Document:

Exhibit 10.2

Exhibit
10.2

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE

			
	 	 	 
	$4,250,000
	 	Rockville, Maryland
	 
	 	April 26, 2010

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ARGAN, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware (“Argan”), SOUTHERN MARYLAND CABLE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware (“SMC”), VITARICH LABORATORIES, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (“Vitarich”) GEMMA POWER, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Connecticut (“GP”), GEMMA POWER SYSTEMS CALIFORNIA, INC., a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of California (“GPSC”), GEMMA POWER SYSTEMS, LLC, a limited liability company
organized under the laws of the state of Connecticut (“GPS”), and GEMMA POWER HARTFORD, LLC, a
limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (“GPH”), jointly and
severally (each of Argan, SMC, Vitarich, GP, GPSC, GPS, and GPH, a “Borrower” and collectively, the
“Borrowers”); promise to pay to the order of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association,
its successors and assigns (the “Lender”), the principal sum of FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,250,000) (the “Principal Sum”), or so much thereof as has been or may be
advanced or readvanced to or for the account of the Borrowers pursuant to the terms and conditions
of this Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note (including all renewals, extensions or
modifications hereof, this “Note”), together with interest thereon at the rate or rates hereinafter
provided, in accordance with the following:

1. Interest.

Commencing as of the date hereof and continuing until repayment in full of all sums due
hereunder, the unpaid Principal Sum shall bear interest at the LIBOR Rate plus two and one quarter
percent (2.25%) per annum. For purposes hereof, the “LIBOR Rate” shall mean a daily fluctuating
rate equal to the one (1) month rate of interest (rounded upwards, if necessary to the nearest
1/100 of 1%) appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the one (1) month London
interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London, time), on
the second preceding business day, as adjusted from time to time in the Lender’s sole discretion
for then-applicable reserve requirements, deposits insurance assessment rates and other regulatory
costs. If for any reason such rate is not available, the term “LIBOR Rate” shall mean the
fluctuating rate of interest equal to the one (1) month rate of interest (rounded upwards, if
necessary to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO Page as the one (1) month
London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
Time) on the second preceding business day, as adjusted from time to time for then-applicable
reserve requirements, deposit insurance assessment rates and other regulatory costs; provided,
however, if more than one rate is specified on Reuters Screen LIBO page, the applicable rate shall
be the arithmetic mean of all such rates.

The rate of interest charged under this Note shall change immediately and contemporaneously
with any change in the LIBOR Rate. All interest payable under the terms of this Note shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.

 

 

 

2. Payments and Maturity.

The unpaid Principal Sum, together with interest thereon at the rate or rates provided above,
shall be payable as follows:

(a) Interest only on the unpaid Principal Sum shall be due and payable monthly, commencing May
31, 2010, and on the last day of each month thereafter to maturity; and

(b) Unless sooner paid, the unpaid Principal Sum, together with interest accrued and unpaid
thereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Revolving Credit Expiration Date.

The fact that the balance hereunder may be reduced to zero from time to time pursuant to the
Financing Agreement will not affect the continuing validity of this Note or the Financing
Agreement, and the balance may be increased to the Principal Sum after any such reduction to zero.

Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to automatically deduct from Borrower’s account numbered
003939628068 the amount of each payment of principal (including without limitation the principal
payment due on the final maturity date) and/or interest on the dates such payments become due. If
the funds in the account are insufficient to cover any payment, Lender shall not be obligated to
advance funds to cover the payment. At any time and for any reason, Borrower or Lender may
voluntarily terminate automatic payments as provided in this paragraph.

3. Default Interest.

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined), the unpaid Principal Sum
shall bear interest thereafter at the LIBOR Rate plus four percent (4.00%) (the “Post-Default
Rate”) until such Event of Default is cured.

4. Late Charges.

If the Borrowers shall fail to make any payment under the terms of this Note within five (5)
days after the date such payment is due, the Borrowers shall pay to the Lender on demand a late
charge equal to five percent (5%) of such payment.

5. Application and Place of Payments.

All payments, made on account of this Note shall be applied first to the payment of accrued
and unpaid interest then due hereunder, and the remainder, if any, shall be applied to the unpaid
Principal Sum. All payments on account of this Note shall be paid in lawful money of the United
States of America in immediately available funds during regular business hours of the Lender at its
principal office in Rockville, Maryland or at such other times and places as the Lender may at any
time and from time to time designate in writing to the Borrowers.

 

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6. Financing Agreement and Other Financing Documents.

This Note is the “Revolving Credit Note” described in the Second Amended and Restated
Financing and Security Agreement, dated December 11, 2006, by and among the Borrowers and the
Lender (as amended, modified, restated, substituted, extended and renewed at
any time and from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”). This Note amends and restates in
its entirety that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note (the “Prior Note”) in
the maximum principal sum of Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,250,000) dated
December 11, 2006 in favor of the Lender. It is expressly agreed that the indebtedness evidenced
by the Prior Note has not been extinguished or discharged hereby. Each of the Borrowers and the
Lender agree that the execution of this Note is not intended to and shall not cause or result in a
novation with respect to the Prior Note. The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is included
within the meaning of the term “Obligations” as defined in the Financing Agreement. The term
“Financing Documents” as used in this Note shall mean collectively this Note, the Acquisition Term
Note, the Financing Agreement, the Security Agreements, the Guaranty, and any other instrument,
agreement, or document previously, simultaneously, or hereafter executed and delivered by any
Borrower, any Guarantor, and/or any other Person, singularly or jointly with any other Person,
evidencing, securing, guaranteeing, or in connection with the Principal Sum, this Note, the
Acquisition Term Note and/or the Financing Agreement.

7. Security.

This Note is secured as provided in the Financing Agreement.

8. Events of Default.

The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default
(individually, an “Event of Default” and collectively, the “Events of Default”) under the terms of
this Note:

(a) The failure of any Borrower to pay to the Lender within five (5) days of when due any and
all amounts payable by any Borrower to the Lender under the terms of this Note; or

(b) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined therein) under the terms and conditions
of any of the other Financing Documents.

9. Remedies.

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, at the option of the Lender, all amounts payable
by the Borrowers to the Lender under the terms of this Note shall immediately become due and
payable by the Borrowers to the Lender without notice to the Borrowers or any other Person, and the
Lender shall have all of the rights, powers, and remedies available under the terms of this Note,
any of the other Financing Documents and all applicable laws. The Borrowers and all endorsers,
guarantors, and other parties who may now or in the future be primarily or secondarily liable for
the payment of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note hereby severally waive presentment, protest
and demand, notice of protest, notice of demand and of dishonor and non-payment of this Note and
expressly agree that this Note or any payment hereunder may be extended from time to time without
in any way affecting the liability of the Borrowers, guarantors and endorsers.

 

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10. Confessed Judgment.

UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT, EACH BORROWER HEREBY AUTHORIZES ANY ATTORNEY
DESIGNATED BY THE LENDER OR ANY
CLERK OF ANY COURT OF RECORD TO APPEAR FOR THE BORROWERS IN ANY COURT OF RECORD AND CONFESS
JUDGMENT WITHOUT PRIOR HEARING AGAINST THE BORROWERS IN FAVOR OF THE LENDER FOR AND IN THE AMOUNT
OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL SUM, ALL INTEREST ACCRUED AND UNPAID THEREON, ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY
ANY BORROWER TO THE LENDER UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS,
COSTS OF SUIT, AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES OF FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL SUM AND
INTEREST THEN DUE HEREUNDER. BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, THE LENDER AGREES THAT IN THE EVENT
THE LENDER EXERCISES AT ANY TIME ITS RIGHT TO CONFESS JUDGMENT UNDER THIS NOTE, THE LENDER SHALL
USE ITS BEST EFFORTS TO OBTAIN LEGAL COUNSEL WHO WILL CHARGE THE LENDER FOR ITS SERVICES ON AN
HOURLY BASIS, AT ITS CUSTOMARY HOURLY RATES AND ONLY FOR THE TIME AND REASONABLE EXPENSES INCURRED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LENDER ENFORCE THE LEGAL FEES PORTION OF A CONFESSED JUDGMENT AWARD FOR AN
AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE FEES AND EXPENSES ACTUALLY CHARGED TO THE LENDER FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY
ITS COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT AND/OR THE COLLECTION OF SUMS OWED TO
THE LENDER. IN THE EVENT THE LENDER RECEIVES, THROUGH EXECUTION UPON A CONFESSED JUDGMENT,
PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES IN EXCESS OF SUCH ACTUAL ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES
INCURRED BY THE LENDER, THEN, AFTER FULL REPAYMENT AND SATISFACTION OF ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER
AND IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE, THE FINANCING AGREEMENT AND ALL OF THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS,
THE LENDER SHALL REFUND SUCH EXCESS AMOUNT TO THE BORROWERS. EACH BORROWER HEREBY RELEASES, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL ERRORS AND ALL RIGHTS OF EXEMPTION, APPEAL, STAY OF
EXECUTION, INQUISITION, AND OTHER RIGHTS TO WHICH ANY BORROWER MAY OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED UNDER THE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OF ANY STATE OR POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NOW IN FORCE OR WHICH MAY HEREAFTER BE ENACTED. THE AUTHORITY AND POWER TO APPEAR FOR AND ENTER
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE BORROWERS SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED BY ONE OR MORE EXERCISES THEREOF OR BY ANY
IMPERFECT EXERCISE THEREOF AND SHALL NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY ANY JUDGMENT ENTERED PURSUANT THERETO.
SUCH AUTHORITY MAY BE EXERCISED ON ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS OR FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE SAME OR
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AS OFTEN AS THE LENDER SHALL DEEM NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE, FOR ALL OF WHICH
THIS NOTE SHALL BE A SUFFICIENT WARRANT.

11. Expenses.

Each Borrower promises to pay to the Lender on demand by the Lender all costs and expenses
incurred by the Lender in connection with the collection and enforcement of this Note, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and all court costs.

 

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12. Notices.

Any notice, request, or demand to or upon the Borrowers or the Lender shall be deemed to have
been properly given or made when delivered in accordance with Section 8.1 of the Financing
Agreement.

13. Miscellaneous.

Each right, power, and remedy of the Lender as provided for in this Note or any of the other
Financing Documents, or now or hereafter existing under any applicable law or otherwise shall be
cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other right, power, or remedy provided
for in this Note or any of the other Financing Documents or now or hereafter existing under any
applicable law, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Lender of any one or more of
such rights, powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by the
Lender of any or all such other rights, powers, or remedies. No failure or delay by the Lender to
insist upon the strict performance of any term, condition, covenant, or agreement of this Note or
any of the other Financing Documents, or to exercise any right, power, or remedy consequent upon a
breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such term, condition, covenant, or agreement or of
any such breach, or preclude the Lender from exercising any such right, power, or remedy at a later
time or times. By accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable under the terms of
this Note, the Lender shall not be deemed to waive the right either to require prompt payment when
due of all other amounts payable under the terms of this Note or to declare an Event of Default for
the failure to effect such prompt payment of any such other amount. No course of dealing or
conduct shall be effective to amend, modify, waive, release, or change any provisions of this Note.

Until such time as the Lender is not committed to extend further credit to the Borrowers and
all Obligations of the Borrowers to the Lender have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, and
subject to and not in limitation of the provisions set forth in the next following paragraph below,
no Borrower shall have any right of subrogation (whether contractual, arising under the bankruptcy
code or otherwise), reimbursement or contribution from any Borrower or any guarantor, nor any right
of recourse to its security for any of the debts and obligations of any Borrower which are the
subject of this Note. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Financing Agreement, any and
all present and future debts and obligations of any Borrower to any other Borrower are hereby
subordinated to the full payment and performance of all present and future debts and obligations to
the Lender under this Note and the Financing Agreement and the Financing Documents, provided,
however, notwithstanding anything set forth in this Note to the contrary, prior to the occurrence
of a payment Default, the Borrowers shall be permitted to make payments on account of any of such
present and future debts and obligations from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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Each Borrower further agrees that, if any payment made by any Borrower or any other person is
applied to this Note and is at any time annulled, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of any
property hereafter securing this Note is required to be returned by the Lender to any Borrower, its
estate, trustee, receiver or any other party, including, without limitation, such Borrower, under
any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of
such payment or repayment, such Borrower’s liability hereunder
(and any lien, security interest or other collateral securing such liability) shall be and remain in full
force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made, or, if prior thereto any such
lien, security interest or other collateral hereafter securing such Borrower’s liability hereunder
shall have been released or terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender, this Note (and
such lien, security interest or other collateral) shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and
such prior cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise
affect the obligations of such Borrower in respect of the amount of such payment (or any lien,
security interest or other collateral securing such obligation).

The JOINT AND SEVERAL obligations of each Borrower under this Note shall be absolute,
irrevocable and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect until the outstanding
principal of and interest on this Note and all other Obligations or amounts due hereunder and under
the Financing Agreement and the Financing Documents shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in
cash in accordance with the terms thereof and this Note shall have been canceled.

The Borrowers each shall be jointly and severally liable on the payment of the Obligations as
and when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Note, the Financing Agreement
and the other Financing Documents. The term “Borrowers” when used in this Note shall include all
of the Borrowers, individually and jointly, and the Lender may (without notice to or consent of any
or all of the Borrowers and with or without consideration) release, compromise, settle with,
proceed against any or all of the Borrowers without affecting, impairing, lessening or releasing
the obligations of the other Borrower hereunder.

14. Partial Invalidity.

In the event any provision of this Note (or any part of any provision) is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision (or remaining part of the
affected provision) of this Note; but this Note shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable provision (or part thereof) had not been contained in this Note, but only to the
extent it is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable.

15. Captions.

The captions herein set forth are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to define,
limit, or describe the scope or intent of this Note.

 

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16. Applicable Law.

Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that this Note shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Maryland, even though for the convenience and at the request of the Borrowers, this Note
may be executed elsewhere.

17. Consent to Jurisdiction.

Each Borrower irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in
the State of Maryland over any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note
or any of the other Financing Documents. Each Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection that any Borrower may now or hereafter have to the
laying of venue of any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in any such court and any
claim that any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. Final judgment in any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in any such
court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrowers and may be enforced in any court in which
any Borrower is subject to jurisdiction by a suit upon such judgment, provided that service of
process is effected upon the Borrowers as provided in this Note or as otherwise permitted by
applicable law.

18. Service of Process.

Each Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints The Corporation Trust Company,
Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, as each Borrower’s
authorized agent to receive on each Borrower’s behalf service of any and all process that may be
served in any suit, action, or proceeding instituted in connection with this Note in any state or
federal court sitting in the State of Maryland. If such agent shall cease so to act, the Borrowers
shall irrevocably designate and appoint without delay another such agent in the State of Maryland
satisfactory to the Lender and shall promptly deliver to the Lender evidence in writing of such
agent’s acceptance of such appointment and its agreement that such appointment shall be
irrevocable.

Each Borrower hereby consents to process being served in any suit, action, or proceeding
instituted in connection with this Note by (a) the mailing of a copy thereof by certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to each Borrower and (b) serving a copy thereof upon the
agent hereinabove designated and appointed by each Borrower as each Borrower’s agent for service of
process. Each Borrower irrevocably agrees that such service shall be deemed in every respect
effective service of process upon the Borrowers in any such suit, action or proceeding, and shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon the
Borrowers. Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of the Lender to serve process in any
manner otherwise permitted by law or limit the right of the Lender otherwise to bring proceedings
against the Borrowers in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions.

 

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19. WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.

EACH BORROWER AND THE LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO WHICH
ANY BORROWER AND THE LENDER MAY BE PARTIES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY PERTAINING TO (A) THIS
NOTE OR (B) THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS. IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAIVER CONSTITUTES A
WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST ALL PARTIES TO SUCH ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING
CLAIMS AGAINST PARTIES WHO ARE NOT PARTIES TO THIS NOTE.

THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY EACH BORROWER, AND EACH BORROWER
HEREBY REPRESENTS THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR OPINION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO
INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR TO IN ANY WAY MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. EACH BORROWER
FURTHER REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS NOTE AND IN THE
MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT
EACH HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL.

[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers have caused this Note to be executed under seal by their
duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	 	 	ARGAN, INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Sherolyn Nanson
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Rainer Bosselmann
 

Rainer Bosselmann
	 	(Seal)
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Chairman of the Board and President	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	 	 	SOUTHERN MARYLAND
CABLE, INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Sherolyn Nanson
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Arthur Trudel
 

Arthur Trudel
	 	(Seal) 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Vice President and Treasurer	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	 	 	VITARICH LABORATORIES, INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Sherolyn Nanson
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Arthur Trudel
 

Arthur Trudel
	 	(Seal) 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Vice President and Treasurer	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	 	 	GEMMA POWER, INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Sherolyn Nanson
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Arthur Trudel
 

Arthur Trudel
	 	(Seal) 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	 	 	GEMMA POWER SYSTEMS CALIFORNIA, INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Sherolyn Nanson
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Arthur Trudel
 

Arthur Trudel
	 	(Seal)
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 	 	 

Signature Page to Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	 	 	GEMMA POWER SYSTEMS, LLC	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ John Gorzkowski
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ William F. Griffin, Jr.
 

William F. Griffin, Jr. 
Manager
	 	(Seal)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS/ATTEST:	 	 	 	GEMMA POWER HARTFORD, LLC	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ John Gorzkowski
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ William F. Griffin, Jr.
 

William F. Griffin, Jr. 
Manager
	 	(Seal)
	 	 

Signature Page to Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Noteexv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is entered into as of December 7, 2009 between Joy Global Inc., a Delaware
Corporation, (the “Company”) and (the “Employee”). In consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants made in this Agreement and the mutual benefits to be derived from this Agreement, the
Company and the Employee agree as follows:

     1. Grant of Stock Option.

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and to the provisions of the Joy
Global Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”), the
Company hereby grants to the Employee as of December 7, 2009 (the “Grant Date”) the
right and option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase shares of common stock of the
Company, par value $1.00 per share (“Common Stock”), at the exercise price of $52.81
per share. The Stock Option is a Nonqualified Stock Option. Unless earlier terminated
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Stock Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the Grant Date. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement
have the meanings given to them in the Plan.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Employee agrees to comply with the Company’s Executive Leadership Team Stock
Ownership Policy, which is attached as Exhibit 1, with respect to this Stock Option
Agreement.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If for any reason the Employee does not acknowledge and accept this Agreement
by 5:00 p.m. Milwaukee time on December 6, 2010, then (1) the Employee shall be
considered to have declined the grant of the Stock Option, (2) the Company’s grant of
the Stock Option shall be deemed automatically rescinded and the Stock Option shall be
null and void and (3) the Employee’s acceptance of this Agreement after such time shall
have no legal effect and the Company shall not be bound by any such acceptance.

 

 

     2. Exercisability of the Stock Option. The Stock Option shall become vested and
exercisable as follows: one-third of the shares covered thereby (rounded up to the next whole
share) on December 7, 2010 an additional one-third of such shares (rounded up to the next whole
share) on December 7, 2011, and the remainder of such shares on December 7, 2012, subject in each
case to the prior termination of the Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stock
Option, to the extent outstanding, shall become immediately vested and fully exercisable upon (a) a
Change in Control or (b) a Termination of Employment due to death or Disability. For purposes of
this Agreement, Change in Control shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. Upon the effective
date of the Employee’s Termination of Employment for any reason other than death or Disability, any
portion of the Stock Option that is not vested as of such date in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this Paragraph 2 shall cease vesting and terminate immediately.

     3. Method of Exercise of the Stock Option.

	 	(a)	 	The portion of the Stock Option as to which the Employee is vested shall be
exercisable by delivery to the Secretary of the Company of a written notice stating the
number of whole shares to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement and the date on which
the Employee elects to exercise the Stock Option and accompanied by payment of the full
purchase price of the shares of Common Stock to be purchased.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The full purchase price of the Stock Option shall be paid in cash, by wire
transfer, or by certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company, by
exchange of shares of unrestricted Common Stock of the Company already owned by the
Employee (that have been purchased on the open market by the Employee or held for at
least six months prior to exercise) and having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to
the full purchase price, or by any other procedure approved by the Committee, or by a
combination of the foregoing.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Notice and payment may also be made through a brokerage firm pursuant to an
arrangement approved by the Company in advance.

     4. Terminations of Employment.

	 	(a)	 	If the Employee incurs a Termination of Employment due to Disability, the Stock
Option, to the extent outstanding at the time of such Termination of Employment, shall
become immediately vested and fully exercisable and may be exercised by the Employee at
any time prior to the first to occur of (i) one year after such Termination of
Employment or (ii) the expiration date of the Stock Option, and shall thereafter
expire.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Employee incurs a Termination of Employment due to death, the Stock
Option, to the extent outstanding at the time of such Termination of Employment, shall
become immediately vested and fully exercisable and may be exercised by the Employee’s
estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise such Stock Option by bequest
or inheritance or otherwise by reason of the death of the Employee at any time prior to
the first to occur of (i) one year after such

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	 	 	 	Termination of Employment or (ii) the expiration date of the Stock Option, and shall
thereafter expire.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If the Employee incurs a Termination of Employment due to Retirement, the
portion of the Stock Option, if any, which is exercisable at the time of such
Termination of Employment may be exercised at any time prior to the first to occur of
(i) three years after such Termination of Employment or (ii) the expiration date of the
Stock Option, and shall thereafter expire. Any portion of the Stock Option that is not
exercisable at the time of such Termination of Employment shall expire as of such
Termination of Employment.
	 
	 	(d)	 	If the Employee incurs a voluntary Termination of Employment by the Employee
(other than Retirement), the portion of the Stock Option, if any, which is exercisable
at the time of such Termination of Employment may be exercised at any time prior to the
first to occur of (i) 30 days after such Termination of Employment or (ii) the
expiration date of the Stock Option, and shall thereafter expire. Any portion of the
Stock Option that is not exercisable at the time of such Termination of Employment
shall expire as of such Termination of Employment.
	 
	 	(e)	 	If the Employee incurs a Termination of Employment by the Company without
Cause, the portion of the Stock Option, if any, which is exercisable at the time of
such Termination of Employment may be exercised at any time prior to the first to occur
of (i) 90 days after such Termination of Employment or (ii) the expiration date of the
Stock Option, and shall thereafter expire. Any portion of the Stock Option that is not
exercisable at the time of such Termination of Employment shall expire as of such
Termination of Employment.
	 
	 	(f)	 	If the Employee incurs a Termination of Employment by the Company for Cause,
the entire Stock Option shall immediately expire as of such Termination of Employment.

     5. Nontransferability. The Stock Option is not transferable by the Employee, whether
voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, except as provided in the Plan.
Any assignment, pledge, transfer or other disposition, voluntary or involuntary, of the Stock
Option made, or any attachment, execution, garnishment, or lien issued against or placed upon the
Stock Option, except as provided in the Plan, shall be void.

     6. No Shareholder Rights Before Exercise. The Employee or a transferee of the Stock
Option shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by the Stock Option
until the Employee or transferee has given written notice of exercise, has paid in full for such
shares and, if requested by the Company, has given the representation described in Section 12(a) of
the Plan. No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash,
securities or other property) or distributions of other rights for which the record date is prior
to the date the events set forth above in this Paragraph 6 have occurred.

     7. Adjustment in the Event of Change in Stock. In the event of a stock split,
spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, or any reorganization (whether
or not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368 of the Code),
the number of shares subject to the Stock Option and the exercise price per share shall be
equitably

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adjusted by the Committee as it determines to be appropriate in its sole discretion; provided,
however, that the number of shares subject to the Stock Option shall always be a whole number. In
the event of any other change in corporate capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change
in the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding) or a corporate transaction, such as any
merger, consolidation or separation or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
number and kind of shares subject to the Stock Option and/or the exercise price per share may be
adjusted by the Board or Committee as the Board or Committee may determine to be appropriate in its
sole discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Stock Option shall
always be a whole number. The determination of the Board or Committee regarding any adjustment
will be final and conclusive.

     8. Payment of Transfer Taxes, Fees and Other Expenses. The Company agrees to pay any
and all original issue taxes and stock transfer taxes that may be imposed on the issuance of shares
acquired pursuant to exercise of the Stock Option, together with any and all other fees and
expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith.

     9. Other Restrictions on Exercisability. The exercise of the Stock Option and the
delivery of share certificates upon such exercise shall be subject to the requirement that, if at
any time the Committee shall determine that (a) the listing, registration or qualification of the
shares of Common Stock subject or related thereto upon any securities exchange or under any state
or federal law or (b) the consent or approval of any government regulatory body is, in the case of
(a) or (b), necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, such exercise or the
delivery or purchase of shares pursuant thereto, then in any such event such exercise shall not be
effective unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval shall have been
effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.

     10. Taxes and Withholdings. No later than the date of exercise of the Stock Option
granted hereunder, the Employee shall pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the
Committee regarding payment of any federal, state, local and applicable non-U.S. taxes of any kind
required by law to be withheld upon the exercise of such Stock Option, and the Company shall, to
the extent permitted or required by law, have the right to deduct from any payment of any kind due
to the Employee federal, state, local and applicable non-U.S. taxes of any kind required by law to
be withheld upon the exercise of such Stock Option.

     11. Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation.

Nothing in this Agreement or that follows limits the Company’s or Affiliates’ rights with
respect to Trade Secrets which are defined by and protected by Wis. Stat. § 134.90.

	 	(a)	 	The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company
all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or
any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee obtains during
the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not
public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge as a result of the Employee’s
violation of this Paragraph 11.(a) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee
acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and
includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and
tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information

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	 	 	 	regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to
satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information
regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned
competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating,
and information regarding key employees. The Employee shall not communicate,
divulge or disseminate Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation,
partnership or entity of any kind whatsoever under any circumstances reasonably
likely to result in the use of such Confidential Information to the Company or any
of its Affiliates’ competitive disadvantage at any time during or after the
Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates, for a period of two
(2) years following the Termination of Employment, except with the prior written
consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process.
	 
	 	 	 	All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists,
contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of
the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the
Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the
possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than
in pursuit of the business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be
required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any
reason, Employee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the
Employee is employed outside the United States), without further demand, all such
items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or
her control.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Employee acknowledges that his or her employment may place him or her in a
position of contact and trust with customers of the Company or its Affiliates, and that
in the course of employment the Employee may be given access to and asked to maintain
and develop relationships with such customers. The Employee acknowledges that such
relationships are of substantial value to the Company and its Affiliates and that it is
reasonable for the Company to seek to prevent Employee from giving competitors unfair
access to such relationships.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Prior to and through an eighteen-month period following the Termination of
Employment date, the Employee will not, except upon prior written permission signed by
the President or an Executive Vice President of the Company, consult with or advise or,
directly or indirectly, as owner, partner, officer or employee, engage in business with
any company or entity in competition with the Company or any of its Affiliates in the
business of manufacturing, selling, servicing, or repairing equipment or parts for the
surface mining industry, including but not limited to, those entities set forth in the
attached Exhibit 2 and in a capacity where Confidential Information or Trade Secrets of
the Company or any of its Affiliates would reasonably be considered useful.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee may make and retain investments in not more
than three percent of the equity of any such company if such equity is listed on a
national securities exchange or regularly traded in an over-the-counter market.

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	 	(d)	 	Prior to and through a two-year period following the Termination of Employment
date, the Employee will not, directly or indirectly solicit or induce for employment on
behalf of any company or entity in competition with the Company or any of its
Affiliates in the business of manufacturing, selling, servicing or repairing mining
equipment or parts, including but not limited to, those entities set forth in the
attached Exhibit 2 (other than any personal assistant hired to work directly for the
Employee), any individual employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates on the
Termination of Employment date or any person who was so employed by the Company or any
of its Affiliates at any time during the preceding three months.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Prior to and through a one-year period following the Termination of Employment,
the Employee will not, directly or indirectly, interfere with, or endeavor to entice
away from Company or any of its Affiliates, any person, firm, corporation, partnership
or entity of any kind whatsoever which is a customer of Company or any of its
Affiliates, or which was a customer of Company or any of its Affiliates, within one
year prior to the Termination of Employment date, and, which the Employee regularly
performed services for, or regularly dealt with, or regularly had contact with such
customer on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and the Employee obtained
knowledge, as a result of his or her position with the Company or any of its
Affiliates, which would be beneficial to Employee’s efforts to convince such customer
to cease doing business with the Company or any of its Affiliates, in whole or in part.
	 
	 	(f)	 	In the event of a breach of the Employee’s covenants under this Paragraph 11,
the entire Stock Option shall immediately expire as of the date of such breach. The
Employee acknowledges and agrees that such expiration is not expected to adequately
compensate the Company and its Affiliates for any such breach and that such expiration
shall not substitute for or adversely affect the remedies to which the Company or any
of its Affiliates is entitled under Paragraph 11(g) or at law.
	 
	 	(g)	 	In the event of a breach of the Employee’s covenants under this Paragraph 11,
it is understood and agreed that the Company and any Affiliate(s) that employed the
Employee shall be entitled to injunctive relief, as well as any other legal or
equitable remedies. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the covenants,
obligations and agreements of the Employee in Paragraphs 11(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)
of this Agreement relate to special, unique and extraordinary matters and that a
violation of any of the terms of such covenants, obligations or agreements will cause
the Company irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are not available at law.
Therefore, the Employee agrees that the Company and any Affiliate(s) that employed the
Employee shall be entitled to an injunction, restraining order or such other equitable
relief (without the requirement to post bond) as a court of competent jurisdiction may
deem necessary or appropriate to restrain the Employee from committing any violation of
such covenants, obligations or agreements. These injunctive remedies are cumulative
and in addition to any other rights and remedies that the Company or its Affiliates may
have.

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	 	(h)	 	The Company and the Employee hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of Wisconsin and the federal courts of the United States of
America, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in respect of all disputes involving
Confidential Information, trade secrets or the violation of the provisions of this
Paragraph 11 and the interpretation and enforcement of this Paragraph 11, and the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably agree that (i) the sole and exclusive appropriate
venue for any suit or proceeding relating to such matters shall be in such a court,
(ii) all claims with respect to any such matters shall be heard and determined
exclusively in such court, (iii) such court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the
person of such parties and over the subject matter of any such dispute, and (iv) each
hereby waives any and all objections and defenses based on forum, venue or personal or
subject matter jurisdiction as they may relate to any suit or proceeding brought before
such a court in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 11.

     12. Notices. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by facsimile, overnight courier,
or registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Employee:

			
	If to the Company:	 	Joy Global Inc.

100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2780

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile: 414-319-8520

or to such other address or facsimile number as any party shall have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance with this Paragraph 12. Notice and communications shall be effective when
actually received by the addressee.

     13. Successors. Except as otherwise provided hereunder, this Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company, and to
any transferee or successor of the Employee pursuant to Paragraph 5.

     14. Laws Applicable to Construction. The interpretation, performance and enforcement
of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to contracts
executed in and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of
conflict of laws with the exception of Paragraph 11, which will be interpreted, enforced, and
governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin.

     15. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder
of this Agreement shall not be affected by that provision and that provision shall be enforced to
the greatest extent permitted by law.

     16. Conflicts and Interpretation. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement
and the Plan, the Plan shall control. In the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement, any term

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which is not defined in this Agreement, or any matters as to which this Agreement is silent,
the Plan shall govern including, without limitation, the provisions thereof pursuant to which the
Committee has the power, among others, to (a) interpret the Plan, (b) prescribe, amend and rescind
rules and regulations relating to the Plan and (c) make all other determinations deemed necessary
or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

     17. Headings. The headings of paragraphs herein are included solely for convenience
of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Agreement.

     18. Amendment. This Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived except by an
instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto. The waiver by either party of compliance with
any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other
provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by such party of a provision of this
Agreement.

     19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which together
shall constitute one and the same original.

     20. Miscellaneous.

	 	(a)	 	This Agreement shall not confer upon the Employee any right to continue as an
employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor shall this Agreement interfere in
any way with the right of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate the employment of
the Employee at any time.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as
may be required.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employee has executed this Agreement, and the Company has caused this
Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	JOY GLOBAL INC.

Sean D. Major

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EMPLOYEE:

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT 1

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

STOCK OWNERSHIP POLICY

     Members of the Company’s Executive Leadership Team are subject to the following minimum
ownership requirements for shares of the Company’s common stock:

	•	 	CEO: Five times annual salary. Until the five times annual salary requirement has been
met, the executive is required to retain shares of Common Stock having a market value at least
equal to 50% of the pre-tax compensation realized upon settlement of any restricted stock
units, payment of any performance shares, exercise of any stock options or settlement of any
other stock awards. After the five times annual salary requirement has been met, the CEO is
required to retain, at the retention rate specified in the preceding sentence, a sufficient
number of shares of Common Stock received by the CEO from subsequent settlements of restricted
stock units, payments of performance shares, exercises of stock options and settlements of
other stock awards as may be necessary at that time to satisfy the five times annual salary
requirement.
	 
	•	 	Other Executive Officers: Two and one-half times annual salary. Until the two and
one-half times annual salary requirement has been met, the executive is required to retain
shares of Common Stock having a market value at least equal to 25% of the pre-tax compensation
realized upon settlement of any restricted stock units, payment of any performance shares,
exercise of any stock options or settlement of any other stock awards. After the two and
one-half times annual salary requirement has been met, the executive is required to retain, at
the retention rate specified in the preceding sentence, a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock from subsequent settlements of restricted stock units, payments of performance
shares, exercises of stock options and settlements of other stock awards as may be necessary
at that time to satisfy the two and one-half times annual salary requirement.
	 
	•	 	Each executive shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of Common Stock (i)
until the respective ownership requirement has been met or (ii) after the respective ownership
requirement has been met, to the extent that the executive would no longer satisfy the
ownership requirement immediately following such sale, transfer or other disposition.
	 
	•	 	For the purposes of this policy, restricted stock units, performance shares and stock
options shall not be considered to be shares of Common Stock.

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EXHIBIT 2

COMPANIES

     This Exhibit forms a part of the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement, entered into as of
December 7, 2009, between Joy Global Inc. and Employee.

	 	1.	 	Bucyrus International, Inc.
	 
	 	2.	 	Cogar Manufacturing Inc.
	 
	 	3.	 	Eickhoff Corporation
	 
	 	4.	 	FMC Technologies Inc.
	 
	 	5.	 	Fletcher International or Fletcher Asset
Management
	 
	 	6.	 	Longwall Associates, Inc.
	 
	 	7.	 	Sandvik AB
	 
	 	8.	 	SANY Group Co. Ltd.

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