, purchase, or construction that is made
to a binding contract entered into during the initial 180-day period) after the initial receipt of such monies, then the Loan Party whose assets were the subject of such disposition shall have the option to apply such monies to the costs of
replacement, purchase or construction of the assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have expired without such replacement, purchase, or construction being made or completed,
in which case, any amounts remaining in the Deposit Account referred to in clause (C) above shall be paid to Agent and applied in accordance with Section 2.4(f); provided, further, that neither Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall have the right to use such Net Cash Proceeds (unless such Net Cash Proceeds result from casualty losses or condemnations) to make such replacements, purchases, or construction in excess of $1,000,000 in any given fiscal year.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.4(e)(ii) shall permit Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than in accordance with Section 6.4.” 

(d) Section 2.4(f) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows: 

Application of Payments. In connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(d), Section 2.4(e)(i),
Section 2.4(e)(ii) (excluding prepayments resulting from casualty losses or condemnations) or Section 2.4(e)(iv), Borrower shall pay (or cause to be paid) the relevant Prepayment Premium applicable to the principal amount
repaid. 

  
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Each such repayment (net of any Prepayment Premium) shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.4(b). Each such prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied ratably against
the remaining installments of principal of the Term Loan (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Maturity Date shall constitute an installment). 

(e) Section 7(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be restated in its entirety as follows: 

Interest Coverage Ratio. Have an Interest Coverage Ratio, measured on a quarter-end basis, of at least the required amount set forth in
the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto: 
  

			
	 Applicable Ratio
	  	 Applicable Period

	2.10:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on February 28, 2014
	2.10:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on May 31, 2014
	2.10:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on August 31, 2014
	2.10:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on November 30, 2014
	2.20:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on February 28, 2015
	2.20:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on May 31, 2015
	2.20:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on August 31, 2015
	2.30:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on November 30, 2015
	2.30:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on February 29, 2016
	2.30:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on May 31, 2016
	2.30:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on August 31, 2016
	2.75:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on November 30, 2016
	2.75:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on February 28, 2017
	3.00:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on May 31, 2017
	3.25:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on August 31, 2017
	3.25:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on November 30, 2017
	3.25:1.00	  	For the Test Period ending on February 28, 2018

 (f) Section 7(c) of the Credit Agreement restated in its entirety as follows: 

  
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 Leverage Ratio. Have a Leverage Ratio, measured on a quarter-end basis, of not greater
than the applicable ratio set forth in the following table for the applicable date set forth opposite thereto: 
  

			
	 Applicable Ratio
	  	 Test Period Ending

	5.75:1.00	  	February 28, 2014
	5.50:1.00	  	May 31, 2014
	5.50:1.00	  	August 31, 2014
	5.50:1.00	  	November 30, 2014
	5.25:1.00	  	February 28, 2015
	5.25:1.00	  	May 31, 2015
	5.25:1.00	  	August 31, 2015
	5.25:1.00	  	November 30, 2015
	5.00:1.00	  	February 29, 2016
	5.00:1.00	  	May 31, 2016
	5.00:1.00	  	August 31, 2016
	5.00:1.00	  	November 30, 2016
	4.75:1.00	  	February 28, 2017
	4.75:1.00	  	May 31, 2017
	4.50:1.00	  	August 31, 2017
	4.50:1.00	  	November 30, 2017
	4.25:1.00	  	February 28, 2018

 (g) Clause (u) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” is hereby deleted in its entirety
and replaced with “Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as an account party in respect of letters of credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time”. 

(h) Clause (s) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with “Liens in the
form of cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (u) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”. 

  
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 3. Waivers. Effective as of the date of satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
in Section 4 below, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6.6, on the
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Borrower may prepay the Revolving Credit Agreement in full. 
 (b) Notwithstanding
Section 6.7, on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Borrower may redeem the Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock in full. 

4. Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the conditions precedent that: 

(a) The Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, each of the Lenders, each of
the Incremental Lenders and the Agent. 
 (b) The Agent shall have received counterparts of the Consent and Reaffirmation
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto duly executed by each Loan Party. 
 (c) The Agent shall have
received copies of each Loan Party’s Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, certified by the Secretary or other authorized officer of such Loan Party; provided,
however, that such certificate may certify that the Governing Documents of such Loan Party have not changed since delivered to the Agent on the Closing Date or Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, as applicable. 

(d) The Agent shall have received a solvency certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, certifying to solvency as required pursuant to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. 

(e) The Agent shall have received a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, from the Revolving Agent
respecting the amount necessary to repay in full all of the obligations of the Loan Parties owing under the Revolving Credit Agreement and obtain a release of all of the Liens existing in favor of the Revolving Agent in and to the assets of the Loan
Parties, together with termination statements and other documentation evidencing the termination by the Revolving Agent of its Liens in and to the properties and assets of the Loan Parties. 

(f) The Agent shall have received an opinion of the Loan Parties’ counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent
in each of the following jurisdictions: Delaware; New York; Pennsylvania; and Canada. 
 (g) To the extent applicable, the
Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to the Borrower, dated within thirty (30) days of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, such certificate shall (i) be issued by the appropriate officer of the
Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization, and (ii) indicate that the Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction. 

(h) The Loan Parties shall have paid all Lender Group Expenses outstanding and/or incurred in connection with the transactions
evidenced by this Amendment and requested by Agent to be paid. 
 (i) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties
contained in the Agreement or in each of the other Loan Document are true and correct as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. 

  
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 (j) No default or event of default under the Loan Documents shall have occurred
or shall result from the making of Incremental Term Loan by the Incremental Lenders. 
 5. Representations and Warranties of the
Borrower. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows: 
 (a) This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby
constitute legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with its respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies for the enforcement of certain obligations (other than the payment of principal) contained herein or therein and as may be limited by equitable principles
generally. 
 (b) As of the date hereof and after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct as of the date hereof. 

6. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower hereby covenants to use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loan to (a) repay the Revolving
Credit Agreement and (b) redeem the Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock in full. For the avoidance of doubt, following such payments, the Borrower shall not be permitted to incur any Indebtedness on reliance on either (x) the
Revolving Credit Agreement or (y) the Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock. 
 7. Post-Closing Obligations. 

(a) Within sixty (60) days of the Amendment No. 2 Date (or such longer period as the Agent may approve in its sole discretion), the
Loan Parties shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following with respect to each property that constitutes Real Property Collateral (each a “Mortgaged Property”), in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Agent: 
 (i) fully executed and notarized amendment to each Mortgage (the “Mortgage Amendments”), in proper
form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering each Mortgaged Property; 
 (ii) an
opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be satisfactory to the Agent) in each state in which a Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgage Amendments to be recorded in such state and such other matters
as the Agent may request; and 
 (iii) (A) an endorsement to Agent’s existing Title Policy or, if required by the
relevant title company, a new Title Policy with respect to each Mortgaged Property, in each case, in amounts not less than the fair market value of each Mortgaged Property, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto,
dated not more than thirty days prior to the Closing Date and copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein and insuring that the Agent continues to have a first-priority mortgage lien on each
Mortgaged Property and, in the case of any new Title Policy, together with such endorsements as the Agent shall require, and (B) evidence satisfactory to Agent that such Loan Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate
Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of such endorsement to each Title Policy (or new Title Policy, as applicable) and all recording and stamp taxes
(including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgage Amendments for each Mortgaged Property in the appropriate real estate records. 

  
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 (b) Within thirty (30) days of the Amendment No. 2 Date (or such longer period as the
Agent may approve in its sole discretion), the Loan Parties shall deliver or cause to be delivered an opinion of the Loan Parties’ Maryland counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 

8. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

(a) Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall mean and be
a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. 
 (b) The Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents and all other documents, instruments
and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. 

(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent or the
Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith. 

(d) Each of this Amendment and the Consent and Reaffirmation attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute Loan Documents. 

9. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. 

10. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part
of this Amendment for any other purpose. 
 11. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on
any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by facsimile or PDF shall have the same force and effect as manual signatures delivered
in person. 
 [Signature Pages Follow] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above
written. 
  

			
	API Technologies Corp., as the Borrower
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Bel Lazar

	Name:	 	Bel Lazar
	Title:	 	CEO and President
	
	 Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC,

individually as the Agent and as an Incremental Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	5180 CLO LP, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Collateral Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Security Benefit Life Insurance Company, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Sub-Adviser
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director

 
			
	Guggenheim Life and Annuity Company, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Advisor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Indiana University Health, Inc., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Mercer Field CLO LP, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Collateral Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Guggenheim Private Debt Fund Note Issuer, LLC, as a Lender and an Incremental Lender 
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	NZC Guggenheim Master Fund Limited, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director

  

 
			
	NZC Guggenheim Fund LLC, as an Incremental Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Stitching PPGM Depository
	
	Acting in its capacity as depository of PGGM High Yield Fund, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	High-Yield Loan Plus Master Segregated Portfolio
	
	Guggenheim High-Yield Plus Master Fund SPC, On behalf of and for the account of the High-Yield Loan Plus Master Segregated Portfolio, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	CLC Leveraged Loan Trust
	By: Challenger Life Nominees PTY Limited as Trustee, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director

  

 
			
	Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	 Western Regional Insurance Company, Inc., as a Lender and an Incremental Lender

 

	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Investment Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

		
	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Advisor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Wake Forest University, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Advisor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director

  

 
			
	The Wilshire Institutional Master Fund SPC – Guggenheim Alpha Segregated Port, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Guggenheim Private Debt Master Fund, LLC, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, as Investment Manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan Fund
	
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan Fund, a sub fund of Guggenheim Qualifying Investor Fund Plc
	
	By: For and on behalf of BNY Mellon Trust Company (Ireland) Limited under Power of Attorney, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan Fund II
	
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan Fund II, a sub fund of Guggenheim Qualifying Investor Fund Plc
	
	By: For and on behalf of BNY Mellon Trust Company (Ireland) Limited under Power of Attorney, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director

  

 
			
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan Fund III
	
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan Fund III, a sub fund of Guggenheim Qualifying Investor Fund Plc
	
	By: For and on behalf of BNY Mellon Trust Company (Ireland) Limited under Power of Attorney, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan and Bond Fund IV
	
	Guggenheim U.S. Loan and Bond Fund IV, a sub fund of Guggenheim Qualifying Investor Fund Plc
	
	By: For and on behalf of BNY Mellon Trust Company (Ireland) Limited under Power of Attorney, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Damaso

	Name:	 	Michael Damaso
	Title:	 	Senior Managing Director
	
	Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC
	Tennenbaum Opportunities Partners V, LP, each as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Philip Tseng

	Name:	 	Philip Tseng
	Title:	 	Managing Partner
	
	 Special Value Continuation Partners, LP

Tennenbaum Senior Loan SPV, LLC
 Tennenbaum Senior Loan
Fund II, LP
 Tennenbaum Senior Loan SPV III, LLC

Tennenbaum Senior Loan SPV IV-A, LLC 
 Tennenbaum Senior
Loan Fund IV-B, LP, each as an Incremental Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Philip Tseng

	Name:	 	Philip Tseng
	Title:	 	Managing Partner

  

 
			
	AIC Company Limited, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rob Stobo

	Name:	 	Rob Stobo
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as an Incremental Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Katherine L. Stewart

	Name:	 	Katherine L. Stewart
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

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