Document:

Remarketing Agreement dated as of March 30, 2005

 Exhibit 10.4 
  
 REMARKETING AGREEMENT 
  
 March 30, 2005 
  
 Banc of America Securities LLC 
 Hearst Tower 
 214 N. Tryon St. 
 Charlotte, North Carolina 28225 
  
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
 4 New York Plaza

 New York, New York 10004 
 Attention: Institutional Trust
Services 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 This Agreement is dated as of March 30, 2005 (this
“Agreement”) by and among PNM Resources, Inc., a New Mexico corporation (the “Company”), Banc of America Securities LLC, as the reset agent and the remarketing agent (the “Remarketing Agent”), and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, not individually but solely as Purchase Contract Agent (the “Purchase Contract Agent”) and as attorney-in-fact of the holders of Purchase Contracts (as defined in the
Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement referred to below). 
  
 Section 1. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2005, among the Company, the Purchase
Contract Agent and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, as amended from time to time (the “Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement”). 
  
 (b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following
meanings: 
  
 “Agreement” has the meaning
specified in the first paragraph of this Remarketing Agreement. 
  
 “Commencement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3. 
  
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Company” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Remarketing Agreement. 
  
 “Final Remarketing” has the meaning specified in Section
2(c). 
  
 “Final Remarketing Date” has the
meaning specified in Section 2(c). 
  
 “indemnified
party” has the meaning specified in Section 7(c). 

 “indemnifying party” has the meaning specified in Section 7(c). 
  
 “Initial Remarketing” has the meaning specified in Section
2(b). 
  
 “Initial Remarketing Date” has the
meaning specified in Section 2(b). 
  
 “Preliminary
Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes included in the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such preliminary prospectus; and any
reference to any amendment or supplement to such preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such preliminary prospectus under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in such
preliminary prospectus. 
  
 “Prospectus” means
the prospectus relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes, in the form in which first filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission after the effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b), including the documents
incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such prospectus; and any reference to any amendment or supplement to such prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such prospectus, under the
Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in such prospectus. 
  
 “Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 1(a). 
  
 “Registration Statement” means a registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by the Company relating to, inter alia, the
Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes pursuant to Section 5(a) hereunder, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in such registration statement, and any post-effective amendments
thereto. 
  
 “Remarketed Senior Notes” means the
Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Separate Senior Notes, if any, subject to Remarketing as identified to the Remarketing Agent by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent,
respectively, promptly after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and shall include: (a) the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in
Senior Notes of the Holders of Corporate Units who have not notified the Purchase Contract Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of their intention to
effect a Cash Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or who have so notified the Purchase Contract Agent but failed to make the required cash payment prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and (b) the Separate Senior Notes of the holders of Separate Senior Notes, if
any, who have elected to have their Separate Senior Notes remarketed in such Remarketing prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pursuant to the terms of the
Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. 
  

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 “Remarketing” means the remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes pursuant to this
Remarketing Agreement on any of the Initial Remarketing Date, the Second Remarketing Date or the Final Remarketing Date. 
  
 “Remarketing Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 4. 
  
 “Remarketing Materials” means the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
other information furnished by the Company to the Remarketing Agent for distribution to investors in connection with the Remarketing. 
  
 “Remarketing Settlement Date” means the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. 
  
 “Reset Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2(d). 
  
 “Second Remarketing” has the meaning specified in Section
2(c). 
  
 “Second Remarketing Date” has the
meaning specified in Section 2(c). 
  
 “Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 10. 
  
 “Senior Notes” means the series of notes designated Senior Notes, Series A of the Company. 
  
 “Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Indenture, in each case as amended or
supplemented from time to time. 
  
 “Underwriting
Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a). 
  
 Section 2. Appointment and Obligations of the Remarketing Agent. (a) The Company hereby appoints Banc of America Securities LLC as the exclusive Remarketing Agent, and, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Banc of
America Securities LLC hereby accepts appointment as Remarketing Agent, for the purpose of (i) remarketing the Remarketed Senior Notes on behalf of the holders thereof, (ii) determining, in consultation with the Company, in the manner provided for
herein and in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Indenture, the Reset Rate for the Senior Notes, and (iii) performing such other duties as are assigned to the Remarketing Agent in the Transaction Documents. 
  
 (b) Unless a Special Event Redemption or a Termination Event has occurred
prior to such date, on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the “Initial Remarketing Date”), the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket (the “Initial
Remarketing”) the Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price. 
  
 (c) In the case of a Failed Remarketing on the Initial Remarketing Date and unless a Special Event Redemption or a Termination Event has occurred prior to such date, on the fourth Business Day immediately preceding
the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the “Second Remarketing Date”), the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket (the “Second Remarketing”) the Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing
Price. In the case of a Failed Remarketing on the Second Remarketing Date and unless a Special Event Redemption or 

  

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a Termination Event has occurred prior to such date, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the
“Final Remarketing Date”), the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket (the “Final Remarketing”) the Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price. It is understood and agreed that the
Remarketing on any Remarketing Date will be considered successful and no further attempts will be made if the resulting proceeds are at least equal to the Remarketing Price. 
  
 (d) In connection with each Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine, in consultation with the Company, the rate
per annum, rounded to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001) of one percent per annum, that the Senior Notes should bear (the “Reset Rate”) in order for the Remarketed Senior Notes to have an aggregate market value equal to the
Remarketing Price and that in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent will enable it to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price in such Remarketing; provided that such rate shall not exceed the
maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law. 
  
 (e) If, by
4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, (1) the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes, other than to the Company, at the Remarketing Price pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof or
(2) the Remarketing did not occur on such Remarketing Date because one of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof was not satisfied, a Failed Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Remarketing Agent shall advise by telephone the
Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Company. Whether or not there has been a Failed Remarketing will be determined in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent. 
  
 (f) In the event of a Successful Remarketing, by approximately 4:30 p.m., New
York City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone (promptly confirmed in writing in the case of clause (1)): 
  

(1) the Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee and the Company of the Reset Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent in such Remarketing
and the number of Remarketed Senior Notes sold in such Remarketing; 
  
 (2) each purchaser (or the Depositary Participant thereof) of Remarketed Senior Notes of the Reset Rate and the number of Remarketed Senior Notes such purchaser is to purchase; 
  
 (3) each such purchaser (if other than a Depositary Participant) to give instructions to its Depositary Participant to pay
the purchase price on the Remarketing Settlement Date in same day funds against delivery of the Remarketed Senior Notes purchased through the facilities of the Depositary; and 
  
 (4) each such purchaser (or Depositary Participant thereof) that the Remarketed Senior Notes will not be delivered until the
Remarketing Settlement Date, and, in the case of the Initial Remarketing Date or the Second Remarketing, the Remarketing Settlement Date will be five Business Days or four Business Days, respectively, following the date of such Remarketing and that
if such purchaser wishes to trade the Remarketed Senior Notes that it has purchased prior to the third Business Day preceding the Remarketing Settlement Date, such purchaser will have to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any
such trade to prevent failed settlement. 
  

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 The Remarketing Agent shall also, if required by the Securities Act, deliver, in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act, to each purchaser a Prospectus in connection with the Remarketing. 
  
 (g) The proceeds from a Successful Remarketing (i) with respect to the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are
components of the Corporate Units shall be paid to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and (ii) with respect to the Separate Senior Notes, shall be paid to the Custodial Agent for
payment to the holders of such Separate Senior Notes in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. 
  
 (h) The right of each holder of Remarketed Senior Notes to have such Remarketed Senior Notes remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be subject
to the conditions that (i) the Remarketing Agent conducts (A) an Initial Remarketing, (B) a Second Remarketing in the event of a Failed Remarketing on the Initial Remarketing Date and (C) a Final Remarketing in the event of a Failed Remarketing on
the Second Remarketing Date, each pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) neither a Special Event Redemption nor a Termination Event has occurred prior to such Remarketing Date, (iii) the Remarketing Agent is able to find a purchaser or
purchasers for Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price based on the Reset Rate, and (iv) such purchaser or purchasers of the Remarketed Senior Notes deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent as and when required.

  
 (i) It is understood and agreed that the Remarketing Agent
shall not have any obligation whatsoever to purchase any Remarketed Senior Notes, whether in the Remarketing or otherwise, and shall in no way be obligated to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Remarketed Senior Notes for Remarketing or to
otherwise expend or risk its own funds or incur or to be exposed to financial liability in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. Neither the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make
payment upon tender of the Remarketed Senior Notes for Remarketing. 
  
 Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants (i) on and as of the date any Remarketing Materials are first distributed in connection with the Remarketing (the “Commencement
Date”), (ii) on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and (iii) on and as of the Remarketing Settlement Date, that: 
  
 (a) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in Sections 1(c) through 1(i), Sections 1(m) through 1(r) and Sections 1(u)
through 1(w) of the Underwriting Agreement dated March 23, 2005 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as
Representatives of the Underwriters identified in Schedule II thereto, is true and correct as if made on each of the dates specified above; provided that for purposes of this Section 3(a), any reference in such sections of the Underwriting
Agreement to (i) the “Registration Statements”, the “Prospectus” and the “Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the correlative terms as defined herein, (ii) the “Closing Date” shall be deemed to
refer to the Remarketing Settlement Date, (iii) the “Securities” shall be deemed to refer to the Remarketed Senior Notes, and (iv) “this Agreement” and “Date of Delivery” shall be ignored. 
  

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 (b) The Registration Statement, if any, has been declared effective by the Commission; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission. 
  
 (c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or
supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Remarketing Agent furnished in writing to the Company by the Remarketing Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Remarketing
Documents. 
  
 (d) The Registration Statement, if any, as of the
effective date, conformed (and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, if any, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case
may be, will conform) in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act, and the Registration Statement and the Remarketing Materials (and any amendment or supplement thereto) as of their respective effective or filing date (or,
with respect to the Registration Statement, if later, the filing of the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K) and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and Remarketing Settlement Date do 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; provided that no representation and warranty is made as to any statement of eligibility on Form T-1 filed or
incorporated by reference as part of the Registration Statement or the Remarketing Materials, or as to information relating to the Remarketing Agent contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Remarketing Materials in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Remarketing Agent. 
  
 (e) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the Remarketing or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except such as may be or have been obtained under the Securities Act, the TIA and the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and such as may be required
under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the Remarketing. 
  

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 (f) The Company is not required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 
  
 Section 4.
Fees. In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes, the Company shall pay the Remarketing Agent a remarketing fee equal to 0.25% of the principal amount of the Remarketed Senior Notes (the “Remarketing
Fee”). Such Remarketing Fee shall be paid by the Company on the Remarketing Settlement Date in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Remarketing Agent. 
  
 Section 5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees
as follows: 
  
 (a) If and to the extent the Remarketed Senior
Notes are required (in the view of counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for either the Remarketing Agent or the Company) to be registered under the Securities Act as in effect at the time of the Remarketing, 
  
 (1) to prepare the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, in a form
approved by the Remarketing Agent, to file any such Prospectus pursuant to the Securities Act within the period required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission prior to the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date; 
  
 (2) to file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in
the reasonable judgment of the Company or the Remarketing Agent, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission; 
  
 (3) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Remarketing Agent with copies thereof; 
  
 (4) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a Prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Remarketed Senior
Notes; 
  
 (5) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of any of the Remarketed Senior Notes for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, and, in the
event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal; 
  

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 (6) to furnish promptly to the Remarketing Agent such copies of the following documents as the
Remarketing Agent shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits); (B) the Preliminary Prospectus and any amended or
supplemented Preliminary Prospectus; (C) the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus; and (D) any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto); and, if at any time when delivery of a prospectus is
required in connection with the Remarketing, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Remarketing Agent and, upon its request, to file such document and to
prepare and furnish without charge to the Remarketing Agent and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Remarketing Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus that will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance; 
  
 (7) prior to filing with
the Commission (A) any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or (B) any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, to furnish a copy thereof to the Remarketing Agent; and not to file any such
amendment or supplement that shall be reasonably disapproved by the Remarketing Agent; 
  
 (8) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months, after the date of a Successful Remarketing, to make “generally available to its security holders” an “earnings
statement” of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with (which need not be audited) Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158). The terms
“generally available to its security holders” and “earnings statement” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 158; and 
  
 (9) to take such action as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in order to qualify the Remarketed Senior Notes for offer and sale under the
securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request; provided that in no event shall the Company be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service
of process in any jurisdiction. 
  
 (b) To pay: (1) the costs
incident to the preparation and printing of the Registration Statement, if any, any Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (2) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement, if any, any

  

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Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (3) any fees and expenses of qualifying the Remarketed Senior Notes
under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(a)(9) and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum, if any (including any related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent);
(4) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder and the Remarketing Agent hereunder; and (5) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent in connection with their
duties hereunder. 
  
 (c) To furnish the Remarketing Agent with
such information and documents as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and to make reasonably available to the Remarketing Agent and any accountant, attorney or other advisor retained
by the Remarketing Agent such information that parties would customarily require in connection with a due diligence investigation conducted in accordance with applicable securities laws and to cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees
and accountants to participate in all such discussions and to supply all such information reasonably requested by any such Person in connection with such investigation. 
  
 Section 6. Conditions to the Remarketing Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder
shall be subject to the following conditions: 
  
 (a) The
Prospectus, if any, shall have been timely filed with the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, if any, or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been
initiated or threatened by the Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with. 
  
 (b) There shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or
limitation of trading in securities of the Company or generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading thereon; (ii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities in New York, New York declared by the relevant authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iii) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (iv) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States
or elsewhere, which, in the case of either clause (iii) or (iv) in the sole judgment of the Remarketing Agent, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Remarketing or to enforce contracts for the sale of any of the Remarketed Senior
Notes. 
  
 (c) The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and the Remarketing Settlement Date, and the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have performed all covenants and agreements
contained herein or in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement to be performed on their part at or prior to such Remarketing Date and such Remarketing Settlement Date. 
  

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 (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent a certificate, dated the applicable
Remarketing Settlement Date, of the Chief Financial Officer satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent stating that: (1) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, if any, or prohibiting the sale of the Remarketed Senior Notes
is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened by the Commission; (2) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 are true and correct on and as of the
applicable Remarketing Settlement Date and the Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on its part at or prior to such Remarketing Settlement Date; and (3) the Registration
Statement, as of the later of the effective date and the filing of the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the Remarketing Materials (other than the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus covered below), as of their respective
dates, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and the Prospectus does not contain any untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 (e) On the applicable Remarketing Date and the related Remarketing Settlement
Date, the Remarketing Agent shall have received a letter addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent, of the independent accountants of the Company, containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” with respect to certain financial information contained in the Remarketing Materials, if any. 
  
 (f) Counsel for the Company reasonably acceptable to the Remarketing Agent shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent its
or their opinion or opinions, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent addressing such matters as are set forth in such
counsel’s opinion or opinions furnished pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Underwriting Agreement, adapted as necessary to relate to the Remarketed Senior Notes and to the Remarketing Materials, if any, or to any changed circumstances or events
occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement, such adaptations being reasonably acceptable to counsel to the Remarketing Agent. 
  
 (g) Counsel for the Remarketing Agent, shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent its opinion, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the
applicable Remarketing Settlement Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent. 
  
 (h) Subsequent to the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, withdrawal
or suspension in the rating accorded any of the Company’s securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act that currently has
publicly released a rating of the Company’s securities and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s securities. 

 

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 Section 7. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Remarketing
Agent, each person, if any, who controls the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act from and against (i) any and all losses, actions, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action
or claim) to which the Remarketing Agent may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, actions, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon (A) the failure to have an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes, if required, or the failure to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act because the Company failed to provide the Remarketing Agent
with an updated prospectus for delivery in accordance with applicable law, (B) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Remarketing Materials or (C) the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Remarketing Materials a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any breach by the Company of any representation or warranty or failure by the Company to comply with any obligation
set forth herein, (iii) any and all other losses, actions, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses that otherwise arise out of or are based upon or asserted against the Remarketing Agent by any person in connection with or as a result of the
Remarketing Agent acting as such pursuant to this Agreement or any other matter referred to in this Agreement, except to the extent that any such losses, actions, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in this clause (iii) have
been determined in a final unappealable judicial proceeding to have resulted from the Remarketing Agent’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in performing the services that are the subject of this Agreement; provided, however,
that in the case of clauses (i)(B) and (C) above, the Company shall not be liable and shall not indemnify and hold harmless in any such case to the Remarketing Agent to the extent that any such loss, action, claim, damage, liability or expense
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Remarketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with any written information provided by the Remarketing Agent
expressly for use therein. In each such case where the Company agrees to so indemnify and hold harmless the Remarketing Agent, the Company agrees to promptly reimburse the Remarketing Agent for any reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel reimbursable under Section 7(c) below) when and as incurred by the Remarketing Agent in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. 
  
 (b) The Remarketing Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the directors of the Company, the officers of
the Company who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, actions, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) to which the Company may become subject under the Securities Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, actions, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Remarketing Materials, or (B) the
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misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
made or omitted in the Remarketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with any written information provided by the Remarketing Agent expressly for use therein and the Remarketing Agent agrees to promptly reimburse the Company for any
reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) when and as incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. 
  
 (c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of
which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(b), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure
results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided
in Section 7(a) or Section 7(b). The indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may
designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, and the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnifying party if (w) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (x) the actual or potential
defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties
which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (y) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after
notice of the institution of such action, or (z) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood that the indemnifying party
shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (1) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for the Remarketing Agent and all persons, if any who control the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or who are affiliates of the Remarketing Agent within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act and (2) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Remarketing Agent and such control persons and affiliates
of the Remarketing Agent, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Remarketing Agent. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company and such directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in
writing by the Company. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such 

  

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consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is
or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and no admission as to fault. 
  
 Section 8.
Contribution. (a) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, actions, claims, damages or liabilities referred to under such
paragraph, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, actions, claims, damages or
liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand from the Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes. If, however, the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, actions, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Remarketing Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the Remarketing shall be deemed to be in the same proportions as the
aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Senior Notes less the Remarketing Fee on the one hand and the Remarketing Fee on the other hand bear to the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Senior Notes. The relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Company or by the Remarketing Agent and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. 
  
 (b) The Company and the Remarketing Agent agree that it would not be just or
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(a). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, the Remarketing Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the Remarketing Fee exceeds the amount of any damages that the Remarketing Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such 

  

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fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in Section 7 and Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may
otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity. 
  
 (c) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in Section 7 and Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent, any person controlling the Remarketing Agent or any affiliate of the Remarketing Agent or by or on behalf of the Company, its
officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Remarketed Senior Notes. 
  
 Section 9. Resignation and Removal of the Remarketing Agent. The Remarketing Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder, and the Company may remove the Remarketing Agent, by giving 30 days’ prior written notice, in the case of a resignation, to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent and, in the case of a removal, to the removed Remarketing Agent
and the Purchase Contract Agent; provided, however, that no such resignation nor any such removal shall become effective until the Company shall have appointed at least one nationally recognized broker-dealer as successor Remarketing
Agent and such successor Remarketing Agent shall have entered into a remarketing agreement with the Company (or agreed to become a party to this Agreement), in which it shall have agreed to conduct the Remarketing in accordance with the Transaction
Documents in all material respects. 
  
 In any such case, the
Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Remarketing Agent and enter into such a remarketing agreement (or an appropriate amendment to this Agreement) with such person as soon as reasonably practicable. The provisions
of Section 7 and Section 8 shall survive the resignation or removal of any Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement. 
  
 Section 10. Dealing in Securities. The Remarketing Agent, when acting as a Remarketing Agent or in its individual or any other capacity, may, to
the extent permitted by law, buy, sell, hold and deal in any of the Remarketed Senior Notes, Corporate Units, Treasury Units or any of the securities of the Company (together, the “Securities”). The Remarketing Agent may exercise
any vote or join in any action which any beneficial owner of such Securities may be entitled to exercise or take pursuant to the Indenture with like effect as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder. The Remarketing Agent, in its individual
capacity, either as principal or agent, may also engage in or have an interest in any financial or other transaction with the Company as freely as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder. 
  
 Section 11. Remarketing Agent’s Performance; Duty of Care. The
duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. No implied covenants or obligations of or against the Remarketing Agent shall be read into
this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Remarketing Agent, the Remarketing Agent may conclusively rely upon any document furnished to it, as to the truth of the statements expressed in
any of such documents. The Remarketing Agent shall be protected in acting upon any document or communication reasonably believed by it to have been signed, presented or 

  

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made by the proper party or parties except as otherwise set forth herein. The Remarketing Agent shall have no obligation to determine whether there is any
limitation under applicable law on the Reset Rate on the Senior Notes or, if there is any such limitation, the maximum permissible Reset Rate on the Senior Notes, and it shall rely solely upon written notice from the Company (which the Company
agrees to provide prior to the eighth Business Day before the Initial Remarketing Date) as to whether or not there is any such limitation and, if so, the maximum permissible Reset Rate. The Remarketing Agent, acting under this Agreement, shall incur
no liability to the Company or to any holder of Remarketed Senior Notes in its individual capacity or as Remarketing Agent for any action or failure to act, on its part in connection with a Remarketing or otherwise, except if such liability is
judicially determined to have resulted from its failure to comply with the material terms of this Agreement or bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part. The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and shall survive the resignation or removal of any Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement. 
  
 Section 12. Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate (i) as to the Remarketing Agent on the effective date of the resignation or
removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to Section 9 and (ii) on the earlier of (x) any Special Event Redemption Date, (y) the occurrence of a Termination Event and (z) the Business Day immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of the other provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall not be under any liability to the Remarketing Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be under any liability to
the Company, except that if this Agreement is terminated by the Remarketing Agent because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company will reimburse
the Remarketing Agent for all of its out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by it. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, in the event there has been a Successful Remarketing, the
obligations set forth in Section 4 hereof shall survive and remain in full force and effect until all amounts payable under said Section 4 shall have been paid in full. In addition, Sections 7, 8 and 11 hereof shall survive the termination of this
Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent. 
  
 Section 13. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and: 
  
 (a) if to the Remarketing Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Banc of America Securities LLC, 9 West
57th Street, New York, New York 10019 Attention: David McSweeney (Fax: 212-974-9017); 
  
 (b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to PNM Resources, Inc., Alvarado Square, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158, Attention: Treasurer (Fax: (505) 241-2369); and 
  
 (c) if to the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 4 New York Plaza, New
York, New York 10004, Attention: Institutional Trust Services (Fax: (212) 623-6166/6167). 
  

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 Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.

  
 Section 14. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each party hereto and its respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (x) the representations,
warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the Remarketing Agent and the person or persons, if any, who control the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act and (y) the indemnity agreement of the Remarketing Agent contained in Section 7 of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the Company’s directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement, if
any, and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to herein, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. 
  
 Section 15. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Remarketing Agent contained in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive any Remarketing and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person
controlling any of them. 
  
 Section 16. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF TO THE EXTENT A DIFFERENT LAW WOULD GOVERN AS A RESULT. 
  
 Section 17. Judicial Proceedings. (a) Each party hereto expressly
accepts and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the Remarketed Senior Notes. To the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim
that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 
  
 (b) Each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that a judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 17(a) brought in any such
court shall be conclusive and binding upon such party, subject to rights of appeal, and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of New York (or any other court the jurisdiction to which the Company is or may be
subject) by a suit upon such judgment. 
  

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 Section 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if
executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 19. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be
part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. 
  
 Section 20. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be invalid, inoperative or unenforceable as applied in any particular case in any or all jurisdictions because it conflicts
with any provisions of any constitution, statute, rule or public policy or for any other reason, then, to the extent permitted by law, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering the provision in question invalid, inoperative or
unenforceable in any other case, circumstance or jurisdiction, or of rendering any other provision or provisions of this Agreement invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever. 
  
 Section 21. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by an instrument
in writing signed by the parties hereto. Each of the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent agrees that it will not enter into, cause or permit any amendment or modification of the Transaction Documents or any other instruments or agreements
relating to the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Senior Notes or the Corporate Units that would in any way adversely affect the rights, duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent, without the prior written consent of the
Remarketing Agent. 
  
 Section 22. Successors and Assigns.
Except in the case of a succession pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated to any other Person without the prior written consent of the
Remarketing Agent. The rights and obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder may not be assigned or delegated to any other Person (other than an affiliate of the Remarketing Agent) without the prior written consent of the Company. 
  
 If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement by and among the Company,
the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below. 
  
 [SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE] 
  

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	Very truly yours,
	
	PNM RESOURCES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John R. Loyack

	Name:	 	John R. Loyack
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President and Chief
	 	 	Financial Officer

  

			
	CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED:
	
	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
	as Remarketing Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas M. Morrison

	Name:	 	Thomas M. Morrison
	Title:	 	Managing Director
	
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
	
	not individually, but solely as Purchase
	Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for
	the Holders of the Purchase Contracts
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rosa Ciaccia

	Name:	 	Rosa Ciaccia
	Title:	 	Trust Officer

  

 18Administration and Servicing Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING AGREEMENT 
  
 dated as of October 1, 2004 
  
 between 
  
 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN REIT TRUST 
  
 and 
  
 ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS,
INC. 

 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of October 1, 2004 (the “Agreement”), between
ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN REIT TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust, (“REIT”) and ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC., a California corporation, as the Administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”) and as the Servicer
(in such capacity, the “Servicer”). 
  
 W I
T N E S S E T H: 
  
 WHEREAS, REIT is a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “REIT”) within the meaning of the Maryland REIT Law; and 
  

WHEREAS, REIT has sold its 9.75% Series A Perpetual Cumulative Preferred Shares (the “Preferred Shares”) to the public, has participated in
securitizations and entered into interim warehouse credit facilities; and 
  
 WHEREAS, REIT has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Preferred Shares, the participation in securitizations and entering into interim warehouse credit facilities (the “Related
Agreements”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related
Agreements, REIT is required to perform certain duties; 
  
 WHEREAS, REIT desires to have the Administrator and the Servicer, respectively, perform certain of the duties of REIT referred to in the preceding clause, and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Agreement
and the Related Agreements as REIT may from time to time request; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Administrator and the Servicer have the capacity to provide the respective services required hereby and are willing to perform such services for REIT on the terms set forth herein; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein,
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 
  
 Section 1.        Representations and Warranties of the Administrator and the Servicer. 
  
 The Administrator and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants to REIT
that, as of the date of this Agreement: 
  
 (i)        It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation and has the power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is
currently engaged. It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the performance of its 

 
obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the performance of its obligations hereunder. 
  
 (ii)        It has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the REIT constitutes, or will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by general equity principles
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
  
 (iii)        It is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license,
approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency which consent already has not been obtained in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement, except such as have been obtained. 
  
 (iv)        The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or its charter or
bylaws, or constitute a breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other Agreement to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. 
  
 (v)        There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or its knowledge
threatened against it which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or which would be likely to impair materially its ability to perform its obligations hereunder. 
  
 Section 2.        Representations and Warranties of REIT. 
  
 REIT hereby represents and warrants to the Administrator and the Servicer
that, as of the date of this Agreement: 
  
 (i)        It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation and has the power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is
currently engaged. It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of its obligations hereunder. 
  
 (ii)        It has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement
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this Agreement, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the REIT constitutes, or will constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of it, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally,
and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
  
 (iii)        It is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license,
approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency which consent already has not been obtained in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement, except such as have been obtained. 
  
 (iv)        The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or its charter or
bylaws, or constitute a breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other Agreement to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. 
  
 (v)        There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or its knowledge
threatened against it which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or which would be likely to impair materially its ability to perform its obligations hereunder. 
  
 Section 3.        Duties of the Administrator. 
  
 The Administrator shall perform certain treasury, accounting, tax and other
administrative services for REIT as may be needed from time to time under applicable law or the Related Agreements; including without limitation, money and investment management services and portfolio hedging (which will be consistent with the
manner in which the Administrator hedges its own portfolio of mortgage loans). 
  
 Section 4.        Records. 
  
 The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records with respect to the business operations of REIT and relating to services
performed hereunder. 
  
 Section
5.        Duties of the Servicer. 
  
 (a)         The Servicer shall service all mortgage loans owned by REIT and shall continue to service such mortgage loans after they have been transferred by REIT to the related
securitization trust. The Servicer shall service the mortgage loans using the same care as it customarily employs in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted mortgage servicing practices of prudent
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accounts, submit and pursue insurance claims and initiate and supervise foreclosure proceedings on the mortgage loans it services. The Servicer will also
provide accounting and reporting services for such mortgage loans. The Servicer will follow such collection procedures as are customary in the industry, including contacting delinquent borrowers and supervising foreclosures and property disposition
in the event of un-remedied defaults. The Servicer may, in its discretion, arrange with a defaulting borrower a schedule for the liquidation of delinquencies. The Servicer may from time to time subcontract all or a portion of its servicing
obligations to unrelated third parties. The Servicer will not, in connection with subcontracting any of its servicing obligations, be discharged or relieved in any respect from its servicing obligations. 
  
 (b)        The Servicer will be
required to pay all expenses related to the performance of its duties as servicer. The Servicer will be required to make advances of taxes and required insurance premiums that are not collected from borrowers with respect to any mortgage loan
serviced by it, unless it determines that such advances are non-recoverable from the mortgagor, insurance proceeds or other sources with respect to such mortgage loan. If such advances are made, the Servicer generally will be reimbursed on a
priority basis out of proceeds related to such mortgage loan. The Servicer also will be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred by it in connection with the liquidation of defaulted mortgage loans serviced by it and in connection with the
restoration of mortgaged property. The Servicer may institute foreclosure proceedings, exercise any power of sale contained in any mortgage or deed of trust, obtain a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise acquire title to a mortgaged property
underlying a mortgage loan by operation of law or otherwise in accordance with its servicing practices. 
  
 (c)        To the extent that mortgage loans have been securitized by REIT, the servicing of the securitized
mortgage loans will be governed by the servicing agreement related to that securitization transaction. 
  
 (d)        The Servicer will hold all collections on the mortgage loans on behalf of REIT. These collections will
be paid by the Servicer to REIT on a quarterly basis, as described below in Section 6(c), subject to the offset provisions thereof. 
  
 Section 6.        Payment of Collections and Compensation. 
  
 (a)        Compensation of
Administrator and Servicer. The Administrator will perform the duties and provide the services called for under Sections 3. and 4. The Servicer will perform the duties and provide the services called for under Section 5. In consideration for the
services provided to REIT, the Administrator/Servicer shall be paid a fee equal to 0.50% per annum on the monthly outstanding principal balance of the loans serviced, plus miscellaneous fee income collected from mortgagors, including late payment
charges, assumption fees and similar items. Additionally, the Administrator/Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for all monies advanced on behalf of REIT. 
  
 (b)        Frequency of Payment. Subject to paragraph (d) below, the
compensation described in this section shall be earned and accrued on a monthly basis. The settlement of the earned compensation shall be done periodically, at the request of either the Administrator/Servicer or REIT. 
  

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 (c)        Offset and Accrual of Interest. REIT, on the
one hand, and the Servicer/Administrator, on the other hand, may offset any balance or amount due from one party to the other under this Agreement or any other contract heretofore or hereafter entered into between such parties. Therefore, on each
settlement date, there shall be a single payment payable by REIT to the Servicer/Administrator or by the Servicer/Administrator to REIT (such payment, the “Intercompany Receivable”. Interest will accrue on such Intercompany Receivable as
it accrues, through the date of payment, calculated on the amount of such Intercompany Receivable outstanding at a per annum rate equal to six-month LIBOR plus 1.0%. 
  
 Section 7.         Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator or
Servicer. 
  
 (a)        The Administrator or the Servicer may resign its respective duties hereunder by providing REIT with at least 30 days’ prior written notice. 
  
 (b)        REIT may remove the
Administrator or the Servicer without cause by providing the Administrator or the Servicer with at least 30 days’ prior written notice. 
  
 Section 8.         Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal of the Administrator or the Servicer.

  
 Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 7(a) or the resignation or removal of the Administrator or the Servicer pursuant to Section 7(b), the Administrator or the Servicer shall be entitled to be paid all reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of
such termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator or the Servicer shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 7(a) deliver to REIT all property and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the
Administrator or the Servicer and, in the event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator or the Servicer pursuant to Section 7(b), the Administrator or the Servicer shall cooperate with REIT and take all reasonable steps requested to
assist REIT in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator or the Servicer. 
  
 Section 9.        Effectiveness. 
  
 This Agreement, and the obligations of the parties hereunder, shall be effective as of June 1, 2004. 
  

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 Section 10.        Notices. 
  
 Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing
and addressed as follows: 
  

	 	(a)	if to REIT, to 

  
 Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust 
 15090
Avenue of Science 
 San Diego, California 92128 
 Attention: General Counsel 
 Facsimile number:      (858) 676-8165 

Telephone number:     (858) 676-2100 
  

	 	(b)	if to the Administrator or to the Servicer, to 

  
 Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. 
 15090 Avenue
of Science 
 San Diego, California 92128 
 Attention: General Counsel 
 Facsimile number:      (858) 676-8165 

Telephone number:     (858) 676-2100 
  

or to such other address, telecopy number or telephone number as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing
hereunder shall be deemed given upon receipt, if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand delivered to the address of such party as provided above and, in the case of notices provided by facsimile transmission (with a copy
delivered by overnight courier), upon telephone confirmation of receipt thereof. 
  
 Section 11.        Amendments. 
  
 This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by REIT, the Administrator and the Servicer.

  
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12.        Governing Law. 
  
 THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.  
  
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13.        Headings. 
  
 The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement. 
  

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 Section 14.        Counterparts. 
  
 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. 
  
 Section 15.        Severability. 
  
 Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the
day and year first above written. 
  

			
	ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN REIT TRUST
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ James A. Konrath

	 Name:
	 	James A. Konrath
	 Title:
	 	Chief Executive Officer
	
	 ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.,

	 as the Servicer and as the Administrator

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ David E. Hertzel

	 Name:
	 	David E. Hertzel
	 Title:
	 	General Counsel

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