Document:

EX-10.3

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 2, 2009

among

FERRO FINANCE CORPORATION, as Seller,

FERRO CORPORATION, as Collection Agent,

THE PURCHASERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

and

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of June 2, 2009, is among:

(a) Ferro Finance Corporation, an Ohio corporation (“Seller”),

(b) Ferro Corporation, an Ohio corporation (“Ferro”), as initial Collection Agent,

(c) Wachovia Bank, National Association (“Wachovia” or a “Purchaser” and, together with
its successors and assigns, the “Purchasers”), and

(d) Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Agent for the Purchasers
(in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Agent”).

Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in Exhibit I.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

Seller desires to transfer and assign Receivable Interests to the Purchasers from time
to time.

Each Purchaser shall purchase its Percentage of each Receivable Interest from Seller
from time to time.

Wachovia Bank, National Association has been requested and is willing to act as Agent
on behalf of the Purchasers in accordance with the terms hereof.

ARTICLE I.

PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS

Section 1.1 Purchase Facility.

(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller may from
time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date, sell Receivable Interests to the Purchasers by
delivering (or causing Collection Agent to deliver, on Seller’s behalf) a Purchase Notice to each
Purchaser in accordance with Section 1.2. Upon receipt of a Purchase Notice, each of the
Purchasers agrees to purchase its Percentage of such Receivable Interest, on the terms and subject
to the conditions hereof, provided that (i) at no time may the aggregate Capital of any Purchaser
at any one time outstanding exceed the lesser of (A) the amount of such Purchaser’s Commitment
hereunder, and (B) such Purchaser’s Percentage of the difference between the Net Pool Balance and
the Required Reserve, and (ii) in no event shall the Aggregate Capital outstanding hereunder exceed
the lesser of (x) the Purchase Limit and (y) the difference between the Net Pool Balance and the
Required Reserve. Each Purchaser’s Commitment to Seller under this Agreement shall terminate on
the Facility Termination Date.

(b) Seller may, upon at least five (5) Business Days’ notice to the Agent and each Purchaser,
terminate in whole or reduce in part, ratably amongst the Purchasers in accordance with their
respective Percentages, the unused portion of the Purchase Limit; provided that each partial
reduction of the Purchase Limit shall be in an aggregate amount equal to $1,000,000 or a larger
integral multiple of $500,000.

Section 1.2 Increases. If, on any Business Day prior to the Facility Termination
Date, there is Investment Availability reflected on the Daily Report for the preceding Business
Day, Seller (or Collection Agent, on Seller’s behalf) may, if desired, request an Incremental
Purchase in accordance with this Section 1.2. Seller (or Collection Agent, on Seller’s
behalf) shall provide each Purchaser with notice of each Incremental Purchase by 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the day of each such Incremental Purchase in a form set forth as Exhibit II
hereto (a “Purchase Notice”). Each Purchase Notice shall be subject to Section 6.2 hereof
and, except as set forth below, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested Purchase Price
(which shall be at least $200,000 or a larger integral multiple of $100,000) and date of purchase
(which shall be a Business Day) and the requested Yield Rate. If any Purchase Notice is delivered
later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Incremental Purchase, the
Purchasers will make such Incremental Purchase on a best-efforts basis only. On the date of each
Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article
VI, each Purchaser shall initiate a wire transfer to the Facility Account, in immediately available
funds, no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time), an amount equal to its Percentage of the
Purchase Price of the Receivable Interest then being purchased.

Section 1.3 Voluntary Decreases. Seller (or Collection Agent, on Seller’s behalf)
shall provide each Purchaser with written notice no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
the same Business Day of any proposed voluntary reduction of Aggregate Capital (each, a “Reduction
Notice”). Such Reduction Notice shall designate (i) the date upon which any such reduction of
Aggregate Capital shall occur, (ii) the amount of Aggregate Capital to be reduced (the “Aggregate
Reduction”), (iii) each Purchaser’s Percentage of such Aggregate Reduction, which shall be applied
ratably to the Receivable Interests of each Purchaser in accordance with the amount of Capital (if
any) owing to such Purchaser. Only one (1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at any time.

Section 1.4 Payment Requirements.

(a) Each Lock-Box Bank shall be instructed to transfer collected funds in each Lock-Box
Account on any Business Day not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Business Day, and
any such funds received after such time shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding
Business Day.

(b) Each Seller Party shall initiate a wire transfer of amounts to be paid or deposited by it
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day
when due in immediately available funds. If such amounts are payable to the Agent or to Wachovia,
they shall be paid to the Wachovia Account until otherwise notified by Wachovia.

(c) All computations of Yield, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees under the Fee
Letter shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty (360) days for the actual number
of days elapsed. If any amount hereunder shall be payable on a day which is not a Business Day,
such amount shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day. Any amounts received or deemed
received by Agent in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.4 shall be applied in
accordance with Section 2.4 or 2.5, as applicable, on the Business Day following
the Business Day of such receipt or deemed receipt for all purposes under this Agreement
(including, with out limitation, the computation of Yield, per annum fees hereunder and per annum
fees under the Fee Letter).

Section 1.5 Deemed Collections. Upon the occurrence of any Dilution, Seller shall be
deemed to have received a Deemed Collection and such Deemed Collection shall be immediately applied
to reduce the Net Pool Balance by the amount of such Deemed Collection. To the extent the effect
of such Deemed Collection on the Net Pool Balance shall cause an Investment Excess, the Seller
shall forthwith deliver to the Collection Agent in immediately available funds an amount equal to
the lesser of (i) the sum of all Deemed Collections deemed received by Seller and (ii) an amount
necessary to eliminate such Investment Excess and Collection Agent shall remit the same to the
Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.

ARTICLE II.

PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS

Section 2.1 Daily Turnover of Collections. All Collections and all payments required
pursuant to Section 1.5 shall be paid by the Collection Agent to the Agent on each Business Day.

Section 2.2 Mandatory Capital Settlement. If, on any Business Day, there is an
Investment Excess reflected on the Daily Report for the preceding Business Day, the Seller shall
pay such Investment Excess to the Agent for distribution to the Purchasers (ratably in accordance
with their respective Percentages) for application to the Aggregate Capital until such Investment
Excess is eliminated.

Section 2.3 Reinvestments. On each day prior to the Facility Termination Date which
is not a Capital Settlement Date or a Monthly Payment Date, subject to Section 2.5 and the
last sentence of this Section 2.3, Collections shall first be applied to making additional
Purchases of undivided interests in Receivables and Related Security, such that after giving effect
thereto, the Aggregate Capital outstanding from the Purchasers is equal to the Aggregate Capital
outstanding immediately prior to receipt of such Collections (each such Purchase, a “Reinvestment”)
so long as after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the aggregate of the Receivable Interests does
not exceed 100%. Each Reinvestment will be presumed to be made ratably amongst the Purchasers in
accordance with their respective Percentages. If on any Settlement Date (or any date on which a
voluntary reduction in Aggregate Capital occurs under Section 1.3), there are insufficient
Collections to pay all Required Amounts, the next available Collections shall be applied to such
payment, and no Reinvestment shall be permitted hereunder until such amount payable has been paid
in full.

Section 2.4 Order of Application of Collections on Monthly Payment Dates. Upon
receipt by the Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers, on any Monthly Payment Date of Collections
and/or other payments pursuant to Sections 1.5, 2.1 and/or 4.2, the Agent
shall apply them as follows:

first, to the payment of the Collection Agent’s reasonable and properly documented
out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with servicing, administering and collecting
the Receivables, including the Servicing Fee if Ferro or one of its Affiliates is not then
acting as the Collection Agent,

second, if applicable, to the reimbursement of the Agent’s costs of collection and
enforcement of this Agreement,

third, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid Unused Fees and Yield that are
then due and owing for the Calculation Period then most recently ended and any remaining
unpaid from a prior Calculation Period,

fourth, to payment of any Investment Excess or requested Aggregate Reduction,

fifth, solely if requested by the Agent, to an account specified by the Agent to be
held as collateral, an amount equal to the Unused Fees and/or Yield that have accrued during
the current Calculation Period prior to such Monthly Payment Date,

sixth, for the ratable payment of all other unpaid Obligations, provided that to the
extent such Obligations relate to the payment of Collection Agent costs and expenses,
including the Servicing Fee, when Ferro or one of its Affiliates is acting as the Collection
Agent, such costs and expenses will not be paid until after the payment in full of all other
Obligations,

seventh, unless the Facility Termination Date has occurred and except to the extent a
Reduction Notice has been delivered, to the Facility Account as the proceeds of a
Reinvestment if permitted in accordance with Section 6.2,

eighth, unless the Facility Termination Date has occurred, to the making of any
Incremental Purchase requested in accordance with Section 1.2 and subject to
Section 6.2,

ninth, if the Facility Termination Date has occurred or if Seller is unable to satisfy
the conditions precedent to a Reinvestment or Incremental Purchase under Section
6.2, to the ratable reduction of the Aggregate Unpaids until reduced to zero, and

tenth, after all Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly reduced to zero, to Seller.

Collections applied to the payment of Aggregate Unpaids shall be distributed in accordance with the
aforementioned provisions, and, giving effect to each of the priorities set forth above in this
Section 2.4, shall be shared ratably (within each priority) among the Agent and the
Purchasers in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids owing to each of them in respect
of each such priority.

Section 2.5 Order of Application of Collections on Business Days other than Monthly
Payment Dates. Upon receipt by the Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers, on any Business Day
other than a Monthly Payment Date of Collections and/or other payments pursuant to Sections
1.5, 2.1 and/or 4.2, the Agent shall distribute and apply them as follows:

first, to payment of any Investment Excess or requested Aggregate Reduction,

second, solely if requested by the Agent, to an account specified by the Agent to be
held as collateral, an amount equal to the Unused Fees and/or Yield that have accrued during
the current Calculation Period prior to such Monthly Payment Date,

third, unless the Facility Termination Date has occurred and except to the extent a
Reduction Notice has been delivered, to the Facility Account as the proceeds of a
Reinvestment if permitted in accordance with Section 6.2,

fourth, unless the Facility Termination Date has occurred, to the making of any
Incremental Purchase requested in accordance with Section 1.2 and subject to
Section 6.2,

fifth, if the Facility Termination Date has occurred or if Seller is unable to satisfy
the conditions precedent to a Reinvestment or Incremental Purchase under Section
6.2, to the ratable reduction of the Aggregate Unpaids until reduced to zero, and

sixth, to Seller.

Collections applied to the payment of Aggregate Unpaids shall be distributed in accordance with the
aforementioned provisions, and, giving effect to each of the priorities set forth above in this
Section 2.5, shall be shared ratably (within each priority) among the Agent and the
Purchasers in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids owing to each of them in respect
of each such priority.

Section 2.6 Payment Rescission. No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall be
considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any time, all or any portion of such
payment or application is rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must otherwise
be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller shall remain obligated for the amount of any
payment or application so rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the applicable
Purchaser or the Agent the full amount thereof together with any Yield thereon from the date of any
such rescission, return or refunding.

Section 2.7 Repurchase Option. Seller shall have the right (after providing at least
five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent and the Purchasers, to repurchase all,
but not less than all, of the Receivable Interests. The purchase price in respect thereof shall be
an amount equal to the Aggregate Unpaids through the date of such repurchase, payable in
immediately available funds. Such repurchase shall be without representation, warranty or recourse
of any kind by, on the part of, or against any Purchaser except for a representation and warranty
that the reconveyance to Seller is being made free and clear of any Adverse Claim created by the
applicable Purchaser. On the date of repurchase of the Receivable Interests pursuant to this
Section 2.7, the Commitments of the Purchasers shall automatically terminate.

ARTICLE III.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE IV.

PURCHASER FUNDING

Section 4.1 Purchaser Funding. Each Receivable Interest shall accrue Yield for each
day at either the LMIR or the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. Until Seller gives notice to the applicable Purchaser of another Yield Rate in accordance
with Section 4.3, the initial Yield Rate for any Receivable Interest shall be the LMIR.

Section 4.2 Yield Payments. On each Monthly Payment Date, Seller shall pay to the
Agent for payment to the applicable Purchaser an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid
Yield for the Calculation Period then most recently ended of each such Receivable Interest in
accordance with Article II.

Section 4.3 Yield Rates. Seller may select LMIR (if it is available) or the Alternate
Base Rate for each Receivable Interest of any Purchaser. Until Seller gives notice to the
applicable Purchaser of another Yield Rate, the Yield Rate for any Receivable Interest purchased by
any Purchaser shall be LMIR. To change any Yield Rate, Seller shall by 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date such Yield Rate change is to take effect for
any Receivable Interest, give the applicable Purchaser irrevocable notice of the new Yield Rate for
the Receivable Interest associated with such Yield Rate. From and after the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Amortization Event, the sole Yield Rate shall be the Alternate Base Rate.

Section 4.4 Suspension of LMIR. If any Purchaser determines that funding its
Receivable Interests at the LMIR would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive
of any governmental or regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, or that such
LMIR does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining a Receivable Interest, then
such Purchaser shall suspend the availability of such LMIR, as the case may be, and require Seller
to select the Alternate Base Rate for any of its Receivable Interests accruing Yield at such LMIR.

ARTICLE V.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Purchasers, as to itself, as of the date hereof and as of the date of
each Incremental Purchase and the date of each Reinvestment that:

(a) Existence and Power. Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of organization. Seller is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing as a foreign corporation, and has and holds all corporate power and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business in
each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except where the failure to so qualify or so
hold could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Power and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery. The execution and
delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party,
the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the use of the proceeds of
purchases made hereunder, are within its corporate powers and authority and have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part. This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which Seller Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by
Seller.

(c) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations hereunder
and thereunder do not contravene or violate (i) its certificate or articles of incorporation or
by-laws, (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions under any
material agreement, Contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or
affecting it or its property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim
on assets of Seller (except as created hereunder) except, in any case, where such contravention or
violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no transaction
contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.

(d) Governmental Authorization. Other than the filing of the financing statements
required hereunder, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery
by Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the
performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

(e) Actions, Suits. Seller represents and warrants that (i) there are no actions,
suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of Seller’s knowledge, threatened, against or
affecting Seller, or any of its properties, in or before any court, arbitrator or other body, that
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) Seller is not in default
with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body.

(f) Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which
Seller is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller enforceable against
Seller in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, 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).

(g) Accuracy of Information. Seller represents and warrants that all information
(other than projections) heretofore furnished by Seller or by any Authorized Officer of an
Originator to the Agent or any of the Purchasers for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby
is, and all such information hereafter furnished by Seller or any such Authorized Officer to the
Agent or any of the Purchasers will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date
such information is stated or certified and does not and will not contain any material misstatement
of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained
therein not misleading.

(h) Use of Proceeds. Seller represents and warrants that it will not use the proceeds
of any purchase hereunder (i) for a purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with,
Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time
to time or (ii) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(i) Good Title. Seller represents and warrants that immediately prior to each
purchase hereunder, Seller shall be the legal and beneficial owner of the Receivables and Related
Security with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the
Transaction Documents. Seller represents and warrants that there have been duly filed all
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any
comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s ownership or security interest
in each Receivable, its Collections and the Related Security.

(j) Perfection. Assuming the filing of the UCCs approved by the Seller on the date
hereof (which will be filed by the Agent or its representatives), Seller represents and warrants
that this Agreement, together with the filing of the financing statements contemplated hereby, is
effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder, transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the
relevant Purchaser or Purchasers (and the Agent for the benefit of such Purchaser or Purchasers
shall acquire from Seller) a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or
security interest in each Receivable existing or hereafter arising and in the Related Security and
Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the
Transactions Documents. Seller represents and warrants that there have been duly filed all
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any
comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s (on behalf of the
Purchasers) ownership or security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections.

(k) Places of Business and Locations of Records. The principal places of business and
chief executive office of Seller and the offices where it keeps all of its Records are located at
the address(es) listed on Exhibit III or such other locations of which the Agent and the Purchasers
have been notified in accordance with Section 7.2(a) in jurisdictions where all action
required by Section 14.4(a) has been taken and completed. Seller’s Federal Employer
Identification Number and Organizational Identification Number are correctly set forth on Exhibit
III.

(l) Collections. Each of the Seller Parties represents and warrants that the
conditions and requirements set forth in Section 7.1(j) and Section 8.2 have at all
times been satisfied and duly performed. Seller represents and warrants that the names and
addresses of all Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts of
Seller at each Lock-Box Bank and the post office box number of each Lock-Box, are listed on Exhibit
IV. Seller represents and warrants that Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Agent as
contemplated by this Agreement, control of any Lock-Box Account, or the right to take control of
any such Lock-Box Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event. Seller
represents and warrants that each of the Lock-Box Banks has been duly instructed to wire all
available funds in the Lock-Box Accounts on each Business Day to the Wachovia Account.

(m) Material Adverse Effect. Seller represents and warrants that since December 31,
2008, no event has occurred that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) Names. In the past five (5) years, Seller has not used any corporate names, trade
names or assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement.

(o) Ownership of Seller. Seller represents and warrants that Ferro and the
Originators, collectively, own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital
Securities of all classes of Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Seller represents and
warrants that such capital stock is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and that there
are no options, warrants or other rights to acquire securities of Seller.

(p) Not an Investment Company. Seller is not an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor statute.

(q) Compliance with Law. Seller has complied in all respects with all applicable
laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may
be subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Receivable, together with the Contract related thereto, does not
contravene any laws, rules or regulations applicable thereto (including, without limitation, laws,
rules and regulations relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting,
equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy), and no part of such Contract
is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation, except, in each case, where such contravention
or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r) Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy. Seller has complied in all material
respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related
Contract, and has not made any material change to such Credit and Collection Policy.

(s) Payments to Applicable Originator. With respect to each Receivable transferred to
Seller under the Purchase and Contribution Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent value
to Ferro 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 Agreement or
the Purchase and Contribution Agreement is or may be voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy
Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.), as amended.

(t) Enforceability of Contracts. Seller represents and warrants that each Contract
with respect to each Eligible 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 Eligible
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,
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).

(u) Eligible Receivables. Seller represents and warrants that each Receivable
included in the Net Pool Balance on a Monthly Report as an Eligible Receivable was an Eligible
Receivable as of the last day of the month covered by such Monthly Report.

(v) No Investment Excess. Seller represents and warrants that Seller has determined
that, immediately after giving effect to each Purchase hereunder, no Investment Excess exists.

(w) Financial Information. All balance sheets, all statements of income and of cash
flow and all other financial information of Seller and each of Ferro and its Subsidiaries (other
than projections) furnished to Agent or any Purchaser and described in Section 7.1 have
been and will be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and do or will present
fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates thereof
and the results of their operations for the periods then ended; provided that unaudited financial
statements of Seller and each of Ferro and its Subsidiaries have been prepared without footnotes,
without reliance on any physical inventory and are subject to year-end adjustments. Any
projections furnished by Seller or by any Authorized Officer of an Originator to the Agent or any
of the Purchasers for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement were prepared in good faith
based upon estimates and assumptions stated therein which, at the time of preparation, were
believed to be reasonable.

(x) OFAC. Neither Seller nor any Originator nor any Subsidiary of any Originator (i)
is a person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to
Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079
(2001)), (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive
order, or is otherwise associated with any such person in any manner violative of Section 2, or
(iii) is a person on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to
the limitations or prohibitions under any other U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign
Assets Control regulation or executive order.

(y) Patriot Act. Each of Seller and the Originators and each Subsidiary of any
Originator are in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act (Title 111 of Pub.
L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”). No part of the proceeds of the
Purchases will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone
else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any
improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended.

ARTICLE VI.

CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

Section 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial Purchase of a
Receivable Interest under this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that (a) the Agent
shall have received on or before the date of such purchase those documents listed on Schedule B,
(b) the Agent and each of the Purchasers shall have received all fees and expenses required to be
paid on such date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee Letter, and (c) the sum of
Investment Availability, borrowing availability under the Senior Credit Agreement and unencumbered
and unrestricted cash is greater than or equal to $65 million.

Section 6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each purchase of
a Receivable Interest and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that (a) in the case of each such purchase or Reinvestment the Collection Agent shall have
delivered to the Agent and the Purchasers on or prior to the date of such purchase, in form
satisfactory to the Agent, all Receivables reports as and when due under Section 8.5; (b) the
Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred; and (c) the Agent and the Purchasers shall have
received such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request and (d) on the
date of each such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the following statements shall be true (and
acceptance of the proceeds of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by Seller that such statements are then true):

(i) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of
such earlier date; provided, however, that so long as the Senior Credit Agreement does not
require the datedown as of each borrowing date of the absence of material adverse change
representation thereunder, the representation contained in Section 5.1(m) of this
Agreement need only be true as of the date of the initial Purchase hereunder;

(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment, that will constitute an Amortization Event or a Potential
Amortization Event; and

(iii) the Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the aggregate
Receivable Interests do not exceed 100%.

It is expressly understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed by the Agent or
any Purchaser, occur automatically on each day that the Collection Agent shall receive any
Collections without the requirement that any further action be taken on the part of any Person and
notwithstanding the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in
respect of such Reinvestment. The failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions
precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall, for so long as such condition fails to be
satisfied, give rise to a right of each Purchaser, which right may be exercised at any time on
demand of such Purchaser, to rescind the related purchase and direct Seller to pay to such
Purchaser its Percentages of the Collection prior to the Facility Termination Date that shall have
been applied to the affected Reinvestment.

ARTICLE VII.

COVENANTS

Section 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of the Seller Parties. Until the date on which the
Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance
with its terms:

(a) Financial Reporting. Such Seller Party will maintain, for itself and each of its
Subsidiaries, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent and each Purchaser:

(i) Annual Reporting. As soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days
after the end of each Fiscal Year, (A) a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of Ferro and
its Subsidiaries, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flow of Ferro
and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for
the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, audited (without any Impermissible Qualification) by
a “Big Four” accounting firm or other independent public accountants acceptable to the
Agent, together with (B) comparable unaudited annual financial statements (other than cash
flow statements) of Seller.

(ii) Quarterly Reporting. As soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45)
days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, (A) an
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Ferro and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such
Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of income and cash flow of Ferro and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the
previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and including (in each
case), in comparative form the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter in, and year to
date portion of, the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, certified as complete and correct by
the chief financial or accounting Authorized Officer of Ferro (subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments), together with (B) comparable unaudited quarterly financial statements
(other than cash flow statements) of Seller.

(iii) Compliance Certificate. Together with the financial statements required
hereunder, a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit V signed by the
applicable Seller Party’s Authorized Officer and dated the date of such annual financial
statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the case may be.

(iv) Shareholders Statements and Reports. Promptly upon the furnishing thereof to the
shareholders of Ferro, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so
furnished.

(v) S.E.C. Filings. Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration
statements (other than any registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and any
reports on Form 10-K or 10-Q which Ferro files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(vi) Copies of Notices. Promptly upon its receipt of any notice, request for consent,
financial statements, certification, report or other communication under or in connection
with any Transaction Document from any Originator or any Lock-Box Bank, copies of the same.

(vii) Senior Credit Agreement Notices. Promptly upon furnishing thereof to the
“Administrative Agent” or any “Lender” under and as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement,
copies of all reports, notices compliance certificates and other information required to be
delivered pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement including, without limitation, all
information described in section 7.1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement (in each case without
duplication of any of the items described above in this Section 7.1(a).

	(viii)	 	Ferro Holidays. Not later than five (5) Business Days prior to January 1 of each calendar
year hereafter, Seller shall deliver to the Agent the list of Ferro Holiday for the upcoming
calendar year. The Ferro Holidays for the 2009 calendar year are listed in Schedule C attached
hereto.

(ix) Other Information. Promptly, from time to time, such other information,
documents, records or reports relating to the Receivables or the financial condition,
operations, prospects or business of such Seller Party as the Agent or any Purchaser may
from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Agent and the
Purchasers under or as contemplated by this Agreement.

Reports and financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iv) and
(v) of this Section 7.1(a) shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which Ferro posts
such reports, or reports containing such financial statements, on Ferro’s website on the Internet
at www.ferro.com or when such reports, or reports containing such financial statements, are posted
on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. and Agent receives written notification of such posting (which
may be provided by email).

(b) Notices. Such Seller Party will notify the Agent and each Purchaser in writing of
any of the following promptly upon learning of the occurrence thereof, describing the same and, if
applicable, the steps being taken with respect thereto:

(i) Amortization Events or Potential Amortization Events. The occurrence of each
Amortization Event and each Potential Amortization Event, by a statement of an Authorized
Officer of such Seller Party.

(ii) Judgment and Proceedings. (A) (1) The entry of any judgment or decree against the
Collection Agent or any of its respective Subsidiaries if the aggregate amount of all
judgments and decrees then outstanding against the Collection Agent and its Subsidiaries
exceeds $7,500,000 after deducting (x) the amount with respect to which the Collection Agent
or any such Subsidiary is insured and with respect to which the insurer has acknowledged
responsibility, and (y) the amount for which the Collection Agent or any such Subsidiary is
otherwise indemnified if the terms of such indemnification are satisfactory to the Agent and
each Purchaser, and (2) the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
governmental proceeding against Seller or the Collection Agent which, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (B) the entry
of any judgment or decree against Seller if the aggregate amount of all judgments and
decrees then outstanding against Seller exceeds $12,000 after deducting (x) the amount with
respect to which Seller is insured and with respect to which the insurer has acknowledged
responsibility, and (y) the amount for which Seller is otherwise indemnified if the terms of
such indemnification are satisfactory to the Agent and each Purchaser.

(iii) Material Adverse Effect. The occurrence of any event or condition that has had,
or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

(iv) Defaults Under Other Agreements. The occurrence of a default or an event of
default under any other financing arrangement relating to a line of credit or Indebtedness
in excess of $7,500,000 in aggregate principal amount pursuant to which any Originator is a
debtor or an obligor.

(v) Events of Termination and Incipient Events of Termination. The occurrence of an
Event of Termination or an Incipient Event of Termination under the Purchase Agreement or
the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.

(c) Compliance with Laws and Preservation of Corporate Existence. Such Seller Party
will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments,
injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party will
preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where its business is conducted, except where the failure to so
preserve and maintain or qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

(d) Audits. Such Seller Party will furnish to the Agent and each Purchaser from time
to time such information with respect to it and the Receivables as the Agent or any of the
Purchasers may reasonably request. Such Seller Party will, from time to time during regular
business hours as requested by the Agent or any Purchaser upon reasonable notice and at the sole
cost of such Seller Party, permit the Agent and each of the Purchasers, or their respective agents
or representatives (and shall cause each Originator to permit the Agent and each of the Purchasers
or their respective agents or representatives): (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts
from all Records in the possession or under the control of such Person relating to the Receivables
and the Related Security, including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to visit
the offices and properties of such Person for the purpose of examining such materials described in
clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to such Person’s financial condition or the
Receivables and the Related Security or any Person’s performance under any of the Transaction
Documents or any Person’s performance under the Contracts and, in each case, with any of the
officers or employees of Seller or the Collection Agent having knowledge of such matters. After
completion of a post-closing field exam, it is anticipated that field exam frequency will be
semi-annual, but any Purchaser may request more frequent exams.

(e) Keeping and Marking of Records and Books.

(i) The Collection Agent will (and will cause each Originator to) maintain and
implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability
to recreate records evidencing Receivables 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 all Receivables (including, without
limitation, records adequate to permit the immediate identification of each new Receivable
and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable). The Collection Agent
will (and will cause each Originator to) give the Agent and each Purchaser notice of any
material change in the administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous
sentence.

(ii) Collection Agent will (and will cause each other Originator to) (A) on or prior to
the date hereof, make a notation in its books and records relating to the Receivables,
acceptable to the Agent and each Purchaser, describing the Receivable Interests and (B) upon
the request of the Agent or any of the Purchasers following the occurrence and during
continuation of an Amortization Event, deliver to the Agent all invoices included in the
Contracts (including, without limitation, all multiple originals of any such invoice)
relating to the Receivables.

(f) Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. Collection Agent will
(and will cause each other Originator to) timely and fully (i) perform and comply in all material
respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the
Contracts related to the Receivables, and (ii) comply in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.

(g) Performance and Enforcement of Purchase Agreement and Purchase and Contribution
Agreement. Seller will, and will require each of the Originators to, perform each of their
respective obligations and undertakings under and pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement, as applicable. Seller will purchase Receivables under the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement in strict compliance with the terms thereof and will vigorously
enforce the rights and remedies accorded to the applicable purchaser under the Purchase Agreement
and the Purchase and Contribution Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce
its rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the Agent and the Purchasers as assignees
of Seller) under the Purchase Agreement and the Purchase and Contribution Agreement as the Agent
and any Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request, including, without limitation, making
claims to which it may be entitled under any indemnity, reimbursement or similar provision
contained in the Purchase Agreement and the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.

(h) Ownership. Seller will (or will require each Originator to) take all necessary
action to (i) vest legal and equitable title to the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections irrevocably in Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse Claims
in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers (including, without limitation, the filing of all
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any
comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s interest in such Receivables,
Related Security and Collections and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence
the interest of Seller therein as the Agent and any Purchaser may reasonably request), and (ii)
establish and maintain, in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, a valid and
perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest (and/or a valid and perfected
first priority security interest) in all Receivables, Related Security and Collections to the full
extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse Claims in favor
of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers (including, without limitation, the filing of all
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any
comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s (for the benefit of the
Purchasers) interest in such Receivables, Related Security and Collections and such other action to
perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers
as the Agent or any Purchaser may reasonably request).

(i) Corporate Separateness. Seller acknowledges that the Agent and the Purchasers are
entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon Seller’s identity as
a legal entity that is separate from each of the Originators and their respective other Affiliates
(collectively, the “Ferro Group”). Therefore, from and after the date of execution and delivery of
this Agreement, Seller shall take all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, all steps
that the Agent or any Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request, to maintain Seller’s
identity as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties that Seller is an
entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of the members of the Ferro Group thereof
and not just a division thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition
to the other covenants set forth herein, except as herein specifically otherwise provided, Seller
will:

(i) At all times maintain at least one Independent Director who (x) is not currently
and has not been during the five years preceding the date of this Agreement an officer,
director or employee of any member of the Ferro Group, (y) is not a current or former
officer or employee of the Seller and (z) is not a stockholder of any member of the Ferro
Group;

(ii) refrain from participating, directly or indirectly, in the management of
operations of any member of the Ferro Group;

(iii) conduct its business from an office separate from that of the members of the
Ferro Group (but which may be located in the same facility as one or more of the members of
the Ferro Group), and have stationery and other business forms and a mailing address and a
telephone number separate from that of the members of the Ferro Group;

(iv) at all times be adequately capitalized in light of its contemplated business;

(v) at all times provide for its own operating expenses and liabilities from its own
funds;

(vi) maintain its assets and transactions separately from those of the members of the
Ferro Group and reflect such assets and transactions in financial statements separate and
distinct from those of the members of the Ferro Group and evidence such assets and
transactions by appropriate entries in books and records separate and distinct from those of
the members of the Ferro Group;

(vii) hold itself out to the public under its own name as a legal entity separate and
distinct from the members of the Ferro Group, and refrain from holding itself out as having
agreed to pay, or as being liable, primarily or secondarily, for, any obligations of the
members of the Ferro Group;

(viii) refrain from maintaining any joint account with any member of the Ferro Group or
becoming liable as a guarantor or otherwise with respect to any Indebtedness or contractual
obligation of any member of the Ferro Group;

(ix) refrain from making any payment or distribution of assets with respect to any
obligation of any member of the Ferro Group or granting an Adverse Claim on any of its
assets to secure any obligation of any member of the Ferro Group;

(x) refrain from making loans, advances or otherwise extending credit to any of the
members of the Ferro Group;

(xi) hold regular duly noticed meetings of its Board of Directors and make and retain
minutes of such meetings;

(xii) refrain from engaging in any transaction with any of the members of the Ferro
Group, except as permitted by this Agreement and as contemplated by the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement;

(xiii) maintain at all times the Required Capital Condition and refrain from making any
dividend, distribution, redemption of capital stock or payment of any subordinated
indebtedness which would cause such Required Capital Condition to cease to be so maintained;
and

(xiv) take such other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and
assumptions set forth in the opinion issued by Baker & Hostetler LLP, as counsel for the
Purchaser, in connection with the closing or initial Incremental Purchase under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and relating to substantive consolidation issues, and in the
certificates accompanying such opinion, remain true and correct in all material respects at
all times.

(j) Collections. Such Seller Party will cause (1) all proceeds from all Lock-Boxes to
be directly deposited by a Lock-Box Bank into a Lock-Box Account and (2) each Lock-Box and Lock-Box
Account to be subject at all times to a Lock-Box Agreement that is in full force and effect. Seller
will instruct each Lock-Box Bank to initiate a wire transfer of all available funds in each of its
Lock-Box Accounts to the Wachovia Account not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each
Business Day. In the event any payments relating to Receivables are remitted directly to Seller or
any Affiliate of Seller, Seller will remit (or will cause all such payments to be remitted)
directly to a Lock-Box Bank and deposited into a Lock-Box Account within one (1) Business Day
following receipt thereof, and, at all times prior to such remittance, Seller will itself hold or,
if applicable, will cause such payments to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Agent
and the Purchasers.

(k) Taxes. Such Seller Party will file all tax returns and reports required by law to
be filed by it and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time owing, except
any such taxes which are not yet delinquent or 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. Seller will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the Receivables,
exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross receipts of the Agent or any of the
Purchasers.

(l) Insurance. Seller will maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect,
at Seller’s own expense, such casualty and liability insurance as Seller shall deem appropriate in
its good faith business judgment.

(m) Payment to Originators. With respect to any Receivable purchased by Seller from
Ferro, such purchase shall be effected under, and in strict compliance with the terms of, the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the
amount and timing of payments to be made to Ferro in respect of the purchase price for such
Receivable.

Section 7.2 Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties. Until the date on which the
Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance
with its terms:

(a) Name Change, Offices and Records. Seller will not change its name, identity or
legal structure (within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of any applicable enactment of the UCC) or
relocate its chief executive office or any office where Records are kept unless it shall have: (i)
given the Agent and each Purchaser at least forty-five (45) days’ prior written notice thereof and
(ii) delivered to the Agent all financing statements, instruments and other documents reasonably
requested by the Agent or any Purchaser in connection with such change or relocation.

(b) Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. Except as may be required by the
Agent pursuant to Section 8.2(b), such Seller Party will not add or terminate any bank as a
Lock-Box Bank, or make any change in the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to
any Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account, unless the Agent and the Purchasers shall have received, at least
ten (10) days before the proposed effective date therefor, (i) written notice of such addition,
termination or change and (ii) with respect to the addition of a Lock-Box Bank or a Lock-Box
Account or Lock-Box, an executed Lock-Box Agreement with respect to the new Lock-Box Account or
Lock-Box; provided, however, that the Collection Agent may make changes in instructions to Obligors
regarding payments if such new instructions require such Obligor to make payments to another
existing Lock-Box Account.

(c) Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. No Seller Party
will, and no Seller Party will permit any Originator to, make any change to the Credit and
Collection Policy that could reasonably be expected to decrease the credit quality of any newly
created Receivables or materially adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables. Except
as provided in Section 8.2(d), no Seller Party will, or will permit any Originator to,
extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any terms of any Contract related
to such Receivable in any material respect other than in accordance with the Credit and Collection
Policy.

(d) Sales, Liens. Other than the ownership and security interests contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, Seller will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim
upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect to, any
Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or with respect to any Contract under which
any Receivable arises, or any Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account, or assign any right to receive income
with respect thereto (other than, in each case, the creation of the interests therein in favor of
the Agent and the Purchasers provided for herein), and Seller will defend the right, title and
interest of the Agent and the Purchasers in, to and under any of the foregoing property, against
all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller or any Originator.

(e) Termination of Purchase Agreement or Purchase and Sale Agreement. Seller will not
terminate the Purchase Agreement or the Purchase and Contribution Agreement or send any written
notice to any Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written consent of the Agent and the
Purchasers.

(f) Restricted Junior Payments. From and after the occurrence of any Amortization
Event, Seller will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if, after giving effect thereto, Seller
would fail to meet its obligations set forth in Section 7.1(i).

(g) Seller Indebtedness. Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, Seller
will not incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness or liability on account of deposits except: (i)
the Obligations, (ii) the Deferred Purchase Price, and (iii) other current accounts payable
arising in the ordinary course of business and not overdue.

(h) Prohibition on Additional Negative Pledges. Seller will not (and will not
authorize any Originator to) enter into or assume any agreement (other than this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Adverse Claim upon the
Receivables, Collections or Related Security except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
or otherwise prohibiting or restricting any transaction contemplated hereby or by the other
Transaction Documents. Seller will not (and will not authorize any Originator to) enter into or
assume any agreement creating any Adverse Claim upon any note evidencing Deferred Purchase Price
payable by Seller.

ARTICLE VIII.

ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

Section 8.1 Designation of Collection Agent.

(a) The servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted by such
Person (the “Collection Agent”) so designated from time to time in accordance with this Section
8.1. Ferro is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations
of, the Collection Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. At any time after the occurrence
of an Amortization Event, the Agent and the Purchasers may at any time designate as Collection
Agent any Person to succeed Ferro or any successor Collection Agent.

(b) Ferro may delegate to the other Originators, as sub-Collection Agents of the Collection
Agent, certain of its duties and responsibilities as Collection Agent hereunder in respect of the
Receivables originated by such Originators. Without the prior written consent of the Purchasers,
the Collection Agent shall not be permitted to delegate any of its duties or responsibilities as
Collection Agent to any Person other than (i) the other Originators, and (ii) with respect to
certain Charged-Off Receivables, outside collection agencies in accordance with its customary
practices. Seller shall not be permitted to further delegate to any other Person any of the duties
or responsibilities of Collection Agent delegated to it by Ferro. If at any time following the
occurrence of an Amortization Event, the Purchasers shall designate as Collection Agent any Person
other than Ferro, all duties and responsibilities theretofore delegated by Ferro to Seller or any
Originator may, at the discretion of any of the Agent, be terminated forthwith on notice given by
the Agent or any Purchaser to the Agent or the other Purchaser, as applicable, Ferro and to Seller.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection (b), (i) Collection Agent shall be and remain
primarily liable to the Agent and the Purchasers for the full and prompt performance of all duties
and responsibilities of the Collection Agent hereunder and (ii) the Agent and the Purchasers shall
be entitled to deal exclusively with Collection Agent in matters relating to the discharge by the
Collection Agent of its duties and responsibilities hereunder. The Agent and the Purchasers shall
not be required to give notice, demand or other communication to any Person other than Collection
Agent in order for communication to the Collection Agent and its sub-Collection Agent or other
delegate with respect thereto to be accomplished. Collection Agent, at all times that it is the
Collection Agent, shall be responsible for providing any sub-Collection Agent or other delegate of
the Collection Agent with any notice given to the Collection Agent under this Agreement.

Section 8.2 Duties of Collection Agent.

(a) The Collection Agent shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary
or advisable to collect each Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with applicable laws,
rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy.

(b) The Collection Agent will instruct all Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a
Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account and will instruct each Lock-Box Bank to initiate a wire transfer of
all available funds in each Lock-Box Account to the Wachovia Account not later than 4:00 p.m. (New
York City time) each Business Day. The Collection Agent shall effect a Lock-Box Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit VI with each Lock-Box Bank. In the case of any remittances
received in any Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account that shall have been identified, to the satisfaction
of the Collection Agent, to not constitute Collections or other proceeds of the Receivables or the
Related Security, the Collection Agent shall promptly remit such items to the Person identified to
it as being the owner of such remittances.

(c) The Collection Agent shall administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures
described herein and in Article II. The Collection Agent shall set aside and hold in trust for the
account of Seller and the Purchasers their respective shares of the Collections (or such funds or
other assets arising therefrom) in accordance with Article II. The Collection Agent shall
segregate, in a manner acceptable to the Agent and the Purchasers, all cash, checks and other
instruments received by it from time to time constituting Collections from the general funds of the
Collection Agent or Seller prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article II. The
Collection Agent shall segregate and deposit with a bank designated by the Agent all Collections of
Receivables on the Business Day received by the Collection Agent, duly endorsed or with duly
executed instruments of transfer.

(d) The Collection Agent may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the
maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable as the Collection
Agent determines to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof; provided, however, that such
extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable,
Defaulted Receivable or Charged-Off Receivable or limit the rights of the Agent or the Purchasers
under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, following the
occurrence and during continuation of an Amortization Event, the Agent shall have the absolute and
unlimited right to direct the Collection Agent to commence or settle any legal action with respect
to any Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security.

(e) The Collection Agent shall hold in trust for Seller and the Purchasers all Records that
(i) evidence or relate to the Receivables, the related Contracts and Related Security or (ii) are
otherwise necessary or desirable to collect the Receivables and shall, as soon as practicable upon
demand of the Agent, deliver or make available to the Agent all such Records, at a place selected
by the Agent. The Collection Agent shall, as soon as practicable following receipt thereof turn
over to Seller any cash collections or other cash proceeds payable to Seller not constituting
Collections on Receivables. The Collection Agent shall, from time to time at the request of any
Purchaser, furnish to the Purchasers (promptly after any such request) a calculation of the amounts
set aside for the Purchasers pursuant to Article II.

(f) Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to an Originator or
Seller shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by Contract or
law and unless otherwise instructed by the Agent, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable of
such Obligor (starting with the oldest such Receivable) to the extent of any amounts then due and
payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other obligation of such
Obligor.

Section 8.3 Lock-Box Accounts. Seller hereby transfers to the Agent for the benefit
of the Purchasers the exclusive ownership and control of each Lock-Box and Lock-Box Account.
Seller hereby authorizes the Agent, and agrees that the Agent shall be entitled after the
occurrence of an Amortization Event to (a) endorse Seller’s name on checks and other instruments
representing Collections, (b) enforce the Receivables, the related Contracts and the Related
Security and (c) take such action as shall be necessary or desirable to cause all cash, checks and
other instruments constituting Collections of Receivables to come into the possession of the Agent
rather than Seller.

Section 8.4 Responsibilities of Seller. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the exercise by the Agent and the Purchasers of their rights hereunder shall not
release the Collection Agent, any Originator or Seller from any of their duties or obligations with
respect to any Receivables or under the related Contracts. The Purchasers shall have no obligation
or liability with respect to any Receivables or related Contracts, nor shall any of them be
obligated to perform the obligations of Seller.

Section 8.5 Reports.

(a) On each Business Day (other than a Permitted Ferro Holiday), the Collection Agent shall
prepare and deliver not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) to the Agent and the Purchasers
a Daily Report for the immediately preceding Business Day in the form of Exhibit X hereto
(appropriately completed and executed).

(b) On each Monthly Reporting Date, the Collection Agent shall prepare and deliver not later
than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) to the Agent and the Purchasers, a Monthly Report for the
calendar month then most recently ended in the form of Exhibit IX hereto (appropriately completed
and executed).

(c) At such times as the Agent or any Purchaser shall reasonably request, the Collection Agent
shall prepare and deliver not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) to the Agent and the
Purchasers a listing by Obligor of all Receivables together with an aging of such Receivables.

(d) At the request of Agent or at anytime the Collection Agent (or the Seller) becomes aware
or has reason to believe that the information contained in any Daily Report or Monthly Report is
inaccurate in any material respect with respect to the inclusion of Receivables in the Net Pool
Balance reflected in any such report which are not or no longer Eligible Receivables (each case, an
“Interim Report Event”), the Collection Agent shall promptly (but in any event no later than 11:00
a.m. (New York City time) one (1) Business Day after the occurrence of any Interim Report Event)
provide an updated interim report substantially in the form of the Monthly Report but dated on or
about the date of the occurrence of such Interim Report Event which updates the information
normally contained in the Monthly Report (including without limitation, updated computations of
Eligible Receivables included in the Net Pool Balance (an “Interim Report”). The information
contained in any such Interim Report will be utilized by the Collection Agent and the Seller in the
preparation of all Daily Reports issued on or after the date of such Interim Report until delivery
of the next Monthly Report or Interim Report.

Section 8.6 Servicing Fees. In consideration of Ferro’s agreement to act as
Collection Agent hereunder, the Purchasers hereby agree that, so long as Ferro shall continue to
perform as Collection Agent hereunder, Seller shall pay over to Ferro a fee (the “Servicing Fee”)
on the first calendar day of each month, in arrears for the immediately preceding month, equal to
0.5% per annum of the average aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables during such period,
as compensation for its servicing activities.

ARTICLE IX.

AMORTIZATION EVENTS

Section 9.1 Amortization Events. The occurrence of any one or more of the following
events shall constitute an “Amortization Event”:

(a) Any Seller Party shall fail to make any payment or deposit required to be paid to a
Purchaser, Agent or Indemnified Party under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party on the date when the same is required to be made, and such failure shall
continue unremedied for one (1) Business Day.

(b) Any Seller Party shall fail to perform or observe any covenant contained in any provision
of (i) Section 2.2, (ii) Section 7.2 or (iii) Section 8.5 and, (A) with
respect to a failure to perform or observe the covenant in Section 8.5(a), such failure
continues for a period of one (1) Business Day; provided further that such one (1) Business Day
grace period shall only be available and effective twice during any calendar quarter period, and
(B) with respect to failure to perform or observe the covenant in Section 8.5(b) there
shall be no grace period.

(c) Any Seller Party shall fail to perform or observe any other covenant, agreement or other
obligation hereunder (other than as referred to in another paragraph of this Section 9.1)
or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and such failure shall continue for three
(3) consecutive Business Days following the earlier to occur of (i) notice from the Agent or any
Purchaser of such non-performance or non-observance, or (ii) the date on which an Authorized
Officer of such Seller Party otherwise becomes aware of such non-performance or non-observance.

(d) Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by any Seller Party in this
Agreement, any other Transaction Document or in any other document required to be delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made in any
material respect; provided that the materiality threshold in this subsection shall not be
applicable with respect to any representation or warranty which itself contains a materiality
threshold.

(e) Ferro shall fail to observe any covenant contained in Section 7.2.4 of the Senior Credit
Agreement (or any financial covenant in any replacement Senior Credit Agreement) unless such breach
is waived by the applicable lenders thereunder prior to date on which such covenant is to be
measured.

(f) (i) Seller shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any of its
Indebtedness which is outstanding 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 or instrument relating to
such Indebtedness; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or
instrument relating to any such Indebtedness and shall continue after the applicable grace period,
if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to
accelerate, or permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness; or any such
Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case prior to
the stated maturity thereof; or

(ii) any Originator shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any of its
Material Indebtedness which is outstanding 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 or instrument
relating to such Material Indebtedness; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist
under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Material Indebtedness and shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect
of such event or condition is to accelerate, the maturity of such Material Indebtedness; or any
such Material Indebtedness 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 Material Indebtedness shall be required to be
made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof.

(g) (i) Seller, any Originator or any Material Subsidiary 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

(ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against Seller seeking to adjudicate it 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 or other similar official for it or any substantial part of
its property, or

(iii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Originator or any Material
Subsidiary seeking to adjudicate it 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 or other similar official
for it or any substantial part of its property, provided that, unless such proceeding is consented
to or acquiesced in by such Originator or Material Subsidiary in the case of any such proceeding
instituted against (but not instituted by) it, either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or
unstayed for a period of 30 days, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including,
without limitation, 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

(iv) Seller, any Originator or any Material Subsidiary shall take any corporate action to
authorize any of the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above in this subsection (g).

(h) As at the end of any calendar month:

(i) the average of the Delinquency Ratios for the three months then most recently ended
shall exceed 5.0%;

(ii) the average of the Default Ratios for the three months then most recently ended
shall exceed 4.5%; or

(iii) the average of the Dilution Ratios for the three months then most recently ended
shall exceed 7.0%.

(i) A Change of Control shall occur other than, in the case of any Originator which is a
Subsidiary of Ferro, as a result of the liquidation, dissolution, consolidation or merger permitted
by Section 5.04 of the Purchase Agreement.

(j) (i) One or more final judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of
$12,000, individually or in the aggregate, shall be entered against Seller or (ii) one or more
final judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of $7,500,000, individually or in
the aggregate, shall be entered against any Originator on claims not covered by insurance or as to
which the insurance carrier has denied its responsibility, and such judgment shall continue
unsatisfied and in effect for thirty (30) consecutive days without a stay of execution.

(k) The Purchase Agreement or the Purchase and Contribution Agreement shall be terminated, or
any Originator shall for any reason cease to transfer, or cease to have the legal capacity to
transfer, or otherwise be incapable of selling Receivables to Seller under the Purchase Agreement
or the Purchase and Contribution Agreement, as applicable.

(l) This Agreement shall terminate in whole or in part (except in accordance with its terms),
or shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
Seller, or any Originator shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such effectiveness,
validity, binding nature or enforceability, or the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers shall
cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Receivables, the
Related Security and the Collections with respect thereto and the Lock-Box Accounts.

(m) On any Settlement Date, after giving effect to the turnover and application of
Collections, the Aggregate Capital shall exceed the Purchase Limit.

(n) The Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the
Tax Code with respect to amounts in excess of $50,000 with regard to any of the Receivables or
Related Security and such lien shall not have been released within seven (7) days.

(o) The PBGC shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with respect to
amounts in excess of $50,000 with regard to any of the Receivables or Related Security and such
lien shall not have been released within seven (7) days; or any of the following events shall occur
with respect to any Pension Plan: (i) the institution of any steps by Ferro, any member of its
Controlled Group or any other Person to terminate a Pension Plan if, as a result of such
termination, Ferro or any such member could be required to make a contribution to such Pension
Plan, or could reasonably expect to incur a liability or obligation to such Pension Plan, in excess
of $7,500,000; of (ii) a contribution failure occurs with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to
give rise to a Lien under section 302(f) of ERISA.

(p) Any event shall occur which has, or could be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect of the types described in clauses (ii) through (v) of the definition of “Material
Adverse Effect”.

Section 9.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Amortization Event, the Agent may, and upon the direction of the Purchaser, shall, take any of the
following actions: (i) replace the Person then acting as Collection Agent, (ii) declare the
Amortization Date to have occurred, whereupon the Amortization Date shall forthwith occur, without
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each
Seller Party; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Amortization Event
described in Section 9.1(g)(ii) or (iii), or of an actual or deemed entry of an order for
relief with respect to any Seller Party under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the Amortization Date
shall automatically occur, without demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by each Seller Party, and (iii) notify Obligors of the Agent’s and
Purchasers’ interest in the Receivables. The aforementioned rights and remedies shall be without
limitation, and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies of the Agent and the
Purchasers otherwise available under any other provision of this Agreement, by operation of law, at
equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby expressly preserved, including, without limitation,
all rights and remedies provided under the UCC, all of which rights shall be cumulative.

ARTICLE X.

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 10.1 Indemnities by the Seller. Without limiting any other rights that the
Agent or any Purchaser may have hereunder or under applicable law, Seller hereby agrees to
indemnify (and pay upon demand to) the Agent and each of the Purchasers and their respective
assigns, officers, directors, agents and employees (each an “Indemnified Party”) from and against
any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, costs, expenses and for all other amounts
payable, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (which attorneys may be employees of the Agent or
such Purchaser) and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as
“Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of
this Agreement or the acquisition, either directly or indirectly, by a Purchaser of an interest in
the Receivables excluding, however, in all of the foregoing instances:

(a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the
part of an Indemnified Party;

(b) Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same include losses in respect of Receivables that
are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness or financial
inability or unwillingness to pay (other than a dispute giving rise to a Dilution) of the related
Obligor; or

(c) taxes imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Party’s principal executive
office is located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified Party to the extent
that the computation of such taxes is consistent with the characterization for income tax purposes
of the acquisition by the Purchasers of Receivable Interests as a loan or loans by the Purchasers
to Seller secured by the Receivables, the Related Security, the Lock-Box Accounts and the
Collections;

provided, however, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of Seller or
limit the recourse of the Purchasers to Seller for amounts otherwise specifically provided to be
paid by Seller under the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
indemnification, Seller shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties for Indemnified Amounts (including,
without limitation, losses in respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether
reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Seller) relating to or resulting from:

(i) any representation or warranty made by any Seller Party or any Originator (or any
officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document or any other information or report required to be delivered by any such
Person pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect in any material
respect when made or deemed made;

(ii) the failure by any Seller Party or any Originator to comply with any applicable
law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract related thereto, or the
nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract included therein with any such applicable law,
rule or regulation or any failure of any Originator to keep or perform any of its
obligations, express or implied, with respect to any Contract;

(iii) any failure of any Seller Party or any Originator to perform its duties,
covenants or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document;

(iv) any environmental liability, products liability, personal injury or damage suit,
or other similar claim arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or
services that are the subject of any Contract or any Receivable;

(v) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the
Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (including, without limitation, 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 merchandise or service related to such
Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such merchandise or services;

(vi) the commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time with other funds;

(vii) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated hereby, the use
of the proceeds of an Incremental Purchase or a Reinvestment, the ownership of the
Receivable Interests or any other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to any
Seller Party or any Originator in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result
of any of the transactions contemplated hereby;

(viii) any inability to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any
Receivable as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and commercial law and suit
on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding;

(ix) any Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(g);

(x) any failure of Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to, and
ownership of any Receivable and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto
from any Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than as created hereunder);
or any failure of Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to Ferro under the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement in consideration of the transfer by Ferro of any Receivable, or any
attempt by any Person to void such transfer under statutory provisions or common law or
equitable action;

(xi) any failure to vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the
Purchasers, or to transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, legal and
equitable title to, and ownership of, a first priority perfected undivided percentage
ownership interest (to the extent of the Receivable Interests contemplated hereunder) or
security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction Documents);

(xii) 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 Receivable, the Related Security and Collections with
respect thereto, and the proceeds of any thereof, whether at the time of any Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment or at any subsequent time;

(xiii) any action or omission by any Seller Party which reduces or impairs the rights
of the Agent or the Purchasers with respect to any Receivable or the value of any such
Receivable;

(xiv) any attempt by any Person to void any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment
hereunder under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action; and

(xv) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Pool Balance
as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at the time so included.

Section 10.2 Indemnities by the Collection Agent. Without limiting any other rights
that the Agent or any Purchaser may have hereunder or under applicable law, Collection Agent hereby
agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) each Indemnified Party from and against any and all
damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, costs, expenses and for all other amounts payable,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees (which attorneys may be employees of the Agent or such
Purchaser) and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Collection
Agent Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a
result of Collection Agent’s failure to duly and punctually perform its obligations under this
Agreement excluding, however, in all of the foregoing instances:

(a) Collection Agent Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction holds that such Collection Agent Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Indemnified Party; and

(b) Collection Agent Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same includes losses in respect of
Receivables that are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of
creditworthiness or financial inability or unwillingness to pay (other than a dispute giving rise
to a Dilution) of the related Obligor;

provided, however, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of Collection
Agent or limit the recourse of the Purchasers to Collection Agent for Collections received by the
Collection Agent and required to be remitted by it under the terms of this Agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Collection Agent shall indemnify the
Indemnified Parties for Collection Agent Indemnified Amounts (including, without limitation, losses
in respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether reimbursement therefor would
constitute recourse to the Collection Agent) relating to or resulting from:

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

(ii) the failure by Collection Agent to comply with any applicable law, rule or
regulation with respect to the collection of any Receivable or Related Security;

(iii) any failure of Collection Agent to perform its duties, covenants or other
obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document;

(iv) the commingling by the Collection Agent of Collections of Receivables or funds or
other assets arising therefrom at any time with other funds;

(v) any investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Collection Agent in which
any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby;

(vi) any Amortization Event of the described in Section 9.1(g) with respect to
Collection Agent; and

(vii) any action or omission by Collection Agent relating to its obligations hereunder
which reduces or impairs the rights of the Agent or the Purchasers with respect to any
Receivable or the value of any such Receivable.

Section 10.3 Increased Cost and Reduced Return. If after the date hereof, any
Purchaser shall be charged any fee, expense or increased cost on account of the adoption of any
applicable law, rule or regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding
capital adequacy), any accounting principles or any change in any of the foregoing, or any change
in the interpretation or administration thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, any
governmental authority, any central bank or any comparable agency charged with the interpretation
or administration thereof, or compliance with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such authority or agency: (i) that subjects any Purchaser to any charge or
withholding on or with respect to this Agreement or a Purchaser’s obligations hereunder, or on or
with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any Purchaser of
any amounts payable hereunder (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of a
Purchaser or taxes excluded by Section 10.1) or (ii) that imposes, modifies or deems
applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of a Purchaser, or credit extended by a
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) that imposes any other condition the result of which
is to increase the cost to a Purchaser of performing its obligations hereunder, or to reduce the
rate of return on a Purchaser’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder, or to reduce
the amount of any sum received or receivable by a Purchaser under this Agreement or to require any
payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans held or interest received by
it, then, upon demand by the applicable Purchaser, Seller shall pay to such Purchaser, such amounts
charged to such Purchaser or such amounts to otherwise compensate such Purchaser for such increased
cost or such reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser that is not organized under
the laws of the United States of America, or a state thereof, shall be entitled to reimbursement or
compensation hereunder unless and until it has delivered to the Seller two (2) duly completed and
signed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as applicable,
certifying in either case that such Purchaser is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes.

Section 10.4 Other Costs and Expenses. Subject to the limitations set forth in the
Fee Letter, Seller shall pay to the Agent and the Purchasers on demand all reasonable costs and
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration
of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder, including without limitation, the cost of Purchasers’ auditors auditing the books,
records and procedures of Seller, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of legal counsel for
the Agent and the Purchasers (which such counsel may be employees of the Agent or a Purchaser) with
respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent and the Purchasers as to their respective
rights and remedies under this Agreement. Seller shall pay to the Agent and the Purchasers on
demand any and all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent and the Purchasers, if any, including
reasonable counsel fees and expenses in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the
other documents delivered hereunder and in connection with any restructuring or workout of this
Agreement or such documents, or the administration of this Agreement following an Amortization
Event.

ARTICLE XI.

THE AGENT

Section 11.1 Appointment.

(a) Each Purchaser hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Agent hereunder, and authorizes the Agent to take such action on its behalf under
the provisions of the Transaction Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as
are expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Transaction Documents, together with such
other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser, and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of the Agent
shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against the Agent.

(b) The provisions of this Article XI are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the
Purchasers, and neither of the Seller Parties shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary or
otherwise under any of the provisions of this Article XI, except that this Article XI shall not
affect any obligations which the Agent or any Purchaser may have to either of the Seller Parties
under the other provisions of this Agreement.

(c) In performing its functions and duties hereunder, the Agent shall act solely as the agent
of the Purchasers and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or
relationship of trust or agency with or for either of the Seller Parties or any of their respective
successors and assigns.

Section 11.2 Delegation of Duties. The Agent may execute any of its duties under the
applicable Transaction Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to
advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care.

Section 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors,
officers, agents or employees shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be
taken by it or them or any Person described in Section 11.2 under or in connection with the
Transaction Documents (except for its, their or such Person’s own bad faith, gross negligence or
willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Purchasers or other agents for
any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Seller contained in any
Transaction Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or
provided for in, or received under or in connection with, any Transaction Document or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any
other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of either of the Seller Parties
to perform its respective obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified
in Article VI, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the Agent. The Agent shall not
be under any obligation to any Purchaser to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or
performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, any Transaction
Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Seller Parties. This Section
11.3 is intended solely to govern the relationship between the Agent on the one hand and the
Purchasers on the other.

Section 11.4 Reliance by the Agent and the Purchasers.

(a) The Agent and each Purchaser shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit,
letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other
document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or
made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including,
without limitation, counsel to the Seller Parties), independent accountants and other experts
selected by the Agent or such Purchaser. The Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other document furnished in
connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of each Purchaser
(except where another provision of this Agreement specifically authorizes the Agent to take action
based on the instructions of either Purchaser).

(b) Any action taken by the Agent in accordance with Section 11.4(a) shall be binding
upon all Purchasers.

Section 11.5 Notice of Amortization Events. Neither the Agent nor any Purchaser shall
be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Amortization Event or Potential
Amortization Event unless it has received notice from the Agent or another Purchaser, as
applicable, or a Seller Party referring to this Agreement, stating that an Amortization Event or
Potential Amortization Event has occurred hereunder and describing such Amortization Event or
Potential Amortization Event. In the event that the Agent or any Purchaser receives such a notice,
it shall promptly give notice thereof to the Agent and the other Purchasers, as applicable. The
Agent shall take such action with respect to such Amortization Event or Potential Amortization
Event as shall be directed by any Purchaser.

Section 11.6 Non-Reliance on the Agent and Other Purchasers. Each of the Purchasers
expressly acknowledges that neither the Agent, nor any of the Agent’s officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it
and that no act by the Agent hereafter taken, including, without limitation, any review of the
affairs of the Seller Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the
Agent. Each of the Purchasers also represents and warrants to the Agent and the other Purchasers
that it has, independently and without reliance upon any such Person (or any of their Affiliates)
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of
and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other
conditions and creditworthiness of the Seller Parties and made its own decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each of the Purchasers also represents that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Agent or any other Purchaser, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in
taking or not taking action under this Agreement, and to make such investigation as it deems
necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of the Seller Parties. Neither the Agent nor any Purchaser, nor any
of their respective Affiliates, shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any party to this
Agreement with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property,
prospects, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Seller Parties which may come
into the possession of such Person or any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

Section 11.7 Indemnification of Agent.

(a) Each Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Agent and its officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents (to the extent not reimbursed by the Seller Parties and without limiting
the obligation of the Seller Parties to do so), ratably in accordance with their respective
Percentages or Capital, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Agent or such Person in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding
commenced or threatened, whether or not the Agent in its capacity as Agent or such Person shall be
designated a party thereto) that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Agent or such Person as a result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to or by reason of,
any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith (but excluding any such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements resulting solely from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Agent or such Person as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction).

Section 11.8 Agent in its Individual Capacity. The Agent in its individual capacity
and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Seller Parties and their Affiliates as though the Agent were not the Agent
hereunder. With respect to its Receivable Interests, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent
shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Purchaser and may exercise the
same as though it were not the Agent, and the terms “Purchaser” and “Purchasers” shall include the
Agent in its individual capacity.

Section 11.9 Successor Agent. The Agent, upon five (5) days’ notice to the Seller
Parties and the Purchasers, may voluntarily resign and may be removed at any time, with or without
cause, by the Purchasers. If the Agent shall voluntarily resign or be removed as Agent under this
Agreement, then the Purchasers during such five-day (5) period shall appoint, with the consent of
Seller from among the remaining Purchasers, a successor Agent, whereupon such successor Agent shall
succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such
successor agent, effective upon its appointment, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties
as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former
Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement. Upon resignation or replacement of any Agent in
accordance with this Section 11.9, the retiring Agent shall execute or authorize the filing
of such UCC-3 assignments and amendments, and assignments and amendments of the Transaction
Documents, as may be necessary to give effect to its replacement by a successor Agent. After any
retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of Article X and this
Article XI shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Agent under this Agreement.

Section 11.10 UCC Filings. Each of the Purchasers hereby expressly recognizes and
agrees that the Agent may be designated as the secured party of record on the various UCC filings
required to be made under this Agreement and the party entitled to amend, release and terminate the
UCC filings under the Purchase Agreement and Purchase and Contribution Agreement in order to
perfect their respective interests in the Receivables, Collections and Related Security, that such
designation shall be for administrative convenience only in creating a record or nominee holder to
take certain actions hereunder on behalf of the Purchasers and that such listing will not affect in
any way the status of the Purchasers as the true parties in interest with respect to the Receivable
Interests. In addition, such listing shall impose no duties on the Agent other than those
expressly and specifically undertaken in accordance with this Article XI.

ARTICLE XII.

ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS

Section 12.1 Assignments. Any Purchaser may at any time and from time to time, with
the prior written consent of Agent, assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an “Assignee
Purchaser”) all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to an
assignment agreement, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit VII hereto (the “Assignment
Agreement”) executed by such Assignee Purchaser and such selling Purchaser. So long as no
Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the consent of the Seller (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required prior to the effectiveness of any
such assignment other than to an existing Purchaser. Upon delivery of the executed Assignment
Agreement to the Agent, such selling Purchaser shall be released from its obligations hereunder to
the extent of such assignment. Thereafter the Assignee Purchaser shall for all purposes be a
Purchaser party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Purchaser
under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto and thereto, and no
further consent or action by Seller, the Purchasers or the Agent shall be required. Neither Seller
nor the Collection Agent shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under this
Agreement. Purchasers may not assign all or any part of their rights or obligations under this
Agreement other than as permitted by this Section 12.1.

Section 12.2 Participations. Any Purchaser may, in the ordinary course of its
business at any time sell to one or more Persons (each a “Participant”) participating interests in
its Commitment and Receivable Interest. Notwithstanding any such sale by a Purchaser of a
participating interest to a Participant, such Purchaser’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Purchaser shall remain solely responsible for the
performance of its obligations hereunder, and each of the parties hereto shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Purchaser in connection with such Purchaser’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement. Each Purchaser agrees that any agreement between such Purchaser and any such
Participant in respect of such participating interest shall not restrict such Purchaser’s right to
agree to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to this Agreement, except for any
amendment, supplement, waiver or modification described in Section 14.1(b)(i).

ARTICLE XIII.

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

Section 13.1 Grant of Security Interest. In addition to any ownership interest which
the Agent may from time to time acquire pursuant hereto, Seller hereby grants to the Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Purchasers a valid and perfected security interest in all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in, to and under all Receivables now existing or hereafter arising, the
Collections, each Lock-Box, each Lock-Box Account, all Related Security, all other rights and
payments relating to such Receivables, and all proceeds of any thereof prior to all other liens on
and security interests therein to secure the prompt and complete payment of the Aggregate Unpaids.
The Agent and the Purchasers shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they may have
under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided to a secured creditor under the UCC
and other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative

ARTICLE XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 14.1 Waivers and Amendments.

(a) No failure or delay on the part of the Agent or any Purchaser in exercising any power,
right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be
cumulative and nonexclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. Any waiver of this
Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.

(b) No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in
writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.1(b). This Agreement and the
provisions hereof may only be amended, supplemented, modified or waived in a writing signed the
Purchasers, the Seller and the Agent.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) without the consent of the Purchasers, but with the consent of
Seller, the Agent may amend this Agreement solely to add additional Persons as Purchasers hereunder
and (ii) the Agent and the Purchasers may enter into amendments to modify any of the terms or
provisions of Article XI or Article XII of this Agreement without the consent of
Seller, provided that such amendment has no negative impact upon Seller. Any modification or
waiver made in accordance with this Section 14.1 shall apply to each of the Purchasers
equally and shall be binding upon Seller, the Purchasers and the Agent.

Section 14.2 Notices. Except as provided in this Section 14.2, all
communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire,
telecopy or electronic facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to the other
parties hereto at their respective addresses or telecopy numbers set forth on the signature pages
hereof or at such other address or telecopy number as such Person may hereafter specify for the
purpose of notice to each of the other parties hereto. Each such notice or other communication
shall be effective (a) if given by telecopy, upon the receipt thereof, (b) if given by mail, three
(3) Business Days after the time such communication is deposited in the mail with first class
postage prepaid or (c) if given by any other means, when received at the address specified in this
Section 14.2. Seller hereby authorizes the Purchasers to effect purchases and Yield Rate
selections based on telephonic notices made by any Person whom the Agent in good faith believes to
be acting on behalf of Seller. Seller agrees to deliver promptly to the Agent a written
confirmation of each telephonic notice signed by an authorized officer of Seller; provided,
however, the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of such notice. If the
written confirmation differs from the action taken by the Agent, the records of the Agent shall
govern absent manifest error.

Section 14.3 Ratable Payments. If any Purchaser, whether by setoff or otherwise, has
payment made to it with respect to any portion of the Aggregate Unpaids owing to such Purchaser
(other than payments received pursuant to Section 10.3 or 10.4) in a greater
proportion than that received by any other Purchaser entitled to receive a ratable share of such
Aggregate Unpaids, such Purchaser agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase for cash without
recourse or warranty a portion of such Aggregate Unpaids held by the other Purchasers so that after
such purchase each Purchaser will hold its ratable proportion of such Aggregate Unpaids; provided
that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Purchaser, such
purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but
without interest.

Section 14.4 Protection of Receivable Interests.

(a) Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver
all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that
the Agent may request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Receivable Interests, or to
enable the Agent or the Purchasers to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder. At
any time after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the Agent may, or the Agent may direct
Seller or the Collection Agent to, notify the Obligors of Receivables, at Seller’s expense, of the
ownership or security interests of the Purchasers under this Agreement and may also direct that
payments of all amounts due or that become due under any or all Receivables be made directly to the
Agent or its designee. Seller or the Collection Agent (as applicable) shall, at any Purchaser’s
request, withhold the identity of such Purchaser in any such notification.

(b) If any Seller Party fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, the Agent or any
Purchaser may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause performance of, such obligations,
and the Agent’s or such Purchaser’s costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be
payable by Seller as provided in Section 10.4. Each Seller Party irrevocably authorizes
the Agent at any time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Agent, and appoints the
Agent as its attorney-in-fact, to act on behalf of such Seller Party (i) to execute on behalf of
Seller as debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Agent’s sole
discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of the Purchasers
in the Receivables, including, financing statements describing as the collateral covered thereby
“all of debtor’s personal property or assets” or words to that effect, not withstanding that such
wording may be broader in scope than the Receivables described in this Agreement and (ii) to file a
carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with
respect to the Receivables as a financing statement in such offices as the Agent in its sole
discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of
the interests of the Purchasers in the Receivables. This appointment is coupled with an interest
and is irrevocable.

Section 14.5 Confidentiality.

(a) Each of the parties hereto shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and
officers to maintain the confidentiality of the Fee Letter and the other confidential or
proprietary information with respect to the Originators, the Agent, the Purchasers and their
respective businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and
execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that such party and its directors,
officers and employees may disclose such information (i) to such party’s external accountants,
attorneys, investors, potential investors and credit enhancers and the agents or advisors of such
Persons and (ii) as required by any applicable law or regulation or by any court, regulatory body
or agency having jurisdiction over such party (including, without limitation, the filing of this
Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to an annual or quarterly report under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934); and provided, further, that such party shall have no obligation of
confidentiality in respect of any information which may be generally available to the public or
becomes available to the public through no fault of such party.

(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Originator hereby consents to the
disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i) to the Agent and each of the
Purchasers, (ii) to any prospective or actual assignee or participant of the Agent or any of the
Purchasers, and (iii) to any rating agency, and to any officers, directors, employees, outside
accountants, advisors and attorneys of any of the foregoing, provided each such Person is advised
of the confidential nature of such information and, in the case of a Person described in clause
(ii) above, agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 14.5. In addition, the
Agent and the Purchasers may disclose any such nonpublic information pursuant to any law, rule,
regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or
proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law) although each of them shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure, to the extent permitted given the circumstances, that
any such information which is so disclosed is kept confidential.

Section 14.6 Limitation of Liability. Except with respect to any claim arising out of
the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Agent or any Purchaser, no claim may be made by
any Seller Party or any other Person against the Agent or any Purchaser or their respective
Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of Contract or any other
theory of liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and each Seller Party hereby
waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued
and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

Section 14.7 CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
WHICH SHALL APPLY HERETO) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF THE AGENT’S OR PURCHASERS’
OWNERSHIP OF OR SECURITY INTEREST IN THE RECEIVABLES AND RELATED SECURITY OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER IN
RESPECT THEREOF ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 14.8 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO
THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH
OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS
TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER TO BRING
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY SELLER PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL
PROCEEDING BY ANY SELLER PARTY AGAINST THE AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE AGENT OR
ANY PURCHASER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO,
OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK.

Section 14.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT,
CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY ANY SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.

Section 14.10 Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms.

(a) This Agreement and each other Transaction Document contain the final and complete
integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy). 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 terminated in accordance
with its terms; provided, however, that the rights and remedies with respect to (i) any breach of
any representation and warranty made by any Seller Party pursuant to Article V, (ii) the
indemnification and payment provisions of Article X, and Sections 14.6 through and
including 14.9 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

Section 14.11 Counterparts; Severability; Section References. 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. Any provisions of this Agreement which are
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Unless otherwise expressly
indicated, all references herein to “Article,” “Section,” “Schedule” or “Exhibit” shall mean
articles and sections of, and schedules and exhibits to, this Agreement.

Section 14.12 PATRIOT Act. Each Purchaser that is subject to the requirements of the
Act hereby notifies Seller and Collection Agent that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Seller, the Originators and their
respective Subsidiaries, which information includes the name and address of Seller, the Originators
their respective Subsidiaries and other information that will allow such Purchasers to identify
such parties in accordance with the Act.

[Signature Pages Follow]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.

FERRO FINANCE CORPORATION, as Seller

By: /s/ Robert Gage

Name: Robert Gage

Title: Assistant Treasurer

Address:

1789 Transelco Drive Suite A

Penn Yan, NY 14527

Attention: Assistant Treasurer

Fax: (315) 536-3826

FERRO CORPORATION, as Collection Agent

	 	 	 
	By: /s/ John T. Bingle

	 

	Name: John T. Bingle

	Title:

	 	Treasurer

Address:

1000 Lakeside Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Attention: Treasurer

Facsimile No.: (216) 875-7237

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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

individually as a Purchaser and as Agent

By: /s/ Elizabeth Wagner

Name: Elizabeth Wagner

Title: Managing Director

	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	Wachovia Bank, National Association

	 	 	171 17th Street, N.W.

	 	 	Mail-stop GA4524

Atlanta, GA 30363

Attention:

Phone:

Fax:

	 	

Elizabeth Wagner

(404) 214-5456

(404) 214-5481
	with copy to:	 	Wachovia Bank, National Association

	 	 	171 17th Street, N.W.

	 	 	Mail-stop GA4524

Atlanta, GA 30363

Attention:

Phone:

Fax:

	 	

Cathy Aaron

(404) 214-3965

(404) 214-3981

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EXHIBIT I

DEFINITIONS

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein, are used with the meanings attributed
thereto in the Purchase Agreement or the Purchase and Contribution Agreement, as applicable.

In addition, as used in this Agreement, 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):

“Act” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(g).

“Adjusted Dilution Ratio” means, at any time, the rolling average of the Dilution Ratio for
the 12 Calculation Periods then most recently ended.

“Adjusted Eligible Receivables” means as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) Total
Eligible Receivables plus (b) the Receivables owing by an Obligor (i) which if a natural person, is
not a resident of an Approved Country or, if a corporation or other business organization, is not
organized under the laws of an Approved Country or any political subdivision of an Approved Country
or does not have its chief executive office in an Approved Country but (ii) would meet each of the
requirements for being an Eligible Receivable other than the requirement contained in clause (a) of
the definition of Eligible Receivable.

“Adverse Claim” means a lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance, or other right or
claim in, of or on any Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other Person.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person or any
Subsidiary of such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling
Person owns 10% or more of any class of voting securities of the controlled Person or possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by Contract or otherwise.

“Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Aggregate Capital” means, on any date of determination, the aggregate amount of Capital of
all Receivable Interests outstanding on such date.

“Aggregate Reduction” has the meaning specified in Section 1.3.

“Aggregate Reserve Percentage” means, on any date of determination, the greater of (a) the
Required Reserve Factor Floor and (b) the sum of the Loss Reserve, the Yield Reserve, the Dilution
Reserve and the Servicing Reserve.

“Aggregate Unpaids” means, at any time, the Aggregate Capital and the Obligations.

“Agreement” means this Receivables Purchase Agreement, as it may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.

“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the higher
as of such day of (i) the Prime Rate, or (ii) one-half of one percent (0.50%) above the Federal
Funds Rate, plus, (b) the Applicable Margin. For purposes of determining the Alternate Base Rate
for any day, changes in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the date of
each such change.

“Amortization Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) immediately prior to the occurrence of
an Amortization Event set forth in Section 9.1(g), (b) the Business Day specified in a
written notice from the Agent or any Purchaser following the occurrence and during continuation of
any other Amortization Event, and (c) the date which is five (5) Business Days after the Agent’s
receipt of written notice from Seller that it wishes to terminate the facility evidenced by this
Agreement.

“Amortization Event” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.

“Applicable Margin” means prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Amortization Event,
4.50% per annum, and upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Amortization Event,
6.50%.

“Approved Country” means the United States, Germany, England or Canada.

“Assignee Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.

“Assignment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.

“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to any Person, its chief executive officer,
president, corporate controller, treasurer, assistant treasurer, chief financial officer or
secretary.

“Business Day” means any day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in New
York, New York or Atlanta, Georgia, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any computation
or payment to be made with respect to LMIR, any day on which dealings in dollar deposits are
carried on in the London interbank market.

“Calculation Period” means a calendar month.

“Capital” of any Receivable Interest means, at any time, (A) the Purchase Price of such
Receivable Interest, minus (B) the sum of the aggregate amount of Collections and other payments
received by the Agent which in each case are applied to reduce such Capital in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that such Capital shall be restored in the
amount of any Collections or other payments so received and applied if at any time the distribution
of such Collections or payments are rescinded, returned or refunded for any reason.

“Capital Securities” means, with respect to any Person, all shares, interests, participations
or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital,
whether now outstanding or hereafter issued.

“Capital Settlement Date” means the Business Day on which any Daily Report revealing an
Investment Excess is delivered.

“Capitalized Lease Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person, all monetary obligations of
such Person and its Subsidiaries under any leasing or similar arrangement which have been (or, in
accordance with GAAP, should be) classified as capitalized leases, and for purposes of each
Transaction Document the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof,
determined in accordance with GAAP, and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last
payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such
lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a premium or a penalty.

“Change of Control” means:

(a) any person or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange
Act), shall become the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act) of, or enter into contracts or arrangements whereby they will acquire or control,
directly or indirectly, Capital Securities or Voting Securities representing 25% or more of the
Capital Securities or Voting Securities of Ferro on a fully diluted basis;

(b) during any period of up to 24 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the Board of Directors of Ferro (together with any new directors whose election
to such Board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of Ferro was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved)
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Ferro then in office; or

(c) the shareholders of Ferro approve a plan of complete liquidation of Ferro or an agreement
or agreements for the sale or disposition by Ferro of all or substantially all of Ferro’s assets;
or

(d) Ferro Color & Glass Corporation, Ferro Pfanstiehl Laboratories, Inc. or the Seller ceases
to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of Ferro.

“Charged-Off Receivable” means a Receivable: (a) as to which the Obligor thereof has taken any
action, or suffered any event to occur, of the type described in Section 9.1(g) (as if
references to Seller Party therein refer to such Obligor); (b) as to which the Obligor thereof, if
a natural person, is deceased, (c) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, would
be written off Seller’s books as uncollectible, or (d) which has been identified by Seller as
uncollectible.

“Collection Agent” means at any time the Person (which may be the Agent) then authorized
pursuant to Article VIII to service, administer and collect Receivables.

“Collections” means, with respect to any Receivable, all cash collections and other cash
proceeds in respect of such Receivable, including, without limitation, all yield, Finance Charges
or other related amounts accruing in respect thereof and all cash proceeds of Related Security with
respect to such Receivable.

“Commitment” means, for each Purchaser, the commitment of such Purchaser to purchase
Receivable Interests from Seller, in an amount not to exceed (a) in the aggregate, the amount set
forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A to this Agreement, as such amount may be
modified in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to any individual purchase
hereunder, its Percentage of the Purchase Price therefor.

“Concentration Limit” means, at any time:

(a) in relation to all Eligible Foreign Receivables, 15% of Adjusted Eligible Receivables; and

(b) in relation to all Eligible Receivables which by their terms are due and payable more than
sixty (60) but less than ninety-one (91) days from the original billing date therefor, 15% of
Adjusted Eligible Receivables;

(c) in relation to the aggregate outstanding principal balance of Receivables owed by any
single Obligor and its Affiliates (if any), the applicable concentration limit shall be determined
as follows for Obligors who have short term unsecured debt ratings currently assigned to them by
S&P and Moody’s (or in the absence thereof, the equivalent long term unsecured senior debt
ratings), the applicable concentration limit shall be determined according to the following table:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	S&P Rating

	 	Moody’s Rating
	 	Allowable % of Adjusted

Eligible Receivables

	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	A-1+

	 	P-1
	 	 	10.00	%
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	A-1

	 	P-1
	 	 	8.00	%
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	A-2

	 	P-2
	 	 	6.00	%
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	A-3

	 	P-3
	 	 	6.00	%
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Below A-3 or Not Rated

by either S&P or

Moody’s

	 	Below P-3 or Not Rated

by either S&P or

Moody’s
	 	3.00%

	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 

; provided, however, that (i) if any Obligor has a split rating, the applicable rating will be
the lower of the two, (ii) if any Obligor is not rated by either S&P or Moody’s, the applicable
Concentration Limit shall be the one set forth in the last line of the table above, and (iii)
subject to the Agent’s sole discretion and/or an increase in the Required Reserve Factor Floor,
upon Seller’s request from time to time, the Agent may agree to a higher percentage of Adjusted
Eligible Receivables for a particular Obligor and its Affiliates (each such higher percentage, a
“Special Concentration Limit”), it being understood that any Special Concentration Limit may be
cancelled by the Agent upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice to Seller.

“Contingent Liability” means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which any Person
guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect
agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise
to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the Indebtedness of any
other Person (other than by endorsements of instruments in the course of collection), or guarantees
the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the Capital Securities of any other Person.
The amount of any Person’s obligation under any Contingent Liability shall (subject to any
limitation set forth therein) be deemed to be the outstanding principal amount of the debt,
obligation or other liability guaranteed thereby. For the avoidance of doubt, “Contingent
Liability” shall not include “take-or-pay” obligations for less than twelve months for inventory
acquired in the ordinary course of business; provided that such twelve-month limitation shall not
apply to “take-or-pay” obligations with respect to natural gas acquired in the ordinary course of
business.

“Contract” means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all instruments, agreements,
invoices or other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidences such
Receivable.

“Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all members of
a controlled group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with Ferro, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

“Credit and Collection Policy” means the Originators’ credit and collection policies and
practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the date hereof and summarized in
Exhibit VIII hereto, as modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Cut-Off Date” means the last day of a Calculation Period.

“Daily Report” means a report in substantially the form of Exhibit X hereto (appropriately
completed), furnished by the Collection Agent to the Agent and the Purchasers pursuant to
Section 8.5.

“Days Sales Outstanding” means, as of any day, an amount equal to the product of (a) 91,
multiplied by (b) the amount obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Receivables as of the most recent Cut-Off Date, by (ii) the aggregate amount of Receivables created
during the three (3) Calculation Periods including and immediately preceding such Cut-Off Date.

“Deemed Collections” means the aggregate of all amounts Seller shall have been deemed to have
received as a Collection of a Receivable due to a Dilution. Seller shall be deemed to have
received a Collection in full of a Receivable if at any time any of the representations or
warranties in Article V are no longer true with respect to any Receivable. If the Outstanding
Balance of any Receivable is either (a) reduced as a result of any defective or rejected goods or
services, any discount or any adjustment or otherwise by Seller (other than cash Collections on
account of the Receivables) or (b) reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any
claim by any Person (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an
unrelated transaction), Seller shall be deemed to have received a Collection of such Receivable to
the extent of such reduction or cancellation.

“Default Horizon Ratio” means, as of any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a decimal)
computed by dividing (i) the aggregate sales generated by the Originators during the last four (4)
months to Obligors in Approved Countries ending on such Cut-Off Date, by (ii) the Net Pool Balance
as of such Cut-off Date.

“Default Ratio” means, as of any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed
by dividing (a) the total amount of Receivables, which became Defaulted Receivables during the
month that includes such Cut-Off Date, by (b) the aggregate sales generated by the Originators
during the month occurring four (4) months prior to the month ending on such Cut-Off Date.

“Defaulted Receivable” means a Receivable: (a) as to which the obligor thereof has suffered
an event of bankruptcy; (b) which, consistent with the Originators’ credit and collection policies,
should be written off as uncollectible; or (c) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains
unpaid for ninety-one (91) days or more from the original due date for such payment.

“Deferred Purchase Price” has the meaning attributed thereto in the Purchase Agreement and the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.

“Delinquency Ratio” means, at any time, a percentage equal to (a) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of all Receivables that were Delinquent Receivables at such time divided by (b)
the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Receivables at such time.

“Delinquent Receivable” means a Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains
unpaid for sixty-one to ninety (61-90) days from the original due date for such payment.

“Dilution” means the amount of any reduction or cancellation of the outstanding principal
balance of a Receivable due to (a) any defective or rejected goods or services, any cash discount
or any other adjustment by any Originator or any Affiliate thereof (other than as a result of any
Collections), or as a result of any governmental or regulatory action, (b) any setoff in respect of
any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related or an
unrelated transaction), (c) any rebate or refund, (d) any misstatement of the amount thereof, or
(e) any misrepresentation.

“Dilution Horizon Ratio” means, as of any Cut-off Date, a ratio (expressed as a decimal),
computed by dividing (a) the aggregate sales generated by the Originators during the two (2) months
to Obligors in Approved Countries ending on such Cut-Off Date, by (b) the Net Pool Balance as of
such Cut-Off Date.

“Dilution Ratio” means, as of any Cut-Off Date, a ratio (expressed as a percentage), computed
by dividing (a) the total amount of decreases in outstanding principal balances due to Dilution
during the month ending on such Cut-Off Date, by (b) the aggregate sales generated by the
Originators during the month ending two months prior to such Cut-Off Date.

“Dilution Reserve” means, for any month, the product (expressed as a percentage) of: (a) the
sum of (i) 2.25 times the Adjusted Dilution Ratio as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date,
plus (ii) the Dilution Volatility Component as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date, times (b)
the Dilution Horizon Ratio as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date.

“Dilution Volatility Component” means the product (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the
difference between (a) the highest monthly rolling average Dilution Ratio over the past 12 months
and (b) the Adjusted Dilution Ratio, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the
amount calculated in (i)(a) of this definition and the denominator of which is equal to the amount
calculated in (i)(b) of this definition.

“Discount” has the meaning attributed thereto in the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.

“Eligible Assignee” means any bank or other financial institution having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $250,000,000.

“Eligible Domestic Receivable” means an Eligible Receivable, the Obligor of which (a) if a
natural person, is a resident of the United States or, (b) if a corporation or other business
organization, is organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision of the
United States or has its chief executive office in the United States.

“Eligible Foreign Receivable” means an Eligible Receivable, the Obligor of which (a) if a
natural person, is a resident of an Approved Country other than the United States or, (b) if a
corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of an Approved Country
other than the United States or any political subdivision of an Approved Country other than the
United States or has its chief executive office in such an Approved Country.

“Eligible Receivable” means a Receivable:

(a) the Obligor of which (i) if a natural person, is a resident of an Approved Country or, if
a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of an Approved Country or
any political subdivision of an Approved Country or has its chief executive office in an Approved
Country; (ii) is not an affiliate of any of the parties hereto; or (iii) is not a government or a
governmental subdivision or agency (unless the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended, has
been complied with),

(b) which is not a Delinquent Receivable or Defaulted Receivable or owing from an Obligor as
to which more than 50% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables owing from such
Obligor are Defaulted Receivables,

(c) which by its terms is due and payable within ninety (90) days of the original billing date
therefor,

(d) which is an “account” or a “payment intangible” as defined in section 9-102 of the UCC of
all applicable jurisdictions,

(e) which is denominated and payable only in United States dollars in the United States,

(f) which arises under a Contract, invoice or other written contractual obligation which,
together with such Receivable, is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the related Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its
terms,

(g) which arises under a Contract, invoice or other written contractual obligation that
contains an obligation to pay a specified sum of money, contingent only upon the sale of goods or
the provision of services by the applicable Originator,

(h) which, together with the Contract related thereto, does not contravene any law, rule or
regulation applicable thereto (including, without limitation, any law, rule and regulation relating
to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair
debt collection practices and privacy) and with respect to which no part of the Contract related
thereto is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation,

(i) which satisfies in all material respects all applicable requirements of the Credit and
Collection Policy,

(j) which was generated in the ordinary course of the applicable Originator’s business,

(k) which arises solely from the sale of goods or the provision of services to the related
Obligor by the applicable Originator, and not by any other Person that is not an Originator (in
whole or in part),

(l) as to which the Agent has not notified Seller that the Agent has determined, acting
reasonably, that such Receivable or class of Receivables is not acceptable as an Eligible
Receivable, including, without limitation, because such Receivable arises under a Contract that is
not acceptable to the Agent, acting reasonably,

(m) which is not subject to (i) any right of rescission or set-off, or (ii) any currently
asserted counterclaim or other defense (including defenses arising out of violations of usury laws)
of the applicable Obligor against any Originator or any other Adverse Claim, and the Obligor
thereon holds no right as against any Originator to cause any Originator to repurchase the goods or
merchandise the sale of which shall have given rise to such Receivable (except with respect to sale
discounts effected pursuant to the Contract, or defective goods returned in accordance with the
terms of the Contract); provided, however, that if such dispute, offset, counterclaim or defense
affects only a portion of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable, then such Receivable may be
deemed an Eligible Receivable to the extent of the portion of such Outstanding Balance which is not
so affected, and provided, further, that Receivables of any Obligor which has any accounts payable
by the applicable Originator (thus giving rise to a potential offset against such Receivables) may
be treated as Eligible Receivables to the extent that the Obligor of such Receivables has agreed
pursuant to a written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, that such
Receivables shall not be subject to such offset,

(n) as to which the applicable Originator has satisfied and fully performed all obligations on
its part with respect to such Receivable required to be fulfilled by it, and no further action is
required to be performed by any Person with respect thereto other than payment thereon by the
applicable Obligor,

(o) as to which all right, title and interest to and in which has been validly transferred by
the applicable Originator directly or indirectly to Seller pursuant to one or both of the Purchase
Agreement, and Seller has good and marketable title thereto free and clear of any adverse claim,
and

(p) payable into a Lock-Box or Lock-Box Account that is the subject to a Lock-Box Agreement.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto 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 thereto.

“Event of Termination” has the meaning specified in the Purchase Agreement and the Purchase
and Contribution Agreement.

“Existing Agreements” means, collectively, (i) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase and
Contribution Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time), dated as of April 1, 2008, between Ferro, as seller and the Seller, as purchaser, and (ii)
that certain Purchase Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time), dated as of April 1, 2008, between the Originators, as sellers, and Ferro, as purchaser.

“Facility Account” means Seller’s Account No. 657205449 at National City Bank, 1900 East Ninth
St., Cleveland, Ohio 44114, ABA #041000124.

“Facility Termination Date” means the earlier of (i) June 1, 2010, and (ii) the Amortization
Date.

“Federal Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as
amended and any successor statute thereto.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum for each day
during such period equal to (i) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Composite Closing Quotations for U.S. Government
Securities; or (ii) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations at approximately 11:30 a.m. (New York City time) for such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected
by it.

“Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter dated as of June 2, 2009 by and among Seller, the
Agent and Wachovia, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Fees” means, collectively, any fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter and the Unused Fee.

“Ferro” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Ferro Holiday” means any weekday on which Ferro will be closed for business during any
calendar year.

“Finance Charges” means, with respect to a Contract, any finance, interest, late payment
charges or similar charges owing by an Obligor pursuant to such Contract.

“Fiscal Quarter” means a quarter ending on the last day of March, June, September or December.

“Fiscal Year” means any period of twelve consecutive calendar months ending on December 31;
references to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to any calendar year (e.g., the “2009
Fiscal Year”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on December 31 of such calendar year.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of
America from time to time.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities of such Person under
currency exchange agreements, interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and
interest rate collar agreements, and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

“Impermissible Qualification” means any qualification or exception to the opinion or
certification of any independent public accountant as to any financial statement of Ferro:

(a) which is of a “going concern” or similar nature;

(b) which relates to the limited scope of examination of matters relevant to such financial
statement;

(c) which relates to the treatment or classification of any item in such financial statement
and which, if adjusted in the manner deemed appropriate by Ferro’s independent public accountants,
would have the effect of causing Ferro to be in an Amortization Event.

“Incipient Event of Termination” has the meaning specified in the Purchase Agreement and the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.

“Incremental Purchase” means a purchase of a Receivable Interest which increases the total
outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means:

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or advances and all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments;

(b) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, relative to the face amount of all letters of
credit, whether or not drawn, and banker’s acceptances issued for the account of such Person;

(c) all Capitalized Lease Liabilities of such Person;

(d) all other items which, in accordance with GAAP, would be included as liabilities on the
balance sheet of such Person as of the date at which Indebtedness is to be determined;

(e) net Hedging Obligations of such Person;

(f) whether or not so included as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable
in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than ninety (90) days
or, if overdue for more than ninety (90) days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves
in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person), and indebtedness
secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on property owned or being acquired by such Person (including
indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not
such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(g) obligations arising under Synthetic Leases;

(h) the full outstanding balance of trade receivables, notes or other instruments sold with
full recourse (and the portion thereof subject to potential recourse, if sold with limited
recourse), other than in any such case any thereof sold solely for purposes of collection of
delinquent accounts and other than in connection with this Agreement;

(i) all obligations (other than intercompany obligations) of such Person herein;

(j) the stated value, or liquidation value if higher, of all Redeemable Stock of such Person;
and

(k) all Contingent Liabilities of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor
as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such Person, except
to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Neither trade payables nor other similar accrued expenses, in each case arising in the ordinary
course of business, nor obligations in respect of insurance policies or performance or surety bonds
which themselves are not guarantees of Indebtedness (nor drafts, acceptances or similar instruments
evidencing the same nor obligations in respect of letters of credit supporting the payment of the
same), shall constitute Indebtedness. For the avoidance of doubt and to the extent not previously
excluded from Indebtedness, “take-or-pay” obligations for less than twelve months for inventory
acquired in the ordinary course of business shall not constitute Indebtedness; provided that such
twelve-month limitation shall not apply to “take-or-pay” obligations with respect to natural gas
acquired in the ordinary course of business. For the avoidance of doubt, on any date, the entire
outstanding principal amount of Ferro’s 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 on such date shall
constitute Indebtedness of Ferro with respect to such date, notwithstanding the treatment thereof
in accordance with GAAP.

“Independent Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of Seller (a) who is not at
such time, and has not been at any time during the preceding five (5) years, (i) a director,
officer, employee or affiliate of any Seller Party, any Originator, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or (ii) the beneficial owner (at the time of such individual’s
appointment as an Independent Director or at any time thereafter while serving as an Independent
Director) of any of the outstanding common shares of any Seller Party, any Originator, or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, having general voting rights, and (b) who is an
officer of a firm nationally recognized for providing professional independent directors for
special purpose entities and structured financings.

“Investment Availability” means, on any Business Day, that the Aggregate Capital outstanding
hereunder is less than the lesser of (i) the Purchase Limit and (ii) the difference between the Net
Pool Balance and the Required Reserves.

“Investment Excess” means, on any Business Day, that (a) the Aggregate Capital outstanding
hereunder is exceeds the lesser of (i) the Purchase Limit and (ii) the difference between the Net
Pool Balance and the Required Reserve, or (b) the aggregate of the Receivable Interests exceeds
100%.

“LIBOR Market Index Rate” means, for any day, the three-month Eurodollar Rate for U.S. dollar
deposits as reported on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or any other page that may replace such
page from time to time for the purpose of displaying offered rates of leading banks for London
interbank deposits in United States dollars, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date, or if
such day is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day (or if not so reported,
then as determined by the Agent from another recognized source for interbank quotation), in each
case, changing when and as such rate changes.

“Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge against or interest in property, or
other priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.

“LMIR” means, on any date of determination, a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Market Index
Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

“Lock-Box” means each locked postal box with respect to which a bank who has executed a
Lock-Box Agreement has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of retrieving and processing
payments made on the Receivables and which is listed on Exhibit IV.

“Lock-Box Account” means each concentration account, depositary account, lock-box account or
similar account in which any Collections are collected or deposited and which is listed on Exhibit
IV.

“Lock-Box Agreement” means an agreement among Seller, the Agent and a Lock-Box Bank perfecting
the Agent’s security interest in one or more Lock-Box Accounts.

“Lock-Box Bank” means, at any time, any of the banks holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.

“Loss Reserve” means, for any Calculation Period, the product (expressed as a percentage) of
(a) 2.25, times (b) the highest three-month rolling average Default Ratio during the 12 Calculation
Periods ending on the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date, times (c) the Default Horizon Ratio as of
the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition or
operations of Seller or Ferro and any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of
Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement or (at any time Ferro is acting as
Collection Agent), the ability of the Collection Agent to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, (iii) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, (iv) any Purchaser’s interest in any material portion of the Receivables, the
Related Security or the Collections with respect thereto, or (v) the collectibility of any material
portion of the Receivables. For the avoidance of doubt, the general business, economic and
financial conditions affecting the United States and global economies prior to June 2, 2009 shall
not, in and of itself, constitute a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness in excess of $7,500,000 in aggregate principal
amount.

“Material Subsidiary” means any Originator which is a Subsidiary of Ferro and any other
Subsidiary of Ferro that qualifies as a “Significant Subsidiary”, as that term is defined in
Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.

“Monthly Report” means a report in substantially the form of Exhibit IX hereto (appropriately
completed), furnished by the Collection Agent to the Agent and the Purchasers pursuant to
Section 8.5.

“Monthly Reporting Date” means the 10th day of each month hereafter (or, if any
such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).

“Monthly Payment Date” means the first Business Day after each Monthly Reporting Date.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

“Net Pool Balance” means, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables at such time reduced by the aggregate amount by which the Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible Receivables of each category described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of
“Concentration Limit” exceeds the Concentration Limit or Special Concentration Limit for such
category.

“Obligations” means the Unused Fees, Yield, Collection Agent Indemnified Amounts, Indemnified
Amounts and reimbursable costs and expenses owing to the Agent or any of the Purchasers at such
time pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents, whether due or accrued.

“Obligor” means a Person obligated to make payments pursuant to a Contract.

“Organic Document” means, relative to any Person, its certificate of incorporation, its
by-laws, its partnership agreement, its memorandum and articles of association, its limited
liability company agreement and/or operating agreement, share designations or similar organization
documents and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements applicable to any
of its authorized Capital Securities.

“Originator” means each of Ferro Color & Glass Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, Ferro
Pfanstiehl Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Ferro Corporation, an Ohio corporation.

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

“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person succeeding to any or all
of its functions under ERISA.

“Pension Plan” means a “pension plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which
is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA), and to which Ferro or any corporation, trade or business that is, along with Ferro, a
member of a Controlled Group, may have liability, including any liability by reason of having been
a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding
five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.

“Percentage” means, as to any Purchaser, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of its
Commitment to the aggregate of all Commitments.

“Permitted Ferro Holiday” means, in any calendar year, any Ferro Holiday that is either (a) a
U.S. federal holiday, or (b) another date specified on Schedule C hereto (or any list of Ferro
Holidays delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(viii)); provided that if the
aggregate number of days covered by the preceding clause (b) exceeds five (5) in any calendar year,
only the first five (5) such days shall constitute “Permitted Ferro Holidays”.

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

“Potential Amortization Event” means an event which, with the passage of any applicable cure
period or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Amortization Event.  For the avoidance
of doubt but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the occurrence of any event or
condition under any agreement or instrument relating to any  Material Indebtedness of any
Originator which continues after any applicable grace period or notice, if any, specified in such
agreement or instrument, which permits the holder thereof to accelerate, the maturity of such
Material Indebtedness or require such Material Indebtedness to be prepaid (other than by a
regularly scheduled required prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased, or require any Obligor
to offer to repay, redeem, purchase or defease such Material Indebtedness, in each case prior to
the stated maturity thereof shall constitute a Potential Amortization Event hereunder;
provided, that any such event or condition as to which any applicable grace period or
notice requirement applies which does not remain continuing beyond such applicable grace period or
notice requirement shall not constitute a Potential Amortization Event.

“Prime Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced from time to
time by Wachovia (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when
and as said prime rate changes.

“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2009, between
Ferro Color & Glass Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, and Ferro Pfanstiehl Laboratories,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, as sellers, and Ferro, as purchaser, as the same may be amended,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Purchase and Contribution Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Contribution Agreement,
dated as of June 2, 2009, by and between Ferro, as seller, and Ferro Finance Corporation, as
purchaser, purchaser, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.

“Purchase Limit” means $50,000,000.

“Purchase Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.

“Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Incremental Purchase of a Receivable Interest, the
amount paid to Seller for such Receivable Interest which shall not exceed the least of (i) the
amount requested by Seller in the applicable Purchase Notice, (ii) the unused portion of the
Purchase on the applicable purchase date and (iii) the excess, if any, of the Net Pool Balance
(less the Required Reserve) on the applicable purchase date over the aggregate outstanding amount
of Aggregate Capital determined as of the date of the most recent Daily Report, taking into account
such proposed Incremental Purchase.

“Purchasers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Receivable” means the indebtedness and other obligations owed (at the time it arises, and
before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance contemplated under the Transaction Documents) to
an Originator, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, an instrument or a general
intangible, arising from the sale of goods or provision of services by such Originator and
includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any Finance Charges with respect thereto.
Indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any one transaction, including, without
limitation, indebtedness and other rights and obligations represented by an individual invoice,
shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other
rights and obligations arising from any other transaction.

“Receivable Interest” means, at any time, an undivided percentage interest (computed as set
forth below) associated with a designated Capital, selected pursuant to the terms and conditions
hereof in (i) each Receivable arising prior to the time of the most recent computation or
recomputation of such undivided interest, (ii) all Related Security with respect to each such
Receivable, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, each such Receivable.
Each such undivided percentage interest shall equal:

	 
	C

	NPB – RR

	 	 	 
	where:

	 	

	C

NPB

RR

	 	= the Capital of such Receivable Interest.

= the Net Pool Balance.

= the Required Reserve.

Such undivided percentage interest shall be initially computed on its date of purchase.
Thereafter, until the Facility Termination Date, each Receivable Interest shall be automatically
recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each day prior to the Facility Termination Date. The
variable percentage represented by any Receivable Interest as computed (or deemed recomputed) as of
the close of the Business Day immediately preceding the Facility Termination Date shall remain
constant at all times thereafter.

“Records” means, with respect to any Receivable, all Contracts and other documents, books,
records and other information (including, without limitation, computer programs, tapes, disks,
punch cards, data processing software and related property and rights) relating to such Receivable,
any Related Security therefor and the related Obligor.

“Redeemable Stock” means with respect to any Person any Capital Securities of such Person that
(a) is by its terms subject to mandatory redemption, in whole or in part, pursuant to a sinking
fund, scheduled redemption or similar provisions, at any time prior to the Facility Termination
Date; or (b) otherwise is required to be repurchased or retired on a scheduled date or dates, upon
the occurrence of any event or circumstance, at the option of the holder or holders thereof, or
otherwise, at any time prior to the Facility Termination Date, other than any such repurchase or
retirement occasioned by a “change of control” or similar event; provided that Redeemable Stock
shall not include the Series A ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock of Ferro.

“Reduction Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.

“Reinvestment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

“Related Security” means, with respect to any Receivable:

(i) all right, title and interest (if any) in the goods, the sale of which gave rise to
such Receivable, and any and all insurance contracts with respect thereto,

(ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to
time, if any, purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the
invoice related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing statements and
security agreements describing any collateral securing such Receivable,

(iii) all guaranties, insurance and other supporting obligations, agreements or
arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such
Receivable whether pursuant to the invoice related to such Receivable or otherwise,

(iv) all Records related to such Receivables,

(v) all right, title and interest (if any) to the Existing Agreements and to any
Receivable or other property of the type described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and
(vi) of this definition sold and transferred thereunder, and

(v) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.

When used in this Agreement, the term “Related Security” shall include all right, title and
interest of Ferro (and the Seller, as Ferro’s assignee) in, to and under the Purchase Agreement,
all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement, and the proceeds of the foregoing.

“Required Amounts” means, (a) on any Monthly Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of all
Yield, Servicing Fee, Unpaid Fees, and other fees and other amounts that are then due and owing to
the Agent or the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents, and (b) if applicable, on any Business
Day, an amount equal to any required reductions in Aggregate Capital pursuant to Section
1.3 or Section 2.2.

“Required Capital Condition” means, on any date of determination, that Seller’s “tangible net
worth” (as defined below) shall not be less than 10% of the Outstanding Balance of the Transferred
Receivables. As used herein, “tangible net worth” shall mean, as of the last Business Day of each
Calculation Period preceding any date of determination, an excess of: (i) the sum of (a) the
product of (x) 100% minus the Discount multiplied by (y) the Outstanding Balance of all Transferred
Receivables other than Defaulted Receivables plus (b) cash and cash equivalents of the
Seller minus (ii) the sum of (a) the Aggregate Capital plus (b) the Deferred
Purchase Price.

“Required Reserve” means, on any day during a month, the product of (a) the greater of (i) the
Required Reserve Factor Floor and (ii) the sum of the Loss Reserve, the Yield Reserve, the Dilution
Reserve and the Servicing Reserve, times (b) the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date
immediately preceding such month.

“Required Reserve Factor Floor” means, for any month, the sum (expressed as a percentage) of
(a) 19% plus (b) the product of the Adjusted Dilution Ratio and the Dilution Horizon Ratio, in each
case, as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date.

“Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect,
on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding,
except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock or in any junior class of stock
of Seller, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of capital stock of Seller
now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement,
defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to the
Deferred Purchase Price, (iv) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to
obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any
class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, and (v) any payment of management
fees by Seller (except for reasonable management fees to an Originator or its Affiliates in
reimbursement of actual management services performed).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Seller Parties” means, collectively, (a) Seller, and (b) at any time that Ferro is acting as
Collection Agent, Ferro.

“Senior Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of June 8, 2007, among Ferro and the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the
various lenders from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as the
Term Loan Agent, National City Bank, as the Revolving Loan Agent and as the Collateral Agent for
the Secured Parties, Keybank National Association, as the Documentation Agent and Citigroup Global
Markets, Inc., as the Syndication Agent, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time, and any replacement credit facility therefor.

“Servicing Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

“Servicing Reserve” means, the product (expressed as a percentage) of (a) 1%, times (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the highest Days Sales Outstanding for the most recent 12
months and the denominator of which is 360.

“Settlement Date” means either a Monthly Payment Date or a Capital Settlement Date.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities
having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more
of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, association, limited liability company, joint venture
or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting
power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided,
all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of Collection Agent.

“Synthetic Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease (including leases that may be
terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) (a) that is
not a capital lease in accordance with GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or
obtains ownership of the property so leased for federal income tax purposes, other than any such
lease under which that Person is the lessor.

“Total Eligible Receivables” means, on any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of all Eligible Domestic Receivables and all Eligible Foreign Receivables.

“Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, each Purchase Notice, the
Purchase Agreement, the Purchase and Contribution Agreement, each Lock-Box Agreement, the Fee
Letter, any promissory note issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement, and all other instruments, documents and agreements required to be executed
and delivered pursuant hereto.

“Transferred Receivables” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified
jurisdiction.

“Unused Fee(s)” has the meaning attributed thereto in the Fee Letter.

“Voting Securities” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Securities of any class or
kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting
members of the governing body of such Person.

“Wachovia” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Wachovia Account” means account no. 2070482789126, account name: Leverage Finance – NC, at
Wachovia Bank, National Association, ABA No. 053000219, Reference: Ferro (1FE01), or any other
account or accounts as the Agent may indicate from time to time.

“wholly owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary all of the outstanding Capital Securities of
which (other than any director’s qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by
applicable laws) is owned directly or indirectly by Ferro.

“Yield” means for each day for a Receivable Interest, an amount equal to the product of the
applicable Yield Rate for each Receivable Interest multiplied by the Capital of such Receivable
Interest, annualized on a three hundred sixty (360)-day basis.

“Yield Rate” means, with respect to each Receivable Interest, either (a) the Alternate Base
Rate, or (b) if available, LMIR. From and after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Amortization Event, the sole Yield Rate shall be the Alternate Base Rate.

“Yield Reserve” means for any Calculation Period, the product (expressed as a percentage) of
(i) the sum of (a) 1.0% plus (b) the product of 1.5 times the Alternate Base Rate as of the
immediately preceding Cut-Off Date times (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the highest
Days Sales Outstanding for the most recent 12 Calculation Periods and the denominator of which is
360.

All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically
defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.

EXHIBIT II

FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

[Date]

Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent

171 17th Street, N.W.

Mail-stop GA4524

Atlanta, GA 30363

Attention: Elizabeth Wagner

with a copy to:

Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent

171 17th Street, N.W.,

Mail-stop GA4524

Atlanta, GA 30363

Attention: Cathy Aaron

Re: PURCHASE NOTICE

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 2, 2009 among
Ferro Finance Corporation (“Seller”), Ferro Corporation, as initial Collection Agent, the
Purchasers from time to time party thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association, individually,
as a Purchaser and as Agent (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

The Agent and the Purchasers are hereby notified of the following Incremental Purchase:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Purchase Price:
	 	$	 	 
	Wachovia’s Percentage of Purchase Price:
	 	 	—	 
	[Other Purchaser’s Percentage of the
	 	 	(___%)          $	 
	Purchase Price:]
	 	 	—	 
	 
	 	 	(___%)          $	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Date of Purchase:
	 	 	 	 
	Requested Yield Rate:
	 	[LMIR] [Alternate Base Rate]

Please credit the Purchase Price in immediately available funds to the following account:

[Account Name]

[Account No.]

[Bank Name & Address]

[ABA #]

Reference:

Telephone advice to: [Name] @ tel. no. ( )       .

In connection with the Incremental Purchase to be made on the above listed “Date of Purchase”
(the “Purchase Date”), the Seller hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the
date hereof, and will be true on the Purchase Date (before and after giving effect to the proposed
Incremental Purchase):

(i) the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 5.1 of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
Purchase Date as though made on and as of such date;

(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the proposed Incremental
Purchase, that will constitute an Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event;

(iii) the Facility Termination Date has not occurred, the Aggregate Capital does not exceed
the Purchase Limit and the aggregate Receivable Interests do not exceed 100%; and

(iv) the amount of Aggregate Capital is $      after giving effect to the Incremental
Purchase to be made on the Purchase Date.

	 	 	Very truly yours,

FERRO FINANCE CORPORATION

By:

Name:

Title:

EXHIBIT V

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

To: Each of the Purchasers and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent

This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Receivables Purchase
Agreement dated as of June 2, 2009 among Ferro Finance Corporation (“Seller”), Ferro Corporation,
as Collection Agent (“Collection Agent”), the Purchasers from time to time party thereto, and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used with
the meanings attributed thereto in the Agreement.

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

1. I am the duly elected        of [Seller/Collection Agent].

2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under
my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition of [Seller/Collection Agent and
its Subsidiaries] during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.

3. To the best of my knowledge, no event has occurred which constitutes an Amortization Event
or Potential Amortization Event, as each such term is defined under the Agreement, [during or at
the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or]1 as of
the date of this Certificate, except as set forth in paragraph 4 below.

4. Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the
nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which
[Seller/Collection Agent] has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such
condition or event:       

The foregoing certifications, together with the financial statements delivered with this
Certificate, are made and delivered this        day of       , 200      .

      

[Name]

On behalf of [Seller/Collection Agent], in
[his/her] capacity as [title] thereof.

EXHIBIT VII

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this “Assignment Agreement”) is entered into as of the        day of
     ,       , by and between        (“Assignor”) and      
(“Assignee”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

A. This Assignment Agreement is being executed and delivered in accordance with Section
12.1 of that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 2, 2009 by and among Ferro
Finance Corporation (“Seller”), Ferro Corporation, as initial Collection Agent, the Purchasers from
time to time party thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent (as amended, modified
or restated from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein are used with the meanings set forth or incorporated by reference in the Purchase
Agreement.

B. Assignor is a Purchaser party to the Purchase Agreement, and Assignee wishes to become a
Purchaser thereunder; and

C. Assignor is selling and assigning to Assignee an undivided      % (the “Transferred
Percentage”) interest in all of Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, Assignor’s Commitment and (if
applicable) the Capital of Assignor’s Receivable Interests as set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. The sale, transfer and assignment effected by this Assignment Agreement shall become
effective (the “Effective Date”) two (2) Business Days (or such other date selected by the Agent in
its sole discretion) following the date on which a notice substantially in the form of Schedule II
to this Assignment Agreement (“Effective Notice”) is delivered by the applicable Purchaser to the
Assignee. From and after the Effective Date, Assignee shall be a Purchaser party to the Purchase
Agreement for all purposes thereof as if Assignee were an original party thereto and Assignee
agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions contained therein.

2. If Assignor has no outstanding Capital under the Purchase Agreement on the Effective Date,
Assignor shall be deemed to have hereby transferred and assigned to Assignee, without recourse,
representation or warranty (except as provided in paragraph 6 below), and the Assignee shall be
deemed to have hereby irrevocably taken, received and assumed from Assignor, the Transferred
Percentage of Assignor’s Commitment and all rights and obligations associated therewith under the
terms of the Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the Transferred Percentage of
Assignor’s future funding obligations under Section 1.1 of the Purchase Agreement.

3. If Assignor has any outstanding Capital under the Purchase Agreement, at or before 12:00
noon, local time of Assignor, on the Effective Date Assignee shall pay to Assignor, in immediately
available funds, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Transferred Percentage of the outstanding
Capital of Assignor’s Receivable Interests (such amount, being hereinafter referred to as the
“Assignee’s Capital”); (ii) all accrued but unpaid (whether or not then due) Yield attributable to
Assignee’s Capital; and (iii) accruing but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable in
respect of Assignee’s Capital for the period commencing upon each date such unpaid amounts commence
accruing, to and including the Effective Date; whereupon, Assignor shall be deemed to have sold,
transferred and assigned to Assignee, without recourse, representation or warranty (except as
provided in paragraph 6 below), and Assignee shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably taken,
received and assumed from Assignor, the Transferred Percentage of Assignor’s Commitment and the
Capital of Assignor’s Receivable Interests (if applicable) and all related rights and obligations
under the Purchase Agreement and the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the
Transferred Percentage of Assignor’s future funding obligations under Section 1.1 of the
Purchase Agreement.

4. Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, Assignor will provide to Assignee
copies of all documents requested by Assignee which were delivered to Assignor pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.

5. Each of the parties to this Assignment Agreement agrees that at any time and from time to
time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further
documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order
to effect the purposes of this Assignment Agreement.

6. By executing and delivering this Assignment Agreement, Assignor and Assignee confirm to and
agree with each other, and the other Purchasers as follows: (a) other than the representation and
warranty that it has not created any Adverse Claim upon any interest being transferred hereunder,
Assignor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made by any other Person in or in connection with the
Purchase Agreement, or the other Transaction Documents or the execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of Assignee, the Purchase Agreement or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or the perfection, priority, condition, value or
sufficiency of any collateral; (b) Assignor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Seller, any Obligor, any Affiliate of
the Seller or the performance or observance by the Seller, any Obligor, any Affiliate of the Seller
of any of their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents or any other instrument or
document furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith; (c) Assignee confirms that it has
received a copy of the Purchase Agreement and copies of such other Transaction Documents, and other
documents and information as it has requested and deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement; (d) Assignee will, independently and
without reliance upon the Agent, any Purchaser or the Seller and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in
taking or not taking action under the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; (e)
Assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under the Transaction Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms
thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (f) Assignee agrees
that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which, by the terms of
the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, are required to be performed by it as a
Purchaser.

7. Schedule I hereto sets forth the revised Commitment of Assignor and the Commitment of
Assignee, as well as administrative information with respect to Assignee.

8. THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

1 Not applicable to Compliance Certificate
delivered prior to initial purchase

3

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment Agreement to be executed by
their respective duly authorized officers of the date hereof.

[ASSIGNOR]

By:       

Title:

[ASSIGNEE]

By:       

Title:

SCHEDULE I TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

LIST OF LENDING OFFICES, ADDRESSES

FOR NOTICES AND COMMITMENT AMOUNTS

Date:       ,       

Transferred Percentage:      %

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	A-1	 	A-2	 	B-1
	Assignor	 	Commitment (prior to	 	Commitment (after	 	Outstanding Capital
	 	 	 	 	giving effect to the	 	giving effect to the	 	(if any)
	 	 	 	 	Assignment	 	Assignment	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Agreement)	 	Agreement)	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	A-2	 	B-1
	Assignee	 	Commitment (after giving effect	 	Outstanding Capital (if any)
	 	 	 	 	to the Assignment Agreement)	 	 	 	 

Address for Notices

Attention:

Phone:

Fax:

SCHEDULE II TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

EFFECTIVE NOTICE

TO:       , Assignor

     

     

     

TO:       , Assignee

     

     

     

The undersigned, as the applicable Purchaser under the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as
of June 2, 2009 by and among Ferro Finance Corporation (“Seller”), Ferro Corporation, as initial
Collection Agent, the Purchasers from time to time party thereto, and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Agent, hereby acknowledges receipt of executed counterparts of a completed
Assignment Agreement dated as of       ,        between       , as Assignor, and
     , as Assignee. Terms defined in such Assignment Agreement are used herein as
therein defined.

1. Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, you are advised that the Effective Date will be
     ,       .

[2. Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, the Assignee is required to pay $      to
Assignor at or before 12:00 noon (local time of Assignor) on the Effective Date in immediately
available funds.]

Very truly yours,

      ,

as a Purchaser

By:       

Title:      

SCHEDULE A

COMMITMENTS OF THE PURCHASERS

	 	 	 	 	 
	PURCHASER
	 	Commitment
	Wachovia Bank, National Association
	 	$	50,000,000	 

SCHEDULE B

DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE AGENT

ON OR PRIOR TO THE INITIAL PURCHASE

[See Closing Checklist]

SCHEDULE C

FERRO HOLIDAYS

The Ferro Holidays for the 2009 calendar year shall be:

New Year’s Day Thursday, January 1

Good Friday Friday, April 10

Memorial Day Monday, May 25

Independence Day Friday, July 3

Labor Day Monday, September 7

Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 26

Day After Thanksgiving Friday, November 27

Christmas Eve Day Thursday, December 24

Christmas Day Friday, December 25

New Year’s Eve Thursday, December 31

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I. PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS

	Section 1.1

	 	Purchase Facility.
	
 
	 	 
	Section 1.2

	 	Increases
	
 
	 	 
	Section 1.3

	 	Voluntary Decreases
	
 
	 	 
	Section 1.4

	 	Payment Requirements
	
 
	 	 
	Section 1.5

	 	Deemed Collections
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS

	Section 2.1

	 	Daily Turnover of Collections
	
 
	 	 
	Section 2.2

	 	Mandatory Capital Settlement
	
 
	 	 
	Section 2.3

	 	Reinvestments
	
 
	 	 
	Section 2.4

	 	Order of Application of Collections on Monthly Payment Dates
	
 
	 	 
	Section 2.5

	 	Order of Application of Collections on Business Days other than Monthly Payment Dates
	
 
	 	 
	Section 2.6

	 	Payment Rescission
	
 
	 	 
	Section 2.7

	 	Repurchase Option
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. [RESERVED]

	ARTICLE IV. PURCHASER FUNDING

	Section 4.1

	 	Purchaser Funding
	
 
	 	 
	Section 4.2

	 	Yield Payments
	
 
	 	 
	Section 4.3

	 	Yield Rates
	
 
	 	 
	Section 4.4

	 	Suspension of LMIR
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	Section 5.1

	 	Representations and Warranties of Seller
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

	Section 6.1

	 	Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase
	
 
	 	 
	Section 6.2

	 	Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. COVENANTS

	Section 7.1

	 	Affirmative Covenants of the Seller Parties
	
 
	 	 
	Section 7.2

	 	Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

	Section 8.1

	 	Designation of Collection Agent.
	
 
	 	 
	Section 8.2

	 	Duties of Collection Agent.
	
 
	 	 
	Section 8.3

	 	Lock-Box Accounts
	
 
	 	 
	Section 8.4

	 	Responsibilities of Seller
	
 
	 	 
	Section 8.5

	 	Reports
	
 
	 	 
	Section 8.6

	 	Servicing Fees
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. AMORTIZATION EVENTS

	Section 9.1

	 	Amortization Events
	
 
	 	 
	Section 9.2

	 	Remedies
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X. INDEMNIFICATION

	Section 10.1

	 	Indemnities by the Seller
	
 
	 	 
	Section 10.2

	 	Indemnities by the Collection Agent
	
 
	 	 
	Section 10.3

	 	Increased Cost and Reduced Return
	
 
	 	 
	Section 10.4

	 	Other Costs and Expenses
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI. THE AGENT

	Section 11.1

	 	Appointment
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.2

	 	Delegation of Duties
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.3

	 	Exculpatory Provisions
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.4

	 	Reliance by the Agent and the Purchasers.
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.5

	 	Notice of Amortization Events
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.6

	 	Non-Reliance on the Agent and Other Purchasers
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.7

	 	Indemnification of Agent.
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.8

	 	Agent in its Individual Capacity
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.9

	 	Successor Agent
	
 
	 	 
	Section 11.10

	 	UCC Filings
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII. ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS

	Section 12.1

	 	Assignments
	
 
	 	 
	Section 12.2

	 	Participations
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

	Section 13.1

	 	Grant of Security Interest
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS

	Section 14.1

	 	Waivers and Amendments
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.2

	 	Notices
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.3

	 	Ratable Payments
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.4

	 	Protection of Receivable Interests
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.5

	 	Confidentiality
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.6

	 	Limitation of Liability
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.7

	 	CHOICE OF LAW
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.8

	 	CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.9

	 	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.10

	 	Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.11

	 	Counterparts; Severability; Section References
	
 
	 	 
	Section 14.12

	 	PATRIOT Act.
	
 
	 	 

Exhibits and Schedules

	 	 	 
	Exhibit I

Exhibit II

Exhibit III

Exhibit IV

Exhibit V

Exhibit VI

Exhibit VII

Exhibit VIII

Exhibit IX

Exhibit X
	 	Definitions

Form of Purchase Notice

Places of Business of the Seller Parties; Locations of Records;

Federal Employer and Organizational Identification Numbers

Names of Lock-Box Banks; Lock-Box Accounts

Form of Compliance Certificate

Form of Lock-Box Agreement

Form of Assignment Agreement

Credit and Collection Policy

Form of Monthly Report

Form of Daily Report

	Schedule A

Schedule B

Schedule C
	 	Commitments

Closing Documents

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4exhibit10-3.htm

    Exhibit 10.3: Merger Agreement

    

    

    

    

    AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER

    

    by
and among

    

    SARS
Corporation,

    

    Environmental
Insulation, Inc.

    

    EI
Acquisition Corp.,

    

    ESDD,
LLC,

    

    ESDD
Acquisition Corp.,

    

    Alternatech,
Inc.,

    

    Alternatech
Acquisition Corp.,

    

    Swank
Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Art and Print, Inc.,

    

    A&P
Acquisition Corp.,

    

    Associated
Mechanical, Inc.,

    

    AMI
Acquisition Corp.,

    

    R.J.
Power Plumbing & Heating Company,

    

    and

    

    RJP
Acquisition Corp.

    

    

    

    

    

    Dated
as of May 22, 2009

    

    AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER

    

    

    This Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated as of May
21, 2009, by and among SARS Corporation (“SARS”), a corporation formed
under the laws of the State of Nevada, and/or its assignees, Environmental
Insulation, LLC (“EI”),
a limited liability company formed under the laws of Nevada, EI Acquisition
Corp. (the “EI Merger
Sub”), a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada
and a wholly owned subsidiary of SARS, ESDD, LLC (“ESDD”), a limited liability
company formed under the laws of the State of Tennessee, ESDD Acquisition Corp.,
a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada and a wholly
owned subsidiary of SARS (the “ESDD Merger Sub”),
Alternatech, Inc. (“Alternatech”), a corporation
formed under the laws of the State of Illinois, Alternatech Acquisition Corp.
(the “Alternatech Merger
Sub”), a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada
and a wholly owned subsidiary of SARS, Associated Mechanical, Inc. (“AMI”), a corporation formed
under the laws of the State of Illinois, AMI Acquisition Corp. (the “AMI Merger Sub”), a
corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada and a wholly
owned subsidiary of SARS, Swank Enterprises, Inc. (“SEI”) d/b/a Art and Print,
Inc. (“A&P”), a
corporation formed under the laws of the State of Illinois, A&P Acquisition
Corp. (the “A&P Merger
Sub”), a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada
and a wholly owned subsidiary of SARS  and R.J. Power Plumbing &
Heating Company (“RJP”),
a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Illinois, RJP Acquisition
Corp. (the “RJP Merger Sub”), a corporation to
be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada and a wholly owned subsidiary of
SARS.  Hereinafter, SARS, EI, EI the Merger Sub, ESDD, the ESDD Merger
Sub, Alternatech, the Alternatech Merger Sub, AMI, the AMI Merger Sub, A&P,
the A&P Merger Sub, RJP and the RJP Merger Sub, are individually referred to
herein as a “Party” and
collectively as the “Parties.”

    

    PREAMBLE

    

    WHEREAS, SARS proposes to
acquire EI, ESDD, Alternatech, AMI, A&P, and RJP, pursuant to a merger
transaction whereby, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Merger Agreement,  EI, ESDD, Alternatech, AMI, A&P, RJP, shall
become wholly owned subsidiaries of SARS through the merger of the EI Merger Sub
with and into EI, through the merger of the ESDD Merger Sub with and into ESDD,
through the merger of the Alternatech Merger Sub with and into Alternatech,
through the merger of the AMI Merger Sub with and into AMI, through the merger
of the A&P Merger Sub with and into A&P and through the merger of the
RJP Merger Sub with and into RJP (the “Merger”).  Hereinafter,
EI, ESDD, Alternatech, AMI, A&P and RJP shall collectively be referred to in
this Merger Agreement as the “Acquisition Entities,” as if
they were the same entity, and for purposes this Merger Agreement, be deemed to
be the same entity; and the EI Merger Sub, the ESDD Merger Sub, the Alternatech
Merger Sub, the AMI Merger Sub, the A&P Merger Sub and the RJP Merger Sub
shall be collectively referred to in this Merger Agreement as the “Merger Subs,” as if they were
the same entity, and for purposes of this Merger Agreement, be deemed to be the
same entity;

    

    WHEREAS, the Board of
Directors of SARS has (i) determined that the Merger with the Acquisition
Entities is advisable and in the best interests of SARS and of SARS’
stockholders and presents an opportunity to achieve long-term strategic and
financial benefits; (ii) approved the Merger and this Merger Agreement; and
(iii) determined to recommend that SARS approve the Merger and approve and adopt
this Merger Agreement;

    

    WHEREAS, the respective Boards
of Directors of the Acquisition Entities have (i) determined that a Merger with
SARS is advisable and in the best interests of the Acquisition Entities and
their stockholders and presents an opportunity to achieve long-term strategic
and financial benefits; (ii) approved the Merger and this Merger Agreement; and
(iii) determined to recommend that the stockholders of the Acquisition Entities
to approve the Merger and approve and adopt this Merger Agreement;
and

    

    WHEREAS, in the Merger, one
hundred percent (100%) of all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and
member units of the Acquisition entities shall be exchanged (the “Share Exchange”) for Two
Million Five Hundred U.S. Dollars ($2,500,000) and thirty million (30,000,000)
shares of restricted common stock of SARS (the “Merger Shares”), which Merger
Shares, when issued pursuant to the Share Exchange, shall represent
approximately, but no less than,  seventy five percent (75%) of the
voting power of SARS after the Closing.

    

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

    

    CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS

    

    As used in this Merger Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

    

    “Applicable Law” means any
domestic or foreign law, statute, regulation, rule, policy, guideline or
ordinance applicable to the businesses of the Parties or the
Merger.

    

    “Knowledge” means, in the case
of SARS and the Acquisition Entities, a particular fact or other matter of which
its Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer or Managers is
actually aware or which a prudent individual serving in such capacity could be
expected to discover or otherwise become aware of in the course of conducting a
diligent review or investigation of the
corporation and its business and affairs.  

    

    “Lien” means, with respect to
any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest,
claim, encumbrance, royalty interest, any other adverse claim of any kind in
respect of such property or asset, or any other restrictions or limitations of
any nature whatsoever.

    

    “Material Adverse Effect” with
respect to any entity or group of entities means any event, change or effect
that has or would have a materially adverse effect on the assets, liabilities,
business, prospects, condition (financial, or otherwise), or results of
operations of such entity or group of entities, taken as a whole.

    

    “Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, trust or unincorporated organization or a government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

    

    “Surviving Entity” or “Surviving Entities” shall mean
the Acquisition Entities as the surviving entity or surviving entities in the
Merger as provided in Section 1.05.

    

    “Tax” (and, with correlative
meaning, “Taxes” and
“Taxable”)
means:

    

    (i) any income, alternative or add-on
minimum tax, gross receipts tax, sales tax, use tax, ad valorem tax, transfer
tax, franchise tax, profits tax, license tax, withholding tax, payroll tax,
employment tax, excise tax, severance tax, stamp tax, occupation tax, property
tax, environmental or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or other tax, impost,
levy, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever
together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount
imposed with respect thereto by any governmental or Tax authority responsible
for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign);

    

    (ii) any liability for the payment of
any amounts of the type described in clause (i) above as a result of being a
member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any Taxable
period; and

    

    (iii) any liability for the payment of
any amounts of the type described in clauses (i) or (ii) above as a result of
any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other person.

    

    “Tax Return” means any return,
declaration, form, and claim for refund or information return or statement
relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including
any amendment thereof.

    

    ARTICLE
I

    THE
TRANSACTIONS

    

    SECTION
1.01                                THE
SHARE EXCHANGE

    

    Consideration.                                On
the Closing Date, (as hereinafter defined), the Share Exchange shall be
consummated, in which the Acquisition Entities shall exchange one hundred
percent (100%) of all issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock and
member units of the Acquisition Entities, collectively referred to as the “Exchange Shares,” and all of
the assets of the Acquisition Entities, in exchange for the following
consideration, according to the following terms:

    

    (a)           SARS
shall raise, and upon receipt, shall tender up to Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand U.S. Dollars ($2,500,000), which shall be secured in connection with
the Execution (defined herein, below) and the Closing (defined herein, below) in
order to satisfy certain identified liabilities, provide working capital and
facilitate the restructuring of the balance sheets for the Surviving Entities
resulting from the Merger (the “Financing”).  The
Financing shall be a condition subsequent to the Closing;

    

    (b)           The
Acquisition Entities shall receive thirty million (30,000,000) shares of SARS’
restricted common stock shares, on a pro rata basis, otherwise known herein as
the “Merger
Shares”;

    

    (c)           Following
the Closing Date, the Parties will undertake, to the best of their abilities, to
release Mark and Susan Swank from their personal guarantees for lines of credit
for and/or loans to the Acquisition Entities.  However, the Parties
acknowledge that the release of Mark and Susan Swank from their personal
guarantees for lines of credit for and/or loans to the Acquisition Entities
shall be subject to the final approval and acceptance by the bank(s) associated
with the lines of credit for and/or loans to the Acquisition
Entities;

    

    (d)           The
Parties agree to enter into an “earn-out” arrangement, such that upon the
Acquisition Entities’ achievement of mutually agreed upon gross revenue and
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) dollar figures, the
Acquisition Entities shall allocate  a fixed dollar amount to retire
certain lines of credit for and/or loans to the Acquisition
Entities;

    

    (e)           Post
Closing, in the event the Financing does not occur, any of the Exchange Shares
have been delivered to SARS shall be immediately returned to the Acquisition
Entities;

    

    (f)           Subject
to the Financing, SARS shall assume the liabilities of the Acquisition Entities,
as disclosed on Schedule 1.01 (e)
attached hereto, which are estimated to equal approximately Eight Million Seven
Hundred Seventy Five Thousand U.S. Dollars ($8,775,000), which estimate is
subject to confirmation resulting from the completion the due diligence process
as conducted by the Parties, prior to the Closing Date.  Schedule 1.01 shall
be amended and revised, subject to customary due diligence, and a final copy
shall be provided to SARS prior to the Closing; and

    

    (g)           Subject
to the Financing, SARS shall secure a credit facility to effectuate the
assumption of certain liabilities as agreed between the Parties, in order to
consolidate such liabilities into one (1) central credit facility.

    

    

    SECTION
1.02                                THE
MERGER

    

    Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Merger Agreement and in accordance with the Nevada
Revised Statutes, Tennessee Limited Liability Company Act and the Illinois
Business Corporation Act of 1983, at the Effective Time (defined herein, below),
all the Exchange Shares shall be cancelled and converted into the right to
receive the Merger Shares.  In connection therewith, the following
terms shall apply:

    

    (a)           Exchange
Agent.   Legal counsel for SARS (The Otto Law Group, PLLC)
shall act as the exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) for the
purpose of exchanging the Exchange Shares for the Merger
Shares.   At or prior to the Closing, SARS shall deliver to the
Exchange Agent the Merger Shares.

    

    (b)           Conversion of
Securities.

    

    (i)           Conversion of Acquisition
Entities’ Securities.  At the Effective Time (defined herein,
below), by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of SARS, the
Acquisition Entities and the Merger Subs or the holders of any of their
respective securities agree to the following:

    

    (1)           Each
of the issued and outstanding shares the Exchange Shares, immediately prior to
the Effective Time (defined herein, below), shall be converted into and
represent the right to receive, and shall be exchangeable for a pro rata
allocation the Merger Shares.

    

    (2)           All
of the Exchange Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be
canceled, retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate
representing any such shares shall cease to have any rights with respect
thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Shares to be issued pursuant to
this Section 1.02 upon the surrender of such certificate in accordance with
Section 1.08, without interest.  No fractional shares may be issued;
but each fractional share that would result from the Merger will be rounded to
the nearest number of whole shares.

    

    (3)           The
Merger Shares acquired in the Share Exchange shall represent, when issued, the
equivalent of approximately, but no less than, seventy five percent (75%) of
SARS’ issued and outstanding common stock at the Effective Time (defined, herein
below).

    

    (ii)           Conversion of Merger Sub
Stock.  At the Effective Time (defined, herein below), by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Acquisition
Entities and Merger Subs and SARS, or the holders of any of their respective
securities, each share of capital stock of the Merger Subs outstanding,
immediately prior to the Effective Time (defined herein, below), shall be
converted into one (1)  unit of EI membership units, one (1) unit of
ESDD membership units, one (1) share of capital stock of Alternatech, one (1)
share of the capital stock of AMI, one (1) share of capital stock of A&P and
one (1) share of the capital stock of RJP, each respectively a “Surviving Entity,”
(collectively referred to as the “Surviving Entities”) and the
shares of capital stock of the Surviving Entities so issued in such conversion
shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Entities and the Surviving Entities shall be wholly owned subsidiaries of
SARS.

    

    (c)           Exemption from
Registration.  The Parties intend that the issuance of the
Merger Shares to the Acquisition Entities shall be exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

    

    

    SECTION
1.03                                           EXECUTION

    

    The execution of this Merger
Agreement (the “Execution” otherwise known as
the “Execution Date”)
will take place at the offices of The Otto Law Group, PLLC, no later than June
25, 2009, unless otherwise extended by a signed written Merger Agreement of the
Parties.

    

    SECTION
1.04                                           CLOSING

    

    The closing of the Share Exchange and
the Merger (the “Closing” or the “Closing Date”) will take place
no later than June 25, 2009, at the offices of The Otto Law Group, PLLC, within
one (1) business day following the satisfaction or waiver of the covenants set
forth in Article IV, and the conditions precedent set forth in Article V, or at
such other date as SARS and the Acquisition Entities shall agree, but in any
event no later than June 30, 2009 unless otherwise extended by a signed written
Merger Agreement of the Parties.  The Parties reserve the right to
mutually agree to the extension of the Closing Date for two (2) thirty (30) day
periods, for an aggregate of sixty (60) days (the “Extension”).

    

    SECTION
1.05                                           MERGER
EFFECTIVE TIME.

    

    The
Effective Time (the “Effective
Time”) shall occur upon the date of filing the Certificates of Merger
with the requisite Secretary of State’s office, with respect to the individual
entities involved, as described below.  The date on which the
Effective Time occurs is referred to as the “Effective
Date.”  Provided that this Merger Agreement has not been
terminated pursuant to Article VI, the Parties will cause the Certificate of
Merger to be filed with the respective Secretary of State’s office as soon as
practicable after the Closing.

    

    (a) EI Merger
Sub.                                           At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Merger Agreement, the EI Merger Sub shall, and SARS shall cause the EI Merger
Sub, to merge with and into EI in accordance with the provisions of the Nevada
Revised Statutes the separate corporate existence of the EI Merger Sub shall
cease and EI shall continue as the Surviving Entity.  The Effective
Time shall occur upon the filing with the Nevada Secretary of State, executed in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Nevada Secretary of
State.

    

    (b) ESDD Merger
Sub.                                                      At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Merger Agreement, the ESDD Merger Sub shall, and SARS shall cause the ESDD
Merger Sub, to merge with and into ESDD in accordance with the provisions of the
Nevada Revised Statutes and the Tennessee Limited Liability Company Act, the
separate corporate existence of the ESDD Merger Sub shall cease and ESDD shall
continue as the Surviving Entity.  The Effective Time shall occur upon
the filing with the Nevada Secretary of State and the Tennessee Department of
State a Certificate of Merger, executed in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Tennessee Department of State.

    

    (c) Alternatech Merger
Sub.                                                                At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Merger Agreement, the Alternatech Merger Sub shall, and SARS shall cause the
Alternatech Merger Sub, to merge with and into Alternatech in accordance with
the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes and the Illinois Business
Corporation Act of 1983 the separate corporate existence of the Alternatech
Merger Sub shall cease and Alternatech shall continue as the Surviving
Entity.  The Effective Time shall occur upon the filing with the
Nevada Secretary of State and the Illinois Secretary of State a Certificate of
Merger, executed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Illinois
Secretary of State.

    

    (d) AMI Merger
Sub.                                           At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Merger Agreement, the AMI Merger Sub shall, and SARS shall cause the AMI Merger
Sub, to merge with and into AMI in accordance with the provisions of the Nevada
Revised Statutes and the Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983 the separate
corporate existence of the AMI Merger Sub shall cease and AMI shall continue as
the Surviving Entity.  The Effective Time shall occur upon the filing
with the Nevada Secretary of State and the Illinois Secretary of State a
Certificate of Merger, executed in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the Nevada Secretary of State and the Illinois Secretary of State.

    

    (e)  A&P Merger
Sub.                                           At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Merger Agreement, the A&P Merger Sub shall, and SARS shall cause the A&P
Merger Sub, to merge with and into A&P in accordance with the provisions of
the Nevada Revised Statutes and the Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983
the separate corporate existence of the A&P Merger Sub shall cease and
A&P shall continue as the Surviving Entity.  The Effective Time
shall occur upon the filing with the Nevada Secretary of State and the Illinois
Secretary of State a Certificate of Merger, executed in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Nevada Secretary of State and the Illinois
Secretary of State.

    

    (f)           RJP Merger
Sub.                                           At
the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Merger Agreement, the RJP Merger Sub shall, and SARS shall cause the RJP Merger
Sub, to merge with and into RJP in accordance with the provisions of the Nevada
Revised Statutes and the Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983 the separate
corporate existence of the RJP Merger Sub shall cease and RJP shall continue as
the Surviving Entity.  The Effective Time shall occur upon the filing
with the Nevada Secretary of State and the Illinois Secretary of State a
Certificate of Merger, executed in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the Illinois Secretary of State.

    

    

    SECTION
1.06                                EFFECT
OF THE MERGER.

    

    The Merger shall have the effect set
forth in and by the Nevada Revised Statute §92A, the Tennessee Department of
State and Illinois Compiled Statute §805 ILCS 5/11.25.  Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective
Time, all the properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the
Acquisition Entities and Merger Subs shall vest in each company’s respective
Surviving Entity, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Acquisition
Entities and Merger Subs shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of each
company’s respective Surviving Entity.

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      1.07

            	
              CERTIFICATE
      OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS; DIRECTORS

            	
              AND
      OFFICERS

            

    

    

    Pursuant
to the Merger:

    

    (a)           The
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Acquisition Entities, as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Entities immediately following the
Merger.

    

    (b)           The
members, directors and officers of the Acquisition Entities immediately prior to
the Merger shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Entities
following the Merger.

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      1.08

            	 	
              RESTRICTIONS
      ON RESALE

            

    

    

    (a)           The
Exchange Shares issued pursuant to the Share Exchange and the Merger Shares will
not be registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state,
and cannot be transferred, hypothecated, sold or otherwise disposed of
until:  (i) a registration statement with respect to such securities
is declared effective under the Securities Act; or (ii) SARS receives an opinion
of counsel for the Shareholders, reasonably satisfactory to counsel for SARS,
stating that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act is available.

    

    The certificates representing the
Merger Shares which are being issued to the shareholders shall contain a legend
substantially as follows:

    

    “THE
SECURITIES WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNTIL A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH
RESPECT THERETO IS DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT, OR SARS CORPORATION
RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL
FOR SARS CORPORATION THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.”

    

    SECTION
1.09                                EXCHANGE
OF CERTIFICATES.

    

    (a)           Surrender of
Shares.  Upon the Effective Time, the Acquisition Entities
shall be required to surrender all the Exchange Shares to the Exchange Agent,
and each shall be entitled upon such surrender to receive, respectively, in
exchange therefore certificates representing the pro rata number of Merger
Shares, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 1.09 prior
to the Closing and attached hereto, into which the Exchange Shares theretofore
represented by the stock transfer forms so surrendered shall have been exchanged
pursuant to this Merger Agreement.  Until so surrendered, each
outstanding certificate which, prior to the Effective Time, representing the
Exchange Shares shall be deemed for all corporate purposes, subject to the
further provisions of this Article I, to evidence the ownership of the number of
whole Merger Shares for which such Exchange Shares have been so
exchanged.  No dividend payable to holders of the Merger Shares of
record as of any date subsequent to the Effective Time shall be paid to the
owner of any certificate which, prior to the Effective Time, representing the
Exchange Shares, until such certificate or certificates representing the
Exchange Shares together with a stock transfer form, are surrendered as provided
in this Article I or pursuant to letters of transmittal or other instructions
with respect to lost certificates provided by the Exchange Agent.

    

    (b)           Full Satisfaction of
Rights.  All Merger Shares for which the Exchange Shares shall
have been exchanged pursuant to this Article I shall be deemed to have been
issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Exchange
Shares.

    

    (c)           Exchange of
Certificates.  All certificates representing the Exchange
Shares converted into the right to receive Merger Shares pursuant to this
Article I shall be furnished to SARS subsequent to delivery thereof to the
Exchange Agent pursuant to this Merger Agreement.

    

    (d)           Closing of Transfer
Books.  On the Effective Date, the stock transfer book of the
Acquisition Entities shall be deemed to be closed and no transfer of the
Exchange Shares shall thereafter be recorded thereon.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    ARTICLE
II

    REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SARS

    

    SARS and where applicable,
the  Merger Subs hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to
the Acquisition Entities, as of the date of this Merger Agreement, as of the
Closing Date and as of the Effective Time, as follows:

    

    SECTION
2.01                                ORGANIZATION,
STANDING AND POWER

    

    SARS is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Nevada, and has corporate power and authority to (i) conduct its business as
presently conducted by it, (ii) to enter into and perform this Merger Agreement;
and (iii) to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Merger
Agreement.  The EI Merger Sub is a corporation to be formed under the
laws of the State of Nevada, and will have the corporate power and authority to
enter into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Merger Agreement.  The ESDD Merger Sub is a
corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada, and will have
the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Merger
Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Merger
Agreement.  The Alternatech Merger Sub is a corporation to be formed
under the laws of the State of Nevada, and will have the corporate power and
authority to enter into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the
transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement. The AMI Merger Sub is a
corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada, and will have
the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Merger
Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Merger
Agreement.  In addition, the A&P Merger Sub is a corporation to be
formed under the laws of the State of Nevada, and will have the corporate power
and authority to enter into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out
the transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement. Finally, the RJP Merger
Sub is a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada, and
will have the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this
Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Merger
Agreement.

    

    SECTION
2.02                                           RELEVANT
SUBSIDIARIES

    

    (a) EI Merger
Sub.  SARS will own all of the outstanding capital stock of the
EI Merger Sub, a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada
and prior to the date hereof and through the Effective Date; the EI Merger Sub
shall not conduct any operating business, become a party to any agreements, or
incur any liabilities or obligations.

    

    (b) ESDD Merger
Sub.  SARS will own all of the outstanding capital stock of the
ESDD Merger Sub, a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of
Nevada and prior to the date hereof and through the Effective Date; the ESDD
Merger Sub shall not conduct any operating business, become a party to any
agreements, or incur any liabilities or obligations.

    

    (c)           Alternatech Merger
Sub.  SARS will own all of the outstanding capital stock of the
Alternatech Merger Sub, a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State
of Nevada and prior to the date hereof and through the Effective Date; the
Alternatech Merger Sub shall not conduct any operating business, become a party
to any agreements, or incur any liabilities or obligations.

    

    (d)           AMI Merger
Sub.  SARS will own all of the outstanding capital stock of the
AMI Merger Sub, a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada
and prior to the date hereof and through the Effective Date; the AMI Merger Sub
shall not conduct any operating business, become a party to any agreements, or
incur any liabilities or obligations.

    

    (e)           A&P Merger
Sub.  SARS will own all of the outstanding capital stock of the
A&P Merger Sub, a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of
Nevada and prior to the date hereof and through the Effective Date; the A&P
Merger Sub shall not conduct any operating business, become a party to any
agreements, or incur any liabilities or obligations.

    

    (f)           RJP Merger
Sub.  SARS will own all of the outstanding capital stock of the
RJP Merger Sub, a corporation to be formed under the laws of the State of Nevada
and prior to the date hereof and through the Effective Date; the RJP Merger Sub
shall not conduct any operating business, become a party to any agreements, or
incur any liabilities or obligations.

    

    SECTION
2.03                                
CAPITALIZATION

    

    (a)           There
are five hundred fifty million (550,000,000) shares of capital stock of SARS
authorized, consisting of five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of common
stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “SARS Common Shares”) and fifty
million (50,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $0.001 per share (“SARS Preferred
Shares”).  Prior to the Closing of this Merger Agreement, there
will be ten million (10,000,000) SARS Common Shares issued and outstanding, and
­­­­­­­­­­­five million (5,000,000)
SARS Preferred Shares issued and outstanding.  It is acknowledged,
that following the Closing Date, there will be approximately forty million
(40,000,000) shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, and five million
(5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.

    

    (b)           It
is acknowledged that as of the Closing Date, the individuals named, which shall
be disclosed on Schedule 2.03 and
attached hereto prior to the Closing, collectively, will own of record and
beneficially up to approximately thirty million (30,000,000) of the issued and
outstanding SARS Common Shares, constituting seventy five percent (75%) of such
shares.  Five Million (5,000,000) SARS Common Shares shall be reserved
for issuance to as part of the employee stock option plan for SARS. There exist
no other outstanding rights, warrants, options or agreements for the exchange of
SARS Common or Preferred Shares except as provided in this Merger
Agreement.

    

    (c)           All
outstanding SARS Common Shares are validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable,
not subject to pre-emptive rights and have been issued in compliance with all
state and federal securities laws or other Applicable Law.  The Merger
Shares issuable to the Acquisition Entities, on a pro rata basis, pursuant to
the Merger and the Share Exchange will, when issued pursuant to this Merger
Agreement, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

    

    SECTION
2.04                                           AUTHORITY
FOR MERGER AGREEMENT

    

    The execution, delivery, and
performance of this Merger Agreement by each of SARS, the Merger Subs have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate and shareholder action, and this
Merger Agreement, upon its execution by the Parties, will constitute the valid
and binding obligation of each of SARS and the Merger Subs, enforceable against
each of them in accordance with and subject to its terms, except as
enforceability may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of
general application affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights.  The execution and consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Merger Agreement and compliance with its provisions by
SARS, the Merger Subs will not violate any provision of Applicable Law and will
not conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms, conditions, or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, SARS's Articles of Incorporation,
the EI Merger Sub’s Certificate of Incorporation, the ESDD Merger Sub’s
Certificate of Incorporation, the Alternatech Merger Sub’s Certificate of
Incorporation, the AMI Merger Sub’s Certificate of Incorporation, the A&P
Merger Sub’s Certificate of Incorporation, the RJP Merger Sub’s Certificate of
Incorporation or any of their respective Bylaws, in each case as amended, or, in
any material respect, any indenture, lease, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which SARS is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound, or any decree, judgment, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to
SARS and the Merger Subs.

    

    SECTION
2.05                                           FINANCIAL
CONDITION

    

    (a) The
financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and to the best of its Knowledge fairly reflect the
financial condition of SARS as of the dates stated and the results of its
operations for the periods presented.

    

    (b) Without
in any manner reducing or otherwise mitigating the representations contained
herein, Acquisition Entities, its legal counsel and accountants shall have the
opportunity to meet with the accountants and attorneys of the SARS to discuss
the financial condition of SARS during reasonable business hours and in a manner
that does not interfere with the normal operation of business of
SARS.  SARS shall make available to Acquisition Entities all books and
records of SARS, with particular specificity, those items listed in schedule
3.04(a).

    

    

    SECTION
2.06                                           CERTAIN CHANGES OR
EVENTS

    

    Since March 13, 2009, as reported in
SARS’ 8-K filed by SARS with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and except as
contemplated by this Merger Agreement:

    

    
      	
              (a)  

            	
              there
      have been no Material Adverse Changes in the business, operations,
      properties, assets, or condition of
SARS;

            

    

    

    (b)           SARS
has not (i) amended its Articles of Incorporation, other than to changes its
name from “SARS Corporation” to “FAST Technologies, Inc.”;  (ii)
declared or made, or agreed to declare or make, any payment of dividends or
distributions of any assets of any kind whatsoever to stockholders or purchased
or redeemed, or agreed to purchase or redeem, any outstanding capital stock;
(iii) made any material change in its method of management, operation, or
accounting; (iv) entered into any material transaction, not otherwise disclosed
on Schedule
2.06 and attached hereto prior to the Closing; or (v) made any accrual or
arrangement for payment of bonuses or special compensation of any kind or any
severance or termination pay to any present or former officer or
employee;

    

    (c)           SARS
has not (i) borrowed or agreed to borrow any funds or incurred, or become
subject to, any material obligation or liability (absolute or contingent),
except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 2.06 to be
attached hereto prior to the Closing and except liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business; (ii) paid any material obligation or liability
(absolute or contingent) other than current liabilities reflected in or shown on
the most recent SARS balance sheet, and current liabilities incurred since that
date in the ordinary course of business; (iii) sold or transferred, or agreed to
sell or transfer, any material assets, properties, or rights, or canceled, or
agreed to cancel, any material debts or claims; (iv) made or permitted any
material amendment or termination of any contract, agreement, or license to
which it is a party; (v) entered into any outstanding rights, warrants, options
or agreements for the capital stock of SARS.

    

    SECTION
2.07                                GOVERNMENTAL
AND THIRD PARTY CONSENTS

    

    No consent, waiver, approval, order or
authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any court,
administrative agency or commission or other federal, state, county, local or
other foreign governmental authority, instrumentality, agency or commission or
any third party, including a party to any agreement with SARS and the Merger
Subs is required by or with respect to SARS, SARS’ operating subsidiaries (the
“Operating Subs”), the
Merger Subs in connection with the execution and delivery of this Merger
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except
for such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations,
declarations and filings as may be required under (i) applicable securities
laws; or (ii)  the Nevada General Corporation Laws, the Tennessee Limited
Liability Company Act and the Illinois Business Corporation Act of
1983.

    

    

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      2.08

            	
              LITIGATION

            

    

    

    There is no action, suit,
investigation, audit or proceeding pending against, or to the Knowledge of SARS,
threatened against or affecting, SARS, the Merger Subs or any of their
respective assets or properties before any court or arbitrator or any
governmental body, agency or official.

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      2.09

            	
              INTERESTED
      PARTY TRANSACTIONS

            

    

    

    Except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 2.09, which
shall be attached hereto prior to the Closing, SARS is not indebted to any
officer or director of SARS, and no such person is indebted to
SARS.

    

    SECTION
2.10                                           COMPLIANCE
WITH APPLICABLE LAWS

    

    To the Knowledge of SARS, the business
of SARS, the Operating Subsidiaries nor the Merger Subs have not been, and are
not conducting business in violation of any Applicable Laws.

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      2.11

            	
              TAX
      RETURNS AND PAYMENT

            

    

    

    To the Knowledge of SARS, there is no
material claim for Taxes that is a Lien against the property of SARS other than
Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, none of which is
material.  SARS has not received written notification of any audit of
any Tax Return of SARS being conducted or pending by a Tax authority, no
extension or waiver of the statute of limitations on the assessment of any Taxes
has been granted by SARS which is currently in effect, and SARS is not a party
to any agreement, contract or arrangement with any Tax authority or
otherwise,.

    

    SECTION
2.12                                           SECURITY
LISTING

    

    It is the intent of SARS to become a
fully compliant reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and all SARS public filings required under the Exchange Act shall
be made.

    

    SECTION
2.13                                           FINDERS’
FEES

    

    SARS has not incurred, nor will it
incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokers’ or finders’ fees or
agents’ commissions or investment bankers’ fees or any similar charges in
connection with this Merger Agreement or any transaction contemplated
hereby.

    

    

    ARTICLE
III

    REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES

    

    The Acquisition Entities hereby
represent and warrant to SARS and the Merger Subs as of the date of this Merger
Agreement and as of the Effective Time (except as otherwise indicated), as
follows:

    

    SECTION
3.01                                           ORGANIZATION,
STANDING AND POWER

    

    (a) EI.           EI
is a limited liability company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has full corporate power and
authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it and to enter into
and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated
by this Merger Agreement.  EI is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in each state in which the nature of the business conducted
by it or the character or location of the properties and assets owned or leased
by it make such qualification necessary.

    

    (b) ESDD.                        ESDD
is a limited liability company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Tennessee and has full corporate power
and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it and to enter
into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Merger Agreement.  ESDD is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in each state in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and
assets owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary.

    

    (c) Alternatech.                                Alternatech
is a privately held corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Illinois and has full corporate power
and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it and to enter
into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Merger Agreement.  Alternatech is duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation in each state in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and
assets owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary.

    

    (d)           AMI.                      AMI
is a privately held corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Illinois and has full corporate power
and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it and to enter
into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Merger Agreement.  AMI is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in each state in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and
assets owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary.

    

    (e)           A&P.                      A&P
is a privately held corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Illinois, and has full corporate power
and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it and to enter
into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Merger Agreement.  A&P is duly qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation in each state in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and
assets owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary.

    

    (f)           RJP.   RJP
is a privately held corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Illinois, and has full corporate power
and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it and to enter
into and perform this Merger Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Merger Agreement.  RJP is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in each state in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and
assets owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary.

    

    

    SECTION
3.02                                           CAPITALIZATION

    

    (a)           EI.           There
are one thousand (1,000) member units of EI, (the “EI Units”).  As of
the date of this Merger Agreement, there were one hundred (100) issued and
outstanding EI Units.  It is acknowledged that as of the Closing Date,
the individuals named, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 3.02 and
attached hereto prior to the Closing, collectively, will own of record and
beneficially up to approximately One Hundred (100) of the issued and outstanding
EI Units, constituting one hundred percent (100%) of such EI Units. No EI Units
have been reserved for issuance to any Person, and there are no outstanding
rights, warrants, options or agreements for the exchange of EI
Units.   No Person is entitled to any rights with respect to the
conversion, exchange or delivery of the EI Units.  The EI Units have
been issued in compliance with Applicable Law.

    

    (b) ESDD.                      There
are one thousand (1,000) member units of ESDD (the “ESDD Units”).  As of
the date of this Merger Agreement, there were one hundred (100) issued and
outstanding ESDD Units.  It is acknowledged that as of the Closing
Date, the individuals named, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 3.02 and
attached hereto prior to the Closing, collectively, will own of record and
beneficially up to approximately one hundred (100) of the issued and outstanding
ESDD Units, constituting one hundred percent 100% of such ESDD Units. No
Alternatech ESDD Units have been reserved for issuance to any Person, and there
are no outstanding rights, warrants, options or agreements for the exchange of
ESDD Units.   No Person is entitled to any rights with respect to
the conversion, exchange or delivery of the ESDD Units.  The ESDD
Units have been issued in compliance with Applicable Law.

    

    (c) Alternatech.                                There
are one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of Alternatech capital stock
authorized, consisting entirely of common stock with no par value (the “Alternatech Common
Shares”).  As of the date of this Merger Agreement, there were
one hundred seventy eight (178) issued and outstanding Alternatech Common
Shares.  It is acknowledged that as of the Closing Date, the
entity/individuals named, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 3.02 and
attached hereto prior to the Closing, collectively, will own of record and
beneficially one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Associated
Common Shares, constituting one hundred percent (100%) of such shares. No
Alternatech Common Shares have been reserved for issuance to any Person, and
there are no outstanding rights, warrants, options or agreements for the
exchange of Alternatech Common Shares.   No Person is entitled to
any rights with respect to the conversion, exchange or delivery of the
Alternatech Common Shares.  The Alternatech Common Shares have been
issued in compliance with Applicable Law.

    

    (d)           AMI.                      There
are ten thousand (10,000) shares of Associate Mechanical capital stock
authorized, consisting entirely of common stock with no par value (the “AMI Common
Shares”).  As of the date of this Merger Agreement, there were
seventy (70) issued and outstanding AMI Common Shares.  It is
acknowledged that as of the Closing Date, the entity/individuals named, which
shall be disclosed on Schedule 3.02 and
attached hereto prior to the Closing, collectively, will own of record and
beneficially one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Associated
Common Shares, constituting one hundred percent (100%) of such shares. No AMI
Common Shares have been reserved for issuance to any Person, and there are no
outstanding rights, warrants, options or agreements for the exchange of AMI
Common Shares.   No Person is entitled to any rights with respect
to the conversion, exchange or delivery of the AMI Common Shares.  The
AMI Common Shares have been issued in compliance with Applicable
Law.

    

    (e)           SEI d/b/a
A&P.                                There
are one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of SEI capital stock authorized,
consisting entirely of common stock with no par value (the “SEI Common
Shares”).  As of the date of this Merger Agreement, there were
one hundred thousand (100,000) issued and outstanding SEI Common
Shares.  It is acknowledged that as of the Closing Date, the
entity/individuals named, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 3.02 and
attached hereto prior to the Closing, collectively, will own of record and
beneficially one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding SEI Common
Shares, constituting one hundred percent (100%) of such shares. No SEI Common
Shares have been reserved for issuance to any Person, and there are no
outstanding rights, warrants, options or agreements for the purchase of SEI
Common Shares.   No Person is entitled to any rights with respect
to the conversion, exchange or delivery of the A&P Common
Shares.  The SEI Common Shares have been issued in compliance with
Applicable Law.

    

    (f)           RJP.                      There
are one hundred (100) shares of RJP capital stock authorized, consisting of
_______ shares of common stock with no par value (the “RJP Common
Shares”).  As of the date of this Merger Agreement, there were
fifty one (51) issued and outstanding RJP Common Shares.  It is
acknowledged that as of the Closing Date, the entity/individuals named, which
shall be disclosed on Schedule 3.02 and
attached hereto prior to the Closing, collectively, will own of record and
beneficially one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding RJP Common
Shares, constituting one hundred percent (100%)  of such shares. No
RJP Common Shares have been reserved for issuance to any Person, and there are
no outstanding rights, warrants, options or agreements for the exchange of RJP
Common Shares.   No Person is entitled to any rights with respect
to the conversion, exchange or delivery of the RJP Common Shares.  The
RJP Common Shares have been issued in compliance with Applicable
Law.

    

    

    SECTION
3.03                                           AUTHORITY
FOR MERGER AGREEMENT

    

    The execution, delivery and performance
of this Merger Agreement by the Acquisition Entities has been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action, and this Merger Agreement constitutes the valid
and binding obligation of the Acquisition Entities, enforceable against the
Acquisition Entities, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may
be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights.  The execution and
consummation of the Merger contemplated by this Merger Agreement and compliance
with its provisions by the Acquisition Entities will not violate any provision
of Applicable Law and will not conflict with or result in any breach of any of
the terms, conditions, or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the
Acquisition Entities’ Certificates of Incorporation or Bylaws, in each case as
amended, or, to the Knowledge of the Acquisition Entities, in any material
respect, any indenture, lease, loan agreement or other agreement instrument to
which the Acquisition Entities are a party to or by which it or any of them or
any of its or their properties are bound, or any decree, judgment, order,
statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Acquisition Entities.

    

    SECTION
3.04                                           INVESTIGATION
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

    

    Without in any manner reducing or
otherwise mitigating the representations contained herein, SARS, its legal
counsel and accountants shall have the opportunity to meet with the accountants
and attorneys of the Acquisition Entities to discuss the financial condition of
the Acquisition Entities during reasonable business hours and in a manner that
does not interfere with the normal operation of business of the Acquisition
Entities.  The Acquisition Entities shall make available to SARS all
books and records of the Acquisition Entities, with particular specificity,
those items listed in schedule 3.04(b).

    

    SECTION
3.05                                           ASSETS

    

    The
assets of the Acquisition Entities are fully included in Schedule 3.05 or, if Schedule
3.05 is not
available at the Closing, as are included in Schedule 3.04 attached hereto,
and such assets are not subject to any claims or encumbrances except as
indicated in Schedules 3.04 or 3.05,
respectively.

    

    

    SECTION
3.06                                           MATERIAL
CONTRACTS

    

    A list of the material contracts of the
Acquisition Entities, in addition to those provided for in Schedule 3.04, are attached
hereto as Schedule 3.06, and such
contracts shall be made available for inspection within five (5) days prior to
the Closing.

    

    

    SECTION
3.07                                           GOVERNMENTAL
OR THIRD PARTY CONSENT

    

    No consent, waiver, approval, order or
authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any court,
administrative agency or commission or other federal, state, county, local or
other foreign governmental authority, instrumentality, agency or commission or
any third party, including a party to any agreement with the Acquisition
Entities, is required by or with respect to the Acquisition Entities in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Merger Agreement or the
consummation of the Merger contemplated hereby, except for such consents,
waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and
filings as may be required under (i) applicable securities laws, , (ii) 
the Nevada General Corporation Law, the Illinois Business Corporation Act of
1983 or the Tennessee Business Corporation Act; (iii) existing lending
institutions currently having the extension of credit to the Acquisition
Entities; (vi) Soy Capital Bank; and (v) the Internal Revenue
Service..

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      3.08

            	
              LITIGATION

            

    

    

    There is no action, suit,
investigation, audit or proceeding pending against or, to the Knowledge of the
Acquisition Entities, threatened, against or affecting the Acquisition Entities
or any of its material assets or properties before any court or arbitrator or
any governmental body, agency or official except as disclosed in writing to
SARS.

    

    SECTION
3.09                                COMPLIANCE
WITH APPLICABLE LAWS

    

    To the Knowledge of the Acquisition
Entities, the business of the Acquisition Entities has not been, and is not
being, conducted in violation of any Applicable Law, except for possible
violations which individually or in the aggregate have not had and are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquisition
Entities.

    

    SECTION
3.10                                TAX
RETURNS AND PAYMENT

    

    The Acquisition Entities have not filed
their Tax Returns, but have filed extensions for filing in their
place.  Other than as listed on Schedule 1.01, to the
Knowledge of the Acquisition Entities, there is no material claim for Taxes that
is a Lien against the property of the Acquisition Entities other than Liens for
Taxes not yet due and payable, none of which is material.  The
Acquisition Entities have not received written notification of any audit of any
Tax Return of the Acquisition Entities being conducted or pending by a Tax
authority where an adverse determination could have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Acquisition Entities, no extension or waiver of the statute of limitations
on the assessment of any Taxes has been granted by the Acquisition Entities
which is currently in effect, and the Acquisition Entities a party to any
agreement, contract or arrangement with any Tax authority or otherwise, which
may result in the payment of any material amount in excess of the amount
reflected on the above referenced the Acquisition Entities’ financial
statements.

    

    SECTION
3.11                                           FINDERS’
FEES

    

    The Acquisition Entities have not
incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokers’
or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or investment bankers’ fees or any
similar charges in connection with this Merger Agreement or any transaction
contemplated hereby.

    

    ARTICLE
IV

    CERTAIN
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      4.01

            	
              COVENANTS
      OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES

            

    

    

    The Acquisition Entities covenant and
agree that, during the period from the date of this Merger Agreement until the
Closing Date, the Acquisition Entities shall, except as otherwise disclosed in
this Merger Agreement and other than as contemplated by this Merger Agreement or
for the purposes of effecting the Closing pursuant to this Merger Agreement,
conduct its business as presently operated and solely in the ordinary course,
and consistent with such operation, and, in connection therewith, without the
written consent of SARS, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 4.01 prior to the
Closing:

    

    
      	
              (a)  

            	
              Shall
      continue to operate in the ordinary course of
  business;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (b)  

            	
              shall
      not amend their Certificate of Incorporation or
  Bylaws;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (c)  

            	
              shall
      not pay or agree to pay to any employee, officer or director compensation
      that is in excess of the current compensation level of such employee,
      officer or director other than salary increases or payments made in the
      ordinary course of business or as otherwise provided in any contracts or
      agreements with any such employees;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (d)  

            	
              shall
      not grant any severance or termination pay to any director, officer or any
      other employees;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (e)  

            	
              shall
      not incur any material indebtedness to any employee, officer or
      director;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (f)  

            	
              shall
      not merge or consolidate with any other entity or acquire or agree to
      acquire any other entity;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (g)  

            	
              shall
      not sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any material assets required
      for the operations of the Acquisition Entities’ business, except in the
      ordinary course of business consistent with past
  practices;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (h)  

            	
              shall
      not issue any additional shares of capital stock or take any action
      affecting the capitalization the
company;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (i)  

            	
              shall
      not declare or pay any dividends on or make any distribution of any kind
      ;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (j)  

            	
              shall
      use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with and not be in default
      or violation under any known law, regulation, decree or order applicable
      to the Acquisition Entities’ business, operations or assets where such
      violation would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquisition
      Entities; and

            

    

    

    
      	
              (k)  

            	
              shall
      use its best efforts to comply with the covenants set forth herein and
      shall use its best efforts to comply with the conditions precedent as set
      forth in Section V.

            

    

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      4.02

            	
              COVENANTS
      OF SARS

            

    

    

    SARS covenants and agrees that, during
the period from the date of this Merger Agreement until the Closing Date, SARS
shall not, other than as contemplated by this Merger Agreement or for the
purposes of effecting the Closing pursuant to this Merger Agreement, conduct its
business as presently operated and solely in the ordinary course, and consistent
with such operation, and, in connection therewith, without the prior written
consent of the Acquisition Entities’, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 4.02 prior
to the Closing:

    

    
      	
              (a)  

            	
              shall
      continue to operate in the ordinary course of
  business;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (b)  

            	
              shall
      not amend its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws other than to change its
      name to “FAST Technologies, Inc.”;

            

    

    

    
      	
              (c)  

            	
              shall
      not merge or consolidate with any other entity or acquire or agree to
      acquire any other entity; and

            

    

    

    
      	
              (d)  

            	
              shall
      not issue any additional shares of SARS’ capital stock or take any action
      affecting the capitalization of SARS or the SARS Common or Preferred
      Shares.

            

    

    

    

    SECTION
4.03                                           COVENANTS
OF THE PARTIES

    

    (a)           Announcement.  Neither
of the Acquisition Entities, on the one hand, nor SARS on the other hand, shall
issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement with respect to
this Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior
consent of the other Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
except as may be required by applicable law or securities
regulation.  Upon execution of this Merger Agreement, SARS shall issue
a press release, which shall be approved promptly by the Acquisition
Entities.

    

    (b)           Notification of Certain
Matters.  The Acquisition Entities shall give prompt written
notice to SARS, and SARS shall give prompt written notice to the Acquisition
Entities, of:

    

    (i)           The
occurrence or nonoccurrence of any event the occurrence or nonoccurrence of
which would be likely to cause any representation or warranty contained in this
Merger Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect at or prior
to the Effective Time; and

    

    (ii)           Any
material failure of the Acquisition Entities on the one hand, or SARS, on the
other hand, to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be
complied with or satisfied by it hereunder.

    

    (c)           Reasonable Best
Efforts.  Before the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Merger Agreement, the Parties agree to use their respective
reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do,
or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable (subject to
Applicable Law) to consummate and make effective the Merger and other
transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement as promptly as practicable
including, but not limited to:

    

    (i)           The
preparation and filing of all forms, registrations and notices required to be
filed to consummate the Share Exchange and the Merger, including without
limitation, any approvals, consents, orders, exemptions or waivers by any third
party or governmental entity; and

    

    (ii)           The
satisfaction of the Party's conditions precedent to the Closing.

    

    (d)           Access to
Information

    

    (i)           Inspection by the
Acquisition Entities.  SARS will make available for inspection
by the Acquisition Entities, during normal business hours and in a manner so as
not to interfere with normal business operations, all of SARS’ records
(including tax records), books of account, premises, contracts and all other
documents in SARS’ possession or control that are reasonably requested by the
Acquisition Entities to inspect and examine the business and affairs of
SARS.  SARS will cause its managerial employees and regular
independent accountants to be available upon reasonable advance notice to answer
questions of the Acquisition Entities concerning the business and affairs of
SARS.  The Acquisition Entities will treat and hold as confidential
any information it receives from SARS in the course of the reviews contemplated
by this Section 4.03(d).  No examination by the Acquisition Entities
will, however, constitute a waiver or relinquishment by the Acquisition Entities
of its rights to rely on SARS’ or the SARS Shareholders’ covenants,
representations and warranties made herein or pursuant hereto.

    

    (ii)           Inspection by
SARS.  the Acquisition Entities will, if requested, make
available for inspection by SARS, during normal business hours and in a manner
so as not to interfere with normal business operations, all of the records of
the Acquisition Entities (including tax records), books of account, premises,
contracts and all other documents in their possession or control that are
reasonably requested by SARS to inspect and examine the business and affairs of
the Acquisition Entities.  The Acquisition Entities will cause its
managerial employees and regular independent accountants to be available upon
reasonable advance notice to answer questions of SARS concerning the business
and affairs of the Acquisition Entities.  SARS will treat and hold as
confidential any information it receives from the Acquisition Entities in the
course of the reviews contemplated by this Section 4.03(e).  No
examination by SARS will, however, constitute a waiver or relinquishment by SARS
of its rights to rely on the Acquisition Entities’ covenants, representations
and warranties made herein or pursuant hereto.

    

    ARTICLE
V

    CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT

    

    SECTION
5.01                                CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO THE PARTIES' OBLIGATIONS

    

    The obligations of the Parties as
provided herein shall be subject to each of the following conditions precedent,
unless mutually waived in writing by SARS and the Acquisition
Entities:

    

    (a)           Consents,
Approvals.  The Parties shall have obtained all necessary
consents and approvals of their respective boards of directors, and all
consents, approvals and authorizations required under their respective charter
documents, and all material consents, including any material consents and
waivers by the Parties’ respective lenders and other third parties, if
necessary, to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Merger
Agreement.

    

    (b)           Shareholder
Approval.  This Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been approved by the shareholders of the
Acquisition Entities in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Nevada
Revised Statutes, Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983 and their respective
corporate bylaws.

    

    (c)           Absence of Certain
Litigation.  No action or proceeding shall be threatened or
pending before any governmental entity or authority which, in the reasonable
opinion of counsel for the Parties, is likely to result in a restraint,
prohibition or the obtaining of damages or other relief in connection with this
Merger Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.

    

    (e) Merger Subsidiary
Formation.  SARS shall have formed the Merger Subs as its
wholly owned subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      5.02

            	
              CONDITIONS
      PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              SARS

            

    

    

    The obligations of SARS on the Closing
Date as provided herein shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the
Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent, unless waived in writing by
SARS:

    

    (a) The Clarence Group,
LLC.  SARS shall have resolved all outstanding issues related
to the Clarence Group, LLC and William L. Bates; specifically, the outstanding
issues related to the promissory note issued from SARS to The Clarence Group,
LLC dated July 1, 2008 (the “Clarence
Issues”).  In the event SARS has not resolved the Clarence
Issues, this Merger Agreement shall be unwound in accordance with Section
6.01(d).

    

    (b) Consents and
Approvals.  The Acquisition Entities shall have obtained all
material consents, including any material consents and waivers by the
Acquisition Entities’ lenders and other third parties, if necessary, to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Merger
Agreement.

    

    (c)           Representations and
Warranties.  The representations and warranties by the
Acquisition Entities in Article III herein shall be true and accurate in all
material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect
as though such representations and warranties had been made at and as of the
Closing Date, except to the extent that any changes therein are specifically
contemplated by this Merger Agreement.

    

    (d)           Performance.  The
Acquisition Entities shall have performed and complied in all material respects
with all agreements to be performed or complied with by it pursuant to this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

    

    (e)           Proceedings and
Documents.  All corporate, company and other proceedings in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement and all
documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in
substance and form to SARS and its counsel, and SARS and its counsel shall have
received all such counterpart originals (or certified or other copies) of such
documents as they may request.

    

    (f)           Certificate of Good
Standing.  The Acquisition Entities shall have delivered to
SARS their respective and individual certificates as to their good standing
certified by the Secretary of State of Illinois or the Tennessee Department of
State on or within fourteen (14) days prior to the Closing Date.

    

    (g)           Material
Changes.  Except as contemplated by this Merger Agreement,
since the date hereof, the Acquisition Entities shall not have suffered a
Material Adverse Effect, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
there shall be no pending litigation to which the Acquisition Entities is a
party which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Acquisition Entities.

    

    (h)           Due
Diligence.  SARS shall have completed to its own satisfaction
due diligence in relation to the Acquisition Entities, except that this shall
cease to be a condition precedent unless on or prior to the Closing Date (unless
in the event the Extension is triggered, and therefore, up to sixty (60) days
following the Closing Date), SARS shall have delivered a written notice stating
that it is not satisfied with the results of its due diligence. The Acquisition
Entities shall use their best efforts to provide complete and accurate
information requested by SARS in conducting the due diligence.

    

    (i)           Employment
Agreement.  Prior to the Closing Date of the Merger Agreement,
SARS, Frank Bonadio and Mark Swank shall mutually agree to and execute terms of
employment by SARS.

    

    (j)           Financial
Statements.  No less than one (1) week prior to the Closing,
the Acquisition Entities shall have delivered to SARS the financial statements
and report of the Acquisition Entities’ independent registered public
accountant.

    

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      5.03

            	
              CONDITIONS
      PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              THE
      ACQUISITION ENTITIES

            

    

    

    The obligations of the Acquisition
Entities on the Closing Date as provided herein shall be subject to the
satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions
precedent, unless waived in writing by the Acquisition Entities:

    

    (a) Consents and
Approvals.  SARS and the Merger Subs shall have obtained all
material consents, including any material consents and waivers of its respective
lenders and other third parties, if necessary, to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement.

    

    (b) Representations and
Warranties.  The representations and warranties by SARS and the
Merger Subs in Article II herein shall be true and accurate in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though
such representations and warranties had been made at and as of the Closing Date,
except to the extent that any changes therein are specifically contemplated by
this Merger Agreement.

    

    (c) Performance.  SARS
and the Merger Subs shall have performed and complied in all material respects
with all agreements to be performed or complied with by it pursuant to this
Merger Agreement prior to or at the Closing.

    

    (d) Proceedings and
Documents.  All corporate, company and other proceedings in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement and all
documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be reasonably
satisfactory in substance and form to the Acquisition Entities and its counsel,
and the Acquisition Entities and their counsel shall have received all such
counterpart originals (or certified or other copies) of such documents as they
may reasonably request.

    

    (e) Certificates of Good
Standing.  SARS shall have delivered to the Acquisition
Entities a certificate as to its good standing in the State of Nevada, and the
Merger Subs shall have delivered to SARS the Acquisition Entities a certificate
as to their good standing in the State of Nevada, in each case certified by the
Secretary of State not more than fourteen (14) business days prior to the
Closing Date.

    

    (f) Material
Changes.  Except as contemplated by this Merger Agreement,
since the date hereof, neither SARS and the Merger Subs shall have suffered a
Material Adverse Effect and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
there shall be no pending litigation to which SARS and/or the Merger Subs are a
party which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Parties.

    

    (g) Financing. SARS shall
have secured the Financing to its own satisfaction prior to
Closing.

    

    (h) Due
Diligence.                                the
Acquisition Entities shall have completed to its own satisfaction due diligence
in relation to SARS, except that this shall cease to be a condition precedent
unless on or prior to the Closing Date (unless in the event the Extension is
triggered, and therefore, up to sixty (60) days following the Closing Date), the
Acquisition Entities shall have delivered a written notice stating that it is
not satisfied with the results of its due diligence;

    

    (i) Status of
SARS.  SARS intends make the proper filings in order to be a
fully compliant reporting public company under the Exchange Act, as proscribed
by the Securities Exchange Commission, following the Closing of this Merger
Agreement.

    

    (j) SARS Principal Shareholders’
Holdings.  On the date of the Closing, the individuals listed,
which shall be disclosed on Schedule 2.03 prior
to the Closing, shall own up to approximately ten million (10,000,000) of SARS
Common Shares.

    

    (k) SARS Board of
Directors.  At the Effective Time of the Merger the officers
and members of the board of directors of SARS shall consist of the persons
designated, which shall be disclosed on Schedule 5.03(j)
prior to the Closing.

    

    (l) Employment
Agreement.  Prior to the Closing Date of the Merger Agreement,
SARS, Frank Bonadio and Mark Swank shall mutually agree voluntarily terminate
their existing employment agreements with Acquisition Entities and to and
execute terms of employment by SARS..

    

    (l)           Financial
Records.  SARS shall use their best efforts to provide true and
accurate information relating to its assets, liabilities, condition (financial,
or otherwise) for investigation by the Acquisition Entities.

    

    (m)           Loans.   Mark
Swank and Susan Swank shall have the right to accept or reject the assumption of
any existing loan or extension of any new loan to the extent such assumption or
extension of any such loan includes their personal guaranty.

    

    ARTICLE
VI

    TERMINATION

    

    SECTION
6.01                                           TERMINATION,
UNWINDING                                                                           

    

    This
Merger Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time
prior to the Effective Time by:

    

    (a)           The
mutual written consent of the Boards of Directors of SARS and the Acquisition
Entities;

    

    (b)           Either
SARS, on the one hand, or the Acquisition Entities, on the other hand, if any
governmental entity or court of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an
order, decree or ruling or taken any other action (which order, decree, ruling
or other action the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts
to lift), which restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the Share Exchange or
the Merger or the issuance of the Merger Shares as contemplated herein and such
order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and
non-appealable;

    

    (c) Either
SARS, on the one hand, or the Acquisition Entities, on the other hand, in the
event of the rejection of due diligence, and that rejection may not be cured
within thirty (30) calendar days after the giving of written notice by one Party
to the other Party.

    

    (d) SARS, if
the Acquisition Entities shall have breached any of its or his representations,
warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Merger Agreement,
and the breach cannot be or has not been cured within thirty (30) calendar days
after the giving of written notice by SARS to the Acquisition Entities, or by
SARS, if it is not satisfied with the results of its due diligence investigation
and it so notifies the Acquisition Entities on or before Closing Date (unless in
the event the Extension is triggered, and therefore, up to sixty (60) days
following the Closing Date);

    

    (e) The
Acquisition Entities, if SARS shall have breached in any material respect any of
its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this
Merger Agreement, and the breach cannot be or has not been cured within thirty
(30) calendar days after the giving of written notice by the Acquisition
Entities to SARS, or by the Acquisition Entities if it is not satisfied with the
results of its due diligence investigation and it so notifies SARS on or before
Closing Date (unless in the event the Extension is triggered, and therefore, up
to sixty (60) days following the Closing Date);

    

    (f) Without
any action on the part of the Parties if required by Applicable Law or if the
Closing shall not be consummated by the Closing Date (unless in the event the
Extension is triggered, and therefore, up to sixty (60) days following the
Closing Date), unless extended by written agreement of SARS and the Acquisition
Entities; or

    

    (g) At any
time whatsoever during the seven (7) years following the Closing of this Merger
Agreement, this Merger Agreement may be cancelled and unwound by either of the
Parties should any third party creditors of SARS present any act or action which
would jeopardize the ownership of the Acquisition Entities’ assets by
SARS.  In the event of cancellation and unwinding of this Merger
Agreement by either of the Parties, as provided herein, this Merger Agreement
shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability or
obligation on the part of the Parties, and such cancellation and unwinding shall
not relieve any party hereto for any intentional breach prior to such
cancellation and unwinding by a party hereto of any of its representations or
warranties or any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Merger
Agreement.  In the event of cancellation and unwinding of this Merger
Agreement, (i) the Acquisition Entities agree to make a good faith effort to
return all consideration tendered and delivered by SARS, as detailed in Section
1.01 of this Merger Agreement; and (ii) SARS agrees to return the Merger Shares
and the assets of the Acquisition Entities.

    

    SECTION
6.02                                           EFFECT
OF TERMINATION

    

    If this Merger Agreement is terminated
as provided in Section 6.01, written notice of such termination shall be given
by the terminating Party to the other Party specifying the provision of this
Merger Agreement pursuant to which such termination is made, this Merger
Agreement shall become null and void and there shall be no liability on the part
of SARS, the Acquisition Entities, provided, however,
that  (a) the provisions of Article VII hereof shall survive the
termination of this Merger Agreement, (b)  nothing in this Merger
Agreement shall relieve any Party from any liability or obligation with respect
to any willful breach of this Merger Agreement and (c) termination shall not
affect accrued rights or liabilities of any party at the time of such
termination.

    

    

    ARTICLE
VII

    CONFIDENTIALITY

    

    SECTION
7.01                                           CONFIDENTIALITY

    

    SARS, on the one hand, and the
Acquisition Entities, on the other hand, will keep confidential all information
and documents obtained from the other, including but not limited to any
information or documents provided pursuant to Section 4.03(e) hereof (except for
any information disclosed to the public pursuant to a press release authorized
by the Parties); and in the event the Closing does not occur or this Merger
Agreement is terminated for any reason, will promptly return such documents and
all copies of such documents and all notes and other evidence thereof, including
material stored on a computer, and will not use such information for its own
advantage, except to the extent that (i) the information must be disclosed by
law, (ii) the information becomes publicly available by reason other than
disclosure by the Party subject to the confidentiality obligation, (iii) the
information is independently developed without use of or reference to the other
Party’s confidential information, (iv) the information is obtained from another
source not obligated to keep such information confidential, or (v) the
information is already publicly known or known to the receiving Party when
disclosed as demonstrated by written documentation in the possession of such
Party at such time.

    

    ARTICLE
VIII

    INDEMNIFICATION

    

    SECTION
8.01                                           INDEMNIFICATION
BY SARS

    

    SARS shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless each of the Acquisition Entities, any subsidiary or affiliate thereof
and each person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof or
who becomes prior to the Closing, a shareholder, officer, director or partner of
the Acquisition Entities, any subsidiary or affiliate thereof or an employee of
SARS, any subsidiary or affiliate thereof and their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns (the “Acquisition Entities Indemnified
Parties”) against all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees), liabilities or judgments or amounts that are paid
in settlement of or in connection with any threatened or actual third party
claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based in whole or in part on or
arising in whole or in part out of (i) any material breach of this Merger
Agreement by SARS or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, including but not
limited to failure of any representation or warranty to be true and correct at
or before the Closing,  or (ii) omission or conduct of any officer,
director or agent of SARS or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof prior to the
Closing, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after, the
Closing.  Any SARS Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification
under this Section 8.01, upon learning of any such claim, action, suit,
proceeding or investigation, shall notify SARS in writing, but the failure to so
notify shall not relieve SARS from any liability that it may have under this
Section 8.01, except to the extent that such failure would materially prejudice
SARS.

    

    
      	
              SECTION
      8.02

            	
              INDEMNIFICATION
      BY THE ACQUISITION COMPANIES

            

    

    

    The Acquisition Entities shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of SARS, any subsidiary or affiliate
thereof and each person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date
hereof or who becomes prior to the Closing, a shareholder, officer, director or
partner of SARS, any subsidiary or affiliate thereof or an employee of SARS, any
subsidiary or affiliate thereof and their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns (the “SARS Indemnified Party”
collectively, the “SARS
Indemnified Parties”) against all losses, claims, damages, costs,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), liabilities or judgments or
amounts that are paid in settlement of or in connection with any threatened or
actual third party claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based in
whole or in part on or arising in whole or in part out of (i) any material
breach of this Merger Agreement by the Acquisition Entities, or any subsidiary
or affiliate thereof, including but not limited to failure of any representation
or warranty to be true and correct at or before the Closing, or (ii) omission or
conduct of any officer, director or agent of the Acquisition Entities or any
subsidiary or affiliate thereof prior to the Closing, whether asserted or
claimed prior to, at or after, the Closing.  Any SARS Indemnified
Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 8.02, upon learning of
any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall notify the
Acquisition Entities in writing, but the failure to so notify shall not relieve
the Acquisition Entities s from any liability that it may have under this
Section 8.02, except to the extent that such failure would materially prejudice
the Acquisition Entities.

    

    SECTION
8.03                                           INDEMNIFICATION
OF EXCHANGE AGENT

    

    The Parties (for the purposes of this
Section 8.03, the “Indemnitors”) agree to
indemnify the Exchange Agent and his employees and agents (collectively, the
“Indemnitees”) against,
and hold them harmless of and from, any and all loss, liability, cost, damage
and expense, including without limitation, reasonable counsel fees, which the
Indemnitees, or any of them, may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim
or proceeding brought against the Indemnitees, or any one of them, arising out
of or relating in any way to the Exchange Agent’s service in such capacity,
unless such action, claim or proceeding is the result of the willful misconduct
or gross negligence of any of the Indemnitees.

    

    ARTICLE
IX

    MISCELLANEOUS

    

    SECTION
9.01                                           EXPENSES

    

    Except as contemplated by this Merger
Agreement, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Merger
Agreement and the consummation of the Merger contemplated by this Merger
Agreement shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses.

    

    SECTION
9.02                                           GOVERNING
LAW

    

    Except to the extent that the laws of
the State of Nevada, the State of Illinois and Tennessee are mandatorily
applicable to the Merger and/or this Merger Agreement, the governing law shall
be the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to the principles
of conflicts of laws thereof, as applied to agreements entered into and to be
performed in such state.

    

    

    

    SECTION
9.03                                           VENUE

    

    The Parties agree that any action on
this Agreement shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction located in
the State of Washington.

    

    SECTION
9.04                                           NOTICES

    

    All notices and other communications
under this Merger Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given or made as follows:

    

    (a)           If
sent by reputable overnight air courier (such as Federal Express), two (2)
business days after being sent;

    

    (b)           If
sent by facsimile transmission, with a copy mailed on the same day in the manner
provided in clause (a) above, when transmitted and receipt is confirmed by the
fax machine; or

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (c)

            	
              If
      otherwise actually personally delivered, when
  delivered.

            

    

    

    All notices and other communications
under this Merger Agreement shall be sent or delivered as follows:

    

    If to the Acquisition Entities,
to:

    

    Environmental
Insulation, Inc.

    ESDD,
LLC,

    Alternatech,
Inc.,

    Swank
Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Art and Print, Inc.,

    Associated
Mechanical, Inc.,

    R.J.
Power Plumbing & Heating Company

    Attn:
Mark Swank

    2462
Washington Road

    Washington,
IL 61571

    

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

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Kenneth
      E. Davies

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              The
      Law Office of Kenneth E. Davies

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              910
      West Glen Avenue

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Peoria,
      Illinois 61614

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Telephone:
      309-689-0858

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Facsimile:
      309-689-0867

            

    

    

    If to SARS and/or the Shareholders,
to:

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              SARS
      Corporation

            

    

    Attn: Geoff Meagher, CEO,
Chairman

    601
108th Ave NE,
Suite 1908

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Bellevue,
      WA 98004

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

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

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              David
      M. Otto

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              The
      Otto Law Group, PLLC

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              601
      Union St., Suite 4500

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Seattle,
      WA   98101

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	 	
              Telephone:  206-262-9545

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Facsimile:  206-262-9513

            

    

    

    Each Party may change its address by
written notice in accordance with this Section.

    

    SECTION
9.045                                           
ENTIRE AGREEMENT

    

    This Merger Agreement (including the
documents and instruments referred to in this Merger Agreement) contains the
entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained
in this Merger Agreement, and supersedes and cancels all prior agreements,
negotiations, correspondence, undertakings and communications of the Parties,
oral or written, respecting such subject matter.

    

    SECTION
9.06                                ASSIGNMENT

    

    Neither this Merger Agreement nor any
of the rights, interests or obligations under this Merger Agreement shall be
assigned by any of the Parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise)
without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided that in no event may
the right to indemnification provided by Article VIII hereto be assigned by any
of the Parties, with or without consent, except by operation of
law.  Subject to the immediately foregoing sentence of this Section
9.06, this Merger Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and
representatives.

    

    SECTION
9.07                                COUNTERPARTS

    

    This Merger Agreement may be executed
in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but
all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement.

    

    SECTION
9.08                                NO
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES

    

    Except as expressly provided by this
Merger Agreement, nothing herein is intended to confer upon any person or entity
not a Party to this Merger Agreement any rights or remedies under or by reason
of this Merger Agreement.

    

    SECTION
9.09                                RULES OF
CONSTRUCTION

    

    The Parties agree that they have been
represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Merger
Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding
or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other
document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or
document.

    

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties have duly executed this Merger Agreement as of the date first above
written.

    

    SARS
CORPORATION

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Geoff
      Meagher

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Geoff
      Meagher

            

    

    
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer, Chairman

            

    

    

    ENVIRONMENTAL
INSULATION, LLC

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Mark
      Swank

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Mark
      Swank

            

    

    Title:                      Manager

    

    ESDD,
LLC

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    Title:                      Manager

    

    ALTERNATECH,
INC.

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    
      	
              Title:

            	
              President

            

    

    

    

    ASSOCIATED
MECHANICAL, INC.

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    
      	
              Title:

            	
              President

            

    

    

    SWANK
ENTERPRISES, INC. d/b/a ART & PRINT, INC.

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    
      	
              Title:

            	
              President

            

    

    

    R.J.
POWER PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    Title:                      President

    

    EI
ACQUISITION CORP.

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    Title:                      President

    

    ESDD
ACQUISITION CORP.

    

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    Title:                      Manager

    

    ALTERNATECH
ACQUISITION CORP.

    

    
      	
              By:

            	 	 

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    
      	
              Title:

            	
              President

            

    

    

    AMI
ACQUISITION CORP.

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    
      	
              Title:

            	
              President

            

    

    

    RJP
ACQUISITION CORP.

    

    
      	
              By:

            	 	 

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/Frank
      Bonadio

            	 

    

    
      	
              Name:

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio

            

    

    
      	
              Title:

            	
              President

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Schedule
1.01(e)

    

    Liabilities
of the Acquisition Entities

    

    
      	
              Lines of Credit

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Balance

            
	
              T.
      A. Brinkoetter & Sons, Inc.

            	 
      
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - Line of Credit

            	
              886,787.02

            
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - Mortgage

            	
              354,622.75

            
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - Line of Credit

            	
              1,600,000.00

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              RJ
      Power Plumbing & Heating Company

            	 
      
	
              Associated
      Bank

            	 
      
	
              9001

            	
              1,888,178.37

            
	
              9002

            	
              1,000,000.00

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              Associated
      Mechanical, Inc.

            	 
      
	
              Associated
      Bank

            	 
      
	
              9009

            	
              919,500.00

            
	
              9010

            	
              558,417.46

            
	
              9011

            	
              495,000.00

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Art
      & Print, Inc.

            	 
      
	
              Southside
      Bank Business

            	
              478,908.00

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              Total
      LOC

            	
              8,181,413.60

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Loans

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Balance

            
	
              T.
      A. Brinkoetter & Sons, Inc.

            	 
      
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - 06 Chevy C1500 P/U

            	
              3,416.23

            
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - 06 Chevy C1500 P/U

            	
              3,898.51

            
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - 06 Chevy G30 Van

            	
              5,911.76

            
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - 07 Chevy C1500 P/U

            	
              2,178.66

            
	
              Soy
      Capital Bank - 07 Chevy C1500 P/U

            	
              17,119.76

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              GMAC
      - 08 Chevy Impala

            	
              21,854.43

            
	
              GMAC
      - 05 Chevy Impala

            	
              10,500.15

            
	
              GMAC
      - 08 Chevy Malibu

            	
              18,958.64

            
	
              GMAC
      - 08 Chevy Silverado

            	
              29,232.18

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              RJ
      Power Plumbing & Heating Company

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Associated
      Mechanical, Inc.

            	 
      
	
              GMAC
      (3 vehicles)

            	 
      
	
              Cat
      Financial ( 5 Scissor Lifts)

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Art
      & Print, Inc.

            	 
      
	
              Southside
      Bank

            	
              478,908.89

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              Alternatech,
      Inc.

            	 
      
	
              None

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Total
      Loans

            	
              591,979.21

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              Aggregate
      LOC & Loans

            	
              8,773,392.81

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    Schedule
1.09

    

    Certificates
Representing the Merger Shares

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    Schedule
2.03

    

    Beneficial
Owners of SARS Corporation

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    Schedule
2.06

    

    Material
Transactions, Obligations, Liabilities of SARS Corporation

    (listed
below if applicable, otherwise, N/A)

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

    

    Schedule
2.09

    

    Indebtedness
to the Officers and Directors of SARS Corporation

    (listed
below if applicable, otherwise, N/A)

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    
 

    

    Schedule
3.02

    

    Beneficial
Owners of the Acquisition Entities

    

    
      	
              1.  

            	
              Environmental
      Insulation, LLC

            

    

    

    
      	
              2.  

            	
              Environmental
      Systems Distribution & Design,
LLC

            

    

    

    
      	
              3.  

            	
              Alternatech,
      Inc.

            

    

    

    
      	
              4.  

            	
              Swank
      Enterprises, Inc.(“SEI) d/b/a Art & Print,
  Inc.

            

    

    

    
      	
              5.  

            	
              Associated
      Mechanical, Inc. (“AMI”)

            

    

    

    
      	
              6.  

            	
              R.J.
      Power Plumbing & Heating
Company

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    Schedule
3.04

    

    Financial
Statements

    

    
      	
              1.  

            	
              3
      year financial statements (detailed schedule re all debt, receivables,
      furniture fixtures and equipment and
collateral)

            

    

    

    
      	
              2.  

            	
              Current
      year plus “stub” period

            

    

    

    
      	
              3.  

            	
              3
      year revenue projections (SARS and Acquisition Entities built
      in)

            

    

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

     

     

    Schedule
3.05

    

    Assets
of the Acquisition Entities

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    Schedule
3.06

    

    Material
Contracts of the Acquisition Entities

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    Schedule
4.01

    

    Changes
to Ordinary Course of Business by the Acquisition Entities

    (listed
below if applicable, otherwise, N/A)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    Schedule
4.02

    

    Changes
to Ordinary Course of Business by SARS Corporation

     (listed
below if applicable, otherwise, N/A)

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
 

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

     

    

    

    Schedule
5.03(j)

    

    Officers
and Directors of SARS Corporation

    

    Directors and Officers of
SARS prior to the Closing

    

    
      	
              1.  

            	
              Geoff
      Meagher: Chief Executive Officer, President,
  Chairman

            

    

    

    
      	
              2.  

            	
              David
      M. Otto: Secretary, Treasurer,
Director

            

    

    

    
      	
              3.  

            	
              Clayton
      Shelver: Chief Technology Officer,
Director

            

    

    

    Directors and Officers of
SARS following the Closing

    

    
      	
              1.  

            	
              Mark
      Swank: Chairman, Director

            

    

    

    
      	
              2.  

            	
              Frank
      Bonadio: President, Director, Chief Executive
  Officer

            

    

    

    
      	
              3.  

            	
              Phillip
      Heinz: Chief Financial Officer

            

    

    

    
      	
              4.  

            	
              Clayton
      Shelver: Chief Technology Officer,
Director

            

    

    

    
      	
              5.  

            	
              Geoff
      Meagher: Director

            

    

    

    
      	
              6.  

            	
              David
      M. Otto: Director

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