Pledge Agreement (Bank Deposits)

Exhibit 1.3

Pledge Agreement (Bank Deposits)

     THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of this 16^th day of November, 2009, is made by ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORPORATION (the “Pledgor”), with an address at 125 James Way, Southampton, PA 18966, in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Secured Party”), with an address at 1000 Westlakes Drive, Suite 200, Berwyn, PA 19312.

     1. Pledge. In order to induce the Secured Party to extend the Obligations (as defined below), the Pledgor hereby grants a security interest in and pledges to the Secured Party all of the Pledgor’s right, title and interest in and to the deposit account established at the Secured Party, as more fully described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “Account”) and any and all replacements and proceeds thereof and all income, interest and other distributions thereon maintained in the name of the Pledgor by the Secured Party (collectively, the “Collateral”). The Pledgor shall make additional cash deposits to the Account from time to time so that the Collateral has a fair market value of $5,422,405 no later than nine (9) months after the date hereof.

     The Pledgor agrees that (i) the Secured Party shall have the sole and exclusive right of withdrawal of the Collateral, (ii) the Pledgor shall have no right of withdrawal of the Collateral, and (iii) the Secured Party may make appropriate notations in its books and records (electronic or otherwise) to effectuate the foregoing.

     2. Obligations Secured. The Collateral secures payment of all loans, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing from the Pledgor to the Secured Party, of any kind or nature, present or future (including any interest accruing thereon after maturity, or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Pledgor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment or participation), absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, under the line of credit established under that Letter Agreement between the Pledgor and the Secured Party dated as of the date hereof (as hereafter amended, modified or supplemented, the “Credit Agreement”), the Reimbursement Agreement for Letters of Credit from the Pledgor in favor of the Secured Party dated as of the date hereof (as hereafter amended, modified or supplemented, the “Reimbursement Agreement”), the Letters of Credit (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant thereto; and any amendments, extensions, renewals and increases of or to any of the foregoing, and all costs and expenses of the Secured Party incurred in the documentation, negotiation, modification, enforcement, collection and otherwise in connection with any of the foregoing, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Obligations”).

     3. Representations and Warranties. The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Secured Party that (a) no prior lien or encumbrance exists on the Collateral, and the Pledgor will not grant or suffer to exist any such lien or encumbrance in the future, other than in favor of the Secured Party, and (b) the Pledgor is the legal owner of the Collateral and has the right to pledge and grant a security interest in the Collateral without the consent of any other party other than the issuing institution, which the Pledgor has caused or will cause to execute the Acknowledgment in substantially the form attached hereto.

     4. Default.

          4.1. If any of the following occur (each an “Event of Default”): (i) any Event of Default (as defined in any of the Obligations), (ii) any default under any of the Obligations that does not have a defined set of “Events of Default” and the lapse of any notice or cure period provided in such Obligations with respect to such default, (iii) the failure by the Pledgor to perform any of its obligations hereunder, (iv) the falsity, inaccuracy or material breach by the Pledgor of any written warranty, representation or statement made or furnished to the Secured Party by or on behalf of the Pledgor, (v) the failure of the Secured Party to have a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral, or (vi) any restriction is imposed on the pledge or transfer of any of the Collateral after the date of this Agreement without the Secured Party’s prior written consent, then the Secured

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Party is authorized in its discretion to declare any or all of the Obligations to be immediately due and payable without demand or notice, which are expressly waived, and may exercise any one or more of the rights and remedies granted pursuant to this Pledge Agreement or given to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable state, as it may be amended from time to time, or otherwise at law or in equity, including without limitation the right to sell or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Collateral at public or private sale, with or without advertisement thereof, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best.

          4.2. The Secured Party is authorized to draw the funds represented by the Collateral, in whole or in part, and to do all acts necessary to draw such funds, to apply to all Obligations secured hereby, whether declared immediately due and payable or otherwise, and the officers of the issuing institution are authorized and directed to pay the same to the Secured Party on demand.

          4.3. The net proceeds arising from the disposition of the Collateral after deducting expenses incurred by the Secured Party will be applied to the Obligations in the order determined by the Secured Party. If any excess remains after the discharge of all of the Obligations, the same will be paid to the Pledgor. If after exhausting all of the Collateral there is a deficiency, the Pledgor will be liable therefor to the Secured Party; provided, however, that nothing contained herein will obligate the Secured Party to proceed against the Pledgor or any other party obligated under the Obligations or against any other collateral for the Obligations prior to proceeding against the Collateral.

          4.4. If any demand is made at any time upon the Secured Party for the repayment or recovery of any amount received by it in payment or on account of any of the Obligations and if the Secured Party repays all or any part of such amount by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body or by reason of any settlement or compromise of any such demand, the Pledgor will be and remain liable for the amounts so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never been originally received by the Secured Party. The provisions of this section will be and remain effective notwithstanding the release of any of the Collateral by the Secured Party in reliance upon such payment (in which case the Pledgor’s liability will be limited to an amount equal to the fair market value of the Collateral determined as of the date such Collateral was released) and any such release will be without prejudice to the Secured Party’s rights hereunder and will be deemed to have been conditioned upon such payment having become final and irrevocable. This Section shall survive the termination of this Pledge Agreement.

     5. Interest and Premiums. All interest and premiums declared or paid on the Collateral shall be the property of the Pledgor but shall remain as Collateral, subject to the restrictions contained in this Agreement, unless released by the Secured Party, in its discretion, following a request from Pledgor. At any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Secured Party shall be entitled to apply all interest and premiums declared or paid on the Collateral in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 above.

     6. Further Assurances. By its signature hereon, the Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Secured Party, at any time and from time to time, to execute (on behalf of the Pledgor), file and record against the Pledgor any notice, financing statement, continuation statement, amendment statement, instrument, document or agreement under the Uniform Commercial Code that the Secured Party may consider necessary or desirable to create, preserve, continue, perfect or validate any security interest granted hereunder or to enable the Secured Party to exercise or enforce its rights hereunder with respect to such security interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints the Secured Party as the Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact to do all acts and things in the Pledgor’s name that the Secured Party may deem necessary or desirable. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest with full power of substitution and is irrevocable. The Pledgor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     7. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals and other communications required or permitted hereunder (“Notices”) must be in writing and will be effective upon receipt. Notices may be given in any manner to which the parties may separately agree, including electronic mail. Without limiting the foregoing, first-class mail, facsimile transmission and commercial courier service are hereby agreed to as acceptable methods for giving Notices. Regardless of the manner in which provided, Notices may be sent to a party’s address as set

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forth above or to such other address as either the Pledgor or the Secured Party may give to the other for such purpose in accordance with this section.

     8. Preservation of Rights, (a) No delay or omission on the Secured Party’s part to exercise any right or power arising hereunder will impair any such right or power or be considered a waiver of any such right or power, nor will the Secured Party’s action or inaction impair any such right or power. The Secured Party’s rights and remedies hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies which the Secured Party may have under other agreements, at law or in equity.

          (b) The Secured Party may, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Pledgor unless otherwise expressly required pursuant to the terms of the Obligations, and without impairing or releasing, discharging or modifying the Pledgor’s liabilities hereunder, (i) change the manner, place, time or terms of payment or performance of or interest rates on, or other terms relating to, any of the Obligations; (ii) renew, substitute, modify, amend or alter, or grant consents or waivers relating to any of the Obligations, any other pledge or security agreements, or any security for any Obligations; (iii) apply any and all payments by whomever paid or however realized including any proceeds of any collateral, to any Obligations of the Pledgor in such order, manner and amount as the Secured Party may determine in its sole discretion; (iv) deal with any other person with respect to any Obligations in such manner as the Secured Party deems appropriate in its sole discretion; (v) substitute, exchange or release any security or guaranty; or (vi) take such actions and exercise such remedies hereunder as provided herein. The Pledgor hereby waives (a) presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor and notice of non-payment and all other notices to which the Pledgor might otherwise be entitled, and (b) all defenses based on suretyship or impairment of collateral.

     9. Illegality. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Pledge Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, it shall not affect or impair the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions in this Pledge Agreement.

     10. Changes in Writing. No modification, amendment or waiver of, or consent to any departure by the Pledgor from, any provision of this Pledge Agreement will be effective unless made in a writing signed by the Secured Party, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Pledgor in any case will entitle the Pledgor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstance.

     11. Entire Agreement. This Pledge Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the Pledgor and the Secured Party with respect to the subject matter hereof.

     12. Successors and Assigns. This Pledge Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Pledgor and the Secured Party and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns; provided, however, that the Pledgor may not assign this Pledge Agreement in whole or in part without the Secured Party’s prior written consent and the Secured Party at any time may assign this Pledge Agreement in whole or in part.

     13. Interpretation. In this Pledge Agreement, unless the Secured Party and the Pledgor otherwise agree in writing, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; references to statutes are to be construed as including all statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute referred to; the word “or” shall be deemed to include “and/or”, the words “including”, “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; and references to agreements and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications to such instruments, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this Pledge Agreement. Section headings in this Pledge Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Pledge Agreement for any other purpose. If this Pledge Agreement is executed by more than one party as Pledgor, the obligations of such persons or entities will be joint and several.

     14. Indemnity. The Pledgor agrees to indemnify each of the Secured Party, each legal entity, if any, who controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Secured Party, and each of their respective

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directors, officers and employees (the “Indemnified Parties”), and to hold each Indemnified Party harmless from and against, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including all fees and charges of internal or external counsel with whom any Indemnified Party may consult and all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor) which any Indemnified Party may incur, or which may be asserted against any Indemnified Party by any person, entity or governmental authority (including any person or entity claiming derivatively on behalf of the Pledgor), in connection with or arising out of or relating to the matters referred to in this Pledge Agreement, whether (a) arising from or incurred in connection with any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant by the Pledgor, or (b) arising out of or resulting from any suit, action, claim, proceeding or governmental investigation, pending or threatened, whether based on statute, regulation or order, or tort, or contract or otherwise, before any court or governmental authority; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses solely attributable to an Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section shall survive the termination of this Pledge Agreement. The Pledgor may participate at its expense in the defense of any such action or claim.

     15. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Pledge Agreement has been delivered to and accepted by the Secured Party and will be deemed to be made in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania where the Secured Party’s office indicated above is located. This Pledge Agreement will be interpreted and the rights and liabilities of the Pledgor and the Secured Party determined in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, excluding its conflict of laws rules. The Pledgor hereby irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the county or judicial district where the Secured Party’s office indicated above is located; provided that nothing contained in this Pledge Agreement will prevent the Secured Party from bringing any action, enforcing any award or judgment or exercising any rights against the Pledgor individually, against any security or against any property of the Pledgor within any other county, state or other foreign or domestic jurisdiction. The Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that the venue provided above is the most convenient forum for both the Secured Party and the Pledgor. The Pledgor waives any objection to venue and any objection based on a more convenient forum in any action instituted under this Pledge Agreement.

     16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PLEDGOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT THE PLEDGOR MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR CLAIM OF ANY NATURE RELATING TO THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT, ANY DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED IN ANY OF SUCH DOCUMENTS. THE PLEDGOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER IS KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY.

The Pledgor acknowledges that it has read and understood all the provisions of this Pledge Agreement, including the waiver of jury trial, and has been advised by counsel as necessary or appropriate.

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WITNESS the due execution hereof as a document under seal, as of the date first written above.

		ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORPORATION
		By:		/s/ Duane D. Deaner
		Print Name: Duane D. Deaner				(SEAL)
		Title: C.F.O.

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EXHIBIT A
TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT

     Account No. 31700343665 at PNC Bank, National Association.