EXHIBIT A
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
$5,000,000 December 30, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Performance Technologies, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"),
hereby promises to pay to The Chase Manhattan Bank (the "Bank"), for account of its Lending Office provided
for by the Credit Agreement dated as of December 30, 1998 between the Borrower and the Bank (the "Credit
Agreement"), or order, at the Payment Office the principal sum of Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000)
or such portion thereof as may have been advanced by the Bank pursuant to Article 2 of the Credit Agreement,
in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on the dates and in the
amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time
to time outstanding, at such office, in like money and funds, for the period commencing on the date of this Note
until such principal sum shall be paid in full, at the rates per annum and on the dates provided in the Credit
Agreement.
The amount, type and date of each Loan made by the Bank to the Borrower, and each payment made on
account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Bank on its books and, prior to any transfer of this
Note, endorsed by the Bank on the schedule attached hereto or any continuation thereof, provided, however,
that the failure of the Bank to endorse the schedule shall not affect or impair the Borrower's obligation to repay
any Loan or any interest thereon or any other amount due under the Credit Agreement.
This Note is the Note referred to in the Credit Agreement and evidences all Loans made by the Bank thereunder.
Capitalized terms used in this Note have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement provides for the acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the occurrence of certain
events and for prepayments of Loans upon the terms and conditions specified therein.
This Note shall be governed by and const