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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1


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                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                 BY AND BETWEEN

                   KANEB PIPE LINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

                                       AND

                           STATIA TERMINALS GROUP N.V.

                          Dated as of November 12, 2001



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS


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         Section 1.1  Definitions.................................................................................2
         Section 1.2  Cross References............................................................................5
         Section 1.3  Knowledge...................................................................................6

ARTICLE II

         SALE OF SHARES...........................................................................................6

         Section 2.1  Sale of Shares..............................................................................6
         Section 2.2  Delivery of Estimated Net Cash Amount.......................................................6
         Section 2.3  Closing Payment.............................................................................6
         Section 2.4  Determination of Purchase Price.............................................................7
         Section 2.5  Closing.....................................................................................8

ARTICLE III

         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY............................................................8

         Section 3.1  Due Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power.........................................8
         Section 3.2  Authorization and Validity of this Agreement................................................9
         Section 3.3  Capitalization..............................................................................9
         Section 3.4  Consents and Approvals; No Violations......................................................10
         Section 3.5  Company Reports and Financial Statements...................................................10
         Section 3.6  Absence of Certain Changes.................................................................11
         Section 3.7  Title to Properties; Encumbrances..........................................................11
         Section 3.8  Compliance with Laws.......................................................................12
         Section 3.9  Litigation.................................................................................12
         Section 3.10  Employee Benefit Plans....................................................................12
         Section 3.11  Employment Relations and Agreements.......................................................13
         Section 3.12  Taxes.....................................................................................14
                  (a)      Tax Returns...........................................................................14
                  (b)      Payment of Taxes......................................................................14
                  (c)      Tax Liens.............................................................................15
                  (d)      Tax Audits............................................................................15
                  (e)      Statute of Limitations................................................................15
                  (f)      Tax Agreements........................................................................15
                  (g)      Powers of Attorney....................................................................15
                  (h)      Tax Deficiencies......................................................................15
                  (i)      Consolidated, Combined or Unitary Tax Returns.........................................15
                  (j)      No Joint or Several Liability.........................................................15
         Section 3.13  Liabilities...............................................................................15
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         Section 3.14  Intellectual Property.....................................................................16
         Section 3.15  Proxy Materials...........................................................................16
         Section 3.16  Broker's or Finder's Fee..................................................................16
         Section 3.17  Certain Contracts and Arrangements........................................................16
         Section 3.18  Environmental Laws and Regulations........................................................18
         Section 3.19  Voting Requirements.......................................................................18
         Section 3.20  Insurance.................................................................................18
         Section 3.21  Inventory.................................................................................19
         Section 3.22  Information Furnished.....................................................................19

ARTICLE IV

         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER.............................................................19

         Section 4.1  Due Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power........................................19
         Section 4.2  Authorization and Validity of Agreement....................................................19
         Section 4.3  Consents and Approvals; No Violations......................................................20
         Section 4.4  Proxy Materials............................................................................20
         Section 4.5  Broker's or Finder's Fee...................................................................20
         Section 4.6  Funds......................................................................................20
         Section 4.7  Litigation.................................................................................20
         Section 4.8  No Knowledge of Adverse Change.............................................................21

ARTICLE V

         TRANSACTIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE......................................................................21

         Section 5.1  Access to Information Concerning Properties and Records....................................21
         Section 5.2  Confidentiality............................................................................21
         Section 5.3  Conduct of Business Pending the Closing Date...............................................22
         Section 5.4  Commercially Reasonable Efforts............................................................25
         Section 5.5  No Solicitation of Other Offers............................................................25
         Section 5.6  Notification of Certain Matters............................................................27
         Section 5.7  Antitrust..................................................................................27
         Section 5.8  Employee Benefits..........................................................................28
         Section 5.9  Directors' and Officers' Insurance and Indemnification.....................................29
         Section 5.10  Public Announcements......................................................................31
         Section 5.11  Shareholder Approval......................................................................31
         Section 5.12  Section 338 Election......................................................................32
         Section 5.13  Repayment of Indebtedness.................................................................32
         Section 5.14  Transfer Taxes............................................................................32
         Section 5.15  Termination of Existing Tax Sharing Agreements............................................32
         Section 5.16  Refunds of Taxes for Pre-Closing Periods..................................................32
         Section 5.17  Resignation of Directors..................................................................32
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ARTICLE VI

         CONDITIONS TO CLOSING; TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT......................................................33

         Section 6.1  Conditions to Purchaser's Obligations......................................................33
                  (a)  Statutes, Orders; No Injunction...........................................................33
                  (b)  Truth of Representations and Warranties...................................................33
                  (c)  Performance of Covenants..................................................................34
                  (d)  No Company Material Adverse Effect........................................................34
                  (e)  Board Recommendation......................................................................34
                  (f)  Shareholder Approval......................................................................34
                  (g)  HSR Act Waiting Periods...................................................................34
         Section 6.2  Conditions to the Company's Obligations....................................................34
                  (a)  Statutes, Orders; No Injunction...........................................................35
                  (b)  Truth of Representations and Warranties...................................................35
                  (c)  Performance of Covenants..................................................................35
                  (d)  Shareholder Approval......................................................................35
                  (e)  HSR Act Waiting Periods...................................................................35
         Section 6.3  Termination................................................................................35
         Section 6.4  Effect of Termination......................................................................36

ARTICLE VII

         NON-SURVIVAL............................................................................................37

         Section 7.1  Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties, Agreements and Covenants......................37

ARTICLE VIII

         MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................................................37

         Section 8.1  Fees and Expenses..........................................................................37
         Section 8.2  Investigation and Agreement; Projections; No Other Representations and Warranties..........37
         Section 8.3  Extension; Waiver..........................................................................39
         Section 8.4  Notices....................................................................................39
         Section 8.5  Entire Agreement...........................................................................40
         Section 8.6  Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment........................................................40
         Section 8.7  Amendment and Modification.................................................................40
         Section 8.8  Further Actions............................................................................41
         Section 8.9  Headings...................................................................................41
         Section 8.10  Counterparts..............................................................................41
         Section 8.11  APPLICABLE LAW............................................................................41
         Section 8.12  Severability..............................................................................41
         Section 8.13  Interpretation............................................................................41
         Section 8.14  Specific Enforcement......................................................................42
         Section 8.15  Waiver of Jury Trial......................................................................42


         ANNEX A - Form of Contingent Tax Payment Note

         ANNEX B - Form of Shareholder Proposals

         SCHEDULE 1
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                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                  STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 12, 2001 (this
"Agreement"), by and between Kaneb Pipe Line Operating Partnership, L.P., a
limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
("Purchaser"), and Statia Terminals Group N.V., a public company with limited
liability organized under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles ("Company").

                                   WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, the Company owns (i) 6,100 common shares (the "Statia
International Common Shares"), par value $1.00, of Statia Terminals
International N.V. ("Statia International"), a Netherlands Antilles limited
liability company, (ii) 1,220 shares of common stock (the "Statia Technology
Common Shares"), par value $0.01, of Statia Technology, Inc. ("Statia
Technology"), a Delaware corporation, and (iii) 471,720 common shares (the
"Statia Marine Common Shares" and, collectively with the Statia International
Common Shares and the Statia Technology Common Shares, the "Shares"), par value
$0.01, of Statia Marine, Inc. ("Statia Marine" and, collectively with Statia
International and Statia Technology, the "Operating Subsidiaries"), a Cayman
Islands company;

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell, and Purchaser desires to
purchase, the Shares pursuant to this Agreement;

                  WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties hereto that, upon
consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Purchaser shall own all
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Operating
Subsidiaries;

                  WHEREAS, Purchaser is unwilling to enter into this Agreement
unless Statia Terminals Holdings N.V. ("Holdings"), concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, enters into a voting and option
agreement (the "Voting Agreement"), dated the date hereof, by and between
Purchaser and Holdings providing for, among other things, the agreement of
Holdings to vote its Company Shares in favor of this Agreement and the
transactions and other matters contemplated by, and described more fully in,
this Agreement and to grant to Purchaser an option to purchase all such Company
Shares.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:


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                                    ARTICLE I

                                DEFINITIONS; ETC.

         Section 1.1 Definitions. When used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the respective meanings specified therefor below (such meanings
to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined).

                  "Affiliate" of any Person shall mean any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such
Person.

                  "Antitrust Authorities" shall mean the Federal Trade
Commission, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice,
the attorneys general of the several states of the United States and any other
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby pursuant to applicable Antitrust Laws.

                  "Antitrust Laws" shall mean the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890,
as amended, the Clayton Act of 1914, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade
Commission Act of 1914, as amended and all other federal, state and foreign
statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative and judicial
doctrines, and other Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or
regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of
trade.

                  "Business Day" shall mean any day except a Saturday, a Sunday
or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close
in New York, New York or Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

                  "Code" shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time.

                  "Commission" shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                  "Company Business Party" shall mean any supplier or customer
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is disclosed as a supplier or
customer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on Schedule 4.8 of the
Company Disclosure Letter.

                  "Company Common Shares" shall mean the class A common shares,
par value $0.01, of the Company.

                  "Company Disclosure Letter" shall mean the disclosure letter
delivered to Purchaser upon or prior to entering into this Agreement.

                  "Company Incentive Rights" shall mean the class C shares, par
value $0.01, of the Company.

                  "Company Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any event,
change, occurrence, effect, fact or circumstance having a material adverse
effect on (i) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated


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hereby on a timely basis or (ii) the business, properties, assets, liabilities,
value, results of operations or financial condition of the Operating
Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; other than any
such effect resulting from or arising out of (u) the performance by the Company
of any of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (v) any general change in
global economic conditions or the economic conditions of the United States of
America, Canada or the Netherlands Antilles, (w) any changes in the condition of
any industry in which any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries operates that does not affect such Subsidiary of the Company
disproportionately, (x) any change, in and of itself, in the market price or
trading volume of the Company Common Shares, (y) any failure, in and of itself,
by the Company or any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries to meet the revenue or earnings predictions of equity analysts for
any period ending (or for which earnings are released) on or after the date of
this Agreement and prior to the Closing, or (z) the announcement by Purchaser of
any plan or intention to make any change in the conduct of any of the businesses
of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries as such
businesses are being conducted on the date of this Agreement.

                  "Company Shares" shall mean collectively, the Company Common
Shares, the Company Subordinated Shares and the Company Incentive Rights.

                  "Company Subordinated Shares" shall mean the class B
subordinated shares, par value $0.01, of the Company.

                  "Completed Commission Filings" shall mean the Commission
Filings filed prior to the date hereof.

                  "Contingent Tax Payment Note" shall mean an instrument
substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A.

                  "control" (including with correlative meanings, the terms
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities or partnership interests, by
contract or otherwise.

                  "Environmental Law" shall mean any Law, Order or other
requirement of law, including any principle of common law, relating to the
protection of human health or the environment, or the manufacture, use,
transport, treatment, storage, disposal, release or threatened release of
petroleum products, asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation, polychlorinated
biphenyls or any substance listed, classified or regulated as hazardous or
toxic, or any similar term, under such Law, Order or other requirement of Law.

                  "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

                  "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles of
the United States of America consistently applied, as in effect from time to
time.


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                  "Governmental Entity" shall mean any domestic or foreign
court, arbitral tribunal, administrative agency or commission or other
governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body.

                  "HSR Act" shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

                  "Intellectual Property" shall mean all registered domestic and
foreign trademark, service mark and trade name registrations and applications
therefor, patents, patent applications, copyright registrations and
applications, domain names and trade secrets.

                  "Law" shall mean any statute, law, code, ordinance, rule or
regulation of any Governmental Entity.

                  "Lien" shall mean any lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind or nature.

                  "Net Cash Amount" shall mean the difference of (a) the
aggregate of (i) the combined cash of the Operating Subsidiaries and their
respective Subsidiaries as of the close of business on the day before the
Closing Date, (ii) one million five hundred sixteen thousand four hundred three
dollars ($1,516,403), representing the amount of the accruals from November 15,
2001 through December 31, 2001 for interest payable by any Operating Subsidiary
or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to the 11-3/4% First Mortgage
Notes of Statia International and Statia Terminals Canada, Incorporated, (iii)
the amount of the accruals from the date hereof through December 31, 2001 for
interest payable by any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries pursuant to the Transamerica Loan, and (iv) the amount of any
payments of principal under the Transamerica Loan from the date hereof through
the Closing Date, minus (b) the aggregate of (i) the amount of the unpaid
accruals through and including the Closing Date for interest payable by any
Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to any
indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding from time to time, (ii) the Tax
Reserve Amount and (iii) indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company for
borrowed money (other than indebtedness for borrowed money described in clause
(a)(ii) or (a)(iii) above and indebtedness for borrowed money owing to any other
Subsidiary of the Company).

                  "Order" shall mean any judgment, order, injunction, decree or
writ of any Governmental Entity.

                  "Person" shall mean and include an individual, a partnership,
a limited liability partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a limited
liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other legal
entity, a group and a government or other department or agency thereof.

                  "Purchaser Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any event,
change, occurrence, effect, fact or circumstance having a material adverse
effect on the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely
basis.


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                  "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

                  "Subsidiary", with respect to any Person, shall mean (i) any
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general
partner, (ii) any other Person in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
owns or has the power to vote more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity
interests in such other Person having general voting power to participate in the
election of the governing body of such other Person or (iii) any other Person
directly or indirectly (through another Person or otherwise) controlled by such
Person.

                  "Subsidiary Property" shall mean any real property and
improvements owned (directly, indirectly, or beneficially), leased, used,
operated or occupied by any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.

                  "Tax Reserve Amount" shall mean the amount shown as a
liability on the Interim Balance Sheet, plus any amounts accrued by the Company
pursuant to GAAP for the period from the date of the Interim Balance Sheet
through the Closing Date for amounts that may be payable to the Island Territory
of Sint Eustatius and the Land Territory of the Netherlands Antilles pursuant to
an agreement regarding Taxes to be entered into by the Operating Subsidiaries
and their respective Subsidiaries and the Island Territory of Sint Eustatius and
the Land Territory of the Netherlands Antilles.

                  "Transamerica Loan" shall mean the Loan Agreement dated, as of
December 20, 2000, by and between Statia Marine and Transamerica Equipment
Financial Services Corporation

         Section 1.2 Cross References. The following terms shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the respective section.

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Acquisition Proposal...........................5.5(b)            Material Contracts.............................3.17
Agreement......................................Preamble          Notice of Objection............................2.3(b)(i)
Arbitrator.....................................2.3(b)(ii)        Operating Subsidiaries.........................Recitals
Cash Deficiency Amount.........................2.4(a)            Permits........................................3.8(b)
Cash Excess Amount.............................2.4(a)            Proposals......................................3.15
Closing Date Net Cash Amount...................2.2               Proxy Materials................................3.15
Closing Date...................................2.5               Purchaser......................................Preamble
Closing Payment................................2.3               Returns........................................3.12(a)
Closing........................................2.5               Severance Protection Plans.....................5.8(b)
"commercially reasonable efforts"..............5.7(b)            Shareholder Meeting............................3.15
Commission Filings.............................3.5               Shares.........................................Recitals
Company Articles...............................3.1               Statia International Common Shares.............Recitals
Company........................................Preamble          Statia International...........................Recitals
Company Indemnified Parties....................5.9(b)            Statia Marine Common Shares....................Recitals
Confidentiality Agreement......................5.2(a)            Statia Marine..................................Recitals
Contracts......................................3.17              Statia Technology Common Shares................Recitals
Employee Benefit Plans.........................3.10              Statia Technology..............................Recitals
ERISA..........................................3.10              Subsidiary Indemnified Parties.................5.9(b)
Estimated Net Cash Amount......................2.2               Superior Proposal..............................5.5(b)
Holdings.......................................Recitals          Taxes..........................................3.12(a)
Interim Balance Sheet..........................3.7               Transfer Taxes.................................5.14
                                                                 Voting Agreement...............................Recitals
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         Section 1.3 Knowledge. Where any representation or warranty or other
provision contained in this Agreement is expressly qualified by reference to the
knowledge of the Company, such knowledge means to the actual knowledge of the
following individuals, after reasonable investigation under the circumstances of
the transaction contemplated by this Agreement (including the decision to keep
the transactions contemplated hereby confidential until the announcement of the
execution of this Agreement) but without giving effect to constructive
knowledge: James G. Cameron, James F. Brenner, Jack R. Pine, Paul R. Crissman
(solely with respect to matters involving the Point Tupper facility), Clarence
W. Brown (solely with respect to matters involving the St. Eustatius facility)
or Robert C. Gaffney (solely with respect to Section 3.18).

                                   ARTICLE II

                                 SALE OF SHARES

         Section 2.1 Sale of Shares. On the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver to Purchaser on the Closing Date, and Purchaser agrees to purchase from
the Company on the Closing Date, all right, title and interest in and to the
Shares. The Company agrees to deliver to Purchaser at the Closing all right,
title and interest in and to the Shares, free and clear of all Liens, with the
certificate or certificates, if any, evidencing the Shares being duly endorsed
or acknowledged for transfer by the Company (and otherwise acknowledged on
behalf of the respective Operating Subsidiary, if required by Law), and any
deeds of transfer relating to the Shares and, in each case, accompanied by all
powers of attorney and/or other instruments necessary to convey valid and
unencumbered title thereto to Purchaser.

         Section 2.2 Delivery of Estimated Net Cash Amount. Not later than three
(3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to
Purchaser a good faith estimate (the "Estimated Net Cash Amount") of the Net
Cash Amount ("Closing Date Net Cash Amount"), prepared on the same basis as the
line item cash and cash equivalents within financial statements prepared in
accordance with GAAP, which shall describe in reasonable detail the calculation
thereof.

         Section 2.3 Closing Payment. In consideration for the sale of the
Shares by the Company to Purchaser, Purchaser shall deliver to the Company at
the Closing (a) an amount (the "Closing Payment") equal to the aggregate of (i)
one hundred eighty-four million eight hundred seventy-two thousand two hundred
twenty-three dollars ($184,872,223) plus (ii) the Estimated Net Cash Amount, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the designated account or
accounts of the Company (which account or accounts shall be designated by the
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Purchaser at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date) and (b) the
Contingent Tax Payment Note, duly executed by Purchaser.

         Section 2.4 Determination of Purchase Price. (a) Promptly after the
Closing Date, and in any event not later than forty-five (45) calendar days
following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to the Company a
statement, prepared on the same basis as the line item cash and cash equivalents
within financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, of the Closing
Date Net Cash Amount, which shall describe in reasonable detail the calculation
thereof and shall specify the amount by which (i) the Closing Date Net Cash
Amount exceeds the Estimated Net Cash Amount (the "Cash Excess Amount") or, as
the case may be, (ii) the Estimated Net Cash Amount exceeds the Closing Date Net
Cash Amount (the "Cash Deficiency Amount"). Upon delivery of such statement by
Purchaser to the Company, Purchaser shall provide the Company and its
representatives with reasonable access during business hours to the books and
records of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries in order
to allow the Company and its representatives to verify the accuracy of the
determination by Purchaser of the Closing Date Net Cash Amount.

                  (b) (i) In the event that the Company does not object to the
         determination by Purchaser of the Closing Date Net Cash Amount by
         written notice of objection (the "Notice of Objection") delivered to
         Purchaser within ten (10) Business Days after the Company's receipt of
         the statement referred to in Section 2.4(a), such Notice of Objection
         to describe in reasonable detail the Company's objections to the
         Closing Date Net Cash Amount, the Closing Date Net Cash Amount shall be
         deemed final and binding.

                  (ii) If the Company delivers a Notice of Objection to
         Purchaser, then any dispute shall be resolved as follows:

                           (x) the Company and Purchaser shall promptly endeavor
                  to agree upon the determination of the Closing Date Net Cash
                  Amount. In the event that a written agreement determining the
                  amount of the Closing Date Net Cash Amount has not been
                  reached within five (5) Business Days after the date of
                  receipt by Purchaser from the Company of the Notice of
                  Objection, Purchaser's determination of the Closing Date Net
                  Cash Amount, together with a description of any unresolved
                  dispute, shall be submitted to the Miami, Florida office of
                  BDO Seidman, LLP (the "Arbitrator");

                           (y) the Company and Purchaser shall use commercially
                  reasonable efforts to cause the Arbitrator to render a
                  decision in accordance with this Section 2.4(b), along with a
                  statement of reasons therefor, within thirty (30) calendar
                  days after the submission of any dispute concerning the
                  determination of the Closing Date Net Cash Amount to the
                  Arbitrator. The decision of the Arbitrator shall be final and
                  binding upon each party hereto and deemed to be an arbitral
                  award which may be entered in any court having competent
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                           (z) in the event the Company and Purchaser submit any
                  unresolved disputes to the Arbitrator for resolution pursuant
                  to this Section 2.4(b)(ii), the Company and Purchaser shall
                  each pay fifty percent (50%) of the fees and expenses of the
                  Arbitrator.

                  (c) If the Estimated Net Cash Amount exceeds the Closing Date
Net Cash Amount, then the Company shall be obligated to pay to Purchaser the
Cash Deficiency Amount within three (3) Business Days after the determination of
the Closing Date Net Cash Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account designated in writing by Purchaser. If the Closing Date Net Cash
Amount exceeds the Estimated Net Cash Amount, then Purchaser shall be obligated
to pay to the Company the Cash Excess Amount within three (3) Business Days
after the determination of the Closing Date Net Cash Amount by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company.

         Section 2.5 Closing. The sale referred to in Section 2.1 (the
"Closing") shall take place at 10:00 A.M. New York time at the offices of White
& Case LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York as soon as
practicable after the last of the conditions set forth in Article VI is
satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the fifth (5th) Business Day
thereafter or at such other time and date as the parties hereto shall agree.
Such date is herein referred to as the "Closing Date".

                                   ARTICLE III

                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

         The Company hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:

         Section 3.1 Due Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power. The
Company is a limited liability company in the form of a "naamloze venootschap"
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
Netherlands Antilles. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing (where such concept is applicable) under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation. Each of the Company and
each Subsidiary of the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now
being conducted. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified or licensed to
do business and is in good standing (where such concept is applicable) in each
jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by it, or the
nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary,
except in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed
and in good standing does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The
Company has, prior to the date of this Agreement, made available to Purchaser
complete and correct copies of the articles of incorporation of the Company (as
amended from time to time, the "Company Articles") and the formation,
organizational and other governing documents of each Subsidiary of the Company,
each as in effect as of the date of this Agreement.


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         Section 3.2 Authorization and Validity of this Agreement. The Company
has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Company, and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the Voting Agreement, have been duly authorized and
approved by its Board of Directors and, except for the shareholder vote
contemplated by Section 5.11, no other corporate action on the part of the
Company is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the Voting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming that this Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent that its enforceability may be subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
Laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and
by general equitable principles (regardless of whether the issue of
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

         Section 3.3 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of Statia
International consists of 30,000 Statia International Common Shares, of which
6,100 are issued and outstanding and none are held in the treasury of Statia
International. The authorized capital stock of Statia Technology consists of
3,000 Statia Technology Common Shares, of which 1,220 are issued and outstanding
and none are held in the treasury of Statia Technology. The authorized capital
stock of Statia Marine consists of 5,000,000 Statia Marine Common Shares, of
which 471,720 are issued and outstanding and none are held in the treasury of
Statia Marine. The Shares constitute all of the issued and outstanding equity
interests in the Operating Subsidiaries. All of the Shares are owned, of record
and beneficially, by the Company, free and clear of any Liens. All of the issued
and outstanding shares of the capital stock and other equity interests of each
of the Operating Subsidiaries and each of their respective Subsidiaries have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable,
and are not subject to, nor were they issued in violation of, any preemptive
rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, subscriptions,
agreements, obligations, convertible or exchangeable securities, or other
commitments or claims of any character, contingent or otherwise, relating to
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of any Operating Subsidiary or
any of their respective Subsidiaries or pursuant to which any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to
issue shares of capital stock or other equity interests or any securities
convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for,
any shares of capital stock or other equity interests of any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Operating
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries has authorized or
outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness that entitle the
holders to vote (or are convertible or exercisable for or exchangeable into
securities that entitle the holders to vote) with the shareholders of such
Person on any matter. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3(c) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, all of the outstanding capital shares and other equity
interests of each of the respective Subsidiaries of each Operating Subsidiary
are owned, of record and beneficially, by such Operating Subsidiary or one or
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its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any Liens. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.3(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter or pursuant to applicable Law, there are
no restrictions of any kind that prevent or restrict the payment of dividends by
any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.3(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Operating
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries owns, directly or
indirectly, any shares of the capital stock or other equity, ownership or
proprietary interest in any Person (other than any Subsidiary of any Operating
Subsidiary).

         Section 3.4 Consents and Approvals; No Violations. Assuming (a) the
filings required under the HSR Act are made and the applicable waiting periods
thereunder have been terminated or have expired, and (b) the sale of the Shares
by the Company pursuant to this Agreement has been approved and/or adopted by
the shareholders of the Company, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby do not: (i) violate or conflict with any provision of the Company
Articles or the comparable governing documents of any of its Subsidiaries; (ii)
violate or conflict in any material respect with any statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order or decree of any Governmental Entity applicable to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any of their respective properties or
assets may be bound; (iii) except as set forth on Schedule 3.4(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, require any material filing with, or material Permit,
material consent or approval of, or the giving of any material notice to, any
Governmental Entity or any other Person; or (iv) except as set forth on Schedule
3.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, result in a violation or breach of,
conflict with, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both)
a default under (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, payment
or acceleration under), result in the creation of any material Lien upon any of
the properties or assets of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries under, or give rise to any obligation, right of termination,
cancellation, acceleration or increase of any obligation or a loss of a material
benefit or any right that becomes effective upon the occurrence of a merger,
amalgamation, scheme of arrangement, consolidation or change of control under,
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any material note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, franchise, Permit, Contract, arrangement, lease, franchise agreement
or other obligation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party,
or by which any such Person or any of its properties or assets are bound.

         Section 3.5 Company Reports and Financial Statements. Since December
31, 1999, the Company has filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements,
registration statements and other documents with the Commission relating to
periods commencing on or after such date required to be filed by it pursuant to
the federal securities Laws and the Commission rules and regulations thereunder
(such forms, reports, schedules, statements, registration statements and other
documents being hereinafter referred to as the "Commission Filings") and, as of
their respective dates, the Commission Filings complied in all material respects
with all applicable requirements of the federal securities Laws and the
Commission rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company has, prior
to the date of this Agreement, made available to Purchaser true and complete
copies of all portions of any Commission Filings not publicly available. As of
their respective dates, the Commission Filings did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
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contained in the Commission Filings have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
throughout the periods indicated and present fairly in all material respects the
financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position of
the Company as of the indicated dates and for the indicated periods (except, in
the case of interim financial statements, for the absence of notes thereto and
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and accruals required to be made in
the ordinary course of business which are not materially adverse and are
consistent with past practices).

         Section 3.6 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.6 of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Completed Commission Filings, or
as contemplated by this Agreement, since December 31, 2000 and prior to the date
of this Agreement, (a) there has not occurred any event, change or development
that has or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, (b) the business of each Operating Subsidiary and each of their
respective Subsidiaries has been conducted only in the ordinary course of
business, (c) none of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Subsidiaries has increased the compensation of any officer or granted any
general salary or benefits increase to their respective employees, other than in
the ordinary course of business, (d) there has been no declaration, setting
aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any class
of shares or any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by any Operating
Subsidiary of any shares or other securities of such Operating Subsidiary, and
(e) there has been no change by any Operating Subsidiary or any of their
respective Subsidiaries in their respective accounting principles, practices or
methods.

         Section 3.7 Title to Properties; Encumbrances. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.7 of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Completed Commission
Filings, one of the Operating Subsidiaries or one of their respective
Subsidiaries has valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and
assets, valid leasehold interests in, (a) all of the material tangible and
intangible properties and assets (real and personal) used in connection with the
businesses of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries,
including, without limitation, all of the properties and assets reflected in the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of September
30, 2001 and previously supplied by the Company to Purchaser (the "Interim
Balance Sheet"), except as indicated in the notes thereto and except for
properties and assets reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet that have been sold
or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business after the date
thereof, and (b) all of the tangible and intangible properties and assets
purchased by the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries
since September 30, 2001, except for such properties and assets that have been
sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business; in each case
subject to no material Liens, except for Liens reflected or reserved against in
the Completed Commission Filings or the Interim Balance Sheet. The assets and
properties owned or held pursuant to valid leases by any Operating Subsidiary or
any of their respective Subsidiaries are all of the assets and properties needed
by the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries to operate the
businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries in all material respects as such
businesses have been operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the
twelve (12)-month period immediately preceding the date of this Agreement. The
Company owns no assets other than the Shares and conducts no business other than
the business incident to ownership of the Shares.


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         Section 3.8 Compliance with Laws. (a) Except as set forth on Schedule
3.8 of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Completed Commission Filings, the
Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries are in material
compliance with all material applicable federal, state, local and foreign Laws,
orders, judgments and decrees.

                  (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries
hold all material federal, state, local and foreign permits, approvals,
licenses, authorizations, certificates, rights, exemptions and orders from
Governmental Entities (the "Permits") that are necessary for the operation of
the business of the Operating Subsidiaries and/or their respective Subsidiaries
as now conducted, and there has not occurred any default under any such Permit.

                  (c) To the knowledge of the Company, none of the Operating
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries has made, or promised or
authorized the making of, any payment of any money or anything of value, or the
provision of any gift, to any foreign official, political party, candidate for
office or any other Person for any purpose prohibited by any applicable Law.

         Section 3.9 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9 of the
Company Disclosure Letter or in the Completed Commission Filings, on the date of
this Agreement, there is no action, suit, proceeding at law or in equity, or any
arbitration or any administrative or other proceeding by or before any
Governmental Entity pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened,
against or affecting any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or rights. There are no
suits, actions, claims, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened, seeking to prevent or challenging the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9
of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of
their respective Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, order or decree
entered in any lawsuit or proceeding.

         Section 3.10 Employee Benefit Plans. Each material employee benefit
plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and all other material employee
benefit agreements or arrangements that are not employee benefit plans within
the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, including without limitation deferred
compensation plans, incentive plans, bonus plans or arrangements, stock option
plans, stock purchase plans, stock award plans, golden parachute agreements,
severance pay plans, dependent care plans, cafeteria plans, employee assistance
programs, scholarship programs, employment contracts, retention incentive
agreements, noncompetition agreements, consulting agreements, confidentiality
agreements and vacation policies, maintained by any Operating Subsidiary or any
of their respective Subsidiaries, or to which any Operating Subsidiary or any of
their respective Subsidiaries contributes or with respect to which any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries may have any material
liability (collectively, the "Employee Benefit Plans") is listed on Schedule
3.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter. Except as disclosed in the Completed
Commission Filings or as set forth on Schedule 3.10 of the Company Disclosure
Letter: (a) each Employee Benefit Plan is in material compliance with any
applicable Law and has been administered and operated in all material respects
in accordance with its terms; (b) each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to
be "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of


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the Code has received a favorable determination letter or opinion letter from
the Internal Revenue Service and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has
occurred and no condition exists that would reasonably be expected to result in
the revocation of any such determination letter or opinion letter; (c) (i) none
of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any
Person that was at any time after December 1, 1996 treated as a single employer
together with any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries
under section 414 of the Code has ever maintained, had an obligation to
contribute to, or contributed to, or incurred any liability with respect to, a
pension plan that is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Code and (ii) none of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or any Person that was at any time during the six (6)-year period
immediately preceding the date of this Agreement treated as a single employer
together with any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries
under Section 414 of the Code has, within such six (6)-year period, had an
obligation to contribute to, or contributed to, or incurred any unsatisfied
liability with respect to, a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA; (d) none of the
Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any other "disqualified person" or "party in interest"
(as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code and Section 3(14) of ERISA,
respectively) has engaged in any transactions in connection with any Employee
Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a
material penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a material tax pursuant
to Section 4975 of the Code; (e) no claims have been made, commenced or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan
(other than routine claims for benefits payable in the ordinary course, and
appeals of denied routine claims for benefits payable in the ordinary course)
that would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability of any
Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (f) no Employee
Benefit Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization or life insurance
benefits (whether or not insured by a third party) for employees or former
employees of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries
for periods extending beyond their terminations of employment, other than
coverage mandated by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,
as amended, or a similar state Law; and (g) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, either alone or in conjunction with another
event (such as a termination of employment), will not (i) entitle any current or
former employee of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries to severance pay or any other payment under any Employee Benefit
Plan, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or trigger any payment or
funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits
under, increase the amount payable or trigger any other material obligation
pursuant to, any Employee Benefit Plan, or (iii) increase the amount of
compensation due any such employee, or result in any material breach or
violation of, or default under, any Employee Benefit Plan.

         Section 3.11 Employment Relations and Agreements. (a) Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Completed
Commission Filings (i) each of the Operating Subsidiaries and each of their
respective Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all federal, foreign,
state or other applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and has not and is not
engaged in any unfair labor practice; (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown,
stoppage or material dispute pending


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or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or involving any
Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (iii) no
representation question exists respecting the employees of any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (iv) no collective
bargaining agreement is currently being negotiated by any Operating Subsidiary
or any of their respective Subsidiaries and none of the Operating Subsidiaries
or any of their respective Subsidiaries is or has been a party to a collective
bargaining agreement; (v) none of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is experiencing or has experienced any material labor
difficulty during the last three (3) years; and (vi) no grievance or arbitration
proceeding arising out of or under a collective bargaining agreement is pending
and no claim thereunder exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
threatened with respect to the operations of the Operating Subsidiaries or any
of their respective Subsidiaries.

                  (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, there exist no employment, consulting, severance,
indemnification or deferred compensation agreements between any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries and any director, officer or
employee of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
any agreement that would give any director, officer or employee of any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries the right to receive any
payment from any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries as
a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

         Section 3.12 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12 of the Company
Disclosure Letter:

                  (a) Tax Returns. Each Operating Subsidiary and each of their
respective Subsidiaries have filed or caused to be filed, or shall file or cause
to be filed on or prior to the Closing Date, all material returns, statements,
forms and reports for Taxes (the "Returns") that are required to be filed by, or
with respect to, the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries on
or prior to the Closing Date (taking into account any extension of time to file
granted to or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and the
information set forth on the Returns is true and correct in all material
respects and contains all material information required to be reported thereon.
"Taxes" shall mean all taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or
other governmental charges including, without limitation, all United States
federal, state, local, foreign and other income, franchise, profits, capital
gains, capital stock, transfer, sales, use, occupation, property, excise,
severance, windfall profits, stamp, license, payroll, withholding and other
taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges
of any kind whatsoever (whether payable directly or by withholding and whether
or not requiring the filing of a Return), all estimated taxes, deficiency
assessments, additions to tax, penalties and interest.

                  (b) Payment of Taxes. All material Taxes and material Tax
liabilities of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries for
all taxable years or periods that end on or prior to the Closing Date and, with
respect to any taxable year or period beginning prior to and ending after the
Closing Date, the portion of such taxable year or period ending on and including
the Closing Date, have been paid or shall be paid in full on or prior to the
Closing Date or accrued and adequately disclosed and fully provided for on the
books and records of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.


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                  (c) Tax Liens. There are no Liens for Taxes upon any property
or assets of any of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, except for Liens for Taxes not yet due or payable or Liens for
Taxes being contested in good faith.

                  (d) Tax Audits. No Federal, state, local or foreign audits,
examinations, investigations or other administrative proceedings or court
proceedings are presently pending with regard to any Taxes or Tax Returns filed
by or on behalf of any of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, and no written notification of such proceedings has been received
by the Company, any of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.

                  (e) Statute of Limitations. There are no outstanding requests,
agreements, consents or waivers to extend the statutory period of limitations
applicable to the assessment of any Taxes or deficiencies against any of the
Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

                  (f) Tax Agreements. None of the Operating Subsidiaries or any
of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any material tax sharing, tax
indemnity or other similar agreement or arrangement with any Person.

                  (g) Powers of Attorney. No power of attorney has been granted
with respect to any matter relating to Taxes of any Operating Subsidiary or any
of their respective Subsidiaries that is currently in force.

                  (h) Tax Deficiencies. No material deficiency or claim has been
formally proposed, asserted or assessed by any Governmental Entity with regard
to any Taxes of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries
or Tax Returns including or required to be filed by any Operating Subsidiary or
any of their respective Subsidiaries for which Purchaser would be liable as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which has not been
resolved and paid in full.

                  (i) Consolidated, Combined or Unitary Tax Returns. None of the
Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries has been included
in a consolidated, combined, unitary or similar Tax Return that included the
Company.

                  (j) No Joint or Several Liability. None of the Operating
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries has any liability, either
joint or several, for any Taxes owed by the Company.

         Section 3.13 Liabilities. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the
Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries has outstanding
any claims, liabilities or indebtedness, contingent or otherwise, of any kind
whatsoever (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether or
not required to be reflected in the financial statements of the Operating
Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), except
(a) as set forth on Schedule 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (b) as set
forth in the Completed


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Commission Filings or on the Interim Balance Sheet, and (c) other claims,
liabilities or indebtedness that are not, individually or in the aggregate,
material.

         Section 3.14 Intellectual Property. (a) Except as set forth in the
Completed Commission Filings, one of the Operating Subsidiaries or one of their
respective Subsidiaries owns or has a valid and enforceable right to use, free
and clear of all material Liens, all material Intellectual Property necessary to
operate their respective businesses in all material respects as such businesses
have been operated during the twelve (12)-month period immediately preceding the
date of this Agreement.

                  (b) Except as set forth in the Completed Commission Filings,
neither the conduct of the businesses of the Operating Subsidiaries and their
respective Subsidiaries nor the use of the Intellectual Property materially
infringes, violates, misappropriates or misuses any Intellectual Property rights
or any other proprietary right of any Person.

         Section 3.15 Proxy Materials. The proxy statement (the "Proxy
Materials") prepared by the Company soliciting the proxies of the shareholders
of the Company in favor of the proposals (the "Proposals") substantially in the
form set forth on Annex B to be voted on at an extraordinary meeting of the
shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholder Meeting"), together with all
materials included therewith and any amendments or supplements thereto will not,
at the time they are filed with the Commission or are first published, sent or,
as the case may be, given, to shareholders of the Company or at the time of the
Shareholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no
representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied or to be
supplied by Purchaser or any of its representatives in writing for inclusion in
the foregoing documents. The Proxy Materials will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

         Section 3.16 Broker's or Finder's Fee. Other than Merrill Lynch & Co.
and Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Financial Advisors, Inc. (the fees and
expenses of each of whom shall be paid by the Company in accordance with the
agreements of the Company with such firms, true and correct copies of which have
been previously delivered to Purchaser by the Company), no agent, broker,
investment bank, Person or firm acting on behalf of the Company is, or shall be,
entitled to any commission or broker's or finder's fees in connection with this
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby from any of the parties
hereto, or from any Affiliate of the parties hereto.

         Section 3.17 Certain Contracts and Arrangements. As of the date hereof,
except as set forth on Schedule 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of
the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to
or bound by any contracts, agreements, instruments, licenses, commitments or
understandings ("Contracts") of the following nature (collectively, the
"Material Contracts"):

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                  (b) Contracts in respect of the sale or provision of products
         or services by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries involving, in
         each case, either (i) annualized consideration in excess of five
         hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) that are not cancelable without
         penalty upon ninety (90) days' notice or (ii) aggregate consideration
         in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000);

                  (c) collective bargaining agreements, union agreements,
         employment agreements, "change of control agreements" with employees,
         severance agreements or consulting agreements;

                  (d) loan or credit agreements, indentures, guarantees (other
         than endorsements made for collection), mortgages, pledges, conditional
         sales or other title retention agreements, or equipment financing
         obligations, lease or lease-purchase agreements involving, in each
         case, borrowings, or capacity to borrow, in excess of one hundred
         thousand dollars ($100,000);

                  (e) leases or similar instruments regarding real property
         (other than storage and throughput Contracts);

                  (f) (i) Contracts relating to competitive activities that
         restrict any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
         Subsidiaries from competing in any line of business or with any Person
         in any geographical area, or that restrict any other Person from
         competing with any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
         Subsidiaries in any line of business or in any geographical area and
         (ii) Contracts that are material to the Operating Subsidiaries and
         their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that restrict any
         Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries from
         disclosing any information concerning or obtained from any other
         Person, or that restrict any other Person from disclosing any
         information concerning or obtained from any Operating Subsidiary or any
         of their respective Subsidiaries (other than Contracts entered into in
         the ordinary course of business);

                  (g) Contracts with any Affiliate that would be required to be
         disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act;

                  (h) except for Contracts for the purchase of inventory to be
         used for product sales, other Contracts of a type not described in
         clauses (a) through (g) above that involve, in each case, receipts or
         expenditures of or by the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective
         Subsidiaries in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000); or

                  (i) offers or tenders outstanding and capable of being
         converted into an obligation of the Company described in clauses (a)
         through (h) above.

         Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter,
none of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in
material breach or default under any Material Contract nor, to the knowledge of
the Company, is any other party to any Material Contract in material breach or
default thereunder. There is no condition that, with the passage of


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time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a material breach or
default by any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries
under any Material Contract. Copies of all Material Contracts (or in the case of
oral Material Contracts, descriptions of the terms thereof) have been delivered
to Purchaser and such copies are true, complete and accurate and such
descriptions are true, complete and accurate in all material respects and in
each case include all amendments, supplements or modifications thereto, as at
the date hereof. None of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Subsidiaries has received any written notice of cancellation of any Material
Contract, and to the knowledge of the Company, no Person has threatened to
cancel any Material Contract.

         Section 3.18 Environmental Laws and Regulations. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Completed Commission
Filings (a) each of the Operating Subsidiaries and each of their respective
Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws,
and have obtained, and are in material compliance with, all Permits required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws; (b) there are no proceedings,
investigations, actions or material claims by any Governmental Entity pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law;
(c) there is no material obligation, undertaking or liability arising out of or
relating to Environmental Laws that any Operating Subsidiary or any of their
respective Subsidiaries has agreed to or assumed, by Contract or otherwise, or
has expressly retained by Contract; (d) to the knowledge of the Company, there
are no existing or proposed requirements under Environmental Laws that would
require any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries to
incur any material expenses subsequent to the Closing to remain in compliance
with Environmental Laws or to otherwise make capital improvements; and (e) there
are no facts, circumstances or conditions relating to the past or present
business or operations of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries (including the disposal of any wastes, hazardous substances or
other materials), or to any past or present Subsidiary Property, that would
reasonably be expected to give rise to any proceeding or action or any material
claim or liability under any Environmental Law.

         Section 3.19 Voting Requirements. At a meeting duly called and held at
which at least one-half of the aggregate of the Company Common Shares and
Company Subordinated Shares is present or represented by proxy and entitled to
vote, the affirmative vote of holders of more than sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (66-2/3%) of the Company Common Shares and Company Subordinated Shares,
voting together as a single class, is the only vote required to approve and/or
adopt the Proposals to approve this Agreement and dissolve the Company (each as
more fully set forth on Annex B).

         Section 3.20 Insurance. Set forth on Schedule 3.20 of the Company
Disclosure Letter is a list of all policies of fire, liability and other forms
of insurance and all fidelity bonds held by or applicable to any Operating
Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries at any time during the last
three (3) years. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.20 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, the insurance currently held by or applicable to each Operating
Subsidiary and each of their respective Subsidiaries is in such amount and of
such type and scope as is customary in the industry in which it is engaged and
each of them has had in full force and effect at all appropriate times insurance
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the Company Disclosure Letter, there has been no change in the type of insurance
coverage held by or applicable to any Operating Subsidiary or any of their
respective Subsidiaries during the past three (3) years that has resulted in any
period during which any of them failed to have appropriate insurance coverage.
Excluding insurance policies that have expired and been replaced, no insurance
policy of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries has
been canceled within the last three (3) years and no threat has been made to
cancel any such insurance policy within such period.

         Section 3.21 Inventory. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, the inventories owned by the Operating Subsidiaries
or their respective Subsidiaries consist of a quality usable by the Operating
Subsidiaries or their respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business. There are no material shortages in the quantity of product of
customers being held by any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries. There are no contaminations of product of customers being held by
any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries for which any
Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries has any material
liability.

         Section 3.22 Information Furnished. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.22 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has made available to
Purchaser or its attorneys, accountants or other representatives true and
correct copies of all agreements and documents listed on the Company Disclosure
Letter and all minute books and stock records of each of the Operating
Subsidiaries and each of their respective Subsidiaries, and none of (a) this
Agreement, (b) the Company Disclosure Letter or (c) the minute books and stock
records of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, contains or will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits or will omit any material fact necessary
to make the statements herein or therein, as the case may be, not misleading.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

         Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

         Section 4.1 Due Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power.
Purchaser is a limited partnership duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware.

         Section 4.2 Authorization and Validity of Agreement. Purchaser has the
requisite partnership power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement,
to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by Purchaser and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly authorized by its general partner. No other partnership action on
the part of Purchaser is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Purchaser and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Purchaser and, assuming that this Agreement constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of
Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except
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such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors' rights
generally, and general equitable principles.

         Section 4.3 Consents and Approvals; No Violations. Assuming (a) the
filings required under the HSR Act are made and the applicable waiting periods
thereunder have been terminated or have expired, and (b) the purchase of the
Shares by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement has been approved by the
shareholders of the Company, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Purchaser and the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
hereby do not: (i) violate or conflict with any provision of the limited
partnership agreement of Purchaser; (ii) violate or conflict in any material
respect with any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order or decree of any
Governmental Entity applicable to Purchaser or by which any of its properties or
assets may be bound; (iii) require any filing with, or Permit, material consent
or approval of, or the giving of any material notice to, any Governmental
Entity; or (iv) result in a violation or breach of, conflict with, constitute
(with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under (or give
rise to any right of termination, cancellation, payment or acceleration under),
or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of
Purchaser under, or give rise to any obligation, right of termination,
cancellation, acceleration or increase of any obligation or a loss of a material
benefit or any right that becomes effective upon the occurrence of a merger,
amalgamation, scheme of arrangement, consolidation or change of control under,
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any material note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, franchise, Permit, Contract, arrangement, lease, franchise agreement
or other obligation to which Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or
by which any such Person or any of its properties or assets may be bound.

         Section 4.4 Proxy Materials. None of the information provided by
Purchaser in writing for inclusion in the Proxy Materials, any materials
included therewith or any amendments or supplements thereto, will, at the time
such Proxy Materials, materials, amendments or supplements are filed with the
Commission or are first published, sent or, as the case may be, given to the
shareholders of the Company or at the time of the Shareholder Meeting, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         Section 4.5 Broker's or Finder's Fee. No agent, broker, investment
bank, Person or firm acting on behalf of Purchaser is, or shall be, entitled to
any commission or broker's or finder's fees in connection with this Agreement or
any of the transactions contemplated hereby from any of the parties hereto, or
from any Affiliate of the parties hereto.

         Section 4.6 Funds. Purchaser has sufficient funds available to pay (a)
the Closing Payment, (b) the Cash Excess Amount, if any, and (c) all obligations
set forth on Schedule 4.6 of the Company Disclosure Letter, which will, as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, become due
in respect of any indebtedness of the Operating Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Subsidiaries for money borrowed.

         Section 4.7 Litigation. On the date of this Agreement, there is no
action, suit, proceeding at law or in equity, or any arbitration or any
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Governmental Entity pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened,
against or affecting Purchaser or any of its respective Subsidiaries, or any of
their respective properties or rights that has, or would reasonably be expected
to have, a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. There are no suits, actions,
claims, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser,
threatened, seeking to prevent or challenging the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Neither Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates is subject to any
judgment, order or decree entered in any lawsuit or proceeding that has or would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser
Material Adverse Effect.


         Section 4.8 No Knowledge of Adverse Change. To the actual knowledge of
Edward D. Doherty, Fred Johnson, Ron Rushton, Alan Barclay or Jim Tidmore, after
reasonable investigation but without giving effect to constructive knowledge,
there exists no fact, event or condition that resulted from or was caused by any
dealing Purchaser or any of its Affiliates has had with any Company Business
Party that, as a result of the announcement of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will have, or
would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.


                                    ARTICLE V

                       TRANSACTIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE

         Section 5.1 Access to Information Concerning Properties and Records.
During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (a)
the Closing Date and (b) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 6.3, the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, upon
reasonable notice, afford Purchaser and its employees, counsel, accountants,
consultants and other authorized representatives, access during normal business
hours to the officers, directors, employees, accountants, properties, books and
records of such Subsidiaries. The Company shall furnish promptly to Purchaser
all information concerning its Subsidiaries' business, properties and personnel
as Purchaser may reasonably request.

         Section 5.2 Confidentiality. (a) Information obtained by Purchaser and
its counsel, accountants, consultants and other authorized representatives
pursuant to Section 5.1 shall be subject to the provisions of the
Confidentiality Agreement by and between the Company and Kaneb Pipe Line Company
LLC, dated July 27, 2001 (the "Confidentiality Agreement"). The Confidentiality
Agreement shall terminate as of the Closing.

                  (b) The Company recognizes and acknowledges that it has had
and will have access to certain confidential information concerning Purchaser
and its business that is the valuable, special and unique property of Purchaser.
The Company agrees that, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of
three (3) years following the Closing Date or any termination of this Agreement,
it will not disclose, and it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to
prevent disclosure by any Affiliate or authorized representative of the Company
of, any such confidential information to any Person, except to authorized
representatives of Purchaser in connection with the fulfillment of the Company's
obligations under this Agreement or as required


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by applicable Law or Order. The Company agrees that money damages would not be a
sufficient remedy for any breach of its obligations under this Section 5.2(b)
and that, in addition to all other remedies, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates
shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable
relief as a remedy for any such breach and the Company agrees to waive, and to
use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its Affiliates and
representatives to waive, any requirement for the securing or posting of any
bond in connection with such remedy.

                  (c) The Company recognizes and acknowledges that it has
certain confidential information concerning the Operating Subsidiaries and their
respective Subsidiaries and their respective businesses that is, after the
Closing, the valuable, special and unique property of Purchaser. The Company
agrees that, for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date, it will
not disclose, and it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent
disclosure by any Affiliate or authorized representative of the Company of, any
such confidential information to any Person, except to authorized
representatives of Purchaser in connection with the fulfillment of the Company's
obligations under this Agreement or as required by applicable Law or Order. The
Company agrees that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any
breach of its obligations under this Section 5.2(c) and that, in addition to all
other remedies, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to specific
performance and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such
breach and the Company agrees to waive, and to use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause each of its Affiliates and representatives to waive, any
requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such
remedy.

         Section 5.3 Conduct of Business Pending the Closing Date. The Company
agrees that, except as set forth on Schedule 5.3 of the Company Disclosure
Letter or unless expressly permitted or required by this Agreement or otherwise
consented to in writing by Purchaser (which consent (i) shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and (ii) in the case of Section
5.3(b)(xv), shall only be required of Mr. Edward D. Doherty which consent, in
the case of storage and throughput Contracts, shall be deemed given if not
received or affirmatively refused within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt by
Mr. Doherty of the request therefor), during the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending at the earlier of (x) the Closing and (y) any termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.3:

                  (a) it shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to conduct such
Subsidiary's operations only in accordance with the ordinary course of business
of such Subsidiary, use such Subsidiary's commercially reasonable efforts to
preserve intact, in all material respects, such Subsidiary's business
organization, keep available, in all material respects, the services of such
Subsidiary's officers and employees and maintain, in all material respects,
satisfactory relationships with licensors, suppliers, distributors, clients,
customers and others having significant business relationships with such
Subsidiary; and

                  (b) it shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:

                           (i) take any action to make any change in or
                  amendment to such Subsidiary's articles of incorporation (or
                  comparable governing documents);


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                           (ii) issue or sell, or authorize to issue or sell,
                  any of such Subsidiary's share capital or any other
                  securities, or issue or sell, or authorize to issue or sell,
                  any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or
                  options, warrants or rights to purchase or subscribe for, or
                  enter into any arrangement or contract with respect to the
                  issuance or sale of, any of such Subsidiary's share capital or
                  any other securities, or make any other changes in such
                  Subsidiary's capital structure;

                           (iii) sell, pledge or dispose of or agree to sell,
                  pledge or dispose of any shares or other equity interest owned
                  by such Subsidiary's in any other Person;

                           (iv) declare, pay or set aside any dividend or other
                  distribution or payment with respect to, or split, combine,
                  redeem or reclassify, or purchase or otherwise acquire, any
                  shares of such Subsidiary's share capital or such Subsidiary's
                  other securities (other than (x) distributions to any other
                  Subsidiary of the Company or (y) distributions to the Company
                  to the extent necessary to make the distributions required by
                  the Company Articles);

                           (v) enter into any contract or commitment with
                  respect to capital expenditures with a value in excess of, or
                  requiring expenditures in excess of, one million dollars
                  ($1,000,000), individually, or enter into contracts or
                  commitments with respect to capital expenditures with a value
                  in excess of, or requiring expenditures in excess of, two
                  million dollars ($2,000,000), in the aggregate, other than
                  inventory purchased in the ordinary course of business;

                           (vi) acquire, by amalgamating, merging or
                  consolidating with, by purchasing an equity interest in or a
                  portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business
                  or any Person or otherwise acquire any assets of any Person
                  (other than the purchase of assets in the ordinary course of
                  business);

                           (vii) except to the extent required by applicable Law
                  or under existing employee or director benefit plans,
                  Contracts, arrangements or collective bargaining Contracts in
                  effect on the date of this Agreement, increase the
                  compensation or fringe benefits of any of such Subsidiary's
                  directors, officers or employees, or grant any bonus or
                  severance or termination pay not currently required to be paid
                  under existing severance plans, or enter into any employment,
                  consulting or severance Contract or arrangement with any of
                  such Subsidiary's present or former directors, officers or
                  other employees, or establish, adopt, enter into, amend or
                  terminate any collective bargaining, bonus, profit sharing,
                  thrift, compensation, stock option, restricted stock, pension,
                  retirement, deferred compensation, employment, termination,
                  severance or other plan, Contract, trust, fund, policy or
                  arrangement for the benefit of such Subsidiary's directors,
                  officers or employees; provided, that, without the prior
                  consent of Purchaser, (A) the Operating Subsidiaries and their
                  respective Subsidiaries may increase the aggregate annualized
                  compensation paid to all of the employees of the Operating
                  Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries (other than
                  employees who have an employment Contract with any Operating
                  Subsidiary or any of their respective

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                  Subsidiaries or employees who are covered by any collective
                  bargaining Contract) by an amount not to exceed four percent
                  (4%) of the aggregate annualized compensation as of the date
                  hereof payable to such employees, and (B) such Subsidiaries
                  may, with respect to any employee of any Operating Subsidiary
                  or any of their respective Subsidiaries having an employment
                  Contract, (1) set the bonus target for such employee at an
                  amount not in excess of seventy-five percent (75%) of such
                  employee's base pay, (2) set the bonus target EBITDA for the
                  Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries for
                  fiscal year 2002 for the purpose of determining the incentive
                  thresholds applicable to such Contract at an amount not lower
                  than forty-two million seven hundred thousand dollars
                  ($42,700,000) and (3) set the annual compensation increase for
                  such employee at an amount not in excess of the minimum
                  required by such employee's employment Contract;

                           (viii) transfer, lease, license, guarantee, sell,
                  mortgage, pledge, dispose of, subject to any Lien, (other than
                  Liens arising by operation of Law in the ordinary course of
                  business including, without limitation, mechanics' or
                  materialmens' Liens and maritime Liens, that are not,
                  individually or in the aggregate, material) or otherwise
                  encumber any material assets, or incur or modify any
                  indebtedness or other material liability, or issue any debt
                  securities or assume, guarantee or endorse or otherwise as an
                  accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any
                  Person (other than any other Subsidiary of the Company) or
                  make any loan or other extension of credit;

                           (ix) make or rescind any material Tax election;

                           (x) except as required by applicable Law or GAAP,
                  make any material change in its method of accounting;

                           (xi) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or
                  partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation,
                  restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization;

                           (xii) (x) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money
                  or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person, other
                  than indebtedness owing to or guarantees of indebtedness owing
                  to any other Subsidiary of the Company, or (y) make any loans
                  or advances to any other Person, other than to any other
                  Subsidiary of the Company, except, in the case of clause (x),
                  for borrowings under existing credit facilities described in
                  the Completed Commission Filings in the ordinary course of
                  business for working capital purposes;

                           (xiii) accelerate the payment, right to payment or
                  vesting of any bonus, severance, profit sharing, retirement,
                  deferred compensation, stock option, insurance or other
                  compensation or benefits;

                           (xiv) pay, discharge or satisfy any claims,
                  liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or
                  unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment,
                  discharge or satisfaction (x) of any such claims, liabilities
                  or obligations


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                  in the ordinary course of business or (y) of claims,
                  liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in,
                  or contemplated by, the consolidated financial statements (or
                  the notes thereto) contained in the Completed Commission
                  Filings;

                           (xv) enter into, materially modify, amend or
                  terminate any Material Contract (other than any storage and
                  throughput Contract that both (x) has a duration (immediately
                  before terminating such Material Contract or immediately after
                  entering into, modifying or, as the case may be, amending such
                  Material Contract) of less than ninety (90) days and (y)
                  involves even payment obligations throughout the term of such
                  Contract);

                           (xvi) other than routine employee terminations for
                  cause or in the ordinary course of business or as disclosed in
                  the Completed Commission Filings, plan, announce, implement or
                  effect any reduction in force, lay-off, early retirement
                  program, severance program or other program or effort
                  concerning the termination of employment of any of such
                  Subsidiary's employees; or

                           (xvii) enter into any Tax agreement or similar
                  agreement with the Island Territory of Sint Eustatius or the
                  Land Territory of the Netherlands Antilles; or

                           (xviii) agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any
                  of the foregoing actions.

         Section 5.4 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Subject to the terms and
conditions provided herein, the Company and Purchaser shall, and the Company
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, cooperate and use their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate
action, and do, or cause to be done, and assist and cooperate with the other
parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and
make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions
contemplated hereby including, without limitation, the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Article VI and to make, or cause to be made, all filings
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to consummate and make
effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including their
respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, prior to the Closing Date,
all Permits, consents and approvals of Governmental Entities and parties to
Contracts with any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries
as are required to fulfill the conditions set forth in Article VI.

         Section 5.5 No Solicitation of Other Offers. (a) The Company shall, and
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates and each
of its and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives,
consultants, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other agents
immediately to, cease any discussions or negotiations with any other Person or
Persons that may be ongoing with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. The
Company shall not take, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause its Affiliates and each of its and their respective officers, directors,
employees, representatives, consultants, investment bankers, attorneys,
accountants or other agents not to take, any action (i) to encourage knowingly,
solicit, initiate or facilitate, directly or indirectly, the making or
submission of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) to enter into any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with respect to any Acquisition


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Proposal, (iii) to initiate or participate in any way in any discussions or
negotiations with, or furnish or disclose any information to, any Person (other
than Purchaser) in connection with any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) to facilitate
or further in any other manner any inquiries or the making or submission of any
proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any
Acquisition Proposal, or (v) to grant any waiver or release under any
standstill, confidentiality or similar agreement (other than waivers or releases
in the ordinary course of business) entered into by the Company or any of its
Affiliates or representatives; provided, that the Company, in response to an
unsolicited Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of this
Section 5.5(a) and otherwise in compliance with its obligations under Section
5.5(c), may participate in discussions with, request clarifications from, or
furnish information to, any Person (other than Purchaser) that makes an
unsolicited Acquisition Proposal if (x) such action is taken subject to a
confidentiality agreement with terms not more favorable to such Person than the
terms of the Confidentiality Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), (y)
the Board of Directors of the Company reasonably determines in good faith that
such Acquisition Proposal is, or could reasonably likely lead to, a Superior
Proposal and (z) the Board of Directors of the Company reasonably determines in
good faith, after receiving advice from Netherlands Antilles counsel to the
Company, that it is necessary to take such actions in order to comply with the
fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors under applicable Law.

                  (b) Neither the Board of Directors of the Company nor any
committee thereof shall (i) withdraw, modify or amend, or propose to withdraw,
modify or amend, in a manner adverse to Purchaser, the approval, adoption or, as
the case may be, recommendation of (x) this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, or (y) the approval by the shareholders of the Company of
the Proposals, or (ii) approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend,
any Acquisition Proposal; provided, that the Company may recommend to its
shareholders an Acquisition Proposal and, in connection therewith, withdraw or
modify its approval or recommendation of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement if (x) the Company has complied with its
obligations under Sections 5.5(a) and (c), (y) the Acquisition Proposal is a
Superior Proposal and (z) the Board of Directors of the Company has determined,
in good faith, after receiving advice from Netherlands Antilles counsel to the
Company, that it is necessary to take such action in order to comply with the
fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of the Company under applicable Law.
Nothing in this Section 5.5 shall prohibit the Company or the Board of Directors
of the Company from taking and disclosing to the shareholders of the Company a
position with respect to an Acquisition Proposal by a third party to the extent
required under Rule 14e-2 of the Exchange Act.

                  "Acquisition Proposal" shall mean (i) any inquiry, proposal or
offer (including, without limitation, any proposal to shareholders of the
Company) from any Person or group relating to any direct or indirect acquisition
or purchase of (x) any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (y) five percent (5%) or more of the consolidated assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if
consummated, would result in any Person beneficially owning any class of equity
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) any amalgamation,
merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation,
dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (iv) any other transaction the consummation of which could
reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that could reasonably be expected
to dilute materially the benefits to Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
hereby.

                  "Superior Proposal" shall mean a bona fide written Acquisition
Proposal made by a third party to acquire either all of the Company Shares or
the Shares or substantially all of the combined assets of the Operating
Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries, in either case pursuant to a
tender offer, an amalgamation, a merger or a sale (i) on terms that the Board of
Directors of the Company (after consultation with an independent, nationally
recognized investment bank) reasonably determines in good faith to be more
favorable, from a financial point of view, to the Company and its shareholders
(in their capacity as such) than the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii)
that is reasonably capable of being consummated (taking into account, among
other things, all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such
proposal and the identity of the Person making such proposal).

                  (c) In addition to the obligations of the Company set forth in
paragraph (a) above, promptly after receipt or occurrence thereof, the Company
shall advise Purchaser of any request for information with respect to any
Acquisition Proposal or of any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry, proposal,
discussions or negotiation with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, the terms
and conditions of such request, Acquisition Proposal, inquiry, proposal,
discussion or negotiation and the Company shall, promptly after receipt thereof,
provide to Purchaser copies of any written materials received by the Company in
connection with any of the foregoing, and the identity of the Person making any
such Acquisition Proposal or such request, inquiry or proposal or with whom any
discussions or negotiations are taking place.

         Section 5.6 Notification of Certain Matters. Purchaser and the Company
shall promptly notify each other of the occurrence or non-occurrence of any fact
or event that has caused or could reasonably be expected to cause (a) any
representation or warranty made by it in this Agreement to be untrue or
inaccurate in any material respect at any time from the date hereof to the
Closing, or (b) any covenant, condition or agreement under this Agreement not to
be complied with or satisfied by it in any material respect; provided, however,
that no such notification shall modify the representations or warranties of any
party or the conditions to the obligations of any party hereunder.

         Section 5.7 Antitrust. (a) Each party hereto shall promptly take all
actions necessary to make the filings required of it or any of its Affiliates
under any applicable Antitrust Laws in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to filing with the
appropriate Antitrust Authorities, no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day
following the date hereof, a Notification and Report Form with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, complying at the earliest
practicable date with any formal or informal request for additional information
or documentary material received by it or any of its Affiliates from any
Antitrust Authority, and cooperating, as permitted by Law, with one another in
connection with any filing under applicable Antitrust Laws and in connection
with resolving any investigation or other inquiry concerning the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement initiated by any Antitrust Authority.


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                  (b) Each party hereto shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to resolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted with respect to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any Antitrust Law. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, "commercially reasonable efforts"
shall include:

                           (i) in the case of each of Purchaser and the Company,
                  if Purchaser or the Company receives a formal request for
                  additional information or documentary material from an
                  Antitrust Authority, substantially complying with such formal
                  request within a reasonable period of time following the date
                  of its receipt thereof;

                           (ii) in the case of the Company only, subject to the
                  compliance by Purchaser with this Section 5.7, not frustrating
                  or impeding strategy or negotiating positions of Purchaser
                  with any Antitrust Authority; and

                           (iii) in the case of each of Purchaser and the
                  Company, using all commercially reasonable efforts to (x)
                  defend against any lawsuits, actions or proceedings, judicial
                  or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the
                  consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (y) seek
                  to prevent the entry or imposition of any preliminary
                  injunction, temporary restraining order, stay or other legal
                  restraint or prohibition by any Governmental Entity; and (z)
                  appeal and seek to have vacated or reversed as promptly as
                  possible any such injunction, order, stay or other restraint
                  or prohibition that is not yet final and nonappealable.

The parties agree that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser shall not be
obligated by this Agreement to hold separate, divest, license or cause a third
party to purchase assets and/or businesses of any Operating Subsidiary or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates.

                  (c) Each party hereto shall promptly inform the other parties
of any material communication made to, or received by such party from, any
Antitrust Authority or any other Governmental Entity regarding any of the
transactions contemplated hereby.

         Section 5.8 Employee Benefits. (a) During the period commencing at the
Closing and ending on the first anniversary thereof, Purchaser shall cause the
current and former employees of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective
Subsidiaries who are, on the Closing Date, entitled to receive compensation or
any benefits from any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries to be provided with compensation and employee benefit plans (other
than stock option or other plans involving the potential issuance of securities
of any Operating Subsidiary, Purchaser or any of their respective Subsidiaries)
that in the aggregate are not materially less favorable than those currently
provided to such employees by the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective
Subsidiaries. The provisions of this Section 5.8(a) shall not create in any
current or former employee of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their
respective Subsidiaries any rights to employment or continued employment with
Purchaser or any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or any right to specific terms or conditions of employment.


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                  (b) The parties hereto agree that, upon the Closing, a "change
in control", "change of control" or "consolidation" as applicable, shall be
deemed to have occurred in respect of each of the employment agreements, change
in control agreements and severance agreements and other employee benefit plans
and agreements set forth on Schedule 5.8(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter
(collectively, the "Severance Protection Plans"). This Section 5.8(b) shall not
affect any terms of, or otherwise imply that the Closing or any other
termination shall not constitute a "change in control" or "change of control"
under, any employment agreement, change in control agreement, severance
agreement or other employee benefit plan or agreement that is not listed on such
Schedule 5.8(b).

                  (c) From and after the Closing, Purchaser shall cause the
Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries to (i) pay and perform
the respective obligations of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective
Subsidiaries under the Severance Protection Plans and (ii) take such action as
may be necessary to pay promptly any severance payments or other amounts from
time to time due thereunder.

                  (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
5.8, no employee of any Operating Subsidiary or any of their Subsidiaries shall
have any continued right to employment with any Operating Subsidiary or any
Subsidiary of any Operating Subsidiary following the Closing, except as provided
in writing by Purchaser; provided, that nothing in this Section 5.8(d) shall
affect the rights of any employee pursuant to any employment Contract.

         Section 5.9 Directors' and Officers' Insurance and Indemnification. (a)
The provisions with respect to indemnification and exculpation from liability
set forth in the respective organizational documents of the Subsidiaries of the
Company as in effect on the date of this Agreement shall not be amended,
repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years after the Closing
in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals
who on or prior to the Closing Date were directors or officers of the
Subsidiaries of the Company, unless such modification is required by Law.

                  (b) For a period of six (6) years following the Closing,
Purchaser shall cause the Operating Subsidiaries to either (i) maintain in
effect the current directors' and officers' liability insurance of the Company
covering (x) those Persons who are currently covered as directors or officers of
any Subsidiary of the Company on the date of this Agreement by the directors'
and officers' liability insurance policy of the Company (a copy of which has
been heretofore delivered to Purchaser) (the "Subsidiary Indemnified Parties")
and (y) those Persons who are currently covered as directors or officers of the
Company on the date of this Agreement by the directors' and officers' liability
insurance policy of the Company (the "Company Indemnified Parties"); provided,
however, that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an
annualized basis, an amount in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of the
annualized premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance, which the
Company represents to be two hundred and five thousand ($205,000) for the twelve
(12) month period ending on March 31, 2002; provided, further, that if the
annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, Purchaser shall
cause the Operating Subsidiaries to obtain a policy or, as the case may be,
policies, with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such
amount; and provided, further, that Purchaser may substitute or, as the case may
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for such policies other policies with at least the same coverage containing
terms and conditions that are no less advantageous, and provided that said
substitution does not result in any gaps or lapses in coverage with respect to
matters occurring prior to the Closing, or (ii) cause directors' and officers'
liability insurance of Purchaser then in effect to cover the Company Indemnified
Parties and the Subsidiary Indemnified Parties with respect to those matters
covered by the directors' and officers' liability insurance policy of the
Company so long as the terms thereof are no less advantageous to the Company
Indemnified Parties and the Subsidiary Indemnified Parties than the current
directors' and officers' liability insurance of the Company covering the Company
Indemnified Parties and the Subsidiary Indemnified Parties.

                  (c) The Operating Subsidiaries shall and, if, at any time
after the Closing, any Operating Subsidiary or any of their respective
Subsidiaries shall be liquidated, dissolved or wound up, Purchaser, or a Person
designated by Purchaser that has a net worth at least equal to that of the
liquidated, dissolved or, as the case may be, wound up, Operating Subsidiary at
the time of such liquidation, dissolution or, as the case may be, winding up
(the "Substitute Party"), shall indemnify all Subsidiary Indemnified Parties to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law with respect to all acts and
omissions prior to the Closing arising out of such individuals' services as
officers, directors, employees or agents of any Subsidiary of the Company or as
trustees or fiduciaries of any plan for the benefit of employees of any
Subsidiary of the Company including, without limitation, the execution of, and
the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement. Without limitation of the
foregoing, in the event any such Subsidiary Indemnified Party is or becomes
involved, in any capacity, in any action, proceeding or investigation in
connection with any matter occurring prior to and including the time of the
Closing, including, without limitation, the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Operating Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as the case may be, the
Substitute Party, shall pay, as incurred, the reasonable legal and other
expenses of such Subsidiary Indemnified Party (including the cost of any
investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith. Subject to
Section 5.9(d) below, the Operating Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as the case may
be, the Substitute Party, shall pay all reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees, that may be incurred by any Subsidiary Indemnified Party in
enforcing this Section 5.9 or any action involving a Subsidiary Indemnified
Party resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

                  (d) Any Subsidiary Indemnified Party wishing to claim
indemnification under Section 5.9(a), upon learning of any such claim, action,
suit, proceeding or investigation, shall promptly notify the Operating
Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Substitute Party, thereof.
In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, (i)
the Operating Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Substitute
Party, shall have the right, from and after the Closing, to assume the defense
thereof (with counsel engaged by the Operating Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as
the case may be, the Substitute Party, to be reasonably acceptable to the
relevant Subsidiary Indemnified Party), and none of the Operating Subsidiaries,
Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Substitute Party, shall be liable to such
Subsidiary Indemnified Party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any
other expenses subsequently incurred by such Subsidiary Indemnified Party in
connection with the defense thereof, (ii) such Subsidiary Indemnified Party
shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter, and (iii) none of the
Operating Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Substitute Party,
shall be liable for any settlement effected without its prior written consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably


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withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, that none of the Operating
Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Substitute Party shall have
any obligation hereunder to any Subsidiary Indemnified Party when and if a court
of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, and such determination
shall have become final, that the indemnification of such Subsidiary Indemnified
Party in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law. None of
the Operating Subsidiaries, Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Substitute
Party shall enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional
term thereof the giving by each claimant or plaintiff to each Subsidiary
Indemnified Party a release from all liability in respect of such matter.

                  (e) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the
obligations of Purchaser, the Operating Subsidiaries and the Substitute Party
contained in this Section 5.9 shall be binding upon their respective successors
and assigns. In the event Purchaser, any Operating Subsidiary, the Substitute
Party or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates or
amalgamates with or merges into any other Person or (ii) transfers all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any Person, then, and in each
such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of
Purchaser honor the indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 5.9.

                  (f) The obligations of Purchaser, the Operating Subsidiaries
and the Substitute Party and their respective Subsidiaries under this Section
5.9 shall survive the Closing and shall not be terminated or modified in such a
manner as to affect adversely any Company Indemnified Party or any Subsidiary
Indemnified Party to whom this Section 5.9 applies without the consent of such
affected Indemnified Party (it being expressly agreed that the Company
Indemnified Parties and Subsidiary Indemnified Parties to whom this Section 5.9
applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.9, each of whom may
enforce the provisions of this Section).

         Section 5.10 Public Announcements. Purchaser and the Company shall
consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any
public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public
statement prior to such consultation and review by the other party of such
release or statement, or without the prior consent of the other party, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided,
however, that a party may, without the prior consent of the other party, issue
such press release or make such public statement as may be required by Law or by
any listing agreement with a national securities exchange or automated quotation
system to which Purchaser or any Affiliate of Purchaser or, as the case may be,
the Company is a party, if it has used all commercially reasonable efforts to
consult with the other party and to obtain the consent of such party, but has
been unable to do so in a timely manner.

         Section 5.11 Shareholder Approval. As soon as reasonably practicable
after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall (a) duly call, give notice
of, convene and hold the Shareholder Meeting, including adjourning or recalling
the same if necessary to obtain a quorum, (b) make all filings with all
Governmental Entities necessary in connection therewith (including filing the
Proxy Materials with the Commission), (c) subject to the rights of the Board of
Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 5.5(b), provide the Proxy Materials
to the shareholders of the Company and, if so requested by Purchaser, retain the
services of a proxy solicitation firm and/or


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an information agent (selected by the Company) to assist in obtaining proxies
for approval and adoption of the Proposals at the Shareholder Meeting, and (d)
subject to the rights of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to
Section 5.5(b), use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of
all of the Proposals by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company.

         Section 5.12 Section 338 Election. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, if Purchaser or any Affiliate of Purchaser
acquires or becomes the owner, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of any
Company Shares (other than Company Shares held by Holdings) at any time that
Holdings is the owner, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of any Company
Shares, neither Purchaser nor any Affiliate of Purchaser shall make, or permit
to be made, an election under Section 338 of the Code with respect to such
Company Shares or with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, unless the Company provides prior express written consent to any such
election.

         Section 5.13 Repayment of Indebtedness. At or prior to the Closing,
Purchaser shall, in a manner satisfactory to the Company (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), either (a) discharge in
full the indebtedness under the Transamerica Loan, (b) obtain a release for the
Company of its obligations as guarantor of the Transamerica Loan or (c) agree to
indemnify the Company for its obligations as guarantor of the Transamerica Loan.

         Section 5.14 Transfer Taxes. All stamp, documentary, transfer or
similar Taxes ("Transfer Taxes") resulting directly from the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by Purchaser
and fifty percent (50%) by the Company. Any Tax Returns that must be filed in
connection with Transfer Taxes shall be prepared and filed when due by the party
primarily or customarily responsible under the applicable local law for filing
such Tax Returns, provided that New York State stock transfer tax stamps shall
be affixed to the Shares transferred at the Closing. The Company and Purchaser
hereby agree to cooperate with each other prior to the Closing to allow the
relevant party to satisfy its obligations under the immediately preceding
sentence.

         Section 5.15 Termination of Existing Tax Sharing Agreements. Any and
all existing Tax sharing agreements or arrangements, written or oral, between
the Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company), on the one hand,
and any Subsidiary of the Company, on the other, shall be terminated by the
Company and such Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

         Section 5.16 Refunds of Taxes for Pre-Closing Periods. In the event
that the Company receives, after the Closing Date, but prior to any liquidation
of the Company, a refund of Taxes paid by any Subsidiary of the Company, the
Company shall promptly remit such refund to Purchaser.


         Section 5.17 Resignation of Directors. Unless otherwise requested in
writing by Purchaser on or prior to December 15, 2001, at or prior to the
Closing, the Company shall either (a) cause each director of each Subsidiary of
the Company to deliver to Purchaser his or her


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resignation as a director of such Subsidiary or (ii) remove each director of
each Subsidiary of the Company from his or her position as a director of such
Subsidiary.


                                   ARTICLE VI

               CONDITIONS TO CLOSING; TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT

         Section 6.1 Conditions to Purchaser's Obligations. The purchase of the
Shares by Purchaser on the Closing Date is conditioned upon the satisfaction or
waiver by Purchaser, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:

                  (a) Statutes, Orders; No Injunction. (i) There shall not be in
effect any Order by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction and no Law
shall have been promulgated or enacted by any Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction that (A) restrains or prohibits the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) prohibits or restricts the
ownership or operation by the Operating Subsidiaries or their respective
Subsidiaries or by Purchaser of any material portion of the business or assets
of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or that would substantially deprive the Operating Subsidiaries or their
respective Subsidiaries or Purchaser of the benefit of ownership of the business
or assets of the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or compels Purchaser (or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) to
dispose of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of
the Operating Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(C) imposes material limitations on the ability of Purchaser effectively to
acquire or to hold or to exercise full rights to vote the Shares on all matters
properly presented to the shareholders of the respective Operating Subsidiary,
or (D) imposes any material limitations on the ability of the Operating
Subsidiaries or their respective Subsidiaries or Purchaser to control
effectively in any material respect the business and operations of the Operating
Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (ii) there
shall not be pending any action by any Governmental Entity seeking to restrain
or prohibit the making or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or to impose any other restriction, prohibition or limitation referred
to in the foregoing clause (i);

                  (b) Truth of Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement (without giving
effect to any materiality qualification set forth in such representation or
warranty, other than the materiality qualifications set forth in Sections
3.6(a), 3.15 and 3.22 and the first and third sentences of Section 3.5) shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as
though made on or as of such date (other than representations and warranties
that, by their terms, address matters only as of another specified date, which
shall be true and correct only as of such other specified date), other than any
such failures to be true and correct that, in the aggregate, do not have, and
would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
provided, that unless the Company has, not later than December 15, 2001,
delivered to Purchaser a copy of the shareregister of each Subsidiary of the
Company that is organized under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles, in each
case certified by the requisite number of the members of the board of directors
of such Subsidiary and showing the information thereon with respect to such
Subsidiary to be as represented in


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Section 3.3, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 shall
be true and correct in all respects. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties
acknowledge that it is their intention that, for purposes of determining whether
the condition set forth in the first sentence of this Section 6.1(b) has been
satisfied, all materiality qualifications set forth in the representations and
warranties of the Company in this Agreement (other than those set forth in
Sections 3.6(a), 3.15 and 3.22 and the first and third sentences of Section 3.5)
shall be deemed to be deleted from such representations and warranties and the
truth and correctness of such representations and warranties shall be determined
as if such materiality qualifications did not exist;

                  (c) Performance of Covenants. The Company shall have performed
in all material respects its obligations and complied in all material respects
with the agreements and covenants of the Company to be performed or complied
with by it under this Agreement;

                  (d) No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this
Agreement, there shall have occurred no event, nor shall there exist any fact or
circumstance, that, individually or in the aggregate, has, or would reasonably
be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect;

                  (e) Board Recommendation. Neither the Board of Directors of
the Company nor any committee thereof shall have withdrawn, modified or amended,
in a manner adverse to Purchaser, the approval, adoption or recommendation, as
the case may be, of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or
shall have approved or recommended, any Acquisition Proposal;

                  (f) Shareholder Approval. (i) Each of the Proposals (each as
more fully set forth on Annex B) shall have been approved and adopted by the
holders of more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Company
Common Shares and Company Subordinated Shares, voting together as a single
class, that are present or represented by proxy and voting at a meeting at which
holders of at least one-half of the issued and outstanding Company Common Shares
and Company Subordinated Shares, counted as a single class, are present or
represented by proxy, and (ii) the Proposal with respect to the amendment of the
Company Articles (as more fully set forth on Annex B) shall have been approved
and adopted by the holders of more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66-2/3%) of the Company Common Shares, voting as a separate class, that are
present or represented by proxy and voting at a meeting at which holders of
least one-half of the issued and outstanding Company Common Shares are present
or represented by proxy; and

                  (g) HSR Act Waiting Periods. All applicable waiting periods
under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have expired or been terminated.

         Section 6.2 Conditions to the Company's Obligations. The sale of the
Shares by the Company on the Closing Date is conditioned upon the satisfaction
or waiver by the Company, at or prior to the Closing, of the following
conditions:


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                  (a) Statutes, Orders; No Injunction. There shall not be in
effect any Order by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction and no Law
shall have been promulgated or enacted by a Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction that restrains or prohibits the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and there shall not be pending any action by a
Governmental Entity seeking to restrain or prohibit the making or consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

                  (b) Truth of Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties of Purchaser in this Agreement (without giving
effect to any materiality qualification set forth in any such representation or
warranty, other than the materiality qualification set forth in Section 4.4)
shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date as though made on or as of such date (other than representations and
warranties that, by their terms, address matters only as of another specified
date, which shall be true and correct only as of such other specified date),
other than any such failures to be true and correct that, in the aggregate, do
not have, or would not reasonably be expected to have, a Purchaser Material
Adverse Effect. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that it is
their intention that, for purposes of determining whether the condition set
forth in the first sentence of this Section 6.2(b) has been satisfied, all
materiality qualifications set forth in the representations and warranties of
Purchaser in this Agreement (other than those set forth in Section 4.4) shall be
deemed to be deleted from such representations and warranties and the truth and
correctness of such representations and warranties shall be determined as if
such materiality qualifications did not exist;

                  (c) Performance of Covenants. Purchaser shall have performed
in all material respects its obligations and complied in all material respects
with the agreements and covenants of Purchaser to be performed or complied with
by it under this Agreement;

                  (d) Shareholder Approval. (i) Each of the Proposals (each as
more fully set forth on Annex B) shall have been approved and adopted by the
holders of more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Company
Common Shares and Company Subordinated Shares, voting together as a single
class, that are present or represented by proxy and voting at a meeting at which
holders of at least one-half of the issued and outstanding Company Common Shares
and Company Subordinated Shares, counted as a single class, are present or
represented by proxy, and (ii) the Proposal with respect to the amendment of the
Company Articles (as more fully set forth on Annex B) shall have been approved
and adopted by the holders of more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66-2/3%) of the Company Common Shares, voting as a separate class, that are
present or represented by proxy and voting at a meeting at which holders of at
least one-half of the issued and outstanding Company Common Shares are present
or represented by proxy; and

                  (e) HSR Act Waiting Periods. All applicable waiting periods
under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have expired or been terminated.

         Section 6.3 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the
Closing Date:


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                  (a) by mutual consent of the Company and Purchaser;

                  (b) by either Purchaser, on the one hand, or the Company, on
the other hand:

                           (i) if any court of competent jurisdiction or any
                  Governmental Entity shall have issued an order, decree or
                  ruling or taken any other action permanently restricting,
                  enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the sale of
                  the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and such order, decree
                  or ruling or other action shall have become final and
                  nonappealable;

                           (ii) if at the Shareholder Meeting, or any
                  adjournment or recall thereof, the shareholders of the Company
                  shall not have approved the Proposals; or

                           (iii) at any time after April 30, 2002 if the Closing
                  shall not have occurred by such date other than as a result of
                  (x) a breach of this Agreement by Purchaser, if Purchaser is
                  the party attempting to terminate this Agreement or (y) a
                  breach of this Agreement by the Company or a breach by
                  Holdings of its obligations under the Voting Agreement, if the
                  Company is the party attempting to terminate this Agreement;

                  (c) by the Company, if a Superior Proposal is received and the
Board of Directors of the Company reasonably determines in good faith, after
receiving advice from Netherlands Antilles counsel to the Company, that it is
necessary to terminate this Agreement and enter into an agreement to effect the
Superior Proposal in order to comply with the fiduciary duties of the Board of
Directors under applicable Law; provided, however, that (x) prior to such
termination, Purchaser has received the payment required by Section 8.1(b) by
wire transfer of immediately available funds and (y) simultaneously or
substantially simultaneously with such termination the Company enters into a
definitive acquisition, merger, stock purchase, asset purchase or similar
agreement to effect the Superior Proposal; or

                  (d) by Purchaser at any time prior to the Closing, if:

                           (i) the Company shall have (x) withdrawn, modified or
                  amended in a manner adverse to Purchaser, the approval,
                  adoption or recommendation, as the case may be, of the
                  relevant Proposals or (y) approved or recommended any
                  Acquisition Proposal; or

                           (ii) there shall have been a breach by the Company of
                  any provision of Section 5.5(a) or Section 5.5(b) or a
                  material breach by the Company of any provision of Section
                  5.5(c) or a breach by Holdings of its obligations under the
                  Voting Agreement.

         Section 6.4 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.3 by Purchaser or the Company, written
notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other party specifying the
provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and, except as
provided in this sentence and in the last sentence of this Section 6.4, this
Agreement shall become void and have no effect, and there shall be no liability
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part of Purchaser or the Company, except that the provisions of Section 5.2(b),
Section 5.12, this Section 6.4 and Article VII shall survive any termination of
this Agreement. Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party to
this Agreement of liability for breach of this Agreement.


                                   ARTICLE VII

                                  NON-SURVIVAL

         Section 7.1 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties, Agreements and
Covenants. None of the representations, warranties, agreements or covenants
contained in this Agreement or in any Schedule, Annex, Exhibit or certificate
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the Closing, other than the
agreements and covenants in Sections 2.4, 5.2(b), 5.2(c), 5.8, 5.9, 5.12, 5.13,
5.14, 5.16, this Article VII and Article VIII.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         Section 8.1 Fees and Expenses. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b)
below, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party
incurring such costs and expenses; provided, that all out-of-pocket costs and
expenses related to the printing, filing and mailing of the Proxy Materials
shall be borne by the Company.

                  (b) If this Agreement is terminated (i) by Purchaser in
accordance with Section 6.3(d)(i); or (ii) by the Company in accordance with
Section 6.3(c), then the Company shall (A) in the case of clause (i), on the day
next succeeding the date of such termination, or (B) in the case of clause (ii),
immediately prior to the Company entering into an agreement with respect to an
Acquisition Proposal, pay to Purchaser in immediately available funds (in
recognition of the fees and expenses incurred and efforts extended by Purchaser
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) an amount
equal to eight million dollars ($8,000,000).

                  (c) If this Agreement is terminated by Purchaser or the
Company in accordance with Section 6.3(b)(ii), the Company shall pay to
Purchaser in immediately available funds an amount equal to the documented,
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Purchaser in connection with the preparation
of its bid for, and due diligence of, the Operating Subsidiaries and their
respective Subsidiaries, negotiation and execution of, and the performance of
its obligations under, this Agreement, and preparation for consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, such amount not to exceed, in any
event, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

         Section 8.2 Investigation and Agreement; Projections; No Other
Representations and Warranties. (a) Each of Purchaser and the Company
acknowledges and agrees that it has made its own inquiry and investigation into,
and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the other
party and its Subsidiaries and their businesses and operations, and such party
has requested and received such documents and information from the other party
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party considers material in determining whether to enter into this Agreement and
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of Purchaser
and the Company acknowledges and agrees that it has had an opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the other party with respect to matters
such party considers material in determining whether to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

                  (b) The respective representations and warranties of the
Company and Purchaser contained herein or in any certificates or other documents
delivered prior to or at the Closing shall not be deemed waived or otherwise
affected by any investigation made by any party. Each and every such
representation and warranty shall expire with, and be terminated and
extinguished by, the Closing, and thereafter neither the Company nor Purchaser
shall be under any liability whatsoever with respect to any such representation
or warranty. This Section 8.2(b) shall have no effect upon any other obligation
of the parties hereto.

                  (c) In connection with the investigation by Purchaser of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and their businesses and operations, Purchaser and
its representatives have received from the Company or its representatives
certain projections and other forecasts for the Company and its Subsidiaries and
certain estimates, plans and budget information. Purchaser acknowledges and
agrees that there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make such
projections, forecasts, estimates, plans and budgets; that it is familiar with
such uncertainties; that it is taking full responsibility for making its own
evaluation of the adequacy and accuracy of all estimates, projections,
forecasts, plans and budgets so furnished to it or its representatives; and that
it will not (and will cause all of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates or any
other person acting on its behalf to not) assert any claim or cause of action
against any of the direct or indirect partners, directors, officers, employees,
shareholders or Affiliates of the Company with respect thereto, or hold any such
person liable with respect thereto.

                  (d) Purchaser and the Company agree that, except for the
representations and warranties made by the other party that are expressly set
forth herein, neither the other party nor any of its representatives or
Affiliates has made and shall not be deemed to have made to such party or to any
of its representatives or Affiliates any representation or warranty of any kind.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party agrees that neither
the other party nor any of its Affiliates makes or has made any representation
or warranty to such party or to any of its representatives or Affiliates with
respect to:

                           (i) any projections, forecasts, estimates, plans or
                  budgets of future revenues, expenses or expenditures, future
                  results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash
                  flows (or any component thereof) or future financial condition
                  (or any component thereof) of the other party or any of its
                  Subsidiaries or the future business, operations or affairs of
                  the other party or any of its Subsidiaries heretofore or
                  hereafter delivered to or made available to such party or its
                  counsel, accountants, advisors, lenders, representatives or
                  Affiliates; and

                           (ii) any other information, statement or documents
                  heretofore or hereafter delivered to or made available to such
                  party or its counsel, accountants, advisors, lenders,
                  representatives or Affiliates with respect to the other party
                  or

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                  any of its Subsidiaries or the business, operations or affairs
                  of the other party or any of its Subsidiaries,

except, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent and as expressly
covered by a representation and warranty made by the other party and contained
in this Agreement.

         Section 8.3 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, the
parties hereto, by action taken by, on behalf of, or at the direction of the
Board of Directors of the Company or the general partner of Purchaser, may (a)
extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of
the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and
warranties contained herein by any other applicable party or in any document,
certificate or writing delivered pursuant hereto by any other applicable party,
or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained
herein. Any agreement on the part of any party to any such extension or waiver
shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of
such party.

         Section 8.4 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, waivers and other
communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered in person or
sent by facsimile (upon confirmation of receipt), as follows:

                  (a)      if to the Company, to it:

                           c/o Statia Terminals, Inc.
                           800 Fairway Drive
                           Suite 295
                           Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441
                           Attention:  James G. Cameron, President
                           Fax:  (954) 570-3453

                  with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

                           Statia Terminals, Inc.
                           801 Warrenville Road
                           Suite 200
                           Lisle, Illinois 60532-1396
                           Attention:  Jack R. Pine, Secretary
                           Fax:  (630) 435-9542

                  and

                           White & Case LLP
                           1155 Avenue of the Americas
                           New York, New York  10036
                           Attention: Eugene W. Goodwillie, Jr., Esq.
                                      Oliver C. Brahmst, Esq.
                           Fax:  (212) 354-8113


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                  (b)      if to Purchaser, to it at:

                           Kaneb Pipe Line Operating Partnership, L.P.
                           2435 N. Central Expressway
                           Suite 700
                           Richardson, TX  75080
                           Attention:  Mr. Edward D. Doherty
                           Fax:  (972) 699-1894

                  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

                           Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P
                           2200 Ross Avenue
                           Suite 2800
                           Dallas, TX  75201
                           Attention:  Kenneth L. Stewart, Esq.
                           Fax:  (214) 855-8200

or to such other Person or address as either party shall specify by notice in
writing to other party. All such notices, requests, demands, waivers and
communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery,
except for a notice of a change of address, which shall be effective only upon
receipt thereof.

         Section 8.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Company
Disclosure Letter, Annex A, Annex B and the Confidentiality Agreement, contains
the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings,
oral and written, with respect thereto, other than the Confidentiality
Agreement.

         Section 8.6 Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and, with respect
to the provisions of Section 5.9, shall inure to the benefit of the Persons or
entities benefiting from the provisions thereof who are intended to be
third-party beneficiaries thereof. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties
hereto without the prior written consent of each of the other parties, except
that Purchaser may assign and transfer its right and obligations hereunder to
any of its Affiliates. Except as provided in the first sentence of this Section
8.6, nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on
any Person (including, without limitation, any current or former employees of
the Company), other than the parties hereto, any rights or remedies.

         Section 8.7 Amendment and Modification. Subject to applicable Law, this
Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented in writing by the parties
hereto in any and all respects before the Closing, by action by, on behalf of,
or at the direction of the Board of Directors of the Company or the general
partner of Purchaser.


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         Section 8.8 Further Actions. Each of the parties hereto agrees that,
subject to its legal obligations, it shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to fulfill all conditions precedent specified herein, to the extent that
such conditions are within its control, and to do all things reasonably
necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

         Section 8.9 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles
and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement.

         Section 8.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which
together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

         Section 8.11 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LEGAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES
THEREOF. THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE AND COUNTY OF NEW
YORK SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY AND ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PARTIES
HERETO, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE AGREEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THE
PARTIES CONSENT TO AND AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS. EACH
OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY CLAIM THAT (I) SUCH PARTY IS
NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, (II) SUCH PARTY AND
THE PROPERTY OF SUCH PARTY IS IMMUNE FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS ISSUED BY SUCH
COURTS OR (III) ANY LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS IS
BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE THAT MAILING OF
PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 8.4, OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY
LAW, SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY
OBJECTIONS TO SERVICE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE MANNER HEREIN PROVIDED.

         Section 8.12 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void, unenforceable or against
its regulatory policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and this Agreement
shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or restriction or
any portion thereof had never been contained herein.

         Section 8.13 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement
to a Section or Article, such reference shall be to a Section or Article of this
Agreement unless otherwise


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indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words "include",
"includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be
followed by the words "without limitation."

         Section 8.14 Specific Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable
damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement
were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise
breached. Accordingly, the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically
the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other
remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

         Section 8.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties to this
Agreement hereby irrevocably waives all right to a trial by jury in any action,
proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.


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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Purchaser and the Company has
caused this Agreement to be executed by its respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the date first above written.

                                  KANEB PIPE LINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

                                  By   KANEB PIPE LINE COMPANY LLC, its general
                                       partner



                                  By
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:


                                  STATIA TERMINALS GROUP N.V.



                                  By
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:



                                  By
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:



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                                                                         ANNEX A

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

     , 200
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         On the Due Date, as defined below, the undersigned, Kaneb Pipe Line
Operating Partnership, L.P. (the "Maker"), a Delaware limited partnership,
hereby promises upon the terms and subject to the provisions of this promissory
note (this "Note") to pay to Statia Terminals Group N.V. (the "Holder"), a
public company with limited liability organized under the laws of the
Netherlands Antilles, or its registered assigns, the Principal Amount (as
defined below) in lawful money of the United States of America, which shall at
the time of payment be legal tender in payment of all debts and dues, public and
private.

                  1. Principal Amount and Due Date. The "Principal Amount" shall
be an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the amount by which (a) the Tax
Reserve Amount (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of November
12, 2001, by and between the Holder and the Maker (the "Stock Purchase
Agreement") (as such amount is finally determined pursuant to Section 2.4 of the
Stock Purchase Agreement) exceeds (b) the aggregate actual amount paid or
payable by the Maker and its Affiliates in satisfaction of Taxes pursuant to the
Tax Agreement for periods prior to the date hereof.

         The Principal Amount shall be due and payable in full on the date (the
"Due Date") that is five (5) Business Days after the date of execution of the
Tax Agreement.

                  2. No Presentment. The Maker, for itself and its successors
and assigns, waives presentment, demand, protest and notice thereof or of
dishonor, and waives any right to be released by reason of any extension of time
or change in the terms of payment.

                  3. Amendment. This Note may not be changed orally, but only by
an agreement in writing signed by the Holder and the Maker.

                  4. Cancellation. After the Principal Amount has been paid in
full, this Note shall be surrendered to the Maker for cancellation and shall not
be reissued.

                  5. Transfer Restrictions. This Note shall not be assignable by
either the Maker or the Holder without the prior written consent of the other
party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;
provided, that the Holder shall be entitled to assign this Note to Holdings or
any one shareholder of Holdings in connection with the liquidation of the
Holder.

                  6. GOVERNING LAW. THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
INTERPRETATION OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE DOMESTIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY
CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION THEREOF.

                  7. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Note
are inserted for convenience only, and do not constitute a part of this Note.


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                                                                         Annex A
                                                                          Page 2


                  8. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Stock
Purchase Agreement.

                            [Signature page follows]



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                                                                         Annex A
                                                                          Page 3


                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Maker has executed and delivered this
Note on the date first written above.

                                     KANEB PIPE LINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

                                     By KANEB PIPE LINE COMPANY LLC,
                                     its general partner

                                     By
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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                                                                         ANNEX B


This Annex B to the Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") by and between
Kaneb Pipe Line Operating Partnership, L.P. ("Purchaser") and Statia Terminals
Group N.V. (the "Company") dated as of November 12, 2001 sets forth the
proposals that will be presented at the extraordinary meeting of the
shareholders of the Company. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the respective meaning ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY

PROPOSED, TO ADOPT the Amendment (the "Amendment") to the Company Articles to
add a provision with respect to the distribution of the proceeds from a sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company comprising the capital
stock of the Operating Subsidiaries, a copy of which is annexed hereto as
Schedule 1, and to authorize, with full right of substitution, each director and
officer of the Company and any of the lawyers of the civil law notary office of
Smeets Thesseling van Bokhorst in Curacao to (i) request the approval of the
Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands Antilles with respect to the Amendment,
(ii) to make such changes as the Ministry of Justice requires to the Amendment
and (iii) to execute the notarial deed of amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation of the Company incorporating the Amendment.

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

SUBJECT TO ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT BY (i) THE HOLDERS OF MORE THAN SIXTY-SIX
AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66-2/3%) OF THE COMMON SHARES AND SUBORDINATED SHARES,
VOTING TOGETHER AS A SINGLE CLASS, THAT ARE PRESENT OR REPRESENTED AND VOTING AT
A MEETING AT WHICH HOLDERS OF AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF THE ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING
COMMON SHARES AND SUBORDINATED SHARES, COUNTED AS A SINGLE CLASS, ARE PRESENT OR
REPRESENTED BY PROXY, AND (ii) BY THE HOLDERS OF MORE THAN SIXTY-SIX AND
TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66-2/3%) OF THE COMMON SHARES, VOTING AS A SEPARATE CLASS AT
A MEETING AT WHICH HOLDERS OF AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF THE ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING
COMMON SHARES ARE PRESENT OR REPRESENTED BY PROXY, PROPOSED, TO APPROVE the
Agreement, pursuant to which the Company will sell to Purchaser the Shares, and
the transactions contemplated thereby, to approve the distribution (the
"Distribution") of the proceeds received by the Company pursuant to the
Agreement in accordance with Article 17A of the Company Articles and to approve
any and all actions in connection with the Distribution by or on behalf of the
Company.

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY

SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT, PROPOSED, TO ADOPT a resolution to
dissolve the Company in accordance with Article 18, Paragraph 6A of the Company
Articles immediately following the Distribution, to appoint the Board of
Directors of the Company as the liquidator of the Company and to approve any
distribution of any liquidation proceeds of the Company in accordance with the
provisions of Article 18, paragraph 6A of the Company Articles.



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                                                                      SCHEDULE I

                PROPOSED TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF
                  INCORPORATION OF STATIA TERMINALS GROUP N.V.


I. ARTICLE 17, PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: A new final sentence
shall be added to paragraph 1 ("Definitions") of this article, which shall read
as follows: "The provisions of this article 17 will, other than the provisions
set forth in paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this article 17, not apply to a Sale
Event (as defined in article 17A) or any distribution made to the shareholders
of the company from the proceeds of a Sale Event."

II. A NEW ARTICLE 17A SHALL BE ADDED AFTER ARTICLE 17 WHICH SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING HEADING: "DEFINITIONS/SPECIFIC PROVISION ON A SALE EVENT (AS DEFINED
BELOW) OF OR BY THE COMPANY AND ON DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM THE
PROCEEDS OF A SALE EVENT", WHICH ARTICLE SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:

         "In the event (a) the Board of Directors has adopted a resolution to
approve and to recommend to the General Meeting the adoption and approval of a
Sale Event, (b) the General Meeting has adopted and approved such Sale Event,
and (c) a definitive agreement has been entered into by or on behalf of the
company with a third party purchaser in connection with such Sale Event, and the
transactions contemplated by such definitive agreement have been consummated,
then, with due observance of the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of
article 17 of these articles of incorporation, a distribution to the
shareholders shall be made out of the proceeds received by the company from such
Sale Event in accordance with the following provisions:

1. Sale Event Distribution: A distribution of any proceeds received by the
company from a Sale Event shall be made and be paid from legally available funds
therefor, by or on behalf of the company in cash as a distribution from profit,
as a dividend or interim-dividend, as the case may be, and/or from freely
distributable reserves of the company including, but not limited to, capital
surplus reserves, to and for the benefit of its shareholders.

2. Sale Event: Sale Event shall mean a sale or other voluntary disposition, in a
single transaction, of all or substantially all of the assets of the company
comprising the capital stock of Statia Terminals International N.V., Statia
Technology, Inc. and Statia Marine, Inc.

3. Distribution from Sale Event: Any distribution from proceeds received by the
company from a Sale Event shall be made in the following manner:

(a) First, to the common shares, pro rata, until each issued and outstanding
common share has been paid an amount equal to $18.00 (such amount being the
value per common share attributed to each such common share by one or more
independent experts, as appointed by or on behalf of the company in conjunction
with the establishment of the going concern value of the company);

(b) Second, after satisfaction in full of the payment of the amounts under (a)
above, to the subordinated shares, pro rata, until each issued and outstanding
subordinated share has been paid


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                                                                      Schedule I
                                                                          Page 2


an amount equal to $16.40 (such amount being the value per subordinated share as
attributed to each such subordinated share by the company in conjunction with
the establishment of the going concern value of the company referred to in
clause (a) above);

(c) Third, after satisfaction in full of the payment of the amounts under (a)
and (b) above, to the incentive shares, pro rata, the balance of the proceeds
received by the company from the Sale Event (such amount being the value per
incentive share as attributed to each such incentive share by the company in
conjunction with the establishment of the going concern value of the company
referred to in clause (a) above) minus (x) the amount due from the company
pursuant to the obligations of the company under the 1999 Stock Option Plan, (y)
the amount necessary to satisfy any outstanding liabilities of the company, as
determined by the Board of Directors and (z) $[insert dollar amount equal to 20%
of the authorized capital of the company], and subject to upward or downward
adjustment commensurate with the adjustment of the purchase price, if any,
pursuant to the definitive agreement entered into in connection with such Sale
Event.

Distributions under this paragraph 3 shall satisfy in full any obligations with
respect to, and shall be in lieu of payment of, any Common Share Arrearages and
any deferred distributions declared on the Subordinated Shares, in each case
accrued and unpaid for any period prior to the Sale Event giving rise to such
distributions.

III. ARTICLE 18, PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: After "to dissolve the
company or to sell all or substantially all of the assets of the company", the
following shall be added ", including but not limited to, a Sale Event".

IV. ARTICLE 18, PARAGRAPH 6 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: After "(a Liquidation
Event)" the following text shall be added: "not constituting a Sale Event (as
defined in these articles of incorporation) in which case paragraph 6A of this
article 18 shall apply".

V. A NEW PARAGRAPH 6A SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 18 AFTER PARAGRAPH 6, WHICH
SHALL HAVE THE HEADING "SALE EVENT/DISTRIBUTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A
LIQUIDATION EVENT" AND WHICH SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: "In case of a Liquidation
Event following the distribution of the proceeds from a Sale Event, after
satisfaction of all the company's creditors in the order of priority as set out
by or under applicable law, any distribution of proceeds of such liquidation
will be made to the holders of common and subordinated shares and the holders of
incentive shares as follows:

         (a)      First, to the common shares, pro rata, until each common share
                  received an amount equal to $18.00;

         (b)      Second, to the subordinated shares, pro rata, until each
                  subordinated share receives an amount equal to $16.40; and

         (c)      Third, to the incentive shares, pro rata, all remaining
                  proceeds, if any.

         provided however that (x) with any such distribution under (a), (b) and
         (c) respectively, any amounts paid under paragraph 17A of these
         articles of incorporation, with respect to the common shares, the
         subordinated shares and the incentive shares, respectively, shall be
         deducted from the amounts of liquidation proceeds prior to any
         allocation and payment of


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                                                                      Schedule I
                                                                          Page 3


         the foregoing distribution of liquidation proceeds and (y) no holder
         shall be entitled to any distribution under Article 17 hereof.

VI. ARTICLE 18, PARAGRAPH 7 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: A new final sentence
shall be added which reads as follows: "This paragraph shall not apply in the
case of a distribution following a Sale Event in conjunction with a Liquidation
Event under paragraph 6A of article 18 of these articles of incorporation."