EXHIBIT 10.1

 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE

MARKETING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE MARKETING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of
July 26, 2005 (this “Amendment”) is an Amendment to the MARKETING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT effectively dated October 21, 2002, as amended, by and between
Republic Bank & Trust Company, a bank organized under the laws of the state of
Kentucky (“BANK”), and ACE Cash Express, Inc., a Texas corporation (“COMPANY”).

 

WHEREAS, BANK and COMPANY have previously entered into that certain MARKETING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of October 21, 2002, as amended,  (the
“Marketing Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, BANK and COMPANY desire to amend the Marketing Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       The Marketing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting, in its entirety, the fourth recital which reads as follows:

 

“WHEREAS, COMPANY agrees that BANK shall have the first and exclusive right to
all TRANSACTIONS      originated in the MARKET by COMPANY stores up to a maximum
of $14 million, exclusive of TRANSACTIONS rejected by the BANK, at such time
when COMPANY, using commercially reasonable efforts, is able to terminate
COMPANY’S arrangements existing on the date hereof to offer and provide
TRANSACTIONS or any product that is the same or substantially similar to the
TRANSACTIONS within the MARKET;”

 

2.                                       Section 3(a) of the Marketing Agreement
is hereby amended by adding a sentence at the end thereof which shall read in
its entirety as follows:

 

“BANK may also reject any TRANSACTION if, after giving effect to such
TRANSACTION, the aggregate principal amount then outstanding of all TRANSACTIONS
entered into in connection with this AGREEMENT would exceed $20 million.”

 

3.                                       Section 3(b) of the Marketing Agreement
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“(b) COMPANY acknowledges that all rights of ownership in the TRANSACTIONS and
the TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS are and remain the sole property of BANK, and COMPANY
shall have no ownership rights to such TRANSACTIONS or TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
during the term of this AGREEMENT, except that COMPANY shall have a right of
first refusal to purchase any TRANSACTION and the associated TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS with regard to any TRANSACTION in default by the CUSTOMER and

 

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with respect to which COMPANY has otherwise satisfied its obligations owing to
BANK pursuant to this AGREEMENT.”

 

4.                                       Section 3(c) of the Marketing Agreement
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“(c)                            In its sole discretion, BANK may sell, transfer,
grant an interest in, or otherwise assign any TRANSACTION, or any portion of any
TRANSACTION, to a third party or parties, subject to the provisions and prior
rights of COMPANY stated in paragraph 3(b) above. Any sale, transfer or
assignment by BANK of any TRANSACTIONS shall comply with applicable law.”

 

5.                                       Section 5(c) of the Marketing Agreement
is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection (iii) thereto which shall read in
its entirety as follows:

 

“(iii) BANK shall not directly or indirectly offer TRANSACTIONS to residents of
the MARKET other than through COMPANY during the term of this AGREEMENT.

 

6.                                       Section 5(d) of the Marketing Agreement
is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection (iv) thereto which shall read in
its entirety as follows:

 

“(iv) COMPANY agrees that, unless otherwise required by any applicable law,
rule or regulation or directed by any regulatory agency or authority governing
COMPANY, prior to offering any other consumer loan product to a CUSTOMER in the
MARKET, such CUSTOMER will first be offered a TRANSACTION under this AGREEMENT,
up to an aggregate principal amount of TRANSACTIONS outstanding of $20 million.”

 

7.                                       Section 7(a) of the Marketing Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the reference therein to “January 1, 2006” and
replacing it with a reference to “January 1, 2008”.

 

8.                                       Section 7(g) of the Marketing Agreement
is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“(g) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.”

 

9.                                       Section 7 of the Marketing Agreement is
hereby amended by adding a new subsection (l) thereto which shall read in its
entirety as follows:

 

“(l)                               Change in Circumstances.  If COMPANY can
profitably engage in deferred deposit transactions in any State within the
MARKET independent of BANK and any other bank (unless said other bank is subject
to federal rules or regulations affecting the deferred deposit transactions that
are less restrictive than those governing BANK and therefore also results in
more profit to COMPANY), then COMPANY, in its sole discretion upon sixty (60)
days notice to BANK, may elect to modify this AGREEMENT to remove such State
from

 

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the definition of MARKET; provided, however, the effective date of any such
modification shall be no earlier than (i) March 31, 2006, if the state to be
removed is Texas, and (ii) January 1, 2006, in all other instances.  In the
event COMPANY elects to modify this AGREEMENT to remove Texas from the MARKET
pursuant to the preceding sentence of this paragraph 7(l), because COMPANY
elects to act (or to have a separate subsidiary act) as a credit services
organization (a “CSO”) pursuant to Chapter 393 of the Texas Finance Code (the
“CSO Election”), then COMPANY shall give BANK written notice (the “Opportunity
Notice”) of the CSO Election and permit BANK the opportunity to offer and make
loans to COMPANY’s CSO customers who are Texas residents (i) at an interest rate
per annum no greater than the maximum rate set forth in Section 302.001 of the
Texas Finance Code and (ii) for which COMPANY (or a separate subsidiary of
COMPANY) acts as a CSO (the “BANK CSO Opportunity”).   BANK must give written
notice to COMPANY of its election to accept or reject the BANK CSO Opportunity
within ten (10) days after the date of receipt of the Opportunity Notice.    If
BANK fails to accept or reject the BANK CSO Opportunity in a timely manner, the
BANK CSO Opportunity shall be deemed to have been rejected by BANK.”

 

10.                                 Exhibit A of the Marketing Agreement is
hereby amended by amending and restating Subsections (d) and (f) therein to read
in their entirety as follows:

 

“(d) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED

 

(f) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED”

 

In the event of any conflict, inconsistency, or incongruity between the
provisions of this Amendment and any of the provisions of the Marketing
Agreement, as previously amended, the provisions of this Amendment shall in all
respects govern and control.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, COMPANY and BANK, each intending to be legally bound hereby,
have caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of
the 26th of July, 2005.

 

 

REPUBLIC BANK & TRUST COMPANY

ACE CASH EXPRESS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin Sipes

 

By:

/s/ Walter Evans

 

 

 

Its:

EVP & CFO

 

Its:

SVP & GC

 

 

 

Date:

7/26/2005

 

Date:

7/26/2005

 

 

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