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                         RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                           dated as of April 17, 2001

                                      among

                            KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

                       KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.

                       MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION

                                      and

                         PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                   ARTICLE I.
                       AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES

Section 1.1. Purchase Facility .............................................   1
Section 1.2. Making Purchases ..............................................   1
Section 1.3. Purchased Interest Computation ................................   2
Section 1.4. Settlement Procedures .........................................   3
Section 1.5. Fees ..........................................................   6
Section 1.6. Payments and Computations, Etc. ...............................   6
Section 1.7. Increased Costs ...............................................   6
Section 1.8. Requirements of Law ...........................................   7
Section 1.9. Inability to Determine Euro-Rate ..............................   8

                                   ARTICLE II.
                   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;
                               TERMINATION EVENTS

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties; Covenants .....................   9
Section 2.2. Termination Events ............................................   9

                                  ARTICLE III.
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

Section 3.1. Indemnities by the Seller .....................................   9
Section 3.2. Indemnities by the Servicer ...................................  11

                                   ARTICLE IV.
                         ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS

Section 4.1. Appointment of the Servicer ...................................  11
Section 4.2. Duties of the Servicer ........................................  12
Section 4.3. Lock-Box Arrangements .........................................  13
Section 4.4. Enforcement Rights ............................................  14
Section 4.5. Responsibilities of the Seller ................................  15
Section 4.6. Servicing Fee .................................................  15
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                                   ARTICLE V.
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Amendments, Etc. ..............................................  15
Section 5.2. Notices, Etc. .................................................  16
Section 5.3. Assignability .................................................  16
Section 5.4. Costs, Expenses and Taxes .....................................  17
Section 5.5. No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments ........................  17
Section 5.6. Confidentiality ...............................................  17
Section 5.7. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION ................................  18
Section 5.8. Execution in Counterparts .....................................  18
Section 5.9. Survival of Termination .......................................  18
Section 5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .........................................  18
Section 5.11. Entire Agreement .............................................  19
Section 5.12. Headings .....................................................  19
Section 5.13. Issuer's, Administrator's, Seller's and Servicer's Liabilities  19
Section 5.14. Tax Characterization .........................................  19
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EXHIBIT I                  Definitions

EXHIBIT II                 Conditions of Purchases

EXHIBIT III                Representations and Warranties

EXHIBIT IV                 Covenants

EXHIBIT V                  Termination Events

SCHEDULE I                 Credit and Collection Policy

SCHEDULE II                Lock-box Banks and Lock-box Accounts

SCHEDULE III               Trade Names

SCHEDULE IV                Fiscal Months

ANNEX A                    Form of Information Package

ANNEX B                    Form of Purchase Notice

ANNEX C                    Form of Paydown Notice

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         This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this "Agreement") is entered into as of
April 17, 2001, among KSI FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as seller
(the "Seller"), KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation
("KSI"), as initial servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and
permitted assigns in such capacity, the "Servicer"), MARKET STREET FUNDING
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and permitted
assigns, the "Issuer"), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association ("PNC"), as administrator (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Administrator").

         PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS. Certain terms that are capitalized and used
throughout this Agreement are defined in Exhibit I. References in the Exhibits
hereto to the "Agreement" refer to this Agreement, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

         The Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign an undivided variable
percentage interest in a pool of receivables, and the Issuer desires to acquire
such undivided variable percentage interest, as such percentage interest shall
be adjusted from time to time based upon, in part, reinvestment payments that
are made by the Issuer.

         In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants
contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.
                       AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES

         Section 1.1. Purchase Facility. (a) On the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the Issuer hereby agrees to purchase, and make
reinvestments of, undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the
Purchased Interest from the Seller from time to time from the date hereof to the
Facility Termination Date. Under no circumstances shall the Issuer make any such
purchase or reinvestment if, after giving effect to such purchase or
reinvestment, the aggregate outstanding Capital of the Purchased Interest would
exceed the Purchase Limit.

         (b) The Seller may, upon at least 60 days' written notice to the
Administrator, terminate the purchase facility provided in this Section in whole
or, upon at least 30 days' written notice to the Administrator, from time to
time, irrevocably reduce in part the unused portion of the Purchase Limit;
provided, that each partial reduction shall be in the amount of at least
$5,000,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and that,
unless terminated in whole, the Purchase Limit shall in no event be reduced
below $20,000,000.

         Section 1.2. Making Purchases. (a) Each purchase (but not reinvestment)
of undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased
Interest hereunder shall be made upon the Seller's irrevocable written notice in
the form of Annex B (the "Purchase Notice") delivered to
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the Administrator in accordance with Section 5.2 (which notice must be received
by the Administrator before 11:00 a.m., New York City time) at least two
Business Days before the requested purchase date, which notice shall specify:
(A) the amount requested to be paid to the Seller (such amount, which shall not
be less than $1,000,000 and shall be in integral multiples of $100,000, being
the Capital relating to the undivided percentage ownership interest then being
purchased), (B) the date of such purchase (which shall be a Business Day), and
(C) the pro forma calculation of the Purchased Interest after giving effect to
the increase in Capital.

         (b) On the date of each purchase (but not reinvestment) of undivided
percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest hereunder,
the Issuer shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Exhibit II, make available to the Seller in same day funds, at PNC Bank,
National Association, Philadelphia, PA, account number 031000053, ABA
8400108586, an amount equal to the Capital relating to the undivided percentage
ownership interest then being purchased.

         (c) Effective on the date of each purchase pursuant to this Section and
each reinvestment pursuant to Section 1.4, the Seller hereby sells and assigns
to the Issuer an undivided percentage ownership interest in: (i) each Pool
Receivable then existing, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool
Receivables, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of,
such Pool Receivables and Related Security.

         (d) To secure all of the Seller's obligations (monetary or otherwise)
under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
whether now or hereafter existing or arising, due or to become due, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer a
security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest (including
any undivided interest of the Seller) in, to and under all of the following,
whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising: (i) all Pool Receivables,
(ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables, (iii) all
Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and
Related Security, (iv) the Lock-Box Accounts and all amounts on deposit therein,
and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such
Lock-Box Accounts and such amounts on deposit therein, (v) all books and records
of each Receivable, and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the
Seller in any accounts into which Collections are or may be received and (vi)
all proceeds and products of, and all amounts received or receivable under any
or all of, the foregoing (collectively, the "Pool Assets"). The Issuer shall
have, with respect to the Pool Assets, and in addition to all the other rights
and remedies available to the Issuer, all the rights and remedies of a secured
party under any applicable UCC.

         Section 1.3. Purchased Interest Computation. The Purchased Interest
shall be initially computed on the date of the initial purchase hereunder.
Thereafter, until the Facility Termination Date, the Purchased Interest shall be
automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each Business Day other
than a Termination Day. From and after the occurrence of any Termination Day,
the Purchased Interest shall (until the event(s) giving rise to such Termination
Day are satisfied or are waived by the Administrator) be deemed to be 100%. The
Purchased Interest shall become zero when the Capital thereof and Discount
thereon shall have been paid in full, all the amounts

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owed by the Seller and the Servicer hereunder to the Issuer, the Administrator
and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person are paid in full, and the
Servicer shall have received the accrued Servicing Fee thereon.

         Section 1.4. Settlement Procedures. (a) The collection of the Pool
Receivables shall be administered by the Servicer in accordance with this
Agreement. The Seller shall provide to the Servicer on a timely basis all
information needed for such administration, including notice of the occurrence
of any Termination Day and current computations of the Purchased Interest.

         (b) The Servicer shall, on each day on which Collections of Pool
Receivables are received (or deemed received) by the Seller or the Servicer:

                  (i) set aside and hold in trust (and shall, at the request of
         the Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the
         Administrator) for the Issuer, out of the Issuer's Share of such
         Collections, first, an amount equal to the Discount accrued through
         such day for each Portion of Capital and not previously set aside,
         second, an amount equal to the fees set forth in the Fee Letter accrued
         and unpaid through such day, and third, to the extent funds are
         available therefor, an amount equal to the Issuer's Share of the
         Servicing Fee accrued through such day and not previously set aside,

                  (ii) subject to Section 1.4(f), if such day is not a
         Termination Day, remit to the Seller, on behalf of the Issuer, the
         remainder of the Issuer's Share of such Collections. Such remainder
         shall be automatically reinvested in Pool Receivables, and in the
         Related Security, Collections and other proceeds with respect
         thereto; provided, however, that if the Purchased Interest would exceed
         100%, then the Servicer shall not reinvest, but shall set aside and
         hold in trust for the Issuer (and shall, at the request of the
         Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the
         Administrator) a portion of such Collections that, together with the
         other Collections set aside pursuant to this paragraph, shall equal the
         amount necessary to reduce the Purchased Interest to 100%,

                  (iii) if such day is a Termination Day, set aside, segregate
         and hold in trust (and shall, at the request of the Administrator,
         segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrator) for the
         Issuer the entire remainder of the Issuer's Share of the Collections;
         provided, that if amounts are set aside and held in trust on any
         Termination Day of the type described in clause (a) of the definition
         of "Termination Day" and, thereafter, the conditions set forth in
         Section 2 of Exhibit II are satisfied or waived by the Administrator,
         such previously set-aside amounts shall be reinvested in accordance
         with clause (ii) on the day of such subsequent satisfaction or waiver
         of conditions, and

                  (iv) release to the Seller (subject to Section 1.4(f)) for its
         own account any Collections in excess of: (x) amounts required to be
         reinvested in accordance with clause (ii) or the proviso to clause
         (iii) plus (y) the amounts that are required to be set aside pursuant
         to clause (i), the proviso to clause (ii) and clause (iii) plus (z) the
         Seller's Share of the Servicing Fee accrued and unpaid through such day
         and all reasonable and appropriate out-

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         of-pocket costs and expenses of the Servicer for servicing, collecting
         and administering the Pool Receivables.

         (c) The Servicer shall deposit into the Administration Account (or such
other account designated by the Administrator), on each Settlement Date (or
solely with respect to Collections held for the Issuer pursuant to clause
(f)(iii) such other date approved by the Administrator with at least five (5)
Business Days prior written notice to the Administrator of such payment),
Collections held for the Issuer pursuant to clause (b)(i) or (f) plus the amount
of Collections then held for the Issuer pursuant to clauses (b)(ii) and (iii) of
Section 1.4; provided, that if KSI or an Affiliate thereof is the Servicer, such
day is not a Termination Day and the Administrator has not notified KSI (or such
Affiliate) that the right to retain the portion of the Collections set aside
pursuant to clause (b)(i) that represent the Issuer's Share of the Servicing Fee
is revoked, KSI (or such Affiliate) may retain the portion of the Collections
set aside pursuant to clause (b)(i) that represents the Issuer's Share of the
Servicing Fee. On the last day of each Settlement Period, the Administrator will
notify the Servicer by facsimile of the amount of Discount accrued with respect
to each Portion of Capital during such Settlement Period or portion thereof.

         (d) Upon receipt of funds deposited into the Administration Account
pursuant to clause (c), the Administrator shall cause such funds to be
distributed as follows:

                  (i) if such distribution occurs on a day that is not a
         Termination Day and the Purchased Interest does not exceed 100%, first
         to the Issuer in payment in full of all accrued Discount and fees
         (other than Servicing Fees) with respect to each Portion of Capital,
         and second, if the Servicer has set aside amounts in respect of the
         Servicing Fee pursuant to clause (b)(i) and has not retained such
         amounts pursuant to clause (c), to the Servicer (payable in arrears on
         each Settlement Date) in payment in full of the Issuer's Share of
         accrued Servicing Fees so set aside, and

                  (ii) if such distribution occurs on a Termination Day or on a
         day when the Purchased Interest exceeds 100%, first to the Issuer in
         payment in full of all accrued Discount with respect to each Portion of
         Capital, second to the Issuer in payment in full of Capital (or, if
         such day is not a Termination Day, the amount necessary to reduce the
         Purchased Interest to 100%), third, to the Servicer in payment in full
         of all accrued Servicing Fees, and fourth, if the Capital and accrued
         Discount with respect to each Portion of Capital have been reduced to
         zero, and all accrued Servicing Fees payable to the Servicer have been
         paid in full, to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other
         Indemnified Party or Affected Person in payment in full of any other
         amounts owed thereto by the Seller hereunder.

After the Capital, Discount, fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter and
Servicing Fees with respect to the Purchased Interest, and any other amounts
payable by the Seller and the Servicer to the Issuer, the Administrator or any
other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder, have been paid in full,
all additional Collections with respect to the Purchased Interest shall be paid
to the Seller for its own account.

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         (e) For the purposes of this Section 1.4:

                  (i) if on any day the Outstanding Balance of any Pool
         Receivable is reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective,
         rejected, returned, repossessed or foreclosed goods or services, or any
         revision, cancellation, allowance, rebate, discount or other adjustment
         made by the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller, or any setoff or
         dispute between the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller and an
         Obligor, the Seller shall be deemed to have received on such day a
         Collection of such Pool Receivable in the amount of such reduction or
         adjustment;

                  (ii) if on any day any of the representations or warranties in
         Section 1(g) or (n) of Exhibit III is not true with respect to any Pool
         Receivable, the Seller shall be deemed to have received on such day a
         Collection of such Pool Receivable in full;

                  (iii) except as provided in clause (i) or (ii), or as
         otherwise required by applicable law or the relevant Contract, all
         Collections received from an Obligor of any Receivable shall be applied
         to the Receivables of such Obligor in the order of the age of such
         Receivables, starting with the oldest such Receivable, unless such
         Obligor designates in writing its payment for application to specific
         Receivables; and

                  (iv) if and to the extent the Administrator or the Issuer
         shall be required for any reason to pay over to an Obligor (or any
         trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official in any Insolvency
         Proceeding) any amount received by it hereunder, such amount shall be
         deemed not to have been so received by the Administrator or the Issuer
         but rather to have been retained by the Seller and, accordingly, the
         Administrator or the Issuer, as the case may be, shall have a claim
         against the Seller for such amount, payable when and to the extent that
         any distribution from or on behalf of such Obligor is made in respect
         thereof.

         (f) If at any time the Seller shall wish to cause the reduction of
Capital (but not to commence the liquidation, or reduction to zero, of the
entire Capital of the Purchased Interest), the Seller may do so as follows:

                  (i) the Seller shall give the Administrator and the Servicer
         written notice in the form of Annex C (A) at least two Business Days'
         prior to the date of such reduction for any reduction of Capital less
         than or equal to $10,000,000 and (B) at least five Business Days prior
         to the date of such reduction for any reduction of Capital greater than
         $10,000,000 in each case such notice shall include the amount of such
         proposed reduction and the proposed date on which such reduction will
         commence;

                  (ii) on the proposed date of the commencement of such
         reduction and on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall cause
         Collections not to be reinvested until the amount thereof not so
         reinvested shall equal the desired amount of reduction; and

                  (iii) the Servicer shall hold such Collections in trust for
         the Issuer, for payment to the Administrator on (1) the next Settlement
         Date immediately following the current Settlement

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         Period or (2) such other date approved by the Administrator with at
         least five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrator
         of such payment, and Capital shall be deemed reduced in the amount to
         be paid to the Administrator only when in fact finally so paid;

provided, that (a) the amount of any such reduction shall be not less than
$1,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $100,000, and the entire Capital
of the Purchased Interest after giving effect to such reduction shall be not
less than $20,000,000 and shall be in an integral multiple of $100,000 (unless
the entire Capital shall have been reduced to zero) and (b) the Seller shall
choose a reduction amount, and the date of commencement thereof, so that to the
extent practicable such reduction shall commence and conclude in the same
Settlement Period.

         Section 1.5. Fees. The Seller shall pay to the Administrator certain
fees in the amounts and on the dates set forth in a letter, dated the date
hereof, among KSI, the Seller and the Administrator (as such letter agreement
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Fee
Letter").

         Section 1.6. Payments and Computations, Etc. (a) All amounts to be paid
or deposited by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder shall be made without
reduction for offset or counterclaim and shall be paid or deposited no later
than noon (New York City time) on the day when due in same day funds to the
Administration Account. All amounts received after noon (New York City time)
will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day.

         (b) The Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall, to the
extent permitted by law, pay interest on any amount not paid or deposited by the
Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, when due hereunder, at an interest
rate equal to 2.0% per annum above the Base Rate, payable on demand.

         (c) All computations of interest under clause (b) and all computations
of Discount, fees and other amounts hereunder shall be made on the basis of a
year of 360 (or 365 or 366, as applicable, with respect to Discount or other
amounts calculated by reference to the Base Rate) days for the actual number of
days elapsed. Whenever any payment or deposit to be made hereunder shall be due
on a day other than a Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the
next Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the
computation of such payment or deposit.

         Section 1.7. Increased Costs. (a) If the Administrator, the Issuer, any
Purchaser, any other Program Support Provider or any of their respective
Affiliates (each an "Affected Person") reasonably determines that the existence
of or compliance with: (i) any law or regulation or any change therein or in the
interpretation or application thereof, in each case adopted, issued or occurring
after the date hereof, or (ii) any request, guideline or directive from any
central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of
law) issued or occurring after the date of this Agreement, affects or would
affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Affected Person, and such Affected Person determines that the amount of such
capital is increased by or based upon the existence of any commitment to make
purchases of (or otherwise to maintain the investment in) Pool Receivables
related to this Agreement or any related liquidity facility, credit enhancement
facility and other commitments of the same type, then, upon

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demand by such Affected Person (with a copy to the Administrator), the Seller
shall promptly pay to the Administrator, for the account of such Affected
Person, from time to time as specified by such Affected Person, additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Person in the light of such
circumstances, to the extent that such Affected Person reasonably determines
such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of any of such
commitments. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Seller and the
Administrator by such Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.

         (b) If, due to either: (i) the introduction of or any change in or in
the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any
guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to any Affected Person of agreeing to purchase or purchasing, or
maintaining the ownership of, the Purchased Interest in respect of which
Discount is computed by reference to the Euro-Rate, then, upon demand by such
Affected Person, the Seller shall promptly pay to such Affected Person, from
time to time as specified by such Affected Person, additional amounts sufficient
to compensate such Affected Person for such increased costs. A certificate as to
such amounts submitted to the Seller and the Administrator by such Affected
Person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

         (c) If such increased costs affect the related Affected Person's
portfolio of financing transactions, such Affected Person shall use reasonable
averaging and attribution methods to allocate such increased costs to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

         Section 1.8. Requirements of Law. If any Affected Person reasonably
determines that the existence of or compliance with: (a) any law or regulation
or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each
case adopted, issued or occurring after the date hereof, or (b) any request,
guideline or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law) issued or occurring after the date of
this Agreement:

                  (i) does or shall subject such Affected Person to any tax of
         any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any increase in the
         Purchased Interest or in the amount of Capital relating thereto, or
         does or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to such Affected
         Person on account of Collections, Discount or any other amounts payable
         hereunder (excluding taxes imposed on the overall pre-tax net income of
         such Affected Person, and franchise taxes imposed on such Affected
         Person, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Affected
         Person is organized or a political subdivision thereof),

                  (ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any
         reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement
         against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the
         account of, purchases, advances or loans by, or other credit extended
         by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Affected
         Person that are not otherwise included in the determination of the
         Euro-Rate or the Base Rate hereunder, or

                  (iii) does or shall impose on such Affected Person any other
         condition,

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and the result of any of the foregoing is: (A) to increase the cost to such
Affected Person of acting as Administrator, or of agreeing to purchase or
purchasing or maintaining the ownership of undivided percentage ownership
interests with regard to the Purchased Interest (or interests therein) or any
Portion of Capital, or (B) to reduce any amount receivable hereunder (whether
directly or indirectly), then, in any such case, without duplication to any
amounts paid or payable pursuant to Section 1.7 upon demand by such Affected
Person, the Seller shall promptly pay to such Affected Person additional amounts
necessary to compensate such Affected Person for such additional cost or reduced
amount receivable. All such amounts shall be payable as incurred. A certificate
from such Affected Person to the Seller and the Administrator certifying, in
reasonably specific detail, the basis for, calculation of, and amount of such
additional costs or reduced amount receivable shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error; provided, however, that no Affected
Person shall be required to disclose any confidential or tax planning
information in any such certificate.

         Section 1.9. Inability to Determine Euro-Rate. (a) If the Administrator
determines before the first day of any Settlement Period (which determination
shall be final and conclusive) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the
interbank eurodollar market generally, deposits in dollars (in the relevant
amounts for such Settlement Period) are not being offered to banks in the
interbank eurodollar market for such Settlement Period, or adequate means do not
exist for ascertaining the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period, then the
Administrator shall give notice thereof to the Seller. Thereafter, until the
Administrator notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension no longer exist, (a) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the
Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (b) the Discount for
any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate determined
by reference to the Euro-Rate shall, on the last day of the then current
Settlement Period, be converted to the Alternate Rate determined by reference to
the Base Rate.

         (b) If, on or before the first day of any Settlement Period, the
Administrator shall have been notified by any Purchaser that, such Purchaser has
determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive) that, any
enactment, promulgation or adoption of or any change in any applicable law, rule
or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by
a governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Purchaser with
any guideline, request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of
any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or
impossible for such Purchaser to fund or maintain any Portion of Capital at the
Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate, the Administrator shall notify the
Seller thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, until the Administrator notifies
the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer
apply, (a) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the Alternate Rate
determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (b) the Discount for any
outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate determined by
reference to the Euro-Rate shall be converted to the Alternate Rate determined
by reference to the Base Rate either (i) on the last day of the then current
Settlement Period if such Purchaser may lawfully continue to maintain such
Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the
Euro-Rate to such day, or (ii)

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immediately, if such Purchaser may not lawfully continue to maintain such
Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the
Euro-Rate to such day.

                                   ARTICLE II.
          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS; TERMINATION EVENTS

         Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties; Covenants. Each of the
Seller, KSI and the Servicer hereby makes the representations and warranties,
and hereby agrees to perform and observe the covenants, applicable to it set
forth in Exhibits III and IV, respectively.

         Section 2.2. Termination Events. If any of the Termination Events set
forth in Exhibit V shall occur, the Administrator may, by notice to the Seller,
declare the Facility Termination Date to have occurred (in which case the
Facility Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred); provided, that
automatically upon the occurrence of any event (without any requirement for the
passage of time or the giving of notice) described in paragraph (f) of Exhibit
V, the Facility Termination Date shall occur. Upon any such declaration,
occurrence or deemed occurrence of the Facility Termination Date, the Issuer and
the Administrator shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they
may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided after
default under the Pennsylvania UCC and under other applicable law, which rights
and remedies shall be cumulative.

                                  ARTICLE III.
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

         Section 3.1. Indemnities by the Seller. Without limiting any other
rights that the Administrator, the Issuer, any Program Support Provider or any
of their respective Affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, counsel,
successors, transferees or assigns (each, an "Indemnified Party") may have
hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller hereby agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Party from and against any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs,
losses and liabilities (including Attorney Costs) (all of the foregoing being
collectively referred to as "Indemnified Amounts") arising out of or resulting
from this Agreement (whether directly or indirectly), the use of proceeds of
purchases or reinvestments, the ownership of the Purchased Interest, or any
interest therein, or in respect of any Receivable, Related Security or Contract,
excluding, however: (a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party or its
officers, directors, agents or counsel, (b) recourse (except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Section 3.1) for collectibility or performance of
the Receivables, and (c) Indemnified Amounts resulting from any act or failure
to act by any Obligor in violation of the applicable Contract, or (d) any
overall net income taxes or franchise taxes imposed on such Indemnified Party by
the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Indemnified Party is organized or
any political subdivision thereof. Without limiting or being

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limited by the foregoing, and subject to the exclusions set forth in the
preceding sentence, the Seller shall pay on demand (which demand shall be
accompanied by documentation of the Indemnified Amounts, in reasonable detail)
to each Indemnified Party any and all amounts necessary to indemnify such
Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts relating to
or resulting from any of the following:

                  (i) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation
         of the Net Receivables Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an
         Eligible Receivable, the failure of any information contained in an
         Information Package to be true and correct, or the failure of any other
         information provided to the Issuer or the Administrator with respect to
         Receivables or this Agreement to be true and correct,

                  (ii) the failure of any representation, warranty or statement
         made or deemed made by the Seller (or any of its officers) under or in
         connection with this Agreement to have been true and correct as of the
         date made or deemed made in all material respects when made,

                  (iii) the failure by the Seller to comply with any applicable
         law, rule or regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the
         related Contract, or the failure of any Pool Receivable or the related
         Contract to conform to any such applicable law, rule or regulation,

                  (iv) the failure to vest in the Issuer a valid and
         enforceable: (A) perfected undivided percentage ownership interest, to
         the extent of the Purchased Interest, in the Receivables in, or
         purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool and the other Pool Assets, or
         (B) first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in
         each case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim,

                  (v) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing,
         financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under
         the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with
         respect to any Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables
         Pool and the other Pool Assets, whether at the time of any purchase or
         reinvestment or at any subsequent time,

                  (vi) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than
         discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment
         of any Receivable in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool
         (including a defense based on such Receivable or the related Contract
         not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor
         enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other
         claim resulting from the sale of the goods or services related to such
         Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such goods or
         services or relating to collection activities with respect to such
         Receivable (if such collection activities were performed by the Seller
         or any of its Affiliates acting as Servicer or by any agent or
         independent contractor retained by the Seller or any of its
         Affiliates),

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                  (vii) any failure of the Seller (or any of its Affiliates
         acting as the Servicer) to perform its duties or obligations in
         accordance with the provisions hereof or under the Contracts,

                  (viii) any products liability or other claim, investigation,
         litigation or proceeding arising out of or in connection with
         merchandise, insurance or services that are the subject of any
         Contract,

                  (ix) the commingling of Collections at any time with other
         funds,

                  (x) the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments, or

                  (xi) any reduction in Capital as a result of the distribution
         of Collections pursuant to Section 1.4(d), if all or a portion of such
         distributions shall thereafter be rescinded or otherwise must be
         returned for any reason.

         Section 3.2. Indemnities by the Servicer. Without limiting any other
rights that the Administrator, the Issuer or any other Indemnified Party may
have hereunder or under applicable law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify
each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts arising
out of or resulting from (whether directly or indirectly): (a) the failure of
any information contained in an Information Package to be true and correct, or
the failure of any other information provided to the Issuer or the Administrator
by, or on behalf of, the Servicer to be true and correct, (b) the failure of any
representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by the Servicer (or
any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement to have been
true and correct as of the date made or deemed made in all material respects
when made, (c) the failure by the Servicer to comply with any applicable law,
rule or regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related Contract,
(d) any dispute, claim, offset or defense of the Obligor to the payment of any
Receivable in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool resulting from or
related to the collection activities with respect to such Receivable, or (e) any
failure of the Servicer to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with
the provisions hereof or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party,
(f) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or
other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable
jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any Receivables, in or
purporting to be in the Receivables Pool and any other Pool Assets, whether at
the time of any purchase or reinvestment or at any subsequent time, or (g) any
commingling by the Servicer of Collections at any time with other funds.

                                   ARTICLE IV.
                         ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS

         Section 4.1. Appointment of the Servicer. (a) The servicing,
administering and collection of the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the
Person so designated from time to time as the Servicer in accordance with this
Section. Until the Administrator gives notice to KSI (in accordance

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with this Section) of the designation of a new Servicer, KSI is hereby
designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the
Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. Upon the occurrence of a Termination
Event, the Administrator may designate as Servicer any Person (including itself)
to succeed KSI or any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any
such Person so designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of
the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

         (b) Upon the designation of a successor Servicer as set forth in clause
(a), KSI agrees that it will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in
an orderly manner that the Administrator determines will facilitate the
transition of the performance of such activities to the new Servicer, and KSI
shall reasonably cooperate with and assist such new Servicer. Such cooperation
shall include all reasonable actions to permit access to and transfer of related
records and use by the new Servicer of all licenses, hardware or software
necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security.

         (c) KSI acknowledges that, in making their decision to execute and
deliver this Agreement, the Administrator and the Issuer have relied on KSI's
agreement to act as Servicer hereunder. Accordingly, KSI agrees that it will not
voluntarily resign as Servicer.

         (d) The Servicer may delegate its duties and obligations hereunder to
any subservicer (each a "Sub-Servicer"); provided, that, in each such
delegation: (i) such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing to perform the duties
and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the Servicer
shall remain primarily liable for the performance of the duties and obligations
so delegated, (iii) the Seller, the Administrator and the Issuer shall have the
right to look solely to the Servicer for performance, and (iv) the terms of any
agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the Administrator may
terminate such agreement upon the termination of the Servicer hereunder by
giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to the Servicer (and the
Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to each such Sub-Servicer); provided,
however, that if any such delegation is to any Person other than an Originator,
the Administrator shall have consented in writing in advance to such delegation
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

         Section 4.2. Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall take or
cause to be taken all such action as may be necessary or advisable to administer
and collect each Pool Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with this
Agreement and all applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care
and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies. The
Servicer shall set aside, for the accounts of the Seller and the Issuer, the
amount of the Collections to which each is entitled in accordance with Article
I. The Servicer may, in accordance with the applicable Credit and Collection
Policy, extend the maturity of any Pool Receivable (but not beyond 30 days) and
extend the maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Defaulted
Receivable as the Servicer may determine to be appropriate to maximize
Collections thereof; provided, however, that: for the purposes of this
Agreement, (i) such extension shall not change the number of days such Pool
Receivable has remained unpaid from the date of the original due date related to
such Pool Receivable, (ii) such extension or adjustment shall not alter the
status of such Pool Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted
Receivable or limit the rights of the Issuer or the

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Administrator under this Agreement and (iii) if a Termination Event has occurred
and KSI or an Affiliate thereof is serving as the Servicer, KSI or such
Affiliate may make such extension or adjustment only upon the prior approval of
the Administrator. The Seller shall deliver to the Servicer and the Servicer
shall hold for the benefit of the Seller and the Administrator (individually and
for the benefit of the Issuer), in accordance with their respective interests,
all records and documents (including computer tapes or disks) with respect to
each Pool Receivable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
the Administrator may direct the Servicer (whether the Servicer is KSI or any
other Person) to commence or settle any legal action to enforce collection of
any Pool Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security;
provided, that unless so directed by the Administrator, the Servicer shall have
no obligation to commence or settle any such legal action.

         (b) The Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following actual receipt
of collected funds, turn over to the Seller the collections of any indebtedness
that is not a Pool Receivable, less, if KSI or an Affiliate thereof is not the
Servicer, all reasonable and appropriate out-of-pocket costs and expenses of
such Servicer of servicing, collecting and administering such collections. The
Servicer, if other than KSI or an Affiliate thereof, shall, as soon as
practicable upon demand, deliver to the Seller all records in its possession
that evidence or relate to any indebtedness that is not a Pool Receivable, and
copies of records in its possession that evidence or relate to any indebtedness
that is a Pool Receivable.

         (c) The Servicer's obligations hereunder shall terminate on the later
of: (i) the Facility Termination Date and (ii) the date on which all amounts
required to be paid to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified
Party or Affected Person hereunder shall have been paid in full.

         After such termination, if KSI or an Affiliate thereof was not the
Servicer on the date of such termination, the Servicer shall promptly deliver to
the Seller all books, records and related materials that the Seller previously
provided to the Servicer, or that have been obtained by the Servicer, in
connection with this Agreement.

         Section 4.3. Lock-Box Arrangements. Within 30 days from the initial
purchase hereunder, the Seller shall enter into Lock-Box Agreements with all of
the Lock-Box Banks and deliver original counterparts thereof to the
Administrator. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Administrator may
at any time thereafter give notice to each Lock-Box Bank that the Administrator
is exercising its rights under the Lock-Box Agreements to do any or all of the
following: (a) to have the exclusive ownership and control of the Lock-Box
Accounts transferred to the Administrator and to exercise exclusive dominion and
control over the funds deposited therein (b) to have the proceeds that are sent
to the respective Lock-Box Accounts redirected pursuant to the Administrator's
instructions rather than deposited in the applicable Lock-Box Account, and (c)
to take any or all other actions permitted under the applicable Lock-Box
Agreement. The Seller hereby agrees that if the Administrator at any time takes
any action set forth in the preceding sentence, the Administrator shall have
exclusive control of the proceeds (including Collections) of all Pool
Receivables and the Seller hereby further agrees to take any other action that
the Administrator may

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reasonably request to transfer such control. Any proceeds of Pool Receivables
received by the Seller or the Servicer thereafter shall be sent immediately to
the Administrator. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that if at any time the
Administrator takes control of any Lock-Box Account, the Administrator shall not
have any rights to the funds therein in excess of the unpaid amounts due to the
Administrator, the Issuer or any other Person hereunder, and the Administrator
shall distribute or cause to be distributed such funds in accordance with
Section 4.2(b) and Article I (in each case as if such funds were held by the
Servicer thereunder).

         Section 4.4. Enforcement Rights. (a) At any time following the
occurrence of a Termination Event:

                  (i) the Administrator may direct the Obligors that payment of
         all amounts payable under any Pool Receivable is to be made directly to
         the Administrator or its designee,

                  (ii) the Administrator may instruct the Seller or the Servicer
         to give notice of the Issuer's interest in Pool Receivables to each
         Obligor, which notice shall direct that payments be made directly to
         the Administrator or its designee, and the Seller or the Servicer, as
         the case may be, shall give such notice at the expense of the Seller or
         the Servicer, as the case may be; provided, that if the Seller or the
         Servicer, as the case may be, fails to so notify each Obligor, the
         Administrator (at the Seller's or the Servicer's, as the case may be,
         expense) may so notify the Obligors, and

                  (iii) the Administrator may request the Servicer to, and upon
         such request the Servicer shall: (A) assemble all of the records
         necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related
         Security, and transfer or license to a successor Servicer the use of
         all software necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and
         the Related Security, and make the same available to the Administrator
         or its designee at a place selected by the Administrator, and (B)
         segregate all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from
         time to time constituting Collections in a manner acceptable to the
         Administrator and, promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks
         and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of
         transfer, to the Administrator or its designee.

         (b) The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrator, and irrevocably
appoints the Administrator as its attorney-in-fact with full power of
substitution and with full authority in the place and stead of the Seller, which
appointment is coupled with an interest, to take any and all steps in the name
of the Seller and on behalf of the Seller necessary or desirable, in the
determination of the Administrator, to collect any and all amounts or portions
thereof due under any and all Pool Assets, including endorsing the name of the
Seller on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing
such Pool Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
subsection, (i) the Administrator agrees that it will refrain from taking any
such steps until the occurrence of a Termination Event and (ii) none of the
powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall subject such attorney-in-fact to any liability if any action taken by it
shall prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they confer any obligations
upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner whatsoever; provided, however, that the
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relieved of any liability it might otherwise have to any party hereunder for its
own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

         Section 4.5. Responsibilities of the Seller. (a) Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Seller shall: (i) perform all of its obligations,
if any, under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables to the same extent
as if interests in such Pool Receivables had not been transferred hereunder, and
the exercise by the Administrator or the Issuer of their respective rights
hereunder shall not relieve the Seller from such obligations, and (ii) pay when
due any taxes, including any sales taxes payable in connection with the Pool
Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. The Administrator and the
Issuer shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Pool
Asset, nor shall either of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations
of the Seller, KSI or the Originator thereunder.

         (b) KSI hereby irrevocably agrees that if at any time it shall cease to
be the Servicer hereunder, it shall act (if the then-current Servicer so
requests) as the data-processing agent of the Servicer and, in such capacity,
KSI shall conduct the data-processing functions of the administration of the
Receivables and the Collections thereon in substantially the same way that KSI
conducted such data-processing functions while it acted as the Servicer.

         Section 4.6. Servicing Fee. (a) Subject to clause (b), the Servicer
shall be paid a fee equal to 1.0% per annum (the "Servicing Fee Rate") of the
daily average aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Pool Receivables. The
Issuer's Share of such fee shall be paid through the distributions contemplated
by Section 1.4(d), and the Seller's Share of such fee shall be paid by the
Seller on each Settlement Date.

         (b) If the Servicer ceases to be KSI or an Affiliate thereof, the
servicing fee shall be the greater of: (i) the amount calculated pursuant to
clause (a), and (ii) an alternative amount specified by the successor Servicer
not to exceed 110% of the aggregate reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
such successor Servicer in connection with the performance of its obligations as
Servicer.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         Section 5.1. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or consent to any departure
by the Seller or the Servicer therefrom, shall be effective unless in a writing
signed by the Administrator, and, in the case of any amendment, by the other
parties thereto; and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No
failure on the part of the Issuer or the Administrator to exercise, and no delay
in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

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         Section 5.2. Notices, Etc. (i) All notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing
(including facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by
certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, to the intended party at the
mailing address or facsimile number of such party set forth under its name on
the signature pages hereof or at such other address or facsimile number as shall
be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All
such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if personally delivered,
when received, (ii) if sent by certified mail three (3) Business Days after
having been deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, and (iii) if transmitted by
facsimile, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means (and
shall be followed by a hard copy sent by first class mail).

         Section 5.3. Assignability. (a) This Agreement and the Issuer's rights
and obligations herein (including ownership of the Purchased Interest or an
interest therein) shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Issuer and
its successors and assigns with the prior written consent of the Seller;
provided, however, that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and
provided further, that no such consent shall be required if the assignment is
made to PNC, any Affiliate of PNC (other than a director or officer of PNC), any
Purchaser or other Program Support Provider or any Person that is: (i) in the
business of issuing Notes and (ii) associated with or administered by PNC or any
Affiliate of PNC. Each assignor may, in connection with the assignment, disclose
to the applicable assignee (that shall have agreed to be bound by Section 5.6)
any information relating to the Servicer, the Seller or the Pool Receivables
furnished to such assignor by or on behalf of the Servicer, the Seller, the
Issuer or the Administrator. The Administrator shall give prior written notice
of any assignment of the Issuer's rights and obligations (including ownership of
the Purchased Interest to any Person other than a Program Support Provider).

         (b) The Issuer may at any time grant to one or more banks or other
institutions (each a "Purchaser") party to the Liquidity Agreement, or to any
other Program Support Provider, participating interests in the Purchased
Interest. In the event of any such grant by the Issuer of a participating
interest to a Purchaser or other Program Support Provider, the Issuer shall
remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder. The Seller
agrees that each Purchaser or other Program Support Provider shall be entitled
to the benefits of Sections 1.7 and 1.8.

         (c) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Administrator
hereunder shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Administrator and its
successors and assigns; provided, that unless: (i) such assignment is to an
Affiliate of PNC, (ii) it becomes unlawful for PNC to serve as the Administrator
or (iii) a Termination Event exists, the Seller has consented to such
assignment, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

         (d) Except as provided in Section 4.1(d), none of the Seller, KSI or
the Servicer may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder or any
interest herein without the prior written consent of the Administrator.

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         (e) Without limiting any other rights that may be available under
applicable law, the rights of the Issuer may be enforced through it or by its
agents.

         Section 5.4. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. (a) In addition to the rights
of indemnification granted under Section 3.1, the Seller agrees to pay on demand
(which demand shall be accompanied by documentation thereof in reasonable
detail) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration (including periodic internal audits by
the Administrator of Pool Receivables) of this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents and the other documents and agreements to be delivered hereunder (and
all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with any amendment, waiver or
modification of any thereof), including: (i) Attorney Costs for the
Administrator, the Issuer and their respective Affiliates and agents with
respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrator, the Issuer and
their respective Affiliates and agents as to their rights and remedies under
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and (ii) all reasonable
costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs), if any, of the Administrator, the
Issuer and their respective Affiliates and agents in connection with the
enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

         (b) In addition, the Seller shall pay on demand any and all stamp and
other taxes and fees payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing
and recording of this Agreement or the other documents or agreements to be
delivered hereunder, and agrees to save each Indemnified Party harmless from and
against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or
omission to pay such taxes and fees (except as otherwise provided in Section
3.1(d)).

         Section 5.5. No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments. Each of the
Seller, KSI, the Servicer, the Administrator, each assignee of the Purchased
Interest or any interest therein, and each Person that enters into a commitment
to purchase the Purchased Interest or interests therein, hereby covenants and
agrees that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in
instituting against, the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any federal or
state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the latest
maturing Note issued by the Issuer is paid in full. The provision of this
Section 5.5 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

        Section 5.6. Confidentiality. Unless otherwise required by applicable
law, each of the Seller and the Servicer agrees to maintain the confidentiality
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and all drafts thereof)
in communications with third parties and otherwise; provided, that this
Agreement may be disclosed to: (a) third parties to the extent such disclosure
is made pursuant to a written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator, and (b) the Seller's legal counsel
and auditors if they agree to hold it confidential. Unless otherwise required by
applicable law, each of the Administrator and the Issuer agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of non-public financial information regarding KSI and its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; provided, that such information may be disclosed
to: (i) third parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a
written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to KSI, (ii) legal counsel and auditors of the Issuer or the
Administrator if they agree to hold it confidential, (iii) the rating agencies
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Program Support Provider or potential Program Support Provider (if they agree to
hold it confidential), (v) any placement agent placing the Notes and (vi) any
regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over PNC, the Issuer, any Program
Support Provider or any Purchaser.

         Section 5.7. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY OR
PERFECTION OF A SECURITY INTEREST OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY
PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

         (b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY
BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OR OF THE UNITED
STATES FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; AND, BY EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND
IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED
ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES
PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH SERVICE MAY
BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY PENNSYLVANIA LAW.

         Section 5.8. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed
to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one
and the same agreement.

         Section 5.9. Survival of Termination. The provisions of Sections 1.7,
1.8, 3.1, 3.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.10 and 5.13 shall survive any termination
of this Agreement.

         Section 5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED
UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE
BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES, WHETHER WITH
RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL
WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY

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OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING
THAT SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.

         Section 5.11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between the
parties hereto, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements and
understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject
matter hereof and thereof, except for any prior arrangements made with respect
to the payment by the Issuer of (or any indemnification for) any fees, costs or
expenses payable to or incurred (or to be incurred) by or on behalf of the
Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator.

         Section 5.12. Headings. The captions and headings of this Agreement and
any Exhibit, Schedule or Annex hereto are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the interpretation hereof or thereof.

         Section 5.13. Issuer's, Administrator's, Seller's and Servicer's
Liabilities. The obligations of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller and
the Servicer under the Transaction Documents are solely the corporate
obligations of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller and the Servicer,
respectively. No recourse shall be had for any obligation or claim arising out
of or based upon any Transaction Document against any stockholder, employee,
officer, director or incorporator of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller
or the Servicer; provided, however, that this Section shall not relieve any such
Person of any liability it might otherwise have for its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.

         Section 5.14. Tax Characterization. Each party to this Agreement (a)
acknowledges and agrees that it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement
that, for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes only, the
Purchaser's Interest will be treated as evidence of indebtedness secured by the
Receivables and proceeds thereof, and (b) agrees to treat the Purchaser's
Interest for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes as
indebtedness, and (c) agrees that the provisions of this Agreement and all
related Transaction Documents shall be construed to further these intentions of
the Parties.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first above written.

                              KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

                              By:  /s/  Clifford G. Sprague
                                 -------------------------------------------
                                 Name:  CLIFFORD G. SPRAGUE
                                 Title: VICE PRESIDENT

                                 Address:
                                        KSI Funding Corporation
                                        2101 Blair Mill Road
                                        Willow Grove, PA 19090

                                 Attention: Robert Amweg
                                 Telephone: (215) 784-6541
                                 Facsimile: (215) 784-6180

                              KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.

                              By:  /s/  Robert F. Amweg
                                 -------------------------------------------
                                 Name:  ROBERT F. AMWEG
                                 Title: VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER

                                 Address:
                                        Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
                                        2101 Blair Mill Road
                                        Willow Grove, PA 19090

                                 Attention: Robert Amweg
                                 Telephone: (215) 784-6541
                                 Facsimile: (215) 784-6180

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                              MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION

                              By:  /s/  Evelyn Echevarria
                                 -------------------------------------------
                                 Name:  EVELYN ECHEVARRIA
                                 Title: VICE PRESIDENT

                                 Address:
                                        Market Street Funding Corporation
                                        c/o AMACAR Group, LLC
                                        6525 Morrison Boulevard, Suite 318
                                        Charlotte, North Carolina  28211

                                        Attention: Douglas K. Johnson
                                        Telephone No.: (704) 365-0569
                                        Facsimile No.: (704) 365-1362

                                 With a copy to:

                                        PNC Bank, National Association
                                        One PNC Plaza
                                        249 Fifth Avenue
                                        Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15222-2707
                                        Attention: John T. Smathers
                                        Telephone No.: (412) 762-6440
                                        Facsimile No.: (412) 762-9184

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                              PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                 as Administrator

                              By:  /s/  John Smathers
                                 -------------------------------------------
                                 Name:  John Smathers
                                 Title: Vice President

                                 Address:
                                        PNC Bank, National Association
                                        One PNC Plaza
                                        249 Fifth Avenue
                                        Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15222-2707
                                        Attention: John T. Smathers
                                        Telephone No.: (412) 762-6440
                                        Facsimile No.: (412) 762-9184

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                                    EXHIBIT I
                                   DEFINITIONS

         As used in the Agreement (including its Exhibits, Schedules and
Annexes), the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings
to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined). Unless otherwise indicated, all Section, Annex, Exhibit and Schedule
references in this Exhibit are to Sections of and Annexes, Exhibits and
Schedules to the Agreement.

         "Administration Account" means the account (account number 1002422076,
ABA number 043000096) of the Administrator maintained at the office of PNC at
One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707, or such
other account as may be so designated in writing by the Administrator to the
Servicer.

         "Administrator" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the
Agreement.

         "Adverse Claim" means a lien, security interest or other charge or
encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement; it being understood
that any thereof in favor of, or assigned to, (a) the Issuer or the
Administrator (for the benefit of the Issuer) shall not constitute an Adverse
Claim and (b) PNC, as agent pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement dated
as of December 21, 2000, as amended by the Amendment to Pledge Agreement dated
as of April 17, 2001 between PNC, as agent and KSI as pledgor, shall not
constitute an Adverse Claim.

         "Affected Person" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7 of the
Agreement.

         "Affiliate" means, as to any Person: (a) any Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with
such Person, or (b) who is a director or officer: (i) of such Person or (ii) of
any Person described in clause (a), except that, with respect to the Issuer,
Affiliate shall mean the holder(s) of its capital stock. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect: (x) to
vote 25% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors or managers of such Person, or (y) to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such Person, in either case whether by
ownership of securities, contract, proxy or otherwise.

         "Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

         "Alternate Rate" for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital
of the Purchased Interest means an interest rate per annum equal to: (a) 1.50%
per annum above the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period; provided, however,
that if (x) it shall become unlawful for any Purchaser or Program Support
Provider to obtain funds in the London interbank eurodollar market in order to
make, fund or maintain any Purchased Interest, or if such funds shall not be
reasonably available to any Purchaser or Program Support Provider, or (y) there
shall not be at least two Business Days

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prior to the commencement of an applicable Settlement Period to determine a
Euro-Rate in accordance with its terms, then the "Alternate Rate" shall be equal
to the Base Rate in effect for each day during the remainder of such Settlement
Period or (b) if requested by the Seller the Base Rate for such Settlement
Period; provided, however, that the "Alternate Rate" for any day while a
Termination Event exists shall be an interest rate equal to 2.00% per annum
above the Base Rate in effect on such day.

         "Attorney Costs" means and includes all reasonable fees and
disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel.

         "Bankruptcy Code" means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
(11 U.S.C. Section 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.

         "Base Rate" means, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal
to the higher of:

                  (a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
         announced from time to time by PNC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as its
         "prime rate." Such "prime rate" is set by PNC based upon various
         factors, including PNC's costs and desired return, general economic
         conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for
         pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such
         announced rate, and

                  (b) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds Rate.

         "BBA" means the British Bankers' Association.

         "Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit pension plan as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA in respect of which the Seller, the Originator, KSI or any
ERISA Affiliate is, or at any time during the immediately preceding six years
was, an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

         "Business Day" means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which: (a) banks are not authorized or required to close in New York City, New
York or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and (b) if this definition of "Business Day"
is utilized in connection with the Euro-Rate, dealings are carried out in the
London interbank market.

         "Capital" means the amount paid to the Seller in respect of the
Purchased Interest by the Issuer pursuant to the Agreement, or such amount
divided or combined in order to determine the Discount applicable to any Portion
of Capital, in each case reduced from time to time by Collections distributed
and applied on account of such Capital pursuant to Section 1.4(d) of the
Agreement; provided, that if such Capital shall have been reduced by any
distribution, and thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded
or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Capital shall be increased by
the amount of such rescinded or returned distribution as though it had not been
made.

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         "Change in Control" means that (a) KSI, ceases to own, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of the Seller free and clear of all
Adverse Claims and (b) KSI, ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
capital stock of the Originators free and clear of all Adverse Claims.

         "Closing Date" means April 19, 2001.

         "Collections" means, with respect to any Pool Receivable: (a) all funds
that are received by any Originator, KSI, the Seller or the Servicer in payment
of any amounts owed in respect of such Receivable (including purchase price,
finance charges, interest and all other charges), or applied to amounts owed in
respect of such Receivable (including insurance payments and net proceeds of the
sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property
of the related Obligor or any other Person directly or indirectly liable for the
payment of such Pool Receivable and available to be applied thereon), (b) all
amounts deemed to have been received pursuant to Section 1.4(e) of the Agreement
and (c) all other proceeds of such Pool Receivable.

         "Company Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.

         "Concentration Percentage" means for any: (a) Group A Obligor, 16.00%,
(b) Group B Obligor, 16.00%, (c) Group C Obligor 8.00% and (d) Group D Obligor,
4.00%.

         "Concentration Reserve" means, at any time: (a) the aggregate Capital
at such time multiplied by (b)(i) the Concentration Reserve Percentage, divided
by (ii) 100%, minus the Concentration Reserve Percentage.

         "Concentration Reserve Percentage" means, at any time, the largest of:
(a) the sum of four largest Group D Obligor Percentages, (b) the sum of the two
largest Group C Obligor Percentages and (c) the largest Group B Obligor
Percentage or Group A Obligor Percentage.

         "Contract" means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all
contracts, instruments, agreements, leases, invoices, notes or other writings
pursuant to which such Receivable arises or that evidence such Receivable or
under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in respect of
such Receivable.

         "Country Concentration Percentage" means for any: (a) Group A Foreign
Country, 40.00%, (b) Group B Foreign Country, 20.00%, (c) Group C Foreign
Country 10.00% and (d) Group D Foreign Country 5.00%; provided that, if the
Philippines shall be considered a Group D Foreign Country, the percentage
applicable to the Philippines shall be the sum of (i) 5%; plus (ii) the
percentage of Eligible Receivables (not to exceed 4%) represented by AMKOR
Technology, Inc. so long as KSI is the beneficiary of a performance guarantee
from AMKOR Technology, Inc. in a form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrator.

         "CP Rate" for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital means a
rate calculated by the Administrator equal to: (a) the rate (or if more than one
rate, the weighted average of the rates)

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at which Notes of the Issuer on each day during such period have been
outstanding; provided, that if such rate(s) is a discount rate(s), then the CP
Rate shall be the rate (or if more than one rate, the weighted average of the
rates) resulting from converting such discount rate(s) to an interest-bearing
equivalent rate plus (b) the commissions and charges charged by such placement
agent or commercial paper dealer with respect to such Notes, expressed as a
percentage of the face amount of such Notes and converted to an interest-bearing
equivalent rate per annum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the "CP Rate" for any
day while a Termination Event exists shall be an interest rate equal to 2% above
the Base Rate in effect on such day.

         "Credit and Collection Policy" means, as the context may require, those
receivables credit and collection policies and practices of each Originator in
effect on the date of the Agreement and described in Schedule I to the
Agreement, as modified in compliance with the Agreement.

         "Current Days' Sales Outstanding" means, for any Fiscal Month, an
amount computed as of the last day of such Fiscal Month equal to: (a) the
average of the Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables that are not past
their respective due date as of the last day of the most recent three Fiscal
Months divided by (b)(i) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator
during the most recent three Fiscal Months divided by (ii) 90.

         "Cut-off Date" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.

         "Debt" means: (a) indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c)
obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, (d)
obligations as lessee under leases that shall have been or should be, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital
leases, and (e) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of,
and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (d).

         "Defaulted Receivable" means a Receivable:

         (a) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more
than 150 days from the original due date for such payment, or

         (b) without duplication (i) as to which an Insolvency Proceeding shall
have occurred with respect to the Obligor thereof or any other Person obligated
thereon or owning any Related Security with respect thereto, or (ii) that has
been written off the Seller's books as uncollectible.

         "Default Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded
to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of
the last day of each Fiscal Month by dividing: (a) the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Pool Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables during such
month, by (b) (i) at all times during which the Current Days' Sales Outstanding
is less than or equal to 45, the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator
during the

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month that is six Fiscal Months before such month and (ii) at all other times,
the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the month that is seven
Fiscal Months before such month.

         "Default Event" means (i) KSI or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to
pay any principal of or premium or interest on any of its Debt that is
outstanding in a principal amount of at least $5,000,000 in the aggregate when
the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement, mortgage,
indenture or instrument relating to such Debt (and shall have not been waived);
or (ii) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any
agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall
continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement,
mortgage, indenture or instrument (and shall have not been waived), if, the
effect of such, event or condition is to give the applicable debtholders the
right (whether acted upon or not) to accelerate the maturity of such Debt.

         "Delinquency Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and
rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed
as of the last day of each Fiscal Month by dividing: (a) the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables that were Delinquent Receivables on
such day by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables on
such day.

         "Delinquent Receivable" means a Receivable as to which any payment, or
part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 90 days from the original due date
for such payment.

         "Dilution Horizon" means, for any Fiscal Month, the ratio (expressed as
a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1%
rounded upward) computed as of the last day of such Fiscal Month of: (a) the
aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the two most recent Fiscal
Months to (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables at
the last day of the most recent Fiscal Month.

         "Dilution Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded
to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward), computed as
of the last day of each Fiscal Month by dividing: (a) the aggregate amount of
payments required to be made by the Seller pursuant to Section 1.4(e)(i) of the
Agreement, other than payments related to the Specifically Reserved Dilution
Amount, during such Fiscal Month by (b) the aggregate credit sales made by the
Originator during the month that is one Fiscal Month before such month.

         "Dilution Reserve" means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the
Capital at the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b)
(i) the Dilution Reserve Percentage on such date, divided by (ii) 100% minus the
Dilution Reserve Percentage on such date.

         "Dilution Reserve Percentage" means on any date, the greater of (a)
3.00% and (b) the product of (i) the Dilution Horizon multiplied by (ii) the sum
of (x) 2 times the average of the Dilution Ratios for the twelve most recent
Fiscal Months and (y) the Spike Factor.

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         "Discount" means:

                  (a) for the Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period to
         the extent the Issuer will be funding such Portion of Capital during
         such Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes:

                                CPR x C x ED/360

                  (b) for the Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period to
         the extent the Issuer will not be funding such Portion of Capital
         during such Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes:

                              AR x C x ED/Year + TF

         where:

                  AR     =    the Alternate Rate for the Portion of Capital for
                              such Settlement Period,

                  C      =    the Portion of Capital during such Settlement
                              Period,

                  CPR    =    the CP Rate for the Portion of Capital for such
                              Settlement Period,

                  ED     =    the actual number of days during such Settlement
                              Period,

                  Year   =    if such Portion of Capital is funded based upon:
                              (i) the Euro-Rate, 360 days, and (ii) the Base
                              Rate, 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and

                  TF     =    the Termination Fee, if any, for the Portion of
                              Capital for such Settlement Period;

provided, that no provision of the Agreement shall require the payment or permit
the collection of Discount in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law;
and provided further, that Discount for the Portion of Capital shall not be
considered paid by any distribution to the extent that at any time all or a
portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any
reason.

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         "Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction" means a country (other than the United
States) as to which the Issuer and the Administrator have determined (a) that no
other actions need be taken in order to perfect the interests of the Seller,
KSI, any Originator, the Administrator and the Issuer as contemplated by the
Transaction Documents other than those required to be taken under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or (b) all the actions required to be
taken under the laws of such country in order to perfect the interests of the
Seller, KSI, any Originator, the Administrator and the Issuer as contemplated by
the Transaction Documents have been taken.

         "Eligible Foreign Obligor" means an Obligor (a) who is a resident of an
 Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction and (b) from whom the Servicer and the
 Administrator have received written acknowledgment from such Obligor or such
 other evidence satisfactory to the Administrator that such Obligor has received
 notice of the sale of the Receivables to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase
 and Sale Agreement, and the assignment of an undivided variable percentage
 interest in such Receivables and pledge of such Receivables to the Issuer
 pursuant to the Agreement.

         "Eligible Receivable" means, at any time, a Pool Receivable:

                  (a) the Obligor of which is (i) a (1) United States resident
         or (2) an Eligible Foreign Obligor; provided, however, that if the
         Obligor of such Pool Receivable is not a United States resident or an
         Eligible Foreign Obligor, such Receivable shall satisfy the
         requirements of clause (a)(i), if the Outstanding Balance of such
         Receivable when added to the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all other
         Eligible Receivables that are included in the calculation of Net
         Receivables Pool Balance at such time of Obligors that are not United
         States residents or Eligible Foreign Obligors does not exceed 15.00% of
         the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time as
         determined without giving effect to this proviso, (ii) not a government
         or a governmental subdivision, affiliate or agency, (iii) not subject
         to any action of the type described in paragraph (f) of Exhibit V to
         the Agreement and (iv) not an Affiliate of KSI,

                  (b) that is denominated and payable only in U.S. dollars in
         the United States,

                  (c) that does not have a stated maturity which is more than 60
         days after the original invoice date of such Receivable; provided,
         however, that up to 20% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
         Receivables may have a stated maturity which is more than 60 days but
         not more than 120 days after the original invoice date of such
         Receivable,

                  (d) that arises under a duly authorized Contract for the sale
         and delivery of goods and services in the ordinary course of the
         applicable Originator's business,

                  (e) that arises under a duly authorized Contract that is in
         full force and effect and that is a legal, valid and binding obligation
         of the related Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance
         with its terms,

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                  (f) that conforms in all material respects with all applicable
         laws, rulings and regulations in effect,

                  (g) that is not the subject of any asserted dispute, offset,
         hold back defense, Adverse Claim or other claim,

                  (h) that satisfies all applicable requirements of the
         applicable Credit and Collection Policy,

                  (i) that has not been modified, waived or restructured since
         its creation, except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.2 of the
         Agreement,

                  (j) in which the Seller owns good and marketable title, free
         and clear of any Adverse Claims, and that is freely assignable by the
         Seller (including without any consent of the related Obligor),

                  (k) for which the Issuer shall have a valid and enforceable
         undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of
         the Purchased Interest, and a valid and enforceable first priority
         perfected security interest therein and in the Related Security and
         Collections with respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any
         Adverse Claim,

                  (l) that constitutes an account as defined in the UCC, and
         that is not evidenced by instruments or chattel paper,

                  (m) that is neither a Defaulted Receivable nor a Delinquent
         Receivable,

                  (n) for which neither the Originator thereof, the Seller nor
         the Servicer has established any offset arrangements with the related
         Obligor,

                  (o) of an Obligor as to which Defaulted Receivables of such
         Obligor do not exceed 25% of the Outstanding Balance of all such
         Obligor's Receivables,

                  (p) that represents amounts earned and payable by the Obligor
         that are not subject to the performance of additional services by any
         Originator thereof, and

                  (q) if the Obligor of which is located in the Philippines, the
         Seller and the Originator of such Pool Receivable have complied with
         requirements set forth in Section 1(r) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement
         and Section 2(k) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement, respectively.

         "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, together
with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.

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         "ERISA Affiliate" means: (a) any corporation that is a member of the
same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code) as the Seller, any Originator or KSI, (b) a trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning
of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) with the Seller, any Originator
or KSI, or (c) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning
of Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code) as the Seller, any Originator,
any corporation described in clause (a) or any trade or business described in
clause (b).

         "Euro-Rate" means with respect to any Settlement Period the interest
rate per annum determined by the Administrator by dividing (the resulting
quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum)
(i) the rate of interest determined by the Administrator in accordance with its
usual procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)
to be the average of the London interbank market offered rates for U.S. dollars
quoted by the British Bankers' Association ("BBA") as set forth on Dow Jones
Markets Service (formerly known as Telerate) (or appropriate successor or, if
British Bankers' Association or its successor ceases to provide display page
3750 (or such other display page on the Dow Jones Markets Service system as may
replace display page 3750) at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business
Day which is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Settlement
Period for an amount comparable to the Portion of Capital to be funded at the
Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate during such Settlement Period by
(ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage. The
Euro-Rate may also be expressed by the following formula:

                         Average of London interbank offered rates quoted by BBA
                         as shown on Dow Jones Markets Service display page 3750
                         or appropriate successor

         Euro-Rate =     -------------------------------------------------------

                                    1.00 - Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage

where "Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage" means, the maximum effective percentage in
effect on such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements
(including without limitation, supplemental, marginal, and emergency reserve
requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency Liabilities"). The Euro-Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any
Portion of Capital funded at the Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate
that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the Euro-Rate Reserve
Percentage as of such effective date. The Administrator shall give prompt notice
to the Seller of the Euro-Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith
(which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).

         "Excess Concentration" means the sum of the amounts by which the
Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables of each Obligor then in the
Receivables Pool exceeds an amount equal to: (a) the Concentration Percentage
for such Obligor multiplied by (b) the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables then in the Receivables Pool.

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         "Excess Country Concentration" means the sum of the amounts by which
the Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables of each Eligible Foreign Obligor
then in the Receivables Pool exceeds an amount equal to: (a) the Country
Concentration Percentage for the country of such Eligible Foreign Obligor
multiplied by (b) the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in
the Receivables Pool.

         "Facility Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of: (a) April
14, 2004, (b) the date determined pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Agreement, (c)
the date the Purchase Limit reduces to zero pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the
Agreement, (d) the date that the commitments of the Purchasers terminate under
the Liquidity Agreement, and (e) the Issuer shall fail to cause the amendment or
modification of any Transaction Document or related opinion as required by
Moody's or Standard and Poor's, and such failure shall continue for 30 days
after such amendment is initially requested.

         "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the per annum rate set forth
in the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor
publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board (including any such
successor, "H.15(519)") for such day opposite the caption "Federal Funds
(Effective)." If on any relevant day such rate is not yet published in
H.15(519), the rate for such day will be the rate set forth in the daily
statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities, or any successor publication, published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor, the "Composite 3:30 p.m.
Quotations") for such day under the caption "Federal Funds Effective Rate." If
on any relevant day the appropriate rate is not yet published in either
H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations, the rate for such day will be
the arithmetic mean as determined by the Administrator of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged before 9:00 a.m. (New York time)
on that day by each of three leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in
New York City selected by the Administrator.

         "Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.

         "Fee Letter" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5 of the Agreement.

         "Fiscal Month" means, with respect to any date, the monthly period
designated with respect to such date on Schedule IV hereto, as such Schedule may
be modified or replaced from time to time.

         "Funding Base" means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
the Outstanding Balance of Receivables the Obligors of which are United States
residents, plus (b) the Outstanding Balance of Receivables the Obligor of which
is Advanced Semiconductor, Orient Semiconductor or such other Obligors approved
by the Administrator provided, that the obligations of such Obligors are
supported by letter of credit arrangements and provided, further, that PNC
provides documentary services for invoices supported by such letter of credit
arrangements, plus (c) without duplication, the Outstanding Balance of
Receivables the Obligors of which are residents of Hong Kong, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore Taiwan or such other countries as may be
mutually agreed

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upon by KSI and the Administrator and are Subsidiaries of United States
residents, provided, however, that the aggregate Outstanding Balance of such
Receivables described in this clause (c) shall not exceed $10,000,000 plus (d)
without duplication, the Outstanding Balance of Receivables the Obligors of
which are Subsidiaries of United States residents so long as KSI or any
Originator is the beneficiary of performance guarantees from such United States
residents in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator.

         "Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or
regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government, including any court, and any Person owned or controlled, through
stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

         "Group A Foreign Country" means any Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction with
a sovereign risk rating of at least: (a) "AA-" or better by Standard & Poor's
and (b) "Aa3" or better by Moody's.

         "Group B Foreign Country" means an Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction, not a
Group A Foreign Country, with a sovereign risk rating of at least: (a) "A-" to
"A+" by Standard & Poor's and (b) "A3" to "A1" by Moody's.

         "Group C Foreign Country" means an Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction, not a
Group A Foreign Country or a Group B Foreign Country, with a sovereign risk
rating of at least: (a) a rating of "BBB-" to "BBB+" by Standard & Poor's and
(b) "Baa3" to "Baa1" by Moody's.

         "Group D Foreign Country" means any Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction that
is not a Group A Foreign Country, Group B Foreign Country or Group C Foreign
Country.

         "Group A Obligor" means any Obligor with a short-term rating of at
least: (a) "A-1" by Standard & Poor's, or if such Obligor does not have a
short-term rating from Standard & Poor's, a rating of "A+" or better by Standard
& Poor's on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt
securities, and (b) "P-1" by Moody's, or if such Obligor does not have a
short-term rating from Moody's, "A1"or better by Moody's on its long-term senior
unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.

         "Group A Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group A
Obligor, the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
the Eligible Receivables of such Group A Obligor less any Excess Concentrations
of such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible Receivables at such time.

         "Group B Obligor" means an Obligor, not a Group A Obligor, with a
short-term rating of at least: (a) "A-2" by Standard & Poor's, or if such
Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor's, a rating of
"BBB+" to "A" by Standard & Poor's on its long-term senior unsecured and
uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) "P-2" by Moody's, or if such Obligor
does

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not have a short-term rating from Moody's, "Baa1" to "A2" by Moody's on its
long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.

         "Group B Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group B
Obligor, the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
the Eligible Receivables of such Group B Obligor less any Excess Concentrations
of such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible Receivables at such time.

         "Group C Obligor" means an Obligor, not a Group A Obligor or a Group B
Obligor, with a short-term rating of at least: (a) "A-3" by Standard & Poor's,
or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor's, a
rating of "BBB-" to "BBB" by Standard & Poor's on its long-term senior unsecured
and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) "P-3" by Moody's, or if such
Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody's, "Baa3" to "Baa2" by
Moody's on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.

         "Group C Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group C
Obligor, the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
the Eligible Receivables of such Group C Obligor less any Excess Concentrations
of such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible Receivables at such time.

         "Group D Obligor" means any Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor,
Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor.

         "Group D Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group D
Obligor: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of
such Group D Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of such Obligor, divided by
(b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.

         "Indemnified Amounts" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Agreement.

         "Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Agreement.

         "Independent Director" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(c) of
Exhibit IV to the Agreement.

         "Information Package" means a report, in substantially the form of
Annex A to the Agreement, furnished to the Administrator pursuant to the
Agreement.

         "Insolvency Proceeding" means: (a) any case, action or proceeding
before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up
or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors
of a Person, or composition, marshaling of assets for creditors of a Person, or
other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any
substantial portion of its

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creditors, in each of cases (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or
foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.

         "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, together
with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
References to sections of the Internal Revenue Code also refer to any successor
sections.

         "Issuer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

         "Issuer's Share" of any amount means such amount multiplied by the
Purchased Interest at the time of determination.

         "KSI" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

         "Liquidity Agent" means PNC in its capacity as the Liquidity Agent
pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement.

         "Liquidity Agreement" means the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement,
dated as of even date herewith, between the purchasers from time to time party
thereto, the Issuer and PNC, as Administrator and Liquidity Agent, as the same
may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

         "Lock-Box Account" means an account in the name of the Seller and
maintained by the Seller at a bank or other financial institution for the
purpose of receiving Collections.

         "Lock-Box Agreement" means an agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrator, among the Seller, the applicable Originator,
the Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer and a Lock-Box Bank.

         "Lock-Box Bank" means any of the banks or other financial institutions
holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.

         "Loss Reserve" means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital
at the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b)(i) the
Loss Reserve Percentage on such date divided by (ii) 100% minus the Loss Reserve
Percentage on such date.

         "Loss Reserve Percentage" means, on any date, the greater of: (a) 7.00%
or (b) the product of (i) 2 times (ii) the highest average of the Default Ratios
for any three consecutive Fiscal Months during the twelve most recent Fiscal
Months and (iii)(A)(1) at all times during which the Current Days' Sales
Outstanding is less than or equal to 45, the aggregate credit sales made by the
Originator during the five most recent Fiscal Months, and (2) at all other
times, the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the six most
recent Fiscal Months, divided by (B) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
Eligible Receivables as of such date.

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         "Material Adverse Effect" means, relative to any Person with respect to
any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on:

                  (a) the assets, operations, business or financial condition of
         such Person,

                  (b) the ability of any of such Person to perform its
         obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
         which it is a party,

                  (c) the validity or enforceability of any other Transaction
         Document, or the validity, enforceability or collectibility of a
         material portion of the Pool Receivables, or

                  (d) the status, perfection, enforceability or priority of the
         Issuer's or the Seller's interest in the Pool Assets.

         "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

         "Net Receivables Pool Balance" means, at any time: (a) the Outstanding
Balance of Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool minus (b) the sum
of (i) the Excess Concentration, (ii) the Excess Country Concentration and (iii)
the Specifically Reserved Dilution Amount.

         "Notes" means short-term promissory notes issued, or to be issued, by
the Issuer to fund its investments in accounts receivable or other financial
assets.

         "Obligor" means, with respect to any Receivable, the Person obligated
to make payments pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable.

         "Originator" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.

         "Originator Assignment Certificate" means the assignment, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase and Sale Agreement,
evidencing Seller's ownership of the Receivables generated by each Originator,
as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         "Outstanding Balance" of any Receivable at any time means the then
outstanding principal balance thereof.

         "Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.

         "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government or any
political subdivision or agency thereof.

         "PNC" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

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         "Pool Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d) of the
Agreement.

         "Pool Receivable" means a Receivable in the Receivables Pool.

         "Portion of Capital" means any separate portion of Capital being funded
or maintained by the Issuer (or its successors or permitted assigns) by
reference to a particular interest rate basis. In addition, at any time when the
Capital of the Purchased Interest is not divided into two or more such portions,
"Portion of Capital" means 100% of the Capital.

         "Program Support Agreement" means and includes the Liquidity Agreement
and any other agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider providing
for: (a) the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of the
Issuer, (b) the issuance of one or more surety bonds for which the Issuer is
obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings
thereunder, (c) the sale by the Issuer to any Program Support Provider of the
Purchased Interest (or portions thereof) and/or (d) the making of loans and/or
other extensions of credit to the Issuer in connection with the Issuer's
Receivables-securitization program contemplated in the Agreement, together with
any letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument issued thereunder (but
excluding any discretionary advance facility provided by the Administrator).

         "Program Support Provider" means and includes any Purchaser and any
other Person (other than any customer of the Issuer) now or hereafter extending
credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, or to
make purchases from, the Issuer pursuant to any Program Support Agreement.

         "Purchase and Sale Agreement" means the Purchase and Sale Agreement,
dated as of even date herewith, between the Seller, and each of the entities
listed on Schedule I thereto, as such agreement may be amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

         "Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         "Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         "Purchase Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) of the
Agreement.

         "Purchase and Sale Termination Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.4 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         "Purchase and Sale Termination Event" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

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         "Purchase Facility" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         "Purchase Limit" means $40,000,000, as such amount may be reduced
pursuant to Section 1.1(b)of the Agreement. References to the unused portion of
the Purchase Limit shall mean, at any time, the Purchase Limit minus the then
outstanding Capital.

         "Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         "Purchase Report" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         "Purchased Interest" means, at any time, the undivided percentage
ownership interest in: (a) each and every Pool Receivable now existing or
hereafter arising, (b) all Related Security with respect to such Pool
Receivables and (c) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such
Pool Receivables and Related Security. Such undivided percentage interest shall
be computed as:

                            Capital + Total Reserves
                          ----------------------------
                          Net Receivables Pool Balance

The Purchased Interest shall be determined from time to time pursuant to Section
1.3 of the Agreement.

         "Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b) of the
Agreement.

         "Receivable" means any indebtedness and other obligations owed to the
Seller (as assignee of any Originator) or any Originator by, or any right of the
Seller or any Originator to payment from or on behalf of, an Obligor, whether
constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible,
arising in connection with the sale of goods or the rendering of services by any
Originator, and includes the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and
other charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other obligations arising
from any one transaction, including indebtedness and other obligations
represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute a Receivable
separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other obligations
arising from any other transaction.

         "Receivables Pool" means, at any time, all of the then outstanding
Receivables purchased by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement
prior to the Facility Termination Date.

         "Reference Bank" means PNC.

         "Related Rights" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.

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         "Related Security" means, with respect to any Receivable:

                  (a) all of the Seller's and the Originator thereof's interest
         in any goods (including returned goods), and documentation of title
         evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including returned
         goods), relating to any sale giving rise to such Receivable,

                  (b) all instruments and chattel paper that may evidence such
         Receivable,

                  (c) all other security interests or liens and property subject
         thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such
         Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable
         or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or similar
         filings relating thereto, and

                  (d) all of the Seller's and the Originator thereof's rights,
         interests and claims under the Contracts and all guaranties,
         indemnities, insurance, letters of credit and other agreements
         (including the related Contract) or arrangements of whatever character
         from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or
         otherwise relating to such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract
         related to such Receivable or otherwise.

         "Seller" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

         "Seller's Share" of any amount means the greater of: (a) $0 and (b)
such amount minus the Issuer's Share.

         "Servicer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

         "Servicing Fee" shall mean the fee referred to in Section 4.6 of the
Agreement.

         "Servicing Fee Rate" shall mean the rate referred to in Section 4.6 of
the Agreement.

         "Settlement Date" means with respect to any Portion of Capital for any
Settlement Period, (i) prior to the Facility Termination Date, the 15th day of
each calendar month (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a
Business Day) beginning with May 15, 2001 and (ii) on and after the Facility
Termination Date, each day selected from time to time by the Administrator (it
being understood that the Administrator may select such Settlement Date to occur
as frequently as daily), or, in the absence of such selection, the date
specified in clause (i) above.

         "Settlement Period" means: (a) before the Facility Termination Date:
(i) initially the period commencing on the date of the initial purchase pursuant
to Section 1.2 of the Agreement (or in the case of any fees payable hereunder,
commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on (but not including) the next
Settlement Date, and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on such Settlement
Date and ending on (but not including) the next Settlement Date, and (b) on and
after the Facility Termination Date: such period (including a period of one day)
as shall be selected from time to time

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by the Administrator or, in the absence of any such selection, each period of 30
days from the last day of the preceding Settlement Period.

         "Solvent" means, with respect to any Person at any time, a condition
under which:

                  (i) the fair value and present fair saleable value of such
         Person's total assets is, on the date of determination, greater than
         such Person's total liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated
         liabilities) at such time;

                  (ii) the fair value and present fair saleable value of such
         Person's assets is greater than the amount that will be required to pay
         such Person's probable liability on its existing debts as they become
         absolute and matured ("debts," for this purpose, includes all legal
         liabilities, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
         absolute, fixed, or contingent);

                  (iii) such Person is and shall continue to be able to pay all
         of its liabilities as such liabilities mature; and

                  (iv) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with
         which to engage in its current and in its anticipated business.

         For purposes of this definition:

                  (A) the amount of a Person's contingent or unliquidated
         liabilities at any time shall be that amount which, in light of all the
         facts and circumstances then existing, represents the amount which can
         reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability;

                  (B) the "fair value" of an asset shall be the amount which may
         be realized within a reasonable time either through collection or sale
         of such asset at its regular market value;

                  (C) the "regular market value" of an asset shall be the amount
         which a capable and diligent business person could obtain for such
         asset from an interested buyer who is willing to Purchase such asset
         under ordinary selling conditions; and

                  (D) the "present fair saleable value" of an asset means the
         amount which can be obtained if such asset is sold with reasonable
         promptness in an arm's-length transaction in an existing and not
         theoretical market.

         "Specifically Reserved Dilution Amount" means, at any time, the balance
sheet reserve amount maintained by the Originators or the Servicer representing
prepayment by specific Obligors for future spare parts purchases. Such amount
attributed to any Obligor shall not exceed the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
all Eligible Receivables due from such Obligor at such time.

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         "Spike Factor" means, for any Fiscal Month, (a) the positive
difference, if any, between: (i) the highest Dilution Ratio for any Fiscal Month
during the twelve most recent Fiscal Months and (ii) the arithmetic average of
the Dilution Ratios for such twelve months times (b) (i) the highest Dilution
Ratio for any Fiscal Month during the twelve most recent Fiscal Months divided
by (ii) the arithmetic average of the Dilution Ratios for such twelve months

         "Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

         "Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock of each class
or other interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or other
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other managers of such entity are
at the time owned, or management of which is otherwise controlled: (a) by such
Person, (b) by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) by such Person and
one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

         "Termination Day" means: (a) each day on which the conditions set forth
in Section 2 of Exhibit II to the Agreement are not satisfied or (b) each day
that occurs on or after the Facility Termination Date.

         "Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Exhibit V to the
Agreement.

         "Termination Fee" means, for any Settlement Period during which a
Termination Day occurs, the amount, if any, by which: (a) the additional
Discount (calculated without taking into account any Termination Fee or any
shortened duration of such Settlement Period pursuant to the definition thereof)
that would have accrued during such Settlement Period on the reductions of
Capital relating to such Settlement Period had such reductions not been made,
exceeds (b) the income, if any, received by the Issuer from investing the
proceeds of such reductions of Capital, as determined by the Administrator,
which determination shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes, absent
manifest error.

         "Total Reserves" means, at any time the sum of : (a) the Yield Reserve,
plus (b) the greater of (i) the sum of (A) Loss Reserve plus (B) the Dilution
Reserve and (ii) the Concentration Reserve.

         "Transaction Documents" means the Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreements,
the Fee Letter, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all other certificates,
instruments, UCC financing statements, reports, notices, agreements and
documents executed or delivered under or in connection with any of the
foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the Agreement.

         "Turnover Rate" means, for any Fiscal Month, an amount computed as of
the last day of such Fiscal Month equal to: (a) the Outstanding Balance of all
Pool Receivables as of the last day of such Fiscal Month divided by (b)(i) the
aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the three Fiscal Months
ended on or before the last day of such Fiscal Month divided by (ii) 3.

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         "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect
in the applicable jurisdiction.

         "Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event" means any event which,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Purchase and
Sale Termination Event.

         "Unmatured Termination Event" means an event that, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event.

         "Yield Reserve" means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital
at the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b)(i) the
Yield Reserve Percentage on such date divided by (ii) 100% minus the Yield
Reserve Percentage on such date.

         "Yield Reserve Percentage" means at any time:

                              (PY + SFR) x 1.5 x TR
                              ----------
                                  12

         where:

                  PY     =    the Base Rate as of the last day of the most
                              recent Settlement Period,

                  TR     =    the Turnover Rate, and

                  SFR    =    the Servicing Fee Rate

         Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall
be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All
terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and not
specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
Unless the context otherwise requires, "or" means "and/or," and "including" (and
with correlative meaning "include" and "includes") means including without
limiting the generality of any description preceding such term.

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                                   EXHIBIT II

                             CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

         1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The Initial Purchase under
this Agreement is subject to the following conditions precedent that the
Administrator shall have received on or before the date of such purchase, each
in form and substance (including the date thereof) satisfactory to the
Administrator:

         (a) A counterpart of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
executed by the parties thereto.

         (b) Certified copies of: (i) the resolutions of the Board of Directors
of each of the Seller, each Originator and KSI authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Seller, each Originator and KSI, as the case may
be, of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(ii) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and (iii) the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Seller
and KSI.

         (c) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Seller, each Originator and KSI certifying the names and true signatures of its
officers who are authorized to sign the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents. Until the Administrator receives a subsequent incumbency certificate
from the Seller, any Originator or KSI, as the case may be, the Administrator
shall be entitled to rely on the last such certificate delivered to it by the
Seller, such Originator or KSI, as the case may be.

         (d) Acknowledgment copies, or time stamped receipt copies, of proper
financing statements or other instrument similar in effect, duly filed on or
before the date of such initial purchase under the UCC of all jurisdictions or
the laws of an Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction that the Administrator may deem
necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests of the Seller, KSI and
the Issuer contemplated by the Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         (e) Acknowledgment copies, or time-stamped receipt copies, of proper
financing statements or other instrument similar in effect, if any, necessary to
release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the
Receivables, Contracts or Related Security previously granted by any Originator,
KSI or the Seller.

         (f) Completed UCC search reports, dated on or shortly before the date
of the initial purchase hereunder, listing the financing statements filed in all
applicable jurisdictions referred to in subsection (e) above that name any
Originator or the Seller as debtor, together with copies of such other financing
statements, and similar search reports with respect to judgment liens, federal
tax liens, liens of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and liens resulting
from the laws of an

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Eligible Foreign Jurisdiction in such jurisdictions, as the Administrator may
request, showing no Adverse Claims on any Pool Assets.

         (g) Favorable opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrator, of: (i) Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, counsel for the
Seller, the Originators, and the Servicer, and (ii) local counsel for the
Seller, the Originators, and the Servicer.

         (h) Satisfactory results of a review and audit (performed by
representatives of the Administrator) of the Servicer's collection, operating
and reporting systems, the Credit and Collection Policy of each Originator,
historical receivables data and accounts, including satisfactory results of a
review of the Servicer's operating location(s) and satisfactory review and
approval of the Eligible Receivables in existence on the date of the initial
purchase under the Agreement.

         (i) A pro forma Information Package representing the performance of the
Receivables Pool for the Fiscal Month before closing.

         (j) Evidence of payment by the Seller of all accrued and unpaid fees
(including those contemplated by the Fee Letter and the Commitment Letter dated
as of December 1, 2000 among PNC Capital Markets, Inc. and KSI), costs and
expenses to the extent then due and payable on the date thereof, including any
such costs, fees and expenses arising under or referenced in Section 5.4 of the
Agreement and the Fee Letter.

         (k) The Fee Letter duly executed by the Seller and the Servicer.

         (l) Good standing certificates with respect to each of the Seller, each
Originator and the Servicer issued by the Secretary of State (or similar
official) of the state of each such Person's organization or formation and
principal place of business.

         (m) The Liquidity Agreement and all other Transaction Documents duly
executed by the parties thereto.

         (n) A computer file containing all information with respect to the
Receivables as the Administrator or the Issuer may reasonably request.

         (o) Copies of executed Lock-Box Agreements with each Lock-Box Bank.

         (p) An Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, between
PNC, as agent, the Issuer and the Administrator, as the same may be further
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

         (q) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrator or
the Issuer may reasonably request.

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         2. Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each
purchase (except as to clause (a), including the initial purchase) and each
reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:

         (a) in the case of each purchase, the Servicer shall have delivered to
the Administrator on or before such purchase, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrator, a completed pro forma Information Package to reflect the
level of Capital and related reserves and the calculation of the Purchased
Interest after such subsequent purchase and a completed Purchase Notice in the
form of Annex B; and

         (b) on the date of such purchase or reinvestment the following
statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such purchase or
reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Seller that
such statements are then true):

                  (i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit
         III to the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on
         and as of the date of such purchase or reinvestment as though made on
         and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and
         warranties relate expressly to an earlier date, and in which case such
         representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
         material respects as of such earlier date);

                  (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
         from such purchase or reinvestment, that constitutes a Termination
         Event or an Unmatured Termination Event;

                  (iii) the Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit; and

                  (iv) solely in the case of any purchase (but not
         reinvestment), no Default Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

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                                   EXHIBIT III

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         1. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents
and warrants as follows:

         (a) The Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every
jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified,
except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

         (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including
its use of the proceeds of purchases and reinvestments: (i) are within its
corporate powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action; (iii) do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with:
(A) its charter or by-laws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it
except where such contravention, default or conflict would not reasonably be
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) any indenture, loan agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which it is
a party or by which it is bound, or (D) any order, writ, judgment, award,
injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its property except
where such contravention, default or conflict would not reasonably be likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) do not result in or require the
creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been
duly executed and delivered by the Seller.

         (c) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for its due
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than (i) the Uniform
Commercial Code filings and filings required pursuant to the laws of an Eligible
Foreign Jurisdiction referred to in Exhibit II to the Agreement, all of which
shall have been filed on or before the date of the first purchase hereunder or
(ii) the failure to receive or make would not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

         (d) Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
the Seller is a party constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws from time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

         (e) There is no pending or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened
action or proceeding affecting Seller or any of its properties before any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator other than

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any action or proceeding that, if adversely determined, would not be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         (f) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire
any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         (g) The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pool
Receivables and Related Security, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each
purchase or reinvestment, the Issuer shall acquire a valid and enforceable
perfected undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of
the Purchased Interest, in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter
arising and in the Related Security, Collections and other proceeds with respect
thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. The Agreement creates a security
interest in favor of the Issuer in the Pool Assets, and the Issuer has a first
priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, free and clear of any
Adverse Claims. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in
effect covering any Pool Asset is on file in any recording office, except those
filed in favor of the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the
Issuer relating to the Agreement.

         (h) Each Information Package (if prepared by the Seller or one of its
Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by
the Seller or an Affiliate), information, exhibit, financial statement,
document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or
on behalf of the Seller to the Administrator in connection with the Agreement or
any other Transaction Document to which it is a party is or will be complete and
accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise
disclosed to the Administrator at such time) as of the date so furnished,

         (i) The Seller's principal place of business and chief executive office
(as such terms are used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records
concerning the Receivables are located at the address referred to in Sections
1(b) and 2(b) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.

         (j) The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with
the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts at such Lock-Box Banks, are
specified in Schedule II to the Agreement (or at such other Lock-Box Banks
and/or with such other Lock-Box Accounts as have been notified to the
Administrator in accordance with the Agreement) and all Lock-Box Accounts are
subject to Lock-Box Agreements. The Seller has not granted to any Person, other
than the Administrator as contemplated by the Lock-Box Agreements dominion and
control of any Lock-Box Account, or the right to take control of any such
account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event.

         (k) The Seller is not in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority which would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

         (l) Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates has any direct or
indirect ownership or other financial interest in the Issuer.

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         (m) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used for any
purpose that violates any applicable law, rule or regulation, including
Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

         (n) Each Pool Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in the
calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance is an Eligible Receivable.

         (o) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from a
purchase in respect of, or reinvestment in respect of, the Purchased Interest or
from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Termination
Event or an Unmatured Termination Event.

         (p) The Seller has accounted for each sale of undivided percentage
ownership interests in Receivables in its books and financial statements as
sales, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.

         (q) The Seller has complied in all material respects with the Credit
and Collection Policies of each Originator with regard to each Receivable
originated by each Originator.

         (r) The Seller has complied in all material respects with all of the
terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents that are applicable to it.

         (s) The Seller's complete corporate name is set forth in the preamble
to the Agreement, and it does not use and has not during the last six years used
any other corporate name, trade name, doing-business name or fictitious name,
except as set forth on Schedule III to the Agreement and except for names first
used after the date of the Agreement and set forth in a notice delivered to the
Administrator pursuant to Section 1(l)(iv) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.

         (t) The Seller is not an "investment company," or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the Seller is not a "holding
company," a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company" or an "affiliate" of a
"holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company" within the
meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

         (u) With respect to each Receivable transferred to the Seller under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to the
Originator thereof in consideration therefor and such transfer was not made for
or on account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by any Originator of any
Receivable under the Purchase and Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any
section of the Bankruptcy Code.

         (v) Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is effective to
create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related
Obligor to pay the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and
any accrued interest thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with
its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,

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insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

         (w) Since its most recent fiscal year end, there has been no change in
the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Seller which would have a Material Adverse Effect on its ability to perform its
obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is
a party or materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated under
the Agreement or such other Transaction Documents.

         2. Representations and Warranties of KSI (including in its capacity as
the Servicer). KSI, individually and in its capacity as the Servicer, represents
and warrants as follows:

         (a) KSI is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and is duly qualified to
do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every
jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified,
except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

         (b) The execution, delivery and performance by KSI of the Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including the Servicer's
use of the proceeds of purchases and reinvestments: (i) are within its corporate
powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; (iii)
do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with: (A) its charter
or bylaws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it except where such
contravention, default or conflict would not reasonably be likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (C) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it is bound, or (D) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree
binding on or affecting it or any of its property except where such
contravention, default or conflict would not reasonably be likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of
any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which KSI is a party have been duly
executed and delivered by KSI.

         (c) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with any Governmental Authority or other Person, is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by KSI of the Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party other than those the failure to
receive or make would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

         (d) Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
KSI is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of KSI
enforceable against KSI in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
from time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

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         (e) The balance sheets of KSI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at
December 31, 2000, and the related statements of income and retained earnings
for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the
Administrator, fairly present the financial condition of KSI and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the results of the operations of
KSI and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and since
December 31, 2000 there has been no event or circumstances which have had a
Material Adverse Effect.

         (f) Except as disclosed in the most recent audited financial statements
of KSI furnished to the Administrator, there is no pending or, to its best
knowledge, threatened action or proceeding affecting it or any of its
Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator other than any
action or proceeding that, if adversely determined, would not be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         (g) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire
any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         (h) Each Information Package (if prepared by KSI or one of its
Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by
KSI or an Affiliate), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book,
record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or on behalf of the
Servicer to the Administrator in connection with the Agreement is or will be
complete and accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as
otherwise disclosed to the Administrator at such time) as of the date so
furnished.

         (i) The principal place of business and chief executive office (as such
terms are used in the UCC) of KSI and the office where it keeps its records
concerning the Receivables are located at the address referred to in Section
2(b) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.

         (j) KSI is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
Governmental Authority, which would be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

         (k) Neither KSI nor any of its Affiliates has any direct or indirect
ownership or other financial interest in the Issuer.

         (l) The Servicer has complied in all material respects with the Credit
and Collection Policy of each Originator with regard to each Receivable
originated by each Originator.

         (m) KSI has complied in all material respects with all of the terms,
covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents that are applicable to it.

         (n) KSI is not an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended. In addition, KSI is not a "holding company," a "subsidiary company"
of a "holding company," or an "affiliate"

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of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company"
within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended.

         (o) Since its most recent fiscal year end, there has been no change in
the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Servicer which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on
its ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party or materially and adversely affect
the transactions contemplated under the Agreement or such other Transaction
Documents.

         (p) No license or approval is required for the Administrator or any
successor Servicer to use any program used by the Servicer in the servicing of
the Receivables, other than such licenses and approvals that have been obtained
and are in full force and effect other than those the failure to obtain would
not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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                                   EXHIBIT IV
                                    COVENANTS

         1. Covenants of the Seller. Until the latest of the Facility
Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the
Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date all other amounts owed by
the Seller under the Agreement to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other
Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full:

         (a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Seller shall comply in all material
respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, and preserve
and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications and
privileges, except to the extent that the failure so to comply with such laws,
rules and regulations or the failure so to preserve and maintain such rights,
franchises, qualifications and privileges would not be reasonably likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect.

         (b) Offices, Records and Books of Account, Etc. The Seller: (i) shall
keep its principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms
or similar terms are used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records
concerning the Receivables at the address of the Seller set forth under its name
on the signature page to the Agreement or, pursuant to clause (l)(iv) below, at
any other locations in jurisdictions where all actions reasonably requested by
the Administrator to protect and perfect the interest of the Issuer in the
Receivables and related items (including the Pool Assets) have been taken and
completed and (ii) shall provide the Administrator with at least 30 days'
written notice before making any change in the Seller's name or making any other
change in the Seller's identity or corporate structure (including a Change in
Control) that could render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with
this Agreement "seriously misleading" as such term (or similar term) is used in
the UCC; each notice to the Administrator pursuant to this sentence shall set
forth the applicable change and the effective date thereof. The Seller also will
maintain and implement (or cause the Servicer to maintain and implement)
administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate
records evidencing Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the
destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain (or cause the
Servicer to keep and maintain) all documents, books, records, computer tapes and
disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection
of all Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily
identification of each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each
existing Receivable). Notwithstanding the above, in no event shall the Seller
have or maintain, or be a partner in any partnership that has or maintains, its
jurisdiction of organization, principal place of business or principal assets in
any of the states of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah or Wyoming.

         (c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection
Policy. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Servicer to), at its expense,
timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and
other promises required to be observed by it under the

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Contracts related to the Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all
material respects with the applicable Credit and Collection Policies with regard
to each Receivable and the related Contract.

         (d) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Seller shall (and shall cause the
Servicer to), at its expense, take all action necessary or desirable to
establish and maintain a valid and enforceable undivided percentage ownership or
security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in the Pool
Receivables, the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, and a
first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case free
and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Issuer, including taking such
action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Issuer as
the Issuer, through the Administrator, may reasonably request.

         (e) Sales, Liens, Etc. The Seller shall not sell, assign (by operation
of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any
Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any or all of its right, title or
interest in, to or under any Pool Assets (including the Seller's undivided
interest in any Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or with
respect to any account to which any Collections of any Receivables are sent), or
assign any right to receive income in respect of any items contemplated by this
paragraph.

         (f) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided in the
Agreement, the Seller shall not, and shall not permit the Servicer to, extend
the maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of
any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any
material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract (which term or
condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such Contract).

         (g) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. The Seller
shall not make (or permit any Originator to make) any material change in the
character of its business or in any Credit and Collection Policy, or any change
in any Credit and Collection Policy that would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Receivables. The Seller shall not
make (or permit any Originator to make) any other change in any Credit and
Collection Policy without giving prior written notice thereof to the
Administrator.

         (h) Audits. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Originator to), no
more than twice annually (unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination
Event exists or there shall be a material variance in the performance of the
Receivables) during regular business hours, and upon reasonable prior notice by
the Administrator, permit the Administrator, or its agents or representatives:
(i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and
documents (including computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the
control of the Seller (or each Originator) relating to Receivables and the
Related Security, including the related Contracts, (ii) to visit the offices and
properties of the Seller and each Originator for the purpose of examining such
materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to
Receivables and the Related Security or the Seller's, KSI's or any Originator's
performance under the Transaction Documents or under the Contracts with any of
the officers, employees, agents or contractors of the Seller, KSI or any
Originator having knowledge of such matters and (iii) without limiting the
clauses (i) and (ii) above, no more than once annually (unless a Termination
Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists

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or there shall be a material variance in the performance of the Receivables),
during regular business hours, and upon reasonable prior notice, to engage
certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the Seller and the
Administrator to conduct, at the Seller's expense, a review of the Seller's
books and records with respect to such Receivables.

         (i) Change in Lock-Box Banks, Lock-Box Accounts and Payment
Instructions to Obligors. The Seller shall not, and shall not permit the
Servicer or any Originator to, add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank or
any account as a Lock-Box Account from those listed in Schedule II to the
Agreement, or make any change in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments
to be made to the Seller, any Originator, the Servicer or any Lock-Box Account
(or related post office box), unless the Administrator shall have consented
thereto in writing and the Administrator shall have received copies of all
agreements and documents (including Lock-Box Agreements) that it may request in
connection therewith.

         (j) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts. The Seller shall (or shall cause the
Servicer to): (i) instruct all Obligors to make payments of all Receivables to
one or more Lock-Box Accounts or to post office boxes to which only Lock-Box
Banks have access (and shall instruct the Lock-Box Banks to cause all items and
amounts relating to such Receivables received in such post office boxes to be
removed and deposited into a Lock-Box Account on a daily basis); provided,
however, that with respect to any Receivable the Originator of which is American
Fine Wire Corporation the Seller may instruct the Obligor of such Receivable to
make payments with respect to such Receivable to American Fine Wire Corporation,
907 Ravenwood Drive, P.O. Box 966, Selma, Alabama 36701, and (ii) deposit, or
cause to be deposited, any Collections received by it, the Servicer or any
Originator into Lock-Box Accounts not later than one Business Day after receipt
thereof. Each Lock-Box Account shall at all times be subject to a Lock-Box
Agreement. The Seller will not (and will not permit the Servicer to) deposit or
otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or credited, to any
Lock-Box Account cash or cash proceeds other than Collections.

         (k) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Seller shall: (i) mark (or
cause the Servicer to mark) its master data processing records relating to Pool
Receivables and related Contracts, including with a legend evidencing that the
undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest
related to such Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance
with the Agreement, and (ii) cause each Originator so to mark its master data
processing records pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         (l) Reporting Requirements. The Seller will provide to the
Administrator (in multiple copies, if requested by the Administrator) the
following:

                  (i) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after
         the end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Seller,
         balance sheets of the Seller as of the end of such quarter and
         statements of income, retained earnings and cash flow of the Seller for
         the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending
         with the end of such quarter, certified by the chief financial officer
         of such Person;

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                  (ii) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days
         after the end of each fiscal year of the Seller, a copy of the
         financial statements for such year certified as to accuracy by the
         chief financial officer or treasurer of the Seller;

                  (iii) as soon as possible and in any event within five days
         after the occurrence of each Termination Event or Unmatured Termination
         Event, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Seller setting
         forth details of such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event
         and the action that the Seller has taken and proposes to take with
         respect thereto;

                  (iv) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, copies of
         all reports and notices that the Seller or any Affiliate files under
         ERISA with the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
         Corporation or the U.S. Department of Labor or that the Seller or any
         Affiliate receives from any of the foregoing or from any multiemployer
         plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which the
         Seller or any of its Affiliates is or was, within the preceding five
         years, a contributing employer, in each case in respect of the
         assessment of withdrawal liability or an event or condition that could,
         in the aggregate, result in the imposition of liability on the Seller
         and/or any such Affiliate which liability would be reasonably likely to
         have a Material Adverse Effect;

                  (v) at least thirty days before any change in the Seller's
         name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing
         statements, a notice setting forth such changes and the effective date
         thereof;

                  (vi) promptly after the Seller obtains knowledge thereof,
         notice of any: (A) material litigation, investigation or proceeding
         that may exist at any time between the Seller and any Person or (B)
         material litigation or proceeding relating to any Transaction Document;

                  (vii) promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of a
         material adverse change in the business, operations, property or
         financial or other condition of the Seller, the Servicer or any
         Originator; and

                  (viii) such other information respecting the Receivables or
         the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Seller or
         any of its Affiliates as the Administrator may from time to time
         reasonably request.

         (m) Certain Agreements. Without the prior written consent of the
Administrator, the Seller will not (and will not permit any Originator to)
amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate any Transaction Document to which it
is a party or any provision of Seller's certificate of incorporation or by-laws;
provided, however, that prior to April 1, 2001 the Seller will not amend,
modify, waive or terminate any provision of its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws.

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         (n) Restricted Payments. (i) Except pursuant to clause (ii) below, the
Seller will not: (A) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (B)
declare or pay any dividend or set aside any funds for any such purpose, (C)
prepay, purchase or redeem any Debt, (D) lend or advance any funds or (E) repay
any loans or advances to, for or from any of its Affiliates (the amounts
described in clauses (A) through (E) being referred to as "Restricted
Payments").

                  (ii) Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (iii)
         below, the Seller may make Restricted Payments so long as such
         Restricted Payments are made only in one or more of the following ways:
         (A) the Seller may make cash payments (including prepayments) on the
         Company Note in accordance with its terms, and (B) if no amounts are
         then outstanding under the Company Note, the Seller may declare and pay
         dividends.

                  (iii) The Seller may make Restricted Payments only out of the
         funds it receives pursuant to Sections 1.4(b)(ii) and (iv) of the
         Agreement. Furthermore, the Seller shall not pay, make or declare: (A)
         any dividend if, after giving effect thereto, the Seller's tangible net
         worth would be less than $6,000,000, or (B) any Restricted Payment
         (including any dividend) if, after giving effect thereto, any
         Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred
         and be continuing.

         (o) Other Business. The Seller will not: (i) engage in any business
other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (ii)
create, incur or permit to exist any Debt of any kind (or cause or permit to be
issued for its account any letters of credit or bankers' acceptances) other than
pursuant to this Agreement or the Company Note; or (iii) form any Subsidiary or
make any investments in any other Person; provided, however, that the Seller
shall be permitted to incur minimal obligations to the extent necessary for the
day-to-day operations of the Seller (such as expenses for stationery, audits,
maintenance of legal status, etc.).

         (p) Use of Seller's Share of Collections. The Seller shall apply the
Seller's Share of Collections to make payments in the following order of
priority: (i) the payment of its expenses (including all obligations payable to
the Issuer and the Administrator under the Agreement and under the Fee Letter);
(ii) the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Company Note; and (iii)
other legal and valid corporate purposes.

         (q) Tangible Net Worth. The Seller will not permit its tangible net
worth, at any time, to be less than $6,000,000.

         (r) At the beginning of each quarter the Seller shall send a written
notice to each Obligor located in the Philippines notifying such Obligor that
pursuant to this Agreement it has assigned an undivided variable percentage
interest in the Receivables and has pledged the Receivables to the Issuer.

         (s) Funding Base. The Seller will not permit Capital, at any time, to
be greater than the Funding Base.

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         2. Covenants of the Servicer and KSI. Until the latest of the Facility
Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the
Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date all other amounts owed by
the Seller under the Agreement to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other
Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full:

         (a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Servicer and, to the extent that it
ceases to be the Servicer, KSI shall comply (and shall cause each Originator to
comply) in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations
and orders, and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights,
franchises, qualifications and privileges, except to the extent that the failure
so to comply with such laws, rules and regulations or the failure so to preserve
and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, qualifications and privileges
would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         (b) Offices, Records and Books of Account, Etc. The Servicer and, to
the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, KSI, shall keep (and shall cause
each Originator to keep) its principal place of business and chief executive
office (as such terms or similar terms are used in the applicable UCC) and the
office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables at the address of
the Servicer set forth under its name on the signature page to the Agreement or,
upon at least 30 days' prior written notice of a proposed change to the
Administrator, at any other locations in jurisdictions where all actions
reasonably requested by the Administrator to protect and perfect the interest of
the Issuer in the Receivables and related items (including the Pool Assets) have
been taken and completed. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be
the Servicer, KSI, also will (and will cause each Originator to) maintain and
implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to
recreate records evidencing Receivables and related Contracts in the event of
the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents,
books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably
necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including records
adequate to permit the daily identification of each Receivable and all
Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).

         (c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection
Policy. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, KSI,
shall (and shall cause each Originator to), at its expense, timely and fully
perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises
required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables,
and timely and fully comply in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.

         (d) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided in the
Agreement, the Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer,
KSI, shall not extend (and shall not permit any Originator to extend), the
maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any
Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any
material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract (which term or
condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such Contract).

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         (e) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer
and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, KSI, shall not make (and
shall not permit any Originator to make) any material change in the character of
its business or in any Credit and Collection Policy, or any change in any Credit
and Collection Policy that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, KSI,
shall not make (and shall not permit any Originator to make) any other change in
any Credit and Collection Policy without giving prior written notice thereof to
the Administrator.

         (f) Audits. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the
Servicer, KSI, shall (and shall cause each Originator to), no more than twice
annually (unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists or
there shall be a material variance in the performance of the Receivables) during
regular business hours and upon reasonable prior notice by the Administrator,
permit the Administrator, or its agents or representatives: (i) to examine and
make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including
computer tapes and disks) in its possession or under its control relating to
Receivables and the Related Security, including the related Contracts; (ii) to
visit its offices and properties for the purpose of examining such materials
described in clause (i)above, and to discuss matters relating to Receivables and
the Related Security or its performance hereunder or under the Contracts with
any of its officers, employees, agents or contractors having knowledge of such
matters and (iii), without limiting the clauses (i) and (ii) above, no more than
once annually (unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event
exists or there shall be a material variance in the performance of the
Receivables), during regular business hours, and upon reasonable prior notice,
to engage certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the
Servicer and the Administrator to conduct, at the Servicer's expense, a review
of the Servicer's books and records with respect to such Receivables.

         (g) Change in Lock-Box Banks, Lock-Box Accounts and Payment
Instructions to Obligors. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be
the Servicer, KSI, shall not (and shall not permit any Originator to) add or
terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a Lock-Box Account from
those listed in Schedule II to the Agreement, or make any change in its
instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Servicer or any
Lock-Box Account (or related post office box), unless the Administrator shall
have consented thereto in writing and the Administrator shall have received
copies of all agreements and documents (including Lock-Box Agreements) that it
may request in connection therewith.

         (h) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts. The Servicer shall: (i) instruct all
Obligors to make payments of all Receivables to one or more Lock-Box Accounts or
to post office boxes to which only Lock-Box Banks have access (and shall
instruct the Lock-Box Banks to cause all items and amounts relating to such
Receivables received in such post office boxes to be removed and deposited into
a Lock-Box Account on a daily basis); provided, however, that with respect to
any Receivable the Originator of which is American Fine Wire Corporation the
Servicer may instruct the Obligor of such Receivable to make payments with
respect to such Receivable to American Fine Wire Corporation, 907 Ravenwood
Drive, P.O. Box 966, Selma, Alabama 36701, and (ii) deposit, or cause to be
deposited, any Collections received by it into Lock-Box Accounts not later than
two

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Business Days after receipt thereof. Each Lock-Box Account shall at all times be
subject to a Lock-Box Agreement.

         (i) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Servicer shall mark its
master data processing records relating to Pool Receivables and related
Contracts, including with a legend evidencing that the undivided percentage
ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest related to such
Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance with the
Agreement.

         (j) Reporting Requirements. KSI shall provide to the Administrator (in
multiple copies, if requested by the Administrator) the following:

                  (i) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after
         the end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of KSI, balance
         sheets of KSI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such
         quarter and statements of income, retained earnings and cash flow of
         KSI and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the
         end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such
         quarter, certified by the chief financial officer of such Person;

                  (ii) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days
         after the end of each fiscal year of such Person, a copy of the annual
         report for such year for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries,
         containing financial statements for such year audited by independent
         certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing;

                  (iii) as to the Servicer only, as soon as available and in any
         event not later than two Business Days prior to the Settlement Date, an
         Information Package as of the most recently completed Fiscal Month or,
         if in the opinion of the Administrator reasonable grounds for
         insecurity exist with respect to the collectibility of the Pool
         Receivables or with respect to the Seller or Servicer's performance or
         ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement, within six
         Business Days of a request by the Administrator, an Information Package
         for such periods as is specified by the Administrator (but in no event
         more frequently than weekly);

                  (iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five days
         after becoming aware of the occurrence of each Termination Event or
         Unmatured Termination Event, a statement of the chief financial officer
         of KSI setting forth details of such Termination Event or Unmatured
         Termination Event and the action that such Person has taken and
         proposes to take with respect thereto;

                  (v) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of
         all reports that KSI sends to any of its security holders, and copies
         of all reports and registration statements that KSI or any Subsidiary
         files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national
         securities exchange; provided, that any filings with the Securities and
         Exchange Commission that have been granted "confidential" treatment
         shall be provided promptly after such filings have become publicly
         available;

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                  (vi) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, copies of
         all reports and notices that KSI or any of its Affiliate files under
         ERISA with the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
         Corporation or the U.S. Department of Labor or that such Person or any
         of its Affiliates receives from any of the foregoing or from any
         multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA)
         to which such Person or any of its Affiliate is or was, within the
         preceding five years, a contributing employer, in each case in respect
         of the assessment of withdrawal liability or an event or condition that
         could, in the aggregate, result in the imposition of liability on KSI
         and/or any such Affiliate which liability would be reasonably likely to
         have a Material Adverse Effect;

                  (vii) at least thirty days before any change in KSI's or any
         Originator's name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC
         financing statements, a notice setting forth such changes and the
         effective date thereof;

                  (viii) promptly after KSI obtains knowledge thereof, notice of
         any: (A) litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any
         time between KSI or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental
         Authority that, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case
         may be, would have a Material Adverse Effect; (B) litigation or
         proceeding adversely affecting such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
         in which the amount involved is not covered by insurance or in which
         injunctive or similar relief is sought and that, if not cured or if
         adversely determined, as the case may be, would have a Material Adverse
         Effect; or (C) litigation or proceeding relating to any Transaction
         Document;

                  (ix) promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of a
         material adverse change in the business, operations, property or
         financial or other condition of KSI or any of its Subsidiaries; and

                  (x) such other information respecting the Receivables or the
         condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of KSI or any of its
         Affiliates as the Administrator may from time to time reasonably
         request.

         (k) At the beginning of each quarter the Servicer shall (or shall cause
the applicable Originator or the Seller, as applicable) to send a written notice
to each Obligor located in the Philippines notifying such Obligor that pursuant
to the Purchase and Sale Agreement all the Receivables have been sold to the
Seller and pursuant to this Agreement the Seller has assigned an undivided
variable percentage interest in the Receivables and has pledged the Receivables
to the Issuer.

         (l) Funding Base. The Servicer will not permit Capital, at any time, to
be greater than the Funding Base.

         3. Separate Existence. Each of the Seller and KSI hereby acknowledges
that the Purchasers, the Issuer and the Administrator are entering into the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
in reliance upon the Seller's identity as a legal entity separate

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from KSI and its Affiliates. Therefore, from and after the date hereof, each of
the Seller and KSI shall take all steps specifically required by the Agreement
or reasonably required by the Administrator to continue the Seller's identity as
a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third Persons that the Seller
is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of KSI and any
other Person, and is not a division of KSI, its Affiliates or any other Person.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and
consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, each of the Seller and KSI
shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:

                  (a) The Seller will be a limited purpose corporation whose
         primary activities are restricted in its certificate of incorporation
         to: (i) purchasing or otherwise acquiring from the Originators (or its
         Affiliates), owning, holding, granting security interests or selling
         interests in Pool Assets (or other receivables originated by any
         Originator or its Affiliates, and certain related assets), (ii)
         entering into agreements for the selling and servicing of the
         Receivables Pool (or other receivables pools originated by any
         Originator or its Affiliates), and (iii) conducting such other
         activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its
         primary activities;

                  (b) The Seller shall not engage in any business or activity,
         or incur any indebtedness or liability, other than as expressly
         permitted by the Transaction Documents;

                  (c) Not less than one member of the Seller's Board of
         Directors (the "Independent Director") shall be an individual who is
         not a direct, indirect or beneficial stockholder, officer, director,
         employee, affiliate, associate or supplier of KSI or any of its
         Affiliates. The certificate of incorporation of the Seller shall
         provide that: (i) the Seller's Board of Directors shall not approve, or
         take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy
         petition with respect to the Seller unless the Independent Director
         shall approve the taking of such action in writing before the taking of
         such action, and (ii) such provision cannot be amended without the
         prior written consent of the Independent Director;

                  (d) The Independent Director shall not at any time serve as a
         trustee in bankruptcy for the Seller, KSI or any Affiliate thereof;

                  (e) Any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller will be
         compensated from the Seller's funds for services provided to the
         Seller. The Seller will not engage any agents other than its attorneys,
         auditors and other professionals, and a servicer and any other agent
         contemplated by the Transaction Documents for the Receivables Pool,
         which servicer will be fully compensated for its services by payment of
         the Servicing Fee, and a manager, which manager will be fully
         compensated from the Seller's funds;

                  (f) The Seller will contract with the Servicer to perform for
         the Seller all operations required on a daily basis to service the
         Receivables Pool. The Seller will pay the Servicer the Servicing Fee
         pursuant hereto. The Seller will not incur any material indirect or
         overhead expenses for items shared with KSI (or any other Affiliate
         thereof) that are not reflected in the Servicing Fee. To the extent, if
         any, that the Seller (or any Affiliate thereof) shares items

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         of expenses not reflected in the Servicing Fee or the manager's fee,
         such as legal, auditing and other professional services, such expenses
         will be allocated to the extent practical on the basis of actual use or
         the value of services rendered, and otherwise on a basis reasonably
         related to the actual use or the value of services rendered; it being
         understood that KSI shall pay all expenses relating to the preparation,
         negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents,
         including legal, agency and other fees;

                  (g) The Seller's operating expenses will not be paid by KSI or
         any other Affiliate thereof;

                  (h) All of the Seller's business correspondence and other
         communications shall be conducted in the Seller's own name and on its
         own separate stationery;

                  (i) The Seller's books and records will be maintained
         separately from those of KSI and any other Affiliate thereof;

                  (j) All financial statements of KSI or any Affiliate thereof
         that are consolidated to include Seller will contain detailed notes
         clearly stating that: (i) a special purpose corporation exists as a
         Subsidiary of KSI, and (ii) each Originator has sold receivables and
         other related assets to such special purpose Subsidiary that, in turn,
         has sold undivided interests therein to certain financial institutions
         and other entities;

                  (k) The Seller's assets will be maintained in a manner that
         facilitates their identification and segregation from those of KSI or
         any Affiliate thereof;

                  (l) The Seller will strictly observe corporate formalities in
         its dealings with KSI or any Affiliate thereof, and funds or other
         assets of the Seller will not be commingled with those of KSI or any
         Affiliate thereof except as permitted by the Agreement in connection
         with servicing the Pool Receivables. The Seller shall not maintain
         joint bank accounts or other depository accounts to which KSI or any
         Affiliate thereof has independent access. The Seller is not named, and
         has not entered into any agreement to be named, directly or indirectly,
         as a direct or contingent beneficiary or loss payee on any insurance
         policy with respect to any loss relating to the property of KSI or any
         Subsidiary or other Affiliate of KSI. The Seller will pay to the
         appropriate Affiliate the marginal increase or, in the absence of such
         increase, the market amount of its portion of the premium payable with
         respect to any insurance policy that covers the Seller and such
         Affiliate;

                  (m) The Seller will maintain arm's-length relationships with
         KSI (and any Affiliate thereof). Any Person that renders or otherwise
         furnishes services to the Seller will be compensated by the Seller at
         market rates for such services it renders or otherwise furnishes to the
         Seller. Neither the Seller nor KSI will be or will hold itself out to
         be responsible for the debts of the other or the decisions or actions
         respecting the daily business and affairs of the other. The Seller and
         KSI will immediately correct any known misrepresentation with

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         respect to the foregoing, and they will not operate or purport to
         operate as an integrated single economic unit with respect to each
         other or in their dealing with any other entity; and

         (n) KSI shall not pay the salaries of Seller's employees, if any.

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                                    EXHIBIT V
                               TERMINATION EVENTS

         Each of the following shall be a "Termination Event":

         (a)(i) the Seller, KSI, any Originator or the Servicer (if KSI or any
of its Affiliates) shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or
agreement under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document and, except as
otherwise provided herein, such failure shall continue for five Business Days
after knowledge or notice thereof, (ii) the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to
make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it under the Agreement and
such failure shall continue unremedied for two Business Days or (iii) KSI shall
resign as Servicer, and no successor Servicer reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrator shall have been appointed;

         (b) KSI (or any Affiliate thereof) shall fail to transfer to any
successor Servicer when required any rights pursuant to the Agreement that KSI
(or such Affiliate) then has as Servicer;

         (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Seller,
KSI or any Originator (or any of their respective officers) under or in
connection with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any
information or report delivered by the Seller, KSI or any Originator or the
Servicer pursuant to the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, shall
prove to have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or
deemed made or delivered, and shall remain incorrect or untrue for 10 days after
notice to the Seller or the Servicer of such inaccuracy;

         (d) the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to deliver the Information
Package pursuant to the Agreement, and such failure shall remain unremedied for
two Business Days;

         (e) the Agreement or any purchase or reinvestment pursuant to the
Agreement shall for any reason: (i) cease to create, or the Purchased Interest
shall for any reason cease to be, a valid and enforceable perfected undivided
percentage ownership or security interest to the extent of the Purchased
Interest in each Pool Receivable, the Related Security and Collections with
respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, or (ii) cease to create
with respect to the Pool Assets, or the interest of the Issuer with respect to
such Pool Assets shall cease to be, a valid and enforceable first priority
perfected security interest, free and clear of any Adverse Claim,

         (f) the Seller, KSI or any Originator shall generally not pay its debts
as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Seller, KSI
or any Originator seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an
order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other

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similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the
case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it),
either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60
days, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an
order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian
or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its property)
shall occur; or the Seller, KSI or any Originator shall take any corporate
action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph;

         (g)(i) the (A) Default Ratio shall exceed 3.00% or (B) the Delinquency
Ratio shall exceed 22.00% or (ii) the average for three consecutive Fiscal
Months of: (A) the Default Ratio shall exceed 2.20%, (B) the Delinquency Ratio
shall exceed 20.00% or (C) the Dilution Ratio shall exceed 4.25%.

         (h) a Change in Control shall occur,

         (i) at any time (i) the sum of (A) the Capital plus (B) the Total
Reserves, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) the Net Receivables Pool Balance at such
time plus (B) the Issuer's Share of the amount of Collections then on deposit in
the Lock-Box Accounts (other than amounts set aside therein representing
Discount and fees), and such circumstance shall not have been cured within five
(5) days,

         (j) (i) KSI or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal
of or premium or interest on any of its Debt that is outstanding in a principal
amount of at least $5,000,000 in the aggregate when the same becomes due and
payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace
period, if any, specified in the agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument
relating to such Debt (and shall have not been waived); or (ii) any other event
shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement, mortgage, indenture or
instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable
grace period, if any, specified in such agreement, mortgage, indenture or
instrument (and shall have not been waived), if, in either case: (a) the effect
of such non-payment, event or condition is to cause the acceleration of the
maturity of such Debt, or (b) any such Debt shall be declared to be due and
payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased, or an offer to repay, redeem,
purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case before
the stated maturity thereof;

         (k) either: (i) a contribution failure shall occur with respect to any
Benefit Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA,
(ii) the Internal Revenue Service shall file a notice of lien asserting a claim
or claims pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any of the assets
of Seller, any Originator, KSI or any ERISA Affiliate and such lien shall have
been filed and not released within 10 days, or (iii) the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation shall, or shall indicate its intention in writing to the
Seller, any Originator, KSI or any ERISA Affiliate to, either file a notice of
lien asserting a claim pursuant to ERISA with regard to any assets of the
Seller, any Originator, KSI or any ERISA Affiliate or terminate any Benefit Plan
that has unfunded benefit liabilities, or any steps shall have been taken to
terminate any Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of

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ERISA so as to result in any liability and such lien shall have been filed and
not released within 10 days.

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                          CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY

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                         SCHEDULE II

LOCK-BOX BANKS AND LOCK-BOX ACCOUNTS

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                            SCHEDULE III TRADE NAMES

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Corporate Name                                    Trade Names / Fictitious Names
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KSI Funding Corporation                           None
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                                   SCHEDULE IV
                                 FISCAL MONTHS

                                  Schedule IV-1
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                                                                      ANNEX A

                                               TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                          FORM OF INFORMATION PACKAGE

                                    Annex A-1
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                                                                         ANNEX B

                                               TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                            FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

                                    Annex B-1
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                             FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

                                ________, [2001]

PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza, 3rd Floor
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated
as of April 17, 2001 (as heretofore amended or supplemented, the "Receivables
Purchase Agreement"), among KSI Funding Corporation, ("Seller"), Kulicke and
Soffa Industries, Inc. as Servicer, Market Street Funding Corporation ("Issuer")
and PNC Bank National Association, (the "Administrator"). Capitalized terms used
in this Purchase Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

         This letter constitutes a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Seller desires to sell an undivided variable
interest in a pool of receivables on___________, [2001], for a purchase price of
$____________. Subsequent to this purchase, the aggregate outstanding Capital
will be $____________.

         Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof, and as of
the date of purchase, as follows:

        (i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement are correct in all material respects on and as of
such dates as though made on and as of such dates and shall be deemed to have
been made on such dates;

        (ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred
and is continuing, or would result from such purchase;

        (iii) after giving effect to the purchase proposed hereby, the aggregate
outstanding Capital of the Purchased Interest will not exceed 100% and the
Capital will not exceed the Purchase Limit;

        (iv)  no Default Event shall have occurred and is continuing; and

        (v)  the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Purchase Notice to
be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

                                            KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

                                            By:_______________________________
                                            Name Printed:_____________________
                                            Title:____________________________

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                                                                         ANNEX C

                                               TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                             FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE

                                    Annex C-1

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                             FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE

                              --------------,-----

PNC Bank, National Association
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
Attention: John T. Smathers

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated
as of April 17, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
"Receivables Purchase Agreement"), among KSI Funding Corporation, as Seller,
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. as Servicer, Market Street Funding
Corporation, as Issuer and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator.
Capitalized terms used in this paydown notice and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

        This letter constitutes a paydown notice pursuant to Section 1.4(f)(i)
of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Seller desires to reduce the Capital
on____________,_____(1) by the application of $___________ in cash to pay
Capital and Discount to accrue (until such cash can be used to pay commercial
paper notes) with respect to such Capital, together with all costs related to
such reduction of Capital.

----------

(1)    Notice must be given at least five Business Days' prior to the requested
       paydown date, in the case of reductions in excess of $10,000,000, or at
       least two Business Days' prior to the requested paydown date, in the case
       of reductions of $10,000,000 or less.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this paydown notice to
be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

                                                KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

                                                By:____________________________

                                                Name:

                                                Title:

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                           PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of April 17, 2001

                                     between

                     VARIOUS ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I,
                               as the Originators

                                       and

                             KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I
                         AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL

SECTION 1.1              Agreement To Purchase and Sell .................................  1
SECTION 1.2              Timing of Purchases ............................................  3
SECTION 1.3              Consideration for Purchases ....................................  3
SECTION 1.4              Purchase and Sale Termination Date .............................  3
SECTION 1.5              Intention of the Parties .......................................  3

                                   ARTICLE II
                 PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE

SECTION 2.1              Purchase Report ................................................  4
SECTION 2.2              Calculation of Purchase Price ..................................  4

                                   ARTICLE III
                            PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

SECTION 3.1              Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase
                         Price Payment ..................................................  5
SECTION 3.2              Subsequent Purchase Price Payments .............................  5
SECTION 3.3              Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution .............  6
SECTION 3.4              Reconveyance of Receivables ....................................  7

                                   ARTICLE IV
                             CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

SECTION 4.1              Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase .......................  7
SECTION 4.2              Certification as to Representations and Warranties .............  9
SECTION 4.3              Additional Originators .........................................  9

                                    ARTICLE V
                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATOR

SECTION 5.1              Organization and Good Standing ................................. 10
SECTION 5.2              Due Qualification .............................................. 10
SECTION 5.3              Power and Authority; Due Authorization ......................... 10
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SECTION 5.4             Valid Sale; Binding Obligations ................................. 10
SECTION 5.5             No Violation .................................................... 10
SECTION 5.6             Proceedings ..................................................... 11
SECTION 5.7             Bulk Sales Acts ................................................. 11
SECTION 5.8             Government Approvals ............................................ 11
SECTION 5.9             Financial Condition ............................................. 11
SECTION 5.10            Licenses, Contingent Liabilities, and Labor Controversies ....... 11
SECTION 5.11            Margin Regulations .............................................. 12
SECTION 5.12            Quality of Title ................................................ 12
SECTION 5.13            Accuracy of Information ......................................... 12
SECTION 5.14            Offices ......................................................... 12
SECTION 5.15            Trade Names ..................................................... 12
SECTION 5.16            Taxes ........................................................... 13
SECTION 5.17            Compliance with Applicable Laws ................................. 13
SECTION 5.18            Reliance on Separate Legal Identity ............................. 13
SECTION 5.19            Investment Company .............................................. 13

                                   ARTICLE VI
                          COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATORS

SECTION 6.1             Affirmative Covenants ........................................... 13
SECTION 6.2             Reporting Requirements .......................................... 15
SECTION 6.3             Negative Covenants .............................................. 15
SECTION 6.4             Lock-Box Banks .................................................. 16
SECTION 6.5             Accounting for Purchases ........................................ 16
SECTION 6.7             Substantive Consolidation ....................................... 16

                                   ARTICLE VII
                      ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
                             RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES

SECTION 7.1             Rights of the Company ........................................... 18
SECTION 7.2             Responsibilities of the Originators ............................. 18
SECTION 7.3             Further Action Evidencing Purchases ............................. 19
SECTION 7.4             Application of Collections ...................................... 19

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                      PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS

SECTION 8.1             Purchase and Sale Termination Events ............................ 20
SECTION 8.2             Remedies ........................................................ 20
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                                   ARTICLE IX
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 9.1                Indemnities by the Originators ............................... 21

                                    ARTICLE X
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.1               Amendments, etc .............................................. 22
SECTION 10.2               Notices, etc ................................................. 23
SECTION 10.3               No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies ............................... 23
SECTION 10.4               Binding Effect; Assignability ................................ 23
SECTION 10.5               Governing Law ................................................ 23
SECTION 10.6               Costs, Expenses and Taxes .................................... 24
SECTION 10.7               SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION ................................... 24
SECTION 10.8               WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL ......................................... 24
SECTION 10.9               Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference .... 25
SECTION 10.10              Execution in Counterparts .................................... 25
SECTION 10.11              Acknowledgment and Agreement ................................. 25
SECTION 10.12              No Proceeding ................................................ 25
SECTION 10.13              Limited Recourse ............................................. 25

                                    SCHEDULES

Schedule I                 List of Originators
Schedule 5.6               Proceedings
Schedule 5.14A             Chief Executive Office of Each Originator
Schedule 5.14B             Location of Books and Records of Originators
Schedule 5.15              Trade Names

                                    EXHIBITS

Exhibit A                  Form of Purchase Report
Exhibit B                  Form of Company Note
Exhibit C                  Form of Originator Assignment Certificate
Exhibit D                  Form of Joinder Agreement
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         THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of April
17, 2001, is entered into between the VARIOUS ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I
(each, an "Originator"; and collectively, "Originators"), and KSI FUNDING
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").

                                   DEFINITIONS

         Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms used in this
Agreement are defined in Exhibit A to the Receivables Purchase Agreement of even
date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the "Receivables Purchase Agreement") among the Company, as
the Seller; Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (individually, "KSI"), as the
initial Servicer; Market Street Funding Corporation and PNC Bank, National
Association, as the Administrator. All references herein to months are to
calendar months unless otherwise expressly indicated.

                                   BACKGROUND:

         1. The Company is a special purpose corporation, all of the issued and
outstanding shares of which are owned by Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation;

         2. The Originators generate Receivables in the ordinary course of their
businesses;

         3. The Originators, in order to finance their respective businesses,
wish to sell Receivables to the Company, and the Company is willing to purchase
Receivables from the Originators, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein;

         4. The Originators and the Company intend this transaction to be an
absolute and irrevocable true sale of Receivables by each Originator to the
Company, providing the Company with the full benefits of ownership of the
Receivables, and the Originators and the Company do not intend the transactions
hereunder to be characterized as a loan from the Company to any Originator or
for the Receivables to be a part of any Originator's estate in the event of an
Insolvency Proceeding of any Originator;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                         AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL

         SECTION 1.1 Agreement To Purchase and Sell. On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Originator, severally and for
itself, agrees to sell to the Company, and the Company agrees to purchase from
such Originator, from time to time on

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or after the Closing Date, but before the Purchase and Sale Termination Date,
all of such Originator's right, title and interest in and to:

                  (a) each Receivable of such Originator that existed and was
owing to such Originator at the closing of such Originator's business on
February 28, 2001 (the "Cut-off Date") other than Receivables contributed
pursuant to Section 3.1 (the "Contributed Receivables");

                  (b) each Receivable generated by such Originator from and
including the Cut-off Date to and including the Purchase and Sale Termination
Date;

                  (c) all rights to, but not the obligations of such Originator
under all Related Security;

                  (d) all monies due or to become due to such Originator with
respect to any of the foregoing;

                  (e) all books and records of such Originator related to any of
the foregoing, and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges of such
Originator in any accounts into which Collections are or may be received; and

                  (f) all collections and other proceeds and products of any of
the foregoing (as defined in the applicable UCC) that are or were received by
such Originator on or after the Cut-off Date, including, without limitation,
all funds which either are received by such Originator, the Company or the
Servicer from or on behalf of the Obligors in payment of any amounts owed
(including, without limitation, invoice price, finance charges, interest and all
other charges) in respect of Receivables, or are applied to such amounts owed by
the Obligors (including, without limitation, any insurance payments that such
Originator or the Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its business to
amounts owed in respect of any Receivable, and net proceeds of sale or other
disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the Obligors
in respect of Receivables or any other parties directly or indirectly liable for
payment of such Receivables).

All purchases and contributions hereunder are absolute and irrevocable shall be
made without recourse except as expressly provided in Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 9.1,
but shall be made pursuant to, and in reliance upon, the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Originators set forth in this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document. No obligation or liability to any Obligor on any
Receivable is intended to be, or shall be, assumed by the Company hereunder, and
any such assumption is expressly disclaimed. The Company's foregoing commitment
to purchase Receivables and the proceeds and rights described in clauses (c)
through (f) (collectively, the "Related Rights") is herein called the "Purchase
Facility."

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         SECTION 1.2 Timing of Purchases.

                  (a) Closing Date Purchases. Each Originator's entire right,
title and interest in, to and under (i) each Receivable that existed and was
owing to such Originator at the Cut-off Date (other than Contributed
Receivables), (ii) all Receivables created by such Originator from and including
the Cut-off Date, to and including the Closing Date (other than Contributed
Receivables), and (iii) all Related Rights with respect thereto automatically
shall be deemed to have been sold by such Originator to the Company on the
Closing Date.

                  (b) Subsequent Purchases. After the Closing Date, until the
Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Receivable and the Related Rights
generated by each Originator shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, sold by
such Originator to the Company immediately (and without further action) upon the
creation of such Receivable.

         SECTION 1.3 Consideration for Purchases. On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to make Purchase
Price payments to the Originators in accordance with Article III and to reflect
all contributions in accordance with Section 3.1.

         SECTION 1.4 Purchase and Sale Termination Date. The "Purchase and Sale
Termination Date" shall be the earliest to occur of (a) the date the Purchase
Facility is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2 and (b) the Payment Date
immediately following the day on which KSI shall have given written notice to
the Company at or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) that the Originators
desire to terminate this Agreement.

         SECTION 1.5 Intention of the Parties. It is the express intent of the
parties hereto that (a) the transfers of the Receivables, Contributed
Receivables and Related Rights by the Originators to the Company, as
contemplated by this Agreement be treated as true, final, absolute and
irrevocable sales or contributions, as applicable (without recourse except as
expressly provided in Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 9.1), of all of the Originators'
right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables or the Contributed
Receivables, as applicable, and Related Rights, and not as loans secured by the
Receivables, Contributed Receivables and Related Rights, and (b) that the
Receivables, Contributed Receivables and Related Rights not be part of their
respective Originator's estate in the event of an Insolvency Proceeding of such
Originator. For federal income tax and accounting purposes, each Originator and
the Company will treat the transfer of the Receivables, Contributed Receivables
and Related Rights to the Company as a sale, and the supporting tax records of
each Originator and the Company will reflect the sale of the Receivables,
Contributed Receivables and the Related Rights by the Originators to the
Company. Each Originator and the Company will report the transfer of the
Receivables, Contributed Receivables and the Related Rights as a sale in all
publicly available filings and reports. The books, accounts and records of each
Originator and the Company will reflect that, under generally accepted
accounting principles, such Originator's Receivables, Contributed Receivables
and Related Rights have been sold to the Company. Each Originator hereby
acknowledges that neither the Company nor the Administrator has made any
representation or

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warranty concerning the tax, accounting or legal characteristics or treatment of
the Transaction Documents and that such Originator has relied solely on the
advice of its own tax, accounting and legal advisors concerning the Transaction
Documents and the accounting, tax and legal consequences and treatment of the
transactions contemplated thereby. If, however, notwithstanding the intent of
the parties, such transactions are deemed to be loans, each Originator hereby
grants to the Company a first priority security interest in all of such
Originator's right, title and interest in and to: (i) the Receivables,
Contributed Receivables and the Related Rights now existing and hereafter
created by such Originator, (ii) all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received with respect thereto, (iii) all books and records of such Originator
related to any of the foregoing, and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges
of such Originator in any accounts into which Collections are or may be
received; and (iv) all proceeds and products of any of the foregoing to secure
all of such Originator's obligations hereunder.

                                   ARTICLE II
                 PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE

         SECTION 2.1 Purchase Report. On the Closing Date and on each Settlement
Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Company and each Originator a report in
substantially the form of Exhibit A (each such report being herein called a
"Purchase Report") identifying, among other things:

                  (a) Receivables purchased by the Company from each Originator
on the Closing Date (in the case of the Purchase Report to be delivered on the
Closing Date);

                  (b) Receivables purchased by the Company from each Originator
during the period commencing on, and including, the Settlement Date immediately
preceding such Settlement Date to (but not including) such Settlement Date (in
the case of each subsequent Purchase Report); and

                  (c) the calculations of reductions of the Purchase Price for
any Receivables as provided in Section 3.3 (a) and (b).

         SECTION 2.2 Calculation of Purchase Price. The "Purchase Price" to be
paid to each Originator for the Receivables that are purchased hereunder from
such Originator shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

                  PP       =          OB x FMVD

                  where:

                  PP       =          Purchase Price for each Receivable as
                                      calculated on the relevant Payment Date.

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                  OB       =          The Outstanding Balance of such Receivable
                                      on the relevant Payment Date.

                  FMVD     =          Fair Market Value Discount, as measured on
                                      such Payment Date, which is equal to the
                                      quotient (expressed as percentage) of (a)
                                      one divided by (b) the sum of (i) one,
                                      plus (ii) the product of (A) the Prime
                                      Rate on such Payment Date plus 0.25% and
                                      (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is
                                      the Turnover Rate (calculated as of the
                                      last day of the Settlement Period next
                                      preceding such Payment Date) and the
                                      denominator of which is 365.

         "Payment Date" means (i) the Closing Date and (ii) each Business Day
thereafter that Originators are open for business.

         "Prime Rate" means a per annum rate equal to the "Prime Rate" as
published in the "Money Rates" section of The Wall Street Journal or if such
information ceases to be published in The Wall Street Journal, such other
publication as determined by the Administrator in its reasonable discretion.

                                   ARTICLE III
                            PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

         SECTION 3.1 Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase Price
Payment.

                  (a) On the Closing Date, KSI shall, and hereby does,
irrevocably and absolutely contribute to the capital of the Company Receivables
and Related Rights consisting of each Receivable of KSI that existed and was
owing to KSI on the Closing Date beginning with the oldest of such Receivables
and continuing chronologically thereafter such that the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all such Contributed Receivables shall be not less than $6,000,000
(provided that no Receivables shall be contributed in part, but only in their
entirety).

                  (b) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay to each Originator the Purchase Price
for the purchase to be made from such Originator on the Closing Date partially
in cash (in an amount to be agreed between the Company and such Originator and
set forth in the initial Purchase Report) and partially by issuing a promissory
note in the form of Exhibit B to such Originator with an initial principal
balance equal to the remaining Purchase Price (each such promissory note, as it
may be amended, supplemented, endorsed or otherwise modified from time to time,
together with all promissory notes issued from time to time in substitution
therefor or renewal thereof in accordance with the Transaction Documents, each
being herein called a "Company Note").

         SECTION 3.2 Subsequent Purchase Price Payments. On each Payment Date
subsequent to the Closing Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, the

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Company shall pay to each Originator the Purchase Price for the Receivables
generated by such Originator on such Payment Date and sold to the Company
hereunder:

                  (a) First, in cash to the extent the Company has cash
available therefor; and

                  (b) Second, to the extent any portion of the Purchase Price
remains unpaid, the principal amount outstanding under the applicable Company
Note shall be increased by an amount equal to such remaining Purchase Price.

The Servicer shall make all appropriate record keeping entries with respect to
each of the Company Notes to reflect the foregoing payments and reductions made
pursuant to Section 3.3, and in the absence of manifest error the Servicer's
books and records shall constitute rebuttable presumptive evidence of the
principal amount of, and accrued interest on, each of the Company Notes at any
time. Furthermore, the Servicer shall hold the Company Notes for the benefit of
the applicable Originator. Each Originator hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Servicer to mark the Company Notes "CANCELED" and to return such Company Notes
to the Company upon the final payment thereof after the occurrence of the
Purchase and Sale Termination Date.

         SECTION 3.3 Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution.

                  (a) If, on the day of purchase or contribution of any
Receivable from an Originator hereunder, any of the representations or
warranties set forth in Sections 5.4 and 5.12 are not true with respect to such
Receivable or as a result of any action or inaction of such Originator, on any
subsequent day, any of such representations or warranties set forth in Sections
5.4 and 5.12 are no longer true with respect to such Receivable, then the
Purchase Price (or in the case of a Contributed Receivable the Outstanding
Balance of such Receivable (the "Contributed Value")), with respect to such
Receivable shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Outstanding Balance of
such Receivable and shall be accounted to such Originator as provided in clause
(c) below; provided, that if the Company thereafter receives payment on account
of Collections due with respect to such Receivable, the Company promptly shall
deliver such funds to such Originator.

                  (b) If, on any day, the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable
(including any Contributed Receivable) purchased or contributed hereunder is
reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective, rejected, returned goods or
services, or any discount or other adjustment made by any Originator, the
Company or the Servicer or any setoff or dispute between any Originator or the
Servicer and an Obligor as indicated on the books of the Company (or, for
periods prior to the Closing Date, the books of Originator), then the Purchase
Price or Contributed Value, as the case may be, with respect to such Receivable
shall be reduced by the amount of such net reduction and shall be accounted to
Originator as provided in clause (c) below.

                  (c) Any reduction in the Purchase Price or Contributed Value
of any Receivable pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above shall be applied as a
credit for the account of the Company against the Purchase Price of Receivables
subsequently purchased by the Company

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from such Originator hereunder; provided, however if there have been no
purchases of Receivables from such Originator (or insufficiently large purchases
of Receivables) to create a Purchase Price sufficient to so apply such credit
against, the amount of such credit:

                  (i) shall be paid in cash to the Company by such Originator in
         the manner and for application as described in the following proviso,
         or

                  (ii) shall be deemed to be a payment under, and shall be
         deducted from the principal amount outstanding under, the Company Note
         payable to such Originator;

provided, further, that at any time (y) when a Termination Event or Unmatured
Termination Event exists under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or (z) on or
after the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, the amount of any such credit
shall be paid by such Originator to the Company by deposit in immediately
available funds into the relevant Lock-Box Account for application by the
Servicer to the same extent as if Collections of the applicable Receivable in
such amount had actually been received on such date.

         SECTION 3.4 Reconveyance of Receivables. In the event that an
Originator has paid to the Company the full Outstanding Balance of any
Receivable pursuant to Section 3.3, the Company shall reconvey such Receivable
to such Originator, without representation or warranty, but free and clear of
all liens, security interests, charges, and encumbrances created by the Company.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                             CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

         SECTION 4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial
purchase hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that the Servicer (on
the Company's behalf) shall have received, on or before the Closing Date, the
following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated the Closing Date, and each in
form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer (acting on the Company's
behalf):

                  (a) An Originator Assignment Certificate in the form of
Exhibit C from each Originator, duly completed, executed and delivered by each
Originator;

                  (b) A copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of
each Originator approving the Transaction Documents to be delivered by it and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of such Originator;

                  (c) Good standing certificates for each Originator issued as
of a recent date acceptable to the Servicer by the Secretary of State of the
jurisdiction of such Originator's organization and each jurisdiction where such
Originator is qualified to transact business;

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                  (d) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
each Originator certifying the names and true signatures of the officers
authorized on such Person's behalf to sign the Transaction Documents to be
delivered by it (on which certificate the Servicer and the Company may
conclusively rely until such time as the Servicer shall receive from such Person
a revised certificate meeting the requirements of this clause (d));

                  (e) The certificate or articles of incorporation or other
organizational document of each Originator duly certified by the Secretary of
State of the jurisdiction of such Originator's organization as of a recent date,
together with a copy of the by-laws of such Originator, each duly certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Originator;

                  (f) Originals of the proper financing statements (Form UCC-1)
that have been duly executed and name each Originator as the debtor/seller and
the Company as the secured party/purchaser (and the Issuer, as assignee of the
Company) of the Receivables generated by such Originator as may be necessary or,
in the Servicer's or the Administrator's opinion, desirable under the UCC of all
appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Company's ownership interest in all
Receivables and such other rights, accounts, instruments and moneys (including,
without limitation, Related Security) in which an ownership or security interest
may be assigned to it hereunder; the characterization of each Originator as the
debtor and the Company as the secured party in each such financing statement is
solely for protective purposes, and should in no way be construed as being
contrary to the intent of the parties that this transaction be treated as a sale
of such Originator's entire right, title and interest in and to the Receivables
and the Related Security to the Company;

                  (g) A written search report from a Person satisfactory to the
Servicer listing all effective financing statements that name the Originators as
debtors or sellers and that are filed in the jurisdictions in which filings were
made pursuant to the foregoing clause (f), together with copies of such
financing statements (none of which, except for those described in the foregoing
clause (f), shall cover any Receivable or any Related Rights which are to be
sold to the Company hereunder), and tax and judgment lien search reports from a
Person satisfactory to the Servicer showing no evidence of such liens filed
against any Originator;

                  (h) A favorable opinion of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, counsel
to the Originators, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer and the
Administrator;

                  (i) A Company Note in favor of each Originator, duly executed
by the Company; and

                  (j) A certificate from an officer of each Originator to the
effect that the Servicer and such Originator have placed on the most recent, and
have taken all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that there shall be placed
on each subsequent, data processing report that it generates which are of the
type that a proposed purchaser or lender would use to evaluate the Receivables,
the following legend (or the substantive equivalent thereof): "THE RECEIVABLES
DESCRIBED HEREIN HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED OR SOLD

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PURSUANT TO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL 17, 2001, AS THE
SAME MAY FROM TO TIME TO TIME BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED,
BETWEEN CERTAIN ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I THERETO, AS ORIGINATORS, AND KSI
FUNDING CORPORATION, AS PURCHASER, AND AN UNDIVIDED, FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP
INTEREST IN THE RECEIVABLES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS BEEN SOLD TO MARKET STREET
FUNDING CORPORATION PURSUANT TO A RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF
APRIL 17, 2001 AS THE SAME MAY FROM TO TIME TO TIME BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR
OTHERWISE MODIFIED, AMONG KSI FUNDING CORPORATION, AS SELLER, KULICKE AND SOFFA
INDUSTRIES, INC., AS SERVICER, MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION, AND PNC BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATOR."

         SECTION 4.2 Certification as to Representations and Warranties. Each
Originator, by accepting the Purchase Price related to each purchase of
Receivables generated by such Originator, shall be deemed to have certified that
the representations and warranties contained in Article V are true and correct
on and as of such day, with the same effect as though made on and as of such
day.

         SECTION 4.3 Additional Originators. Additional Persons may be added as
Originators hereunder, with the consent of the Company and the Administrator,
provided that following conditions are satisfied on or before the date of such
addition:

                  (a) The Servicer shall have given the Administrator and the
Company at least thirty days prior written notice of such proposed addition and
the identity of the proposed additional Originator and shall have provided such
other information with respect to such proposed additional Originator as the
Administrator may reasonably request;

                  (b) such proposed additional Originator has executed and
delivered to the Company and the Administrator an agreement substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D (a "Joinder Agreement");

                  (c) such proposed additional Originator has delivered to the
Company and the Administrator each of the documents with respect to such
Originator described in Sections 4.1 and 4.2;

                  (d) the Administrator shall have received a written statement
from each of Moody's and Standard & Poor's confirming that the addition of such
Originator will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the current ratings
of the Notes; and

                  (e) the Purchase and Sale Termination Date shall not have
occurred.

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                                    ARTICLE V
                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATOR

         In order to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement and to make
purchases hereunder, each Originator hereby makes, with respect to itself, the
representations and warranties set forth in this Article V.

         SECTION 5.1 Organization and Good Standing. Such Originator has been
duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation, limited
liability company or partnership, as applicable, in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently
owned and such business is presently conducted.

         SECTION 5.2 Due Qualification. Such Originator is located and is
qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation, limited liability
company or partnership, as applicable, in good standing in all jurisdictions in
which (a) the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business
requires such licensing or qualification and (b) the failure to be so licensed
or qualified would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         SECTION 5.3 Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Such Originator has
(a) all necessary power, authority and legal right (i) to execute and deliver,
and perform its obligations under, each Transaction Document to which it is a
party and (ii) to generate, own, sell, contribute and assign Receivables on the
terms and subject to the conditions herein and therein provided; and (b) duly
authorized such execution and delivery and such sale, contribution and
assignment and the performance of such obligations by all necessary corporate
action.

         SECTION 5.4 Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. Each sale or contribution,
as the case may be, of Receivables made by such Originator pursuant to this
Agreement is and shall constitute an irrevocable and absolute valid sale or
contribution, as the case may be, transfer, and assignment of Receivables to the
Company, enforceable against creditors of, and purchasers from, such Originator;
and this Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to be signed
by such Originator, when duly executed and delivered, will constitute, a legal,
valid, and binding obligation of such Originator, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

         SECTION 5.5 No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will not (a) conflict with, result
in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a default under (i) such Originator's
certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, limited partnership
agreements, articles of organization or limited liability company agreements, as
applicable or (ii) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other material agreement or instrument to which it is a

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party or by which it is bound, (b) result in the creation or imposition of any
Adverse Claim upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement or
instrument, other than the Transaction Documents, or (c) violate any law or any
order, rule or regulation applicable to it of any court or of any state or
foreign regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties except
where such violation would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

         SECTION 5.6 Proceedings. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.6, there is
no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending before any court,
regulatory body, arbitrator, administrative agency, or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality (a) asserting the invalidity of any Transaction
Document, (b) seeking to prevent such Originator from transferring any
Receivable hereunder (or in the case such transfer does not constitute a sale
under any applicable law, from granting or maintaining the security interest in
any Receivable) to the Company or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by any Transaction Document or (c) seeking any determination or
ruling that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         SECTION 5.7 Bulk Sales Acts. No transaction contemplated hereby
requires compliance with, or will be subject to avoidance under, any bulk sales
act or similar law.

         SECTION 5.8 Government Approvals. Except for the filing of the UCC
financing statements referred to in Article IV, all of which, at the time
required in Article IV, shall have been duly made and shall be in full force and
effect, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for
Originator's due execution, delivery and performance of any Transaction Document
to which it is a party.

         SECTION 5.9 Financial Condition.

                  (a) Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2000, no event
has occurred that has had, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.

                  (b) Solvent. On the date hereof, and on the date of each
purchase hereunder (both before and after giving effect to such purchase), such
Originator shall be Solvent.

         SECTION 5.10 Licenses, Contingent Liabilities, and Labor Controversies.

                  (a) Such Originator has not failed to obtain any licenses,
permits, franchises or other governmental authorizations necessary to the
ownership of its properties or to the conduct of its business, which violation
or failure to obtain would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

                  (b) There are no labor controversies pending against such
Originator that have had (or are reasonably likely to have) a Material Adverse
Effect.

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         SECTION 5.11 Margin Regulations. No use of any funds acquired by any
Originator under this Agreement will conflict with or contravene any of
Regulations, T, U and X promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board from time to
time.

         SECTION 5.12 Quality of Title.

                  (a) Each Receivable of such Originator (together with the
Related Rights with respect to such Receivable) which is to be sold to the
Company hereunder is or at the time of such sale shall be owned by such
Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as provided herein and
in the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Whenever the Company makes a purchase or
accepts a contribution hereunder, it shall have acquired and shall continue to
have maintained a valid and perfected ownership interest (free and clear of any
Adverse Claim) in all Receivables generated by such Originator and all
Collections related thereto, and in Originator's entire right, title and
interest in and to the Related Rights with respect thereto.

                  (b) No effective financing statement or other instrument
similar in effect covering any Receivable generated by such Originator or any
Related Rights is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed in
favor of the Company or the Originators, as the case may be, in accordance with
this Agreement or in favor of the Issuer in accordance with the Receivables
Purchase Agreement.

                  (c) Unless otherwise identified to the Company on the date of
the purchase or contribution hereunder, each Receivable purchased hereunder is
on the date of purchase or contribution an Eligible Receivable.

         SECTION 5.13 Accuracy of Information. All factual written information
heretofore or contemporaneously furnished (and prepared) by such Originator to
the Company or the Administrator for purposes of or in connection with any
Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and
all other such factual written information hereafter furnished (and prepared) by
such Originator to the Company or the Administrator pursuant to or in connection
with any Transaction Document will be, true and accurate in all material
respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified.

         SECTION 5.14 Offices. Such Originator's principal place of business and
chief executive office is located at the address set forth in Schedule 5.14A and
the offices where such Originator keeps all its books, records and documents
evidencing its Receivables, the related Contracts and all other agreements
related to such Receivables are located at the addresses specified in Schedule
5.14B (or at such other locations, notified to the Servicer and the
Administrator in accordance with Section 6.1(f)), in jurisdictions where all
action required by Section 7.3 has been taken and completed.

         SECTION 5.15 Trade Names. Such Originator does not use any trade name
other than its actual corporate name and the trade names set forth in Schedule
5.15. From and after the date

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that fell five (5) years before the date hereof, except as set forth in Schedule
5.15, such Originator has not been known by any legal name other than its
corporate name as of the date hereof, nor has such Originator been the subject
of any merger or other corporate reorganization.

         SECTION 5.16 Taxes. Such Originator has filed all tax returns and
reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all taxes and
governmental charges thereby shown to be owing, except any such taxes or charges
which are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set
aside on its books.

         SECTION 5.17 Compliance with Applicable Laws. Such Originator is in
compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
orders of all governmental authorities, a breach of any of which, individually
or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

         SECTION 5.18 Reliance on Separate Legal Identity. Such Originator
acknowledges that the Issuer and the Administrator are entering into the
Receivables Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the Company's identity as a
legal entity separate from such Originator.

         SECTION 5.19 Investment Company. Such Originator is not an "investment
company," or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended. In addition, such
Originator is not a "holding company," a "subsidiary company" of a "holding
company" or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company"
of a "holding company" within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                          COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATORS

         SECTION 6.1 Affirmative Covenants. From the date hereof until the first
day following the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Originator will,
unless the Administrator and the Company shall otherwise consent in writing:

                  (a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply in all material respects
with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders with respect to the
Receivables generated by it and the Contracts and other agreements related
thereto except where the failure to so comply would not materially and adversely
affect the collectibility of such Receivables or the rights of the Company
hereunder.

                  (b) Preservation of Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise
permitted in Section 6.3(e), preserve and maintain its existence as a
corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, and all
rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and
qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation,
partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in each jurisdiction
where the failure to

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preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and
qualification would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (c) Receivables Reviews. (i) No more than twice annually
(unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists or there
shall be a material variance in the performance of the Receivables) during
regular business hours, and upon reasonable prior notice, permit the Company or
the Administrator, or their respective agents or representatives, (A) to examine
and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents
(including, without limitation, computer tapes and disks) in possession or under
the control of each Originator relating to Receivables, including, without
limitation, the related Contracts and purchase orders and other agreements
related thereto, and (B) to visit the offices and properties of such Originator
for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (A) above and to
discuss matters relating to Receivables originated by it or the performance
hereunder with any of the officers or employees of each Originator having
knowledge of such matters, and (ii) without limiting the foregoing clause (i)
above, no more than once annually (unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured
Termination Event exists or there shall be a material variance in the
performance of the Receivables), during regular business hours, and upon
reasonable prior notice, permit certified public accountants or other auditors
acceptable to the Company and Administrator to conduct, at the Company's
expense, a review of such Originator's books and records with respect to such
Receivables.

                  (d) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. Maintain and
implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without
limitation, an ability to re-create records evidencing Receivables it generates
in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain
all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or
advisable for the collection of such Receivables (including, without limitation,
records adequate to permit the daily identification of each new Receivable and
all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).

                  (e) Performance and Compliance with Receivables and Contracts.
Timely and fully perform and comply, in all material respects, with all
provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the
Contracts and all other agreements related to the Receivables that it generates.

                  (f) Location of Records. Keep its principal place of business
and chief executive office, and the offices where it keeps its records
concerning or related to Receivables, at the address(es) referred to in Schedule
5.14 or, upon 15 days' prior written notice to the Company and the
Administrator, at such other locations in jurisdictions where all action
required by Section 7.3 shall have been taken and completed.

                  (g) Credit and Collection Policies. Comply in all material
respects with its Credit and Collection Policy in connection with the
Receivables that it generates and all Contracts and other agreements related
thereto.

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                  (h) Post Office Boxes. On or prior to the date hereof, deliver
to the Servicer (on behalf of the Company) a certificate from an authorized
officer of such Originator to the effect that (i) the name of the renter of all
post office boxes into which Collections may from time to time be mailed have
been changed to the name of the Company (unless such post office boxes are in
the name of the relevant Lock-Box Banks) and (ii) all relevant postmasters have
been notified that each of the Servicer and the Administrator are authorized to
collect mail delivered to such post office boxes (unless such post office boxes
are in the name of the relevant Lock-Box Banks).

                  (i) Transaction Documents. Comply in all material respects
with the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

                  (j) Notice to Philippine Obligors . At the beginning of each
quarter such Originator shall send a written notice to each Obligor located in
the Philippines notifying such Obligor that pursuant to this Agreement all the
Receivables have been sold to the Company.

         SECTION 6.2 Reporting Requirements. From the date hereof until the
first day following the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Originator
will, unless the Servicer (on behalf of the Company) shall otherwise consent in
writing, furnish to the Company and the Administrator:

                  (a) Purchase and Sale Termination Events . As soon as possible
after the Originator has knowledge of the occurrence of, and in any event within
three Business Days after the Originator has knowledge of the occurrence of each
Purchase and Sale Termination Event or each Unmatured Purchase and Sale
Termination Event in respect of such Originator, the statement of the chief
financial officer or chief accounting officer of such Originator describing such
Purchase and Sale Termination Event or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination
Event and the action that such Originator proposes to take with respect thereto,
in each case in reasonable detail;

                  (b) Proceedings. As soon as possible and in any event within
three Business Days after Originator otherwise has knowledge thereof, written
notice of (i) material litigation, investigation or proceeding of the type
described in Section 5.6 not previously disclosed to the Company and (ii) all
material adverse developments that have occurred with respect to any previously
disclosed litigation, proceedings and investigations; and

                  (c) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other
information, documents, records or reports respecting the Receivables or the
conditions or operations, financial or otherwise, of such Originator as the
Company, the Issuer or the Administrator may from time to time reasonably
request in order to protect the interests of the Company, the Issuer or the
Administrator under or as contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

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         SECTION 6.3 Negative Covenants. From the date hereof until the date
following the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Originator agrees that,
unless the Servicer (on behalf of the Company) and the Administrator shall
otherwise consent in writing, it shall not:

                  (a) Sales, Liens, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein or
in any other Transaction Document, sell, assign (by operation of law or
otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse
Claim upon or with respect to, any Receivable or related Contract or Related
Security, or any interest therein, or any Collections thereon, or assign any
right to receive income in respect thereof.

                  (b) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as otherwise
permitted in Section 4.2(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, extend, amend
or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable in any material respect
generated by it, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any
Contract related thereto (which term or condition relates to payments under, or
the enforcement of, such Contract).

                  (c) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. Make
any change in the character of its business or materially alter its Credit and
Collection Policy, which change or alteration would, in either case, materially
adversely change the credit standing required of particular Obligors or
potential Obligors or impair the collectibility of a material portion of
Receivables generated by it.

                  (d) Receivables Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes or
Chattel Paper. Take any action to cause or permit any Receivable generated by it
to become evidenced by any "instrument" or "chattel paper" (as defined in the
applicable UCC).

                  (e) Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc . (i) Be a party to any
merger or consolidation, except a merger or consolidation where such Originator
is the surviving entity or is merged or consolidated with another Originator, or
(ii) directly or indirectly sell, transfer, assign, convey or lease (other than
to another Originator or wholly-owned Subsidiary thereof) (A) whether in one or
a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets or (B) any
Receivables or any interest therein (other than pursuant to this Agreement).

         SECTION 6.4 Lock-Box Banks. Make any changes in its instructions to
Obligors regarding Collections or add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank
unless the requirements of paragraph 2(g) of Exhibit IV to the Receivables
Purchase Agreement have been met.

         SECTION 6.5 Accounting for Purchases. Account for or treat (whether in
financial statements or otherwise) the transactions contemplated hereby in any
manner other than as sales or contributions to capital of the Receivables and
Related Rights by such Originator to the Company.

         SECTION 6.6 Transaction Documents. Enter into, execute, deliver or
otherwise become bound by any agreement, instrument, document or other
arrangement that restricts the right of

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such Originator to amend, supplement, amend and restate or otherwise modify, or
to extend or renew, or to waive any right under, this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document.

         SECTION 6.7 Substantive Consolidation. Each Originator hereby
acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are being
entered into in reliance upon the Company's identity as a legal entity separate
from such Originator and its Affiliates. Therefore, from and after the date
hereof, each Originator shall take all reasonable steps necessary to make it
apparent to third Persons that the Company is an entity with assets and
liabilities distinct from those of such Originator and any other Person, and is
not a division of such Originator, its Affiliates or any other Person. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with
the other covenants set forth herein, such Originator shall take such actions as
shall be required in order that:

                  (a) such Originator shall not be involved in the day to day
management of the Company;

                  (b) such Originator shall maintain separate corporate records
and books of account from the Company and otherwise will observe corporate
formalities and have a separate area from the Company for its business;

                  (c) the financial statements and books and records of such
Originator shall be prepared after the date of creation of the Company to
reflect and shall reflect the separate existence of the Company; provided, that
the Company's assets and liabilities may be included in a consolidated financial
statement issued by an affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that any
such consolidated financial statement or the notes thereto shall make clear that
the Company's assets are not available to satisfy the obligations of such
affiliate;

                  (d) except as permitted by the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
(i) such Originator shall maintain its assets separately from the assets of the
Company, (ii) and the Company's assets, and records relating thereto, have not
been, are not, and shall not be, commingled with those of the Company;

                  (e) all of the Company's business correspondence and other
communications shall be conducted in the Company's own name and on its own
stationery;

                  (f) such Originator shall not act as an agent for the Company,
other than KSI in its capacity as the Servicer, and in connection therewith,
shall present itself to the public as an agent for the Company and a legal
entity separate from the Company;

                  (g) such Originator shall not conduct any of the business of
the Company in its own name;

                  (h) such Originator shall not pay any liabilities of the
Company out of its own funds or assets;

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                  (i) such Originator shall maintain an arm's-length
relationship with the Company;

                  (j) such Originator shall not assume or guarantee or become
obligated for the debts of the Company or hold out its credit as being available
to satisfy the obligations of the Company;

                  (k) such Originator shall not acquire obligations of the
Company;

                  (l) such Originator shall allocate fairly and reasonably
overhead or other expenses that are properly shared with the Company, including,
without limitation, shared office space;

                  (m) such Originator shall identify and hold itself out as a
separate and distinct entity from the Company;

                  (n) such Originator shall correct any known misunderstanding
respecting its separate identity from the Company;

                  (o) such Originator shall not enter into, or be a party to,
any transaction with the Company, except in the ordinary course of its business
and on terms which are intrinsically fair and not less favorable to it than
would be obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction with an unrelated
third party; and

                  (p) such Originator shall not pay the salaries of the
Company's employees, if any.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                      ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
                             RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES

         SECTION 7.1 Rights of the Company. Each Originator hereby authorizes
the Company, the Servicer or their respective designees to take any and all
steps in such Originator's name necessary or desirable, in their respective
determination, to collect all amounts due under any and all Receivables,
including, without limitation, indorsing the name of such Originator on checks
and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Receivables
and the provisions of the related Contracts that concern payment and/or
enforcement of rights to payment.

         SECTION 7.2 Responsibilities of the Originators. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding:

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                  (a) Collection Procedures. Each Originator agrees to direct
its respective Obligors to make payments of Receivables directly to a post
office box related to the relevant Lock-Box Account at a Lock-Box Bank;
provided, however, that with respect to any Receivable the Originator of which
is American Fine Wire Corporation, American Fine Wire Corporation may instruct
the Obligor of such Receivable to make payments with respect to such Receivable
to American Fine Wire Corporation, 907 Ravenwood Drive, P.O. Box 966, Selma,
Alabama 36701. Each Originator further agrees to transfer any Collections that
it receives directly to the Servicer (for the Company's account) within one (1)
Business Day of receipt thereof, and agrees that all such Collections shall be
deemed to be received in trust for the Company and that it shall take all
reasonable steps to maintain and segregate such Collections separate and apart
from all other funds and monies of Originator until transfer of such Collections
to the Servicer.

                  (b) Each Originator shall perform its obligations hereunder in
all material respects, and the exercise by the Company or its designee of its
rights hereunder shall not relieve such Originator from such obligations.

                  (c) None of the Company, the Servicer or the Administrator
shall have any obligation or liability to any Obligor or any other third Person
with respect to any Receivables, Contracts related thereto or any other related
agreements, nor shall the Company, the Servicer, the Issuer or the Administrator
be obligated to perform any of the obligations of such Originator thereunder.

                  (d) Each Originator hereby grants to the Servicer an
irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an
interest, to take in the name of such Originator all steps necessary or
advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other
right of any kind held or transmitted by such Originator or transmitted or
received by the Company (whether or not from such Originator) in connection with
any Receivable and to take all other steps necessary to comply with its
obligations as Servicer set forth in Article IV of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.

         SECTION 7.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases. Each Originator agrees
that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all
further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Servicer
may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the
Receivables and Related Rights purchased by or contributed to the Company
hereunder, or to enable the Company to exercise or enforce any of its rights
hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, upon the request of the Servicer, such Originator
will:

                  (a) execute and file such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other
instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate; and

                  (b) mark the master data processing records that evidence or
list (i) such Receivables and (ii) related Contracts with the legend set forth
in Section 4.1(j).

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Each Originator hereby authorizes the Company or its designee to file one or
more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and
assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Receivables and Related
Rights now existing or hereafter generated by Originator. If any Originator
fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement, the
Company or its designee may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or
cause the performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the
Company or its designee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by
Originator as provided in Section 9.1.

         SECTION 7.4 Application of Collections. Any payment by an Obligor in
respect of any amount owed by it to any Originator shall, except as otherwise
specified by such Obligor or required by applicable law and unless otherwise
instructed by the Servicer (with the prior written consent of the Administrator)
or the Administrator, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable or
Receivables of such Obligor to the extent of any amounts then due and payable
thereunder (such application to be made starting with the oldest outstanding
Receivable or Receivables) before being applied to any other indebtedness of
such Obligor.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                      PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS

         SECTION 8.1 Purchase and Sale Termination Events. Each of the following
events or occurrences described in this Section 8.1 shall constitute a "Purchase
and Sale Termination Event":

                  (a) A Termination Event (as defined in the Receivables
Purchase Agreement) shall have occurred and, in the case of a Termination Event
(other than one described in paragraph (f) of Exhibit V of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement), the Administrator, shall have declared the Facility
Termination Date to have occurred; or

                  (b) Any Originator shall fail to make any payment or deposit
to be made by it hereunder when due and such failure shall remain unremedied for
two (2) Business Days; or

                  (c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made
by any Originator (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this
Agreement, any other Transaction Documents, or any other information or report
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or incorrect
in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

                  (d) Any Originator shall fail to perform or observe any other
term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be
performed or observed and such failure shall remain unremedied for five (5)
Business Days after written notice thereof shall have been given by the Servicer
to such Originator.

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         SECTION 8.2 Remedies.

                  (a) Optional Termination. Upon the occurrence of a Purchase
and Sale Termination Event, the Company (and not the Servicer) shall have the
option, by notice to the Originators (with a copy to the Administrator), to
declare the Purchase Facility as terminated.

                  (b) Remedies Cumulative. Upon any termination of the Purchase
Facility pursuant to Section 8.2(a), the Company shall have, in addition to all
other rights and remedies under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies
provided under the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction and other applicable
laws, which rights shall be cumulative.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

         SECTION 9.1 Indemnities by the Originators. Without limiting any other
rights which the Company may have hereunder or under applicable law, each
Originator, severally and for itself alone hereby agrees to indemnify the
Company and each of its officers, directors, employees and agents (each of the
foregoing Persons being individually called a "Purchase and Sale Indemnified
Party"), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses,
claims, judgments, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being
collectively called "Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts") awarded against or
incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of the failure of such
Originator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, or arising out of the claims asserted against a Purchase
and Sale Indemnified Party relating to the transactions contemplated herein or
therein or the use of proceeds thereof or therefrom, excluding, however, (i)
Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Party, (ii) any indemnification which has the effect of recourse for
collectibility or performance of the Receivables to any indemnitor (except as
otherwise specifically provided under this Section 9.1), (iii) Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from any act or failure to act by an
Obligor in violation of the applicable Contract and (iv) any tax based upon or
measured by net income property, or gross receipts. Without limiting the
foregoing, each Originator, severally for itself alone, shall indemnify each
Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party for Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts
relating to or resulting from:

                  (a) the transfer by such Originator of an interest in any
Receivable to any Person other than the Company;

                  (b) the breach of any representation or warranty made by such
Originator (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document, or any information or report delivered by
Originator pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect
in any material respect when made or deemed made;

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<PAGE>   26
                  (c) the failure by such Originator to comply with any
applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable generated by
such Originator or the related Contract, or the nonconformity of any Receivable
generated by such Originator or the related Contract with any such applicable
law, rule or regulation;

                  (d) the failure to vest and maintain vested in the Company an
ownership interest in the Receivables generated by such Originator free and
clear of any Adverse Claim, other than an Adverse Claim arising solely as a
result of an act of the Company, the Issuer or the Administrator whether
existing at the time of the purchase or contribution of such Receivables or at
any time thereafter;

                  (e) the failure to file, or any delay in filing, financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any
applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any Receivables
or purported Receivables generated by such Originator, whether at the time of
any purchase or contribution or at any subsequent time;

                  (f) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than
discharge in bankruptcy) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable or
purported Receivable generated by such Originator (including, without
limitation, a defense based on such Receivable's or the related Contract's not
being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the services
related to any such Receivable or the furnishing of or failure to furnish such
services;

                  (g) any product liability claim arising out of or in
connection with services that are the subject of any Receivable generated by
such Originator; and

                  (h) any tax or governmental fee or charge (other than any tax
excluded pursuant to clause (iii) in the proviso to the preceding sentence), all
interest and penalties thereon or with respect thereto, and all out-of-pocket
costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel in
defending against the same, which may arise by reason of the purchase or
ownership of the Receivables generated by such Originator or any Related
Security connected with any such Receivables.

If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 9.1 is
unavailable to a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold
such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party harmless, then such Originator,
severally and for itself, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party to the maximum extent permitted under
applicable law.

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<PAGE>   27
                                    ARTICLE X
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 10.1 Amendments, etc.

                  (a) The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be
amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in
writing and executed by the Company and each Originator affected thereby (with
the prior written consent of the Administrator).

                  (b) No failure or delay on the part of the Company, the
Servicer, any Originator or any third party beneficiary in exercising any power
or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or
demand on the Company, the Servicer or any Originator in any case shall entitle
it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or
approval by the Company or the Servicer under this Agreement shall, except as
may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent
transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any
similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.

                  (c) The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete
integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior
oral or written understandings.

         SECTION 10.2 Notices, etc. All notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing
(including facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by
certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, to the intended party at the
mailing address or facsimile number of such party set forth under its name on
the signature pages hereof or at such other address or facsimile number as shall
be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All
such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if personally delivered,
when received, (ii) if sent by certified mail three (3) Business Days after
having been deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, and (iii) if transmitted by
facsimile, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means (and
shall be followed by a hard copy sent by first class mail).

         SECTION 10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Without limiting the foregoing, each Originator hereby authorizes the Company,
at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to
set off, against any obligations of such Originator to the Company arising in
connection with the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation,
amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.1) that are then due and payable or that
are not then due and payable but are accruing in respect of the then current
Settlement Period, any and all

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<PAGE>   28
indebtedness at any time owing by the Company to or for the credit or the
account of such Originator.

         SECTION 10.4 Binding Effect; Assignability. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and each Originator and
their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Originator may assign any
of its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent
of the Company, except as otherwise herein specifically provided. This Agreement
shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in
accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such
time as the parties hereto shall agree. The rights and remedies with respect to
any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Originator pursuant to
Article V and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and
Section 10.6 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.

         SECTION 10.5 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

         SECTION 10.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to the obligations
of the Originators under Article IX, each Originator, severally and for itself
alone, agrees to pay on demand:

                  (a) to the Company (and any successor and permitted assigns
thereof) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Person in connection
with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and

                  (b) all stamp and other taxes and fees payable or determined
to be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording
of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to be delivered hereunder,
and agrees to indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party against any
liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to
pay such taxes and fees.

         SECTION 10.7 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY (a) SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA OR THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SITTING IN PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT; (b) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL
COURT; (c) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE
OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING; (d)
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO SUCH PERSON AT ITS
ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10.2;

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<PAGE>   29
AND (e) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR
IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 10.7 SHALL AFFECT
THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW
OR TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY ORIGINATOR OR ITS PROPERTY IN
THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

         SECTION 10.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS
UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR ANY
AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE
FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY RELATIONSHIP
EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT,
AND AGREES THAT (a) ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT
AND NOT BEFORE A JURY AND (b) ANY PARTY HERETO (OR ANY ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY
BENEFICIARY OF THIS AGREEMENT) MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF
THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF ANY OTHER
PARTY OR PARTIES HERETO TO WAIVER OF ITS OR THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

         SECTION 10.9 Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference.
The various captions (including, without limitation, the table of contents) in
this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the
meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this
Agreement to any underscored Section or Exhibit are to such Section or Exhibit
of this Agreement, as the case may be. The Exhibits hereto are hereby
incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Agreement.

         SECTION 10.10 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.

         SECTION 10.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, each
Originator expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of the Company's rights,
title, and interests in, to, and under this Agreement (but not its obligations),
shall be assigned by the Company pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
and each Originator consents to such assignment. Each of the parties hereto
acknowledges and agrees that the Administrator, and the Issuer are third party
beneficiaries of the rights of the Company arising hereunder and under the other
Transaction Documents to which any Originator is a party.

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         SECTION 10.12 No Proceeding. Each Originator hereby agrees that it will
not institute, or join any other Person in instituting, against the Company any
Insolvency Proceeding so long as any of the Company Notes remains outstanding
and for at least one year and one day following the day on which the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of each Company Note is paid in full.

         SECTION 10.13 Limited Recourse. Except as explicitly set forth herein,
the obligations of the Company and the Originators under this Agreement or any
other Transaction Documents to which each is a party are solely the obligations
of the Company and each such Originator. No recourse under any Transaction
Document shall be had against, and no liability shall attach to, any officer,
employee, director, or beneficiary, whether directly or indirectly, of the
Company or any Originator; provided, however, that this Section shall not
relieve any such Person of any liability it might otherwise have for its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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<PAGE>   31
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first above written.

                                 KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

                                      By:  /s/ CLIFFORD G. SPRAGUE
                                           -----------------------------------
                                           Name:     Clifford G. Sprague
                                           Title:    Vice President

                                      Address: KSI Funding Corporation
                                               2101 Blair Mill Road
                                               Willow Grove,  Pennsylvania 19090

                                      Attention:     Robert Amweg
                                      Telephone:     (215) 784-6541
                                      Facsimile:     (215) 784-6180

                                  S-1                Purchase and Sale Agreement
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                                        ORIGINATORS:

                                        AMERICAN FINE WIRE CORPORATION

                                        By:  /s/ CLIFFORD G. SPRAGUE
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:  Clifford G. Sprague
                                             Title: Sr. Vice President,
                                                    Treasurer, CPO

                                        Address: American Fine Wire Corporation
                                                 907 Ravenwood Drive
                                                 P.O. Box 966
                                                 Selma,  Alabama 36701

                                        Attention:  Beth Johnson
                                        Telephone:  (334) 875-4040
                                        Facsimile:  (334) 874-7119

                                        CERPROBE CORPORATION

                                        By:  /s/ MORTON K. PERCHICK
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:     Morton K. Perchick
                                             Title:    Vice President

                                        Address: Cerprobe Corporation
                                                 1150 North Fiesta Blvd.
                                                 Gilbert, Arizona 85233

                                        Attention:     Kevin Hesse
                                        Telephone:     (480) 333-1500
                                        Facsimile:     (480) 333-1672

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                                   KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ ROBERT F. AMWEG
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        Name:     Robert F. Amweg
                                        Title:    Vice President, Treasurer

                                   Address: Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
                                            2101 Blair Mill Road
                                            Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090

                                   Attention:     Robert Amweg
                                   Telephone:     (215) 784-6541
                                   Facsimile:     (215) 784-6180

                                   PROBE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

                                   By:  /s/ MORTON K. PERCHICK
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        Name:     Morton K. Perchick
                                        Title:    Vice President

                                   Address:  Probe Technology Corporation
                                             2424 Walsh Ave.
                                             Santa Clara, California 95051

                                   Attention:    Jake Vandenberg
                                   Telephone:    (408) 980-1740
                                   Facsimile:    (408) 492-0154

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                                        SEMITEC

                                        By:  /s/ CLIFFORD G. SPRAGUE
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:     Clifford G. Sprague
                                             Title:    Sr. Vice President,
                                                       Treasurer, CFO

                                        Address: Semitec
                                                 3025 Stender Way
                                                 Santa Clara, California 95054

                                        Attention:  Tessie Pacheco
                                        Telephone:  (408) 496-1092
                                        Facsimile:  (408) 496-1012

                                   S-4               Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   35
                                                                      Schedule I

                               LIST OF ORIGINATORS

American Fine Wire Corporation
Cerprobe Corporation
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Probe Technology Corporation
Semitec

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                                                                    Schedule 5.6

                                   PROCEEDINGS

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<PAGE>   37
                                                                  SCHEDULE 5.14A

                     CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EACH ORIGINATOR

            ORIGINATOR                          CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
            ----------                          ----------------------

American Fine Wire Corporation                  907 Ravenwood Drive
                                                P.O. Box 966
                                                Selma, Alabama 36701

Cerprobe Corporation                            1150 North Fiesta Blvd.
                                                Gilbert, Arizona 85233

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.              2101 Blair Mill Road
                                                Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090

Probe Technology Corporation                    2424 Walsh Ave.
                                                Santa Clara, California 95051

Semitec                                         3025 Stender Way
                                                Santa Clara, California 95054

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                                                                  Schedule 5.14B

                  LOCATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS OF ORIGINATORS

            ORIGINATOR                         LOCATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS
            ----------                         -----------------------------

American Fine Wire Corporation                 907 Ravenwood Drive
                                               P.O. Box 966
                                               Selma, Alabama 36701

Cerprobe Corporation                           1150 North Fiesta Blvd.
                                               Gilbert, Arizona 85233

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.             2101 Blair Mill Road
                                               Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090

Probe Technology Corporation                   2424 Walsh Ave.
                                               Santa Clara, California 95051

Semitec                                        3025 Stender Way
                                               Santa Clara, California 95054

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                                                                   Schedule 5.15

                                   TRADE NAMES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Legal Name                                                       Trade Names
----------                                                       -----------
<S>                                                              <C>
  American Fine Wire Corporation                                      None

  Cerprobe Corporation                                                None

  Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.                                  None

  Probe Technology Corporation                                        None

  Semitec                                                             None
</TABLE>

                                                     Purchase and Sale Agreement
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                                                                       Exhibit A

                             FORM OF PURCHASE REPORT

         Originator:

         Issuer:           KSI Funding Corporation

         Payment Date:

         1.       Outstanding Balance of Receivables Purchased:

         2.       Fair Market Value Discount:

                  1/{1 + [(Prime Rate + 0.25%) x Turnover Rate]}
                                                   365

                  Where:

                  Prime Rate   =   __________

                  Turnover Rate  =  __________

         3.       Purchase Price  (1 x 2)  =  $ __________

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                                                                       Exhibit B

                              FORM OF COMPANY NOTE

                                                                 _______________
                                                                 _________, 2001

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, KSI Funding Corporation, a
Delaware limited liability company ("Company"), promises to pay to [NAME OF THE
ORIGINATOR], a _________ [CORPORATION] [LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY] [LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP] (the "Originator"), on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein and in the Purchase and Sale Agreement referred to below, the
aggregate unpaid Purchase Price of all Receivables purchased by the Company from
the Originator pursuant to such Purchase and Sale Agreement, as such unpaid
Purchase Price is shown in the records of the Servicer.

         1. Purchase and Sale Agreement. This Company Note is one of the Company
Notes described in, and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in,
that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may
be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified in
accordance with its terms, the "Purchase and Sale Agreement"), between the
Company and the various entities listed on Schedule I thereto, including the
Originator. Reference is hereby made to the Purchase and Sale Agreement for a
statement of certain other rights and obligations of the Company and the
Originator.

         2. Definitions. Capitalized terms used (but not defined) herein have
the meanings assigned thereto in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement
(as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement). In addition, as used herein,
the following terms have the following meanings:

         "Bankruptcy Proceedings" has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of
paragraph 9 hereof.

         "Final Maturity Date" means the Payment Date immediately following the
date that falls one hundred twenty one (121) days after the Purchase and Sale
Termination Date.

         "Interest Period" means the period from and including a Settlement Date
(or, in the case of the first Interest Period, the date hereof) to but excluding
the next Settlement Date.

         "Prime Rate" has the meaning assigned thereto in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.

         "Receivables Purchase Agreement" means the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2001, entered into among the KSI Funding
Corporation, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., Market Street Funding
Corporation, and PNC Bank, National Association.

                                 Exhibit B-1         Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   42
         "Senior Interests" means, collectively, (i) all accrued and unpaid
Discount, (ii) all fees payable by the Company to the Senior Interest Holders
pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (iii) all amounts payable
pursuant to Section 1.7 and 1.8 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (iv) the
aggregate Capital and (v) all other obligations owed by the Company to the
Senior Interest Holders under the Receivables Purchase Agreement and other
Transaction Documents that are due and payable, together with any and all
interest and Discount accruing on any such amount after the commencement of any
Bankruptcy Proceedings, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law that might
restrict the rights of any Senior Interest Holder, as against the Company or
anyone else, to collect such interest.

         "Senior Interest Holders" means, collectively, the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indemnified Parties.

         "Subordination Provisions" means, collectively, clauses (a) through (l)
of paragraph 9 hereof.

         "Telerate Screen Rate" means, for any Interest Period, the rate for
thirty day commercial paper denominated in dollars which appears on Page 1250 of
the Dow Jones Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on
that service for the purpose of displaying dollar commercial paper rates) at
approximately 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first day of such Interest
Period.

         3. Interest. Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below,
the Company promises to pay interest on this Company Note as follows:

                  (a) Prior to the Final Maturity Date, the aggregate unpaid
Purchase Price from time to time outstanding during any Interest Period shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Telerate Screen Rate for such
Interest Period as determined by the Servicer; and

                  (b) From (and including) the Final Maturity Date to (but
excluding) the date on which the entire aggregate unpaid Purchase Price payable
to the Originator is fully paid, such aggregate unpaid Purchase Price from time
to time outstanding shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Prime
Rate.

         4. Interest Payment Dates. Subject to the Subordination Provisions set
forth below, the Company shall pay accrued interest on this Company Note on each
Settlement Date, and shall pay accrued interest on the amount of each principal
payment made in cash on a date other than a Settlement Date at the time of such
principal payment.

         5. Basis of Computation. Interest accrued hereunder that is computed by
reference to the Telerate Screen Rate shall be computed for the actual number of
days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year, and interest accrued hereunder that
is computed by reference to the rate described in paragraph 3(b) of this Company
Note shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a
365- or 366-day year.

                                   Exhibit B-2       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   43
         6. Principal Payment Dates. Subject to the Subordination Provisions set
forth below, payments of the principal amount of this Company Note shall be made
as follows:

                  (a) The principal amount of this Company Note shall be reduced
by an amount equal to each payment deemed made pursuant to Section 3.3 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement; and

                  (b) The entire remaining unpaid Purchase Price of all
Receivables purchased by the Company from the Originator pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be due and payable on the Final Maturity Date.

Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the principal amount of
and accrued interest on this Company Note may be prepaid on any Business Day
without premium or penalty.

         7. Payment Mechanics. All payments of principal and interest hereunder
are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America.

         8. Enforcement Expenses. In addition to and not in limitation of the
foregoing, but subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below and to
any limitation imposed by applicable law, the Company agrees to pay all
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses, incurred by
the Originator in seeking to collect any amounts payable hereunder which are not
paid when due.

         9. Subordination Provisions. The Company covenants and agrees, and the
Originator and any other holder of this Company Note (collectively, the
Originator and any such other holder are called the "Holder"), by its acceptance
of this Company Note, likewise covenants and agrees on behalf of itself and any
holder of this Company Note, that the payment of the principal amount of and
interest on this Company Note is hereby expressly subordinated in right of
payment to the payment and performance of the Senior Interests to the extent and
in the manner set forth in the following clauses of this paragraph 9:

                  (a) No payment or other distribution of the Company's assets
of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities, or other rights or
property, shall be made on account of this Company Note except to the extent
such payment or other distribution is (i) permitted under paragraph 1(n) of
Exhibit IV of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or (ii) made pursuant to clause
(a) or (b) of paragraph 6 of this Company Note;

                  (b) In the event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation,
readjustment, reorganization or other similar event relating to the Company,
whether voluntary or involuntary, partial or complete, and whether in
bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities
of the Company or any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company other than as permitted by the Purchase and Sale Agreement (such
proceedings being herein collectively

                                   Exhibit B-3       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   44
called "Bankruptcy Proceedings"), the Senior Interests shall first be paid and
performed in full and in cash before the Originator shall be entitled to receive
and to retain any payment or distribution in respect of this Company Note. In
order to implement the foregoing during any Bankruptcy Proceeding: (i) all
payments and distributions of any kind or character in respect of this Company
Note to which Holder would be entitled except for this clause (b) shall be made
directly to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders);
(ii) Holder shall promptly file a claim or claims, in the form required in any
Bankruptcy Proceedings, for the full outstanding amount of this Company Note,
and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause said claim or claims to
be approved and all payments and other distributions in respect thereof to be
made directly to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest
Holders) until the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full
and in cash; and (iii) Holder hereby irrevocably agrees that the Issuer (or the
Administrator acting on the Issuer's behalf), in the name of Holder or
otherwise, may demand, sue for, collect, receive and receipt for any and all
such payments or distributions, and file, prove and vote or consent in any such
Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to any and all claims of Holder relating to
this Company Note, in each case until the Senior Interests shall have been paid
and performed in full and in cash;

                  (c) In the event that Holder receives any payment or other
distribution of any kind or character from the Company or from any other source
whatsoever, in respect of this Company Note, other than as expressly permitted
by the terms of this Company Note, such payment or other distribution shall be
received in trust for the Senior Interest Holders and shall be turned over by
Holder to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders)
forthwith. Holder will mark its books and records so as clearly to indicate that
this Company Note is subordinated in accordance with the terms hereof. All
payments and distributions received by the Administrator in respect of this
Company Note, to the extent received in or converted into cash, may be applied
by the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) first to
the payment of any and all expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
legal expenses) paid or incurred by the Senior Interest Holders in enforcing
these Subordination Provisions, or in endeavoring to collect or realize upon
this Company Note, and any balance thereof shall, solely as between the
Originator and the Senior Interest Holders, be applied by the Administrator (in
the order of application set forth in Section 1.4(d)(ii) of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement) toward the payment of the Senior Interests; but as between
the Company and its creditors, no such payments or distributions of any kind or
character shall be deemed to be payments or distributions in respect of the
Senior Interests;

                  (d) Notwithstanding any payments or distributions received by
the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Company Note, while any
Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending Holder shall not be subrogated to the then
existing rights of the Senior Interest Holders in respect of the Senior
Interests until the Senior Interests have been paid and performed in full and in
cash. If no Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending, Holder shall only be entitled to
exercise any subrogation rights that it may acquire (by reason of a payment or
distribution to the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Company Note) to
the extent that any payment arising out of the exercise of such rights would be
permitted under paragraph 1(n) of Exhibit IV of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement;

                                   Exhibit B-4       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   45
                  (e) These Subordination Provisions are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of Holder, on the one hand, and the
Senior Interest Holders on the other hand. Nothing contained in these
Subordination Provisions or elsewhere in this Company Note is intended to or
shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors (other than the Senior
Interest Holders) and Holder, the Company's obligation, which is unconditional
and absolute, to pay Holder the principal of and interest on this Company Note
as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms
hereof or to affect the relative rights of Holder and creditors of the Company
(other than the Senior Interest Holders);

                  (f) Holder shall not, until the Senior Interests have been
paid and performed in full and in cash, (i) cancel, waive, forgive, transfer or
assign, or commence legal proceedings to enforce or collect, or subordinate to
any obligation of the Company, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or now or hereafter existing, or due
or to become due, other than the Senior Interests, this Company Note or any
rights in respect hereof or (ii) convert this Company Note into an equity
interest in the Company, unless Holder shall have received the prior written
consent of the Administrator and the Issuer in each case;

                  (g) Holder shall not, without the advance written consent of
the Administrator and the Issuer, commence, or join with any other Person in
commencing, any Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to the Company until at
least one year and one day shall have passed since the Senior Interests shall
have been paid and performed in full and in cash;

                  (h) If, at any time, any payment (in whole or in part) of any
Senior Interest is rescinded or must be restored or returned by a Senior
Interest Holder (whether in connection with Bankruptcy Proceedings or
otherwise), these Subordination Provisions shall continue to be effective or
shall be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such payment had not been
made;

                  (i) Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to
time, at its sole discretion, without notice to Holder, and without waiving any
of its rights under these Subordination Provisions, take any or all of the
following actions: (i) retain or obtain an interest in any property to secure
any of the Senior Interests; (ii) retain or obtain the primary or secondary
obligations of any other obligor or obligors with respect to any of the Senior
Interests; (iii) extend or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer
than the original period), alter or exchange any of the Senior Interests, or
release or compromise any obligation of any nature with respect to any of the
Senior Interests; (iv) amend, supplement, amend and restate, or otherwise modify
any Transaction Document; and (v) release its security interest in, or
surrender, release or permit any substitution or exchange for all or any part of
any rights or property securing any of the Senior Interests, or extend or renew
for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period), or
release, compromise, alter or exchange any obligations of any nature of any
obligor with respect to any such rights or property;

         (j) Holder hereby waives: (i) notice of acceptance of these
Subordination Provisions by any of the Senior Interest Holders; (ii) notice of
the existence, creation, non-payment or non-performance of all or any of the
Senior Interests; and (iii) all diligence in

                                   Exhibit B-5       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   46
enforcement, collection or protection of, or realization upon, the Senior
Interests, or any thereof, or any security therefor;

                  (k) Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to
time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction
Documents to which such Persons are party, but without notice to Holder, assign
or transfer any or all of the Senior Interests, or any interest therein; and,
notwithstanding any such assignment or transfer or any subsequent assignment or
transfer thereof, such Senior Interests shall be and remain Senior Interests for
the purposes of these Subordination Provisions, and every immediate and
successive assignee or transferee of any of the Senior Interests or of any
interest of such assignee or transferee in the Senior Interests shall be
entitled to the benefits of these Subordination Provisions to the same extent as
if such assignee or transferee were the assignor or transferor; and

                  (l) These Subordination Provisions constitute a continuing
offer from the holder of this Company Note to all Persons who become the holders
of, or who continue to hold, Senior Interests; and these Subordination
Provisions are made for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders, and the
Administrator may proceed to enforce such provisions on behalf of each of such
Persons.

         10. General. No failure or delay on the part of the Originator in
exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right.
No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any
provision of this Company Note shall in any event be effective unless (i) the
same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by the Company and Holder and
(ii) all consents required for such actions under the Transaction Documents
shall have been received by the appropriate Persons.

         11. Maximum Interest. Notwithstanding anything in this Company Note to
the contrary, the Company shall never be required to pay unearned interest on
any amount outstanding hereunder and shall never be required to pay interest on
the principal amount outstanding hereunder at a rate in excess of the maximum
interest rate that may be contracted for, charged or received under applicable
federal or state law (such maximum rate being herein called the "Highest Lawful
Rate"). If the effective rate of interest which would otherwise by payable under
this Company Note would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, or if the holder of this
Company Note shall receive any unearned interest or shall receive monies that
are deemed to constitute interest which would increase the effective rate of
interest payable by the Company under this Company Note to a rate in excess of
the Highest Lawful Rate, then (i) the amount of interest which would otherwise
by payable by the Company under this Company Note shall be reduced to the amount
allowed by applicable law, and (ii) any unearned interest paid by the Company or
any interest paid by the Company in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate shall be
refunded to the Company. Without limitation of the foregoing, all calculations
of the rate of interest contracted for, charged or received by the Originator
under this Company Note that are made for the purpose of determining whether
such rate exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to the

                                   Exhibit B-6       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   47
Originator (such Highest Lawful Rate being herein called the "Originator's
Maximum Permissible Rate") shall be made, to the extent permitted by usury laws
applicable to the Originator (now or hereafter enacted), by amortizing,
prorating and spreading in equal parts during the actual period during which any
amount has been outstanding hereunder all interest at any time contracted for,
charged or received by the Originator in connection herewith. If at any time and
from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to the Originator on any
date shall be computed at the Originator's Maximum Permissible Rate pursuant to
the provisions of the foregoing sentence and (ii) in respect of any subsequent
interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to the
Originator would be less than the amount of interest payable to the Originator
computed at the Originator's Maximum Permissible Rate, then the amount of
interest payable to the Originator in respect of such subsequent interest
computation period shall continue to be computed at the Originator's Maximum
Permissible Rate until the total amount of interest payable to the Originator
shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to the
Originator if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving
effect to the provisions of the foregoing sentence.

         12. No Negotiation. This Company Note is not negotiable except that is
may be assigned to any Affiliate of the Originator.

         13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS COMPANY NOTE HAS BEEN DELIVERED IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER
AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

         14. Captions. Paragraph captions used in this Company Note are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision of this Company Note.

                                   Exhibit B-7       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   48
                                                 KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

                                                 By: ___________________________
                                                        Name: __________________
                                                        Title: _________________

                               Exhibit B-8       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   49
                                                                       Exhibit C

                            FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

         THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of ___________ , 20__ (this
"Agreement") is executed by__________, a corporation organized under the laws of
__________ (the "Additional Seller"), with its principal place of business
located at __________.

                                              BACKGROUND:

         A. KSI Funding Corporation (the "Buyer") and each entity listed on
Schedule I thereto (collectively, the "Sellers"), have entered into that certain
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2001 (as amended through the
date hereof, and as it may be further amended from time to time, the "Purchase
and Sale Agreement").

         B. The Additional Seller desires to become a Seller pursuant to Section
4.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Additional Seller hereby agrees as follows:

          SECTION 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the
Purchase and Sale Agreement or in the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined
in the Purchase and Sale Agreement).

          SECTION 2. Transaction Documents. The Additional Seller hereby agrees
that it shall be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of, and
shall be deemed to be a party to (as if it were an original signatory to), the
Purchase and Sale Agreement and each of the other relevant Transaction
Documents. From and after the later of the date hereof and the date that the
Additional Seller has complied with all of the requirements of Section 4.3 of
the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Additional Seller shall be a Seller for all
purposes of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all other Transaction Documents.
The Additional Seller hereby acknowledges that it has received copies of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

          SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. The Additional Seller
hereby makes all of the representations and warranties set forth in Article V
(to the extent applicable) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement as of the date
hereof (unless such representations or warranties relate to an earlier date, in
which as of such earlier date), as if such representations and warranties were
fully set forth herein. The Additional Seller hereby represents and warrants
that the chief place of business and chief executive office of the Additional
Seller, and the offices where the Additional Seller keeps all of its Records and
Related Security is as follows:

                                   Exhibit C-1       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   50
          ________________________
          ________________________
          ________________________

          SECTION 4. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. This Agreement is executed by the Additional Seller for the
benefit of the Buyer, and its assigns, and each of the foregoing parties may
rely hereon. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the
benefit of, the Additional Seller and its successors and permitted assigns.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

                                   Exhibit C-2       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   51
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date and year first above
written.

                                                 [NAME OF ADDITIONAL SELLER]

                                                 By: __________________________
                                                        Name: _________________
                                                        Title: ________________

Consented to:

KSI FUNDING CORPORATION

By: ____________________________
     Name: _____________________
     Title: ____________________

Acknowledged by:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrator

By: ____________________________
      Name: ____________________
      Title: ___________________

                                   Exhibit C-3       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   52
                                                                       Exhibit D

                    FORM OF ORIGINATOR ASSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE

                        ORIGINATOR ASSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE

         Reference is made to the Purchase and Sale Agreement of even date
herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Purchase and Sale Agreement") between
the undersigned, the various entities listed on Schedule I, as Originators, and
KSI Funding Corporation (the "Company"). Unless otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Purchase and
Sale Agreement or in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined
in the Purchase and Sale Agreement), as applicable.

         The undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Company
and its successors and assigns all right, title and interest of the undersigned
in and to:

                  (a) each Receivable of the undersigned that existed and was
         owing to the undersigned as of the Cut-off Date other than Receivables
         contributed pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

                  (b) each Receivable generated by the undersigned from and
         including the Cut-off Date to and including the Purchase and Sale
         Termination Date;

                  (c) all rights to, but not the obligations under, all Related
         Security;

                  (d) all monies due or to become due with respect to any of the
         foregoing;

                  (e) all books and records of the undersigned related to any of
         the foregoing, and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges of such
         Originator in any accounts into which Collections are or may be
         received; and

                  (f) all collections and other proceeds and products of any of
         the foregoing (as defined in the applicable UCC) that are or were
         received by the undersigned on or after the Cut-off Date, including,
         without limitation, all funds which either are received by the
         undersigned, the Company or the Servicer from or on behalf of the
         Obligors in payment of any amounts owed (including, without limitation,
         invoice price, finance charges, interest and all other charges) in
         respect of Receivables, or are applied to such amounts owed by the
         Obligors (including, without limitation, insurance payments that the
         undersigned or the Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its
         business to amounts owed in respect of any Receivable and net proceeds
         of sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral
         or property of the Obligors in respect of Receivables or any other
         parties directly or indirectly liable for payment of such Receivables).

                                   Exhibit D-1       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   53
         This Originator Assignment Certificate is made without recourse but on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents
to which the undersigned is a party. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees
that the Company and its successors and assigns are accepting this Originator
Assignment Certificate in reliance on the representations, warranties and
covenants of the undersigned contained in the Transaction Documents to which the
undersigned is a party.

         THIS ORIGINATOR ASSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT AND THE INTERNAL
LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

                                   Exhibit D-2       Purchase and Sale Agreement
<PAGE>   54
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Originator
Assignment Certificate to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized
officer this ___ day of _____________, 2001.

                                             [ORIGINATOR]

                                             By:________________________________
                                             Name:______________________________
                                             Title:_____________________________

                                                          Originator Assignment
                                     S-1                  Certificate (________)

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