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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.19

                                                                  Execution Copy

                     AMENDMENT TO NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

         AMENDMENT dated as of __________ ____, 1999 (the "Amendment") to the
 Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of February 24, 1995 (the "Non-Competition
 Agreement"), among Nu-kote Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Nu-kote"),
 Pelikan Produktion AG, a Swiss stock company ("Produktions"), Greif-Werke GmbH,
 a German limited liability company ("Greif"), Pelikan Scotland Ltd., a limited
 liability company organized under the laws of Scotland ("Pelikan Scotland") and
 Pelikan Holding AG, a Swiss stock corporation ("Pelikan").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, Nu-kote desires to induce Pelikan to amend the Trademark
License Agreement dated as of February 24, 1995 among Nu-kote, Pelikan and
certain of Pelikan's Affiliates and to enter into a new trademark license
agreement with the purchaser from Nu-kote of certain of Nu-kote's assets and
business outside of the United States of America (including the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and
the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the unincorporated United States
territories of American Samoa and Guam), Mexico and Canada, and Pelikan is
unwilling to do so unless Nu-kote and the other parties hereto enter into this
Amendment; and

         WHEREAS, Nu-kote, along with one or more of its Affiliates, to whom
Nu-kote has assigned certain rights under the Non-Competition Agreement,
Produktions, Greif, Pelikan Scotland and Pelikan have agreed to amend the
Non-Competition Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Amendment;

         NOW, THEREFORE, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants made herein and in the First Amendment to Trademark License among
Nu-kote, Pelikan and certain of Pelikan's Affiliates, and in order to induce and
in consideration of the execution and delivery by Pelikan and certain of its
Affiliates of a Trademark License Agreement with Produktions, and of the mutual
benefits to be derived hereby and thereby, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition are
used as defined in the Non-Competition Agreement or in the Asset and Stock
Purchase Agreement, as amended, dated as of November 15, 1994 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), between Nu-kote and Pelikan.

         2. AMENDMENT TO NON-COMPETE COVENANT. Section 1, paragraph (a) of the
Non-Competition Agreement is hereby amended by replacing "world" where it
appears in the thirteenth line of such paragraph and substituting therefor
"United States of America (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths
of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the
United States, and the unincorporated United States territories of American
Samoa and Guam), Mexico and Canada."

         3. APPROVAL OF BANKRUPTCY COURT. This Amendment shall be effective
immediately, without further action by the parties, when an order approving
Nu-kote's agreement hereto has been entered by the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, in the matter of
In Re: Nu-kote Holding, Inc., Nu-kote

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Imperial, Ltd., Nu-kote International, Inc., Nu-kote Imaging International,
Inc., International Communication Materials, Inc., Future Graphics, Inc., and
Nu-kote Latin America, Inc., substantively consolidated under BK. NO.
98-10600-KL3-11 and has become a Final Order. The term "Final Order" shall mean
an order or judgment that has not been modified, vacated or stayed, and as to
which (a) the time to appeal or seek review, rehearing, reargument or certiorari
has expired and as to which no appeal or petition for review, rehearing,
reargument or certiorari proceeding is pending, or (b) an order or judgment
which has been appealed, has been affirmed on appeal or certiorari and as to
which appeal or certiorari the time for further appeal or certiorari has
expired, provided, such an order shall be a "Final Order" whenever (i) a period
of ten days after the entry thereof on the Clerk's docket shall have expired
(ii) no stay of the order shall be in effect, and (iii) Pelikan shall so elect
by written notice to Nu-kote. In the event such approval is not received, for
any reason, on or before ________ ___, 1999, this Amendment shall be null and
void and of no force or effect whatsoever.

         4. MISCELLANEOUS. Except as expressly amended and modified hereby, and
except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Non-Competition Agreement remains in
full force and effect in accordance with its terms. The headings contained in
this Amendment are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way
the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment. The recitals to this Amendment
are, and shall be construed to be, an integral part of this Amendment. This
Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment shall be governed in all
respects, including validity, interpretation and effect, by the laws of the
State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, on behalf of themselves and their
respective Affiliates, have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their
respective duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

PELIKAN HOLDING AG                                PELIKAN PRODUKTIONS AG

By:                                               By:
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Its:                                              Its:
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                                                  GREIF-WERKE GmbH

By:                                               By:
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Its:                                              Its:
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NU-KOTE HOLDING, INC.                             PELIKAN SCOTLAND LTD.

By:                                               By:
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Its:                                              Its:
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.20

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                          CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                                 BY AND BETWEEN

                          NORWEST BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.

                                       AND

                 NU-KOTE HOLDING, INC., NU-KOTE IMPERIAL, LTD.,
                   NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC., INTERNATIONAL
                 COMMUNICATION MATERIALS, INC., NU-KOTE IMAGING
             INTERNATIONAL, INC., FUTURE GRAPHICS, INC. AND NU-KOTE
                              LATIN AMERICA, INC.

                         Dated as of: December, 14 2000

                                 [NORWEST LOGO]

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                                Table of Contents

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ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS............................................................................................1

    Section 1.1 Definitions.......................................................................................1
    Section 1.2 Cross References.................................................................................11

ARTICLE II  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE CREDIT FACILITY..............................................................11
    Section 2.1 Revolving Advances...............................................................................11
    Section 2.2 Interest; Minimum Interest Charge; Default Interest; Participations; Usury.......................11
    Section 2.3 Fees.............................................................................................13
    Section 2.4 Computation of Interest and Fees; When Interest Due and Payable..................................13
    Section 2.5 Capital Adequacy.................................................................................13
    Section 2.6 Voluntary Prepayment; Reduction of the Maximum Line; Termination of the Credit Facility by the
    Borrowers....................................................................................................14
    Section 2.7 Termination, Line Reduction and Prepayment Fees; Waiver of Termination, Prepayment and Line
    Reduction Fees...............................................................................................14
    Section 2.8 Mandatory Prepayment.............................................................................15
    Section 2.9 Payment..........................................................................................15
    Section 2.10 Payment on Non-Banking Days.....................................................................15
    Section 2.11 Use of Proceeds.................................................................................15
    Section 2.12 Liability Records...............................................................................15

ARTICLE III  SECURITY INTEREST; OCCUPANCY; SETOFF................................................................15
    Section 3.1 Grant of Security Interest.......................................................................15
    Section 3.2 Notification of Account Debtors and Other Obligors...............................................16
    Section 3.3 Assignment of Insurance..........................................................................16
    Section 3.4 Occupancy........................................................................................16
    Section 3.5 License..........................................................................................17
    Section 3.6 Financing Statement..............................................................................17
    Section 3.7 Setoff...........................................................................................18

ARTICLE IV  CONDITIONS OF LENDING................................................................................19
    Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Revolving Advance............................................19
    Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Advances.............................................................20

ARTICLE V  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................................21
    Section 5.1 Corporate Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive Office; Inventory and Equipment Locations;
    Tax Identification Number....................................................................................21
    Section 5.2 Capitalization...................................................................................22
    Section 5.3 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or Agreements..................................22
    Section 5.4 Legal Agreements.................................................................................22
    Section 5.5 Subsidiaries.....................................................................................22

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    Section 5.6 Financial Condition; No Adverse Change...........................................................22
    Section 5.7 Litigation.......................................................................................23
    Section 5.8 Regulation U.....................................................................................23
    Section 5.9 Taxes............................................................................................23
    Section 5.10 Titles and Liens; Priority......................................................................23
    Section 5.11 Intellectual Property Rights....................................................................23
    Section 5.12 Plans...........................................................................................24
    Section 5.13 Default.........................................................................................24
    Section 5.14 Environmental Matters...........................................................................24
    Section 5.15 Submissions to Lender...........................................................................26
    Section 5.16 Financing Statements............................................................................26
    Section 5.17 Rights to Payment...............................................................................26
    Section 5.18 Direct and Substantial Economic Interest........................................................26
    Section 5.19 Joint and Several Liability.....................................................................26
    Section 5.20 Dormancy of Viro-kote, Inc......................................................................26

ARTICLE VI  BORROWERS' AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.....................................................................27
    Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements...........................................................................27
    Section 6.2 Books and Records; Inspection and Examination....................................................29
    Section 6.3 Account Verification.............................................................................30
    Section 6.4 Compliance with Laws.............................................................................30
    Section 6.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims................................................................30
    Section 6.6 Maintenance of Properties........................................................................30
    Section 6.7 Insurance........................................................................................31
    Section 6.8 Preservation of Existence........................................................................31
    Section 6.9 Delivery of Instruments, etc.....................................................................31
    Section 6.10 Collateral Account..............................................................................31
    Section 6.11 Maintenance of Debtor-in-Possession Accounts....................................................32
    Section 6.12 Performance by the Lender.......................................................................32
    Section 6.13 Year 2000 Compliance............................................................................33
    Section 6.14 Borrowers' Financial Projections................................................................33
    Section 6.15 Maximum Days in Inventory Covenant..............................................................33
    Section 6.16 Minimum EBITDAR.................................................................................34
    Section 6.17 Minimum Net Income..............................................................................35
    Section 6.18 Subrogation.....................................................................................36

ARTICLE VII  NEGATIVE COVENANTS..................................................................................36
    Section 7.1 Liens............................................................................................36
    Section 7.2 Indebtedness.....................................................................................37
    Section 7.3 Guaranties.......................................................................................37
    Section 7.4 Investments and Subsidiaries.....................................................................37
    Section 7.5 Dividends........................................................................................38
    Section 7.6 Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations....................................38
    Section 7.7 Intellectual Property............................................................................38

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    Section 7.8 Financing Orders.................................................................................38
    Section 7.9 Chapter 11 Claims................................................................................38
    Section 7.10 Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions....................................................39
    Section 7.11 Sale and Leaseback..............................................................................39
    Section 7.12 Restrictions on Nature of Business..............................................................39
    Section 7.13 Capital Expenditures............................................................................39
    Section 7.14 Accounting......................................................................................39
    Section 7.15 Discounts, etc..................................................................................39
    Section 7.16 Defined Benefit Pension Plans...................................................................39
    Section 7.17 Other Defaults..................................................................................39
    Section 7.18 Place of Business; Name.........................................................................40
    Section 7.19 Organizational Documents........................................................................40
    Section 7.20 Salaries........................................................................................40
    Section 7.21 Change in Ownership.............................................................................40

ARTICLE VIII  EVENTS OF DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.............................................................40
    Section 8.1 Events of Default................................................................................40
    Section 8.2 Rights and Remedies..............................................................................42
    Section 8.3 Certain Notices..................................................................................43

ARTICLE IX  MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................................44
    Section 9.1 No Discharge of Claims; No Waiver by Lender......................................................44
    Section 9.2 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...................................................................44
    Section 9.3 Amendments, Etc..................................................................................44
    Section 9.4 Addresses for Notices, Etc.......................................................................44
    Section 9.5 Further Documents................................................................................45
    Section 9.6 Collateral.......................................................................................45
    Section 9.7 Costs and Expenses...............................................................................45
    Section 9.8 Indemnity........................................................................................46
    Section 9.9 Participants.....................................................................................47
    Section 9.10 Execution in Counterparts.......................................................................47
    Section 9.11 Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement; Exchanging Information..........................47
    Section 9.12 Severability of Provisions......................................................................47
    Section 9.13 Headings........................................................................................47
    Section 9.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial........................................47

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                          CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                          Dated as of December 14, 2000

                  NU-KOTE HOLDING, INC., a Delaware corporation, NU-KOTE
IMPERIAL, LTD., a Delaware corporation, NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware
corporation, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION MATERIALS, INC., a Pennsylvania
corporation, NU-KOTE IMAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, FUTURE
GRAPHICS, INC., a California corporation, and NU-KOTE LATIN AMERICA, INC., a
Delaware corporation (each a "Borrower" and together, the "Borrowers"), and
Norwest Business Credit, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Lender"), hereby
agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

                  Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

                  (a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
         assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the
         singular; and

                  (b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
         meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP.

                  "Accounts" means all of the Borrowers' accounts, as such term
         is defined in the UCC, including without limitation the aggregate
         unpaid obligations of customers and other account debtors to the
         Borrowers arising out of the sale or lease of goods or rendition of
         services by the Borrowers on an open account or deferred payment basis.

                  "Advance" means a Revolving Advance.

                  "Affiliate" or "Affiliates" means any Person controlled by,
         controlling or under common control with the Borrowers, including
         (without limitation) any Subsidiary of any of the Borrowers. For
         purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any
         specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies
         of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
         of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

                  "Agreement" means this Credit and Security Agreement, as
         amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

                  "Availability" means the difference of (i) the Borrowing Base
         and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Note.

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                  "Bank Cartridge Liability" means the amount of the Borrowers'
         liability to their customers, on a consolidated basis, for recyclable
         cartridges returned to any of the Borrowers for credit.

                  "Banking Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
         other day on which banks are generally not open for business in
         Minneapolis, Minnesota.

                  "Bankruptcy Code" means 11 U.S.C. ss. 101 et seq.

                  "Bankruptcy Court" means the United States Bankruptcy Court
         for the Middle District of Tennessee, including any judge presiding
         over the Cases.

                  "Base Rate" means the rate of interest publicly announced from
         time to time by Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association as its
         "base rate" or, if such bank ceases to announce a rate so designated,
         any similar successor rate designated by the Lender.

                  "Borrowing Base" means, at any time the lesser of:

                  (a) the Maximum Line; or

                  (b) subject to change from time to time in the Lender's sole
                      discretion, the sum of:

                           (i)  75% of Eligible Accounts, plus

                           (ii) 40% of Eligible Inventory.

                  "Capital Expenditures" for a period means any expenditure of
         money for the lease, purchase or other acquisition of any capital
         asset.

                  "Cases" means the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of the Borrowers
         pending before the Bankruptcy Court entitled In re Nu-kote Holding,
         Inc., case number 398-10600, In re Nu-kote Imperial, Ltd., case number
         398-10601, In re Nu-kote International, Inc., case number 398-10602, In
         re Nu-kote Imaging International, Inc., case number 398-10603, In re
         International Communication Materials, Inc., case number 398-10604, In
         re Future Graphics, Inc., case number 398-10605, and In re Nu-kote
         Latin America, Inc., case number 398-10606, including any adversary
         proceedings, jointly administered cases or other ancillary proceedings.

                  "Collateral" means all of the Borrowers' Equipment, General
         Intangibles (including any rights to avoidance of transfers or
         recoveries of property or money under the Bankruptcy Code), Inventory,
         Real Estate Collateral, Receivables, Investment Property, all sums on
         deposit in any Collateral Account, and any items in any Lockbox;
         together with (i) all substitutions and replacements for and products
         of any of the foregoing; (ii) proceeds of any and all of the foregoing;
         (iii) in the case of all tangible goods, all accessions; (iv) all
         accessories, attachments, parts, equipment

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         and repairs now or hereafter attached or affixed to or used in
         connection with any tangible goods; and (v) all warehouse receipts,
         bills of lading and other documents of title now or hereafter covering
         such goods.

                  "Collateral Account" has the meaning given in the Collateral
         Account Agreement.

                  "Collateral Account Agreement" means the Collateral Account
         Agreement of even date herewith by and among the Borrowers, Norwest
         Bank Minnesota, National Association and the Lender.

                  "Commitment" means the Lender's commitment to make Advances to
         or for the Borrowers' account pursuant to Article II.

                  "Credit Facility" means the credit facility being made
         available to the Borrowers by the Lender pursuant to Article II.

                  "Debt" of any Person means all items of indebtedness or
         liability which in accordance with GAAP would be included in
         determining total liabilities as shown on the liabilities side of a
         balance sheet of that Person as of the date as of which Debt is to be
         determined. For purposes of determining a Person's aggregate Debt at
         any time, "Debt" shall also include the aggregate payments required to
         be made by such Person at any time under any lease that is considered a
         capitalized lease under GAAP.

                  "Default" means an event that, with giving of notice or
         passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

                  "Default Period" means any period of time beginning on the
         first day of any month during which a Default or Event of Default has
         occurred and ending on the date the Lender notifies the Borrowers in
         writing that such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived,
         such notification not to be unreasonably withheld.

                  "Default Rate" means an annual rate equal to two percent (2%)
         over the Floating Rate, which rate shall change when and as the
         Floating Rate changes.

                  "EBITDAR" for a period means, the sum of (i) pretax earnings
         from continuing operations, (ii) Interest Expense, and (iii)
         depreciation, depletion, and amortization of tangible and intangible
         assets, before (a) special extraordinary gains, (b) restructuring
         charges, and (c) miscellaneous gains and losses, in each case for such
         period, computed and calculated in accordance with GAAP.

                  "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
         1974, as amended.

                  "Eligible Accounts" means all unpaid Accounts, net of any
         credits, except the following shall not in any event be deemed Eligible
         Accounts:

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                           (i) That portion of Accounts unpaid 60 days or more
                  after the invoice date;

                           (ii) That portion of Accounts with terms in excess
                  of 60 days;

                           (iii) That portion of Accounts that is disputed or
                  subject to a claim of offset or a contra account;

                           (iv) That portion of Accounts not yet earned by the
                  final delivery of goods or rendition of services, as
                  applicable, by the Borrowers to the customer;

                           (v) Accounts owed by any unit of government, whether
                  foreign or domestic (provided, however, that there shall be
                  included in Eligible Accounts that portion of Accounts owed by
                  such units of government for which the Borrowers have provided
                  evidence satisfactory to the Lender that (A) the Lender has a
                  first priority perfected security interest and (B) such
                  Accounts may be enforced by the Lender directly against such
                  unit of government under all applicable laws);

                           (vi) Accounts owed by an account debtor located
                  outside the United States or Canada which are not (A) backed
                  by a bank letter of credit naming the Lender as beneficiary or
                  assigned to the Lender, in the Lender's possession and
                  acceptable to the Lender in all respects, in its sole
                  discretion, (B) covered by a foreign receivables insurance
                  policy acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion;

                           (vii) Accounts owed by an account debtor that is
                  insolvent, the subject of bankruptcy proceedings or has gone
                  out of business;

                           (viii) Suspense Accounts;

                           (ix) Accounts owed by a shareholder, Subsidiary,
                  Affiliate, officer or employee of any of the Borrowers;

                           (x) Accounts not subject to a duly perfected security
                  interest in the Lender's favor or which are subject to any
                  lien, security interest or claim in favor of any Person other
                  than the Lender including without limitation any payment or
                  performance bond;

                           (xi) That portion of Accounts that has been
                  restructured, extended, amended or modified;

                           (xii) That portion of Accounts that constitutes
                  advertising, freight, finance charges, service charges or
                  sales or excise taxes;

                           (xiii) Accounts owed by an account debtor, regardless
                  of whether otherwise eligible, if 10% or more of the total
                  amount due under Accounts from such debtor is ineligible under
                  clauses (i), (iii) or (xi) above;

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                           (xiv) That portion of Accounts, otherwise deemed
                  eligible, in an amount equal to the Retention Bonus Liability,
                  the Bank Cartridge Liability and the Sales Allowance Accrual;
                  and

                           (xv) Accounts, or portions thereof, otherwise deemed
                  ineligible by the Lender in its sole discretion, including,
                  but not limited to, Receivables from Office Max, Inc.

                  "Eligible Inventory" means all Inventory of the Borrowers, at
         the lower of cost or market value as determined in accordance with
         GAAP; provided, however, that the following shall not in any event be
         deemed Eligible Inventory:

                           (i) Inventory that is: in-transit; located at any
                  warehouse, job site or other premises not approved by the
                  Lender in writing; located outside of the states, or
                  localities, as applicable, in which the Lender has filed
                  financing statements to perfect a first priority security
                  interest in such Inventory; covered by any negotiable or
                  non-negotiable warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other
                  document of title; on consignment from or to any Person or
                  subject to any bailment;

                           (ii) Supplies, packaging, parts or sample Inventory;

                           (iii) Work-in-process Inventory;

                           (iv) Prepaid Inventory;

                           (v) Inventory that is damaged, obsolete, slow moving
                  or not currently saleable in the normal course of the
                  Borrowers' operations, including Non-net-able Inventory;

                           (vi) Inventory that the Borrowers have returned, have
                  attempted to return, are in the process of returning or intend
                  to return to the vendor thereof;

                           (vii) Inventory that is perishable or live;

                           (viii) Inventory manufactured by the Borrowers
                  pursuant to a license unless the applicable licensor has
                  agreed in writing to permit the Lender to exercise its rights
                  and remedies against such Inventory;

                           (ix) Inventory that is subject to a security interest
                  in favor of any Person other than the Lender not subordinated
                  to the Lender pursuant to Bankruptcy Court order or documents
                  acceptable to the Lender; and

                           (x) Inventory otherwise deemed ineligible by the
                  Lender in its sole discretion.

                  "Environmental Laws" has the meaning specified in Section
         5.14.

                  "Equipment" means all of the Borrowers' equipment, as such
         term is defined in the UCC, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
         including but not limited to all present and future machinery,
         vehicles, furniture, fixtures, manufacturing equipment,

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         shop equipment, office and recordkeeping equipment, parts, tools,
         supplies, and including specifically (without limitation) the goods
         described in any equipment schedule or list herewith or hereafter
         furnished to the Lender by the Borrowers.

                  "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

                  "Excess Availability" means the Borrowing Base less (i) all
         closing costs; and (ii) all claims and expenses which would be required
         to be paid by the Borrowers if a chapter 11 plan were to be confirmed
         on the Funding Date.

                  "Existing Banks" means Barclays Bank PLC, NationsBank of
         Texas, NA, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Bank A.G., New York
         Branch or Caymen Islands Branch, First National Bank of Chicago,
         Societe Generale, First American National Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. and
         Credit Lyonnais.

                  "Existing Credit Facility" means that credit facility provided
         to the Borrowers by the Existing Banks pursuant to a certain Second
         Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 1997, as
         amended.

                  "Expense Deposit" has the meaning specified in Section 9.7.

                  "Final Order" means the final order, in form and substance
         satisfactory to Lender, entered by the Bankruptcy Court after adequate
         notice to all parties entitled to be served, which, among other things,
         approves the Loan Documents, authorizes the Borrowers to enter into the
         Loan Documents and grants the Lender a senior lien in the Collateral
         and a Superpriority Claim.

                  "Floating Rate" means an annual rate equal to the sum of the
         Base Rate plus two percent (2%), which annual rate shall change when
         and as the Base Rate changes.

                  "Funding Date" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.

                  "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, applied
         on a basis consistent with the accounting practices applied in the
         financial statements described in Section 5.6.

                  "General Intangibles" means all of the Borrowers' general
         intangibles, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now owned or
         hereafter acquired, including (without limitation) all rights to
         payment arising from any lawsuits now existing or hereafter arising
         brought by the Borrowers against any Person, including the lawsuit
         against Hewlett-Packard Company, all present and future patents, patent
         applications, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets,
         customer or supplier lists and contracts, manuals, operating
         instructions, permits, franchises, the right to use each of the
         Borrowers' names, other than Future Graphics, Inc., and the goodwill of
         the Borrowers' business as well as any rights to avoidance of transfers
         or recoveries of property or money under the Bankruptcy Code.

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                  "Hazardous Substance" has the meaning given in Section 5.14.

                  "Interest Expense" means, for a fiscal year-to-date period,
         the Borrowers' total gross interest expense during such period
         (excluding interest income), and shall in any event include, without
         limitation, (i) interest expensed (whether or not paid) on all Debt,
         (ii) the amortization of debt discounts, (iii) the amortization of all
         fees payable in connection with the incurrence of Debt to the extent
         included in interest expense, and (iv) the portion of any capitalized
         lease obligation allocable to interest expense.

                  "Inventory" means all of the Borrowers' inventory, as such
         term is defined in the UCC, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
         whether consisting of whole goods, spare parts or components, supplies
         or materials, whether acquired, held or furnished for sale, for lease
         or under service contracts or for manufacture or processing, and
         wherever located.

                  "Investment Property" means all of the Borrowers' investment
         property, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now owned or
         hereafter acquired, including but not limited to all securities,
         security entitlements, securities accounts, commodity contracts,
         commodity accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual fund shares, money market
         shares and U.S. Government securities.

                  "Lienholder" means each Person, other than the Lender, holding
         a lien in any of the Borrowers' assets constituting the Collateral of
         any of the Borrowers, including but not limited to those financial
         institutions at which the Borrowers maintain accounts (general or
         special, time or demand, provisional or final).

                  "Lienholder Notice" means: (i) timely notice of the final
         hearing scheduled for approval of this Agreement, accompanied by (ii) a
         copy of Borrowers' Motion filed with the Bankruptcy Court for authority
         to enter into this Agreement, and (iii) a copy of the proposed Final
         Order to be entered by the Bankruptcy Court.

                  "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Note and the
         Security Documents.

                  "Lockbox" has the meaning given in the Lockbox Agreement.

                  "Lockbox Agreements" means the Lockbox Agreements by and among
         the Borrowers, the Borrowers' existing lockbox banks and the Lender, of
         even date herewith.

                  "Maturity Date" means the earlier of December 14, 2000 or the
         confirmation of a plan of reorganization.

                  "Maximum Line" means $7,500,000, unless said amount is reduced
         pursuant to Section 2.6, in which event it means the amount to which
         said amount is reduced.

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                  "Minimum Interest Charge" has the meaning given in
         Section 2.2(b).

                  "Net Income" means fiscal year-to-date after-tax net income
         from continuing operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.

                  "Non-net-able Inventory" means Inventory returned by customers
         and held by any of the Borrowers that has not been inspected.

                  "Note" means the Revolving Note.

                  "OEM Litigation" means those pending infringement claims
         brought by original equipment manufacturers against the Borrowers.

                  "Obligations" means the Note and each and every other debt,
         liability and obligation of every type and description which the
         Borrowers may now or at any time hereafter owe to the Lender, whether
         such debt, liability or obligation now exists or is hereafter created
         or incurred, whether it arises in a transaction involving the Lender
         alone or in a transaction involving other creditors of the Borrowers,
         and whether it is direct or indirect, due or to become due, absolute or
         contingent, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, or sole,
         joint, several or joint and several, and including specifically, but
         not limited to, all indebtedness of the Borrowers arising under this
         Agreement, the Note or any other loan or credit agreement or guaranty
         between the Borrowers and the Lender, whether now in effect or
         hereafter entered into.

                  "Patent and Trademark Security Agreement" means the Patent and
         Trademark Security Agreement of even date herewith by and between the
         Borrowers and the Lender, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
         restated from time to time.

                  "Pelikan License" means that certain Trademark License
         Agreement among Pelikan Holding AG, Pelikan International
         Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Pelikan GmbH (Hannover) and Nu-kote
         Holding, Inc. dated as of ____________ respecting the non-exclusive use
         of the Pelikan trademark.

                  "Permitted Lien" has the meaning given in Section 7.1.

                  "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
         venture, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company,
         trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
         political subdivision thereof.

                  "Plan" means an employee benefit plan or other plan maintained
         for the Borrowers' employees and covered by Title IV of ERISA.

                  "Premises" means all premises where the Borrowers conduct
         their business and have any rights of possession, including (without
         limitation) the premises legally described in Exhibit C attached
         hereto.

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                  "Real Estate Collateral" means each of the Premises, together
         with all of each Borrowers' right, title and interest in (i) all of the
         buildings, structures and other improvements now standing or at any
         time hereafter constructed or placed upon any of the Premises; (ii) all
         lighting, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, sprinkling and
         plumbing fixtures, water and power systems, engines and machinery,
         boilers, furnaces, oil burners, elevators and motors, communication
         systems, dynamos, transformers, electrical equipment and all other
         fixtures of every description located in or on, or used, or intended to
         be used in connection with any of the Premises or any building now or
         hereafter located thereon; (iii) all hereditaments, easements,
         appurtenances, riparian rights, rents, issues, profits, condemnation
         awards, mineral rights and water rights now or hereafter belonging or
         in any way pertaining to the Premises or to any building now or
         hereafter located thereon and all the estates, rights and interests of
         any of the Borrowers in the Premises; (iv) all building materials,
         furniture, furnishings, maintenance equipment and all other personal
         property now or hereafter located in, or on, or used, or intended to be
         used in connection with any of the Premises or any building now or
         hereafter located thereon and all replacements and additions thereto;
         (v) all additions, accessions, increases, parts, fittings, accessories,
         replacements, substitutions, betterments, repairs and proceeds to, of
         or for any and all of the foregoing; and (vi) any and all
         after-acquired interest of any of the Borrowers in any of the
         foregoing, including the Premises.

                  "Receivables" means each and every right of the Borrowers to
         the payment of money, whether such right to payment now exists or
         hereafter arises, whether such right to payment arises out of a sale,
         lease or other disposition of goods or other property, out of a
         rendering of services, out of a loan, out of the overpayment of taxes
         or other liabilities, or otherwise arises under any contract or
         agreement, whether such right to payment is created, generated or
         earned by the Borrowers or by some other person who subsequently
         transfers such person's interest to the Borrowers, whether such right
         to payment is or is not already earned by performance, and howsoever
         such right to payment may be evidenced, together with all other rights
         and interests (including all liens and security interests) which the
         Borrowers may at any time have by law or agreement against any account
         debtor or other obligor obligated to make any such payment or against
         any property of such account debtor or other obligor; all including but
         not limited to all present and future accounts, contract rights, loans
         and obligations receivable, chattel papers, bonds, notes and other debt
         instruments, tax refunds and rights to payment in the nature of general
         intangibles.

                  "Reportable Event" shall have the meaning assigned to that
         term in Title IV of ERISA.

                  "Retention Bonus Liability" means the amount of the Borrowers'
         liability, on a consolidated basis, for earned credit given by any of
         the Borrowers to any of their customers.

                  "Revolving Advance" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.

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                  "Revolving Note" means the Borrowers' revolving promissory
         note, payable to the order of the Lender in substantially the form of
         Exhibit A hereto and any note or notes issued in substitution therefor,
         as the same may hereafter be amended, supplemented or restated from
         time to time.

                  "Sales Allowance Accrual" means an amount equal to the
         Borrowers' estimated outstanding rebates and allowances.

                  "Security Documents" means this Agreement, the Patent and
         Trademark Security Agreement, the Collateral Account Agreement, the
         Lockbox Agreement, and any other document delivered to the Lender from
         time to time to secure the Obligations, as the same may hereafter be
         amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

                  "Security Interest" has the meaning given in Section 3.1.

                  "Senior Management" means Patrick E. Howard, C. Ronald
         Baiocchi and Phillip L. Theodore.

                  "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which more than 50% of
         the outstanding shares of capital stock having general voting power
         under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of
         directors of such corporation, irrespective of whether or not at the
         time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have
         voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, is at the
         time directly or indirectly owned by the Borrowers, by the Borrowers
         and one or more other Subsidiaries, or by one or more other
         Subsidiaries.

                  "Superpriority Claim" means a claim against each of the
         Borrowers in the Cases which is an administrative expense claim having
         priority over any and all administrative expenses of the kind specified
         in sections 503(b) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

                  "Suspense Accounts" means those Accounts deemed questionable
         as to collectability by any of the Borrowers.

                  "Termination Date" means the earliest of (i) the Maturity
         Date, (ii) the date the Borrowers terminate the Credit Facility, or
         (iii) the date the Lender demands payment of the Obligations after an
         Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.2.

                  "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time
         to time in the state designated in Section 9.14 as the state whose laws
         shall govern this Agreement, or in any other state whose laws are held
         to govern this Agreement or any portion hereof.

                  "Xaar License" means that certain license agreement between
         Xaar Limited and Nu-kote International, Inc. respecting the use of the
         Xaar trademark.

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                  Section 1.2 Cross References. All references in this Agreement
to Articles, Sections and subsections, shall be to Articles, Sections and
subsections of this Agreement unless otherwise explicitly specified.

                                   ARTICLE II

                     AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE CREDIT FACILITY

                  Section 2.1 Revolving Advances. The Lender agrees, on the
terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, to make advances to the
Borrowers from time to time from the date all of the conditions set forth in
Section 4.1 are satisfied (the "Funding Date") to the Termination Date (the
"Revolving Advances"). The Lender shall have no obligation to make a Revolving
Advance if, after giving effect to such requested Revolving Advance, the sum of
the outstanding and unpaid Revolving Advances would exceed the Borrowing Base.
The Borrowers' obligation to pay the Revolving Advances shall be evidenced by
the Revolving Note and shall be secured by the Collateral as provided in Article
III. Within the limits set forth in this Section 2.1, the Borrowers may borrow,
prepay pursuant to Section 2.6 and reborrow. The Borrowers agree to comply with
the following procedures in requesting Revolving Advances under this Section
2.1:

                  (a) The Borrowers shall make each request for a Revolving
         Advance to the Lender before 11:00 a.m. (Minneapolis, Minnesota time)
         of the day of the requested Revolving Advance. Requests may be made in
         writing or by telephone, specifying the date of the requested Revolving
         Advance and the amount thereof. Each request shall be by (i) an officer
         of the Borrowers; or (ii) any person designated as the Borrowers' agent
         by any officer of the Borrowers in a writing delivered to the Lender;
         or (iii) any person whom the Lender reasonably believes to be an
         officer of the Borrowers or such a designated agent.

                  (b) Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in
         Article IV, the Lender shall disburse the proceeds of the requested
         Revolving Advance by crediting the same to the Borrowers' demand
         deposit account maintained with Nations Bank of Texas, N.A. unless the
         Lender and the Borrowers shall agree in writing to another manner of
         disbursement. Upon the Lender's request, the Borrowers shall promptly
         confirm each telephonic request for an Advance by executing and
         delivering an appropriate confirmation certificate to the Lender. The
         Borrowers shall repay all Advances even if the Lender does not receive
         such confirmation and even if the person requesting an Advance was not
         in fact authorized to do so. Any request for an Advance, whether
         written or telephonic, shall be deemed to be a representation by the
         Borrowers that the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 have been
         satisfied as of the time of the request.

                  Section 2.2 Interest; Minimum Interest Charge; Default
Interest; Participations; Usury. Interest accruing on the Note shall be due and
payable in arrears on the first day of each month.

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                  (a) REVOLVING NOTE. Except as set forth in Sections 2.2(c),
         2.2(d) and 2.2(e), the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving
         Note shall bear interest at the Floating Rate.

                  (b) MINIMUM INTEREST CHARGE. Notwithstanding the interest
         payable pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the Borrowers shall pay to the
         Lender interest of not less than $50,000 per calendar quarter (the
         "Minimum Interest Charge") during the term of this Agreement, and the
         Borrowers shall pay any deficiency between the Minimum Interest Charge
         and the amount of interest otherwise calculated under Sections 2.2(a)
         and 2.2(d) on the first day of January, April, July and October.

                  (c) DEFAULT INTEREST RATE. The principal of the Advances
         outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the Default Rate
         during any Default Period, regardless of any interim statement for
         interest presented to the Borrowers or other action of the Lender. The
         difference between interest at the Default Rate and interest at the
         rate otherwise in effect shall be due and payable on demand.

                  (d) PARTICIPATIONS. If any Person shall acquire a
         participation in the Advances, the Borrowers shall be obligated to the
         Lender to pay the full amount of all interest calculated under this
         Section 2.2, along with all other fees, charges and other amounts due
         under this Agreement, regardless if such Person elects to accept
         interest with respect to its participation at a lower rate than the
         Floating Rate, or otherwise elects to accept less than its prorata
         share of such fees, charges and other amounts due under this Agreement.

                  (e) USURY. In any event no rate change shall be put into
         effect which would result in a rate greater than the highest rate
         permitted by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
         any Loan Document, all agreements which either now are or which shall
         become agreements between the Borrowers and the Lender are hereby
         limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever shall the total
         liability for payments in the nature of interest, additional interest
         and other charges exceed the applicable limits imposed by the usury
         laws of the State of Minnesota. If any payments in the nature of
         interest, additional interest and other charges made under any Loan
         Document are held to be in excess of the applicable limits imposed by
         the usury laws of the State of Minnesota, it is agreed that any such
         amount held to be in excess shall be considered payment of principal
         hereunder, and the indebtedness evidenced hereby shall be reduced by
         such amount so that the total liability for payments in the nature of
         interest, additional interest and other charges shall not exceed the
         applicable limits imposed by the usury laws of the State of Minnesota,
         in compliance with the desires of the Borrowers and the Lender. This
         provision shall never be superseded or waived and shall control every
         other provision of the Loan Documents and all agreements between the
         Borrowers and the Lender, or their successors and assigns.

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                  Section 2.3 Fees. The Borrowers acknowledge that the Lender
has incurred, and will incur, substantial costs and loss of economic opportunity
in connection with the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement,
and that the Lender has provided, or will provide, reasonably equivalent value
for the following fees:

                  (a) COMMITMENT FEE. The Lender acknowledges receipt of a
         fully-earned and nonrefundable commitment fee in the amount of
         $150,000.

                  (b) AUDIT FEES. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay the Lender,
         on demand, audit fees in connection with any audits or inspections
         conducted by the Lender of any Collateral or the Borrowers' operations
         or business at the rates established from time to time by the Lender as
         its audit fees (which fees are currently $62.50 per hour per auditor),
         together with all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
         conducting any such audit or inspection.

                  Section 2.4 Computation of Interest and Fees; When Interest
Due and Payable. Fees hereunder and interest accruing on the outstanding
principal balance of the Advances outstanding from time to time shall be
computed on the basis of actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.
Interest shall be payable in arrears on the first day of each month and on the
Termination Date.

                  Section 2.5 Capital Adequacy.

                  (a) CAPITAL ADEQUACY. If any Related Lender determines at any
         time that its Return has been reduced as a result of any Rule Change,
         such Related Lender may require the Borrowers to pay it the amount
         necessary to restore its Return to what it would have been had there
         been no Rule Change. For purposes of this Section 2.5(a):

                      (i) "Capital Adequacy Rule" means any law, rule,
                  regulation, guideline, directive, requirement or request
                  regarding capital adequacy, or the interpretation or
                  administration thereof by any governmental or regulatory
                  authority, central bank or comparable agency, whether or not
                  having the force of law, that applies to any Related Lender.
                  Such rules include rules requiring financial institutions to
                  maintain total capital in amounts based upon percentages of
                  outstanding loans, binding loan commitments and letters of
                  credit.

                      (ii) "Related Lender" includes (but is not limited to)
                  the Lender, any parent corporation of the Lender and any
                  assignee of any interest of the Lender hereunder and any
                  participant in the loans made hereunder.

                      (iii) "Return", for any period, means the return as
                  determined by a Related Lender on the Advances based upon its
                  total capital requirements and a reasonable attribution
                  formula that takes account of the Capital Adequacy Rules then
                  in effect and amounts received or receivable under this
                  Agreement or the Notes with respect to any Advance. Return may
                  be calculated for each

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                  calendar quarter and for the shorter period between the end
                  of a calendar quarter and the date of termination in whole of
                  this Agreement.

                      (iv) "Rule Change" means any change in any Capital
                  Adequacy Rule occurring after the date of this Agreement, but
                  the term does not include any changes in applicable
                  requirements that at the Closing Date are scheduled to take
                  place under the existing Capital Adequacy Rules or any
                  increases in the capital that any Related Lender is required
                  to maintain to the extent that the increases are required due
                  to a regulatory authority's assessment of the financial
                  condition of such Related Lender.

         The Lender will promptly notify the Borrowers of any event of which it
         has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle the
         Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.5. Certificates of
         any Related Lender sent to the Borrowers from time to time claiming
         compensation under this Section 2.5, stating the reason therefor and
         setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the additional
         amount or amounts to be paid to the Related Lender hereunder to restore
         its Return shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In determining
         such amounts, the Related Lender may use any reasonable averaging and
         attribution methods.

                  Section 2.6 Voluntary Prepayment; Reduction of the Maximum
Line; Termination of the Credit Facility by the Borrowers. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Borrowers may prepay the Revolving Advances in whole at any
time or from time to time in part. The Borrowers may terminate the Credit
Facility or reduce the Maximum Line at any time if they (i) give the Lender at
least 30 days' prior written notice and (ii) pay the Lender the prepayment,
termination or line reduction fees in accordance with Section 2.7. Any reduction
in the Maximum Line must be in an amount not less than $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple thereof. If the Borrowers reduce the Maximum Line to zero, all
Obligations shall be immediately due and payable. Upon termination of the Credit
Facility and payment and performance of all Obligations, the Lender shall
release or terminate the Security Interest and the Security Documents to which
the Borrowers are entitled by law.

                  Section 2.7 Termination, Line Reduction and Prepayment Fees;
Waiver of Termination, Prepayment and Line Reduction Fees.

                  (a) TERMINATION AND LINE REDUCTION FEES. If the Lender or the
         Borrowers terminate the Credit Facility for any reason as of a date
         other than December 14, 2000, if the Credit Facility matures due to the
         confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan, or if the Borrowers reduce the
         Maximum Line, the Borrowers shall pay the Lender a fee in an amount
         equal to a percentage of the Maximum Line (or the reduction, as the
         case may be) as follows: (i) two percent (2%) if the termination or
         reduction occurs on or before October 31, 1999; and (ii) one percent
         (1%) if the termination or reduction occurs thereafter.

                  (b) WAIVER OF TERMINATION AND LINE REDUCTION FEES. The
         Borrowers will not be required to pay the termination or line reduction
         fees otherwise due under this

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         Section 2.7 if such termination or line reduction is made because of
         refinancing by an affiliate of the Lender.

                  Section 2.8 Mandatory Prepayment. Without notice or demand, if
the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Advances shall at any time
exceed the Borrowing Base, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay the Revolving
Advances to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess. Any payment received
by the Lender under this Section 2.8 or under Section 2.6 may be applied to the
Obligations, in such order and in such amounts as the Lender, in its discretion,
may from time to time determine.

                  Section 2.9 Payment. All payments to the Lender shall be made
in immediately available funds and shall be applied to the Obligations one (1)
Banking Day after receipt by the Lender. The Lender may hold all payments not
constituting immediately available funds for three (3) additional days before
applying them to the Obligations. Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.1, the
Borrowers hereby authorize the Lender, in its discretion at any time or from
time to time without the Borrowers' request and even if the conditions set forth
in Section 4.2 would not be satisfied, to make a Revolving Advance in an amount
equal to the portion of the Obligations from time to time due and payable.

                  Section 2.10 Payment on Non-Banking Days. Whenever any payment
to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Banking
Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Banking Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest
on the Advances or the fees hereunder, as the case may be.

                  Section 2.11 Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers shall use the
proceeds of Advances to provide for ongoing working capital needs during the
Cases in accordance with Schedule 2.11.

                  Section 2.12 Liability Records. The Lender may maintain from
time to time, at its discretion, liability records as to the Obligations. All
entries made on any such record shall be presumed correct until the Borrowers
establish the contrary. Upon the Lender's demand, the Borrowers will admit and
certify in writing the exact principal balance of the Obligations that the
Borrowers then assert to be outstanding. Any billing statement or accounting
rendered by the Lender shall be conclusive and fully binding on the Borrowers
unless the Borrowers give the Lender specific written notice of exception within
30 days after receipt.

                                   ARTICLE III

                      SECURITY INTEREST; OCCUPANCY; SETOFF

                  Section 3.1 Grant of Security Interest. Each of the Borrowers
hereby pledge, assign and grant to the Lender a security interest (collectively
referred to as the "Security Interest") and lien in the Collateral, as security
for the payment and performance of the Obligations.

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                  Section 3.2 Notification of Account Debtors and Other
Obligors. The Lender may at any time (whether or not a Default Period then
exists) notify any account debtor or other person obligated to pay the amount
due and instruct such account debtor or other person to pay any such amounts to
the Lockbox Account or the Collateral Account. During a Default Period, the
Lender may notify any account debtor or other person obligated to pay the amount
due that such right to payment has been assigned or transferred to the Lender
for security and shall be paid directly to the Lender. The Borrowers will join
in giving such notice if the Lender so requests. At any time after the Borrowers
or the Lender give such notice to an account debtor or other obligor, the Lender
may, but need not, in the Lender's name or in any of the Borrowers' names,
provided a Default Period then exists, (a) demand, sue for, collect or receive
any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of, or
securing, any such right to payment, or grant any extension to, make any
compromise or settlement with or otherwise agree to waive, modify, amend or
change the obligations (including collateral obligations) of any such account
debtor or other obligor; and (b) as the Borrowers' agent and attorney-in-fact,
notify the United States Postal Service to change the address for delivery of
the Borrowers' mail to any address designated by the Lender, otherwise intercept
the Borrowers' mail, and receive, open and dispose of the Borrowers' mail,
applying all Collateral as permitted under this Agreement and holding all other
mail for the Borrowers' account or forwarding such mail to the Borrowers' last
known address.

                  Section 3.3 Assignment of Insurance. As additional security
for the payment and performance of the Obligations, the Borrowers hereby assign
to the Lender any and all monies (including, without limitation, proceeds of
insurance and refunds of unearned premiums) due or to become due under, and all
other rights of the Borrowers with respect to, any and all policies of insurance
now or at any time hereafter covering the Collateral or any evidence thereof or
any business records or valuable papers pertaining thereto, and the Borrowers
hereby direct the issuer of any such policy to pay all such monies directly to
the Lender. At any time, whether or not a Default Period then exists, the Lender
may (but need not), in the Lender's name or in any of the Borrowers' names,
execute and deliver proof of claim, receive all such monies, endorse checks and
other instruments representing payment of such monies, and adjust, litigate,
compromise or release any claim against the issuer of any such policy.

                  Section 3.4 Occupancy.

                  (a) The Borrowers hereby irrevocably grant to the Lender the
         right to take exclusive possession of the Premises at any time during a
         Default Period. The Borrowers will not take any action to reject under
         section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, any unexpired lease or executory
         contract relating to use or occupancy of the Premises without prior
         written consent of the Lender.

                  (b) The Lender may use the Premises only to hold, process,
         manufacture, sell, use, store, liquidate, realize upon or otherwise
         dispose of goods that are

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         Collateral and for other purposes that the Lender may in good faith
         deem to be related or incidental purposes.

                  (c) The Lender's right to hold the Premises shall cease and
         terminate upon the earlier of (i) payment in full and discharge of all
         Obligations and termination of the Commitment, and (ii) final sale or
         disposition of all goods constituting Collateral and delivery of all
         such goods to purchasers.

                  (d) The Lender shall not be obligated to pay or account for
         any rent or other compensation for the possession, occupancy or use of
         any of the Premises; provided, however, that if the Lender does pay or
         account for any rent or other compensation for the possession,
         occupancy or use of any of the Premises, the Borrowers shall reimburse
         the Lender promptly for the full amount thereof. In addition, the
         Borrowers will pay, or reimburse the Lender for, all taxes, fees,
         duties, imposts, charges and expenses at any time incurred by or
         imposed upon the Lender by reason of the execution, delivery,
         existence, recordation, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or
         the provisions of this Section 3.4.

                  Section 3.5 License. Each of the Borrowers hereby grant to the
Lender a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to use or otherwise
exploit all trademarks, franchises, trade names, copyrights and patents of the
Borrowers for the purpose of selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of any or
all Collateral during any Default Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrowers' grant to the Lender of such non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free
licenses shall not extend to the Xaar License or to the Pelikan License for use
outside of the Borrowers' United States operations.

                  Section 3.6 Financing Statement. A carbon, photographic or
other reproduction of this Agreement or of any financing statements signed by
any of the Borrowers is sufficient as a financing statement and may be filed as
a financing statement in any state to perfect the security interests granted
hereby. For this purpose, the following information is set forth:

                  Names and addresses of Borrowers:

                  Nu-kote Holding, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 16-1296153

                  Nu-kote Imperial, Ltd.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 75-2581494

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                  Nu-kote International, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 16-1289013

                  International Communication Materials, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 25-1346516

                  Nu-kote Imaging International, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 75-2578014

                  Future Graphics, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 95-4192851

                  Nu-kote Latin America, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 58-1735923

                  Name and address of Secured Party:

                  Norwest Business Credit, Inc.
                  Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
                  Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479-0103
                  Federal Tax Identification No. 41-1237652

                  Section 3.7 Setoff. The Borrowers agree that the Lender may at
any time or from time to time, at its sole discretion and without demand and
without notice to anyone, setoff any liability owed to the Borrowers by the
Lender, whether or not due, against any Obligation, whether or not due. In
addition, each other Person holding a participating interest in any Obligations
shall have the right to appropriate or setoff any deposit or other liability
then owed by such Person to the Borrowers, whether or not due, and apply the
same to the payment of said participating interest, as fully as if such Person
had lent directly to the Borrowers the amount of such participating interest.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                              CONDITIONS OF LENDING

                  Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Revolving
Advance. The Lender's obligation to make the initial Revolving Advance hereunder
shall be subject to the condition precedent that the Lender shall have received
all of the following, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender:

                  (a) This Agreement, properly executed by each of the
         Borrowers.

                  (b) The Note, properly executed by each of the Borrowers.

                  (c) A true and correct copy of any and all mortgages pursuant
         to which the Borrowers have mortgaged the Premises.

                  (d) True and correct copies of all license agreements pursuant
         to which any of the Borrowers have licensed intellectual property.

                  (e) The Collateral Account Agreement, properly executed by the
         Borrowers and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association.

                  (f) The Lockbox Agreements, properly executed by each of the
         Borrowers and each of the Borrowers' existing lockbox banks.

                  (g) A landlords disclaimer and consent with respect to each
         lease to which any of the Borrowers are leasing the Premises.

                  (h) The Patent and Trademark Security Agreement, properly
         executed by each of the Borrowers.

                  (i) An acknowledgment and waiver of liens from each warehouse
         or other location in which any of the Borrowers are storing Inventory.

                  (j) Current searches of appropriate filing offices showing
         that (i) no state or federal tax liens have been filed and remain in
         effect against any of the Borrowers, (ii) no financing statements have
         been filed and remain in effect against any of the Borrowers except
         those financing statements relating to Permitted Liens, and (iii) the
         Lender has duly filed all financing statements necessary to perfect the
         Security Interest, to the extent the Security Interest is capable of
         being perfected by filing.

                  (k) A separate Certificate of each of the Borrowers'
         secretaries or assistant secretaries certifying as to (i) the
         resolutions of such Borrowers' directors and if required, shareholders,
         authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
         Documents, (ii) such Borrowers' articles of incorporation and bylaws,
         and (iii) the signatures of such Borrowers' officers or agents
         authorized to execute and

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         deliver the Loan Documents and other instruments, agreements and
         certificates, including Advance requests, on the Borrowers' behalf.

                  (l) Current certificates issued by the Secretaries of State
         where each Borrower are organized, certifying that each Borrower is in
         compliance with all applicable organizational requirements of that
         State.

                  (m) Evidence that each of the Borrowers are duly licensed or
         qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions where the character
         of the property owned or leased or the nature of the business
         transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary.

                  (n) A certificate of one of the Borrowers' officers
         confirming, in his personal capacity, the representations and
         warranties set forth in Article V.

                  (o) Support agreements in favor of the Lender, properly
         executed by Patrick E. Howard, C. Ronald Baiocchi, and Phillip L.
         Theodore in their personal capacity.

                  (p) Evidence satisfactory to the Lender of the legal
         separation of the Borrowers' North American operations from its
         European operations and that any insolvency or receivership proceedings
         involving the Borrowers' European operations will be separate and
         distinct from the Borrowers' Cases.

                  (q) An opinion of counsel to the Borrowers, addressed to the
         Lender.

                  (r) Certificates of the insurance required hereunder, with all
         hazard insurance containing a lender's loss payable endorsement in the
         Lender's favor and with all liability insurance naming the Lender as an
         additional insured.

                  (s) A copy of the Lienholder Notice sent to each Lienholder.

                  (t) The Lender's obligation to make Revolving Advances
         subsequent to the final hearing held to approve the Credit Facility
         shall be subject to the Lender's receipt of the Final Order.

                  (u) Payment of the fees and commissions due through the date
         of the initial Advance under Section 2.3 and expenses incurred by the
         Lender through such date and required to be paid by the Borrowers under
         Section 9.7, including all legal expenses incurred through the date of
         this Agreement.

                  Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Advances. The Lender's
obligation to make each Advance (including the initial Advance) shall be subject
to the further conditions precedent that on such date:

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                  (a) the representations and warranties contained in Article V
         are correct on and as of the date of such Advance as though made on and
         as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and
         warranties relate solely to an earlier date;

                  (b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
         from such Advance which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default;
         and

                  (c) no Bankruptcy Court order is entered (i) authorizing the
         Borrowers to obtain financing or credit pursuant to section 364 of the
         Bankruptcy Code from any Person other than the Lender secured by a
         security interest or a Superpriority Claim unless such security
         interest and administrative claim are junior to the Security Interest
         and the Lender's Superpriority Claim, as the case may be or will be
         paid off from the Initial Advance; or (ii) providing adequate
         protection to any Person under sections 361 through 364 of the
         Bankruptcy Code by granting a security interest in any of the
         Collateral unless such security interest is junior to the Security
         Interest save and except for the claims against Hewlett-Packard
         Company.

                                    ARTICLE V

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

                  The Borrowers represent and warrant to the Lender as follows:

                  Section 5.1 Corporate Existence and Power; Name; Chief
Executive Office; Inventory and Equipment Locations; Tax Identification Number.
Nu-kote Holding, Inc., Nu-kote Imperial, Ltd., and Nu-kote Latin America, Inc.
are each corporations, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. International Communication Materials,
Inc. is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. Future Graphics, Inc. is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of California. Each of the Borrowers is duly licensed or qualified
to transact business in all jurisdictions where the character of the property
owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such
licensing or qualification necessary. No dissolution or termination of any of
the Borrowers has occurred, and no notice of dissolution or articles of
termination have been filed with respect to the Borrowers. Each of the Borrowers
has all requisite power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to conduct its
business, to own its properties and to execute and deliver, and to perform all
of its obligations under, the Loan Documents. During its existence, each of the
Borrowers has done business solely under the names set forth in Schedule 5.1
hereto. Each Borrower's chief executive office and principal place of business
is located at the address set forth in Schedule 5.1 hereto, and each Borrower's
records relating to its business or the Collateral are kept at that location.
All Inventory and Equipment is located at that location or at one of the other
locations set forth in Schedule 5.1 hereto. The Borrowers' tax identification
numbers are correctly set forth in Section 3.6 hereto. As of the date hereof,
each Borrower is current on all postpetition lease payments which are due and
owing for such locations. No Inventory, except Inventory in

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transit in the ordinary course of business, is located any place other than as
identified on Schedule 5.1.

                  Section 5.2 Capitalization. Schedule 5.2 constitutes a correct
and complete list of all shareholders holding a five percent (5%) or greater
interest in any the Borrowers and rights to acquire a five percent (5%) or
greater interest in any of the Borrowers, including the amount and record holder
thereof.

                  Section 5.3 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law
or Agreements. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of the
Loan Documents and the borrowings from time to time hereunder have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not (i) require
any consent or approval of any of the Borrowers' shareholders; (ii) require any
authorization, consent or approval by, or registration, declaration or filing
with, or notice to, any governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any third party, except such
authorization required by the Bankruptcy Court and except such authorization,
consent, approval, registration, declaration, filing or notice as has been
obtained, accomplished or given prior to the date hereof; (iii) violate any
provision of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or of any
order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect having applicability to
any of the Borrowers or of any of the Borrowers' articles of incorporation and
bylaws; (iv) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture
or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease or instrument
to which any of the Borrowers are a party or by which it or its properties may
be bound or affected (except breaches or defaults under the Existing Credit
Facility); or (v) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest or other charge or
encumbrance of any nature (other than the Security Interest) upon or with
respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter acquired by any of the
Borrowers.

                  Section 5.4 Legal Agreements. This Agreement constitutes and,
upon due execution by each of the Borrowers, the other Loan Documents will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrowers,
enforceable against the Borrowers in accordance with their respective terms.

                  Section 5.5 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.5
hereto, the Borrowers have no Subsidiaries.

                  Section 5.6 Financial Condition; No Adverse Change. The
Borrowers have heretofore furnished to the Lender audited financial statements
dated as of March 31, 1998, and unaudited interim financial statements dated as
of August 21, 1998 and those statements fairly present each of the Borrowers'
financial condition on the dates thereof and the results of its operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended and were prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. Since the date of the most recent
financial

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statements, there has been no material adverse change in the Borrowers'
businesses, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) other than the
Cases.

                  Section 5.7 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.7
hereto, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to any of the
Borrowers' knowledge, threatened against or affecting any of the Borrowers or
any of their Affiliates or the properties of any of the Borrowers or any of
their Affiliates before any court or governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, which, if determined
adversely to the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, would have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, properties or operations of the
Borrowers or any of its Affiliates.

                  Section 5.8 Regulation U. The Borrowers are not engaged in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used
to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

                  Section 5.9 Taxes. The Borrowers and their Affiliates have
paid or caused to be paid to the proper authorities when due all federal, state
and local taxes required to be withheld by each of them. The Borrowers and their
Affiliates have filed all federal, state and local tax returns which to the
knowledge of the officers of the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, as the
case may be, are required to be filed, and the Borrowers and their Affiliates
have paid or caused to be paid to the respective taxing authorities all taxes as
shown on said returns or on any assessment received by any of them to the extent
such taxes have become due and are permitted to be paid under the Bankruptcy
Code.

                  Section 5.10 Titles and Liens; Priority. The Borrowers have
good and absolute title to all Collateral described in the collateral reports
provided to the Lender and all other Collateral, properties and assets reflected
in the latest financial statements referred to in Section 5.6 and all proceeds
thereof, free and clear of all mortgages, security interests, liens, adverse
claims and encumbrances, except for Permitted Liens. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Collateral is not subject to any claim or lien
pursuant to section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code. No financing statement naming
any of the Borrowers as debtor is on file in any office except to perfect only
Permitted Liens. Pursuant to the Final Order, the Security Interest shall have
priority over all other security interests in the Collateral. Upon entry of the
Final Order, pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, the
Obligations shall at all times constitute allowed priority claims in the Cases
having priority over all administrative expenses of the kind specified in
sections 503(b) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

                  Section 5.11 Intellectual Property Rights. The Borrowers (a)
own or have the exclusive right to use, free and clear of all material liens,
claims and restrictions, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing, used in the
conduct of its business as now conducted, provided, however, such

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right is non-exclusive as to the Pelikan License; (b) are not obligated or under
any liability whatsoever to make any payments of a material nature by way of
royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner of, licensor of, or other claimant to,
any patent, trademark, trade name, copyright or other intangible asset, with
respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of its business or
otherwise, other than royalty payments due under the Xaar License; (c) own or
have the unrestricted right to use all trade secrets, including know-how,
inventions, designs, processes, computer programs and technical data necessary
to the development, operation and sale of all products and services sold or
proposed to be sold by it, free and clear of any rights, liens or claims of
others, except as such rights are limited by the OEM Litigation; and (d) are not
using any confidential information or trade secrets of others. The Borrowers are
not, nor have they received notice with respect to, infringing upon or otherwise
acting adversely to any known right or claimed right of any person under or with
respect to any patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
licenses or rights with respect to the foregoing, other than the OEM Litigation.

                  Section 5.12 Plans. Except for the Borrowers' disclosure to
the Lender that the Borrowers' Plan may be underfunded in the approximate amount
of $300,000, none of the Borrowers nor any of their Affiliates have received any
notice or has any knowledge to the effect that it is not in full compliance with
any of the requirements of ERISA. No Reportable Event or other fact or
circumstance which may have an adverse effect on the Plan's tax qualified status
exists in connection with any Plan. None of the Borrowers nor any of their
Affiliates have:

                  (a) Any accumulated funding deficiency within the meaning of
         ERISA; or

                  (b) Any liability or knows of any fact or circumstances which
         could result in any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
         Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or
         any participant in connection with any Plan (other than accrued
         benefits which or which may become payable to participants or
         beneficiaries of any such Plan).

                  Section 5.13 Default. Each of the Borrowers is in compliance
with all provisions of all agreements, instruments, decrees and orders to which
it is a party or by which it or its property is bound or affected, a breach or
default of which could have an effect on any of the Borrowers' financial
condition, properties or operations on a consolidated basis in an aggregate
amount greater than $100,000.

                  Section 5.14 Environmental Matters.

                  (a) Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following
         terms shall have the following meanings:

                      (i) "Environmental Law" means any federal, state, local or
                  other governmental statute, regulation, law or ordinance
                  dealing with the protection of human health and the
                  environment.

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                      (ii) "Hazardous Substances" means pollutants,
                  contaminants, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes,
                  petroleum and fractions thereof, and all other chemicals,
                  wastes, substances and materials listed in, regulated by or
                  identified in any Environmental Law.

                  (b) To the Borrowers' best knowledge, other than as identified
         on Schedule 5.14, there are not present in, on or under the Premises
         any Hazardous Substances in such form or quantity as to create any
         liability or obligation for any of the Borrowers or the Lender under
         common law of any jurisdiction or under any Environmental Law, and no
         Hazardous Substances have ever been stored, buried, spilled, leaked,
         discharged, emitted or released in, on or under the Premises in such a
         way as to create any such liability.

                  (c) To the Borrowers' best knowledge, other than as identified
         on Schedule 5.14, the Borrowers have not disposed of Hazardous
         Substances in such a manner as to create any liability under any
         Environmental Law.

                  (d) Other than as identified on Schedule 5.14, there are not
         and there never have been any requests, claims, notices,
         investigations, demands, administrative proceedings, hearings or
         litigation, relating in any way to the Premises or any of the
         Borrowers, alleging liability under, violation of, or noncompliance
         with any Environmental Law or any license, permit or other
         authorization issued pursuant thereto. To the Borrowers' best
         knowledge, no such matter is threatened or impending other than as
         identified on Schedule 5.14.

                  (e) To the Borrowers' best knowledge, other than as identified
         on Schedule 5.14, the Borrowers' businesses are and have in the past
         always been conducted in accordance with all Environmental Laws and all
         licenses, permits and other authorizations required pursuant to any
         Environmental Law and necessary for the lawful and efficient operation
         of such businesses are in the Borrowers' possession and are in full
         force and effect. No permit required under any Environmental Law is
         scheduled to expire within 12 months and there is no threat that any
         such permit will be withdrawn, terminated, limited or materially
         changed, other than as identified on Schedule 5.14.

                  (f) To the Borrowers' best knowledge, other than as identified
         on Schedule 5.14, the Premises are not and never have been listed on
         the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
         Compensation and Liability Information System or any similar federal,
         state or local list, schedule, log, inventory or database.

                  (g) The Borrowers have delivered to Lender all environmental
         assessments, audits, reports, permits, licenses and other documents
         describing or relating in any way to the Premises or Borrowers'
         businesses.

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                  Section 5.15 Submissions to Lender. All financial and other
information provided to the Lender by or on behalf of the Borrowers in
connection with the Borrowers' request for the credit facilities contemplated
hereby is true and correct in all material respects and, as to projections,
valuations or proforma financial statements, present a good faith opinion as to
such projections, valuations and proforma condition and results.

                  Section 5.16 Financing Statements. The Borrowers have provided
to the Lender signed financing statements sufficient when filed to perfect the
Security Interest and the other security interests created by the Security
Documents. The Final Order when entered, shall grant the Lender a perfected
prior Security Interest as described therein without the need for filing further
documents such as financing statements. In addition, however, if such financing
statements are filed in the offices noted therein, the Lender will also have a
valid and perfected security interest in all Collateral and all other collateral
described in the Security Documents which is capable of being perfected by
filing financing statements.

                  Section 5.17 Rights to Payment. Each right to payment and each
instrument, document, chattel paper and other agreement constituting or
evidencing Collateral or other collateral covered by the Security Documents is
(or, in the case of all future Collateral or such other collateral, will be when
arising or issued) the valid, genuine and legally enforceable obligation,
subject to no defense, setoff or counterclaim, of the account debtor or other
obligor named therein or in the Borrowers' records pertaining thereto as being
obligated to pay such obligation.

                  Section 5.18 Direct and Substantial Economic Interest. Each
Borrower has a direct and substantial economic interest in each other Borrower
and as such, each Borrower expects to derive substantial benefits from any and
all Advances made to each Borrower and other transactions and events resulting
in the creation of any and all obligations.

                  Section 5.19 Joint and Several Liability. The Obligations
created by this Agreement are the joint and several obligation of the Borrowers.
The Lender shall not be required to first seek payment of the Obligations from
any one of the Borrowers, but rather may seek payment from any or all of the
Borrower as it sees fit, in its sole discretion.

                  Section 5.20 Dormancy of Viro-kote, Inc. Viro-kote, Inc. is a
dormant corporation and holds no assets except for that certain trademark with a
registration number of 74/663,763 (the "Viro-kote Trademark"). The Viro-kote
Trademark is no longer being used by Viro-kote, Inc. or any of the Borrowers.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                        BORROWERS' AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

                  So long as the Obligations shall remain unpaid, or the Credit
Facility shall remain outstanding, the Borrowers will comply with the following
requirements, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in writing:

                  Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements. The Borrowers will
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Lender each of the following, which
shall be in form and detail acceptable to the Lender:

                  (a) as soon as available, and in any event within 120 days
         after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrowers, each of the
         Borrowers' audited financial statements with the opinion of independent
         certified public accountants selected by the Borrowers and acceptable
         to the Lender, which annual financial statements shall include each of
         the Borrowers' balance sheets as at the end of such fiscal year and the
         related statements of each of the Borrowers' income, retained earnings
         and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, prepared, if the Lender
         so requests, on a consolidating and consolidated basis to include any
         Affiliates, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with
         GAAP, together with (i) copies of all management letters prepared by
         such accountants; (ii) a report signed by such accountants stating that
         in making the investigations necessary for said opinion they obtained
         no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any Default or Event of
         Default hereunder and all relevant facts in reasonable detail to
         evidence, and the computations as to, whether or not the Borrowers are
         in compliance with the requirements set forth in Sections 6.15, 6.16,
         6.17, and 7.13; and (iii) a certificate of the Borrowers' chief
         financial officers stating that such financial statements have been
         prepared in accordance with GAAP, fairly represent the Borrowers'
         financial position and the results of its operations, and whether or
         not such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or
         Event of Default hereunder and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the
         facts with respect thereto;

                  (b) as soon as available and in any event within 20 days after
         the end of each month, an unaudited/internal balance sheet and
         statements of income and retained earnings of each of the Borrowers as
         at the end of and for such month and for the year to date period then
         ended, prepared, if the Lender so requests, on a consolidating and
         consolidated basis to include any Affiliates, in reasonable detail and
         stating in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date and
         periods in the previous year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP,
         subject to year-end audit adjustments; and accompanied by a certificate
         of the Borrowers' chief financial officers, substantially in the form
         of Exhibit B hereto stating (i) that such financial statements have
         been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit
         adjustments, and fairly represent the Borrowers' financial position and
         the results of their operations, (ii) whether or not such officer has
         knowledge of the occurrence of

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         any Default or Event of Default hereunder not theretofore reported and
         remedied and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with
         respect thereto, and (iii) all relevant facts in reasonable detail to
         evidence, and the computations as to, whether or not the Borrowers are
         in compliance with the requirements set forth in Sections 6.15, 6.16,
         6.17, and 7.13;

                  (c) within 15 days after the end of each month or more
         frequently if the Lender so requires, agings of each Borrower's
         accounts receivable and its accounts payable, an inventory
         certification report, and a calculation of the Borrowers' Accounts,
         Eligible Accounts, Inventory and Eligible Inventory as at the end of
         such month or shorter time period;

                  (d) at least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year
         of the Borrowers, the projected balance sheets and income statements
         for each month of such year, each in reasonable detail, representing
         each Borrower's good faith projections and certified by such Borrower's
         chief financial officer as being the most accurate projections
         available and identical to the projections used by such Borrower for
         internal planning purposes, together with such supporting schedules and
         information as the Lender may in its discretion require;

                  (e) immediately after the commencement thereof, notice in
         writing of all litigation and of all proceedings before any
         governmental or regulatory agency affecting any of the Borrowers of the
         type described in Section 5.14 or which seek a monetary recovery
         against any of the Borrowers in excess of $100,000;

                  (f) as promptly as practicable (but in any event not later
         than five business days) after any Senior Management obtains knowledge
         of the occurrence of any breach, default or event of default under any
         Security Document or any event which constitutes a Default or Event of
         Default hereunder, notice of such occurrence, together with a detailed
         statement by a responsible officer of such Borrower of the steps being
         taken by the Borrowers to cure the effect of such breach, default or
         event;

                  (g) as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after
         any Senior Management knows or has reason to know that any Reportable
         Event with respect to any Plan has occurred, the statement of the
         Borrowers' chief financial officers setting forth details as to such
         Reportable Event and the action which the Borrowers propose to take
         with respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such
         Reportable Event to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation;

                  (h) as soon as possible, and in any event within 10 days after
         any of the Borrowers fail to make any quarterly contribution required
         with respect to any Plan under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue
         Code of 1986, as amended, the statement of such Borrower's chief
         financial officer setting forth details as to such failure and the
         action which the Borrowers propose to take with respect thereto,
         together with a copy of any notice of such failure required to be
         provided to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation;

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                  (i) promptly upon any Senior Management's knowledge thereof,
         notice of (i) any disputes or claims by any of the Borrowers' customers
         exceeding $25,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate during any
         fiscal year; (ii) any goods returned to or recovered by any of the
         Borrowers; and (iii) any change in the persons constituting the
         Borrowers' officers and directors;

                  (j) promptly upon any Senior Management's knowledge thereof,
         notice of any loss of or material damage to any Collateral or other
         collateral covered by the Security Documents or of any substantial
         adverse change in any Collateral or such other collateral or the
         prospect of payment thereof;

                  (k) promptly upon their distribution, copies of all financial
         statements, reports and proxy statements which any of the Borrowers
         shall have sent to its stockholders;

                  (l) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of
         all regular and periodic reports which any of the Borrowers shall file
         with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities
         exchange;

                  (m) promptly upon receipt, or if filed by any or all of the
         Borrowers, promptly upon filing, all motions, notices, reports,
         applications, objections, responses or other papers filed or served in
         any of the Cases;

                  (n) within two days of filing, copies of monthly reports filed
         with the U.S. Trustee's office;

                  (o) promptly upon any Senior Management's knowledge thereof,
         notice of any of the Borrowers' violations of any law, rule or
         regulation, the non-compliance with which could materially and
         adversely affect the Borrowers' business or its financial condition;

                  (p) on a daily basis, sales and collections reports and credit
         memos; and

                  (q) from time to time, with reasonable promptness, any and all
         receivables schedules, deposit records, equipment schedules, copies of
         invoices to account debtors, shipment documents and delivery receipts
         for goods sold, and such other material, reports, records or
         information as the Lender may reasonably request.

                  Section 6.2 Books and Records; Inspection and Examination. The
Borrowers will keep accurate books of record and account pertaining to the
Collateral and pertaining to the Borrowers' businesses and their financial
condition and such other matters as the Lender may from time to time request in
which true and complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP and, upon
the Lender's request, will permit any officer, employee, attorney or accountant
for the Lender to audit, review, make extracts from or copy any and all
corporate and financial books and records of the Borrowers at all times during
ordinary business hours, to send and discuss with account debtors and other
obligors requests for verification of

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amounts owed to the Borrowers, and to discuss the Borrowers' affairs with any of
its directors, officers, employees or agents. The Borrowers will permit the
Lender, or its employees, accountants, attorneys or agents, to examine and
inspect any Collateral, other collateral covered by the Security Documents or
any other property of the Borrowers at any time during ordinary business hours.

                  Section 6.3 Account Verification. The Lender may at any time
and from time to time send or require the Borrowers to send requests for
verification of accounts or notices of assignment to account debtors and other
obligors. The Lender may also at any time and from time to time telephone
account debtors and other obligors to verify accounts.

                  Section 6.4 Compliance with Laws.

                  (a) The Borrowers will (i) comply with the requirements of
         applicable laws and regulations, the non-compliance with which would
         materially and adversely affect its business or its financial condition
         and (ii) use and keep the Collateral, and require that others use and
         keep the Collateral, only for lawful purposes, without violation of any
         federal, state or local law, statute or ordinance.

                  (b) Without limiting the foregoing undertakings, the Borrowers
         specifically agree that they will comply with all applicable
         Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with all permits, licenses and
         similar approvals required by any Environmental Laws, and will not
         generate, use, transport, treat, store or dispose of any Hazardous
         Substances in such a manner as to create any liability or obligation
         under the common law of any jurisdiction or any Environmental Law.

                  Section 6.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Borrowers
will pay or discharge, when due, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges levied or imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, upon any
properties belonging to them (including, without limitation, the Collateral) or
upon or against the creation, perfection or continuance of the Security
Interest, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, (b) all federal,
state and local taxes required to be withheld by it, and (c) all lawful claims
for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien
or charge upon any properties of the Borrowers; provided, that the Borrowers
shall not be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose
amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which proper reserves have been made.

                  Section 6.6 Maintenance of Properties.

                  (a) The Borrowers will keep and maintain the Collateral, the
         other collateral covered by the Security Documents and all of its other
         properties necessary or useful in its business in good condition,
         repair and working order (normal wear and tear excepted) and will from
         time to time replace or repair any worn, defective or broken parts;
         provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.6 shall prevent the
         Borrowers from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of
         their

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         properties if such discontinuance is, in the Lender's judgment,
         desirable in the conduct of the Borrowers' business and not
         disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lender.

                  (b) The Borrowers will defend the Collateral against all
         claims or demands of all persons (other than the Lender) claiming the
         Collateral or any interest therein.

                  (c) The Borrowers will keep all Collateral and other
         collateral covered by the Security Documents free and clear of all
         security interests, liens and encumbrances except Permitted Liens.

                  Section 6.7 Insurance. The Borrowers will obtain and at all
times maintain insurance with insurers believed by the Borrowers to be
responsible and reputable, in such amounts and against such risks as may from
time to time be required by the Lender, but in all events in such amounts and
against such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar
business and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the
Borrowers operate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Borrowers will at all times maintain business interruption insurance including
coverage for force majeure and keep all tangible Collateral insured against
risks of fire (including so-called extended coverage), theft, collision (for
Collateral consisting of motor vehicles) and such other risks and in such
amounts as the Lender may reasonably request, with any loss payable to the
Lender to the extent of its interest, and all policies of such insurance shall
contain a lender's loss payable endorsement for the Lender's benefit acceptable
to the Lender. All policies of liability insurance required hereunder shall name
the Lender as an additional insured.

                  Section 6.8 Preservation of Existence. The Borrowers will
preserve and maintain their existence and all of their rights, privileges and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of their business and
shall conduct their business in an orderly, efficient and regular manner.

                  Section 6.9 Delivery of Instruments, etc. Upon request by the
Lender, the Borrowers will promptly deliver to the Lender in pledge all
instruments, documents and chattel paper constituting Collateral, duly endorsed
or assigned by the appropriate Borrower.

                  Section 6.10 Collateral Account.

                  (a) If, notwithstanding the instructions to debtors to make
         payments to the Lockbox, any of the Borrowers receives any payments on
         Receivables, that Borrower shall deposit such payments into the
         Collateral Account. Until so deposited, the Borrowers shall hold all
         such payments in trust for and as the property of the Lender and shall
         not commingle such payments with any of its other funds or property.

                  (b) Amounts deposited in the Collateral Account shall not bear
         interest and shall not be subject to withdrawal by any of the
         Borrowers, except after full payment and discharge of all Obligations.

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                  (c) All deposits in the Collateral Account shall constitute
         proceeds of Collateral and shall not constitute payment of the
         Obligations. The Lender from time to time at its discretion may, after
         allowing (2) Banking Days, apply deposited funds in the Collateral
         Account to the payment of the Obligations, in any order or manner of
         application satisfactory to the Lender, by transferring such funds to
         the Lender's general account.

                  (d) All items deposited in the Collateral Account shall be
         subject to final payment. If any such item is returned uncollected, the
         Borrowers will immediately pay the Lender, or, for items deposited in
         the Collateral Account, the bank maintaining such account, the amount
         of that item, or such bank at its discretion may charge any uncollected
         item to the Borrowers' commercial account or other account. The
         Borrowers shall be liable as an endorser on all items deposited in the
         Collateral Account, whether or not in fact endorsed by the Borrowers.

                  Section 6.11 Maintenance of Debtor-in-Possession Accounts. The
Borrowers shall maintain all bank accounts with the Lender or institutions
acceptable to the Lender. A list identifying all of its accounts not maintained
with the Lender and the financial institutions at which such accounts are
maintained is set forth in Schedule 6.11. The Borrowers shall notify the Lender
in writing of any changes in and additions to such list as soon as any change or
addition occurs. If the Lender is required to pledge any collateral or in
another manner secure any deposit account pursuant to the provisions of section
345 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Lender shall be entitled to charge a reasonable
fee for such account which fee shall be paid by the Borrowers on demand and
which fee shall be similar to fees charged to like borrowers.

                  Section 6.12 Performance by the Lender. If the Borrowers at
any time fail to perform or observe any of the foregoing covenants contained in
this Article VI or elsewhere herein, and if such failure shall continue for a
period of ten calendar days (or in the case of the agreements contained in
Sections 6.5, 6.7 and 6.10, immediately upon the occurrence of such failure,
without lapse of time), the Lender may, but need not, perform or observe such
covenant on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the Borrowers (or, at the
Lender's option, in the Lender's name) and may, but need not, take any and all
other actions which the Lender may reasonably deem necessary to cure or correct
such failure (including, without limitation, the payment of taxes, the
satisfaction of security interests, liens or encumbrances, the performance of
obligations owed to account debtors or other obligors, the procurement and
maintenance of insurance, the execution of assignments, security agreements and
financing statements, and the endorsement of instruments); and the Borrowers
shall thereupon pay to the Lender on demand the amount of all monies expended
and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal
expenses) incurred by the Lender in connection with or as a result of the
performance or observance of such agreements or the taking of such action by the
Lender, together with interest thereon from the date expended or incurred at the
Floating Rate. To facilitate the Lender's performance or observance of such
covenants of the Borrowers, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably appoint the Lender,
or the Lender's delegate, acting alone, as the Borrowers' attorney in fact
(which appointment is

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coupled with an interest) with the right (but not the duty) from time to time to
create, prepare, complete, execute, deliver, endorse or file in the name and on
behalf of the Borrowers any and all instruments, documents, assignments,
security agreements, financing statements, applications for insurance and other
agreements and writings required to be obtained, executed, delivered or endorsed
by the Borrowers under this Section 6.12.

                  Section 6.13 Year 2000 Compliance. The Borrowers agree to (1)
conduct a detailed inventory and assessment of all of their computer hardware
and software systems and imbedded chip technology ("Information Systems") and of
their business and operations that could be adversely affected by their failure
to be Year 2000 Compliant on a timely basis; (2) develop, fund, and implement a
project plan to make their Information Systems Year 2000 Compliant, and complete
implementation of the plan and the remediation and testing of its Information
Systems no later July 31, 1999; and (3) initiate a process to determine whether
their material suppliers, vendors, and customers have taken meaningful steps to
become Year 2000 Compliant on a timely basis, and develop and implement a
feasible contingency plan to ensure the uninterrupted and unimpaired operation
of its business in the event of the failure of the systems of such third parties
or of their own Information Systems no later than July 31, 1999. For purposes of
this covenant, "Year 2000 Compliant" means that the Borrowers' Information
Systems that are material to their operations and financial condition will be
able to properly process date sensitive functions before, on, and after December
31, 1999. The Borrowers will also provide to the Lender promptly upon receipt,
copies of any reports or management letters relating to their Year 2000
compliance project and contingency plans, either internally prepared or prepared
by outside consultants or their accountants, and will provide such other
information relating to their Year 2000 compliance efforts, and deliver such
certifications by their officers relating thereto as the Lender in its
discretion may deem appropriate.

                  Section 6.14 Borrowers' Financial Projections. The financial
projections used by the Borrowers in the Bankruptcy Court to seek approval of
the credit facility provided for herein and to use cash collateral shall be the
same financial projections delivered to the Lender on November 4, 1998.

                  Section 6.15 Maximum Days in Inventory Covenant. The
Borrowers, on a consolidated basis, will not exceed Maximum Days in Inventory of
155 during each Fiscal Month. Maximum Days in Inventory shall be determined by
the following formula:

                       Maximum Days in Inventory = 360 / R

         The following definitions apply to the above formula:

         R=[(COGS / Applicable Fiscal Periods) x 12] / Inventory at Cost

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                  "COGS" equal cost of goods sold incurred from the beginning of
then applicable Fiscal Year through the last day of the measuring Fiscal Month.

                  "Applicable Fiscal Periods" means the number of fiscal periods
that have occurred from the beginning of the applicable fiscal year through the
last day of the measuring fiscal month.

                  Section 6.16 Minimum EBITDAR. The Borrowers will maintain, on
a consolidated basis, during each period described below, EBITDAR of not less
than the amount set forth opposite such period:

                    Period                          Minimum EBITDAR
                    ------                          ---------------
             April 1, 1998 through                     $1,560,000
               November 30, 1998
             April 1, 1998 through                     $1,365,000
               December 31, 1998
             April 1, 1998 through                     $1,393,000
               January 31, 1999
             April 1, 1998 through                     $1,332,000
               February 28, 1999
              Fiscal Year ending                       $1,280,000
                March 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                        $77,000
                April 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $151,000
                  May 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $219,000
                 June 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $265,000
                 July 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $336,000
                August 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $574,000
               September 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $657,000
                October 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $824,000
               November 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                     $1,061,000
               December 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                     $1,314,000
               January 31, 2000

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                    Period                          Minimum EBITDAR
                    ------                          ---------------
             April 1, 1999 through                     $1,664,000
               February 29, 2000
              Fiscal Year ending                       $2,062,000
                March 31, 2000
     Each Fiscal Month thereafter                        $150,000

                   Section 6.17 Minimum Net Income. The Borrowers will maintain,
on a consolidated basis, during each period described below, Net Income, of not
less than the amount set forth opposite such period:

                Period                             Minimum Net Income
                ------                             ------------------
        April 1, 1998 through                          $(2,833,000)
          November 30, 1998
        April 1, 1998 through                          $(4,570,000)
           December 31, 1998
        April 1, 1998 through                          $(5,737,000)
           January 31, 1999
         April 1, 1998 through                         $(6,997,000)
           February 28, 1999
          Fiscal Year ending                           $(8,362,000)
            March 31, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                            $(873,000)
            April 30, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(1,741,000)
             May 31, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(2,729,000)
            June 30, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(3,539,000)
            July 31, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(4,332,000)
           August 31, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(5,170,000)
         September 30, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(5,953,000)
          October 31, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(6,645,000)
          November 30, 1999
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(7,471,000)
          December 31, 1999

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                Period                             Minimum Net Income
                ------                             ------------------
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(7,971,000)
           January 31, 2000
        April 1, 1999 through                          $(8,367,000)
          February 29, 2000
          Fiscal Year ending                           $(8,970,000)
            March 31, 2000
     Each Fiscal Month thereafter                               $1

                  Section 6.18 Subrogation. No Borrower will exercise or enforce
any right of contribution, reimbursement, recourse or subrogation available to
such Borrower as against any other Borrower unless and until all of the
Obligations have been fully paid and discharged.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                               NEGATIVE COVENANTS

                  So long as the Obligations shall remain unpaid, or the Credit
Facility shall remain outstanding, the Borrowers agree that, without the
Lender's prior written consent:

                  Section 7.1 Liens. The Borrowers will not create, incur or
suffer to exist any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest,
adverse claim, assignment or transfer upon or of any of its assets, now owned or
hereafter acquired, to secure any indebtedness; excluding, however, from the
operation of the foregoing, the following (collectively, "Permitted Liens"):

                  (a) in the case of any of the Borrowers' property which is not
         Collateral or other collateral described in the Security Documents,
         covenants, restrictions, rights, easements and minor irregularities in
         title which do not materially interfere with the Borrowers' business or
         operations as presently conducted;

                  (b) mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, liens, security
         interests and assignments in existence on the date hereof and listed in
         Schedule 7.1 hereto or otherwise subject and junior to the Lender's
         Security Interest securing indebtedness for borrowed money permitted
         under Section 7.2;

                  (c) the Security Interest and liens and security interests
         created by the Security Documents;

                  (d) purchase money security interests relating to the
         acquisition of machinery and equipment of the Borrowers not exceeding
         the lesser of cost or fair market value thereof, not exceeding $250,000
         for any one purchase or $1,200,000 in

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         the aggregate during any fiscal year and so long as no Default Period
         is then in existence and none would exist immediately after such
         acquisition; and

                  (e) a first priority lien in lawsuits filed by the Borrowers
         in favor of Employers Insurance of Wausau and Coudert Brothers to the
         extent of fees and expenses incurred in connection with pursuing such
         causes of actions and a second priority lien in lawsuits filed by the
         Borrowers in favor of the Existing Banks to the extent of the
         diminution in value of their collateral resulting from entry of the
         Final Order.

                  Section 7.2 Indebtedness. The Borrowers will not incur,
create, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness or liability on account of
deposits or advances or any indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit
issued on the Borrowers' behalf, or any other indebtedness or liability
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar obligations, except:

                  (a) indebtedness arising hereunder;

                  (b) indebtedness of the Borrowers in existence on the date
         hereof and listed in Schedule 7.2 hereto or any other indebtedness
         subject and junior to the Lender's Superpriority Claim; and

                  (c) indebtedness relating to liens permitted in accordance
         with Section 7.1.

                  Section 7.3 Guaranties. The Borrowers will not assume,
guarantee, endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in
connection with any obligations of any other Person, except:

                  (a) the endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Borrowers
         for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
         course of business;

                  (b) guaranties, endorsements and other direct or contingent
         liabilities in connection with the obligations of other Persons, in
         existence on the date hereof and listed in Schedule 7.2 hereto;

                  (c) guaranties relating to liens permitted in accordance with
         Section 7.1.

                  Section 7.4 Investments and Subsidiaries.

                  (a) The Borrowers will not purchase or hold beneficially any
         stock or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of, make or
         permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make any investment or
         acquire any interest whatsoever in, any other Person, including
         specifically but without limitation any partnership or joint venture,
         except:

                      (i) any of the Borrowers' ownership of existing
                  Subsidiaries;

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                      (ii) investments in direct obligations of the United
                  States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof
                  whose obligations constitute full faith and credit
                  obligations of the United States of America having a
                  maturity of one year or less, commercial paper issued by
                  U.S. corporations rated "A-1" or "A-2" by Standard & Poors
                  Corporation or "P-1" or "P-2" by Moody's Investors Service
                  or certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances having a
                  maturity of one year or less issued by members of the
                  Federal Reserve System having deposits in excess of
                  $100,000,000 (which certificates of deposit or bankers'
                  acceptances are fully insured by the Federal Deposit
                  Insurance Corporation);

                      (iii) travel advances or loans to the Borrowers'
                  officers and employees not exceeding at any one time an
                  aggregate of $20,000; and

                      (iv) advances in the form of progress payments, prepaid
                  rent not exceeding one (1) month or security deposits.

                  (b) The Borrowers will not create or permit to exist any
         Subsidiary, other than the Subsidiaries in existence on the date hereof
         and listed in Schedule 5.5.

                  Section 7.5 Dividends. The Borrowers will not declare or pay
any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in stock of the Borrowers) on
any class of its stock or make any payment on account of the purchase,
redemption or other retirement of any shares of such stock or make any
distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly.

                  Section 7.6 Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of
Business Operations. The Borrowers will not sell, lease, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of (i) the stock of any Subsidiary (except in connection with
the sale of the Borrowers' European operations), (ii) all or a substantial part
of its assets, or (iii) any Collateral or any interest therein (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) to any other Person other than the
sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and will not liquidate,
dissolve or suspend business operations. The Borrowers will not in any manner
transfer any property without prior or present receipt of full and adequate
consideration.

                  Section 7.7 Intellectual Property. The Borrowers will not
sell, assign or grant licenses to use, any of its applications for patents,
patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, trade names or other
intellectual property to any other Person. Provided, however, the Borrowers may
sell, assign or grant licenses in connection with a sale of the Borrowers'
European operations, subject to the Lender's approval of any documentation in
connection therewith and provided further that the Borrowers shall in all events
maintain the right to use any such intellectual property necessary to conduct
its United States operations.

                  Section 7.8 Financing Orders. The Borrowers shall not violate
or seek to modify, appeal, or otherwise affect, the terms of the Final Order.

                  Section 7.9 Chapter 11 Claims. The Borrowers shall not incur,
create, assume, suffer to exist, or permit any claim in any of the Cases
(including, without limitation, any

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claim under section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and any deficiency claim
remaining after the satisfaction of a lien that secures a claim) to be on a
parity with or senior to the claims of the Lender against the Borrowers
hereunder, or apply to the Bankruptcy Court for authority to do so.

                  Section 7.10 Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions. The
Borrowers will not consolidate with or merge into any Person, or permit any
other Person to merge into it, or acquire (in a transaction analogous in purpose
or effect to a consolidation or merger) all or substantially all the assets of
any other Person.

                  Section 7.11 Sale and Leaseback. The Borrowers will not enter
into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any other Person whereby the
Borrowers shall sell or transfer any real or personal property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, and then or thereafter rent or lease as lessee such
property or any part thereof or any other property which the Borrowers intend to
use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or
transferred.

                  Section 7.12 Restrictions on Nature of Business. The Borrowers
will not engage in any line of business materially different from that presently
engaged in by the Borrowers and will not purchase, lease or otherwise acquire
assets not related to its business.

                  Section 7.13 Capital Expenditures. The Borrowers will not
incur or contract to incur Capital Expenditures of more than $400,000 in the
aggregate for the period November 1, 1998 through March 31, 1999 and of no more
than $300,000 during each fiscal quarter thereafter.

                  Section 7.14 Accounting. The Borrowers will not adopt any
material change in accounting principles other than as required by GAAP. Each
Borrower will not adopt, permit or consent to any change in its fiscal year.

                  Section 7.15 Discounts, etc. The Borrowers will not, after
notice from the Lender, grant any discount, credit or allowance to any customer
of the Borrowers or accept any return of goods sold, or at any time (whether
before or after notice from the Lender) modify, amend, subordinate, cancel or
terminate the obligation of any account debtor or other obligor of the
Borrowers.

                  Section 7.16 Defined Benefit Pension Plans. The Borrowers will
not adopt, create, assume or become a party to any defined benefit pension plan,
unless disclosed to the Lender pursuant to Section 5.12.

                  Section 7.17 Other Defaults. The Borrowers will not permit any
breach, default or event of default to occur under any note, loan agreement,
indenture, lease, mortgage, contract for deed, security agreement or other
contractual obligation binding upon the Borrowers, except for existing breaches,
defaults or events of default under the Existing Credit Facility and any other
defaults that occurred prior to bankruptcy.

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                  Section 7.18 Place of Business; Name. The Borrowers will not
transfer their chief executive offices or principal place of business, or move,
relocate, close or sell any business location. The Borrowers will not permit any
tangible Collateral or any records pertaining to the Collateral to be located in
any state or area in which, in the event of such location, a financing statement
covering such Collateral would be required to be, but has not in fact been,
filed in order to perfect the Security Interest. The Borrowers will not change
their names. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers may change the name of
Future Graphics, Inc. upon prior written notice to the Lender and upon execution
and delivery of any and all instruments, financing statements and other
agreements and writings that the Lender requires in order to secure, protect,
perfect or enforce the Security Interest or the Lender's rights under the Loan
Documents.

                  Section 7.19 Organizational Documents. The Borrowers will not
amend their articles of incorporation and bylaws. The Borrowers will not become
an S Corporation within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

                  Section 7.20 Salaries. The Borrowers will not pay excessive or
unreasonable salaries, bonuses, commissions, consultant fees or other
compensation; or increase the salary, bonus, commissions, consultant fees or
other compensation of any directors, shareholders or consultant, or any member
of their families.

                  Section 7.21 Change in Ownership. The Borrowers will not issue
or sell any stock of the Borrowers so as to change the percentage of voting and
non-voting stock owned by each of the Borrowers' shareholders, and the
Borrowers, excluding Nu-kote Holding, Inc., will not permit or suffer to occur
the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposition of any or all of the
issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Borrowers.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                     Events of Default, Rights and Remedies

                  Section 8.1 Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever
used herein, means any one of the following events:

                  (a) Default in the payment of the Obligations when they become
         due and payable;

                  (b) Default in the payment of any fees, commissions, costs or
         expenses required to be paid by the Borrowers under this Agreement;

                  (c) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
         agreement of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement;

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                  (d) Entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court modifying,
         amending, reversing, vacating, or staying the Final Order, or the
         Borrowers shall violate the terms of the Final Order;

                  (e) In connection with any of the Cases: (i) the Bankruptcy
         Court shall enter an order dismissing any of the Cases; (ii) any of the
         Cases shall be converted to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
         Code; (iii) a motion shall be filed for, or there shall arise, any
         claim (other than those of the Lender hereunder) in any of the Cases
         having a priority under section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code unless
         such motion provides for the payment in full in cash of the Obligations
         upon the closing of such financing, except a motion in connection with
         Employers Insurance of Wausau and Coudert Brothers; (iv) a motion shall
         be filed for, or there shall arise, a claim (other than those of the
         Lender hereunder) in any of the Cases secured by a lien having a
         priority under section 364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code unless such motion
         provides for payment in full in cash of the Obligations upon the
         closing of such financing except a motion in connection with Employers
         Insurance of Wausau and Coudert Brothers; (v) there shall arise any
         lien (other than a Permitted Lien) in the Collateral or any part
         thereof save and except for a lien in favor of Employers Insurance of
         Wausau and Coudert Brothers; (vi) the Bankruptcy Court shall enter an
         order granting relief from the automatic stay applicable under section
         362 of the Bankruptcy Code to the holder of any security interest other
         than the Lender; or (vii) the Bankruptcy Court shall enter an order
         approving a disclosure statement in connection with a plan of
         reorganization proposed by any of the Borrowers or any other Person
         which plan of reorganization is inconsistent with the Borrowers'
         agreements and obligations hereunder, e.g., a plan which does not
         provide for payment in full in cash of the Obligations as required by
         section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code;

                  (f) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrowers in
         this Agreement, or by the Borrowers (or by any of their officers) in
         any agreement, certificate, instrument or financial statement or other
         statement contemplated by or made or delivered pursuant to or in
         connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in
         any material respect when deemed to be effective;

                  (g) The rendering against any of the Borrowers of a final
         judgment, decree or order for the payment of money in excess of
         $100,000 and the continuance of such judgment, decree or order
         unsatisfied and in effect for any period of 30 consecutive days without
         a stay of execution;

                  (h) A default, other than any existing default under the
         Existing Credit Facility, under any bond, debenture, note or other
         evidence of indebtedness of any of the Borrowers owed to any Person
         other than the Lender, or under any indenture or other instrument under
         which any such evidence of indebtedness has been issued or by which it
         is governed, or under any lease of any of the Premises, and the
         expiration

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         of the applicable period of grace, if any, specified in such evidence
         of indebtedness, indenture, other instrument or lease;

                  (i) Any Reportable Event, which the Lender determines in good
         faith might constitute grounds for the termination of any Plan or for
         the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a
         trustee to administer any Plan, shall have occurred and be continuing
         30 days after written notice to such effect shall have been given to
         any of the Borrowers by the Lender; or a trustee shall have been
         appointed by an appropriate United States District Court to administer
         any Plan; or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall have
         instituted proceedings to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to
         administer any Plan; or any of the Borrowers shall have filed for a
         distress termination of any Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or any of the
         Borrowers shall have failed to make any quarterly contribution required
         with respect to any Plan under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue
         Code of 1986, as amended, which the Lender determines in good faith may
         by itself, or in combination with any such failures that the Lender may
         determine are likely to occur in the future, result in the imposition
         of a lien on the Borrowers' assets in favor of the Plan provided
         however that Borrowers may seek a voluntary termination of any Plan in
         the Cases;

                  (j) An event of default shall occur under any Security
         Document or under any other security agreement, mortgage, deed of
         trust, assignment or other instrument or agreement securing any
         obligations of the Borrowers hereunder or under any note, except for an
         existing event of default under the Existing Credit Facility;

                  (k) Any of the Borrowers shall liquidate, dissolve, terminate
         or suspend its business operations or otherwise fail to operate its
         business in the ordinary course, or sell all or substantially all of
         its assets, without the Lender's prior written consent;

                  (l) Any of the Borrowers shall fail to pay, withhold, collect
         or remit any tax or tax deficiency when assessed or due (other than any
         tax deficiency which is being contested in good faith and by proper
         proceedings and for which it shall have set aside on its books adequate
         reserves therefor) or notice of any state or federal tax liens shall be
         filed or issued;

                  (m) Any event or circumstance with respect to any of the
         Borrowers shall occur such that the Lender shall believe in good faith
         that the prospect of payment of all or any part of the Obligations or
         the performance by the Borrowers under the Loan Documents is impaired
         or any material adverse change in the business or financial condition
         of the Borrowers shall occur; or

                  (n) Any breach, default or event of default by or attributable
         to any Affiliate under any agreement between such Affiliate and the
         Lender.

                  Section 8.2 Rights and Remedies. During any Default Period,
the Lender may without further order of, or application to the Bankruptcy Court
for an order granting relief

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from the automatic stay of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, exercise any or
all of the following rights and remedies:

                  (a) the Lender may, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the
         Commitment to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith
         terminate;

                  (b) the Lender may, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the
         Obligations to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon all Obligations
         shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment,
         notice of dishonor, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which
         the Borrowers hereby expressly waive;

                  (c) the Lender may, without notice to the Borrowers and
         without further action, apply any and all money owing by the Lender to
         the Borrowers to the payment of the Obligations;

                  (d) the Lender may exercise and enforce any and all rights and
         remedies available upon default to a secured party under the UCC,
         including, without limitation, the right to take possession of
         Collateral, or any evidence thereof, proceeding without judicial
         process or by judicial process (without a prior hearing or notice
         thereof, which the Borrowers hereby expressly waive) and the right to
         sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Collateral, and,
         in connection therewith, the Borrowers will on demand assemble the
         Collateral and make it available to the Lender at a place to be
         designated by the Lender which is reasonably convenient to both
         parties;

                  (e) the Lender may exercise and enforce its rights and
         remedies under the Loan Documents; and

                  (f) the Lender may exercise any other rights and remedies
         available to it by law or agreement.

The Borrowers agree and admit that the occurrence of any Event of Default is
sufficient cause for relief from the automatic stay under Section 362(d)(1) of
the Bankruptcy Code. If an Event of Default occurs, the Borrowers consent to
entry of an Order terminating the automatic stay 3 business days after the
filing of an affidavit with the Bankruptcy Court by the Lender, or one of its
attorneys, with service upon counsel for the Borrowers, setting forth the nature
of the Default; provided, however, that if a Default under Section 8.1(e)(ii)
occurs, the Lender must give notice of the Default to the trustee or examiner
and request a hearing for relief from the stay based on the Default. The
Borrowers shall have no defense, other than showing the alleged Default has not
occurred.

                  Section 8.3 Certain Notices. If notice to the Borrowers of any
intended disposition of Collateral or any other intended action is required by
law in a particular instance, such notice shall be deemed commercially
reasonable if given (in the manner specified in Section 9.4) at least ten
calendar days before the date of intended disposition or other action.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                                  Miscellaneous

                  Section 9.1 No Discharge of Claims; No Waiver by Lender. The
Obligations and the Security Interest shall not be discharged by the entry of an
order confirming a plan of reorganization in any of the Cases, and by execution
hereof the Borrowers waive, pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code,
any such discharge. The Superpriority Claim granted to Lender by the Final Order
and the Security Interest granted to Lender hereunder and by the Final Order
shall not be affected in any manner by entry of an order confirming a plan of
reorganization in any of the Cases, or the entry of an order dismissing or
converting any of the Cases. The Lender does not waive, and nothing contained in
the Loan Documents shall be construed to be a waiver by the Lender, of the
Lender's rights under section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code.

                  Section 9.2 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure or
delay by the Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy under the Loan
Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy under the
Loan Documents. The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and
not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

                  Section 9.3 Amendments, Etc. No amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any
departure by the Borrowers therefrom or any release of a Security Interest shall
be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender, and
then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the
Borrowers in any case shall entitle the Borrowers to any other or further notice
or demand in similar or other circumstances.

                  Section 9.4 Addresses for Notices, Etc. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all notices, requests, demands and other
communications provided for under the Loan Documents shall be in writing and
shall be (a) personally delivered, (b) sent by first class United States mail,
(c) sent by overnight courier of national reputation, or (d) transmitted by
telecopy, in each case addressed or telecopied to the party to whom notice is
being given at its address or telecopier number as set forth below:

                  If to the Borrowers:

                  Nu-kote Holding, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064
                  Telecopier: 615/791-6100
                  Attention: Phillip L. Theodore

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                  If to the Lender:

                  Norwest Business Credit, Inc.
                  Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
                  Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479-0103
                  Telecopier: (612) 341-2472
                  Attention: Brian J. Waldinger

or, as to each party, at such other address or telecopier number as may
hereafter be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party
complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section. All such notices,
requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been given on
(a) the date received if personally delivered, (b) when deposited in the mail if
delivered by mail, (c) the date sent if sent by overnight courier, or (d) the
date of transmission if delivered by telecopy, except that notices or requests
to the Lender pursuant to any of the provisions of Article II shall not be
effective until received by the Lender.

                  Section 9.5 Further Documents. The Borrowers will from time to
time execute and deliver or endorse any and all instruments, documents,
conveyances, assignments, security agreements, financing statements and other
agreements and writings that the Lender may reasonably request in order to
secure, protect, perfect or enforce the Security Interest or the Lender's rights
under the Loan Documents (but any failure to request or assure that the
Borrowers execute, deliver or endorse any such item shall not affect or impair
the validity, sufficiency or enforceability of the Loan Documents and the
Security Interest, regardless of whether any such item was or was not executed,
delivered or endorsed in a similar context or on a prior occasion).

                  Section 9.6 Collateral. This Agreement does not contemplate a
sale of accounts, contract rights or chattel paper, and, as provided by law, the
Borrowers are entitled to any surplus and shall remain liable for any
deficiency. The Lender's duty of care with respect to Collateral in its
possession (as imposed by law) shall be deemed fulfilled if it exercises
reasonable care in physically keeping such Collateral, or in the case of
Collateral in the custody or possession of a bailee or other third person,
exercises reasonable care in the selection of the bailee or other third person,
and the Lender need not otherwise preserve, protect, insure or care for any
Collateral. The Lender shall not be obligated to preserve any rights the
Borrowers may have against prior parties, to realize on the Collateral at all or
in any particular manner or order or to apply any cash proceeds of the
Collateral in any particular order of application.

                  Section 9.7 Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers shall reimburse
the Lender for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lender in
connection with seeking to obtain the Bankruptcy Court's approval of the Credit
Facility, in seeking to close and maintain the Credit Facility, and any other
out-of-pocket expenses otherwise incurred in connection with the Obligations,
this Agreement, the Loan Documents, and any other document or agreement related
hereto or thereto, and the transactions contemplated hereby,

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including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, closing
costs, appraisal fees, UCC search and recording fees, individual and corporate
credit reports, inventory appraisal fees and collateral auditing costs, whether
incurred prepetition or postpetition and regardless of whether the Credit
Facility is approved by the Bankruptcy Court or funded. The Lender acknowledges
receipt of a $50,000 due diligence deposit and a $50,000 expense deposit
(collectively, the "Expense Deposit") to cover the Lender's expenses associated
with obtaining court approval of this Agreement and all documentation related
thereto. Upon the approval or rejection of the Credit Facility herein, the
Deposit shall be returned to the Borrowers after deducting all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Lender. The Borrowers' obligation to reimburse the
Lender for all costs and expenses shall be effective regardless of whether the
Credit Facility is approved by the Bankruptcy Court or whether the Credit
Facility is funded.

                  Section 9.8 Indemnity. In addition to the payment of expenses
pursuant to Section 9.7, the Borrowers agree to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Lender, and any of its participants, parent corporations,
subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, successor corporations, and
all present and future officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents of
the foregoing (the "Indemnitees") from and against any of the following
(collectively, "Indemnified Liabilities"):

                           (i) any and all transfer taxes, documentary taxes,
                  assessments or charges made by any governmental authority by
                  reason of the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents or
                  the making of the Advances;

                           (ii) any claims, loss or damage to which any
                  Indemnitee may be subjected if any representation or warranty
                  contained in Section 5.14 proves to be incorrect in any
                  respect or as a result of any violation of the covenant
                  contained in Section 6.4(b); and

                           (iii) any and all other liabilities, losses, damages,
                  penalties, judgments, suits, claims, costs and expenses of any
                  kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the
                  reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection
                  with the foregoing and any other investigative, administrative
                  or judicial proceedings, whether or not such Indemnitee shall
                  be designated a party thereto, which may be imposed on,
                  incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any
                  manner related to or arising out of or in connection with the
                  making of the Advances and the Loan Documents or the use or
                  intended use of the proceeds of the Advances.

If any investigative, judicial or administrative proceeding arising from any of
the foregoing is brought against any Indemnitee, upon such Indemnitee's request,
the Borrowers, or counsel designated by the Borrowers and satisfactory to the
Indemnitee, will resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding to the extent
and in the manner directed by the Indemnitee, at the Borrowers' sole cost and
expense. Each Indemnitee will use its best efforts to cooperate in the defense
of any such action, suit or proceeding. If the foregoing undertaking to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless may be held to be unenforceable because it
violates any law or public policy, the Borrowers shall nevertheless make the
maximum contribution to the

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payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is
permissible under applicable law. The Borrowers' obligation under this Section
9.8 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the
Borrowers' other obligations hereunder.

                  Section 9.9 Participants. The Lender and its participants, if
any, are not partners or joint venturers, and the Lender shall not have any
liability or responsibility for any obligation, act or omission of any of its
participants. All rights and powers specifically conferred upon the Lender may
be transferred or delegated to any of the Lender's participants, successors or
assigns, without further order of the Bankruptcy Court.

                  Section 9.10 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and
other Loan Documents may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.

                  Section 9.11 Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement;
Exchanging Information. The Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Borrowers and the Lender and their respective successors and
assigns, except that the Borrowers shall not have the right to assign their
rights thereunder or any interest therein without the Lender's prior written
consent. This Agreement, together with the Loan Documents, comprises the
complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on the subject matter
hereof. Without limiting the Lender's right to share information regarding the
Borrowers and any of their Affiliates with the Lender's participants,
accountants, lawyers and other advisors, the Lender, Wells Fargo & Company,
formerly known as Norwest Corporation, and all direct and indirect subsidiaries
of Wells Fargo & Company, may exchange any and all information they may have in
their possession regarding the Borrowers and any of their Affiliates, and the
Borrowers waive any right of confidentiality they may have with respect to such
exchange of such information.

                  Section 9.12 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this
Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof.

                  Section 9.13 Headings. Article and Section headings in this
Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

                  Section 9.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of
Jury Trial. The Loan Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the substantive laws (other than conflict laws) of the State of Minnesota.
The parties hereto hereby (i) consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state
and federal courts located in the State of Minnesota in connection with any
controversy related to this Agreement; (ii) waive any argument that venue in any
such forum is not convenient, (iii) agree that any litigation initiated by the
Lender or the Borrowers in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents

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shall be venued in either the District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota or
the United States District Court, District of Minnesota; and (iv) agree that a
final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and
may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law. THE PARTIES WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED ON OR PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.

                           [Signature Page to Follow]

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NORWEST BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.                 NU-KOTE HOLDING, INC.

                                              By _______________________________
                                                 Its ________________
By _______________________________
   Its Vice President

NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC.                   NU-KOTE IMPERIAL, LTD.

By _______________________________            By _______________________________
   Its ________________                          Its ________________

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
MATERIALS, INC.                               FUTURE GRAPHICS, INC.

By _______________________________            By _______________________________
   Its ________________                          Its ________________

NU-KOTE LATIN AMERICA, INC.                   NU-KOTE IMAGING INTERNATIONAL,
                                                INC.
By _______________________________            By _______________________________
   Its ________________                          Its ________________

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                      Table of Exhibits and Schedules

     Exhibit A                    Form of Revolving Note

     Exhibit B                    Form of Compliance Certificate

     Exhibit C                    Premises

     -------------------

     Schedule 2.11                Sources and Uses of Funds

     Schedule 5.1                 Trade Names, Chief Executive Office, Principal
                                  Place of Business, and Locations of Collateral

     Schedule 5.2                 Capital Stock

     Schedule 5.5                 Subsidiaries

     Schedule 5.7                 Litigation

     Schedule 5.14                Environmental Matters

     Schedule 6.11                Debtor-in-Possession Accounts

     Schedule 7.1                 Permitted Liens

     Schedule 7.2                 Permitted Indebtedness and Guaranties

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                                               Exhibit A to Credit and Security
                                               Agreement

                                 REVOLVING NOTE

$7,500,000                                                Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                                          ________________, 2000

                  For value received, the undersigned, NU-KOTE HOLDING, INC., a
Delaware corporation, NU-KOTE IMPERIAL, LTD., a Delaware corporation, NU-KOTE
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
MATERIALS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, NU-KOTE IMAGING INTERNATIONAL,
INC., a Delaware corporation, FUTURE GRAPHICS, INC., a California corporation,
and NU-KOTE LATIN AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (collectively, the
"Borrowers"), hereby promise to pay, jointly and severally, on the Termination
Date under the Credit Agreement (defined below), to the order of Norwest
Business Credit, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Lender"), at its main
office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, or at any other place designated at any time
by the holder hereof, in lawful money of the United States of America and in
immediately available funds, the principal sum of Seven Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($7,500,000) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Revolving Advances made by the Lender to the Borrowers
under the Credit Agreement (defined below) together with interest on the
principal amount hereunder remaining unpaid from time to time, computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year, from the date
hereof until this Note is fully paid at the rate from time to time in effect
under the Credit and Security Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may
hereafter be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") by and between the Lender and the Borrowers. The principal hereof
and interest accruing thereon shall be due and payable as provided in the Credit
Agreement. This Note may be prepaid only in accordance with the Credit
Agreement.

                  This Note is issued pursuant, and is subject, to the Credit
Agreement, which provides, among other things, for acceleration hereof. This
Note is the Revolving Note referred to in the Credit Agreement. This Note is
secured, among other things, pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Security
Documents as therein defined, and may now or hereafter be secured by one or more
other security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments or other
instruments or agreements.

                  The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all costs of collection,
including attorneys' fees and legal expenses in the event this Note is not paid
when due, whether or not legal proceedings are commenced.

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                  Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor
and protest are expressly waived.

                                     NU-KOTE HOLDING, INC.

                                     By _______________________________
                                        Its ________________

                                     NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC

                                     By _______________________________
                                        Its ________________

                                     NU-KOTE IMPERIAL, LTD.

                                     By _______________________________
                                        Its ________________

                                     INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION MATERIALS, INC.

                                     By _______________________________
                                        Its ________________

                                     FUTURE GRAPHICS, INC.

                                     By _______________________________
                                        Its ________________

                                     NU-KOTE IMAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                     By _______________________________
                                        Its _________________

                                     NU-KOTE LATIN AMERICA, INC.

                                     By _______________________________
                                        Its ________________

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                                               Exhibit B to Credit and Security
                                               Agreement

                             COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

To:        ____________________
           Norwest Business Credit, Inc.

Date:      __________________, 199___

Subject:   Nu-kote Holding, Inc., Nu-kote Imperial, Ltd., Nu-kote International,
           Inc., International Communication Materials, Inc., Nu-kote Imaging
           International, Inc., Future Graphics, Inc. and Nu-kote Latin America,
           Inc.

           Financial Statements

                  In accordance with our Credit and Security Agreement dated as
of ______________, 2000 (the "Credit Agreement"), attached are the financial
statements of Nu-kote Holding, Inc., Nu-kote Imperial, Ltd., Nu-kote
International, Inc., International Communication Materials, Inc., Nu-kote
Imaging International, Inc., Future Graphics, Inc. and Nu-kote Latin America,
Inc. (the "Borrowers") as of and for ________________, 19___ (the "Reporting
Date") and the year-to-date period then ended (the "Current Financials"). All
terms used in this certificate have the meanings given in the Credit Agreement.

                  I certify that the Current Financials have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and fairly present
the Borrowers' financial condition and the results of its operations as of the
date thereof.

                  Events of Default. (Check one):

                  [ ] The undersigned does not have knowledge of the
                  occurrence of a Default or Event of Default under the Credit
                  Agreement.

                  [ ] The undersigned has knowledge of the occurrence of a
                  Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement and
                  attached hereto is a statement of the facts with respect to
                  thereto.

                  I hereby certify to the Lender as follows:

                  [ ] The Reporting Date does not mark the end of one of the
                  Borrowers' fiscal months, hence I am completing only paragraph
                  __ below.

                  [ ] The Reporting Date marks the end of one of the
                  Borrowers' fiscal months, hence I am completing all paragraphs
                  below except paragraph __.

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                  [ ] The Reporting Date marks the end of the Borrowers'
                  fiscal year, hence I am completing all paragraphs below.

                  Financial Covenants. I further hereby certify as follows:

                  1. Minimum EBITDAR. Pursuant to Section 6.16 of the Credit
         Agreement, the Borrowers' EBITDAR for the ________ period ending on the
         Reporting Date, was $____________, which [ ] satisfies [ ] does not
         satisfy the requirement that such amount be not less than
         $_____________ during such period as set forth in table below:

                    Period                              Minimum EBITDAR
                    ------                              ---------------
             April 1, 1998 through                        $1,560,000
               November 30, 1998
             April 1, 1998 through                        $1,365,000
               December 31, 1998
             April 1, 1998 through                        $1,393,000
                January 31, 1999
             April 1, 1998 through                        $1,332,000
                February 28, 1999
               Fiscal Year ending                         $1,280,000
                 March 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                           $77,000
                 April 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                          $151,000
                  May 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                          $219,000
                 June 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                          $265,000
                 July 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                          $336,000
                August 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                          $574,000
               September 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                          $657,000
                October 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                          $824,000
               November 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                        $1,061,000
               December 31, 1999

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                    Period                              Minimum EBITDAR
                    ------                              ---------------
             April 1, 1999 through                        $1,314,000
               January 31, 2000
             April 1, 1999 through                        $1,664,000
               February 29, 2000
              Fiscal Year ending                          $2,062,000
                March 31, 2000
               Each Fiscal Month                            $150,000
                  thereafter

                   2. Minimum Net Income. Pursuant to Section 6.17 of the Credit
             Agreement, the Borrowers' Net Income for the ________ period ending
             on the Reporting Date, was $____________, which [ ] satisfies [ ]
             does not satisfy the requirement that such amount be not less than
             $_____________ during such period as set forth in table below:

                   Period                             Minimum Net Income
                   ------                             ------------------
             April 1, 1998 through                       $(2,833,000)
               November 30, 1998
             April 1, 1998 through                       $(4,570,000)
               December 31, 1998
             April 1, 1998 through                       $(5,737,000)
               January 31, 1999
             April 1, 1998 through                       $(6,997,000)
               February 28, 1999
              Fiscal Year ending                         $(8,362,000)
                March 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                         $(873,000)
                April 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(1,741,000)
                 May 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(2,729,000)
                 June 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(3,539,000)
                 July 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(4,332,000)
                 August 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(5,170,000)
               September 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(5,953,000)
               October 31, 1999

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                   Period                             Minimum Net Income
                   ------                             ------------------
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(6,645,000)
               November 30, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(7,471,000)
               December 31, 1999
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(7,971,000)
               January 31, 2000
             April 1, 1999 through                       $(8,367,000)
               February 29, 2000
              Fiscal Year ending                         $(8,970,000)
                March 31, 2000
          Each Fiscal Month thereafter                            $1

                  3. Maximum Days in Inventory. Pursuant to Section 6.15 of the
         Credit Agreement, for the year-to-date period ending on the Reporting
         Date, the Borrowers have maintained ___ days in inventory which [ ]
         satisfies [ ] does not satisfy the requirement that the Borrowers will
         not exceed 155 days in inventory.

                  4. Capital Expenditures. Pursuant to Section 7.13 of the
         Credit Agreement, for the year-to-date period ending on the Reporting
         Date, the Borrowers have expended or contracted to expend during the
         _____________ year ended ______________, 199___, for Capital
         Expenditures, $__________________ in the aggregate and at most
         $______________ in any one transaction, which [ ] satisfies [ ]
         does not satisfy the requirement that such expenditures not exceed
         $__________ in the aggregate and $___________ for any one transaction
         during such year.

                  5. Salaries. As of the Reporting Date, the Borrower [ ] is
         [ ] is not in compliance with Section 7.20 of the Credit Agreement
         concerning salaries.

                  Attached hereto are all relevant facts in reasonable detail to
evidence, and the computations of the financial covenants referred to above.
These computations were made in accordance with GAAP.

                                          NU-KOTE HOLDING, INC.

                                          By ____________________________

                                             Its Chief Financial Officer

<PAGE>   61

                                          NU-KOTE IMPERIAL, LTD.

                                          By ____________________________

                                             Its Chief Financial Officer

                                          NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                          By ____________________________

                                             Its Chief Financial Officer

                                          INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
                                          MATERIALS, INC.

                                          By ____________________________

                                             Its Chief Financial Officer

                                          NU-KOTE IMAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                          By ____________________________

                                             Its Chief Financial Officer

                                          FUTURE GRAPHICS, INC.

                                          By ____________________________

                                             Its Chief Financial Officer

                                          NU-KOTE LATIN AMERICA, INC.

                                          By ____________________________

                                             Its Chief Financial Officer

<PAGE>   62

                                              Exhibit C to Credit and Security
                                              Agreement

                                    PREMISES

                  The Premises referred to in the Credit and Security Agreement
are legally described as follows:

                         [To be completed by Borrowers]

<PAGE>   63

                                          Schedule 2.11 to Credit and Security
                                          Agreement

                            Sources and Uses of Funds

                         [to be completed by Borrowers]

<PAGE>   64

                                             Schedule 5.1 to Credit and Security
                                             Agreement

        Trade Names, Chief Executive Office, Principal Place of Business,
                          and Locations of Collateral

                                   TRADE NAMES

               CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE             PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
               ----------------------             ---------------------------
                  Nu-kote Holding, Inc.                       Same
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064

                  Nu-kote Imperial, Ltd.                      Same
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064

                  Nu-kote International, Inc.                 Same
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064

                  International Communication                 Connellsville, PA
                  Materials, Inc.
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064

                  Nu-kote Imaging International, Inc.         Same
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064

                  Future Graphics, Inc.                       Chatsworth, CA
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064

                  Nu-kote Latin America, Inc.                 Same
                  200 Beasley Drive
                  Franklin, TN 37064

<PAGE>   65

                     OTHER INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Average          Average
                                                         Cost of          Inventory
                                                         Equipment        Balances
                                                         On Hand          On Hand
                                                         -------          -------
<S>                            <C>                       <C>              <C>
Nu-kote De Mexico.             Nogales, Mexico           $1,200,000       $2,300,000

Nu-kote International, Inc.    Nogales, Arizona          $      -0-       $  200,000

Outsource Warehouse            Mississauga, Canada       $      -0-       $  500,000

Outsource Manufacturer         Portland, TN              $  500,000       $  750,000
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   66

                                           Schedule 5.2  to Credit and Security
                                           Agreement

           CAPITAL STOCK OF SHAREHOLDERS WITH A 5% OR GREATER INTEREST
                                IN THE BORROWERS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    BENEFICIAL OWNER                 NUMBER OF SHARES                    PERCENTAGE OF CLASS
                                         OWNED (1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>                                  <C>
Ligapart AG                              4,600,000                              21.1%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Richmont Capital Partners I, L.P.        2,559,360                              11.8%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Heartland Advisors, Inc.                 1,100,000                              5.1%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oppenheimer Group, Inc.                  2,062,600 (2)                          9.5%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1) Unless otherwise indicated, such shares of the Common Stock are owned with
sole voting and investment powers.

(2) Represents the aggregate shares held by the Oppenheimer Group, Inc. and its
subsidiaries and affiliates, including Oppenheimer Financial Corp., Oppenheimer
Equities Inc., Oppenheimer Holding, Inc., Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. and
Oppenheimer Capital, L.P. Oppenheimer Group, Inc. is a parent holding company
and disclaims beneficial ownership and voting and dispositive power over the
shares held by its subsidiaries and their clients.

Describe any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, contracts,
demands, commitments, or convertible securities

See Attached.

<PAGE>   67

                                            Schedule 5.5  to Credit and Security
                                            Agreement

                                  SUBSIDIARIES

                             [ORGANIZATIONAL CHART]

<PAGE>   68

                                          Schedule 5.7  to Credit and Security
                                          Agreement

                                   LITIGATION

                           See Attached.

<PAGE>   69

                                          Schedule 5.14 to Credit and Security
                                          Agreement

                              ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

                           See Attached.

<PAGE>   70

                                          Schedule 6.11 to Credit and Security
                                          Agreement

                          DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION ACCOUNTS

                           See Attached.

<PAGE>   71

                                           Schedule 7.1 to Credit and Security
                                           Agreement

           PERMITTED LIENS (each of which is subject and junior to the
                         Lender's Superpriority Claim)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       NAME              JURISDICTION            SECURED PARTY         FILING NO.     FILING DATE     COLLATERAL OR
                                                                                                       LIEN AMOUNT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                  <C>                    <C>                        <C>            <C>           <C>
Nu-kote              California Secretary   Nationsbank of Texas       9629561315       10/16/96    Blanket
International, Inc.  of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     New York Secretary     Nationsbank of Texas          41900          3/1/95     Blanket
                     of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Phillips-Joanna, a           200021         9/18/98     Consignment
                                            division of Industrial                                  interest in all
                                            Coatings Group Inc.                                     high density film
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Pennsylvania           Dollar Bank Leasing         25461692        5/17/96     Canon Color
                     Secretary of State     Corp                                                    Printing System
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        26400744        2/25/97     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Pitney Bowes Credit         28761723         4/6/98     All equipment
                                            Corporation                                             sold by secured
                                                                                                    party; subject
                                                                                                    to lease dated
                                                                                                    11/3/97
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Colonial Pacific            29370361        9/10/98     Marklift Scissor
                                            Leasing                                                 Lift
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Fayette County, PA     Nationsbank of Texas       2391 (real       2/21/97     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent   estate records)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        136-97-ST       2/21/97     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Colonial Pacific            742-98-ST       9/14/98     Specific
                                            Leasing                                                 Equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   72
<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>                    <C>                        <C>            <C>           <C>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Tennessee Secretary    Hyster Credit Co            950453714       7/21/95     Specific
                     of State                                                                       Equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        950493011       11/20/95    Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            CIT Group                   972084363       10/23/97    Specific
                                                                                                    Equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Tennant Financial           982029881       3/31/98     Specific
                                            Services                                                Equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Phillips-Joanna, a          982081059       9/22/98     Consignment
                                            division of Industrial                                  interest in all
                                            Coatings Group Inc.                                     high density film
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nu-kote Holdings,    California Secretary   Nationsbank of Texas       9705160154       2/18/97     Blanket
Inc.                 of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     New York Secretary     Nationsbank of Texas         205124         10/16/96    Blanket
                     of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Pennsylvania           AT&T Credit Corporation     23580198        10/3/94     AT&T Merlin
                     Secretary of State                                                             Legend equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        26421338         3/4/97     Exhibit A not
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  attached
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
International        California Secretary   Nationsbank of Texas       9705061082       2/18/97     Blanket
Communication        of State               NA as collateral agent
Materials, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     New York Secretary     Nationsbank of Texas          35098         2/19/97     Blanket
                     of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Pennsylvania           CIT Group/Equipment         20511737        2/11/92     Specific
                     Secretary of State     Financing Inc.                                          Equipment and
                                                                                                    related parts
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   73
<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>                    <C>                        <C>            <C>           <C>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        24070625        3/10/95     All trademarks
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  and general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        24070632        3/10/95     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        24070638        3/10/95     All patents and
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Xerox Corp                  24971629        12/13/95    Xerox copier
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Fayette County, PA     CIT Group/Equipment        3026 (real       3/13/92     Specific
                                            Financing Inc.           estate records)                Equipment and
                                                                                                    related parts
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            CIT Group/Equipment         128-92-ST       3/13/92     Specific
                                            Financing Inc.                                          Equipment and
                                                                                                    related parts
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        133-95-ST        3/1/95     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        134-95-ST        3/1/95     All trademarks
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  and general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        135-95-ST        3/1/95     All patents and
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        142-95-ST        3/2/95     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Xerox Corp                 1022-95-ST       12/15/95    Xerox copier
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            PA Dept of Revenue           271-96         4/18/96     $64.48
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            RSL Industrial                18926         8/31/98     $37,022.59
                                            Contracting, Inc.
                                            (mechanic's lien)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Future Graphics,     California Secretary   Nationsbank of Texas       9506660396        3/1/95     Blanket
Inc.                 of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   74
<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>                    <C>                        <C>            <C>           <C>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas       9506660432        3/1/95     All patents and
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas       9525760234        9/8/95     All trademarks
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  and general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Technologies               9805060160       2/11/98     Blanket
                                            Investments, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     New York Secretary     Nationsbank of Texas          35136         2/19/97     Blanket
                     of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            IRS - Federal Tax Lien       212339         10/25/96    $21,741.22
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Pennsylvania           American Business           25070088        1/16/96     Specific
                     Secretary of State     Leasing Inc.                                            Equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        26401437        2/26/97     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pelikan              Tennessee Secretary    Yale Financial              920112678       8/12/92     All leased
                     of State               Services Inc.                                           equipment,
                                                                                                    including New
                                                                                                    Yale Forklift
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            First United Leasing        930244505       10/18/93    Specific
                                                                                                    Equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Hyster Credit Company       940289068       3/14/94     Specific
                                                                                                    Equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nu-kote Imaging      New York Secretary     Nationsbank of Texas         205128         10/16/96    Blanket
International, Inc.  of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Pennsylvania           Nationsbank of Texas        24070643        3/10/95     Blanket
                     Secretary of State     NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   75
<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>                    <C>                        <C>            <C>           <C>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Fayette County, PA     Nationsbank of Texas       4368 (real       3/31/97     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent   estate records)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas        232-97-ST       3/31/97     Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Tennessee Secretary    Nationsbank of Texas       9504493009       11/20/95    All trademarks
                     of State               NA as collateral agent                                  and general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas       9504493010       11/20/95    Blanket
                                            NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Nationsbank of Texas       9504493012       11/20/95    All patents and
                                            NA as collateral agent                                  general
                                                                                                    intangibles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            ABCC                        961016445       6/12/96     Lease filing -
                                                                                                    specific
                                                                                                    equipment
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     California Secretary   Nationsbank of Texas       9629561306       10/16/96    Blanket
                     of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nu-kote Imperial,    New York Secretary     Nationsbank of Texas          35143         2/19/97     Blanket
Ltd.                 of State               NA as collateral agent

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Pennsylvania           Nationsbank of Texas        26410289        2/27/97     Blanket
                     Secretary of State     NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     California Secretary   Nationsbank of Texas       9705061122       2/18/97     Blanket
                     of State               NA as collateral agent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   76
                                          Schedule 7.2 to Credit and Security
                                          Agreement

                      PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS AND GUARANTIES

                              Indebtedness

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                        Principal      Maturity       Monthly
     Creditor            Amount          Date         Payment       Collateral
     --------            ------          ----         -------       ----------
<S>                     <C>            <C>            <C>         <C>
 Robert W. Blair        $532,000          N/A            N/A      Escrowed Funds

 John Ridenour          $228,000          N/A            N/A      Escrowed Funds
</TABLE>

*Above does not include Trade Vendors or other account creditors listed on
bankruptcy schedules.

                                   Guaranties

None other than those listed as Permitted Liens.

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