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Exhibit 4.2

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT (I)
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

PAYMENTS UNDER THIS NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO THE SET-OFF AND SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS SET FORTH HEREIN.

NEW CENTURY TRANSPORTATION, INC.

14% AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE

			
	 	 	 
	$[          ]
	 	June 29, 2007

     New Century Transportation, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to [           ] (“Holder”), the principal sum of [          ]
($[          ]) (the “Principal Amount”) on the Maturity Date (as defined herein), and to
pay interest on the unpaid balance of the principal amount of this Note at the rate of seven
percent (7%) per annum for the period from the date hereof through March 28, 2008 and at fourteen
percent per annum (14%) thereafter, with interest to be payable in the manner and at times provided
herein.

     This Note amends and restates and replaces the 7% Convertible Subordinated Note dated June 29,
2007 (the “Prior Note”) which shall be terminated upon execution and delivery of this Note, and is
one of the Seller Notes issued pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2007
(the “Acquisition Agreement”) by and among the Company, P&P Transport, Inc. and Evergreen Equipment
Leasing Co., Inc. (each, a “Target” and collectively, the “Targets”) and the Sellers of the
Targets. Pursuant to Treasury Regulation 1.1001-3, this Note is considered a newly issued note on
March 28, 2008.

     1. Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 5, accrued but unpaid interest on
this Note will be payable in cash on March 28, 2008 and thereafter will accrue and be added to the
principal amount hereof on the last day of each calendar quarter commencing June 30, 2008 and on
the Maturity Date (each date of payment being an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on this Note
will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or accrued. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 365/6-day year for the actual days elapsed. If an Interest Payment Date
is a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place
on the next succeeding business day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and no
interest on the amount payable shall accrue for the intervening period.

     2. Prepayment. Subject to the provisions of Section 5, this Note may be prepaid at
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     3. Maturity Date. The principal of this Note, together with accrued but unpaid
interest thereon, shall be immediately due and payable and shall be repaid on February 28, 2013
(the “Maturity Date”);

     4. Method of Payment.

          Except as provided herein, the Company will pay principal and interest in currency of the
United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Payments shall be made to Holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated in writing by Holder and provided to the Company at least ten (10) business days before
any Payment Date.

     5. Subordination.

          (a) Certain Defined Terms. The following terms shall have the following meanings:

          “Indebtedness” means, without duplication, with respect to any person, (1) all indebtedness of
such person for borrowed money, (2) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other
similar instruments, (3) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such person, (4) all obligations of
such person as lessee under capital leases, (5) all obligations of such person under acceptance,
letter of credit or similar facilities and (6) all Indebtedness of the type referred to in clauses
(1) through (5) above guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such person.

          “Notes” means the Seller Notes issued by the Company pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement as
amended from time to time. This Note is pari passu with the other Notes.

          “Senior Debt” shall mean the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including,
without limitation, interest accruing or that would have accrued but for the filing of a
bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding whether or not such interest constitutes
an allowable claim in such proceeding) on, and any and all other fees, expenses, supplemental
payments, reimbursement obligations, indemnities, and other amounts owing pursuant to the terms of
all agreements, documents and instruments providing for, creating, securing, or evidencing or
otherwise entered into in connection with, all Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on
the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred or assumed, including without limitation all debt
payable under the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2006, among the Company, the Lenders and
the other parties thereto (and any amendments, refinancings or replacements thereof or any debt
owing under any interest rate swap pursuant thereto) (the “Credit Agreement”). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Senior Debt shall not include (i) any Indebtedness of the Company which, by its terms or
the terms of any instrument creating or evidencing it, (A) is expressly pari passu with or
expressly subordinate in right of payment to this Note or (B) expressly prohibits this Note or (ii)
the Notes.

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          “Subordinated Debt” shall mean all Indebtedness of the Company under the Notes, including (a)
all principal of, and interest on, the Notes and (b) all other indebtedness, fees, expenses,
obligations and liabilities of the Company to any holder of the Notes, whether now existing or
hereafter incurred or created, under or pursuant to the Notes or separately under any other
document, instrument or agreement executed in connection therewith which relates to the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, in each case, whether such amounts are due or not due, direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent.

          (b) Subordination to Senior Debt. The Company, for itself and its successors, and
the Holder, by acceptance of the Note, agree that the Subordinated Debt shall, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinate and junior to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Debt.

          This Section 5 will constitute a continuing offer to all persons who, in reliance upon its
provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Debt, and such provisions are made for
the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt, and such holders are made obligees under this Section
and they and/or each of them may enforce its provisions.

          (c) Company Not to Make Payments with Respect to Subordinated Debt.

               (i) Upon the maturity of all or any part of the Senior Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or
otherwise, such Senior Debt shall first be paid in full in cash, or such payment shall be duly
provided for in cash or in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt before any payment
by or on behalf of the Company is made on account of any Subordinated Debt.

               (ii) Unless and until all Senior Debt shall have been paid in full in cash and all commitments
to make loans of Senior Debt to the Company shall have terminated, no payment shall be made by or
on behalf of the Company on or with respect to any Subordinated Debt, except (A) payment of regular
quarterly payments of interest on the Subordinated Debt when due which payment shall be made solely
by addition of accrued interest to the principal amount of this Note, and (B) payment of the
principal amount of the Subordinated Debt pursuant to Section 3 hereof so long as (x) at the time
such payment pursuant to (A) or (B) is made no event of default or default has occurred and is
continuing under the terms of any Senior Debt and (y) such payment pursuant to (A) or (B) will not
give rise to an event of default or default under the terms of any Senior Debt.

               (iii) For so long as payment hereunder is prohibited pursuant to Section 5(c)(ii) above, the
Company shall not make and no holder of any Subordinated Debt shall demand, accept or receive (in
cash or property or by set-off, exercise of contractual or statutory rights or otherwise), or shall
attempt to collect or commence any legal proceedings to collect, any direct or indirect payment on
account of any Subordinated Debt. For the avoidance of doubt, full or partial conversion of the
Note shall not be deemed to be such a payment.

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               (iv) Unless and until all Senior Debt shall have been paid in full in cash and all commitments
to make loans of Senior Debt to the Company shall have terminated, no holder of any Subordinated
Debt will commence or maintain any action, suit or any other legal or equitable proceedings against
the Company, or join with any creditor in any such proceedings, under any insolvency, bankruptcy,
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar law, unless the holders of Senior Debt
shall also join in bringing such proceedings, provided that this Section 5(c)(iv) shall not
prohibit a holder of any Subordinated Debt from filing a proof of claim or otherwise participating
in any such proceedings not commenced by it.

          (d) Notes Subordinated to Prior Payment of all Senior Debt on Dissolution, Liquidation or
Reorganization of Company. In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection therewith,
relative to the Company or to substantially all of its property, and in the event of any
proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether or
not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then:

               (i) the holders of all Senior Debt shall first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash
of the principal thereon, premium, if any, interest and all other amounts payable thereon (accruing
before and after the commencement of the proceedings, whether or not allowed or allowable as a
claim in such proceedings) before the holders of any Subordinated Debt are entitled to receive any
payment on account of the principal of, or interest on any Subordinated Debt;

               (ii) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities (other than shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder pursuant to
Paragraph 7 hereof) to which the holders of any Subordinated Debt would be entitled, but for the
provisions of this Note, shall be paid or distributed by the liquidating trustee or agent or other
person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or
liquidating trustee or other trustee or agent, directly to the holders of Senior Debt or any
representative on behalf of the holders of Senior Debt, to the extent necessary to make payment in
full in cash of Senior Debt remaining unpaid;

               (iii) the holders of all Subordinated Debt at the time outstanding irrevocably authorize and
empower (without imposing any obligation on) each holder of Senior Debt at the time outstanding,
and any representative on behalf of the holders of Senior Debt to demand, sue for, collect and
receive such holder’s ratable share of all such payments and distributions in respect of all
Subordinated Debt and to give receipt therefor, and to file and prove all claims therefor and take
all such other action not inconsistent with the foregoing (including the right to vote such Senior
Debt holder’s ratable share of the Subordinated Debt) in the name of the holders of Subordinated
Debt or otherwise, as such holder of Senior Debt, or any representative on behalf of the holders of
Senior Debt may determine to be necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of this Note; and

               (iv) the holders of Subordinated Debt shall execute and deliver to the holders of Senior Debt
all such further instruments confirming the above authorization, and at

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the sole cost and expense of the Company shall take all such other action as may be requested
by any holder of Senior Debt, in order to enable such holder to enforce all claims upon or in
respect of each holder’s ratable share of the Subordinated Debt.

          (e) Rights of Holders of Senior Debt; Subrogation.

               (i) Should any payment or distribution or security or the proceeds of any thereof be collected
or received by any holder of Subordinated Debt in respect of any Subordinated Debt at a time when
such payment or distribution should not have been so made or received because of the provisions of
this Section 5, such holder of Subordinated Debt will forthwith deliver the same to the holders of
Senior Debt of which such holder of Subordinated Debt is aware for the equal and ratable benefit of
the holders of Senior Debt in precisely the form received (except for the non-recourse endorsement
or the non-recourse assignment of or by such holder where necessary) for application to payment of
all Senior Debt in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the
holders of Senior Debt and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by such holder as
the property of the holders of Senior Debt.

               (ii) Upon the payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt, the holder of Subordinated Debt will
be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of
assets of the Company applicable to the Senior Debt until all amounts owing on the Subordinated
Debt have been paid in full, and for the purpose of such subrogation no such payments or
distributions to the holders of Senior Debt by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of
the holders of Subordinated Debt by virtue of this Section 5 which otherwise would have been made
to the holders of Subordinated Debt will, as between the Company and the holders of Subordinated
Debt to be deemed to be payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Debt, it being
understood that the provisions of this Section 5 are and are intended to be solely for the purpose
of defining the relative rights of the holder Subordinated Debt on the one hand, and holders of
Senior Debt, on the other hand.

          (f) Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company or Holders of
Senior Debt. No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Debt to enforce
subordination as provided herein will at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act
or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any
such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms of this Note regardless of any
knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with. The holders of
Senior Debt may extend, renew, increase, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Debt or any
security therefor and release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal freely with the
Company; provided, however, that no such extension, renewal, increase, modification or amendment
shall relieve the Company of its obligations to pay principal and interest as provided herein.

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     6. Events of Default.

          (a) An “Event of Default” occurs if:

               (i) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of this Note when the same becomes
due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, or otherwise, and such default continues for more
than ten (10) business days;

               (ii) the Company shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Company seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of
an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or
for any substantial part of its property and in the case of any such proceeding instituted against
the Company such proceeding shall not be stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days from the date
of institution thereof;

               (iii) there is a payment default or event of default under the Credit Agreement and, as a
result thereof, the Lenders under the Credit Agreement accelerate the maturity of all debt payable
under the Credit Agreement before its stated maturity; and

               (iv) the Company fails to observe or perform, in any material respect, any other provision of
this Note and such failure continues for a period of thirty (30) days after the Holder has
delivered written notice of such default to the Company.

          (b) Acceleration. Subject to the provisions of Section 5, if an Event of Default
(other than an Event of Default specified in clause (a)(ii) of Section 6) occurs and is continuing,
the Holder, by written notice to the Company and the holders of Senior Debt of which such Holder is
aware or should reasonably be aware after due inquiry (an “Acceleration Notice”), may declare the
unpaid principal of and accrued interest on this Note to be immediately due and payable. Upon such
declaration, if there is at such time any Senior Debt outstanding, the principal and interest on
the Notes shall be due and payable only upon an acceleration under the applicable Senior Debt
instrument. If an Event of Default specified in clause (a)(ii) of Section 6 occurs, all principal
of and interest on the Notes outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Holder. The Holder by written notice to
the Company may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default,
other than the nonpayment of principal of or interest on this Notes which has become due solely
because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived and (ii) the rescission would not conflict
with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. Any amounts received by the
Holder in connection with any action taken pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 5.

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          (c) Default Rate. Any payment of principal or interest under this Note which is not
paid on the date such payment is due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
shall begin to bear interest at a default rate of sixteen percent (16%) per annum on the business
day after such payment default until either the Holder is paid in full or such payment default has
been cured.

          (d) Remedies Cumulative. A delay or omission by the Holder in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy.
All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

     7. Conversion

          (a) Optional Conversion. In accordance with the procedures set forth below, the
Holder may convert all or any portion of the original Principal Amount of the Note (without
including any accrued interest added to such Principal Amount) into shares of common stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) at a conversion price of $927 (the
“Conversion Price”) for each share of Common Stock, subject to any applicable laws. If the Company
splits or subdivides the Common Stock, then the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of this Note immediately prior to such split or subdivision shall be proportionately
increased, and the Conversion Price shall be proportionately decreased. If the Company undertakes
a reverse stock split or similar stock combination with respect to the Common Stock, then the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note immediately prior to such
reverse split or combination shall be proportionately decreased, and the Conversion Price shall be
proportionately increased.

          (b) Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees that so long as this Note is
outstanding, (i) the Company shall have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock to enable the Holder to convert all or a portion of this Note into Common Stock, and
(ii) the Company shall issue the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note in accordance
with the terms hereof. The Company further covenants to cause the shares of Common Stock, when
issued pursuant to this Section 7, to be fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all taxes,
liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof (other than any liens that may be imposed
pursuant to applicable securities laws).

          (c) Procedure. The Holder shall provide written notice (which notice shall be
irrevocable) to the Company of its intent to exercise the conversion procedures set forth in this
Section 7, including without limitation the portion of the Note being converted. Upon surrender of
the Note to the Company by the Holder together with the provision of such notice (the “Surrender
Date”) and upon compliance by the Holder with Section 6.19 of the Acquisition Agreement, the
Company shall within two (2) Business Days thereafter issue and deliver the Common Stock to the
Holder (and, if the Holder is only converting a portion of the principal amount of the Note, a new
Note substantially in the form of this Note but with a reduction in the principal amount which
reflects the portion of the Note which has been converted) and pay any accrued and unpaid Interest
owed to the Holder up to and including the date on which such

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conversion takes place (the “Conversion Date”) by adding such interest to the principal amount
of the Note which remains unconverted or if no such amount remains, such unpaid interest will be
the remaining principal amount. The Holder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of,
and shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of, the Common Stock issuable hereunder
(and such Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued) the day following the Surrender Date.

          (d) Notice of Certain Events. No later than five (5) business days prior to the
occurrence of (i) an initial public offering of any class of the Company’s equity securities or
(ii) a merger or sale of (including a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of) the
Company, the Company shall provide the Holder with written notice of such occurrence.

     8. Amendment and Waiver.

          (a) Consent Required. Any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Note may,
with the consent of the Company, be amended or compliance therewith may be waived (either generally
or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), if the Company shall have
obtained the consent in writing of the Holder. So long as there is Senior Debt outstanding, the
subordination provisions of this Note may not be amended without the consent in writing of the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt.

          (b) Effect of Amendment or Waiver. Any amendment or waiver shall apply equally to
each future holder of the Note and upon the Company. No such amendment or waiver shall extend to
or affect any obligation not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.

     9. Replacement Notes.

          If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Company or if the Holder of this Note presents
evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that this Note has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue a replacement Note of like tenor if the requirements of
the Company for such transactions are met. An indemnity agreement may be required that is
sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company to protect the Company from any loss which it
may suffer. The Company may charge for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in replacing this Note.

     10. No Recourse Against Others.

          No director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under this Note or for any claim based on, in respect
or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. The Holder by accepting this Note waives and
releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue
of this Note.

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     11. Notices.

          All notices, requests, consents and demands shall be made in writing and shall be given by
registered or certified mail postage prepaid to the following addresses: if to the Company, to New
Century Transportation, Inc., 45 East Park Drive, Westhampton, NJ 08060, Attn.: Harry J.
Muhlschlegel and Brian Fitzpatrick, with a required copy to Dechert LLP, Cira Centre, 2929 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Attention: Carmen J. Romano, Esq. or to such other address as may
be furnished in writing to the Holder; and if to the Holder, to [ ] at [ ].
Unless otherwise indicated herein, notices hereunder shall be effective when delivered, if
delivered personally, or, if sent by mail, when sent.

     12. Governing Law.

          This Note shall be deemed a contract under, and shall be governed and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New Jersey without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.

     13. Set-off; Satisfaction of Claims.

          The Company shall have the right but not the obligation to set off against its obligations
hereunder any claim it or its affiliates may have against the Holder under the Acquisition
Agreement or otherwise.

     14. Successors, etc.; Entire Agreement; Assignment.

          This Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and the Company
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Note constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties, superseding all prior understandings and writings, with respect to the
indebtedness represented hereby. Neither Holder nor the Company may assign or transfer this Note
without the prior written consent of the other; provided, however, that the Company may assign or
transfer this Note to any successor entity (whether by merger, acquisition, sale of all or
substantially all of its assets or otherwise) without Holder’s prior written consent.

     15. Headings.

          The section headings of this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Note or any provision hereof.

     16. Subordination Agreement.

          Holder agrees at the Company’s request to enter into a Subordination Agreement with each
holder of Senior Debt in the form as is customarily used by holders of Senior Debt, with such
changes therein as such holder of Senior Debt may reasonably request.

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     17. Restrictions on Dividends.

          For so long as this Note is outstanding, unless the Holder otherwise agrees in writing, the
Company shall not declare or pay any dividend or cash distribution on or in respect of its capital
stock (other than for the payment of taxes); provided, however, that the Company shall be permitted
to repurchase shares of the Company’s capital stock (i) from a former employee or consultant of the
Company (or any subsidiary) where such repurchase arises from the Company’s option or obligation to
repurchase such shares upon termination of such employee’s or consultant’s employment and (ii)
following an offering of the Company’s capital stock, where such repurchase is made from investors
in such offering with proceeds from other investors who exercise any preemptive rights they may
have with respect to such offering.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be executed by its duly authorized
officer.

Amended and Restated as of

  March 28, 2008

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NEW CENTURY TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Agreed:

    
              
             
              
                
           
        

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10exv4w3

Exhibit 4.3

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR DISTRIBUTION MAY BE EFFECTED
WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED.

THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT,
ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTE BY SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE
COMPANY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: NEW CENTURY TRANSPORTATION, INC., 45 EAST PARK DRIVE, WESTAMPTON,
NEW JERSEY 08060, ATTENTION: HENRY J. MUHLSCHLEGEL AND BRIAN FITZPATRICK.

NEW CENTURY TRANSPORTATION, INC.

SENIOR SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE

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Date of Issuance: November 19, 2009

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NEW CENTURY TRANSPORTATION, INC., a New Jersey
corporation (the “Payor” or the “Company”), promises to pay to the order of [  ] or its registered transferrees or assigns (the “Payee”), the principal sum of [  ] ($[  ]) and interest on the outstanding principal balance as set forth
herein. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in 

Section 6 hereof unless otherwise defined herein.

     SECTION 1. Interest Rate; Payment; Series of Notes; Seniority.

          (a) The outstanding principal balance of this Senior Subordinated Promissory Note (this
“Note”) shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to 7.50% per annum, compounded
annually. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed. Interest hereon will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including November 19, 2009 to but excluding
the date on which interest is paid. Interest shall be paid in arrears on each December 15,
commencing December 15, 2010; provided that payment of the interest relating to any annual
period concluding prior to the payment in full of any and all Bank Indebtedness shall be delayed
until the Repayment Date (as defined below), and such interest shall accrue and compound on each
yearly anniversary of the date of this Note at an annual rate equal to 7.50% per annum.

 

 

          (b) The outstanding balance of any amount owed under this Note which is not paid when due or
following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (as defined below)
shall bear interest at the rate of 2.0% per annum (the “Default Interest”) above the rate
that would otherwise be in effect under this Note with the Default Interest accruing, from and
including such due date, on a cumulative, compounding basis.

          (c) All payments hereunder, whether for principal, interest or otherwise, shall be made in
lawful money of the United State of America by wire or bank transfer of immediately available funds
to an account designated by the Payee in writing from time to time.

          (d) This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Subordinated Promissory Notes of the
Company and was purchased by the original Payee of this Note pursuant to the Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement.

          (e) This Note constitutes Senior Debt as such term is used and defined in each of (i) that
certain 9% Subordinated Note, dated December 1, 2006, issued by the Company in favor of Marc L.
Haney, (ii) that certain 9% Subordinated Note, dated December 1, 2006, issued by the Company in
favor of Paul A. Haney, (iii) that certain 9% Subordinated Note, dated December 1, 2006, issued by
the Company in favor of Leonard A. Haney, (iv) that certain 7% Convertible Subordinated Note, dated
June 29, 2007, issued by the Company in favor of Patricia Montgomery, (v) that certain 7%
Convertible Subordinated Note, dated June 29, 2007, issued by the Company in favor of Joseph
Montgomery, (vi) that certain 7% Convertible Subordinated Note, dated June 29, 2007, issued by the
Company in favor of Margaret M. Zanger, and (vii) that certain 7% Convertible Subordinated Note,
dated June 29, 2007, issued by the Company in favor of Charles A. Zanger.

     SECTION 2. Maturity; Repayment.

          (a) Maturity. The outstanding principal of this Note and all accrued and unpaid
interest hereunder shall be paid in full on June 30, 2014 (the “Maturity Date”), unless
repaid earlier pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) (the date of any payment pursuant
to Section 2(b) and the Maturity Date, each referred to as a “Repayment Date”).

          (b) Mandatory Prepayment of the Note.

               (i) Subject to Section 5, unless the holders of a Majority in Interest shall otherwise
agree in writing, upon an Initial Public Offering of the Company or a Change of Control of the
Company, the Company shall, immediately upon the completion of such Initial Public Offering or
Change of Control, as the case may be, pay to the holder of this Note an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on this Note.

               (ii) Any mandatory repayment under this Section 2(b) shall include payment of
reasonable costs and expenses, if any, of the Payee associated with such repayment.

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     SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. Unless the holders of at least a Majority in
Interest shall otherwise agree in writing:

          (a) Corporate Existence. The Company shall do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the rights
(charter and statutory) and corporate franchise of the Company. The Company will qualify, and cause
each of its Subsidiaries to qualify, in any state where the failure to do so would have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

          (b) Compliance With Laws. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, comply in all material respects with all material applicable statutes, regulations, orders and
restrictions of the United States, any state, municipality or other governmental division thereof,
and agencies and instrumentalities of the foregoing, in respect of the conduct of its business and
the ownership of its property (including, without limitation, applicable statutes, regulations,
orders and restrictions relating to equal employment opportunities and environmental standards and
controls), except such as are being contested in good faith.

          (c) Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Company will not, nor will it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, make or set apart any sum for or
pay any Restricted Payment, except as expressly permitted under the Senior Credit Agreement as in
effect on the date hereof.

          (d) Transactions With Affiliates. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction (including the purchase, sale or
exchange of property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate except upon fair and
reasonable terms which are at least as favorable to the Company as would be obtained in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate.

          (e) Expenses of Holders. The Company shall pay to the Payee on demand all actual and
invoiced reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the actual and invoiced reasonable
costs and expenses of counsel to the Payee) of the Payee incurred by it in connection with (i) the
collection and enforcement of this Note, (ii) any consent or waiver granted or requested hereunder
or in connection herewith and (iii) any renegotiation, amendment, work-out or settlement of this
Note or the Indebtedness arising hereunder.

          (f) Notice of Defaults. In the event that any Indebtedness (in an amount which
exceeds Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000), whether under a single agreement or
in the aggregate) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has been or could be declared due and
payable before its maturity because of the occurrence of any default (or any event which, with
notice or lapse of time, or both, shall constitute any such default) under such Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, any Event of Default under this Note), the Company, within ten (10)
days after it becomes aware thereof, shall give written notice thereof to the Payee, specifying
such default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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          (g) Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim, and shall resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law which would prohibit or
forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect
the covenants or the performance of this Note; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the
Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it
shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Payee but shall
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

     SECTION 4. Events of Default; Suits for Enforcement.

          (a) An “Event of Default” shall occur if:

               (i) the Payor shall default in the payment of the principal of or interest payable on this
Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for
prepayment or by acceleration or otherwise and such default with respect to the payment of interest
shall continue unremedied for five (5) days;

               (ii) the Payor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in this
Note or in any certificate, writing or other document delivered pursuant hereto (including, without
limitation, the Warrants and the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement), and such failure shall
continue for thirty (30) days after Payor receives notice of such failure;

               (iii) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by or on behalf of the
Payor in this Note or in any certificate, writing or other document delivered pursuant hereto
(including, without limitation, the Warrants and the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement) shall
prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;

               (iv) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in
a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (A) relief in respect of Payor or of a substantial part
of Payor’s respective property or assets, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now
constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law (any such law, a “Bankruptcy Law”), (B) the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for a substantial part
of the property or assets of the Payor, or (C) the winding up or liquidation of the Payor, and such
proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days, or an order or decree
approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or

               (v) the Payor shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking
relief under a Bankruptcy Law, (B) consent to the institution of or the entry of an order for
relief against it, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the
filing of any petition described in clause (iv) of this
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similar official for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Payor, (D) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (E) make
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (F) become unable, admit in writing its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or (G) take any action for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

          (b) Subject to Section 5, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Sections 4(a)(iv) or 4(a)(v)) occurs and is continuing, the holders of at
least a Majority in Interest, by written notice to the Company, may declare all unpaid principal
of, and accrued interest on, all of the Notes to be immediately due and payable. If an Event of
Default specified in Sections 4(a)(iv) or 4(a)(v) occurs, all principal of, and interest
on, the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of any holder. The holders of at least a Majority in
Interest, by written notice to the Company, may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i)
all existing Events of Default, other than nonpayment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes
which have become due solely because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived, and (ii) the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.

          (c) Subject to Section 4(d)and Section 5, upon the occurrence of any one or
more Events of Default, the holder of this Note may proceed to protect and enforce its rights by
suit in equity, action at law or by other appropriate proceeding in aid of the exercise of any
power granted in this Note, or may proceed to enforce the payment of this Note, or to enforce any
other legal or equitable right it may have as holder of this Note.

          (d) The holders of a Majority in Interest may direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the holders of the Notes or exercising any trust or
power conferred on them. The holder of this Note may not pursue a remedy with respect to this Note
unless the holders of at least a Majority in Interest consent to the pursuit of the remedy. A
holder may not use the provision hereof to prejudice the rights of another holder or to obtain a
preference or priority over another holder.

          (e) In case of any Event of Default, the Payor will pay to the holder of this Note such
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of such holders due to
such Event of Default, including without limitation, costs of collection and reasonable fees,
disbursements and other charges of counsel incurred in connection with any action in which the
holder prevails.

          (f) A delay or omission by the holder of this Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing
upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or
acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

          (g) Subject to Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the holders of a Majority in Interest by notice
to the Company may waive an existing Event of Default and its consequences, except an Event of
Default under Sections 4(a)(iv) or 4(a)(v). Upon any such
waiver, such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
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been cured for every purpose of the Notes, including this Note, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

     SECTION 5. Subordination.

          (a) The Indebtedness evidenced by this Note is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent
and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash
or securities acceptable to holders of the Senior Indebtedness of all of the Company’s Senior
Indebtedness. “Senior Indebtedness” shall mean (i) the Bank Indebtedness and (ii)
Indebtedness of the Company, the guarantors under the Senior Credit Agreement or any of their
respective Subsidiaries incurred to provide all or a portion of the purchase price or cost of
construction of an asset to the extent expressly permitted under the Senior Credit Agreement.

          (b) Upon any receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy, reorganization
or arrangement with creditors (whether or not pursuant to bankruptcy laws), sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, dissolution, liquidation or any other marshaling of the assets and
liabilities of the Company or in the event this Note shall be declared due and payable before its
stated maturity, (i) no amount shall be paid by the Company, whether in cash or property in respect
of this Note or the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, unless and until the full amount of any
Senior Indebtedness then outstanding shall be paid in full in cash or securities acceptable to
holders of the Senior Indebtedness, and (ii) no claim or proof of claim shall be filed with the
Company by or on behalf of the holder of this Note which shall assert any right to receive any
payments in respect of the principal of and interest on this Note except (x) as requested by the
Bank Agent or (y) subject to the payment in full in cash or securities acceptable to holders of the
Senior Indebtedness of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding.

          (c) Until the Bank Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or securities acceptable to holders of
the Senior Indebtedness, (i) no liens or security interests shall be taken to secure the
obligations under this Note or the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and any liens taken in
violation of this provision shall be subject to release by the Bank Agent in its sole discretion,
without notice, and the Bank Agent is appointed as the holder’s attorney-in-fact to effectuate such
release, and (ii) no payment shall be made in respect of this Note or the Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement.

          (d) Upon the payment in full in cash or securities acceptable to holders of the Senior
Indebtedness of all Senior Indebtedness, the holder of this Note shall be subrogated to all rights
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive any further payments or distributions applicable
to the Senior Indebtedness until this Note shall have been paid in full, and such payments or
distributions received by the holder of this Note by reason of such subrogation, of cash,
securities or other property which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, shall between the Company and its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, on the one hand, and the holder of this Note, on the other hand, be deemed to be a
payment by the Company on account of the Senior Indebtedness and not on account of this Note.

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          (e) Until (i) the Bank Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or securities acceptable to
holders of the Bank Indebtedness or (ii) the occurrence or commencement of any Event of Default
under Sections 4(a)(iv) or 4(a)(v), provided that such Event of Default was not instigated,
prosecuted or initiated by or with the participation and cooperation of the holder of this Note,
the holder of this Note shall not, without the prior written consent of the Bank Agent, take any
Enforcement Action with respect to this Note, and, upon the occurrence of an event contemplated by
the foregoing clause (ii), the holder of this Note shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Bank Agent, vote to accept a plan of liquidation, reorganization, arrangement,
composition or extension that conflicts with this Section 5. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing in this Note shall limit the rights of the holder of this Note to initiate any suit or
other action solely to prevent the running of any applicable statute of limitations or other
similar restriction on claims. Any proceeds of any Enforcement Action obtained by the holder of
this Note or payments received in violation of this Section 5 shall in any event be held in
trust by it for the benefit of the Bank Agent and promptly paid or delivered to the Bank Agent in
the form received until all Bank Indebtedness is paid in full. The Bank Agent may interpose the
terms of this Agreement to enjoin or obtain dismissal of any Enforcement Actions initiated in
violation of this Section 5(e).

          (f) The failure to make a payment on account of principal of or interest on this Note by
reason of any provision of this Section 5 shall not be construed as preventing the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 4. This Section 5 defines the
relative rights of the holder of this Note and the holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this
Section 5 shall (i) impair, as between the Company and the holder of this Note, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on
this Note in accordance with its terms; (ii) effect the relative rights of the holder of this Note
and creditors of the Company other than holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (iii) prevent the holder
of this Note from exercising its available remedies upon an Event of Default, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Section 5 of holders of Senior Indebtedness.

          (g) Upon any distribution of assets of the Company referred to in Section 5(b), the
holder of this Note shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which such receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings are pending or a certificate of the receiver, trustee,
custodian, agent or other Person making any distribution to the holder of this Note for the purpose
of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company.

          (h) No rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination provisions
contained in this Note shall at any time be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on
the part of the Company or by an act of non-compliance by the Company with the terms of this Note.
The holders of Senior Indebtedness may extend, renew, modify or amend the terms of the documents
evidencing the Senior Indebtedness or any security therefor and release, sell or exchange such
security and otherwise deal freely with the Company, all without affecting the liabilities and
obligations of the parties to the Notes.

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          (i) The holders of Bank Indebtedness have agreed to an amendment of the Senior Credit
Agreement in reliance on this Section 5 and are entitled to the benefits of the provisions
thereof. The holder of this Note acknowledges and agrees that each holder of the Senior
Indebtedness and any representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (including, without
limitation, the Bank Agent) are, and the Company, any guarantors of the Senior Indebtedness, their
Subsidiaries and the holder of this Note hereby name such parties as, third party beneficiaries of
the covenants and agreements of the Company and the holder of this Note set forth in this
Section 5. Accordingly, any holder of Senior Indebtedness (or any representative thereof)
shall be entitled to enforce any provisions of this Section 5 against the Company, any
guarantors of the Senior Indebtedness and their Subsidiaries and the holder of this Note.

     SECTION 6. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Note, in addition to the terms
defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings (with, unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the
plural and vice versa):

          (a) “Additional Notes” means those other (and not including this Note) Senior
Subordinated Promissory Notes issued under the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement.

          (b) “Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or in under common control with, such Person.

          (c) “Bank Agent” means Wachovia Bank National Association, as administrative agent for
the banks under the Senior Credit Agreement, and any successors in such capacity.

          (d) “Bank Indebtedness” means all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every
nature of each Credit Party from time to time owed to the Bank Agent or any lender under the Senior
Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, the principal amount of all debts, claims and
indebtedness, accrued and unpaid interest accruing thereon (including, without limitation, interest
accruing after the commencement of any voluntary or involuntary insolvency, bankruptcy,
receivership, custodianship, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with
similar powers or any other proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of a
Person (a “Proceeding”), without regard to whether or not such interest is an allowed
claim) and all fees, costs and expenses, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or
otherwise, heretofore, now and from time to time hereafter owing, due or payable, whether before or
after the filing of a Proceeding. Bank Indebtedness shall be considered to be outstanding whenever
any loan commitment under the Senior Credit Agreement is outstanding.

          (e) “Change of Control” means at any time the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) other than NCT Acquisition LLC or any of its Affiliates is or becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person shall be
deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person has the right to acquire,
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),

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directly or indirectly, of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the then outstanding capital
stock issued by the Company the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies,
entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the
Company, even though the right so to vote may be or has been suspended by the happening of such
contingency, or (ii) the replacement of a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company over a
two (2) year period from the directors who constituted the Board of Directors at the beginning of
such period, and such replacement shall not have been approved by a vote of at least a majority of
the Board of Directors of the Company then still in office who either were members of such Board of
Directors at the beginning of such period or whose election as a member of such Board of Directors
was previously so approved.

          (f) “Common Stock” means common stock with par value of $.01 per share of the Company.

          (g) “Credit Party” means the Company and any other guarantor of all or any portion of
the Bank Indebtedness.

          (h) “Enforcement Action” means (i) to take from or for the account of any Credit Party
or any other Person, by set-off or in any other manner, the whole or any part of any moneys which
may now or hereafter be owing by any Credit Party with respect to this Note, (ii) to sue for
payment of, or to initiate or participate with others in any suit, action or proceeding against any
Credit Party or any other Person to (A) enforce payment of or to collect the whole or any part of
this Note or (B) commence judicial enforcement of any of the rights and remedies under this Note or
applicable law with respect to this Note, (iii) to accelerate this Note, or (iv) to cause any
Credit Party to honor any mandatory prepayment obligation under this Note.

          (i) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

          (j) “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily
made, (iii) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or
retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of
business), (iv) all obligations (including, without limitation, earn out obligations) of such
Person incurred, issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased
by such Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and due within
six months of the incurrence thereof) which would appear as liabilities on a balance sheet of such
Person, (v) all obligations of such Person under take-or-pay or similar arrangements or under
commodities agreements, (vi) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien,
encumbrance or other security interest on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from,
property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been
assumed, (vii) all obligations of such Person (other than in the ordinary course of business in
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) guaranteeing or
intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person in any manner,

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whether direct or
indirect, (viii) the principal portion of all obligations of such Person under any lease of
property, real or personal, the obligations with respect to which are required to be capitalized on
a balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles, (ix) all obligations of such Person under agreements entered into to protect such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates, or currency or raw materials values, (x) the maximum
amount of all letters of credit issued or bankers’ acceptances facilities created for the account
of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed),
(xi) all preferred capital stock issued by such Person and which by the terms thereof could be (at
the request of the holders thereof or otherwise) subject to mandatory sinking fund payments,
redemption or other acceleration prior to the Maturity Date, (xii) the principal balance
outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or
similar off-balance sheet financing product plus any accrued interest thereon (but not including
operating leases that are true leases and not financial products, which are entered into by a
Person in the ordinary course of business), and (xiii) all Indebtedness of the type described in
clauses (i) through (x) of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer.

          (k) “Initial Public Offering” means a firm commitment underwritten public offering
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
covering the offer and sale of Common Stock (or, if the Company is reorganized or recapitalized for
the purposes of such offering, of such substantially equivalent series of capital stock of the
Company (or a holding company thereof)) for the account of the Company to the public.

          (l) “Majority in Interest” means a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Notes issued pursuant to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement.

          (m) “Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement” means that certain Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2009, by and among the Payor and each of the investors listed
on Exhibit A thereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.

          (n) “Notes” means, collectively, this Note and the Additional Notes.

          (o) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental
authority or other entity of whatever nature and includes any successor (by merger or otherwise) of
such entity.

          (p) “Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or
indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of capital stock (or equivalent
interests) of the Company, any of the guarantors under the Senior Credit Agreement or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking
fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares
(or equivalent) of any class of capital stock (or equivalent interests) of the
Company, any of the guarantors under the Senior Credit Agreement or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the

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surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares (or equivalent)
of any class of capital stock (or equivalent interests) of the Company, any of the guarantors under
the Senior Credit Agreement or any of their respective Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding,
(iv) any payment with respect to earn out obligations, (v) any payment or prepayment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on, redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or
similar payment with respect to any Indebtedness (except for the Notes) of the Company, any of the
guarantors under the Senior Credit Agreement or any of their respective Subsidiaries which by its
terms is specifically subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of the obligations
under the Senior Credit Agreement and (vi) the payment by the Company or any of the guarantors
under the Senior Credit Agreement or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any management,
advisory or consulting fee to any Person or the payment of any extraordinary salary, bonus or other
form of compensation to any Person who is directly or indirectly a significant partner,
shareholder, owner, or executive officer of any such Person, to the extent such extraordinary
salary, bonus, or other form of compensation is not included in the corporate overhead of the
Company or such guarantors or Subsidiary.

          (q) “Senior Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August
14, 2006, as amended December 1, 2006, June 29, 2007, February 13, 2008 and November 19, 2009 and
as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, among the
Company, each of the guarantors identified thereto as may from time to time become or have become a
party thereto, the lenders that may from time to time become or have become a party thereto, PNC
Bank, National Association and Sovereign Bank, as co-syndication agents, Churchill Financial Cayman
Ltd and CIT Capital Securities, LLC, as co-documentation agents, and Wachovia Bank National
Association, as administrative agent.

          (r) “Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of capital stock or other ownership interests
having ordinary voting power (other than capital stock or such other ownership interests having
such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

          (s) “Warrants” means those warrants to purchase Common Stock issued under the Note and
Warrant Purchase Agreement.

     SECTION 7. Notices. All notices, demands and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement.

     SECTION 8. Successors and Assigns. This Note shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns,
provided that the Company shall have no right to assign its rights, or to delegate its
obligations, hereunder without the prior written consent of the Payee.

     SECTION 9. Amendment and Waiver. The Company may amend or supplement the Notes,
including this Note, with the written consent of the holders of at least a

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Majority in Interest;
provided that Section 5 may not be amended without the consent of the Required
Lenders (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement). After an amendment or supplement under this
Section 9 or any waiver in accordance with the Notes, including this Note, becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the holders of the Notes, including this Note, affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company
to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the
validity thereof. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective it shall bind every holder of
Notes. The Company may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Note
thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue new Notes that reflect
the amendment or waiver.

     SECTION 10. Headings. The headings in this Note are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

     SECTION 11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver; Etc..

          (a) This Note is to be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of
the State of New York and without regard to the principles of conflicts of law of such state.

          (B) THE COMPANY AND THE PAYEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND EACH HEREBY EXPRESSLY
SUBMITS TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS FOR THE PURPOSES THEREOF AND
EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM OF IMPROPER VENUE AND ANY CLAIM THAT SUCH COURTS ARE AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM. THE COMPANY AND THE PAYEE EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY
OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES
THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE TEN (10) DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING.

          (C) THE COMPANY AND THE PAYEE EACH HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY
ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE, ANY RIGHTS OF OBLIGATIONS
HEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. THE COMPANY (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO
PAYEE OR ATTORNEY OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PAYEE HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT THE PAYEE WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS AND
(II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
PAYEE HAS BEEN INDUCED TO PURCHASE THIS NOTE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN.

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          (D) FINAL JUDGMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY OR ANY PAYEE, IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE, AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS (I) BY SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ON THE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THE FACT AND OF THE AMOUNT OF ANY LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY
OR ANY PAYEE THEREIN DESCRIBED OR (II) IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY OR PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF
SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMPANY OR ANY PAYEE MAY AT
ITS OPTION BRING SUIT, OR INSTITUTE OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, TO ENFORCE A FINAL JUDGMENT AGAINST
ANY PAYEE OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES OR THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN
ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OR OF ANY COUNTRY OR PLACE WHERE THE COMPANY OR ITS
PROPERTIES MAY BE FOUND.

     SECTION 12. Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or
the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every
other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired, unless the
provisions held invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall substantially impair the benefits of the
remaining provisions hereof.

     SECTION 13. Entire Agreement. This Note is intended by the parties hereto as a final
expression of their agreement and, together with the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and the
applicable Warrant, is intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein or in the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement or the applicable Warrant. This Note
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject
matter.

     SECTION 14. Further Assurances. The Payor shall execute such documents and perform
such further acts (including, without limitation, obtaining any consents, exemptions,
authorizations or other actions by, or giving any notices to, or making any filings with, any
governmental authority or any other Person) as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out
or to perform the provisions of this Note.

     SECTION 15. Delays, Omissions and Indulgences. It is agreed that no delay or omission
to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Payee upon any breach or default of the
Company under this Note shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to
be a waiver of any such breach or default, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar
breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be
deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. It is further
agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the
Payee’s part of any breach or default under this Note, or any waiver on the Payee’s part of
any provisions or conditions of this Note must be in writing and that all remedies, either under
this Note, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Payee, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

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     SECTION 16. Rights of Transferees. The rights granted to the Payee hereunder shall
pass to and inure to the benefit of all subsequent transferees of this Note until extinguished
pursuant to the terms hereof.

     SECTION 17. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires, “or” is not
exclusive, and references to sections or subsections refer to sections or subsections of this Note.
All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or
plural, as the context may require. The Company and the Payee each acknowledge that they have been
represented by counsel in connection with this Note. The Company and the Payee have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Note. In the event an ambiguity or question of
intent or interpretation arises under any provision of this Note, this Note shall be construed as
if drafted jointly by the parties thereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this
Note.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Payor has executed and delivered this Senior Subordinated Promissory
Note on the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NEW CENTURY TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Agreed to and accepted as of the date

first written above:

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