Amended Negative Pledge Agreement

AMENDED NEGATIVE PLEDGE AGREEMENT
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This Amended Agreement is entered into by and among MILLER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Tennessee corporation with its principal offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee (the "Borrower"), CENTURY HOLDINGS, INC., a Tennessee corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Borrower ("Century Holdings"), MILLER INDUSTRIES TOWING EQUIPMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Holdings ("Towing Equipment"), CHAMPION CARRIER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Holdings, Inc. ("Champion") and MILLER INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. ("International") (Century Holdings, Towing Equipment, Champion and International are collectively referred to herein as "Guarantors"), and NATIONSBANK OF TENNESSEE, N.A., a national banking association with its offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee ("NationsBank") (hereinafter referred to as "Lender").


W I T N E S S E T H:
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That WHEREAS, Borrower and Guarantors entered into that certain Loan Agreement dated June 28, 1994, with NationsBank (the "Loan Agreement"); and


WHEREAS, NationsBank issued to the Borrower a Commitment Letter providing that NationsBank would make available to the Borrower a Revolving Line of Credit Loan in the maximum aggregate principal amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00), depending upon the amount received by Borrower pursuant to the Public Offering (as defined in the Loan Agreement) as more specifically set forth in the Loan Agreement; and


WHEREAS, pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Lender advanced the Revolving Line of Credit Loan (as defined in the Loan Agreement) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, and the Borrower has used the proceeds of the Revolving Line of Credit Loan as provided in the Loan Agreement; and


WHEREAS, as one of the conditions of the Loan Agreement, Borrower and Guarantors agreed to execute a Negative Pledge Agreement whereby Borrower and Guarantors agreed that they would not sell, convey, transfer, pledge, mortgage, grant a security interest in nor encumber in any manner any of their accounts receivable, inventory and equipment owned by either Borrower or Guarantors, whether now existing or acquired in the future, nor sell, convey, transfer, pledge, mortgage, grant a security interest in nor encumber any capital stock of the Guarantors, without the prior written consent of Lender; so long as any Obligation (as that term is defined in the Loan Agreement) of the Borrower and Guarantors to the Lender remains outstanding, except as specifically allowed in the Loan Agreement (the "Negative Pledge Agreement"); and


WHEREAS, on or about December 30, 1994, Towing Equipment and Lender entered into an Amendment to Certain Loan Documents amending the Loan Agreement and Negative Pledge Agreement to reflect the merger of Century Wrecker Corporation with an


entity called Century Finance Group, Inc. and the name change of the merged entities to Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc. and to recognize the liability and obligation of Towing Equipment as new guarantor under the Loan Agreement and Negative Pledge Agreement and the Loan Documents; and


WHEREAS, on or about March 30, 1995 the Lender, Borrower and Century Holdings, Towing Equipment and Champion (as Guarantors) entered into a Second Amended Loan Agreement whereby the interest rate payable by Borrower to Lender on the Revolving Line of Credit was amended; and


WHEREAS, on or about December 29, 1995, Lender, Borrower and Guarantors entered into a Third Amended Loan Agreement and Amendment to Guaranty Agreements whereby the amount of indebtedness was increased from $15,000,000 to an amount up to $25,000,000, the interest rate was amended, the financial covenants were revised, and the Guarantors affirmed and confirmed their guaranty of the Obligations (as defined in the Loan Agreement, as amended) of Borrower to Lender including the increase in indebtedness to an amount up to $25,000,000; and


WHEREAS, on or about February 29, 1996, Lender, Borrower and Guarantors entered into a Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement whereby the Loan Agreement was amended to add an event of default; and


WHEREAS, Borrower has requested and Lender has agreed to increase the it-evolving Line of Credit ...