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Exhibit 10.14    
    

Execution Copy

May 1, 2002  

Hathaway Corporation

8228 Park Meadows Dr.

Littleton, Colorado 80124  

Richard
S. Warzala

102 Southwedge Drive

Getzville, NY 14068 

Dear
Mr. Warzala: 

        Hathaway
Corporation (the "Company") has determined that it is essential to the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to foster the continuous employment of key management
personnel including you as President of the Company. The board of directors of the Company (the "Board") recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a
change in control of the Company exists. Such possibility and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to
the detriment of the Company and its shareholders. In addition, the Company seeks your unequivocal support in realizing the maximum value per share to shareholders in the event of a disposition of the
Company. In the event of a change of control, we also seek your cooperation in a smooth transition of management. These objectives require employment arrangements that provide security to you in the
face of uncertainty. 

        The
Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of management, including yourself, to their
assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a change in control of the Company. 

        In
order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company, and in consideration of your agreements set forth in Section 2(ii), the Company agrees that you shall receive the
severance benefits set forth in this letter agreement ("Agreement") in the event your employment with the Company is terminated subsequent to a change in control of the Company (as defined in
Section 2 hereof) under the circumstances described below. 

        1.     Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect through
December 31, 2003; provided, however, that commencing on January 1, 2004 and each January 1 thereafter, the term of this Agreement
shall automatically be extended for one additional year (meaning that as of each January 1 this Agreement shall then have a term of two years which shall reduce during the ensuing
12 months but shall again be extended on the next following January 1 to a term of two years) unless, not later than the September 30 immediately preceding each such
January 1, the Company shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement; provided further, if a change in control of the
Company shall have occurred during the original or extended term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of 24 months beyond the month in which such event
occurred. 

        2.(i) Change in Control of the Company. No benefits shall be payable hereunder unless there shall have been a change in
control of the Company, as set forth below. For purposes of this Agreement, a "change in control of the Company" shall be deemed to have occurred (A) if any "Person" (as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), other than (1) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
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benefit
plan of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or (2) any Person who, on the date hereof,
is a director or officer of the Company or whose shares of common stock of the Company are treated as beneficially owned (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by any
such director or officer, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 45% of the combined voting power of the Company's then
outstanding securities; or (B) upon the first purchase of outstanding shares of the Company's outstanding common stock pursuant to a tender or exchange offer (other than a tender or exchange
offer made by the Company, by an employee benefit plan established or maintained by the Company or by any of their respective affiliates); or (C) if during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement
with the Company to effect a transaction described in clauses (A) or (D) of this Subsection) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Company directors then still in office who either (1) were directors at the beginning of the period or
(2) whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or (D) if the shareholders of the Company approve a
merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the
Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (E) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an
agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets; 

        provided, however, a spinoff distribution to shareholders of the Company of all or part of the Company's equity interest in a subsidiary
entity shall not constitute a change in control of the Company. 

         (ii)  Potential Change in Control of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a "potential change in control of the
Company" shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a change in control of the Company;
(B) any Person (including the Company) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a change in control of the Company;
(C) any Person, other than (1) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or (2) any Person or entity organized, appointed or
established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or (3) any Person who, on the date hereof, is a director or officer of the Company or whose shares of common stock of
the Company are treated as beneficially owned by any such director or officer, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 8% or more of the shares of the Company issued and outstanding
on the date of such determination; or (D) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a potential change in control of the Company has occurred. You agree
that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a potential change in control of the Company, you will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of
(1) a date which is twelve (12) months after the occurrence of such potential change in control of the Company, (2) the termination by you of your employment by reason of death or
Disability or Retirement, as defined in Section 3(i), or (3) the occurrence of a change in control of the Company. 

        3.     Termination Following Change in Control. If any of the events described in Section 2(i) hereof constituting
a change in control of the Company shall have occurred, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4(iii) hereof upon the subsequent termination of your employment during 

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the
term of this Agreement unless such termination is (A) because of your death, Disability or Retirement, (B) by the Company for Cause, or (C) by you other than for Good Reason. 

          (i)  Disability; Retirement. If, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental illness, you shall have been absent
from the full-time performance of your duties with the Company for six (6) consecutive months, and within thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given you
shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties, your employment may be terminated for "Disability". Termination of your employment based on "Retirement" shall mean
your termination in accordance with any retirement arrangement established with your consent. 

         (ii)  Cause. Termination by the Company of your employment for "Cause" shall mean termination upon (A) an act of
dishonesty constituting a felony under the laws of your domicile and resulting or intending to result in your gain or personal enrichment at the expense of the Company, or (B) use of drugs or
excessive and habitual use of alcohol either of which substantially affects your ability to perform your duties with the Company, or (C) continued unauthorized and significant absences from
duty (other than any such absences resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated absences after the issuance of a Notice of Termination by you for
Good Reason as defined in Sections 3(iv) and 3(iii), respectively) after a written notice is delivered to you by the Company, which notice specifically identifies the cause referred to above
which is identified as the basis for termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to you a
copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Board with the approval of not less than three-fourths (3/4) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for
such purpose (after reasonable notice to you and an opportunity for you, together with your counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board you were guilty
of conduct set forth above and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. 

        (iii)  Good Reason. You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good
Reason" shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence after a change in control of the Company of any of the following circumstances unless, in the case of paragraphs (A), (B), (G),
(H) or (I), such circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified in the Notice of Termination, as defined in Sections 3(v) and 3(iv), respectively,
given in respect thereof; 

        (A)  any
change in your title or corporation office, the assignment to you of any duties inconsistent with your status as President of the Company, or a substantial adverse
alteration in the nature or status of
your responsibilities (including reporting responsibilities) from those in effect immediately prior to the change in control of the Company; 

        (B)  the
change of the principal business of the Company (for purposes of this Agreement, as it is composed immediately prior to the change in control of the Company) as
evidenced by, but not limited to, any sale of assets of the Company producing more than 50% of the Company's revenue, or comprising more than 50% of the Company's total assets, in any of the three
most recent fiscal years prior to such sale; 

        (C)  a
reduction, without your consent, in your annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time; 

        (D)  the
relocation of your principal office to a location more than 50 miles from the location where such office is located immediately prior to the change in control of the
Company except for required travel on Company business to an extent substantially consistent with your present business travel obligations; 

        (E)  the
failure, without your consent, to pay to you any portion of your current compensation or to pay to you any portion of an installment of deferred compensation under 

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any
deferred compensation program applicable to you, within seven (7) days of the date such compensation is due; 

        (F)  the
failure by the Company to continue in effect, except upon expiration in accordance with their terms, any compensation plan in which you participate immediately prior
to the change in control of the Company which is material to your total compensation, including but not limited to the Company's Management Incentive Bonus Plan, Tax-Advantaged Investment
Plan, Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, and 1991 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, or any plans adopted in substitution of existing plans prior to the change in control of the
Company, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue your participation
therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other
participants, as existed at the time of the change in control of the Company; 

        (G)  the
failure by the Company to continue to provide you with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by you under any of the Company's life insurance, medical,
health and accident, or disability
plans in which you were participating at the time of the change in control of the Company, the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such
benefits or deprive you of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by you at the time of the change in control of the Company, or the failure by the Company to provide you with the number of paid
vacation days to which you are entitled on the basis of years of service with the Company in accordance with the Company's normal vacation policy in effect at the time of the change in
control of the Company; 

        (H)  the
events described as a breach in Section 6 (i) or (ii) hereof; or 

        (I)   any
purported termination of your employment which is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Subsection (iv) below (and,
if applicable, the requirements of Subsection (ii) above); for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective. 

        Your
right to terminate your employment pursuant to this Subsection (iii) shall not be affected by your incapacity due to physical or mental illness. Your continued
employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder. 

        (iv)  Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of your employment by the Company or by you shall be communicated by
written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 7 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice which shall indicate
the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment
under the provision so indicated. 

         (v)  Date of Termination, Etc. "Date of Termination" shall mean (A) if your employment is terminated for Disability,
thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties during such thirty (30) day
period), and (B) if your employment is terminated pursuant to Subsection (ii) or (iii) above or for any other reason (other than Disability), the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a termination pursuant to Subsection (ii) above shall be not less than thirty (30) days, and in the case of a termination pursuant to
Subsection (iii) above shall be not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days, respectively, from the date such Notice of Termination is given);  provided that if within
fifteen (15) days after any Notice of Termination is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
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receiving
such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the dispute is finally resolved,
either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with respect
to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has been perfected); provided further, that the Date of Termination shall be extended
by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any
such dispute, you shall continue to perform your duties for the Company and the Company will continue to pay you your full compensation in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given
(including, but not limited to, base salary) and continue you as a participant in all compensation, benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating when the notice giving rise to the
dispute was given, until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Subsection. Amounts paid under this Subsection are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and
shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement. 

        4.     Compensation Upon Termination or During Disability. Following a change in control of the Company, as defined by
Section 2(i), upon termination of your employment or during a period of Disability you shall be entitled to the following benefits: 

          (i)  During
any period that you fail to perform your full-time duties with the Company as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness, you shall
continue to receive your base salary at the rate in effect at the commencement of any such period, together with all compensation payable to you under the Management Incentive Compensation Plan or
other plan during such period, until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof. Thereafter, or in the event your employment shall be terminated by the Company or by
you for Retirement, or by reason of your death, your benefits shall be determined pursuant to agreements between you and the Company and the Company's insurance and other compensation programs then in
effect in accordance with the terms of such programs. 

         (ii)  If
your employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by you other than for Good Reason, Disability, death or Retirement, the Company shall pay you your
full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, plus all other
amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company at the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to you under this Agreement. 

        (iii)  If
your employment by the Company shall be terminated (a) by the Company other than for Cause, Retirement or Disability or (b) by you for Good Reason,
then you shall be entitled to the benefits provided below: 

        (A)  the
Company shall pay you your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, plus all other amounts
to which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company, at the time such payments are due, except as otherwise provided below; 

        (B)  in
lieu of any further salary payments to you for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay as severance pay to you a lump sum payment
(together with the payments provided in paragraph C, below, the "Severance Payments") equal to 2.5 times the sum of (x) your annual base salary in effect immediately prior to the
occurrence of the circumstance giving rise to the Notice of Termination given in respect thereof and (y) the amount paid to you pursuant to the Management Incentive Compensation Plan for the
fiscal year immediately prior to the Notice of Termination; 

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        (C)  notwithstanding
any provision of any incentive compensation plan applicable to you, the Company shall pay to you a lump sum amount equal to the sum of (x) any
incentive compensation which has been allocated or awarded to you for a fiscal year or other measuring period preceding the Date of Termination but has not yet been paid, and (y) an allocation
under any annual or long-term incentive plan applicable to you for the current fiscal year with all tests for income adjusted pro rata according to the number of calendar months,
including the month in which the Date of Termination occurs, that have elapsed in the fiscal year of termination; 

        (D)  the
Company shall also pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of such termination (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in
contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent
attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") to any payment or benefit provided hereunder); 

        (E)  in
the event that you become entitled to payments (the "Severance Payments") provided under paragraphs (B), (C), and (D), above, and Subsection (iv), below, if any of
the Severance Payments will be subject to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed by section 4999 of the Code, the Company shall pay to you at the time specified in paragraph (F), below, an
additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that the net amount retained by you, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Severance Payments and any federal and state and local income
tax and Excise Tax upon the payment provided for by this paragraph, shall be equal to the Severance Payments. For purposes of determining whether any of the Severance Payments will be subject to the
Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, (i) any other payments or benefits received or to be received by you in connection with a change in control of the Company or your termination of
employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person whose actions result in a change in control or any person
affiliated with the Company or such person) shall be treated as "parachute payments" within the meaning of section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all "excess parachute payments" within the
meaning of section 280G(b)(1) shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of tax counsel selected by the Company's independent auditors and acceptable to you,
such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services
actually rendered within the meaning of section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the base amount within the meaning of section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise
not subject to the Excise Tax, (ii) the amount of the Severance Payments which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the total amount of the
Severance Payments or (B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of section 280G(b)(1) (after applying clause (i), above), and (iii) the value of
any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Company's independent auditors in accordance with the principles of
sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, you shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest
marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the
state and locality of your residence on the Date of Termination, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. In the event
that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of termination of your employment, you shall repay to the Company at the time that
the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such 

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reduction
(plus the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal and state and local income tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by
you if such repayment results in a reduction in Excise Tax and/or a federal and state and local income tax deduction) plus interest on the amount of such repayment at the rate provided in
section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of the termination of your employment
(including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make an additional gross-up
payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest payable with respect to such excess) at the time that the amount of such excess if finally determined; 

        (F)  the
payments provided for in paragraphs (B), (C) and (E) above, shall be made not later than the fifth day following the Date of Termination, provided,
however, that if the amounts of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company, shall pay to you on such day an estimate, as determined in good faith by the Company, of
the minimum amount of such payments and shall pay the remainder of such payments (together with interest at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount
thereof can be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth day after the Date of Termination. In the event that the amount of the estimated payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined
to have been due, such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to you payable on the fifth day after demand by the Company (together with interest at the rate provided in
section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code). 

        (iv)  If
your employment shall be terminated (A) by the Company other than for Cause, Retirement or Disability or (B) by you for Good Reason, then for a
24-month period after such termination, the Company shall pay you on a monthly basis an amount equal to 20% of your monthly Base Salary being paid on your Date of Termination for you to
directly acquire whatever benefits you choose for the 24 months immediately following the Date of Termination. 

         (v)  You
shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any
amount claimed to be owed by you to the Company, or otherwise. 

        5.     Termination Before Change in Control. If your employment by the Company shall be terminated by the Company other than for
Cause, Retirement or Disability, and a change in control of the Company occurs within 90 days thereafter, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4(iii) hereof. 

        6.     Successors; Binding Agreement; Release of the Company.

          (i)  In
the event there is a disposition of the Company in a transaction as described in Section 2(i)(A), (B) (C) or (D), and the Company under new
ownership or any successor to the Company in such transactions, and any business entity beneficially owning directly or indirectly 50% or more equity interest in the Company or any such successor,
(A) does not assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform it if no succession had taken place, or
(B) alternatively, does not offer to provide you an agreement with benefits substantially similar to this Agreement, then such failure to obtain the events described in clauses (A) or
(B) above of this Section 6(i), prior to the effectiveness of such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same
amount and on the same terms as you would be entitled to hereunder if you terminate your Employment for Good Reason following a change in control of the Company, except that for purposes of
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which
any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination. However, if you enter into an employment agreement with the Company or such successor as a part of the transaction
or if the Company or any such successor, (1) does assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform it if no
succession had taken place, or (2) alternatively, does offer to provide you an agreement with benefits substantially similar to this Agreement, then the obligation hereunder of the Company
shall be released from all obligations under this Agreement. 

         (ii)  In
the event there is a disposition in a transaction described in Section 2(iii)(D) and any transferee entity in such a transaction, and any business entity
beneficially owning directly or indirectly 50% or more equity interest in such transferee entity (A) does not assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent the Company would be required to perform it if no succession had taken place, or (B) alternatively, does not offer to provide you an agreement with benefits substantially similar to this
Agreement, then such failure to obtain the events described in clauses (A) or (B) above of this Section 6(ii), prior to the effectiveness of such succession shall be a breach of
this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as you would be entitled to hereunder if you terminate your Employment for Good Reason
following a change in control of the Company, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.
However, if you enter into an employment agreement with the transferee entity as a part of the transaction or if such transferee entity (1) does assume and agree to perform this Agreement in
the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform it if no succession had taken place, or (2) alternatively, does offer to provide you an agreement with benefits
substantially similar to this Agreement, then the obligation hereunder of the Company shall be released from all obligations under this Agreement. 

        (iii)  This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees,
devisees and legatees. If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate. 

        (iv)  Your
obligations hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company and each of its successors and assigns by contract, operation of law or
otherwise. 

        7.     Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by overnight courier, transmitted electronically over the internet as long as confirmation of receipt is obtained from the recipient
or mailed by United States certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided
that all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the CEO with a copy to the Secretary of the Company to Hathaway Corporation, 8228 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80124,
or to such other address as any such person may have furnished to the others in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt. 

        8.     Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or
discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party
hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or 

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conditions
at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of incorporation of
the Company. All references to sections of the Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such sections. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be
paid net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law. The obligations of the Company under Section 4 shall survive the expiration of the term of this Agreement. 

        9.     Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but
all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 

        10.   Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively
by arbitration in the city where you reside or in an alternate location approved by you in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on
the arbitrators award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that you shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right to be
paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement. 

        11.   Severability. In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions and portions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent provided by law. 

        If
this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute our agreement on
this subject. 

	

 	
 	

Sincerely,
	

 	
 	

HATHAWAY CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 Name:  Richard D. Smith

Title:    CEO

APPROVED
September 6, 2002. 

	

/s/  RICHARD S. WARZALA      
 Richard S. Warzala	
 	

 	
 	

 

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	Borrower:	 	Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (fka Hathaway Corporation)

Allied Motion Systems Corporation (fka Hathaway Systems Corporation)

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Allied Motion Control Corporation (fka Hathaway Motion Control Corporation)

Allied Motion Industrial Automation, Inc. (fka Hathaway Industrial Automation, Inc.)

Computer Optical Products, Inc.

EMOTEQ Corporation

Motor Products-Ohio Corporation

Motor Products Corporation (fka Motor Products-Owosso Corporation)
	Date:	 	September 26, 2003

        THIS AMENDMENT TO LOAN DOCUMENTS is entered into between SILICON VALLEY BANK ("Silicon") and the borrower named above (jointly and
severally, "Borrower"). 

        The
Parties agree to amend the Loan and Security Agreement between them, dated May 7, 1998 (as amended from time to time, the "Loan Agreement"), as follows, effective as of
September 10, 2003. (Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.) 

        1.     Modified Interest Rate. Section 2 of the Schedule to Loan and Security Agreement, entitled "2. INTEREST," is hereby
amended to read as follows: 

        2.     INTEREST.  

Interest Rate (Section 1.2): 

With
respect to the Revolving Loans: 

A
rate equal to the "Prime Rate" in effect from time to time, plus 1.0% per annum; provided that the interest rate in effect on any given day, including
after taking into account the reduction, if any, described below, shall not be less than 5.0% per annum. The foregoing interest rate shall be reduced by
0.25% per annum at such time as, and for so long as, Borrower has achieved a Quick Ratio (as defined below) for two consecutive fiscal quarters (the first of which may not be earlier than the fiscal
quarter ending September 30, 2002) greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1. The foregoing rate reduction shall go into effect as of the date of the second consecutive quarter's financial statements
showing that Borrower is entitled to such rate reduction. If the interest rate is so reduced, based on financial statements as of a certain date and thereafter Borrower's Quick Ratio is no longer at
least 1.50 to 1, then the interest rate shall be increased by 0.25% per annum, which rate increase shall go into effect as of the date of the financial statements showing that Borrower is no longer
entitled to the rate reduction. Such reduction(s) and increase(s) may be made throughout the term of this Agreement. 

With
respect to the Term Loan: 

A
rate equal to the U.S. Treasury note yield to maturity for a term of 36 months as quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the day the Term Loan is advanced, plus  5.50% per 

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annum.
The foregoing interest rate shall be reduced by 0.50% per annum at such time as, and for so long as, Borrower has achieved a Quick Ratio (as defined below) for two consecutive fiscal quarters
(the first of which may not be earlier than the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2002) greater than or equal to 1.20 to 1 but less than 1.50 to 1, and shall be reduced by an additional 0.25%
per annum at such time as, and for so long as, Borrower has achieved a Quick Ratio for two consecutive fiscal quarters (the first of which may not be earlier than the fiscal quarter ending
September 30, 2002) of greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1. The foregoing rate reduction(s) shall go into effect as of the date of the second consecutive quarter's financial statements showing
that Borrower is entitled to such rate reduction(s). If the interest rate is so reduced, based on financial statements as of a certain date and thereafter Borrower's Quick Ratio is no longer at least
1.50 to 1, then the interest rate shall be increased by 0.25% per annum, and if the Borrower's Quick Ratio is no longer at least 1.20 to 1, then the interest rate shall be increased by an additional
0.50% per annum, which rate increase(s) shall go into effect as of the date of the financial statements showing that Borrower is no longer entitled to the rate reduction(s). Such reduction(s) and
increase(s) may be made throughout the term of this Agreement. 

With
respect to all Loans: 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall an interest rate reduction go into effect if, at the date it is to go into effect, an Event of Default has occurred. 

As
used above, "Quick Ratio" shall mean the ratio of Borrower's accounts receivable, cash and cash equivalents, in each case held at Silicon, to Borrower's current liabilities (including, with respect
to any long-term indebtedness, only that portion of such long-term indebtedness that is equal to twelve months' worth of regularly scheduled payments of principal on
such long-term indebtedness) determined in accordance with GAAP. 

With
respect to all Loans, interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. "Prime Rate" means the rate announced from time to time
by Silicon as its "prime rate;" it is a base rate upon which other rates charged by Silicon are based, and it is not necessarily the best rate available at Silicon. The interest rate applicable to the
Obligations shall change on each date there is a change in the Prime Rate. 

Minimum Monthly Interest (Section 1.2): Not Applicable. 

        2.     Modified Collateral Monitoring Fee. The Collateral Monitoring Fee set forth in Section 3 of the Schedule to Loan
and Security Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: 

        Collateral
Monitoring Fee: $1,000, per calendar month, payable in arrears (prorated for any partial calendar month at the beginning and at termination of this Agreement). 

        3.     Modified Maturity Date. Section 4 of the Schedule to Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows: 

        4.     MATURITY DATE (Section 6.1): 

February 28, 2004, subject to early termination as provided in Section 6.2 above. 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to the Term Loan: The outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan shall be repaid by Borrower to Silicon in forty-two (42) equal
monthly payments of principal, commencing on September 1, 2002 and continuing on the first day of each subsequent month until the earlier of the following dates: (i) the date 

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the
Term Loan has been indefeasibly paid in full, (ii) the date the Revolving Loans are terminated, or (iii) the date this Agreement terminates by its terms or is terminated by either
party in accordance with its terms. On the earlier to occur of the foregoing dates, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and
payable. Interest on the Term Loan shall be payable monthly as provided for in Section 1.2 of this Agreement. 

        4.     Fee. In consideration for Silicon entering into this Amendment, Borrower shall concurrently pay Silicon a fee in the
amount of $6,250, which shall be non-refundable and in addition to all interest and other fees payable to Silicon under the Loan Documents. Silicon is authorized to charge said fee to
Borrower's loan account. 

        5.     Representations True. Borrower represents and warrants to Silicon that all representations and warranties set forth in the
Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct. 

        6.     General Provisions. This Amendment, the Loan Agreement, any prior written amendments to the Loan Agreement signed by
Silicon and Borrower, and the other written documents and agreements between Silicon and Borrower set forth in full all of the representations and agreements of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior discussions, representations, agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject hereof. Except as herein expressly amended, all of the
terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement, and all other documents and agreements between Silicon and Borrower shall continue in full force and effect and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed. 

	Borrower:	 	Silicon:
	
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (fka Hathaway Corporation)	
 	

SILICON VALLEY BANK
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  S. RENEE HUDNALL      

	 	 	 	 	Title	 	Vice President

	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

 	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Borrower:	
 	

Borrower:
	
ALLIED MOTION SYSTEMS CORPORATION (fka Hathaway Systems Corporation)	
 	

ALLIED MOTION PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION CORPORATION (fka Hathaway Process Instrumentation Corporation)
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary
	
Borrower:	
 	

Borrower:
	
ALLIED MOTION CONTROL CORPORATION (fka Hathaway Motion Control Corporation)	
 	

ALLIED MOTION INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, INC. (fka Hathaway Industrial Automation, Inc.)
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary
	
Borrower:	
 	

Borrower:
	
COMPUTER OPTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.	
 	

EMOTEQ CORPORATION
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary
	
Borrower:	
 	

Borrower:
	
MOTOR PRODUCTS—OHIO CORPORATION	
 	

MOTOR PRODUCTS CORPORATION (fka Motor Products-Owosso Corporation)
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary

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GUARANTOR'S CONSENT    
    

        The undersigned acknowledges that his consent to the foregoing Agreement is not required, but the undersigned nevertheless does hereby consent to the foregoing
Agreement and to the documents and agreements referred to therein and to all future modifications and amendments thereto, and any termination thereof, and to any and all other present and future
documents and agreements between or among the foregoing parties. Nothing herein shall in any way limit any of the terms or provisions of the Continuing Guaranty of the undersigned, all of which are
hereby ratified and affirmed. 

	Guarantor:	 	Guarantor:
	
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (fka Hathaway Corporation)	
 	

ALLIED MOTION SYSTEMS CORPORATION (fka Hathaway Systems Corporation)
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary
	
Guarantor:	
 	

Guarantor:
	
ALLIED MOTION PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION CORPORATION (fka Hathaway Process Instrumentation Corporation)	
 	

ALLIED MOTION CONTROL CORPORATION (fka Hathaway Motion Control Corporation)
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary
	
Guarantor:	
 	

Guarantor:
	
ALLIED MOTION INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, INC. (fka Hathaway Industrial Automation, Inc.)	
 	

COMPUTER OPTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Guarantor:	
 	

Guarantor:
	
EMOTEQ CORPORATION	
 	

MOTOR PRODUCTS—OHIO CORPORATION
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary
	
Guarantor:	
 	

 	
 	

 
	
MOTOR PRODUCTS CORPORATION (fka Motor Products-Owosso Corporation)	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

By	
 	

/s/  RICHARD D. SMITH      
 President or Vice President	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

By	
 	

/s/  SUSAN M. CHIARMONTE      
 Secretary or Ass't Secretary	
 	

 	
 	

 

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