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Exhibit 10.28

Exhibit 10.28

AMENDED AND RESTATED CODE OF REGULATIONS

OF

KENDLE INTERNATIONAL INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal office of Kendle International Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be located in the
City of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. The Corporation may establish or discontinue, from time
to time, such other offices and places of business within or without the State of Ohio and within
or without the United States of America as may be deemed proper for the conduct of the
Corporation’s business.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such
date each year and at such place as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors. At each annual meeting, the shareholders shall elect a Board of Directors and transact
such other business as may properly come before the meeting. If the annual meeting is not held or
if the Board of Directors is not elected thereat, a special meeting may be called and held for that
purpose.

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or
purposes may be held on any business day when called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, a majority of the Board of Directors or the holders of shares
entitling them to exercise not less than twenty-five percent of the voting power of the
Corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 3. Place Of Meeting. Meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such
place within or without the State of Ohio as shall be designated in the notice of said meeting.

Section 4. Notice Of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of shareholders shall be given
by mailing a notice to each shareholder of record entitled thereto. The notice shall be directed
to the shareholder in a postage-prepaid envelope at his address as it appears on the books of the
Corporation. Notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day mailed. All notices with
respect to any shares to which persons are entitled by joint or common ownership may be given to
that person who is first named upon the books of the Corporation, and notice so given shall be
sufficient notice to all the holders of such shares.

Notice of each meeting of shareholders shall be in such form as is approved by the Board of
Directors and shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, the time when
and the place where it is to be held, and shall be given not less than seven (7) nor more than
sixty (60) days before the day of the meeting.

Section 5. Waiver Of Notice. Notice of any meeting of shareholders shall not be
required as to any shareholder who shall attend and participate in the business transacted at such
meeting in person or by proxy and who shall not have protested the lack of proper notice prior to
or at the commencement of such meeting, or who shall, or whose proxy or attorney duly authorized
shall, sign a written waiver thereof, whether before or after the holding of such meeting.

 

 

 

Section 6. Organization. The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the
Chief Executive Officer, or in the absence of both of them, the President shall act as chairman at
all meetings of shareholders, and as such chairman shall call such meetings of shareholders to
order and preside thereat. If the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the
President shall be absent from any meeting of shareholders, the duties otherwise provided in this
Section 6 of Article II to be performed by him at such meeting shall be performed at such meeting
by any Vice President of the Corporation. If no such officer is present at such meeting, any
shareholder or the proxy of any shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting may call the meeting to
order and a chairman shall be elected who shall preside thereat. The Secretary of the Corporation
shall act as secretary at all meetings of the shareholders, but in his absence the chairman of the
meeting may appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 7. Shareholders Entitled To Vote. The Board of Directors may close the stock
transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the date of
any meeting of shareholders. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books of the Corporation as
aforesaid, the Board of Directors may fix a date not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of
any meeting of shareholders as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to
notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof, and in such case such
shareholders and only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed
shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof,
notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record
date fixed as aforesaid. The Secretary shall prepare and make or cause to be prepared and made,
before every meeting of shareholders, a complete list of such shareholders entitled to vote at such
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each such shareholder and the
number of shares registered in the name of each such shareholder. Such list shall be produced and
kept at the time and place of such meeting during the whole time thereof, and subject to the
inspection of any shareholder who may be present.

Section 8. Quorum And Adjournment. The holders of shares entitling them to exercise
a majority of the voting power of the Corporation, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute
a quorum for any meeting of shareholders. The holders of a majority of such shares of stock
present in person or by proxy at a meeting, whether or not a quorum may be present, may adjourn the
meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present, any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. No notice of any
adjourned meeting need be given if the time and place to which it is adjourned are fixed and
announced at the meeting that is being adjourned.

Section 9. Conduct of Meeting and Order of Business. The order of business at all
meetings of the shareholders, unless waived or otherwise changed by the chairman of the meeting or
the Board of Directors, shall be as follows:

(i) Call meeting to order.

(ii) Selection of chairman and/or secretary, if necessary.

(iii) Proof of notice of meeting and presentment of affidavit thereof.

(iv) Roll call, including filing of proxies with secretary.

(v) Upon appropriate demand, appointment of inspectors of election.

(vi) Reading, correction and approval of previously unapproved minutes.

(vii) Reports of officers and committees.

(viii) If an annual meeting, or meeting called for that purpose, election of
Directors.

(ix) Unfinished business, if an adjourned meeting.

 

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(x) Consideration in sequence of all other matters set forth in the call for and
written notice of the meeting.

(xi) Any new business other than that set forth in the notice of the meeting which
shall have been submitted to the Secretary of the Corporation in writing at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the date of the meeting.

(xii) Adjournment.

Section 10. Vote of Shareholders. Every shareholder of record, as determined
pursuant to Section 8 of this Article II, and who is entitled to vote, shall be entitled at every
meeting of the shareholders to one vote for every share of voting stock standing in his name on the
books of the Corporation. Every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote in
person or by proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder or by
his duly authorized attorney, which proxy may be transmitted physically or by mail, by facsimile or
other electronic medium. No vote on any question upon which a vote of the shareholders may be
taken need be by ballot unless the chairman of the meeting shall determine that it shall be by
ballot. All elections of Directors shall be by a plurality vote. Except as otherwise provided by
law or by the Articles of Incorporation, all other elections and all questions shall be decided by
the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Corporation present in person or
by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election or on the question.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. General Powers. The authority of this Corporation shall be exercised by
or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except where the law, the Articles of
Incorporation or these Regulations require action to be authorized or taken by the shareholders.

Section 2. Election, Number and Qualification of Directors.

2.1 Election. The Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of
the Shareholders, or if not so elected, at a special meeting of Shareholders called for that
purpose. Only persons nominated by an officer, director or in writing by a shareholder at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting at which directors are to be elected shall be eligible for
election.

2.2 Number. The number of Directors, which shall not be less than
the lesser of three (3) or the number of shareholders of record, may be fixed or changed at a
meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing Directors at which a quorum is
present, by a majority of votes cast at the meeting. In addition, the number of Directors may be
fixed or changed by action of the Directors at a meeting called for that purpose at which a quorum
is present by a majority vote of the Directors present at the meeting. The Directors then in
office may fill any Director’s office that is created by an increase in the number of
Directors. The number of Directors elected shall be deemed to be the number of Directors fixed
unless otherwise fixed by resolution adopted at the meeting at which such Directors are elected.

2.3 Qualifications. Directors need not be shareholders of the
Corporation.

Section 3. Term of Office of Directors.

3.1 Term. Each Director shall hold office until the next annual
meeting of the shareholders and until his successor has been elected or until his earlier
resignation, removal from office, or death. Directors shall be subject to removal as provided by
statute or by other lawful procedures and nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the removal
of any or all Directors in accordance therewith.

 

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3.2 Resignation. A resignation from the Board of Directors
shall be deemed to take effect immediately upon its being received by any incumbent corporate
officer other than an officer who is also the resigning Director, unless some other time is
specified therein.

3.3 Vacancy. In the event of any vacancy in the Board of Directors
for any cause, the remaining Directors, though less than a majority of the whole Board, may fill
any such vacancy for the unexpired term.

Section 4. Meetings of Directors.

4.1 Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be held immediately following the adjournment of the meeting of shareholders at which
Directors are elected. The holding of such shareholders’ meeting shall constitute notice of such
Directors’ meeting and such meeting shall be held without further notice. Other regular meetings
shall be held at such other times and places as may be fixed by the Directors.

4.2 Special Meetings. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors
may be held at any time upon call of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President or any two (2) Directors.

4.3 Place of Meeting. Any meeting of Directors may be held at such
place within or without the State of Ohio as may be designated in the notice of said meeting.

4.4 Notice of Meeting and Waiver of Notice. Notice of the time and
place of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each Director
by personal delivery, telephone, facsimile transmission or mail at least forty-eight (48) hours
before the meeting, which notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting.

Section 5. Quorum and Voting. At any meeting of Directors, not less than one-half of
the whole authorized number of Directors is necessary to constitute a quorum for such meeting,
except that a majority of the remaining Directors in office constitutes a quorum for filling a
vacancy in the Board. At any meeting at which a quorum is present, all acts, questions, and
business which may come before the meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes cast by the
Directors present at such meeting, unless the vote of a greater number is required by the Articles
of Incorporation, these Regulations or any By-Laws that may be adopted by the Board of Directors.

Section 6. Committees.

6.1 Appointment. The Board of Directors may from time to time
appoint certain of its members to act as a committee or committees in the intervals between
meetings of the Board and may delegate to such committee or committees power to be exercised under
the control and direction of the Board. Each committee shall be composed of at least three (3)
Directors unless a lesser number is allowed by law. Each such committee and each member thereof
shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

6.2 Executive Committee. In particular, the Board of Directors may
create from its membership and define the powers and duties of an Executive Committee. During the
intervals between meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee shall possess and may
exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management and control and the business
of the Corporation to the extent permitted by law. All action taken by the Executive Committee
shall be reported to the Board of Directors at its first meeting thereafter.

6.3 Committee Action. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of
Directors, a majority of the members of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant
to this Section shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof and the act of a majority of the
members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such
committee. Action may be taken by any such committee without a meeting by a writing signed by all
its members. Any such committee shall prescribe its own rules for calling and holding meetings and
its method of procedure, subject to any rules prescribed by the Board of Directors, and shall keep
a written record of all action taken by it.

 

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Section 7. Action of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which may be taken at a
meeting of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a
writing or writings signed by all the Directors or all of the members of the particular committee,
which writing or writings shall be filed or entered upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 8. Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors may allow compensation
to Directors for performance of their duties and for attendance at meetings or for any special
services, may allow compensation to members of any committee, and may reimburse any Director for
his expenses in connection with attending any Board or committee meeting.

Section 9. Relationship with Corporation. Directors shall not be barred from
providing professional or other services to the Corporation. No contract, action or transaction
shall be void or voidable with respect to the Corporation for the reason that it is between or
affects the Corporation and one or more of its Directors, or between or affects the Corporation and
any other person in which one or more of its Directors are directors, trustees or officers or have
a financial or personal interest, or for the reason that one or more interested Directors
participate in or vote at the meeting of the Directors or committee thereof that authorizes such
contract, action or transaction, if in any such case any one (1) or more of the following apply:

9.1 the material facts as to the Director’s relationship or interest and as
to the contract, action or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Directors or the committee
and the Directors or committee, in good faith, reasonably justified by such facts, authorize the
contract, action or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested
Directors, even though the disinterested Directors constitute less than a quorum;

9.2 the material facts as to the Director’s relationship or interest and as
to the contract, action or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to
vote thereon and the contract, action or transaction is specifically approved at a meeting of the
shareholders held for such purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them
to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation held by persons not interested in the
contract, action or transaction; or

9.3 the contract, action or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of
the time it is authorized or approved by the Directors, a committee thereof or the shareholders.

Section 10. Attendance at Meetings of Persons Who Are Not Directors. Unless waived
by a majority of Directors in attendance, not less than twenty-four (24) hours before any regular
or special meeting of the Board of Directors, any Director who desires the presence at such meeting
of a person who is not a Director shall so notify all other Directors, request the presence of such
person at the meeting, and state the reason in writing. Such person will not be permitted to
attend the Directors’ meeting unless a majority of the Directors in attendance vote to admit such
person to the meeting. Such vote shall constitute the first order of business for any such meeting
of the Board of Directors. Such right to attend, whether granted by waiver or vote, may be revoked
at any time during any such meeting by the vote of a majority of the Directors in attendance.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. General Provisions. The Board of Directors shall elect a President, a
Secretary and a Treasurer, and may elect a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, one or
more Vice Presidents, and such other officers and assistant officers as the Board may from time to
time deem necessary. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall be a Director, but none of the other
officers need be a Director. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but no
officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such
instrument is required to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.

 

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Section 2. Powers and Duties. All officers, as between themselves and the
Corporation, shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties as are customarily
incident to their respective offices, and as may be specified from time to time by the Board of
Directors, regardless of whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such
office. In the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason the Board of
Directors may deem sufficient, the powers or duties of such officer, or any of them may be
delegated, to any other officer or to any Director. The Board of Directors may from time to time
delegate to any officer authority to appoint and remove subordinate officers and to prescribe their
authority and duties.

Section 3. Terms of Office: Vacancies. So far as is practicable, all elected
officers shall be elected at the organization meeting of the Board of Directors in each year and,
except as otherwise provided in this Article IV, shall hold office until the organization
meeting of the Board of Directors in the next subsequent year and until their respective successors
are elected and qualify; PROVIDED, however, that this Section 3 shall not be deemed to create any
contract rights in such offices. All other officers shall hold office during the pleasure of the
Board of Directors and may be removed at any time with or without cause. If any vacancy shall
occur in any office, the Board of Directors may elect or appoint a successor to fill such vacancy
for the remainder of the term.

Section 4. Compensation. The compensation of the officers shall be fixed by the
Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. General. The Corporation shall, in the case of any person who is or was
an officer or Director, and may, in the case of any other person, indemnify and hold harmless, to
the fullest extent not prohibited by the Ohio General Corporation Law, any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in
the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee
or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for
profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts
paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of NOLO
CONTENDERE or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not
act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

Section 2. Derivative Actions. The Corporation shall, in the case of any person who
is or was an officer or Director, and may, in the case of any other person, indemnify and hold
harmless, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Ohio General Corporation Law, any person who
was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason
of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent
of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture,
trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, against
expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that
no indemnification shall be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty
to the Corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the Court of Common Pleas, or the court in
which such action or suit was brought, shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the Court of Common Pleas or such other
court shall deem proper.

 

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Section 3. Payment or Advancement of Expenses. To the extent that a Director,
trustee, officer, employee or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article V, or in defense of
any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’
fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. In addition, with respect
to a Director or officer, such expenses, including attorneys’ fees, shall be paid by the
Corporation on a continuing and current basis (and not later than ten (10) business days following
receipt by the Corporation of a request for reimbursement) in advance of the final disposition of
such action, suit or proceeding, upon the Corporation’s receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of the Director or officer to repay such amount, if (with respect to an officer) it is ultimately
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized herein or if
(with respect to a Director) it is ultimately determined by clear and convincing evidence in a
court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act involved an act or omission
undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the Corporation or undertaken with reckless
disregard for the best interests of the Corporation.

Section 4. Special Procedure to Enforce Rights. If a request for indemnification or
reimbursement is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days following the receipt
thereof by the Corporation, the requesting party may at any time thereafter bring suit against the
Corporation to recover the unpaid amount, and, if successful in whole or in part, shall also be
entitled to the expenses of prosecuting such action. It shall be a defense to any such action
(other than an action to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in
advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking has been tendered to the
Corporation) that the requesting party has not met the standards of conduct which make it
permissible under the Ohio General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the requesting
party for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the
Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent
legal counsel or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the requesting party is proper under the circumstances because he
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Ohio General Corporation Law, nor an
actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel or its shareholders) that the requesting party had not met such applicable standard of
conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the requesting party has not
met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 5. Rights Are Non-Exclusive. The rights conferred on any person by Sections
1, 2, 3 and 4 above shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which
such person may be entitled under any statute, provision of the Corporation’s Articles of
Incorporation or these Regulations, agreement, vote of the shareholders or disinterested Directors,
or otherwise. The Corporation shall have the power to give any further indemnity, in addition to
the indemnity offered or authorized under other provisions of this Article V, to any person
who is or was a Director or officer, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, provided such further indemnity is either: (i) authorized, directed or
provided for in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or any duly adopted amendment thereof,
or (ii) authorized, directed or provided for in any provision of these Regulations, or separate
agreement or contract of the Corporation which has been ratified or adopted by a vote of the
shareholders of the Corporation, and provided further that the Corporation shall in no event
indemnify any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which is finally adjudged to have
been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or if it is finally
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction considering the question or indemnification that such
payment or indemnification is or would be in violation of applicable law.

The Board of Directors, in its discretion, shall have the power on behalf of the Corporation
to indemnify, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Ohio General Corporation Law, any person,
other than a Director or officer, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed proceeding, by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he
is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation.

Section 6. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a Director and officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent
of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the
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Section 7. Consolidation or Merger. As used in this Article V, references to
the Corporation include all constituent corporations in a consolidation or merger and the new or
surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of
such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such a constituent corporation
as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign,
nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the
same position under this Article V with respect to the new or surviving corporation as he would if
he had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

Section 8. Contract Rights. The provisions of this Article V shall be deemed to be a
contract between the Corporation and each Director and officer of the Corporation who serves in
such capacity at any time while this Article is in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof
shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or
theretofore existing, or any proceeding theretofore brought based in whole or in part on any such
state of facts.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the last day
of December in each year and the succeeding fiscal year shall begin on the day next succeeding the
last day of the preceding fiscal year; PROVIDED, however, that the fiscal year of the Corporation
may be changed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. References to Article and Section Numbers and to the Code of Regulations and
Articles of Incorporation. Whenever in these Regulations reference is made to an Article or
Section number, such reference is to the number of an Article or Section of these
Regulations. Whenever in these Regulations reference is made to this Code of Regulations, such
reference is to these Regulations as the same may from time to time be amended, and whenever
reference is made to the Articles of Incorporation, such reference is to the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation as the same may from time to time be amended or restated.

Section 3. Seal. The Board of Directors may, but need not, provide for a Corporation
seal. The Corporation seal, if any, shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of
the Corporation and in the center of the circle the words “Corporate Seal, Ohio”. The seal may be
used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENTS

This Code of Regulations may be altered, amended or repealed, from time to time, at a meeting
held for such purpose, by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise
a majority of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal, or may be adopted without a
meeting by the written consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of
the voting power on such proposal, or by the directors to the extent permitted by the Ohio Revised
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WAIVER

AND

AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of June 28, 2009

between

ULTRALIFE CORPORATION

and

THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

WAIVER

AND

AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This Waiver and Amendment Number One to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the
“Amendment”), dated as of June 28, 2009, is made by and between ULTRALIFE CORPORATION (the
“Borrower”) and the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

Background Statement

     The Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent have previously entered into, among other agreements,
an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2009 (the “Credit
Agreement”). The total aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments thereunder is $35,000,000,
and as of June 28, 2009, the Borrower owed the Lenders under the Credit Agreement an outstanding
aggregate principal amount of $24,219,060 under the Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit and
$166,666.07 under the Term Loan and owes Agent and Lenders interest, costs, fees and expenses as
set forth therein. The Borrower has notified the Agent that the Borrower has failed to meet the
financial covenants described in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower has requested that the Lenders
and Agent waive compliance with certain covenants contained the Credit Agreement and the Borrower,
the Lenders and the Agent desire to amend the Credit Agreement as referenced herein. Each
Subsidiary that has provided a Guarantee derives a financial benefit from its relationship with the
Borrower and will continue to enjoy such benefit as a result of the waiver and amendments.

Statement of Consideration

     Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and under the authority of Section 5-1103 of the
New York General Obligations Law, the parties agree as follows:

Agreement

     1. Defined Terms. The terms “this Amendment”, “hereunder” and similar
references in the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by
this Amendment. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

     2. Amendments. Effective upon the satisfaction of all conditions specified in Section
4 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

          A. The following definitions are hereby added to Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement in the
appropriate alphabetical order:

“Amendment No. 1” means that certain Waiver and Amendment
Number One to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June
28, 2009 among Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders.

“Banking Services Obligations” means each and all
obligations whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever
created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals,
extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefore) in
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“Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank
services to Borrower or any Subsidiary by a Lender or any of its
Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including,
without limitation, “commercial credit cards” and purchasing cards),
(b) stored value cards and (c) treasury management services
(including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated
clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate
depository network services).

“Report(s)” means report(s) prepared by the Agent or another
Person showing the results of appraisals, field examinations or
audits pertaining to the Borrower’s assets from information
furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower.

          B. The definition of “Applicable Revolving Rate” as set forth in Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended so that the following provision is added to the end thereof:

Provided further, however, commencing on the date of Amendment No. 1
and continuing thereafter, the Applicable Revolving Rate with
respect to the Facility Fee Rate shall be 100 basis points, the
Eurodollar Spread shall be 500 basis points, the ABR1
Spread shall be 200 basis points and the ABR2 Spread
shall be 400 basis points.

          C. Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended so that: (i) in subsection (f)
thereof the word “and” at the end of such subsection is hereby deleted, (ii) in subsection (g)
thereof the period “.” at the end of such subsection is hereby deleted and replaced with “; and” ,
and (iii) the following subsection is added thereto in the appropriate alphabetical order:

	 	(h)	 	On a weekly basis, the Borrower’s rolling
thirteen (13) week cash forecast, in form historically prepared
by Borrower.

          D. The following are hereby added as new Sections 5.10 and 5.11 of the Credit Agreement:

	 	5.10	 	Reports. The Borrower (a) acknowledges
and agrees that the Lenders require a more detailed review and
analysis of the Borrower’s projections and assets and that the
Agent and Lenders shall conduct or shall engage third party
examiners or other professionals to conduct (i) an asset
valuation/appraisal of the Borrower’s and the Subsidiaries’
inventory, machinery and equipment, and (ii) a field audit
examination of the Borrower’s and Subsidiaries’ books, records
and collateral and prepare a Report with respect thereto, (b)
shall cooperate with the Agent, Lenders and/or such
examiners/professionals in the preparation of such Reports and
shall provide to such parties, in a reasonably prompt manner,
all such documents, reports, agreements, financial and other
information and other items as may be reasonably requested with
respect to the Borrower and its business, and (c) shall pay
and/or reimburse the Agent and Lenders upon demand, all costs
and expenses incurred by the Agent, Lenders and/or their
respective Affiliates in connection with such appraisals, field
examinations and audits (including, without limitation,
examiners fees, travel expenses and duplication costs) and the
preparation of the Reports based on the fees charged by a third
party retained by the Agent or any Lender or the internally
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	 	 	 	by the Agent or any Lender with respect to such asset
valuation/appraisal and/or field audit examination.

	 	5.11	 	Guaranty of Subsidiaries’ Banking Services
Obligations. Borrower hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees, without any setoff or other deduction,
the payment when due whether by acceleration or lapse of time
or otherwise of all Banking Services Obligations of any
Subsidiary now or hereafter existing whether such obligations
are arising or accruing prior or subsequent to any commencement
of any case or other proceeding pursuant to any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar statute and whether or not allowed as a
claim in any such case or other proceeding. Such guarantee is
continuing, absolute and unconditional and a guaranty of
payment rather than collection. Borrower shall pay to each
Lender on demand each cost and expense (including, but not
limited to, if such Lender retains counsel for advice,
litigation or any other purpose, reasonable attorneys fees and
disbursements) hereafter incurred by such Lender in endeavoring
to enforce any Banking Services Obligations of any Subsidiary
or preserve or exercise any right or remedy of any Lender
pursuant to this Agreement or arising as a result of this
Agreement. This Section 5.11 shall remain in full force and
effect and shall terminate only upon (a) the termination of all
agreement(s) of each Lender to extend Banking Services to any
Subsidiary and (b) the final indefeasible payment in full of
the obligations of Borrower under this Agreement and any other
agreement executed in connection herewith, including each cost
and expense that Borrower is obligated to pay pursuant to this
section of this Agreement. Borrower agrees not to exercise any
right of subrogation, indemnification, reimbursement or
contribution and each similar right against such Subsidiary
heretofore or hereafter arising in connection with this
Agreement or any other agreements in connection therewith
(including but not limited to pursuant to any agreement
providing any collateral) until the guaranteed obligation has
been satisfied.

          E. Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended so that it is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

“Section 6.01. Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and
will not permit, any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Indebtedness, except:

     (a) Indebtedness created hereunder;

     (b) Indebtedness or Guarantees existing on the date of
Amendment No. 1 as set forth in Schedule 6.01 and extensions,
renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not
increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

     (c) [Intentionally omitted]

     (d) [Intentionally omitted]

     (e) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to
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capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any
Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such
assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the
acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of
any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred
prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion
of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall not exceed
$3,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding owed to any
Lender (excluding those amounts permitted under subsection (g)
hereof) or $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding owed
to any other Person;

     (f) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as an
account party in respect of trade letters of credit.

     (g) [Intentionally omitted]

     (h) Intercompany loans permitted under Section 6.04(c) hereof.

          F. Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended so that it is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and
Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant
to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary
prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness
or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to
acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans
or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to
exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or
purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business
unit, except:

     (a) Permitted Investments;

     (b) Investments by the Borrower (i) existing on the date of
Amendment No. 1 in its domestic Subsidiaries which have provided
Security Agreements and Guarantees to the Administrative Agent and
(ii) existing on the date of Amendment No. 1 in its other
Subsidiaries as set forth on Schedule 6.04 hereof;

     (c) Loans or other advances and/or investments made after the
date hereof to or in Able Holding and/or Able Operating not to
exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;

     (d) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section
6.01;

     (e) loans or advances made by the Borrower to its employees for
emergency purposes, in accordance with the Borrower’s standard
procedures, not to exceed in the aggregate $250,000 at any one time
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     (f) [Intentionally omitted]

          G. Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended so that it is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 6.06. Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not,
and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or
agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted
Payment, except (a) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with
respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares
of its common stock, (b) Subsidiaries wholly owned by the Borrower
may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity
Interests, and (c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments
pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other
benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.

          H. Schedule 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended so that it is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the Schedule 6.01 attached to this Amendment.

     3. Waiver of Existing Covenant Violations. The Borrower has advised the Agent that it
is not in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section
6.09 of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter ending June 28, 2009 (the “Existing Event of
Default”). Subject to satisfaction of the conditions in Section 5 hereof, Lenders and Agent shall
waive the right to exercise their respective rights and remedies under the Credit Agreement and
Loan Documents arising from the Existing Event of Default. This Waiver is limited to the Existing
Event of Default and does not apply to any other covenant or time period as set forth in the Credit
Agreement.

     4. Representations. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the
Agent that: (i) the covenants, representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement are
true and correct on and as of the date of execution hereof as if made on and as of said date and as
if each reference therein to the Credit Agreement were a reference to the Credit Agreement as
amended by this Amendment; (ii) except the Existing Event of Default, no Default or Event of
Default specified in the Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing, (iii) since the date of
the Credit Agreement, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition or
business operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which has not been disclosed to Lenders;
(iv) the making and performance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of this Amendment have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not, and will not, (a) contravene the
Borrower’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (b) violate any law, including without
limitation the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any rule, regulation (including Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System) order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award, and (c)
conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any material contract,
loan agreement, indenture, note, mortgage, deed of trust or any other material instrument or
agreement binding on the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their properties or result in or
require the creation or imposition of any lien upon or with respect to any of their properties; (v)
this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms;
(vi) no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for (a) the due
execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Amendment or any other agreement or
document related hereto or contemplated hereby to which the Borrower is or is to be a party or
otherwise bound, or (b) the exercise by the Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Credit
Agreement as modified by this Amendment; and (vii) the security interests and charges granted by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Security Agreements continue to constitute valid,
binding and enforceable, first in priority Liens on the Collateral, subject only to Liens permitted
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     5. Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of the amendments and waiver set
forth above are subject to the satisfaction, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, of
each of the following conditions precedent:

          A. The Borrower agrees to the terms hereof, and executes this Amendment and four (4)
completely executed originals thereof are delivered to Agent by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 7,
2009 (the “Delivery Date”), time being of the essence, and each Lender executes this Amendment and
delivers to the Agent the same on or about the Delivery Date.

          B. Each Guarantor acknowledges and consents to the terms hereof and executes the form consent
and acknowledgment attached to this Amendment and four (4) completely executed originals thereof
are delivered to Agent by the Delivery Date, time being of the essence.

          C. The representation and warranties contained in Section 3 hereof and in the Credit Agreement
shall be true, correct and complete as of the effective date of this Amendment as though made on
such date.

          D. The Agent shall have received $35,000 from Borrower for the benefit of the Lenders on a pro
rata basis in consideration of the waiver and amendments set forth herein.

     6. Covenants.

          A. Borrower hereby covenants and agrees to cooperate with the Agent in any manner reasonably
necessary in order to promptly continue, or in the case of after-acquired property, create a first
lien in favor of the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in all personal property assets acquired by
Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

          B. Borrower agrees to execute and deliver or cause to be delivered all documents necessary and
do or cause to be done all things necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein. If,
for example, it is determined that there is an error in any document executed in connection
herewith, Borrower agrees to execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to Lender a
corrected document.

          C. Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of Agent and the Lenders in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other documents
related hereto, including the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for Agent and Lenders.

     7. Reference to and Effect on Loan Documents.

          A. Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Amendment,”
“hereunder,’ “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each reference in the other Loan
Documents to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended
hereby.

          B. Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement, and all other Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

          C. The waiver set forth in Section 3 hereto is only applicable and shall only be effective in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made, is expressly limited to the
facts and circumstances referred to herein, and shall not operate as (i) a waiver of, or consent to
non-compliance with any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) a
waiver or modification of any other right, power or remedy of either the Agent or any Lender under
the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, or (iii) a waiver or modification of, or consent to, any
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     8. Waiver and Release. As a material inducement for, and in consideration of, the
Lenders’ and Agent’s agreements herein, the Borrower, by signing this Amendment, hereby forever
waives, releases, remises and discharges any and all rights to assert any and all defenses to and
setoffs, counterclaims, and claims of every kind against any Lenders or Agent, its respective
agents, servants, employees, officers, directors and attorneys now existing or arising hereafter on
the basis of actions or events occurring on or prior to the date hereof. Each of the parties
signing this Amendment confirms that the foregoing waiver and release is informed and freely given.

     9. Representation by Counsel. Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders
and Agent that throughout the negotiations, preparation and execution of this Amendment and the
closing hereunder, Borrower has been represented by legal counsel of its own choosing and that this
Amendment was entered into by the free will of Borrower and pursuant to arm’s-length negotiations.

     10. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York without regard to any conflicts-of-laws rules which would require
the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

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

     12. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all or which taken together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.

     13. Entire Agreement. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede and take the place of
any other instrument purporting to be an agreement of the parties hereto relating to the
transactions contemplated hereby. In the event of an express conflict between this Amendment and
any Loan Document, this Amendment shall control. The fact that Borrower, any guarantor and Lender
have had discussions previously or will have discussions on subsequent occasions regarding the
status of the Loans or Commitment or the Existing Event of Default does not in any manner, either
expressly or implied, constitute a waiver, rescission, release or modification of, or an agreement
to waive, rescind, release, forbear or modify any right or rights which Agent or any Lender may
have by law or regulation or pursuant to any document previously executed in connection with the
Loans and Commitment, except for Agent’s and Lenders’ agreements herein to waive exercising certain
rights and remedies under the Loan Documents resulting from the Existing Event of Default subject
to the terms hereof, and such discussions are held without prejudice to any pending or future
judicial or non-judicial proceedings. Any agreement, waiver, rescission, release, amendment, offer
to compromise, settle or forbear, modification of rights, extension of time or change of position
regarding the Loans and Commitment or Event of Default arising from any such discussion will be
effective and binding on a party if, and only if, incorporated in writing subscribed by the party
to be bound thereby. This Amendment may not be changed orally but only by an agreement in writing
signed by a duly authorized officer of Agent, Lenders and the Borrower. The Background Statement
in this Amendment is deemed to be incorporated into this Amendment as if fully set forth herein.
The Borrower acknowledges and agrees to the accuracy of the Background Statement in this Amendment.

     14. Third Parties. The provisions of this Amendment whether express or implied shall
not give any third party (other than successors and assigns of the parties permitted under the Loan
Documents) any benefit of any equitable or legal right, remedy or claim under applicable law.

     15. Invalidity. If any provision or part of any provision contained in this Amendment
shall be found for any reason to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions or the remaining
part of any effective provisions of this Amendment and this Amendment shall be construed as if such
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions or part thereof had never been contained herein, but
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or unenforceability. In addition, a comparable, enforceable provision or part thereof, as
close as possible to such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or part thereof, if any
exists, shall be deemed incorporated in this Amendment, as if part of this Amendment from its
inception.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ULTRALIFE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John C. Casper
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	John C. Casper 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 
	 
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Thomas C. Strasenburgh
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas C. Strasenburgh 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 
	LENDERS:	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Thomas C. Strasenburgh
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas C. Strasenburgh 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 
	 	MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS
TRUST COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Jon Fogle
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Jon Fogle 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President

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