Exhibit 10.01
ACCOUNT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is dated as of April 21, 2009 between Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, acting through its Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division,
a national association (“WFBC”), and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a North
Carolina corporation (the “Customer”). The Customer and WFBC agree as follows:
Article 1.
Purpose of Agreement
1.01 Purpose of Agreement. The Customer desires to sell, assign and transfer to
WFBC, on a fully serviced basis, an undivided ownership interest in all of the
Customer’s right, title and interest in certain of its Accounts, all Related
Rights with respect thereto and all proceeds of the foregoing and WFBC desires
to purchase such undivided ownership interest in all of the Customer’s right,
title and interest in such Accounts, all Related Rights with respect thereto and
all proceeds of the foregoing on the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
purchase of accounts hereunder shall be full recourse as provided herein and
shall be on a non-notification of assignment basis. The purpose of this
Agreement is commercial in nature and not for household, family and/or personal
use. Terms which are not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York, to the extent
defined therein. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that WFBC has not made any
representations or warranties concerning the tax, accounting or legal
characteristics of the transaction set forth herein and in the Transaction
Agreements and that the Customer has obtained and relied upon such tax,
accounting and legal advice from its own experts concerning such transaction as
it deems appropriate.
Article 2.
Definitions
2.01 “Acceptable Account” means an Account, in an amount equal to the aggregate
face amount of such Account, net of any credits or allowances of any nature,
which (a) conforms to the representations, warranties and terms set forth herein
and (b) is not an Unacceptable Account as defined below.
2.02 “Account” means any right of payment of the net amount for goods sold, or
leased and delivered or services rendered in the ordinary course of the
Customer’s business which is not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper.
2.03 “Account Debtor” means the Customer’s customer or any other Person owing
money to the Customer with respect to an Account.
2.04 “Affiliate” means (a) any Person that directly, or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls another Person (a “Controlling Person”) or
(b) any Person which is controlled by or is under common control with a
Controlling Person. As used herein, the term “control” means possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to vote 10% or more of any class of voting
securities of a Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
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2.05 “Agreement” means this Account Purchase Agreement.
2.06 “Assigned Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.01(b)(vi).
2.07 “Assignee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.01(b)(i).
2.08 “Assignment and Schedule of Accounts” means the Assignment and Schedule of
Accounts, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, as the same may be
revised from time to time by WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole
discretion.
2.09 “Bank of America Lockbox” means the lockbox established under the Bank of
America Lockbox Agreement.
2.10 “Bank of America Lockbox Agreement” means the Deposit Account Control
Agreement by and among the Customer, WFBC and Bank of America, N.A., dated as of
April 21, 2009.
2.11 “Bank of America Lockbox Account” means the Customer’s account number
3751585282, ABA number 111000012, maintained at Bank of America, N.A., together
with all other deposit accounts which are subject to the Bank of America Lockbox
Agreement.
2.12 “Business Day” means a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is
open for business.
2.13 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
     (a) Any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) shall have acquired (1) beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under said Act) of 35% or more of the outstanding shares of common
stock of the Customer or (2) 35% or more of the outstanding voting power of all
of the capital stock of the Customer entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors; or
     (b) During any two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the board of directors of the Customer (together with any new
directors whose election by the board of directors or whose nomination for
election by the shareholders of the Customer was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors then in office who either were directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
directors then in office.
2.14 “Chase Lockbox” means the lockbox established under the Chase Lockbox
Agreement.
2.15 “Chase Lockbox Agreement” means the Blocked Account Control Agreement by
and among the Customer, WFBC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated as of
April 21, 2009.

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2.16 “Chase Lockbox Account” means the Customer’s account number 5261376, ABA
number 021000021, maintained at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., together with all
other deposit accounts which are subject to the Chase Lockbox Agreement.
2.17 “Closing Date” means April 21, 2009.
2.18 “Collateral” shall mean all of the following property whether now owned or
existing or hereafter created or acquired or arising, or in which the Customer
now has or hereafter acquires any rights, and wheresoever located: (a) all of
the Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights; (b) all chattel paper (including
electronic chattel paper) evidencing, arising out of or related to any Purchased
Accounts or any Related Rights; (c) all commercial tort claims arising out of or
related to any Purchased Accounts or any Related Rights; (d) all deposit
accounts in which proceeds of any Purchased Accounts or any Related Rights are
deposited or contained, including the Bank of America Lockbox Account, the Chase
Lockbox Account and the Wachovia Lockbox Account; (e) in the case of all Related
Rights consisting of goods, all accessions, accessories and attachments now or
hereafter attached or affixed to or used in connection with any such goods;
(f) all documents (including all warehouse receipts, bills of lading, other
documents of title and other documents now or hereafter covering any goods)
related to any Purchased Accounts or any Related Rights; (g) all general
intangibles (including (i) payment intangibles, (ii) intellectual property,
(iii) guaranty and indemnification claims, and (iv) all other choses in action,
causes of action, actions, suits, and other legal proceedings of any kind)
arising out of or related to any Purchased Accounts or any Related Rights;
(h) all instruments, investment property, letters of credit and letter of credit
rights, and supporting obligations, in each case to the extent evidencing,
arising out of or related to any Purchased Accounts or any Related Rights;
(i) all monies and other things of value contained in any Lockbox Account and
any other blocked account, lockbox account or collateral account established
with or for the benefit of WFBC, and all items in any Lockbox or any other
lockbox related to any Purchased Accounts or any Related Rights; (j) all
tangible and electronic books and records pertaining to any of the foregoing
(including all mail and electronic mail); (k) all amendments, modifications,
products, replacements, and substitutions to any of the foregoing; (l) all
collateral subject to the Lien of any Related Document; and (m) all proceeds
(including cash, insurance and condemnation proceeds) and products of any of the
foregoing.
2.19 “Collections” means all cash collections and other cash proceeds of the
Purchased Accounts including all cash proceeds of Related Rights and all
recoveries and all collections deemed to be proceeds of the Purchased Accounts
and Related Rights.
2.20 “Collections Account” means WFBC’s account number 6355033300, ABA number
121000248, maintained at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or such other account which is
designated in writing by notice to Customer as WFBC’s Collections Account for
the purposes hereof.
2.21 “Commercial Dispute” means the occurrence of any dispute, claim or offset,
which, if adversely resolved, would preclude WFBC from realizing through
payments from the applicable Account Debtor the Outstanding Balance of the
affected Purchased Account.
2.22 “Consolidated Debt” means at any date the Debt of the Customer and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date.

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2.23 “Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.17.
2.24 “Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, net income (or net loss)
(before discontinued operations) plus the sum of (a) consolidated interest
expense, (b) income tax expense, (c) depreciation expense, (d) amortization
expense, (e) depletion expense, (f) stock based compensation expense and (g) any
non-cash losses or expenses from any unusual, extraordinary or otherwise
non-recurring items as reasonably determined by the Customer, and minus
(x) consolidated interest income and (y) the sum of the amounts for such period
of any income tax benefits and any income or gains from any unusual,
extraordinary or otherwise non-recurring items as reasonably determined by the
Customer, in each case determined on a consolidated basis for the Customer and
its Subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
in the case of items (a) through (g) and items (x) and (y), to the extent such
amounts were included in the calculation of net income. For the purpose of
calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period, if during such period the
Customer or any Subsidiary shall have made an acquisition or a disposition,
Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma
effect thereto as if such acquisition or disposition, as the case may be,
occurred on the first day of such period.
2.25 “Consolidated Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity
the accounts of which would be consolidated with the Customer in its
consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such
date.
2.26 “Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of October 24, 2008, among the Customer, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. as Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
2.27 “Credit and Collection Policy” means the Customer’s credit, collection and
administration procedures relating to the Accounts (including the Purchased
Accounts) and the Related Rights, applied consistent with past practices of the
Customer in effect on the date hereof, as such procedures may be amended in
compliance with Section 7.03.
2.28 “Debt” of any Person means at any date, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business, (d) all obligations of such Person as lessee which are capitalized in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (e) all non-contingent
obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of
amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, bank guarantee or
similar instrument which remain unpaid for two Business Days, (f) all Debt
secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is
otherwise an obligation of such Person provided that the amount of such Debt
which is not otherwise an obligation of such Person shall be deemed to be the
fair market value of such asset and (g) all Debt of others guaranteed by such
Person.
2.29 “Disbursement Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(c).
2.30 “Dispute Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.

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2.31 “Eligible Institution” means any commercial bank having total assets in
excess of $3,000,000,000 (or the equivalent amount in the local currency of such
bank) as determined by WFBC based on the most recent publicly available
financial statements of such bank.
2.32 “Event of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 10.
2.33 “Facility Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(d).
2.34 “Facility Maximum” means the lesser of (a) $175,000,000 or (b) the sum of
the WFBC Commitment plus the Other Commitment.
2.35 “Final Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.26.
2.36 “Former Plan” means any employee benefit plan in respect of which the
Customer or a Subsidiary has engaged in a transaction described in Section 4069
or Section 4212(c) of ERISA.
2.37 “Indemnified Liabilities” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.07(a).
2.38 “Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(a).
2.39 “Insolvency” means, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition
that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
2.40 “Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding under Title 11 of the United
States Code or under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or the Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), any proceeding instituted by or against a
Person seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or any proceeding
seeking the entry of an order for relief by the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian or similar official for its or a substantial part of its
property.
2.41 “Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt at
such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date, taken as one accounting
period.
2.42 “LIBOR” means, as of a selected date, the rate per annum (rounded upward,
if necessary, to the nearest whole 1/16 of 1%) and determined pursuant to the
following formula:

           
LIBOR =
  Base LIBOR    
 
       
 
  100% – LIBOR Reserve Percentage  

     (a) “Base LIBOR” means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits
generally quoted by WFBC to its commercial customers as the London Inter-Bank
Market Offered Rate, with the understanding that such rate is quoted by WFBC for
the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making
reference to the One Month LIBOR, as the London Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate
in effect from time to time.

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     (b) “LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means the reserve percentage prescribed by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve
Board, as amended), adjusted by WFBC for expected changes in such reserve
percentage during the term of this Agreement.
     (c) “One Month LIBOR” means, for any day, the rate of interest equal to
LIBOR then in effect for delivery for a one (1) month period.
The Customer understands and agrees that WFBC may base its quotation of the
London Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or other market
indicators of the London Inter-Bank Market as WFBC in its discretion deems
appropriate including the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London
Inter-Bank Market. WFBC’s determination of LIBOR shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.
2.43 “Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, assignment (whether absolute
or by way of security), tax lien or other lien (statutory or otherwise) or any
other encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever.
2.44 “Lockbox” means the Bank of America Lockbox, the Chase Lockbox or the
Wachovia Lockbox and “Lockboxes” means the Bank of America Lockbox, the Chase
Lockbox and the Wachovia Lockbox.
2.45 “Lockbox Account” means the Bank of America Lockbox Account, the Chase
Lockbox Account or the Wachovia Lockbox Account, and “Lockbox Accounts” means
the Bank of America Lockbox Account, the Chase Lockbox Account and the Wachovia
Lockbox Account.
2.46 “Lockbox Agreement” means the Bank of America Lockbox Agreement, the Chase
Lockbox Agreement or the Wachovia Lockbox Agreement and “Lockbox Agreements”
means the Bank of America Lockbox Agreement, the Chase Lockbox Agreement and the
Wachovia Lockbox Agreement.
2.47 “Material Adverse Effect” means any effect upon the business, operations or
financial condition of the Customer which, in the reasonable determination of
WFBC, materially adversely affects (a) the interest of WFBC in the Purchased
Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral, (b) the collectibility and
enforceability of the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral
or WFBC’s rights thereunder or (c) the ability of the Customer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Agreements.
2.48 “Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
2.49 “Net Change Amount” means the difference, if any, of (a) 90% of the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of Purchased Accounts which are Acceptable
Accounts on the last day of the applicable Settlement Period, minus (b) 90% of
the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Purchased Accounts which are Acceptable
Accounts on the last day of the Settlement Period immediately preceding the
applicable Settlement Period. The percentage used in the preceding sentence may
be adjusted by WFBC at anytime at WFBC’s commercially reasonable sole
discretion. The Net Change Amount may be either positive or negative.

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2.50 “Other Commitment” means $0.
2.51 “Other Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.20.
2.52 “Outstanding Balance” means, for any Account, the total amount due and
payable by the Account Debtor for goods and/or services rendered by the Customer
in respect of such Account, after reduction for any discounts, credits, rebates,
allowances, reserves, incentives, penalties or other reductions or similar
adjustments, as determined by WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole
discretion.
2.53 “Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.02.
2.54 “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor thereto).
2.55 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
of a governmental entity.
2.56 “Plan” means, at a particular time, any employee benefit plan which is
covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Customer or a Subsidiary is an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
2.57 “Purchase Limit” means the limit WFBC sets from time to time in its
commercially reasonable sole discretion establishing the maximum gross face
amount of Purchased Accounts which are approved as Acceptable Accounts at any
given time owed by a particular Account Debtor.
2.58 “Purchased Account” and “Purchased Accounts” shall have the meanings set
forth in Section 3.01(a).
2.59 “Purchased Amount” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate
purchase price paid by WFBC for the Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights,
minus (b) the aggregate amount paid to WFBC hereunder on account of Purchased
Accounts and Related Rights, net of all fees, interest, expenses and costs
hereunder, plus (c) all amounts which at any time must be returned for any
reason to the Customer by WFBC.
2.60 “Records” means all tangible and electronic books, records, reports and
other documents and information (including hard copies of all data maintained in
databases of the Customer on tapes, disks and punch cards) maintained in respect
of the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights, the Collateral and the Account
Debtors.
2.61 “Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.01(b)(vi).
2.62 “Related Document” means any agreement, document, exhibit, notice or other
written communication to which the Customer is a party or which has at any time
been delivered by or on behalf of the Customer to WFBC in connection with this
Agreement.

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2.63 “Related Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.
2.64 “Related Security” means, with respect to the Purchased Accounts, (a) all
Liens, and all property subject thereto, from time to time purporting to secure
payment of any Purchased Account, including any security deposit, whether
pursuant to any related agreement or otherwise; (b) all of Customer’s right,
title and interest in, to and under all guarantees, indemnities, letters of
credit, insurance policies (and proceeds and premium refunds thereof) and other
agreements or arrangements of whatsoever character from time to time supporting
or securing payment of any Purchased Account, whether pursuant to the related
agreement or otherwise; (c) all related Records; and (d) all proceeds of or
relating to the foregoing and any Purchased Account.
2.65 “Reorganization” means with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the
condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241
of ERISA.
2.66 “Replacement Servicer Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.04.
2.67 “Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is
waived under PBGC Reg. § 2615 or any successor regulation thereto.
2.68 “Repurchase Price” for any Purchased Account means the sum of (a) the
lesser of (i) the Outstanding Balance of such Account and (ii) the Purchase
Price of such Account, plus (b) the WFBC Discount Fee, plus (c) all fees, costs
or expenses associated with the repurchase or collection of such Purchased
Account.
2.69 “Servicer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
2.70 “Settlement Date” means, in respect of any Settlement Period, the fourth
Business Day following the last day of such Settlement Period, and when
referring to a particular Settlement Date herein, such Settlement Period may be
referred to as the applicable Settlement Period.
2.71 “Settlement Period” means (a) from the date hereof to and including May 10,
2009, the period beginning on the date hereof to and including May 10, 2009,
(b) thereafter, the fourteen (14) day period beginning on May 11, 2009 and each
fourteen (14) day period thereafter beginning on the day following the last day
of the immediately preceding Settlement Period; provided that (c) following an
Event of Termination, WFBC may select the length of any Settlement Period which
commences on or after the date on which such Event of Termination occurs; and
(d) any Settlement Period which commences before an Event of Termination and
would otherwise terminate after the date of such Event of Termination occurs
shall end on the date such Event of Termination occurs.
2.72 “Single Employer Plan” means any Plan which is covered by Title IV of
ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
2.73 “Specified Acquisition” means any single acquisition by the Customer or a
Subsidiary of the Customer of any Person (the “Target”) that (a) is in the same
line or lines of business as the Customer or in the judgment of the Customer is
related to such line or lines of business and (b) such Target’s board of
directors have not objected to such acquisition.

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2.74 “Specified Acquisition Notice” means a notice delivered by the Customer
notifying the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and WFBC
of the Specified Acquisition and stating that the conditions in clauses (a) and
(b) of Section 7.12 have been satisfied.
2.75 “Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity of
which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar
functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person; unless
otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Customer.
2.76 “Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.20.
2.77 “Termination Date” means the earliest of (a) April 20, 2012, (b) the date
the Customer terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.06, (c) the date on
which an Event of Termination described in Section 10.01(f) occurs, or
(d) during the continuation of an Event of Termination, the date on which WFBC
exercises its right to cease purchasing Accounts.
2.78 “Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Lockbox Agreements and
any other agreement, instrument or document that WFBC and the Customer agree in
writing is a Transaction Agreement.
2.79 “Unacceptable Account” means any Account which is not acceptable in WFBC’s
commercially reasonable sole discretion including the following:
     (a) Accounts unpaid more than 90 days after the invoice date;
     (b) Accounts owed by any unit of any foreign government or the United
States federal government (provided, however, that Unacceptable Accounts shall
not include that portion of Accounts owed by such units of government for which
the Customer has provided evidence satisfactory to WFBC that (i) WFBC has a
first priority perfected security interest in such Accounts and (ii) such
Accounts may be enforced by WFBC directly against such unit of government under
all applicable laws);
     (c) Accounts not payable in United States dollars unless approved by WFBC
in writing;
     (d) Any Account which is not an “account” or “payment intangible” within
the meaning of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of all applicable
jurisdictions;
     (e) Any Account which (i) does not arise under a contract or invoice which
is in full force and effect, (ii) does not constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the related Account Debtor enforceable against such
Account Debtor in accordance with its terms, (iii) is subject to a material
counterclaim, a defense or a Lien (other than WFBC’s Lien), or (iv) is an
executory contract or unexpired lease within the meaning of Section 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code;

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     (f) Any Account which arises under a contract or invoice which (i) does not
contain an obligation to pay a specified sum of money or is subject to
contingencies, (ii) requires the Account Debtor under such contract or invoice
to consent to the transfer, sale or assignment of the rights to payment under
such contract or invoice, (iii) limits or restricts the sale, transfer or
assignment (whether absolutely or by way of security) of such contract or
invoice, or (iv) contains a confidentiality provision that purports to restrict
WFBC’s exercise of rights under this Agreement, including the right to review
such contract or invoice;
     (g) Any Account which, in whole or in part, contravenes any law, rule or
regulation applicable thereto (including those relating to usury, truth in
lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity,
fair debt collection practices and privacy), which contravention would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
     (h) Unless WFBC agrees to the contrary in writing, Accounts owed by an
Account Debtor which is located outside the United States or Canada;
     (i) Unless WFBC agrees to the contrary in writing, Accounts owed by an
Account Debtor that is insolvent, the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding or has
ceased doing business;
     (j) Accounts owed (i) by an owner or shareholder of the Customer owning,
directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the Customer’s outstanding equity
interests, or (ii) by a Subsidiary, Affiliate, officer or employee of the
Customer;
     (k) Accounts not beneficially or legally owned by the Customer immediately
prior to purchase by WFBC;
     (l) Accounts which represent indebtedness of an Account Debtor that
constitutes an illegal, invalid or unenforceable obligation of such Account
Debtor to pay the amount thereof on the maturity date stated therein;
     (m) Accounts which, upon purchase by WFBC, are not subject to a duly
perfected Lien in WFBC’s favor or which are subject to any Lien in favor of any
Person other than WFBC, including any payment or performance bond;
     (n) Accounts that have been restructured, extended, amended or modified;
     (o) That portion of Accounts that constitutes allowances, finance charges,
service charges or excise taxes;
     (p) Accounts that have been invoiced, paid or partially paid in advance of
the full delivery and acceptance of goods or the performance and acceptance of
services or in advance of the submission of such Accounts to WFBC;
     (q) Any Account which (i) does not satisfy in all material respects all
applicable requirements of the Credit and Collection Policy or (ii) was not
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     (r) Any Account as to which not all of the related invoices have been made
available to WFBC in a form reasonably acceptable to WFBC, and which are not
included in an Assignment and Schedule of Accounts acceptable to WFBC in its
commercially reasonable sole discretion prior to the proposed purchase of such
Accounts;
     (s) Any Account which is subject to any asserted reduction (including any
reduction on account of any offsetting account payable of the related Account
Debtor or the Customer to an Account Debtor), cancellation, rebate or refund or
any dispute, offset, counterclaim, Lien or defense whatsoever (including any
unresolved Commercial Dispute); provided that an Account that is subject only in
part to any of the foregoing but otherwise qualifies as an Acceptable Account
(as determined by WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole discretion) shall be
an Acceptable Account to the extent not subject to reduction, cancellation,
refund, dispute, offset, counterclaim, Lien or other defense;
     (t) Accounts which would cause the Purchase Limit for such Account Debtor
to be exceeded;
     (u) Accounts which would cause the Purchased Amount to exceed the Facility
Maximum;
     (v) Accounts owed by such Account Debtor, regardless of whether otherwise
acceptable, if twenty percent (20%) or more of the total amount of Accounts due
from such Account Debtor is unacceptable under clause (a) above; and
     (w) Accounts, or portions thereof, that fail to conform to the
representations and warranties contained herein.
2.80 “Unused Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(c).
2.81 “Wachovia Lockbox” means the lockbox established under the Wachovia Lockbox
Agreement.
2.82 “Wachovia Lockbox Agreement” means the Deposit Account Control Agreement by
and among the Customer, WFBC and Wachovia Bank, National Association, dated as
of April 21, 2009.
2.83 “Wachovia Lockbox Account” means the Customer’s account number
2079900132667, ABA number 053101561, maintained at Wachovia Bank, National
Association, together with all other deposit accounts which are subject to the
Wachovia Lockbox Agreement.
2.84 “Wells Receivers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.17.
2.85 “WFBC Commitment” means $100,000,000.
2.86 “WFBC Discount” means, for any Settlement Period, the product of (a) the
sum of (i) LIBOR in effect as of the first day of such Settlement Period plus
(ii) 275 basis points, multiplied by (b) the quotient of (i) the number of days
in such Settlement Period divided by (ii) 360.

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2.87 “WFBC Discount Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
Article 3.
Purchase and Assignment of Accounts
3.01 Purchase and Assignment of Accounts. Pursuant to the terms herein and in
consideration for amounts paid to the Customer on the date hereof as well as
amounts paid to the Customer during the term hereof, the Customer hereby agrees
to sell, transfer and assign to WFBC, its successors and assigns, with recourse
as provided herein, as absolute owner, on a fully serviced basis, and WFBC
hereby agrees to purchase from the Customer, during the period from the Closing
Date to but excluding the Termination Date, as of the date of each delivery of
each Assignment and Schedule of Accounts acceptable to WFBC in its commercially
reasonable sole discretion, all without the need of any other formal agreement,
document or instrument of assignment, other than the delivery of each such
Assignment and Schedule of Accounts, all of the Customer’s right, title and
interest in and to the following:
     (a) Each Acceptable Account generated by the Customer to, but excluding,
the Termination Date, which is offered for sale by the Customer pursuant to an
Assignment and Schedule of Accounts delivered to WFBC by the Customer and
accepted by WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole discretion (collectively,
the “Purchased Accounts” and each, a “Purchased Account”);
     (b) All rights of action (including all rights of stoppage in transit,
replevin, repossession, reclamation, setoff, detinue, repurchase, lienholder and
all other rights of action of a consignor, consignee, unpaid vendor, mechanic,
artisan, or other lienor) accrued or to accrue on each Purchased Account,
including full power to collect, sue for, compromise, assign, in whole or in
part, or in any other manner enforce collection thereof in the Customer’s name
or otherwise;
     (c) All right, title and interest of the Customer in and to the Records,
the Related Security, all agreements, documents or instruments relating to the
Purchased Accounts, the Collections and all deposits and other security for the
obligation of any Person under or relating to the Purchased Accounts, in each
case whether presently existing or hereafter arising, now owned or hereafter
acquired;
     (d) All inventory and goods relating to, or which by sale have resulted in,
Purchased Accounts, including returned inventory and goods; and
     (e) All proceeds of the foregoing in any form (collectively, with the
assets described in Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c), and Section 3.01(d), the
“Related Rights”).
The foregoing sales, transfers and assignments do not constitute, and are not
intended to result in, an assumption by WFBC of any liability or obligation of
the Customer or any other Person in connection with the Purchased Accounts, the
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3.02 Purchased Amount.
     (a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
WFBC agrees to pay to the Customer for the purchase to be made by WFBC on
April 28, 2009, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Facility Maximum and
(b) 90% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Acceptable Accounts on April 15,
2009.
     (b) At least one Business Day prior to each Settlement Date, WFBC will
determine, in its reasonable discretion, and will provide such determination to
the Customer on such day, (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Purchased
Accounts which are Acceptable Accounts on the last day of the Settlement Period
immediately preceding the applicable Settlement Period, (b) the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of Purchased Accounts which are Acceptable Accounts on the
last day of the applicable Settlement Period, (c) the Net Change Amount, and
(d) the WFBC Discount Fee due as of such Settlement Date.
     (c) On each Settlement Date, as long as no Event of Termination exists and
is continuing and upon fulfillment of all conditions precedent set forth in
Section 5.02, WFBC will pay to the Customer an amount equal to the Net Change
Amount, if the Net Change Amount is positive. Any such payment shall be made, at
the expense of the Customer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the account of the Customer specified on the signature pages hereto, unless a
different account is specified by the Customer in a written notice to WFBC (the
“Disbursement Account”).
     (d) On each Settlement Date, the Customer will pay to WFBC, or deposit
Collections into the Collections Account, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
absolute value of the Net Change Amount, if the Net Change Amount is negative,
plus (ii) the WFBC Discount Fee due as of such Settlement Date, plus (iii) the
Unused Fee, if then due and payable, plus (iv) the Facility Fee, if then due and
payable, plus (v) any other amount then due and payable by the Customer pursuant
to this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement.
     (e) On each Settlement Date during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, the Customer, as servicer, or any replacement Servicer, as
applicable, will deposit from Collections into the Collections Account, in
respect of the immediately preceding Settlement Period, an aggregate amount
equal to the sum of (i) all such Collections in reduction of the Purchased
Amount until the Purchased Amount is reduced to zero plus (ii) any other amount
due from the Customer to WFBC hereunder.
3.03 Repurchase of Accounts. The Customer shall (a) repurchase any and all
Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights with respect thereto, whether disputed
or undisputed, as may be requested by WFBC, from time to time in its
commercially reasonable sole discretion, and (b) pay on demand the Repurchase
Price for such Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights with respect thereto.
3.04 Fees.
     (a) Structuring Fee. The Customer shall pay WFBC a one time structuring fee
of $250,000, which shall be fully earned and payable upon the execution of this
Agreement. WFBC acknowledges that $75,000 of such initial structuring fee has
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     (b) Upfront Fee. The Customer shall pay WFBC an initial upfront fee of
$350,000, which shall be fully earned and payable upon the execution of this
Agreement. Each time the Facility Maximum increases after the date hereof, the
Customer shall pay WFBC an additional upfront fee equal to 0.35% of such
increase, which shall be fully earned and payable on the date of such increase.
     (c) Unused Fee. From the Closing Date to and including the Final
Termination Date, the Customer shall pay WFBC an unused fee (the “Unused Fee”)
in the amount of (i) one quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum times (ii)
(A) the Facility Maximum less (B) the average daily Purchased Amount during the
preceding month. The Unused Fee shall be calculated monthly in arrears and
payable (y) on the first Settlement Date immediately following the date an
invoice is presented by WFBC to the Customer, which invoice shall be presented
at least two Business Days prior to the Settlement Date on which it is payable,
and (z) on the Final Termination Date.
     (d) Facility Fee. The Customer shall pay WFBC a fully earned facility fee
(the “Facility Fee”) payable on the date of the first purchase of Accounts and
on each anniversary of the Closing Date in an amount equal to one quarter of one
percent (0.25%) of the Facility Maximum.
     (e) WFBC Discount Fee. The Customer shall pay WFBC a fully earned WFBC
Discount fee (the “WFBC Discount Fee”) which shall be due and payable in arrears
on each Settlement Date and on the Final Termination Date, shall accrue daily
and shall be equal to the product of the WFBC Discount multiplied by the
Purchased Amount as of the last day of the applicable Settlement Period.
     (f) Audit Fees. The Customer shall pay WFBC, on demand, audit fees in
connection with any audits or inspections conducted by WFBC of the Purchased
Accounts, the Related Rights, the Collateral or the Customer’s operations or
business, at the rates established from time to time by WFBC as its audit fees,
together with all actual out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in conducting
any such audit or inspection; provided that the Customer shall not, with the
exception of fees, costs, and expenses incurred upon the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Termination, be required to reimburse WFBC for
more than two such audits or inspections in any calendar year.
     (g) Termination Fee. If the Termination Date occurs on or before April 20,
2012 pursuant to Section 3.06, the Customer shall pay WFBC on the Termination
Date a fully earned termination fee equal to: (x) three percent (3%) of the
Facility Maximum, if the Termination Date occurs before the first anniversary of
the date hereof; (y) two percent (2%) of the Facility Maximum, if the
Termination Date occurs on or after the first anniversary of the date hereof but
before the second anniversary of the date hereof; and (z) one percent (1%) of
the Facility Maximum, if the Termination Date occurs on or after the second
anniversary of the date hereof but before the third anniversary of the date
hereof; provided that no such termination fee shall be payable if the Customer
terminates this Agreement within 30 days of the occurrence of any of the
following:
          (i) WFBC’s reduction of the percentage in Section 2.49 to less than
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          (ii) WFBC’s calculation of the Outstanding Balance on the last day of
any Settlement Period is less than 50% of the Customer’s calculation of the
Outstanding Balance on such date, based on both parties’ good faith reasonable
calculations;
          (iii) The aggregate amount of the Purchase Limits on the last day of
any two consecutive Settlement Periods is less than 50% of the aggregate amount
of the Purchase Limits on the last day of the Settlement Period preceding such
consecutive Settlement Periods solely as a result of a change in one or more
Purchase Limits unrelated to a change in any applicable Account Debtor’s
creditworthiness;
          (iv) The aggregate Outstanding Balance of Acceptable Accounts on the
last day of any two consecutive Settlement Periods is less than 50% of the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of Acceptable Accounts on the last day of the
Settlement Period preceding such consecutive Settlement Periods solely as a
result of the exercise by WFBC of its commercial reasonable sole discretion
under Section 2.79 (as opposed to application of the parameters set forth in the
subsections of Section 2.79);
          (v) During any Settlement Period when no Event of Termination exists
or has occurred and is continuing, WFBC exercises its rights under Section 3.03
with respect to more than 50% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the
Purchased Accounts, measured as an average during such Settlement Period; or
          (vi) As of any Settlement Date, as a result of any combination of one
or more of the circumstances referenced in clauses (i) through (v) above (after
giving effect to any repurchase(s) contemplated by clause (v) above), the
Purchased Amount at any time is less than 50% of the Outstanding Balance of
Acceptable Accounts, based on WFBC’s reasonable calculations (without giving
effect to the exercise by WFBC of its commercially reasonable sole discretion
under Section 2.79 (as opposed to application of the parameters set forth in the
subsections of Section 2.79)).
3.05 Mandatory Payments. Without notice or demand, unless WFBC shall otherwise
consent in a written agreement that sets forth the terms and conditions which
WFBC in its discretion may deem appropriate, if the Purchased Amount as measured
on the last day of a Settlement Period is greater than the Facility Maximum, the
Customer shall pay to WFBC, on or before the Settlement Date immediately
following such Settlement Period, the amount necessary to eliminate such excess.
Any such payment received by WFBC under this Agreement shall be applied to the
amounts owing to WFBC from the Customer, in such order and in such amounts as
WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole discretion may determine from time to
time.
3.06 Termination of this Agreement by Customer. The Customer may terminate this
Agreement at any time if it (a) gives WFBC at least 30 days advance written
notice prior to the proposed Termination Date and (b) subject to
Section 3.04(g), pays WFBC applicable termination fees in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement; provided that, if, pursuant to Section 3.03, WFBC
requests that the Customer repurchase all of the Purchased Accounts and the
Related Rights with respect thereto and the Customer terminates this Agreement
within 30 days after the date WFBC makes such request, such 30 day notice period
shall be waived and the payment of such termination fees shall be waived. If the
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on such Termination Date (x) all amounts due hereunder shall be immediately due
and payable and (y) the Customer shall repurchase all outstanding Purchased
Accounts and the Related Rights with respect thereto and immediately pay the
Repurchase Price for such Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights with respect
thereto.
3.07 Sole Property. Once WFBC has purchased an Account, any and all payments
from whatever source as to such Account are the sole property of WFBC; provided
that (a) the Customer shall have the right to use any and all such payments in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and for working capital and other
corporate purposes until the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of Termination, and (b) as long as no Event of Termination has occurred and is
continuing, WFBC shall remit to the Customer any amounts received by it in
excess of the Purchased Amount and all other amounts then due and owing to WFBC
hereunder.
3.08 Miscellaneous Payments. Should WFBC receive a duplicate payment on a
Purchased Account or other payment which is not identified, WFBC shall carry
these sums as open items in its accounting and (a) shall remit any duplicate
payment to the Customer if the Customer is the Servicer or (b) shall remit any
duplicate payment to the Account Debtor or apply such unidentified payment
pursuant to the terms hereof upon proper identification and documentation, if
the Customer is no longer the Servicer.
3.09 Repayment of Account Debtor. In the event WFBC is required to repay any
Account Debtor for a payment received by WFBC on an Account or Related Right,
the amount of the repayment by WFBC shall be an obligation of the Customer to
WFBC whether or not this Agreement has been terminated. In the event the
Customer receives a payment from WFBC to which the Customer has no rights,
repayment of the funds to WFBC is an obligation of the Customer to WFBC whether
or not this Agreement has been terminated. In either event, if the obligation is
not paid upon five (5) Business Days notice of the obligation to pay from WFBC
to the Customer, WFBC may file a financing statement in connection with the
security interest granted herein (if necessary) or otherwise perfect its
interest in the Collateral and exercise any and all rights it has under this
Agreement, any Related Document or otherwise to collect the amounts due.
3.10 Hold Harmless. The Customer shall hold WFBC harmless against any Account
Debtor ill will arising from WFBC’s collecting or attempting to collect on any
Purchased Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto, provided that
WFBC acts in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
3.11 Book Entry. The Customer shall, immediately upon sale of each Account to
WFBC, make proper entries on its books and records disclosing the sale of such
Accounts, and the Related Rights related thereto, to WFBC on said books and
records, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other
documents as so directed by WFBC.
3.12 Information. In the event WFBC provides financial information to the
Customer regarding a third party, whether by setting a Purchase Limit, at the
request of the Customer or otherwise, the Customer understands that WFBC is not
making any representations or warranties or expressing an opinion as to the
creditworthiness of any such third party.

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3.13 Payment Terms.
     (a) All accrued and unpaid fees, expenses, default interest, costs and any
other amounts due from the Customer shall be due and payable (i) on the date set
forth herein or, if no date is set forth herein, on each applicable Settlement
Date, and (ii) on the Final Termination Date. Whenever any payment to be made
hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such
payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of
time shall in such case be included in the computation of the fees, expenses,
interest, costs and any other amounts due hereunder, as the case may be.
     (b) All amounts to be paid by or deposited hereunder will be paid or
deposited not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in
same day funds. All computations of interest and fees shall be calculated for
the actual days elapsed based on a 360 day year.
     (c) All Collections in respect of Purchased Accounts and other amounts due
to WFBC hereunder shall be remitted to WFBC in United States dollars.
     (d) The Customer shall pay, as a full recourse obligation, all fees,
interest, costs and expenses, including all amounts payable under Section 12.07.
     (e) The Customer or the Servicer, as the case may be, will pay on demand to
WFBC interest (before and after default and before and after judgment, with
interest on overdue interest at the same rate) on all amounts not paid to or
deposited when due hereunder at a rate equal to LIBOR plus five and three
quarters of one percent (5.75%) per annum calculated daily.
     (f) The Customer will make all payments required to be made by it hereunder
without deduction or setoff regardless of any defense or counterclaim.
     (g) The Customer acknowledges that (i) WFBC may maintain records of the
Purchased Amount, and all amounts paid by the Customer to WFBC hereunder,
including all fees, interest, costs and expenses; (ii) such records shall,
absent manifest error, be conclusive evidence thereof and (iii) the failure of
WFBC to maintain any such records shall not limit or otherwise affect the
obligations of the Customer or the rights and remedies of WFBC hereunder or
under any Transaction Agreement.
     (h) The Customer acknowledges that (i) WFBC may maintain records of the
Purchased Accounts and all Collections, (ii) such records shall be presumed
correct as between the Customer and WFBC, unless (A) the Customer notifies WFBC
in a detailed record of its intention to dispute such records within 30 days of
receipt thereof and (B) the Customer proves such records to be incorrect as
determined by WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole discretion and (iii) the
failure of WFBC to maintain any such records shall not limit or otherwise affect
the obligations of the Customer or the rights and remedies of WFBC hereunder or
under any Transaction Agreement.

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Article 4.
Administration and Collections
4.01 Appointment of Servicer.
     (a) The servicing, administering and collecting of the Purchased Accounts
shall be conducted by a Person or Persons (a “Servicer”) designated to so act on
behalf of WFBC under this Article 4. As the initial Servicer, the Customer is
hereby designated as, and agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the
Servicer. The Customer acknowledges that WFBC has relied on the Customer’s
agreement to act as Servicer in making the decision to execute and deliver this
Agreement and agrees that it will not voluntarily resign as Servicer. At any
time after the occurrence of an Event of Termination, WFBC may designate a
replacement Servicer to succeed the Customer or any other replacement Servicer.
     (b) The Servicer may, with the prior written consent of WFBC, which consent
may be withheld in WFBC’s commercially reasonable sole discretion, delegate its
duties and obligations as Servicer to another Person affiliated with the
Customer. Notwithstanding any such delegation, the Servicer shall remain
primarily liable for the performance of the duties and obligations so delegated,
and WFBC shall have the right to look solely to the Servicer for such
performance. WFBC may at any time after the occurrence of an Event of
Termination remove or replace any such sub-Servicer.
     (c) If replaced, the Customer agrees it will terminate, and will cause each
existing sub-Servicer to terminate, its collection activities in a manner
requested by WFBC to facilitate the transition to a replacement Servicer. The
Customer shall cooperate with and assist any replacement Servicer in assuming
the obligation to service the Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights,
including all reasonable efforts to provide the replacement Servicer with access
to all software programs necessary or desirable to collect the Purchased
Accounts and the Related Rights. After the appointment of a replacement
Servicer, at its own expense, the Customer irrevocably agrees to act (if
requested to do so) as the data-processing agent for any replacement Servicer in
substantially the same manner as the Customer conducted such data-processing
functions while it acted as the Servicer.
4.02 Duties of Servicer.
     (a) The Servicer shall take, or cause to be taken, all action necessary or
advisable to collect each Purchased Account and the Related Rights in accordance
with this Agreement, the Credit and Collection Policy and all applicable laws,
rules and regulations, using the skill and attention the Servicer exercises in
collecting other receivables or obligations owed solely to it, including:
          (i) hold all Collections in trust for WFBC’s account without
commingling such funds with Customer’s funds, provided, that the Customer shall
be entitled to use all such Collections in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement until the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, provided, further that, upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Termination, the Customer shall immediately deposit
all such Collections into the Collections Account until the Purchased Amount is
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amounts due to WFBC under this Agreement have been paid in full and WFBC has no
further obligations hereunder;

          (ii) maintain and implement prudent and reasonable administrative and
operating procedures (including an ability to recreate Records in the event of
the destruction of the originals thereof), keep and maintain all Records and all
other books, records, documents and other information reasonably necessary or
advisable for the collection of the Purchased Accounts (including records
adequate to permit the daily identification of each Purchased Account, the
Related Rights and all collections of and reductions or adjustments to the
Purchased Accounts) and clearly and conspicuously mark its files containing the
Records and its computer and master data processing books and records, in each
case with a legend describing WFBC’s interests therein;
          (iii) direct and take all reasonable steps to require its auditors to
assist WFBC’s auditors to the extent and in such manner as is required for
WFBC’s auditors to report on the status of the Purchased Accounts, the Related
Rights and the Collateral;
          (iv) timely and fully perform and comply with all terms, covenants and
other provisions of the Related Rights required to be performed and observed by
it or WFBC;
          (v) investigate all delinquencies and defaults under the Purchased
Accounts in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy;
          (vi) respond to all reasonable inquiries of the Account Debtors in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy;
          (vii) promptly notify WFBC of any Commercial Dispute in which $50,000
or more is in dispute;
          (viii) comply in all respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in
regard to each Purchased Account and the Related Rights except where any
noncompliance would not have a material adverse effect on the collectibility or
enforceability of such Purchased Account, such Related Rights or WFBC’s rights
thereunder;
          (ix) use reasonable care and due diligence to collect all Purchased
Accounts (together with all applicable sales, goods and services and similar
taxes in respect thereof) on behalf of WFBC, all in accordance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, the provisions hereof and the Credit and
Collections Policy;
          (x) make all payments payable by it to government agencies and others
where a Lien or deemed trust might arise having priority over WFBC’s interest in
any Purchased Account or any Related Rights and, where a portion of the
Collections received by it represents an amount owing in respect of federal or
state taxes, remit the amount of taxes so owing and prepare and file all returns
and reports required in respect thereof; provided that it may protest the
payment of any such amounts if it is acting in good faith and if it either
provides WFBC with cash in an amount sufficient to satisfy the same (including
all interest and penalties) or otherwise satisfies WFBC that its interests in
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          (xi) as soon as possible, effect all filings or recordings with
respect to WFBC’s interest in the Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights
necessary by law or reasonably prudent or desirable for the perfection and
protection of such interest and all appropriate renewals or amendments thereof;
          (xii) promptly, from time to time, furnish to WFBC such Records and
other documents, records, information or reports in respect of the Purchased
Accounts, the Related Rights and the Collateral or its condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, as may be in existence in written form or, if available
in databases it maintains, may be produced with existing software, each as WFBC
may from time to time reasonably request;
          (xiii) establish and maintain current and accurate records with
respect to the location and mailing address of each Account Debtor and provide
copies thereof to WFBC on reasonable request;
          (xiv) promptly upon the reasonable request of WFBC, advise WFBC in
writing of any changes in any Account Debtor’s name or address which, prior to
such request and since the last such request, if any, came to the attention of
any officer of the Customer responsible for monitoring the status of the
applicable Purchased Accounts; and
          (xv) apply all Collections pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and
the Credit and Collection Policy and post all new Purchased Accounts and the
Related Rights to its books as promptly as practicable after such Account is
generated.
     (b) On or prior to the date hereof, the Servicer shall have given written
directions to each Account Debtor to remit all amounts due in respect of the
Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights to a Lockbox Account; provided that if
the Customer or any replacement Servicer shall receive any Collections, it shall
remit such Collections to the Lockbox Account (designated by WFBC) within three
(3) Business Days of such receipt. Each party hereto hereby appoints the
Servicer to enforce such Person’s rights and interests in the Purchased Accounts
and the Related Rights. The Servicer shall be entitled to commence or settle any
legal action to enforce the collection of any Purchased Account or any Related
Right; provided that, WFBC shall have the right to approve any such settlement
unless the Customer shall have repurchased such Purchased Account and the
Related Rights with respect thereto and shall have paid in full the Repurchase
Price for such Purchased Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto as
set forth in Section 3.03. If at any time, WFBC notifies the Servicer that WFBC
believes litigation would be an appropriate means to collect any Purchased
Account or Related Rights, and the Servicer declines to initiate such litigation
after good faith discussion with WFBC, WFBC shall be entitled to notify the
Account Debtor on such Purchased Account of the assignment of an interest
therein to WFBC or to initiate litigation with respect thereto in the name of
WFBC or in the name of the Customer unless the Customer shall have repurchased
such Purchased Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto and shall
have paid in full the Repurchase Price for such Purchased Account and the
Related Rights with respect thereto as set forth in Section 3.03.
     (c) The Servicer shall not, without the prior written consent of WFBC,
extend, amend or otherwise modify or waive any term or condition of any
Purchased Account or any Related Rights with respect thereto unless any such
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made or granted when no Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
collectibility or enforceability of any Purchased Account, any Related Rights or
WFBC’s rights thereunder; and (iii) is otherwise permitted in accordance with
the terms of the Credit and Collection Policy, and the Servicer acknowledges
that no such extension, amendment, modification or waiver will, in and of
itself, cause any Purchased Account to become an Acceptable Account.
     (d) At WFBC’s request, if an Event of Termination has occurred and is
continuing, the Servicer will, at the expense of the Customer, notify each
Account Debtor of WFBC’s right, title and interest in the Purchased Accounts and
the Related rights and direct that payments be made directly to WFBC or a
designee of WFBC.
4.03 Enforcement Rights.
     (a) If an Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing, WFBC may
direct any Account Debtors to make all payments on the Purchased Accounts and
the Related Rights directly to WFBC or its designee. WFBC may, and the Customer
shall, at WFBC’s request, withhold WFBC’s identity from the Account Debtors.
Upon WFBC’s request following an Event of Termination, the Customer (at the
Customer’s expense) shall (i) give notice to each Account Debtor and other
Persons of WFBC’s ownership of the Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights and
direct that payments on Purchased Accounts and Related Rights be made directly
to WFBC (or its designee), (ii) assemble for WFBC all Related Rights and
Collateral (other than returned goods and inventory) and make the same available
to WFBC (or its designee) at a place selected by WFBC (or its designee),
(iii) transfer (or cause to be transferred) to WFBC (or its designee)
non-exclusive and non-transferable licenses for the use of, all software useful
to collect the Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights and (iv) segregate, in
a manner reasonably acceptable to WFBC, all cash, checks and other instruments
constituting Collections which are received by or on behalf of the Customer from
time to time and, within one Business Day of receipt, remit the same to WFBC (or
its designee), duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, if
applicable. The Customer shall cooperate with any replacement Servicer in the
latter’s performance of its obligations. The Customer hereby confirms that all
software currently used to collect or service Purchased Accounts and the Related
Rights was developed and owned by the Customer, and hereby grants to WFBC a
non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use any and all such software,
which license is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
     (b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, the Servicer shall segregate any Collections received by it from
other funds of the Customer and the Servicer within one Business Day of receipt
and hold such amounts for WFBC. The Customer hereby irrevocably appoints WFBC as
its attorney-in-fact coupled with an interest, with full power of substitution
and with full authority in the place of the Customer, to take any and all steps
deemed desirable by WFBC, in the name and on behalf of the Customer to collect
any amounts due under any Purchased Account or any Related Right, including
endorsing the name of the Customer on checks and other instruments representing
Collections and enforcing such Purchased Accounts and Related Rights. WFBC’s
powers under this Section 4.03(b) shall not subject WFBC to any liability if any
action taken by it proves to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall such powers
confer any obligation whatsoever upon WFBC.

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     (c) WFBC is hereby authorized to give notice, at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Termination, under each
Lockbox Agreement that WFBC is exercising its rights under such Lockbox
Agreement and to take all actions permitted under such Lockbox Agreement. The
Customer agrees to take any action reasonably requested by WFBC to facilitate
the foregoing. After WFBC takes any such action under a Lockbox Agreement, the
Customer shall immediately deliver to WFBC any Collections received by the
Customer. Should WFBC receive written notice (together with proof satisfactory
to WFBC in its reasonable discretion) that amounts it has previously received as
Collections are not Collections, if such amounts have not theretofore been
applied as Collections hereunder, WFBC shall remit such amounts to the Customer
promptly after receiving such notice and proof. Unless and until WFBC receives
such notice and proof, WFBC may treat and apply amounts received in any Lockbox
Account as Collections. If WFBC receives such notice and proof after applying
any such amounts as Collections, such application of amounts shall not be
reversed, provided that the Purchased Amount shall be increased, as applicable,
to reflect that such applied amounts were not Collections.
     (d) WFBC shall have no obligation to take or consent to any action to
realize upon any Purchased Account or Related Right or to enforce any rights or
remedies related thereto.
     (e) After the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, in addition to the rights otherwise provided herein, in any Related
Document or by applicable law to WFBC, WFBC may exercise all rights of a secured
party under the Uniform Commercial Code (whether or not in effect in the
jurisdiction where such rights are exercised), including the right to sell the
Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights (or any portion thereof), in one or
more sales.
4.04 Replacement Servicer Fee. A replacement Servicer appointed by WFBC upon an
Event of Termination shall be entitled to a commercially reasonable fee for
services rendered, such fee to be determined by WFBC, in its commercially
reasonable discretion, with the replacement Servicer and to be paid by the
Customer (the “Replacement Servicer Fee”).
4.05 Responsibilities of the Customer. The Customer shall pay when due all taxes
payable in connection with the Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights or
their creation or satisfaction. The Customer shall perform all of its
obligations under agreements related to the Purchased Accounts and the Related
Rights to the same extent as if interests in the Purchased Accounts and the
Related Rights had not been transferred hereunder. WFBC’s exercise of any rights
hereunder shall not relieve the Customer from such obligations. WFBC shall have
no obligation to perform any obligation of the Customer or any other obligation
or liability in connection with the Purchased Accounts or the Related Rights.
4.06 Actions by the Customer. The Customer, as servicer, shall defend and
indemnify WFBC against all costs, expenses, claims and liabilities for any
action taken by the Customer or any other Person (other than any such costs,
expenses, claims or liabilities caused directly by the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of WFBC or any replacement Servicer) related to any Purchased
Account or any Related Rights, or arising out of any alleged failure of
compliance of any Purchased Account or Related Right with the provisions of any
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Article 5.
Conditions Precedent
5.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. Prior to the initial purchase
hereunder, the Customer shall deliver to WFBC, unless waived by it, the
following documents, in form and substance satisfactory to WFBC:
     (a) an executed copy of this Agreement;
     (b) (i) a certificate of an officer of the Customer containing a copy of
its articles of incorporation and bylaws, a resolution of its directors in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, and the names and true
signatures of the officers authorized to sign this Agreement and the Transaction
Agreements on its behalf, and (ii) a certificate of an officer of the Customer
containing the names and true signatures of the officers authorized to sign all
reports and other submissions under this Agreement and the Transaction
Agreements on its behalf, on which certificates WFBC shall be entitled to
conclusively rely until such time as WFBC receives from the Customer a
replacement certificate meeting the requirements of this Section 5.01(b)(i) or
(ii), as the case may be;
     (c) a certificate of status, good standing or compliance in respect of the
Customer issued by its jurisdiction of incorporation and a certificate of
status, good standing or compliance in respect of the Customer issued by the
appropriate authorities in each jurisdiction in which the Customer is required
to be registered in order to conduct its business;
     (d) legal opinions of counsel to the Customer, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C;
     (e) a fully executed copy of each Lockbox Agreement;
     (f) Certificates of Insurance required under this Agreement, naming WFBC as
a certificate holder;
     (g) executed copies of all discharges and releases, if any, necessary to
discharge or release all Liens and other rights or interests of any Person in
the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral previously granted
by the Customer, together with file stamped copies of the relevant UCC-3
termination statements;
     (h) current searches of the North Carolina Secretary of State and Wake
County, North Carolina recording office showing that (i) no Liens have been
filed and remain in effect against the Purchased Accounts, Related Rights or
Collateral, and (ii) WFBC has duly filed all financing statements necessary to
perfect its Lien on the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights and the
Collateral to the extent it is capable of being perfected by filing, and such
other similar instruments or documents as may be necessary and, in WFBC’s
reasonable discretion, advisable under any applicable statute to perfect, record
or protect WFBC’s interest in the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the
Collateral; and

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     (i) payment of all fees due under the terms of this Agreement through the
date of the initial purchase and payment of all expenses incurred by WFBC and
through such date and that are required to be paid by the Customer under this
Agreement.
5.02 Conditions Precedent to Subsequent Purchases. Each subsequent purchase of
an Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto shall be subject to the
conditions precedent that, on the date of such purchase before and after giving
effect to such purchase, (a) the Customer has delivered to WFBC an Assignment
and Schedule of Accounts acceptable to WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole
discretion which includes the Accounts to be purchased, (b) the representations
and warranties of the Customer hereunder are correct on and as of the date of
such purchase as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that
such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date and (c) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such purchase, which
constitutes an Event of Termination or would constitute an Event of Termination
but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
Article 6.
The Customer’s Representations and Warranties
The Customer hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and upon each
Settlement Date as follows:
6.01 Existence and Trade Names. The Customer is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is
duly qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to
be so qualified would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
All of the Customer’s current trade name(s) have been properly filed and
published as required by applicable law.
6.02 Corporate Power and Authority. The Customer has all requisite corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform all of its
obligations under, this Agreement and all of the Transaction Agreements to which
it is a party.
6.03 Corporate Action. The Customer has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all of
the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party.
6.04 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Customer of
this Agreement and all of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party have
been duly authorized and do not require the consent or approval of the
Customer’s shareholders.
6.05 Binding Effect. This Agreement and all of the Transaction Agreements to
which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Customer and
constitute the legally binding obligation of the Customer enforceable against it
in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general application
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in
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6.06 No Contravention; No Consent Required. The Customer’s execution and
delivery of this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement to which it is a party
and compliance with their respective terms and conditions will not (a) result in
a violation of the Customer’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or any
resolutions passed by the Customer’s directors or shareholders, (b) result in a
violation of any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
award or decree the violation of which would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (c) result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, any loan agreement, indenture, trust deed or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Customer is a party or by which it is bound which would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (d) require any
approval or consent of, or any notice to or filing with, any governmental
authority or agency having jurisdiction except such as has already been
obtained, or (e) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien
(other than WFBC’s Lien in the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights and the
Collateral) upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or
subsequently acquired by the Customer.
6.07 Chief Executive Office. The Customer’s chief executive office is at the
location(s) set out under the Customer’s name on the signature pages to this
Agreement. The locations of all Collateral, including all Records, are set forth
on Schedule 6.07 hereto.
6.08 Solvency of the Customer. The Customer is solvent and is not subject to any
Insolvency Proceeding.
6.09 Taxes. The Customer has made and shall continue to make timely payment and
remittance to applicable governmental authorities of all taxes and other amounts
required to be paid and remitted by the Customer pursuant to applicable law,
except (a) for such taxes as may be contested by the Customer in good faith and
for which appropriate reserves have been established as determined by WFBC in
its reasonable discretion and (b) for taxes the non-payment of which would not
materially adversely affect the interest of WFBC in the Purchased Accounts, the
Related Rights or the Collateral or the collectibility and enforceability of the
Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral or WFBC’s rights
thereunder.
6.10 Good Title; No Liens. The Customer is, at the time of purchase of each
Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto by WFBC, the lawful owner of
and has good and undisputed title to such Account and the Related Rights with
respect thereto. At the time of purchase, each Account and the Related Rights
with respect thereto are free from any Liens, mortgages, restrictions or
encumbrances other than the Lien created hereunder. Each Account offered for
sale to WFBC is an Acceptable Account.
6.11 Solvency of Account Debtors. To the best of the Customer’s information and
knowledge at the time of this Agreement and at the time each Account of such
Account Debtor and the Related Rights with respect thereto are presented to WFBC
for purchase, no Account Debtor’s business is insolvent.
6.12 Accounts Undisputed; Transferable. Each Account or portion thereof, as the
case may be, offered for sale to WFBC (a) is an accurate and undisputed
statement of indebtedness owed by the applicable Account Debtor to the Customer
for a certain sum which is due and payable in (i) sixty (60) days or less with
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(30) days or less with respect to all other Account Debtors, in each case other
than Account Debtors on the Assignment and Schedule of Accounts on the date
hereof with sums that are currently due and payable in longer than 30 days, or
within such longer term as is agreed to by WFBC and the Customer, and (b) is for
a bona fide sale, delivery and acceptance of merchandise or performance of
services which have been received and finally accepted by such Account Debtor.
The Customer has all rights to transfer or sell such Accounts and the Related
Rights with respect thereto to WFBC and such Accounts and the Related Rights
with respect thereto are payable by the applicable Account Debtor without
offset, deduction or counterclaim.
6.13 No Ownership; Control of Account Debtors. The Customer does not own,
control or exercise dominion over, in any way whatsoever, any Account Debtor or
the business of any Account Debtor for whom Accounts are to be, or have been,
sold by the Customer to WFBC.
6.14 Accuracy of Information. All of the Records and all other records,
statements, books or other written information shown to WFBC by the Customer at
anytime, either before or after the signing of this Agreement, are true and
accurate in all material respects.
6.15 No Actions; Suits. There is no action, suit or proceeding at law or in
equity or by or before any governmental instrumentality or other agency now
pending, or to the knowledge of the Customer, threatened against or affecting
the Customer, which if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.16 Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the Customer’s most recent
audited financial statements, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
6.17 As-Extracted Collateral. None of the Purchased Accounts, Related Rights nor
Collateral constitutes or will constitute “as-extracted collateral” as defined
in the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York or any other
state where the Customer has an interest in minerals before extraction.
Article 7.
The Customer’s Covenants
The Customer agrees as follows:
7.01 Compliance with Governing Documents; Laws. The Customer will comply in all
material respects with its articles of incorporation and bylaws and all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders with respect to it, its
properties, and all Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights with respect
thereto, and will preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises,
qualifications, and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization, and
qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
failure to be so qualified would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
7.02 Accounts Free from Defenses, etc. If, on the last day of any Settlement
Period, the Accounts presented for purchase, the Purchased Accounts and the
Related Rights are subject to any defense, withholding, set-off, counterclaim,
deduction, discount, dispute with respect to underlying goods or services, or
other claim by an Account Debtor (in the aggregate, the “Dispute Amount”) which
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the Customer shall, on or before the Settlement Date immediately following such
Settlement Period, repurchase Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights with
respect thereto with a Repurchase Price equal to at least the amount required to
reduce such excess to zero.
7.03 Compliance with Account Debtor Agreements. The Customer will, at its own
expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions,
covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the agreements
with its Account Debtors, and timely and fully comply in all material respects
with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Purchased Account. The
Customer will not make any change in the character of its business that
(a) would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or
(b) could result in a Purchased Account becoming an Unacceptable Account. The
Customer will not amend or otherwise modify the Credit and Collection Policy
without giving WFBC 15 Business Days’ prior written notice.
7.04 Ensure Payment of Purchased Accounts; Defend WFBC Title. The Customer will
(a) take all steps reasonably necessary or reasonably requested by WFBC to
(i) ensure payment of all Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights with respect
thereto by the Account Debtors and (ii) defend the title of WFBC to each
Purchased Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto and the proceeds
thereof against the claims of all other Persons and (b) consult with WFBC with
respect to any actions taken pursuant to clause (a) hereof.
7.05 Delivery of Instruments, etc. Upon request by WFBC after the occurrence of
an Event of Termination, the Customer will promptly (but in any event within
three Business Days of such request) deliver to WFBC in pledge all instruments,
documents and chattel paper constituting Collateral or otherwise evidencing any
Purchased Account or the Related Rights with respect thereto, duly endorsed or
assigned by the Customer.
7.06 Payment Instructions. The Customer will not issue any payment instructions
to any Account Debtor other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and the Related Documents. The Customer will not alter any electronic or other
instruction, code or password which could result in payment from an Account
Debtor being made to any Person other than the Servicer or WFBC.
7.07 Reporting Requirements. The Customer will provide to WFBC the following:
     (a) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of
each calendar quarter, year-to-date consolidated unaudited financial statements
of the Customer including its Subsidiaries and including a statement of
quarterly income and a balance sheet, certified by an authorized officer of the
Customer;
     (b) as soon as available and in any event within 95 days after the
Customer’s fiscal year end, the consolidated audited financial statements of the
Customer including its Subsidiaries, reported on by an independent certified
public accountant, which shall include a balance sheet, income statement, and
statement of retained earnings. The annual financial statements shall be
accompanied by copies of all management letters prepared by the Customer’s
accountants;

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     (c) on or before the second Business Day of each Settlement Period, the
Customer will deliver to WFBC a certificate in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D signed by an officer of the Customer which shall include: (i) a
portfolio report relating to the Purchased Accounts as of the close of business
on the last day of the immediately preceding Settlement Period, which report
shall specifically identify (A) the Purchased Accounts as of the date of such
report (including which such Purchased Accounts were added during such
Settlement Period), (B) which Purchased Accounts have become Unacceptable
Accounts as of the last day of such Settlement Period based on the parameters
set forth in the subsections of Section 2.79, (C) the Outstanding Balance of
each Purchased Account as of the last day of such Settlement Period,
(D) Collections during such Settlement Period, (E) the Dispute Amount as of the
last day of such Settlement Period and (F) a list of overdue payments, losses,
recoveries, turnover and equity measures taken during such Settlement Period;
(ii) a compliance certificate regarding the occurrence of an Event of
Termination; (iii) a listing by Account Debtor of the outstanding Purchased
Accounts of such Account Debtor and an aging report in respect of the Purchased
Accounts, each as of the last day of such Settlement Period, determined in
accordance with this Agreement and the instructions of WFBC; and (iv) such other
information as WFBC may reasonably request;
     (d) promptly upon discovery, written notice of any commercial tort claims
brought by the Customer against any Person with respect to a Purchased Account,
any Related Rights or any Collateral, including the name and address of each
defendant, a summary of the facts, an estimate of the Customer’s damages, copies
of any complaint or demand letter submitted by the Customer, and such other
information as WFBC may request;
     (e) such other information documents, records or reports in respect of the
Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights, the Collateral or the condition or
operations, financial or otherwise, of the Customer or any of its Subsidiaries
as WFBC may from time to time reasonably request;
     (f) promptly after the sending, furnishing or filing thereof (but in any
event within 5 Business Days after the sending, furnishing or filing thereof),
copies of all current and periodic reports, and proxy or information statements,
which the Customer shall furnish or file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and
     (g) for so long as the Customer is subject to the reporting requirements of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Customer may satisfy
the financial statement delivery requirements set forth in subsections (a) and
(b) above by providing WFBC with copies of (i) its quarterly and annual reports
on Forms 10-Q and 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
(ii) all management letters prepared by the Customer’s accountants.
7.08 Notation on Invoices. If an Event of Termination has occurred and is
continuing, at the request of WFBC, the Customer will immediately make a
notation on each original invoice (or the electronic equivalent of an invoice)
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Purchased Account which indicates that such Account has been sold, transferred
and assigned to WFBC. Such notation shall read as follows or as otherwise agreed
to by WFBC in writing:
This invoice has been sold, transferred and assigned to
and is payable to:
WELLS FARGO BUSINESS CREDIT
Dept. 1494
Denver, Colorado 80291-1494
For information call 303/433-9300
Wire Instructions:
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
San Francisco, CA
ABA# 121000248
Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Business Credit
Acct# 6355033300
In addition, if an Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing, at the
request of WFBC, the Customer will immediately make a notation, in form and
substance acceptable to WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole discretion, on
any other form of documentation accepted by WFBC for each Purchased Account and
all Related Rights which indicates that such Purchased Account and Related
Rights have been sold, transferred and assigned to WFBC.
7.09 No Sale or Assignment. The Customer will not sell or assign Acceptable
Accounts or any Related Rights to any party other than WFBC.
7.10 No Modification of Invoices. Without prior written consent from WFBC, the
Customer will not change or modify the terms of the original invoice or
agreement with any Account Debtor owing Purchased Accounts with an aggregate
Outstanding Balance of $50,000 or more or the order of payment on Accounts sold
to WFBC.
7.11 Material Disputes. The Customer will promptly (but in any event within
three Business Days of obtaining knowledge thereof) notify WFBC of (a) any
material dispute between the Customer and an Account Debtor in which $50,000 or
more is in dispute, (b) the return or returns by an Account Debtor or its
Affiliates to the Customer of any product with a fair market value of $50,000 or
more in the aggregate at any one time or (c) any material claim, loss or offset
of any kind against the Customer or WFBC in excess of $50,000 asserted by an
Account Debtor owing a Purchased Account.
7.12 Leverage Ratio. The Leverage Ratio will not exceed 3.25 to 1.00 as of the
end of any fiscal quarter; provided that if (a) Consolidated Debt has increased
in connection with a Specified Acquisition, (b) as a consequence of such
Specified Acquisition, the rating of long-term unsecured debt of the Customer
has not been suspended, withdrawn or fallen below BBB by Standard & Poor’s (a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.) or Baa2 by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. and (c) the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) has received a Specified Acquisition Notice within 10 days of
consummation of such Specified Acquisition, then, for a period of 180
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Specified Acquisition, the additional Consolidated Debt in connection with such
Specified Acquisition will be excluded from Consolidated Debt for purposes of
calculating the Leverage Ratio, but only if the Leverage Ratio calculated
without such exclusion at no time exceeds 3.50 to 1.00.
7.13 Insurance. The Customer will maintain such insurance covering the
Customer’s business or the property of the Account Debtors as is customary and
adequate for businesses similar to the business of the Customer and promptly pay
all premiums with respect to the policies covering such insurance. Further, the
Customer will have WFBC named as a certificate holder for such insurance.
7.14 Chief Executive Office; Location of Books and Records. The Customer will
notify WFBC in writing prior to any change in the location of any of the
Collateral, including any Records, to any location not identified on
Schedule 6.07 attached hereto. The Customer will not change its chief executive
office or the office or offices where the Customer’s books and records
concerning Purchased Accounts and the Related Rights are kept without thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice to WFBC, it being understood that any books and
records concerning the Purchased Accounts or the Related Rights may be kept at
any location identified on Schedule 6.07 attached hereto without requiring any
notification to WFBC. The Customer may upon prior written notice to WFBC add or
remove locations from Schedule 6.07 and such Schedule shall be considered
amended upon proper delivery to WFBC of written notice of a change thereto.
7.15 Notification of Changes; Additional Trade Names; Dissolution. The Customer
will notify WFBC in writing at least thirty (30) Business Days prior to any
proposed change of the Customer’s legal name, jurisdiction of incorporation,
identity, legal entity, or corporate structure, and any proposed business
dissolution. The Customer will notify WFBC in writing at least thirty (30)
Business Days prior to any use of any additional trade name. The Customer will
notify WFBC in writing within five (5) Business Days after any Person becomes
the direct or indirect owner of 25% or more of the equity interests in the
Customer.
7.16 Notification of Legal Proceedings. No later than three days after
discovery, the Customer will notify WFBC in writing of (a) any litigation or
other proceeding before any court or governmental agency which seeks a monetary
recovery against the Customer in excess of $5,000,000 or (b) any Insolvency
Proceeding against the Customer. The Customer will notify WFBC in advance of the
filing of any Insolvency Proceeding by the Customer.
7.17 USA Patriot Act. The Customer will (i) not use or permit the use of the
proceeds of this Agreement or any other financial accommodation from WFBC to
violate any of the foreign asset control regulations of the Office of Foreign
Assets Control or other applicable law, (ii) comply, and cause each Subsidiary
to comply, with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act laws and regulations, as amended
from time to time, and (iii) otherwise comply with the USA Patriot Act (Title
III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) as required by federal
law and WFBC’s policies and practices.

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Article 8.
Security Interest
8.01 Security Interest/Collateral. As further inducement for WFBC to enter into
this Agreement, the Customer hereby pledges, assigns and grants to WFBC, a lien
and security interest in the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights and the
Collateral as security for the payment and performance of any and all present
and future advances, debts, obligations and liabilities of the Customer to WFBC
arising out of or related to this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement,
heretofore, now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether due or not due,
absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined,
whether recovery upon such indebtedness may be or hereafter becomes
unenforceable. Following request by WFBC, the Customer shall grant WFBC a Lien
and security interest in all commercial tort claims that it may have against any
Person.
8.02 Security Documents. The Customer authorizes WFBC, at the Customer’s
expense, to file financing statements describing the Purchased Accounts, the
Related Rights and the Collateral to perfect WFBC’s Lien in the Purchased
Accounts, the Related Rights and the Collateral, and WFBC may describe the
Collateral as “all personal property” or “all assets” or describe specific items
of Collateral including commercial tort claims, as WFBC may consider necessary
or useful to perfect WFBC’s Lien in the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights
and the Collateral. Following the Final Termination Date, WFBC will, at the
Customer’s expense and within the time periods required under applicable law,
release or terminate any and all filings or other agreements that perfect its
Liens in the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights and the Collateral;
provided, however, that WFBC agrees that, on the Final Termination Date, WFBC
will authorize the Customer, at the Customer’s expense, to terminate any and all
UCC financing statements that perfect WFBC’s Liens in the Purchased Accounts,
the Related Rights and the Collateral.
Article 9.
Operational Provisions
9.01 Power of Attorney. In order to carry out this Agreement, the Customer
irrevocably appoints WFBC, its successors, each Assignee and any Person
designated by WFBC, its successors or such Assignees, including any replacement
Servicer, (which appointment is coupled with an interest) as its attorney in
fact, with right of substitution, to:
     (a) in order to evidence or protect WFBC’s interest in the Purchased
Accounts, the Related Rights and the Collateral, execute and file, in the
Customer’s name and on the Customer’s behalf, such recording, financing or
similar statements (including any amendments, renewals and continuation
statements) under applicable laws, in such jurisdictions where it may be
necessary to validate, perfect or protect WFBC’s interest in any of the
Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights and the Collateral;
     (b) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, strike through the Customer’s remittance information on all
invoices delivered to Account Debtors and note WFBC’s remittance information on
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     (c) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination under subsection (a), (b), (f), (i), (k) or (l) of Section 10.01 or
upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Termination
resulting from the breach of Section 6.14, in WFBC’s name or in the Customer’s
name, as the Customer’s agent and attorney-in-fact, notify the United States
Postal Service to change the address for delivery of the Customer’s mail to any
address designated by WFBC, otherwise intercept the Customer’s mail, and
receive, open and dispose of the Customer’s mail, applying all proceeds of
Purchased Accounts, Related Rights and Collateral as permitted under this
Agreement and holding all other mail for the Customer’s account or forwarding
such mail to the Customer’s last known address;
     (d) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, notify any Account Debtor or other Person obligated to pay a
Purchased Account that such right to payment has been sold, assigned and
transferred to WFBC and shall be paid directly to WFBC (and the Customer will
join in giving such notice if WFBC so requests);
     (e) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, at any time after the Customer or WFBC gives notice as set forth in
Section 9.01(d) to an Account Debtor or other obligor and with or without notice
to the Customer, in WFBC’s name or in the Customer’s name, (a) demand, sue for,
file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings for, collect,
give releases for or receive any money or property at any time payable or
receivable on account of or securing, any such right to payment, or (b) grant
any extension to, make any compromise or settlement with or otherwise agree to
waive, modify, amend or change the obligations (including collateral
obligations) of any such Account Debtor or other obligor;
     (f) endorse the name of the Customer or the Customer’s trade names on any
checks or other evidences of payment that may come into the possession of WFBC
with respect to any Purchased Account, or on any other documents relating to any
of the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral;
     (g) process any payments received directly by WFBC on a Purchased Account
or any Related Rights either by delivery to a Lockbox if WFBC so directs or by
direct collection and subsequent crediting of the Collections Account, and
individually deliver any other payment for the benefit of the Customer directly
to the Customer in the form received in accordance with this Agreement;
     (h) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, compromise, prosecute, or defend any action, claim or proceeding as
to any Purchased Account, any Related Right or any Collateral;
     (i) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, offer a trade discount to any Account Debtor exclusive of the
Customer’s normal business custom with such Account Debtor;
     (j) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, initiate electronic debit or credit entries through the ACH system
to or from any Lockbox Account or any other deposit account maintained by the
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     (k) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, sign the Customer’s name on any notice of assignment or on any
notices to Account Debtors;
     (l) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, take any other actions WFBC deems necessary or advisable to
collect, endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on the Purchased Accounts, the
Related Rights, the Collateral or any part thereof, any negotiable instrument,
or other right of any kind, held or owned by the Customer and sold, transferred,
assigned or delivered to or received by WFBC as payment on account or otherwise
in respect of any of the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the
Collateral; and
     (m) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, take any and all actions required (as determined by WFBC in its
commercially reasonable sole discretion) to enforce WFBC’s rights and remedies
hereunder or under any Related Document and to otherwise carry out the purposes
of this Agreement or any Related Document, including exercising any of the
remedies set forth in this Agreement or any Related Document.
The authority granted to WFBC under this Section 9.01 shall remain in full force
and effect until the payment in full of all amounts due and owing to WFBC
hereunder and under each Transaction Agreement, the satisfaction of all
obligations of the Customer to WFBC hereunder and under each Transaction
Agreement and termination of all obligations of WFBC hereunder and under each
Transaction Agreement. WFBC’s performance of such actions shall be taken or not
taken in its commercially reasonable sole discretion and shall not relieve the
Customer from any obligation or cure any default under this Agreement or any
Related Document. The powers of attorney described in this Section 9.01 are
coupled with an interest and are irrevocable, shall survive the Customer’s
dissolution and shall not be affected by the Customer’s insolvency or bankruptcy
in any manner.
9.02 License. The Customer hereby grants to WFBC a non exclusive, worldwide and
royalty free license to use or otherwise exploit all intellectual property
rights of the Customer (whether owned or licensed) for the purpose of collecting
the Purchased Accounts and selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of any or all
Related Rights and Collateral during the existence of an Event of Termination.
9.03 Reports. In the event the Customer requests information from WFBC regarding
the Customer’s account hereunder, such requests shall be subject to the schedule
of fees provided by WFBC which schedule may be adjusted by WFBC from time to
time in its discretion.
9.04 Account Verification. WFBC or its agent may, at any time and from time to
time, send or require the Customer to send requests for verification of
Purchased Accounts (including amounts owed to the Customer) to Account Debtors
and other obligors or, so long as an Event of Termination has occurred and is
continuing, notices of assignment to Account Debtors and other obligors.
9.05 Books and Records; Collateral Examination; Inspection. The Customer shall
hold the Records in trust for WFBC and keep complete and accurate books and
records with respect to the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights and the
Collateral and the Customer’s business and financial condition and any other
matters that WFBC may reasonably request, where applicable in accordance with
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employee, attorney, accountant or other agent of WFBC to examine and inspect the
Related Rights and the Collateral and any property of the Customer related to
the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral and to audit,
review, make extracts from and copy any of its books and records (a) at any time
during ordinary business hours as long as no Event of Termination has occurred
and is continuing and (b) at any time during the continuation of an Event of
Termination, and to discuss the Customer’s affairs with any of its directors,
managers, officers, employees, owners or agents. The Customer authorizes all
accountants and other Persons acting as its agent to disclose and deliver to
WFBC’s employees, accountants, attorneys and other Persons acting as its agent,
at the Customer’s expense, all financial information, books and records, work
papers, management reports and other information in their possession regarding
the Customer. If WFBC occupies or uses the premises of the Customer hereunder,
WFBC shall not be obligated to pay or account for any rent or other compensation
for such occupancy or use; provided, however, that if WFBC does pay or account
for any rent or other compensation for such occupancy or use, the Customer shall
reimburse WFBC on demand for the full amount thereof.
9.06 Duty of Care and Related Matters. WFBC’s duty of care with respect to any
Purchased Accounts, Related Rights or Collateral in its possession (as imposed
by law) will be deemed fulfilled if it exercises reasonable care in physically
keeping such Purchased Accounts, Related Rights, or Collateral or in the case of
Related Rights and Collateral in the custody or possession of a bailee or other
third Person, exercises reasonable care in the selection of the bailee or third
Person, and WFBC need not otherwise preserve, protect, insure or care for such
Purchased Accounts, Related Rights or Collateral. WFBC shall not be obligated to
preserve rights the Customer may have against prior parties, to liquidate the
Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights and the Collateral at all or in any
particular manner or order or apply the proceeds of the Purchased Accounts, the
Related Rights and the Collateral in any particular order of application. WFBC
has no obligation to clean up or prepare Collateral for sale. The Customer
waives any right it may have to require WFBC to pursue any third Person for any
amounts payable to WFBC by the Customer.
9.07 Notice of Assignment to Account Debtor. The Customer shall label its
records in a manner reasonably acceptable to give proper notice of the
assignment of the Purchased Accounts and Related Rights to WFBC. Nothing in this
Section 9.07 shall however require the Customer, nor permit WFBC, to deliver
notice of the sale, transfer or assignment of a Purchased Account and the
Related Rights with respect thereto to the applicable Account Debtor unless an
Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing. Except as otherwise
permitted hereunder or under any Transaction Agreement, WFBC shall not reveal
any sale and assignment of a Purchased Account or the Related Rights with
respect thereto to the applicable Account Debtor without the Customer’s consent,
unless an Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing, or, after notice
to the Customer, in order to comply with applicable law.
9.08 Certifications. The Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Customer shall
certify to WFBC the names and signatures of the persons who, on the date hereof,
are duly elected, qualified and acting as the officers or agents referred to in
the resolutions adopted by the Customer with respect to this Agreement, and the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary shall from time to time hereafter, upon a
change in the facts so certified, certify to WFBC the names and signatures of
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such change. WFBC shall be fully protected in relying on such certificates and
on the obligation of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Customer to
certify to WFBC any change in any facts so certified. At all times, there shall
be at least two officers or agents authorized to sign or to act under this
Agreement and the Transaction Agreements on behalf of the Customer, and the
Customer shall have delivered to WFBC certificates containing the names and true
signatures of each such agent and officer, on which certificates WFBC shall be
entitled to conclusively rely.
Article 10.
Events of Termination
10.01 Events of Termination. Any one or more of the following shall be an Event
of Termination hereunder:
     (a) The Customer shall fail to pay any indebtedness (other than any
interest or fees) to WFBC when due hereunder or repurchase any Purchased Account
when required hereunder.
     (b) The Customer shall fail to pay any interest or fees to WFBC when due
hereunder and such failure shall continue for 5 Business Days.
     (c) The Customer shall breach any term, provision, promise or covenant
(other than those otherwise covered in this Section 10.01) (i) to be performed
by it under Section 7.01, Section 7.03, Section 7.04, Section 7.06,
Section 7.08, Section 7.09, Section 7.15, or Section 7.17, (ii) to be performed
or observed under any other Transaction Agreement to which it is a party and the
applicable grace or cure period, if any, under such Transaction Agreement has
expired without such breach being waived or cured, or (iii) to be performed or
observed under any other provision of this Agreement and such breach in the case
of this clause (iii) shall continue for 10 Business Days after the earlier of
(x) the date on which the Customer becomes aware of such breach or (y) the date
on which WFBC notifies the Customer of such breach; provided that, if any such
breach under clause (i), (ii) or (iii) would not have occurred if a specific
Purchased Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto had not been sold,
assigned and transferred hereunder, the Customer may cure such breach by
repurchasing each such Purchased Account and the Related Rights with respect
thereto and paying in full the Repurchase Price for each such Purchased Account
and the Related Rights with respect thereto (A) with respect to a breach in the
case of clause (i), either upon demand by WFBC or, if no demand has been made,
as elected by the Customer and (B) with respect to a breach in the case of
clause (ii) or (iii), on or before the first Settlement Date following the
earlier of (x) the date on which the Customer becomes aware of such breach or
(y) the date on which WFBC notifies the Customer of such breach.
     (d) The Customer shall breach Section 7.14 and such breach shall continue
until the later of (i) the first Settlement Date after the earlier of (A) the
date on which the Customer becomes aware of such breach or (B) the date on which
WFBC notifies the Customer of such breach or (ii) two Business Days after the
earlier of (A) the date on which the Customer becomes aware of such breach or
(B) the date on which WFBC notifies the Customer of such breach.
     (e) Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made, or
deemed made by the Customer in, or pursuant to, this Agreement or any
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been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made and such breach
shall remain unremedied for 5 Business Days after the earlier of (i) the date on
which the Customer becomes aware of such breach or (ii) the date on which WFBC
notifies the Customer of such breach; provided that, if any such breach would
not have occurred if a specific Purchased Account and the Related Rights with
respect thereto had not been sold, assigned and transferred hereunder, the
Customer may cure such breach by repurchasing each such Purchased Account and
the Related Rights with respect thereto and paying in full the Repurchase Price
for each such Purchased Account and the Related Rights with respect thereto on
or before the first Settlement Date following the earlier of (x) the date on
which the Customer becomes aware of such breach or (y) the date on which WFBC
notifies the Customer of such breach.
     (f) The appointment of any receiver or trustee of all or a substantial
portion of the assets of the Customer; the Customer shall become insolvent or
unable to pay debts as they mature; the Customer shall make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors or voluntarily commence any Insolvency Proceeding
affecting the Customer; or any involuntary Insolvency Proceeding shall be filed
against the Customer and is not dismissed within sixty (60) days.
     (g) (i) The Customer shall create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien (other
than WFBC’s Lien) upon any of the Collateral or (ii) any levies, attachment,
executions, or similar process shall be issued against the Collateral, in
respect of an amount in excess of, with respect to clauses (i) and
(ii) together, $50,000 in the aggregate at any one time which is not contested
by the Customer in good faith.
     (h) Any financial statements, profit and loss statements, or material
schedules, other material statements, information or documents furnished by the
Customer to WFBC in writing are false or incorrect in any material respect when
furnished to WFBC and such deficiency shall remain uncorrected for 5 Business
Days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Customer becomes aware of
such deficiency or (ii) the date on which WFBC notifies the Customer of such
deficiency.
     (i) Any document or other written information submitted by the Customer to
WFBC for the purchase of an Account is fraudulent.
     (j) The Customer fails to submit any document or other written information
required by WFBC under this Agreement for the purchase of an Account and such
failure shall remain unremedied for 5 Business Days after the earlier of (i) the
date on which the Customer becomes aware of such failure or (ii) the date on
which WFBC notifies the Customer of such failure.
     (k) The Purchased Amount as measured on the last day of a Settlement Period
is greater than the Facility Maximum, and the Customer fails to cure such
default on or before the Settlement Date immediately following such Settlement
Period.
     (l) (i) The Customer, directly or indirectly, disaffirms or contests in
writing the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Transaction
Agreement or (ii) this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement fails to be the
enforceable obligation of the Customer.
     (m) (i) Any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined
in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan,
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deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall
exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall
arise on the assets of the Customer or any Subsidiary, (iii) a Reportable Event
shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee
appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any
Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or
appointment of a trustee is reasonably likely to result in the termination of
such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA (other than a standard termination
pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA), (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall
terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA (other than a standard termination
pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA), (v) any of the Customer or any Subsidiary
shall, or is reasonably likely to, incur any liability in connection with a
withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan,
(vi) the occurrence or expected occurrence of any event or condition which
results or is reasonably likely to result in any of the Customer’s or any
Subsidiary’s becoming responsible for any liability in respect of a Former Plan
(other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA), or
(vii) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan;
and in each case in clauses (i) through (vii) above, such event or condition,
together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would be reasonably
expected to result in liability which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (n) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Customer
involving in the aggregate at any time a liability (net of any insurance or
indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof prior to or within
60 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect thereof in the
event any appeal thereof shall be unsuccessful) equal to or in excess of
$50,000,000 at all times until such judgments or decrees have been vacated,
discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal; and all such judgments or decrees
shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within
60 days from the entry thereof.
     (o) The Customer shall breach the covenant set forth in Section 7.12.
     (p) A Change of Control shall occur.
Article 11.
Remedies
11.01 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, WFBC may do any
one or more of the following:
     (a) Accelerate and declare immediately due and payable, any and all amounts
payable by the Customer to WFBC, whether mature, contingent or otherwise,
whereupon all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable,
without presentment, notice of dishonor, protest or further notice of any kind,
all of which the Customer hereby expressly waives.
     (b) Require the Customer to repurchase any and all Purchased Accounts,
including the Related Rights, whether disputed or undisputed, and to pay on
demand the Repurchase Price for those Purchased Accounts, including the Related
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the Repurchase Price is not paid in full on demand, WFBC or its designee may
collect such Purchased Accounts and charge a commercially reasonable fee in
connection with such collection activities in addition to any other fees or
charges provided for herein.
     (c) Cease purchasing any Account under this Agreement.
     (d) Notify, or cause the Customer to notify, any Account Debtor or other
Person obligated to pay a Purchased Account that such right to payment has been
sold, assigned and transferred to WFBC and instruct, or cause the Customer to
instruct, any Account Debtor or other Person to (i) make and remit payments due
under the Purchased Accounts and any Related Rights directly to a Lockbox or
(ii) deliver payments due under the Purchased Accounts and any Related Rights to
WFBC by wire transfer, ACH, or other means as WFBC may direct, in each case for
deposit to the Collections Account or for direct application to the amounts due
and owing to WFBC.
     (e) Take possession of any Related Rights or Collateral, with or without
judicial process.
     (f) Settle any disputed Purchased Account directly with the Account Debtor
for any amount without relieving the Customer of its obligations with respect to
such Purchased Account under this Agreement, grant extensions and compromise
claims, all without prior notice to, or consent of, Customer.
     (g) Require the Customer to assemble the Related Rights and the Collateral
(other than returned inventory and goods) and make them available to WFBC at a
place designated by WFBC.
     (h) Require the Customer, at WFBC’s expense, to assemble the Collateral
consisting of returned inventory and goods, and make such Collateral available
to WFBC at a place designated by WFBC.
     (i) Take possession of the Related Rights and Collateral, and enter and use
the Customer’s premises, at no cost to WFBC, only to hold, process, sell, use,
store, liquidate, realize upon or otherwise dispose of items that are Purchased
Accounts, Related Rights or Collateral (other than returned inventory and goods)
and for other purposes that WFBC may in good faith deem to be related or
incidental purposes.
     (j) Use, solely in connection with any disposition or collection of the
Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral, any trademark, trade
name, trade style, or copyright, used or utilized by the Customer in generating
such Purchased Accounts or Related Rights or with respect to such Collateral.
     (k) Initiate electronic credit or debit entries through the ACH system to
and from any Lockbox Account or any other deposit account maintained by the
Customer in which proceeds of the Collateral are deposited.
     (l) Collect from the Customer all amounts due and owing to WFBC in
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     (m) Exercise and enforce any and all rights and remedies available upon
default to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in New
York, including the right to take possession of the Purchased Accounts, the
Related Rights and the Collateral, or any evidence thereof, proceeding without
judicial process or by judicial process (without a prior hearing or notice
thereof, which the Customer hereby expressly waives) and the right to sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Purchased Accounts, Related
Rights and Collateral (with or without giving any warranties as to the Purchased
Accounts, Related Rights or Collateral, title to the Purchased Accounts, Related
Rights or Collateral or similar warranties).
     (n) Require the Customer to hold all Collections separate and apart from
its general funds in a segregated trust account for the benefit of WFBC, to
invest all Collections so held as directed by WFBC and to remit such amounts so
held together with any interest thereon as directed by WFBC.
     (o) Without regard to any waste, adequacy of the security or solvency of
the Customer, apply for the appointment of a receiver of the Collateral, to
which appointment the Customer hereby consents, whether or not foreclosure
proceedings have been commenced and whether or not a foreclosure sale has
occurred.
     (p) Take any action a replacement Servicer may take hereunder.
     (q) Exercise any other rights and remedies available to the Customer with
respect to the Purchased Accounts, the Related Rights or the Collateral.
     (r) Exercise any other rights and remedies available to it by law or
agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination
described in Section 10.01(f), amounts payable by the Customer to WFBC shall be
immediately due and payable automatically without presentment, demand, protest
or notice of any kind.
11.02 Sale of Collateral. During the continuation of an Event of Termination, if
WFBC sells any of the Collateral on credit, the amounts payable to WFBC
hereunder will be reduced only to the extent of payments actually received. If
the purchaser fails to pay for any Collateral, WFBC may resell such Collateral
and shall apply any proceeds actually received to the amounts payable by the
Customer to WFBC.
11.03 Certain Notices. During the continuation of an Event of Termination, if
notice to the Customer of any intended disposition of Purchased Accounts,
Related Rights or Collateral or any other intended action is required by law in
a particular instance, such notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable if
given (in the manner specified in Section 12.18) at least ten calendar days
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Article 12.
Miscellaneous Provisions
12.01 Binding on Future Parties.
     (a) Generally. This Agreement inures to the benefit of and is binding upon
the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto; provided, however
that the Customer shall not assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein
without WFBC’s prior written consent which may be withheld in its commercially
reasonable sole discretion.
     (b) Assignees.
          (i) Subject to Section 12.01(b)(ii), WFBC (or any subsequent Assignee)
may at any time sell to one or more Eligible Institutions (each an “Assignee”)
WFBC’s (or such subsequent Assignee’s) interest, obligations and rights under
this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements (each, an “Assigned Interest”).
Each Assignee shall assume such Assigned Interest pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement.
          (ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Termination under subsection (a), (b), (f), (i), (k) or (l) of Section 10.01 or
upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Termination
resulting from the breach of Section 6.14, WFBC (or any subsequent Assignee) may
sell its interest, obligations and rights under this Agreement and the
Transaction Agreements pursuant to this Section 12.01(b) without the prior
written consent of the Customer. As long as no Event of Termination has occurred
and is continuing under subsection (a), (b), (f), (i), (k) or (l) of
Section 10.01 or as a result of the breach of Section 6.14, WFBC (or any
subsequent Assignee) may sell its interest, obligations and rights under this
Agreement and the Transaction Agreements pursuant to this Section 12.01(b) only
with the prior written consent of the Customer, which consent may be withheld in
the Customer’s sole discretion; provided however, that the consent of the
Customer will not be required for sales to any Affiliate of WFBC engaged in
business in addition to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
          (iii) Upon (A) execution of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement,
(B) delivery by WFBC to the Customer of an executed copy thereof, (C) payment by
such Assignee to WFBC of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed between
WFBC and such Assignee and (D) if such Assignee is organized under the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof, evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Customer of compliance with the provisions of
Section 12.01(b)(iv), such Assignee shall for all purposes be “WFBC” under this
Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of WFBC under this
Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto, and WFBC
shall be released from its obligations hereunder and no further consent or
action by the Customer shall be required to effectuate such transfer. Each
Assignee shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or other decision that WFBC
shall be required to abide by.
          (iv) If pursuant to this Section 12.01(b), WFBC’s interest in this
Agreement is transferred to an Assignee that is organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof, WFBC shall cause
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effectiveness of such transfer, (A) to represent to WFBC and the Customer that
under applicable law and treaties no taxes or only a reduced rate of withholding
taxes will be required to be withheld by the Customer or WFBC with respect to
any payments to be made to such Assignee in respect of the purchase of Accounts
hereunder and (B) to furnish to WFBC and the Customer two duly completed copies
of the forms required by Section 12.20(d).
          (v) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 12.01(b) to the
contrary, WFBC may assign or pledge any of its rights and interests in the
Purchased Accounts to a Federal Reserve Bank without the consent of the
Customer.
          (vi) WFBC, acting solely in this respect as agent for the Customer,
shall maintain a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and
addresses of each assignment of an Assigned Interest, and the obligations to and
payments owing to each Assignee from time to time. WFBC shall also keep a copy
of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement effecting each such assignment. The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error,
and the parties to this Agreement shall treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as the owner of the Assigned Interest recorded therein for the
purposes of this Agreement. The failure to make any such recordation, or any
error in such recordation shall not affect the Customer’s obligations under this
Agreement. The Register and WFBC’s copies of each Assignment and Assumption
Agreement shall be available for inspection by the Customer at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
12.02 Participations. WFBC may sell to one or more Persons (each a
“Participant”) participating interests in the interests of WFBC hereunder. Upon
each such sale, WFBC will notify the Customer of the identity of the
Participant. WFBC shall remain solely responsible for performing its obligations
hereunder, and the Customer shall continue to deal solely and directly with WFBC
in connection with WFBC’s rights and obligations hereunder. Each Participant
shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.07 and shall have the right of
setoff through its participation in amounts owing hereunder to the same extent
as if it were WFBC.
12.03 Cumulative Rights. No failure or delay by WFBC in exercising any right,
power or remedy under this Agreement, any Related Document or any Related Right
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy under this Agreement, any
Related Document or any Related Right. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
12.04 Setoff. WFBC may, from time to time only upon the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Termination, in its commercially reasonable sole
discretion and without demand or notice to anyone, setoff any liability owed to
the Customer by WFBC hereunder against any amounts payable to WFBC by the
Customer hereunder, whether or not due.
12.05 Waiver. Neither party may waive its rights and remedies unless the waiver
is in writing and signed by such party. A waiver of a right or remedy under this
Agreement on one occasion is not a waiver of the right or remedy on any
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12.06 Failure to Perform. If the Customer or any Servicer, as the case may be,
fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations hereunder or under any
Related Document or any Related Right, WFBC may (but will not be required to)
itself perform, or cause to be performed, such agreement or obligation.
12.07 Indemnity.
     (a) In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 12.19, the
Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless WFBC, and any of its
participants, parent entities, subsidiary entities, affiliated entities,
successor entities, and all present and future officers, directors, employees,
attorneys and agents of the foregoing (the “Indemnitees”) from and against any
and all liabilities (other than tax liabilities subject to Section 12.20),
losses, damages, penalties, judgments, suits, claims, costs and expenses of any
kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement, any Transaction
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, any Purchased
Account, any Related Rights, any Collateral, any action taken or omitted by any
of the Indemnitees, any actions to be performed by the Customer hereunder or
under any Transaction Agreement, or in connection with any of the foregoing, any
investigative, administrative or judicial proceedings, whether or not such
Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto, which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee, the purchase of Accounts,
the use or intended use of the proceeds of the payments made to the Customer, or
any of the following (collectively, “Indemnified Liabilities”):
          (i) any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by the
Customer in or in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement,
which was incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made or
delivered;
          (ii) the failure of the Customer to perform or observe any of its
covenants, duties or obligations hereunder or under any of the Transaction
Agreements;
          (iii) the failure by the Customer to comply with any applicable law,
rule, regulation, order, injunction, award or decree with respect to any
Purchased Account or Related Rights, including any applicable bulk sales
legislation, or the nonconformity thereof with any applicable law, rule,
regulation, order, injunction, award or decree;
          (iv) the return or transfer by WFBC to the Customer of any payments
received by WFBC pursuant hereto to which WFBC is entitled pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement or the remittance of any Collections or other amounts to the
Customer under Section 12.26(b).
          (v) any loss of a perfected Lien or ownership interest (or in the
priority of such Lien or ownership interest) as a result of the Customer acting
as a custodian or Servicer or as a result of any commingling by the Customer of
funds to which WFBC is entitled hereunder with any other funds;
          (vi) any dilution, claims, disputes, damages, offsets, penalties,
losses or defenses arising from any Purchased Account or Related Rights or any
claims, disputes, offsets or defenses in connection with any merchandise or
services which are the subject of the Related Rights, including any product
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(provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall limit the
liability of the Customer or limit the recourse of WFBC to the Customer for any
amounts otherwise specifically provided to be paid by the Customer hereunder);
          (vii) any failure of (a) any agreement with an Account Debtor to
contain an enforceable right of assignment and an express right to make
information of such Account Debtor available to the Customer’s assignees and
their agents; and (b) the Customer to bring such rights to the attention of the
related Account Debtor in compliance with applicable law; and
          (viii) any claims, demands, expenses, loss or damage resulting from or
growing out of honoring or relying on the signature or other authority (whether
or not properly used) of any officer or person whose name and signature was
certified pursuant to Section 9.08, or refusing to honor any signature or
authority not so certified.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Customer shall not be obligated to indemnify
any Indemnitee for (A) any Indemnified Liability caused directly by the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (B) any overall net
income taxes imposed on such Indemnitee by the jurisdiction under the law of
which such Indemnitee is organized or otherwise considered doing business or any
political subdivision thereof.
     (b) If any investigative, judicial or administrative proceeding arising
from any of the foregoing is brought against any Indemnitee, upon such
Indemnitee’s request, the Customer and counsel, designated by the Customer and
satisfactory to the Indemnitee, will resist and defend such action, suit or
proceeding to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indemnitee, at the
Customer’s cost and expense. Each Indemnitee will use commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding. If
the foregoing undertaking to indemnify, defend and hold harmless may be held to
be unenforceable because it violates any law or public policy, the Customer
shall nevertheless make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction
of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable
law.
     (c) The obligations of the Customer under this Section 12.07 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the other obligations of
the Customer hereunder.
12.08 Increased Cost and Reduced Return. After the date of this Agreement, if
the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein,
or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
governmental authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by WFBC with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any such governmental authority (a) subjects WFBC to
any charge or withholding on or in connection with this Agreement or any Related
Document or any Purchased Account, (b) changes the basis of taxation of payments
to WFBC in respect of any amounts payable under this Agreement or any Related
Document (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income before
tax of WFBC), (c) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment,
insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or any credit extended by WFBC, (d) has the
effect of reducing the rate of return on WFBC’s capital to a level below that
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WFBC’s policies concerning capital adequacy) or (e) imposes any other condition,
and the result of any of the foregoing is (x) to impose a cost on, or increase
the cost to WFBC of its purchasing, maintaining or funding any interest acquired
under this Agreement or any Related Document, (y) to reduce the amount of any
sum received or receivable by, or to reduce the rate of return of WFBC under
this Agreement or any related transaction document or (z) to require any payment
calculated by reference to the amounts received by it hereunder, then, upon
demand by WFBC, the Customer shall pay to WFBC (with respect to amounts owed to
it) such additional amounts as will compensate WFBC for such increased cost or
reduction. For avoidance of doubt, any interpretation of Accounting Research
Bulletin No. 51 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board shall constitute an
adoption, change, request or directive subject to this Section 12.08.
12.09 Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to its
conflicts of laws provisions, except with respect to (a) Section 5-1401 of the
New York General Obligations Law; and (b) the choice of laws provisions of the
Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in New York.
12.10 Invalid Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof.
12.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including all Exhibits hereto, together
with the Transaction Agreements, or any other document or agreement described in
or related to this Agreement, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of
the parties on the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior
agreements, whether oral or in writing. All Exhibits hereto are incorporated
into this Agreement and made a part hereof.
12.12 Amendment. Except as otherwise provided herein, any addendum, amendment or
modification hereto must be signed by both parties.
12.13 Further Documents. The Customer, at its expense, will from time to time
execute, deliver, endorse and authorize the filing of any instruments,
documents, conveyances, assignments, security agreements, financing statements,
control agreements and other agreements that WFBC may reasonably request in
order to secure, protect, perfect or enforce WFBC’s rights under this Agreement,
the Related Documents, the Related Rights or any other document or agreement
described in or related to this Agreement or its Lien in the Purchased Accounts,
Related Rights and Collateral (but any failure to request or assure that the
Customer executes, delivers, endorses or authorizes the filing of any such item
shall not, in and of itself, affect or impair the validity, sufficiency or
enforceability of this Agreement, the Related Documents, the Related Rights or
any other document or agreement described in or related to this Agreement or
WFBC’s Lien in the Purchased Accounts, Related Rights and Collateral, regardless
of whether any such item was or was not executed, delivered or endorsed in a
similar context or on a prior occasion).
12.14 Retention of Records. WFBC shall have no obligation to maintain electronic
records or retain any documents, schedules, invoices, agings, or other Records
delivered to WFBC by the Customer in connection with this Agreement or the
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agreement described in or related to this Agreement for more than 30 days after
receipt by WFBC.
12.15 Effective. This Agreement shall become effective when it is executed and
delivered by an authorized officer of each party. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts and each counterpart shall constitute one and the same original.
Manually executed counterparts of the signature pages of this Agreement and any
of its Exhibits may be delivered by the parties electronically so long as
transmitted pages are reproducible on paper medium upon receipt. Each party is
duly authorized to print any executed signature page so received and attach it
to this Agreement or a relevant Exhibit, as applicable, whereupon this Agreement
or such Exhibit shall be deemed to have been duly executed and delivered by the
transmitting party and the paper copy of this Agreement or such Exhibit
assembled by the recipient with such signature page attached shall be deemed an
original for all purposes, absent manifest error or bad faith.
12.16 Data Transmission. WFBC assumes no responsibility for privacy or security
risks as a result of the method of data transmission selected by the Customer.
WFBC only assumes responsibility for data transmitted from the Customer once the
data is received within WFBC’s internal network. WFBC assumes no responsibility
for privacy or security data transmitted from WFBC to the Customer once the data
is dispensed from WFBC’s internal network.
12.17 Confidential Information. The Customer agrees that Wells Fargo & Co. and
any direct and indirect Subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Co., may, among
themselves, discuss or otherwise utilize any and all information (including
Confidential Information) they may have in their possession regarding the
Customer and its Affiliates, and the Customer waives any right of
confidentiality it may have with respect to such exchange of such information.
Except as provided in the preceding sentence, WFBC covenants and agrees to hold
this Agreement, the Transaction Agreements and other nonpublic information
regarding the Customer, its Affiliates, and their respective businesses
(collectively, “Confidential Information”) in confidence, and agrees not to use
and not to disclose any of the contents of, provide any Person with copies of,
or use for any purpose not related to the purchases made hereunder, any
Confidential Information other than disclosure to (a) Wells Fargo & Co., any
direct or indirect Subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Co. (including WFBC) or any
officers, directors, members, managers, employees or outside accountants,
auditors or attorneys of Wells Fargo & Co. or such Subsidiaries (the “Wells
Receivers”), (b) any prospective or actual Assignee, syndication parties or
participants, (c) any rating agency of WFBC and (d) governmental authorities
with appropriate jurisdiction over WFBC; provided that each such Person is
informed of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and has
agreed to treat the Confidential Information as confidential in accordance with
terms and conditions no less protective than as set forth in this Section 12.17.
Notwithstanding the above stated obligations, no Person will be liable for
disclosure or use of Confidential Information which (i) was required by law,
including pursuant to a subpoena or other legal process, (ii) was in such
Person’s possession or known to such Person prior to receipt in connection with
purchases made hereunder, (iii) is or becomes known to the public (without
breach of any obligations hereunder), (iv) is or becomes available to such
Person from a source, other than a Wells Receiver, which is not known to such
Person to be under an obligation of confidentiality to the Customer; or (v) is
independently developed by such Person without the use of the Confidential
Information. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, WFBC
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Customer, or any trademarks, trade names or service marks of the Customer or any
Affiliate of the Customer, or quote the opinion of any employee of the Customer
or any Affiliate of the Customer, in any advertising or marketing material
(including press releases) without first obtaining the prior written consent of
an officer of the Company or such Affiliate, as applicable.
12.18 Notices Hereunder. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be (a) personally delivered, (b) sent by
first class United States mail, (c) sent by overnight courier of national
reputation for which a receipt is available, (d) transmitted by telecopy, or
(e) sent as electronic mail, in each case delivered or sent to the party to whom
notice is being given to the business address, telecopier number, or e-mail
address set forth below next to its signature or, as to each party, at such
other business address, telecopier number, or e-mail address as it may hereafter
designate in writing to the other party pursuant to the terms of this
Section 12.18. If a notice of an Event of Termination is sent by first class
United States mail, it shall also be (a) personally delivered, (b) sent by
overnight courier of national reputation for which a receipt is available,
(c) transmitted by telecopy, or (d) sent as electronic mail, in each case
pursuant to the terms of this Section 12.18. All such notices, requests, demands
and other communications shall be deemed to be an authenticated record
communicated or given on (w) the date received if personally delivered, (x) five
days after the date deposited in the mail if delivered by mail, (y) the date
delivered to the courier if delivered by overnight courier, or (z) the date of
transmission if sent by confirmed telecopy or e-mail. All notices, financial
information, or other business records sent by any party to this Agreement may
be transmitted, sent, or otherwise communicated via such medium as the sending
party may deem appropriate and commercially reasonable; provided, however, that
the risk that the confidentiality or privacy of such notices, financial
information, or other business records sent by any party may be compromised
shall be borne exclusively by the Customer.
12.19 Costs and Expenses. Except as is prohibited by law, the Customer agrees to
pay on demand all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
(including in-house counsel), incurred by WFBC in connection with this
Agreement, any other Related Document, the Related Rights and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including all such costs, expenses and fees
incurred in connection with the negotiation, due diligence, preparation,
execution, amendment, modification, administration, performance, collection and
enforcement of this Agreement, the Related Documents, the Related Rights, all
obligations of the Customer hereunder and thereunder and the creation,
perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure or enforcement of any security
interest granted hereunder and the collection of any Purchased Account, any
Related Right or any obligation owed by the Customer to WFBC. If the Customer
fails to pay such costs and expenses upon demand, the Customer agrees to pay
interest on such amounts at a rate equal to the LIBOR plus five and three
quarters of one percent (5.75%) per annum calculated daily.
12.20 Taxes.
     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.20, any and all
payments made by the Customer hereunder shall be made free and clear and without
deductions for or on account of any present or future U.S., foreign, federal,
provincial, state, municipal, local or other taxes of any kind or nature
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business, property, stamp, documentary, customs, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto (excluding taxes that are
imposed on WFBC’s overall net income or gross receipts by any taxing authority)
(all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings
and liabilities of any kind or nature whatsoever and interest, penalties and
additions to tax in respect thereof (excluding than those resulting from WFBC’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct) being hereinafter referred to as
“Taxes”). If any such withholdings or deductions are so required, (i) the sum
payable hereunder shall be increased as may be necessary so that after all
required deductions are taken into account (including any required with respect
to payments made pursuant to this Section 12.20(a)), WFBC shall receive an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction been made,
(ii) the Customer shall make such deductions and (iii) the Customer shall pay
the full amount deducted to the appropriate authority before penalties attach
thereto or interest accrues thereon. If the Customer pays any such Taxes, it
shall deliver official tax receipts evidencing that payment or certified copies
thereof to WFBC on or before the thirtieth day after payment.
     (b) In addition, the Customer shall pay any present or future U.S.,
foreign, federal, provincial, state, municipal, local or other taxes of any kind
or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, any capital, income, sales,
excise, business, property, stamp, documentary, customs, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings, and all liabilities and interest, penalties and
additions to tax in respect thereof imposed by any taxing authority (other than
taxes that are imposed on WFBC’s overall net income or gross receipts by any
taxing authority) that arises from any payment made hereunder, under any
Transaction Agreement or from any payments from Collections hereunder, or from
the proceeds of the sale of any Purchased Account or Related Right or any
withholding or deduction by an Account Debtor (hereinafter referred to as “Other
Taxes”).
     (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.20, the Customer shall
indemnify WFBC for and hold it harmless against the full amount of the Taxes and
Other Taxes paid by WFBC on account of any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement or any Transaction Agreement or the purchase of the Purchased Accounts
and the Related Rights, provided WFBC shall first provide the Customer with
reasonable documentary evidence that such taxes or payments are due and owing or
have been paid by WFBC.
     (d) WFBC shall, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of
this Agreement, provide the Customer with two original Internal Revenue Service
forms W-9 (or substitute or successor forms). Any Assignee shall provide
Customer with two original Internal Revenue Service forms W-8 or W-9 (or
substitute or successor forms), as applicable.
     (e) If the form, certificates or documents provided by an Assignee at the
time such Assignee first becomes a party to this Agreement indicate a United
States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such
rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless and until such Assignee
provides the appropriate forms, certificates or documents certifying that a
lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be
considered excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such forms, certificates
or documents; provided, however, that if, at the effective date of the
assignment, WFBC was entitled to payments under Section 12.20(a) in respect of
United States withholding tax with respect to amounts paid hereunder at such
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addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future or other amounts
otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding tax, if any, applicable
with respect to such Assignee on such date.
12.21 Income Tax Treatment. WFBC and the Customer agree, and any Assignees are
deemed to agree, to treat the beneficial interests of WFBC hereunder as debt
instruments for United States federal income tax purposes.
12.22 Prohibited Rate. In no event shall any interest or fee to be paid
hereunder exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. In the event any
such interest rate or fee exceeds such maximum rate, such rate shall be adjusted
downward to the highest rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) or fee that
the parties could validly have agreed to by contract on the date hereof under
applicable law. It is further agreed that any excess actually received by WFBC
shall be credited against any amount owing hereunder.
12.23 Jurisdiction. The parties hereby (a) consent to the personal jurisdiction
of (i) the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and any
appellate court from which any appeals therefrom are available and (ii) the
courts of the State of New York sitting in the City of New York, County of New
York and any appellate court from which any appeals therefrom are available, in
connection with any controversy related to this Agreement or any Related
Document; (b) waive any argument that venue in any such forum is not convenient;
(c) agree that any litigation initiated by WFBC or the Customer in connection
with this Agreement or any Related Document may be venued in either the United
States District Court, Southern District of New York or the courts of the State
of New York sitting in the City of New York, County of New York; and (d) agree
that a non-appealable final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
12.24 Negotiations. The parties agree that this Agreement has been mutually
negotiated at arm’s length by both of them with benefit of legal counsel and
such other advice as they deemed appropriate and no provision hereof is to be
construed more severely against one of the parties than it is to be construed
against the other based on the party responsible for the drafting thereof.
12.25 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. WFBC hereby notifies the Customer that pursuant to
the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed
into law October 26, 2001)), it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies the Customer, which information includes the name
and address of the Customer and other information that will allow WFBC to
identify the Customer in accordance with the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.
L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
12.26 Termination.
     (a) This Agreement shall terminate on the first date following the
Termination Date when the Purchased Amount has reduced to zero, all other
amounts due to WFBC under this Agreement and under each Transaction Agreement
have been indefeasibly paid in full, WFBC has no further obligations hereunder
or under any Transaction Agreement and all obligations of the Customer to WFBC
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each case as determined by WFBC in its commercially reasonable sole discretion
(the “Final Termination Date”).
     (b) Any further or additional Collections and other amounts received in
respect of the Collateral after the Final Termination Date shall be remitted to
the Customer unless otherwise required by applicable law.
12.27 Terms Generally. Defined terms include in the singular number the plural
and in the plural number the singular. The use of the singular or the plural
number shall be deemed to include the use of the other when the context so
requires. Whenever the context require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context in which used herein otherwise
clearly requires, “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
“and/or”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder”, and words of similar import shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all
references herein to Articles, Sections, subsections, Exhibits, Schedules and
the like shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and subsections of,
or Exhibits or Schedules attached to, this Agreement unless otherwise expressly
provided and (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, subsections and
the like shall be construed to include therein references to all Sections and
subsections thereof unless otherwise expressly provided. Article and Section
headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the
construction of this Agreement. Reference to any law, rule, regulation, order,
decree, requirement, policy, guideline, directive or interpretation means as
amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in
effect on the determination date, including rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As
used herein, a determination made in WFBC’s “commercially reasonable sole
discretion” shall mean a determination made in WFBC’s sole discretion exercised
in good faith using reasonable (from the point of view of a secured factor)
business judgment.
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12.28 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE CUSTOMER AND WFBC HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION AT LAW OR IN EQUITY OR IN ANY
OTHER PROCEEDING BASED ON OR PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
AGREEMENT.

                      MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.       WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL                 ASSOCIATION    
 
                   
By:
  /s/ Anne H. Lloyd       By:   /s/ Jason F. Bush    
 
 
 
Name: Anne H. Lloyd          
 
Name: Jason F. Bush    
 
  Its: Chief Financial Officer           Its: Vice President    

The Customer and WFBC have executed this Agreement through their authorized
officers as of the date set forth above.

                  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association       WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL     MAC C7300-060       ASSOCIATION    
1740 Broadway, 6th Floor
               
Denver, CO 80274
               
Telecopier: (303) 433-2540
      By:   /s/ Jason F. Bush    
 Attention: Jennifer L. Daily
         
 
Name: Jason F. Bush    
Email: Jennifer.l.daily@wellsfargo.com
          Its: Vice President    
 
               
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
      MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.    
2710 Wycliff Road
               
Raleigh, NC 27607
               
Telecopier: 919-788-4372
      By:   /s/ Anne H. Lloyd    
 Attention: Byron Creech, Assistant Treasurer
         
 
Name: Anne H. Lloyd    
Email: byron.creech@martinmarietta.com
          Its: Chief Financial Officer    

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