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                                                                    Exhibit 4.13

                                      1987

                          STOCK OPTION AND RIGHTS PLAN

                                       OF

                             TRANSMEDIA NETWORK INC.

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     1.        Purpose. The purpose of this Stock Option and Rights Plan is to
advance the interests of Transmedia Network Inc., a Colorado corporation (the
"Company"), by encouraging and enabling the acquisition of a larger personal
proprietary interest in the Company by key employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) and by other individuals upon whose
judgment and commitment the Company is largely dependent for the successful
conduct of its operations. It is anticipated that the acquisition of such
proprietary interest in the Company will stimulate the efforts of such
individuals on behalf of the Company and strengthen their desire to remain
associated with the Company and its Subsidiaries as well as enable the Company
to attract valuable employees and independent sales agents.

     2.        Definitions. When used in this Plan, unless the context otherwise
requires:

          (a)       "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of
the Company, as constituted from time to time, and in periods between the
regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Directors shall mean the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors.

          (b)       "Chief Executive Officer" shell mean the person who at the
time shall be Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

          (c)       "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (d)       "Committee" shall mean the Stock Option Plan Committee
described in Section 3 hereof.

          (e)       "Fair Market Value" of a share of stock at any particular
time shall mean the closing sale price for such share on the principal stock
exchange on which the shares of such stock are listed on the next preceding day
on which such price was reported, or if such shares are not listed on any stock
exchange, the average of the closing dealer "bid" and "ask" prices for such a
share in the domestic over-the-counter market as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") on the
next preceding day on which such price was reported, or if a price for such
shares has not been reported by NASDAQ within 30 days prior to the time in
question, the average of the "bid" and "ask" prices for such a share quoted by
the National Quotation Bureau for the next preceding day on which such price was
quoted, or if a price for such shares has not been quoted by the National

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Quotation Bureau within 30 days prior to the time in question, the value
determined in good faith by the Committee, whose determination shall be final
and binding.

          (f)       "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean any stock option issued
pursuant to the Plan which qualifies as an incentive stock option under Section
422A of the Code.

          (g)       "Non-Qualified Option" shall mean any stock option issued
pursuant to the Plan which is not an Incentive Stock Option.

          (h)       "Option" shall mean either an Incentive Stock Option or a
Non-Qualified Option issued pursuant to the Plan.

          (i)       "Plan" shall mean this 1987 Stock Option and Rights Plan of
Transmedia Network Inc. adopted by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on
April 20, 1987, as such Plan from time to time may be amended.

          (j)       "Rights" shall mean any stock appreciation rights issued
pursuant to the Plan.

          (k)       "Share" shall mean a share of the Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share, of the Company.

          (l)       "Subsidiary" shall mean an entity, 50% or more of the stock
of which having ordinary voting power is owned or controlled by the Company.

     3.        Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The
Committee shall consist of three members (who may but need not be directors of
the Company) who shall be selected by the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors shall designate one of the members of the Committee to be the Chairman
thereof. While serving on the Committee, no member thereof shall be eligible to
receive Options or Rights under the Plan or to participate in any other plan of
the Company or a Subsidiary which entitles participants to acquire stock, stock
options, or stock appreciation rights of the Company or any Subsidiary. In
addition, no person may serve on the Committee if within one year prior to
commencing such service, such person was eligible to participate in the Plan or
any of such other plans. However, membership on the Committee shall not
adversely affect any rights or options granted to such person prior to
appointment to the Committee. The Chief Executive Officer shall meet with the
Committee ex officio and act as advisor to the Committee but shall not vote. Any
member of the Committee may resign by giving written notice thereof to the Board
of Directors, and any member of the Committee may be removed at any time, with
or without cause, by the Board of Directors. Meetings of the Committee may be
called at any time by its Chairman or by any two members of the Committee, upon
at least one day's notice given in person or by telephone, letter, telegram or
cablegram, to each member of the Committee; provided, however, that meetings may
be held at any time without prior notice if all the members are present, or if
any time before or after the meeting those members not present waive notice of
the meeting in writing. At all meetings of the Committee, two of the members of
the Committee at the time of such meeting shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum. Any act of a majority of the quorum present at a meeting shall be the
act of the Committee.

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     4.        Participants. Except for members of the Committee as provided
above, all persons who now are, or who during the term of the Plan become, key
employees or independent sales agents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
shall be eligible to receive Options (with or without Rights) under the Plan.
The individuals to whom Options and Rights are to be granted under the Plan, and
the number of Shares to be subject to such Options and Rights, shall be
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, subject, however, to the
terms and conditions of the Plan. Individuals to whom Options and Rights may be
granted include employees who are also directors of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. A person shall not be disqualified from receiving Options or
Rights under the Plan solely because he or she already holds a stock option or
stock appreciation right of the Company or a Subsidiary, whether granted
pursuant to the Plan or otherwise.

     5.        Grant of Options. The Committee may, but shall not be required
to, grant Options (with or without Rights) with respect to an aggregate of not
more than 3,000,000 Shares, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14 hereof.
Such Shares may be either treasury Shares or authorized but unissued Shares.
Options granted under the Plan to an employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may either be Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Options, as
the Committee shall designate. Options granted under the Plan to an independent
sales agent of the Company or a Subsidiary may only be Non-Qualified Options.
Any Option issued to an individual, whether an Incentive Stock Option or
Non-Qualified Option, may include related Rights as described in Section 11.

          Except as provided below, the number of Shares with respect to which
Options and Rights may be granted to any eligible individual shall be determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding any other provision of
the Plan to the contrary, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the
time an Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which any individual
employee may be granted Options which are Incentive Stock Options, and which
becomes exercisable for the first tine in any one calendar year (under this Plan
and all other stock option plans maintained by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), shall not exceed $100,000.

          To the extent that an Option shall expire or terminate for any reason,
without having been exercised (or deemed exercised) in full, Options (with or
without related Rights) may again be issued under the Plan with respect to the
Shares for which the expired or terminated Option had not been exercised.

          A Certificate of Option or Option Agreement, in form determined by the
Committee and signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice
President of the Company, attested by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and having the seal of
the Company affixed hereto, shall be delivered to each person to whom an Option
is granted. Each Certificate of Option or Option Agreement shall bear a legend
indicating its status as either an Incentive Stock Option or Non-Qualified
Option, and indicating whether it is issued with related Rights, and shall
contain the terms designated by the Committee pursuant to the Plan and such
other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee
deems necessary or appropriate.

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     6.        Price. The purchase price per Share for the Shares to be
purchased pursuant to the exercise of any Option (the "Option Price") shall be
fixed by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Option and shall he at
least equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date such Option
is granted; provided, however, that if an Option that is intended to qualify as
an Incentive Stock Option is issued to an employee who owns more than ten
percent (10%) of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries ("10% owner"), then the Option Price for such
Option shall be at least equal to 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the date the Option is granted. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the
Committee shall have full authority and discretion and be fully protected in
fixing an Option Price. In determining whether a person is a 10% owner, such
person shall be considered the owner of stock in accordance with Section 425 of
the Code (or any successor provision of law) and will be deemed to have
exercised all then outstanding stock options granted to such person to acquire
stock of the Company or a Subsidiary, whether or not such stock options were
granted under the Plan.

          Except as otherwise permitted below, payment of the Option Price
pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall be made in full at the time of the
exercise of the Option either in cash, or by certified check payable to the
order of the Company. In addition, if the Committee in its discretion deems it
advisable, it may provide when an Option is granted that the Option Price or any
portion thereof may be paid by the individual exercising such Option (i) by
tendering Shares that have been held by such individual for at least one year,
valued at their then Fair Market Value, and/or (ii) through the issuance to the
Company of a recourse promissory note of such individual, secured by the Shares
acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option (and such other Collateral as
the Committee may determine), payable in one or more installments (as determined
by the Committee in its discretion) over a period of not longer than five years,
and bearing interest at a rate at least as high as the interest rate required by
the Internal Revenue Service to avoid the application of the unstated interest
rules of Section 483 of the Code, and regulations issued thereunder.

     7.        Duration of Options. Except as provided below, each Option
granted under the Plan shall provide that neither it nor any Related Rights may
be exercised after ten years after the date upon which the Option was granted,
or such lesser period as determined by the Committee in its discretion. However,
any Option granted to a 10% owner that is intended to qualify as an Incentive
Stock Option shall provide neither that it nor any Related Rights may be
exercised after five years after the date upon which the Option was granted, or
such lesser period as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

     8.        Consideration for Options. An individual designated by the
Committee to receive an Option (with or without Rights, under the Plan shall not
be required to make any cash payment in consideration of the grant of such
Option. However, the Committee in its discretion may require such other
consideration as it deems appropriate for the grant of an Option, including,
without limitation, by providing that the exercise of the Option or related
Rights is conditioned upon the holder's continued employment by or other
affiliation with the Company or a Subsidiary.

     9.        Non-Transferability of Options. Options and related Rights shall
not be transferable by he holder thereof, otherwise than by will or the laws of
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to the extent provided in Section 13 hereof. Options and related Rights may be
exercised or surrendered during the holder's lifetime only by the holder
thereof; provided, however, that in the event that an Option holder becomes
legally in capacitated and a representative or committee is appointed to act on
his or her behalf, such representative or committee may exercise any Options or
Rights that are held by the incapacitated Option holder to the same extent as
the holder could have had he or she not suffered such incapacity.

     10.       Exercise of Options. Except as otherwise provided herein, an
Option and any related Rights, after the grant thereof, shall be exercisable by
the holder at such rate and times as may be fixed by the Committee, but in any
event not sooner than (i) approval of the Plan by stockholders of the Company as
provided in Section 17 hereof and (ii) except as provided below, the first
anniversary of the date upon which the Option was granted. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee, 20% of the Shares subject to an Option may be
purchased (or rights with respect thereto may be exercised) on or after the
first anniversary of the Option's date of grant, and an additional 20% of the
Shares subject to the Option may be purchased (or Rights with respect thereto
may be exercised) on or after each of the second, third, fourth and fifth
anniversaries, respectively, of the Option's date of grant, but in each case
prior to the Option's expiration date.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Option holder attains age 65
while employed by or serving as an independent sales agent to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, such Option and any Related Rights shall become exercisable
in full at that time provided that the Plan has been approved by the
stockholders of the Company as provided in Section 17 hereof.

          If (i) the Board of Directors approves or authorizes (A) the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or (B) the reorganization, merger or
consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which
either the Company will become a whollyowned subsidiary of another corporation
or neither the Company nor a Subsidiary is the surviving corporation, or (C) the
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company other than to a
Subsidiary, or (ii) a tender offer for the Common Stock (or any other capital
stock of the Company or a Subsidiary for which all the Common Stock has
heretofore been exchanged or into which it has been changed (the "Recapitalized
stock")) shall commence, or (iii) during any twelve month period, a majority of
the members of the Board of Directors are replaced with newly elected
individuals, or such existing directors cease to constitute a majority of the
Board of Directors, unless such new directors were nominated by the management
of the Company, each of the events described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii)
being referred to hereinafter as an "Extraordinary Transaction"), or (iv) after
the adoption of the Plan, any individual, corporation, other entity or any group
(within the caning of Section 13(d) (3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended), which is unaffiliated with the Company or a Subsidiary other than
as a stockholder of the Company, acquires, directly or indirectly, within any
twelve-month period shares of the Common Stock or any class of Recapitalized
Stock with full voting rights (excluding any shares issued in any acquisition or
reorganization approved by the Board of Directors in which the Company is the
surviving corporation or in control of the surviving corporation and any shares
issued by the Company in a public or private offering), such that such
individual, corporation, other entity or group becomes, directly or indirectly,
after the adoption of the Plan, the holder of Common Stock or such Recapitalized
Stock representing 25 percent or more of the then current ordinary voting power
of he Company's stock (a "Substantial Change in

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Ownership"); then, effective upon the Board of Directors' approval of the
Extraordinary Transaction (other than a tender offer), the commencement of the
tender offer, or the occurrence of the Substantial Change in Ownership, as the
case may be, and provided that the Plan has been approved by the stockholders as
provided in Section 17 hereof, the time when the then unexercised portion of
each then outstanding Option and any related Rights granted under the Plan may
be exercised shall automatically be accelerated so that each holder thereof may
exercise the then unexercised portion of his or her Options or any related
Rights in full or in any part prior to the consummation of the Extraordinary
Transaction or promptly after a Substantial Change in Ownership. Alternatively,
if, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, any profit which would be realized
by an officer of the Company, if the Shares acquired under an Option or Rights
were disposed of in connection with such Extraordinary Transaction or at the
time of a Substantial Change of Ownership, would inure to the Company pursuant
to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, then,
provided that the Plan has been approved by the stockholders as provided in
Section 17 hereof, such officer may, at any time prior to the consummation of
the Extraordinary Transaction (which, in the case of a tender offer, shall be
the date when the tendered shares which are to be accepted has been determined),
or promptly after such Substantial Change in Ownership, surrender to the Company
any then outstanding Option granted under the Plan and held by such office in
exchange for consideration, payable in cash, equal to (i) the excess, if any, of
the Transaction Price (as hereinafter defined) over the Option Price payable
pursuant to the applicable Option upon the exercise of the Option, multiplied by
(ii) the number of Shares subject to the unexercised portion of the surrendered
Option. "Transaction Price" shall mean the aggregate of the amount of cash and
the fair market value of other consideration which would be receivable per
Share: (A) on the date on which Shares acquired under the Option or Rights would
be disposed of by the officer in the applicable Extraordinary Transaction for
each Share; or (B) if such Shares were sold at the highest price on the date on
which an officer or director would dispose of such Shares after the effective
date of a Substantial Change in Ownership. For the purposes of determining if a
Substantial Change in Ownership has occurred, an individual, corporation, other
entity or group shall not be deemed to hold any Common Stock or Recapitalized
Stock issuable upon the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company
or a Subsidiary or upon the exercise of any option or warrant for or other right
to purchase Common Stock or Recapitalized Stock unless such Common Stock or
Recapitalized Stock has actually been issued upon conversion or exercise. Where
any Option, the exercise date of which has been accelerated pursuant to this
paragraph, is thereafter exercised, the Option Price may be paid in any manner
and upon the terms permitted by the applicable Option.

          An Option or Rights shall be exercised by the delivery of a written
notice duly signed by the holder thereof to such effect, accompanied by the
Certificate of Option or Option Agreement and, in the case of exercise of an
Option, by full payment of the Option Price for the Shares to be purchased
pursuant to such exercise. Such deliveries shall be made to the Chairman of the
Board or an officer of the Company appointed by the Chairman of the Board or the
Committee for the purpose of receiving the same.

          Within a reasonable time after exercise of an Option or Rights, the
Company shall cause to be delivered to the person entitled thereto a certificate
for the Shares purchased pursuant to exercise of the Option, or the cash payable
and/or a certificate for the Shares issuable upon exercise of Rights. All such
Shares and certificates shall be issued in the name of the person

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who is entitled at the time to exercise the Option or, if such person is the
original holder and so elects, in the name of such person and his or her spouse
as joint tenants with right of survivorship. If the Option or Rights shall have
been exercised with respect to less than all of the Shares subject thereto, then
the Company shall also cause to be delivered to the person entitled thereto a
new Certificate of Option or Option Agreement in replacement of the certificate
or agreement surrendered at the time of the exercise, indicating the number of
shares with respect to which the Option and any Rights remain available for
exercise, or else the original certificate or agreement shall be endorsed to
give effect to the partial exercise thereof.

     11.       Rights. The Committee, in its discretion, may grant Rights in any
Option granted under the Plan, whether an Incentive Stock Option or a
Non-Qualified Option. If Rights have been included in an Option, then such
Rights shall be exercisable on the same terms, at the same time, to the same
extent, and by the same party as the related Option is exercisable. On the
exercise of a Right that is included in an Option, the holder of such Rights
shall be entitled to receive from the Company cash, or Shares valued at the then
Fair Market Value, or a combination thereof, as the Committee may in its
discretion determine, in total value equal to the excess of the then Fair Market
Value of the Shares with respect to which the Right is being exercised over the
Option Price for such Shares pursuant to the terms of the Option. If an Option
includes Rights, then to the extent that such Option has been exercised, or
terminates or otherwise lapses, the related Rights shall to the same extent
terminate or lapse, and shall not be exercisable. If an Option includes Rights,
then to the extent such Rights have been exercised, the related Option shall be
deemed to have been exercised.

          No Rights can be exercised with respect to any shares at a time when
the Fair Market Value of such Shares is less than the Option Price for such
Shares pursuant to the terms of the Option.

     12.       Tax Withholding. In the event that the holder of an Option elects
to exercise his or her Option or Rights or any part thereof pursuant to Section
10 hereof, and the Company or a Subsidiary shall be required to withhold any
amounts with respect to such exercise by reason of any federal, state or local
tax laws, rules or regulations, then the Company or such Subsidiary shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold such amounts from any payments (including, but
not limited to payments in Shares) to be made to the holder, whether in
connection with such exercise or otherwise. In any event, the holder shall make
available to the Company or such Subsidiary, promptly when requested by the
Company or such Subsidiary, sufficient funds or other property (including, but
not limited to, Shares) to meet the requirements of such withholding; and the
Company or Subsidiary shall be entitled to take and authorize such steps as it
may deem advisable in order to have the amounts required to be withheld made
available to the company or such Subsidiary out of any funds or property
(including, but not limited to, Shares) due or to become due to the holder.

     13.       Termination of Employment or Other Relationship. If an Option
holder's employment by, or services as an independent sales agent to, the
Company and its Subsidiaries shall terminate, for any reason other than
discharge for cause, retirement on or after age 65, total disability, or death,
then such Option holder shall have until the later of the end of the 30th
business day following such cessation of employment or services, as the case may
be, or the stated expiration date of the Option, and no longer, to exercise any
unexercised portion of such

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Option and any related Rights that he could have exercised on the day on which
such employment or services terminated. If an Option holder's termination of
employment or services is due to retirement on or after attaining the age of 65
years, to total disability (to an extent, if any, and in a manner as shall be
determined in each case by the Committee in its sole discretion), or to death,
then the Option holder, or the representative of the estate or the heirs of a
deceased Option holder, as the case may be, shall have until the later of the
end of the third month following termination of employment or services for such
reason, or the stated expiration date of the Option, and no longer, to exercise
any unexercised portion of such Option and any related Rights that could have
been exercised on the date of termination (and, in the case of retirement after
attaining age 65, after giving effect to Section 10 hereof). If the employment
or services of an Option holder with the Company and its Subsidiaries are
terminated for cause (the determination of whether such termination was for
cause to be made by the Committee in its sole discretion, which shall be
conclusive), then all Options and Rights held by such holder shall terminate
immediately, and an Option holder whose employment or services are so terminated
shall have no right on and after such termination to exercise any then
unexercised portion of such Options or Rights, notwithstanding the holder's
right to exercise all or a portion of such Options or Rights prior to
termination.

          Notwithstanding any part of the foregoing to the contrary, Options and
Rights may not be exercised prior to the approval of the Plan by the
stockholders of the Company as provided in Section 17 hereof.

          The Committee in its discretion may provide when it grants an Option
that, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or a Certificate of Option or
Option Agreement to the contrary, the Option Price payable upon the exercise of
an Option after the termination of the Option holder's employment or services
may only be paid in full upon exercise and in cash or by certified check.

          An Option holder's transfer, without interruption in service, between
the Company and its Subsidiaries during the term of an Option granted under the
Plan shall not be considered a termination of employment or other relationship
for purposes of the Plan. An Option holder's rights shall not be affected by any
change in duties or position after an Option is granted to him or her under the
Plan, so long as the Option holder continues to be employed by or to render
services as an independent sales agent to the Company or a Subsidiary. Whether
an authorized leave of absence or absence for military or governmental service
shall constitute termination of employment or other relationship for purposes of
the Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

          Nothing contained herein or in any Certificate of Option or Option
Agreement shall be construed to confer or any employee or other individual any
right to continue to be employed by or render services to the Company or a
Subsidiary, or derogate from any right of the Company or a Subsidiary to remove,
retire, request the resignation of or discharge such individual (without or with
pay), at any time, with or without cause.

     14.       Adjustment of Shares. If prior to the complete exercise of any
Option there shall be declared and paid a stock dividend upon the Shares, or if
the Shares shall be split up, converted, exchanged, reclassified, combined or in
any way substituted for, the Option, and

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any related Rights, to the extent that they have not been exercised, shall
entitle the holder upon the future exercise of the Option or Rights to purchase
such number and kind of securities or other property, subject to the terms of
the Option or Rights, which he or she would have been entitled to receive had he
or she actually owned the Shares subject to the unexercised portion of the
Option at the time of the occurrence of such event; and the aggregate Option
Price payable upon the future exercise of the Option shall be the same as if the
original Shares were being purchased thereunder. Any fractional Shares or other
securities which may be issuable upon the exercise of the Option as a result of
such adjustment shall be payable in cash based upon the Fair Market Value of
such Shares or other securities as of the time of such exercise. If any such
event should occur, the number of Shares with respect to which Options remains
to be granted, or with respect to which Options may again be granted, shall be
similarly adjusted.

          The Committee's determination as to adjustments to be made pursuant to
this Section 14 shall be final, binding and conclusive.

     15.       Issuance of Shares and Compliance with Securities Laws. The
Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of Shares upon any exercise of an
Option or Rights until (a) the admission of such Shares to listing on NASDAQ or
any stock exchange or exchanges on which Shares are then listed and (b) the
completion of such registration or other qualification of such Shares or such
filings under any federal or state law, rule or regulation as the Company shall
determine to be necessary or advisable. Any person exercising any Option or
Rights shall make such representations and furnish such information as may, in
the opinion of counsel for the Company, be appropriate to permit the Company to
issue the Shares in compliance with the provisions of applicable federal and
state securities laws, rules, and regulations. The Company shall have the right,
in its sole discretion, to issue "stop transfer" instructions for, and to place
an appropriate legend on the certificates for, any Shares which may be issued
upon exercise of an Option or Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any Certificate of
Option or Option Agreement shall be construed to require the Company to register
the Shares issued or issuable under the Options and Rights under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or under any applicable state securities law.

     16.       Administration and Amendment of the Plan. Except as hereinafter
provided, the Board of Directors or the Committee may at any time withdraw or
from time to time amend the Plan and the terms and conditions of any Options and
Rights not theretofore granted, and the Board of Directors or the Committee may,
with the consent of the affected holder of any Option, at any time or from time
to time amend the terms and conditions of such Options and related Rights as
have been theretofore granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Board
of Directors or the Committee may take any of the following actions unless the
holders of a majority of the Company's stock entitled to vote approve such
action within one year before or after it is taken:

               (a)  increase the total number of Shares for which Options and
related Rights may be granted under the Plan in the aggregate or to any one
person;

               (b)  change the minimum Option Price for Shares subject to
Options;

               (c)  change the designation of the class of persons eligible to
receive Options and related Rights under the Plan;

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               (d)  permit any member of the Committee while serving thereon to
receive an Option (with or without Rights) under the Plan;

               (e)  permit an Option or related Rights to be exercised earlier
than one year after it is granted;

               (f)  extend the termination date of the Plan; or

               (g)  take any other action with respect to the Plan which under
the Code would be deemed the adoption of a new plan or which, under Rule 16b-3
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, would require
approval of the Company's stockholders.

          To the extent not inconsistent with the Plan, the Committee may
authorize and establish such rules and regulations as it may determine to be
advisable to make the Plan, Options and Rights effective or to provide for their
administration, and may take such other action with regard to the Plan, Options
and Rights as it shall deem desirable to effectuate their purpose. The Committee
shall have the authority to interpret the Plan as it may deem advisable and to
make determinations which shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all
persons. No member of the Board of Directors or the Committee shall be liable
for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or
any Option or Rights granted under it.

     17.       Approvals. This Plan is conditioned upon its approval by the
holders of a majority of the stock of the Company entitled to vote, present in
person or by proxy, at any special or annual meeting, on of before April 20,
1988; provided, however, that the Plan is adopted and approved by the Board of
Directors effective April 20, 1987 to permit the granting of Options (with or
without related Rights) prior to the approval of the Plan by the stockholders of
the Company as aforesaid. Any Options granted under the Plan prior to such
approval shall be granted subject to such approval, and in the event that this
Plan is not approved by the stockholders of the Company as aforesaid, this Plan
shall be void and of no force and effect, and any Options that may have been
granted shall be void and of no force or effect.

     18.       Subject to Applicable Law. The Plan and all Options and Rights
granted pursuant to it are subject to all applicable laws and the rules and
regulations of governmental authorities. Notwithstanding any provisions of the
Plan or any Option to the contrary, no Option holder shall be entitled to
exercise an Option or Rights or any other right under the applicable Option, and
the Company shall not be obligated to issue any Shares to such holder or to take
any other action under the applicable Option, if such exercise, issuance or
other action would constitute a violation of any law, rule, or regulation
applicable to the Option holder or the Company or of any order, judicial
decision, or material agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound. The Plan will be administered in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the state under the laws of which the Company is incorporated.

     19.       Reincorporation. The Company currently proposes to reincorporate
under the laws of the State of Delaware by merging into a wholly owned
subsidiary, Transmedia Network Inc., which is to be organized as a Delaware
corporation ("Transmedia Delaware").

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Transmedia Delaware would be the surviving corporation in such merger. In the
event such reincorporation merger is approved by the Company's stockholders and
becomes effective, then automatically upon the effective date of such merger and
without any further action by the Company or Transmedia Delaware, the Plan shall
become the Plan of Transmedia Delaware and shall continue in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms at such time, except that all references
herein to the Company shall be deemed to refer to Transmedia Delaware as the
surviving corporation, and all references herein to the Shares shall, be deemed
to refer to shares of the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of Transmedia
Delaware.

     20.       Final issuance Date. No Option shall be granted under the Plan
after April 20, 1997.

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Exhibit 10.1    
  

        AMENDMENT
NUMBER NINE, dated as of September 13, 2002 (this "Amendment"), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
November 27, 1998, as previously amended, modified and supplemented and as last amended by Amendment Number Eight, dated as of July 29, 2002 (the "Credit
Agreement"), among SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. (formerly known as Superior/Essex Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), ESSEX GROUP INC., a Michigan corporation ("Essex" and, together with the Company, the
"Borrowers"), each of the Guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") (which Guarantors include Superior
TeleCom Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Parent")), the lending institutions from time to time party thereto (each a
"Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (f/k/a Bankers Trust
Company), as Administrative Agent, MERRILL LYNCH & CO., as Documentation Agent, and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Syndication Agent (the "Agents").
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. 

        WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make, and have made, certain loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers; 

        WHEREAS,
the Borrower and the Parent intend to consummate a sale transaction (the "2002 Asset Sale") pursuant to which (i) a
newly-formed, directly or indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Alpine or another entity (the "Buyer") will acquire substantially all of the assets of
the Parent, the Borrower and Essex relating to their electrical wire business, which is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of building and industrial wire products, and (ii) the
Buyer (or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof) will acquire (a) all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of DNE Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation, from the Parent and
(b) all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Texas SUT Inc., a Texas corporation, and Superior Cables Holding (1997) Ltd., an Israel corporation, from the
Borrower; 

        WHEREAS,
the Borrower intends to make certain prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Loans from the proceeds of the 2002 Asset Sale, as well as from the proceeds of certain tax refunds
expected to be generated thereby; 

        WHEREAS,
the Borrowers have requested that the Agents and the Lenders amend certain sections of the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) approve the consummation of the
2002 Asset Sale,
(ii) amend the timing of certain scheduled term loan repayments and (iii) modify certain financial covenants contained therein; 

        WHEREAS,
the Agents and the Required Lenders have considered and agreed to the Borrowers' requests, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment; and 

        WHEREAS,
the consent of the Required Lenders of each Tranche of Term Loans and the Revolving Loans is necessary to effect this Amendment; 

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

SECTION ONE—AMENDMENTS  

        1.1    Amendments to Section 10 (Definitions) of the Credit Agreement    

        (a)  Section 10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions to such section in appropriate alphabetical order: 

        "'Acceptable
Floating Rate Facility Amendment' shall mean a duly executed amendment to the Floating Rate Facility setting forth the agreement between the Borrowers and each Lender (as
that term is defined in the Floating Rate Facility) and any other holders of notes issued under the Floating Rate Facility to the effect that no cash interest and no cash fees shall be payable under
the Floating Rate Facility under any circumstances at any time prior to February 28, 2004." 

 

        "'Additional
Amendment Fee' shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Amendment Number Nine. 

        "'Amendment
Number Eight' shall mean Amendment Number Eight, dated as of July 29, 2002, to this Agreement." 

        "'Amendment
Number Nine' shall mean Amendment Number Nine, dated as of September 13, 2002, to this Agreement." 

        "'Amendment
Number Nine Effective Date' shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Amendment Number Nine." 

        "'Cash
Amendment Fee' shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Amendment Number Nine." 

        "'Elbaum'
shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.22." 

        "'Elbaum
Agreement' shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.22." 

        "'Electrical
Acquisition Sub' shall mean (i) the directly or indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Alpine formed for the purpose of acquiring the Electrical Business pursuant to
the Electrical Sale or (ii) any other entity which acquires the Electrical Business pursuant to the Electrical Sale." 

        "'Electrical
Business' shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of 'Electrical Sale'." 

        "'Electrical
Sale' shall mean the sale by the Parent, the Borrower and Essex (the "Electrical Sellers") to Electrical Acquisition Sub, as part of the 2002 Asset Sale, of substantially
all of the assets and liabilities of the Electrical Sellers relating to their electrical wire business, which is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of building and industrial wire
products, including the Electrical Sellers' copper continuous casting operations principally conducted in Columbia City, Indiana (such assets, collectively, the "Electrical Business"), including,
without limitation, the related facilities, inventories, buildings, furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, equipment, contract rights, accounts receivable, technology, intellectual property,
product registrations, trademarks, permits, licenses and authorizations, but excluding therefrom those assets that are customarily excluded from transactions similar in nature to the such sale and as
may be specified in the definitive purchase agreement governing such sale." 

        "'Electrical
Sellers' shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of 'Electrical Sale'." 

        "'GE
Capital' shall mean General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation." 

        "'GE
Commitment Letter' shall mean the draft Commitment Letter, dated September 13, 2002, from GE Capital to the Borrower, attached hereto as Exhibit P." 

        "'Israel
Sale' shall mean the sale by the Borrower to the Purchaser (or an affiliate thereof), as part of the 2002 Asset Sale, of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of Texas SUT Inc., a Texas corporation, and Superior Cables Holding (1997) Ltd., an Israel corporation." 

        "'Non-LIFO
Revolving Loans' shall mean any Revolving Loans that are not Excess Revolving Loans." 

        "'Purchaser'
shall collectively mean (i) any subsidiaries of Alpine formed for the purpose of consummating the 2002 Asset Sale or (ii) any other entity or entities
consummating the 2002 Asset Sale." 

        "'Revolving
Loan Tax Refund Prepayment Amount' shall mean the amount of the prepayment set forth in Section 4.02(o) which is applied to repay Non-LIFO Revolving Loans;  provided that 

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until any such prepayment is actually made pursuant to Section 4.02(o), the Revolving Loan Tax Refund Prepayment Amount shall be zero." 

        "'2002
Asset Sale' shall mean the collective transaction consisting of the Electrical Sale, the DNE Asset Sale and the Israel Sale." 

        (b)  Section 10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by deleting the definitions of the following terms and inserting in lieu thereof the following new
definitions: 

        "'Applicable
Base Rate Margin' shall mean 5.00%." 

        "'Applicable
Euro Rate Margin' shall mean 5.50%." 

        "'DNE
Asset Sale' shall mean the sale by the Parent to the Purchaser (or an affiliate thereof), as part of the 2002 Asset Sale, of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of DNE Systems." 

        "'Excess
Revolving Loans' shall mean the dollar amount (if any) of Total Revolving Outstandings in excess of an amount equal to the difference between (i) $167,527,100 and
(ii) the sum of (a) the Revolving Loan Tax Refund Prepayment Amount and (b) the amount of any prepayment of Non-LIFO Revolving Loans made pursuant to
Section 4.02(p)." 

        "'Revolving
Loan Maturity Date' shall mean May 27, 2004." 

        "'Total
Revolving Loan Commitment' shall mean the sum of the then Revolving Loan Commitments of each Lender, it being understood that (i) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment as of
the Amendment Number Nine Effective Date shall be $214,000,000, and (ii) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall be reduced, (a) upon any prepayment of Non-LIFO Revolving
Loans pursuant to Section 4.02(o), by the Revolving Loan Tax Refund Prepayment Amount, and (b) upon any prepayment of Non-LIFO Revolving Loans pursuant to
Section 4.02(p), by the amount of such prepayment." 

        "'Tranche
B Term Loan Maturity Date' shall mean May 27, 2004." 

        (c)  Section 10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by inserting the following proviso immediately prior to the period at the end of the definition of
"Receivables Financing Agreement": 

";
provided that the term "Receivables Financing Agreement" shall include any funding agreement (or other similar instrument) and any related sales or
servicing agreements entered into pursuant to, and on terms no less favorable to the Parent and its Subsidiaries than those set forth in, the GE Commitment Letter." 

        (d)  Section 10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by deleting the last sentence of the definition of "Consolidated Interest Expense" and inserting in
lieu thereof the following sentence: 

"With
respect to periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2003 (where covenant compliance is being determined as of December 31, 2003 or earlier), Consolidated Interest Expense shall
not include
(x) non-cash interest on the Floating Rate Facility or (y) non-cash interest accrued by the Parent on the Trust Preferred Securities." 

        (e)  Section 10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by making the following changes to the definition of "Net Cash Proceeds": (a) deleting the
word "and" at the end of clause (b) of such definition and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase ",", (b) deleting the period at the end of clause (c) of such definition and
inserting in lieu thereof the phrase ", and", and (c) adding the following new clause (d) immediately following clause (c) of such definition: 

"(d)
in the case of the 2002 Asset Sale, Cash Amendment Fees." 

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        (f)    Section 10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by inserting the following proviso immediately prior to the period at the end of the definition of
"Required Lenders": 

";
provided that for purposes of any decision of the Lenders with respect to any amendment or modification of the prepayment provisions set forth in
Section 4.02(o), the phrase "a majority" in this definition shall be replaced with the phrase "662/3%". 

        1.2    Amendments to Section 3 (Fees; Commitments) of the Credit Agreement    

        It
is hereby agreed that Section Four of Amendment Number Six and Waiver, dated as of November 30, 2001, to the Credit Agreement shall no longer be of any force or effect, but
that in lieu thereof there shall be added to the Credit Agreement the following new Section 3.04: 

        "3.04.    Excess Revolving Loans.    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, repayment
of Excess Revolving Loans shall be paid in full before payment is made on any other Revolving Loans or on any Tranche of Term Loans with respect to the receipt of proceeds upon liquidation of any
Collateral in bankruptcy or any distributions from a bankruptcy plan or other insolvency proceeding." 

        1.3.    Amendments to Section 4 (Payments) of the Credit Agreement.    

        (a)  Section 4.02(b)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "(b)
In addition to any other mandatory repayments or commitment reductions pursuant to this Section 4.02, on each date set forth below, the Borrowers shall be required to repay
that principal amount of Tranche A Term Loans, to the extent then outstanding, set forth opposite such date (each such repayment, as the same may be reduced as provided in Sections 4.01 and 4.02(i), a
"Tranche A Term Loan Scheduled Repayment," and each such date, a "Tranche A Term Loan Scheduled Repayment
Date"): 

	Tranche A Term Loan

Scheduled Repayment Date
	 	Amount

	July 31, 2003	 	$	1,150,000.00
	August 29, 2003	 	 	1,150,000.00
	September 30, 2003	 	 	4,600,000.00
	October 31, 2003	 	 	2,300,000.00
	November 28, 2003	 	 	2,300,000.00
	December 31, 2003	 	 	4,600,000.00
	January 15, 2004	 	 	23,000,000.00
	May 27, 2004	 	 	267,718,640.94

All
Tranche A Term Loans will be repaid on the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date." 

        (b)  Section 4.02(c)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "(c)
In addition to any other mandatory repayments or commitment reductions pursuant to this Section 4.02, on each date set forth below, the Borrowers shall be required to repay
that principal
amount of Tranche B Term Loans, to the extent then outstanding, set forth opposite such date (each such repayment, as the same may be reduced as provided in Sections 4.01 and 4.02(i), a 

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"Tranche B Term Loan Scheduled Repayment," and each such date, a "Tranche B Term Loan Scheduled Repayment
Date"): 

	Tranche B Term Loan

Scheduled Repayment Date
	 	Amount

	July 31, 2003	 	$	1,350,000.00
	August 29, 2003	 	 	1,350,000.00
	September 30, 2003	 	 	5,400,000.00
	October 31, 2003	 	 	2,700,000.00
	November 28, 2003	 	 	2,700,000.00
	December 31, 2003	 	 	5,400,000.00
	

January 15, 2004	
 	
 	

27,000,000.00
	May 27, 2004	 	 	343,887,652.32

All
Tranche B Term Loans will be repaid on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date." 

        (c)  Section 4.02(d)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "(d)
In addition to any other mandatory repayments or commitment reductions pursuant to this Section 4.02, on each date on or after the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date on
which either of the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries receives Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale or Sales (other than a sale of Margin Stock prior to consummation of the Merger), an
amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied as a mandatory repayment of principal of outstanding Loans in accordance with the requirements of Sections 4.02(i), (j) and (n)." 

        (d)  Section 4.02(f)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word "In" immediately at the beginning of such section and replacing it with the
following: 

        "Other
than in connection with the 2002 Asset Sale, and in". 

        (e)  (i) Section 4.02(i) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word "Each" immediately at the beginning of such section and replacing
it with the following: 

        "Other
than in connection with the 2002 Asset Sale, each". 

        (ii)  Section 4.02(i) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by inserting the phrase "(other than amounts applied pursuant to Section 4.02(n),
(o) or (p))" immediately following the phrase "Section 4" in the second sentence of such section. 

        (f)    Section 4.02(l)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "(l)
Intentionally omitted." 

        (g)  Section 4.02
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Sections 4.02(n), 4.02(o), 4.02(p) and 4.02(q) immediately following
Section 4.02(m) at the end thereof: 

        "(n)
Upon the consummation of the 2002 Asset Sale, the Borrowers will (i) first, prepay Revolving Loans using the first $12,000,000
of Net Cash Proceeds from the 2002 Asset Sale (provided that such prepayment shall not permanently reduce the Total Revolving Loan Commitments) and
(ii) second, prepay Term Loans using the Net Cash Proceeds from the 2002 Asset Sale remaining after the prepayment described in clause (i)
of this Section 4.02(n). The amount required to be prepaid in respect of Term Loans pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 4.02(n) shall be applied pro
rata to each Tranche of Term Loans, with each Tranche of Term Loans to be allocated that percentage of the amount to be applied as is equal to a fraction 

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(expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is equal to the then-outstanding principal amount of such Tranche of Term Loans and the denominator of which is equal to the
then-outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans. 

        (o)  Promptly
upon receipt of its tax refund for the 2002 tax year, the Company shall prepay the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche B Term Loans and the Non-LIFO
Revolving Loans on a pro rata basis, with each such Tranche of Loans to be allocated that percentage of the amount to be prepaid as is equal to a
fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is equal to the then-outstanding principal amount of such Tranche of Loans and the denominator of which is equal to the sum of
(x) the then-outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans and (y) the then-outstanding principal amount of Non-LIFO Revolving Loans. Any prepayment
of Non-LIFO Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 4.02(o) shall constitute a permanent reduction in the Total Revolving Loan Commitments. 

        (p)  Unless
an Acceptable Floating Rate Facility Amendment shall have been entered into (with a copy of such Acceptable Floating Rate Facility Amendment having been delivered
to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) prior to such date, on January 15, 2003, the Borrowers shall prepay Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans and Non-LIFO
Revolving Loans in the aggregate amount of $50,000,000, with each Tranche of Loans to be allocated that percentage of the amount to be prepaid as is equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is equal to the then-outstanding principal amount of such Tranche of Loans and the denominator of which is equal to the sum of (x) the
then-outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans and (y) the then-outstanding principal amount of Non-LIFO Revolving Loans. Any prepayment of
Non-LIFO Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 4.02(p) shall constitute a permanent reduction in the Total Revolving Loan Commitments. 

        (q)  Any
amount required to be applied to any Tranche of Term Loans pursuant to Section 4.02(n), (o) or (p) shall be applied to reduce the Scheduled
Repayments of the respective Tranche due after January 15, 2004 (but not to reduce any Scheduled Repayment due on or prior to January 15, 2004), such reduction to be made  pro rata based upon
the then remaining principal amount of each such Scheduled Repayment, in each case reducing the Loans incurred by each of the
Company and Essex pro rata, and, if no Term Loans remain outstanding, all such amounts shall be applied to repay outstanding borrowings under the
Revolving Loans." 

        1.4    Amendments to Section 7 (Affirmative Covenants) of the Credit Agreement.    

        (a)  Section 7
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Sections 7.22, 7.23, 7.24, 7.25 and 7.26 immediately following Section 7.21
at the end thereof: 

        "Section 7.22.    Chief Executive Officer.    Simultaneously with the effectiveness of Amendment Number Nine,
the Parent and the Borrower will enter into an agreement (the "Elbaum Agreement"), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Q, with Steven S.
Elbaum ("Elbaum"), terminating the Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2001, among the Parent, the
Company and Elbaum. Upon the closing of the 2002 Asset Sale, the Parent and the Company shall commence a search through a nationally recognized recruitment firm to locate and employ a successor Chief
Executive Officer on or before January 31, 2003 (or such later date as may be approved by a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders, but in no event later than February 28,
2003). The
Parent and the Company will keep the Administrative Agent and the Steering Committee of the Lenders reasonably informed as to the progress of the search. Any proposed successor Chief Executive Officer
(and any further successor thereto) will be reasonably acceptable to a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders and will not be an Affiliate of Alpine or the Borrower prior to being employed
by the Parent as Chief Executive Officer. 

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        Section 7.23.    Tax Refunds for the 2002 Tax Year.    The Parent and the Company will file the Returns for the
2002 tax year as promptly as practicable, and in no event later than April 30, 2003. The Parent and the Company agree to cooperate with the Administrative Agent to arrange to have all tax
refunds for the 2002 tax year paid as directed by the Administrative Agent to an account established with the Administrative Agent in the name of the Borrower. The Parent and the Company will furnish
to the Administrative Agent, promptly after the filing thereof, copies of each of the Returns for the 2002 tax year. 

        Section 7.24.    Repayment, Refinancing or Other Settlement Plan.    The Parent and the Company will deliver to
the Lenders, no later than January 25, 2003, a preliminary business plan for their remaining businesses for the period through December 31, 2004, together with a plan for the repayment,
refinancing or other settlement of their debt obligations. The Parent and the Borrower will deliver a final, detailed version of such plan no later than March 31, 2003. 

        Section 7.25.    Electrical Acquisition Sub Warrant.    Simultaneously with the consummation of the 2002 Asset
Sale, the Borrower will take (or cause any of its Affiliates to take, as applicable) all necessary action, including entering into the appropriate security documents and filing the appropriate
financing statements under the provisions of the UCC or applicable non-U.S., domestic or local laws, rules or regulations in each of the offices where such filing is necessary or
appropriate, to grant the Collateral Agent a perfected Lien in any warrants or other equity interests in Electrical Acquisition Sub acquired by the Borrower (or any of its Affiliates) as consideration
for the 2002 Asset Sale pursuant to and to the full extent required by the Security Documents and this Agreement. Such actions shall include, but shall not be limited to, (i) delivery to the
Collateral Agent of any stock certificates or warrants received by the Borrower as consideration for the 2002 Asset Sale, accompanied by appropriate stock powers or warrant powers, as applicable, duly
executed in blank, or other instruments of transfer satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and (ii) if necessary, the procurement of an appropriate control agreement from Electrical Acquisition
Sub, including an express acknowledgement of the Lien of the Collateral Agent. All actions taken by the parties in connection with the pledge of such Collateral, including, without limitation,
reasonable costs of counsel for the Collateral Agent, shall be for the account of the Borrower, which shall pay all sums due on demand. 

        Section 7.26    Payment of Lender Fees Relating to Amendment Number Nine.    (a) The Borrower shall pay
the Cash Amendment Fee upon the earlier of (i) the consummation of the 2002 Asset Sale or (ii) October 31, 2002 (or such later date that has been approved by a majority of the
Steering Committee of the Lenders in accordance with the proviso to Section 8.02(u)). 

        (b)  The
Borrower shall pay the Additional Amendment Fee on April 30, 2003." 

        1.5    Amendment to Section 8.02 (Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Purchase of Assets, etc.) of the Credit
Agreement    

        Section 8.02
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the word "and" at the end of clause (s) of such section, (b) deleting the period at the
end of clause (t) of such section and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "; and", and (c) adding the following new clause (u) immediately following clause (t) of such
section: 

        "(u)
The Borrower may consummate the 2002 Asset Sale on terms no less favorable to the Borrower and the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries than those set forth on Exhibit R;  provided that
(i) the Borrower shall have executed definitive documentation with respect to the 2002 Asset Sale on or prior to October 31,
2002 and (ii) such 2002 Asset Sale is consummated on or prior to November 30, 2002; provided, further, that such November 30, 2002
deadline may be extended until a date no later than December 31, 2002 if (A) such extension is approved by a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders and (B) the Borrower
has entered into a 

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receivables financing transaction on terms (including as to the tenor thereof) no less favorable to the Borrower and the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries than those set forth in the GE
Commitment Letter." 

        1.7    Amendment to Section 8.05 (Advances, Investments and Loans) of the Credit Agreement    

        Section 8.05
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the word "and" at the end of clause (p) of such section, (b) deleting the period at the
end of clause (q) of such section and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "; and", and (c) adding the following new clause (r) immediately following clause (q) of such
section: 

        "(r)
Investments in stock or warrants of Electrical Acquisition Sub acquired as partial consideration for the 2002 Asset Sale (including any Investment acquired as the result of the
exercise of warrants acquired in accordance with this Section 8.05(r))." 

        1.8    Amendment to Section 8.07 (Transactions with Affiliates) of the Credit Agreement    

        Section 8.07
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the word "and" at the end of clause (vii) of the proviso contained in such section,
(b) deleting the period at the end of clause (viii) of the proviso contained in such section and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and (c) adding the following language
immediately following clause (viii) of the proviso of such section: 

        "(ix) the
2002 Asset Sale, on the terms permitted pursuant to Section 8.02(u); (x) the Elbaum Agreement; and (xi) the Company may enter into an expense
reimbursement arrangement with Alpine that (A) provides that in the event that the Company enters into definitive documentation relating to the 2002 Asset Sale with a party other than Alpine or
its affiliates, the Company shall reimburse Alpine for its actual, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the sale process, not to exceed $1,500,000, or
(B) is otherwise on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders." 

        1.9    Amendment to Section 8.08 (Capital Expenditures) of the Credit Agreement    

        Section 8.08(a)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "(a)
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Capital Expenditures during any twelve-month period set forth below in excess of the amount set forth
below with respect to such period: 

	Period Ending:
	 	Maximum Capital

Expenditure

Amount:

	12/31/2002	 	 	N/A
	12/31/2003	 	 	N/A
	12/31/2004	 	$	50,000,000
	12/31/2005	 	$	50,000,000"

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        1.10    Amendment to Section 8.09 (Minimum Consolidated EBITDA) of the Credit Agreement    

        Section 8.09
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "8.09.    Minimum Consolidated EBITDA.    (a) The Company will not permit Consolidated EBITDA during any Test
Period set forth below to be less than the amount set forth below with respect to such Test period: 

	Test Period

Ending:
	 	Consolidated

EBITDA:

	09/30/2002	 	 	N/A
	12/31/2002	 	 	N/A
	03/31/2003	 	 	N/A
	06/30/2003	 	 	N/A
	09/30/2003	 	 	N/A
	12/31/2003	 	 	N/A
	03/31/2004 and the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter	 	$	380,000,000"

        1.11    Amendment to Section 8.10 (Interest Coverage Ratio and Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) of the Credit
Agreement    

        Section 8.10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "8.10.    Interest Coverage Ratio and Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.    The Company will not permit either
(x) the Interest Coverage Ratio or (y) the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to the sum of (1) Consolidated Interest Expense and (2) Capital Expenditures (such ratio, the "Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio") for any Test Period set forth below to be equal to or less than the ratio set forth below with respect to such Test Period: 

	Test Period

Ending:
	 	Fixed Charge

Coverage

Ratio
	 	Interest

Coverage

Ratio

	09/30/2002	 	N/A	 	N/A
	12/31/2002	 	N/A	 	N/A
	03/31/2003	 	N/A	 	N/A
	06/30/2003	 	N/A	 	N/A
	09/30/2003	 	N/A	 	N/A
	12/31/2003	 	N/A	 	N/A
	03/31/04 and the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter	 	N/A	 	3.50x"

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        1.12    Amendment to Section 8.11 (Leverage Ratio) of the Credit Agreement.    

        Section 8.11
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing with the following: 

        "8.11.    Leverage Ratio.    The Company will not permit the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio at any time during the Test
Period set forth below to be equal to or more than the ratio set forth below with respect to such Test Period: 

	Test Period

Ending:
	 	Leverage

Ratio:

	09/30/2002	 	N/A
	12/31/2002	 	N/A
	03/31/2003	 	N/A
	06/30/2003	 	N/A
	09/30/2003	 	N/A
	12/31/2003	 	N/A
	03/31/2004 and the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter	 	2.75x"

        1.13    Amendment to Section 8.11A (Monthly Covenants) of the Credit Agreement.    

        Section 8.11A
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 

        "8.11A.    Monthly Covenants.    

        (a)    Minimum Consolidated EBITDA.    The Company will not permit Consolidated EBITDA during any trailing
twelve-month period ending on the dates set forth below to be less than the amount set forth below with respect to such trailing twelve-month period: 

	Trailing Twelve

Months Ended:
	 	Minimum

Consolidated

EBITDA:

	09/30/2002	 	$	71,220,000
	10/31/2002	 	$	70,755,000
	11/30/2002	 	$	72,697,000
	12/31/2002	 	$	75,023,000
	01/31/2003	 	$	74,748,000
	02/28/2003	 	$	74,106,000
	03/31/2003	 	$	74,916,000
	04/30/2003	 	$	73,891,000
	05/31/2003	 	$	74,571,000
	06/30/2003	 	$	78,329,000
	07/31/2003	 	$	82,476,000
	08/31/2003	 	$	87,096,000
	09/30/2003	 	$	91,626,000
	10/31/2003	 	$	94,908,000
	11/30/2003	 	$	98,788,000
	12/31/2003	 	$	102,939,000

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        (b)    Interest Coverage Ratio.    The Company will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio during any trailing
twelve-month period ending on the dates set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below with respect to such trailing twelve-month period: 

	Trailing Twelve

Months Ended:
	 	Interest

Coverage Ratio:

	06/30/2003	 	1.07x
	07/31/2003	 	1.13x
	08/31/2003	 	1.20x
	09/30/2003	 	1.27x
	10/31/2003	 	1.32x
	11/30/2003	 	1.38x
	12/31/2003	 	1.44x

        (c)    Capital Expenditures.    The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Capital
Expenditures during any trailing three-month period ending on the dates set forth below in excess of the amount set forth below with respect to such trailing three-month period: 

	Trailing Three

Months Ended:
	 	Maximum

Capital

Expenditure

Amount:

	09/30/2002	 	$	6,000,000
	10/31/2002	 	$	5,600,000
	11/30/2002	 	$	5,000,000
	12/31/2002	 	$	4,600,000
	01/31/2003	 	$	4,600,000
	02/28/2003	 	$	4,600,000
	03/31/2003	 	$	4,600,000
	04/30/2003	 	$	4,600,000
	05/31/2003	 	$	4,600,000
	06/30/2003	 	$	4,600,000
	07/31/2003	 	$	4,900,000
	08/31/2003	 	$	5,200,000
	09/30/2003	 	$	5,400,000
	10/31/2003	 	$	5,400,000
	11/30/2003	 	$	5,400,000
	12/31/2003	 	$	5,400,000

        (d)    Reports.    The monthly reports, quarterly reports and annual reports required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 7.01(a), (b) and (c) of this Credit Agreement shall each include an Officer's Certificate certifying compliance with the monthly covenants contained in this
Section 8.11A. 

        (e)    Addbacks to Consolidated EBITDA.    In calculating Consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of determining
compliance during fiscal 2002 and 2003 with the covenants set forth in this Section 8.11A, there shall be excluded from Consolidated EBITDA: 

        (i)
Any non-cash charges (pertaining to the impairment of goodwill) incurred as a result of the application of FASB 142; 

        (ii)
up to $17,500,000 (in the aggregate for all applicable test periods) of cash charges incurred and all non-cash charges in connection with the closure of the Rockford,
Elizabethtown and Winnipeg facilities, the closure of the Electrical Canada warehouse and the downsizing of the magnet wire U.K. facility; 

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        (iii)
Any non-cash charges and cash charges up to $10,000,000 (in the aggregate for all applicable test periods) to be incurred in connection with the closure of additional
facilities to be identified by the Company, if approved by a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders; 

        (iv)
Policano & Manzo advisory fees; 

        (v)
Legal fees incurred in connection with Amendment Number Eight and Amendment Number Nine; 

        (vi)
Rothschild Inc. advisory fees; 

        (vii)
Costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) of advisors to the Borrower and the Parent (including advisors to the independent members of the Board of Directors of the
Parent) associated with the 2002 Asset Sale; 

        (viii)
Other expenses associated with the 2002 Asset Sale, not to exceed $500,000; 

        (ix)
Expenses (including any sign-on bonus but excluding regular salary) associated with recruiting and/or hiring of a new Chief Executive Officer in accordance with
Section 7.22; 

        (x)
Certain severance expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000; and 

        (xi)
Any amendment fees or write-off of prior deferred financing fees. 

        1.14    Amendment to Section 8.17 (Limitation of Activities of Parent) of the Credit Agreement.    

        Section 8.17
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following proviso immediately prior to the period at the end of such section: 

        ";
provided that the Parent may participate in the 2002 Asset Sale on the terms permitted pursuant to Section 8.02(u)." 

        1.15    Amendment to Section 9 (Events of Default) of the Credit Agreement    

        Section 9.03
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "Section 8 or Section 7.15" contained therein and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase
"Section 7.18, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21, 7.22, 7.23, 7.24, 7.25 or 7.26 or Section 8". 

        1.16    Amendment to Section 12 (Miscellaneous) of the Credit Agreement    

        Section 12.01
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph immediately at the end thereof: 

        "In
addition, the Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay up to $15,000 of reasonable out-of-pocket expenditures of each member of the Steering Committee
of the Lenders (excluding the Administrative Agent, whose out-of-pocket expenses are addressed in the first paragraph of this Section 12.01) incurred in connection with
the negotiation, preparation and execution of Amendment Number Eight and Amendment Number Nine." 

        1.17    Additional Exhibits to the Credit Agreement    

        Annex
I to this Amendment Number Nine is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as Exhibit P thereto. Annex II to this Amendment Number Nine is hereby added to the Credit Agreement
as Exhibit Q thereto. Annex III to this Amendment Number Nine is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as Exhibit R thereto. 

        1.18    Reduction in Revolving Loan Commitments    

        It
is hereby understood and agreed that as of the Amendment Number Nine Effective Date, the Revolving Loan Commitment of each Revolving Loan Lender shall be reduced on a  pro rata basis to 

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reflect the reduction in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment from $225,000,000 to $214,000,000 in accordance with the proviso to Section 3.02(a) of the Credit Agreement. 

SECTION TWO—CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS  

        (a)  This
Amendment shall become effective on the date (the "Amendment Number Nine Effective Date") on which the
Administrative Agent shall have received: 

        (i)
counterparts of this Amendment executed by each Borrower, each Guarantor and the Required Lenders of each Tranche of Term Loans and the Revolving Loans; 

        (ii)
payment in full of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett and Policano & Manzo) pursuant to the Credit Agreement (which costs and expenses shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds and distributed by the Administrative
Agent to the parties entitled thereto); 

        (iii)
an Officer's Certificate from the Borrowers certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing (after giving effect to this Amendment) and, in the view of
the Steering Committee of the Lenders, no material adverse fact or circumstance or development has become known or been disclosed; 

        (iv)
evidence satisfactory to it that the Borrower and General Electric Capital Corporation have executed (or are executing simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Amendment) the
GE Commitment Letter (as defined in Section 1.1 of this Amendment), which GE Commitment Letter shall be effective through at least October 31, 2002; and 

        (v)
evidence satisfactory to it that Steven S. Elbaum, the Company and the Parent have executed (or are executing simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Amendment) the Elbaum
Agreement (as defined in Section 1.4(a) of this Amendment). 

        (b)  The
effectiveness of this Amendment (other than Section Four) is further conditioned upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section Four
hereof. 

SECTION THREE—AMENDMENT FEES  

        (a)  Each
Lender that executes and delivers a signature page to this Amendment not later than 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on September 12, 2002 (each, a
"Qualifying Lender") will be entitled to receive a cash amendment fee (the "Cash Amendment Fee") of
0.50% of the total aggregate credit exposure (i.e., Loans plus undrawn Revolving Loan Commitments) of such Lender on the Amendment
Number Nine Effective Date and payable upon the earlier of (i) the consummation of the 2002 Asset Sale or (ii) November 30, 2002 (or such later date that has been approved by a
majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders in accordance with the second proviso to Section 8.02(u) of the Credit Agreement). The Cash Amendment Fee shall be paid by the Borrowers by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent and shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to each of the Qualifying Lenders. 

        (b)  In
addition, all Lenders will be entitled to receive an additional cash amendment fee (the "Additional Amendment Fee") of
0.50% of the total aggregate credit exposure (i.e., Loans plus undrawn Revolving Loan Commitments) of such Lender on the Amendment Number Nine Effective Date and due on April 30, 2003. The
Additional Amendment Fee shall be paid by the Borrowers by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent and shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to each of the
Lenders. 

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SECTION FOUR—REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  

        Each of the Parent and the Company hereby confirms, reaffirms and restates the representations and warranties made by it in Section 6 of the Credit
Agreement and all such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by
its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date), except such representations and warranties need not be true and correct to the extent
that changes in the facts and conditions on which such representations and warranties are based are required or permitted under the Credit Agreement or such changes arise out of events not prohibited
by the covenants set forth in Sections 7 and 8 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise permitted by consents or waivers. The Company hereby further represents and warrants (which representations and
warranties shall survive the execution and delivery hereof) to the Agents and each Lender that: 

        (a)  Each
Credit Party has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and has taken all corporate actions necessary to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment; 

        (b)  No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; 

        (c)  No
consent of any person other than all of the Lenders and the Agents parties hereto, and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or
report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability against any Credit
Party of this Amendment; 

        (d)  This
Amendment has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party by a duly authorized officer or attorney-in-fact of such
Credit Party, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, preferential transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and remedies generally, (b) general principles of equity (whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and by the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, or (c) public policy considerations or court administrative, regulatory or other governmental decisions that may limit rights to
indemnification or contribution or limit or affect any covenants or agreements relating to competition or future employment; and 

        (e)  The
execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment will not violate (i) any provision of law applicable to any Credit Party or (ii) any contractual
obligation of any Credit Party, other than such violations that would not reasonably be expected to result in, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. 

SECTION FIVE—MISCELLANEOUS  

        (a)  Except
as herein expressly amended, the Credit Agreement and all other agreements, documents, instruments and certificates executed in connection therewith, except as
otherwise provided herein, are ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. 

        (b)  This
Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same
agreement. 

        (c)  THIS
AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

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        (d)  This
Amendment shall not constitute a consent or waiver to or modification of any provision, term or condition of the Credit Agreement, other than such terms,
provisions, or conditions that are required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Amendment. All terms, provisions,
covenants, representations, warranties, agreements and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, shall remain in full force and effect. 

        (e)  Each
of the Borrowers, the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment and agrees that this
Amendment and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge such obligations of the Borrowers, the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries under the Credit
Agreement or the other Credit Documents. Each of the Borrowers, the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries further acknowledges and agrees that such Borrowers, the Parent and their respective
Subsidiaries each has no claims, counterclaims, offsets, or defenses to the Credit Documents and the performance of such obligations of the Borrowers, the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries
thereunder or if such Borrowers, the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries did have any such claims, counterclaims, offsets or defenses to the Credit Documents or any transaction related to the
Credit Documents, the same are hereby waived, relinquished and released in consideration of the Lenders' execution and delivery of this Amendment. Each of the Borrowers, the Parent and their
respective Subsidiaries listed as a Guarantor on the signature pages hereof acknowledges that it is a Guarantor under the Credit Agreement. 

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ANNEX I TO
  AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE
   
  EXHIBIT P    
  

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ANNEX II TO
  AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE
   
  EXHIBIT Q    
  

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ANNEX III TO
  AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE
   
  EXHIBIT R    
  

Sale Term Sheet  

	•
	Purchaser
(or affiliates thereof) to purchase (i) substantially all of the assets, subject to substantially all of the related liabilities, of the
Electrical Business (including related copper continuous casting operations (the "Concast Facilities")) and (ii) the stock of DNE and Israel.

	•
	Any
contracts or other supply arrangements to be entered into by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and
Purchaser (or any of its affiliates), on the other hand, relating to the transferred Concast Facilities to be reasonably acceptable to a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders.

	•
	Total
consideration of $85,000,000 cash + warrant to purchase 20% (on a fully-diluted basis) equity interest (with customary
"tag-along" rights in favor of the Borrower and "drag-along" rights in favor of the majority stockholder in Electrical Acquisition Sub), for an aggregate exercise price of
$560,000, in Electrical Acquisition Sub.

	•
	Acquisition
to be accomplished substantially on an "as is, where is" basis, with purchase agreement to include limited but customary representations,
warranties and indemnities of sellers, in all respects reasonably satisfactory to a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders.

	•
	For
a period of four years, none of Purchaser or any of its affiliates (other than Superior Israel, if applicable) may compete anywhere in the world with any
business currently conducted by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, subject to customary exceptions and except for sales of premises wire products consistent with past practice (it being understood
that Purchaser or the relevant affiliate shall offer to buy such premises wire products from the Parent, the Borrower or one of their Subsidiaries at prevailing market rates).

	•
	The
Borrower shall receive a tax opinion from Proskauer Rose LLP, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to a majority of the Steering Committee of
the Lenders, relating to tax matters associated with the 2002 Asset Sale.

	•
	The
Borrower and the Parent shall have undertaken a marketing effort for the assets that are the subject of the 2002 Asset Sale, consisting of no less than
the following:

	•
	Preparation
of a summary description of the assets to be sold as part of the 2002 Asset Sale, together with pertinent financial information (the "Marketing
Information"). Such Marketing Information shall be provided to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to each Lender).

	•
	The
Borrower and the Parent, together with their financial advisors, shall identify prospective purchasers that would likely be interested in the assets
being divested.

	•
	Concurrently
with the preparation of the Marketing Information, the Borrower and the Parent shall establish a data room where prospective purchasers, subject
to execution of satisfactory confidentiality agreements, could review more detailed information concerning the assets being divested.

	•
	The
Borrower and the Parent will provide the Administrative Agent with periodic reports regarding the progress of the marketing effort, with such reports to
include (i) the identity of any parties contacted regarding the proposed sale and (ii) the identity of any parties 

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signing
confidentiality agreements in connection with the proposed sale and to whom the Marketing Information has been provided. 

	•
	The
Borrower and the Parent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly after receipt thereof, any indication of interest, letter of intent or other
writing provided by or on behalf of a prospective purchaser in connection with the 2002 Asset Sale. 

	•
	All
other terms and conditions to be reasonably satisfactory to a majority of the Steering Committee of the Lenders 

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QuickLinks

Exhibit 10.1

ANNEX I TO AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE EXHIBIT P

ANNEX II TO AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE EXHIBIT Q

ANNEX III TO AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE EXHIBIT R

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