EIGHTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 10.1

EIGHTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TO NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS EIGHTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of August 3, 2009 (the “Eighth Amendment Effective Date”) by and among ISI Security Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as ISI Detention Contracting Group, Inc. (the “Company”), and William Blair Mezzanine Capital Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Company, the Purchaser and the Guarantors (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below)) (such Guarantors are parties to the Purchase Agreement solely for the purposes of Section 8 thereof) previously entered into that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, as amended by that certain Omnibus First Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and Warrant dated as of November 1, 2005, by that certain Omnibus Second Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and Warrant, dated as of July 31, 2007, by that certain Third Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2008, by that certain Fourth Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2008, by that certain Fifth Amendment and Waiver to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2008, by that certain Sixth Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 8, 2009 and by that certain Seventh Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company acknowledges that a certain default has occurred and is continuing relating to a negative covenant under the Purchase Agreement, and the Purchaser is willing to provide a limited waiver in respect of such default, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment;

WHEREAS, in connection with the default, the Company wishes, and the Purchaser is willing to, amend the Purchase Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment;

WHEREAS, this Amendment shall constitute a Transaction Document, and these Recitals shall be construed as part of this Amendment; and

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, the agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy, sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

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Section 1. Amendment to the Purchase Agreement. Section 1.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the following definition in its entirety:

““Permitted Indebtedness” means:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) the Senior Debt;

(c) Indebtedness (other than with regard to the Green Wing Lease as described in subpart (k) below) not to exceed $600,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding secured by purchase money Liens or incurred with respect to Capital Leases;

(d) Indebtedness identified on the Indebtedness Schedule;

(e) unsecured Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(f) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Encumbrances;

(g) operating lease obligations, excluding real property leases, requiring payments not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its Subsidiaries during any Fiscal Year of the Company;

(h) operating lease obligations solely with respect to real property leases (excluding the real property leases described in subpart (i) below) (1) requiring payments not to exceed $850,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its Subsidiaries during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2009; (2) requiring payments not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its Subsidiaries during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2010; (3) requiring payments not to exceed $1,100,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its Subsidiaries during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2011; and (4) requiring payments not to exceed $1,200,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its Subsidiaries during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2012 and during each Fiscal Year of the Company and its Subsidiaries thereafter;

(i) operating lease obligations solely with respect to real property leases entered into by the Company and its Subsidiaries, solely with respect to residential property utilized by their employees in connection with the completion of work pursuant to contracts entered into in the course of ordinary course of business (for which the cost of the lease payments has been or will be included in the cost to complete for such work required by such contract), during any Fiscal Year of the Company;

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(j) intercompany Indebtedness; and

(k) Indebtedness in connection with the Green Wing Lease.”

Section 2. Waiver.

(a) The Company has informed the Purchaser that as of May 18, 2009, the Company exceeded the Indebtedness limitation set forth in Section 4.5(a) of the Purchase Agreement prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment (the “Existing Default”). The Purchaser hereby waives compliance by the Company of Section 4.5(a) of the Purchase Agreement solely as it relates to the Existing Default. The Purchaser’s waiver of non-compliance with Section 4.5(a) of the Purchase Agreement is limited to the specific instance of the Existing Default and shall not be deemed a waiver of or consent to any other failure to comply with the terms of Section 4.5(a) of the Purchase Agreement or any other provisions of the Purchase Agreement. Such waiver shall not prejudice or constitute a waiver of any right or remedies which the Purchaser may have or be entitled to with respect to any other breach of Section 4.5(a) or any other provision of the Purchase Agreement. The waiver is for this particular instance and shall not be construed as a waiver of any other presently existing or future default or Event of Default. Subsequent to the date hereof, the provisions of Section 4.5(a) of the Purchase Agreement will apply as amended hereby, without any further action on the part of the Purchaser.

(b) Other than as specifically set forth herein, the Purchaser reserves all of its interests, rights and remedies under and pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

Section 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Purchaser to enter into this Amendment, the Company represents and warrants that:

(a) Representations, Warranties; No Default. The warranties and representations of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents shall be true and correct as of the effective date hereof, with the same effect as though made on such date, except to the extent that such warranties and representations expressly relate to an earlier date. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default (other than the Existing Default) has occurred and is continuing under the Purchase Agreement.

(b) Organizational Authority. (i) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Amendment are within its corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (ii) this Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms and (iii) neither the execution and delivery nor the performance by the Company of this Amendment (1) violates any law or regulation, or any other decree of any governmental body, (2) conflicts with or results in the breach or termination of, constitutes a default under or accelerates any performance required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its property is bound, (3) results in the creation or imposition of any Lien, upon any of the Collateral (as defined in the Senior Loan Documents) other than Liens in favor of the Senior Lender, (4) violates or conflicts with the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of such Person, or (5) requires the consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, any other Person, except for those already duly obtained.

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Section 4. Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) No Default. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default (other than the Existing Default) under the Purchase Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) Warranties and Representations. The warranties and representations of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents shall be true and correct as of the effective date hereof, with the same effect as though made on such date, except to the extent that such warranties and representations expressly relate to an earlier date.

(c) Execution and Delivery. The Company and the Purchaser shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

(d) Initial Amendment Fee. The Company shall have paid to the Purchaser an initial amendment fee in the amount of $25,000, which fee shall be fully earned by Purchaser and payable on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date.

(e) Other. The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Purchaser such other documents and instruments that the Purchaser may reasonably request to effect the purposes of this Amendment, including, without limitation, a fully executed copy of that certain Amendment No. 3 to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and between the Company and the Senior Lender.

Section 5. Reference and Effect on Operative Documents.

(a) Ratification. Except as specifically amended above, the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Agreement are not intended to and do not effect a novation of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company hereby ratifies and reaffirms each of the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all of its obligations thereunder.

(b) References. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in (i) the Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or words of similar import, and (ii) any other Transaction Document to “the Agreement” or “the Purchase Agreement” shall, in each case and except as otherwise specifically stated therein, mean and be a reference to the Purchase Agreement or such other Transaction Documents, as applicable, as amended hereby.

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

(a) Additional Fee and Expenses. Pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Purchase Agreement, the Company further agrees to pay on demand all reasonable legal fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of or incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the instruments and agreements contemplated hereby. The failure of the Company to comply with the foregoing requirements shall constitute an immediate Event of Default under the Purchase Agreement.

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(b) Binding Effect. This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

(c) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered, shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(d) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to its conflict of laws principles.

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Signature Page to Eighth Amendment and Waiver to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

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